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Rihanna, Anne Hathaway expected to join female ‘Ocean’s Eight’

HOLLYWOOD - Pop star Rihanna along with actresses Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter are in talks to join Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett in a female-driven spinoff of the “Ocean’s Eleven” crime caper franchise, Hollywood trade publications reported on Wednesday.

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In this May 22, 2016 file photo, Rihanna arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

News of the movie comes a month after the release of the all-female remake of the beloved 1980s action comedy “Ghostbusters,” this time starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, that prompted a hate-filled backlash on social media.

Production of on the Warner Bros. movie, to be called “Ocean’s Eight,” is expected to start in October, with director Gary Ross, Hollywood websites Deadline and Variety reported.

Warner Bros. declined to comment.

Ross told movie website SlashFilm in June that the movie would continue the “Ocean’s Eleven” trilogy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, as well as having a similar light-hearted tone.

“Ocean’s Eleven,” in which Clooney and accomplices rob three Las Vegas casinos, made some $450 million at the worldwide box office on its 2001 release. “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” followed, bringing in another $670 million for Warner Bros.

Actress Mindy Kaling, star of U.S. TV comedy series “The Mindy Project,” is also expected to join the “Ocean’s Eight” cast, along with Asian American rapper Awkwafina.

Ross told SlashFilm in a June interview that the idea for “Ocean’s Eight” had been in the works for years and that director Steven Soderbergh would be a producer on the upcoming film.

“Ghostbusters,” a reboot of the beloved 1984 movie with Bill Murray, stars some of America’s funniest women in the entertainment industry. But ever since plans were announced a year ago for the movie, the decision to go with a new, female cast has provoked controversy online and led to the trailer earning the distinction of being the most disliked in YouTube history.

“Ghostbusters” went on to earn generally warm reviews and has taken more than $180 million at the worldwide box office since its July 15 release, according to film tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com. (rtr)

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Full-day school

Unable to be applied simultaneously, must be mapped DENPASAR - The discourse on full-day school requires careful consideration and in-depth studies. If it will be enforced into a policy, at least the government should have a mapping. It is by considering the condition of different regions in Indonesia, including Bali in

particular.

“After that, it is not applied simultaneously at all schools, but needs a pilot project. This means that schools are selected based on possible conditions,” said the Head of the Bali Education Agency, Tjokorda Istri Agung (TIA) Kusumawardani, in Denpasar.

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Civilians breathe through an oxygen mask at al-Quds hospital, after a hospital and a civil defence group said a gas, what they believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syria, early August 11, 2016.

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Syria: Four Dead In Suspected Chlorine Gas Attack in Aleppo

ALEPPO - At least four people have died after a suspected chlorine gas attack on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. The gas is believed to have been dropped alongside barrel bombs on the Zubdiya neighbourhood, which is in the rebel-held part of the city.

Hamza Khatib, manager of Al Quds hospital, told Reuters that he had recorded four deaths and 55 injuries. Mr Khatib said he was saving pieces of patients’ clothing and pieces of the bombs as evidence. A Syrian rescue worker said a mother and her two children were among the dead.

A video was posted online by the Aleppo Media Centre, an opposition news portal, which showed a child and adults wearing breathing

apparatus. Two men reported a strong smell of gas and said they saw barrel bombs before people began to suffer breathing and eye problems.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that barrel bombs had struck the neighbourhood, but made no mention of chlorine gas. Both sides deny using chemical weapons but United Nations investigators say that sarin gas was used in Eastern Ghouta

three years ago.

This killed an estimated 1,429 people, including at least 426 children. In late 2015, mustard gas was used in the conflict, confirmed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. It is not clear in either case which side was to blame.

Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city before the war, is the subject of a bitter fight between rebel forces and those under the command of Syrian President Bashar al Assad.

Last week, rebels broke through a month-long government siege in the city’s east, where an estimated 250,000 are living. Fierce fighting continues, however, meaning a safe

corridor for civilians and aid has not yet been established.

A three-hour daily ceasefire announced by Russia to allow humanitarian and aid deliveries, was due to come into force on Thursday morning, although activists say fighting has persisted.

United Nations emergency relief co-ordinator Stephen O’Brien had said he was willing to consider the Russian plan, but warned the pause needed to last at least 48 hours because the main supply route into the city, cut off by government forces last month, is so damaged only smaller trucks can be used.

He said: “When we’re offered

three hours then you have to ask what could be achieved in that three hours - is it to meet the need, or would it only just meet a very small part of the need? “To meet that capacity of need you need two (road) lanes and you need to have about 48 hours to get sufficient trucks in.” (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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In this case, added TIA, the schools have enough courtyards to play as well as adequate facilities and infrastructure. Most importantly, it must be supported by companion teachers. Regional mapping, in this case between the urban or remote rural areas, should be considered carefully. Lest students living far away from school finally go home at night due to the application of full-day school.

“If it has been well-prepared, during their time at school until the afternoon they can really enjoy what they are supposed to get, such as the time to play. Automatically students will have no session for private lesson and possibly there will be no homework for them because they have been at school from the morning until 16:00. After going home, they

definitely need to take a rest because they are in the period of growth and development,” she explained.

TIA added that some other thing needs to be considered such as the condition of teachers, additional operating costs of the school and psychological aspect of students. For example, pocket money for their lunch will be different between the affluent and disadvantaged students. Then, the materials to be given to students should not be overlooked. There should be additional competence of the students because they spend more time at school. Still, it must be without burdening them with a lesson because competence is related to the integrity of the students.

“Why must it be competence? The twenty-first century demands for the children with integrity such as having honesty, fairness and competence.

Do not let our children after completing school be unable to live in a

society, have no social intelligence or have antipathy,” he said.

A member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, Gede Suamba, said the reason to apply full-day school to make children not fall into negative activities outside school makes less sense.

Moreover, the majority of elementary school children are still happy to play. Their mind burden should have alleviated from the too long school time.

“Do not let our children at elementary school get stressed. On that account, it needs a comprehensive study first because when applied by force, it will reap many protests from parents because the local conditions are not the same,” said the legislator in charge of the educational issues.

Suamba asked the government to address the diversity of regions in Indonesia. It would be very unfortu-

nate when this diversity should be uniformed with single policy. Not all regions have been well prepared with the different people’s characteristics.

It would be better to be applied first at some schools as pilot project.

“Pros and cons will always occur

due to weakness and decline in social interaction of students in the community as well as the opportunity to calm down and play. Such a policy will cause the mindset of students to be depressed,” said this PDI-P politician from Tabanan. (kmb32)

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The students are coming home after studying. The full day school program must be examined properly before being implemented

Potential of MICE tourism in Bali great

Contribution to regional revenue reaches 30-40 percent

MANGUPURA - The government has put the meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) as a superior national tourism product because of its contribution to the foreign tourist visit is very significant and quite encouraging the improvement of domestic travels.

MICE belongs to the top five bringing in foreign travelers, in addition to shopping and culinary tourism, religious and heritage tourism, marine tourism and sports tourism. “In addition to the increasing growth, MICE competitiveness of Indonesia at global market must also be increased from the current condition,” said Deputy Assistant of the Business and Government Market Segment Development, Tazbir, in the MICE coordination meeting across the ministries or agencies at Hotel Grand Mega, Wednesday (Aug. 10). In accordance with the mandate of the Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, the MICE growth should be increased from five percent to ten percent in 2019 to come.

Based on the data of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Indonesia lies in the 42nd position of the world and 12th position in the AsiaPacific region, an increase of eight

positions in the Asia-Pacific region with the increase of event from 76 to 150 in 2019.

Contribution of MICE to the increase of foreign and domestic traveler movement and foreign exchange earnings will also increase significantly, where foreign exchange is projected to reach USD 2.5 billion. “These conditions will make the tourism sector worth serving as the national economic driving sector,” he added.

Wardawan, the Marketing Division Head at the Bali Tourism Office said that Bali has great potential in MICE tourism because of the advantages in terms of natural beauty, cultural and tourism facilities. So, its contribution to the increase in tourist arrivals and revenue is significant by about 30-40 percent in terms of hotel and restaurant tax. According to him, the potential MICE should be maintained because the spending of MICE travelers in Bali is

much larger than that of leisure travelers.

On the other hand, the obstacles of MICE tourism such as lack of awareness of the importance of MICE activities and the need for promotion on an ongoing basis to foreign countries should be addressed. The other obstacle is the lack of online database and comprehensive nature, the lack of accessibility such as direct flight, and souvenir items given to incentive participants still considered as import. On annual average, there are around 6-10 international events either meetings or incentives held in Bali. “It is our future problem because the participants of the incentive require an appreciation in the form of souvenirs. In fact, the souvenirs brought from Bali are still categorized into imported goods,” he explained.

The events classified into MICE tourism involving foreign and domestic participants are often not recorded whereas it is quite important for the development of tourism, especially MICE. Hidayat, the Division Head of Network Strengthening, Deputy Assistant of the Business and

Government Market Segment Development, said: “Those in other ministries or institutions frequently hold some events but our division is very difficult to get the data on the events what they are doing,

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where and how many participants are involved. Thus, we need a database of the ministries and other government agencies to promote Indonesia at home and overseas,” he explained. (kmb42)

National Pride 2016

Beachwalk Shopping Center always presents the unique experiences for tourists and shoppers.

The various monthly programs offer more attractions in Kuta and emphasizing the Beachwalk Shopping Center’s tagline, “Bali Starts Here”.

Beachwalk presents the theme of patriotism which is called “National Pride” to celebrate Indonesia Independence Day on this August 2016. Beachwalk Shopping center is offering a bunch of events and promo.

Beachwalk partnership with TheEvent81 presents: ‘Indonesian Heritage’ on 1st – 9th August 2016.

In this event, Customers can enjoy the diversity of the Indonesia Traditional dances such as dance Batak, Javanese dance, contemporary dance and much more about Indonesia. Customers can also get to know more through Batik Painting by Museum Kain. All these activities will be held in Fountain Stage, Beachwalk level 1.

This August, Fashion TV Indonesia presents the events, exhibitions and arts with titled “F Showcase by FashionTV Indonesia”. The show is on 26th – 28th August 2016 at the Fountain Stage level 1. F Showcase is a Fashion TV Indonesia’s signature yearly event where they collaborate with fashion, music, and art in one.

Highlights the FASHION STARTS HERE campaign, Beachwalk Shopping Center as the number one fashion destination for both

International and Local fashion brands in Bali.

Tourist from International and Domestic can enjoy the experience and learn about Balinese Culture on “Badung Cultural Festival”. This event is held 10th – 17th August 2016 at Fountain Stage, Beachwalk level 1. In this event Customers can enjoy Balinese culture events such as Balinese dance performance, music and Balinese art. Customers can also enjoy the exhibition with different creative product from Bali and can be as a gift souvenirs.

Every Thursday International and Domestic customers can enjoy ‘Bali Cultural Experience’. Customers can enjoy the experience and learn more about Balinese culture like learn traditional Balinese dance, create Balinese offering (Canang) and learn Balinese music instrumental.

Beachwalk has launched the Lucky Seven Reward program for all Residential ID holders.

Dedicated to those customers with Residential ID and spend a minimum purchase of IDR 100,000 in a day, you can collect a stamp and redeem the shopping receipt at our Customer Service, level 1 with Instant Rewards which are restaurant vouchers or free 2-hour parking at Beachwalk.

If customers collect 4 stamps on weekdays and 3 stamps on weekends, customers will get Special Gifts from Beachwalk.

The opportunity to win for customer Beachwalk with various August’s SHOP & WIN program

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Performance of colossal genjek a cappella on Wednesday (Aug. 10).

SBY asks Bali to consistently preserving its culture

COLOMBIA - Colombiamoda is a 3 day event being held from 26th July to the 28th July 2016 at the Plaza Mayor in Medellin, Colombia. This event showcases products like The passion for busi-

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ness, fashion trends and knowledge sharing are the three components of Colombiamoda, The Fashion Week of Colombia, an event city imposed within Latin America as representing the whole fashion system in

the region etc. in the Apparel & Clothing industry. Colombiamoda is a place where new stories are born; stories that belong to fashion brands that express ideas and identities that fit seamlessly into

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AMLAPURA — Performance of colossal genjek a cappella on Wednesday (Aug. 10) drew the admiration of the sixth president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). According to him, the colossal genjek has the beauty of typical traditional dance and music of Karangasem district. Seeing Bali is so rich in terms of culture, he asked Bali to consistently preserve Balinese culture from the onslaught of globalization.

Such colossal genjek looked stunning with the collaboration of fragmentary show telling about the story of struggle for the independence from Dutch colonial rule. Compactness of the genjek dancers forming a distinctive singing art becomes interesting and attractive. Appearance of the thousands of genjek dancers caused the invited guests comprising a number of figures, such as SBY, Chairman of Golkar Party Setya Novanto, Deputy Governor of Bali Ketut Sudikerta, senator from Bali Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna and Cok Ratmadi as well as the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta to adequately enjoy the colossal genjek performance. “I quite enjoy this colossal genjek. The initiator should be appreciated,” said SBY coming to Karangasem with Ani Yudhoyono.

Two important aspects become the concern of SBY. Firstly, the beauty of traditional dance and typical music of Karangasem must be preserved. In the current era, he thought the globalization indeed presents foreign culture. He admitted it is difficult to be avoided and can easily affect the people of Indonesia. Actually, Indonesia especially Bali is rich in culture.

Music, dance and various other arts have become invaluable assets for Bali. These should be supported so that they can be inherited by future

generations.

SBY admitted that during ten years of leading this country, he never missed attending the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). He hoped Balinese people to maintain and preserve their culture. This message is not only intended for Balinese people, but also for all the people of Indonesia to continuously preserve their respective local culture.

Aside from cultural conservation, the colossal genjek a cappella seems also appropriate to be staged in the commemoration of the Independence Day. Approaching the seconds the celebration of the Independence Day of Indonesia, the collaboration with fragmentary show composed by the artist Ni Made Kinten describes the heroism of the best native people to Karangasem. They participated in defending the independence of Indonesia to shed blood. “It reminds us that the freedom did not fall from sky neither posed a gift of the colonial, but something struggled by the founders of this republic,” said SBY. Colossal genjek show also received an award from the Indonesia World Record Museum with a record on the number of genjek participants. The award was presented to the government of Karangasem, colossal genjek committee and the community of Karangasem.

Unfortunately, it was not specified how many dancers were involved in the show, whether met the target of 15, 361 people or not. However, seeing the situation at the Ujung Water Palace, the number of dancers approximately reached 5,000 people.

Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri ensured that the agenda of colossal art will be carried out every year to boost the tourism of Karangasem with the target of 1 million tourist visits per year. (kmb31)

DENPASAR - Seeing the current poor condition of the education in Bali, the discourse on full-day school policy must be responded by considering the condition of schools, teacher preparedness and infrastructure. The most important is the ability of students and the economic condition of students’ parents. All this time, at school the students require much energy especially food, so inevitably the students should bring more pocket money. In the meantime, the economic condition of their parents varies.

“This matter should be observed closely because not all the students’ parents are in the middle to upper economic condition. Some of them also belong to middle to lower economic condition, even very poor condition. In addition, schools have different conditions and so do the teachers,” affirmed TIA Kusuma Wardhani, Wednesday (Aug. 10).

As an educational guide in the region, her agency continued to support the government program.

Nevertheless, she also wanted if the government should really reconsider the discourse on the fullday school in-depth before being applied and enforced at schools.

Moreover, if it will be applied nationally chiefly in Bali, the number of teachers is quite inadequate.

If full-day school is applied, the teacher must also be increased and so must the budget to pay the salary of contract teachers.

“Since the full-day school gives more emphasis on extracurricular activities, more teachers having competency in their respective

discipline must be prepared in corresponding to the needs of students.

Therefore, the government should be ready to recruit new contract teachers balanced with an adequate budget,” she added.

She hoped that the government could make a thorough mapping to list the schools that must be ready to apply the full-day school. According to her, especially in Bali, there should be in-depth studies and each region should have a pilot project.

“Of course, this discourse cannot be nationally imposed because the condition of each school in Indonesia is remarkably varied,” she concluded.

In the meantime, an education observer, Dr. Ida Bagus Radendra Suastama, said there are several aspects needing to be clarified first before deciding to apply the fullday school policy. Without a planning and good quality of teachers, the full-day school will only become an additional burden for all parties and be unable to achieve the expected goals. On the other hand, parents must also consider

that their responsibility reduces and rely more on schools with the reason that more time is spent at school.

Further, she said that full-day school absolutely needs a great responsibility and seriousness in the implementation. Students do not only ‘spend their time’ at school but also move their time at home or in the community to school. “I am also skeptical about the maturation of planning. Hopefully, there will be no negligence when they are at school and they can get adequate attention because they have sacrificed their time with family for the full-day school,” she said.

Radendra hoped the discourse on the full-day school is not just a sensation of the new minister to make him look different. The policy needs in-depth studies and should not be implemented in a hurry. Moreover, it is said the quality of many teachers remains not ideal as a teacher. A teacher must not necessarily be smart, but the most important is the sincerity and spirit to educate the children of the nation.

“In this context, if the full-day school is applied, our students will be forced to dilute togetherness with family and community, while the results do not certainly meet the expectations. Clear concept and quality teachers should be completely prepared in advance,” she affirmed. (win)

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The current poor condition of the education in Bali, the discourse on full-day school policy must be responded by considering the condition of schools, teacher preparedness and infrastructure.

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Karangsewu Beach located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) is chosen as the venue of the National Nature Conservation Jamboree.

Coral reefs at Karangsewu must be preserved Australia accuses IBP/olo

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In this Sept. 19, 2001, file photo, refugees, right, gather on one side of a fence to talk with international journalists about their journey that brought them to the Island of Nauru. Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, of deliberately ignoring the abuse of asylum seekers being held at the remote Pacific island detention camp in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat.

NEGARA — Karangsewu Beach located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) is chosen as the venue of the National Nature Conservation Jamboree. The beach adjacent to the Gilimanuk power plant has a quite beautiful nature and the habitat of Bali starling. In addition, this beach has huge potential waters for breeding coral reef.

For three days, this coastal region becomes the base camp of the nature conservation jamboree involving hundreds of nature lovers and conservationists of endangered animals from all over Indonesia.

Director General of Natural Resources Conservation and Ecosystem, Tahrir Fathoni, said on Wednesday (Aug. 10) right on the peak of National Nature Conservation Day that the destruction of coral

reef has been at issue. He invited all the walk of life in the communities to preserve the coral reef, especially on the Karangsewu Beach.

Rampant trafficking of endangered animals in Indonesia is also highlighted. Although they stay lower than in Africa, the trafficking of wildlife has reached a fantastic figure, almost equal to drugs. He expected there will be severe sanctions against the perpetrators and no tolerance will be given. “We have

revised the Law No.5/1990 and want more severe penalties for traffickers of the endangered animals so as to provide a deterrent effect,” said Fathoni.

In addition to the camping and a number of conservation activities, the participants also planted coral reef on the beach. From a number of water locations in the TNBB tried for the breeding, one of the fastest locations is on Karangsewu Beach. Condition of coral reef ecosystem scattered around

the beach in the TNBB belongs to the medium and good category. Some coral ecosystems have even suffered damages and decline.

It is the impact of human activities such as fish bombing, fishing poisoning and trafficking of ornamental coral reef and pest attack. On that account, since a few years ago, it has been carried out the transplantation of coral reef seedlings on Karangsewu Beach. (kmb26)

Illegal modern stores rampant, Parliament urges executive to do policing

GIANYAR — The presence of chain modern stores in Gianyar has exceeded the specified quota of 79 stores. Moreover, of the 115 modern stores recorded in the Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency, 54 units are ascertained to have no permit alias be illegal. The Gianyar House of Representatives have also called for the executive to perform an audit against the illegal modern stores.

Chairman of the Golkar Faction in the Gianyar House of Representatives, I Kadek Era Sukadana, stated on Wednesday (Aug. 10) that he already asked the executive to police the illegal modern stores.

“Not long ago, the executive admitted to have imposed strict sanctions on the illegal stores. However, so far there have been no actions,”

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he said.

He also urged the executive to stop the modern stores continuing to mushroom because they have great impact on local merchants. “I will continuously urge the executive to police the proliferation of modern stores and provide as space for our traditional merchants,” he said.

The Head of the Gianyar Trade and Industry Agency, Wayan Suamba, explained that the government only has the authority to regulate quotas and deployment of the modern stores. It is based on the Presidential Regulation governing the chain store or franchising store, namely Presidential Regulation No.112/2007 on the arrangement and development of traditional markets, shopping malls and modern stores. This regulation is also sup-

ported by Regulation of Minister of Home Affairs No.70/M-DAG/ PER/12/2013 on the restructuring guidelines of traditional markets, shopping malls and modern stores.

“If the government hinders, it can be penalized because there are rules, while the Trade and Industry Agency only has to obligation to regulate,” he explained.

Gianyar district has also been conducting studies related to the ideal capacity of chain modern stores in this area of the arts, tailored to the number of population. It is obtained that the ideal number of modern stores in Gianyar amounts to 79 units. The quota also includes the plan to increase in years to come.

But in reality, based on the latest data of the Gianyar Trade and

Industry Agency, the number of modern stores has reached 115 units. Ironically, only 61 units of them are ascertained to have the permit, while 54 others do not or can be categorized to be illegal.

“Those having no permit become the affairs of the BPPT. Nevertheless, we still provide them with guidance,” he said.

Suamba added that the number of chain modern stores mentioned in the data spread throughout the territory of Gianyar. But admittedly, there are a number of customary villages rejecting the presence of chain modern stores in their region such as Bitera, Pujung and Sayan customary village. “Even though rejecting the presence of modern stores in the region, they still give the opportunity to local

residents to open their business,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Division Head of Permit and Non-Permit at the BPPT Gianyar, Gusti Ngurah Suastika, said that the government of Gianyar is still drafting a regional bylaw on modern stores.

This bylaw will determine the area and the number of modern stores.

Considering the bylaw is being drafted, his agency has not dared to issue any permit of modern stores before the regional bylaw is passed.

“Many people are willing to seek permit of modern stores. However, we do not dare to give the permit because there has been no regulation yet. Hopefully, the regional bylaw can be passed as soon as possible,” he said. (kmb35)

refugees of falsely reporting sexual abuse

SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday accused asylum seekers held in Pacific detention camps of falsely reporting sexual assault in order to get sent to Australia, a day after a newspaper published leaked documents detailing abuse at the Nauru immigration centre.

More than 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported over two years at the Australianfunded Nauru detention centre, more than half involving children, Guardian Australia reported.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Thursday said asylum seekers were lying about sexual abuse and repeated comments he made earlier this year that refugee advocates were encouraging detainees to self-harm and set themselves on fire.

“I have been made aware of some incidents that have reported false allegations of sexual assault, because in the end, people have paid money to people smugglers and they want to come to our country,” Dutton said in an interview on

Australian radio.

“Some people have even gone to the extent of self-harming and people have self-immolated in an effort to get to Australia. Certainly some have made false allegations.”

Under its hardline immigration policy, asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach Australia by boat are sent for processing to Australianfunded camps on Nauru, which holds about 500 people, and on Manus island in Papua New Guinea. They are told they will never be settled in Australia.

The harsh conditions and reports of systemic child abuse at the camps have drawn wide criticism at home and abroad. Australia, however, has vowed there will be no change to the policy, which has been pursued

by successive governments.

Australia says the policy is needed to stop asylum seekers dying at sea on the dangerous boat journey from Indonesia to Australia. Hundreds of people died attempting the trip in the years before the policy was put in place.

Refugee advocates said the leaked reports show the urgent need to end Australia’s offshore detention policy and that asylum seekers must be given medical and psychological support.

Hayley Ballinger, a child protection worker at the Nauru detention centre from 2014-15, said that it was an “absolute insult” to suggest that refugees had lied about abuse that has now been widely documented.

“All of the statements speak for themselves. Certainly the clients I saw there suffered and they really suffered. And this stuff really, really did happen. We witnessed it first-hand,” Ballinger told Reuters. (rtr)

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday canceled more than 300 flights and upended thousands of travelers’ plans for the third day in a row after a power outage hit its computer systems, though it forecast a return to normal operations later this afternoon.

Delta, the No. 2 U.S. airline by passenger traffic, said systems that allow customer service agents to process check-ins and dispatch aircraft are now functioning normally. Most of Wednesday’s delays and cancellations are the result of flight crews being displaced or running up against maximum allowed work hours, it said.

As of 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), Delta said it had canceled 311 flights on the day, adding to the more than 1,600 cancellations since Monday. Another 2,540 flights departed on Wednesday, with 70 percent of them within 30 minutes of their scheduled times, the airline said.

“We’re in the final hours of bouncing back from the disruption,” Bill Lentsch, Delta’s senior vice president for airport customer service and airline operations, said in an online posting.

The travel havoc at one of the world’s largest carriers has brought into focus the vulnerability of airlines’ technology infrastructure. Experts say mergers - and sometimes insufficient investment in back-end technology - have left airlines with a hodgepodge of systems.

What is more, a drive by companies to automate operations, from mobile boarding passes to check-in kiosks, means the impact of any single glitch will multiply.

Delta said problems arose when critical systems did not switch over to a backup source following a power surge and outage on Monday.

The airline is still investigating the cause, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in an online video post, adding that the company has invested “hundreds of millions of dollars” in infrastructure upgrades and backup systems.

“I’m sorry we let you down. We’ll do everything that we can to make certain this does not happen again,” Bastian said in the video.

“There have been no indications of a hack,” Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter added in an emailed statement.

Shares were down 1.3 percent at $36.47 in late afternoon trading. (rtr)

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Members of the mission group Adventures In Missions wait to find out if their flight to Guatemala is on time or cancelled after Delta Air Lines’ computer systems crashed on Monday, grounding flights around the globe, at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 8, 2016.

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“After the 50-basis-point adjustment, there have been no episodes, at least in the last two weeks, to suggest that the balance of risks has changed; in fact they have improved a bit,” said James Salazar, an economist at CI Banco.

Mexican consumer prices rose 2.65 percent in the year through July, national statistics agency INEGI said on Tuesday, but remained below the central bank’s 3 percent target, giving policymakers room to hold rates steady.

Last month, Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said policymakers were aiming to prevent weakness in the peso from hitting inflation, but warned inflation could rise above 3 percent this year.

Economic growth remains a concern. Analysts polled by the central bank this month lowered their 2016 Mexican growth estimate to 2.3 percent from 2.4 percent, and also trimmed their 2017 growth outlook to 2.65 percent from 2.7 percent.(rtr)

JAKARTA — A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who are driving several species toward extinction. Traffic, a U.K.-based group, said Thursday that its latest survey recorded nearly 23,000 birds in five markets in three cities in eastern and central Java.

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A mosque is seen around houses at the center of downtown in Cairo, Egypt August 11, 2016.

Egypt’s headline consumer inflation flat at 14 pct in July

CAIRO - Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation was unchanged at 14 percent in July and core inflation edged down as the effects of this year’s currency devaluation continued to feed through.

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A man works at his nopal cactus field in Nopaltepec, state of Mexico September 30, 2014.

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Mexico central bank seen holding key rate as peso stabilizes MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s central bank is expected to hold its key interest rate steady on Thursday after a sharply depreciated Mexican peso steadied and consumer prices rose less than expected.

All 17 analysts surveyed by Reuters expect the Bank of Mexico to leave its benchmark rate at 4.25 percent, after a unanimous 50basis-point hike in June aimed at calming concerns a peso slump could stoke inflation.

But the central bank is expected to hike the rate again by 25 basis points in the fourth quarter, the poll showed, amid expectations the Federal Reserve will raise benchmark U.S. interest rates again this year after a stronger-than-expected July U.S. employment report.

The peso has firmed around 6 percent since hitting a life low of 19.5225 per dollar on June 24, the day after Britain’s Brexit vote sent shockwaves through global markets. It is currently trading broadly around the same levels seen after late June’s aggressive rate hike.

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Egypt’s urban consumer price inflation had been rising since April, when it entered double-digit territory propelled by a near 14-percent devaluation of the Egyptian pound and the run-up to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, when food prices rise.

Ramadan ended in early July, but data published by Egypt’s statistics authority showed that food inflation continued to rise, offset by easing inflation in housing and utilities.

Annual core inflation, which strips out items such as fruit and vegetables whose prices are volatile, eased slightly to 12.31 percent in July from 12.37 percent in June though it remains at a seven-year high.

The central bank attributed the headline consumer price inflation figure to “a favourable base effect from the previous year” when Ra-

madan fell in July and prices were elevated.

Egypt has struggled to restore economic growth since a 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. The ensuing turmoil scared off tourists and foreign investors, key sources of hard currency.

Foreign reserves have more than halved since before the 2011 uprising to about $15 billion in July, enough for less than three months of imports.

The central bank devalued the pound to 8.78 per dollar in March and has hiked interest rates to hold back prices. But the pound continues to face pressure on the black market due to the dollar shortage.

Economists say another devaluation is likely.

Egypt announced in late July that it was entering the final stages of

negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a $12 billion loan programme over three years.

While easing the pressure on public finances, an IMF deal would increase pressure on Egypt to push ahead with reforms that include introducing Value Added Tax and slashing subsidies. Both moves are likely to push up prices, economists say.

Economists are broadly in agreement that Egypt’s Monetary Policy Committee is likely to raise interest rates further.

“The central bank doesn’t have an inflation target but policymakers have previously suggested that they are more comfortable with inflation in single digits,” Londonbased Capital Economics said in a research note. “We remain of the view that the MPC will hike interest rates further this year.”

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been at pains to protect the poorest from the effects of double-digit inflation, with the army offering cut-price food to the public.(rtr)

Models pose for photographs beside a Chevrolet Trax at the Indonesia International Auto Show in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, Indonesia August 11, 2016.

Haris asks president to set up independent investigation team JAKARTA - Haris Azhar, the coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to set up an independent team to investigate the alleged testimony of drug big shot Freddy Budiman.

Freddy Budiman, who was one of four drug death row prisoners executed late last month on the island of Nusakambangan, was allegedly claimed to have bribed leaders of law enforcement agencies with hundreds of billions of rupiah to protect his illicit business.

Haris Azhar, who is in the center of big controversy for publishing the alleged testimony, have been reported to the police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) on charge of defamation by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) , state Police and the military (TNI).

Haris asked the president to step in and set up a special team to find the truth behind the statement accusing element of the state apparatuses of being involved in drug business.

“In the Police Headquarters there is a team. In BNN and TNI there are also such teams. I ask the president to step in by set up a team that the teams of the three institutions could work in synergy with the team formed by the president,” Haris said here on Wednesday.

A number of leading lawyers in Jakarta have also urged the president to form a team made of strictly independent figures. Haris said investigations by the independent teams of the police, BNN and TNI, would not be enough to get the truth from the alleged testimony given to him by Freddy in 2014.

“Responses of the three institu-

tions were more as a clarification,” he said, adding, while the purpose is to get to the root allegation.

He said it would be better if the president forms a special team to unearth the truth and unveil any involvement of the state apparatuses in drug Mafia.

He said he hoped that the information he got from Freddy could be used as an opportunity to reform law enforcement agencies and take action against apparatuses involved in the drug business.

In his article Rotten Story from a Bandit Haris wrote alleged testimony of Freddy as saying “Based on my calculation in the years of work to smuggle narcotics , I have given Rp450 billion to BNN officials. I have given Rp90 billion to certain officials of the police headquarters.

I have even used a car of a two star TNI general.(ant)

It said 28 of the 241 species identified were fully protected under Indonesian law. They include seven Black-winged Mynas, a critically endangered species found only in Java and Bali.

Serene Chng, a program director for the group, said the scale of the illegal trade is “staggering.”

“Almost all of the birds were native to Indonesia, 15 percent of them found nowhere else on Earth,” she said. “The outlook for some of Indonesia’s bird populations is very bleak.”

The research was carried out in Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Malang. The capital Jakarta is already known as a hotspot for the illegal bird trade with three markets in-

cluding one in the east of the city that is country’s biggest.

Elizabeth John, a spokeswoman for Traffic, said the number of birds was based on an actual count of visible birds in each shop at the markets conducted over three days.

Under Indonesia’s conservation laws, trade in protected wildlife carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and fines of 100 million rupiah ($7,700).

Traffic said a similar survey in Jakarta in 2014 documented about 19,000 birds for sale over a threeday period.

Indonesia, the world largest archipelago with 17,000 islands, is home to more than 130 threatened bird species.(ap)

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Birds are displayed in cages at Gubeng bird market in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.

President Jokowi opens regional congress of constitutional courts

NUSA DUA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) here, Thursday, officially opened a regional congress of the Association of Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions of Asia (AACC).

“The constitutional reform in Indonesia that began in 1999, has placed the Constitutional Court in

a very strategic position,” the President said in his opening remarks.

The Head of State hoped that the congress would yield breakthroughs for the promotion of democracy of constitutionalism and civilization for legal enforcers that that could improve welfare, security, and justice.

The third congress is being held

in Bali, from August 9 to 13 under the theme of “Advancement and Protection of Citizens Constitutional Rights”.

The aim of the congress is to promote the development of democracy, laws and constitutional rights in Asia through exchange of information and experiences regarding

constitutional issues. It will also strive for deepening cooperation and friendship among constitutional institutions across Asia.

Of the associations 16 members, 14 are participating in the congress. The countries are Indonesia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the Philippines, Turkey,

South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar. Pakistan and Uzbekistan do not attend the congress.

The first congress of the association was held in South Korea in May 2012 while the second was held in Turkey in April 2014.(ant)

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Clinton blasts Trump for ‘casual inciting of violence,’ Republicans shaken

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Republican opponent Donald Trump of inciting violence with his call for gun rights activists to stop her from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Clinton’s comments added to a growing outcry over Trump’s remarks on Tuesday at a North Carolina rally, which some interpreted as a call for violence against his White House rival. His remarks also fueled widespread concerns about his ability to stay on track.

“Words matter, my friends,” the former U.S. secretary of state, who rarely engages in direct backand-forths with her Republican rival, said at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. “And if you are running to be president or you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences.”

“Yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from Donald Trump that crossed the line,” she said, citing “his casual inciting of violence.”

Trump insisted in an interview with Fox News that his remarks were a call for political, not physical, action.

“There is tremendous political

power to save the Second Amendment, tremendous,” the New York businessman said. “And you look at the power they have in terms of votes and that’s what I was referring to, obviously that’s what I was referring to, and everybody knows it.”

The U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees a right to keep and bear arms.

“I can’t think of anything remotely comparable to it. No one tells a joke about the opponent getting shot. I’ve never heard it,” said Bob Shrum, a top aide for Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000 and John Kerry’s in 2004.

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High-profile Republicans and rank-and-file voters appeared shaken on Wednesday after a string of Trump misfires, struggling with how to best reject his divisive candidacy. Some pledged to withhold their endorsement and others

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backed Clinton.

Some, including MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, called for party leaders to replace Trump on the ticket.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Aug. 5-8 - before Trump’s latest controversy - showed that nearly one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans said they want Trump to drop out of the race and another 10 percent said they “don’t know” whether the Republican nominee should or not.

Clinton’s campaign, seeing an opening, has moved to bring disenchanted Republicans into the fold by announcing an official intraparty outreach effort on behalf of the Democratic nominee.

Clinton’s campaign now has a website for Republicans and political independents to sign up to pledge their support, listing 50 prominent Republicans and independents who have endorsed her.

On Monday, 50 Republican national security officials signed an open letter questioning Trump’s temperament, calling him reckless and unqualified to be president. (rtr)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Abraham Lincoln High School, in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council to discuss additional security measures for Crimea after clashes on the contested peninsula, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 11, 2016.

Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilise annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula.

Russia’s FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Kiev denied the assertions, calling them an attempt

by Moscow to create an excuse to escalate towards a war.

The Russian president accused Kiev of playing a dangerous game and said he saw no point in holding a new round of talks about the troubled peace process in eastern Ukraine on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China next month.

“The people who seized power in Kiev ... have switched to terror tactics instead of searching for ways for a peaceful settlement,” Putin told a news conference, saying Russia would not let such actions pass without a response.

“The attempt to provoke an outbreak of violence, to provoke a conflict is nothing other than a desire to distract (Ukrainian) society from its problems,” he added, calling Ukraine’s actions “criminal.”

Putin’s comments stirred fears that Russia, which has been steadily reinforcing Crimea militarily, may be considering new military action.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the Russian accusations were a cynical pretext to make more military threats against

Ukraine.

“Russian accusations towards Ukraine of terrorism in the occupied Crimea sound as preposterous and cynical as the statements of the Russian leadership about the absence of the Russian troops in Donbass (region of Ukraine),” Poroshenko said.

The Russian allegations follow an uptick in Russian military activity in northern Crimea and heavier fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian government troops are battling pro-Russian separatists.

If true, the events - which the FSB said involved at least two armed clashes on the border between Crimea and Ukraine - would be the most serious escalation on the contested peninsula since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine in 2014.

U.S. and European Union sanctions to punish Russia for the land grab remain in place, though Moscow has made clear it has no intention of handing Crimea back.

Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko drew parallels between the current situation involving Russia and Ukraine and the lead-up to a 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

“The scenario looks very similar and very familiar. That’s why we stand ready for any further provocative developments, the convening of the Security Council is being considered,” he told reporters at the United Nations. “We still hope that it will not bring the conflict to another level, but it seems that it is quite possible unfortunately.” (rtr)

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Unbeaten U.S. survive Australia scare

RIO DE JANEIRO - Carmelo Anthony came to Team USA’s rescue with a record-breaking effort on Wednesday as the defending Olympic basketball champions beat Australia 98-88 in a thrilling encounter to extend their overall winning streak to 20 games.

GIANYAR - Tegalalang Rice Terrace located on the north-south road from Kintamani and Ubud. Various woodcarvings can be found in this village and its neighbors. Very colorful carvings of flowers, animals and other designs are displayed along the road, and of course a beutiful ricefield. Tegalalang Rice Terrace has beautifull view with coconut trees and beautifull small river valley. Tegallalang well known with the village of handicrafts centre specially for wholesale and export, a long of the road you will see a lot of the shops, they sell variety of painted woodcarving with colorfull designed. The painted woodcarving products the sell made from very light wood with reasonable price, they do sell theirs handicrafts for retail too. (IBP/net)

Trailing the Boomers 72-70 early in the fourth quarter, Anthony tied the game from inside the paint then hit two big three-pointers to put the U.S. ahead for good as they remained top of the Group A standings with a 3-0 record.

Anthony, a four-time Olympian and the Team USA leader, finished with a game-high 31 points to leapfrog David Robinson and LeBron James on the list of all-time leading scorers at the Olympics among American players.

Kyrie Irving, who was born in Melbourne and at one point considered playing for Australia, contributed 19 points to the U.S. cause, including a clutch three-pointer with 1:35 to play and two free throws in the dying seconds to ease frayed nerves.

“I don’t think we played our best game but we pulled it out,” Anthony told reporters, deflecting any credit for the win. “Tonight we came together as a team and guys stepped up at different points.”

With a lineup of NBA all-stars and most valuable players bidding for a third straight gold medal, the U.S. might have expected little trouble from the 11th-ranked Australians, who have never set foot on the Olympic podium.

Unbeaten since the bronze medal game of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the streak came under threat almost from the opening tipoff as the Boomers forged a 54-49 halftime lead, leaving the whiff of an upset in the air.

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Carmelo Anthony (USA) of the USA and Ryan Broekhoff (AUS) of Australia chase a loose ball. tralia refused to be intimidated by the mighty Americans, who have won gold medals at 14 of the 17 Olympics they have participated in, including the last two.

“We thought we could compete with these guys and in the first half we showed that,” said Matthew Dellavedova, who helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA title in June. “We

knew we could play with anyone coming in.

“There is no intimidation factor and there shouldn’t be. We all play basketball and do the same thing, so we will focus on our next two pool games and go from there.”

After blowout wins over China and Venezuela to open pool play, U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said the Olympic tournament had now moved up

a level for the Americans.

“For this group, that was the first real international game,” said Krzyzewski, who will step down as U.S. coach after the Rio Games.

“The first two games we played, we were significantly better than those teams and this is the real world now. We beat a heck of a team tonight.

They just played lights out basketball. (rtr)

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Michael Phelps (USA) of USA competes.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leonidas of Rhodes would recognise a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore.

After 2,160 years of history, give or take a decade, the greatest athlete of ancient Greece is no longer alone on his pedestal.

The medal machine that is Phelps on Tuesday matched what must surely rank as the oldest record in sport when he chalked up his 12th individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Leonidas, a runner who competed between 164 and 152 BC according to Olympic historians, is the only other athlete to have won 12 solo titles.

There is plenty of documentary evidence to attest to the dominance of Phelps, winner of a record 21 golds and 25 medals in an astonishing career spanning five Games that is far from finished.

The achievements of Leonidas rely on somewhat sketchier accounts, provided much later by

Philostratus the Athenian and Pausanias who hailed the runner’s 12 victories through four Olympiads.

The sentiments expressed

by Phelps in the early hours of Wednesday after winning the 200m butterfly title would surely have resonated with Leonidas, even if the Greek had to compete with a shield and helmet.

“That’s a lot of medals,” grinned the American. “We got a lot of medals. It’s just insane. It’s mindblowing.”

Phelps has by far the most of any Olympic athlete and is the only one to win eight golds at a single Games, an achievement that earned much fanfare plus a $1 million bonus in Beijing in 2008.

In Rio, he has so far taken three golds - one individual and two relays - and on Thursday he could become the first swimmer to win the same event, the 200m individual medley, at four successive Games.

Tuesday’s 200m butterfly gold

made him the oldest swimmer to win an individual Olympic title at 31 years and 40 days.

Put into perspective, if Phelps were a sovereign state he would rank 52nd in the all-time lists in terms of total medals won. On golds alone, he would be in the top 40.

India, a nation of a billion people, has competed at every Olympics since 1920 and only ever won nine golds, with not even a medal in swimming.

Mexico and Indonesia, two more of the world’s most populous nations, have just 19 golds between them.

Phelps has won more golds in the pool than China’s men and women combined, and he has not finished yet.

“He is just proving he is easily the greatest swimmer of all time and I am excited to see what he does next because once that guy gets hot you can’t really stop him,” said relay team mate Conor Dwyer. (rtr)

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Sp rt Brazil tops Denmark 4-0 to avoid elimination in men’s soccer

SALVADOR — Brazil finally found its scoring touch in the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics. The host country advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Denmark 4-0 Wednesday, avoiding another embarrassing elimination in front of the home fans.

Gabigol scored twice and Gabriel Jesus and Luan added the others at the Arena Fonte Nova as Brazil continues its quest to win the Olympic gold medal in soccer for the first time.

“The team played a great match,” Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said.

“We found our game and this time the ball went in. That gave us a lot of tranquility during the match.” The Brazilians will next play Colombia on Saturday in Sao Paulo.

Brazil had been held to scoreless draws in its first two group games and needed a victory to guarantee a spot in the knockout round. It ended up first in Group A with five points, one more than Denmark, which also advanced and will play Nigeria in Salvador. South Africa and Iraq were eliminated after a 1-1 draw in Sao Paulo.

The convincing victory also helped Brazil regain the support of the local fans, who had been disappointed by lackluster performances and had loudly jeered the team in the games against South Africa and Iraq.

The crowd of more than 40,000 fans was behind the team from the start in Salvador and chanted “The champion is back” during parts of the game.

“To have the crowd on our side is extremely important,” Micale said.

“Hopefully it will be like that again in Sao Paulo.”

Led by Neymar, Brazil arrived as the main favorite to win the Olympic tournament and finally breakthrough with the gold medal, which is the only trophy the five-time world champions haven’t won in soccer.

Needing the victory, Brazil attacked from the start and took the lead after Gabigol’s close-range shot after a low cross by Douglas Santos in the 26th minute. Gabriel Jesus added to the lead from near the goal line in the 40th after a pass

by Luan, who scored the third from near the penalty spot in a play started

by Neymar. Gabigol’s second goal came with a shot off a rebound in the 80th.

Neymar, who had been heckled by some fans after struggling in the first two games, played better and was much more involved in the game. Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus, the 19-year-old forwards touted as some of Latin America’s most promising players, also improved and finally found the net.

Brazil was in danger of another humiliating elimination just two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany at its home World Cup. The senior team also disappointed at the Copa America two months ago, failing to advance from the group stage of the continental competition.

Earlier Wednesday, two-time Olympic champion Argentina and defending champion Mexico were eliminated from medal contention after failing to advance from the group stage. Playing without any of its biggest stars, Argentina needed a win against Honduras but was held to a 1-1 draw at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. It was another blow to Argentine soccer following the senior team’s loss in the Copa America final in June and the ongoing crisis enveloping the sport at home.

Mexico, which brought a stronger team and was among the title favorites, lost to South Korea 1-0 in Brasilia to end its chances of repeating its triumph from four years ago, when it upset Brazil in the final in London. South Korea will next play Honduras in Belo Horizonte.

Germany will play Portugal in Brasilia after advancing to the quarterfinals with a 10-0 rout of Fiji at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, the same place where the country’s senior team embarrassed Brazil 7-1 in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup. Fiji had already lost 5-1 to Mexico and 8-0 to South Korea.

All quarterfinal matches will be on Saturday. (ap)

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Villarreal part ways with coach Marcelino

Coach Marcelino has parted ways with Villarreal a week ahead of their Champions League playoff first leg, the Spanish club confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.

The 50-year-old joined Villarreal in January, 2013, following the team’s relegation the season before and guided them back to La Liga. Mar-

Liverpool fan invades the pitch

celino also took the team to the Europa League semi-finals last season.

The former Sevilla coach left after three-and-a-half seasons at the helm having secured a fourthplaced finish and a return to the Champions League last season.

“Villarreal want to wish Marcelino all the best for the rest of his career,”

read a statement on the club website (www.villarrealcf.es). “In the coming hours we will announce a replacement on an interim or permanent basis.”

Villarreal host Monaco on Aug. 17 in the first leg of their Champions League playoff before beginning their La Liga campaign at Granada on Aug. 20. (rtr)

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Liverpool to face Burton in 2nd round of League Cup

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Australia’s record goal scorer Tim Cahill joins Melbourne City

Australia’s Tim Cahill celebrates his second goal during their Asian Cup quarter-final soccer match against China at the Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane January 22, 2015.

Brazil’s Gabriel Barbosa, center, celebrates with teammate Neymar after scoring his team’s first goal during a group A match of the men’ s Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Denmark in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016.

LONDON — Last season’s beaten finalist Liverpool will start its English League Cup campaign with a second-round fixture at second-tier Burton Albion.

The cup draw on Wednesday also handed Chelsea — under new manager Antonio Conte — a home match against either Bristol Rovers or Bristol City while Everton, with Ronald Koeman in charge, will host fourth-tier Yeovil.

Other fixtures involving Premier

League clubs will see Watford face Gillingham, Crystal Palace host Blackpool and Stoke travel to Stevenage.

Luton’s reward for a 3-1 firstround victory over Aston Villa, which was relegated from the topflight last season, is a game against Leeds United. The matches will be played during the week starting Aug. 22. The seven Premier League clubs playing in Europe will join the competition in the third round. (ap)

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SYDNEY - Australia’s record goal scorer Tim Cahill has signed for Melbourne City FC, a move that will see him play in the country’s domestic A-League competition for the first time.

Cahill, who has won 91 caps for Australia and is the country’s record goal scorer with 47, has signed a three-year contract with Melbourne City.

The midfielder will play for two years then join the club’s coaching staff in 2018, the team said on Thursday.

“It’s the biggest player signing in the League’s history, it’s a red letter day for the code,” Football Federation Australia’s CEO David Gallop told reporters in Sydney. “I think for many Australians when you think football, you think Tim Cahill.

“Scoring goals, celebrating by punching the corner flag, hopefully we are going to see plenty of that over the next couple of seasons, not only in the A-League but of course for the Socceroos on the road to Russia 2018.”

Cahill, 36, has represented his

country in three consecutive World Cups and the Asian Cup, becoming the first Australian to score in each competition.

“I am incredibly excited to have signed with Melbourne City and ultimately the City Football Group.

There is real ambition and purpose here, qualities that are immensely important to me,” Cahill said in a statement.

Cahill previously played for Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, the MLS’ New York Red Bulls, Everton in the English Premier League and Millwall, also in England. He joins Melbourne City after leaving CSL side Hangzhou Greentown in July. Neither Melbourne City nor Gallop has revealed the exact price paid for the midfielder.

“Without putting a precise figure on it, I think it’s a significant investment by the game, the biggest investment that the league has ever made in a player and that is, I think, appropriate for Tim Cahill,” Gallop added. “As I say, he’s number one on our wish list and we’ve got him.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Brazil tops Denmark 4-0 to avoid elimination in men’s soccer

SALVADOR — Brazil finally found its scoring touch in the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics. The host country advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Denmark 4-0 Wednesday, avoiding another embarrassing elimination in front of the home fans.

Gabigol scored twice and Gabriel Jesus and Luan added the others at the Arena Fonte Nova as Brazil continues its quest to win the Olympic gold medal in soccer for the first time.

“The team played a great match,” Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said.

“We found our game and this time the ball went in. That gave us a lot of tranquility during the match.” The Brazilians will next play Colombia on Saturday in Sao Paulo.

Brazil had been held to scoreless draws in its first two group games and needed a victory to guarantee a spot in the knockout round. It ended up first in Group A with five points, one more than Denmark, which also advanced and will play Nigeria in Salvador. South Africa and Iraq were eliminated after a 1-1 draw in Sao Paulo.

The convincing victory also helped Brazil regain the support of the local fans, who had been disappointed by lackluster performances and had loudly jeered the team in the games against South Africa and Iraq.

The crowd of more than 40,000 fans was behind the team from the start in Salvador and chanted “The champion is back” during parts of the game.

“To have the crowd on our side is extremely important,” Micale said.

“Hopefully it will be like that again in Sao Paulo.”

Led by Neymar, Brazil arrived as the main favorite to win the Olympic tournament and finally breakthrough with the gold medal, which is the only trophy the five-time world champions haven’t won in soccer.

Needing the victory, Brazil attacked from the start and took the lead after Gabigol’s close-range shot after a low cross by Douglas Santos in the 26th minute. Gabriel Jesus added to the lead from near the goal line in the 40th after a pass

by Luan, who scored the third from near the penalty spot in a play started

by Neymar. Gabigol’s second goal came with a shot off a rebound in the 80th.

Neymar, who had been heckled by some fans after struggling in the first two games, played better and was much more involved in the game. Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus, the 19-year-old forwards touted as some of Latin America’s most promising players, also improved and finally found the net.

Brazil was in danger of another humiliating elimination just two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany at its home World Cup. The senior team also disappointed at the Copa America two months ago, failing to advance from the group stage of the continental competition.

Earlier Wednesday, two-time Olympic champion Argentina and defending champion Mexico were eliminated from medal contention after failing to advance from the group stage. Playing without any of its biggest stars, Argentina needed a win against Honduras but was held to a 1-1 draw at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. It was another blow to Argentine soccer following the senior team’s loss in the Copa America final in June and the ongoing crisis enveloping the sport at home.

Mexico, which brought a stronger team and was among the title favorites, lost to South Korea 1-0 in Brasilia to end its chances of repeating its triumph from four years ago, when it upset Brazil in the final in London. South Korea will next play Honduras in Belo Horizonte.

Germany will play Portugal in Brasilia after advancing to the quarterfinals with a 10-0 rout of Fiji at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, the same place where the country’s senior team embarrassed Brazil 7-1 in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup. Fiji had already lost 5-1 to Mexico and 8-0 to South Korea.

All quarterfinal matches will be on Saturday. (ap)

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Villarreal part ways with coach Marcelino

Coach Marcelino has parted ways with Villarreal a week ahead of their Champions League playoff first leg, the Spanish club confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.

The 50-year-old joined Villarreal in January, 2013, following the team’s relegation the season before and guided them back to La Liga. Mar-

Liverpool fan invades the pitch

celino also took the team to the Europa League semi-finals last season.

The former Sevilla coach left after three-and-a-half seasons at the helm having secured a fourthplaced finish and a return to the Champions League last season.

“Villarreal want to wish Marcelino all the best for the rest of his career,”

read a statement on the club website (www.villarrealcf.es). “In the coming hours we will announce a replacement on an interim or permanent basis.”

Villarreal host Monaco on Aug. 17 in the first leg of their Champions League playoff before beginning their La Liga campaign at Granada on Aug. 20. (rtr)

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Liverpool to face Burton in 2nd round of League Cup

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Australia’s record goal scorer Tim Cahill joins Melbourne City

Australia’s Tim Cahill celebrates his second goal during their Asian Cup quarter-final soccer match against China at the Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane January 22, 2015.

Brazil’s Gabriel Barbosa, center, celebrates with teammate Neymar after scoring his team’s first goal during a group A match of the men’ s Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Denmark in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016.

LONDON — Last season’s beaten finalist Liverpool will start its English League Cup campaign with a second-round fixture at second-tier Burton Albion.

The cup draw on Wednesday also handed Chelsea — under new manager Antonio Conte — a home match against either Bristol Rovers or Bristol City while Everton, with Ronald Koeman in charge, will host fourth-tier Yeovil.

Other fixtures involving Premier

League clubs will see Watford face Gillingham, Crystal Palace host Blackpool and Stoke travel to Stevenage.

Luton’s reward for a 3-1 firstround victory over Aston Villa, which was relegated from the topflight last season, is a game against Leeds United. The matches will be played during the week starting Aug. 22. The seven Premier League clubs playing in Europe will join the competition in the third round. (ap)

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SYDNEY - Australia’s record goal scorer Tim Cahill has signed for Melbourne City FC, a move that will see him play in the country’s domestic A-League competition for the first time.

Cahill, who has won 91 caps for Australia and is the country’s record goal scorer with 47, has signed a three-year contract with Melbourne City.

The midfielder will play for two years then join the club’s coaching staff in 2018, the team said on Thursday.

“It’s the biggest player signing in the League’s history, it’s a red letter day for the code,” Football Federation Australia’s CEO David Gallop told reporters in Sydney. “I think for many Australians when you think football, you think Tim Cahill.

“Scoring goals, celebrating by punching the corner flag, hopefully we are going to see plenty of that over the next couple of seasons, not only in the A-League but of course for the Socceroos on the road to Russia 2018.”

Cahill, 36, has represented his

country in three consecutive World Cups and the Asian Cup, becoming the first Australian to score in each competition.

“I am incredibly excited to have signed with Melbourne City and ultimately the City Football Group.

There is real ambition and purpose here, qualities that are immensely important to me,” Cahill said in a statement.

Cahill previously played for Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, the MLS’ New York Red Bulls, Everton in the English Premier League and Millwall, also in England. He joins Melbourne City after leaving CSL side Hangzhou Greentown in July. Neither Melbourne City nor Gallop has revealed the exact price paid for the midfielder.

“Without putting a precise figure on it, I think it’s a significant investment by the game, the biggest investment that the league has ever made in a player and that is, I think, appropriate for Tim Cahill,” Gallop added. “As I say, he’s number one on our wish list and we’ve got him.” (rtr)

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Unbeaten U.S. survive Australia scare

RIO DE JANEIRO - Carmelo Anthony came to Team USA’s rescue with a record-breaking effort on Wednesday as the defending Olympic basketball champions beat Australia 98-88 in a thrilling encounter to extend their overall winning streak to 20 games.

GIANYAR - Tegalalang Rice Terrace located on the north-south road from Kintamani and Ubud. Various woodcarvings can be found in this village and its neighbors. Very colorful carvings of flowers, animals and other designs are displayed along the road, and of course a beutiful ricefield. Tegalalang Rice Terrace has beautifull view with coconut trees and beautifull small river valley. Tegallalang well known with the village of handicrafts centre specially for wholesale and export, a long of the road you will see a lot of the shops, they sell variety of painted woodcarving with colorfull designed. The painted woodcarving products the sell made from very light wood with reasonable price, they do sell theirs handicrafts for retail too. (IBP/net)

Trailing the Boomers 72-70 early in the fourth quarter, Anthony tied the game from inside the paint then hit two big three-pointers to put the U.S. ahead for good as they remained top of the Group A standings with a 3-0 record.

Anthony, a four-time Olympian and the Team USA leader, finished with a game-high 31 points to leapfrog David Robinson and LeBron James on the list of all-time leading scorers at the Olympics among American players.

Kyrie Irving, who was born in Melbourne and at one point considered playing for Australia, contributed 19 points to the U.S. cause, including a clutch three-pointer with 1:35 to play and two free throws in the dying seconds to ease frayed nerves.

“I don’t think we played our best game but we pulled it out,” Anthony told reporters, deflecting any credit for the win. “Tonight we came together as a team and guys stepped up at different points.”

With a lineup of NBA all-stars and most valuable players bidding for a third straight gold medal, the U.S. might have expected little trouble from the 11th-ranked Australians, who have never set foot on the Olympic podium.

Unbeaten since the bronze medal game of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the streak came under threat almost from the opening tipoff as the Boomers forged a 54-49 halftime lead, leaving the whiff of an upset in the air.

IMPROVING STANDARDS With five NBA players in their lineup, Aus-

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Carmelo Anthony (USA) of the USA and Ryan Broekhoff (AUS) of Australia chase a loose ball. tralia refused to be intimidated by the mighty Americans, who have won gold medals at 14 of the 17 Olympics they have participated in, including the last two.

“We thought we could compete with these guys and in the first half we showed that,” said Matthew Dellavedova, who helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA title in June. “We

knew we could play with anyone coming in.

“There is no intimidation factor and there shouldn’t be. We all play basketball and do the same thing, so we will focus on our next two pool games and go from there.”

After blowout wins over China and Venezuela to open pool play, U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said the Olympic tournament had now moved up

a level for the Americans.

“For this group, that was the first real international game,” said Krzyzewski, who will step down as U.S. coach after the Rio Games.

“The first two games we played, we were significantly better than those teams and this is the real world now. We beat a heck of a team tonight.

They just played lights out basketball. (rtr)

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Michael Phelps (USA) of USA competes.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leonidas of Rhodes would recognise a kindred spirit in Michael Phelps of Baltimore.

After 2,160 years of history, give or take a decade, the greatest athlete of ancient Greece is no longer alone on his pedestal.

The medal machine that is Phelps on Tuesday matched what must surely rank as the oldest record in sport when he chalked up his 12th individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Leonidas, a runner who competed between 164 and 152 BC according to Olympic historians, is the only other athlete to have won 12 solo titles.

There is plenty of documentary evidence to attest to the dominance of Phelps, winner of a record 21 golds and 25 medals in an astonishing career spanning five Games that is far from finished.

The achievements of Leonidas rely on somewhat sketchier accounts, provided much later by

Philostratus the Athenian and Pausanias who hailed the runner’s 12 victories through four Olympiads.

The sentiments expressed

by Phelps in the early hours of Wednesday after winning the 200m butterfly title would surely have resonated with Leonidas, even if the Greek had to compete with a shield and helmet.

“That’s a lot of medals,” grinned the American. “We got a lot of medals. It’s just insane. It’s mindblowing.”

Phelps has by far the most of any Olympic athlete and is the only one to win eight golds at a single Games, an achievement that earned much fanfare plus a $1 million bonus in Beijing in 2008.

In Rio, he has so far taken three golds - one individual and two relays - and on Thursday he could become the first swimmer to win the same event, the 200m individual medley, at four successive Games.

Tuesday’s 200m butterfly gold

made him the oldest swimmer to win an individual Olympic title at 31 years and 40 days.

Put into perspective, if Phelps were a sovereign state he would rank 52nd in the all-time lists in terms of total medals won. On golds alone, he would be in the top 40.

India, a nation of a billion people, has competed at every Olympics since 1920 and only ever won nine golds, with not even a medal in swimming.

Mexico and Indonesia, two more of the world’s most populous nations, have just 19 golds between them.

Phelps has won more golds in the pool than China’s men and women combined, and he has not finished yet.

“He is just proving he is easily the greatest swimmer of all time and I am excited to see what he does next because once that guy gets hot you can’t really stop him,” said relay team mate Conor Dwyer. (rtr)

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Clinton blasts Trump for ‘casual inciting of violence,’ Republicans shaken

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Republican opponent Donald Trump of inciting violence with his call for gun rights activists to stop her from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Clinton’s comments added to a growing outcry over Trump’s remarks on Tuesday at a North Carolina rally, which some interpreted as a call for violence against his White House rival. His remarks also fueled widespread concerns about his ability to stay on track.

“Words matter, my friends,” the former U.S. secretary of state, who rarely engages in direct backand-forths with her Republican rival, said at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. “And if you are running to be president or you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences.”

“Yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from Donald Trump that crossed the line,” she said, citing “his casual inciting of violence.”

Trump insisted in an interview with Fox News that his remarks were a call for political, not physical, action.

“There is tremendous political

power to save the Second Amendment, tremendous,” the New York businessman said. “And you look at the power they have in terms of votes and that’s what I was referring to, obviously that’s what I was referring to, and everybody knows it.”

The U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees a right to keep and bear arms.

“I can’t think of anything remotely comparable to it. No one tells a joke about the opponent getting shot. I’ve never heard it,” said Bob Shrum, a top aide for Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000 and John Kerry’s in 2004.

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backed Clinton.

Some, including MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, called for party leaders to replace Trump on the ticket.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Aug. 5-8 - before Trump’s latest controversy - showed that nearly one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans said they want Trump to drop out of the race and another 10 percent said they “don’t know” whether the Republican nominee should or not.

Clinton’s campaign, seeing an opening, has moved to bring disenchanted Republicans into the fold by announcing an official intraparty outreach effort on behalf of the Democratic nominee.

Clinton’s campaign now has a website for Republicans and political independents to sign up to pledge their support, listing 50 prominent Republicans and independents who have endorsed her.

On Monday, 50 Republican national security officials signed an open letter questioning Trump’s temperament, calling him reckless and unqualified to be president. (rtr)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Abraham Lincoln High School, in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council to discuss additional security measures for Crimea after clashes on the contested peninsula, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 11, 2016.

Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilise annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula.

Russia’s FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Kiev denied the assertions, calling them an attempt

by Moscow to create an excuse to escalate towards a war.

The Russian president accused Kiev of playing a dangerous game and said he saw no point in holding a new round of talks about the troubled peace process in eastern Ukraine on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China next month.

“The people who seized power in Kiev ... have switched to terror tactics instead of searching for ways for a peaceful settlement,” Putin told a news conference, saying Russia would not let such actions pass without a response.

“The attempt to provoke an outbreak of violence, to provoke a conflict is nothing other than a desire to distract (Ukrainian) society from its problems,” he added, calling Ukraine’s actions “criminal.”

Putin’s comments stirred fears that Russia, which has been steadily reinforcing Crimea militarily, may be considering new military action.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the Russian accusations were a cynical pretext to make more military threats against

Ukraine.

“Russian accusations towards Ukraine of terrorism in the occupied Crimea sound as preposterous and cynical as the statements of the Russian leadership about the absence of the Russian troops in Donbass (region of Ukraine),” Poroshenko said.

The Russian allegations follow an uptick in Russian military activity in northern Crimea and heavier fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian government troops are battling pro-Russian separatists.

If true, the events - which the FSB said involved at least two armed clashes on the border between Crimea and Ukraine - would be the most serious escalation on the contested peninsula since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine in 2014.

U.S. and European Union sanctions to punish Russia for the land grab remain in place, though Moscow has made clear it has no intention of handing Crimea back.

Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko drew parallels between the current situation involving Russia and Ukraine and the lead-up to a 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

“The scenario looks very similar and very familiar. That’s why we stand ready for any further provocative developments, the convening of the Security Council is being considered,” he told reporters at the United Nations. “We still hope that it will not bring the conflict to another level, but it seems that it is quite possible unfortunately.” (rtr)

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“After the 50-basis-point adjustment, there have been no episodes, at least in the last two weeks, to suggest that the balance of risks has changed; in fact they have improved a bit,” said James Salazar, an economist at CI Banco.

Mexican consumer prices rose 2.65 percent in the year through July, national statistics agency INEGI said on Tuesday, but remained below the central bank’s 3 percent target, giving policymakers room to hold rates steady.

Last month, Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said policymakers were aiming to prevent weakness in the peso from hitting inflation, but warned inflation could rise above 3 percent this year.

Economic growth remains a concern. Analysts polled by the central bank this month lowered their 2016 Mexican growth estimate to 2.3 percent from 2.4 percent, and also trimmed their 2017 growth outlook to 2.65 percent from 2.7 percent.(rtr)

JAKARTA — A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who are driving several species toward extinction. Traffic, a U.K.-based group, said Thursday that its latest survey recorded nearly 23,000 birds in five markets in three cities in eastern and central Java.

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A mosque is seen around houses at the center of downtown in Cairo, Egypt August 11, 2016.

Egypt’s headline consumer inflation flat at 14 pct in July

CAIRO - Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation was unchanged at 14 percent in July and core inflation edged down as the effects of this year’s currency devaluation continued to feed through.

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A man works at his nopal cactus field in Nopaltepec, state of Mexico September 30, 2014.

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Mexico central bank seen holding key rate as peso stabilizes MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s central bank is expected to hold its key interest rate steady on Thursday after a sharply depreciated Mexican peso steadied and consumer prices rose less than expected.

All 17 analysts surveyed by Reuters expect the Bank of Mexico to leave its benchmark rate at 4.25 percent, after a unanimous 50basis-point hike in June aimed at calming concerns a peso slump could stoke inflation.

But the central bank is expected to hike the rate again by 25 basis points in the fourth quarter, the poll showed, amid expectations the Federal Reserve will raise benchmark U.S. interest rates again this year after a stronger-than-expected July U.S. employment report.

The peso has firmed around 6 percent since hitting a life low of 19.5225 per dollar on June 24, the day after Britain’s Brexit vote sent shockwaves through global markets. It is currently trading broadly around the same levels seen after late June’s aggressive rate hike.

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Egypt’s urban consumer price inflation had been rising since April, when it entered double-digit territory propelled by a near 14-percent devaluation of the Egyptian pound and the run-up to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, when food prices rise.

Ramadan ended in early July, but data published by Egypt’s statistics authority showed that food inflation continued to rise, offset by easing inflation in housing and utilities.

Annual core inflation, which strips out items such as fruit and vegetables whose prices are volatile, eased slightly to 12.31 percent in July from 12.37 percent in June though it remains at a seven-year high.

The central bank attributed the headline consumer price inflation figure to “a favourable base effect from the previous year” when Ra-

madan fell in July and prices were elevated.

Egypt has struggled to restore economic growth since a 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. The ensuing turmoil scared off tourists and foreign investors, key sources of hard currency.

Foreign reserves have more than halved since before the 2011 uprising to about $15 billion in July, enough for less than three months of imports.

The central bank devalued the pound to 8.78 per dollar in March and has hiked interest rates to hold back prices. But the pound continues to face pressure on the black market due to the dollar shortage.

Economists say another devaluation is likely.

Egypt announced in late July that it was entering the final stages of

negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a $12 billion loan programme over three years.

While easing the pressure on public finances, an IMF deal would increase pressure on Egypt to push ahead with reforms that include introducing Value Added Tax and slashing subsidies. Both moves are likely to push up prices, economists say.

Economists are broadly in agreement that Egypt’s Monetary Policy Committee is likely to raise interest rates further.

“The central bank doesn’t have an inflation target but policymakers have previously suggested that they are more comfortable with inflation in single digits,” Londonbased Capital Economics said in a research note. “We remain of the view that the MPC will hike interest rates further this year.”

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been at pains to protect the poorest from the effects of double-digit inflation, with the army offering cut-price food to the public.(rtr)

Models pose for photographs beside a Chevrolet Trax at the Indonesia International Auto Show in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, Indonesia August 11, 2016.

Haris asks president to set up independent investigation team JAKARTA - Haris Azhar, the coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to set up an independent team to investigate the alleged testimony of drug big shot Freddy Budiman.

Freddy Budiman, who was one of four drug death row prisoners executed late last month on the island of Nusakambangan, was allegedly claimed to have bribed leaders of law enforcement agencies with hundreds of billions of rupiah to protect his illicit business.

Haris Azhar, who is in the center of big controversy for publishing the alleged testimony, have been reported to the police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) on charge of defamation by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) , state Police and the military (TNI).

Haris asked the president to step in and set up a special team to find the truth behind the statement accusing element of the state apparatuses of being involved in drug business.

“In the Police Headquarters there is a team. In BNN and TNI there are also such teams. I ask the president to step in by set up a team that the teams of the three institutions could work in synergy with the team formed by the president,” Haris said here on Wednesday.

A number of leading lawyers in Jakarta have also urged the president to form a team made of strictly independent figures. Haris said investigations by the independent teams of the police, BNN and TNI, would not be enough to get the truth from the alleged testimony given to him by Freddy in 2014.

“Responses of the three institu-

tions were more as a clarification,” he said, adding, while the purpose is to get to the root allegation.

He said it would be better if the president forms a special team to unearth the truth and unveil any involvement of the state apparatuses in drug Mafia.

He said he hoped that the information he got from Freddy could be used as an opportunity to reform law enforcement agencies and take action against apparatuses involved in the drug business.

In his article Rotten Story from a Bandit Haris wrote alleged testimony of Freddy as saying “Based on my calculation in the years of work to smuggle narcotics , I have given Rp450 billion to BNN officials. I have given Rp90 billion to certain officials of the police headquarters.

I have even used a car of a two star TNI general.(ant)

It said 28 of the 241 species identified were fully protected under Indonesian law. They include seven Black-winged Mynas, a critically endangered species found only in Java and Bali.

Serene Chng, a program director for the group, said the scale of the illegal trade is “staggering.”

“Almost all of the birds were native to Indonesia, 15 percent of them found nowhere else on Earth,” she said. “The outlook for some of Indonesia’s bird populations is very bleak.”

The research was carried out in Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Malang. The capital Jakarta is already known as a hotspot for the illegal bird trade with three markets in-

cluding one in the east of the city that is country’s biggest.

Elizabeth John, a spokeswoman for Traffic, said the number of birds was based on an actual count of visible birds in each shop at the markets conducted over three days.

Under Indonesia’s conservation laws, trade in protected wildlife carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and fines of 100 million rupiah ($7,700).

Traffic said a similar survey in Jakarta in 2014 documented about 19,000 birds for sale over a threeday period.

Indonesia, the world largest archipelago with 17,000 islands, is home to more than 130 threatened bird species.(ap)

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Birds are displayed in cages at Gubeng bird market in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.

President Jokowi opens regional congress of constitutional courts

NUSA DUA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) here, Thursday, officially opened a regional congress of the Association of Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions of Asia (AACC).

“The constitutional reform in Indonesia that began in 1999, has placed the Constitutional Court in

a very strategic position,” the President said in his opening remarks.

The Head of State hoped that the congress would yield breakthroughs for the promotion of democracy of constitutionalism and civilization for legal enforcers that that could improve welfare, security, and justice.

The third congress is being held

in Bali, from August 9 to 13 under the theme of “Advancement and Protection of Citizens Constitutional Rights”.

The aim of the congress is to promote the development of democracy, laws and constitutional rights in Asia through exchange of information and experiences regarding

constitutional issues. It will also strive for deepening cooperation and friendship among constitutional institutions across Asia.

Of the associations 16 members, 14 are participating in the congress. The countries are Indonesia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the Philippines, Turkey,

South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar. Pakistan and Uzbekistan do not attend the congress.

The first congress of the association was held in South Korea in May 2012 while the second was held in Turkey in April 2014.(ant)

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Karangsewu Beach located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) is chosen as the venue of the National Nature Conservation Jamboree.

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In this Sept. 19, 2001, file photo, refugees, right, gather on one side of a fence to talk with international journalists about their journey that brought them to the Island of Nauru. Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, of deliberately ignoring the abuse of asylum seekers being held at the remote Pacific island detention camp in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat.

NEGARA — Karangsewu Beach located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) is chosen as the venue of the National Nature Conservation Jamboree. The beach adjacent to the Gilimanuk power plant has a quite beautiful nature and the habitat of Bali starling. In addition, this beach has huge potential waters for breeding coral reef.

For three days, this coastal region becomes the base camp of the nature conservation jamboree involving hundreds of nature lovers and conservationists of endangered animals from all over Indonesia.

Director General of Natural Resources Conservation and Ecosystem, Tahrir Fathoni, said on Wednesday (Aug. 10) right on the peak of National Nature Conservation Day that the destruction of coral

reef has been at issue. He invited all the walk of life in the communities to preserve the coral reef, especially on the Karangsewu Beach.

Rampant trafficking of endangered animals in Indonesia is also highlighted. Although they stay lower than in Africa, the trafficking of wildlife has reached a fantastic figure, almost equal to drugs. He expected there will be severe sanctions against the perpetrators and no tolerance will be given. “We have

revised the Law No.5/1990 and want more severe penalties for traffickers of the endangered animals so as to provide a deterrent effect,” said Fathoni.

In addition to the camping and a number of conservation activities, the participants also planted coral reef on the beach. From a number of water locations in the TNBB tried for the breeding, one of the fastest locations is on Karangsewu Beach. Condition of coral reef ecosystem scattered around

the beach in the TNBB belongs to the medium and good category. Some coral ecosystems have even suffered damages and decline.

It is the impact of human activities such as fish bombing, fishing poisoning and trafficking of ornamental coral reef and pest attack. On that account, since a few years ago, it has been carried out the transplantation of coral reef seedlings on Karangsewu Beach. (kmb26)

Illegal modern stores rampant, Parliament urges executive to do policing

GIANYAR — The presence of chain modern stores in Gianyar has exceeded the specified quota of 79 stores. Moreover, of the 115 modern stores recorded in the Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency, 54 units are ascertained to have no permit alias be illegal. The Gianyar House of Representatives have also called for the executive to perform an audit against the illegal modern stores.

Chairman of the Golkar Faction in the Gianyar House of Representatives, I Kadek Era Sukadana, stated on Wednesday (Aug. 10) that he already asked the executive to police the illegal modern stores.

“Not long ago, the executive admitted to have imposed strict sanctions on the illegal stores. However, so far there have been no actions,”

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He also urged the executive to stop the modern stores continuing to mushroom because they have great impact on local merchants. “I will continuously urge the executive to police the proliferation of modern stores and provide as space for our traditional merchants,” he said.

The Head of the Gianyar Trade and Industry Agency, Wayan Suamba, explained that the government only has the authority to regulate quotas and deployment of the modern stores. It is based on the Presidential Regulation governing the chain store or franchising store, namely Presidential Regulation No.112/2007 on the arrangement and development of traditional markets, shopping malls and modern stores. This regulation is also sup-

ported by Regulation of Minister of Home Affairs No.70/M-DAG/ PER/12/2013 on the restructuring guidelines of traditional markets, shopping malls and modern stores.

“If the government hinders, it can be penalized because there are rules, while the Trade and Industry Agency only has to obligation to regulate,” he explained.

Gianyar district has also been conducting studies related to the ideal capacity of chain modern stores in this area of the arts, tailored to the number of population. It is obtained that the ideal number of modern stores in Gianyar amounts to 79 units. The quota also includes the plan to increase in years to come.

But in reality, based on the latest data of the Gianyar Trade and

Industry Agency, the number of modern stores has reached 115 units. Ironically, only 61 units of them are ascertained to have the permit, while 54 others do not or can be categorized to be illegal.

“Those having no permit become the affairs of the BPPT. Nevertheless, we still provide them with guidance,” he said.

Suamba added that the number of chain modern stores mentioned in the data spread throughout the territory of Gianyar. But admittedly, there are a number of customary villages rejecting the presence of chain modern stores in their region such as Bitera, Pujung and Sayan customary village. “Even though rejecting the presence of modern stores in the region, they still give the opportunity to local

residents to open their business,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Division Head of Permit and Non-Permit at the BPPT Gianyar, Gusti Ngurah Suastika, said that the government of Gianyar is still drafting a regional bylaw on modern stores.

This bylaw will determine the area and the number of modern stores.

Considering the bylaw is being drafted, his agency has not dared to issue any permit of modern stores before the regional bylaw is passed.

“Many people are willing to seek permit of modern stores. However, we do not dare to give the permit because there has been no regulation yet. Hopefully, the regional bylaw can be passed as soon as possible,” he said. (kmb35)

refugees of falsely reporting sexual abuse

SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday accused asylum seekers held in Pacific detention camps of falsely reporting sexual assault in order to get sent to Australia, a day after a newspaper published leaked documents detailing abuse at the Nauru immigration centre.

More than 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported over two years at the Australianfunded Nauru detention centre, more than half involving children, Guardian Australia reported.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Thursday said asylum seekers were lying about sexual abuse and repeated comments he made earlier this year that refugee advocates were encouraging detainees to self-harm and set themselves on fire.

“I have been made aware of some incidents that have reported false allegations of sexual assault, because in the end, people have paid money to people smugglers and they want to come to our country,” Dutton said in an interview on

Australian radio.

“Some people have even gone to the extent of self-harming and people have self-immolated in an effort to get to Australia. Certainly some have made false allegations.”

Under its hardline immigration policy, asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach Australia by boat are sent for processing to Australianfunded camps on Nauru, which holds about 500 people, and on Manus island in Papua New Guinea. They are told they will never be settled in Australia.

The harsh conditions and reports of systemic child abuse at the camps have drawn wide criticism at home and abroad. Australia, however, has vowed there will be no change to the policy, which has been pursued

by successive governments.

Australia says the policy is needed to stop asylum seekers dying at sea on the dangerous boat journey from Indonesia to Australia. Hundreds of people died attempting the trip in the years before the policy was put in place.

Refugee advocates said the leaked reports show the urgent need to end Australia’s offshore detention policy and that asylum seekers must be given medical and psychological support.

Hayley Ballinger, a child protection worker at the Nauru detention centre from 2014-15, said that it was an “absolute insult” to suggest that refugees had lied about abuse that has now been widely documented.

“All of the statements speak for themselves. Certainly the clients I saw there suffered and they really suffered. And this stuff really, really did happen. We witnessed it first-hand,” Ballinger told Reuters. (rtr)

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday canceled more than 300 flights and upended thousands of travelers’ plans for the third day in a row after a power outage hit its computer systems, though it forecast a return to normal operations later this afternoon.

Delta, the No. 2 U.S. airline by passenger traffic, said systems that allow customer service agents to process check-ins and dispatch aircraft are now functioning normally. Most of Wednesday’s delays and cancellations are the result of flight crews being displaced or running up against maximum allowed work hours, it said.

As of 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), Delta said it had canceled 311 flights on the day, adding to the more than 1,600 cancellations since Monday. Another 2,540 flights departed on Wednesday, with 70 percent of them within 30 minutes of their scheduled times, the airline said.

“We’re in the final hours of bouncing back from the disruption,” Bill Lentsch, Delta’s senior vice president for airport customer service and airline operations, said in an online posting.

The travel havoc at one of the world’s largest carriers has brought into focus the vulnerability of airlines’ technology infrastructure. Experts say mergers - and sometimes insufficient investment in back-end technology - have left airlines with a hodgepodge of systems.

What is more, a drive by companies to automate operations, from mobile boarding passes to check-in kiosks, means the impact of any single glitch will multiply.

Delta said problems arose when critical systems did not switch over to a backup source following a power surge and outage on Monday.

The airline is still investigating the cause, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in an online video post, adding that the company has invested “hundreds of millions of dollars” in infrastructure upgrades and backup systems.

“I’m sorry we let you down. We’ll do everything that we can to make certain this does not happen again,” Bastian said in the video.

“There have been no indications of a hack,” Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter added in an emailed statement.

Shares were down 1.3 percent at $36.47 in late afternoon trading. (rtr)

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Members of the mission group Adventures In Missions wait to find out if their flight to Guatemala is on time or cancelled after Delta Air Lines’ computer systems crashed on Monday, grounding flights around the globe, at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 8, 2016.

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Performance of colossal genjek a cappella on Wednesday (Aug. 10).

SBY asks Bali to consistently preserving its culture

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AMLAPURA — Performance of colossal genjek a cappella on Wednesday (Aug. 10) drew the admiration of the sixth president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). According to him, the colossal genjek has the beauty of typical traditional dance and music of Karangasem district. Seeing Bali is so rich in terms of culture, he asked Bali to consistently preserve Balinese culture from the onslaught of globalization.

Such colossal genjek looked stunning with the collaboration of fragmentary show telling about the story of struggle for the independence from Dutch colonial rule. Compactness of the genjek dancers forming a distinctive singing art becomes interesting and attractive. Appearance of the thousands of genjek dancers caused the invited guests comprising a number of figures, such as SBY, Chairman of Golkar Party Setya Novanto, Deputy Governor of Bali Ketut Sudikerta, senator from Bali Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna and Cok Ratmadi as well as the Regent of Klungkung I Nyoman Suwirta to adequately enjoy the colossal genjek performance. “I quite enjoy this colossal genjek. The initiator should be appreciated,” said SBY coming to Karangasem with Ani Yudhoyono.

Two important aspects become the concern of SBY. Firstly, the beauty of traditional dance and typical music of Karangasem must be preserved. In the current era, he thought the globalization indeed presents foreign culture. He admitted it is difficult to be avoided and can easily affect the people of Indonesia. Actually, Indonesia especially Bali is rich in culture.

Music, dance and various other arts have become invaluable assets for Bali. These should be supported so that they can be inherited by future

generations.

SBY admitted that during ten years of leading this country, he never missed attending the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). He hoped Balinese people to maintain and preserve their culture. This message is not only intended for Balinese people, but also for all the people of Indonesia to continuously preserve their respective local culture.

Aside from cultural conservation, the colossal genjek a cappella seems also appropriate to be staged in the commemoration of the Independence Day. Approaching the seconds the celebration of the Independence Day of Indonesia, the collaboration with fragmentary show composed by the artist Ni Made Kinten describes the heroism of the best native people to Karangasem. They participated in defending the independence of Indonesia to shed blood. “It reminds us that the freedom did not fall from sky neither posed a gift of the colonial, but something struggled by the founders of this republic,” said SBY. Colossal genjek show also received an award from the Indonesia World Record Museum with a record on the number of genjek participants. The award was presented to the government of Karangasem, colossal genjek committee and the community of Karangasem.

Unfortunately, it was not specified how many dancers were involved in the show, whether met the target of 15, 361 people or not. However, seeing the situation at the Ujung Water Palace, the number of dancers approximately reached 5,000 people.

Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri ensured that the agenda of colossal art will be carried out every year to boost the tourism of Karangasem with the target of 1 million tourist visits per year. (kmb31)

DENPASAR - Seeing the current poor condition of the education in Bali, the discourse on full-day school policy must be responded by considering the condition of schools, teacher preparedness and infrastructure. The most important is the ability of students and the economic condition of students’ parents. All this time, at school the students require much energy especially food, so inevitably the students should bring more pocket money. In the meantime, the economic condition of their parents varies.

“This matter should be observed closely because not all the students’ parents are in the middle to upper economic condition. Some of them also belong to middle to lower economic condition, even very poor condition. In addition, schools have different conditions and so do the teachers,” affirmed TIA Kusuma Wardhani, Wednesday (Aug. 10).

As an educational guide in the region, her agency continued to support the government program.

Nevertheless, she also wanted if the government should really reconsider the discourse on the fullday school in-depth before being applied and enforced at schools.

Moreover, if it will be applied nationally chiefly in Bali, the number of teachers is quite inadequate.

If full-day school is applied, the teacher must also be increased and so must the budget to pay the salary of contract teachers.

“Since the full-day school gives more emphasis on extracurricular activities, more teachers having competency in their respective

discipline must be prepared in corresponding to the needs of students.

Therefore, the government should be ready to recruit new contract teachers balanced with an adequate budget,” she added.

She hoped that the government could make a thorough mapping to list the schools that must be ready to apply the full-day school. According to her, especially in Bali, there should be in-depth studies and each region should have a pilot project.

“Of course, this discourse cannot be nationally imposed because the condition of each school in Indonesia is remarkably varied,” she concluded.

In the meantime, an education observer, Dr. Ida Bagus Radendra Suastama, said there are several aspects needing to be clarified first before deciding to apply the fullday school policy. Without a planning and good quality of teachers, the full-day school will only become an additional burden for all parties and be unable to achieve the expected goals. On the other hand, parents must also consider

that their responsibility reduces and rely more on schools with the reason that more time is spent at school.

Further, she said that full-day school absolutely needs a great responsibility and seriousness in the implementation. Students do not only ‘spend their time’ at school but also move their time at home or in the community to school. “I am also skeptical about the maturation of planning. Hopefully, there will be no negligence when they are at school and they can get adequate attention because they have sacrificed their time with family for the full-day school,” she said.

Radendra hoped the discourse on the full-day school is not just a sensation of the new minister to make him look different. The policy needs in-depth studies and should not be implemented in a hurry. Moreover, it is said the quality of many teachers remains not ideal as a teacher. A teacher must not necessarily be smart, but the most important is the sincerity and spirit to educate the children of the nation.

“In this context, if the full-day school is applied, our students will be forced to dilute togetherness with family and community, while the results do not certainly meet the expectations. Clear concept and quality teachers should be completely prepared in advance,” she affirmed. (win)

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The current poor condition of the education in Bali, the discourse on full-day school policy must be responded by considering the condition of schools, teacher preparedness and infrastructure.

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In this case, added TIA, the schools have enough courtyards to play as well as adequate facilities and infrastructure. Most importantly, it must be supported by companion teachers. Regional mapping, in this case between the urban or remote rural areas, should be considered carefully. Lest students living far away from school finally go home at night due to the application of full-day school.

“If it has been well-prepared, during their time at school until the afternoon they can really enjoy what they are supposed to get, such as the time to play. Automatically students will have no session for private lesson and possibly there will be no homework for them because they have been at school from the morning until 16:00. After going home, they

definitely need to take a rest because they are in the period of growth and development,” she explained.

TIA added that some other thing needs to be considered such as the condition of teachers, additional operating costs of the school and psychological aspect of students. For example, pocket money for their lunch will be different between the affluent and disadvantaged students. Then, the materials to be given to students should not be overlooked. There should be additional competence of the students because they spend more time at school. Still, it must be without burdening them with a lesson because competence is related to the integrity of the students.

“Why must it be competence? The twenty-first century demands for the children with integrity such as having honesty, fairness and competence.

Do not let our children after completing school be unable to live in a

society, have no social intelligence or have antipathy,” he said.

A member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, Gede Suamba, said the reason to apply full-day school to make children not fall into negative activities outside school makes less sense.

Moreover, the majority of elementary school children are still happy to play. Their mind burden should have alleviated from the too long school time.

“Do not let our children at elementary school get stressed. On that account, it needs a comprehensive study first because when applied by force, it will reap many protests from parents because the local conditions are not the same,” said the legislator in charge of the educational issues.

Suamba asked the government to address the diversity of regions in Indonesia. It would be very unfortu-

nate when this diversity should be uniformed with single policy. Not all regions have been well prepared with the different people’s characteristics.

It would be better to be applied first at some schools as pilot project.

“Pros and cons will always occur

due to weakness and decline in social interaction of students in the community as well as the opportunity to calm down and play. Such a policy will cause the mindset of students to be depressed,” said this PDI-P politician from Tabanan. (kmb32)

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The students are coming home after studying. The full day school program must be examined properly before being implemented

Potential of MICE tourism in Bali great

Contribution to regional revenue reaches 30-40 percent

MANGUPURA - The government has put the meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) as a superior national tourism product because of its contribution to the foreign tourist visit is very significant and quite encouraging the improvement of domestic travels.

MICE belongs to the top five bringing in foreign travelers, in addition to shopping and culinary tourism, religious and heritage tourism, marine tourism and sports tourism. “In addition to the increasing growth, MICE competitiveness of Indonesia at global market must also be increased from the current condition,” said Deputy Assistant of the Business and Government Market Segment Development, Tazbir, in the MICE coordination meeting across the ministries or agencies at Hotel Grand Mega, Wednesday (Aug. 10). In accordance with the mandate of the Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, the MICE growth should be increased from five percent to ten percent in 2019 to come.

Based on the data of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Indonesia lies in the 42nd position of the world and 12th position in the AsiaPacific region, an increase of eight

positions in the Asia-Pacific region with the increase of event from 76 to 150 in 2019.

Contribution of MICE to the increase of foreign and domestic traveler movement and foreign exchange earnings will also increase significantly, where foreign exchange is projected to reach USD 2.5 billion. “These conditions will make the tourism sector worth serving as the national economic driving sector,” he added.

Wardawan, the Marketing Division Head at the Bali Tourism Office said that Bali has great potential in MICE tourism because of the advantages in terms of natural beauty, cultural and tourism facilities. So, its contribution to the increase in tourist arrivals and revenue is significant by about 30-40 percent in terms of hotel and restaurant tax. According to him, the potential MICE should be maintained because the spending of MICE travelers in Bali is

much larger than that of leisure travelers.

On the other hand, the obstacles of MICE tourism such as lack of awareness of the importance of MICE activities and the need for promotion on an ongoing basis to foreign countries should be addressed. The other obstacle is the lack of online database and comprehensive nature, the lack of accessibility such as direct flight, and souvenir items given to incentive participants still considered as import. On annual average, there are around 6-10 international events either meetings or incentives held in Bali. “It is our future problem because the participants of the incentive require an appreciation in the form of souvenirs. In fact, the souvenirs brought from Bali are still categorized into imported goods,” he explained.

The events classified into MICE tourism involving foreign and domestic participants are often not recorded whereas it is quite important for the development of tourism, especially MICE. Hidayat, the Division Head of Network Strengthening, Deputy Assistant of the Business and

Government Market Segment Development, said: “Those in other ministries or institutions frequently hold some events but our division is very difficult to get the data on the events what they are doing,

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where and how many participants are involved. Thus, we need a database of the ministries and other government agencies to promote Indonesia at home and overseas,” he explained. (kmb42)

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Beachwalk Shopping Center always presents the unique experiences for tourists and shoppers.

The various monthly programs offer more attractions in Kuta and emphasizing the Beachwalk Shopping Center’s tagline, “Bali Starts Here”.

Beachwalk presents the theme of patriotism which is called “National Pride” to celebrate Indonesia Independence Day on this August 2016. Beachwalk Shopping center is offering a bunch of events and promo.

Beachwalk partnership with TheEvent81 presents: ‘Indonesian Heritage’ on 1st – 9th August 2016.

In this event, Customers can enjoy the diversity of the Indonesia Traditional dances such as dance Batak, Javanese dance, contemporary dance and much more about Indonesia. Customers can also get to know more through Batik Painting by Museum Kain. All these activities will be held in Fountain Stage, Beachwalk level 1.

This August, Fashion TV Indonesia presents the events, exhibitions and arts with titled “F Showcase by FashionTV Indonesia”. The show is on 26th – 28th August 2016 at the Fountain Stage level 1. F Showcase is a Fashion TV Indonesia’s signature yearly event where they collaborate with fashion, music, and art in one.

Highlights the FASHION STARTS HERE campaign, Beachwalk Shopping Center as the number one fashion destination for both

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Tourist from International and Domestic can enjoy the experience and learn about Balinese Culture on “Badung Cultural Festival”. This event is held 10th – 17th August 2016 at Fountain Stage, Beachwalk level 1. In this event Customers can enjoy Balinese culture events such as Balinese dance performance, music and Balinese art. Customers can also enjoy the exhibition with different creative product from Bali and can be as a gift souvenirs.

Every Thursday International and Domestic customers can enjoy ‘Bali Cultural Experience’. Customers can enjoy the experience and learn more about Balinese culture like learn traditional Balinese dance, create Balinese offering (Canang) and learn Balinese music instrumental.

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Rihanna, Anne Hathaway expected to join female ‘Ocean’s Eight’

HOLLYWOOD - Pop star Rihanna along with actresses Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter are in talks to join Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett in a female-driven spinoff of the “Ocean’s Eleven” crime caper franchise, Hollywood trade publications reported on Wednesday.

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In this May 22, 2016 file photo, Rihanna arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

News of the movie comes a month after the release of the all-female remake of the beloved 1980s action comedy “Ghostbusters,” this time starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, that prompted a hate-filled backlash on social media.

Production of on the Warner Bros. movie, to be called “Ocean’s Eight,” is expected to start in October, with director Gary Ross, Hollywood websites Deadline and Variety reported.

Warner Bros. declined to comment.

Ross told movie website SlashFilm in June that the movie would continue the “Ocean’s Eleven” trilogy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, as well as having a similar light-hearted tone.

“Ocean’s Eleven,” in which Clooney and accomplices rob three Las Vegas casinos, made some $450 million at the worldwide box office on its 2001 release. “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” followed, bringing in another $670 million for Warner Bros.

Actress Mindy Kaling, star of U.S. TV comedy series “The Mindy Project,” is also expected to join the “Ocean’s Eight” cast, along with Asian American rapper Awkwafina.

Ross told SlashFilm in a June interview that the idea for “Ocean’s Eight” had been in the works for years and that director Steven Soderbergh would be a producer on the upcoming film.

“Ghostbusters,” a reboot of the beloved 1984 movie with Bill Murray, stars some of America’s funniest women in the entertainment industry. But ever since plans were announced a year ago for the movie, the decision to go with a new, female cast has provoked controversy online and led to the trailer earning the distinction of being the most disliked in YouTube history.

“Ghostbusters” went on to earn generally warm reviews and has taken more than $180 million at the worldwide box office since its July 15 release, according to film tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com. (rtr)

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Full-day school

Unable to be applied simultaneously, must be mapped DENPASAR - The discourse on full-day school requires careful consideration and in-depth studies. If it will be enforced into a policy, at least the government should have a mapping. It is by considering the condition of different regions in Indonesia, including Bali in

particular.

“After that, it is not applied simultaneously at all schools, but needs a pilot project. This means that schools are selected based on possible conditions,” said the Head of the Bali Education Agency, Tjokorda Istri Agung (TIA) Kusumawardani, in Denpasar.

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Civilians breathe through an oxygen mask at al-Quds hospital, after a hospital and a civil defence group said a gas, what they believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syria, early August 11, 2016.

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Syria: Four Dead In Suspected Chlorine Gas Attack in Aleppo

ALEPPO - At least four people have died after a suspected chlorine gas attack on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. The gas is believed to have been dropped alongside barrel bombs on the Zubdiya neighbourhood, which is in the rebel-held part of the city.

Hamza Khatib, manager of Al Quds hospital, told Reuters that he had recorded four deaths and 55 injuries. Mr Khatib said he was saving pieces of patients’ clothing and pieces of the bombs as evidence. A Syrian rescue worker said a mother and her two children were among the dead.

A video was posted online by the Aleppo Media Centre, an opposition news portal, which showed a child and adults wearing breathing

apparatus. Two men reported a strong smell of gas and said they saw barrel bombs before people began to suffer breathing and eye problems.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that barrel bombs had struck the neighbourhood, but made no mention of chlorine gas. Both sides deny using chemical weapons but United Nations investigators say that sarin gas was used in Eastern Ghouta

three years ago.

This killed an estimated 1,429 people, including at least 426 children. In late 2015, mustard gas was used in the conflict, confirmed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. It is not clear in either case which side was to blame.

Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city before the war, is the subject of a bitter fight between rebel forces and those under the command of Syrian President Bashar al Assad.

Last week, rebels broke through a month-long government siege in the city’s east, where an estimated 250,000 are living. Fierce fighting continues, however, meaning a safe

corridor for civilians and aid has not yet been established.

A three-hour daily ceasefire announced by Russia to allow humanitarian and aid deliveries, was due to come into force on Thursday morning, although activists say fighting has persisted.

United Nations emergency relief co-ordinator Stephen O’Brien had said he was willing to consider the Russian plan, but warned the pause needed to last at least 48 hours because the main supply route into the city, cut off by government forces last month, is so damaged only smaller trucks can be used.

He said: “When we’re offered

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