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A rubbish collector walks past a pile of garbage on the popular Kuta beach near Denpasar on the resort island of Bali on April 7, 2011. Rubbish issues potentially become a ‘time bomb’ for Bali. Currently, a number of mounting piles of rubbishes can be seen at several locations because of limited haulage of vehicle transporting them.

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DENPASAR - Rubbish issues potentially become a ‘time bomb’ for Bali. Currently, a number of mounting piles of rubbishes can be seen at several locations because of limited haulage of vehicle transporting them.

Meanwhile, the community’s habit of disposing rubbish haphazardly remains to continue as well.

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to be a ‘time bomb’ that is ready to explode any time continues to expand considering the rejection of the community set to appear when

their region will be going to be used as a landfill site (TPA).

When contacted, the Head of Bali Environment Agency, A.A. Gede Alit Sastrawan, did not dismiss if the rubbish issues potentially became a ‘time bomb’ for Bali. It was said the behavior of some people of Bali tending to be consumptive helped multiply the volume of rubbish in Bali. As an illus-

tration, the current volume of rubbish in urban areas in Bali averagely reached 5,094 cubic meters per day.

Of course, piles of those rubbishes reaching thousands of cubic meters per day required adequate landfills if we wanted a better management along with the availability of rubbish vehicles in a corresponding amount.

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Dewa Ruci Underpass to be build immediately Antara

Denpasar – The head of Bali General Work Department, Dewa Putu Punia Asa, said the underpass in Dewa Ruci junction is ready to be carried out but some area need to be bought first by the government.

“The road will be build immediately and the auction for the project is being done right now,” he added. Punia Asa explained the road will be around 450 meters long with 18 meters wide and 5.2 meter height.

“There is great hope that the

development of the underpass will no longer facing any problems and we expected the project will start in August 2011,” he said.

“There will be problem during the project especially the route leading to Ngurah Rai International Airport and Nusa Dua but we will try to minimize the traffic problem.”

Based on the original plan, the underpass will be in the middle of the current road. The underpass is badly needed by Bali due to the increasing traffic especially on the southern part of the island.

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The Dewa Ruci junction where the underpass will be build

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Bali News

Water of Lake Buyan reaches road side Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Aside from soaking the building of SDN 4 Pancasari primary school and dozens of homes, the overflowing water of Lake Buyan at Pancasari Village, Sukasada Subdistrict has reached the road side leading to Ecotourism Park (TWA) in the forest areas of Dasong Hamlet. If the rain continues to fall, it is estimated within two weeks the water can have spilled over the road.

Observation made on Monday (Apr 11), the asphalt road side overflowed by lake water was located rather low. According to one of the local residents, last week the lake water remained at a distance of about 10 meters from the road side. Last Monday, the water already reached the road side. Residents who wanted to cross the lake for mowing grass or fishing no longer needed to walk to the lake.

“We can go down to the lake from this road,” said one of the residents who parked his wooden boat on the roadside.

According to the resident, it was estimated that within two weeks the

water would have gone up to the road. If it rained continuously, the lake water rose about one centimeter per day. So within two weeks, the water could rise 14 centimeters and then the road would be overflowed by lake water. When the water had reached the road, local residents of Dasong Hamlet could not get out from their house and tourists would not be able to visit the Ecotourism Park.

Mariani, a resident of Dasong Hamlet whose home inundated by lake water, said resignedly. Her home yard had become a pond, while the strawberry garden behind her house had been completely submerged.

“The water has entered into our home since a month ago. We just can submit to our fate,” she sighed.

In addition to the home of Mariani, there were more than ten homes at the Dasong Hamlet soaked in the water with different heights.

Among others, they were the homes belonging to Made Wasik, Ketut Suwenten, Gede Kana, Nyoman Yasa, Ketut Satria, Ketut Weda, Made Isok, Pan Sukri and Ketut Suweja.

Meanwhile, based on information obtained from the officer in the Village Head of Pancasari mentioned that some of the residents whose home submerged had been moved

to another family’s home, while the remaining residents stayed to make a stand in their home even though their home yard was like a pond.

A legislator of Buleleng House, Made Teja, who paid a visit to Dasong Hamlet, admitted to feel concerned when seeing the condition of residents at the village. He regretted that until then the agencies of Buleleng Regency or Bali Provincial Government had not made a serious endeavor to handle the overflowing lake water. Moreover, residents whose homes inundated by the lake water were feared to experience health problems due to sleeping in a flooded house. Additionally, the overflowing water mixed with rubbish was thought to contain a vari-

ety of pathogenic bacteria sources.

“The inundated houses turn dirty.

They can possibly be the nest of mosquito and bacteria,” he said.

To that end, Teja hoped the officials in the Buleleng Environment Agency, Health Services as well as Sanitation and Landscaping Services (DKP) could come down to location. Officials of the Environment Agency as well as Sanitation and Landscaping Services could make cleanup efforts against the grass, weeds, water hyacinth and other garbage on the lakeside overflowing to the residents’ homes and school. “Health Services should immediately provide medical check-up for citizens,” he said. (kmb15)

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Expired Work Permit Four Foreign Workers Warned IBP/File

The white stone mine in Nusa Penida Island.

Mangupura (Bali Post) –

Foreign workers usually are given thumbs up as they were said to be more professional and discipline compared to local ones which so usually promoted well. Yet behind that all, Bali company owners should be more careful as not little of them has problem with their work document.

As what happened at Ocean Blue Spa and Resort, Kampial, South Kuta was raided by the Badung Social and Workers Agency last Monday (11/4), four Korean workers couldn’t show their valid documents where two of them are working as marketing managers and others at guest relation.

Head of the Agency, Tjok Ngurah Bagus Agung stated, Ocean Blue Human Resource Department couldn’t show the Hiring Plan Permit (RPTKA) for these workers as it is still on the agency that deploy them

but then the four were found to have worked for two years with their RPTKA from 2008-2010.

And so the agency gave time until Tuesday (12/4) to let Ocean Blue complete their permit and if not then Tjok will direct a investigation to the company or the agent that deployed these unpermitted workers. It is further revealed that this started during a report of suspicion on unpermitted workers working in this hotel which then aunder IB Sudiarsa they went to location to confirm it. (kmb25)

Body of student swept away by rapids found Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Hard work of the entire ranks of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar with the National SAR Agency, Water Police, Bali Police SAR, cadet disaster standby (Tagana), Sanitation and Landscaping Services (DKP) and other related agencies to find the student swept away by rapids finally bore a fruit. Officers of BPBD managed to find Hendra Saputra, 16, on Monday (Apr 11) afternoon. Unfortunately, the student of the vocational high school (SMK) in Denpasar was found dead. Hendra was swept away by the rapids of Badung River on Sunday (Apr 10) afternoon when taking a bath together with four friends.

Body of the SMK PGRI 1 Denpasar’s student was found to be stuck fast in the grass of the Badung River basin, in the area of Jalan Taman Pancing, Pemogan, South Denpasar, approximately at 10:55 a.m. Local Time.

Division Head of Emergency Management of BPBD Denpasar, R. Ardy Ganggas, said when found the condition of victim was still intact, but on the back of head showed a lump and wound. Allegedly, they

were caused by collision because the victim had been swept away since the afternoon on the day before.

It was explained, the search for victim who lived at Jalan Kartini Gang XX No. 6 RT 5 at Javanese Kampong started at 07:30 a.m. The search was committed at all points along the pathways of Badung River.

Tagana team together with the family did the search around the scene until the bridge of Jalan Gajah Mada.

Meanwhile, the rest consisting of the National SAR Agency, Water Police and Bali Police SAR was deployed to search up to the Estuary Dam starting from the office of BPBD. The search had a break around 10:30 a.m. Then, it was resumed with sweepings from the scene.

“After looking up to the bridge around the Tanah Kilap area, it resulted in nothing. So after the break, the sweeping was carried out again to the zero point. We focused the search on the Buagan Dam until the Taman Pancing,” he explained. Shortly, officials of the Group Two finally managed to find the body of Hendra sticking between the mud and grasses on the basin of Badung River around the Taman Pancing area. (kmb12)

Nusa Penida White Stone Mine The white padas stone mining in Nusa Penida has been a dilemma as it is one of the income sources to fill everyday needs yet it is threatening the environment such as casualties due to landslides. This mining happens in several places such as Banjar Petinggian and Banjar Pilah Kutampi Kaler where besides mining white padas stones and white sands by digging a cave like hole which is more dangerous according

to Soma, a resident there, last Monday (11/4).

According to Soma, so far a number of landslides have happened resulting casualties such as the one in Tuald, Batukandik. This was also confirmed by another resident, Widana. For that it needs government attention in disciplining such mining is privatized yet very good for the residents’ economy.

In other hand, Head of Klungkung

Living Environment Board, Dewa Oka Kusumajaya, admitted that he couldn’t do anything about it as the government doesn’t have the right to the C Digging even though it is violating Bali Province Regulation no 4 year 2005 on polluting and damaging living environment. He suggested that the miners should dig it by having terasering system instead of cave system as this is better and less dangerous. (kmb20)

Sarbagita Join Work Still Not Signed No Targets Yet from Bali Transportation Agency Denpasar (Bali Post) –

After few times of operational delay, Head of Bali Transportation Agency I Made Santha, SE, MSi, seemed careful in deciding the operational target for Trans Sarbagita mass transportation as the agreement document of join work between Republic Indonesia Transportation Ministry with Bali Province and Bali Regency/City government still not signed until now, as stated by Santha to Bali Post last Monday (11/4).

According to Santha, the final draft of the join work agreement was agreed by the Bali govern-

ment and the involved regency/ city, Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan. This final draft has been sent to the Transportation Ministry two weeks ago and if nothing is wrong by the ministry’s law team it should’ve been signed as a MoU (memorandum of understanding). “If just they have signed it then the 18 bus units prepared by Transportation Ministry can be given to Bali Province,” he stated.

According to Santha, something has made the central government to be slow on this. It was known that several budgets be-

fore, the Ministry faced a problem as busses given to other province has its document incomplete such as MoU, join work agreement and assets handover.

This caused the assets given still owned by central instead of the province connected when actually it has been handover to the province government. “When it’s damaged, who owns it now? It has to go back to its master which is the central. This kind of problems makes us more careful and trying hard to be as legal not starting it first before any is settled,” Santha explained. (kmb13)

Surabaya Pick Pockets Revealed Eight Escaped Denpasar (Bali Post) –

A music concert sometimes becomes the crime act space in fact some pick pockets would go in just for that. Last Friday (8/4) at Lumintang Field, Denpasar, many were there as a group of Surabaya originated pick pockets were captured by Denpasar Police Criminal Research Department.

From the 12 members of the group only four managed captured, Dhany Bandar (29), Okky Setiawan (21), Arif Fadilah (18) and Muhamad Taqwin Adinata (18). The other eight are on the chase as stated by Head of

Denpasar Police Public Relation AKP IB Sarjana last Monday (11/ 4).

At least 21 cell phones were confiscated from the hands of the four accused and so far only five victims have reported it. “We hope those who have lost their cell phone during the music concert at Lapangan Lumintang field, Denpasar, please check it to the Denpasar Tourism Police,” Sarjana stated.

It is found out that the accused were on purpose to come to Bali and does their crime act. They came by bus and went to Sanur to

find flats around Danau Tempe Street, South Denpasar last Friday (8/4) then continued to the crime scene. “One becomes the executor one looks out for situation surrounding them and received the pick pocket result from the executor,” he explained.

It was revealed due to one crime act was witnessed by the troops led

by Head of the Department, Police Commissioner Arif Sugiarto. The police then captured them and investigated them further. As it was known where their flats are, some were then captured there and also evidences found. (kmb21)

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Libyan fighting goes on after peace bid fails Reuters

TRIPOLI – An African Union plan to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed, and rebels said the increasingly bloody siege of the city of Misrata by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops made talk of a ceasefire meaningless. The Red Cross said it was opening a Tripoli office and would send a team to Misrata to help civilians trapped by fighting, but one of Gaddafi’s ministers warned any aid operation involving foreign troops would be seen as a declaration of war.

Rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said after talks with the AU delegation in Benghazi in the rebel-held east on Monday: “The African Union initiative does not include the departure of Gaddafi and his sons from the Libyan political scene, therefore it is outdated.” Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif quickly dismissed the idea of his father stepping down.

“We want new blood, that’s what we want for Libya’s future.

But to talk of (Gaddafi) leaving, that’s truly ridiculous,” he told French news channel BFM TV. “If the West wants democracy, a new constitution, elections, well, we agree. We agree on this point but the West must help us to pro-

vide a propitious climate. But all these bombings, this support given to rebel groups, all that is counterproductive.”

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Libyan television said the “colonial and crusader aggressors” hit military and civilian sites in Al Jufrah district in central Libya on Monday. Rebels in the coastal city of Misrata, under siege for six weeks, scorned reports that Gaddafi had accepted a ceasefire, saying they were fighting houseto-house battles with his forces, who fired rockets into the city.

Western leaders also rejected any deal that did not include Gaddafi’s removal, and NATO refused to suspend its bombing of his forces unless there was a credible ceasefire. NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a Brussels news briefing that Gaddafi’s government had announced ceasefires in the past, but “they did not keep their promises.”

“Any future proposal that does not include this, we cannot accept,” he said, accusing Gaddafi of bombing, shelling and shooting civilians. A resident of Misrata told Reuters there was heavy fighting on the eastern approaches and in the center.

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Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, center, and his wife Simone, are seen in the custody of republican forces loyal to election winner Alassane Ouattara at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, April 11, 2011.

Ouattara urges peace after Ivory Coast rival held Reuters

ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara called for peace after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.

AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI

A wounded Libyan rebel (L) falls on the ground after he was shot in the head during a firefight that broke out after Libyan rebel believed a fighter loyal to Libya’s strongman Moamer Kadhafi was hiding in a building (pictured at right) in the eastern town of Ajdabiya, on April 12, 2011.

Ouattara, who won a November presidential election according to U.N.certified results, can finally begin asserting his authority over the West African country after Laurent Gbagbo was captured on Monday — ending more than four months of stand-off that descended into all-out conflict.

Gbagbo, who had refused to step down after 10 years in power, was arrested after French forces in the former colony closed in on the bun-

ker where he had been holed up for the past week, and placed under the control of Ouattara’s forces.

That leaves Ouattara as the sole leader in charge of the country, although many analysts say it may not be enough to end the fighting that has bloodied the world’s top cocoa grower over the past few weeks.

“I call on my fellow countrymen to abstain from all forms of reprisal and violence,” Ouattara said in a speech on

his TCI television late on Monday, calling for “a new era of hope.”

“Our country has turned a painful page in its history,” he said, urging marauding youth militias to lay down their weapons and promising to restore security to the battered nation.

Ethnic violence has festered during Ouattara’s lengthy tug-of-war with Gbagbo, particularly in the west of the country, with hundreds of people killed as both sides to the conflict committed atrocities against civilians, aid groups say.

Ouattara said Gbagbo, his wife and aides who have been detained will face justice. But he also promised a South African-styled Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on all crimes and human rights abuses.

Syrian opposition says 200 killed in protests Reuters

AMMAN – Syria’s main human rights movement has said the death toll from less than a month of protests has reached 200 and called on the Arab league to impose sanctions on the ruling hierarchy. “Syria’s uprising is screaming with 200 martyrs, hundreds of injured and a similar number of arrests,” the Damascus Declaration group said in a letter sent on Monday to the secretary general of the Arab League.

“The regime unleashes its forcers to besiege cities and terrorize civilians, while protesters across Syria thunder with the same chant ‘peaceful peaceful’,” it added.

“We ask you to... impose political, diplomatic and economic sanctions on the Syrian regime, which continues to be the faithful guardian of Hafez al-Assad’s legacy,” the letter said, referring to the iron-fisted rule of President Hafez al-Assad, father of current President Bashar.

Bashar, facing unprecedented protests against his 11-year-old rule, has responded with a blend of force — his security forces have fired at unarmed protesters, according to witnesses — and vague promises to relax bans on freedoms, such as replacing emergency law with antiterrorism law.

The protests, which erupted in the southern city of Deraa last

month before spreading, have demanded freedom of expression and assembly and an end to corruption.

The authorities said armed gangs and “infiltrators” were responsible for the violence and that soldiers and police also have been killed.

“President Assad has been only giving promises for the last 11 years.

Instead of solutions he talks, as the regime usually does, about an outside conspiracy,” the letter said.

The Damascus declaration is named for a document signed in 2005 by prominent civic, Islamist and liberal leaders calling for the end of 41 years of Assad family rule and its replacement with a democratic system.

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 5, 2011, Druse Arab Ahmed Farhat stands next to apples for sale at a tourist viewpoint overlooking Syria in the Golan Heights.

Activities 5 bvilla turns 10th birthday bash is the way to b!

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SEMINYAK - Bali’s upscale lifestyle space, bvilla, turns 10 this year. To celebrate, bvilla held a birthday party for exclusively selected guests on April 8 at the bvilla+spa. More than 300 invitees from the industry and travel media enjoyed cocktails and acoustic live music during the evening’s stylish celebrations.

In addition, to recognize this milestone occasion, on April 7, bvilla management presented an award to each staff member who has been with the property since opening. All staff are recognized as being key to bvilla’s success in becoming Bali’s most stylish place to b—in fact, in almost all guest reviews, the level of service is lavishly praised.

And to reward its industry partners, bvilla presented awards to its three best-supporting travel agents. These are outstanding bvilla friends who have helped and continue to help make bvilla the success it is, as recognized by the management.

Nestled comfortably in an upscale private space in Bali’s happening Seminyak district, bvilla is a chic, upmarket group of three villa complexes: bvilla+spa, bvilla+pool, and bvilla+seaside.

Within walking distance from the fashionable, stylish streets of Seminyak, bvilla caters to the discerning, young (and young-at-heart) traveler; it is distinct and genuine. Managed and staffed by unique individuals who are not afraid to be themselves, it brings a new level of service to its ‘bloved’ guests.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for March 21 through April 23, 2011 21 Mar Betara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - Karangasem Bukit Jati Temple Bangli Batur Temple Kalanganyar - Bangli Masceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - Gianyar Dalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - Gianyar Penambangan Badung Temple Denpasar Lempuyang Madia Temple Karangasem Batur Temple Bangli Desa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - Gianyar Pasek Gelgel Temple Marga - Tabanan Gaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - Tabanan Pasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan Denpasar Agung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - Denpasar Pasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - Tabanan Dukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,KerambitanTabanan Puseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - Karangasem Pitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan Tengah Candra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,JelambarJakarta Barat Agung Jagatnatha Temple Denpasar Pemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - Gianyar Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - Badung Puseh Temple Sidemen - Karangasem Agung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java 2 April Puseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati Gianyar Pasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan Buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang Gianyar Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple Besakih Karangasem 5 April Kahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - Bangli Batur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Kawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli 12 April Puseh Temple , Desa Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri Tabanan Sanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar 16 April Dalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-Gianyar Penataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Puseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Kawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung 20 April Segara Temple Lombok Island Dwijawarsa Temple Malang East Java Puncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti Tabanan Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - Denpasar Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,Selemadeg Tabanan Penataran Agung Temple Sidemen Karangasem Samuan Tiga Temple Bedulu Gianyar Kawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan 21 April Dalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar 23 April Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,Tampaksiring Gianyar Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Pasek Temple Klaci,Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Temple Gede Tabanan Pedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,Penebel Tabanan Desa Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijong Temple Tabanan Puncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa PenidaKlungkung

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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News Egypt blogger gets 3 years for criticizing army Associated Press Writer

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The blast site of the Oktyabrskaya subway station in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011.

An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, and an official in the presidential administration said there were fatalities.

Death toll in Belarus subway blast reaches 12 Associated Press Writer

MINSK, Belarus – Belarusian authorities said Tuesday they have suspects in a subway bombing as the death toll rose to 12, with more than 200 wounded. The opposition, meanwhile, voiced fears that the attack may lead to an increased crackdown on dissent.

Belarus’ domestic security agency, which still goes under its Soviet-era name KGB, said it had identified the likely perpetrator of Monday’s explosion at a busy downtown subway station and was searching for him. It didn’t elaborate. Interior Minister Anatoly Kuleshov said police had created composite pictures of two male suspects using testimony from witnesses. He said the bomb apparently was radiocontrolled.

The Interior Ministry said the bomb placed under a bench on the Oktyabrskaya station exploded as people were coming off the trains during the evening rush hour.

The Oktyabrskaya station is within 100 meters (yards) of the presidential administration building and the Palace of the Republic, a concert hall often used for government ceremonies.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meet-

ing with officials late Monday that foreign forces could be behind the explosion, but he didn’t elaborate. Authorities said 204 people sought medical help and 157 of them were hospitalized, including 22 in critical condition. Viktor Sirenko, the chief doctor of the Minsk Emergency Hospital, said that many victims had lost arms or legs.

People streamed to the site of explosion to lay flowers as police tightened security at all subway stations. “I went through that hell, I saw that pile of disfigured bodies,” 37-year old Nina Rusetskaya said as she lit a candle at the explosion site. “I rode a car in the back of the train and only survived by a miracle.”

Lukashenko, in power for nearly 17 years and dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” by the West, was declared the overwhelming winner of December’s presidential election which international observers said was rigged. He has run the

former Soviet nation of 10 million with an iron fist, retaining Soviet-style controls over the economy and cracking down on opposition and independent media.

Lukashenko took his 6-year-old son to visit the site of the explosion about two hours after the blast. He later ordered the country’s feared security forces to “turn everything inside-out” to find the culprits. Many in the beleaguered opposition worry that harassment and oppression will increase in the wake of the blast.

“The authorities may use the explosion for further limitations of civil freedoms and tightening security measures,” said Anatoly Lebedko, leader of the opposition United Civil Party.

Lebedko was released from jail last week after being arrested in a sweep against opposition supporters in the wake of the December presidential election.

EU official urges China to halt arbitrary arrests Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – The EU’s foreign policy chief has expressed alarm at the “deterioration of human rights” in China and says arbitrary arrests and disappearances should stop.

Catherine Ashton called in a

statement Tuesday for the immediate releases of renowned artist Ai Weiwei and dozens of other activists, lawyers and intellectuals detained in recent weeks and months.

China has engaged in a widespread crackdown against dissent in an apparent effort to prevent up-

risings similar to those in the Middle East and north Africa.

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei has criticized foreign governments for their support of Ai, asking why a criminal is considered a hero. The ministry has said he is being investigated for economic crimes.

CAIRO – An Egyptian military tribunal convicted a blogger of insulting the army and sentenced him to three years in prison, further raising activists’ fears that the army is against greater freedom of expression and political reform.

The Justice Ministry, meanwhile, moved forward in its corruption investigation of former regime stalwarts, announcing the 15 day detention of Safwat el-Sherif, the secretary general of the ruling party and once one of the most powerful men in the country.

The military court on Sunday issued the sentence against 26-yearold Maikel Nabil Sanad, who carried reports of abuses by the military on his blog and accused it of still being loyal to ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The sentence was

passed without the presence of his lawyers, according to a statement by seven Cairo-based rights groups.

It was the first trial of a blogger

by Egypt’s military rulers, who took charge of the country after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted by anti-government protests Feb. 11 after an 18-day popular uprising.

Rights lawyers say the sentence has wide implications for freedom of expression in post-Mubarak Egypt, and could set a precedent for anyone seeking to expose wrongdoing or abuses by the military.

A member of the military council, Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Assar told an Egyptian private TV station, ONTV, Monday, the armed forces is open to criticism — but only up to a point.

Underpass...

From page 1 Punia Asa said, “there is great hope that the new road will reduce or even remove the traffic jam happen in the Dew Ruci junction.” The road will use up 300 billion rupiah and will be finish in November 2013.

“We are targeting to finish the road before the APEC Summit which will be held in 2013 because

the road is one of the supporting facilities for the world class meeting,” Punia stated.

Meanwhile, the Head of Road Development Department, Susalit Alius CAS, stated that the fund to buy the land needed to build the underpass is already being prepared. It is predicted that the land will cost 261 billion rupiah.

Rubbish...

From page 1 “Admittedly, not all rubbishes produced by Balinese people can be handled thoroughly. Therefore, participation of all societal components of Bali in handling of the problem is absolute if we do not want the ‘time bomb’ will really explode,” he warned.

Considering it was not an easy matter to build a new landfill as hampered by restricted land and rejection from the public, Alit Sastrawan asked the people of Bali to be wiser in dealing with rubbish. He affirmed that community had to have awareness and tremendous responsibility towards environmental sanitation and sustainability. In other words, people were expected to dispose their rubbish at the existing location provided since it would facilitate the sanitation officers to pick up and transport them to landfill. “The no less important is that community must build awareness to reduce the volume of rubbish they produce each day as optimal as possible. If every family has awareness like that, of course, the piles of rubbishes currently mounting everywhere can be minimized,” he said.

In the context of reducing the volume of rubbish, this official from Bangli asked the community to implement the 3R principles, namely, reducing the use of goods that produced rubbish, reusing goods that were not immediately discarded and turned to rubbish and recycling rub-

bish into reusable materials. It was said that in implementing the 3R principle, the activity of separating organic and inorganic waste was the key to success. “Unfortunately, the implementation of waste management with 3R principle has not become the culture and habits of most people. This awareness needs to be built persistently in the community. One of the main obstacles causing the low level of reusing, recycling and reusing the rubbish was the Indonesian people did not get accustomed to sort out the rubbishes, either at the source or in temporary disposing site,” he deplored.

Related to waste management in Indonesia, he said, the government has enacted the Law No. 18/ 2008 that changed the paradigm into reduction at source and resources recycle. It was said that the three main activities in the implementation of waste reduction activities were limiting waste generation, waste recycling and waste reusing. These three activities were manifestation of the eco-friendly waste management. “Waste reduction activity also conveys that the whole society, including government, business communities and society should carry out the three activities through a smart, efficient and programed effort. Later, the spirit of the Act will also be put into the regulation on waste management whose draft had currently been submitted to the Bali House,” he said. (kmb13)

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RI, Saudi Arabia establish defense cooperation Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to establish cooperation in the defense field, specifically with regard to training, exercises, personnel exchanges and defense industry development.

The defense ministry in a press statement here Tuesday said the agreement was reached during a meeting between Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Prince Khalid bin Sultan in Saudi Arabia recently.

“Two parties in June 2011 will set up a Working Group or a Mili-

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Workers clean glass windows of the Standard Chartered building in Jakarta April 12, 2011. Indonesia’s finance minister, Agus Martowardojo, said on Monday the country’s GDP growth in the first quarter this year probably reached 6.5 percent from a year ago.

Government to take immediate measures to rescue hostages Antara

JAKARTA - The government will take immediate measures to set free the 20-man Indonesian crew of the MV Sinar Kudus being held hostage by Somali pirates, a minister said.

“The government will take faster measures to rescue the Indonesian sailors who are being held hostage

by Somali pirates,” Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad said in a dialog here on Monday night.

Fadel said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had several times chaired cabinet meetings to discuss ways to rescue the Indonesian sailors in Somalia. Besides, he said the government had taken a number of steps to overcome the problem.

Meanwhile, President Yudhoyono has asked his country-

men to support and give the opportunity to the government to overcome the hostage-taking drama of Somali pirates.

“All possible ways and options will be taken into account by the government but we cannot explain all of them to the public because it deals with the security and safety of the 20 Indonesian ship crews who are being held hostage by Somali pirates,” President Yudhoyono said when chairing a cabinet meeting at his office on Tuesday.

The head of state said all along since the report about the piracy in-

cident, the government had prepared a number of ways in an effort to set free the Indonesian crews.

“I ask your understanding to seriously give the support and opportunity to the government to set them free,” the president said.

He added that according to Law No.14/2008 on open pubic information, a number of public information could not be disclosed to the people with national defense and security consideration.

The president said that the time would come when the information would be conveyed as part of government accountability to the public. According to the president, some 27 foreign ships including MV Sinar Kudus of Indonesia were being hijacked by Somali pirates at present in Somali water.

tary Joint Committee (WG/MJC) which will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia or Jakarta,” he said.

The WG/MJC forum will be followed by a signing of MOU by the two parties in December 2011.

In Riyadh, the deputy defense minister also visited Shagr AlJazeera military museum, and Saudi’s Advanced Electronic Company. During this visit in Saudi Arabia, Deputy Minister Sjafrie introduced several made-in Indonesian military products, such as PT Pindad latest production rifle SS2 V1 and PT Dirgantara-manufactured CN 35 aircraft.

Standard and Poor’s raises Indonesia’s debt rating Antara

JAKARTA - The international rating institute Standard and Poor’s (S&P) on April 8, 2011, raised Indonesia’s long-term foreign currency rating to BB+ while at the same time set a positive outlook from the earlier BB, while sovereign rating for long-term local currency remained unchanged at BB+ with a positive outlook.

The increased rating brought Indonesia’s sovereign rating according to S&P to another notch toward investment grade.

This rating is the same as that set by other international rating institution, namely Fitch which has earlier upgraded to BB+ with a positive outlook on February 24, 2011. A positive outlook reflected the possibility that Indonesia would have a further increase.

In a press release in Jakarta Tuesday main sovereign analyst of S&P for Indonesia Agost Benard said the chief factor for the increased rating was the continued increase in financial capacity of the government and external liquidity with the support of the strong economic condition and careful fiscal management.

In the meantime, Bank Indonesia Governor Darmin Nasution said that upgrading of the S&P is recognition of the result of coordination of policies of the government and Bank Indonesia to strengthen economic fundamentals

in maintaining sustainable a high economic growth momentum.

Increase in sovereign rating this time also indicated an increase in the international world’s optimism on Indonesia’s economic performance prospects.

In greater detail, the S&P saw the improvement in the government’s financial performance reflected by the drop in the government’s debt burden and increased foreign exchange revenue as key to Indonesia’s raised rating.

But several obstacles and risks are still facing the economy like the relatively high pressures of the inflation and qualitative factors like bureaucratic reforms, legal certainty, and the stiff manpower market.

In the meantime, the positive outlook of S&P reflected the possibility of a further upgrading if the inflation rate could be lowered, increase in the government’s financial performance continued, and a successful agenda of structural reforms.

Fitch Ratings also pointed out that Indonesia’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) at BB+ a revision of the outlook to become both positive and stable, on February 24, 2011.

Earlier, on February 17, 2011, Moody’s Investors Service also raised Indonesia’s Sovereign Credit Rating to Ba1/stable outlook, or one notch before entering the rating investment grade position.

Infrastructure main key to economic growth Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa has said the connectivity among infrastructure developmentbased regions is the key to step up economic growth.

“Rapid economic growth must be supported by infrastructure, and the key is connectivity. Inadequate infra-

structure could cause heated economy and the demand response will be late,” Minister Hatta said in his remarks in the Indonesia International Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition (IICE) 2011, here, Tuesday.

To accelerate the infrastructure development, the government will continue to omit bureaucratic development by revising regulations and speeding up the passage of the law

on land provision.

“We will revise (some) laws and regulations to support the infrastructure development. We realize there are many obstacles. We will improve the agrarian system, decrease the land price risks, land freezing, and it is expected to be completed this year for the sake of justice concerning land,” he said.

The participation of the domestic

and foreign private sectors are very much needed due to the limitation of the government in infrastructure project financing as part of the Indonesian economic expansion and acceleration plan.

“Therefore, we allocate a budget of Rp500 trillion within four years ahead. And this is small compared to the total that we need,” he said.

The minister hoped that the conference and exhibition could encour-

age the interest of investors, and produce exchanged information among the government, stakeholders, and the participants on an ideal scheme of infrastructure financing in the form of the Public Private partnership (PPP).

Vice President Boediono inaugurated Indonesia the International Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition (IICE) 2011.

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Bali Today Balinese Wedding

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Legian road is one of the traffic congestions in Bali. Bali Provincial Government does not have a new solution to tackle traffic congestion which has been the scourge in the development of Bali tourism. Despite the increasingly alarming problem of congestion, Bali Provincial Government will continue to cope with the condition with the existing plans.

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DENPASAR - Bali Provincial Government does not have a new solution to tackle traffic congestion which has been the scourge in the development of Bali tourism. Despite the increasingly alarming problem of congestion, Bali Provincial Government will continue to cope with the condition with the existing plans.

“To overcome the traffic congestion in Bali, we stay to encourage the existing programs like the underpass and Trans Sarbagita ring road,” said the Spokesperson of Bali Provincial Government Putu Suardika in Denpasar, Monday (Apr 11).

A number of policies of central government remaining restrained were blamed to be one of the causes hampering the completion of those congestions. “We would encourage the central government to immediately realize the programs including the provision of full support for the development programs related to solution of the traffic congestion,” he said.

Although a number of programs to overcome the congestion such as the underpass and ring road stayed

under process of discussion, Suardika was optimistic that the operation of Trans Sarbagita in the near future could resolve the congestion.

“We are only waiting for the bus from the ministries of transportation because the supporting infrastructure has been ready,” he said.

Meanwhile, the clarity on the mass transportation operation of Trans Sarbagita has not found any conclusion. The transportation project serving 17 main routes, namely three airport-based routes, three tourist-based routes and 11 commuter-based routes were still waiting for the document of cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Transportation of the RI and Bali Provincial and regency government/municipality in Bali.

As planned earlier, 18 buses were

handed over after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Transportation of the RI and Bali provincial and regency/city government served by the Trans Sarbagita project in last January 2011. Bali Provincial Government has been already well prepared, both in terms of infrastructure and provision of operational budgets. Even, the government has budgeted IDR 12 billion to subsidize the tickets until December.

Ironically, a number of bust stops are destroyed by people by writing graffiti using spray paints before the program comes into operation. Allegedly, the graffiti of the teenager gang or group’s name was carried out at night, so it is not known by security apparatus. (par)

The pawiwahan (marriage, weddings of a Hindu couple) is a very important part of Balinese social life. The ritual generally takes place in the home of the groom, a further confirmation of the typical patriarchal inclinations of Balinese culture, and is performed by a priest. The newlyweds to be, dressed in very colorful and refined garments, worn only for the day of the wed- ding, will withdraw in prayer in the family temple. This is followed by the presentation of offerings in the pelinggih and by a series of ritual gestures. A very typical moment in the ceremony occurs when the bride offers the groom several different beverages: a conventional way to reiterate that the woman. as a wife, commits herself to obeying her husband and to lovingly care for him for the rest of their lives.

Many Balinese marriages are still prearranged or negotiated, though young men may also “kidnap” their wives, and mixed-caste marriages are increasingly common. Marriage customs differ from caste to caste and village to village, but all Balinese marriage practices share fundamental similarities. There are basically two ways to get married on Bali, ‘ngerorod’ and ‘mapadik’.

Ngerorod

This is marriage by elopement, in which the prearranged honeymoon precedes the wedding ceremony. Since it’s otherwise quite expensive to marry on Bali, ‘ngerorod’ is becoming more and more popular. It has particular appeal to the Balinese sense of theater. Balinese love a spectacular kidnapping in which friends of the suitor capture a woman in the fields, on the road, or down by the river. Theatrics are paramount: she is expected to bite and kick her abductors in mock self-defense.

These days it’s more stylish and fashionable for the woman to be whisked away in a hired sedan, and more often than not she goes willingly. The couple then repairs to a friend’s house stocked with provisions, offerings, and the bride’s wardrobe. The woman’s infuriated father sounds the alarm demanding to know what has become of his daughter. A search party is organized which eventually returns unsuccessful and exhausted.

Meanwhile, the couple is consummating the marriage before special offerings (sesayut tabuh rah) have the time to wilt. These offerings alone make the marriage binding by customary law. Emissaries of the groom visit the bride’s father to argue the advantages of the union. Begrudgingly, the girl’s father gives in, after a suitable bride price has been agreed upon.

The groom’s father must finance and conduct the marriage ceremony, welcoming the bride as a new daughter into the family. The actual public wedding, within 42 days of the staged kidnapping, is only an official confirmation of their union. They are already married in the eyes of the gods.

Mepadik

This is marriage by consent, in which an upper-class couple conducts a formal courtship. Since daughters were once regarded as property useful for attaining a family’s social and political goals, high-caste families tried to wed a son to the daughter of a friend or relative so a blood bond would unite the resources of both families.

Under no circumstances may a woman “marry down,” i.e., take a commoner. The preferred marriage is through a parallel patri-cousin, the father’s brother’s daughter. It has been noted that Triwangsa couples often get along so well because they are all first cousins. Traditionally, the man or his father journeys three times to the bride’s house with food and ‘sirih’. When the bride’s family visits, the groom’s father is obliged to give them food, ‘sirih’ is chewed (an ancient, ritualistic means of coming to agreement), and presents are exchanged. The groom then regularly visits the home of his prospective bride, presenting gifts and performing services for his future father-in-law.

The groom’s family arranges and pays for the wedding; the date set well in advance on a propitious day.

Wedding guests are often entertained by professional storytellers and musicians. Enormously detailed rules govern dining and seating arrangements. Sometimes the bride’s family is not even invited.

The actual ceremony varies. It could be very simple and short, presided over by a common temple ‘pemangku’, or it may be elaborate, expensive, and go on all day. Both the bride and groom dress in bright ‘songket’, with brocades of gold thread, and the woman’s hair is decorated with glittering gold flowers.

Usually the bride and groom offer food to one another, then simulate such domestic duties such as washing, cooking rice, and cutting bamboo. Prayers are intoned, and then the couple eats together in public, feeding each other. This is an important symbolic act, as in former times only married men and women were allowed to eat food together in public. The priest then performs a ritual purification and blesses the couple. Neither rice nor flowers are thrown. Today there could very well be a Western-style buffet reception held afterward where speeches are offered by members of the two families. (BTN/Doc)

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Bali Needs Independent Eco-friendly Power Plant Consumption of electricity in Bali is very insufficient. Moreover, Bali as a world tourism destination needs to be backed up by great power supplies. On that account, Bali needs to build an independent electrical energy that can realize the prosperity of society and create sustainable development of Bali. It can be resolved by optimizing the use of

renewable energy such as water, wind, and solar that is appropriate for generating electricity.

Prof. IA Dwi Giriantari, PhD., Antonius RT Artono, Agus S. Matik, and Dr. Ketut Gede Dharma Putra and moderated by Prof. Dr. Wayan P Windia expressed their thought about Bali dependency on outside the island electricity power supply.

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Consumption of electricity in Bali is very insufficient. Moreover, Bali as a world tourism destination needs to be backed up by great power supplies. On that account, Bali needs to build an independent electrical energy that can realize the prosperity of society and create sustainable development of Bali.

Ketut Gede Dharma Putra said the electricity used today highly depended on the power plant in Java using diesel fuel that tended to damage the environment. Bali was very possible to make renewable energy generator because Bali had that potential.

Dharma Putra assessed the fuel usage in electricity in Bali stayed very large. Such condition was very contradictory to the discourse initiated by Bali government in achieving clean and green Bali.

Therefore, it was necessary to realize the provision of eco-friendly electricity energy that had to be done immediately.

General Manager of PT Indonesia Power, Antony RT Artono expressed the real condition of the electricity in Bali actually remained to have reserves of about 20 MW. At peak hours, the need of electricity reached 535 MW (March 2010). However, another 20 MW of energy reserves was very prone to shortcomings, if improvement occurred to one of the power stations in Bali. For example, regular repairs to gas generated power plant of Gilimanuk would cause the supply of electricity energy to reduce.

On seeing this condition Dwi Giriantari expected there would be utilization of energy sources available in Bali. Moreover, the utilization of renewable energy has not been utilized optimally. For instance, large potential of geothermal energy has not been taken advantage well. (BTN/Doc)

Babi Kecap

(Pork Cooked in Soya Sauce) Ingredients o 1/2 kg (1 1/4 lb) fillet of pork or leg of pork o 1 tb Clear soya sauce o 2 tb Plain flour o 1/2 ts Powdered ginger o 20 g (4 oz) button mushrooms o 4 Cloves garlic o 1 sl of root ginger, about 2 cm -(1") across and 1/2 cm -(1/4") thick o 3 tb Dark soya sauce o Pepper or a pinch of chilli -powder o 2 tb water o 2 tb Medium dry sherry or rice -wine (optional) o 2 ts Lemon juice o 6 tb Oil or pork fat

Directions This, as its name suggests, is pork cooked in soya sauce. It is a particular favourite with my own husband and children, who always know when it is about to appear on the table because the ginger and garlic frying in the sauce smell so deliciously savoury.

Cut the pork into small cubes. Put the flour into a bowl and add the clear soya sauce and ginger powder, mixing them well together. Coat the pork with the mixture and then let it stand for at least 30 minutes.

Clean and slice the mushrooms. Peel the garlic and ginger and slice them very thin; you can use these thin slices as they are, or cut them again into very tiny sticks.

Heat the oil or fat in a wok or thick frying pan and fry the meat, half of it at a time, turning it from time to time, for 5 minutes.

Repeat the process for the remaining half of the meat.

The flour that coated the meat will tend to stay in the pan or stick to the bottom of it, but leave it there-it will thicken the sauce later. Now take most of the oil out of the pan, leaving only about two tablespoons which you then heat again. In this, fry the tiny slices of garlic and ginger and the mushrooms, stirring continuously, for i minute. Add the soya sauce, the water and the meat. mix well, season with pepper or chilli powder, and stir continuously for 1 or 2 minutes. just before serving, add the sherry or rice wine and the lemon juice. Serve hot.

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This dish keeps extremely well in the freezer, and it is worth making a large quantity from, say, half a leg-of pork, which is much cheaper than buying pork fillet. If you are going to freeze your Babi Kecap, however, do not add the sherry or lemon juice at the time of cooking.

To serve from the freezer, thaw the meat out completely and heat quickly on a high flame for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring or shaking the pan well all the time. Add the sherry or rice wine and lemon juice just before serving. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released by Marakata King, the ancient omission complex is located at the Pekerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pekerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’. The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount. There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra countryside. The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century.

It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess lead between the years of 1049 - 1077 M.

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Temple complex is consisted of 2 consecutions. The consecution in eastside Pekerisan River is consisted of 5 units and the consecution at west side of river is 5 units, in the north is 4 units and 1 unit is located far in south side separate from the others. On the above of the temple consecution in particular to the Eastside River, there is an article of Kediri word type sounding ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’. Haji means a king, the Lumah means a temple or Sidha Dewata means to return to the nature of deity and Ing Jalu means in Pekerisan. The Jalu mean the Keris literal.

The entire words mean that king is made in temple form at Pekerisan.

From this article is assumed that this temple is dedicated to Udayana King which is also called Marakata and Anak Wungsu.

The temple which is located in the west side of river related to all king concubines. The temples are located far in the south side is attributed to prime minister because in these temple areas existing an article Rakyan which is namely perform for high functionary of empire.

Buddhist Temple Complex is used as a residence and as place for meditation. It is consisted of some nooks and it is located in the cross east of Pakerisan River. Other nooks are located spread out and near the temple bunch.

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BUSINESS Inflation, oil prices create new challenges Reuters

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Bank of Korea governor Kim Choong-Soo speaks during a news briefing on its key interest rate at the central bank in Seoul on April 12, 2011. South Korea’s central bank froze its key interest rate as it assessed potential global economic threats, including the impact of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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SEOUL – South Korea’s central bank froze its key interest rate Tuesday despite rising inflation as it monitors potential threats to the global economy — including Japan’s massive earthquake.

The Bank of Korea kept its benchmark base rate at 3 percent at a monthly policy meeting, in line with expectations, after having raised it in two of the previous three months to fight gains in consumer prices.

The bank, however, warned that inflation remains a threat and used hawkish wording in its statement accompanying the decision to suggest further rate hikes in coming months.

South Korea’s consumer price index increased 4.7 percent in March from the year before, the government announced earlier this month, as costs for food and gasoline rose. It was the biggest increase in monthly inflation since the 4.8 percent recorded in October of 2008.

Inflation has been outside the bank’s “tolerance range” — plus or minus 1 percentage point from its inflation target of 3 percent — for three straight months.

The bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee led by Gov. Kim Choongsoo said in a statement after the decision that domestic inflation

was likely to continue in coming months and that it will “conduct monetary policy with a greater emphasis on ensuring the basis for price stability is firmly anchored.”

The bank added the word “greater” to April’s statement — a clear hint of further rate increases.

The committee also said it expects the global economy to maintain its recovery pace, but cautioned that political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, euro zone debt worries and Japan’s March 11 earthquake could pose “downside risks.”

The BOK has raised its benchmark interest rate four times since July of last year from a record low 2 percent amid a positive economic growth outlook and worries about inflation. The increases have come as monetary authorities in China, India, Brazil and some other countries have also been tightening policy to rein in prices.

The base rate is important in South Korea as it influences a variety of borrowing costs, including those on overnight loans between financial in-

stitutions and more broadly on debt for mortgages and credit cards.

Tuesday’s decision was expected.

A total of 18 economists surveyed by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news arm of Yonhap news agency, predicted the bank would leave the rate on hold at the April meeting.

South Korea’s economy, Asia’s fourth largest after China, Japan and India, grew a revised 6.2 percent last year, recovering from an expansion of 0.3 percent in 2009 when it was hit by the global slump that followed the financial meltdown of late 2008.

The BOK has forecast that growth will slow this year to a more sustainable level of 4.5 percent and pick up to 4.7 percent in 2012. The International Monetary Fund in its latest outlook for the global economy released Monday agreed with the bank’s forecast for this year, but said it expects South Korean growth to slow to 4.2 percent in 2012.

The IMF also forecast that the global economy will expand 4.4 percent in 2011.

WASHINGTON – Soaring oil prices and inflation in emerging economies pose new risks to global recovery but are not yet strong enough to derail it, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.

The global lender ’s latest health-check of world economic prospects marked a departure from recent years when its focus was on the financial crisis and recession in rich nations.

The fastest growth in recent years has come from emerging markets like China, Brazil and India, which helped offset the deep downturns in the United States and other rich nations touched off by burst housing bubbles.

Now, the IMF warns those very economies risk asset bubbles akin to the ones that sparked the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

“The challenge for many emerging and some developing economies is to ensure that present boom-like conditions do not develop into overheating over the coming year,” the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook report.

IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard said there was no overwhelming threat to the world economy, but there were trouble spots that need to be dealt with.

“There is not any major downside risk at this point,” he told reporters. But he cited a still-ailing financial sector in Europe and a high U.S. debt load as areas demanding attention.

Still, even the prospect of oil above $120 a barrel was seen as not enough to imperil the steady global expansion.

“Commodity prices have increased more than expected ... (but) we don’t think that this time these increases will derail the recovery,” Blanchard said.

The IMF’s central scenario remains one of slow-paced recovery. It kept its forecasts for global growth for both 2011 and 2012 at 4.4 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively.

However, it said emerging markets have become a particular worry spot. The Fund warned they faced the risk of inflation as they struggle to deal with hard-to-control capital inflows.

“We are warning emerging market countries that they are getting to the point where things may be too good,” Blanchard

said.

The IMF highlighted the searing impact of rising food and commodity prices on poorer countries and warned that inflation will remain elevated for a while.

Soaring costs for basic staples stoked the social and economic tensions that have roiled the Arab world. Street protests have toppled dictatorships in Egypt and Tunisia, and left leaders in Yemen and Libya fighting to cling to power.

The Fund said inflation pressures were likely to build in developing countries as people pushed for higher wages in the face of pricier food and fuel.

Somewhat surprisingly, the IMF said it saw little lasting impact from Japan’s triple disaster — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis — although it cautioned of great uncertainty.

It cut its 2011 forecast for Japanese growth only slightly and raised its projections for 2012.

Speaking of advanced economies collectively, the IMF said a recovery was continuing and risks of a “double-dip” recession had faded. But it said unemployment was still high and more had to be done to cut budget deficits in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Blanchard said other countries would need to become a greater source of global demand if the United States were to tighten its belt as much as needed.

The fastest growth was still in emerging economies, the IMF said. China was expected to lead the way with 9.6 percent growth this year, followed by India, at an 8.2 percent rate.

By contrast, the United States was forecast to grow a sub-par 2.8 percent this year and 2.9 percent in 2012.

In Europe, the IMF said recovery was gaining traction despite financial turbulence in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The IMF revised up its euro zone outlook to 1.6 percent this year and 1.8 percent in 2012.

In advanced economies, strengthening the recovery will require keeping monetary policy accommodative as long as wage pressures are subdued, inflation expectations are under control and bank credit is sluggish, the Fund said.

In emerging economies, the IMF said, it would be a mistake for policymakers to delay additional policy tightening until rich nations start to raise their rates.

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HBO gambles on fantasy with ‘Game of Thrones’ Associated Press Writer

LONDON — HBO’s new series, “Game of Thrones,” has power struggles, family friction, sibling rivalry and sex — plus hairy men on horseback, sword fights and the supernatural.

The show is a departure for the network best known for character-rich dramas like “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.” It’s a fantasy adventure saga — but not your typical fantasy adventure saga. Earthy and explicit, it has been described as fantasy for people who don’t like that sort of thing. Executive producer David Benioff has called it “The Sopranos in Middle Earth.”

“It’s a bit like ‘Lord of the Rings’ for grown-ups,” says Mark Addy, who plays King Robert Baratheon, embattled ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

“This is definitely not one that you can watch with your kids.”

Adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novel series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” the series charts the bloody struggle for control of Westeros, a rough-and-tumble land

where the seasons last for decades.

The books’ many fans are already in a high state of online excitement about the series, but HBO also hopes to attract an audience not usually drawn to sword-and-sorcery stories.

The 10-part series, which debuts Sunday in the U.S. and on Britain’s Sky Atlantic the next day, is set in a world that mixes medieval Europe — England’s fratricidal Wars of the Roses were one inspiration — with elements of chivalric legend and Norse saga.

The early action revolves around Robert and his longtime friend Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark (Sean Bean), who is recalled from his northern fiefdom to become “Hand of the King,” the monarch’s chief adviser, and to fight off challenges to the throne. The conspirators include the king’s conniving wife and her beloved — possibly too beloved — twin brother.

Martin’s sprawling saga also includes a rival claimant to the throne, a band of fierce nomadic warriors and a monklike order of knights charged with protecting the kingdom’s icy northern frontier.

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In this publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, the animated character Blu, voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, is shown in a scene from “Rio.”

‘Rio’ dances on the sand, soars through the sky Associated Press Writer

A lot of passion and personal feeling clearly went into “Rio,” the 3D animated adventure from director Carlos Saldanha, who devised this story as a love letter to his Brazilian hometown.

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In this publicity image released by HBO, Sean Bean portrays Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark in a scene from the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” premiering Sunday, April 17, 2011.

It’s strikingly gorgeous, bursting with big images and vibrant colors.

And the use of 3-D, which so often feels so needless and like such an afterthought, is surprisingly effective in the hands of Saldanha (director or co-director of the “Ice Age” movies) and his team. Stuff doesn’t come flinging at you in cheeky, knowing fashion — although that can be fun in its own gimmicky way sometimes — but in the flying sequences especially the chase scenes, the 3-D provides an extra thrill, an added layer of immersive oomph. Blu, a cerulean macaw who’s the film’s reluctant hero, hang-glides around the mountaintop Christ the Redeemer statue, and the depth of field that results is sort of awesome.

The whole film has a tremendous energy about it, not just in the way it moves but in the snappy banter and screwball antics between Jesse

Eisenberg, who voices the character of Blu, and Anne Hathaway, who voices the free-spirited bird Jewel.

Eisenberg works his patented halting, neurotic delivery to ideal comic effect, while Hathaway is confident, bold and impatient as the female of the species who is his destiny. They clash so convincingly, you’d think they’d recorded their scenes together. (They didn’t, which is unfortunately the norm in animation performances.)

So much is so appealing for so long that you can almost forgive the fact that there’s not much story here in the script from Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia and Sam Harper. (Three others, including Saldanha himself, get story-by credit.)

It’s essentially one long chase, with the usual romantic-comedy friction that will, of course, turn into love.

Blu, as a baby, was abducted by smugglers who raided his jungle

home to sell him and other beautiful birds illegally in the United States. He ended up getting lost en route and, luckily for him, falling into the loving hands of a nerdy, small-town Minnesota girl named Linda. Over the years, the two forged an amusingly inappropriate bond, and now are enjoying a comfy, co-dependent existence. Linda (voiced as an adult by Leslie Mann) has domesticated this bird she named Blu to such an extent that he makes his own breakfast and enjoys hot cocoa with marshmallows — but he never learned to do what most birds can do, which is fly.

One day, a scientist named Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro) arrives to inform Linda that Blu is the only male left of his species. They must travel at once to Rio de Janeiro to allow Blu to mate with the last female of the species, Jewel. Anxious about leaving their familiar surroundings, they nonetheless make the trip.

But this first date, um, doesn’t go quite as everyone hoped. Not only do Blu and Jewel not get it on, but they hate each other — and Jewel is too busy anyway planning her escape.

U2 beats Rolling Stones record for biggest-grossing tour Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Irish band U2’s current 360 world tour is the most successful ever, beating the record set by The Rolling Stones four years ago, promoters Live Nation Entertainment said on Monday.

The Irish supergroup, who played Brazil at the weekend, will gross ticket sales of more than $700 mil-

lion when their 360 tour finally wraps up in Canada in July, Live Nation said.

The U2 360 tour, staged in the round in a transportable stadium, will have been seen by more than 7

million people in 30 countries when it ends.

The Rolling Stones 2005-07 Bigger Bang Tour took $554 million in ticket sales, Live Nation said.

Irish rock band U2 singer Bono (C) performs next to guitarist The Edge (L) and bassist Adam Clayton (R) on stage during the 360° Tour at Morumbi stadium, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 9, 2011.

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Miserly duck tops list of richest fictional characters Reuters

NEW YORK - A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes. Scrooge McDuck, the “penny-pinching poultry” with a fortune in gold coins whose estimated worth is $44.1 billion, headed the list of Forbes’ “Fictional 15” wealthiest imaginary characters.

But despite his riches, McDuck still trails Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ $53 billion. Vampire-themed franchises have become big business, so it’s no surprise that Carlisle Cullen, the 370-year-old vampire from the “Twilight” books and films who has been accruing interest on a small savings account since 1670, came in second with $36.2 billion.

A pair of over-achieving youngsters came in third. Artemis Fowl II, the prepubescent scion of an Irish crime family from Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl novels, was pegged at $13.5 billion, while the altruistically inclined comic book character Richie Rich totaled $9.7 billion.

To qualify for the list the characters must be known in their fictional stories and by their audiences for being rich. “Net worth estimates are based on an analysis of the fictional character’s source material, and where possible, valued against known realworld commodity and share price movements,” Forbes said.

While the list, which Forbes editors have compiled since 2005, is all in fun, the process and resultant numbers are serious business, said special projects executive editor Michael Noer.

“We go to great lengths to calculate their net worth,” Noer said in an interview. “It’s similar to how we calculate real billionaires.” Market forces, especially commodities, also provided some guidance.

“McDuck was up over 30 percent, which is what gold has done this year, and his wealth is mostly in gold,” Noer explained.

Similarly Jed Clampett, the country bumpkin who found black gold in the television series “The Beverly Hillbillies” benefited from rising oil prices for a $9.5 billion net worth.

Mr. Monopoly, the top-hatted, mustachioed character from the popular board game, placed ninth with $2.6 billion.

The editors based his worth on the current value of Atlantic City real estate and a presumed percentage of property ownership.

Austrian cafe icon Hawelka turns 100 Amazon to sell cheaper Kindle with on-screen ads

Associated Press Writer

VIENNA — Leopold Hawelka, whose famous cafe in the Austrian capital is considered an institution by locals and tourists alike, celebrated his 100th birthday Monday amid much fanfare. The Cafe Hawelka, which opened in 1939, is perhaps the most celebrated of hundreds of coffeehouses in Vienna where young and old spend hours reading newspapers, chatting or simply people watching.

For decades, it attracted world renowned writers and artists such as Arthur Miller and Andy Warhol, who would discuss their ideas in the once smoke-filled establishment with worn sofas, small tables and old style, dark wooden coat racks. Now, it draws an eclectic crowd that includes a fair share of travelers who read about it in guidebooks.

On Monday, longtime patrons, family members, friends and even city officials crowded into the small and stuffy coffee shop — located on a quiet street in the heart of Vienna — to wish Hawelka well with songs, anecdotes and poems.

Hawelka himself was too weak to attend the party, but his smiling portrait perched on a striped couch served as a reminder of the centenarian who still, to this day, spends the occasional morning watching over the waiters dressed in a blazer and bow tie.

Longtime patron Annemarie Eppinger, clutching a bunch of yellow and red flowers, recited a poem she penned about Hawelka and his wife, Josefine, who died in 2005 at the age of 91. Later, she recalled how, years ago, Hawelka had watched over her niece as she studied at the cafe, shooing away anyone who wanted to distract her.

“He was like a father to her,” Eppinger said as she squeezed past a waiter juggling multiple trays laden with coffee cups and a type of jam-filled pastry known as “Buchteln” in German that Josefine used to make and serve warm to customers.

Robert de Clercq, a 75-year-old Dutchman, said he first met Hawelka more than 42 years ago and immediately felt at ease in his cafe.

“It was my living room when I was in Vienna,” he said fondly.

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009 file photo Leopold Hawelka signs a book in his famous cafe in downtown Vienna.

Hawelka celebrates his 100th birthday, on Monday, April 11, 2011.

AP Photo/Lilli Strauss, File

Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com Inc. is dropping the price on its Kindle e-reader, but the change comes with a trade-off: Onscreen ads.

The online retailer was set to announce Tuesday that the new Kindle with Special Offers will cost $114 — $25 less than the currently lowest-priced Kindle — and include advertisements on the bottom of the device’s home page and on its screen savers. Seattle-based Amazon will start shipping the newest Kindle on May 3, and it will also be sold in Target and Best Buy stores on that date.

Amazon has consistently lowered the price of the Kindle since it released the first version of the device at $399 in 2007, though this is the first time it is doing so while including ads on the e-reader.

Kindle director Jay Marine said in an interview Tuesday that the release of a cheaper, adstudded Kindle is Amazon’s way of getting the device into the hands of more people. But it also shows Amazon is getting more aggressive in its efforts to lure consumers tempted by competing e-readers and bombarded by ads for Apple Inc.’s latest iPad and a growing number of competing tablet computers.

Some potential buyers may be turned off by the idea of having ads on an e-reader, but Marine thinks that serving up a number of money-saving offers will be appealing. “We think customers are going to love it,” he said.

The advertisers sponsoring screen savers at launch will be General Motors Co.’s Buick car brand, Procter & Gamble Co.’s Olay cosmetics brand and payments processor Visa Inc. JPMorgan Chase & Co. will advertise the Amazon.com Reward Visa Card.

And other than the addition of ads, the

latest Kindle is identical to the current one that uses Wi-Fi to wirelessly download books (a more expensive model uses 3G for wireless content delivery). It has a grayscale “electronic ink” screen that measures 6 inches at the diagonal, a battery that lasts for three weeks with Wi-Fi on, and enough space to store 3,500 books.

In a demo of the device, a screen saver showed a deal where customers would pay $10 for a $20 gift card to Amazon.

AP Photo/Amazon

This photo provided by Amazon, shows a Kindle e-reader. Amazon.com Inc. is dropping the price on its Kindle e-reader, but the change comes with a trade-off: On-screen ads.

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It’s like a new start says Ferdinand Agence France Presse

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Liverpool’s forward Andy Carroll (L) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City, at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, on April 11,

Carroll double hits City Champions League hopes Agence France Presse

LIVERPOOL – Record signing Andy Carroll delivered a blow to Manchester City’s Champions League ambitions as Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 victory over Roberto Mancini’s side at Anfield on Monday. Carroll helped himself to his first two goals in a Liverpool shirt since joining from Newcastle for £35 million in the January transfer window.

Dirk Kuyt also netted on a torrid night for City, who lost captain Carlos Tevez to a suspected hamstring injury ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final with neighbours Manchester United at Wembley. Mancini’s expensively-assembled side has now failed to win any of their last six Premier League away games and remain fourth in the table.

The Italian is under pressure to qualify for next season’s Champions League. But City are only three points ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham, who they entertain on May 10, while their London rivals also have a game in hand as the season reaches a thrilling climax.

It was hard to believe judging by their first half performance, but City had arrived at Anfield boasting more clean sheets than any other team in the Premier League.

Yet hopes of a 15th were undone by a shambolic first half defensive display as Liverpool laid the foundations for a seventh win in 12

league matches under Kenny Dalglish with a dominant first half display.

Five-nil winners over Sunderland in their previous game, City were given a taste of their own medicine as they found themselves 3-0 down by half time. City had already been handed a seventh minute warning of Liverpool’s rampant mood by Luis Suarez, the Uruguay forward’s powerful low shot striking the post after the faintest of touches by keeper Joe Hart.

But Hart was unable to keep out England team-mate Carroll’s majestic finish six minutes later. It came after Tevez had originally lost possession, Raul Meireles’ ambitious long-range effort cannoning off Vincent Kompany straight to Carroll, whose left-foot 25-yard finish flew past Hart into the net.

The joy on Carroll’s face told its own story. Having arrived at Liverpool injured, the expensive signing has endured a long and frustrating battle to get fit. But this was pay back time. A City victory would

have taken them above Chelsea into third place and left confidence sky high ahead of next weekend’s FA Cup semi-final. But their evening went from bad to worse.

No sooner had they fallen behind than Tevez threw off the captain’s armband after damaging his hamstring before disappearing down the tunnel. Then Mancini saw his players capitulate as City went from one goal down to trail 3-0 in the space of 60 seconds.

Soon after Fabio Aurelio had been fortunate to escape a red card after an ugly two-footed challenge on Adam Johnson, Liverpool doubled their lead in the 34th minute through Kuyt’s well-executed low finish just inside the area. The inquest was still going on in the City defence when Carroll got the better of Aleksandar Kolarov to head Meireles’ cross beyond Hart.

The only positive for the lacklustre visitors in the second half was that they did not concede any more.

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom – Rio Ferdinand insists he was never worried about making his return to the Manchester United side after his calf injury. The defender, 32, missed 10 weeks with the injury before returning in last week’s 1-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg victory at Chelsea.

It was just the latest absence Ferdinand has had to endure in an injury-plagued couple of seasons. Sir Alex Ferguson gave the Manchester United captaincy to Nemanja Vidic at the start of the season because Ferdinand was sidelined so regularly.

But the centre back, who has also been replaced as England captain by John Terry, maintains he never had concerns about how he would cope being back in the United team. He said: “In some ways it’s like a new beginning but I played a chunk of the season, 20-odd games and I picked up a calf injury but we’ve got players coming back who are quite fresh and

chomping at the bit to play.

The manager will leave players disappointed but you know you’ll get the opportunities to come in and stake a claim for a regular place.

“Just because you’re injured, it doesn’t mean that you lose sight of what you’re doing. “You watch the matches and you go to the home games and your eye is in, it’s just about going out and putting that into practice. When you’re playing with quality players it makes it easy.”

Another player to have returned from injury in recent weeks is the Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia. It looked like his season would be finished but he returned to fitness ahead of schedule in the 1-0 win over Bolton in March. Ferguson thinks that having Valencia, who was outstanding in his debut season at Old Trafford, back will be a major boost for the rest of the campaign.

“We were looking forward to having him back and nearer the time we couldn’t get him back quick enough,” Ferguson said.

Ibrahimovic gets three-match ban for rant Agence France Presse

ROME – AC Milan’s Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was handed a three-match ban on Monday after a foul-mouthed tirade at a linesman during his side’s 2-1 win at Fiorentina over the weekend.

Sporting judge Gianpaolo Tosel said Ibrahimovic, who had already picked up a yellow card during the game before being sent off, had shown “inappropriate behaviour against the other side... and made an offensive statement.”

The 29-year-old had only just returned from a two-game ban for striking Bari’s Marco Rossi in the ribs. He aimed a rant filled with expletives at a linesman after a throw-in decision went against him.

He was duly dismissed by the referee and walked off without protest.

However, afterwards he apologised and even insisted that he had not sworn at the linesman. “I was angry because I’d lost the ball, I said a swear word to myself, not at the referee or linesman,” he said. “I want to apologise, I walked off without creating a scene. I was looking at the linesman because he was in front of me but I wasn’t saying it to him.

“My team-mates would be right to be angry with me because I (was sent-off) while Fiorentina were attacking us. “On top of that I was coming back from a suspension and it wasn’t the right time to get sent off. “But can’t I get angry with myself without getting a red card?”

AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO LINGRIA

ACF Fiorentina Cesare Natali (L) fights for the ball with AC Milan Zlatan Ibrahimovic during their Italian Serie A football match at Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence on April 10, 2011.

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I’m not untouchable on clay says tennis ace Nadal Agence France Presse

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LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat grabs an alley oop for a layup against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on April 11, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.

James scores 34, Heat hold off Hawks 98-90 Associated Press Writer

MONTE CARLO – Rafael Nadal began laying the groundwork Monday on his bid for an unprecedented seventh straight title at the Monte Carlos Masters by damping down the growing belief that he is all but untouchable on clay.

“I may have more options on clay,” said the world number one Spaniard who stands 34-1 at the venue with his only loss coming in the third round in his first appearance in 2003. Since then he’s reeled off 32 straight match wins and is the only player in the post-1968 Open era to win six straight titles in a tournament.

“But I don’t feel unbeatable, I know I can lose,” said the player who should be coming into his element as his favourite part of the ATP season begins with a second-round match after a bye against against journeyman Finn Jarkko Nieminen who defeated Frenchman Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3).

Nadal has scheduled a Tuesday practise session with Andy Murray, with the Scot sure to be watching the clay king closely

as Murray tries to lift from a slump which has resulted in four straight losses in 2011.

Nadal said that previous years of success - he won all four clay events he played in 2010 - cannot be a guide for future performance but did admit that his 2010 title victory which broke an 11-month trophy draught was particularly pleasing. “I played perhaps my best tennis ever here,” as he won his sixth title on the site and did not drop a set along the way.

“It was the turning point of my season, I then played at my best clay level (in winning Rome and Madrid).”

Nadal said that each season starts afresh and is making no predictions about how well he might perform after a somewhat disappointing March in which he lost Masters 1000 finals in the US to Novak Djokovic, who is sitting out Monte Carlo with a knee injury.

“We will see if it is possible to win all the clay events,” Nadal said of the upcoming campaign which likely starts for him on Wednesday. “I’m only focusing on the first match, I don’t look any farther ahead.”

ATLANTA – LeBron James scored 34 points and Miami locked up the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 98-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks, who nearly rallied from a 20-point deficit while going with their backups against the Big Three in the fourth quarter Monday night.

Miami played its starters all the way, looking to clinch the second spot behind Chicago in the East.

Shortly after beating the Hawks, the Heat got the news they wanted: third-place Boston lost at Washington in overtime. The Hawks, who are locked into the fifth seed, went to a makeshift lineup for the final period and almost pulled it off.

The game turned ugly with 3 1/2 minutes to go. Atlanta’s Zaza Pachulia powered inside for a basket. Zydrunas Ilgauskas took exception to the move and slammed the ball off Pachulia’s back as he turned to head back down the court.

Ilgauskas was ejected, and the Hawks hit the technical free throw to tie it at 88. But Miami outscored the Hawks 10-2 the rest of the way, with James Jones making two huge 3-pointers — including one that turned into a four-play when he was fouled by a leaping Josh Powell, sending both players flying out of bounds.

The Hawks pulled their starters for the fourth quarter. Pachulia, Powell, Jamal Crawford, Jeff Teague and Damien Wilkins held their own, actually outscoring Miami 23-19. It wasn’t enough.

Bosh drew a charging foul on

Powell with just over a minute left, and James clinched it with his final basket of the night. The Big Three combined for 70 points, with Dwyane Wade adding 21 — the bulk of his scoring coming in the first half — and Bosh adding 15. James also had 10 rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

Josh Smith led the Hawks with 17 points, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Atlanta from a season-high fifth straight loss — hardly the way the team wants to go into a first-round playoff matchup with Orlando, a team that wiped out the Hawks in four straight games a year ago.

Tiger says swing change starting to pay off Associated Press Writer

DONGGUAN, China – Tiger Woods believes his reworked swing has restored some of the fun and excitement to his game, and is a big reason why he played so well at the Masters.

The former top-ranked golfer, who finished in a tie for fourth place Sunday at Augusta National, was already back at work Tuesday, promoting the sport and his sponsors on a trip to China.

“I hit the ball really well on the weekend and made some shots — those are shots I know I can hit.

That was fun and exciting,” Woods said at the Mission Hills Dongguan clubhouse near the southern Chinese city Shenzhen. “It’s really starting to feel pretty good. This week was a pretty good week.”

The 14-time major champion hasn’t won a title since returning from a five-month break after revelations of marital infidelity last year. But at the Masters, he made a strong run with four birdies and an eagle on the front nine of the final round before faltering on the back.

But while kicking off an Asian promotional tour, Woods credited swing coach Sean Foley, who

started working with him at last year’s PGA Championship.

“I played well and unfortunately just came up a little short on the back nine. But it was a fun front nine on Sunday. That was fun. Had a blast,” Woods said. “It was fun being in the mix. Unfortunately didn’t get it done.” Woods hasn’t won a tournament since his return last year.

“When I was 25, I was on tour and having a pretty good run out there at the time, won a few tournaments right about that age,” Woods said. “And at 35, I haven’t won a thing.”

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Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a forehand return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the men’s singles championship at the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 3, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

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Teams hail success of 2011 rule changes Formula 1’s new look for 2011 - with the introduction of moveable rear wings, the return to KERS and the switch to Pirelli – has helped make the spectacle much better, claim leading figures from within the sport. With overtaking now easier for drivers, and Pirelli’s aggressive rubber producing multi-stop races, the evidence from the first two events of the year suggests more exciting racing.

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Race cars prepare to take off from starting line at the Formula One’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on April 10, 2011.

Pedrosa begins rehabilitation in Spain DANI Pedrosa is beginning his rehabilitation today following the operation he underwent last week in Spain.

The Honda rider underwent surgery to decompress his left subclavian artery last Wednesday and will

start his recovery in order to race in the Portuguese Grand Prix on May 1st.

Pedrosa had a medical check-up yesterday and the doctors who performed the intervention verified that the wound is healing properly, with

no infection, and expect to remove the stitches next week.

The Spaniard will today kick off his rehabilitation, which consists of a first stage of passive exercises of the left shoulder with the help of a physiotherapist.

AFP PHOTO / Jorge Guerrero

Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish Dani Pedrosa rides during the MotoGP race of the Spanish Prix at Jerez’s racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera on April 3, 2011. Yamaha Factory Racing’s Spanish Jorge Lorenzo won ahead of Repsol HondaTeam’s Spanish Dani Pedrosa and DucatiTeam’s US Nicky Hayden.

And although there have been some suggestions that the dramatically increased number of stops makes the races more complicated to follow, those within the sport think that the entertainment level has been ramped up in 2011. Renault team principal Eric Boullier told AUTOSPORT: “I think it is good. I think if you are a proper racer, and I do consider I am one, I like it when you have both cars reaching the limit, touching a little even the sidepods.

“The DRS was a cost-effective thing to put in place and on some layouts it will not work, like Australia, but when you have a straight long enough like Malaysia or China it will work and it is good.”

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said: “I suspect when you look back at Malaysia, it wasn’t a bad race and I think the tyre situation and cars on the circuit preserving tyres in different stages of tyre degradation adds to the spectacle.

“Pirelli has had to come into the sport with very little testing, and we have to congratulate them on what they have done. Individual drivers can complain about individual tyre sets but the fact is, looking at the sport, we have had tyres that are safe and produced a bit of a challenge to the teams and are better for the spectacle.”

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner reckons the new rules were making life much harder for the teams – thanks to the strategy permutations – and that opened up areas of fresh interest for fans.

“It is certainly complicated on the pit wall,” he said. “It would be an air traffic controller’s nightmare if you were tuned into the strategy channel because you are trying to look at where you are going to emerge, what the degradation is, what tyre you should be using with two cars. The work rate is colossal. “It does add an exciting dimension to the race, and I think it added another element to the race.”

When asked if he felt the races were now too complicated to follow, he said: “I am not the right person to comment on that because you become so immersed in your own race that you do not look at the race as a whole.

“I would have to rewatch the race to see how it looked, but you got people racing each other. You have Alonso and Hamilton racing wheel to wheel, you have Mark managing to have a bad first lap and coming back through. So that has to be a positive for F1 in what could have otherwise been quite a static race. “I think it is positive and I think it will take a few races for a pattern to emerge.”

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali added: “From the spectacular point of view, people enjoy seeing the wing opening/closing and the drivers getting closer and then fighting. It is a fact and we have to live with it.

“But for sure it is not easy for the public to understand what is going on because it is also difficult for the team, but that is the way it is. I think it is part of the game of this year, we need to consider that and we don’t have to take an excuse from this point.”