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“Dead as a doornail” Jon Snow a no-show at “Game of Thrones” premiere

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Singer Bryan Adams performs on stage at the 2016 Juno Awards in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 3, 2016.

Singer Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi show to protest same-sex law

MISSISSIPPI - Canadian singer Bryan Adams has canceled a show in Mississippi to protest a new state law that will let people with religious objections deny services to same-sex couples, the second major concert scrapped in the U.S. South over discrimination concerns.

On Friday, rock star Bruce Springsteen called off a weekend concert in North Carolina to show his opposition to a new law there barring transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.

The cancellations come as U.S. states consider legislation seen as restricting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Supporters of the measures say they are needed to keep women and children safe in restrooms and to protect religious freedom after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year legalized same-sex marriage.

Adams, who was set to perform on Thursday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, called the state’s measure “extremely discriminatory.”

“I cannot in good conscience perform in a state where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation,” Adams wrote on his website.

The law signed in Mississippi last week allows people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and permits employers to cite religion in determining workplace policies on dress code, grooming and bathroom

and locker access.

Ninety-five Mississippi writers, including best-selling author John Grisham, signed a letter released on Monday calling for a repeal of the law before it takes effect in July.

“There have always been people here battling injustice,” the letter said.

“That’s the version of Mississippi we believe in, and that’s the Mississippi we won’t stop fighting for.”

In North Carolina, several hundred people rallied in Raleigh on Monday in support of that state’s law, the first in the nation to require transgender people to choose bathrooms and locker rooms that match the gender on their birth certificate.

The law also bars local governments from enacting anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - The cast of “Game of Thrones” played down rumours fan-favourite Jon Snow would live on in the hit fantasy series at the season six premiere on Sunday, insisting the heroic character was dead.

Stars Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) walked the carpet at Los Angeles’ TCL Chinese Theatre but Kit Harrington, who plays Snow, was a notable no-show.

Snow appeared to be killed off at the end of season five of the popular drama based on novels by George R.R. Martin but HBO sent fans into a frenzy last year when it tweeted a season six teaser poster with a shot of his bloody face.

“Listen, my only reply is the man’s had about 25 knives in his chest - how much steel does he need to have in his body to be confirmed dead? He’s dead, dead as a doornail,” Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth, told Reuters.

“It’s so sad. He’s gone, gone ... Such a shame. Such a nice young man,” added Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay Bolton.

The fifth season finale, which saw Snow stabbed repeatedly and appearing to bleed to death, drew the show’s largest U.S. audience with some 8.1 million viewers, according to reports.

It is also the point that Martin’s books have reached, so not hint there.

Coster-Waldau said Snow’s demise was yet to be properly seen by fans: “It’s going to be interesting to see when people find out what happened, how dead he is. He’s dead. Dead, dead.”

“Do you know what? I don’t know. I just ... well, whatever anyone else has said is exactly what we’re... he’s gone. We saw him die, we saw it happen,” Clarke replied when asked about Snow.

While cast members kept tight-lipped about the storyline, one element of the new series however has been revealed -- the female characters will be fighting back.

“If anyone thought the dudes had it going on, this season will change their minds,” Clarke said.

“Yes, we’re bringing the fire.”

“Game of Thrones” season six premieres on April 24 on HBO. (rtr)

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Brazil’s Rousseff Edges Closer To Impeachment

RIO de JENEIRO - A congressional committee in Brazil has recommended the ousting of the country’s embattled president Dilma Rousseff. The committee’s vote - 38 to 27 in favour of impeachment - is not binding but sets the stage for a crucial vote in the country’s lower house.

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A man holds a mock coffin during a protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil April 11, 2016.

Ms Rousseff is accused of breaking fiscal laws to mask the dire state of the budget during her re-election in 2014.

Members of the impeachment committee celebrate after voting on the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the National Congress in Brasilia Members of the impeachment committee react after the vote Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will vote on Sunday or Monday next week on whether to send the matter to the Senate for a possible trial.

A two-thirds majority is needed to achieve this and it could see Ms Rousseff ultimately removed from office.

The latest survey of the 513 deputies, however, shows 298 in favour - short of the 342 needed to carry the motion. There are 119 deputies opposed and 96 undecided.

If the impeachment measure was to move to the Senate, they would then decide whether to open a trial, something that would see Ms Rous-

seff suspended from office for up to 180 days during proceedings.

If Ms Rousseff was eventually impeached, the reins would pass to her vice president Michel Temer.

On Monday, a recording was released via a newspaper of Mr Temer rehearsing the speech he is preparing for when he takes over. His team said the leak was accidental but which Ms Rousseff’s supporters say it is evidence of a “coup”.

The road does not appear smooth for him either, however: while a poll shows that 61% of Brazilians favour impeaching Ms Rousseff, 58% think Mr Temer should suffer the same fate.

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Tourism investment in Badung now opened Regent of Badung consistently rejects reclamation MANGUPURA Lately, many circles talk about the moratorium of hotels and other tourist accommodation, especially with regard to the rules and unbalanced development in Southern and Northern Bali and

others.

On the basis of a desire to develop tourist destinations, especially in Southern Badung, the Regent of Badung Nyoman Giri Prasta gave green light to entrepreneurs or investors that will build tourist accommodation.

Responding to this case, this regent of Badung from Plaga claimed that he will invite stakeholders, particularly those in the tourism

component.

“We will invite them to sit down together, to leap together and work together in this tourism sector,” said Regent Giri Prasta.

What about the information on the hotel tariff war? “There must be no tariff war,” he said.

Regarding the development investments in Badung, the regent reiterated that it is very

possible. However, continued the regent from the PDI-P, all the investors should comply with the prevailing spatial, customary and cultural orders. “Thus, we have to permit the investment without changing the customary and cultural rules,” he explained.

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What is the consideration if the accommodation and or tourism facilities could be built in the Badung region?

“It is based on the rules set forth in the

detailed spatial plan. If it is designated for tourist accommodation, we develop it into tourist destination,” said Giri Prasta when met on the sidelines of the CISM opening in Kuta, Badung. He said that in Badung the government is still promoting tourist destination because the district is developing

heritage tourism program including the subak temple, nature tourism and agrotourism. To resolve congestion problem, the regent admitted to have conducted concrete measures such as by the making of underpass, a shortcut on Jalan Tukad Mati. Parking problem has also been addressed, for example,

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The hotels which is located in Nusa Dua Area.

by taking advantage of central park, Kuta main market with parking space at ground floor.

Does it mean that Regent Giri Prasta agrees with reclamation? Giri Prasta quickly replied that the matter of Benoa Bay reclamation is the authority of central government. “That’s not our authority,” he explained.

In principle he reiterated to the public that from the very beginning he wants to normalize the Benoa Bay. “I said I wanted to normalize, and we do it alone instead of with investors.

We try to normalize and make the abnormal into normal. For example, we have Tukad Mati. This river is the disposal site of water where we can drain water into the sea. We are making a study how the water can flow from mainland to the sea. It needs a study and it does not have anything to do with the reclamation,” he stated.

Nevertheless, he said that anything done needs assessment, so that we have a clear concept before making execution. “We should not follow the discourse. For instance, there is recla-

mation and then we participate in it. It is not like that,” he explained.

However, added Giri Prasta, when talking about reclamation, as what people are currently discussing, the regent reiterated his rejection. “From the beginning, I have affirmed to reject the reclamation. Since entering the candidacy, I have rejected the reclamation but my concept is normalization,” he explained.

What about the insistence showed by majority of customary villages in Badung? The regent said that he remains to accommodate people’s aspirations.

“Yes, we constantly accommodate their aspirations. However, we must comply with and respect constitution. The aspiration is our responsibility, too. But, I explain that governmental affairs are different. Anyone becoming the ruler should listen to the people’s aspirations.

Clearly and firmly, I reject the reclamation,” said Regent Giri Prasta. Then, is there any desire to fight for people’s aspirations? “Obviously we’ve understood about people’s desire,” he said shortly. (kmb37)

Indonesia hosts CISM

Dozens of armies from 21 countries meet in Kuta

DENPASAR— Dozens of armies from 21 countries in the world, including Indonesia, met together in Kuta, Bali, Monday (Apr. 11). They are coalesced into the members of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) holding the fourth meeting at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Kuta. The event was opened by the Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region Setyo Sularso representing the Indonesia Military (TNI) Commander, General Gatot Nurmantyo.

According to the Spokesperson Navy Colonel (P) Sultan, the activity is important and useful. For instance, it poses an open medium of diplomacy, strengthening diplomatic relations between the member countries and non-members in the Asia-Oceania region. “Besides, this activity is also beneficial to promote Indonesian culture and tourism,” he said. In addition, this Asian Forum meeting can open up great the opportunities for Indonesia in cooperation of trade, creative economy, culture and tourism.

The armies attending the CISM include Indonesia (host), Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor-

Leste, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

While the TNI Commander in his speech said that the CISM through its sporting program has become very strategic worldwide organization. Among others, it is beneficial in building friendship and peace in every corner of the world region.

TNI Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo through his speech read by the Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region Maj. Gen. Setyo Sularso hoped the CISM Asia meeting this year could result in intelligent thinking to further develop the programs that can accommodate all the countries in Asia. Regarding the development of activities, CISM program must include substances

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“It is important for the boards of the CISM Asia and all the member countries. In order to maintain the

organization, it has significant contribution to foster better communication between the armed forces and create friendship and regional peace in general,” he said.

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Japan prepares for release of tritium from Fukushima plant

TOKYO — To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago. The substance is tritium.

The radioactive material is nearly impossible to remove from the huge quantities of water used to cool melted-down reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which was wrecked by the massive tsunami in northeastern Japan in March 2011.

The water is still accumulating since 300 tons are needed every day to keep the reactors chilled. Some is leaking into the ocean.

Huge tanks lined up around the plant, at last count 1,000 of them, each hold hundreds of tons of water that have been cleansed of radioactive cesium and strontium but not of tritium.

Ridding water of tritium has been carried out in laboratories. But it’s an effort that would be extremely costly at the scale required for the Fukushima plant, which sits on the Pacific coast. Many scientists argue it isn’t worth it and say the risks of dumping the tritium-laced water into the sea are minimal.

Their calls to simply release the water into the Pacific Ocean are alarming many in Japan and

elsewhere.

Rosa Yang, a nuclear expert at the Electric Power Research Institute, based in Palo Alto, California, who advises Japan on decommissioning reactors, believes the public angst is uncalled for. She says a Japanese government official should simply get up in public and drink water from one of the tanks to convince people it’s safe.

But the line between safe and unsafe radiation is murky, and children are more susceptible to radiation-linked illness. Tritium goes directly into soft tissues and organs of the human body, potentially increasing the risks of cancer and other sicknesses.

“Any exposure to tritium radiation could pose some health risk.

This risk increases with prolonged exposure, and health risks include increased occurrence of cancer,” said Robert Daguillard, a spokesman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The agency is trying to minimize the tritium from U.S. nuclear

facilities that escapes into drinking water.

Right after the March 2011 disaster, many in Japan panicked, some even moving overseas although they lived hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the Fukushima no-go zone. By now, concern has settled to the extent that some worry the lessons from the disaster are being forgotten.

Tritium may be the least of Japan’s worries. Much hazardous work remains to keep the plant stabilized, and new technology is needed for decommissioning the plant’s reactors and containing massive radioactive contamination.

The ranks of Japan’s anti-nuclear activists have been growing since the March 2011 accident, and many oppose releasing water with tritium into the sea. They argue that even if tritium’s radiation is weaker than strontium or cesium, it should be removed, and that good methods should be devised to do that.

Japan’s fisheries organization has repeatedly expressed concerns over the issue. News of a release of the water could devastate local fisheries just as communities in northeastern Japan struggle to recover from the 2011 disasters. (ap)

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In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, a worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago. The substance is tritium.

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Snakefruit agrotourism dormant, Jagasatru waterfall to be promoted AP Photo/Patrick Sison

This Saturday, April 9, 2016 photo shows the icons for Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s Messenger apps on a smartphone in New York. In coming months, people who use Messenger, Skype and Canada’s Kik for online chats can expect to see all kinds of businesses offering information and other services with the help of messaging “bots,” or software that’s capable of human-like conversation.

Why you might soon text robots as often as your friends

SAN FRANCISCO — The robots are coming — to help run your life or sell you stuff — at an online texting service near you.

In coming months, users of Facebook’s Messenger app, Microsoft’s Skype and Canada’s Kik can expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses. These messaging “chatbots” are basically software that can conduct human-like conversation and do simple jobs once reserved for people. Google and other companies are reportedly working on similar ideas.

In Asia, software butlers are already part of the landscape. When Washington, D.C., attorney Samantha Guo visited China recently, the 32-year-old said she was amazed at how extensively her friends used bots and similar technology on the texting service WeChat to pay for meals, order movie tickets and even send each other gifts.

“It was mind-blowing,” Guo said.

U.S. services lag way behind, she added.

Online messaging has become routine for most people, offering more immediacy than email or voice calls, said Michael Wolf, a media and technology consultant. Messaging services are now growing faster than traditional online social platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, according to research by Wolf’s firm, Activate.

And experts say messaging bots can handle a wider range of tasks than apps offered by retailers and other consumer businesses. In part, that’s because bots can recognize a variety of spoken or typed phrases, where apps force users to choose from options on a drop-down menu. Reaching a chatbot can be as simple as clicking a link in an online ad or scanning a boxy bar code with a smartphone camera. A specialpurpose app requires a download and often a new account sign-up.

“Bots are the new apps,” Microsoft

CEO Satya Nadella said last month.

Microsoft has just created new programming tools for businesses to build bots that will interact with customers on Skype, the Microsoft-owned Internet voice, video and messaging service.

Facebook is widely expected to unveil similar tools for its Messenger chat service at the company’s annual software conference starting Tuesday. It’s already partnered with a few online retailers and transportation companies so consumers can use Messenger to check the status of a clothing purchase from online retailer Zulily, order car service from Uber or get a boarding pass from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

At those services, automated chatbots handle some interactions, with supervision from human operators.

Similarly, Facebook has been testing a digital assistant called “M’’ — sort of like Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana — that can answer questions or perform tasks like ordering flowers in response to commands on Messenger. It uses a combination of artificial intelligence and input from human overseers.

Another messaging service, Kik, which is popular among U.S. teenagers, opened a new “bot shop” last week. Kik users can talk to bots that will answer questions about the weather, show funny videos or help with online shopping. Slack, a messaging service used by businesses, has partnered with Taco Bell to introduce a “Taco Bot” that helps Slack users order ahead for meals at a local outlet.

In Asia, many smartphone owners are used to playing games and buying items through messaging services like WeChat, which claims 700 million active users. One in five WeChat users has added bank or credit card information so that person can check balances, pay bills or send money to friends, according to the Andreesen Horowitz venture capital firm. (rtr)

AMLAPURA - Jagasatru waterfalls at Pateh hamlet, East Duda, Karangasem, are potential to be developed into a tourist attraction. The waterfalls located under the Putung hills should be well organized and promoted as a tourist attraction considering the snakefruit agrotourism in the area is underdeveloped.

A legislator of the Karangasem House of Representatives, Wayan Suparta, delivered the matter on Sunday (Apr. 10) in Karangasem.

He stated the road to the location is pretty good and has been paved.

He said the waterfalls are quite large and matchless. Uniquely, there are two waterfalls, one runs from the north while another from the south. When getting to the quite large waterfall, the pathway remains pristine with views of the cliffs and verdant hills.

He said that all this time the residents at his village used it as a place of invoking holy water for ritual.

Besides, local residents also believe that the waterfall is a good place for purificatory rite or malukat after suffering disease or other distress.

There are also people invoking holy water or doing purificatory rite for

recovery.

All this time, only the residents of local village make a visit to the waterfalls. It happens because the waterfalls are not widely known yet, while the location is also quite far or it will take people about one hour. However, added this former headman of East Duda, it is great for trekking path and when arriving at the location it can be resumed with a holy bath.

He added the trekking attraction to the waterfall is potential to be developed. In addition to be integrated with the attraction Putung Hill, it is also a tourism route to snakefruit agrotourism of Sibetan village.

In the meantime, a leader and resident from Telaga and Kalanganyar, Wayan Mastra, asked the government of Karangasem to promote the snakefruit agrotourism of Sibetan to regional (Bali), national and even international level. Actually, the Sibetan snakefruit agrotourism having long been opened but does not develop. He has been working hard to manage the business group by processing the snakefruit into snakefruit coffee, snakefruit honey and snakefruit wine. (013) IBP/eka

After more than a month the calamities afflicting the Badung Market, the relocation of merchants has entered the stage of making stalls and shelters.

Early May, merchants of Badung Market to be relocated

DENPASAR - After more than a month the calamities afflicting the Badung Market, the relocation of merchants has entered the stage of making stalls and shelters. Preparation of temporary location is worked on by the Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP). In the meantime, the PD Pasar estimated that early May the relocation of merchants to the ex-Tiara Grosir can already be realized.

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Jagasatru waterfalls at Pateh hamlet, East Duda, Karangasem, are potential to be developed into a tourist attraction.

This was revealed in a meeting of Commission II and III of the Denpasar House of Representatives with PD Pasar, Spatial Planning and Housing Agency as well as the Industry and Trade Agency, Monday (Apr. 11). The meeting was opened by Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Wayan Mariyana Wandhira, and guided

by Chairman of Commission III Eko Supriadi.

The Head of the DTRP Denpasar, Made Kusumadiputra, described

the construction and arrangement of 194 units of stall has accomplished and most of the shelters have been marked with divider line. “There will be an additional building at the entrance to accommodate 75 merchants. The building is made of wood and aluminum roof. We estimate the work can be accomplished next week,” he explained.

In the meantime, Managing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, said that after completing the arrangement of

stalls and shelters, the company plans to hold pecaruan or animal sacrifice and inauguration on April 30. After that, the merchants have been able to occupy the location provided. Prior to occupying the stall, a draw of unit number will be held for the 1,270 merchants to be relocated. “Our drawing will be scheduled about a week before the placement,” he explained.

Related to the drawing mechanism, Westra explained that it would be done as fairly and openly as possible. The drawing is based on classification of merchandise.

The merchants that will occupy the former Tiara Grosir area consists of the group of groceries, household appliances, plastics, clothing, accessories, fish, meat and spices. (kmb12)

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Fruit prices follow temple cermonies

AMLAPURA - Lately, the price of rambutan in Karangsokong Subagan has gone way down with fruit on the stalk goig for IDR 4,000 per kg and destalked fruit going for just IDR 2,000 per kg.

Housewife Kadek Maryati said that she brought her rambutan at Karangsokong Market for IDR 2,000 per kg. In traditional village markets like the one in Culik village, good waulity rambutan are being sold for IDR 4,000 per kg.

“Rambutan is abundant because it is the harvest season in Karangasem which makes the price go way down”, said Nengah Balik, a rambutan grower in Karangasem.

Meanwhile the price of sugar apples is more of a relief for famers, with prices at IDR 2,000 apiece because although it is also harvest season for this fruit, there are simply not very many sugar apples available and school children love them as witnesses in the cafeteria of SDN 2 Tulamben elementary school in Kelod hamlet, Tulamben.

During break time, the students scrambled to purchase sugar apple for IDR 2,000 each.

The price of snakefruit in Karangasem is now soaring as the har-

vest season draws to a close. At traditional market in Karangasem, snakefruit are now being sold for around IDR 6,000 to IDR 10,000 per kg.

Sugar snakefruit are even more rare and thus expensive with prices reaching as much as IDR 15,000 per kg. The price of durian is increasing lately because of the demand for these fruit that comes with temple anniversaries (piodalan) that are currently taking place at various temples such as Besakih and Ngusaba Dalem rituals in some villages like Nyuhtebel customary village, Ulakan customary village, Manggis and Datah customary village, in Abang subdistrict. (013) The price of rambutan in Karangsokong Subagan has gone way down with fruit on the stalk goig for IDR 4,000 per kg and destalked fruit going for just IDR 2,000 per kg.

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Iceland finance minister says won’t resign over Panama Papers leaks

LONDON - Iceland’s Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said on Tuesday he would not resign over the Panama Papers leaks, which showed he was once had a stake in an offshore investment firm in the Seychelles.

Asked by reporters in London whether he would quit, Benediktsson answered: “No”.

The statement came a week after Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned as prime minister over the leaked documents which showed his wife owned an offshore company that held debt from failed Icelandic banks.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which saw the leaked papers from Panamanian lawyers Mossack Fonseca, said they showed Benediktsson and two Icelandic businessmen had power of attorney over a shell company called Falson & Co. created in 2005 in the Seychelles.

The Consortium reported that Benediktsson had confirmed he owned a third of the company and had said it was set up for investing in four apartments in a building which was being built in Dubai, but that the company had been wound down in 2009.

The wider revelations have triggered a political maelstrom in Iceland, further undermining confidence in its political and financial elite. A poll last week showed 69 percent of respondents wanted Benediktsson to resign. (rtr)

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Monkeys descend on Pikat village cemetary SEMARAPURA - An unsual sight took place in the cemetery of Pikat village, Dawan, Klungkung last Thusrday. Dozens of monkeys descended from the mountains in groups looking for food in and around the cemetery. It is believe that the monkeys came down from Muntig Hill because they were lacking food.

As observed on Saturday, dozens of monkeys arrived in groups but quickly disperse as they entered the cemetery where they scrambled to get at the food offerings left by local residents on the tombs of their relatives. Strangely, the monkeys that descend to the Pikat village cemetery did not disturb any people.

In fact the monkeys waited politely as residents finished presenting their offerings before snatching the fruits from the tombs.

Only after the people had finished their rituals did the monkeys spread out to collect the offerings. Another strange thing is that the monkeys did not linger in the cemetery. After two hours of snacking on the offerings, the monkeys returned to Muntig Hill.

Nengah Sutaryajana ,Chief of Sente Hamlet, Pikat, explained that these monkeys have in fact been coming down for get food in the cemetray since 1995. “Usually the monkeys come to the cemetery around 10:00AM and then leave two hours later” he said.

Sutaryajana also explained that the monkeys never disturb anyone or interfere with religious activities in the cemetery even though they clearly come looking for food. They also never disturb any village crops.

Likewise the people of Pikat also do not dare to disturb the monkeys and to the contrary place offerings in Anggara Kasih Tambir on the shrine of the Taman Beji located on the slope of the Muntig hill with the desire to preserve the wildlife there. “In 2014, one of the villagers shot a monkey dead but fell seriously ill shortly thereafter. Since then, no one dares to disturb them”, said.

Sutaryajana guesses that the monkeys come down to the village because they lack food in the hills – especially in the dry season.

This herd of monkeys lives in the Muntig Hills but also to the north IBP/net in Muncung Hills. “Probably, the population reaches hundreds of Dozens of monkeys descended from the mountains in groups looking for food in and around the monkeys (at Muntig and Muncung hill). The monkeys come down cemetery of Pikat village, Dawan, Klungkung. to the grave when they lack of food” he said simply. (kmb)

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An activist shows fake banknotes during a demonstration outside the European Commission (EC) headquarters ahead of statements by the EC on the effectiveness of existing measures against tax evasion and money-laundering in light of the recent Panama Paper revelations, in Brussels, Belgium, April 12, 2016.

Turkish leader files complaint against “insulting” poem read on German TV

BERLIN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has filed a complaint against a comedian who recited a satirical and sexually crude poem about him on German television, complicating Berlin’s attempts to get Turkey’s help in dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis.

The issue pits freedom of speech values that are core to Western Europe against recent moves in Turkey by Erdogan that critics say crack down on dissent.

The public prosecutor’s office in the western city of Mainz said Erdogan had filed the complaint via lawyers against Jan Boehmermann for insulting him. Boehmermann is the host of the late-night “Neo Magazin Royale” on the public ZDF channel.

In a programme broadcast on March 31, Boehmermann had recited a poem about Erdogan that contained crude sexual references and accusations that Erdogan repressed minorities and mistreated Kurds and Christians.

Before reading it, Boehmermann referred to a satirical song broadcast on NDR television that had mocked Erdogan for his authoritarian treatment of journalists. That show led Turkey to call in Germany’s envoy to provide an explanation, although Germany rejected Turkish protests.

Boehmermann said the NDR broadcast fell under the right to artistic freedom, press

freedom and freedom of opinion and said his poem was an example of impermissible “abusive criticism”.

Prosecutors said Erdogan’s complaint would be examined as part of a pending procedure.

They had already begun investigating Boehmermann on suspicion of the crime of “offending foreign states’ organs and representatives” after more than 20 people filed complaints.

On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Berlin was examining a formal request made by Turkey for it to prosecute Boehmermann and a decision would be made in the next days.

Merkel, who has spearheaded EU efforts to secure Turkey’s help in dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis, has told Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in a telephone conversation that the poem was “deliberately offensive”.

If the government decides to decline the Turkish request to prosecute Boehmermann, she risks a worsening of diplomatic relations with Turkey, Wolfgang Kubicki, senior member of Germany’s business-friendly FDP party, told NDR radio.

“If the government were to support the move, there would be a huge backlash domestically,” he said, adding that in his opinion as a trained lawyer the poem was “distasteful” but within the limits of artistic freedom. (rtr)

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington March 31, 2016.

Suicide blast in Yemen’s Aden kills four - sources ADEN - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt near a football stadium in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Tuesday, killing at least four people, witnesses and a security source said.

Ten people were wounded in the attack, which appeared to target young army recruits waiting for buses outside a military checkpoint in the city’s north, the witnesses and source added.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but jihadist militants have carried out similar suicide bombings in Aden in the past.

Such groups are not involved in a nationwide truce that started between the main warring parties in Yemen this week. (rtr)

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BUSINESS UK inflation rises to highest level in 15 months LONDON — Britain’s inflation rate has risen unexpectedly to its highest level in 15 months, driven by higher air fares over the Easter period.

The Office of National Statistics said Tuesday the annual inflation rate rose to 0.5 percent last month, up from 0.3 percent in February. It was slightly higher than consensus forecasts of 0.4 percent.

The rise was driven by air fares,

which climbed 22.9 percent, and by clothing, which rose 1.7 percent. Despite the increase, the rate remains well below the Bank of England’s 2 percent target.

Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, says talk of higher interest rates on the back of Tuesday’s rise was premature as the “overall trend remains weak.”

The pound rebounded slightly on the news to $1.4308.(ap)

Hertz seeing a glut, trims revenue outlook; shares tumble NEW YORK — Hertz is cutting its revenue expectations for the year, saying that the rental car market is suffering from excess capacity. The news sent shares of Hertz tumbling 9 percent Monday in midday trading, and it dragged down rival Avis Budget Group by more than 7 percent.

There were implications that the industry was under pressure.

Avis had previously predicted flat pricing for the year.

“Overall, we are not surprised to see continued pricing pressure and overcapacity concerns weighing on the business given similar

commentary by Avis earlier in the year,” wrote Citi analyst Manish A. Somaiya.

Hertz CEO John Tague says that overflow will likely moderate heading into the peak summer season.

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. now expects U.S. car rental revenue to range from flat to dropping by 1.5 percent. The company had previously projected growth between 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent.

The company, based in Estero, Florida, expects revenue per available car day in the first quarter of between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent.(ap)

AP Photo/David Goldman, File

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2013, file photo, a customer checks in at a Hertz car rental counter at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Hertz cuts revenue guidance as pricing pressure lingers into 2016.

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s government released a new proposal Monday for restructuring part of its $70 billion debt to buy time to implement a fiscal plan as multimillion-dollar payments loom for the U.S. territory facing dwindling cash reserves.

Government officials proposed to exchange $49 billion of debt into up to $28 billion of base bonds and nearly $2 billion of tax-exempt capital appreciation bonds. They said the voluntary exchange would allow creditors to recover the full principal they invested regardless of future economic growth rates.

The plan also includes a special clause for those who live in Puerto Rico and hold certain bonds. Officials said that group could receive up to $8 billion of local holder base bonds that repays the full principal they originally invested at a 2 percent interest rate.

Government officials said Puerto Rico could cut $12 billion to $16 billion from its debt load under the new deal. They said this would allow the island’s government to keep providing essential services, pay back local vendors and suppliers, boost liquidity and fund retirement systems, among other things.

“The fact is that we will only

be able to address these issues by working together,” said Secretary of State Victor Suarez.

Investor groups have proposed tougher terms. They did not respond to a request for comment on the new plan, which could mean a loss for some. Puerto Rican officials said they discussed the plan with investors’ advisers in late March.

David Tawil, co-founder and portfolio manager of New Yorkbased Maglan Capital, said bondholders would likely not consider the deal aggressive enough, but said it was a smart move by government officials amid uncertainty of how courts and U.S. Congress will respond to the island’s economic crisis.

“This is a good-faith effort in the sense that it’s holistic,” he said in a phone interview. “It provides for varying types of recovery depending on whether you want to be part of (Puerto Rico’s) future or whether you want to go ahead and cash out in your investment immediately.”

A group of investors and the Assured Guaranty insurance company, which together hold nearly $6.5 billion worth of general obligation bonds, have offered to defer repayment of nearly $2 billion in principal for the next five years to help the island avoid a default in July. The investors also offered $750 million in liquidity through another general obligation bond sale. Puerto Rico’s government rejected the deal, saying it would only incur more debt and lead to cash shortfalls.

Government officials said their proposal would reduce the debt service-to-revenue ratio on taxsupported debt from 36 percent to 15 percent. They noted that is still higher than the most indebted U.S. states. Creditors, however, have questioned the validity of financial statistics that Puerto Rico’s government has provided.

The plan comes as Puerto Rico urges the U.S. Congress to approve a debt-restructuring mechanism.

U.S. House Republicans are seeking consensus on a bill that aims in part to create a federal fiscal control board to audit the island’s government. Democrats, GOP conservative and local officials have rejected it.(ap)

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Attorney general office accuses Kpk of committing illegal procedure

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 29, file 2015 photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico’s Capitol as in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Monday, April 11, 2016, Puerto Rico released a new proposal to restructure part of its $70 billion debt to buy time to implement a fiscal growth plan as multimillion-dollar payments loom for a U.S. territory facing dwindling cash reserves.

Puerto Rico unveils new restructuring deal as cash dwindles AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File

Indonesia Today

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A fisherman collecting green mussels pulls a tube of his breathing device in the Bay of Jakarta, Indonesia, April 11, 2016.

Komodo exercise to strengthen Indonesia`s maritime culture: President

PADANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed hope that the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) would help to strengthen Indonesias maritime culture.

The non-combat exercise would also boost cooperation among navies of the countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Jokowi stated in his opening remarks at the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 held to coincide with the biennial MNEK 2016 here, Tuesday.

The delegations of the Komodo Exercise 2016 are scheduled to organize humanitarian activities such as free medical services and assistance to construct public facilities and infrastructure.

“This exercise is also expected to promote common understanding on the protection of marine natural resources, regional cooperation, and the improvement of human resources in the maritime sector,” the head of state

affirmed.

One of the most difficult wars is the quest to win humanity, he pointed out.

“In fact, a non-combat military operation should not be underestimated,” he remarked.

Humanitarian operations, particularly for carrying out disaster mitigation efforts at sea as well as Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, need preparedness, speed, and adequate resources, he stated.

“Such operations will be optimal if they are not carried out alone. We need cooperation of other countries, especially the navies from countries stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Indian Ocean,” he said.

Therefore, Jokowi expressed his support to the implementation of the

MNEK 2016.

The Komodo Exercise is part of the Indonesian Navys defense diplomacy during peace time aimed at promoting common understanding on tolerance and transparency among navies of various countries.

The Indonesian Navy is hosting the MNEK 2016 coinciding with the IFR 2016 and the 15th Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Padang and Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra Province from April 12 to 16, 2016.

Fifteen foreign countries have sent their 20 warships to participate in the events.

The participating countries are Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the United States, Japan, France, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. As the host country, Indonesia has deployed 28 warships.(ant)

JAKARTA - The attorney general office has accused the Corruption Eradication Commission of breaking the procedure when raiding and sealing the high prosecution office of West Java.

“As far as I know it was against the procedure,” Junior Attorney General for Supervision Widyo Pramono, said here on Monday.

The Caught Red handed Operation on two prosecutors of the West Java prosecution office was also against procedure as the arrest was made without official order, Widyo said.

Widyo referred to the arrested of two unnamed prosecutors of the West Java high prosecution office earlier on Monday on charge of accepting bribery.

However, he said he had no intention yet to take legal action against the breach of the procedure by a KPK task force.

“I will study first , seek confirmation of the report, whether there was order for the raid and confiscation of documents. “Law enforcement has to be based on procedure and law. This constitutional state has to be protected with proper law enforcement,” he said.

Unconfirmed reports said one of the two prosecutors arrested by KPK task force has an initial of D who handled corruption case in Subang.

KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo confirmed that KPK had arrested two prosecutors of the West Java high prosecution office but he gave no name.(ant)

Women in Papua ask government to close houses of prostitution SORONG - Women of the city of Sorong in Papua Barat ask the city administration to close houses of prostitution especially in the red light district called malanu location. “Almost all massage parlors in Sorong serves as prostitution houses and they are out of control,” a local woman leader Moi Tin Kalami said here on Tuesday.

Moi Tin said prostitution has been rampant in Sorong resulting in high rate of HIV/AIDS cases as well as violence on women in the city. “In order to save people of the younger generation the Malanu location and the massage parlors should be closed,” she said.

She question the need for forming a special committee by the city council to study call for the closure of prostitution centers. “We appreciate the decision of the city administration to ban sales of alcoholic drinks. We hope the government also close prostitution houses,” she said.

Sorong Mayor Lambert Jitmau said his administration also wanted to close prostitution centers but it could not be easily done as prostitutes also need income to live on like any other people.

“PSK (prostitutes) also want to live , therefore, plan to close prostitution centers has to be prepared so that no body is hurt,” the mayor said.

He said the city administration has studied and discussed the prostitution issue with the city council to find a right solution, whether the places have to be closed or moved away from the city center.

If the places is to be closed, the city administration has to find a way to be fair to the women living from commercial sex , he added. Papua is among the regions in the country having largest number of HIV/AIDS cases.(ant)

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Migrants sit in a rescue boat during a rescue operation

by Italian Navy vessels off the coast of Sicily in this April 11, 2016 handout picture provided by Marina Militare.

Greece tries to coax camped-out migrants into centres as tourist season nears

REUTERS/Marina Militare

ATHENS - Keen to clear the decks for its lucrative summer tourist season, Greece is trying to clear thousands of migrants out of its biggest port where they are sleeping rough by persuading them that they are better off in organised reception centres.

More than 50,000 migrants have been stranded in Greece because of multiple border closures across the Balkans to the north, sealing off a land corridor to wealthy northwestern Europe used by a million people before them fleeing conflict and deprivation in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The port of Piraeus is the main gateway to Greece’s Aegean islands beloved of tourists - but also for an annual exodus of Greeks from the main-

land to celebrate Orthodox Easter.

So Greek officials, anxious not to scare off the travellers’ trade so vital to the debt-ridden country’s cash-starved treasury, are at pains to stress to migrants camped out there that Piraeus is not a home.

To that end, they are circulating a pamphlet, in Piraeus and other areas of Greece with impromptu migrant camps, showing the beaming face of a child, a man using thumb and forefinger to show a loveheart and a

boy munching a banana. It reads: “The boards (borders) to other European states are now blocked from all directions and unfortunately there is no hope that they are going to open in the foreseeable future.”

The pamphlet, published by the Greek coastguard in Arabic, Farsi, English and Greek, is a gentle undertaking to coax migrants to head to organised reception centres.

“The Greek people will always be your friend,” it adds.

Over 4,000 migrants were camped at Piraeus on Monday and over 11,000 at Idomeni, a northern border outpost where Macedonian police fired tear gas to drive back migrants who stormed the border

fence in desperation on Sunday. The response to the pamphlet has been a mix of resignation and suspicion.

“I think it will be better at the (reception centre). It has to be. I’m tired of this place,” said Osama Jamal, a 30-year-old Syrian, as he and members of his family waited to catch a bus out of gritty, bustling Piraeus port.

“I’m tired of this place. I have read there are showers there and better accommodation,” he told Reuters.

Greek authorities laid on buses on Monday to transfer migrants from Piraeus to dockyards northwest of Athens, and there were signs that refugees were on the

Russia says one of its attack helicopters crashes in Syria

MOSCOW - A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning killing both pilots, Russia’s Defence Ministry said.

The ministry said the helicopter, which crashed in Homs province, had not been shot down, but the cause of the incident was unclear.

“A group of specialists is working at the crash site to investigate the incident,” the ministry said in a statement. The pilots’ bodies had been recovered and brought back to Russia’s

air base in Hmeymim in Latakia province, it said.

President Vladimir Putin announced on March 14 that Russia was withdrawing the bulk of its military contingent in Syria. Around half its fixed-wing strike aircraft flew out in the days that followed.

But Russia continued to ship significant quantities of military supplies to Syria and analysts said the Kremlin had changed rather than diluted its military capabilities, increasingly relying on helicopters to support the

Syrian army.

Mi-28N helicopters, broadly equivalent to America’s Apache gunship, took part in the Syrian government operation to push Islamic State out of the ancient city of Palmyra last month, firing anti-tank rockets at armoured vehicles.

The crash is the third aircraft Russia has acknowledged losing in Syria. Turkey shot down a Russian Sukhoi-24 bomber near the SyrianTurkish border on Nov. 24 and a helicopter sent to rescue the pilots was then destroyed by rebels after landing. (rtr)

move.

But some were not convinced, fearing they would be essentially jailed in a reception centre.

Furat Mamo, from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, said he would rather stay in Piraeus than go to a reception centre.

“We heard it’s very bad. A friend of mine is there and he says it has closed doors, that he needs a special paper to go out,” the 24-year-old student said.

Mamo and a friend have been living in a passenger terminal at Piraeus for a month, their possessions wrapped in blankets. Authorities say they cannot remain there for much longer. (rtr)

Brazil’s Rousseff ...

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Ms Rousseff, meanwhile, is fighting back.

The 68-year-old who was tortured under Brazil’s military dictatorship is being helped by her ally and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is frantically trying to build an antiimpeachment coalition.

But Lula himself is also immersed in scandal - facing money laundering charges over a corruption probe into state oil company Petrobras.

The scandal has seen a number of executives and politicians charged, including house Speaker Eduardo Cunha, who would be next in line for the presidency if Mr Temer were also impeached. (rtr)

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TABANAN - Batukaru Temple is one of the biggest Hindu Temples in Bali (Sad Kahyangan) with Catur Lokapala Temple and Padmabhuwana Temple status. It is set in the plateau area with lush tropical rain forest surround it. It is situated in the peaceful area which is far from the local resident that is ideally for worship. There are some temple building spread out through the tranquility of rain forest and the big mountain of Batukaru as a back drop.

Luhur Watukaru or Batukaru Temple is located at Wangaya Gede countryside, Penebel District and Tabanan regency, and west part of Bali Island. It is located right on the foot of Mount Batukaru and about 1.30 hours from Denpasar Airport.

After refurbishing three temples are of this temple in some years ago, the element conception and structure of these three temple areas are progressively become everlasting and conceptual. This is especially in outside area where we can meet the existence of Wantilan building (Meeting Hall) which can be used for multifunction and it is located on the right of the entrance gate.

The refurbishment at the parking area has made easy for the Hindu society or all tourists who pay a visit to this temple. It is also other public facilities like toilet which is located at outside temple area or the left side of entrance gate is in good condition and cleans enough. (IBP/net)

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Rockets home in on playoff zone after early turbulence HOUSTON - Houston Rockets scripted a stunning turnaround to stand one win away from salvaging their once-shaky playoff hopes following a tumultuous season.

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) fouls Dallas Mavericks guard Devin Harris (34) during the second half at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks defeat the Rockets 88-86.

With Monday’s blowout 129105 victory over Minnesota, and Utah’s loss to Dallas, the Rockets (40-41) climbed back into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

They can clinch a post-season berth with a victory against Sacramento in the season finale on Wednesday.

It is a small consolation for a franchise that reached the conference finals a year ago, but considering Houston appeared buried late last week they will gladly take the turnaround.

“The fire under us, it is lit,” Rockets guard Patrick Beverley told reporters after he helped the team win a second straight game to catch Utah (40-41).

“This is not how we wanted it to be at the end of the season, (but) better late than never.”

Houston’s intention of repeating last season’s success was deflated early when they lost their first three games by 20 points each.

Team leader James Harden

struggled out of the gate as there were rumblings that he showed up out of shape for the campaign.

Coach Kevin McHale was fired after just 11 games, with the team 4-7, and replaced by assistant J.B. Bickerstaff but that did little to fix the team’s troubles.

The defensive efforts of Harden and lack of chemistry between him and center Dwight Howard were just some of the questions surrounding the team.

After their third defeat in four games on Thursday, Houston trailed eighth place Utah by a game and a half with just three remaining.

The Jazz suffered a pair of lastsecond defeats last week that aided the Rockets and now they are positioned to crawl into the playoffs and make the best of a rocky season.

“We control our own destiny. It’s our playoffs (right now),” Harden said. “It’s our last game (Wednesday) and we have to go out there and win. We’ll figure (everything else) out once the game is over.” (rtr)

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AUGUSTA - The ecstasy of Danny Willett’s three-shot victory at the Masters on Sunday will forever be linked to the eye-popping agony of Jordan Spieth’s stunning collapse on the back nine at Augusta National.

Renowned for his mental toughness under pressure and already the winner of two major titles at the tender age of 22, Spieth was seemingly poised for a second successive Green Jacket after storming five strokes clear with nine holes to play.

That Spieth then went bogey, bogey, quadruple-bogey through 10, 11 and 12 to drop three shots off the pace was one of the most astonishing scenes ever played out at a major championship, and begs the question of how he will handle such a meltdown.

“If you would have told anybody in the golfing world that Jordan Spieth, with the lead, would make seven birdies on Sunday at Augusta and loses, they would have said you’re crazy,” said former world number one David Duval.

“This is going to add some scar tissue for Jordan Spieth. He got to the 10th tee and the wheels just came off. This is either one of the things that is going to make him tougher or it is going to be a hard thing to get over.

“This one got away from him and he is going to go back to the drawing board,” Duval said in

his role as an analyst on Golf Channel. “He will sit down this week and say, ‘What happened and how do we not let that ever happen again?’”

Three-times Masters champion Nick Faldo, who clinched his third Green Jacket in 1996 after a dramatic last-day collapse by Greg Norman, agreed.

“This will scar him,” said the English former world number one, who was also renowned for his steely on-course focus while racking up six major titles during his Hall of Fame career.

“This will damage him for a while. We’re all in shock with what happened to Jordan. In ‘96 you got the sense that Greg was struggling, but it was bit by bit.

SLOW BURN

While Norman’s 1996 debacle was a slow burn after he started the final round with a sixshot lead and agonisingly watched it evaporate as he carded a 78 to Faldo’s superb 67, Spieth’s shocking collapse was brutal in its speed.

“What happened to Jordan, it was so sudden, just bam,” said Faldo. “It was 10 minutes of golf. That’s the harshness of it.”

Jack Nicklaus, who won a record six Masters titles, expressed the views of many with a sympathetic but encouraging statement on his website, saying: “I think the whole golfing world feels for Jordan Spieth. (rtr)

Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

Danny Willett (right) talks with Jordan Spieth (left) at the green jacket ceremony after the final round of the 2016 The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

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Totti helps Roma draw 1-1 with Bologna in rare appearance

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Benfica coach faces another test of ability to improvise

Benfica players line-up before the match

LISBON - Benfica coach Rui Vitoria faces another test of his powers of improvisation as he tries to patch up a team without topscorer Jonas against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The Portuguese champions and league leaders were beaten 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final last week, a narrow enough margin to give them a chance of producing a major upset at the Stadium of Light.

But with Brazilian marksman Jonas suspended following three yellow cards, the likelihood of beating Bayern for the first time after seven failed attempts and ending a 26-year wait since Benfica’s last semi-finals appearance looks more remote.

The 31-year-old has scored 30 goals in only 29 Portuguese league appearances this season, plus two in his nine Champions League outings including a crucial stoppage-time winner at home to Zenit St Petersburg in the previous round.

But Vitoria, in his first season at Benfica, has already proved he

can produce a winning team from a squad which lacks the strengthin-depth of elite European teams such as Bayern.

Mexican forward Raul Jimenez, who usually starts on the bench, might get a chance to finally partner Kostas Mitroglou on Wednesday, although Vitoria could move midfielder Nicolas Gaitan into attack and reshuffle his midfield.

But Vitoria was not fretting.

“We’re not going to sit here and cry over something we cannot control,” he said. “This is just an opportunity for someone else and whoever plays will certainly do a great job.

“We are going to put out a competitive team to face them on equal terms, hand for hand, centimetre by centimetre.”

Vitoria responded to an injury crisis in the centre of Benfica’s defence by bringing in the previ-

ously untried Victor Lindelof. The 21-year-old Swede has responded with superb play, helping Benfica win 20 of their last 22 games.

Vitoria also gave midfielder Renato Sanches his professional debut in October with media reports saying that the 18-year-old now has a 35-million-euro price tag and is attracting interest from some of Europe’s top clubs.

He also had no hesitation in giving 22-year-old goalkeeper Ederson his Champions League debut away to Zenit St Petersburg after Julio Cesar was injured.

Bayern, who have reached the semi-finals for the last four seasons, remain the clear favourites.

Pep Guardiola’s side have been typically dominant this season with a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and only three defeats all season.

The Bavarians’ record also bodes badly for Benfica. They have faced Portuguese sides nine times in European knockout ties and won them all. (rtr)

ROME — Roma captain Francesco Totti made a rare appearance and set up the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Bologna on Monday but the Giallorossi lost ground to Napoli in the race for second place and a direct Champions League berth.

Mohamed Salah had hit the post three times before collecting a short throughball from Totti early in the second half and slotting past Bologna goalkeeper Antonio Mirante.

Luca Rossettini had put Bologna ahead midway through the first half with a header following a free kick.

Roma extended its unbeaten run to 11 matches and remained third, six points behind second-place Napoli and six ahead of fourthplace Inter Milan with six matches to go.

The top two finishers in Serie A qualify directly for the Champions League group stage, while the third-place finisher enters the last round of playoffs for the lucrative competition. Bologna is 13th.

The 39-year-old Totti was making only his seventh league appearance of the season, amid speculation that Roma management is urging him to retire. (ap)

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

Roma’s Francesco Totti, left, and Bologna’s Marios fight for the ball during their Serie A soccer match between Roma and Bologna, in Rome’s Olympic stadium, Monday, April 11, 2016.

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina have asked English Premier League club Everton to make defender Ramiro Funes Mori available for the Rio Olympics, national team coach Gerardo Martino said on Monday.

The 2016/17 Premier League season is scheduled to start on Aug. 13 and clubs are under no obligation to release players as the Olympics are not on the FIFA calendar.

The Olympic soccer tournament is contested by under-23 teams

with a maximum of three over-age players.

“We’re thinking of Ramiro Funes Mori for the Games,” Martino told local radio station AM590.

“We still have to see if Everton agree to our request.”

Martino’s senior squad, in which the 25-year-old Funes Mori is a first-choice central defender, will play the Centennial Copa America in the United States in June.

“Let’s hope we can have him for both competitions. We’ve already

spoken with (Everton manager) Roberto Martinez and it’s a possibility,” Martino added.

Martino said he was also considering senior players Paulo Dybala of Juventus, Atletico Madrid pair Luciano Vietto and Matias Kranevitter, Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi and Real Sociedad goalkeeper Geronimo Rulliother for Olympic duty.

Olympic champions in 2004 and 2008, Argentina did not qualify for the London 2012 tournament, which was won by Mexico. (rtr)

AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File

FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, Christian Brocchi waves prior to a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lazio, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.

AC Milan has fired coach Sinisa Mihajlovic and replaced him with youth team coach Cristian Brocchi until the end of the season.

AC Milan fires coach Mihajlovic, replaces him with Brocchi

MILAN — AC Milan fired coach Sinisa Mihajlovic on Tuesday and replaced him with youth team coach Cristian Brocchi until the end of the season. The decision had been expected since Monday night when club owner Silvio Berlusconi met with Brocchi and vice president Adriano Galliano for about three hours.

Brocchi becomes Milan’s fifth coach in little more than two years. It is the 40-year-old Italian’s first senior coaching role.

“Our most sincere thanks go to Mr. Mihajlovic for the work he has done with dedication and honesty,” Milan said in a statement.

Mihajlovic, a former Inter Milan player and assistant coach, joined Milan from Sampdoria in June and steered the team to its first Italian Cup final since 2003.

His future at Milan was reportedly linked to the outcome of the final, against defending champion Juventus, but two straight league defeats — against Atalanta and Juventus — made Berlusconi act earlier.

Milan is without a win in its past five matches, losing three of them, to leave it in danger of failing to qualify for Europe for a third straight season.

Milan last promoted a youth team coach two years ago.

Filippo Inzaghi lasted a year, then was fired and replaced by Mihajlovic.

Brocchi, who also played for Inter, won the Champions League twice as well as the Italian league and cup in a sevenyear spell at Milan between 2001-08.

The last Milan coach to spend more than a year in the job was Massimiliano Allegri, who was fired in January 2014. Allegri went on to take over at Juventus that July, steering the Bianconeri to the Italian league and cup double and to the Champions League final in his first season in charge. (ap)

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Ramiro Funes Mori

Banned Indonesia in the running to host 2023 Asian Cup

Indonesia, currently serving a FIFA ban, are one of the four countries vying to host the 2023 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Tuesday.

The AFC Competitions Committee said they had received expression of interests from China, Thailand, South Korea as well as Indonesia, banned almost a year ago for political interference in the local football association.

The quartet who met the March 31 deadline will now have to provide government guarantees, legal opinion on their bids and enter into a bidding agreement, the AFC said after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Thailand and Indonesia jointly staged the 2007 edition with Ma-

laysia and Vietnam, while China last hosted it in 2004 and South Korea in 1960.

United Arab Emirates will stage the 2019 Asian Cup after they edged out a bid from Iran to host the tournament, which will feature 24 teams for the first time after expanding from 16 in Australia last year.

The Competitions Committee, chaired by Qatar’s Saoud Al Mohannadi, also voted in favour of moving West Asian matches in the AFC Champions League and second tier AFC Cup to Monday and Tuesday in a bid to boost attendances and television interest.

The proposal had come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who also argued

that playing Champions League matches on Tuesday and Wednesday was hindering their domestic league ambitions.

The change will come into affect next year but the East Asian clubs will continue to play on Wednesday and Thursday.

The AFC also agreed to bring back a tournament for their worst ranked sides this year after they scrapped the Challenge Cup in 2014.

Nepal, Brunei, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and two other sides to be determined, will take part in the 14-day tournament at a neutral venues which will provide at least three matches each and also coaching, refereeing and technical courses. (rtr)

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Totti helps Roma draw 1-1 with Bologna in rare appearance

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Benfica coach faces another test of ability to improvise

Benfica players line-up before the match

LISBON - Benfica coach Rui Vitoria faces another test of his powers of improvisation as he tries to patch up a team without topscorer Jonas against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The Portuguese champions and league leaders were beaten 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final last week, a narrow enough margin to give them a chance of producing a major upset at the Stadium of Light.

But with Brazilian marksman Jonas suspended following three yellow cards, the likelihood of beating Bayern for the first time after seven failed attempts and ending a 26-year wait since Benfica’s last semi-finals appearance looks more remote.

The 31-year-old has scored 30 goals in only 29 Portuguese league appearances this season, plus two in his nine Champions League outings including a crucial stoppage-time winner at home to Zenit St Petersburg in the previous round.

But Vitoria, in his first season at Benfica, has already proved he

can produce a winning team from a squad which lacks the strengthin-depth of elite European teams such as Bayern.

Mexican forward Raul Jimenez, who usually starts on the bench, might get a chance to finally partner Kostas Mitroglou on Wednesday, although Vitoria could move midfielder Nicolas Gaitan into attack and reshuffle his midfield.

But Vitoria was not fretting.

“We’re not going to sit here and cry over something we cannot control,” he said. “This is just an opportunity for someone else and whoever plays will certainly do a great job.

“We are going to put out a competitive team to face them on equal terms, hand for hand, centimetre by centimetre.”

Vitoria responded to an injury crisis in the centre of Benfica’s defence by bringing in the previ-

ously untried Victor Lindelof. The 21-year-old Swede has responded with superb play, helping Benfica win 20 of their last 22 games.

Vitoria also gave midfielder Renato Sanches his professional debut in October with media reports saying that the 18-year-old now has a 35-million-euro price tag and is attracting interest from some of Europe’s top clubs.

He also had no hesitation in giving 22-year-old goalkeeper Ederson his Champions League debut away to Zenit St Petersburg after Julio Cesar was injured.

Bayern, who have reached the semi-finals for the last four seasons, remain the clear favourites.

Pep Guardiola’s side have been typically dominant this season with a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and only three defeats all season.

The Bavarians’ record also bodes badly for Benfica. They have faced Portuguese sides nine times in European knockout ties and won them all. (rtr)

ROME — Roma captain Francesco Totti made a rare appearance and set up the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Bologna on Monday but the Giallorossi lost ground to Napoli in the race for second place and a direct Champions League berth.

Mohamed Salah had hit the post three times before collecting a short throughball from Totti early in the second half and slotting past Bologna goalkeeper Antonio Mirante.

Luca Rossettini had put Bologna ahead midway through the first half with a header following a free kick.

Roma extended its unbeaten run to 11 matches and remained third, six points behind second-place Napoli and six ahead of fourthplace Inter Milan with six matches to go.

The top two finishers in Serie A qualify directly for the Champions League group stage, while the third-place finisher enters the last round of playoffs for the lucrative competition. Bologna is 13th.

The 39-year-old Totti was making only his seventh league appearance of the season, amid speculation that Roma management is urging him to retire. (ap)

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

Roma’s Francesco Totti, left, and Bologna’s Marios fight for the ball during their Serie A soccer match between Roma and Bologna, in Rome’s Olympic stadium, Monday, April 11, 2016.

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina have asked English Premier League club Everton to make defender Ramiro Funes Mori available for the Rio Olympics, national team coach Gerardo Martino said on Monday.

The 2016/17 Premier League season is scheduled to start on Aug. 13 and clubs are under no obligation to release players as the Olympics are not on the FIFA calendar.

The Olympic soccer tournament is contested by under-23 teams

with a maximum of three over-age players.

“We’re thinking of Ramiro Funes Mori for the Games,” Martino told local radio station AM590.

“We still have to see if Everton agree to our request.”

Martino’s senior squad, in which the 25-year-old Funes Mori is a first-choice central defender, will play the Centennial Copa America in the United States in June.

“Let’s hope we can have him for both competitions. We’ve already

spoken with (Everton manager) Roberto Martinez and it’s a possibility,” Martino added.

Martino said he was also considering senior players Paulo Dybala of Juventus, Atletico Madrid pair Luciano Vietto and Matias Kranevitter, Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi and Real Sociedad goalkeeper Geronimo Rulliother for Olympic duty.

Olympic champions in 2004 and 2008, Argentina did not qualify for the London 2012 tournament, which was won by Mexico. (rtr)

AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File

FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, Christian Brocchi waves prior to a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lazio, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.

AC Milan has fired coach Sinisa Mihajlovic and replaced him with youth team coach Cristian Brocchi until the end of the season.

AC Milan fires coach Mihajlovic, replaces him with Brocchi

MILAN — AC Milan fired coach Sinisa Mihajlovic on Tuesday and replaced him with youth team coach Cristian Brocchi until the end of the season. The decision had been expected since Monday night when club owner Silvio Berlusconi met with Brocchi and vice president Adriano Galliano for about three hours.

Brocchi becomes Milan’s fifth coach in little more than two years. It is the 40-year-old Italian’s first senior coaching role.

“Our most sincere thanks go to Mr. Mihajlovic for the work he has done with dedication and honesty,” Milan said in a statement.

Mihajlovic, a former Inter Milan player and assistant coach, joined Milan from Sampdoria in June and steered the team to its first Italian Cup final since 2003.

His future at Milan was reportedly linked to the outcome of the final, against defending champion Juventus, but two straight league defeats — against Atalanta and Juventus — made Berlusconi act earlier.

Milan is without a win in its past five matches, losing three of them, to leave it in danger of failing to qualify for Europe for a third straight season.

Milan last promoted a youth team coach two years ago.

Filippo Inzaghi lasted a year, then was fired and replaced by Mihajlovic.

Brocchi, who also played for Inter, won the Champions League twice as well as the Italian league and cup in a sevenyear spell at Milan between 2001-08.

The last Milan coach to spend more than a year in the job was Massimiliano Allegri, who was fired in January 2014. Allegri went on to take over at Juventus that July, steering the Bianconeri to the Italian league and cup double and to the Champions League final in his first season in charge. (ap)

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Ramiro Funes Mori

Banned Indonesia in the running to host 2023 Asian Cup

Indonesia, currently serving a FIFA ban, are one of the four countries vying to host the 2023 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Tuesday.

The AFC Competitions Committee said they had received expression of interests from China, Thailand, South Korea as well as Indonesia, banned almost a year ago for political interference in the local football association.

The quartet who met the March 31 deadline will now have to provide government guarantees, legal opinion on their bids and enter into a bidding agreement, the AFC said after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Thailand and Indonesia jointly staged the 2007 edition with Ma-

laysia and Vietnam, while China last hosted it in 2004 and South Korea in 1960.

United Arab Emirates will stage the 2019 Asian Cup after they edged out a bid from Iran to host the tournament, which will feature 24 teams for the first time after expanding from 16 in Australia last year.

The Competitions Committee, chaired by Qatar’s Saoud Al Mohannadi, also voted in favour of moving West Asian matches in the AFC Champions League and second tier AFC Cup to Monday and Tuesday in a bid to boost attendances and television interest.

The proposal had come from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who also argued

that playing Champions League matches on Tuesday and Wednesday was hindering their domestic league ambitions.

The change will come into affect next year but the East Asian clubs will continue to play on Wednesday and Thursday.

The AFC also agreed to bring back a tournament for their worst ranked sides this year after they scrapped the Challenge Cup in 2014.

Nepal, Brunei, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and two other sides to be determined, will take part in the 14-day tournament at a neutral venues which will provide at least three matches each and also coaching, refereeing and technical courses. (rtr)

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TABANAN - Batukaru Temple is one of the biggest Hindu Temples in Bali (Sad Kahyangan) with Catur Lokapala Temple and Padmabhuwana Temple status. It is set in the plateau area with lush tropical rain forest surround it. It is situated in the peaceful area which is far from the local resident that is ideally for worship. There are some temple building spread out through the tranquility of rain forest and the big mountain of Batukaru as a back drop.

Luhur Watukaru or Batukaru Temple is located at Wangaya Gede countryside, Penebel District and Tabanan regency, and west part of Bali Island. It is located right on the foot of Mount Batukaru and about 1.30 hours from Denpasar Airport.

After refurbishing three temples are of this temple in some years ago, the element conception and structure of these three temple areas are progressively become everlasting and conceptual. This is especially in outside area where we can meet the existence of Wantilan building (Meeting Hall) which can be used for multifunction and it is located on the right of the entrance gate.

The refurbishment at the parking area has made easy for the Hindu society or all tourists who pay a visit to this temple. It is also other public facilities like toilet which is located at outside temple area or the left side of entrance gate is in good condition and cleans enough. (IBP/net)

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Rockets home in on playoff zone after early turbulence HOUSTON - Houston Rockets scripted a stunning turnaround to stand one win away from salvaging their once-shaky playoff hopes following a tumultuous season.

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Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) fouls Dallas Mavericks guard Devin Harris (34) during the second half at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks defeat the Rockets 88-86.

With Monday’s blowout 129105 victory over Minnesota, and Utah’s loss to Dallas, the Rockets (40-41) climbed back into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

They can clinch a post-season berth with a victory against Sacramento in the season finale on Wednesday.

It is a small consolation for a franchise that reached the conference finals a year ago, but considering Houston appeared buried late last week they will gladly take the turnaround.

“The fire under us, it is lit,” Rockets guard Patrick Beverley told reporters after he helped the team win a second straight game to catch Utah (40-41).

“This is not how we wanted it to be at the end of the season, (but) better late than never.”

Houston’s intention of repeating last season’s success was deflated early when they lost their first three games by 20 points each.

Team leader James Harden

struggled out of the gate as there were rumblings that he showed up out of shape for the campaign.

Coach Kevin McHale was fired after just 11 games, with the team 4-7, and replaced by assistant J.B. Bickerstaff but that did little to fix the team’s troubles.

The defensive efforts of Harden and lack of chemistry between him and center Dwight Howard were just some of the questions surrounding the team.

After their third defeat in four games on Thursday, Houston trailed eighth place Utah by a game and a half with just three remaining.

The Jazz suffered a pair of lastsecond defeats last week that aided the Rockets and now they are positioned to crawl into the playoffs and make the best of a rocky season.

“We control our own destiny. It’s our playoffs (right now),” Harden said. “It’s our last game (Wednesday) and we have to go out there and win. We’ll figure (everything else) out once the game is over.” (rtr)

Can Spieth rebound from agony of Masters meltdown?

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AUGUSTA - The ecstasy of Danny Willett’s three-shot victory at the Masters on Sunday will forever be linked to the eye-popping agony of Jordan Spieth’s stunning collapse on the back nine at Augusta National.

Renowned for his mental toughness under pressure and already the winner of two major titles at the tender age of 22, Spieth was seemingly poised for a second successive Green Jacket after storming five strokes clear with nine holes to play.

That Spieth then went bogey, bogey, quadruple-bogey through 10, 11 and 12 to drop three shots off the pace was one of the most astonishing scenes ever played out at a major championship, and begs the question of how he will handle such a meltdown.

“If you would have told anybody in the golfing world that Jordan Spieth, with the lead, would make seven birdies on Sunday at Augusta and loses, they would have said you’re crazy,” said former world number one David Duval.

“This is going to add some scar tissue for Jordan Spieth. He got to the 10th tee and the wheels just came off. This is either one of the things that is going to make him tougher or it is going to be a hard thing to get over.

“This one got away from him and he is going to go back to the drawing board,” Duval said in

his role as an analyst on Golf Channel. “He will sit down this week and say, ‘What happened and how do we not let that ever happen again?’”

Three-times Masters champion Nick Faldo, who clinched his third Green Jacket in 1996 after a dramatic last-day collapse by Greg Norman, agreed.

“This will scar him,” said the English former world number one, who was also renowned for his steely on-course focus while racking up six major titles during his Hall of Fame career.

“This will damage him for a while. We’re all in shock with what happened to Jordan. In ‘96 you got the sense that Greg was struggling, but it was bit by bit.

SLOW BURN

While Norman’s 1996 debacle was a slow burn after he started the final round with a sixshot lead and agonisingly watched it evaporate as he carded a 78 to Faldo’s superb 67, Spieth’s shocking collapse was brutal in its speed.

“What happened to Jordan, it was so sudden, just bam,” said Faldo. “It was 10 minutes of golf. That’s the harshness of it.”

Jack Nicklaus, who won a record six Masters titles, expressed the views of many with a sympathetic but encouraging statement on his website, saying: “I think the whole golfing world feels for Jordan Spieth. (rtr)

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Danny Willett (right) talks with Jordan Spieth (left) at the green jacket ceremony after the final round of the 2016 The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

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Migrants sit in a rescue boat during a rescue operation

by Italian Navy vessels off the coast of Sicily in this April 11, 2016 handout picture provided by Marina Militare.

Greece tries to coax camped-out migrants into centres as tourist season nears

REUTERS/Marina Militare

ATHENS - Keen to clear the decks for its lucrative summer tourist season, Greece is trying to clear thousands of migrants out of its biggest port where they are sleeping rough by persuading them that they are better off in organised reception centres.

More than 50,000 migrants have been stranded in Greece because of multiple border closures across the Balkans to the north, sealing off a land corridor to wealthy northwestern Europe used by a million people before them fleeing conflict and deprivation in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The port of Piraeus is the main gateway to Greece’s Aegean islands beloved of tourists - but also for an annual exodus of Greeks from the main-

land to celebrate Orthodox Easter.

So Greek officials, anxious not to scare off the travellers’ trade so vital to the debt-ridden country’s cash-starved treasury, are at pains to stress to migrants camped out there that Piraeus is not a home.

To that end, they are circulating a pamphlet, in Piraeus and other areas of Greece with impromptu migrant camps, showing the beaming face of a child, a man using thumb and forefinger to show a loveheart and a

boy munching a banana. It reads: “The boards (borders) to other European states are now blocked from all directions and unfortunately there is no hope that they are going to open in the foreseeable future.”

The pamphlet, published by the Greek coastguard in Arabic, Farsi, English and Greek, is a gentle undertaking to coax migrants to head to organised reception centres.

“The Greek people will always be your friend,” it adds.

Over 4,000 migrants were camped at Piraeus on Monday and over 11,000 at Idomeni, a northern border outpost where Macedonian police fired tear gas to drive back migrants who stormed the border

fence in desperation on Sunday. The response to the pamphlet has been a mix of resignation and suspicion.

“I think it will be better at the (reception centre). It has to be. I’m tired of this place,” said Osama Jamal, a 30-year-old Syrian, as he and members of his family waited to catch a bus out of gritty, bustling Piraeus port.

“I’m tired of this place. I have read there are showers there and better accommodation,” he told Reuters.

Greek authorities laid on buses on Monday to transfer migrants from Piraeus to dockyards northwest of Athens, and there were signs that refugees were on the

Russia says one of its attack helicopters crashes in Syria

MOSCOW - A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning killing both pilots, Russia’s Defence Ministry said.

The ministry said the helicopter, which crashed in Homs province, had not been shot down, but the cause of the incident was unclear.

“A group of specialists is working at the crash site to investigate the incident,” the ministry said in a statement. The pilots’ bodies had been recovered and brought back to Russia’s

air base in Hmeymim in Latakia province, it said.

President Vladimir Putin announced on March 14 that Russia was withdrawing the bulk of its military contingent in Syria. Around half its fixed-wing strike aircraft flew out in the days that followed.

But Russia continued to ship significant quantities of military supplies to Syria and analysts said the Kremlin had changed rather than diluted its military capabilities, increasingly relying on helicopters to support the

Syrian army.

Mi-28N helicopters, broadly equivalent to America’s Apache gunship, took part in the Syrian government operation to push Islamic State out of the ancient city of Palmyra last month, firing anti-tank rockets at armoured vehicles.

The crash is the third aircraft Russia has acknowledged losing in Syria. Turkey shot down a Russian Sukhoi-24 bomber near the SyrianTurkish border on Nov. 24 and a helicopter sent to rescue the pilots was then destroyed by rebels after landing. (rtr)

move.

But some were not convinced, fearing they would be essentially jailed in a reception centre.

Furat Mamo, from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, said he would rather stay in Piraeus than go to a reception centre.

“We heard it’s very bad. A friend of mine is there and he says it has closed doors, that he needs a special paper to go out,” the 24-year-old student said.

Mamo and a friend have been living in a passenger terminal at Piraeus for a month, their possessions wrapped in blankets. Authorities say they cannot remain there for much longer. (rtr)

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Ms Rousseff, meanwhile, is fighting back.

The 68-year-old who was tortured under Brazil’s military dictatorship is being helped by her ally and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is frantically trying to build an antiimpeachment coalition.

But Lula himself is also immersed in scandal - facing money laundering charges over a corruption probe into state oil company Petrobras.

The scandal has seen a number of executives and politicians charged, including house Speaker Eduardo Cunha, who would be next in line for the presidency if Mr Temer were also impeached. (rtr)

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BUSINESS UK inflation rises to highest level in 15 months LONDON — Britain’s inflation rate has risen unexpectedly to its highest level in 15 months, driven by higher air fares over the Easter period.

The Office of National Statistics said Tuesday the annual inflation rate rose to 0.5 percent last month, up from 0.3 percent in February. It was slightly higher than consensus forecasts of 0.4 percent.

The rise was driven by air fares,

which climbed 22.9 percent, and by clothing, which rose 1.7 percent. Despite the increase, the rate remains well below the Bank of England’s 2 percent target.

Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, says talk of higher interest rates on the back of Tuesday’s rise was premature as the “overall trend remains weak.”

The pound rebounded slightly on the news to $1.4308.(ap)

Hertz seeing a glut, trims revenue outlook; shares tumble NEW YORK — Hertz is cutting its revenue expectations for the year, saying that the rental car market is suffering from excess capacity. The news sent shares of Hertz tumbling 9 percent Monday in midday trading, and it dragged down rival Avis Budget Group by more than 7 percent.

There were implications that the industry was under pressure.

Avis had previously predicted flat pricing for the year.

“Overall, we are not surprised to see continued pricing pressure and overcapacity concerns weighing on the business given similar

commentary by Avis earlier in the year,” wrote Citi analyst Manish A. Somaiya.

Hertz CEO John Tague says that overflow will likely moderate heading into the peak summer season.

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. now expects U.S. car rental revenue to range from flat to dropping by 1.5 percent. The company had previously projected growth between 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent.

The company, based in Estero, Florida, expects revenue per available car day in the first quarter of between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent.(ap)

AP Photo/David Goldman, File

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2013, file photo, a customer checks in at a Hertz car rental counter at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Hertz cuts revenue guidance as pricing pressure lingers into 2016.

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s government released a new proposal Monday for restructuring part of its $70 billion debt to buy time to implement a fiscal plan as multimillion-dollar payments loom for the U.S. territory facing dwindling cash reserves.

Government officials proposed to exchange $49 billion of debt into up to $28 billion of base bonds and nearly $2 billion of tax-exempt capital appreciation bonds. They said the voluntary exchange would allow creditors to recover the full principal they invested regardless of future economic growth rates.

The plan also includes a special clause for those who live in Puerto Rico and hold certain bonds. Officials said that group could receive up to $8 billion of local holder base bonds that repays the full principal they originally invested at a 2 percent interest rate.

Government officials said Puerto Rico could cut $12 billion to $16 billion from its debt load under the new deal. They said this would allow the island’s government to keep providing essential services, pay back local vendors and suppliers, boost liquidity and fund retirement systems, among other things.

“The fact is that we will only

be able to address these issues by working together,” said Secretary of State Victor Suarez.

Investor groups have proposed tougher terms. They did not respond to a request for comment on the new plan, which could mean a loss for some. Puerto Rican officials said they discussed the plan with investors’ advisers in late March.

David Tawil, co-founder and portfolio manager of New Yorkbased Maglan Capital, said bondholders would likely not consider the deal aggressive enough, but said it was a smart move by government officials amid uncertainty of how courts and U.S. Congress will respond to the island’s economic crisis.

“This is a good-faith effort in the sense that it’s holistic,” he said in a phone interview. “It provides for varying types of recovery depending on whether you want to be part of (Puerto Rico’s) future or whether you want to go ahead and cash out in your investment immediately.”

A group of investors and the Assured Guaranty insurance company, which together hold nearly $6.5 billion worth of general obligation bonds, have offered to defer repayment of nearly $2 billion in principal for the next five years to help the island avoid a default in July. The investors also offered $750 million in liquidity through another general obligation bond sale. Puerto Rico’s government rejected the deal, saying it would only incur more debt and lead to cash shortfalls.

Government officials said their proposal would reduce the debt service-to-revenue ratio on taxsupported debt from 36 percent to 15 percent. They noted that is still higher than the most indebted U.S. states. Creditors, however, have questioned the validity of financial statistics that Puerto Rico’s government has provided.

The plan comes as Puerto Rico urges the U.S. Congress to approve a debt-restructuring mechanism.

U.S. House Republicans are seeking consensus on a bill that aims in part to create a federal fiscal control board to audit the island’s government. Democrats, GOP conservative and local officials have rejected it.(ap)

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Attorney general office accuses Kpk of committing illegal procedure

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 29, file 2015 photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico’s Capitol as in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Monday, April 11, 2016, Puerto Rico released a new proposal to restructure part of its $70 billion debt to buy time to implement a fiscal growth plan as multimillion-dollar payments loom for a U.S. territory facing dwindling cash reserves.

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A fisherman collecting green mussels pulls a tube of his breathing device in the Bay of Jakarta, Indonesia, April 11, 2016.

Komodo exercise to strengthen Indonesia`s maritime culture: President

PADANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed hope that the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) would help to strengthen Indonesias maritime culture.

The non-combat exercise would also boost cooperation among navies of the countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Jokowi stated in his opening remarks at the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 held to coincide with the biennial MNEK 2016 here, Tuesday.

The delegations of the Komodo Exercise 2016 are scheduled to organize humanitarian activities such as free medical services and assistance to construct public facilities and infrastructure.

“This exercise is also expected to promote common understanding on the protection of marine natural resources, regional cooperation, and the improvement of human resources in the maritime sector,” the head of state

affirmed.

One of the most difficult wars is the quest to win humanity, he pointed out.

“In fact, a non-combat military operation should not be underestimated,” he remarked.

Humanitarian operations, particularly for carrying out disaster mitigation efforts at sea as well as Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, need preparedness, speed, and adequate resources, he stated.

“Such operations will be optimal if they are not carried out alone. We need cooperation of other countries, especially the navies from countries stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Indian Ocean,” he said.

Therefore, Jokowi expressed his support to the implementation of the

MNEK 2016.

The Komodo Exercise is part of the Indonesian Navys defense diplomacy during peace time aimed at promoting common understanding on tolerance and transparency among navies of various countries.

The Indonesian Navy is hosting the MNEK 2016 coinciding with the IFR 2016 and the 15th Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Padang and Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra Province from April 12 to 16, 2016.

Fifteen foreign countries have sent their 20 warships to participate in the events.

The participating countries are Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the United States, Japan, France, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. As the host country, Indonesia has deployed 28 warships.(ant)

JAKARTA - The attorney general office has accused the Corruption Eradication Commission of breaking the procedure when raiding and sealing the high prosecution office of West Java.

“As far as I know it was against the procedure,” Junior Attorney General for Supervision Widyo Pramono, said here on Monday.

The Caught Red handed Operation on two prosecutors of the West Java prosecution office was also against procedure as the arrest was made without official order, Widyo said.

Widyo referred to the arrested of two unnamed prosecutors of the West Java high prosecution office earlier on Monday on charge of accepting bribery.

However, he said he had no intention yet to take legal action against the breach of the procedure by a KPK task force.

“I will study first , seek confirmation of the report, whether there was order for the raid and confiscation of documents. “Law enforcement has to be based on procedure and law. This constitutional state has to be protected with proper law enforcement,” he said.

Unconfirmed reports said one of the two prosecutors arrested by KPK task force has an initial of D who handled corruption case in Subang.

KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo confirmed that KPK had arrested two prosecutors of the West Java high prosecution office but he gave no name.(ant)

Women in Papua ask government to close houses of prostitution SORONG - Women of the city of Sorong in Papua Barat ask the city administration to close houses of prostitution especially in the red light district called malanu location. “Almost all massage parlors in Sorong serves as prostitution houses and they are out of control,” a local woman leader Moi Tin Kalami said here on Tuesday.

Moi Tin said prostitution has been rampant in Sorong resulting in high rate of HIV/AIDS cases as well as violence on women in the city. “In order to save people of the younger generation the Malanu location and the massage parlors should be closed,” she said.

She question the need for forming a special committee by the city council to study call for the closure of prostitution centers. “We appreciate the decision of the city administration to ban sales of alcoholic drinks. We hope the government also close prostitution houses,” she said.

Sorong Mayor Lambert Jitmau said his administration also wanted to close prostitution centers but it could not be easily done as prostitutes also need income to live on like any other people.

“PSK (prostitutes) also want to live , therefore, plan to close prostitution centers has to be prepared so that no body is hurt,” the mayor said.

He said the city administration has studied and discussed the prostitution issue with the city council to find a right solution, whether the places have to be closed or moved away from the city center.

If the places is to be closed, the city administration has to find a way to be fair to the women living from commercial sex , he added. Papua is among the regions in the country having largest number of HIV/AIDS cases.(ant)

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Fruit prices follow temple cermonies

AMLAPURA - Lately, the price of rambutan in Karangsokong Subagan has gone way down with fruit on the stalk goig for IDR 4,000 per kg and destalked fruit going for just IDR 2,000 per kg.

Housewife Kadek Maryati said that she brought her rambutan at Karangsokong Market for IDR 2,000 per kg. In traditional village markets like the one in Culik village, good waulity rambutan are being sold for IDR 4,000 per kg.

“Rambutan is abundant because it is the harvest season in Karangasem which makes the price go way down”, said Nengah Balik, a rambutan grower in Karangasem.

Meanwhile the price of sugar apples is more of a relief for famers, with prices at IDR 2,000 apiece because although it is also harvest season for this fruit, there are simply not very many sugar apples available and school children love them as witnesses in the cafeteria of SDN 2 Tulamben elementary school in Kelod hamlet, Tulamben.

During break time, the students scrambled to purchase sugar apple for IDR 2,000 each.

The price of snakefruit in Karangasem is now soaring as the har-

vest season draws to a close. At traditional market in Karangasem, snakefruit are now being sold for around IDR 6,000 to IDR 10,000 per kg.

Sugar snakefruit are even more rare and thus expensive with prices reaching as much as IDR 15,000 per kg. The price of durian is increasing lately because of the demand for these fruit that comes with temple anniversaries (piodalan) that are currently taking place at various temples such as Besakih and Ngusaba Dalem rituals in some villages like Nyuhtebel customary village, Ulakan customary village, Manggis and Datah customary village, in Abang subdistrict. (013) The price of rambutan in Karangsokong Subagan has gone way down with fruit on the stalk goig for IDR 4,000 per kg and destalked fruit going for just IDR 2,000 per kg.

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Iceland finance minister says won’t resign over Panama Papers leaks

LONDON - Iceland’s Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said on Tuesday he would not resign over the Panama Papers leaks, which showed he was once had a stake in an offshore investment firm in the Seychelles.

Asked by reporters in London whether he would quit, Benediktsson answered: “No”.

The statement came a week after Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned as prime minister over the leaked documents which showed his wife owned an offshore company that held debt from failed Icelandic banks.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which saw the leaked papers from Panamanian lawyers Mossack Fonseca, said they showed Benediktsson and two Icelandic businessmen had power of attorney over a shell company called Falson & Co. created in 2005 in the Seychelles.

The Consortium reported that Benediktsson had confirmed he owned a third of the company and had said it was set up for investing in four apartments in a building which was being built in Dubai, but that the company had been wound down in 2009.

The wider revelations have triggered a political maelstrom in Iceland, further undermining confidence in its political and financial elite. A poll last week showed 69 percent of respondents wanted Benediktsson to resign. (rtr)

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Monkeys descend on Pikat village cemetary SEMARAPURA - An unsual sight took place in the cemetery of Pikat village, Dawan, Klungkung last Thusrday. Dozens of monkeys descended from the mountains in groups looking for food in and around the cemetery. It is believe that the monkeys came down from Muntig Hill because they were lacking food.

As observed on Saturday, dozens of monkeys arrived in groups but quickly disperse as they entered the cemetery where they scrambled to get at the food offerings left by local residents on the tombs of their relatives. Strangely, the monkeys that descend to the Pikat village cemetery did not disturb any people.

In fact the monkeys waited politely as residents finished presenting their offerings before snatching the fruits from the tombs.

Only after the people had finished their rituals did the monkeys spread out to collect the offerings. Another strange thing is that the monkeys did not linger in the cemetery. After two hours of snacking on the offerings, the monkeys returned to Muntig Hill.

Nengah Sutaryajana ,Chief of Sente Hamlet, Pikat, explained that these monkeys have in fact been coming down for get food in the cemetray since 1995. “Usually the monkeys come to the cemetery around 10:00AM and then leave two hours later” he said.

Sutaryajana also explained that the monkeys never disturb anyone or interfere with religious activities in the cemetery even though they clearly come looking for food. They also never disturb any village crops.

Likewise the people of Pikat also do not dare to disturb the monkeys and to the contrary place offerings in Anggara Kasih Tambir on the shrine of the Taman Beji located on the slope of the Muntig hill with the desire to preserve the wildlife there. “In 2014, one of the villagers shot a monkey dead but fell seriously ill shortly thereafter. Since then, no one dares to disturb them”, said.

Sutaryajana guesses that the monkeys come down to the village because they lack food in the hills – especially in the dry season.

This herd of monkeys lives in the Muntig Hills but also to the north IBP/net in Muncung Hills. “Probably, the population reaches hundreds of Dozens of monkeys descended from the mountains in groups looking for food in and around the monkeys (at Muntig and Muncung hill). The monkeys come down cemetery of Pikat village, Dawan, Klungkung. to the grave when they lack of food” he said simply. (kmb)

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An activist shows fake banknotes during a demonstration outside the European Commission (EC) headquarters ahead of statements by the EC on the effectiveness of existing measures against tax evasion and money-laundering in light of the recent Panama Paper revelations, in Brussels, Belgium, April 12, 2016.

Turkish leader files complaint against “insulting” poem read on German TV

BERLIN - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has filed a complaint against a comedian who recited a satirical and sexually crude poem about him on German television, complicating Berlin’s attempts to get Turkey’s help in dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis.

The issue pits freedom of speech values that are core to Western Europe against recent moves in Turkey by Erdogan that critics say crack down on dissent.

The public prosecutor’s office in the western city of Mainz said Erdogan had filed the complaint via lawyers against Jan Boehmermann for insulting him. Boehmermann is the host of the late-night “Neo Magazin Royale” on the public ZDF channel.

In a programme broadcast on March 31, Boehmermann had recited a poem about Erdogan that contained crude sexual references and accusations that Erdogan repressed minorities and mistreated Kurds and Christians.

Before reading it, Boehmermann referred to a satirical song broadcast on NDR television that had mocked Erdogan for his authoritarian treatment of journalists. That show led Turkey to call in Germany’s envoy to provide an explanation, although Germany rejected Turkish protests.

Boehmermann said the NDR broadcast fell under the right to artistic freedom, press

freedom and freedom of opinion and said his poem was an example of impermissible “abusive criticism”.

Prosecutors said Erdogan’s complaint would be examined as part of a pending procedure.

They had already begun investigating Boehmermann on suspicion of the crime of “offending foreign states’ organs and representatives” after more than 20 people filed complaints.

On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Berlin was examining a formal request made by Turkey for it to prosecute Boehmermann and a decision would be made in the next days.

Merkel, who has spearheaded EU efforts to secure Turkey’s help in dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis, has told Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in a telephone conversation that the poem was “deliberately offensive”.

If the government decides to decline the Turkish request to prosecute Boehmermann, she risks a worsening of diplomatic relations with Turkey, Wolfgang Kubicki, senior member of Germany’s business-friendly FDP party, told NDR radio.

“If the government were to support the move, there would be a huge backlash domestically,” he said, adding that in his opinion as a trained lawyer the poem was “distasteful” but within the limits of artistic freedom. (rtr)

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington March 31, 2016.

Suicide blast in Yemen’s Aden kills four - sources ADEN - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt near a football stadium in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Tuesday, killing at least four people, witnesses and a security source said.

Ten people were wounded in the attack, which appeared to target young army recruits waiting for buses outside a military checkpoint in the city’s north, the witnesses and source added.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but jihadist militants have carried out similar suicide bombings in Aden in the past.

Such groups are not involved in a nationwide truce that started between the main warring parties in Yemen this week. (rtr)

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Japan prepares for release of tritium from Fukushima plant

TOKYO — To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago. The substance is tritium.

The radioactive material is nearly impossible to remove from the huge quantities of water used to cool melted-down reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which was wrecked by the massive tsunami in northeastern Japan in March 2011.

The water is still accumulating since 300 tons are needed every day to keep the reactors chilled. Some is leaking into the ocean.

Huge tanks lined up around the plant, at last count 1,000 of them, each hold hundreds of tons of water that have been cleansed of radioactive cesium and strontium but not of tritium.

Ridding water of tritium has been carried out in laboratories. But it’s an effort that would be extremely costly at the scale required for the Fukushima plant, which sits on the Pacific coast. Many scientists argue it isn’t worth it and say the risks of dumping the tritium-laced water into the sea are minimal.

Their calls to simply release the water into the Pacific Ocean are alarming many in Japan and

elsewhere.

Rosa Yang, a nuclear expert at the Electric Power Research Institute, based in Palo Alto, California, who advises Japan on decommissioning reactors, believes the public angst is uncalled for. She says a Japanese government official should simply get up in public and drink water from one of the tanks to convince people it’s safe.

But the line between safe and unsafe radiation is murky, and children are more susceptible to radiation-linked illness. Tritium goes directly into soft tissues and organs of the human body, potentially increasing the risks of cancer and other sicknesses.

“Any exposure to tritium radiation could pose some health risk.

This risk increases with prolonged exposure, and health risks include increased occurrence of cancer,” said Robert Daguillard, a spokesman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The agency is trying to minimize the tritium from U.S. nuclear

facilities that escapes into drinking water.

Right after the March 2011 disaster, many in Japan panicked, some even moving overseas although they lived hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the Fukushima no-go zone. By now, concern has settled to the extent that some worry the lessons from the disaster are being forgotten.

Tritium may be the least of Japan’s worries. Much hazardous work remains to keep the plant stabilized, and new technology is needed for decommissioning the plant’s reactors and containing massive radioactive contamination.

The ranks of Japan’s anti-nuclear activists have been growing since the March 2011 accident, and many oppose releasing water with tritium into the sea. They argue that even if tritium’s radiation is weaker than strontium or cesium, it should be removed, and that good methods should be devised to do that.

Japan’s fisheries organization has repeatedly expressed concerns over the issue. News of a release of the water could devastate local fisheries just as communities in northeastern Japan struggle to recover from the 2011 disasters. (ap)

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In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, a worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago. The substance is tritium.

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Snakefruit agrotourism dormant, Jagasatru waterfall to be promoted AP Photo/Patrick Sison

This Saturday, April 9, 2016 photo shows the icons for Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s Messenger apps on a smartphone in New York. In coming months, people who use Messenger, Skype and Canada’s Kik for online chats can expect to see all kinds of businesses offering information and other services with the help of messaging “bots,” or software that’s capable of human-like conversation.

Why you might soon text robots as often as your friends

SAN FRANCISCO — The robots are coming — to help run your life or sell you stuff — at an online texting service near you.

In coming months, users of Facebook’s Messenger app, Microsoft’s Skype and Canada’s Kik can expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses. These messaging “chatbots” are basically software that can conduct human-like conversation and do simple jobs once reserved for people. Google and other companies are reportedly working on similar ideas.

In Asia, software butlers are already part of the landscape. When Washington, D.C., attorney Samantha Guo visited China recently, the 32-year-old said she was amazed at how extensively her friends used bots and similar technology on the texting service WeChat to pay for meals, order movie tickets and even send each other gifts.

“It was mind-blowing,” Guo said.

U.S. services lag way behind, she added.

Online messaging has become routine for most people, offering more immediacy than email or voice calls, said Michael Wolf, a media and technology consultant. Messaging services are now growing faster than traditional online social platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, according to research by Wolf’s firm, Activate.

And experts say messaging bots can handle a wider range of tasks than apps offered by retailers and other consumer businesses. In part, that’s because bots can recognize a variety of spoken or typed phrases, where apps force users to choose from options on a drop-down menu. Reaching a chatbot can be as simple as clicking a link in an online ad or scanning a boxy bar code with a smartphone camera. A specialpurpose app requires a download and often a new account sign-up.

“Bots are the new apps,” Microsoft

CEO Satya Nadella said last month.

Microsoft has just created new programming tools for businesses to build bots that will interact with customers on Skype, the Microsoft-owned Internet voice, video and messaging service.

Facebook is widely expected to unveil similar tools for its Messenger chat service at the company’s annual software conference starting Tuesday. It’s already partnered with a few online retailers and transportation companies so consumers can use Messenger to check the status of a clothing purchase from online retailer Zulily, order car service from Uber or get a boarding pass from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

At those services, automated chatbots handle some interactions, with supervision from human operators.

Similarly, Facebook has been testing a digital assistant called “M’’ — sort of like Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana — that can answer questions or perform tasks like ordering flowers in response to commands on Messenger. It uses a combination of artificial intelligence and input from human overseers.

Another messaging service, Kik, which is popular among U.S. teenagers, opened a new “bot shop” last week. Kik users can talk to bots that will answer questions about the weather, show funny videos or help with online shopping. Slack, a messaging service used by businesses, has partnered with Taco Bell to introduce a “Taco Bot” that helps Slack users order ahead for meals at a local outlet.

In Asia, many smartphone owners are used to playing games and buying items through messaging services like WeChat, which claims 700 million active users. One in five WeChat users has added bank or credit card information so that person can check balances, pay bills or send money to friends, according to the Andreesen Horowitz venture capital firm. (rtr)

AMLAPURA - Jagasatru waterfalls at Pateh hamlet, East Duda, Karangasem, are potential to be developed into a tourist attraction. The waterfalls located under the Putung hills should be well organized and promoted as a tourist attraction considering the snakefruit agrotourism in the area is underdeveloped.

A legislator of the Karangasem House of Representatives, Wayan Suparta, delivered the matter on Sunday (Apr. 10) in Karangasem.

He stated the road to the location is pretty good and has been paved.

He said the waterfalls are quite large and matchless. Uniquely, there are two waterfalls, one runs from the north while another from the south. When getting to the quite large waterfall, the pathway remains pristine with views of the cliffs and verdant hills.

He said that all this time the residents at his village used it as a place of invoking holy water for ritual.

Besides, local residents also believe that the waterfall is a good place for purificatory rite or malukat after suffering disease or other distress.

There are also people invoking holy water or doing purificatory rite for

recovery.

All this time, only the residents of local village make a visit to the waterfalls. It happens because the waterfalls are not widely known yet, while the location is also quite far or it will take people about one hour. However, added this former headman of East Duda, it is great for trekking path and when arriving at the location it can be resumed with a holy bath.

He added the trekking attraction to the waterfall is potential to be developed. In addition to be integrated with the attraction Putung Hill, it is also a tourism route to snakefruit agrotourism of Sibetan village.

In the meantime, a leader and resident from Telaga and Kalanganyar, Wayan Mastra, asked the government of Karangasem to promote the snakefruit agrotourism of Sibetan to regional (Bali), national and even international level. Actually, the Sibetan snakefruit agrotourism having long been opened but does not develop. He has been working hard to manage the business group by processing the snakefruit into snakefruit coffee, snakefruit honey and snakefruit wine. (013) IBP/eka

After more than a month the calamities afflicting the Badung Market, the relocation of merchants has entered the stage of making stalls and shelters.

Early May, merchants of Badung Market to be relocated

DENPASAR - After more than a month the calamities afflicting the Badung Market, the relocation of merchants has entered the stage of making stalls and shelters. Preparation of temporary location is worked on by the Denpasar Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP). In the meantime, the PD Pasar estimated that early May the relocation of merchants to the ex-Tiara Grosir can already be realized.

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Jagasatru waterfalls at Pateh hamlet, East Duda, Karangasem, are potential to be developed into a tourist attraction.

This was revealed in a meeting of Commission II and III of the Denpasar House of Representatives with PD Pasar, Spatial Planning and Housing Agency as well as the Industry and Trade Agency, Monday (Apr. 11). The meeting was opened by Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Wayan Mariyana Wandhira, and guided

by Chairman of Commission III Eko Supriadi.

The Head of the DTRP Denpasar, Made Kusumadiputra, described

the construction and arrangement of 194 units of stall has accomplished and most of the shelters have been marked with divider line. “There will be an additional building at the entrance to accommodate 75 merchants. The building is made of wood and aluminum roof. We estimate the work can be accomplished next week,” he explained.

In the meantime, Managing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, said that after completing the arrangement of

stalls and shelters, the company plans to hold pecaruan or animal sacrifice and inauguration on April 30. After that, the merchants have been able to occupy the location provided. Prior to occupying the stall, a draw of unit number will be held for the 1,270 merchants to be relocated. “Our drawing will be scheduled about a week before the placement,” he explained.

Related to the drawing mechanism, Westra explained that it would be done as fairly and openly as possible. The drawing is based on classification of merchandise.

The merchants that will occupy the former Tiara Grosir area consists of the group of groceries, household appliances, plastics, clothing, accessories, fish, meat and spices. (kmb12)

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What is the consideration if the accommodation and or tourism facilities could be built in the Badung region?

“It is based on the rules set forth in the

detailed spatial plan. If it is designated for tourist accommodation, we develop it into tourist destination,” said Giri Prasta when met on the sidelines of the CISM opening in Kuta, Badung. He said that in Badung the government is still promoting tourist destination because the district is developing

heritage tourism program including the subak temple, nature tourism and agrotourism. To resolve congestion problem, the regent admitted to have conducted concrete measures such as by the making of underpass, a shortcut on Jalan Tukad Mati. Parking problem has also been addressed, for example,

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The hotels which is located in Nusa Dua Area.

by taking advantage of central park, Kuta main market with parking space at ground floor.

Does it mean that Regent Giri Prasta agrees with reclamation? Giri Prasta quickly replied that the matter of Benoa Bay reclamation is the authority of central government. “That’s not our authority,” he explained.

In principle he reiterated to the public that from the very beginning he wants to normalize the Benoa Bay. “I said I wanted to normalize, and we do it alone instead of with investors.

We try to normalize and make the abnormal into normal. For example, we have Tukad Mati. This river is the disposal site of water where we can drain water into the sea. We are making a study how the water can flow from mainland to the sea. It needs a study and it does not have anything to do with the reclamation,” he stated.

Nevertheless, he said that anything done needs assessment, so that we have a clear concept before making execution. “We should not follow the discourse. For instance, there is recla-

mation and then we participate in it. It is not like that,” he explained.

However, added Giri Prasta, when talking about reclamation, as what people are currently discussing, the regent reiterated his rejection. “From the beginning, I have affirmed to reject the reclamation. Since entering the candidacy, I have rejected the reclamation but my concept is normalization,” he explained.

What about the insistence showed by majority of customary villages in Badung? The regent said that he remains to accommodate people’s aspirations.

“Yes, we constantly accommodate their aspirations. However, we must comply with and respect constitution. The aspiration is our responsibility, too. But, I explain that governmental affairs are different. Anyone becoming the ruler should listen to the people’s aspirations.

Clearly and firmly, I reject the reclamation,” said Regent Giri Prasta. Then, is there any desire to fight for people’s aspirations? “Obviously we’ve understood about people’s desire,” he said shortly. (kmb37)

Indonesia hosts CISM

Dozens of armies from 21 countries meet in Kuta

DENPASAR— Dozens of armies from 21 countries in the world, including Indonesia, met together in Kuta, Bali, Monday (Apr. 11). They are coalesced into the members of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) holding the fourth meeting at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Kuta. The event was opened by the Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region Setyo Sularso representing the Indonesia Military (TNI) Commander, General Gatot Nurmantyo.

According to the Spokesperson Navy Colonel (P) Sultan, the activity is important and useful. For instance, it poses an open medium of diplomacy, strengthening diplomatic relations between the member countries and non-members in the Asia-Oceania region. “Besides, this activity is also beneficial to promote Indonesian culture and tourism,” he said. In addition, this Asian Forum meeting can open up great the opportunities for Indonesia in cooperation of trade, creative economy, culture and tourism.

The armies attending the CISM include Indonesia (host), Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor-

Leste, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

While the TNI Commander in his speech said that the CISM through its sporting program has become very strategic worldwide organization. Among others, it is beneficial in building friendship and peace in every corner of the world region.

TNI Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo through his speech read by the Commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region Maj. Gen. Setyo Sularso hoped the CISM Asia meeting this year could result in intelligent thinking to further develop the programs that can accommodate all the countries in Asia. Regarding the development of activities, CISM program must include substances

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The participants of the fourth meeting of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) in Kuta. that can provide benefits to each member country, either through organizational activities or sporting activities and other solidarity activities.

“It is important for the boards of the CISM Asia and all the member countries. In order to maintain the

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Gen. Baran Cheshmeh Mehr Ali from Iran said that Indonesia is a

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Singer Bryan Adams performs on stage at the 2016 Juno Awards in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 3, 2016.

Singer Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi show to protest same-sex law

MISSISSIPPI - Canadian singer Bryan Adams has canceled a show in Mississippi to protest a new state law that will let people with religious objections deny services to same-sex couples, the second major concert scrapped in the U.S. South over discrimination concerns.

On Friday, rock star Bruce Springsteen called off a weekend concert in North Carolina to show his opposition to a new law there barring transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.

The cancellations come as U.S. states consider legislation seen as restricting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Supporters of the measures say they are needed to keep women and children safe in restrooms and to protect religious freedom after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year legalized same-sex marriage.

Adams, who was set to perform on Thursday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, called the state’s measure “extremely discriminatory.”

“I cannot in good conscience perform in a state where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation,” Adams wrote on his website.

The law signed in Mississippi last week allows people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and permits employers to cite religion in determining workplace policies on dress code, grooming and bathroom

and locker access.

Ninety-five Mississippi writers, including best-selling author John Grisham, signed a letter released on Monday calling for a repeal of the law before it takes effect in July.

“There have always been people here battling injustice,” the letter said.

“That’s the version of Mississippi we believe in, and that’s the Mississippi we won’t stop fighting for.”

In North Carolina, several hundred people rallied in Raleigh on Monday in support of that state’s law, the first in the nation to require transgender people to choose bathrooms and locker rooms that match the gender on their birth certificate.

The law also bars local governments from enacting anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. (rtr)

LOS ANGELES - The cast of “Game of Thrones” played down rumours fan-favourite Jon Snow would live on in the hit fantasy series at the season six premiere on Sunday, insisting the heroic character was dead.

Stars Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) walked the carpet at Los Angeles’ TCL Chinese Theatre but Kit Harrington, who plays Snow, was a notable no-show.

Snow appeared to be killed off at the end of season five of the popular drama based on novels by George R.R. Martin but HBO sent fans into a frenzy last year when it tweeted a season six teaser poster with a shot of his bloody face.

“Listen, my only reply is the man’s had about 25 knives in his chest - how much steel does he need to have in his body to be confirmed dead? He’s dead, dead as a doornail,” Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth, told Reuters.

“It’s so sad. He’s gone, gone ... Such a shame. Such a nice young man,” added Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay Bolton.

The fifth season finale, which saw Snow stabbed repeatedly and appearing to bleed to death, drew the show’s largest U.S. audience with some 8.1 million viewers, according to reports.

It is also the point that Martin’s books have reached, so not hint there.

Coster-Waldau said Snow’s demise was yet to be properly seen by fans: “It’s going to be interesting to see when people find out what happened, how dead he is. He’s dead. Dead, dead.”

“Do you know what? I don’t know. I just ... well, whatever anyone else has said is exactly what we’re... he’s gone. We saw him die, we saw it happen,” Clarke replied when asked about Snow.

While cast members kept tight-lipped about the storyline, one element of the new series however has been revealed -- the female characters will be fighting back.

“If anyone thought the dudes had it going on, this season will change their minds,” Clarke said.

“Yes, we’re bringing the fire.”

“Game of Thrones” season six premieres on April 24 on HBO. (rtr)

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Brazil’s Rousseff Edges Closer To Impeachment

RIO de JENEIRO - A congressional committee in Brazil has recommended the ousting of the country’s embattled president Dilma Rousseff. The committee’s vote - 38 to 27 in favour of impeachment - is not binding but sets the stage for a crucial vote in the country’s lower house.

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A man holds a mock coffin during a protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil April 11, 2016.

Ms Rousseff is accused of breaking fiscal laws to mask the dire state of the budget during her re-election in 2014.

Members of the impeachment committee celebrate after voting on the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the National Congress in Brasilia Members of the impeachment committee react after the vote Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will vote on Sunday or Monday next week on whether to send the matter to the Senate for a possible trial.

A two-thirds majority is needed to achieve this and it could see Ms Rousseff ultimately removed from office.

The latest survey of the 513 deputies, however, shows 298 in favour - short of the 342 needed to carry the motion. There are 119 deputies opposed and 96 undecided.

If the impeachment measure was to move to the Senate, they would then decide whether to open a trial, something that would see Ms Rous-

seff suspended from office for up to 180 days during proceedings.

If Ms Rousseff was eventually impeached, the reins would pass to her vice president Michel Temer.

On Monday, a recording was released via a newspaper of Mr Temer rehearsing the speech he is preparing for when he takes over. His team said the leak was accidental but which Ms Rousseff’s supporters say it is evidence of a “coup”.

The road does not appear smooth for him either, however: while a poll shows that 61% of Brazilians favour impeaching Ms Rousseff, 58% think Mr Temer should suffer the same fate.

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Tourism investment in Badung now opened Regent of Badung consistently rejects reclamation MANGUPURA Lately, many circles talk about the moratorium of hotels and other tourist accommodation, especially with regard to the rules and unbalanced development in Southern and Northern Bali and

others.

On the basis of a desire to develop tourist destinations, especially in Southern Badung, the Regent of Badung Nyoman Giri Prasta gave green light to entrepreneurs or investors that will build tourist accommodation.

Responding to this case, this regent of Badung from Plaga claimed that he will invite stakeholders, particularly those in the tourism

component.

“We will invite them to sit down together, to leap together and work together in this tourism sector,” said Regent Giri Prasta.

What about the information on the hotel tariff war? “There must be no tariff war,” he said.

Regarding the development investments in Badung, the regent reiterated that it is very

possible. However, continued the regent from the PDI-P, all the investors should comply with the prevailing spatial, customary and cultural orders. “Thus, we have to permit the investment without changing the customary and cultural rules,” he explained.

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