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Traditional fishermen at Cupel Village recently felt uneasy with the rise of piracy operating in the waters of Jembrana and Banyuwangi. Such illegal action amid the sea at night was targeting fishing boats that were netting fish.

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NEGARA - Traditional fishermen at Cupel Village recently felt uneasy with the rise of piracy operating in the waters of Jembrana and Banyuwangi. Such illegal action amid the sea at night was targeting fishing boats that were netting fish. As a result, those fishermen were also led to difficult situation with the presence of pearl cultivation in the waters around Cupel.

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A number of fishermen said there were at least four fishermen from Munduk Asem Hamlet whose net were seized by those pirates. Now, they could only submit to the fate after losing their livelihoods. One of the fishermen, Mujib, 50, said the action was committed at night when the fishermen were at sea. At that time, Mujib carrying 11 sets of fishing net was suddenly accosted

by a medium-sized boat conveying some six passengers. “Since I was alone, I then submitted to my fate, sir. Then, they looted 10 sets of fishing nets,” he explained last Wednesday.

Mujib was only a small fisherman relying on his income from fishing grounds. Since his nets had been robbed, he was forced to buy again. The incident had also been reported to Pengambengan Marine

Police, but until now the culprit could not have been secured.

Meanwhile, Mum Farida, 35, an owner of fishing net, said the pirates deliberately took the nets because they were worth up to millions of rupiahs. For some 10 sets of fishing net owned by Mujib, when purchasing a new one would worth IDR 15 million and IDR 10 million for the secondhand. Mum hoped there would be a help from

government to small fishermen like him. It was a pity for the fishermen who had struggled bitterly but did not certainly get any fish and ultimately they were also robbed at workplace.

Aside from Mujib, other residents ever experiencing similar robbery by pirates were Ahmad Sodikin and Wak Yang. They lost averagely four sets of fishing nets through a similar action. By and large, the pirates deliberately did not turn on the lights and targeted small fishing boats turning on lights. “It is useless to fight against them because they come in numerous people.

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JAKARTA — Sports equipment maker Nike Inc. has agreed to give workers in Indonesia $1 million in unpaid overtime, employee representatives said Thursday.

A national trade union representing nearly 4,500 employees from the PT Nikomas shoe plant in Banten province said Nike had failed to pay close to 600,000

hours over a two-year period. After 11 months of negotiations, the Seattle-based company reached a $1 million settlement, said Bambang Wirahyoso, the union’s chairman.

The money will be distributed to the workers by early next month. Officials at Nike could not immediately be reached for comment.

Wirahyoso said he hopes the

case will set a precedent in a country where factory employees often work seven day weeks without overtime or proper benefits.

“This has the potential to send shockwaves through the Indonesian labor movement,” Wirahyoso said in a statement, adding that his union is gearing up to fight for other workers. “We have only just begun.”

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der heavy criticism a decade ago for its use of foreign sweatshops and child labor, has taken steps since then to improve conditions at its 1,000 overseas factories.

Jim Keady, director of Educating for Justice, a U.S.-based group that has been working with Indonesian Nike factory workers for more than a decade, said he was pleased with the latest development.

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Bali News 'LVDVWHU 7KUHDWHQLQJ UHVSRQG demanded from Government Denpasar (Bali Post) –

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One of the sellers at Penebel Market, Tabanan Regency.

Due to the high rain intensity, nature GLVDVWHUV VXFK DV ÀRRG FROODSVLQJ WUHHV due to strong wind keep on threatening houses. Bali House of Representatives member, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, last Wednesday (11/1) thinks the disaster management needs to be ready from any involved institutes and not to ignore anticipations.

It was stated emergency response need to be increased and future prevention are needed moreover disaster management did not only involve one sector so it needs a well coordination form involved institutes.

Shading trees arrangement should be kept continued as the effort of prevention is essential also for those become a victim to incidents such as hit or a vehicle hit by a falling tree, there should be a spare budget to

compensate the victims with clear data DQG YHULÂżFDWLRQ Âł'RQÂśW OHW LW GHOD\HG ´ $GQ\DQD FODULÂżHG Meanwhile Head of Social Agency for Bali Province, Ketut Susrama, stated his agency have anticipated it for disaster and emergency through tagana (disaster alert cadets). The agency also prepared a budget for Human Resource better quality from the tagana which are around 670 people spreading at regencies/cities. Besides that there has been also essentials supplies and rice for victims. Connecting compensation, Susrama stated if there are reports the data will be sent to central government where province could give spare budget moreover Social Agency always focus on responding sudden nature disaster. “We kept on coordinating with other institutes,â€?

Susrama stated. (wid)

3UR‍ۋ‏W GRZQ HVVHQWLDO 'HVWUXFWLQJ DEUDVLRQ &XSHO VHOOHUV ZRUULHG residents demand relocation Tabanan (Bali Post) -

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A number of essentials such as rice, cooking oil are still normal only some increased

such as chillies IDR 12,000 per kg from IDR 10,000 and eggs IDR 26,000 per cart from IDR 24,000. Even there were not much buyers, Wandri still are selling goods as she only get her income here. She has to pay the market’s cubic IDR 70,000 per month with daily

fee IDR 2,000 and monthly fee IDR 10,000. Other sellers are also hoping for a better weather so the activity can be normal again. “If this weather keep on happening, sellers will have difficulties getting back capitals,� another seller stated. (udi)

1R SHUPLW $OID 0DUW DW 7UHQJJDQD VHDOHG Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Due to not having permit, one modern shop Alfa Mart located at Trenggana Street, Penatih, East Denpasar have to face Denpasar Peace and Order Agency also Police Civil Service. The shop was sealed as to stop it operating.

Head of the Agency’s Permit Disciplinary Section and Police Civil Service, I Ketut Gede Gunawan last Wednesday stated this shop did not have any permit as regulated by the City’s government such as Building Permit (IMB), Business Permit (SITU-HO) and Modern Shop Permit (IUTM). “This seal-

ing was done without any First to Third Warning Letter as this Alfa Mart doesn’t have all the permits it should have,� Gunawan explained.

It was explained in the new Mayor’s Letter of Authority, in 'HQSDVDU VKRSV KDYH WR IXO¿O WKHLU permits in 6 months although this one is not on the database of the 295 modern shops there are moreover its mistakes are very fatal. With this sealing, the shop can’t operate anymore and if violated they will be legally processed. The new policy was mentioned on Letter of Authority No. 188.45/495/HK/2011

dated 9th September 2011 on modern shops arrangement which included a limit to the products sold on networked and non networked modern shops, those shops with its operational permits yet other perPLWV DUH QRW IXOÂżOOHG KDYH PRQWKV to complete it yet if not its operation permit only last 5 years. The Mayor have also arranged modern shops since 2009 through Mayor Law No. 9 Year 2009 on traditional market, shopping center and modern shops arrangement. It was stated there are 295 modern shops operating in Denpasar where 118 networked and 177 owned by individuals. ELW

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Dozens of Dusun Munduk Asem, Cupel Village hoped for relocation and owning a suitable house like the previous 25 families who have been relocated to a safer place and government built a support wall on the South yet the 11 families in the North haven’t got any and now their village are threatened to be gone with the destructing abrasion. When residents were met last Wednesday (11/1), they admitted lately sea waters got even closer to them moreover have engulfed houses’ grounds and only waits for its time. These 11 families are still living on these shores with the hope government will help relocate them knowing they don’t have the budget as their RFFXSDWLRQ DV D WUDGLWLRQDO ÂżVKHUPHQ ZKRÂśV LQFRPH XQVWDEOH GXH WR LW GHSHQGLQJ on the results they get. “At Tuesday Night result, where we placed a net from 3 pm until 1 am, the net was empty,â€? residents complained.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

A Czech citizen hangs herself

Attacked by planthoppers

To reveal mysterious motive, investigators wait embassy

Hundreds of hectares of rice face harvest failure

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The cause of death for a Czech citizen named Esther Samson Napa, 34, who died from hanging herself in her rented room on Jalan Nusa Indah, Gang XI/6 Denpasar, Saturday (Jan 7), is now being investigated by the ranks of East Denpasar Police. Investigations are carried out to determine the motive why the victim ended her life by hanging herself.

Moreover, the death of victim seems to have been planned. It is visible from the will of the victim found in her rented room.

Even, the letter is addressed to her friend in order her body could be cremated in Bali. The cost for the cremation itself has also been prepared and she kept the money in the safety box.

However, the motive of the incident remains mysterious. Investigators do not know exactly why the victim was desperate to end her life by hanging herself. �We do not yet know about the motive. We have examined all the witnesses, but no one knows.

The only way is that we should be awaiting the information

from the embassy,� said Chief Unit of Criminal Detective of WKH (DVW 'HQSDVDU 3ROLFH $JXV 3ULKDGLQLND The victim’s body is still commended in Sanglah Hospital, while the embassy was still contacting her family in the Czech Republic. Similarly, the money kept in the safety box was bequeathed to her friend for the cost of cremation and now it remains to be secured in the East 'HQSDVDU 3ROLFH ³:KHQ KHU IDPily has come, it will be entirely handed over,� he explained.

As reported previously, in the boarding house on Jalan Nusa Indah Gang XI/6 was found a citizen of Czech Republic named

Esther Samson Napa, 34, who died from hanging herself in the room. The victim, a student of the ISI Denpasar, was desperate to hang herself with a piece of shawl tied onto the room ceiling.

The victim hanging herself in the room was first encountered by the host, Ni Wayan Sutini, when she was picking flowers.

She picked flowers right in front of the victim’s room. The witness was suspicious of the victim’s existence because her radio in the room had been turning on since last Friday. Being suspicious about the condition, the witness tried to peek from the ventilation and she saw if the victim had hanged herself. (kmb21)

405 HIV cases in Gianyar, they double within a year Gianyar (Bali Post)—

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In the consultation meeting of the Bali AIDS 3UHYHQWLRQ $GYRFDF\ 7HDP LQ *LDQ\DU 5HJHQF\ RQ Wednesday (Jan 11) was revealed that in Gianyar Regency was found 181 cases with 23 deaths in 2010 and then in 2011 increased to 405 cases with 30 deaths, according to the Secretary of the AIDS 3UHYHQWLRQ &RPPLVVLRQ .3$ RI *LDQ\DU , 'HZD Oka Sedana.

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Amlapura (Bali Post)—

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Some paddy plants of 40 days old or more were directly mowed by farmers. By doing so, some parts of the rice plant still could be taken advantage for fodder. A farmer from Segeha Hamlet, %XJEXJ 1HQJDK 3DJHK VDLG WKDW KLV ULFH SODQW ZDV RQO\ GD\V old. However, their leaves looked to turn yellow as attacked by the green and brown planthoppers. He said to have routinely been spraying the rice though it was only 2200 square meters. More than two cans of pesticides had been spent for regular spraying done once a week. Unluckily, his attempt seemed not to work effectively. He said to suffer a loss due to hiring hand tractor to plow his fields twice and spent over IDR 200,000. Additionally, he also used up more than two bags of urea fertilizer worth IDR 88 million.

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Another farmer from Tengah Hamlet, Bugbug, Nengah Merta, when met last Wednesday in the rice field, was directly mowing his yellowing rice plants. He did so because the leaves of rice plants on the 1,500 square meters of land turned yellow and dried out, and then died. “Rather than facing a total loss, I decided to mow them for fodder,� he said.

Both farmers said that such vicious planthopper attack only happened in this planting season and had caused a total loss.

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Luckily, he did not only rely on working as a rice farmer.

Once a week, he worked as a freelancer for truck driver conveying rice. “If only relying on the profession as a farmer, when the rice plants attacked by pests as today, I am probably unable to support my family as having no food to eat,� said Merta, a father of one child.

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Food-nuke deal with US In this photo provided by the semiofficial Fars News Agency, people gather around a car as it is removed by a mobile crane in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.

North Korea keeps door open Associated Press

SEOUL — North Korea signaled Wednesday it remains open to suspending uranium enrichment in exchange for U.S. food aid, a deal that appeared imminent before leader Kim Jong Il died last month.

The North complained that the United States had “drastically” changed the amount and kind of aid it would send, but said officials would wait and “see if the United States has a willingness to establish confidence” with North Korea — which observers saw as Pyongyang’s precondition for making the food-for-uraniumsuspension deal happen.

The North’s statement offers an early look at how the government now led by Kim Jong Il’s son, Kim Jong Un, will handle two of North Korea’s most pressing issues: a

long-running food crisis and years of international pressure to end its nuclear program.

“The North is saying it is willing to go ahead with nuclear steps if it gets the food aid it wants,” said Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korea professor at Seoul’s Dongguk University. “The North is telling the United States to provide a goodwill gesture. If Washington doesn’t, Pyongyang is threatening it will go down its own path.”

Some have feared Pyongyang may attempt to rally support around the younger Kim’s rule with a nuclear or missile test or an act of aggression against South Korea, but Wednesday’s statement from an unidentified Foreign Ministry spokesman in Pyongyang suggests it may instead choose to pursue an agreement that could be trumpeted as a diplomatic victory.

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Blast kills Iran nuclear expert amid ‘covert war’ Associated Press

TEHRAN — It seemed a clockwork killing: Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb onto a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating covert war.

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In this undated image made from KRT video, North Korea’s new young leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse at an undisclosed place in North Korea, aired Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012.

The attack — which instantly killed the scientist and fatally wounded his driver on Wednesday — was at least the fourth targeted hit against a member of Iran’s nuclear brain trust in two years. Tehran quickly blamed Israeli-linked agents backed by the U.S. and Britain.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denied any U.S. role in the slaying, and the Obama administration condemned the attack.

However, provocative hints from

Jerusalem reinforced the perception of an organized and clandestine campaign to set back Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The day before the attack, Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was quoted as telling a parliamentary panel that 2012 would be a “critical year” for Iran — in part because of “things that happen to it unnaturally.”

The blast killed Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemistry expert and

a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, the centerpiece of Iran’s expanding program to make nuclear fuel. Roshan, 32, had planned to attend a memorial later Wednesday for another nuclear researcher who was killed in a similar pinpoint blast two years ago, Iranian media said.

“A heinous act,” said Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization of Wednesday’s bombing.

It added a tone of defiance. “We will continue our (nuclear) path without any doubt ... Our path is irreversible,” said the statement carried on state television.

The state news agency IRNA said Roshan had “organizational links” to Iran’s nuclear agency, which suggests a direct role in key aspects of the program.

86 VD\V QR GHDO \HW IRU 7DOLEDQ 4DWDU RI‫ۋ‬FH Agence France Presse

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Afghan and Taliban statements show there is support for a Taliban political office in Qatar, but said nothing has been concluded yet.

“Positive statements” from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban demonstrate “there is support for such discussions, for the (Taliban) political office to open in Qatar,” Clinton said.

“Nothing has been concluded.

We are still in the preliminary stages of testing whether this can be successful,” Clinton said in a press conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani.

The Taliban announced last week that it planned to set up a political office in Qatar, a move seen as a precursor to peace talks with Washington. At the same time, the hardline Islamists demanded the release of prisoners from the US military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Clinton said: “We have not made any decisions about releasing any Taliban from Guantanamo.”

The chief US diplomat said Washington is prepared to back Afghan-led reconciliation talks.

She added that reconciliation can only occur if the Taliban renounces violence, breaks with Al-Qaeda and supports the Afghan constitution, which protects the rights of women and minorities.

“I have made it clear to President Karzai that we will work with him, under his leadership,” she said.

She said she has dispatched US special regional envoy Marc Grossman to travel to Afghanistan next week to continue US consultations with the Afghans and also to visit Qatar to continue “consultations” there.

Sheikh Hamad, when discussing the proposal to open a Taliban office in his Gulf emirate, said “Qatar is trying to be peaceful messengers or peaceful ambassadors, and we are trying to do this with all our capacity.

“That’s part of our policy how to defuse the tension in our region,” said Sheikh Hamad, who is also Qatar’s prime minister.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Afghan and Taliban statements show there is support for a Taliban political office in Qatar, but said nothing has been concluded yet

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10 Indonesian hotels win ASEAN Green Award Antara

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Guests spending their time in the pool of Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali Island one of ten hotels operating in Indonesia that have won ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2012 for applying environmentally friendly principles to their operations.

MANADO - Ten hotels operating in Indonesia have won ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2012 for applying environmentally friendly principles to their operations.

Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Mari Pangestu presented the award to representatives of the hotels here on Wednesday.

The 10 hotels are Matahari Beach Resort & Spa (Bali), Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel (Bali), Holiday Inn Resort (Batam), Angsana (Bintan), Melia Benoa (Bali), Losari Spa Retreat & Coffee Plantation (Magelang), The St Regis Bali Resort (Bali), Melia Bali Villa & Spa Resort, The Dharmawangsa Jakarta, Hotel Gran Melia Jakarta.

Mari said the Green Award 2012 was the third of its kind since 2008. The first such award was given to ASEAN hotels in Thailand in 2008 and the second in Brunei Darussalam in 2010.

Environmentally friendly principle is the main aspect to see if a hotel deserves to receive the award according to the document of

ASEAN Green Hotel Standard agreed upon by 10 ASEAN member countries.

The document covers a number of criteria and prerequisites as environmental policies which lay a basis for the environmentally friendly operation of hotels, including the use of green products, cooperation with local people and organizations, and human resources development.

Besides solid waste management, energy efficiency, water efficiency, air quality management (indoor and outdoor), noise pollution control, waste water treatment and management, toxic and chemical substance disposal management.

Tight competition in the hotel industry has encouraged the adoption of the Green Hotel Standard. The award is designed to promote hotel operators’ environmental awareness amid the looming threat of global warming, increase the competitive edge of the hotel industry in attracting more guests and improving the quality of ASEAN hotels’ services to support ASEAN as a single tourism destination.

The award was also given to a number of other ASEAN member countries which respectively nominated 10 hotels for the award.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for January 4 through 26, 2012 4 Jan Buda Paing Wariga Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli.

7 Jan Tumpek Uduh/Pengatag Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Batuan Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih.

8 Jan Purnama Kepitu Ngusaba Ngaed Pr. Benua - Besakih Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - Sukawati Pura Suranadhi Lombok Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Mr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Sidemen Karangasem Pura . Merajan Pasek Gelgel Ababi Mr. Pasek gelgel Tista Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Kubu - Karangasem.

Pura Pingit Klenting sari Gerokgak - Singaraja Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Tianyar Merajan Pasek Gelgel Ababi Mr. Pasek gelgel Tista Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Kubu - Karangasem Pura Pingit Klenting sari Gerokgak - Singaraja Pura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara.

11 Jan Buda Wage Warigadean.

Pura Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Pura Pasek Gelgel Pura Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih Pura Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan 13 Jan Sukra Umanis Warigadean Odalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih

Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih.

15 Jan Redite Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar Singaraja.

17 Jan Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen.

18 Jan Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Odalan di Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Pr. Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja.

23 Jan Tilem Kepitu Aci Petahuan Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih Ngusaba Buluh Pura Benua Kawasan Besakih.

26 Jan Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pr. Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel MelinggihGelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih

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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5HVFXH â€ŤŰŒâ€ŹLJKW IRU FUHZ after Antarctic ship blaze Agence France Presse

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Dancers perform during a welcome ceremony for two Australian navy ships in Jakarta in 2008.

The Australian military was rocked Thursday by a new sex scandal, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks

New sex scandal hits Australian defence force Agence France Presse

The Australian military was rocked Thursday by a new se scandal, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks.

Documents obtained by Channel Seven News under the Freedom of Information Act detail what it called “ongoing, often major, breaches of discipline in Australia’s armed forces�.

It said more than 100 incidents had been reported in the last year, from weapons mishaps to sexual assault, especially in the Navy where allegations of misconduct on four warships are being investigated.

Among them, alleged sexual assaults on HMAS Newcastle and HMAS Diamantina have been referred to police.

The documents, referred to as the “Hot Issues Brief�, detail a female sailor aboard HMAS Success claiming she had been indecently assaulted during a port visit to Singapore by a male shipmate.

Seven months later, a senior RIÂżFHU RQ WKH VDPH YHVVHO ZDV reported to police for video-taping

sexual encounters he had with junior sailors.

On HMAS Toowoomba, a female sailor complained of indecent assault, bullying, and harassment, including a so-called “Beer Bountyâ€? being placed on KHU IUHH EHHU IRU WKH ÂżUVW VDLORU to have sex with her.

Other incidents include a female civilian who was reportedly assaulted at the Royal Military College at Duntroon and two teenagers who were found living with a soldier at Sydney’s Holsworthy army base for two weeks.

Seven News said the documents also contained “a handful of child porn charges, drug dealing, and rape allegations�, without going into details.

The revelations add to the unwanted reputation the military has gained with the Australian Defence Force stung in recent years by a string of allegations, some decades old, of abusive and

sexist behaviour in its ranks.

Claims against the defence force came to a head last year with a report into incidents on board the supply ship HMAS Success in 2009 finding a sexually predatory and boozy culture, concealed through silence and fear.

This was followed by a highprofile case of an 18-year-old female cadet who went to the media saying she had sex with a fellow defence academy classmate who allegedly broadcast the encounter on Skype so his friends could watch.

That incident sparked several inquiries, including one into the treatment of women in the armed forces that in November reported “widespread low-level sexual harassment� at Australia’s premier military college. In a statement, the Australian Defence Force said it has “no tolerance for misconduct or security breaches�.

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Haiti to mark two years after catastrophic quake Reuters

PORT-A -PRINCE - Haiti will commemorate the two-year anniversary on Thursday of a devastating earthquake that ravaged the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country as it struggles to rebuild and hundreds of thousands of quake victims remain homeless.

Haitians are expected to hold solemn ceremonies at massive grave sites to remember the dead from Haiti’s worst-ever natural disaster.

The 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12, 2010, lasted only 10 to 20 seconds but toppled buildings and homes like cards and killed roughly 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless.

President Michele Martelly has vowed to redouble government efforts to help people rebuild their lives and reverse a painfully slow recovery marked by squalid tent camps home to more than a half a million people in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. “This year is a year when we will really start rebuilding physically but also rebuilding the hope and the future of the Haitian people,� he said on Wednesday.

He also announced new efforts backed by the Canadian government to relocate some 20,000 people from tent encampments only blocks from the still crumpled presidential palace. Canada said it was contributing $20 million to the relocation effort. ,Q WKH ¿UVW HYHQW RI 7KXUVGD\œV UHPHPEUDQFH 0DUWHOO\ SODQV WR LQDXJXUDWH a new university donated by Haiti’s neighbor, the Dominican Republic.

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Two teenagers` death in police custody reported to rights body Antara

PADANG - The family of two teenage youths who died in the bathroom of a police precinct in Sijunjung, West Sumatra, have reported the case to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in Jakarta as they believe the two boys` human rights had been violated.

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In this April 26, 2010 file photo, an Iranian illegal migrant who has been detained with dozens others after their boat landed on a beach on Java island holds his children at an immigration detention center in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, one of major launching posts for Afghans, Iranian and Iraqis seeking refuge in Australia. The asylum seekers who head to Australia in rickety fishing boats are just a trickle in the global flow of refugees. But given the top-tier debate they have ignited in Australia, they might as well be an invading armada.

RI’s government to invest Rp9 WULOOLRQ WR FUHDWH QHZ ULFH ‫ۋ‬HOGV Antara

BALIKPAPAN - The government plans to invest Rp9 trillion to create new rice fields in East Kalimantan to increase production as of 2012, State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said.

“If the atmosphere is not conducive or the investment is disrupted we will leave,” he said before East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak, district heads/city mayors and deputy district heads and city mayors of the region here on Tuesday night.

He said the investment would be made through PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (Pusri), PT Pertani and PT Sanghyang Seri (SHS).

The three state-owned companies would create 100,000 hectares of new rice fields with PT SHS being responsible for creating 40,000 hectares of them, PT Pusri 30,000 and PT Pertani 30,000.

He said as business entities their capital must be accounted for before their shareholders and so the companies should use a business approach for the project.

In view of that, his office would first conduct an evaluation for a month to assure whether or not the investment could be implemented there.

“If East Kalimantan is considered not feasible we still have land in other regions such as Jambi, South Sumatra and Papua,” he said.

To acquire the land, Dahlan said

the president directors of the three companies had to reach out to districts in the region.

Minister Dahlan Iskan was scheduled to inspect the envisaged locations for the program in Kutai Barat, Kutai Kartanegara, Kutai Timur, Berau and Bulungan by helicopter on Wednesday.

He said the land would be owned by the state-owned companies to assure continuity of production.

“It must not be like in the case of sugarcane production in Java where state-owned companies only own factories,” he said.

Dahlan said rice production had been ignored so far. Besides the ministry of agriculture no other institutions has specially cared rice production and as a result, Indonesia still imports rice and to curb inflation has to supply almost 500,000 tons to the market.

“Indeed our inflation rate last year was the best recorded at only 3.7 percent but we have also supplied the biggest ever rice supplies in the period and it was very expensive,” he said.

In view of that, quoting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s statement Dahlan said this program was very important and had to be made successful and therefore it is time now for the production of the commodity to be handled by corporations not traditionally. He said rice is the staple food of the Indonesian people and therefore its problems could affect politics.

He said “we must also be ashamed to import rice. We are an agrarian country, have vast land but how could we still have to import rice.

Therefore in time of rice crisis we lose our economic and political pride meaning the government is unable to provide food for its people.”

He said if the program is successful his office would increase the fields by 200,000 hectares more to make the total to reach 300,000 hectares.

With regard to the development of the next rice fields the stateowned companies would be open to various schemes of cooperation, he said. He said consideration would also be taken on whether the companies should create subsidiaries with their shares able to be owned by individuals, businessmen or others to make it a commonly-owned company.”

In response to Dahlan East Kalimantan governor Awang Faroek said he hoped the implementation of the program would involve the people because investors that entered the region so far tended to ignore them.

Awang had said the region had prepared around 200,000 hectares of land for the food estate program.

Even based on the latest developments 300,000 hectares of land had already been made available for it spreading in 10 districts including Penajam Paser Utara, Kutai Kartanegara, Kutai Barat, Kutai Timur, Berau, Bulungang and Nunukan.

“This morning, I and relatives of the two boys (who died in the custody of Sijunjung police last December 28) reported the case to Komnas HAM in Jakarta and also to the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI),” Vino Oktavia, the family`s lawyer, said over the telephone on Wednesday.

The family believes that Faisal (14) and Busri Azen (17) who were brothers and residents of Jorong Ambacang, Pulasan village in Sijunjung district, had died of unnatural causes during their detention at a police station.

Komnas HAM had promised to send a letter to the National Police

Headquarters to investigate the case as examiners from the Padang Legal Aid Institute and local Komnas Ham office had found signs of physical abuse on the teenagers` bodies.

The official autopsy report had said the two had died after hanging themselves but the LBH and Komnas HAM examiners had found bruises and marks left by a blunt object on their feet, hips and arms, Vino said.

On Thursday (Jan 12), he and the two boys` relatives would visit the National Police Headquarters and the House of Representatives Commission III in Jakarta to officially report the case, Vino said.

House Speaker outraged by meeting room renovation`s cost Antara

JAKARTA - House Speaker Marzuki Alie was outraged on hearing that the cost of renovating the meeting room of the House Budget Committee reached Rp20 billion and had asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate it.

He said here on Wednesday he had already asked the KPK and the BPK (State Audit Board) to conduct an investigation into the project.

He said the cost was abnormal and therefore KPK and BPK had to investigate it to see if there had been corruption in the project.

“I was stunned when told by newsmen that the cost of the renovation was Rp20 billion. I was even more shocked after the secretary general confirmed it. Therefore, I have asked KPK and BPK to interfere and check if irregularities have happened,” he said.

Marzuki said the cost was not appropriate. “If they said they used imported items I would say that it hurts the people. Why would they not use domestic products,”

he said.

“They said it has high tech facilities. What is high tech. It is just a meeting room. Everywhere it is relatively the same across the world.

Differences if there were would be very small,” he said.

Marzuki said he was shocked when told by newsmen that the project was about to finish while asking about the conscience of the people in the secretariat general.

“I have often said (we must) use only what is needed, the modest ones but very useful. Like in procurement of computers that are used only for typing we must not seek the ones with a lot of specifications, which certainly would be very expensive. If we can use “jangkrik” (locally assembled) computers that cost only around Rp3 million a unit why should we buy the ones with many specifications,” he said.

Marzuki said he would take actions to the secretariat general staff that were proven manipulating the project. As a speaker and chairman of the House of Representatives Household Affairs he had never been informed about it.

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Bali Today Tourists from South Korea increasing Antara

Denpasar The number of tourists from South orea visited ali from January from November 2 11 increased compare to the same period last year which was 116, 4 people. The increase of tourists from South orea was .7 because on the same period last year was 11 , 3 tourists, said the Head of ali Statistic Department, Gede Suarsa.

He said that the tourists from South Korea who came to Bali were using air transportation through Ngurah Rai International Airport, only two tourists who came using sea transportation.

Even though the number of tourists was increasing slightly but it jumped 2 spots from 8 through 6 in the top ten list tourists who came to Bali.

The tourists from South Korea are on the eighth spot after Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan. In 2010, the number of tourists from South Korea was 124,729 people, decreased 0.13% from the previous year which was 124,889 tourists.

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Tourists crowded at Ground Zero Kuta, Bali Island. The number of Korean tourists visiting Bali keep increasing.

Foreign divers admire marine life of East Bali The beauty of undersea vista with a rich diversity of biota invites admiration of divers from around the world. In fact, the life of coral reefs DQG YDULRXV NLQGV RI RUQDPHQWDO ÂżVK living at some points of waters is considered undersea heaven.

According to some tourists, biodiversity living under the sea around Bali in fact has a natural charm that is very compelling. Even, they are almost the same as the charm offered by Bunaken (Manado, North Sulawesi), which has been known throughout the world.

Jemeluk waters for example. According to some tourists, the tourist resort at Purwakerti Beach has peculiarities that could not be found in waters anywhere in the world. Coral reefs in this tourist resort make tourists to drop their option for diving in this area. Diverse endangered coral reefs belonged to aquapora species and a number of new ones could only be found at Jemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary.

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I Gede Suta as one of the tourism businesspeople in this region revealed that at Jemeluk could be found a Japanese shipwreck of World War II with the size of 14 x IBP/Net

10 meters. The ship had been overgrown by beautiful coral reefs and widely favored because of its beauty.

When glancing at the sea from the cliffs, it will be seen a beautiful scenery with Mount Agung as the background and a vast expanse of sea.

According to story developing in the local community, the name Jemeluk comes from the word ‘nyeluk’ standing for the bay. Therefore, Jemeluk poses a beautiful bay with calm and not bumpy waves. “Since the water is crystal clear, visitors can see the beauty of coral reefs and marine biota living in it from the top of the cliff,� said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid development of marine tourism, the issue on the damage to coral reef is indeed frightening specter for the circle of marine tourism entrepreneurs.

According to Suta, the damage of existing coral reefs at Jemeluk was not solely caused by human activities. The existing damage was due to residual stray of bomb during the World War II. Nevertheless, such damage starts diminishing because of the growth of new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts had been made to preserve it. One of them was by developing cubical DUWLÂżFLDO UHHI UHVHPEOLQJ D S\UDPLG that had been cultivated since several years ago.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Balinese Culture

Ancient Villages in Buleleng Buleleng Regency possesses many ancient villages in a row on the highlands along the Tejakula and Banjar Subdistrict. In Banjar Subdistrict sits quite a few villages like the Sidatapa, Pedawa, Cempaga, Tigawasa and Banyusri. Meanwhile, in Tejakula Subdistrict stand uniquely the village of Sembiran, Julah and other villages having close relationship to ancient villages in Bangli Regency.

As villages retaining historical values, WKH\ GHÂżQLWHO\ KDYH PDQ\ GLVWLQFWLYH cultural traditions which should be maintained, not merely for the sake of tourism, but more as an asset to trace back the pastime history.

As tourist destination, those ancient villages apparently have not been managed optimally. It can be seen from the lack of attention extended by local government to preserve the tourism potential, whereas if these objects are managed accordingly they are surely able to boost the tourism development in Northern Bali. Moreover, many foreign tourists are now looking for the attraction of ancient villages.

One of the evidences showing the lack of government’s attention to preserve the ancient villages is the absence of facilities indicating the direction to those villages. Although there are promotional tools of the

objects such as signboard pointing out the location of the ancient village, they are left damaged even for years. This condition happens to the signboard pointing out the village of Sidatapa, Cempaga, Tigawasa and Pedawa in Banjar Subdistrict. A wooden signboard whose paint has been obsolete even almost collapses as the pole has decayed. Not only that, the signboard LV YHU\ GLIÂżFXOW WR VHH DV KLQGHUHG E\ D gate building on the Singaraja-Seririt road section, precisely at Temukus Village, Banjar Subdistrict. “Many foreign guests often ask direction to location of Cempaga, Sidatapa, Pedawa, and Tigawasa Village.Actually, there has been a signboard but is invisible. So, they choose to ask for information to the local,â€? said one of the residents.

In the meantime, Chief of Pedawa Village, Putu Sudarmaja, who is also a prominent figure of the village, was now very intensively arranging the Pedawa Village. One of the measures undertaken was preserving the ancient house with historical values.

If only relying on the natural scenery of course Pedawa Village would not KDYH D VSHFL¿F YDOXH ³:H HYHQ KLJKlight the historical value,� he said.

According to Sudarmaja, the existing obstacle for tourism development was the matter of road infrastructure.

He added the road access to Pedawa Village, Tigawasa Village and other ancient villages was in damaged condition. At Pedawa, the village road had even been repaired but damaged again. “Most constraints of tourism development lie in the infrastructure such as the roads that are easily damaged,� he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Putu Tastra Wijaya, did not dismiss if the management of the ancient village tourist destination in Buleleng had not been maximal. Tastra said that Buleleng was indeed known to have numerous ancient village attractions.

They were located in Banjar Subdistrict including the Sidatapa, Cempaga, Tigawasa and PedawaVillage or often called SCTP. In addition, the other ancient villages could also be found in Tejakula Subdistrict such as Sembiran and Julah Village.

Unfortunately, the potential of those ancient villages was now leaving a name only. Meanwhile, in reality a lot of houses belonging to local residents had been refurbished and converted into a modern house. This situation was unable to be dammed by government because community as the homeowners had the authority to renovate it and could not be intervened. ( TN/kmb)

Back to nature: River snail served with Balinese cherry potato Aside from retaining a beautiful view and challenging attraction like rafting and splashing, river also poses a habitat of various food sources. There are ďŹ sh, crab, shrimp and snails. Balinese people may call the latter as ungun or river snail. This snail has two forms, namely ordinary snail and half snail. The half snail shapes like carapace of turtle. Its esh is open and has a piece of thin bone. When boiled, its esh will easily get released from its carapace, while the ordinary one should be taken out by pin, needle and so on.

When their delicacy is combined with sabrang or Balinese cherry potato, they will have typical avor.

Its shape is much smaller than common potato and its leaf resembles to that of broadleaf thyme (jinten).

Apart from combined with river snail or chicken, this cherry potato is also good if cooked as single vegetable. It is usually sold at traditional market or village stalls.

Ingredients: 2 handful river snail, 250gram sabrang or cherry potato (peeled) and 800ml water for gravy.

Ground spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 small chilies, 1 candlenut, 2 tbsp grated coconut (ground with other spices), 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice aromatic ginger and 1 slice galangal Others: 1 pc salam leaf, 1 tbsp palm oil and ½ tsp salt.

Method: s #LEANSE THOROUGHLY THE RIVER SNAIL AND CHERRY potato and drain. s 0RE HEAT THE PALM OIL ON THE FRYING PAN 3TIR FRY the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Add some water and wait until boiling. s 0UT THE CHERRY POTATO AND RIVER SNAIL TOGETHER into the pan. Add salt, salam leaf and please wait until the cherry potato is cooked. s 4AKE OUT AND IT IS NOW READY TO SERVE (BTN/punia)

Lempog: Sweet side of cassava cake To get different avor, cassava can be served in many ways. One of them is by making it into lempog cake. In the past, this cake was popular and often served in social activities such as activities at rice ďŹ eld OR SOCIO RELIGIOUS ONES 4HE REASON FOR THIS WAS EASY to make and its raw material was widely available at rural area as they cultivated it.

By nature, it is made from boiled cassava. With additional ingredients like palm sugar and salt, they are pounded together in the mortar or plastic base.

By doing so, it will be easier to turn each side of the batter in order it will be tender evenly. When the batter has been completely tender, it can be sliced into various shapes as your taste. To serve it, do not forget to sprinkle with grated coconut. Ultimately, have a nice avor! (BTN/punia)

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Pulaki Temple IBP

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Pulaki Temple or Pura Pulaki is a Hindu shrine located in the hill bank and in front of the beautiful beach in north part of Bali. It is one of the biggest Hindu temples in Bali situated in the coastal side west part of Singaraja town or 1 hour drive to the west from the town. This temple is set on the at land with stone hill bank as a back drop meanwhile the blue ocean is just in front of the temple.

Pulaki Temple is a famous temple among the Hindu people in Bali located in Singaraja regency, north part of Bali. There are the group of monkeys dwell the hill forest around the temple and it usually standing around the temple in the day time.

The beautiful beach with black sand and calm seawater is one of the fascinations to visitor to come to this temple. We can ďŹ nd the beautiful hill bank and beaches along the coastal road.

It is located in Pulaki Village, Seririt Sub District, Singaraja Regency, north part of Bali.

It is just 3 hours drive from Bali’s International Airport or 1 hour drive from Singaraja town. It is strategically set in the main road from Singaraja to Gilimanuk with the group of monkeys as the identity for the traveler who wants to visit this temple.

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BUSINESS Japan to reduce oil imports from Iran Associated Press

TO O Japan gave a boost Thursday to the .S. campaign to sanction Iran over its nuclear program, pledging to buy less Iranian oil, a day after China reacted coolly to the .S. effort.

Iran’s “nuclear development problem can’t be ignored by the world, so from that perspective we understand the U.S. actions,� Finance Minister Jun Azumi told reporters after meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who was visiting Tokyo after two days in Beijing.

Japan imports about 10 percent of its oil from Iran, Azumi said. “We plan to start reducing this 10 percent share at soon as possible in a planned manner,� he said.

Japan’s quick agreement contrasts with China’s public silence on the matter during Geithner’s visit there. A diplomat who briefed reporters about an upcoming Middle East trip by Premier Wen Jiabao repeated an earlier government statement rejecting sanctions as a way to resolve the dispute with Iran.

Geithner’s trip toAsia’s two largest economies is part of a global lobbying effort to win support for the sanctions aimed at halting what Western governments say is Iran’s effort to develop nuclear weapons.

The sanctions, targeting the oil industry, would EDU ¿QDQFLDO LQVWLWXWLRQV IURP WKH 8 6 PDUNHW LI they do business with Iran’s central bank.

Iran has threatened to respond to sanctions by shutting the Strait of Hormuz, a transit route for D ¿IWK RI WKH ZRUOGœV RLO Experts said the move would likely have limited negative impact on Japan’s economy as the country would probably be able to offset any reductions by increasing imports from other major oil producers such as SaudiArabia and the United Arab Emirates.

But the sanctions — and accompanying geopolitical tension — could raise global oil prices and undermine the world economy. “We’re more concerned about the risk of the Iran problem becoming bigger and possibly leading to global economic instability through a possible increase in oil prices,� said Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief economist for Japan at Credit Suisse in Tokyo.

The timing is also bad for Japan as the country is already facing an energy crunch. Most of its 54 QXFOHDU SRZHU SODQWV DUH RIÀLQH EHFDXVH RI URXWLQH inspections, mechanical problems or stress tests in the wake of last March’s nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Azumi said working out a plan for non-oil imports would take more time. Japan also imports

natural gas from Iran.

China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, depends on Iran for 11 percent of its oil imports.

China bought about 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude per day in November, nearly one-third of Iran’s daily exports of 2.2 million barrels, making Chinese cooperation key to the success of sanctions. “If the Chinese and maybe the Indians are not going to be abiding by U.S. pressure, then I don’t think there will be a major impact on oil SULFHV ´ VDLG .RLFKLUR 7DQDND GLUHFWRU RI WKH JIME Center at the Institute of Energy Economics Japan in Tokyo.

Geithner told reporters in Tokyo that the U.S. was working closely with “countries around the world to substantially increase the amount of pressure we bring on Iranâ€? by cutting off “the FHQWUDO EDQN IURP WKH LQWHUQDWLRQDO ÂżQDQFLDO system and to reduce the earnings Iran derives from its oil exports.â€?

He characterized the effort as being “in the early stages.� “We very much appreciate the support Japan has provided in standing with us and the international community in support of this very important strategic objective,� he added.

During their one-hour meeting, the two men also discussed the eurozone debt crisis and Japan’s reconstruction from the tsunami disaster in March. “The leaders of Europe appear to be making some progress in containing their crisis,�

Geithner said, adding that the U.S. was “fully prepared to support a more substantial role� by the International Monetary Fund in supporting the European response.

The two leaders also took a swipe at China’s currency policies, with Azumi saying he wanted WR VHH %HLMLQJ DGRSW D PRUH ³ÀH[LEOH´ H[FKDQJH rate policy.

In a veiled reference to China, Geithner said the U.S. wants to see a stronger commitment by HPHUJLQJ HFRQRPLHV LQ WKH *URXS RI WR Ă€H[ible exchange rates. The U.S. contends Beijing keeps its yuan undervalued, giving its exporters an unfair price advantage. “We want to see those emerging market currencies that are undervalued continue to appreciate against the major currencies, against the dollar, the yen and the euro,â€? Geithner said.

Fed survey shows economy HQGHG ZLWK VWUHQJWK the economy, particularly in industries that make heavy equipment and steel. That :$6+,1*721 ² 7KH ¿QDO ZHHNV RI has helped boost energy, farming and auto 2011 were among the economy’s strongest manufacturing sectors, the report said.

The depressed housing market has hurt as Americans shopped and traveled more, ending the year with a shot of optimism some manufacturers, and the Fed cited for 2012.That’s the bright picture the weakness among furniture manufacturFederal Reserve sketched in a survey ers in the Richmond, St. Louis and San released Wednesday. It said all but one of Francisco districts. ,QÀDWLRQ UHPDLQHG VXEGXHG ODUJHO\ its 12 banking districts experienced some growth from late November through the because high energy prices have eased.

That may change in the new year. Oil has end of the year.

Some sectors of the economy, notably climbed above $100 a barrel again, and housing, remain weak, the Fed said. But gas prices are creeping up.

The strength shown in the Fed survey consumers spent more freely. Factories made more goods. Americans stepped up UHĂ€HFWHG RWKHU SRVLWLYH HFRQRPLF UHSRUWV &RQVXPHU FRQÂżGHQFH KLW LWV KLJKHVW travel. And the auto industry enjoyed its best stretch of the year. Economists noted point since the spring. U.S. automakers JUHDWHU FRQÂżGHQFH LQ WKH WRQH RI WKH UHSRUW reported their two best months of sales for For example, the central bank described 2011 in November and December. And auto manufacturing as “vibrantâ€? in several U.S. factories ended the year with their districts. Consumer spending was deemed best month of growth since spring.

Most economists predict the economy “robustâ€? in the Dallas region. “It has been quite a while since we have grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the seen the Fed use words like vibrant and ro- ÂżQDO WKUHH PRQWKV RI ODVW \HDU 7KDW ZRXOG bust to describe any part of the economy,â€? be an improvement from the summer, said Brian Bethune, an economics profes- when the economy expanded just 1.8 persor at Amherst College. “I think one of cent, and much better than the 0.9 percent the things driving the stronger language DQQXDO JURZWK UDWH LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI RI is that things are better than the Fed had Still, the U.S. economic recovery remains vulnerable. Europe’s debt crisis could been expecting.â€?

The one district that didn’t experience lower demand for U.S. exports. Consumgrowth was Richmond, Va., although even ers may pull back on spending, especially there, the Fed said economic activity either if their wages continue to stagnate.

And Congress could decide not to ex³ÀDWWHQHG RU LPSURYHG VOLJKWO\ ´ The report comes just six months after tend a Social Security tax cut or long-term the economy nearly stalled under the unemployment benefits, leaving many weight of high food and gas prices and households with less income. Both measupply disruptions from Japan that slowed sures expire at the end of February.

The Fed has been studying the econU.S. manufacturing.

The economy and the job market have omy’s progress but announced no new both improved since then.And December actions to try to energize it after its Dec. may end up being the strongest month of 13 meeting. That was taken as a sign of 2011. Employers added 200,000 jobs.And FRQ¿GHQFH WKDW WKH HFRQRP\ ZDV LQ QR the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent immediate danger.

But in the minutes from the meeting — the lowest rate in nearly three years. ³7KH )HGœV UHSRUW :HGQHVGD\ FRQ¿UPV released last week, the Fed said it will what everyone else has been seeing in start this month announcing four times a the economic data from retail sales to year how long it plans to keep short-term auto sales and manufacturing — activity interest rates at existing levels.

The change is intended to reassure is improving,� said Jennifer Lee, senior consumers and investors that they will be economist at BMO Capital Markets.

Most of the Fed’s districts reported able to borrow cheaply well into the future. holiday sales increased over last year. In And some economists said it could lead to particular, New York and Dallas’ districts further Fed action to try to invigorate the reported healthy gains. Boston, New York economy.The Fed’s next meeting is set for and Minneapolis reported exceptional Jan. 24-25. The Beige Book is released HLJKW WLPHV D \HDU 7KH ¿QGLQJV IURP HDFK growth in online sales.

Consumers are spending more on cars of the Fed’s regional bank districts are all and travel, the survey noted. Auto sales in anecdotal; there are no numbers.

The idea is to detect trends in consumer theAtlanta area were the best sales in more than two years. Boston, New York, Rich- spending, manufacturing and real estate, mond and Atlanta experienced gains in among other areas. Consumer spending is tourism from a year ago. In Boston alone, particularly important because it accounts businesses expect double-digit growth in for about 70 percent of gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services hotel revenue in 2012.

U.S. manufacturing continued to lift produced in the United States.

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Perry, ‘Potter’ win big at People’s Choice Awards Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Katy Perry is in the popular clique now. The singer-actress won the most People’s Choice Awards at Wednesday’s 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza, but viewers wouldn’t have known it from watching the ceremony.

An absentee Perry was honored in five categories, including favorite female artist, tour headliner, song of the year for “E.T.” with Kanye West, music video for “Last Friday Night” and TV guest star for “How I Met Your Mother.”

Despite originally being touted by the show’s organizers as among the nominees expected to attend, Perry told fans on Twitter earlier this week that she wouldn’t make it to the show but that “I want to thank u all for voting for me, fingers crossed!” It would have marked Perry’s first public appearance since British actor-comedian Russell Brand filed for divorce from Perry last month after 14 months of marriage.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the final installment of the magical film series starring Daniel Radcliffe, followed behind Perry with four wins for favorite movie, action movie,

book adaptation and ensemble movie cast, but the film’s stars also weren’t present at the ceremony, leaving more screen time on the CBS broadcast for other winners in the show’s 43 categories honoring TV, film and music.

Ellen DeGeneres, Nina Dobrev, Chloe Grace Moretz, Adam Levine, Lea Michele and Demi Lovato, who performed “Give Your Heart a Break,” were among the winners on hand to accept their awards selected by Internet votes.

“For all the Rachel Berrys out there, this one’s for you guys,” said Michele, who won as favorite comedy TV actress for her “Glee” role.

Feds cite Lindsay Lohan for unpaid taxes in 2009 Associated Press Writer

Emma Stone and Johnny Depp— another no-show — won two trophies at the ceremony, which was hosted by “The Big Bang Theory” star Kaley Cuoco. Depp and Stone, respectively, won the favorite movie actor and actress awards, while Depp was also honored as favorite animated movie voice for “Rango,” and Stone was selected as favorite comedic movie actress.

“I moved to L.A. eight years ago this week with my mom, who’s right there,” Stone said while accepting her pair of crystal trophies. “It is so insane to be standing up here right now. It is hard to describe to you.”

Among the TV winners were “How I Met Your Mother” for TV comedy, “Two Broke Girls” for new TV comedy, “Hot in Cleveland” for cable TV comedy, Neil Patrick Harris for TV comedy actor, “Supernatural” for TV drama and sci-fi/ fantasy show, “Person of Interest” for new TV drama, “Pretty Little Liars” for cable TV drama and Nathan Fillion for TV drama actor.

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Emma Stone accepts the award for favorite movie actress during the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Will Smith to host Kids’ Choice Awards in March Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan is facing a lien for nearly $94,000 that the federal government says she owes in unpaid taxes. Records in Los Angeles County show the lien was filed Thursday seeking payment for the 2009 tax year.

Celebrity website TMZ first reported the lien Tuesday, the same day a paparazzo sued the model-actress for being in a car that allegedly struck him in Hollywood in January 2010.

Lohan’s publicist Steve Honig said the starlet’s finances are nobody’s business but her own. As for photographer Grigor Balyan’s lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against Lohan, Honig says he hasn’t seen the case but accused the paparazzi of invading her privacy daily.

The actress is continuing to serve morgue duty to comply with her probation in a pair of misdemeanor cases.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Lindsay Lohan appears in court during progress report session at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles.

AP Photo/Michael Nelson, Pool

NEW YORK — Will Smith will host Nickelodeon’s 25th-annual Kids’ Choice Awards.

Nickelodeon announced Wednesday that 10-time winner Smith will host the March 31 ceremony from the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

The show will air live on Nickelodeon.

Smith calls the awards “the year’s liveliest, slimiest and most outrageous party for kids and teens.” The actor recently finished filming “Men in Black III.” The Kids’ Choice Awards honor kids’ favorites in film, music, sports and television

by tallying the votes of kids online and via mobile devices. During the show, green slime is routinely dumped on celebrities and winners receive trophies shaped like blimps.

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China, India to jump forward with Hawaii telescope Associated Press Writer

HONOLULU — China and India are catapulting to the forefront of astronomy research with their decision to join as partners in a Hawaii telescope that will be the world’s largest when it’s built later this decade. China and India will pay a share of the construction cost — expected to top $1 billion — for the Thirty Meter Telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano. They will also have a share of the observation time.

It’s the first advanced telescope in which either nation has been a partner. “This will represent a quantum leap for the Chinese community,” Shude Mao, professor of astrophysics at National Astronomical Observatories of China, said in a telephone interview Wednesday from Waikoloa on the Big Island, where he was attending a meeting of the telescope’s scientific advisory committee.

The Thirty Meter Telescope’s segmented primary mirror, which will be nearly 100 feet — or 30 meters — long, will give it nine times the light-collecting area of the largest optical telescopes in use today. Its images will also be three times sharper. G.C. Anupama, professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, said the largest telescope in India has a 2-meter mirror, though the nation is currently building one that will be 4 meters long.

“So it’s a huge jump for us from the 4-meter to the 30-meter,” Anupama said in a telephone

interview from the sidelines of the advisory committee’s meeting. “It definitely will take Indian astronomy to greater heights.”

The telescope, known as TMT, will be able to observe planets that orbit stars other than the sun and enable astronomers to watch new planets and stars being formed.

It should also help scientists see some 13 billion light years away for a glimpse into the early years of the universe.

The University of California system, the California Institute of Technology and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy founded the telescope, which is expected to be finished in 2018.

China joined as an observer in 2009, followed by India the next year. Both are now partners, with representatives on the TMT board. Japan, which has its own large telescope at Mauna Kea, the 8.3-meter Subaru, is also a partner.

Red wine-heart research slammed with fraud charges Reuters

NEW YORK - A University of Connecticut researcher who studied the link between aging and a substance found in red wine has committed more than 100 acts of data fabrication and falsification, the university said Wednesday, throwing much of his work into doubt.

Dipak K. Das, who directed the university’s Cardiovascular Research Center, studied resveratrol, touted by a

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A man holds a glass of red wine at the Vinitaly wine expo in Verona April 8, 2010.

number of scientists and companies as a way to slow aging or remain healthy as people get older. Among his findings, according to a work promoted by the University of Connecticut in 2007, was that “the pulp of grapes is as heart-healthy as the skin, even though the antioxidant properties differ.”

“We have a responsibility to correct the scientific record and inform peer researchers across the country,” Philip Austin, the university’s interim vice president for health affairs, said in a statement.

The university said an anonymous tip led to an investigation that began in 2008. A 60,000-page report -- the summary of which is available at http://bit.ly/xkyS4A -- resulted, outlining 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data. Other members of Das’ laboratory may have been involved, and are being investigated, the report continues.

UConn has “declined to accept $890,000 in federal grants awarded to” Das, according to the statement, and has begun dismissal proceedings. The university has alerted 11 journals that published Das’ work, and has also worked on the case with the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, which investigates alleged misconduct by federal grant recipients.

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In this artist rendition provided by TMT, the Thirty Meter Telescope is seen. China and India have signed on to be partners for a project to build the Thirty Meter Telescope, which will be the world’s largest when it’s finished in 2018, at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.

Astronomers see more planets than stars in galaxy Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos. They think planets easily outnumber stars in our galaxy and they are even finding them in the strangest of places. And they have only begun to count.

Three studies released Wednesday, in the journal Nature and at the American Astronomical Society’s conference in Austin, Texas, demonstrate an extrasolar real estate boom. One study shows that in our Milky Way, most stars have planets. And since there are a lot of stars in our galaxy — about 100 billion — that means a lot of planets.

“We’re finding an exciting potpourri of things we didn’t even think could exist,” said Harvard University astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, including planets that mirror “Star Wars” Luke Skywalker’s home planet with twin suns and a mini-star system with a dwarf sun and shrunken planets.

“We’re awash in planets where 17 years ago we weren’t even sure there were planets” outside our solar system, said Kaltenegger, who wasn’t involved in the new research. Astronomers are finding other worlds using three different techniques and peering through telescopes in space and on the ground.

Confirmed planets outside our solar system — called exoplanets — now number well over 700, stillto-be-confirmed ones are in the thousands.

NASA’s new Kepler planet-hunting telescope in space is discovering exoplanets that are in a zone friendly to life and detecting planets as small as Earth or even tinier. That is moving the field of looking for some kind of life outside Earth from science fiction toward plain science.

AP Photo/Lynette R. Cook, San Diego State University

This handout illustration provided by San Diego State University, shows a newly discovered planet, called Kepler 35, that circles not one but two stars.

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Spurs poised to join Manchester party Reuters

MANCHESTER, England - Tottenham Hotspur have quietly crept up on the two Manchester clubs but will blast out a loud message that they are serious Premier League title contenders if they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers to pull level at the top this weekend.

Harry Redknapp’s side beat Everton 2-0 on Wednesday to join secondplaced Manchester United on 45 points. Both will go level with City on Saturday (1500 GMT) if Spurs beat Wolves and United overcome Bolton Wanderers, as the leaders do not play until Monday.

Showcasing an attractive brand of soccer that has had even United manager Alex Ferguson drooling, Spurs have racked up the points, losing just one league game since August, but KDYH NHSW D ORZ SURÂżOH ZKLOH 0DQchester grabbed the headlines. “They play the best football in the country and their current form is the best in the country,â€? Ferguson said of Redknapp’s side last month. “Tottenham FDQ GHÂżQLWHO\ ZLQ LW WKH WLWOH ´ The top three all face struggling opponents this weekend but United could have the most to worry about as they host a Bolton side who have just strung together back-to-back league matches without defeat for WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WKLV VHDVRQ 9LFWRU\ over Everton and a draw against Wolves has lifted Bolton to 18th in the 20-team league and boosted spirits at a club that pushed United

DOO WKH ZD\ LQ WKLV Âż[WXUH ODVW WHUP before a late Dimitar Berbatov goal sunk them 1-0.

By contrast, United go into Saturday’s game after successive league defeats and still troubled by injuries.

While Sunday’s 3-2 victory over neighbours City in the FA Cup third round and the surprise decision by PLGÂżHOGHU 3DXO 6FKROHV WR FRPH RXW of retirement has lifted some of the gloom, Ferguson is more interested in stamping out sloppiness. “We had a clear scoreline (3-0 up at halftime at City) but we were too careless and that’s the area where, if we keep doing that, we will make PLVWDNHV ´ KH WROG 0879

Bulls, came off the bench to score the winner and is looking for more goals to help Arsenal, who travel to Swansea City on Sunday (1600). “I do think this team has what it takes to be in it (the top four), if you think about the way the team has come back from the beginning of the season,� Henry said on the club website (www.arsenal.com).

Manchester City make the short journey to 19th-placed Wigan Athletic on Monday (2000) with Roberto Mancini’s men hoping to halt a wobbly patch after losing three out of four matches in all competitions this month.

Mancini’s predecessor Mark Hughes will take charge of his ¿UVW JDPH VLQFH EHLQJ DSSRLQWHG BIG SPLASH 4XHHQV 3DUN 5DQJHUV PDQDJHU Scholes is not the only old hand when the 17th-placed west London to make a return in recent days with side travel to Newcastle United on ¿IWK SODFHG $UVHQDO KRSLQJ WKHLU Sunday (1330).

Fourth-placed Chelsea host leading goalscorer Thierry Henry FDQ PDNH DV ELJ DV VSODVK LQ WKH 3UH- an improving Sunderland, sixthmier League as he did in Monday’s placed Liverpool entertain Stoke 1-0 FA Cup win over Leeds United. &LW\ (YHUWRQ WUDYHO WR $VWRQ 9LOOD The Frenchman, back at the club he Blackburn Rovers are at home to played for from 1999 to 2007 on a Fulham and West Bromwich play short-term loan from New York Red Norwich City (all Saturday 1500).

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Tottenham’s Emmanuel Adebayor, above vies for the ball with Everton’s John Heitinga during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.

Lamela scores twice in Roma Cup win

Marseille face Lille without Ayew brothers

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ROME - Argentine teenager Erik Lamela scored twice in AS Roma’s 3-0 Italian Cup win over Fiorentina on Wednesday. Fiorentina, who beat Roma by the same score in a Serie A match last month when Luis Enrique’s side had three players sent off, had the better of WKH ¿UVW KDOI However, the hosts went ahead in the 53rd minute when Francesco Totti’s pass set 19-year-old Lamela through to score with a shot between goalkeeper Neto’s legs.

Totti also set up the former River 3ODWH SOD\HUÂśV VHFRQG JRDO PLQXWHV later and a poor clearance by Neto allowed Fabio Borini to complete the scoring.

Chievo sprang a surprise in Wednesday’s other tie, winning 2-1 at Udinese, who are third in Serie A and unbeaten at home, with a stoppage time goal from Cyril Thereau.

PARIS - Life without brothers Andre and Jordan Ayew began well for Olympique Marseille this week and the side must keep up the momentum when they play Ligue 1 champions Lille on Sunday (2000 GMT).

Marseille, who have narrowed the gap with the leaders after a mediocre start to the season, swept past Caen 3-0 in a League &XS TXDUWHU ÂżQDO WKLV ZHHN ZLWK 0DWKLHX 9DOEXHQD DQG /RLF 5HP\ PRUH WKDQ FRPpensating for the Ayews’ departure for the African Nations Cup. The Ghana forwards are travelling to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon for the Jan. 21-Feb. 12 Cup and Brazilian striker Brandao has rejoined Marseille to help out after spending time on loan at two Brazilian clubs. Coach Didier Deschamps said Brandao could be included in the squad to face Lille, but warned that they would be much tougher opponents than Caen. “On Sunday, the competition will be much stronger,â€? Deschamps told the club’s

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AS Roma forward Erik Lamela, of Argentina, celebrates after scoring during an Italian Cup soccer match between AS Roma and Fiorentina, at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.

website (www.om.net). Marseille, who KDYH TXDOLÂżHG IRU WKH &KDPSLRQV /HDJXH knockout phase and are on course to win both the League and French Cups, are sixth in the standings with 31 points from JDPHV QLQH SRLQWV EHKLQG OHDGHUV 3DULV St Germain.

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Li rallies past Kvitova to UHDFK 6\GQH\ ‍ۋ‏QDO Reuters

6<'1(< &KLQDÂśV /L 1D GUHZ RQ KHU VXSHULRU ÂżWQHVV WR UHDFK WKH ÂżQDO RI WKH 6\GQH\ ,QWHUQDWLRQDO RQ 7KXUVGD\ ZLWK D YLFWRU\ RYHU &]HFK ZRUOG QXPEHU WZR 3HWUD .YLWRYD ZKR VWDUWHG EULOOLDQWO\ EXW UDQ RXW RI VWHDP 7KH UHVLOLHQW /L GXJ GHHS WR UHFRYHU IURP D ÂżUVW VHW SDVWLQJ WR ERRN D SODFH LQ WKH ÂżQDO RI DQ HYHQW VKH ZRQ ODVW \HDU DQG H[WLQJXLVK KHU H[KDXVWHG RSSRQHQWÂśV KRSHV RI EHFRPLQJ ZRUOG QXPEHU RQH EHIRUH WKH $XVWUDOLDQ 2SHQ VWDUWV RQ 0RQGD\ In the other semi-final, world number three Victoria Azarenka of Belarus performed a similar escape act to Li in beating Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agnieszka Radwanska 1-6 6-3 6-2 to qualify for Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final. In a worrying sign before the Melbourne Park tournament that is traditionally D VXUYLYDO RI WKH ÂżWWHVW LQ WKH EOD]LQJ Australian summer heat, Kvitova admitted she had hit the wall in the deciding set. Âł, SOD\HG YHU\ ZHOO WKH ÂżUVW VHW I was the one making the winners,â&#x20AC;?

Kvitova told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After that, it was very tough. I was a little bit slower in the moving and she played really well. Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really tired.

The next tournament is Melbourne, so hopefully I will be better and not as tired as now.â&#x20AC;?

Kvitova was looming as a strong favourite for the first grand slam event of the season before Li ran her ragged, her fatigue in the later stages of the match suggesting the asthmatic might struggle in day matches in Melbourne. The Czech was quick to praise her opponent and VDLG /L EHQHÂżWWLQJ IURP D IRXU ZHHN

ÂżWQHVV FDPS LQ 0XQLFK GXULQJ WKH off-season, deserved to be regarded as highly as any other contender for the Australian Open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is one of us,â&#x20AC;? Kvitova, 21, said. Li was desperate for answers when husband-coach Jiang Shan ran on to the court to give her advice after Kvitova had steamrolled through the ÂżUVW VHW

two hours to complete and the 29year-old Li was surprised that she had the higher energy levels at the end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m older, right?â&#x20AC;? Li said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if she was tired - I should be more tired than her.â&#x20AC;?

Had Kvitova won the tournament she would have claimed the world number one ranking from Denmarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caroline Wozniacki, who was defeated by Radwanska in the TXDUWHU ÂżQDOV ENERGY LEVELS Wozniacki suffered a wrist inWTA rules permit coaches to enter jury in her match against the eighththe court and talk to their player at the ranked Pole but an MRI scan on end of each set and Jiang was blunt Thursday cleared her of any serious in his assessment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told me she damage.

Azarenka trounced Li 6-2 6-2 in ZDV SOD\LQJ WKH EDOO PRUH Ă&#x20AC;DW PRUH deep and I had no chance to hit the the round robin stage of the WTA ball back,â&#x20AC;? Li said of her pep-talk Championships at Istanbul late last year but their two other meetings of with Jiang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said if I continued to play like 2011, both at grand slam events, were I had, we could go to the airport after won by the French Open champion.

50 minutes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not joking. He told She prevailed 7-5 6-2 in the quarter me to believe in myself and to play finals at Roland Garros and was the ball deeper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If she had continued a convincing 6-3 6-3 victor at the WR SOD\ OLNH VKH KDG LQ WKH ÂżUVW VHW Australian Open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terrible memowhat should I do? Give up? I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ries,â&#x20AC;? Azarenka said of losing to Li at Melbourne Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to do anything.â&#x20AC;?

The match took a minute less than forget those.â&#x20AC;?

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Li Na of China celebrates winning her semiďŹ nal match against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.

Clippers handle Heat in overtime Reuters

LOS ANGELS - Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers survived their biggest test of the season with a 95-89 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday, proving the home team can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the NBA. Paul recorded 27 points and 11 assists to upstage LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as the new-look Clippers prevailed in an engrossing battle to hand the Heat a second overtime loss in as many days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good team we just beat. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good win for our team,â&#x20AC;? said Paul, whose arrival in the off-season has helped turn the team into contenders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully this gives us a little momentum. We have a tough stretch coming up.â&#x20AC;? Miami were held to just one field goal in the extra session, a Mario Chalmers three-pointer that pulled them

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to 90-89, but Los Angeles scored the final five points to seal victory.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was ejected in the final seconds for arguing a non-call as the frustration continued for Miami (8-3), who also lost to Golden State in OT on Tuesday. James finished with 23 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists and Wade added 17 points but both teams struggled to find their shooting touch.

James made just 7-of-19 shots, along with 9-of-17 free throws, and Miami failed to make a field goal in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter, staying in touch by getting to the foul line where the team shot 58 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I put a lot of the free throws on me,â&#x20AC;? James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a rhythm. I need to concentrate a little more at the free throw line and knock them down and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fine.â&#x20AC;?

After the Clippers nudged ahead 86-84 on three free throws from Chauncey Billups in the final half-minute of regulation, James split four free throw attempts to tie the game and send it into overtime after Paul missed a shot at the buzzer.

Blake Griffin and Caron Butler had 20 points for Los Angeles (5-3), who remain second behind their city rivals, the Lakers, in the Pacific division. The Clippers kept close but trailed for most of the game before ending the third quarter with a 10-4 run that gave the home team a onepoint edge heading into a spirited fourth.

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LONDON - The first technical controversy of Formula One’s pre-season reared up Wednesday with Lotus suspected of having developed an innovative ride-height braking system that rivals may soon be copying.

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said his team was awaiting clarification from the governing FIA on the legality of the device.

“We are waiting for the final confirmation if this kind of devices will be acceptable or not,” he told autosport.com at a week-long event in the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio.

“But for sure we are looking around these sorts of devices to see if they contribute to a performance. But we need to wait and see what will be the reaction to the FIA on that.”

A report in Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper on Tuesday indicated Lotus were using a mechanism activated by the driver using a pedal to maintain ride height - the car’s distance from the ground.

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Ferrari Formula One team principal Stefano Domenicali reacts in the pit during the third practice session of the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest July 30, 2011.

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Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica, who has not raced since a nearfatal crash last F e b r u a r y, was taken

to hospital in Italy on Wednesday after slipping on a patch of ice and injuring his leg, the ANSA news agency reported.

The Gazzetta dello Sport website (www.gazzetta.it) said the 27-year-old had suffered a suspected micro-fracture of his right tibia in what would be a further setback to his return to competition.

The highly-rated Pole is now out of contract with his former Renault team after it was announced last year that he would not be ready to return by the start of the season. His manager Daniele Morelli was not immediately available for comment.

ANSA said Kubica had lost his footing on an icy street in Pietrasanta, near the coastal town of Viareggio and was taken to a local hospital for a scan of his right leg.

The agency quoted medical sources as saying the driver had then left the hospital, saying he wanted to go to the clinic in Pietra Ligure, southwest of Genoa, where he had been treated after his crash.

Kubica spent two months in hospital and had multiple operations after the crash in a minor rally in Italy in which he suffered serious arm and leg injuries when a steel barrier penetrated the cockpit and nearly severed his hand.

The Monaco resident also lost a huge amount of blood while trapped in the car.

Before the February 6 accident, the race winner had been the leading driver at Renault (now Lotus) and was linked to Ferrari as a possible replacement for Brazilian Felipe Massa.

Morelli had said in September that Kubica had good movement in his elbow, forearm and wrist and was regaining strength and functionality.

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Renault Formula One driver Robert Kubica of Poland arrives at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam October 21, 2010.

The Malaysian-backed team, formerly Renault, were also reported to have tried out the system at a young driver test in Abu Dhabi last year.

Anything which uses a driver’s movement to gain performance by altering the aerodynamic characteristics is banned, but Autosport said the system was reactive to brake torque, formed part of the suspension and therefore complied with the regulations.

Lotus, who have 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and France’s Romain Grosjean as their drivers, said they were aware of the reports but had nothing to add. The first pre-season test will start in Jerez, Spain, on February 7 when many teams will have their new cars on track for the first time.