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Katy Perry set to roar for Hillary NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton will enjoy a roar of support from pop superstar Katy Perry, who has signed on to rally for her presidential campaign.

Perry -- one of the top-selling pop stars of recent years who, at 76.3 million, has more Twitter followers than anyone, including President Barack Obama -- will join Clinton in Iowa, the critical first state in the presidential nomination contest.

Clinton’s campaign said, without further detail, that Perry would appear with Clinton on October 24 before the Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Des Moines, the Midwestern state’s capital.

Perry’s support of Clinton, who is vying to be the first female US president, is already well-known.

Last year, Perry posted a picture of herself with the former secretary of state and senator and offered to write her campaign theme song.

She also performed at Obama’s second inauguration and has used her social media power to spread the word on the president’s signature reform expanding health care coverage.

The 30-year-old singer -- who has released a string of blockbuster hits

including “Roar,” “Firework” and “Teenage Dream” -- was raised in a conservative Christian household and does not generally bring politics into her music.

An exception is gay rights, of which Perry has been an outspoken proponent, and which she touched upon in her hit song “I Kissed a Girl.”

Perry has been touring Latin America on the final leg of her yearand-a-half long tour to promote the album “Prism,” with the final date scheduled for October 18 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Clinton is the front-runner to secure the Democratic nomination but has faced rising pressure on the left from Senator Bernie Sanders.

Sanders has won endorsements of a number of musicians, although none with Perry’s star power. These include Flea of alternative rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Belinda Carisle of all-female New Wave band The Go-Go’s, and folk rockers Jackson Browne, Steve Earle and Loudon Wainwright III. (afp)

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Rihanna says new ‘Anti’ album out soon

NEW YORK - Singing sensation Rihanna says her long-awaited new album will be out shortly -- and that it’s going to defy expectations.

The R&B superstar, who has not put out an album in three years after nearly annual releases since her 2005 debut, announced on Instagram that the new work would be called “Anti” and is coming “soon.”

While staying mum on the music, the 27-year-old revealed the cover of the record. Painted by pop artist Roy Nachum, it depicts a child Rihanna with a golden crown over her eyes, holding up a balloon over a blood-red backdrop.

Offering an ambitious explanation of the “Anti” theme, Rihanna wrote that she and Nachum believed they have “changed the history of album art.”

“By continuing to follow her own instincts, her work strives to make an impact by doing the very antithesis of what the public expects,” her Instagram posting said.

The Barbados-born singer, known for her rich voice and talent holding long notes, has released a string of top-charting singles including “Only Girl (in the World),” “Rude Boy” and “Diamonds.”

Her last album, “Unapologetic,” debuted at number one. Since then, she has released individual tracks including “FourFiveSeconds,” a collaboration with rapper Kanye West and Beatles legend Paul McCartney.

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Andrea Swensson, a reporter for local public radio station KCMP “The Current,” wrote in a blog post that she was among 33 “civilians” who had been summoned to Prince’s estate with three hours’ notice.

At 1:30 am, Madonna suddenly arrived along with her tour’s dance troupe and Prince ripped into a funky set, play-

ing “within a couple yards” (meters) of a crowd that in total was around 60 people, she said.

“I had expected her to hang back a bit, or maybe be sitting in her roped-off area, but once I stepped a little closer to the stage I realized that she was not only in the front row, but had perched on the edge of the stage at Prince’s feet, looking up at him adoringly as he sang,” Swensson wrote.

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Fire, the biggest threat of forests in Bali

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But her public image is also marked by her troubled past relationship with rapper Chris Brown, who was convicted in 2009 of beating her. Rihanna, whose performance at the 2009 Grammys was canceled after the assault, said in an interview published in the latest edition of Vanity Fair that she had stayed with Brown in hopes of changing him.

“You want the best for them, but if you remind them of their failures, or if you remind them of bad moments in their life, or even if you say I’m willing to put up with something, they think less of you -- because they know you don’t deserve what they’re going to give.” (afp)

Into the Groove: Prince plays private show for Madonna NEW YORK - Prince and Madonna can both sell out arenas, but for one night only, the Purple One played exclusively for the Material Girl.

In an ultra-intimate concert sure to stir envy among legions of fans of the 1980s pop giants, Prince reportedly put on a private show at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota early Friday for Madonna, who hours earlier packed St. Paul’s 20,000-capacity

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At 3:00 am, Prince leaned down and whispered an exchange with Madonna, who departed even as the show went on.

Prince is known for his non-traditional concerts and in recent years has announced shows with minimal notice.

To celebrate the release of his latest album last month, Prince threw an “international dance party” with fans invited to revel at Paisley Park. (afp)

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A demonstrator holds flowers near a police barricade during a commemoration for the victims of Saturday’s bomb blasts in the Turkish capital, in Ankara, Turkey, October 11, 2015. Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday’s bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people in the capital Ankara, while Turks mourned the most deadly attack of its kind on Turkish soil.

EACH year, an average of one thousand hectares of forest in Bali are damaged. Compared to illegal logging and the pressures of development, forest fires cause the most damage to Bali’s green spaces. Increasing forested areas is no longer possible on the Island of the Gods.

Head of Bali Forestry Agency, IGN Wiranatha noted that there have been four forest fires so far this year: one forest fire that scorched an area of 9.5 hectares at Sumberkima, Buleleng in August and another 11.5 hectares in September, another at Penelokan, Kintamani, Bangli that burned up 3.5 hectares and a one hectare in Bebandem, Karangasem.

“Our records show that there are forest fires every year, so we need to create small water reservoirs in the uppland areas. The budget required for these reservoirs is not as important a question as whether these reservoirs are effective and efficient in these locations that are difficult to reach,” said Wiranatha.

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Stunned Turkey mourns 95 killed in worst ever attack

ANKARA - Turkey on Sunday mourned the killing of at least 95 people in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally in Ankara, its worst ever attack that raised fears for the country’s stability.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared three days of national mourning, with flags flying at half mast across the country, as questions grew over who might have planned such an attack.

Saturday’s bombings intensified tensions in Turkey ahead of snap elections on November 1 and as the government wages a relentless offensive against Kurdish militants.

“A bomb into our hearts,” read the

headline in Hurriyet daily. “The deeply outraged public is waiting to find out who is behind the incident,” it added.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “heinous” attack in a statement and cancelled a visit to Turkmenistan. But he has yet to speak in public after the bombings.

A demonstration was expected later in Ankara to protest the violence after a rally in Istanbul late Saturday evening mobilised an

estimated 10,000 people.

The premier’s office said that 95 people were killed when the bombs exploded just after 10:00 am (0700 GMT) as leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathered for a peace rally outside Ankara’s train station.

It said that 246 people were wounded, with 48 still in intensive care. An AFP correspondent said that the scene of the blast was littered with ball bearings, indicating the explosions were intended to cause the maximum damage.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), one of the groups that called the peace rally,

put the death toll at 128 in a tweet from their official account, but this figure was not confirmed by the government. HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas blamed a “mafia state” and a “state mentality which acts like a serial killer” for the attack.

But the government rubbished the notion it was responsible and Interior Minister Selami Altinok insisted he would not resign.

The death toll surpassed that of the May 2013 twin bombings in Reyhanli on the Syrian border that killed over 50 people, making the attack the deadliest in the history of the Turkish Republic.

With international concern growing over instability in the key NATO member, US President Barack Obama offered his condolences to Erdogan and solidarity “in the fight against terrorism”, the White House said.

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He added that six fire stations have been set up to carry out fire prevention measures, fire extinguishing and post-fire forest management. The Bali Forestry Agency is also focused on early detection by coordinating with rangers and the county disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) to become more aware of conditions on the ground. “So far this year, a total of 24.5 hectares of forest have gone up in flames due to dry and hot weather. Almost all the fires occurred in bushed areas, expect for the fire in Kintamani which engulfed eucalyptus trees. But in general, the fire has no impact on other vegetations,” he added.

So far, fire extinguishing is still being done manually. Water spraying from above by helicopter is not possible in some places due to the steep terrain.

“Reforestation of burned down areas takes time - at least one or two rainy season need to go by before they can be replanted.

We take nature as a cue so when trees start to shoot, then we start planting because we know that he ground is ready to receive seeds,” he said.

Wiranatha explained that the Forest Agency applies so called minimal management. Planted trees are only fertilized once, and then they are left to nature. This way, the trees grow stronger and last longer than when they are stimulated by fertilizers such as is the practice in people’s plantations.

“Hence, it is termed overlay.

In plantations, it is called stem and necessarily grows because it has been fertilized” he explained.

Wiranatha added that minimal management is also applied to deforested or land that is considered to be in critical condition such as areas in Kubu (Karangasem), Penelokan (Bangli) and Gerokgak (Buleleng) that will therefore take longer to grow.

Based on data from the Bali Forest Agency, there are 13,693.24 hectares of land in critical condition located within forests and those designated as very critical amount to 2,630.44 hectares. Outside of forest areas, there are 28,346.10 hectares of land in critical condition. Thus, the total land area in Bali that is considered critical or very critical amounts to some 44,669.78 hectares. Bali’s entire forested areas is 563,286 hectares. (rin)

Activities

NUSA DUA - The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas Nusa Dua, Bali presents exciting culinary journey from the signature Mediterranean & Pan-Asian restaurant at Soleil, to Oriental taste of Cantonese & Szechuan at Table8 or International Gastronomic experience at The Cafe and many more to choose from. This November 2015, explore the various indulgence from The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas Nusa Dua, Bali.

Soleil Sunday Brunch by popular demand, now introducing Friday & Saturday Dinner.

Savor the Mediterranean and Pan-Asian appetizer buffet whilst choosing your own cooked to order hand-made pasta and main course. To crown your experience, indulge in the expansive dessert buffet complete with

cascading chocolate.

Meanwhile at Edogin, Mulia Bali offers Japanese hot pot. This is a heartwarming meal, perfect to be shared with family and friends. This season, Edogin has specially prepared a must try hot pot rice such as scallop with potato, clam with sweet potato & aroma of truffle or the king crab with fried tofu.

On Table8, Mulia Bali offers Mantis Prawn. This is not actually a prawn but is one of the most delicate crustaceans. De-shelling the Mantis Prawn does take an amount of skill, but the treasure inside is worth every bite. Table8’s culinary team has specially prepared traditional Cantonese secret recipes to bring out the natural sweet flesh and soft meat texture of this ‘pissing prawn’.

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The forests of Bali have often been hit by various problems ranging from fires, illegal logging and the encroachment of human settlements.

Forests in Bangli often hit by fire and land encroachment

BANGLI - Forests play a very important role for human life. In addition to being producers of oxygen, forest also acts as providers of clean water. However despite their importance, the forests of Bali have often been hit by various problems ranging from fires, illegal logging and the encroachment of human settlements.

Bangli County -known as the upstream region has a fairly extensive forest area. Based on data from the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency, there are 9,341.28 hectares of forest in Bangli that consisting of 6,239.01 hectares of protected forest, 453.00 hectares of productive forest and 2,649.27 hectares of nature tourism forest. These three types of forests that are mostly located in Kintamani are managed by different agencies. The protected forests are managed by Forest Management Unit (KPH), nature tourism forest by Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and production forests by the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency.

Chief of the Forest Management Unit, Abdul Muntalib admitted that there are some challenges to protecting the forests of Bangli, including fires during the dry season, encroachment of human settlements and the conversion of forested land into horticultural gardens. He did not mention any other causes but said:

“Complete data is available in the province,” he said.

He only explained that to preserve the protected forest of Bangli, that his institution has regularly carried out reforestation projects. This year, a total of 50 hectares of protected forest area in Bangli was reforested by planting eucalyptus trees. However, tree planting could not take place on the land that was recently hit by fires, as soil conditions need to be restored before that can be done.

In addition to reforestation, his institution has regularly disseminated information and reached out to the community, especially to villages that have a lot of forest around them.

Section Head for Region II of the BKSDA Bali, Catur Marbawa, also recognized that nature tourism forests in Bangli are not free of problems either. Apart from fire, he also recognized that many forest areas managed by the BKSDA face illegal mining problems.

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“Of the 200 hectares of potential forested area, some points are mined on a small scale,” he explained.

He added that some forest areas in Bangli that are designated as nature tourism forests are converted into horticultural plantations by the surrounding community. Also, forest areas that need to be preserved are sometimes occupied by semi-permanent buildings like the ones around Pura Jati. The building was deliberately built by residents to unwind during rituals implemented at the temple. In an attempt to respond to rampant land conversions, cessation measures have been taken. “To address the issue of the conversion of forests into gardens, we must take action step by step.

We are still looking for a formula to resolve the issue,” he explained.

Efforts have also been made by BKSDA to preserve forests by rehabilitating damaged areas through reforestation projects. Since 2011 205 hectares have been reforested. “Under extreme conditions where land is very rocky we cannot plant trees arbitrarily, so success rates are not comparable to reforestation projects carried out in other less rocky forest areas,” he explained. (kmb40)

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Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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In June 2015 photo, a Spirit Airlines plane approaches Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

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“We’re looking at the plane,” Rankin said by phone from a Spirit gate at the Philadelphia airport.

“There are no pilots.”

Rankin, an investment manager from New Jersey, swore it would be his last time on the discount airline.

“My wife won’t let me book a flight on Spirit next time,” he said.

Spirit is one of a new breed of airline called ultra-low-cost carriers that also includes Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air. They have grown rapidly by luring travelers with cheap base fares that undercut the big airlines, and boast among the best operating profits margins in the business.

Fans say the cheap tickets set the ultra-low-cost carriers apart in an industry where discomfort and inconvenience are now expected.

But for many travelers, the new discounters take the aggravation to another level.

They charge extra for things that are still standard on bigger airlines like soda and carry-on bags. Need to print a boarding pass at the airport?

There’s a fee for that. They fit more passengers on the plane by squeezing seats together, which is easier because the seats don’t recline.

They don’t have toll-free phone numbers for customer service.

There are few businesses that consumers love to hate more than airlines, but travelers seem to reserve a special level of vitriol for these no-frills, discount airlines.

Passengers are about 20 times more likely to complain about one of them than about Alaska Airlines or Southwest Airlines, which have the industry’s lowest complaint rates. Either Frontier or Spirit has recorded the highest rate of complaints to the government every month this year. Allegiant would place third-worst, although because of its small size it is not included in the official rankings.

Much of the grousing can be tied

to frequent flight delays. So far this year, Spirit Airlines has the worst on-time rate among the largest 14 U.S. airlines — 34 percent of flights are at least 15 minutes late — and Frontier is next-to-last.

In June, Spirit’s on-time rate tumbled below 50 percent. It was the worst one-month performance by a large U.S. airline in 10 years. A Spirit spokesman blamed a four-day stretch of bad weather.

With fewer planes and pilots, Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant have

less flexibility to deal with setbacks like summer storms than do larger airlines — it’s not as easy to put passengers on a later flight because there might not be one. They generally don’t have agreements to accommodate stranded passengers on bigger airlines. It can add up to long delays as crews try to wait out the weather or fix planes to avoid canceling flights.

In June, several hundred Spirit passengers were stuck at the airport in Las Vegas after cancelations. Airport officials handed out water and diapers. The same month in Atlantic City, New Jersey, two state troopers bought 15 pizzas to feed stranded

Spirit passengers whose flight had been diverted there because of bad weather.

Another source of irritation: tight legroom. Frontier added 12 seats to its current planes by installing seats with less padding. Its new Airbus A321 jets arriving next year will have 230 seats. Spirit flies the A321 with 218 seats, JetBlue with 190, American with 181.

Unhappy customers also complain about being nickel-and-dimed — all the fees offset the cheaper base fare.

Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer, a Colorado travel writer, said she was a loyal customer of Denver-based Frontier

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In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, a Frontier Airlines employee directs passengers at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. There are few businesses that consumers love to hate more than airlines, but travelers seem to reserve a special level of vitriol for the no-frills, discount airlines.

Airlines for more than a decade. She “loved, loved, loved” the hometown airline with its wild-animal logos and friendly staff. But when the airline switched to mimic Spirit’s low-fare, high-fees model last year, calculating the cost of a trip got too complicated.

“I had to sit down and say: This is what I’m paying for the flight, then they’re charging me $3 or $5 for a seat (assignment), and I need to figure out how much baggage I’ll bring both ways,” she said. “It became a mathematics game and that’s ridiculous.”

The discount airlines, however, have their fans. Traffic jumped 77 percent on Spirit and 39 percent on Allegiant from 2011 through 2014.

Travel is up by double-digits again this year on both airlines.

Even passengers on other airlines might owe the discounters some gratitude. By keeping base fares low, they prevent the major airlines from pushing prices even higher — at least on the routes they compete on — says John Kwoka, a Northeastern University economics professor who studies the airlines.

Loyal customers say you can avoid most fees and save money on the budget carriers if you pay attention to the rules.

Wallace, who said it was his fourth trip on the budget carrier, saved money by not bringing a bag. And his flight was just about perfect. The Airbus A320 was clean and brand-new — Spirit’s fleet averages about five years in age, much younger than most U.S. airlines — the flight attendants were cheerful and efficient. The flight arrived in Denver 15 minutes late, but no one seemed to mind.

Executives at the discount airlines and some industry experts dismiss the government’s complaint figures. They point out that very few passengers bother to file a complaint with the Department of Transportation — even at Spirit and Frontier it’s fewer than one passenger in every 10,000. (ap)

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Bali committed to developing public spaces

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial government is committed to continuously developing public spaces as centers of culture and social interaction, according to Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta.

Some travelers love to hate the new discount airlines

DALLAS — When the delay on his 90-minute flight stretched past the four-hour mark, David Rankin started tweeting to Spirit Airlines as he and other passengers grew restless.

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“We have taken numerous concrete steps in our commitment to developing many public spaces, improving pedestrian walkways, and revitalizing public areas that have value as heritage sites,” Sudikerta said, during his address to mark World Habitat Day 2015 in Denpasar on Friday.

He further noted that the existence of public spaces complies with the “Bali Mandara” program in creating a clean and green Bali.

Sudikerta also invited the entire community of Bali to participate in creating a green Bali, by maintaining the beauty of the surrounding environment.

Additionally, he added that the local community should be self-

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The Bali provincial government is committed to continuously developing public spaces as centers of culture and social interaction, according to Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta.

disciplined and not litter, as well as comply with the ban on smoking in public areas.

“All individuals must practice self-discipline to assure a healthy lifestyle,” he said.

Sudikerta pointed out that one of the public spaces in Denpasar is the Puputan Margarana Renon Square that includes the Bali People’s Monument, which were built in 1998 and completed in 2001.

“Puputan Margarana Renon Square is a public space for the local community to participate in sports activities, recreation with families, and art performances,” he noted.

He said that every week there is car-free day and a free podium in the square, since the public space is a place for the public to meet and relax.

“Public spaces function in harmony with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, because they are places for social interaction, in addition to allowing people to perform religious rituals together,” he stated. (ant)

Bali immigration depart 48 chinese, taiwanese

KUTA - The Bali immigration authorities have deported 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals for their alleged role in a cyber crime.

“We arrested 48 foreign nationals -- five hailing from Taiwan and 43 from China. They entered Indonesia by abusing their visa-free facility to commit a cyber crime instead of vacationing here,” Chief of the Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Yosep Renung Widodo, said on Thursday.

Widodo said five of the 48 foreign nationals have been subjected to measures imposed in the name of justice (pro justitia) and those measures have the backing of a court verdict.

The five were Zhang Dejun and He Wei of China, and Yang Fu Lin, Liu Chun Wei and Yeh Lin of Taiwan, he said.

They were charged with violating article 116 of Law No. 6/2011 on immigration. If found guilty, they could have been sentenced for up to three months in jail, he said.

However, the court ruled that they be fined Rp4 million each for failing to produce travel documents or permits of stay, he said.

“All the five foreign nationals have paid the fine and have been deported,” he said. The 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested on the basis of intelligence surveillance and investigation conducted by local immigration officers, he said. The foreign nationals were strongly believed to have committed a cyber crime by taking advantage of technology in the country. (ant)

Chief of the Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Yosep Renung Widodo showed a passport use by one of foreign nationals to Bali. The Bali immigration authorities have deported 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals for their alleged role in a cyber crime.

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PDAM water sluggish, Klungkung residents distraught

SEMARAPURA - Residents in and around the town of Klungkung were distraught on Saturday (Oct. 10) due to the sluggishness of the water supply. People had no access to the Water from the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks since morning and so many people were forced to bath in nearby rivers like the Unda River, Takmung River and Manduang falls.

The drought condition make the locals are looking everywhere for water

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Some residents of Pegending hamlet, Sangkanbuana, for instance, had to walk back and forth from Mandung carrying gallons of wate, while others had toast their neighbours for water so that could cook breakfast. Since nobody here has a water tank, they had to go to the river for drinking water and for bathing. “Water from the PDAM has not been running since morning - this is the first time that this has happened,” said one resident named Komang Mirah.

Director of the PDAM Klungkung, Nyoman Renin, confirmed that the PDAM water in Klungkng had not been running. The residence of the regent and deputy regent at Bendul area, Klungkung faced the same lack of water.

Renin argued that the water stopped running due to a leakage in the main gravity pipe. “There was a leak in the gravity pipe in Rendang, Karangasem this morning, sir,” he said.

Renin claimed that his institution has dealt with the problem and a number of PDAM staff are said to have gone down to repair the leaking pipe. He dis not however know for sure what caused the main pipe to leak.

“Probably it was caused by the water pressure that cold have caused the connection come undone and caused a leak,” said Renin adding that he sincerely hoped that the leak could be fixed as soon as possible, so that water could start flowing to people’s homes. (kmb)

Piles of trash on fire, Batur residents panicky

BANGLI - Residents of Karuna Gunung Sari hamlet, North Batur, Kintamani, became increasingly uneasy as a scrapheap caught fire on Friday afternoon (Oct. 9). The fire expanded rapidly and worried that the nearby building would catch fire, the fire brigade was contacted as was the Bangli Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

Accoridng to information collected by Bali Post, the rubbish piles were on fire around one o’clock in the afternoon. The fire quickky engulfed piles of rubbish that mostly consisted of plastic waste.

Before the fire brigade, arrived on the scene, people were starting to panic and were attempting to put out the fire as best they could.

Emergency and Logistics Section Head and of the BPBD Bangli, Agus Sutapa, when contacted last Saturday said that after receiving the report of the fire from the headman of North Batur around 1:15 p.m., his institution rushed to the location of the fire with firefighters.

To prevent the fire from expanding, at least two fire trucks and one rescue truck were deployed to the scene from Bangli.

Despite the fact that the fire was clearly due to the pile of rubbish, the BPBD was the only authority there to handle the problem. “When we arrived at the scene, the fire has been successfully put out by residents.

But to anticipate subsequent fires, we damped the area,” he explained.

Nobody seemed to know the exact cause of the fire but Sutapa suspected that the fire occurred due to the excessive heat that triggered sparks on the piles of plastic waste.

Sutapa mentioned that the current dry season has been causing water crisis in some villages as well as a number of fire incidents.

According to data form the BPBD Bangli, at least four fire incidents have occurred since last month, striking the forest area in Kintamani.

As a result of the incidents, approximately 31 hectares of forest area have burned. (kmb40)

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Young and alone: Europe sees record surge of child refugees KENT — The bags are packed, the goodbye hugs done. The Afghan, Eritrean and Sudanese boys are on the move again, but this time it’s a happy occasion: After months of hardship traversing continents, the teenage refugees are finally on the way to English homes where they can settle down for a long dreamed-of life in Europe.

The dozens of boys are unaccompanied child refugees who have come to the end of a long, risky journey by boat, foot, truck and train. Upon reaching the shores of Dover they were brought to a reception center in Kent, southern England, where they were given temporary shelter. As the teenagers leave for more permanent social housing or foster homes, they are seen off by another group of boys who are eagerly awaiting their turn.

Europe’s migrant crisis has seen a record surge of unaccompanied child asylum seekers fleeing civil war, conscription and poverty at home to countries including Britain and Sweden, which have scrambled to provide care for thousands of newly arrived minors. Most are boys aged between 14 to 18 hailing from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan.

“I’m happy to leave today,” said Sadiq, a shy 17-year-old Sudanese, who said he wanted to become an engineer. Like all the refugees interviewed at the center, his full name cannot be reported because they are minors under government care.

Like the other youngsters, Sadiq had made it to Europe alone after leaving behind his family, and may never see his loved ones again. He lowered his head when

asked about his homeland, where a years-long conflict has killed thousands and driven millions from their homes.

“Since I left I have had no information, I don’t know anything about my family. I’m very sad because of that, but what can I do?”

In Kent, the main English county receiving the children, arrivals jumped from 296 in September 2014 to almost 800 in the same period this year. Almost all land in Dover, a key port connected by rail and road to France. And in Sweden, which takes the largest number of refugees per capita in Europe, the Migration Agency says almost 1,300 minors sought asylum in a single week in September — a staggering increase from about 400 a week in June. The agency estimates that a total of 12,000 unaccompanied children would have sought asylum in the country this year.

“The municipalities have never been close to having a situation like this before, ever,” said Kjell-Terje Torvik, an expert at the Swedish migration board who has worked with child refugees for over a decade. “Even though we knew the numbers were going to rise, this is far beyond our imagination.”

Social workers say many child refugees have to take off alone be-

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Syrian refugees walk up a hill as they arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos island, Greece, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. While migrants for years have taken death-defying trips across the Mediterranean to reach the relative peace and comfort of the Europe Union, the flow has hit record proportions this year - notably with an influx of Syrians, Afghans and Eritreans fleeing trouble back home. cause of desperate circumstances: Some became separated from their families in war; others are alone because their family cannot afford to send more than one member abroad.

Younger refugees also often have better chances of getting asylum in Europe.

Compared to adult asylum seekers, unaccompanied children are

treated under a different set of rules in many European countries.

Because they are more vulnerable, they are separated from other migrants and refugees on arrival at their destination country, and transferred to local reception centers like the one in Kent. There they stay for up for two months while authorities make further plans for

them: Some will transfer to social housing with supervision by social workers or a guardian — a “god man” in Swedish, meaning a “good person” — while others stay with local foster families. All have the right to accommodation and welfare benefits including education, health care, and money to buy food and clothes.(ap)

Angry crowd riots on Phuket after 2 killed in police crash

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Mount Batur

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Thai policemen stand guard behind the burnt down vehicles at a police station in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015.

PHUKET, Thailand — An angry crowd hurled homemade fire bombs and torched vehicles at a police station on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to protest the deaths of two young men who died in a motorcycle crash while being chased by police, authorities said Sunday.

No tourists were injured by the violence, which started Saturday evening and ended early Sunday, said Phuket police Lt. Col. Amnuay Kraiwuttinan. But local media reported that scores of people missed flights as a result of the riot, which blocked a main road to the airport for several hours.

The protest occurred outside the island’s main tourist areas at the Thalang Police Station, where a crowd that swelled to more than 300 people blocked the road between 8 p.m. Saturday and 4

a.m. Sunday, Amnuay said.

Police and soldiers were called in to restore order early Sunday after at least nine cars were set on fire and 11 other vehicles damaged by the crowd, which hurled objects at the police station as officers were trapped inside, he said.

“They threw things to break the windows first, then they threw fire bombs at the police station and we had to move inside. It was a riot. It was loud and chaotic,” Amnuay said, adding that officers were instructed to stay calm and not fight back.

Police were investigating the deaths of the two young Thai men, who were 17 and 22 years old.

Amnuay said police suspected the men of drug possession after they sped past a police checkpoint and refused to stop, prompting officers to chase them. (ap)

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BUSINESS China calm over TPP isolation as it pursues regional deals

BEIJING - A new US-led Pacific trade pact that pointedly excludes China could see it lose influence and key export markets, but observers say the web of bilateral deals Beijing has forged is enough to maintain its global clout.

The signing last week of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) brings together 12 nations that account for about 40 percent of the global economy and would mark the biggest liberalisation of world trade in more than a decade.

And while all signatories championed the benefits it will bring and its importance in kickstarting sluggish global growth, the agreement also provides a strategic bulwark to China’s growing power -- both economically and militarily.

In heralding the agreement US President Barack Obama said: “We can’t let countries like China write the rules of the global economy.”

And Chinese state-media this week labelled it “a massive economic bloc accused of combating China”.

However, Chinese officials have softened their stance towards the pact after initially giving it a frosty reception.

Beijing’s commerce ministry this week called it “important” and said China is “open to any mechanism that follows the rules of the World Trade Organization and can boost the economic integration of the Asia-Pacific”.

The remarks have prompted speculation that China could actually apply to join, although most analysts consider that unlikely, cit-

ing the high level of state control over the economy.

The deal comes just months after Washington and Tokyo were left isolated when most of their Western allies agreed to join China’s much-vaunted Asian infrastructure bank, set up as a counter to the US-influenced World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

At the same time Beijing continues to ramp up its military might, slowly eating into Washington’s sphere of influence in the Pacific while it increasingly flexes its muscles in territorial disputes with Japan and South Korea, among others.

Some argue the deal could hammer Chinese manufacturers -already struggling with slowing growth in the world’s number-two economy -- by cutting off key export markets.

Ma Jun, chief economist at the research institute of China’s central bank warned in an article this week that the textiles, clothing and electronics industries will miss out significantly.

And a study in 2014 by two US academics and a Chinese researcher estimated Beijing could lose out on a potential $1.6 trillion boost to its exports by 2025 by not signing up.

China and the US would be “the countries expected to benefit the most” from a widened TPP, they wrote.

Beijing’s exclusion “obviously isn’t conducive to promoting economic cooperation between China and neighbouring countries”, said Chun Jiangyue, director of a thinktank affiliated to China’s foreign ministry.

But China’s response has been

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Karangasem, a red zone on potential electoral conflicts

Chief of Bali Police, Sugeng Priyanto, admitted to be quite worried about political dynamics within the past month in Karangasem. As the region belonging to red zone, the potential for conflicts in simultaneous regent election in Karangasem must be anticipated. Security breach occurred in Eastern tip of Bali in general can have an impact on the sustainability of tourism in Bali.

measured, underlining what many see as confidence in cementing its own economic deals in the Pacific.

“We have nothing to be insecure about,” the state-run Global Times newspaper said this week.

Of the many free-trade agreements China has signed globally, five are with TPP members -- including Australia and New Zealand -- and as the largest economy in Asia, it is the biggest trading partner of many others.

Beijing is also pursuing a rival vision for trade – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a 16-nation agreement that includes several TPP signatories.

“The impact of the TPP on China won’t be a very painful one,” Chun said. “China has its own theory for the development of international trade and commerce.” (afp)

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against EU-US trade deal

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Demonstrators hold the letters ‘STOP’ as they attend a demonstration against the free trade agreements TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

BERLIN — Tens of thousands of people marched through downtown Berlin on Saturday to protest a planned trans-Atlantic free trade pact.

Police said around 100,000 took part in the demonstration, while organizers claimed 250,000 turned out, banging on drums, chanting slogans and waving signs and flags opposing the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. Germany’s government has pushed the deal, saying it will boost the global economy and give smaller and midsized companies a better chance at competing on the world market while reducing bureaucracy.

Protesters, organized by the Confederation of German Trade Unions, known by its acronym DGB, worry that an agreement could lower food safety standards and undermine local regulations by giving international arbitration panels the power to rule over disputes.

One float in the protest showed Chancellor Angela Merkel lighting the fuse of a bomb while sitting on a building labeled “Democracy.”

The European Union and United States have been negotiating since 2013 on TTIP and supporters hope it will gain momentum now that the U.S., Japan and other Pacific Rim nations have reached an agreement on a separate trade deal. (ap)

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The Head of Bali Police Irjen Pol. Sugeng Priyanto

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Such concern was conveyed by him during a working visit to Karangasem Police headquarters recently. Sugeng having officiated over the Bali Police for a month reminds his personnel in Karangasem to fully concentrate on doing security tasks. Not only in Karangasem, had he also delivered similar message to every county police that will secure the simultaneous regent election. Police officers are asked to be capable of reducing and resolving all sorts of potential conflict before the conflict expanding and creating insecurity. “Do not let it turn to violence, let alone to unrest among groups of people. It will have an impact on the image of Bali tourism,” he said.

If Bali tourism is interrupted, then the impact will be more extensive to every element of society.

“Whatever happens in Bali, the information will spread worldwide.

So, the security of the simultaneous regent election must be run maximally,” he said.

According to him, the politics heating up in Karangasem is caused by the problems on campaign property installation. Since the beginning of the campaign period 1.5 months ago the organizer of the election has not been able to resolve this problem. So, it results in ripples of conflict between groups which can lead to a bigger problem. Lastly,

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the candidate number two, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri and Wayan Artha Dipa (Masdipa) threatened to compete against its rival SudirtaMade Sumiati (SMS) by installing more campaign properties in public and private areas.

The threat will be done if until Thursday (Oct. 8), the Electoral Supervisory Commission is unable to resolve the problems of campaign properties, especially those installed in private areas.

Bali Police Chief also stressed the neutrality of police in this simultaneous regent election. He ordered that police must always keep the behavior and fulfill their duties. Thus, the situation remains conducive and the simultaneous regent election can run fairly. On that occasion, he also opened a Complaint Service Center, as a form of neutrality of the Karangasem Police with the 1623/Karangasem Military District Command.

Chief of the Karangasem Police, I Gede Adhi Wulyawarman, added that Bali Police have prepared 650 personnel to be seconded to Karangasem. However, these personnel will be departed to Karangasem on the day of voting, while for the campaign period Bali Police every day prepare a platoon of Riot Squad that is ready to be departed any time when needed in Karangasem. (kmb31)

Cock fighting in Penebel

Preserve tradition of exercising fighting cock

TABANAN - Fighting cock in Bali has actually existed since the past time better known as mabongbong or fondling and exercising fighting cock. However, in keeping with the passage of time, this tradition is accompanied with betting money or gambling or locally better known as metajen. To revive this tradition without the image of gambling, the Derby Continental Community organized the Cock Fighting Derby Continental XII held recently.

Chief of the Derby Continental Community, Agus Andika Wenara, explained that in the Cock Fighting Derby Continental XII the fighting cocks are pitted only for some 30 seconds and recorded. Video of the fight will be uploaded onto Facebook and the winner is determined based on the most ‘likes’ obtained. The cock fighting event having been held for 12 times aims to change the habit of cock fighting tradition in Balinese community, restore tradition and channel the hobby of fondling and exercising fighting cock. In addition, it also means to maintain relationship among the breeders of the Philippines rooster. “In this event, no money betting is

involved and it is purely a hobby,” he said.

Other than without involving money, in this fighting event the cocks are not tied with spurs as commonly carried out in the tajen or betting cockfight. “No cocks are injured and they are purely pitted like in the tradition of fondling and exercising fighting cock,” he added.

Andika added that the cock fighting that contests at least 1,000 fighting cocks is very potential for tourist attraction. “It can be made into a tourist attraction as a Balinese cultural show,” said Andi. Apart from channeling hobby, the event is also expected to increase the potential of the breeders of the Philippine cocks purely posing a fighting cock.

A breeder of fighting cock from Sebatu Gianyar, Wayan Matra, stated that he participated in the cock fighting contest to increase the selling price of his fighting cocks. “I have been getting involved in the breeding of fighting cock of local and foreign chicken hybrid for 2.5 years,” he said. This 40-year old man sells his hybrid cock for IDR 600,000 to IDR 1.5 million. He expected that by participating in this cock fighting contest, the selling price

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The Cock fighting in Penebel of his cock will increase. Matra raises this price, the cocks are trained to fight regularly. kind of cock ranging from its poultry to that “This Philippine cock hybrid is potential to be of eight months old. a fighter. So, it should be trained regularly,” In order that the hybrid has a good selling he explained. (kmb24)

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Palestinian kicks a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah, West Bank, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Palestinians carried out two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot dead by police forces, the latest in a series of stabbing attacks against civilians and soldiers that have spread across Israel and the West Bank in the past week.

Gaza official says Israeli airstrike kills mother and child

JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 2-year-old daughter in Gaza Sunday, a Gaza health official said, while in the West Bank, police said a Palestinian woman detonated an explosive in her car at a checkpoint, injuring an Israeli soldier and herself.

The attack appeared to mark the first use of explosives in the current round of violence following a series of stabbing and shooting attacks.

The violence has unnerved a jittery Israel, and prompted the United States on Saturday to issue a fresh call for restraint by all sides.

The wave of attacks began weeks ago in Jerusalem and has since spread across Israel, while violent protests have erupted in the West Bank and along the Gaza border — where nine Palestinians, including two children, were killed in clashes over the weekend. The Gaza border has been largely calm since the 50-day summer 2014 war between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the coastal territory.

In response to renewed rocket fire toward Israel, the military said it carried out airstrikes in Gaza targeting Hamas weapons manufac-

turing facilities. Ashraf Al-Kidra, a Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza, said a nearby home in southern Gaza was struck, killing 30-year-old Noor Hassan and her young daughter. He said four others were wounded, included Hassan’s husband and son.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, Israeli police said a 31-year-old Palestinian woman set off an explosive in her vehicle that lightly wounded a police officer and critically injured herself. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the police officer noticed the woman driving suspiciously and motioned her to stop. She then chanted “God is great” before the blast.

On Saturday, Palestinians carried out two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem before being shot dead by police, while two Palestinian youths, ages 13 and 11, were killed

near the Gaza border fence, as a weeklong bout of violence showed no signs of slowing.

Addressing his Cabinet Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was battling a “wave of terror” fueled by “systematic, untrue incitement” by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Islamic Movement in Israel. He said he would be holding consultations to discuss sanctions against the Islamic Movement, which runs education and religious services for Arab citizens of Israel.

Netanyahu says that along with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, the Islamic Movement was responsible for spreading lies about Israel’s supposed intentions regarding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

Netanyahu also singled out an Arab lawmaker, Hanin Zoabi, who the premier said called on hundreds of thousands of worshippers to ascend to the site to prevent an “Israeli plot of bloodletting of east Jerusalem residents.” (ap)

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Singapore Airlines jet collapses during checks; no injuries

SINGAPORE — A Singapore Airlines jet collapsed Sunday morning with no passengers or crew on board as an engineer conducted routine landing checks before a scheduled flight from Singapore to Hong Kong, the airline said.

The carrier said in a statement that the nose gear of an Airbus A330-300 “retracted while the aircraft was undergoing a landing gear system check.”

“There were no passengers or crew on board at the time. One engineer who was on the aircraft was not injured. Singapore Airlines will be cooperating fully with the authorities in their investigations,” the statement said. It said the damage to the plane would be assessed after it is removed from the gate.

The plane had been due to serve

flight SQ890, scheduled to depart for Hong Kong from Singapore’s Changi Airport at 7:35 a.m. It had arrived from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport in the wee hours of the morning.

Another plane was used for the flight to Hong Kong, taking off more than 40 minutes after the scheduled departure time.

The collapsed plane had been in service for more than six years, according to records. Its maiden flight was in April 2009.

On May 23, another Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 temporarily lost power in both engines on a flight from Singapore to Shanghai carrying 194 people, causing it to descend 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) before normal operation was restored. (ap)

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A water bomber of the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency, left, and a Singaporean Air Force C-130 cargo plane deployed on a mission to help battling the forest fires on Sumatra island are parked on the tarmac as haze from the fires blankets the military airbase in Palembang, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

International help arrives to tackle Indonesia fires

JAKARTA - International help to assist Indonesia in combating forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze has begun to arrive on Sumatra island, an official said Saturday.

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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 is seen collapsed at Changi Airport in Singapore, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. The Singapore Airlines jet collapsed Sunday morning with no passengers or crew on board as an engineer conducted routine landing checks before a scheduled flight from Singapore to Hong Kong, the airline said.

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Turkey to “stand united against terrorists”.

The attacks drove a knife through the heart of the normally placid Ankara, which became capital following the founding of the modern Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

“This could well be Turkey’s 9/11,” said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Programme at The Washington Institute, referring to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks by Al-Qaeda in the United States.

Amateur footage filmed moments before the blasts showed smiling activists holding hands and dancing before suddenly falling to the ground as a huge explosion went off behind them.

The attack came just under three months after a suicide bombing blamed on IS against peace activists in the border town of Suruc on the Syrian border killed 33 people.

That bombing caused one of the most serious flare-ups in Turkey in recent times as the PKK accused the government of collaborating with IS and resumed attacks on the security forces after an over two-year truce. (afp)

Planes from Malaysia and Singapore have arrived and will soon begin water-bombing hard-hit South Sumatra province, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency.

“They are currently being briefed

by the disaster mitigation chief and the water bombing will start immediately after that,” Nugroho told AFP. A Bombardier amphibious aircraft and crew arrived on Friday from Malaysia, he said.

A Chinook helicopter, capable of

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a meeting with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Bogor presidential palace on Sunday.

Jokowi and Najib Razak reportedly discussed about cooperation in the environmental issues and oilpalm plantation.

The prime minister paid a working visit to Indonesia as a follow up of his previous meetings held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 27, and in Jakarta on October 3, 2015.

Najib Razak was accompanied

by First Lady Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Natural Re-

sources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, and Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Razali Ibrahim.

The Malaysian Prime Minister and his entourage arrived at the Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force Base, East Jakarta, on Sunday noon.

They were greeted by among others Coordinating Minister for Maritime Rizal Ramli, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Chief of the Presidential Staff Teten Masduki, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiwman, and Industry Minister Saleh Husin. (ant)

Jokowi receives Malaysian PM at Bogor Palace

pouring water from a huge hanging bucket, and a Hercules C-130 carrying 42 firefighters arrived from Singapore on Saturday, after being delayed due to poor visibility.

Nugroho said one helicopter from Malaysia was scheduled to arrive later on Saturday to join the operation.

Fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been blanketing Southeast Asia for weeks, with pollution levels in both locations recorded far

above hazardous levels.

The blazes are an annual occurrence during the dry season, but scientists have warned this year’s are on track to be the worst ever as an El Nino weather system has created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia.

The haze has forced Malaysia and Singapore to close schools and cancel outdoor events.

Jakarta has deployed about 25,000 personnel and aircraft, but the firefighters have been overwhelmed by

the extent of the blazes.

The Indonesian government had insisted on not accepting international help for weeks before finally agreeing to accept the offers from several countries to combat the haze.

Australia has pledged to send a Lockheed L100 Hercules Air Tanker, with foreign minister Julie Bishop asserting Australia’s experience in fighting the bushfires. (afp)

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L), World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (R), Bank Indonesia Governor Agus D.W. Martowardojo (2nd L) and Indonesia’s Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro (2nd R) sign the documents to hold the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in 2018 in Bali, Indonesia, during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Lima Convention Center in Lima, Peru, October 10, 2015.

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Pedrosa wins Japanese MotoGP, Rossi extends title lead

Lake Beratan Beratan lake (also called Lake Bratan or Danu Bratan) is located in the area of Bedugul, Candikuning village, Baturiti district, Tabanan regency Bali, approximately 55 km from Denpasar city, and it’s located at an altitude ± 1240 m above sea level, the temperature in lake Beratan area (Bedugul area) at night time ± 18° c and at daytime ± 24° c. Lake Bratan has an area of about 375.6 hectares with an average depth of 22-48 m with an area of ??about 12 km around, Beratan lake is the second largest lake after lake Batur on the island of Bali, Lake Bratan is very important as a main source of irrigation in central Bali.

Lake Bratan is very well known as the best tourist destination visited by many international and domestic travelers. The coolness of the mountains with a stunning view of the lake, temple and mountains, becoming this place a favorite tourist destination and recommended while enjoying a holiday in Bali. It’s also facilitated with adequate accommodation such as hotels, villas, restaurants and water sport activities such as parasailing, canoeing, water skiing.

On the east side of Beratan lake there is Mount Catur (Balinese people used to call it Pucak Mangu) which is a very nice place for hiking, and not far from the lake Bratan there are also attractive places of interest such as Bedugul Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Eka Karya), Bedugul fruits and vegetables market and also lake Buyan and lake Tamblingan.

Ulun Danu temple also called Pura Ulun Danu is located at the edge of lake Bratan, Ulun Danu temple builded in the early 17th century, which serves as the temple of Subak (Bali water irrigation system) and serve as a place to worship the Goddess of water in Balinese called Dewi Danu (worship of water for fertility).

Spain’s Dani Pedrosa claimed the 50th Grand Prix win of his career on Sunday, taking victory in the Japanese MotoGP as runner-up Valentino Rossi extended his lead in the championship standings. Pedrosa, who almost quit the sport earlier this year because of an arm problem that needed surgery, grabbed the lead seven laps from the end of a wet race at the Twin Ring circuit in Motegi.

He surged clear of his rivals to win for the first time this season and the 50th of his career, which began in the 125cc class in 2001. Rossi finished second while his Yamaha team mate and championship rival Jorge Lorenzo faded to third after leading for most of the race until he had dropped back when having tyre problems.

“It’s a real pity because today if the track didn’t dry I would have won,” Lorenzo of Spain said. “There was a dry line and I couldn’t follow them. I just had to survive.

“Now there is only one target and that is to win the three races. Let’s see if we can do it.” Rossi now leads Lorenzo by 18 points in the standings with a maximum of 75 available from the remaining three rounds, in Australia, Malaysia and Valencia.

“It was a very long race. It was very easy to make a mistake,” the Italian said.

“At this moment I need to take points.

After Jorge left our pace was the same.

When it got dry it was difficult to control the bike and I saw Jorge slowing.

“It’s a good result for the championship.” Pedrosa had not won a MotoGP race since the Czech Grand Prix in August 2014 and missed three of the season’s first four races due to the arm surgery.

The 30-year-old has suffered from a problem common among motorcycle racers when pressure builds up in the forearm and causes intense pain, making riding a bike difficult when the muscle becomes too big for the ‘sack’ that it sits in.

Sunday’s race was delayed by heavy morning rain in Japan which forced organisers to shorten the Moto2 and Moto3 races but Lorenzo was all smiles at the end of a long day.

“It was not like I expected. At the beginning I had no good feeling with the rear and couldn’t go fast,” he said. “I kept my rhythm while the others burned their tyre. At the end my pace was faster and I’m really happy.” Johann Zarco celebrated his first Moto2 title by winning his seventh race of the season.

The Frenchman was already assured of winning the championship when Tito Rabat, the only other rider with any mathematical chance of overtaking him, withdrew from Motegi on Friday because of injury. The race was cut to 15 laps because of the foul weather. After a slow start from pole, Zarco took the lead on the seventh lap and raced away to win.

Jonas Folger, a two-time winner this season, held on for second ahead of his fellow German Sandro Cortese, who claimed his first podium finish this year.

Italy’s Niccolo Antonelli won the Moto3 race, which was reduced from 20 to 13 laps, while Britain’s Danny Kent extended his championship lead to 56 points. Antonelli made a flying start on his Honda and led all the way, capturing his second race win this year.

Miguel Oliveira finished second and Jorge Navarro third while Kent was sixth but still managed to stretch his lead by finishing ahead of his nearest title rival, Enea Bastianini. (rtr)

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Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain raises his trophy as he celebrates on the podium after winning the Japanese Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Japan, October 11, 2015.

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Course marshals remove the crashed car of Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Spain during the third free practice at the ‘Sochi Autodrom’ Formula One circuit in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

SOCHI, Russia — Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. has been declared fit to compete in the Russian Grand Prix after a high-speed crash in practice left him in hospital.

Sainz’s car penetrated the barriers in the heavy crash at the 90degree right-handed turn 13 during Saturday’s final practice session in Sochi and he was airlifted to hospital, missing the qualifying session.

Sainz had originally been expected to spend the night in hospital but he was released Saturday evening.

The Spanish driver, 21, said Sunday he was uninjured but feeling stiff, though “nothing a painkiller cannot

kill”, and thanked the medical staff who had looked after him.

“I think everyone did a perfect job and I think that’s why I’m so fit today to drive and so positive,” he said. “Obviously turn 13 on the first lap will be a bit emotional, but from then on it will all go back to normal and I’m more than ready to race.”

The FIA said Sainz was examined by medical officials Sunday morning at the on-track medical center in Sochi and declared fit to race.

Sainz’s crash prompted fears over driver safety after his car went

under the barriers, leaving sections of barrier covering the cockpit.

“It will come out for sure in the next drivers’ briefing,” Sainz said.

“It’s something for sure that we need to keep looking @. I was for sure lucky that nothing happened to me. It took a while to get me out, but just to let you know, I was always conscious, knowing what was going on.”

Sainz’s car has been almost completely rebuilt for the race, with a new engine, gearbox and floor all required after the head-on impact, and is due to start 20th and last. (ap)

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Sp rt Paul Aguilar’s extra-time goal puts Mexico past US 3-2 PASADENA, Calif. — Paul Aguilar ripped his volley into the far corner of Brad Guzan’s net in an instant, setting off a delirious celebration for the majority of the Rose Bowl crowd. After four winless years in the rivalry, Mexico had finally beaten the United States with a goal they’ll remember on both sides of the border.

Aguilar scored Mexico’s second goal of extra time on a stunning volley in the 118th minute, and Mexico earned a berth in the 2017 Confederations Cup with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday night.

Aguilar beat Guzan with incredible speed after Raul Jimenez chipped the ball over his head and into the penalty area, putting a thrilling finish on the latest chapter of this rivalry at a sold-out American stadium dominated by Mexican fans.

Javier Hernandez scored an early goal for Mexico, which beat the U.S. for the first time since the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

“A loss is always difficult to swallow, especially when there is a lot at stake,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “It means that you have to work even harder than you ever did before to turn the results around and make things happen.”

Both teams appeared to be exhausted heading into extra time on a hot night in Southern California, but they were just getting started. Oribe Peralta scored a tiebreaking goal in the sixth minute of extra time for Mexico, but Bobby Wood dramatically evened it 12 minutes later for the Americans, who lost to Mexico for the first time in seven games under Klinsmann.

“Everybody was very confident after Bobby scored that goal,” U.S. defender Matt Besler said. “The entire Rose Bowl erupted. It’s a feeling that I’ll never forget. I think we had eight minutes left. I knew we were going to get a couple more chances, and on the other end, I was confident we weren’t going to allow Mexico to score. Unfortunately that didn’t work out.”

Instead, El Tri won the onegame playoff between the last two Gold Cup winners to earn

CONCACAF’s berth in the eight-team Confederations Cup tournament in Russia, a prelude to the 2018 World Cup. “It’s a result that was earned,” Mexico interim coach Ricardo Perretti said. “Over 120 minutes, we did more to earn that third goal.”

A crowd of 93,723 created a crackling atmosphere under the lights at the 93-year-old stadium. It was the second-largest attendance to watch the U.S. team at home, barely surpassed by the 1994 Rose Bowl turnout for a World Cup game against Romania.

Geoff Cameron scored in the 15th minute for the U.S., but Saturday was a double downer for the United States: A few hours earlier, the under-23 team lost 2-0 to Honduras, putting the American men in danger of failing to qualify for its second straight Olympics.

Early in extra time, Peralta slipped into the middle and banged a loose ball between Cameron’s legs. The U.S., backed up by Mexico for much of the night, struck back with surprising precision: Substitute DeAndre Yedlin dribbled easily to the top of the penalty area and

slid a pass to a crossing Wood, who buried an 8-yard shot with his right foot.

Wood is building a remarkable history of dramatic late goals after scoring winners in exhibitions against Germany and the Netherlands in June.

Aguilar’s goal was a crackerjack display of skill and athleticism — areas where Mexico still appears to trump the U.S. Jimenez cannily chipped back against the run of play, Aguilar put a vicious volley past Guzan and then celebrated by throwing himself into the signage boards lining the field.

“I mean, listen, it’s a decent finish,” Guzan deadpanned. “He hit it out of the air.”

Mexico’s vociferous Southern California fan base turned out impressively in Pasadena, filling the Rose Bowl’s parking lots and stands with tricolor flags and raucous cheers on an unseasonably hot day. Mexico had a sizable fan advantage in the crowd, yet it was significantly more bipartisan than in the teams’ last meeting at the venerable stadium four years ago.

Mexico beat the U.S. 4-2 in the

Netherlands beats Kazakhstan Croatia outclass lacklustre Bulgaria to to stay in race for Euro 2016 stay in contention

2011 Gold Cup final that day, a loss that led to coach Bob Bradley’s departure and Klinsmann’s arrival. (ap) Mexico’s Paul Aguilar celebrates after scoring his side winning goal against United States during the CONCACAF Cup playoff soccer match at the Rose Bowl Stadium, in Pasadena , Calif. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, Mexico won 3-2 and qualified to the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.

Platini confirms appeal, French ready for court move PARIS - Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini lodged an appeal with FIFA against his 90-day ban from the game on Saturday while French soccer’s governing body said it would back him if he went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The Frenchman, who hopes to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president at an election due in February, was suspended on Thursday along with Blatter pending their investigation

by FIFA’s independent ethics committee.

Both men deny wrongdoing but the suspension of the two most powerful leaders in world football has thrown FIFA into deeper turmoil as U.S. and

Swiss authorities probe graft allegations.

A spokesman for Platini confirmed he had formally appealed his suspension, which South America’s football confederation called “disproportionate” and “untimely”.

The French Football Federation (FFF), meanwhile, said it would back Platini if he eventually went to the Lausanne-based CAS in the case that FIFA’s appeal committee upheld the ban.

CAS is a quasi-judicial body that resolves disputes in sport, often between individuals and disciplinary bodies.

“The FFF has adopted the principle of an appeal if the

decision of the FIFA appeal committee does not go Michel Platini’s way,” a federation spokesman told Reuters. The federation expects FIFA’s appeal committee to reach a decision on the matter within eight days.

ELECTION DELAY?

FIFA’s ethics probe followed reports of a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) from FIFA to Platini in 2011, nine years after he completed a spell working for Blatter as an adviser.

The Swiss Attorney General said on Sept. 25 it had opened a criminal investigation into Blatter concerning the payment and

a separate Caribbean television rights deal. Platini is regarded as somewhere “between a witness and an accused person” in the payment case, the Attorney General has said.

FIFA is due to hold an election on Feb. 26 to replace the outgoing Blatter. FIFA’s election committee will decide on who will be accepted as full candidates shortly after the deadline for nominations on Oct. 26.

That deadline could pose problems for Platini if he remains under a provisional ban, as he may find it difficult to pass an integrity check.

On Friday, FIFA announced it would hold an extraordinary

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Executive Committee meeting on Oct. 20 after pressure from some UEFA associations including England’s Football Association.

A postponement of the election, which would help give Platini time for his appeal, is likely to be on the agenda.

Two sources with knowledge of the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on Friday FIFA was consider-

ZAGREB - Croatia thrashed hapless Bulgaria 3-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier played behind closed doors at the Maksimir stadium on Saturday to remain in the hunt for an automatic Group H qualifying spot.

Fans were not allowed into the ground in Zagreb to witness Ante Cacic’s debut as coach following a racist incident in their 1-1 home draw against Italy in June. Croatia also h a d a point deducted.

Saturday’s result left Croatia, who have claimed at least a playoff spot, third with 17 points from nine games, two behind Norway, who beat Malta 2-0, and four adrift of leaders Italy, who booked a place at the finals with a 3-1 win in Azerbaijan.

Croatia, who have only once failed to reach the European Championship since independence in 1991, visit Malta in their final qualifier while Norway travel to Italy on Tuesday. The third-placed finishers will still have a chance to make it through to the finals via a two-legged playoff.

“This was just one step. We have to win in Malta to make these points valuable,” said Cacic, who was concerned about the weather conditions for their next match. “It will be 30 degrees (Celsius) in Malta, it will be tough, but we are ready.”

Croatia were back on top form under Cacic, who last month replaced the sacked Niko Kovac, as they bounced back from disappointing performances in their previous two games.

“We scored early, were more motivated than Bulgaria and, in the end, Croatia has more quality,” he said. “With this passion, we can even go to the playoffs in good spirits.”

Ivan Perisic, the group’s top scorer, put Croatia ahead inside an eerily silent stadium normally known for its deafening atmosphere with his fifth goal in the campaign following a fine through ball by Luka Modric after 88 seconds.

Nikola Kalinic, replacing the injured Mario Mandzukic, almost doubled their lead a few minutes later, they had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside and Bulgaria defender Georgi Terziev rattled his own post attempting a panicked clearance.

The lively Ivan Rakitic did make it 2-0 with a low right-foot shot after playing a one-two with Kalinic three minutes before the break. Kalinic then completed the scoring from close range in the 81st minute following a precise cross from Perisic. Croatia substitute Duje Cop was sent off for a reckless challenge on defender Strahil Popov in the closing stages. (rtr)

REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Croatia’s Ivan Rakitic celebrates with his team mate Darijo Srna (R) after scoring a goal against Bulgaria during their Euro 2016 group H qualification soccer match in Zagreb, Croatia October 10, 2015.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The Netherlands kept alive its hopes of qualifying for next year’s European Championship by beating Kazakhstan 2-1 on Saturday. But Turkey went back into pole position to take third place in Group A and a playoff berth by beating the already-qualified Czech Republic 2-0.

Midfielders Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder scored in either half for the Netherlands to ensure the fight for third goes down to the final round of qualifiers on Tuesday.

Islambek Kuat scored a consolation goal with the last touch of the match.

“I’m satisfied with this victory,” said coach Danny Blind, who earned his first victory after losing his first two matches in charge. Already-qualified Iceland squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Latvia.

The Netherlands went third ahead of the late match in Prague and Iceland’s draw put it top, one point ahead of the Czechs.

But they didn’t stay there long.

Turkey pushed the Dutch back to fourth thanks to a 62nd-minute penalty by Selcuk Inan and Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike with 10 minutes left against the Czech Republic.

Turkey, two points ahead of the Dutch, plays Iceland on Tuesday, while the Netherlands hosts the Czech Republic in Amsterdam. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Gylfi Sigurdsson put Iceland two up within the first half hour, but Aleksandrs Cauna and Valerijs Sabala scored second-half goals to earn Latvia a point.

The Netherlands has not missed a major tournament since the 2002 World Cup. The last time the team failed to qualify for the European Championship was in 1984. “The most important thing was to win,” Blind said.

“That was the aim and how it happened didn’t matter.”

Faced with a long injury list that included captain Arjen Robben and most of his firstchoice defenders, Blind gave debuts to three players in the crucial match — defenders Kenneth Tete and Virgil van Dijk as well as winger Anwar El Ghazi. Goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet became the fourth debutant of the night in Astana when he came on as a second half substitute for Tim Krul — himself a replacement for Jasper Cillessen, who was injured in the

AP Photo/Alexey Filippov

Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder, front, fights for the ball with Kazakhstan’s Aleksei Schetkin during a Euro 2016 qualifying Group A soccer match between Kazakhstan and the Netherlands at the Astana Arena stadium in Astana, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. warmup.

Despite the many absentees, the Netherlands was never seriously troubled by Kazakhstan, though some Dutch players struggled to adapt to the artificial turf at Astana Arena — it was the first international for the Netherlands not played on grass.

The Dutch dominated in the first half but only managed to find the net once, when Wijnaldum ran onto El Ghazi’s pass and slotted a low, left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the net in

the 33rd minute. Either side of his assist, El Ghazi missed two good chances to crown his full international debut with a goal.

Veteran midfielder Sneijder doubled the Dutch lead in the 50th minute when he ran onto a layoff by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and hammered the ball high into the net.

Striker Robin van Persie was benched for most of the match, but replaced Huntelaar in the 87th minute to make his 100th international appearance. (ap)

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Sp rt Paul Aguilar’s extra-time goal puts Mexico past US 3-2 PASADENA, Calif. — Paul Aguilar ripped his volley into the far corner of Brad Guzan’s net in an instant, setting off a delirious celebration for the majority of the Rose Bowl crowd. After four winless years in the rivalry, Mexico had finally beaten the United States with a goal they’ll remember on both sides of the border.

Aguilar scored Mexico’s second goal of extra time on a stunning volley in the 118th minute, and Mexico earned a berth in the 2017 Confederations Cup with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday night.

Aguilar beat Guzan with incredible speed after Raul Jimenez chipped the ball over his head and into the penalty area, putting a thrilling finish on the latest chapter of this rivalry at a sold-out American stadium dominated by Mexican fans.

Javier Hernandez scored an early goal for Mexico, which beat the U.S. for the first time since the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

“A loss is always difficult to swallow, especially when there is a lot at stake,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “It means that you have to work even harder than you ever did before to turn the results around and make things happen.”

Both teams appeared to be exhausted heading into extra time on a hot night in Southern California, but they were just getting started. Oribe Peralta scored a tiebreaking goal in the sixth minute of extra time for Mexico, but Bobby Wood dramatically evened it 12 minutes later for the Americans, who lost to Mexico for the first time in seven games under Klinsmann.

“Everybody was very confident after Bobby scored that goal,” U.S. defender Matt Besler said. “The entire Rose Bowl erupted. It’s a feeling that I’ll never forget. I think we had eight minutes left. I knew we were going to get a couple more chances, and on the other end, I was confident we weren’t going to allow Mexico to score. Unfortunately that didn’t work out.”

Instead, El Tri won the onegame playoff between the last two Gold Cup winners to earn

CONCACAF’s berth in the eight-team Confederations Cup tournament in Russia, a prelude to the 2018 World Cup. “It’s a result that was earned,” Mexico interim coach Ricardo Perretti said. “Over 120 minutes, we did more to earn that third goal.”

A crowd of 93,723 created a crackling atmosphere under the lights at the 93-year-old stadium. It was the second-largest attendance to watch the U.S. team at home, barely surpassed by the 1994 Rose Bowl turnout for a World Cup game against Romania.

Geoff Cameron scored in the 15th minute for the U.S., but Saturday was a double downer for the United States: A few hours earlier, the under-23 team lost 2-0 to Honduras, putting the American men in danger of failing to qualify for its second straight Olympics.

Early in extra time, Peralta slipped into the middle and banged a loose ball between Cameron’s legs. The U.S., backed up by Mexico for much of the night, struck back with surprising precision: Substitute DeAndre Yedlin dribbled easily to the top of the penalty area and

slid a pass to a crossing Wood, who buried an 8-yard shot with his right foot.

Wood is building a remarkable history of dramatic late goals after scoring winners in exhibitions against Germany and the Netherlands in June.

Aguilar’s goal was a crackerjack display of skill and athleticism — areas where Mexico still appears to trump the U.S. Jimenez cannily chipped back against the run of play, Aguilar put a vicious volley past Guzan and then celebrated by throwing himself into the signage boards lining the field.

“I mean, listen, it’s a decent finish,” Guzan deadpanned. “He hit it out of the air.”

Mexico’s vociferous Southern California fan base turned out impressively in Pasadena, filling the Rose Bowl’s parking lots and stands with tricolor flags and raucous cheers on an unseasonably hot day. Mexico had a sizable fan advantage in the crowd, yet it was significantly more bipartisan than in the teams’ last meeting at the venerable stadium four years ago.

Mexico beat the U.S. 4-2 in the

Netherlands beats Kazakhstan Croatia outclass lacklustre Bulgaria to to stay in race for Euro 2016 stay in contention

2011 Gold Cup final that day, a loss that led to coach Bob Bradley’s departure and Klinsmann’s arrival. (ap) Mexico’s Paul Aguilar celebrates after scoring his side winning goal against United States during the CONCACAF Cup playoff soccer match at the Rose Bowl Stadium, in Pasadena , Calif. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, Mexico won 3-2 and qualified to the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.

Platini confirms appeal, French ready for court move PARIS - Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini lodged an appeal with FIFA against his 90-day ban from the game on Saturday while French soccer’s governing body said it would back him if he went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The Frenchman, who hopes to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president at an election due in February, was suspended on Thursday along with Blatter pending their investigation

by FIFA’s independent ethics committee.

Both men deny wrongdoing but the suspension of the two most powerful leaders in world football has thrown FIFA into deeper turmoil as U.S. and

Swiss authorities probe graft allegations.

A spokesman for Platini confirmed he had formally appealed his suspension, which South America’s football confederation called “disproportionate” and “untimely”.

The French Football Federation (FFF), meanwhile, said it would back Platini if he eventually went to the Lausanne-based CAS in the case that FIFA’s appeal committee upheld the ban.

CAS is a quasi-judicial body that resolves disputes in sport, often between individuals and disciplinary bodies.

“The FFF has adopted the principle of an appeal if the

decision of the FIFA appeal committee does not go Michel Platini’s way,” a federation spokesman told Reuters. The federation expects FIFA’s appeal committee to reach a decision on the matter within eight days.

ELECTION DELAY?

FIFA’s ethics probe followed reports of a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) from FIFA to Platini in 2011, nine years after he completed a spell working for Blatter as an adviser.

The Swiss Attorney General said on Sept. 25 it had opened a criminal investigation into Blatter concerning the payment and

a separate Caribbean television rights deal. Platini is regarded as somewhere “between a witness and an accused person” in the payment case, the Attorney General has said.

FIFA is due to hold an election on Feb. 26 to replace the outgoing Blatter. FIFA’s election committee will decide on who will be accepted as full candidates shortly after the deadline for nominations on Oct. 26.

That deadline could pose problems for Platini if he remains under a provisional ban, as he may find it difficult to pass an integrity check.

On Friday, FIFA announced it would hold an extraordinary

9

Executive Committee meeting on Oct. 20 after pressure from some UEFA associations including England’s Football Association.

A postponement of the election, which would help give Platini time for his appeal, is likely to be on the agenda.

Two sources with knowledge of the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on Friday FIFA was consider-

ZAGREB - Croatia thrashed hapless Bulgaria 3-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier played behind closed doors at the Maksimir stadium on Saturday to remain in the hunt for an automatic Group H qualifying spot.

Fans were not allowed into the ground in Zagreb to witness Ante Cacic’s debut as coach following a racist incident in their 1-1 home draw against Italy in June. Croatia also h a d a point deducted.

Saturday’s result left Croatia, who have claimed at least a playoff spot, third with 17 points from nine games, two behind Norway, who beat Malta 2-0, and four adrift of leaders Italy, who booked a place at the finals with a 3-1 win in Azerbaijan.

Croatia, who have only once failed to reach the European Championship since independence in 1991, visit Malta in their final qualifier while Norway travel to Italy on Tuesday. The third-placed finishers will still have a chance to make it through to the finals via a two-legged playoff.

“This was just one step. We have to win in Malta to make these points valuable,” said Cacic, who was concerned about the weather conditions for their next match. “It will be 30 degrees (Celsius) in Malta, it will be tough, but we are ready.”

Croatia were back on top form under Cacic, who last month replaced the sacked Niko Kovac, as they bounced back from disappointing performances in their previous two games.

“We scored early, were more motivated than Bulgaria and, in the end, Croatia has more quality,” he said. “With this passion, we can even go to the playoffs in good spirits.”

Ivan Perisic, the group’s top scorer, put Croatia ahead inside an eerily silent stadium normally known for its deafening atmosphere with his fifth goal in the campaign following a fine through ball by Luka Modric after 88 seconds.

Nikola Kalinic, replacing the injured Mario Mandzukic, almost doubled their lead a few minutes later, they had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside and Bulgaria defender Georgi Terziev rattled his own post attempting a panicked clearance.

The lively Ivan Rakitic did make it 2-0 with a low right-foot shot after playing a one-two with Kalinic three minutes before the break. Kalinic then completed the scoring from close range in the 81st minute following a precise cross from Perisic. Croatia substitute Duje Cop was sent off for a reckless challenge on defender Strahil Popov in the closing stages. (rtr)

REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Croatia’s Ivan Rakitic celebrates with his team mate Darijo Srna (R) after scoring a goal against Bulgaria during their Euro 2016 group H qualification soccer match in Zagreb, Croatia October 10, 2015.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The Netherlands kept alive its hopes of qualifying for next year’s European Championship by beating Kazakhstan 2-1 on Saturday. But Turkey went back into pole position to take third place in Group A and a playoff berth by beating the already-qualified Czech Republic 2-0.

Midfielders Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder scored in either half for the Netherlands to ensure the fight for third goes down to the final round of qualifiers on Tuesday.

Islambek Kuat scored a consolation goal with the last touch of the match.

“I’m satisfied with this victory,” said coach Danny Blind, who earned his first victory after losing his first two matches in charge. Already-qualified Iceland squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Latvia.

The Netherlands went third ahead of the late match in Prague and Iceland’s draw put it top, one point ahead of the Czechs.

But they didn’t stay there long.

Turkey pushed the Dutch back to fourth thanks to a 62nd-minute penalty by Selcuk Inan and Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike with 10 minutes left against the Czech Republic.

Turkey, two points ahead of the Dutch, plays Iceland on Tuesday, while the Netherlands hosts the Czech Republic in Amsterdam. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Gylfi Sigurdsson put Iceland two up within the first half hour, but Aleksandrs Cauna and Valerijs Sabala scored second-half goals to earn Latvia a point.

The Netherlands has not missed a major tournament since the 2002 World Cup. The last time the team failed to qualify for the European Championship was in 1984. “The most important thing was to win,” Blind said.

“That was the aim and how it happened didn’t matter.”

Faced with a long injury list that included captain Arjen Robben and most of his firstchoice defenders, Blind gave debuts to three players in the crucial match — defenders Kenneth Tete and Virgil van Dijk as well as winger Anwar El Ghazi. Goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet became the fourth debutant of the night in Astana when he came on as a second half substitute for Tim Krul — himself a replacement for Jasper Cillessen, who was injured in the

AP Photo/Alexey Filippov

Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder, front, fights for the ball with Kazakhstan’s Aleksei Schetkin during a Euro 2016 qualifying Group A soccer match between Kazakhstan and the Netherlands at the Astana Arena stadium in Astana, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. warmup.

Despite the many absentees, the Netherlands was never seriously troubled by Kazakhstan, though some Dutch players struggled to adapt to the artificial turf at Astana Arena — it was the first international for the Netherlands not played on grass.

The Dutch dominated in the first half but only managed to find the net once, when Wijnaldum ran onto El Ghazi’s pass and slotted a low, left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the net in

the 33rd minute. Either side of his assist, El Ghazi missed two good chances to crown his full international debut with a goal.

Veteran midfielder Sneijder doubled the Dutch lead in the 50th minute when he ran onto a layoff by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and hammered the ball high into the net.

Striker Robin van Persie was benched for most of the match, but replaced Huntelaar in the 87th minute to make his 100th international appearance. (ap)

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International

Pedrosa wins Japanese MotoGP, Rossi extends title lead

Lake Beratan Beratan lake (also called Lake Bratan or Danu Bratan) is located in the area of Bedugul, Candikuning village, Baturiti district, Tabanan regency Bali, approximately 55 km from Denpasar city, and it’s located at an altitude ± 1240 m above sea level, the temperature in lake Beratan area (Bedugul area) at night time ± 18° c and at daytime ± 24° c. Lake Bratan has an area of about 375.6 hectares with an average depth of 22-48 m with an area of ??about 12 km around, Beratan lake is the second largest lake after lake Batur on the island of Bali, Lake Bratan is very important as a main source of irrigation in central Bali.

Lake Bratan is very well known as the best tourist destination visited by many international and domestic travelers. The coolness of the mountains with a stunning view of the lake, temple and mountains, becoming this place a favorite tourist destination and recommended while enjoying a holiday in Bali. It’s also facilitated with adequate accommodation such as hotels, villas, restaurants and water sport activities such as parasailing, canoeing, water skiing.

On the east side of Beratan lake there is Mount Catur (Balinese people used to call it Pucak Mangu) which is a very nice place for hiking, and not far from the lake Bratan there are also attractive places of interest such as Bedugul Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Eka Karya), Bedugul fruits and vegetables market and also lake Buyan and lake Tamblingan.

Ulun Danu temple also called Pura Ulun Danu is located at the edge of lake Bratan, Ulun Danu temple builded in the early 17th century, which serves as the temple of Subak (Bali water irrigation system) and serve as a place to worship the Goddess of water in Balinese called Dewi Danu (worship of water for fertility).

Spain’s Dani Pedrosa claimed the 50th Grand Prix win of his career on Sunday, taking victory in the Japanese MotoGP as runner-up Valentino Rossi extended his lead in the championship standings. Pedrosa, who almost quit the sport earlier this year because of an arm problem that needed surgery, grabbed the lead seven laps from the end of a wet race at the Twin Ring circuit in Motegi.

He surged clear of his rivals to win for the first time this season and the 50th of his career, which began in the 125cc class in 2001. Rossi finished second while his Yamaha team mate and championship rival Jorge Lorenzo faded to third after leading for most of the race until he had dropped back when having tyre problems.

“It’s a real pity because today if the track didn’t dry I would have won,” Lorenzo of Spain said. “There was a dry line and I couldn’t follow them. I just had to survive.

“Now there is only one target and that is to win the three races. Let’s see if we can do it.” Rossi now leads Lorenzo by 18 points in the standings with a maximum of 75 available from the remaining three rounds, in Australia, Malaysia and Valencia.

“It was a very long race. It was very easy to make a mistake,” the Italian said.

“At this moment I need to take points.

After Jorge left our pace was the same.

When it got dry it was difficult to control the bike and I saw Jorge slowing.

“It’s a good result for the championship.” Pedrosa had not won a MotoGP race since the Czech Grand Prix in August 2014 and missed three of the season’s first four races due to the arm surgery.

The 30-year-old has suffered from a problem common among motorcycle racers when pressure builds up in the forearm and causes intense pain, making riding a bike difficult when the muscle becomes too big for the ‘sack’ that it sits in.

Sunday’s race was delayed by heavy morning rain in Japan which forced organisers to shorten the Moto2 and Moto3 races but Lorenzo was all smiles at the end of a long day.

“It was not like I expected. At the beginning I had no good feeling with the rear and couldn’t go fast,” he said. “I kept my rhythm while the others burned their tyre. At the end my pace was faster and I’m really happy.” Johann Zarco celebrated his first Moto2 title by winning his seventh race of the season.

The Frenchman was already assured of winning the championship when Tito Rabat, the only other rider with any mathematical chance of overtaking him, withdrew from Motegi on Friday because of injury. The race was cut to 15 laps because of the foul weather. After a slow start from pole, Zarco took the lead on the seventh lap and raced away to win.

Jonas Folger, a two-time winner this season, held on for second ahead of his fellow German Sandro Cortese, who claimed his first podium finish this year.

Italy’s Niccolo Antonelli won the Moto3 race, which was reduced from 20 to 13 laps, while Britain’s Danny Kent extended his championship lead to 56 points. Antonelli made a flying start on his Honda and led all the way, capturing his second race win this year.

Miguel Oliveira finished second and Jorge Navarro third while Kent was sixth but still managed to stretch his lead by finishing ahead of his nearest title rival, Enea Bastianini. (rtr)

Sainz ruled fit to race in Russia after heavy crash

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Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain raises his trophy as he celebrates on the podium after winning the Japanese Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Japan, October 11, 2015.

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Course marshals remove the crashed car of Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Spain during the third free practice at the ‘Sochi Autodrom’ Formula One circuit in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

SOCHI, Russia — Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. has been declared fit to compete in the Russian Grand Prix after a high-speed crash in practice left him in hospital.

Sainz’s car penetrated the barriers in the heavy crash at the 90degree right-handed turn 13 during Saturday’s final practice session in Sochi and he was airlifted to hospital, missing the qualifying session.

Sainz had originally been expected to spend the night in hospital but he was released Saturday evening.

The Spanish driver, 21, said Sunday he was uninjured but feeling stiff, though “nothing a painkiller cannot

kill”, and thanked the medical staff who had looked after him.

“I think everyone did a perfect job and I think that’s why I’m so fit today to drive and so positive,” he said. “Obviously turn 13 on the first lap will be a bit emotional, but from then on it will all go back to normal and I’m more than ready to race.”

The FIA said Sainz was examined by medical officials Sunday morning at the on-track medical center in Sochi and declared fit to race.

Sainz’s crash prompted fears over driver safety after his car went

under the barriers, leaving sections of barrier covering the cockpit.

“It will come out for sure in the next drivers’ briefing,” Sainz said.

“It’s something for sure that we need to keep looking @. I was for sure lucky that nothing happened to me. It took a while to get me out, but just to let you know, I was always conscious, knowing what was going on.”

Sainz’s car has been almost completely rebuilt for the race, with a new engine, gearbox and floor all required after the head-on impact, and is due to start 20th and last. (ap)

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Palestinian kicks a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah, West Bank, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Palestinians carried out two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot dead by police forces, the latest in a series of stabbing attacks against civilians and soldiers that have spread across Israel and the West Bank in the past week.

Gaza official says Israeli airstrike kills mother and child

JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 2-year-old daughter in Gaza Sunday, a Gaza health official said, while in the West Bank, police said a Palestinian woman detonated an explosive in her car at a checkpoint, injuring an Israeli soldier and herself.

The attack appeared to mark the first use of explosives in the current round of violence following a series of stabbing and shooting attacks.

The violence has unnerved a jittery Israel, and prompted the United States on Saturday to issue a fresh call for restraint by all sides.

The wave of attacks began weeks ago in Jerusalem and has since spread across Israel, while violent protests have erupted in the West Bank and along the Gaza border — where nine Palestinians, including two children, were killed in clashes over the weekend. The Gaza border has been largely calm since the 50-day summer 2014 war between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the coastal territory.

In response to renewed rocket fire toward Israel, the military said it carried out airstrikes in Gaza targeting Hamas weapons manufac-

turing facilities. Ashraf Al-Kidra, a Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza, said a nearby home in southern Gaza was struck, killing 30-year-old Noor Hassan and her young daughter. He said four others were wounded, included Hassan’s husband and son.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, Israeli police said a 31-year-old Palestinian woman set off an explosive in her vehicle that lightly wounded a police officer and critically injured herself. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the police officer noticed the woman driving suspiciously and motioned her to stop. She then chanted “God is great” before the blast.

On Saturday, Palestinians carried out two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem before being shot dead by police, while two Palestinian youths, ages 13 and 11, were killed

near the Gaza border fence, as a weeklong bout of violence showed no signs of slowing.

Addressing his Cabinet Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was battling a “wave of terror” fueled by “systematic, untrue incitement” by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Islamic Movement in Israel. He said he would be holding consultations to discuss sanctions against the Islamic Movement, which runs education and religious services for Arab citizens of Israel.

Netanyahu says that along with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, the Islamic Movement was responsible for spreading lies about Israel’s supposed intentions regarding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

Netanyahu also singled out an Arab lawmaker, Hanin Zoabi, who the premier said called on hundreds of thousands of worshippers to ascend to the site to prevent an “Israeli plot of bloodletting of east Jerusalem residents.” (ap)

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Singapore Airlines jet collapses during checks; no injuries

SINGAPORE — A Singapore Airlines jet collapsed Sunday morning with no passengers or crew on board as an engineer conducted routine landing checks before a scheduled flight from Singapore to Hong Kong, the airline said.

The carrier said in a statement that the nose gear of an Airbus A330-300 “retracted while the aircraft was undergoing a landing gear system check.”

“There were no passengers or crew on board at the time. One engineer who was on the aircraft was not injured. Singapore Airlines will be cooperating fully with the authorities in their investigations,” the statement said. It said the damage to the plane would be assessed after it is removed from the gate.

The plane had been due to serve

flight SQ890, scheduled to depart for Hong Kong from Singapore’s Changi Airport at 7:35 a.m. It had arrived from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport in the wee hours of the morning.

Another plane was used for the flight to Hong Kong, taking off more than 40 minutes after the scheduled departure time.

The collapsed plane had been in service for more than six years, according to records. Its maiden flight was in April 2009.

On May 23, another Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 temporarily lost power in both engines on a flight from Singapore to Shanghai carrying 194 people, causing it to descend 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) before normal operation was restored. (ap)

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A water bomber of the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency, left, and a Singaporean Air Force C-130 cargo plane deployed on a mission to help battling the forest fires on Sumatra island are parked on the tarmac as haze from the fires blankets the military airbase in Palembang, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

International help arrives to tackle Indonesia fires

JAKARTA - International help to assist Indonesia in combating forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze has begun to arrive on Sumatra island, an official said Saturday.

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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 is seen collapsed at Changi Airport in Singapore, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. The Singapore Airlines jet collapsed Sunday morning with no passengers or crew on board as an engineer conducted routine landing checks before a scheduled flight from Singapore to Hong Kong, the airline said.

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Turkey to “stand united against terrorists”.

The attacks drove a knife through the heart of the normally placid Ankara, which became capital following the founding of the modern Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

“This could well be Turkey’s 9/11,” said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Programme at The Washington Institute, referring to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks by Al-Qaeda in the United States.

Amateur footage filmed moments before the blasts showed smiling activists holding hands and dancing before suddenly falling to the ground as a huge explosion went off behind them.

The attack came just under three months after a suicide bombing blamed on IS against peace activists in the border town of Suruc on the Syrian border killed 33 people.

That bombing caused one of the most serious flare-ups in Turkey in recent times as the PKK accused the government of collaborating with IS and resumed attacks on the security forces after an over two-year truce. (afp)

Planes from Malaysia and Singapore have arrived and will soon begin water-bombing hard-hit South Sumatra province, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency.

“They are currently being briefed

by the disaster mitigation chief and the water bombing will start immediately after that,” Nugroho told AFP. A Bombardier amphibious aircraft and crew arrived on Friday from Malaysia, he said.

A Chinook helicopter, capable of

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a meeting with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Bogor presidential palace on Sunday.

Jokowi and Najib Razak reportedly discussed about cooperation in the environmental issues and oilpalm plantation.

The prime minister paid a working visit to Indonesia as a follow up of his previous meetings held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 27, and in Jakarta on October 3, 2015.

Najib Razak was accompanied

by First Lady Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Natural Re-

sources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, and Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Razali Ibrahim.

The Malaysian Prime Minister and his entourage arrived at the Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force Base, East Jakarta, on Sunday noon.

They were greeted by among others Coordinating Minister for Maritime Rizal Ramli, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Chief of the Presidential Staff Teten Masduki, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiwman, and Industry Minister Saleh Husin. (ant)

Jokowi receives Malaysian PM at Bogor Palace

pouring water from a huge hanging bucket, and a Hercules C-130 carrying 42 firefighters arrived from Singapore on Saturday, after being delayed due to poor visibility.

Nugroho said one helicopter from Malaysia was scheduled to arrive later on Saturday to join the operation.

Fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been blanketing Southeast Asia for weeks, with pollution levels in both locations recorded far

above hazardous levels.

The blazes are an annual occurrence during the dry season, but scientists have warned this year’s are on track to be the worst ever as an El Nino weather system has created tinder-dry conditions in Indonesia.

The haze has forced Malaysia and Singapore to close schools and cancel outdoor events.

Jakarta has deployed about 25,000 personnel and aircraft, but the firefighters have been overwhelmed by

the extent of the blazes.

The Indonesian government had insisted on not accepting international help for weeks before finally agreeing to accept the offers from several countries to combat the haze.

Australia has pledged to send a Lockheed L100 Hercules Air Tanker, with foreign minister Julie Bishop asserting Australia’s experience in fighting the bushfires. (afp)

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L), World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (R), Bank Indonesia Governor Agus D.W. Martowardojo (2nd L) and Indonesia’s Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro (2nd R) sign the documents to hold the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in 2018 in Bali, Indonesia, during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Lima Convention Center in Lima, Peru, October 10, 2015.

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BUSINESS China calm over TPP isolation as it pursues regional deals

BEIJING - A new US-led Pacific trade pact that pointedly excludes China could see it lose influence and key export markets, but observers say the web of bilateral deals Beijing has forged is enough to maintain its global clout.

The signing last week of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) brings together 12 nations that account for about 40 percent of the global economy and would mark the biggest liberalisation of world trade in more than a decade.

And while all signatories championed the benefits it will bring and its importance in kickstarting sluggish global growth, the agreement also provides a strategic bulwark to China’s growing power -- both economically and militarily.

In heralding the agreement US President Barack Obama said: “We can’t let countries like China write the rules of the global economy.”

And Chinese state-media this week labelled it “a massive economic bloc accused of combating China”.

However, Chinese officials have softened their stance towards the pact after initially giving it a frosty reception.

Beijing’s commerce ministry this week called it “important” and said China is “open to any mechanism that follows the rules of the World Trade Organization and can boost the economic integration of the Asia-Pacific”.

The remarks have prompted speculation that China could actually apply to join, although most analysts consider that unlikely, cit-

ing the high level of state control over the economy.

The deal comes just months after Washington and Tokyo were left isolated when most of their Western allies agreed to join China’s much-vaunted Asian infrastructure bank, set up as a counter to the US-influenced World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

At the same time Beijing continues to ramp up its military might, slowly eating into Washington’s sphere of influence in the Pacific while it increasingly flexes its muscles in territorial disputes with Japan and South Korea, among others.

Some argue the deal could hammer Chinese manufacturers -already struggling with slowing growth in the world’s number-two economy -- by cutting off key export markets.

Ma Jun, chief economist at the research institute of China’s central bank warned in an article this week that the textiles, clothing and electronics industries will miss out significantly.

And a study in 2014 by two US academics and a Chinese researcher estimated Beijing could lose out on a potential $1.6 trillion boost to its exports by 2025 by not signing up.

China and the US would be “the countries expected to benefit the most” from a widened TPP, they wrote.

Beijing’s exclusion “obviously isn’t conducive to promoting economic cooperation between China and neighbouring countries”, said Chun Jiangyue, director of a thinktank affiliated to China’s foreign ministry.

But China’s response has been

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Karangasem, a red zone on potential electoral conflicts

Chief of Bali Police, Sugeng Priyanto, admitted to be quite worried about political dynamics within the past month in Karangasem. As the region belonging to red zone, the potential for conflicts in simultaneous regent election in Karangasem must be anticipated. Security breach occurred in Eastern tip of Bali in general can have an impact on the sustainability of tourism in Bali.

measured, underlining what many see as confidence in cementing its own economic deals in the Pacific.

“We have nothing to be insecure about,” the state-run Global Times newspaper said this week.

Of the many free-trade agreements China has signed globally, five are with TPP members -- including Australia and New Zealand -- and as the largest economy in Asia, it is the biggest trading partner of many others.

Beijing is also pursuing a rival vision for trade – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a 16-nation agreement that includes several TPP signatories.

“The impact of the TPP on China won’t be a very painful one,” Chun said. “China has its own theory for the development of international trade and commerce.” (afp)

Thousands demonstrate in Germany against EU-US trade deal

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Demonstrators hold the letters ‘STOP’ as they attend a demonstration against the free trade agreements TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

BERLIN — Tens of thousands of people marched through downtown Berlin on Saturday to protest a planned trans-Atlantic free trade pact.

Police said around 100,000 took part in the demonstration, while organizers claimed 250,000 turned out, banging on drums, chanting slogans and waving signs and flags opposing the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. Germany’s government has pushed the deal, saying it will boost the global economy and give smaller and midsized companies a better chance at competing on the world market while reducing bureaucracy.

Protesters, organized by the Confederation of German Trade Unions, known by its acronym DGB, worry that an agreement could lower food safety standards and undermine local regulations by giving international arbitration panels the power to rule over disputes.

One float in the protest showed Chancellor Angela Merkel lighting the fuse of a bomb while sitting on a building labeled “Democracy.”

The European Union and United States have been negotiating since 2013 on TTIP and supporters hope it will gain momentum now that the U.S., Japan and other Pacific Rim nations have reached an agreement on a separate trade deal. (ap)

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The Head of Bali Police Irjen Pol. Sugeng Priyanto

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Such concern was conveyed by him during a working visit to Karangasem Police headquarters recently. Sugeng having officiated over the Bali Police for a month reminds his personnel in Karangasem to fully concentrate on doing security tasks. Not only in Karangasem, had he also delivered similar message to every county police that will secure the simultaneous regent election. Police officers are asked to be capable of reducing and resolving all sorts of potential conflict before the conflict expanding and creating insecurity. “Do not let it turn to violence, let alone to unrest among groups of people. It will have an impact on the image of Bali tourism,” he said.

If Bali tourism is interrupted, then the impact will be more extensive to every element of society.

“Whatever happens in Bali, the information will spread worldwide.

So, the security of the simultaneous regent election must be run maximally,” he said.

According to him, the politics heating up in Karangasem is caused by the problems on campaign property installation. Since the beginning of the campaign period 1.5 months ago the organizer of the election has not been able to resolve this problem. So, it results in ripples of conflict between groups which can lead to a bigger problem. Lastly,

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the candidate number two, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri and Wayan Artha Dipa (Masdipa) threatened to compete against its rival SudirtaMade Sumiati (SMS) by installing more campaign properties in public and private areas.

The threat will be done if until Thursday (Oct. 8), the Electoral Supervisory Commission is unable to resolve the problems of campaign properties, especially those installed in private areas.

Bali Police Chief also stressed the neutrality of police in this simultaneous regent election. He ordered that police must always keep the behavior and fulfill their duties. Thus, the situation remains conducive and the simultaneous regent election can run fairly. On that occasion, he also opened a Complaint Service Center, as a form of neutrality of the Karangasem Police with the 1623/Karangasem Military District Command.

Chief of the Karangasem Police, I Gede Adhi Wulyawarman, added that Bali Police have prepared 650 personnel to be seconded to Karangasem. However, these personnel will be departed to Karangasem on the day of voting, while for the campaign period Bali Police every day prepare a platoon of Riot Squad that is ready to be departed any time when needed in Karangasem. (kmb31)

Cock fighting in Penebel

Preserve tradition of exercising fighting cock

TABANAN - Fighting cock in Bali has actually existed since the past time better known as mabongbong or fondling and exercising fighting cock. However, in keeping with the passage of time, this tradition is accompanied with betting money or gambling or locally better known as metajen. To revive this tradition without the image of gambling, the Derby Continental Community organized the Cock Fighting Derby Continental XII held recently.

Chief of the Derby Continental Community, Agus Andika Wenara, explained that in the Cock Fighting Derby Continental XII the fighting cocks are pitted only for some 30 seconds and recorded. Video of the fight will be uploaded onto Facebook and the winner is determined based on the most ‘likes’ obtained. The cock fighting event having been held for 12 times aims to change the habit of cock fighting tradition in Balinese community, restore tradition and channel the hobby of fondling and exercising fighting cock. In addition, it also means to maintain relationship among the breeders of the Philippines rooster. “In this event, no money betting is

involved and it is purely a hobby,” he said.

Other than without involving money, in this fighting event the cocks are not tied with spurs as commonly carried out in the tajen or betting cockfight. “No cocks are injured and they are purely pitted like in the tradition of fondling and exercising fighting cock,” he added.

Andika added that the cock fighting that contests at least 1,000 fighting cocks is very potential for tourist attraction. “It can be made into a tourist attraction as a Balinese cultural show,” said Andi. Apart from channeling hobby, the event is also expected to increase the potential of the breeders of the Philippine cocks purely posing a fighting cock.

A breeder of fighting cock from Sebatu Gianyar, Wayan Matra, stated that he participated in the cock fighting contest to increase the selling price of his fighting cocks. “I have been getting involved in the breeding of fighting cock of local and foreign chicken hybrid for 2.5 years,” he said. This 40-year old man sells his hybrid cock for IDR 600,000 to IDR 1.5 million. He expected that by participating in this cock fighting contest, the selling price

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The Cock fighting in Penebel of his cock will increase. Matra raises this price, the cocks are trained to fight regularly. kind of cock ranging from its poultry to that “This Philippine cock hybrid is potential to be of eight months old. a fighter. So, it should be trained regularly,” In order that the hybrid has a good selling he explained. (kmb24)

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PDAM water sluggish, Klungkung residents distraught

SEMARAPURA - Residents in and around the town of Klungkung were distraught on Saturday (Oct. 10) due to the sluggishness of the water supply. People had no access to the Water from the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks since morning and so many people were forced to bath in nearby rivers like the Unda River, Takmung River and Manduang falls.

The drought condition make the locals are looking everywhere for water

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Some residents of Pegending hamlet, Sangkanbuana, for instance, had to walk back and forth from Mandung carrying gallons of wate, while others had toast their neighbours for water so that could cook breakfast. Since nobody here has a water tank, they had to go to the river for drinking water and for bathing. “Water from the PDAM has not been running since morning - this is the first time that this has happened,” said one resident named Komang Mirah.

Director of the PDAM Klungkung, Nyoman Renin, confirmed that the PDAM water in Klungkng had not been running. The residence of the regent and deputy regent at Bendul area, Klungkung faced the same lack of water.

Renin argued that the water stopped running due to a leakage in the main gravity pipe. “There was a leak in the gravity pipe in Rendang, Karangasem this morning, sir,” he said.

Renin claimed that his institution has dealt with the problem and a number of PDAM staff are said to have gone down to repair the leaking pipe. He dis not however know for sure what caused the main pipe to leak.

“Probably it was caused by the water pressure that cold have caused the connection come undone and caused a leak,” said Renin adding that he sincerely hoped that the leak could be fixed as soon as possible, so that water could start flowing to people’s homes. (kmb)

Piles of trash on fire, Batur residents panicky

BANGLI - Residents of Karuna Gunung Sari hamlet, North Batur, Kintamani, became increasingly uneasy as a scrapheap caught fire on Friday afternoon (Oct. 9). The fire expanded rapidly and worried that the nearby building would catch fire, the fire brigade was contacted as was the Bangli Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

Accoridng to information collected by Bali Post, the rubbish piles were on fire around one o’clock in the afternoon. The fire quickky engulfed piles of rubbish that mostly consisted of plastic waste.

Before the fire brigade, arrived on the scene, people were starting to panic and were attempting to put out the fire as best they could.

Emergency and Logistics Section Head and of the BPBD Bangli, Agus Sutapa, when contacted last Saturday said that after receiving the report of the fire from the headman of North Batur around 1:15 p.m., his institution rushed to the location of the fire with firefighters.

To prevent the fire from expanding, at least two fire trucks and one rescue truck were deployed to the scene from Bangli.

Despite the fact that the fire was clearly due to the pile of rubbish, the BPBD was the only authority there to handle the problem. “When we arrived at the scene, the fire has been successfully put out by residents.

But to anticipate subsequent fires, we damped the area,” he explained.

Nobody seemed to know the exact cause of the fire but Sutapa suspected that the fire occurred due to the excessive heat that triggered sparks on the piles of plastic waste.

Sutapa mentioned that the current dry season has been causing water crisis in some villages as well as a number of fire incidents.

According to data form the BPBD Bangli, at least four fire incidents have occurred since last month, striking the forest area in Kintamani.

As a result of the incidents, approximately 31 hectares of forest area have burned. (kmb40)

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Young and alone: Europe sees record surge of child refugees KENT — The bags are packed, the goodbye hugs done. The Afghan, Eritrean and Sudanese boys are on the move again, but this time it’s a happy occasion: After months of hardship traversing continents, the teenage refugees are finally on the way to English homes where they can settle down for a long dreamed-of life in Europe.

The dozens of boys are unaccompanied child refugees who have come to the end of a long, risky journey by boat, foot, truck and train. Upon reaching the shores of Dover they were brought to a reception center in Kent, southern England, where they were given temporary shelter. As the teenagers leave for more permanent social housing or foster homes, they are seen off by another group of boys who are eagerly awaiting their turn.

Europe’s migrant crisis has seen a record surge of unaccompanied child asylum seekers fleeing civil war, conscription and poverty at home to countries including Britain and Sweden, which have scrambled to provide care for thousands of newly arrived minors. Most are boys aged between 14 to 18 hailing from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan.

“I’m happy to leave today,” said Sadiq, a shy 17-year-old Sudanese, who said he wanted to become an engineer. Like all the refugees interviewed at the center, his full name cannot be reported because they are minors under government care.

Like the other youngsters, Sadiq had made it to Europe alone after leaving behind his family, and may never see his loved ones again. He lowered his head when

asked about his homeland, where a years-long conflict has killed thousands and driven millions from their homes.

“Since I left I have had no information, I don’t know anything about my family. I’m very sad because of that, but what can I do?”

In Kent, the main English county receiving the children, arrivals jumped from 296 in September 2014 to almost 800 in the same period this year. Almost all land in Dover, a key port connected by rail and road to France. And in Sweden, which takes the largest number of refugees per capita in Europe, the Migration Agency says almost 1,300 minors sought asylum in a single week in September — a staggering increase from about 400 a week in June. The agency estimates that a total of 12,000 unaccompanied children would have sought asylum in the country this year.

“The municipalities have never been close to having a situation like this before, ever,” said Kjell-Terje Torvik, an expert at the Swedish migration board who has worked with child refugees for over a decade. “Even though we knew the numbers were going to rise, this is far beyond our imagination.”

Social workers say many child refugees have to take off alone be-

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Syrian refugees walk up a hill as they arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos island, Greece, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. While migrants for years have taken death-defying trips across the Mediterranean to reach the relative peace and comfort of the Europe Union, the flow has hit record proportions this year - notably with an influx of Syrians, Afghans and Eritreans fleeing trouble back home. cause of desperate circumstances: Some became separated from their families in war; others are alone because their family cannot afford to send more than one member abroad.

Younger refugees also often have better chances of getting asylum in Europe.

Compared to adult asylum seekers, unaccompanied children are

treated under a different set of rules in many European countries.

Because they are more vulnerable, they are separated from other migrants and refugees on arrival at their destination country, and transferred to local reception centers like the one in Kent. There they stay for up for two months while authorities make further plans for

them: Some will transfer to social housing with supervision by social workers or a guardian — a “god man” in Swedish, meaning a “good person” — while others stay with local foster families. All have the right to accommodation and welfare benefits including education, health care, and money to buy food and clothes.(ap)

Angry crowd riots on Phuket after 2 killed in police crash

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Thai policemen stand guard behind the burnt down vehicles at a police station in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015.

PHUKET, Thailand — An angry crowd hurled homemade fire bombs and torched vehicles at a police station on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to protest the deaths of two young men who died in a motorcycle crash while being chased by police, authorities said Sunday.

No tourists were injured by the violence, which started Saturday evening and ended early Sunday, said Phuket police Lt. Col. Amnuay Kraiwuttinan. But local media reported that scores of people missed flights as a result of the riot, which blocked a main road to the airport for several hours.

The protest occurred outside the island’s main tourist areas at the Thalang Police Station, where a crowd that swelled to more than 300 people blocked the road between 8 p.m. Saturday and 4

a.m. Sunday, Amnuay said.

Police and soldiers were called in to restore order early Sunday after at least nine cars were set on fire and 11 other vehicles damaged by the crowd, which hurled objects at the police station as officers were trapped inside, he said.

“They threw things to break the windows first, then they threw fire bombs at the police station and we had to move inside. It was a riot. It was loud and chaotic,” Amnuay said, adding that officers were instructed to stay calm and not fight back.

Police were investigating the deaths of the two young Thai men, who were 17 and 22 years old.

Amnuay said police suspected the men of drug possession after they sped past a police checkpoint and refused to stop, prompting officers to chase them. (ap)

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In June 2015 photo, a Spirit Airlines plane approaches Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

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“We’re looking at the plane,” Rankin said by phone from a Spirit gate at the Philadelphia airport.

“There are no pilots.”

Rankin, an investment manager from New Jersey, swore it would be his last time on the discount airline.

“My wife won’t let me book a flight on Spirit next time,” he said.

Spirit is one of a new breed of airline called ultra-low-cost carriers that also includes Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air. They have grown rapidly by luring travelers with cheap base fares that undercut the big airlines, and boast among the best operating profits margins in the business.

Fans say the cheap tickets set the ultra-low-cost carriers apart in an industry where discomfort and inconvenience are now expected.

But for many travelers, the new discounters take the aggravation to another level.

They charge extra for things that are still standard on bigger airlines like soda and carry-on bags. Need to print a boarding pass at the airport?

There’s a fee for that. They fit more passengers on the plane by squeezing seats together, which is easier because the seats don’t recline.

They don’t have toll-free phone numbers for customer service.

There are few businesses that consumers love to hate more than airlines, but travelers seem to reserve a special level of vitriol for these no-frills, discount airlines.

Passengers are about 20 times more likely to complain about one of them than about Alaska Airlines or Southwest Airlines, which have the industry’s lowest complaint rates. Either Frontier or Spirit has recorded the highest rate of complaints to the government every month this year. Allegiant would place third-worst, although because of its small size it is not included in the official rankings.

Much of the grousing can be tied

to frequent flight delays. So far this year, Spirit Airlines has the worst on-time rate among the largest 14 U.S. airlines — 34 percent of flights are at least 15 minutes late — and Frontier is next-to-last.

In June, Spirit’s on-time rate tumbled below 50 percent. It was the worst one-month performance by a large U.S. airline in 10 years. A Spirit spokesman blamed a four-day stretch of bad weather.

With fewer planes and pilots, Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant have

less flexibility to deal with setbacks like summer storms than do larger airlines — it’s not as easy to put passengers on a later flight because there might not be one. They generally don’t have agreements to accommodate stranded passengers on bigger airlines. It can add up to long delays as crews try to wait out the weather or fix planes to avoid canceling flights.

In June, several hundred Spirit passengers were stuck at the airport in Las Vegas after cancelations. Airport officials handed out water and diapers. The same month in Atlantic City, New Jersey, two state troopers bought 15 pizzas to feed stranded

Spirit passengers whose flight had been diverted there because of bad weather.

Another source of irritation: tight legroom. Frontier added 12 seats to its current planes by installing seats with less padding. Its new Airbus A321 jets arriving next year will have 230 seats. Spirit flies the A321 with 218 seats, JetBlue with 190, American with 181.

Unhappy customers also complain about being nickel-and-dimed — all the fees offset the cheaper base fare.

Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer, a Colorado travel writer, said she was a loyal customer of Denver-based Frontier

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In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, a Frontier Airlines employee directs passengers at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. There are few businesses that consumers love to hate more than airlines, but travelers seem to reserve a special level of vitriol for the no-frills, discount airlines.

Airlines for more than a decade. She “loved, loved, loved” the hometown airline with its wild-animal logos and friendly staff. But when the airline switched to mimic Spirit’s low-fare, high-fees model last year, calculating the cost of a trip got too complicated.

“I had to sit down and say: This is what I’m paying for the flight, then they’re charging me $3 or $5 for a seat (assignment), and I need to figure out how much baggage I’ll bring both ways,” she said. “It became a mathematics game and that’s ridiculous.”

The discount airlines, however, have their fans. Traffic jumped 77 percent on Spirit and 39 percent on Allegiant from 2011 through 2014.

Travel is up by double-digits again this year on both airlines.

Even passengers on other airlines might owe the discounters some gratitude. By keeping base fares low, they prevent the major airlines from pushing prices even higher — at least on the routes they compete on — says John Kwoka, a Northeastern University economics professor who studies the airlines.

Loyal customers say you can avoid most fees and save money on the budget carriers if you pay attention to the rules.

Wallace, who said it was his fourth trip on the budget carrier, saved money by not bringing a bag. And his flight was just about perfect. The Airbus A320 was clean and brand-new — Spirit’s fleet averages about five years in age, much younger than most U.S. airlines — the flight attendants were cheerful and efficient. The flight arrived in Denver 15 minutes late, but no one seemed to mind.

Executives at the discount airlines and some industry experts dismiss the government’s complaint figures. They point out that very few passengers bother to file a complaint with the Department of Transportation — even at Spirit and Frontier it’s fewer than one passenger in every 10,000. (ap)

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Bali committed to developing public spaces

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial government is committed to continuously developing public spaces as centers of culture and social interaction, according to Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta.

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“We have taken numerous concrete steps in our commitment to developing many public spaces, improving pedestrian walkways, and revitalizing public areas that have value as heritage sites,” Sudikerta said, during his address to mark World Habitat Day 2015 in Denpasar on Friday.

He further noted that the existence of public spaces complies with the “Bali Mandara” program in creating a clean and green Bali.

Sudikerta also invited the entire community of Bali to participate in creating a green Bali, by maintaining the beauty of the surrounding environment.

Additionally, he added that the local community should be self-

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The Bali provincial government is committed to continuously developing public spaces as centers of culture and social interaction, according to Vice Governor Ketut Sudikerta.

disciplined and not litter, as well as comply with the ban on smoking in public areas.

“All individuals must practice self-discipline to assure a healthy lifestyle,” he said.

Sudikerta pointed out that one of the public spaces in Denpasar is the Puputan Margarana Renon Square that includes the Bali People’s Monument, which were built in 1998 and completed in 2001.

“Puputan Margarana Renon Square is a public space for the local community to participate in sports activities, recreation with families, and art performances,” he noted.

He said that every week there is car-free day and a free podium in the square, since the public space is a place for the public to meet and relax.

“Public spaces function in harmony with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, because they are places for social interaction, in addition to allowing people to perform religious rituals together,” he stated. (ant)

Bali immigration depart 48 chinese, taiwanese

KUTA - The Bali immigration authorities have deported 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals for their alleged role in a cyber crime.

“We arrested 48 foreign nationals -- five hailing from Taiwan and 43 from China. They entered Indonesia by abusing their visa-free facility to commit a cyber crime instead of vacationing here,” Chief of the Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Yosep Renung Widodo, said on Thursday.

Widodo said five of the 48 foreign nationals have been subjected to measures imposed in the name of justice (pro justitia) and those measures have the backing of a court verdict.

The five were Zhang Dejun and He Wei of China, and Yang Fu Lin, Liu Chun Wei and Yeh Lin of Taiwan, he said.

They were charged with violating article 116 of Law No. 6/2011 on immigration. If found guilty, they could have been sentenced for up to three months in jail, he said.

However, the court ruled that they be fined Rp4 million each for failing to produce travel documents or permits of stay, he said.

“All the five foreign nationals have paid the fine and have been deported,” he said. The 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested on the basis of intelligence surveillance and investigation conducted by local immigration officers, he said. The foreign nationals were strongly believed to have committed a cyber crime by taking advantage of technology in the country. (ant)

Chief of the Immigration Office at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Yosep Renung Widodo showed a passport use by one of foreign nationals to Bali. The Bali immigration authorities have deported 48 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals for their alleged role in a cyber crime.

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He added that six fire stations have been set up to carry out fire prevention measures, fire extinguishing and post-fire forest management. The Bali Forestry Agency is also focused on early detection by coordinating with rangers and the county disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) to become more aware of conditions on the ground. “So far this year, a total of 24.5 hectares of forest have gone up in flames due to dry and hot weather. Almost all the fires occurred in bushed areas, expect for the fire in Kintamani which engulfed eucalyptus trees. But in general, the fire has no impact on other vegetations,” he added.

So far, fire extinguishing is still being done manually. Water spraying from above by helicopter is not possible in some places due to the steep terrain.

“Reforestation of burned down areas takes time - at least one or two rainy season need to go by before they can be replanted.

We take nature as a cue so when trees start to shoot, then we start planting because we know that he ground is ready to receive seeds,” he said.

Wiranatha explained that the Forest Agency applies so called minimal management. Planted trees are only fertilized once, and then they are left to nature. This way, the trees grow stronger and last longer than when they are stimulated by fertilizers such as is the practice in people’s plantations.

“Hence, it is termed overlay.

In plantations, it is called stem and necessarily grows because it has been fertilized” he explained.

Wiranatha added that minimal management is also applied to deforested or land that is considered to be in critical condition such as areas in Kubu (Karangasem), Penelokan (Bangli) and Gerokgak (Buleleng) that will therefore take longer to grow.

Based on data from the Bali Forest Agency, there are 13,693.24 hectares of land in critical condition located within forests and those designated as very critical amount to 2,630.44 hectares. Outside of forest areas, there are 28,346.10 hectares of land in critical condition. Thus, the total land area in Bali that is considered critical or very critical amounts to some 44,669.78 hectares. Bali’s entire forested areas is 563,286 hectares. (rin)

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NUSA DUA - The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas Nusa Dua, Bali presents exciting culinary journey from the signature Mediterranean & Pan-Asian restaurant at Soleil, to Oriental taste of Cantonese & Szechuan at Table8 or International Gastronomic experience at The Cafe and many more to choose from. This November 2015, explore the various indulgence from The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas Nusa Dua, Bali.

Soleil Sunday Brunch by popular demand, now introducing Friday & Saturday Dinner.

Savor the Mediterranean and Pan-Asian appetizer buffet whilst choosing your own cooked to order hand-made pasta and main course. To crown your experience, indulge in the expansive dessert buffet complete with

cascading chocolate.

Meanwhile at Edogin, Mulia Bali offers Japanese hot pot. This is a heartwarming meal, perfect to be shared with family and friends. This season, Edogin has specially prepared a must try hot pot rice such as scallop with potato, clam with sweet potato & aroma of truffle or the king crab with fried tofu.

On Table8, Mulia Bali offers Mantis Prawn. This is not actually a prawn but is one of the most delicate crustaceans. De-shelling the Mantis Prawn does take an amount of skill, but the treasure inside is worth every bite. Table8’s culinary team has specially prepared traditional Cantonese secret recipes to bring out the natural sweet flesh and soft meat texture of this ‘pissing prawn’.

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The forests of Bali have often been hit by various problems ranging from fires, illegal logging and the encroachment of human settlements.

Forests in Bangli often hit by fire and land encroachment

BANGLI - Forests play a very important role for human life. In addition to being producers of oxygen, forest also acts as providers of clean water. However despite their importance, the forests of Bali have often been hit by various problems ranging from fires, illegal logging and the encroachment of human settlements.

Bangli County -known as the upstream region has a fairly extensive forest area. Based on data from the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency, there are 9,341.28 hectares of forest in Bangli that consisting of 6,239.01 hectares of protected forest, 453.00 hectares of productive forest and 2,649.27 hectares of nature tourism forest. These three types of forests that are mostly located in Kintamani are managed by different agencies. The protected forests are managed by Forest Management Unit (KPH), nature tourism forest by Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and production forests by the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency.

Chief of the Forest Management Unit, Abdul Muntalib admitted that there are some challenges to protecting the forests of Bangli, including fires during the dry season, encroachment of human settlements and the conversion of forested land into horticultural gardens. He did not mention any other causes but said:

“Complete data is available in the province,” he said.

He only explained that to preserve the protected forest of Bangli, that his institution has regularly carried out reforestation projects. This year, a total of 50 hectares of protected forest area in Bangli was reforested by planting eucalyptus trees. However, tree planting could not take place on the land that was recently hit by fires, as soil conditions need to be restored before that can be done.

In addition to reforestation, his institution has regularly disseminated information and reached out to the community, especially to villages that have a lot of forest around them.

Section Head for Region II of the BKSDA Bali, Catur Marbawa, also recognized that nature tourism forests in Bangli are not free of problems either. Apart from fire, he also recognized that many forest areas managed by the BKSDA face illegal mining problems.

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“Of the 200 hectares of potential forested area, some points are mined on a small scale,” he explained.

He added that some forest areas in Bangli that are designated as nature tourism forests are converted into horticultural plantations by the surrounding community. Also, forest areas that need to be preserved are sometimes occupied by semi-permanent buildings like the ones around Pura Jati. The building was deliberately built by residents to unwind during rituals implemented at the temple. In an attempt to respond to rampant land conversions, cessation measures have been taken. “To address the issue of the conversion of forests into gardens, we must take action step by step.

We are still looking for a formula to resolve the issue,” he explained.

Efforts have also been made by BKSDA to preserve forests by rehabilitating damaged areas through reforestation projects. Since 2011 205 hectares have been reforested. “Under extreme conditions where land is very rocky we cannot plant trees arbitrarily, so success rates are not comparable to reforestation projects carried out in other less rocky forest areas,” he explained. (kmb40)

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Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Katy Perry set to roar for Hillary NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton will enjoy a roar of support from pop superstar Katy Perry, who has signed on to rally for her presidential campaign.

Perry -- one of the top-selling pop stars of recent years who, at 76.3 million, has more Twitter followers than anyone, including President Barack Obama -- will join Clinton in Iowa, the critical first state in the presidential nomination contest.

Clinton’s campaign said, without further detail, that Perry would appear with Clinton on October 24 before the Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Des Moines, the Midwestern state’s capital.

Perry’s support of Clinton, who is vying to be the first female US president, is already well-known.

Last year, Perry posted a picture of herself with the former secretary of state and senator and offered to write her campaign theme song.

She also performed at Obama’s second inauguration and has used her social media power to spread the word on the president’s signature reform expanding health care coverage.

The 30-year-old singer -- who has released a string of blockbuster hits

including “Roar,” “Firework” and “Teenage Dream” -- was raised in a conservative Christian household and does not generally bring politics into her music.

An exception is gay rights, of which Perry has been an outspoken proponent, and which she touched upon in her hit song “I Kissed a Girl.”

Perry has been touring Latin America on the final leg of her yearand-a-half long tour to promote the album “Prism,” with the final date scheduled for October 18 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Clinton is the front-runner to secure the Democratic nomination but has faced rising pressure on the left from Senator Bernie Sanders.

Sanders has won endorsements of a number of musicians, although none with Perry’s star power. These include Flea of alternative rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Belinda Carisle of all-female New Wave band The Go-Go’s, and folk rockers Jackson Browne, Steve Earle and Loudon Wainwright III. (afp)

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Rihanna says new ‘Anti’ album out soon

NEW YORK - Singing sensation Rihanna says her long-awaited new album will be out shortly -- and that it’s going to defy expectations.

The R&B superstar, who has not put out an album in three years after nearly annual releases since her 2005 debut, announced on Instagram that the new work would be called “Anti” and is coming “soon.”

While staying mum on the music, the 27-year-old revealed the cover of the record. Painted by pop artist Roy Nachum, it depicts a child Rihanna with a golden crown over her eyes, holding up a balloon over a blood-red backdrop.

Offering an ambitious explanation of the “Anti” theme, Rihanna wrote that she and Nachum believed they have “changed the history of album art.”

“By continuing to follow her own instincts, her work strives to make an impact by doing the very antithesis of what the public expects,” her Instagram posting said.

The Barbados-born singer, known for her rich voice and talent holding long notes, has released a string of top-charting singles including “Only Girl (in the World),” “Rude Boy” and “Diamonds.”

Her last album, “Unapologetic,” debuted at number one. Since then, she has released individual tracks including “FourFiveSeconds,” a collaboration with rapper Kanye West and Beatles legend Paul McCartney.

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Andrea Swensson, a reporter for local public radio station KCMP “The Current,” wrote in a blog post that she was among 33 “civilians” who had been summoned to Prince’s estate with three hours’ notice.

At 1:30 am, Madonna suddenly arrived along with her tour’s dance troupe and Prince ripped into a funky set, play-

ing “within a couple yards” (meters) of a crowd that in total was around 60 people, she said.

“I had expected her to hang back a bit, or maybe be sitting in her roped-off area, but once I stepped a little closer to the stage I realized that she was not only in the front row, but had perched on the edge of the stage at Prince’s feet, looking up at him adoringly as he sang,” Swensson wrote.

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But her public image is also marked by her troubled past relationship with rapper Chris Brown, who was convicted in 2009 of beating her. Rihanna, whose performance at the 2009 Grammys was canceled after the assault, said in an interview published in the latest edition of Vanity Fair that she had stayed with Brown in hopes of changing him.

“You want the best for them, but if you remind them of their failures, or if you remind them of bad moments in their life, or even if you say I’m willing to put up with something, they think less of you -- because they know you don’t deserve what they’re going to give.” (afp)

Into the Groove: Prince plays private show for Madonna NEW YORK - Prince and Madonna can both sell out arenas, but for one night only, the Purple One played exclusively for the Material Girl.

In an ultra-intimate concert sure to stir envy among legions of fans of the 1980s pop giants, Prince reportedly put on a private show at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota early Friday for Madonna, who hours earlier packed St. Paul’s 20,000-capacity

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At 3:00 am, Prince leaned down and whispered an exchange with Madonna, who departed even as the show went on.

Prince is known for his non-traditional concerts and in recent years has announced shows with minimal notice.

To celebrate the release of his latest album last month, Prince threw an “international dance party” with fans invited to revel at Paisley Park. (afp)

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A demonstrator holds flowers near a police barricade during a commemoration for the victims of Saturday’s bomb blasts in the Turkish capital, in Ankara, Turkey, October 11, 2015. Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday’s bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people in the capital Ankara, while Turks mourned the most deadly attack of its kind on Turkish soil.

EACH year, an average of one thousand hectares of forest in Bali are damaged. Compared to illegal logging and the pressures of development, forest fires cause the most damage to Bali’s green spaces. Increasing forested areas is no longer possible on the Island of the Gods.

Head of Bali Forestry Agency, IGN Wiranatha noted that there have been four forest fires so far this year: one forest fire that scorched an area of 9.5 hectares at Sumberkima, Buleleng in August and another 11.5 hectares in September, another at Penelokan, Kintamani, Bangli that burned up 3.5 hectares and a one hectare in Bebandem, Karangasem.

“Our records show that there are forest fires every year, so we need to create small water reservoirs in the uppland areas. The budget required for these reservoirs is not as important a question as whether these reservoirs are effective and efficient in these locations that are difficult to reach,” said Wiranatha.

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Stunned Turkey mourns 95 killed in worst ever attack

ANKARA - Turkey on Sunday mourned the killing of at least 95 people in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally in Ankara, its worst ever attack that raised fears for the country’s stability.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared three days of national mourning, with flags flying at half mast across the country, as questions grew over who might have planned such an attack.

Saturday’s bombings intensified tensions in Turkey ahead of snap elections on November 1 and as the government wages a relentless offensive against Kurdish militants.

“A bomb into our hearts,” read the

headline in Hurriyet daily. “The deeply outraged public is waiting to find out who is behind the incident,” it added.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “heinous” attack in a statement and cancelled a visit to Turkmenistan. But he has yet to speak in public after the bombings.

A demonstration was expected later in Ankara to protest the violence after a rally in Istanbul late Saturday evening mobilised an

estimated 10,000 people.

The premier’s office said that 95 people were killed when the bombs exploded just after 10:00 am (0700 GMT) as leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathered for a peace rally outside Ankara’s train station.

It said that 246 people were wounded, with 48 still in intensive care. An AFP correspondent said that the scene of the blast was littered with ball bearings, indicating the explosions were intended to cause the maximum damage.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), one of the groups that called the peace rally,

put the death toll at 128 in a tweet from their official account, but this figure was not confirmed by the government. HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas blamed a “mafia state” and a “state mentality which acts like a serial killer” for the attack.

But the government rubbished the notion it was responsible and Interior Minister Selami Altinok insisted he would not resign.

The death toll surpassed that of the May 2013 twin bombings in Reyhanli on the Syrian border that killed over 50 people, making the attack the deadliest in the history of the Turkish Republic.

With international concern growing over instability in the key NATO member, US President Barack Obama offered his condolences to Erdogan and solidarity “in the fight against terrorism”, the White House said.

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