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A family watch a color fountain in front of the Revolution Monument in Mexico city after an earthquake of 6.5 degrees in the Richter scale on December 10, 2011.

Strong earthquake rattles Mexico, killing two Reuters

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MEXICO CITY - A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, knocking out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets.

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City-Acapulco highway, a spokesman for emergency services in southwestern Guerrero state said.

“I was dreadfully afraid, I thought it was never going to end,” said Laura Gonzalez, who was drinking in a bar in the capital at the time of the quake, which lasted 40 seconds.

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Indonesia paraders set records with 3,777 torches Associated Press

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There were no immediate reports of severe damage or injuries in Mexico City but emergency services said an 18-year-old man was killed when a roof collapsed in Iguala, a small city between the capital and the tourist resort of Acapulco.

A 25-year-old man was killed when a rock fell on a small van on the Mexico

JAKARTA — Officials say thousands of people from 50 countries have set two new world records by parading with more than 3,700 flaming torches in Indonesia’s capital.

Organizer Yamal Hasmanan of Freedom Faithnet Global said Sunday that officials from Guinness World Records presented participants with

certificates for the largest torch-lit image formed by people and for the largest torch-lit parade.

He says his group organized Saturday’s 3,777-torch procession as a symbol of hope and prayer.

The group is also holder of a Guinness record for the largest number of floating lanterns sent aloft, with 10,318 launched into the sky simultaneously in December 2009.

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Participants hold torches in an attempt to break a world record of the most torches lit at a square in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday Dec. 10, 2011. Organizers claimed 3,777 participants from the Freedom Faithnet Global (FFG) community joined to break the world record.

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Bali News Roads in Bali damaged badly Tabanan (Bali Post)-

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The crowded situation on Sulawesi Street

Spatial Planning and Housing Department

plans Sulawesi Street basement parking Denpasar (Bali Post) –

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Diputra stated the plan was a continue from the one in Badung 0DUNHW DQG DURXQG VTXDUH meters land will be used from Sulawesi Street and a part of Badung Market. It was stated the design of it has been done with 60 four wheels vehicles and 100 two wheels vehicles spaces planned.

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The budget was stated to be IDR ELOOLRQ IURP WKH %XGJHW and Expenses and will have its tender planned early next year. “It will have the same concept as the central parking in Badung Market previously. This is the continu ing second part of it,� Diputra explained.

7KH FRQVWUXFWLRQ RI WKH ÂżUVW RQH which completed December 2010 has its realisation less than predict

HG ZLWK ,'5 IURP IDR 7.3 billion constructed by PT Tunas Jaya Sanur with Contract 1R '753 37 7X nas Jaya Sanur got the construction after a competition with 23 others.

Diputra stated the previous one WRRN GD\V VWDUWLQJ IURP -XQH 2010 on a 12,700 squared meters ODQG UHVXOWLQJ YHKLFOHV VSDFHV RQ XSSHU OHYHO DQG IRXU ZKHHOV spaces at basement. (kmb12)

Bodies at Sanglah Hospital Used up to millions of rupiah Denpasar (Bali Post) –

In a day the fee for a body to stay at Sanglah Hospital Corpse Room UHIULJHUDWRU LV ,'5 \HW ZKDW KDSSHQV LI LW LV IRU DQ XQLGHQWL¿HG or ignored body that got no fam ily taking care of it? Those corpses became the Hospital’s responsibility and tens of them will be there every \HDU ZKLFK ZLOO ¿QLVK XS PLOOLRQV of rupiah that’s not going to be paid back by the government as stated by

Head of Sanglah Hospital Forensic Installation, dr. Dudut Rustyadi, SpF, ODVW 6DWXUGD\

Based on the latest data, around 26 FRUSVHV ZHUH WKHUH ZLWK IRHWXVHV EDELHV PHQ DQG ZRPHQ DOVR skeletons. To decrease the outgoing fee, Sanglah held a cremation to those that are there three months allthough not all can be done straight away with most being evidence which so the hospital has to ask permission

WR WKH SROLFH ÂżUVW $W WKLV WLPH RI them are ready to be cremated yet still waiting for permission. The crema tion is done by hospital’s own team with all expenses paid by Sanglah Hospital. “We have sent letters to Denpasar, Tabanan, Gianyar, North Kuta and Badung Police as the bod ies were evidences of these Police Headquarters and now we are still waiting for their agreement,â€? Dudut H[SODLQHG NPE

The road damages at Tabanan kept on being residents complain moreover now has been stated as Bali’s Worst Damaged Streets compared to other regencies. The damaged road started from Marga to Penebel to Baturiti, all has holes which so Tabanan Govern ment were asked to make it priority to RWKHU QRQ GHPDQGLQJ SURMHFWV ³7KH problem of damaged roads has been a classic. Government has to be brave in taking steps so this problem is done,�

Tabanan House of Representatives Budget Board member, Ketut Loka $QWDUD VWDWHG ODVW )ULGD\

From the data at Tabanan Public :RUNV $JHQF\ SHUFHQW RI DOO URDGV LQ 7DEDQDQ UHDFKLQJ NLORPHWUHV are damaged. These roads consist of national, provincial and regional streets

ZKLFK HVSHFLDOO\ IRU UHJLRQDO DUH kilometres. The minim budget cause nothing can be done although Tabanan Regent, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, a while go stated her side will plan a solution to it targeting this 2012 with two options, using hot mix or toning. As stated by Loka, this year the road infrastructure EXGJHW RQO\ JRW ,'5 ELOOLRQ FDQ RQO\ repair little amount of roads knowing WKDW SHU NLORPHWUH LW FRXOG ÂżQLVK XS WR ,'5 PLOOLRQ )RU WKDW WKH VROXWLRQ has to be government to cut off non demanding projects such as car rent ing IDR 2.67 billion, waste point are H[SDQGLQJ ,'5 ELOOLRQ DQG VRFLDO aid budget is also stated high also Vice 5HJHQW KRXVH FRQVWUXFWLRQ ,'5 billion. “These are quite huge budgets.

If it is diverted to infrastructure it will be better,� Loka stated. (udi)

%') JLYHV YDOXDEOH EHQH‍ۋ‏WV to development of democracy Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) V held in the upcoming 2012 will be able to give value to the develop ment of democracy in the region and outside the region. Capacity of the countries to respond to the challenges and opportunities of democracy will be getting stronger.

It was revealed by Marty M. Nata legawa when closing the BDF IV in 1XVD 'XD %DOL RQ )ULGD\ 'HF ,Q WKH WZR GD\ HYHQW WKH OHDGHUV PLQLV ters and delegates openly exchanged views on the development of demo cratic values and good governance in each country. “Pursuant to the theme of BDF IV, ‘Increase of Democratic Participation in a Changing World in the Frame work of Responding Democratic Voices’ this forum needs to further involve civil society in the future,� he said.

2Q WKDW RFFDVLRQ 0DUW\ DOVR DQ nounced the implementation of BDF Summit in 2012. As indication, the implementation would be on Novem EHU ³%') 9 ZLOO EH DGYDQFHG one month to ensure the presence of participating countries considering that in next yearend there will also be a number of other summits,� he said.

The foreign minister also took the opportunity on the sidelines of the BDF to meet some partners. He had made seven bilateral meetings with WKH 8. 1HZ =HDODQG 7LPRU /HVWH WKH 5XVVLDQ )HGHUDWLRQ WKH 8QLWHG States, Bosnia and Herzegovina and

the Community of Democracies.

Aside from the efforts to improve bi lateral relations, it was also discussed a number of regional and international issues becoming a common concern. “By and large, they conveyed a deep appreciation to the initiative of Indonesia about the Bali Democr acy Forum that has been increasingly well established,� he said.

Explained, the meeting could result in a Chair’s Statement, among others, it contained the activities regarding the guidelines for BDF 2012. The Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) as the implement ing agency of BDF was asked to fo cus on the cooperation in strengthen ing the countries’ ability to respond voices of democracy. Additionally, it was also intended to ensure suf ¿FLHQW GHPRFUDWLF VSDFH IRU SDUWLFL pation of civil society. IPD was also expected to continue its activities to share their experiences regard ing the transition to democracy, the strengthening of woman’s political participation and the role of media in democracy.

This year, participation of the countries progressively increased compared to previous years. If GXULQJ WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH \HDUV LW ZDV DWWHQGHG E\ WKUHH +HDGV RI 6WDWH Government, this time was attended E\ HLJKW +HDGV RI 6WDWH *RYHUQ ment. Likewise, it was noted that FRXQWULHV IURP WKH $VLD 3DFLÂżF UHJLRQ DQG FRXQWULHV RXWVLGH WKH region attended the event. (par)

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Terrible hazards of HIV/ AIDS should be tackled like terrorists Amlapura (Bali Post)—

Cases of HIV/AIDS continue to increase rapidly. The serious sufferers are very terrible. Particularly in KaranJDVHP XQWLO 6HSWHPEHU WKHUH DUH VXIIHUHUV $V SHU HVWLPDWLRQ RI WKH WHO, every single person detected, it LV HVWLPDWHG WKHUH DUH VRPH RWKHU LQfected people at the surrounding. On that DFFRXQW WKHUH DUH DERXW VXIIHUHUV in Karangasem.

Related to that hazards, Deputy Regent of Karangasem, I Made Sukerana, said that HIV/AIDS countermeasure could not work. When receiving the hearing from the AIDS Prevention and &RQWURO &RPPLVVLRQ .3$ RI %DOL 3URYLQFH 7KXUVGD\ 'HF KLV SDUW\ said the countermeasure should be more LQWHQVLÂżHG $GGLWLRQDOO\ WKH FRXQWHUPHDsure should be undertaken like handling terrorism cases. “The countermeasure must be done incessantly and together, not only by the NGOs concerned or JRYHUQPHQWV ´ KH VDLG +H VDLG EDVHG RQ WKH ÂżQGLQJ GDWD UHported by Bali Health Agency that until 6HSWHPEHU FDVHV ZHUH IRXQG LQ .DUDQJDVHP +RZHYHU WKH ÂżQGLQJ GDWD

of the case were only the visible on surface. Probably, the actual cases beneath might be much more. “Indeed, the HIV/ AIDS cases are recognized like the iceberg phenomenon, namely the apparent cases represent only a small fraction of WKH WRWDO FDVHV ´ KH VDLG KPA Bali team planed to perform the more vigorous activities. A team member of KPA Bali, Dr. Dyah Pradnya Pramita Duarsa, said the total cases of HIV/AIDS reported by the Bali Health Agency until 6HSWHPEHU ZDV %DVHG RQ WKH VSUHDG LQ WKH HQWLUH UHJHQFLHV LQ %DOL cases were found in Karangasem.

As per estimation of WHO, the HIV/ AIDS popularly known as iceberg phenomenon, continued Pradnya Paramita, WKDW IURP RQH FDVH GHÂżQLWHO\ IRXQG LQ DQ DUHD LW ZDV HVWLPDWHG WKHUH ZHUH DERXW sufferers in the region that had not been detected. Based on the phenomenon, RI WKH FDVHV UHSRUWHG E\ WKH %DOL Health Agency, it was estimated there ZHUH SHRSOH ZKRVH +,9 VWDWXV was unknown in Karangasem. “They also potentially transmit the virus to RWKHUV WKURXJK VH[XDO LQWHUDFWLRQ ´ VKH said. (013)

Impact of European crisis

Bali’s export in 2012 predicted to drop by 40 percent Denpasar (Bali Post)—

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5DND :LU\DQDWD IXUWKHU VDLG WKDW LQĂ€XHQFH RI ÂżQDQFLDO FULVLV LQ (XURSH KDG DQ impact in our country. It could be seen from the condition of the selling price of cocoa, especially to the non-processed beans dropping than the trading conducted PRQWKV DJR )URP WKH SUHYLRXV SULFH RI ,'5 ,'5 SHU NJ QRZ GURSSHG WR ,'5 SHU NJ DW WKH IDUPHUÂśV OHYHO “Decline in the export demand has made the production of cocoa in the country SLOH XS DQG WKH SULFH FRQVHTXHQWO\ ZHDNHQV ´ KH H[SODLQHG ,Q UHVSRQVH WR WKH FRQGLWLRQV ,% 5DND H[SHFWHG WKDW JRYHUQPHQW FRXOG ÂżQG out a solution to resolve the problem so that the export of plantation commodities of Bali could keep running. One of the ways was that government should explore new importing countries other than European countries that might be relied upon to establish cooperation, including the efforts to hold a trade promotion. “Aside from the European countries, the other potential countries for the cocoa export DUH 6DXGL $UDELD WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV DQG &KLQD ´ KH H[SODLQHG (bit)

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Ubud Market

Renovation of Ubud Market

Still waiting for temporary shelter for traders Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Renovation of Ubud Market planned almost a year has now been ascertained that the process will be undertaken in January 2012. This was announced after the establishment of the rehabilitation committee of the Ubud Market on Friday (Dec

,QVWLWXWLRQDOO\ WKH FRPPLWWHH KDG EHHQ RIÂżFLDOO\ HVWDEOLVKHG ZLWK 7MRNRUGD *GH Indrayana (a community leader) serving as the chairman.

Apparently, the plan to renovate the Ubud Market was not as easy as turning over the palm of hand as renovation of market in the other region. Nevertheless, the Ubud Market was a market having added values and adequately high selling power. Although the committee had been formed, it would not work instantly. But, they should first do a number of approaches by holding hearings to six advisors including the Ubud Palace, Customary Village, Administrative Village and the level of Ubud Subdistrict. Nevertheless, at least the committee began a meeting to prepare the working schedules next week.

Meanwhile, implementation of the total renovation for the Ubud Market would be made after the temporary shelter at Singakerta could have been completed. Assistant of the Economic and Development Affairs, Gede Widarma Suharta, when asked for his confirPDWLRQ VDLG WKDW DV RI -DQXDU\ WKH WHPporary shelter for the market relocation would have started to be worked on. Estimated, in the

next six months, after completing the market shelter at Singakerta, the renovation of Ubud Market would be begun, he explained.

The fund of Singakerta Market development was also taken from the package fund RI WKH 8EXG 0DUNHW UHQRYDWLRQ $ WRWDO RI traders would be relocated temporarily to the Singakerta Market. Later on, if they wanted to remain at Singakerta Market or be back to Ubud Market would be welcomed. Of course, it should be based on the terms and conditions agreed.

As scheduled, the registration and payment plans would be made in this December. The process was expected to have been completed before January. In the renovation of the Ubud Market, there would be no additional number of trader, kiosk and existing courtyard. If there were traders who wanted to invest, but did not have any funds, they would also be connected with bank. Meanwhile, the current existing traders would be given priority to contract the kiosks, he explained. (kmb16)

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News

Monday, December 12, 2011

3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize Associated Press Writer

OSLO, Norway — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy.

“My sisters, my daughters, my friends — find your voice,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her Nobel diploma and medal at a ceremony in Oslo.

Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female president, shared the award with women’s rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman, a female icon of the protest movement in Yemen.

The peace prize was announced in October, along with the Nobel awards for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics.

Worth 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) each, the Nobel Prizes are always handed out on the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobel’s death on Dec. 10, 1896.

By selecting Karman, the prize committee recognized the Arab Spring movement that has toppled autocratic leaders in North Africa and the Middle East. Praising Karman’s struggle against Yemen’s regime, Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland also sent a message to Syria’s leader Bashar Assad, whose crackdown on rebels has killed more than 4,000 people according to U.N. estimates.

“President Assad in Syria will not be able to resist the people’s demand for freedom of human rights,” Jagland said.

International

Policemen detain an activist during a rally to protest against violations at the parliamentary elections in St. Petersburg December 10, 2011.

REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

Thousands of Russians protest against Putin Reuters

MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of people in Moscow and thousands more in cities across Russia demanded an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and a rerun of a parliamentary election on Saturday in the biggest opposition protests since he rose to power 12 years ago.

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Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, left, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, center, and Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf display their diplomas and medals at City Hall in in Oslo, Norway Saturday Dec. 10, 2011.

Potesters waved banners such as “The rats should go!” and “Swindlers and thieves - give us our elections back!” in cities from the Pacific port of Vladivostok in the east to Kaliningrad in the west, nearly 7,400 km (4,600 miles) away.

But the biggest protest by far was in Moscow, where riot police were out in force but just watched as protesters waving flags and shouting “Putin is a thief!” staged the opposition’s biggest protest rally since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

The protests showed a groundswell of anger over the December 4 election, which the opposition says was rigged to favor Putin’s United Russia, and discontent with the prime minister three months before he tries to reclaim the presidency at the polls.

“Today 60,000, maybe 100,000 people, have come to this rally,” former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov said in a speech to a huge crowd packed into Bolotnaya Square across the Moscow River from the Kremlin.

“This means today is the beginning of the end for these thieving authorities,” said Kasyanov, who now leads an opposition movement which was barred from the election.

People of all ages gathered in Moscow, many carrying white carnations as the symbol of their protest and some waving pictures of Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev declaring: “Guys, it’s time to go.” Helicopters at times buzzed overhead.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, an opposition leader, read out a list of demands including annulling the election and holding a new one, registering opposition parties, dismissing the election commission head and freeing people the protesters consider political prisoners.

Climate conference approves landmark deal Associated Press Writer

DURBAN, South Africa — A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.

The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would ensure that countries will be legally bound to carry out any pledges they make. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest.

The deal doesn’t explicitly compel any nation to take on emissions targets, although most emerging economies have volunteered to curb the growth of their emissions.

Currently, only industrial countries have legally binding emissions targets under the 1997 Kyoto Pro-

tocol. Those commitments expire next year, but they will be extended for at least another five years under the accord adopted Sunday — a key demand by developing countries seeking to preserve the only existing treaty regulating carbon emissions.

The proposed Durban Platform offered answers to problems that have bedeviled global warming negotiations for years about sharing the responsibility for controlling carbon emissions and helping the world’s poorest and most climatevulnerable nations cope with changing forces of nature.

The United States was a reluctant supporter, concerned about agreeing to join an international climate system that likely would find much opposition in the U.S. Congress.

“This is a very significant package. None of us likes everything in it. Believe me, there is plenty the United States is not thrilled about,” said U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern.

But the package captured important advances that would be undone if it is rejected, he told the delegates.

Sunday’s deal also set up the bodies that will collect, govern and distribute tens of billions of dollars a year for poor countries. Other documents in the package lay out rules for monitoring and verifying emissions reductions, protecting forests, transferring clean technologies to developing countries and scores of technical issues.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Kimoon said the deal represents “an important advance in our work on climate change.”

AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres, right, talks with delegates at the climate change summit as it nears it’s end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011.

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Kuta Beach Club Hotel

Renovated to Improve Services and Comfort for Guests PROBABLY, Kuta Beach Club is one of the pioneers and the hotel having its own history in the development of Kuta as destination in Bali. The hotel was established 1972. In the age nearly reaching thirty years, it is very precise if the management then decided to renovate the hotel as a form of commitment to improve the service and comfort for guests.

According to I Gusti Ngurah Bagus Budi Adnyana Raka, familiarly addressed as Rah Budi serving as Director of Sales, the renovation was done in two ways. Room renovation was carried out every 3 years, while renovation to public facilities such as pool, restaurant, bar et cetera was carried out every 5 years. Last renovation was undertaken to rooms with the addition of some facilities.

Kuta Beach Club Hotel is situated in the heart of Kuta and close to the beach,

shopping malls and recreation arena.

Totally, it has 100 hotel rooms consisting of superior, cottages, deluxe, superior suite, executive suite and grand suite. The hotel has been equipped with facilities like 2 swimming pools, children pool, while Tommy’s Tavern as a restaurant serving international and local food poses an appropriate place to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Meanwhile, there are also two bars where one is situated on poolside and another is swim up bar. Then, internet connection facility can be enjoyed free of charge in public areas. “Another facility that has just been added to the hotel amenity is children play ground.

Aside from the service of reception operating for 24 hours, there are also money changer and travel desk,” explained Ngurah who graduated from William Angliss College, Melbourne, Australia. (BTN/014)

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for December 3 through 28, 2011 3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar 4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan

13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar 18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan.

19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih 21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih 28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

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

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

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

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

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

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US hostage, 14, escapes in Philippine jungle “In this holiday season nothing makes me happier than knowing MA ILA, Philippines A that an innocent victim is returned kidnapped American teenage boy to his family in time for holiday escaped from suspected al- aida- celebrations, Thomas said in linked militants and wandered a statement. “I also want to acwithout shoes for two days in a knowledge the courage of Kevin southern Philippine jungle before himself, and his family, throughvillagers found him, ending his out this long ordeal.

Thomas said there would be a five-month captivity, officials “speedy investigation and prossaid Sunday.

Kevin Lunsmann, 1 , told his ecution of all those involved four armed captors that he would in the kidnapping of American take a bath in a stream and then citizens.

Lobregat said the boy has made a dash for freedom Friday in Basilan province, police Senior talked by phone with his FilipinoSupt. Edwin de Ocampo said. He American mother, Gerfa Yeatts followed a river down a mountain Lunsmann, who was in the United until villagers found him late the States. He, his mother and a Filipino cousin were vacationing next day, de Ocampo said.

Exhausted, hungry and still with relatives on an island near amboanga City when they were VWXQQHG WKH ER\ LQLWLDOO\ Ă€HG IURP snatched July 12 and taken by the villagers, de Ocampo said. “He was in fear so there was boat to nearby Basilan.

The captors then called the a bit of a chase before the villagers convinced him that they were family in Campbell County, Virfriends, de Ocampo told The ginia, to demand a ransom, ofAssociated Press. He said the boy ¿FLDOV VDLG Themotherwasfreedtwomonths ZDV ¿QH EXW ZDV H[KDXVWHG DQG had bruises on his arms and feet. ago after she was dropped off by boat Initial reports had said the boy at a wharf on Basilan. The boy’s Filipino cousin escaped from their was freed by his captors. amboanga City Mayor Celso captors last month when Filipino /REUHJDW VDLG KH KDV EHHQ ÀRZQ army forces managed to get near an to Manila and turned over to U.S. Abu Sayyaf camp in the mountains of Basilan, about 55 miles RI¿FLDOV WKHUH U.S. Ambassador Harry Thom- kilometers south of Manila.

Lobregat said he was unaware as said the boy would be reunited if any ransom changed hands. with his family soon.

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Police said the ďŹ nal number of victims of phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World will be around 800 people, far less than originally thought

Murdoch paper’s hacking victims total 800: police Agence France Presse

7KH SROLFH VDLG 6DWXUGD\ WKH ÂżQDO QXPEHU RI YLFWLPV RI SKRQH KDFNLQJ E\ 5XSHUW 0XUGRFKÂśV 1HZV RI WKH :RUOG ZLOO EH DURXQG SHRSOH IDU IHZHU WKDQ RULJLQDOO\ WKRXJKW The Scotland Yard officer leading the investigation into the scandal at the now-defunct tabloid said police had been in touch with everyone whose mobile phone voicemails were illegally accessed.

As late as a month ago Scotland Yard had said it identified 5, potential hacking victims, based largely on names found in the notes of Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator jailed for phone-hacking in 2 . “We are confident we have personally contacted all the people who have been hacked or are likely to have been hacked, Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers said in a statement. “But there is a raft of people still to be spoken to who are potential targets, but are unlikely to have been hacked.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said “Operation Weeting the hacking probe has been in contact with or been contacted by 2, 3 people, of which in the region of 3 are ‘victims’, whose names have appeared in the material.

The new, lower total was first reported by the Murdoch-owned Times newspaper.

Phone-hacking victims have included celebrities including actors Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, as well as aides to Britain’s royal family.

The scandal exploded in July when it emerged that the News of the World had also hacked the phone of Milly Dowler, a British schoolgirl who was murdered in 2 2, and deleted some messages on her voicemail.

Murdoch closed the tabloid that same month, while the row

also claimed the jobs of two top Scotland Yard officers and several Murdoch executives.

But the Guardian reported Saturday that police now believed the News of the World was not responsible for deleting one particular voicemail on Dowler’s phone, which caused her family to have false hope that she was alive.

Dowler’s parents last month told an inquiry into the scandal that when the key voicemail was deleted shortly after her disappearance they had briefly thought it meant she was still alive.

They said police had later told them the paper had erased it to make space for more messages.

Their emotional testimony to the inquiry made front-page headlines in Britain and added to the sense of outrage against Murdoch’s media empire.

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From page 1 A severe earthquake in 19 5 killed thousands of people and wrecked parts of Mexico City, and many residents live with the fear of a repeat. Âł, ZDV RQ WKH ÂżIWK Ă€RRU ZKHQ , felt it. It was a very strong shake, said Amor Lajud. “My dogs started barking. I just rushed for the exit and got out.Lajud lives in an apartment building in the fashionable Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, which suffered serious damage in the 19 5 quake.

Shoppers at a popular department store in Condesa rushed out to the street, some of them crying DQG VKRXWLQJ DQG WUDIÂżF OLJKWV ZHUH out at several intersections, causing WUDIÂżF MDPV The epicenter of the quake was 2 miles from Iguala in Guerrero and was miles deep, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake, originally reported as . on the magnitude scale, was felt in other states including Michoacan, Puebla and Hidalgo, local media reported. “The most damage was in Iguala because the epicenter was very close to there, a spokesman for Guerrero

emergency services said.

Landslides had closed highways in the Pacific coast state but the GXW\ ÂżUH RIÂżFHU LQ $FDSXOFR VDLG that while residents of the port city felt the earthquake and telephone services were down, there were no reports of major damage.

Power was knocked out in many districts of the capital and one building was evacuated, but Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said water services, the subway and the airport were working normally. “The city center is fine, there are people skating on the ice rink, Mexico City emergency services spokesman Manuel Mondragon said of the winter entertainment facility set up in the central ocalo square. “At the moment, there is no reason for concern.

A source from phone operator 7HOFHO VDLG VHUYLFHV ZHQW RXW EULHĂ€\ in some sections of the city as the mobile network was overloaded with people trying to call family and friends.State oil monopoly Pemex, which has few installations on the Pacific coast, said there were no reports of damage.

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Indonesia Today Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in a high-profile bribery case, has been arrested in Bangkok and brought back to Jakarta.

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Bribery suspect Nunun Nurbaeti nabbed Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said here Saturday Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in a high-profile bribery case, has been arrested in Bangkok and brought back to Jakarta.

Suyanto said the news was received by the foreign minister from the Indonesian ambassador to Thailand. Nunun was taken from Bangkok to Jakarta by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), according to information from the foreign minister.

Nurbaeti was taken straight to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Saturday night shortly after arriving from Thailand where she was arrested.

Nunun arrived at the KPK office guarded by tens of security officers while tens of policeman and journalists had already come to the location before her.

She is to be taken to the Pon-

dok Bambu jail after being questioned at the Corruption Eradication Commission`s (KPK) office.

“She will be taken there after finishing a health check and early questioning session with KPK staff,” Deputy Chief of KPK Chandra Hamzah said here on Saturday at a press conference.

Nunun arrived at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office in Jakarta on Saturday at 18.20 local time after being deported from Thailand. Chandra said Nunun was arrested by Thai police on Wednesday (Dec 7). Having received the information, he said, a small team from KPK including himself left for Bangkok on Thursday (Dec 8)

to check the information.

After matching data between the two sides, he said, Thai police on Dec 10 took Nunun to meet the KPK team on board a Garuda Indonesia plane parked at Swarnabhumi airport.

“That`s when we first met her. We explained to her about the arrest and she signed the arrest letter,” he said adding that extradition to Indonesia was conducted on Saturday noon at 14.30 local time Nunun was some time ago declared a suspect in the case of a number of parliamentarians who had accepted bribes in connection with the election of Miranda Gultom as Bank Indonesia (BI or central bank) senior deputy governor in 2004.

The KPK declared her a suspect while she was abroad where she was said to be staying for treatment of an illness. In its efforts to capture Nunun, the KPK through the National Police eventually sought the assistance of interpol.

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Indonesia threatens to cut BlackBerry data service Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia has threatened to cut data services used by millions of BlackBerry customers, the industry body said Saturday, in an ongoing spat over infrastructure and government access to information.

The industry regulator said it would block internet services to the smartphones in the biggest market for Research In Motion (RIM) -- which makes the BlackBerry -- outside North America if RIM did not comply with its demands.

Canada-based RIM had agreed in January to fulfil four requests made by the communications and information technology ministry.

“RIM is supposed to have a licence to provide internet services, and the government will only grant them one when they have fulfilled all four requests.

“If they don’t, we’ll have to cut their data services,” the commissioner of the Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Body, Heru Sutadi, told AFP. The requests included setting up an aggregator that would effectively reduce costs for local service providers, but authorities claimed Saturday RIM had rolled back on that commitment.

“We had a meeting with RIM on Thursday to talk about progress since January. They have fulfilled some requests, but we are disappointed they have not agreed to establish an aggregator in Indonesia,” Sutadi said.

The government also requested that RIM set up customer care centres, block pornography from its service, and assist the government in accessing encrypted data on users’ phones.

RIM said, however, that it has addressed all the requests and that it is looking at new multimillion-dollar investments in Indonesia.

It has set up a router in Singapore to which some Indonesian carriers have connected, and said that this fulfilled the government’s aggregator request as it had only asked for a centre in the region.

The firm said it was receiving “mixed messages”. “We have never been formally asked to build a centre in Indonesia,” RIM’s East Asia managing director Gregory Wade told AFP. Sutadi said the industry body was concerned by the state of play on government access to encrypted data.

“RIM told us they were working with law enforcement agencies to ensure they can access the information, but they could not tell us who exactly they were working with,” Sutadi said.

Indonesia is RIM’s biggest market outside North America, with shipments of BlackBerry smartphones expected to surpass nine million units by the year end.

The government’s threats come just two weeks after a BlackBerry promotional event turned disastrous.

More than 40 people were injured and 20 were knocked unconscious or fainted in a crush when thousands rushed toward a shopping mall hoping to get their hands on one of 1,000 new BlackBerry Bold 9790 model going at half price.

Police named RIM’s country president-director Andrew Cobham and consultant Terry Burkey as suspects in the case.

RI`s coffee production projected to drop Antara

MEDAN - Indonesia`s coffee production next year is projected to be lower than this year at only around 600,000 tons due to the climate factor, an industry spokesman said.

“Production will be lower as rain is continuing to fall until the end of this year disrupting fertilization and this will cause exports to drop,” the

general chairperson of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (AEKI), Suyanto Hiusein, said here on Saturday.

National coffee production next year is projected to be around 600,000 tons or lower than this year which also misses the target set at 640,000 tons.

The drop in the production is believed to also affect exports moreover demand would also be lower

due to the impact of current crisis in the US and Europe.

If the volume of exports remains high it is strongly believed they are of lower quality and therefore cheaper, he said.

“For the high quality product it is also believed its price will also be under pressure due to the impact of the crisis,” he said.

He said actually the pressure on price and volume had begun since

several months ago and continued until the end of this year.

Although exports are down total trade is seen to rise this year because trade was good before, he said.

According to data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) Indonesia`s coffee exports from November 1, 2010 to October 21, 2011 reached 6.05 million bags or 363,411 tons.

The volume is up 2.72 percent

from the previous period recorded at 5.89 bags or 353,659 tons.

North Sumatra coffee exporter Saidul Alam said if coffee production drops next year the local price may remain strong.

“If the local price remains strong it will increase exporters` problems while buyers are hoping the price will be down due to weakening buying power as a result of current global crisis,” he said.

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Bali Today Meet customers demand

Tokobagus change site’s display IBP

ranks its categories by the popularity according to internal survey involving users and members.

Arnold hopes that by changing its display, Tokobagus.com will JDLQ PRUH PHPEHUV DQG WUDIÂżF He is very optimistic that using this new format, this e-commerce website that visited by 1 million visits per day will jump around 15 to 2 percent next year. “Moreover, cheap internet tariff will also help e-commerce website to gain popularity next year, he stated.

According to Tokobagus.com survey, last year there are around 9 thousand transactions with estimated transaction value 3 billion rupiah. Meanwhile, in April 2 11 survey, the transaction jumped to 1.5 trillion rupiah. From WKH ÂżJXUHV $UQROG VDLG WKH SURVpect of e-commerce industry next year is very promising. (kmb1 )

Tourists talk with the police in Nusa Dua area, Bali Island. Denpasar and Badung achieved an accolade as the Most Favorite Tourist Destination City in the event entitled the Indonesia Tourism Awards 2011 handed over by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu.

D ASAR - In this end of year, Tokobagus.com, the biggest e-commerce website in Indonesia, change its display. The display, according to Tokobagus.com Director Arnold Sebastian Egg is friendlier for users than before.

He said the changing was part of Tokobagus.com ways to meet customers demand. “This is direct input from customers that we try to make it happen .

Arnold said the new display make users easier to find what to buy and what to rent, thanks to the search navigation. It also make the site quicker to access because the display quite simple and organize.

When we open the website, we will see the new homepage of Tokobagus.com. The website also

Denpasar and Badung

To attract tourists

Most favorite tourist destination city

Telkomsel launch Tourist Simpati

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Bali Post

JA ARTA - Denpasar and Badung achieved an accolade as the Most Favorite Tourist Destination City in the event entitled the Indonesia Tourism Awards 2011 handed over by the Minister of Tourism and Creative conomy Mari lka angestu.

Denpasar also won an award as the city with the best service, and Tanah Lot in Tabanan awarded the most favorite tourist destination.

This year, Bali won another award for the Best Province in the Tourism Development.

The categories surveyed in the Indonesia Tourism Awards 2 11 included the best regency/ city in the matter of tourist services, favorite tourist destination city and favorite tourist attractions. There was also an award chosen based on the competition program, namely the most committed provincial government in the development of tourism.

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu, said that tourists should feel comfortable and happy starting from visiting a destination until going back to their home or country. Therefore,

the tourism industry and regional government played an important role in providing service to tourists. “More and more foreign tourists are coming to Indonesia. Tourists should be served with hospitality, starting from the time they came, having an excursion, until going home. In short, they should be very happy. On that account, the supporting tourism industry plays a very important role, said Mari.

She hoped the award could provide a motivation for tourism industry and tourist destinations to improve their quality. Mari revealed the award would continue to be tightened and improved in the matter of sampling system, coverage, and promotion. “This has become our target in the future. Hopefully, this award could become a motivation and target of the tourism perpetrator, she said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Committee, Kemal E. Gani, said the survey was conducted in 25 cities.

The cities selected posed a list of cities with the largest gross regional domestic product PDRB in tourism sector. “In addition to the survey, it is also conducted a focus group discussion FGD . We have surveyed some -9 tourists in each city, both foreign tourists and domestic tourists, explained Kemal.

The survey was conducted to 1,5 tourists consisting of 1,35 domestic tourists and 15 foreign tourists. Similarly, it also involved 1 respondents from the circle of professionals and the executives. The assessed aspects included the sanitation, tourist information, reasonableness of cost, promotion, diversity of objects, security, uniqueness of object and hospitality. (010)

the card can go to the airport of the nearest minimarket. He explained that the user of the card will received The increasing number of for- free talk time for 5 minutes to 5 eign tourists visited Indonesia, make countries, 1 international sms, the biggest operator in Indonesia, and internet data service up to 2 Telkomsel, create special product megabytes. for the foreigners. Tourists Simpati To make the international call, Card is launched on Saturday, De- the user must dial the access code cember 1 , 2 11 in Kuta and it is 1 1 , country code, area code, DQ HIIRUW E\ 7HONRPVHO WR IXOÂżOO WKH and then the designated number. need of foreign tourists comes to “The user doesn’t have to register Indonesia. to use the card but can directly use $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH 2IÂżFHU 0DQDJ- it, Deni said accompanied by the er International Product PTTelkom- Corporate Communication for Bali sel, Deni Pranoto, the market for the and Nusa Tenggara Area, Pandu prepaid card is very clear which is Maulana. foreign tourist. For that reason, the Telkomsel is planning to give card is only available in Bali, Batam, away 1, units of Tourist SimJakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta pati Card for the tourists freely in or Solo.

Ngurah Rai International Airport “Based on the data of the spread on December 22 through 2 . It is to of foreign tourists, those areas are introduce the card to the tourists and visited by most tourists who come also give Christmas gift for them to Indonesia soTelkomsel choose to The Tourist Simpati package can market the card in those cities only, be bought in GraPARI for 5 , he added. Deni said that the new rupiah and already contain 5, product of Telkomsel will be only rupiah credit and also on Circle produced as many as 2 , units K and Mini Mart all around Bali. where most of it will be for Bali. During the promotion period which About 5, will be marketed in is until January 31, 2 12, the buyer Bali and the rest will be spread in of the card will directly received the rest of the cities. a bottle of Coca Cola. Soon, the For the early phase, the card will card will also available in hotels be only available in Bali and Jakarta. and travel agents cooperating with For the tourists who want to buy Telkomsel. (kmb1 ) IBP

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Balinese Culture Clam Satay Ingredients 1 lb of clams 5 shallots 2 spoons of sweet soy sauce 1 lime salt and pepper.

Directions Boil clams. After they are done, let it cool. Take the meat out. Slice shallots Mix shallots, soy sauce, and lime juice with the clams Add salt and pepper to taste Put clams in skewers, barbecue for a little bit.

Beef Satay Ingredients 300 gr beef 5 shallots 2 spoons of sweet soy sauce 1 spoon of vegetable oil 1 lime salt and pepper.

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Two workers ďŹ nishing hundreds of ordered trumpets for the New Year celebration. Since early of December, seasonal trumpets sellers ocked in Bali Island. They offer variety of trumpets and accessories to celebrate New Year.

Directions Slice beef into bite sized pieces, slice shallots Mix everything evenly Put beef in skewers Barbecue at medium heat until desired doneness (medium rare recommended).

Bali Satay Ingredients 350 gr beef 1/2 coconut 3 pieces of garlic 4 pieces of red chili peppers 1 spoon brown sugar 10 grams corriander 10 grams kencur 1 lime galanga 1 teaspoon shrimp paste salt and pepper.

Directions Shred beef, shred coconut. Slice garlic and brown it. Heat shrimp paste a little bit. Mix lime juice garlic, chili pepper, brown sugar, corriander, kencur, galanga, shrimp paste in a blender. Mix evenly the beef and coconut with the spice mix. Add salt, pepper, and orange juice. Form thumb-sized pieces from this mix, and stick each on a skewer. Barbecue until done.

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Menjangan Island IBP

Menjangan island, part of the West Bali National Park has to most beautiful coral reefs in Bali. Along with the nearby Labuan Lalang, this is a great place for diving and snorkeling.

As a part of Bali Barat National Park, Menjangan Island is well known for its magniďŹ cent underwater world, beautiful coral reefs found nearby and the best site for ďŹ shing. Another attraction of the island is protected deer. Menjangan, an inhibited island about 10 km offshore, offers deep coral reef walls and is one of Bali’s best diving sites.

There are a few dive sites to choose from at Menjangan with good conditions and excellent visibility. It’s also an interesting site for snorkeling. Menjangan also has a wreck , known as the ‘Anker’ because of its heavily encrusted anchor at the top of the reef. Fixed moorings have been built to prevent damag, and the island is reached by a 30 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang.

Pemuteran is an ideal place to plan excursions to West Bali National Park, compromising the nature reserve of Menjangan Island and the uplands in the west. Menjangan has the most beautiful coral reefs in Bali. Along with the nearby Labuan Lalang, this is a wonderful place for diving and snorkeling.

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BUSINESS Worries grow over IMF loans to Europe Reuters

AS I T - The prospect of uropean heavyweights like Italy or Spain turning to the IMF for rescue loans is worrying the United States and other nations that fear they could suffer losses on funds they have e tended to the IMF. The International Monetary Fund cannot be expected to step in as a substitute for a stronger commitment by Europe which needs to assume the brunt of any losses on HPHUJHQF\ ORDQV D VHQLRU 86 RIÂżFLDO VDLG on Friday.

Despite the International Monetary Fund’s stable record - no borrower has ever defaulted on an IMF loan and no country has ever lost money lending to the IMF there are concerns about the IMF’s growing exposure to the euro zone.

That exposure could take a quantum leap if Italy and Spain need bailouts, a level of assistance that would almost certainly dwarf the loans already approved for Greece, Ireland and Portugal in deals engineered with the European Union.

Emerging markets, which are contemplating lending more money to the IMF -- which couples monetary assistance with tough conditions that seek to ensure a country does not default -- have also raised concerns in the IMF about the risks to the IXQGÂśV FDSLWDO RIÂżFLDOV IURP HPHUJLQJ QDtions told Reuters.

A crucial European Union summit ended on Friday with a historic agreement to draft a new treaty for deeper integration in the euro zone in an effort to rein in a debt crisis that started in Greece two years ago and has continued to spread.

Worries about the IMF’s risk are also brewing among congressional lawmakers.

Four U.S. lawmakers who met with IMF chief Christine Lagarde this week expressed unease over the risk the fund would take on with a bigger role in Europe.

A request for a big IMF loan for Italy or Spain would put the United States, which holds veto power over most IMF lending decisions, in an uncomfortable spot.

The American public is still stung by the U.S. government’s big bailouts for banks during the 2 - 9 financial crisis and fears that mounting U.S. debts imperil the nation’s future.

With President Barack Obama facing a tough battle for re-election in November, the White House is not keen to appear as Europe’s savior, and the administration’s message to Europe has consistently been Put more of your own money on the line.

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DeMint said he would seek to force another vote to stop U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from supporting more European bailouts. The Senate voted 55in June against a proposal by DeMint to repeal IMF loan authority.

Domenico Lombardi, a former IMF board RIÂżFLDO QRZ DW WKH %URRNLQJV ,QVWLWXWLRQ LQ Washington, said even if the U.S. Congress rescinded the loan, it would not prevent the IMF from lending to Europe. He said the international community has a stake in ensuring the euro zone crisis does not spread further.

The IMF enjoys an understanding among its members that borrowing nations will always pay the IMF back ahead of private creditors.

However, the scale of borrowing troubled euro zone countries might need raises the specter that one of the nation’s could default on an IMF loan.

The IMF has about 3 billion available IRU OHQGLQJ D ÂżJXUH RXWVWULSSHG E\ ,WDO\ DQG 6SDLQÂśV GHEW UHÂżQDQFLQJ QHHGV ,WDO\ QHHGV to roll over 3 billion euros 29 .5 billion pounds in debt next year, while Spain needs WR UHÂżQDQFH ELOOLRQ HXURV “The problem with some of these countries now is you’re getting to a point where debt is large enough that defaulting on the IMF is attractive enough if you want to reduce your debt, said Raghuram Rajan, a former IMF chief economist now at the University of Chicago’s Booth School.

China says already part of effort to help Europe Reuters

VIENNA - China will remain part of international efforts to help Europe through its crisis, vice foreign minister Fu Ying said on Saturday, dismissing the idea that Beijing was sitting back as the region suffered. “China will be part of the international effort to help Europe. We’ve done a lot, we have been so much in it, Europeans know it, she told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Vienna. Asked how China would help, she said “We want to invest, we are importing more, we are sending delegations to buy, to purchase, that will help create jobs, that will help stimulate the economy. “China will continue to be part of the effort because we are interrelated, interdependent. We are in it together. We are in one boat, she said.

As the owner of the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves, China is one of the few governments with pockets deep enough to buy a sizeable portion of European government debt and help pull the region from its economic malaise.

Supporters of this idea say China would help itself if it assisted the euro zone, because it would allow Beijing to diversify its reserves from the dollar and foster economic growth in China’s biggest export market.

China has been cool to such suggestions and has not committed publicly to contributing to Europe’s bailout fund, despite being courted by the fund’s chief last month.

Fu said in Vienna that idea of China giving “aid to Europe was often misunderstood. “When it is translated into Chinese it sounds like development aid and that is not what we are talking about, she told a panel discussion. “The kind of thing we want to do is to be part of the effort to stimulate the economy, she said, adding that China hoped to increase its imports from Europe next year. “China has 12 million people living on one dollar a day so it is not the kind of country rich enough to talk about saving others. It doesn’t mean that China is trying to stay away from this global effort...we are all interdependent, she said.

U.S. retailers trim Europe plans on region’s debt woes UK market. “My instinct would tell me that U.S. retailers L D -Astring of big-brand U.S. retail- have been the biggest takers of space in terms ers may curb their UK and European expansion of square feet, Burlton said, citing Forever plans, deterred by the region’s bleak consumer 21, which opened large stores on London’s outlook and nervousness over the unfolding 2[IRUG 6WUHHW DQG LQ :HVWÂżHOGÂśV 6WUDWIRUG &LW\ mall in 2 11. sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone.

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Gaga gives a naughty and nice concert in NYC Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga was in the Christmas spirit at Z100’s annual Jingle Ball concert, but her version of “White Christmas” would have made Bing Crosby blush.

Gaga performed a slightly naughty rendition of the holiday classic Friday night as part of her mini-concert at the radio station’s event at Madison Square Garden. Gaga — sporting tight studded leather pants, matching top and a bare midriff — gyrated on a set that included antlers, Christmas trees and holiday lights as she performed “White Christmas.”

“So I recently added a couple of lyrics to this song because I think it’s too short.

It’s like when you really start to enjoy it it stops. It’s like a really bad orgasm. Merry Christmas New York!” she shouted.

Later, she made a suggestive pose as she gave a come hither coo to Santa.

But her performance wasn’t all saucy. She was nostalgic and apprecia-

tive as she thanked the radio station for allowing her to be the headliner of this year’s show, which included performances from Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, LMFAO, Pitbull, David Guetta, Foster the People, Hot Chelle Rae and more. Gaga said her first concert as a young girl growing up in New York City was the Z100 Jingle Ball.

“I worked so hard and when I was 11 ... my mom got me tickets to Jingle Bell Ball,” she said. Gaga opened the Jingle Ball concert three years ago, she said: “I’ll never forget there were a whole lot of superstars and no one knew who the hell I was. ... Some people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder.”

The singer, recently nominated for

three Grammys, proved to be otherwise, and sang a few of her best-known songs, including “Telephone,” ‘’Just Dance” and “Edge of Glory.”

She opened her performance by singing between several Christmas trees; later, she performed on a keytar shaped like a Christmas tree, and she ended the night dressed in a hospital gown, reenacting the theme of her latest video, “Marry the Night.”

A portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to “STOMP Out Bullying,” a program designed to reduce and prevent bullying, a cause close to Gaga’s heart.

Earlier this week, she went to the White House to meet with officials about the matter.

“It’s important to keep everybody safe in school,” Gaga told the audience before launching into her inspirational anthem “Born This Way.” She also told her fans that she was happy to be in New York City during the holidays.

AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman

In this Dec. 5, 2011 photo released by Warner Bros., talk show host Ellen DeGeneres greets Lady Gaga after her performance of “Marry The Night” during a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Adele makes Billboard history, named 2011 top artist Reuters

Jolie quiets Bosnian critics ZLWK ZDU ‫ۋ‬OP VFUHHQLQJ Reuters

SARAJEVO - Victims of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war had most of their anxieties over a film by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie put to rest at a private screening this week. Objections to filming Jolie’s tale of love between a Serb man and a Muslim woman in Bosnia last year forced the Hollywood star to shoot most of the film in nearby Hungary. Only some of the exterior scenes were shot in Bosnia.

But the Thursday night screening of the film in Sarajevo to representatives of victims’ associations elicited positive reactions from some of Jolie’s toughest local critics. “She has made a fantastic film for Bosnia and Herzegovina, I can really say that from the angle of a victim,” Murat Tahirovic, the president of Bosnia’s association of (wartime) detainees, told the Federal Television in Sarajevo.

Tahirovic was among a dozen repre-

sentatives of wartime victims invited to the closed screening of Jolie’s directorial debut “In The Land of Blood and Honey”. “Everybody should see this film,” Tahirovic said.

In October 2010, a Bosnian minister cancelled Jolie’s filming permits citing incomplete paperwork, after female victims of the Bosnian war objected to details of the plot, alleging it was about love between a rapist and his victim. The film tells a tale of love between a Serb man and a Muslim woman before the Bosnian war, who later meet in different circumstances - he is an army officer and she is his detainee.

Victims of sexual violence in Bosnia wrote to the United Nations refugee agency, saying Jolie did not deserve her role as a UNHCR Good Will Ambassador, and did not know enough about the Bosnian conflict. Jolie first came to Bosnia last year as an UNHCR ambassador.

LOS ANGELES - British singer Adele made Billboard history on Friday when she became the first female singer to be named top artist, have the top album, “21,” and score the top single, “Rolling in the Deep,” all in one year. The 23-year-old chanteuse was followed in the top artist group by No. 2 Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga in that order, while Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars rounded out the top ten.

“I think one of the things that sets me apart from other artists who have had the same kind of success is that my life isn’t speculated about” by the media, Adele said in an interview with Billboard. Tye Comer, editor of Billboard.com, attributed Adele’s success to her being a “breath of fresh air” in a market saturated with pop artists

cut from a “certain cloth,” like Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.

“Her success is really inspiring because it shows that there is still room in the music industry for an artist to make it with true, raw talent,” Comer told Reuters. “It’s not necessarily always about the outrageous outfits or flashy videos, but an amazing voice coupled with the right song still has the ability to turn the ears of millions of people and keep them interested,” he said.

Adele’s smash hit album “21,” which was described by Billboard’s Julianne Escobedo Shepherd as a “break-up requiem,” was written in the aftermath of the singer’s failed relationship, and it features underlying themes of love, heartache and moving forward.

“I’m incredibly private but I’m also incredibly honest, and I think that creates a kind of ‘meet in the middle’ respectable ground,” said the singer.

British singer Adele performs “Someone Like You” at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles August 28, 2011.

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‘Skyrim’ wins top prize at Spike Video Game Awards Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Ben Margot

Photographers shoot the moon as it sets in eclipse over the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in San Francisco. The next full eclipse of the moon will not happen until April 14, 2014.

Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Moon watchers in the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse. For 51 minutes starting at 6:06 a.m. PST, the Earth’s shadow completely blocked the moon.

The moon took on a reddish glow, as some indirect sunlight continued to reach it after passing through the Earth’s atmosphere.

Since the atmosphere scatters blue light, only red light strikes the moon, giving it a crimson hue.

David Sayre, who runs a public relations firm in Hawaii, said it had been cloudy and rainy around his house on Oahu, but the weather cleared just in time for the eclipse.

He awoke, as he usually does, around 3 a.m. and remembered to

step outside the house in time to catch the eclipse about a half hour later. No one else in the neighborhood was up. “Sure enough it was turning that orangy-red color,” Sayre, 47, said. “I said, ‘Gosh I better grab a camera.’”

He added, “To be able to see it just right outside our house was really cool.” At the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, some 300 people, many clutching coffee cups in the frigid morning air, sat with blankets and chairs on the observa-

tory’s great lawn.

“It’s a celestial festival out here,” Capm Petersen, 39, told the Los Angeles Times as he set up his camera.

Perched on a slope north of downtown near the Hollywood sign, the property offers clear views of the sky. Observatory officials alerted the crowd when the eclipse began and spontaneous applause erupted when the celestial event ended.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is blocked from the sunlight that illuminates it.

The last total lunar eclipse was on June 15 although that was not visible from the U.S. The next one is on April 15, 2014, and will be seen in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES — “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” flew away with the game of the year trophy at the Spike Video Game Awards. The dragonslaying epic also won as best role-playing game, and “Skyrim” developer Bethesda Softworks was selected as the studio of the year at Saturday’s ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards, which honors outstanding achievements within the gaming industry over the past year.

“We poured ourselves into this for the past three years,” said “Skyrim” game director Todd Howard. Valve’s sci-fi puzzler “Portal 2” bounced away with the most awards, winning five trophies for best PC game, multiplayer and downloadable content, as well as best performance by female human for Ellen McLain as GLaDOS and male human for Stephen Merchant as Wheatley.

Other titles winning multiple trophies included Rocksteady’s superhero sequel “Batman: Arkham City” for best character for the Joker and best action-adventure, adapted and Xbox 360 game; Supergiant Games’ role-playing fable “Bastion” as best downloadable game, song and original score; and the latest entry in Nintendo’s “Zelda” franchise, “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,” which was chosen as the best motion and Wii game.

The fantastical 25-year-old “Zelda” role-playing series itself became the first gaming franchise to be inducted into the show’s hall of fame.

“Zelda” creator Shigeru Miyamoto from Japan was on hand to accept the honor. “None of this would be possible without you,” Miyamoto told the crowd. “We all at Nintendo are humbled by your support.”

“Chuck” star and avid gamer Zachary Levi hosted the ninth annual ceremony at Sony Pictures Studios, appearing on stage on stage alongside three-dimensional “augmented reality” versions of characters and weapons from game of the year nominees.

The two-hour extravaganza, which featured performances from The AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Black Keys and Dead- Shigeru Miyamoto accepts the video game mau5, put more empha- hall of fame award for “The Legend of Zelda” sis on upcoming games onstage at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Culver City, Calif. than awards though.

Scientists say ancient human bedding used for pest control Reuters

REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/Files

A bug crawls on a leaf at Sundarijal Nagarjun National Park, located 15 km (9 miles) northeast of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu July 24, 2011.

JOHANNESBURG - Almost 80,000 years before humans began using chemical sprays to control insect pests, Africans were using mattresses made from bug-repelling plants to ensure a good night’s sleep. The finding, published in the journal Science on Friday, derives from 77,000-year-old plant bedding found in a cave in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province. The find is 50,000 years older than any previous prehistoric beds discovered.

The bed’s insect-repelling capabilities suggest ancient humans

were well aware of the chemical and medicinal properties of some plants. “The leaves contained chemicals that repelled mosquitoes and other insects, so we know that they understood medicinal plants,” said Lyn Wadley, an archaeology professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.

The bedding would have helped reduce insect-borne disease, although early humans would not have made any connection between mosquitoes and malaria, she told Reuters.

“It was for comfort. They would have known that those leaves kept

away insects and maybe other pests as well,” Wadley said. The bedding consists of thick layers of compacted stems and leaves of sedges and rushes collected from the banks of a nearby river.

In the last few years, scientists have made a series of startling discoveries in South Africa shedding light on the lives of early humans.

In October, researchers at the Blombos Cave 300 km (200 miles) east of Cape Town discovered a 100,000 year-old painting kit consisting of abalone shells, colour pigments and bone spatulas used to work up a paste.

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Fabregas seals Barca triumph at Real Madrid Reuters

MADRID - A superb diving header from Cesc Fabregas crowned a stirring 3-1 comeback win for Barcelona at Real Madrid on Saturday that lifted the champions above their bitter rivals to the top of La Liga. Jose Mourinho’s Real drew ¿UVW EORRG LQ WKH RSHQLQJ ¾&ODVLFRœ RI WKH FDPSDLJQ ZKHQ .Drim Benzema punished a mistake by Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes to score after 23 seconds.

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In a match free of the mass brawls, sendings off and allegations of bias that marred recent meetings between the world’s biggest-earning clubs, Barca exerted their customary domination of possession and could have added several goals to their tally in the closing stages.

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worst possible start when Valdes’s howler gifted Real a shock early lead.

The visiting goalkeeper’s attempted pass went straight to Angel Di Maria and the Argentine winger’s cross eventually found its way to Benzema who volleyed in from close range. Barca were level when Messi left several markers for dead and slipped the ball into space for Sanchez, who galloped through and sent a powerful low shot past Iker Casillas into the corner of the net.

Xavi’s volley from just outside the penalty area struck Real defender Marcelo and looped onto a post and into the net and, after Fabregas’s stunning effort, Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi all went close to scoring a fourth.

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In the earlier kickoffs, Valencia ended a miserable week with another setback when they conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 2-1 at La Liga strugglers Real Betis.

Eliminated from the Champions League at Chelsea on Tuesday, Valencia were closing in on a moraleboosting win after Jose Antonio Dorado turned the ball into his own net midway through the second half before striker Ruben Castro bundled in for a 91st-minute equaliser.

The Canary Islander grabbed a dramatic second in the fourth minute of added time when he controlled the ball on his chest and lashed a shot high into the net past Diego Alves, sending the home supporters into raptures on a wet night in Seville.

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FC Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas, right, reacts after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi, from Argentina, left, against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.

Chelsea’s Anelka agrees terms with Chinese club er Alex. Media reports have said second tier English team West Ham SHANGHAI, China - Chi- United are also interested inAnelka nese Super League side Shanghai with manager Sam Allardyce keen Shenhua have agreed terms with to link up again with the player he Chelsea’s French striker Nicolas worked with while in charge of Anelka, the club said on Sunday. Bolton Wanderers.

Shanghai assistant spokesman â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have agreed on all the contract details and we are only waiting for Ma also said several Chinese teams KLP WR VLJQ LW ´ FOXE RIÂżFLDO 0D <XH were interested in signingAnelkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s told Reuters by telephone, adding team mate Didier Drogba and had that there was only one loose end been in contact with the Ivory that both sides were â&#x20AC;&#x153;working vig- Coast forward. Last month Drogba refused a one-year extension to RURXVO\´ WR WLH XS Ma would not reveal details of his contract at Chelsea and the the contract for the 32-year-old 33-year-oldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deal at the London but said Shanghai would issue club expires next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far, on a statement on Monday. Local Drogba to move to Shenhua, our media have reported that Anelkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FOXE KDV QR FOHDU FRQÂżUPDWLRQ ´ lucrative contract would be for added Ma. Shanghai, who finished 11th three years and would involve both soccer and commercial co- in the league last season, are also looking to bring in former Fulham operation.

English Premier League side boss Jean Tigana as coach next Chelsea have already said they term. Tigana stepped down as have accepted transfer requests manager of Ligue 1 side Bordeaux fromAnelka and Brazilian defend- earlier this year.

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Bolt ready to prove 2012 naysayers wrong

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Former 1 metres record holder Maurice Greene stirred the pot last week by backing Blake to win the London Gamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most anticipated race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If everybody competes like they did this year, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sayYohan Blake is going to win, the American told BBC Radio.

Greene made the same prediction ahead of Augustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world championships in Daegu, where Blake won the 1 metres after %ROW ZDV GLVTXDOLÂżHG IRU D IDOVH VWDUW Things will be different in 2 12, said Bolt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am coming back from injury and working my way back up, said the world 2 metres champion who went undefeated in 2 11 but never mustered the times he delivered in previous years.

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Khan loses titles to Peterson Reuters

AS I T - Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amir han lost his BA super-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight titles on Saturday after he was deducted two points and dropped a split decision to American Lamont eterson.

Referee Joseph Cooper deducted a point from Khan for pushing at the end of the seventh, and a second point in the 12th when Khan hit Peterson on the break.

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7KH \HDU ROG 3HUURZ LQ FRQWUDVW and then indicated he would only com however, had started the Pipe event pete in selected events next year.

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Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica competes during the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200 metres ďŹ nal at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 3, 2011.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Red Bull Racing enjoys Formula 1 championship celebration in Milton Keynes Red Bull estimated that a crowd of 60,000 spectators turned out for its Home Run championship celebration in its Milton Keynes hometown today. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took to the streets in their Formula 1 cars, joined by David Coulthard in a NASCAR Red Bull Toyota and Red Bull stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer.

“It’s great to be here in Milton Keynes which is where the cars are built and everyone from the factory

works,” said Vettel. “It’s nice to say thank you and to see all the fans from the area. It was good fun;

we did some donuts and enjoyed ourselves out there. “Thanks to all the fans that came today, we wanted to put on a great show, so I hope they enjoyed it. It’s a great way to finish the season.”

Team boss Christian Horner also paid tribute to the supporters for turning out in such numbers.

“To run an F1 car through the

middle of Milton Keynes was fantastic, so many of our workforce are local and it’s great to see so many fans here,” he said.

“It’s flattering to have so many people turn out to celebrate what we have achieved. Without the fans, there’s no Formula 1 and no Red Bull, so it’s good to give something back and celebrate our

double world championship like this.

“I would like to say a huge thank you to Milton Keynes Council for what they have done for us.

Closing the middle of the city on one of their busiest shopping days is highly appreciated, so a huge thank you to them for all their efforts.”

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button, left, of Britain speaks with Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany while holding their FIA trophies during the 2011 FIA Gala awards ceremony night in Gurgaon, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011.

AP Photo/Parivartan Sharma, Pool

Renault plays down Kimi Raikkonen’s snow mobile incident RENAULT says Kimi Raikkonen did not suffer any serious harm when he crashed in a snow mobile race in Austria today. The Formula 1 returnee was reported to have fallen on an early run in the event and suffered pain from his left wrist, ruling him out of the rest of the weekend.

But the Renault team has issued a message via its Twitter feed underlining that Raikkonen was largely unscathed. “We just spoke to Kimi,” it read. “There’s nothing to worry about, he only has a sore wrist. He might have it checked again on Monday, but that’s all.”

Renault announced last week that it had enticed Raikkonen back to F1 for 2012 after a two-year stint in the World Rally Championship, and has since promoted Romain Grosjean from the third driver role to become his team-mate. The team will run as Lotus from next season.