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Sofia Vergara to appear in ‘The Simpsons’ LOS ANGELES - US-Colombian star Sofia Vergara is

going to lend her voice to a character on long-running hit series “The Simpsons”, Entertainment Weekly reported.

Vergara will play the role of Professor Barrera in an episode during the upcoming 27th season of the animated comedy show, according to the

magazine.

Barrera will be a love interest of main character Bart Simpson, and his teacher Principal Skinner.

Vergara, star of hit-series “Modern Family”, is the highest paid actress on US television.

“The Simpsons” has been running since 1989. (afp)

Britney Spears to guest star on The CW’s ‘Jane the Virgin’

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Meghan Trainor cancels tour, will get surgery on vocal cord

NEW YORK - Meghan Trainor is canceling the rest of her North American tour because of a vocal cord hemorrhage and she plans to get surgery.

The singer wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that she also has bronchitis and she’s “been coughing a lot

and that pushed it over the edge.”

She wrote to fans: “I am devastated, scared, and so sorry.”

Trainor canceled shows last month because of her damaged vocal cords. Her MTrain Tour was expected to play through September.

She wrote that she’s “determined to do what it takes to get better and come back around stronger than ever.”

The 21-year-old’s hits include “All About That Bass,” ‘’Lips Are Movin’” and “Dear Future Husband.” (ap)

B E V E R LY HILLS, Calif. — Britney Spears is getting ready to meet “Jane the Virgin.” The pop singer will guest star in an upcoming episode of the Golden Globe-nominated series, The CW network announced Tuesday.

The opportunity came about after “Jane’s” executive prod u c e r, J e n n i e Snyder Urman, heard Spears was a big fan of the show.

Spears will play herself, who happens to be Jaime Camil’s character, Rogelio de la Vega’s, nemesis.

She will appear on the fifth episode of the second season which premieres Oct. 12 at 9pm EDT on The CW. (ap)

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President Widodo reshuffles cabinet to boost economy

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced key economic ministers in a cabinet reshuffle Wednesday less than a year into his term, after facing criticism for failing to revive growth.

Former central bank governor Darmin Nasution was named to the important post of chief economics minister, while prominent private equity executive Thomas Lembong was appointed the new trade minister.

Four other ministers, including the security minister and maritime affairs minister, were also replaced.

The reshuffle was announced at the presidential palace in Jakarta, where the new ministers took an oath.

Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, was inaugurated in October after winning power on a pledge to boost Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, which has been slowing in recent years as demand for its key commodities exports decline.

But growth has continued to slide, falling to a six-year low of 4.67 percent in the second quarter, and the government has been criticised for a series of policy flip-flops

and a lack of organisation.

His administration has notably failed to kickstart a promised flurry of major infrastructure projects, seen as crucial to attracting foreign investment and raising growth. Many ministries face criticism for only spending a fraction of their budgets.

Also replaced Wednesday was security minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno. Luhut Panjaitan, Widodo’s chief of staff and a figure close to

the president, was appointed to the post.

Maritime affairs minister Indroyono Soesilo was replaced by Rizal Ramli, while national development planning minister Andrinof Chaniago was replaced by Sofyan Djalil, who moves from the post of chief economics minister.

Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto was replaced by Pramono Anung. (afp)

Water business in Bali must be controlled

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Water businesses need to be immediately controlled, in order to ensure the sustainability of water sources and the availability of clean water for the inhabitants of Bali.

In addition to regulatory measures, two institutions that have made water into a commercial product, namely; PDAM and bottled drinking water companies need to be made accountable. They must both be required to set aside a percentage of their profits to go towards maintaining the ecosystem of upstream areas and also create rainwater catchment systems. If they fail to do so the population of Bali will be forced to face the harsh reality of a severe clean water crisis, in the very near future.

Such are the suggestions of the Director of the Center for Environmental Research (PPLH) at Udayana University, Dr. I Made Sudarma.

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People stand in queue to get clean water supply in Jimbaran, Badung Regency. Water business in Bali should be immediately controlled. This measure is expected to help the sustainability of clean water availability for the inhabitants of Bali.

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According to Sudarma, concern about the sustainability of Bali’s water supply needs to be foremost in the thoughts and actions of all relevant parties. “As academics we are very sad when we observe the state of water management in Bali today. Solutions need to be formulated now, so as to avoid the threat of a full blown water crisis,” he said.

Sudarma also underlined the fact that conditions will certainly worsen if Bali fails to protect its rain-fed regions.

“If the PDAM fails to find ways to capture rainfall, the springs will dry up. Surface water, which has become the leading source of business for PDAM and bottled water companies, will also become increasingly scarce,” he said.

Therefore, Sudarma says that those who are managing water resources in Bali needs to make immediate improvements to who they function and also must be properly supervised. The bottling of drinking water must be adjusted to permits and procedures that are regulated by the government. This is very a very important way to prevent the large scale exploitation of water that is currently benefiting these businesses. “It is important that Bali place restrictions on permits for the bottling of drinking water,” he advised.

Sudarma reminded the government of their responsibility to oblige the PDAM and bottled drinking water companies in Bali to invest in sustainability. This can take the form of planting more trees, maintaining the ecosystems of upstream regions -including by creating of embankments on rivers and maintaining watersheds. Another way to invest in sustainability, is by making infiltration wells. This last measure is analogous to refilling the water content of the earth’s bowels. Rainwater must be gathered instead of just letting it flow right into the ocean.

“As managers of the water business, the PDAM and bottled water companies must set aside part of their profits to create rainwater catchment areas,” he said.

Sudarma reminded the government of Bali not to underestimate the threat of a severe water crisis. Currently many regions in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan have been hit by droughts, so the possibility of this happening in Bali needs to be dealt with. What’s more, Bali as a small island is now crowded with with an ever-expanding population and uncontrolled investments in building projects.

Sudarma also said that so far that so far, there are no problems with the supply of clean water in Bali. However when we take a closer look, we see that many Balinese people are still not connected to PDAM water. The long waiting list to get connected has been made to seem like a normal part of life. Business approaches cannot resolve this problem unless they are balanced with environmentally awareness. Sudarma asserted that only investment in environmental conservation can save Balinese residents from the threat of a severe water crisis.

The Water Saving Program of the Bali State Polytechnic noted that the high demand for clean water in Bali, especially in densely populated urban areas, has made clean water supplies all the more vital. As a result, water required for agriculture is now widely taken advantage of for business purposes.

The business of selling water is becoming an increasingly promising line of work, given the ever expanding number of hotel rooms and bottled water connoisseurs in Bali. Many experts strongly advise the government of Bali to immediate work to mitigate and prevent further large scale exploitation of water for business purposes, as is currently going on. (dir)

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An event with Ida-Resi at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, this Friday DENPASAR - In the purity of the tradition and in the heart of Bali, was destined to be born Ida-Resi, a Balinese High Priestess, a woman who came to bring change and remind the land and its people of the energies that flow through the land.

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The drought that has been hitting parts of Bali over the past few months has yet to have an impact on the volume of water in Lake Batur, Kintamani.

Water volume of Lake Batur normal, despite drought

BANGLI - The drought that has been hitting parts of Bali over the past few months has yet to have an impact on the volume of water in Lake Batur, Kintamani. Until now, the volume of water in the largest lake in Bali has not decreased, said Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), Made Alit Parwata on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

Parwata said that based recent observations made by the BLH, the drought affecting Bali and Bangli in particular over the last few months, has not significantly influenced the water volume of Lake Batur.

He stated that the water volume remains normal and the quality of the water also still remains within the standards of clean. “The volume of water has remained normal over the last four months The current drought has had no impact,” he explained.

According to the results of measure-

ment taken by the BLH, Parwata said the water surface of Lake Batur has in fact risen by 40 cm in the last few months. However he added that the rise in the level of the water’s surface is likely cause by sedimentation on the bottom of the lake 1,650 m area of the lake.

Parwata also said that according to local community leader Jero Gede Batur, there are between 9 and 11 sources of water flowing out of Lake Batur below the surface. The water that flows out through these points not

She came from a traditional Balinese family in the outskirts of the village of Bangli, a peasant family of the land, a family that, as with all the people of Bali, has a magical connection to the divine realms. Her vision is to help the people connect to their heart and as she heals their connection to their roots she removes what keeps them from being whole, complete, in oneness with the love.

Ida-Resi was destined to be a high priestess from a young age and the circumstances and events of her life were miraculous in themselves. From a young age she had the ability to enter into a deep trance during meditation and follow the path of the Saptarishis of old that channeled the Vedas, and found the wisdom.

They found the teachings in the truth that resides in the higher realms that are always visible to those who can reach these planes of existence. In the Hindu tradition

that is a part of Bali, the Rishis are the speakers of the Higher Truth that has always been.

The truth is not new or spoken, it is just channeled from where it has always been through those that are capable of feeling it. The island of Bali has a long tradition of people who can reach the higher planes and manifest this wisdom.

This magic is a part of the roots of the island, and wisdom flows through each person truly making Bali the island of the Gods.

As the water is flowing, the purity is reached. The work of Ida-Resi is to use water as a vehicle to purify the heart and then transcendence is reached.

Water flows as the energy of the life itself. If the heart is not pure it cannot reach the divine realms, so she purifies us with water. She defines the work that she does as a way to purify the heart so the energy can flow freely. She has the ability to see the impurities that encumber the

heart, and in her ceremonies she purifies the heart. She is able to clear the blockages of the heart energetically, so that the sacred is reached. Also, in a more traditional Balinese fashion, with the assistance of the priests, the Mangkus that surround her, she clears the energies that encumber the people who come to her.

This Friday, Ida-Resi will bring a new flow to reality through an event to inaugurate the beautiful space of Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara (#7 Jalan Danau Toba, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali).

She will incorporate movements in the flow of the meditation and the mantras that naturally flow through her. The movements will be a combination of traditional Balinese dance and yoga flow that spring from her. The movements are a beautiful flow and at the same time, a mediation in itself.

Come to experience the magic at 4pm, this Friday the 14th, 2015.

(Maria Kellis)

Cubby House Kids Club

CANGGU - Cubby House Kids Club provides a lively and stimulating environment where children can play and learn at the same time.

Located at Canggu Club the facility is safe and secure, leaving parents free to enjoy some quality time in the knowledge that the kids will be

well taken care of.

The Cubby House Kids Club is available for 2 to 12 year olds and offers a huge range of quality toys and activities to keep children entertained for hours. Children from 2 to 4 years old are accompanied by staff and have their own space

where they can play Lego, read stories, play blocks and watch movies. Additional facilities include, 2 outdoor areas (1 for older kids with basketball and air hockey), Movie Theatre, Library, Arts & Crafts area, MAC Computers, Dress Ups, WII and more.

only flows into areas in Bangli, but also to other areas such as Gianyar, Klungkung, Karangasem and Southern Bali.

Jero Gede Baturan and others suppose that these 9 to 11 exit points of the lake’s water may have become clogged thereby causing a rise in the level of the lake water. When asked about the priority given to Lake Batur in terms of the state moralization fund for 2014, Parwata would only say that they are still waiting for the commitment and action of the central government. (kmb40)

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Schedule of events

at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara Every Sunday, 8am - 12 noon: Sunday Market and craft delights 8 August, 7pm: Ubud Style Balinese Painting exhibition opening 14 August, 4 pm - Healing dance by Ida Maharishi 16 August, 9am - 4pm: Live painting by Balinese master painters 15 August, 7pm: Film screening of Balinese movies 22 August, 7pm: India-Bali music concert with Sinta Wulur and friends 29 August: Indian/gamelan vocal exploration workshop with Sinta 2 Septembe: Interior Decor exhibition opening 3-4 September, 9 am-5pm: Interior Decor expo 15 September, 7pm: Human is Alien video and bamboo instalation For more information: Fb fage: shankaraartspace or friend us at Fb: balebanjarshankara

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon.

The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

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

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Omega-3 may block psychosis years later

PARIS - Omega-3, a fatty acid found in oily fish, may prevent the onset of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders long after being consumed, according to a study released Tuesday.

Up to seven years after taking omega-3 supplements for 12 weeks, young people at “ultrahigh” risk were less likely to have suffered the debilitating condition than a control group given a placebo, reported the study.

Schizophrenia is characterised by delusions and hallucinations, including hearing voices and seeing things that do not really exist.

It typically emerges during adolescence or early adulthood, either abruptly or gradually. There is no cure. Current treatment focuses on managing symptoms.

Scientists have long known that patients with schizophrenia exhibit reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acid -- specifically, omega-3 and omega 6 -- in cell membranes.

Nearly a decade ago, research-

ers led by Paul Amminger at the University of Melbourne showed in clinical trials that ingesting the fatty acid delayed a first episode of psychotic disorder in high-risk subjects by up to year.

In a follow up study, published in Nature Communication, Amminger and colleagues report that, nearly seven years later, only 10 percent of the omega-3 group developed psychosis compared to 40 percent in the placebo group.

“We show that omega-3 significantly reduced the risk of progression to psychotic disorder during the entire follow-up period,” the study concluded.

But the researchers stopped short of recommending that all at-risk individuals start taking the fatty acid, available as a nonprescription supplement and in many foods, including salmon,

sardines and walnuts.

“Replication of the findings is needed,” Amminger said by email, noting the relatively small, 81 patient size of the trial. “Several replication trials are underway.”

Scientists still do not understand the underlying mechanism by which omega-3 might prevent the onset of schizophrenia, which has both genetic and environmental origins.

The illness occurs in approximately one percent of the population, but in 10 percent of people with a first degree relative with the disorder.

Fish oil rich in omega-3 “has no clinically relevant side effects, and thus is certainly a benign treatment option,” Amminger said. “But patients need to be told that evidence (of its benefits) is limited.” (afp)

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More evidence that fried food raises heart attack risk

MIAMI - People who eat lots of fried food and sugary drinks have a 56 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to those who eat healthier, US researchers said Monday.

The findings in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, were based on a six-year study of more than 17,000 people in the United States.

Researchers found that people who regularly ate what was described as a Southern style diet -- fried foods, eggs, processed meats like bacon and ham, and sugary drinks -- faced the highest risk of a heart attack or heart-related death during the next six years.

“Regardless of your gender, race, or where you live, if you frequently eat a Southern-style diet you should be aware of your risk of heart disease and try to make some gradual changes to your diet,” said lead researcher James Shikany, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Preventive Medicine.

“Try cutting down the number of times you eat fried foods or processed meats from every day to three days a week as a start, and try substituting

baked or grilled chicken or vegetablebased foods.”

The study included both white and African-American men and women aged 45 or older, who did not have heart disease when they began the study.

Participants enrolled from 2003 to 2007. They were first screened by telephone, then given an in-home physical exam, then they answered a food frequency questionnaire.

“Every six months, the participants were interviewed via telephone about their general health status and hospitalizations for nearly six years,” said the study.

Participants fell into five different eating groups, including the Southern style eaters; those who favored convenience foods like pasta, Mexican food, Chinese food, mixed dishes and pizza; the “plant-based” pattern which was mostly vegetables and fruits; the “sweets” pattern; and the “alcohol/salads” group which tended toward by beer, wine, liquor, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes and salad dressings.

The Southern-style eaters were the only ones faced with a higher risk of heart disease. (afp)

US medical researchers say fetal tissue remains essential

BOSTON — The furor on Capitol Hill over a leading U.S. pro-choice group has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders to cancer and AIDS. Anti-abortion activists set off the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive health as well as contraception and abortion services, has denied making any profit and said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.

University laboratories that buy such cells strongly defend their research, saying tissue that would otherwise be thrown out has played a vital role in lifesaving medical advances and holds great potential for further breakthroughs.

Fetal cells are considered ideal because they divide rapidly, adapt to new environments easily and are less susceptible to rejection than adult cells when transplanted.

“If researchers are unable to work with fetal tissue, there is a huge list of diseases for which

researchers would move much more slowly, rather than quickly, to find their cause and how they can be cured,” Stanford University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said in an email.

From 2011 through 2014 alone, 97 research institutions — mostly universities and hospitals — received a total of $280 million in federal grants for fetal tissue research from the National Institutes of Health. A few institutions have consistently gotten large shares of that money, including Yale, the University of California and Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard.

The U.S. government prohibits the sale of fetal tissue for profit and requires separation between researchers and the women who donate fetuses. Some schools go further, requiring written consent from donors.

Many major universities declined to make scientists available for interviews about their fetal tissue work, saying they fear for the researchers’ safety because the issue is so highly charged. The Planned Parenthood uproar led to a failed attempt by Republicans to strip the organization of federal funding.

Researchers use fetal tissue to understand cell biology and human development. Others use it to look for treatments for AIDS.

Research on spinal cord injuries and eyesight-robbing macular degeneration involves transplanting

fetal cells into patients. European researchers recently began putting fetal tissue into patients’

brains to try to treat Parkinson’s, a strategy that previously had mixed results. (ap)

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Bali House must fight to exclude Besakih from the KSPN

DENPASAR - The Bali House of Commons’ plan to consult with the Ministry of Tourism has received strong responses from academics. The Dean of the Faculty of Tourism, at Udayana University, I Wayan Sendra, for example, recently said that the people’s representatives must speak out for the aspirations of the Balinese people, who want to have Besakih excluded from the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN).

This aspiration of the people of this island, should be strived for to the best of our ability if we don’t want the symbol of Bali to become polluted. “The desire to have Besakih excluded from the KSPN must be struggled for. Legislators -as representatives of the people, must bring up this issue with the central government, because Besakih, as the mother temple is also a the symbol of Bali. If the mother temple is contaminated, how can Balinese Hinduism -which upholds the principle of Tri Hita Karana, maintain itself?” said Sendra when contacted on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

Sendra explained that according the people’s aspirations and

according to the scientific perspective, Besakih must be maintained as a sacred area. His party worries that the inclusion of the area of Besakih in the KSPN will render this area too commercial and that it will thus lose its divine vibration.

According to the rules, the KSPN development fund actually comes from the tourism management of each region, (in this case Bali) that goes to the central government. The central government then re-distributes the fund in the form of programs including the KSPN. So, the KSPN fund is actually Bali’s right. If the fund is indeed for the acceleration of infrastructure development, the central government need not

change the function of the area of Besakih.

Furthermore, Sendra also said that in the future, local and central governments must work together with all stakeholders, especially local communities, colleges and other institutions when it comes to regional development. The public’s general aspirations must be considered. Comprehensive studies that consider various aspects and interests must also be taken into consideration the government issues a program.

We must not allow government programs, that have the potential to harm the community and their customary and cultural order, to be imposed. (kmb32)

Bali Zoo successfully bred Bengal tigers that classified as endangered species, with the birth of twins, thus increasing the population to thirteen tigers since 2005. “This is the eight-born of Bengal Tigers from the same parent,” said Public Relations Executive Bali Zoo, Emma Kristiana Chandra, on Wednesday.

The twins were born on Sunday (2/8) at around 14:00 pm through the normal birth process. The twins; Dewa for male tiger and Dewi for the female, born from a white mother “Kartini”, each weighing 2.7 kg and 2.3 kg with a length of 4 cm and 4.4 cm.

The birth of

Tiger cubs are held by a zookeeper at a Bali zoo in Indonesia on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015.

They were born on Aug. 2.

twin baby tigers was considered rare, since both have the same color, white and orange. Currently, the 10-day-old baby tigers are still under supervision of veterinary team headed by DVM Made Sugiarta, to maintain the health of the endangered species.

According to Chandra, Kartini has been given additional vitamin and calcium, including additional one kilogram of beef every day.

She further explained that Kartini has given birth seven times.

“We are now having thirteen Bengal Tigers in our zoo and there

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Tanah Lot to add twelve lifeguards

TABANAN - Management of Tanah Lot Beach plan to add twelve lifeguards for visitors safety. According to Assistant Manager of Tanah Lot Beach, Made Sudiana on Wednesday, until today Tanah Lot had six lifeguards to secure 2.5 kilometres long beach which have a strong currents and rocky structure.

Sudiana said the plan to add more lifeguards base on experience that visitors sometimes still ignore the warnings from management.

“There are some visitors that ignore the warnings and go down to the beach,” explained Sudiana.

Sudiana added that visitors, especially from other countries often ignored warnings from customary village security (pecalang). “But if they being warned by lifeguards, they tend to listen. Perhaps they more familiar with lifeguards outfit than pecalang,” he mentioned.

Regarding lifeguard personnel limitations, currently management assisted by pecalang and security in keeping the visitors safe. The management had add five security posts to provide secure feeling to visitors. The posts located at Tanah Lot, Nyuh Galuh, Batu Bolong, Batu Mejan, and Batu Yeh Kutikan. (kmb24)

Bali Zoo added twins Bengal Tigers in its collection

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In this Aug. 10, 2015, photo, Christine Jelinek, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid in Baltimore.

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are some tigers that were given to other zoo in Indonesia,” she explained.

The birth of two baby Bengal Tigers was a success story in wildlife conservation efforts.

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, previously named Panthera

tigris bengalensis) is a subspecies of tigers in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are about 2,100 Bengal Tigers in the wild, with 1,411 of them are in India, 200 in Bangladesh, 150 in Nepal, and 100 in Bhutan. (ant)

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Moldova: 136 kilograms (300 pounds) of heroin seized

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovan authorities have seized more than 130 kilograms (290 pounds) of heroin in a truck transporting tiles from Ukraine to Bulgaria.

Head of the customs service Iurie Cerban said Wednesday the heroin was in 250 packets hidden in a refrigerated truck at a border crossing with Romania in south Moldova. He said the heroin, which was found overnight Mon-

day, had a market value of 10 to 20 million euros ($11.1 to $22.2 million).

Prosecutor Lilian Bacalam said the truck driver, who has not been identified, has been detained for 72 hours and prosecutors have asked for his arrest.

He said the shipment is suspected of being sent by an international ring smuggling drugs from Asia to Europe. (ap)

Death toll in Egypt’s scorching heat wave rises to over 60

The traffic jam whaich happen in Denpasar. The increasing number of population make many bad effects, one of them is traffic jam.

City of Denpasar worried about growth of population

DENPASAR - The threat of a water crisis in Denpasar is becoming more real as the population of the city is growing at a relatively fast rate, now reaching almost 4 percent per year.

Water resources have diminished and open spaces have also dwindled. These factors contribute to the decreasing percentage of city dwellers that have access to clean water through the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM).

Managing Director of the PDAM Denpasar, I Putu Gede Mahaputra, recognized this problem and ad-

mitted that he is concerned about the high rate of population growth in Denpasar. Presently, with a

total population of approximately 788,000 people, there is already a large demand for clean water and yet many are not served by the PDAM. PDAM Denpasar still faces water shortages in their goal of trying to meet the demands of customers for 2015 which currently amounts to 1,652 liters per second while the PDAM can only supply 391.94

liters per second. “We are only able to meet the needs of 78,418 customers,” he said.

Mahaputra explained that to meet Denpasar’s needs for clean water, the PDAM sources water from deep wells, surface water and also purchases extra water from PDAM Badung and PDAM Gianyar. For surface water, they source from the Ayung River (904,205 m3 and

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CAIRO — Egypt’s state news agency says 21 more people have died due to a scorching heat wave, raising this week’s death toll to more than 60.

The official MENA news agency said Wednesday that the latest deaths are from the previous day, mostly elderly people. It says 581 people are in hospital for heat exhaustion.

The Mideast has been hit by a heat wave since late July. Egyp-

tian summers are usually hot, but temperatures this week soared to 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) in the south.

At least 40 people had died on Sunday and Monday, including detainees and patients in a psychiatric hospital, according to officials. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Tuesday’s death toll includes a German national living in the southern city of Luxor who died from heatstroke. (ap)

423,683 m3), IPA Blusung (116,547 m3) and IPA Waribang (546,466 m3). They also have 21 deep wells from which they access 1,191,318 m3. PDAM Denpasar then buys 187,543 m3 from PDAM Gianyar, PDAM Badung and SPAM Petanu River. “As of April 2015, there are 5,137 homes on the waiting list for clean water service connection,” he said. (ara)

Selemadeg are facing water shortages , categorized as light drought.

One of the subak areas of East Selemadeg whose farmers delayed their planting is Subak Aseman III. According to Deputy Chief of Subak Aseman III, Wayan Darta, their field area amounts to 127 hectares.

In the second planting season, only 25 hectares of the Telabah Anyar subgroup could be planted as they gets water from Telaga Tunjung dam. “Of the five subgroups at Aseman III, only Telabah Anyar gets their water from Telaga Tunjung dam, while the others gets water

from Guniang River,” said Darta.

The four other subgroups at Aseman III are: Bedugul, Gede, Puangkan and Jaga Balu, who tried to instead grow corn and soybeans.

“Approximately 50 hectares of land were planted with corn but they do not spread evenly,” said Darta.

Darta acknowledged that most of the agricultural land at Subak Aseman III is neglected by the owners and not planted because they do not want to risk like crop failure due to lack of water. “They indeed always lack of water during dry season. So, farmers delay planting as they wait

for the rain,” he explained.

Despite attempts to plant crops, not all farmers succeed. Only corn planted near water sources can yield good results, while the other stalks dry up and do not produce corn. “Some 30 hectares of land were planted with soybean, but due to lack of water, they failed to produce,” said Darta.

According to him, farmers whose land is located near water sources can still draw water by machine.

This certainly cannot be done by farmers whose lands are far from water sources.

Darta admitted that since long

ago agricultural lands in this region have only been able to be planted once a year. “Conditions have been like this for a long time. This area indeed lacks water during the dry season and is highly dependant on rainwater,” he said.

Darta therefore hopes that the government can build a dam so that they can irrigate paddy fields in East Selemadeg thereby allowing farmers in the area to plant paddy twice a year the same way that other farmers in Tabanan- who are located near water sources, can. (kmb24)

Refugees stream into Greek island, meet wretched conditions

KOS, Greece — Dozens of people from the Middle East reached the Greek island of Kos from nearby Turkey Wednesday, joining thousands already camped in wretched conditions on what is normally a tourist playground known for its sun and beaches.

Lack of water, hundreds of hectares of farmland in East Selemadeg delay planting

TABANAN - Most agricultural areas in Eastern Selemadeg are planted as rain fed paddy fields. As a result, during the dry season most of their fields cannot be planted due to lack of water. Based on the data of the Tabanan Agriculture, Plantation and Horticulture Agency, agricultural land in East Selemadeg covers 2,300 hectares, however early July’s 2015’s newly planted areas only amounted to 62 Hectares with another 364 planted in late July. Farmers have not planted the remaining 1,913 hectares due to lack of water. Meanwhile 12 hectares of the planted areas of East

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Migrants walk along a beach on the Greek southeastern island of Kos, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Dozens of people from the Middle East are arriving on the Greek holiday island of Kos from nearby Turkey, joining thousands of refugees camped under wretched conditions.

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An Egyptian shepherd leads his sheep as they drink water from the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Egyptian health authorities said at least 40 people have died in the last two days amid a scorching heat wave hitting the country.

Overwhelmed and unprepared for the unprecedented influx, authorities on the eastern Aegean Sea island have been heavily criticized for their treatment of the migrants — mostly refugees from Syria.

At least two rubber boats made landfall just before dawn in the Psalidi coastal area, and dozens of men, women and children set off on the four-kilometer (2.5-mile) trudge to the island capital of Kos. Their first question was where they had landed — which provoked strong laughter as Kos has an obscene meaning in Arabic.

“I feel good to be here, but I still miss my family” in Syria, said Omar Mohammad, a 25-year-old English literature graduate from Aleppo.

He said the three-hour crossing from Turkey was his third attempt to reach Greece in four days. On two occasions, Turkish officials had prevented him from leaving.

Shortly later, an Italian patrol boat participating in a European

border watch mission brought in about 50 people rescued at sea — tying up beside dozens of long inflatable dinghies seized by the coast guard.

Struggling with its worst postwar financial crisis, Greece has been overwhelmed by the wave of refugees and economic migrants, more than 125,000 of whom have reached the eastern Aegean islands this year — a 750 percent increase over 2014.

The country is Europe’s main entry point for people arriving by sea, as the alternative route from north Africa to Italy has become increasingly dangerous due to fighting in Libya. From Greece, the migrants move north through the Balkans, hoping to gain asylum, preferably in Germany, the Netherlands or Scandinavia.

“Aleppo is the worst city in the world,” said Dirar, another English graduate who made the crossing with Mohammad’s group. “There’s no electricity, no water, no Internet.

My home was destroyed by a rocket

blast,” he said, showing a picture on his mobile phone of himself in the wreckage.

“I was so happy to be alive that I took a selfie,” he said. “From Greece, I will travel through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary to Germany.”

But first, those reaching the islands have to be registered by Greek authorities to get necessary travel documents. Huge backlogs caused by the sheer number of arrivals and lack of official preparedness have trapped thousands on Kos, waiting for the papers that will secure them a berth on an Athens-bound ferry.

For the past two days, Kos authorities have been evicting refugees sleeping rough in parks and streets, locking them in an old football stadium that is the island’s main registration center. Many women and young children are among those interned in a sunbaked waste without shade or hygiene facilities.

“The situation here is very bad and police here they beat a boy, they beat a man, they beat children, it’s too bad,” Syrian refugee Laith Saleh, who is in the stadium, told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. “We can’t go out.”(ap)

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BUSINESS IMF welcomes China’s new currency valuation mechanism

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund welcomed Beijing’s newly announced system to value the country’s currency, saying it will allow market forces to play a greater role in the nation.

China cut the yuan’s value against the dollar for a second day Wednesday, sending ripples through financial markets and raising fears that the currency could fall further.

After Tuesday’s devaluation Chinese authorities said they were seeking to push market reforms in

a one-time move.

Officials say they will now use the previous day’s close, foreign exchange demand and supply and the rates of other major currencies to decide the daily rate around which the Chinese currency can trade.

The IMF said the step could be

a boon in the long run.

“The new mechanism for determining the central parity of the renminbi (yuan) announced by the PBC (People’s Bank of China) appears a welcome step as it should allow market forces to have a greater role in determining the exchange rate,” an IMF spokesman said in a statement.

“Greater exchange rate flexibility is important for China as it strives to give market forces a decisive role in the economy and

is rapidly integrating into global financial markets,” the statement said, adding that China “can, and should” achieve a floating exchange rate within two to three years.

“The exact impact will depend on how the new mechanism is implemented in practice,” the spokesman said.

China has been criticized by some for keeping its currency undervalued to gain a trade advantage for its exports.

Beijing also seeks to have the yuan included in the IMF’s basket of special drawing rights (SDR) basket reserve currencies.

The new change has no “direct implications” in the measure used for creating that basket, the spokesman said.

“Nevertheless, a more marketdetermined exchange rate would facilitate SDR operations in case the renminbi were included in the currency basket going forward.” (afp)

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Chinese firm eager to invest more in Indonesian energy sector

SINGARAJA - China Huadian Engineering Co Ltd. is eager to raise its investment in the energy sector in Indonesia, particularly in the development of power plants, the president of the firm, Sun Qingsong, said.

“We positively welcome the program. We have studied it. Hopefully, we can invest in this project,” he stated on Tuesday, referring to the Indonesian government’s plan to build power plants with a combined

capacity of 35,000 megawatts.

Sun added that the company will offer to develop power plants with the best technology.

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo spoke about foreign invest-

ment needed to build power plants with a combined capacity of 35,000 megawatts, when he visited China some time ago, he pointed out.

“Huadian received information to participate in this 35,000megawatt power plant project,” he noted.

So far, China Huadian Engineering Co Ltd. has built a number of power plants in Indonesia, includ-

ing a thermal power plant in Buleleng district in Bali.

Moreover, Economic and Business Attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia Counselor Wang Liping affirmed that Indonesia and China will continue to enhance cooperation in the procurement of electrical energy.

“In the future, cooperation between China and Indonesia in the

energy sector will continue to be improved. The Chinese company will expand its business abroad, including in the electricity sector,” he noted.

At the high-level economic meeting held in January, both countries agreed to optimize power plants with a capacity of 10,000 megawatts, according to Wang. (ant)

Insufficiently Korean: Top retailer tripped by ties to Japan

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Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin bows after he issued a public apology at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

SEOUL — When South Korean Chung Yu-suk read an article about retailer Lotte’s chocolate ads featuring a Japanese figure skating star, he was so angered he started an online group urging Koreans to boycott their country’s top retailer.

Chung is one of a growing number of South Koreans vowing to punish Lotte after a family battle for control of the company spilled out in public and highlighted their deep links to Japan, Korea’s former colonizer.

The choice of Japanese skater Mao Asada for the advertisement that first appeared years ago was not surprising since it was aimed at the Japanese market, where Lotte also has businesses.

But in South Korea, it only reinforced perceptions Lotte is more Japanese than Korean and particularly because Asada is considered the chief rival of the South’s beloved Kim Yuna, an Olympic gold medalist.

“I don’t understand how Lotte Japan picked her knowing that she would compete with Kim Yu n a , ” s a i d C h u n g , a s e l f employed 45-year-old who lives in Daegu city in the country’s southeast.

The battle for control of Lotte pits the family’s youngest scion against its aging patriarch and his oldest son. As the brothers appeared in public to blame each other for the increasingly ugly power struggle, South Koreans were reminded of two facts they found unpalatable: Neither of the men who both claim they are South Korean speaks Korean

fluently and the holding company of Lotte is based in Japan with Japanese shareholders.

It’s unclear how damaging the boycott call will be for Lotte in South Korea, where the company earns most of its profits. But the anti-Lotte activists have chosen an opportune moment to ignite sentiment against the company.

South Korea will mark the 70th anniversary of independence from Japan’s colonial rule on Saturday, a moment of national reflection that comes during a period of particularly strained ties between the East Asian neighbors. South Korea’s government says Japan has failed to atone for forced labor, forced prostitution and other brutalities during its colonial rule.

National flags are on display on streets and on buildings.

A movie about Korean independence fighters in the 1930s attempting to assassinate a Japanese military commander and a pro-Japanese businessman is a box office hit. With over 9 million tickets sold, “Assassination” is set to become the most popular Korean movie this year.

On Wednesday, an 80-year-old man set himself on fire during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.

Lotte was founded in 1948 as a post-war chewing gum maker in Japan by Shin Kyuk-ho, 92, who moved to Japan when Korean Peninsula was under Japan’s colonial rule. He married a Japanese woman and they had two sons in Japan, who are now battling over the business empire. (ap)

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Electric Power Plant in Celukan Bawang, Buleleng one of the energy project in Bali.

Usaba sumbu kaja at Timbrah

Thousands of roasted suckling pigs presented

AMLAPURA - Timbrah customary villagers organized the aci usaba sumbu kaja on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

A number of preparations have been made by local residents to welcome the annual tradition at one of the old villages in Bali. The preparation includes the making of sumbu (movable multi-tiered shrine) to ritual paraphernalia in the form of roasted suckling pig by each household.

Series of the usaba sumbu ritual is implemented for a week. It is divided into two stages, namely the aci usaba kaja and aci usaba kelod. The aci usaba kaja is addressed to Ida Bhatara Muter Jagat and Ida Bhatara Mayun by establishing three units of sumbu symbolizing macrocosm. In the meantime, the aci usaba kelod is intended for Ida Bhatara Sri Rambut

Sedana by establishing two units of sumbu.

The sumbu is made of bamboo poles filled with ornate and the elements of macrocosm. It contains many components and highly unique, starting from the bottom to the top with five tiers. To local residents, the sumbu symbolizes the turning of Mount Mandara Giri where at that time oozed various kinds of macrocosmic elements and was ended with the emergence of an angel bringing Amrita (holy water).

The amrita was then contested by gods and demons.

To complement the sumbu paraphernalia, local residents made young coconut leaf ornament on Monday (Aug. 10) as the last component of the sumbu paraphernalia.

The ornament in five colors consists of bungan langkuas (five and three petals), sesapi buduh and nagasari, gelang-gelangan, rerenteng and paku pidpid. “For bungan langkuas, the five-petalled flower must consist of 66 pieces and the three-petalled must consist of 53 pieces,” said one of the local residents, Made Riti, when met at Pauman Beji, Monday.

The making of the serrated young coconut leaf ornament (ngeringgit) is carried out at four locations of young girls that get their turn for the usaba sumbu kaja this year. The serrated ornaments are installed at the base of the sumbu when setting up the sumbu in front of the stage used as the place of palanquin for Ida Bhatara on the turun kabeh ritual. It is similar to the process of the turn-

ing of Mount Mandara Giri.

At that time, the young girls getting their turn to do the service will stand under the sumbu and goes out after the sumbu has been turned counterclockwise by young boys of the local customary village.

Emergence of the young girls symbolizes the angel coming down to bring Amrita for the world. In the implementation of the aci usaba sumbu kaja, 15 palanquins and four sanctified effigies are put on the Panti Kaler stage. The 15 palanquins are respectively dedicated for Ida Bhatara Muter Jagat, Ida Bhatara Muter Anom, Ida Bhatara Mayun, Ida Bhatara Bagus Sakti, Ida Bhatara Gedong Baas and Ida Bhatara Nganten Tenganan. The other deities are Ida Bhatara Gede

Beten Bingin, Ida Bhatara Nganten Bungaya, Ida Bhatara Bukit, Ida Bhatara Maspahit and Ida Bhatara Nganten Saren.

In the meantime, the four other palanquins are dedicated for Ida Bhatara Bagus Aeng, Ida Bhatara Kelod Kangin, Ida Bhatara Ketut and Ida Bhatara Kusamba. Right underneath the stage will be used for the location of presenting roasted suckling pig by residents where it can reach thousands of pieces. According to the Chief of Timbrah customary village, Nengah Wija, presenting roasted suckling pig poses a sincere offering to deities for their authority and blessing. Local residents will just say prayers together at midnight. (kmb31)

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7 decades after WWII, many praise Germany, scorn Japan

SEOUL — Both nations brutalized continents. Both slaughtered and abused tens of millions of people. But while Germany is held up as a paragon of post-World War II reconciliation, Japan is mired in animosity with its neighbors seven decades later.

In many ways, the stunning economic and political resurrections of both countries since the war ended 70 years ago Sunday have been a windfall for their respective regions. Both have largely been generous in aid, both, for the most part, sterling examples of liberal democracies.

But talk to Europeans and Northeast Asians about Germany and Japan and you’ll often find stark differences in perception.

Some of this is linked to the Soviet threat during the Cold War, which forced Europe to work closely with powerful West Germany. No such unifying force emerged in ultracompetitive Northeast Asia.

A k n e e l i n g We s t G e r m a n chancellor is a European icon of reconciliation, but China and the two Koreas see Japan as having continually gotten a free pass.

Protected by U.S. forces interested in establishing a regional military bulkhead, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, the public face of the troops who ravaged Asia, was never held accountable. Nor were many suspected war criminals, including the grandfather of current Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. There’s also criticism that frequent whitewashing of history by senior Japanese leaders, including Abe, nullifies Tokyo’s repeated attempts to display remorse.

The perceived injustice of history still rankles, and leaders in Seoul and Beijing use the resulting nationalism to cement domestic support and pursue territorial goals.

Here’s a country-by-country look at the very different ways Japan and Germany are viewed in parts of Asia and Europe today: SOUTH KOREA Perhaps the crystallization of abysmal Japan-South Korea ties can be found in the widespread veneration of Ahn Jung-geun, who shot down Japan’s former top official in Korea, Ito Hirobumi, in 1909, the year before occupying Tokyo formally annexed the Korean Peninsula.

A young, mustachioed Ahn, cradling a hand disfigured when he sliced off part of a finger as an expression of patriotism, can be seen on banners and posters

throughout Seoul. A musical about Ahn’s life, called “Hero,” has been staged every year since 2009. A sleek museum tells Ahn’s life story, culminating with a lifelike diorama that shows Ahn aiming his pistol at a mortally wounded Ito. Throughout South Korea, there is what Robert Kelly, a professor at Pusan National University, calls an “extraordinary, and negative, fixation with Japan.”

People in both countries admire the other’s culture and recognize shared security concerns, especially about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

But the Japanese colonization — which was followed by division in 1945 by the Soviets and the Americans and the 195053 Korean War that technically continues today — still rankles because “Japan was essentially trying to eliminate Korean-ness,” said John Delury, a professor at Seoul’s Yonsei University.

“Japan will never be another Germany,” said Doowon Heo, a 36-year-old teacher from Siheung, South Korea, referring to the postwar German reconciliation efforts. “The number of people who have personally experienced the colonial era will continue to decline, but Japan continues to refresh our memory about what it was like then.”

POLAND Poland, where the European war started when Germany invaded on Sept. 1, 1939, is the site of one of the most powerful and unexpected gestures of German remorse. A monument in the former Warsaw Ghetto marks the day Willy Brandt, then chancellor of West Germany, fell to his knees there in 1970.

Brandt received the Nobel Peace Prize the next year, with officials citing his kneeling at the Jewish site in Warsaw as an example of his work “to bury hatred and seek reconciliation across the mass graves of the war.” Such efforts by Germany have been a consistent feature of its policies toward Poland, which suffered 6 million deaths during the war, half of them Jewish.

Since the fall of communism in Europe and its own reunification, Germany has strongly

backed Poland’s efforts to join both the European Union and NATO, steps that have helped bring unprecedented prosperity.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s backing was seen as critical in the election last year of former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to head the European Council in Brussels, the first time a Pole has won a top leadership position within the European Union.

Trade flows across the neighbors’ borders, students take part in exchange programs, and most young Poles and Germans have largely overcome past grievances. Some Poles, however, have mixed feelings.

“Once, in a restaurant in Bonn, the owner, who was in his late 30s, came up to a group of me and other Poles and said, ‘I am so sorry we did such horrible things, please forgive us,’” said Pawel Kuczynski, a 60-year-old documentary filmmaker. “But I only experienced this once. Mostly in my dealings with Germans, I get the feeling that they still look down upon us.”

CHINA On a recent overcast day, a smattering of Chinese tourists walked across the Marco Polo bridge in southwestern Beijing, which some see as the site of the first true battle of World War II. Japan’s Imperial Army occupied Manchuria in the early 1930s, but on July 7, 1937, after a Japanese soldier went missing in the area, thousands of troops on both sides marched in the region. Fighting and atrocities soon followed, including the rape of Nanjing by the Japanese.

China keeps the memory of Japanese subjugation and brutality raw through its education system and popular culture. Television shows regularly depict virtuous Chinese soldiers outsmarting villainous Japanese.

Anti-Japanese sentiment is also easily channeled into support for China’s assertive claims to uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan but claimed by China.

“There is always going to be a certain amount of loathing for the Japanese,” said Cao Yongzheng, a 62-year-old office manager

Thursday, August 13, 2015

INDONESIA A plane crash kills one, injures five

JAYAPURA - A small passenger plane crashed Wednesday in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua as it tried to land, killing one person and seriously injuring five, a rescue official said.

The Cessna propeller plane operated by Indonesian company Komala

Air crashed on the runway of Ninia airport in Yahukimo district, local

Indonesia court orders Suharto foundation to return $325 million

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In this July 25, 2015 photo, a statue of South Korean patriot Ahn Jung-geun, who shot down Japan’s former top official in Korea, Ito Hirobumi, in 1909, the year before occupying Tokyo formally annexed the Korean Peninsula, is displayed in front of a South Korean national flag at Ahn Jung-geun memorial hall in Seoul, South Korea. from Jiangsu province in eastern China. “We’ll buy their products, but we don’t like them. It’s important that young people come to these places to remember.”

THE NETHERLANDS Despite their grim shared wartime history, Germany and the Netherlands are now strong allies in NATO and the European Union, and are tied closely together economically. But memories of the just over 100,000 Jewish men, women and children rounded up by the Nazis in the Netherlands and sent to their deaths are kept alive in a small annex hidden by a bookcase in a canal-side house in Amsterdam.

This is where Anne Frank lived for more than two years starting in 1942, writing her now famous diary about life in hiding from the Nazis who occupied the Netherlands for much of the war.

For years, the home where Anne hid stood empty, run down and in danger of demolition.

Eventually, a foundation took over and transformed it into a museum honoring Anne, who died in a concentration camp. The museum is now visited by more

than 1 million people each year.

INDONESIA Japan occupied much of Southeast Asia during World War II, but its legacy is much different in China and the Koreas. Its 3 1/2year occupation of Indonesia, at the time a Dutch colony, added momentum to a burgeoning independence movement.

One of the few reminders of Japan’s wartime presence in Indonesia is the former residence in Jakarta of Rear Adm. Maeda Tadashi, who helped draft Indonesia’s first independence proclamation. The building is now a museum dedicated to the history of independence.

The Japanese portrayed their occupation of Indonesia as the intervention of a benevolent older brother and were initially welcomed as liberators from the despised Dutch.

Japan, attempting to persuade Indonesians to join the war, gave them roles in government for the first time and steps toward selfadministration. Brutality increased in the twilight of the occupation, but resentment among Indonesians against Japan is rare today. (ap)

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JAKARTA - An Indonesian court has ordered a foundation set up by former Indonesian dictator Suharto to pay back about $325 million of embezzled state funds, an official said Tuesday.

The Supreme Court ruled that the huge sum, which came from an educational foundation controlled by the Suharto family, must be returned, said court spokesman Suhadi.

Army general Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades until he was toppled by popular protests in 1998.

Graft watchdog Transparency International has labelled him the most corrupt leader of all time, claiming he looted between $15 billion and $35 billion from the country during his time in power.

The court ruling, which was handed down last month but only made public this week, relates to the Supersemar Foundation, said Suhadi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

It was set up to provide university scholarships to children from poor families but the civil lawsuit filed by the attorney general reportedly alleged the Suharto family had used it to embezzle government money.

The latest ruling reversed a 2010 decision that had ordered the foundation to pay a far smaller sum of around $320,000, according to the Jakarta Globe newspaper.

“There was a typo, some digits were missing,” Suhadi explained of the 2010 ruling, without elaborating.

Juan Felix Tambupolon, a lawyer for the Suharto family, said his legal team had not officially received the Supreme Court ruling, and would decide their next move after seeing it.

“Whether we are satisfied or not, we have to respect the decision. We will decide what to do after studying it,” he told AFP. Suharto died of natural causes in 2008, but there is still much anger among Indonesians towards the late ruler and his family.

His six children allegedly amassed fortunes by enjoying privileged access to lucrative business deals, with the most controversial being his youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, popularly known as Tommy. (afp)

official Ludiatno told AFP. There were six people on the plane when it went down. A technician was killed, while the pilot and the four passengers suffered serious injuries, including broken bones. The injured have been taken

to hospital.

Ludiatno, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said bad weather was thought to have caused the crash. An AFP journalist in Papua said there were strong winds when the accident happened.

The plane was flying from the town of Wamena in Papua.

Light aircraft are commonly used for transport in remote, mountainous Papua, and bad weather has caused several accidents in recent years. (afp)

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

An Indonesian man uses his mobile phone to photograph models of China Railway High-speed (CRH) trains, prepared for an exhibition which will be opened later this week, at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

China, Japan vie to build high-speed rail for Indonesia

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s top development official said the government is studying proposals from China and Japan for construction of a high-speed rail line and expects to announce the outcome later this month.

Andrinof Chaniago, the national development planning minister, told reporters Tuesday that a decision on which proposal to accept could be made in about two weeks.

The high-speed rail, which will connect the capital Jakarta to Bandung, is part of Indonesia’s 750-kilometer (466-mile) highspeed train project that would cut across four provinces on the main island of Java and end in the country’s second largest city of Surabaya.

President Joko Widodo has ambitious plans to improve Indonesia’s infrastructure, which could boost manufacturing and create

hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

Officials have said that the final proposals made by regional rivals China and Japan followed intense high-level lobbying efforts as the two countries compete for political and commercial influence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Both countries have substantial expertise in high-speed trains though China is a late-comer to the industry compared with Japan.

“We will conduct a review not more than two weeks and will make a decision soon,” Chaniago said after meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xu Shaoshi.

China and Japan have offered low interest loans and other perks as they vie to secure the rail contract.

China’s embassy in Jakarta on Monday

released a statement promising 40,000 new jobs in Indonesia for every year of the line’s construction.

Chaniago said China estimates the line would cost $5.5 billion and is offering Indonesia 50-year loans that will charge annual interest of two percent.

Indonesia’s Presidential Chief of Staff Luhut Panjaitan has said that Japan International Cooperation Agency has offered loans of $4.4 billion with a 40-year repayment period and an annual interest rate of less than one percent.

At a news conference Tuesday, Xu said China is ready to begin construction of the Jakarta-Bandung line in September and could complete it within three years.

“Our high-speed train technology is quite developed and safe,” Xu said. (ap)

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Williams technical chief Pat Symonds says he is “proud” of the criticism levelled at the team for what many feel was not a strong start to the Formula 1 season. The team finished third in the F1 constructors’ championship last season and ended the year with the second-fastest car.

Although Williams has scored 30 more points than at the same stage in 2014, it has dropped behind Ferrari on pure pace, with Mercedes clear at the front.

However, Symonds told AUTOSPORT: “I think it’s quite interesting there was a bit of perception at the start of the season that Williams wasn’t having as a good a year as people had expected. “I think that shows where the expectations now were.

“I was quite proud of that because there we were, third in championship again and in a much more solid place than we were last year and people were saying, ‘oh you can do better’.

“You think, ‘well, actually, with what we’ve got in terms of budget and headcount, we’re not doing too badly’.”

Symonds said this season remains a “consolidation” year to give Williams the foundation to become a consistent frontrunner.

“This season is an important year for Williams, because 2014 had

been a year when we had to make a comeback,” he said.

“We managed to do it and I think third place was just reward for a lot of hard work and lot of brave decisions made within the management group. “If it had been a one-off year and we faded to midfield again, it wouldn’t have achieved what we wanted to achieve.

“So in 2015 it was important to consolidate our position, both competitively on race track and as a business, and I think thus far we have managed to do that.”

Williams cannot compete with the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in terms of budget, and while Symonds concedes that makes life harder, he does not believe that it will stop the team winning.

“It’s easy to say they’re spending two-and-half times what we’re spending and that’s all it will take - but that is not true on a number of levels,” said Symonds.

“I do not believe you need that amount to win. If you can do it with a smaller, tighter-knit team that is just thinking a bit better, it is still possible to win.

“I hope over the next few years we can gradually build.

That sort of measured building of capability is what will make us win.” (net)

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Djokovic launches hard-court campaign with Rogers Cup win

MONTREAL - World number one Novak Djokovic kicked off his bid for a fourth Canadian crown with a 6-3 7-6(4) second round win over a stubborn Thomaz Bellucci at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. Bellucci, with just one win in five visits to Canada and coming off a first-round loss at Washington, appeared to be the perfect opponent for Djokovic to launch his buildup to the U.S. Open but provided a stiff test for the Serb.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits the ball against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil (not pictured) during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Uniprix Stadium.

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Technicians of Williams Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland arrive to the paddock to change his broken tyre during the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit, near Budapest, Hungary July 26, 2015.

“Match could have gone either way, honestly, especially in the second set,” Djokovic told reporters after battling Bellucci for an hour and 50 minutes. “But we both had our chances to break. We got to the tiebreak, which I thought was fair, then it was anybody’s game.

“It’s the first hard-court match for me from Miami earlier this year in March. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm, get into the groove.” The top seed in Canada for the fifth straight year, Djokovic saved all three break points he faced

in a tight opening set.

The Serb, who narrowly missed out on a fourth Canada title last year after losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, also saved two break points in the second as the set went to a tie break, which he quickly took control of and took 7-4 to register his 250th world tour Masters 1000 match win. Only three players have beaten Djokovic in 2015 -- Ivo Karlovic, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

For the second straight night, late action was suspended at the Rogers

Cup. World number three Andy Murray had his match with Tommy Robredo postponed with the duel even at 4-4 in the first set.

In first-round action, Tsonga opened his title defense with a 6-4 6-4 win over Croatian teenager Borna Coric in a rain-interrupted match that began on Monday.

Czech Lukas Rosol upset South African 12th seed Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 7-6(4) while Bulgarian 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov, a semifinalist last year, advanced 6-4 7-5 against Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dologopolov.

Belgian 13th seed David Goffin beat American Steve Johnson 6-2 6-2, leaving John Isner to carry the United States flag into the second round, the 16th seed blasting 23 aces past Germany’s Benjamin Becker in a 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win. (rtr)

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Messi stars as Barcelona beats Sevilla 5-4 in Super Cup

TBILISI, Georgia — Lionel Messi scored twice and set up the winning goal as Barcelona started the season in dramatic style by beating Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to lift the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday. The action-packed, all-Spanish match was won when Pedro, linked by British media with a move to Manchester United, scored from close range after a shot by Messi rebounded in the 115th minute.

In the final seconds of extra time, Sevilla defender Adil Rami had a golden chance to send the match to penalties but missed an open goal from close range. Earlier, Sevilla had battled back from 4-1 down to 4-4 as Barcelona’s fitness was tested in its first competitive match of the season - Europe’s curtain-raiser between the winners of the Champions League and the second-tier Europa League.

After a busy pre-season with games in the United States, Italy and Spain, Barcelona’s dominance evaporated midway through the second half.

“I thought we were much better, much stronger,” Messi said of the first hour of the match. “We had the ball for the first 60 minutes, we had opportunities, we scored. And then we seemed to have relaxed, we let them have the ball, we withdrew a

Fenerbahce player Topal unhurt following attack ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish club Fenerbahce says assailants fired shots at midfielder Mehmet Topal while he was driving, but the player escaped the attack unhurt. The club said the player was targeted Tuesday while driving home from training. The shots hit his bullet-proof windscreen.

“This attack is an armed act of terrorism. We strongly condemn these successive attacks. We expect the attacker or attackers to

be caught and swiftly brought to justice,” a club statement read.

The assailants escaped and the motive for the attack was not known. In April, shots were fired at Fenerbahce’s team bus while traveling to the airport from an away game in the northern city of Trabzon. The driver was hit in the face and hospitalized. Soccer authorities suspended league and cup matches for a week following the incident. (ap)

Stoke signs Swiss midfielder Shaqiri for club-record fee STOKE, England — Stoke has completed the signing of Swiss international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan for a club-record fee of 12 million pounds ($18.68 million).

The Premier League club says Tuesday that the 23-year-old midfielder has signed a five-year deal.

The fee eclipses the 10 million pounds ($15.59 million) which

the club paid for striker Peter Crouch in 2011.

Shaqiri is the ninth player to join Stoke during the transfer window, with former Barcelona midfielder Ibrahim Afellay among the higher profile names.

Shaqiri was spotted at The Britannia Stadium on Sunday during the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in its opening match of the season. (ap)

bit. “It got pretty tough when we looked like we were winning hands down, but fortunately we didn’t have to go to penalties.”

Calling the match “spectacular” for Barcelona’s supporters, coach Luis Enrique suggested his team had taken too many risks while leading.

“We’d practically closed the match, but it’s very difficult to secure this,” he said. “When you’re winning 4-1, the rival has got nothing to lose.

What we do need is to analyze what happened at that point and the risks that they took.” Luis Enrique refused to discuss whether Pedro’s winning goal could make it more likely for him to stay with the club.

His Sevilla counterpart Unai Emery said he was “very proud” of his team, which has been rebuilt over the summer after its Europa League win.

“If there’s one thing we want to make this team, it’s competitive. We want this team to really go for victory whatever the circumstances,” he said. “We stood up to the best team in the world.” On a warm summer night, Barcelona was without injured left-back Jordi Alba and star striker Neymar, who is ill with mumps, while various absences for Sevilla meant that midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak dropped into the centerback role.

European champion Barcelona went behind three minutes into the game when Ever Banega scored from a free-kick from the edge of the penalty area.

Messi curled two direct freekicks past Sevilla goalkeeper Beto in the seventh and 16th minutes and was a constant threat in attack with throughout the first half, though he made less of a mark after the break.

Barcelona’s third came shortly before halftime when Luis Suarez pounced on the rebound after his shot was parried by Beto and crossed

for Rafinha to score.

Suarez grabbed a goal in the 52nd minute following a poor pass by Sevilla defender Benoit Tremoulinas. The French left-back gave the ball away to Sergio Busquets, who played in Suarez to apply a calm finish. However, it was canceled out almost immediately when the unmarked Jose Antonio Reyes ran in at the far post to steer home a cross by Vitolo.

Vitolo was again in the thick of the action a quarter of an hour later as he tried to reach a cross from Tremoulinas but was fouled by Jeremy Mathieu, playing at leftback for the injured Alba. The resulting penalty was hit hard and left by Kevin Gameiro.

Sevilla pulled level when debutant Yevhen Konoplyanka slotted in from close range off a low pass from Ciro Immobile in the 81st minute.

Having won the Spanish league and cup titles, along with the Champions League, lifting the Super Cup keeps Barcelona on track to win six trophies in a calendar year, a feat the club last achieved und e r Pep G u a rdiola in 2009.

Next up is the Spanish Super Cup against Atheltic Bilbao on Friday and Monday, before the Club World Cup in December. (ap)

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Chelsea doctor set to lose place on bench after Mourinho criticism

Chelsea’s first-team doctor Eva Carneiro is set to lose her place on the bench for Sunday’s trip to Manchester City following her criticism by manager Jose Mourinho, according to British media reports.

Carneiro is still the first-team doctor and will continue working with the squad on a daily basis but her responsibilities at the club will be scaled back, the reports said.

She will no longer attend training sessions, matches or enter the team hotel.

Mourinho was annoyed with his medical staff for entering the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard in the third minute of stoppage time during Chelsea’s

2-2 draw with Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

With goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois already off the pitch after seeing red on 52 minutes, the Blues briefly went down to nine men after the staff ran on to treat Hazard.

An irate Mourinho suggested after the match that his medical staff did not understand the game.

“I wasn’t happy with them because even if you are a medical doctor or secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game,” he said.

“I was sure that Eden didn’t have a serious problem. He had a knock and was very tired. “My medical department left me with eight fit outfield players in a counterattack

after a set piece and we were worried we didn’t have enough players left,” the Portuguese manager added. “I was unhappy with my medical staff.

They were impulsive and naive.”

Carneiro, who joined Chelsea in 2009, took to Facebook on Monday to thank people for their support in the wake of Mourinho’s comments.

“I would like to thank the general public for their overwhelming support. Really very much appreciated,” she said.

The manager’s relationship with his medical team has been strained for sometime, due in part to first choice striker Diego Costa’s recurrent hamstring problems. (ap)

Liverpool can build team around Coutinho, says Kaka

AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, top, celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena stadium, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

Philippe Coutinho is capable of great things at Liverpool and can play the role that Steven Gerrard played for the Premier League side, according to former Brazil international Kaka.

Brazilian Coutinho underlined his worth at the club scoring a sensational 25-yard strike in the 86th minute of Liverpool’s Premier League opener against Stoke City on Sunday to seal a 1-0 win.

“I have been a big admirer of Coutinho and he can be a very important player for Liverpool and Brazil,” Kaka, who plays for Major League Soccer side Orlando City SC, told the Mirror.

“There will be a lot of expectation on him with Liverpool fighting to get back into the Champions League, but I know that he can handle it.

“One great player doesn’t make a team, but you can build a team around one great player, and I believe he can be that player,” he added.

Like the Brazilian, Gerrard has also moved to MLS where he plays for Los Angeles Galaxy and Kaka believes Coutinho is ready for a bigger role at Liverpool.

“Coutinho is a humble guy. He won’t talk about being able to replace a legend like Steven Gerrard, and the truth is nobody could ever replace him, but with Gerrard gone they do need somebody to step up -- and he can do that,” Kaka said. (rtr)

Reuters / Adam Holt Livepic

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, July 30, 2015.

Chung, one of the most influential figures in Asian football, said on Thursday he is entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of the sport’s world governing body.

Korea’s Chung to formally launch FIFA bid in Paris

SEOUL - South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon will formally launch his bid to become president of world soccer’s scandal-hit governing body FIFA on Aug. 17 in France, the home of rival Michel Platini.

Chung, a former FIFA vice president and fierce critic of outgoing president Sepp Blatter, told Reuters last month that he would enter the race and that he would make the announcement in Europe, what he called “the centre of world football”.

“Paris has been chosen as the venue for the announcement as it is the birthplace of FIFA and the campaign is focused on reviving the original spirit of football’s governing body,” Chung’s office told Reuters on Wednesday.

The 63-year-old billionaire scion of South Korea’s Hyundai industrial conglomerate is viewed as one of the favourites for the job but faces stiff competition from Frenchman Platini, the head of Europe’s governing body UEFA. “ O n M o n d a y, A u g . 1 7 a t 10:00am (local time) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, Dr. Chung Mong-joon, FIFA Honorary Vice President, will formally announce his candidacy for the upcoming FIFA presidential elections scheduled to take place on Feb. 26, 2016,” a statement from his office said on Wednesday.

It added that Chung would also hold a news conference to “set out his vision and roadmap for reforming FIFA”.

FIFA’s corruption troubles came to a head in May when U.S.

prosecutors indicted nine soccer officials, most of whom had FIFA positions, and five marketing and broadcasting company executives over a range of alleged offences, including fraud, money-laundering and racketeering.

FIFA announced on Tuesday it had turned to the man who helped the International Olympic Committee out of their corruption crisis, appointing Swiss Francois Carrard as chairman of their reform committee.

Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president on May 29, but four days later said he would lay down his mandate amid the world crisis in the body’s history.

He will stay on until the election on Feb. 26.

Chung, who told Reuters in late July he was wary of Blatter trying to sabotage his campaign, has been travelling the world gathering support for his bid.

He said he received assurances of support from within CONCACAF on a recent trip to the United States and visited China last week to attend the East Asian Cup, a regional tournament involving the two Koreas, China and Japan.

CONCACAF is the ruling body for football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Chung, who headed the Korea Football Association from 1993 to 2009 - during which time South Korea co-hosted the World Cup finals with Japan - lost his seat on FIFA’s executive committee in 2011 to then-Blatter ally Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan. (rtr)

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Messi stars as Barcelona beats Sevilla 5-4 in Super Cup

TBILISI, Georgia — Lionel Messi scored twice and set up the winning goal as Barcelona started the season in dramatic style by beating Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to lift the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday. The action-packed, all-Spanish match was won when Pedro, linked by British media with a move to Manchester United, scored from close range after a shot by Messi rebounded in the 115th minute.

In the final seconds of extra time, Sevilla defender Adil Rami had a golden chance to send the match to penalties but missed an open goal from close range. Earlier, Sevilla had battled back from 4-1 down to 4-4 as Barcelona’s fitness was tested in its first competitive match of the season - Europe’s curtain-raiser between the winners of the Champions League and the second-tier Europa League.

After a busy pre-season with games in the United States, Italy and Spain, Barcelona’s dominance evaporated midway through the second half.

“I thought we were much better, much stronger,” Messi said of the first hour of the match. “We had the ball for the first 60 minutes, we had opportunities, we scored. And then we seemed to have relaxed, we let them have the ball, we withdrew a

Fenerbahce player Topal unhurt following attack ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish club Fenerbahce says assailants fired shots at midfielder Mehmet Topal while he was driving, but the player escaped the attack unhurt. The club said the player was targeted Tuesday while driving home from training. The shots hit his bullet-proof windscreen.

“This attack is an armed act of terrorism. We strongly condemn these successive attacks. We expect the attacker or attackers to

be caught and swiftly brought to justice,” a club statement read.

The assailants escaped and the motive for the attack was not known. In April, shots were fired at Fenerbahce’s team bus while traveling to the airport from an away game in the northern city of Trabzon. The driver was hit in the face and hospitalized. Soccer authorities suspended league and cup matches for a week following the incident. (ap)

Stoke signs Swiss midfielder Shaqiri for club-record fee STOKE, England — Stoke has completed the signing of Swiss international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan for a club-record fee of 12 million pounds ($18.68 million).

The Premier League club says Tuesday that the 23-year-old midfielder has signed a five-year deal.

The fee eclipses the 10 million pounds ($15.59 million) which

the club paid for striker Peter Crouch in 2011.

Shaqiri is the ninth player to join Stoke during the transfer window, with former Barcelona midfielder Ibrahim Afellay among the higher profile names.

Shaqiri was spotted at The Britannia Stadium on Sunday during the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in its opening match of the season. (ap)

bit. “It got pretty tough when we looked like we were winning hands down, but fortunately we didn’t have to go to penalties.”

Calling the match “spectacular” for Barcelona’s supporters, coach Luis Enrique suggested his team had taken too many risks while leading.

“We’d practically closed the match, but it’s very difficult to secure this,” he said. “When you’re winning 4-1, the rival has got nothing to lose.

What we do need is to analyze what happened at that point and the risks that they took.” Luis Enrique refused to discuss whether Pedro’s winning goal could make it more likely for him to stay with the club.

His Sevilla counterpart Unai Emery said he was “very proud” of his team, which has been rebuilt over the summer after its Europa League win.

“If there’s one thing we want to make this team, it’s competitive. We want this team to really go for victory whatever the circumstances,” he said. “We stood up to the best team in the world.” On a warm summer night, Barcelona was without injured left-back Jordi Alba and star striker Neymar, who is ill with mumps, while various absences for Sevilla meant that midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak dropped into the centerback role.

European champion Barcelona went behind three minutes into the game when Ever Banega scored from a free-kick from the edge of the penalty area.

Messi curled two direct freekicks past Sevilla goalkeeper Beto in the seventh and 16th minutes and was a constant threat in attack with throughout the first half, though he made less of a mark after the break.

Barcelona’s third came shortly before halftime when Luis Suarez pounced on the rebound after his shot was parried by Beto and crossed

for Rafinha to score.

Suarez grabbed a goal in the 52nd minute following a poor pass by Sevilla defender Benoit Tremoulinas. The French left-back gave the ball away to Sergio Busquets, who played in Suarez to apply a calm finish. However, it was canceled out almost immediately when the unmarked Jose Antonio Reyes ran in at the far post to steer home a cross by Vitolo.

Vitolo was again in the thick of the action a quarter of an hour later as he tried to reach a cross from Tremoulinas but was fouled by Jeremy Mathieu, playing at leftback for the injured Alba. The resulting penalty was hit hard and left by Kevin Gameiro.

Sevilla pulled level when debutant Yevhen Konoplyanka slotted in from close range off a low pass from Ciro Immobile in the 81st minute.

Having won the Spanish league and cup titles, along with the Champions League, lifting the Super Cup keeps Barcelona on track to win six trophies in a calendar year, a feat the club last achieved und e r Pep G u a rdiola in 2009.

Next up is the Spanish Super Cup against Atheltic Bilbao on Friday and Monday, before the Club World Cup in December. (ap)

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Chelsea doctor set to lose place on bench after Mourinho criticism

Chelsea’s first-team doctor Eva Carneiro is set to lose her place on the bench for Sunday’s trip to Manchester City following her criticism by manager Jose Mourinho, according to British media reports.

Carneiro is still the first-team doctor and will continue working with the squad on a daily basis but her responsibilities at the club will be scaled back, the reports said.

She will no longer attend training sessions, matches or enter the team hotel.

Mourinho was annoyed with his medical staff for entering the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard in the third minute of stoppage time during Chelsea’s

2-2 draw with Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

With goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois already off the pitch after seeing red on 52 minutes, the Blues briefly went down to nine men after the staff ran on to treat Hazard.

An irate Mourinho suggested after the match that his medical staff did not understand the game.

“I wasn’t happy with them because even if you are a medical doctor or secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game,” he said.

“I was sure that Eden didn’t have a serious problem. He had a knock and was very tired. “My medical department left me with eight fit outfield players in a counterattack

after a set piece and we were worried we didn’t have enough players left,” the Portuguese manager added. “I was unhappy with my medical staff.

They were impulsive and naive.”

Carneiro, who joined Chelsea in 2009, took to Facebook on Monday to thank people for their support in the wake of Mourinho’s comments.

“I would like to thank the general public for their overwhelming support. Really very much appreciated,” she said.

The manager’s relationship with his medical team has been strained for sometime, due in part to first choice striker Diego Costa’s recurrent hamstring problems. (ap)

Liverpool can build team around Coutinho, says Kaka

AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, top, celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena stadium, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

Philippe Coutinho is capable of great things at Liverpool and can play the role that Steven Gerrard played for the Premier League side, according to former Brazil international Kaka.

Brazilian Coutinho underlined his worth at the club scoring a sensational 25-yard strike in the 86th minute of Liverpool’s Premier League opener against Stoke City on Sunday to seal a 1-0 win.

“I have been a big admirer of Coutinho and he can be a very important player for Liverpool and Brazil,” Kaka, who plays for Major League Soccer side Orlando City SC, told the Mirror.

“There will be a lot of expectation on him with Liverpool fighting to get back into the Champions League, but I know that he can handle it.

“One great player doesn’t make a team, but you can build a team around one great player, and I believe he can be that player,” he added.

Like the Brazilian, Gerrard has also moved to MLS where he plays for Los Angeles Galaxy and Kaka believes Coutinho is ready for a bigger role at Liverpool.

“Coutinho is a humble guy. He won’t talk about being able to replace a legend like Steven Gerrard, and the truth is nobody could ever replace him, but with Gerrard gone they do need somebody to step up -- and he can do that,” Kaka said. (rtr)

Reuters / Adam Holt Livepic

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, July 30, 2015.

Chung, one of the most influential figures in Asian football, said on Thursday he is entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of the sport’s world governing body.

Korea’s Chung to formally launch FIFA bid in Paris

SEOUL - South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon will formally launch his bid to become president of world soccer’s scandal-hit governing body FIFA on Aug. 17 in France, the home of rival Michel Platini.

Chung, a former FIFA vice president and fierce critic of outgoing president Sepp Blatter, told Reuters last month that he would enter the race and that he would make the announcement in Europe, what he called “the centre of world football”.

“Paris has been chosen as the venue for the announcement as it is the birthplace of FIFA and the campaign is focused on reviving the original spirit of football’s governing body,” Chung’s office told Reuters on Wednesday.

The 63-year-old billionaire scion of South Korea’s Hyundai industrial conglomerate is viewed as one of the favourites for the job but faces stiff competition from Frenchman Platini, the head of Europe’s governing body UEFA. “ O n M o n d a y, A u g . 1 7 a t 10:00am (local time) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, Dr. Chung Mong-joon, FIFA Honorary Vice President, will formally announce his candidacy for the upcoming FIFA presidential elections scheduled to take place on Feb. 26, 2016,” a statement from his office said on Wednesday.

It added that Chung would also hold a news conference to “set out his vision and roadmap for reforming FIFA”.

FIFA’s corruption troubles came to a head in May when U.S.

prosecutors indicted nine soccer officials, most of whom had FIFA positions, and five marketing and broadcasting company executives over a range of alleged offences, including fraud, money-laundering and racketeering.

FIFA announced on Tuesday it had turned to the man who helped the International Olympic Committee out of their corruption crisis, appointing Swiss Francois Carrard as chairman of their reform committee.

Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president on May 29, but four days later said he would lay down his mandate amid the world crisis in the body’s history.

He will stay on until the election on Feb. 26.

Chung, who told Reuters in late July he was wary of Blatter trying to sabotage his campaign, has been travelling the world gathering support for his bid.

He said he received assurances of support from within CONCACAF on a recent trip to the United States and visited China last week to attend the East Asian Cup, a regional tournament involving the two Koreas, China and Japan.

CONCACAF is the ruling body for football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Chung, who headed the Korea Football Association from 1993 to 2009 - during which time South Korea co-hosted the World Cup finals with Japan - lost his seat on FIFA’s executive committee in 2011 to then-Blatter ally Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan. (rtr)

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After that, the river looks so beautiful and decorated with garden lighting, so that it becomes a water recreation equipped with jogging

Williams technical chief Pat Symonds says he is “proud” of the criticism levelled at the team for what many feel was not a strong start to the Formula 1 season. The team finished third in the F1 constructors’ championship last season and ended the year with the second-fastest car.

Although Williams has scored 30 more points than at the same stage in 2014, it has dropped behind Ferrari on pure pace, with Mercedes clear at the front.

However, Symonds told AUTOSPORT: “I think it’s quite interesting there was a bit of perception at the start of the season that Williams wasn’t having as a good a year as people had expected. “I think that shows where the expectations now were.

“I was quite proud of that because there we were, third in championship again and in a much more solid place than we were last year and people were saying, ‘oh you can do better’.

“You think, ‘well, actually, with what we’ve got in terms of budget and headcount, we’re not doing too badly’.”

Symonds said this season remains a “consolidation” year to give Williams the foundation to become a consistent frontrunner.

“This season is an important year for Williams, because 2014 had

been a year when we had to make a comeback,” he said.

“We managed to do it and I think third place was just reward for a lot of hard work and lot of brave decisions made within the management group. “If it had been a one-off year and we faded to midfield again, it wouldn’t have achieved what we wanted to achieve.

“So in 2015 it was important to consolidate our position, both competitively on race track and as a business, and I think thus far we have managed to do that.”

Williams cannot compete with the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in terms of budget, and while Symonds concedes that makes life harder, he does not believe that it will stop the team winning.

“It’s easy to say they’re spending two-and-half times what we’re spending and that’s all it will take - but that is not true on a number of levels,” said Symonds.

“I do not believe you need that amount to win. If you can do it with a smaller, tighter-knit team that is just thinking a bit better, it is still possible to win.

“I hope over the next few years we can gradually build.

That sort of measured building of capability is what will make us win.” (net)

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Djokovic launches hard-court campaign with Rogers Cup win

MONTREAL - World number one Novak Djokovic kicked off his bid for a fourth Canadian crown with a 6-3 7-6(4) second round win over a stubborn Thomaz Bellucci at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. Bellucci, with just one win in five visits to Canada and coming off a first-round loss at Washington, appeared to be the perfect opponent for Djokovic to launch his buildup to the U.S. Open but provided a stiff test for the Serb.

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“Match could have gone either way, honestly, especially in the second set,” Djokovic told reporters after battling Bellucci for an hour and 50 minutes. “But we both had our chances to break. We got to the tiebreak, which I thought was fair, then it was anybody’s game.

“It’s the first hard-court match for me from Miami earlier this year in March. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm, get into the groove.” The top seed in Canada for the fifth straight year, Djokovic saved all three break points he faced

in a tight opening set.

The Serb, who narrowly missed out on a fourth Canada title last year after losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, also saved two break points in the second as the set went to a tie break, which he quickly took control of and took 7-4 to register his 250th world tour Masters 1000 match win. Only three players have beaten Djokovic in 2015 -- Ivo Karlovic, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

For the second straight night, late action was suspended at the Rogers

Cup. World number three Andy Murray had his match with Tommy Robredo postponed with the duel even at 4-4 in the first set.

In first-round action, Tsonga opened his title defense with a 6-4 6-4 win over Croatian teenager Borna Coric in a rain-interrupted match that began on Monday.

Czech Lukas Rosol upset South African 12th seed Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 7-6(4) while Bulgarian 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov, a semifinalist last year, advanced 6-4 7-5 against Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dologopolov.

Belgian 13th seed David Goffin beat American Steve Johnson 6-2 6-2, leaving John Isner to carry the United States flag into the second round, the 16th seed blasting 23 aces past Germany’s Benjamin Becker in a 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win. (rtr)

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7 decades after WWII, many praise Germany, scorn Japan

SEOUL — Both nations brutalized continents. Both slaughtered and abused tens of millions of people. But while Germany is held up as a paragon of post-World War II reconciliation, Japan is mired in animosity with its neighbors seven decades later.

In many ways, the stunning economic and political resurrections of both countries since the war ended 70 years ago Sunday have been a windfall for their respective regions. Both have largely been generous in aid, both, for the most part, sterling examples of liberal democracies.

But talk to Europeans and Northeast Asians about Germany and Japan and you’ll often find stark differences in perception.

Some of this is linked to the Soviet threat during the Cold War, which forced Europe to work closely with powerful West Germany. No such unifying force emerged in ultracompetitive Northeast Asia.

A k n e e l i n g We s t G e r m a n chancellor is a European icon of reconciliation, but China and the two Koreas see Japan as having continually gotten a free pass.

Protected by U.S. forces interested in establishing a regional military bulkhead, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, the public face of the troops who ravaged Asia, was never held accountable. Nor were many suspected war criminals, including the grandfather of current Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. There’s also criticism that frequent whitewashing of history by senior Japanese leaders, including Abe, nullifies Tokyo’s repeated attempts to display remorse.

The perceived injustice of history still rankles, and leaders in Seoul and Beijing use the resulting nationalism to cement domestic support and pursue territorial goals.

Here’s a country-by-country look at the very different ways Japan and Germany are viewed in parts of Asia and Europe today: SOUTH KOREA Perhaps the crystallization of abysmal Japan-South Korea ties can be found in the widespread veneration of Ahn Jung-geun, who shot down Japan’s former top official in Korea, Ito Hirobumi, in 1909, the year before occupying Tokyo formally annexed the Korean Peninsula.

A young, mustachioed Ahn, cradling a hand disfigured when he sliced off part of a finger as an expression of patriotism, can be seen on banners and posters

throughout Seoul. A musical about Ahn’s life, called “Hero,” has been staged every year since 2009. A sleek museum tells Ahn’s life story, culminating with a lifelike diorama that shows Ahn aiming his pistol at a mortally wounded Ito. Throughout South Korea, there is what Robert Kelly, a professor at Pusan National University, calls an “extraordinary, and negative, fixation with Japan.”

People in both countries admire the other’s culture and recognize shared security concerns, especially about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

But the Japanese colonization — which was followed by division in 1945 by the Soviets and the Americans and the 195053 Korean War that technically continues today — still rankles because “Japan was essentially trying to eliminate Korean-ness,” said John Delury, a professor at Seoul’s Yonsei University.

“Japan will never be another Germany,” said Doowon Heo, a 36-year-old teacher from Siheung, South Korea, referring to the postwar German reconciliation efforts. “The number of people who have personally experienced the colonial era will continue to decline, but Japan continues to refresh our memory about what it was like then.”

POLAND Poland, where the European war started when Germany invaded on Sept. 1, 1939, is the site of one of the most powerful and unexpected gestures of German remorse. A monument in the former Warsaw Ghetto marks the day Willy Brandt, then chancellor of West Germany, fell to his knees there in 1970.

Brandt received the Nobel Peace Prize the next year, with officials citing his kneeling at the Jewish site in Warsaw as an example of his work “to bury hatred and seek reconciliation across the mass graves of the war.” Such efforts by Germany have been a consistent feature of its policies toward Poland, which suffered 6 million deaths during the war, half of them Jewish.

Since the fall of communism in Europe and its own reunification, Germany has strongly

backed Poland’s efforts to join both the European Union and NATO, steps that have helped bring unprecedented prosperity.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s backing was seen as critical in the election last year of former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to head the European Council in Brussels, the first time a Pole has won a top leadership position within the European Union.

Trade flows across the neighbors’ borders, students take part in exchange programs, and most young Poles and Germans have largely overcome past grievances. Some Poles, however, have mixed feelings.

“Once, in a restaurant in Bonn, the owner, who was in his late 30s, came up to a group of me and other Poles and said, ‘I am so sorry we did such horrible things, please forgive us,’” said Pawel Kuczynski, a 60-year-old documentary filmmaker. “But I only experienced this once. Mostly in my dealings with Germans, I get the feeling that they still look down upon us.”

CHINA On a recent overcast day, a smattering of Chinese tourists walked across the Marco Polo bridge in southwestern Beijing, which some see as the site of the first true battle of World War II. Japan’s Imperial Army occupied Manchuria in the early 1930s, but on July 7, 1937, after a Japanese soldier went missing in the area, thousands of troops on both sides marched in the region. Fighting and atrocities soon followed, including the rape of Nanjing by the Japanese.

China keeps the memory of Japanese subjugation and brutality raw through its education system and popular culture. Television shows regularly depict virtuous Chinese soldiers outsmarting villainous Japanese.

Anti-Japanese sentiment is also easily channeled into support for China’s assertive claims to uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan but claimed by China.

“There is always going to be a certain amount of loathing for the Japanese,” said Cao Yongzheng, a 62-year-old office manager

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INDONESIA A plane crash kills one, injures five

JAYAPURA - A small passenger plane crashed Wednesday in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua as it tried to land, killing one person and seriously injuring five, a rescue official said.

The Cessna propeller plane operated by Indonesian company Komala

Air crashed on the runway of Ninia airport in Yahukimo district, local

Indonesia court orders Suharto foundation to return $325 million

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In this July 25, 2015 photo, a statue of South Korean patriot Ahn Jung-geun, who shot down Japan’s former top official in Korea, Ito Hirobumi, in 1909, the year before occupying Tokyo formally annexed the Korean Peninsula, is displayed in front of a South Korean national flag at Ahn Jung-geun memorial hall in Seoul, South Korea. from Jiangsu province in eastern China. “We’ll buy their products, but we don’t like them. It’s important that young people come to these places to remember.”

THE NETHERLANDS Despite their grim shared wartime history, Germany and the Netherlands are now strong allies in NATO and the European Union, and are tied closely together economically. But memories of the just over 100,000 Jewish men, women and children rounded up by the Nazis in the Netherlands and sent to their deaths are kept alive in a small annex hidden by a bookcase in a canal-side house in Amsterdam.

This is where Anne Frank lived for more than two years starting in 1942, writing her now famous diary about life in hiding from the Nazis who occupied the Netherlands for much of the war.

For years, the home where Anne hid stood empty, run down and in danger of demolition.

Eventually, a foundation took over and transformed it into a museum honoring Anne, who died in a concentration camp. The museum is now visited by more

than 1 million people each year.

INDONESIA Japan occupied much of Southeast Asia during World War II, but its legacy is much different in China and the Koreas. Its 3 1/2year occupation of Indonesia, at the time a Dutch colony, added momentum to a burgeoning independence movement.

One of the few reminders of Japan’s wartime presence in Indonesia is the former residence in Jakarta of Rear Adm. Maeda Tadashi, who helped draft Indonesia’s first independence proclamation. The building is now a museum dedicated to the history of independence.

The Japanese portrayed their occupation of Indonesia as the intervention of a benevolent older brother and were initially welcomed as liberators from the despised Dutch.

Japan, attempting to persuade Indonesians to join the war, gave them roles in government for the first time and steps toward selfadministration. Brutality increased in the twilight of the occupation, but resentment among Indonesians against Japan is rare today. (ap)

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JAKARTA - An Indonesian court has ordered a foundation set up by former Indonesian dictator Suharto to pay back about $325 million of embezzled state funds, an official said Tuesday.

The Supreme Court ruled that the huge sum, which came from an educational foundation controlled by the Suharto family, must be returned, said court spokesman Suhadi.

Army general Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades until he was toppled by popular protests in 1998.

Graft watchdog Transparency International has labelled him the most corrupt leader of all time, claiming he looted between $15 billion and $35 billion from the country during his time in power.

The court ruling, which was handed down last month but only made public this week, relates to the Supersemar Foundation, said Suhadi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

It was set up to provide university scholarships to children from poor families but the civil lawsuit filed by the attorney general reportedly alleged the Suharto family had used it to embezzle government money.

The latest ruling reversed a 2010 decision that had ordered the foundation to pay a far smaller sum of around $320,000, according to the Jakarta Globe newspaper.

“There was a typo, some digits were missing,” Suhadi explained of the 2010 ruling, without elaborating.

Juan Felix Tambupolon, a lawyer for the Suharto family, said his legal team had not officially received the Supreme Court ruling, and would decide their next move after seeing it.

“Whether we are satisfied or not, we have to respect the decision. We will decide what to do after studying it,” he told AFP. Suharto died of natural causes in 2008, but there is still much anger among Indonesians towards the late ruler and his family.

His six children allegedly amassed fortunes by enjoying privileged access to lucrative business deals, with the most controversial being his youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, popularly known as Tommy. (afp)

official Ludiatno told AFP. There were six people on the plane when it went down. A technician was killed, while the pilot and the four passengers suffered serious injuries, including broken bones. The injured have been taken

to hospital.

Ludiatno, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said bad weather was thought to have caused the crash. An AFP journalist in Papua said there were strong winds when the accident happened.

The plane was flying from the town of Wamena in Papua.

Light aircraft are commonly used for transport in remote, mountainous Papua, and bad weather has caused several accidents in recent years. (afp)

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An Indonesian man uses his mobile phone to photograph models of China Railway High-speed (CRH) trains, prepared for an exhibition which will be opened later this week, at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

China, Japan vie to build high-speed rail for Indonesia

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s top development official said the government is studying proposals from China and Japan for construction of a high-speed rail line and expects to announce the outcome later this month.

Andrinof Chaniago, the national development planning minister, told reporters Tuesday that a decision on which proposal to accept could be made in about two weeks.

The high-speed rail, which will connect the capital Jakarta to Bandung, is part of Indonesia’s 750-kilometer (466-mile) highspeed train project that would cut across four provinces on the main island of Java and end in the country’s second largest city of Surabaya.

President Joko Widodo has ambitious plans to improve Indonesia’s infrastructure, which could boost manufacturing and create

hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

Officials have said that the final proposals made by regional rivals China and Japan followed intense high-level lobbying efforts as the two countries compete for political and commercial influence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Both countries have substantial expertise in high-speed trains though China is a late-comer to the industry compared with Japan.

“We will conduct a review not more than two weeks and will make a decision soon,” Chaniago said after meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xu Shaoshi.

China and Japan have offered low interest loans and other perks as they vie to secure the rail contract.

China’s embassy in Jakarta on Monday

released a statement promising 40,000 new jobs in Indonesia for every year of the line’s construction.

Chaniago said China estimates the line would cost $5.5 billion and is offering Indonesia 50-year loans that will charge annual interest of two percent.

Indonesia’s Presidential Chief of Staff Luhut Panjaitan has said that Japan International Cooperation Agency has offered loans of $4.4 billion with a 40-year repayment period and an annual interest rate of less than one percent.

At a news conference Tuesday, Xu said China is ready to begin construction of the Jakarta-Bandung line in September and could complete it within three years.

“Our high-speed train technology is quite developed and safe,” Xu said. (ap)

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BUSINESS IMF welcomes China’s new currency valuation mechanism

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund welcomed Beijing’s newly announced system to value the country’s currency, saying it will allow market forces to play a greater role in the nation.

China cut the yuan’s value against the dollar for a second day Wednesday, sending ripples through financial markets and raising fears that the currency could fall further.

After Tuesday’s devaluation Chinese authorities said they were seeking to push market reforms in

a one-time move.

Officials say they will now use the previous day’s close, foreign exchange demand and supply and the rates of other major currencies to decide the daily rate around which the Chinese currency can trade.

The IMF said the step could be

a boon in the long run.

“The new mechanism for determining the central parity of the renminbi (yuan) announced by the PBC (People’s Bank of China) appears a welcome step as it should allow market forces to have a greater role in determining the exchange rate,” an IMF spokesman said in a statement.

“Greater exchange rate flexibility is important for China as it strives to give market forces a decisive role in the economy and

is rapidly integrating into global financial markets,” the statement said, adding that China “can, and should” achieve a floating exchange rate within two to three years.

“The exact impact will depend on how the new mechanism is implemented in practice,” the spokesman said.

China has been criticized by some for keeping its currency undervalued to gain a trade advantage for its exports.

Beijing also seeks to have the yuan included in the IMF’s basket of special drawing rights (SDR) basket reserve currencies.

The new change has no “direct implications” in the measure used for creating that basket, the spokesman said.

“Nevertheless, a more marketdetermined exchange rate would facilitate SDR operations in case the renminbi were included in the currency basket going forward.” (afp)

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Chinese firm eager to invest more in Indonesian energy sector

SINGARAJA - China Huadian Engineering Co Ltd. is eager to raise its investment in the energy sector in Indonesia, particularly in the development of power plants, the president of the firm, Sun Qingsong, said.

“We positively welcome the program. We have studied it. Hopefully, we can invest in this project,” he stated on Tuesday, referring to the Indonesian government’s plan to build power plants with a combined

capacity of 35,000 megawatts.

Sun added that the company will offer to develop power plants with the best technology.

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo spoke about foreign invest-

ment needed to build power plants with a combined capacity of 35,000 megawatts, when he visited China some time ago, he pointed out.

“Huadian received information to participate in this 35,000megawatt power plant project,” he noted.

So far, China Huadian Engineering Co Ltd. has built a number of power plants in Indonesia, includ-

ing a thermal power plant in Buleleng district in Bali.

Moreover, Economic and Business Attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia Counselor Wang Liping affirmed that Indonesia and China will continue to enhance cooperation in the procurement of electrical energy.

“In the future, cooperation between China and Indonesia in the

energy sector will continue to be improved. The Chinese company will expand its business abroad, including in the electricity sector,” he noted.

At the high-level economic meeting held in January, both countries agreed to optimize power plants with a capacity of 10,000 megawatts, according to Wang. (ant)

Insufficiently Korean: Top retailer tripped by ties to Japan

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Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin bows after he issued a public apology at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

SEOUL — When South Korean Chung Yu-suk read an article about retailer Lotte’s chocolate ads featuring a Japanese figure skating star, he was so angered he started an online group urging Koreans to boycott their country’s top retailer.

Chung is one of a growing number of South Koreans vowing to punish Lotte after a family battle for control of the company spilled out in public and highlighted their deep links to Japan, Korea’s former colonizer.

The choice of Japanese skater Mao Asada for the advertisement that first appeared years ago was not surprising since it was aimed at the Japanese market, where Lotte also has businesses.

But in South Korea, it only reinforced perceptions Lotte is more Japanese than Korean and particularly because Asada is considered the chief rival of the South’s beloved Kim Yuna, an Olympic gold medalist.

“I don’t understand how Lotte Japan picked her knowing that she would compete with Kim Yu n a , ” s a i d C h u n g , a s e l f employed 45-year-old who lives in Daegu city in the country’s southeast.

The battle for control of Lotte pits the family’s youngest scion against its aging patriarch and his oldest son. As the brothers appeared in public to blame each other for the increasingly ugly power struggle, South Koreans were reminded of two facts they found unpalatable: Neither of the men who both claim they are South Korean speaks Korean

fluently and the holding company of Lotte is based in Japan with Japanese shareholders.

It’s unclear how damaging the boycott call will be for Lotte in South Korea, where the company earns most of its profits. But the anti-Lotte activists have chosen an opportune moment to ignite sentiment against the company.

South Korea will mark the 70th anniversary of independence from Japan’s colonial rule on Saturday, a moment of national reflection that comes during a period of particularly strained ties between the East Asian neighbors. South Korea’s government says Japan has failed to atone for forced labor, forced prostitution and other brutalities during its colonial rule.

National flags are on display on streets and on buildings.

A movie about Korean independence fighters in the 1930s attempting to assassinate a Japanese military commander and a pro-Japanese businessman is a box office hit. With over 9 million tickets sold, “Assassination” is set to become the most popular Korean movie this year.

On Wednesday, an 80-year-old man set himself on fire during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.

Lotte was founded in 1948 as a post-war chewing gum maker in Japan by Shin Kyuk-ho, 92, who moved to Japan when Korean Peninsula was under Japan’s colonial rule. He married a Japanese woman and they had two sons in Japan, who are now battling over the business empire. (ap)

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Electric Power Plant in Celukan Bawang, Buleleng one of the energy project in Bali.

Usaba sumbu kaja at Timbrah

Thousands of roasted suckling pigs presented

AMLAPURA - Timbrah customary villagers organized the aci usaba sumbu kaja on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

A number of preparations have been made by local residents to welcome the annual tradition at one of the old villages in Bali. The preparation includes the making of sumbu (movable multi-tiered shrine) to ritual paraphernalia in the form of roasted suckling pig by each household.

Series of the usaba sumbu ritual is implemented for a week. It is divided into two stages, namely the aci usaba kaja and aci usaba kelod. The aci usaba kaja is addressed to Ida Bhatara Muter Jagat and Ida Bhatara Mayun by establishing three units of sumbu symbolizing macrocosm. In the meantime, the aci usaba kelod is intended for Ida Bhatara Sri Rambut

Sedana by establishing two units of sumbu.

The sumbu is made of bamboo poles filled with ornate and the elements of macrocosm. It contains many components and highly unique, starting from the bottom to the top with five tiers. To local residents, the sumbu symbolizes the turning of Mount Mandara Giri where at that time oozed various kinds of macrocosmic elements and was ended with the emergence of an angel bringing Amrita (holy water).

The amrita was then contested by gods and demons.

To complement the sumbu paraphernalia, local residents made young coconut leaf ornament on Monday (Aug. 10) as the last component of the sumbu paraphernalia.

The ornament in five colors consists of bungan langkuas (five and three petals), sesapi buduh and nagasari, gelang-gelangan, rerenteng and paku pidpid. “For bungan langkuas, the five-petalled flower must consist of 66 pieces and the three-petalled must consist of 53 pieces,” said one of the local residents, Made Riti, when met at Pauman Beji, Monday.

The making of the serrated young coconut leaf ornament (ngeringgit) is carried out at four locations of young girls that get their turn for the usaba sumbu kaja this year. The serrated ornaments are installed at the base of the sumbu when setting up the sumbu in front of the stage used as the place of palanquin for Ida Bhatara on the turun kabeh ritual. It is similar to the process of the turn-

ing of Mount Mandara Giri.

At that time, the young girls getting their turn to do the service will stand under the sumbu and goes out after the sumbu has been turned counterclockwise by young boys of the local customary village.

Emergence of the young girls symbolizes the angel coming down to bring Amrita for the world. In the implementation of the aci usaba sumbu kaja, 15 palanquins and four sanctified effigies are put on the Panti Kaler stage. The 15 palanquins are respectively dedicated for Ida Bhatara Muter Jagat, Ida Bhatara Muter Anom, Ida Bhatara Mayun, Ida Bhatara Bagus Sakti, Ida Bhatara Gedong Baas and Ida Bhatara Nganten Tenganan. The other deities are Ida Bhatara Gede

Beten Bingin, Ida Bhatara Nganten Bungaya, Ida Bhatara Bukit, Ida Bhatara Maspahit and Ida Bhatara Nganten Saren.

In the meantime, the four other palanquins are dedicated for Ida Bhatara Bagus Aeng, Ida Bhatara Kelod Kangin, Ida Bhatara Ketut and Ida Bhatara Kusamba. Right underneath the stage will be used for the location of presenting roasted suckling pig by residents where it can reach thousands of pieces. According to the Chief of Timbrah customary village, Nengah Wija, presenting roasted suckling pig poses a sincere offering to deities for their authority and blessing. Local residents will just say prayers together at midnight. (kmb31)

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Moldova: 136 kilograms (300 pounds) of heroin seized

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovan authorities have seized more than 130 kilograms (290 pounds) of heroin in a truck transporting tiles from Ukraine to Bulgaria.

Head of the customs service Iurie Cerban said Wednesday the heroin was in 250 packets hidden in a refrigerated truck at a border crossing with Romania in south Moldova. He said the heroin, which was found overnight Mon-

day, had a market value of 10 to 20 million euros ($11.1 to $22.2 million).

Prosecutor Lilian Bacalam said the truck driver, who has not been identified, has been detained for 72 hours and prosecutors have asked for his arrest.

He said the shipment is suspected of being sent by an international ring smuggling drugs from Asia to Europe. (ap)

Death toll in Egypt’s scorching heat wave rises to over 60

The traffic jam whaich happen in Denpasar. The increasing number of population make many bad effects, one of them is traffic jam.

City of Denpasar worried about growth of population

DENPASAR - The threat of a water crisis in Denpasar is becoming more real as the population of the city is growing at a relatively fast rate, now reaching almost 4 percent per year.

Water resources have diminished and open spaces have also dwindled. These factors contribute to the decreasing percentage of city dwellers that have access to clean water through the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM).

Managing Director of the PDAM Denpasar, I Putu Gede Mahaputra, recognized this problem and ad-

mitted that he is concerned about the high rate of population growth in Denpasar. Presently, with a

total population of approximately 788,000 people, there is already a large demand for clean water and yet many are not served by the PDAM. PDAM Denpasar still faces water shortages in their goal of trying to meet the demands of customers for 2015 which currently amounts to 1,652 liters per second while the PDAM can only supply 391.94

liters per second. “We are only able to meet the needs of 78,418 customers,” he said.

Mahaputra explained that to meet Denpasar’s needs for clean water, the PDAM sources water from deep wells, surface water and also purchases extra water from PDAM Badung and PDAM Gianyar. For surface water, they source from the Ayung River (904,205 m3 and

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CAIRO — Egypt’s state news agency says 21 more people have died due to a scorching heat wave, raising this week’s death toll to more than 60.

The official MENA news agency said Wednesday that the latest deaths are from the previous day, mostly elderly people. It says 581 people are in hospital for heat exhaustion.

The Mideast has been hit by a heat wave since late July. Egyp-

tian summers are usually hot, but temperatures this week soared to 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) in the south.

At least 40 people had died on Sunday and Monday, including detainees and patients in a psychiatric hospital, according to officials. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Tuesday’s death toll includes a German national living in the southern city of Luxor who died from heatstroke. (ap)

423,683 m3), IPA Blusung (116,547 m3) and IPA Waribang (546,466 m3). They also have 21 deep wells from which they access 1,191,318 m3. PDAM Denpasar then buys 187,543 m3 from PDAM Gianyar, PDAM Badung and SPAM Petanu River. “As of April 2015, there are 5,137 homes on the waiting list for clean water service connection,” he said. (ara)

Selemadeg are facing water shortages , categorized as light drought.

One of the subak areas of East Selemadeg whose farmers delayed their planting is Subak Aseman III. According to Deputy Chief of Subak Aseman III, Wayan Darta, their field area amounts to 127 hectares.

In the second planting season, only 25 hectares of the Telabah Anyar subgroup could be planted as they gets water from Telaga Tunjung dam. “Of the five subgroups at Aseman III, only Telabah Anyar gets their water from Telaga Tunjung dam, while the others gets water

from Guniang River,” said Darta.

The four other subgroups at Aseman III are: Bedugul, Gede, Puangkan and Jaga Balu, who tried to instead grow corn and soybeans.

“Approximately 50 hectares of land were planted with corn but they do not spread evenly,” said Darta.

Darta acknowledged that most of the agricultural land at Subak Aseman III is neglected by the owners and not planted because they do not want to risk like crop failure due to lack of water. “They indeed always lack of water during dry season. So, farmers delay planting as they wait

for the rain,” he explained.

Despite attempts to plant crops, not all farmers succeed. Only corn planted near water sources can yield good results, while the other stalks dry up and do not produce corn. “Some 30 hectares of land were planted with soybean, but due to lack of water, they failed to produce,” said Darta.

According to him, farmers whose land is located near water sources can still draw water by machine.

This certainly cannot be done by farmers whose lands are far from water sources.

Darta admitted that since long

ago agricultural lands in this region have only been able to be planted once a year. “Conditions have been like this for a long time. This area indeed lacks water during the dry season and is highly dependant on rainwater,” he said.

Darta therefore hopes that the government can build a dam so that they can irrigate paddy fields in East Selemadeg thereby allowing farmers in the area to plant paddy twice a year the same way that other farmers in Tabanan- who are located near water sources, can. (kmb24)

Refugees stream into Greek island, meet wretched conditions

KOS, Greece — Dozens of people from the Middle East reached the Greek island of Kos from nearby Turkey Wednesday, joining thousands already camped in wretched conditions on what is normally a tourist playground known for its sun and beaches.

Lack of water, hundreds of hectares of farmland in East Selemadeg delay planting

TABANAN - Most agricultural areas in Eastern Selemadeg are planted as rain fed paddy fields. As a result, during the dry season most of their fields cannot be planted due to lack of water. Based on the data of the Tabanan Agriculture, Plantation and Horticulture Agency, agricultural land in East Selemadeg covers 2,300 hectares, however early July’s 2015’s newly planted areas only amounted to 62 Hectares with another 364 planted in late July. Farmers have not planted the remaining 1,913 hectares due to lack of water. Meanwhile 12 hectares of the planted areas of East

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Migrants walk along a beach on the Greek southeastern island of Kos, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Dozens of people from the Middle East are arriving on the Greek holiday island of Kos from nearby Turkey, joining thousands of refugees camped under wretched conditions.

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An Egyptian shepherd leads his sheep as they drink water from the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Egyptian health authorities said at least 40 people have died in the last two days amid a scorching heat wave hitting the country.

Overwhelmed and unprepared for the unprecedented influx, authorities on the eastern Aegean Sea island have been heavily criticized for their treatment of the migrants — mostly refugees from Syria.

At least two rubber boats made landfall just before dawn in the Psalidi coastal area, and dozens of men, women and children set off on the four-kilometer (2.5-mile) trudge to the island capital of Kos. Their first question was where they had landed — which provoked strong laughter as Kos has an obscene meaning in Arabic.

“I feel good to be here, but I still miss my family” in Syria, said Omar Mohammad, a 25-year-old English literature graduate from Aleppo.

He said the three-hour crossing from Turkey was his third attempt to reach Greece in four days. On two occasions, Turkish officials had prevented him from leaving.

Shortly later, an Italian patrol boat participating in a European

border watch mission brought in about 50 people rescued at sea — tying up beside dozens of long inflatable dinghies seized by the coast guard.

Struggling with its worst postwar financial crisis, Greece has been overwhelmed by the wave of refugees and economic migrants, more than 125,000 of whom have reached the eastern Aegean islands this year — a 750 percent increase over 2014.

The country is Europe’s main entry point for people arriving by sea, as the alternative route from north Africa to Italy has become increasingly dangerous due to fighting in Libya. From Greece, the migrants move north through the Balkans, hoping to gain asylum, preferably in Germany, the Netherlands or Scandinavia.

“Aleppo is the worst city in the world,” said Dirar, another English graduate who made the crossing with Mohammad’s group. “There’s no electricity, no water, no Internet.

My home was destroyed by a rocket

blast,” he said, showing a picture on his mobile phone of himself in the wreckage.

“I was so happy to be alive that I took a selfie,” he said. “From Greece, I will travel through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary to Germany.”

But first, those reaching the islands have to be registered by Greek authorities to get necessary travel documents. Huge backlogs caused by the sheer number of arrivals and lack of official preparedness have trapped thousands on Kos, waiting for the papers that will secure them a berth on an Athens-bound ferry.

For the past two days, Kos authorities have been evicting refugees sleeping rough in parks and streets, locking them in an old football stadium that is the island’s main registration center. Many women and young children are among those interned in a sunbaked waste without shade or hygiene facilities.

“The situation here is very bad and police here they beat a boy, they beat a man, they beat children, it’s too bad,” Syrian refugee Laith Saleh, who is in the stadium, told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. “We can’t go out.”(ap)

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Omega-3 may block psychosis years later

PARIS - Omega-3, a fatty acid found in oily fish, may prevent the onset of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders long after being consumed, according to a study released Tuesday.

Up to seven years after taking omega-3 supplements for 12 weeks, young people at “ultrahigh” risk were less likely to have suffered the debilitating condition than a control group given a placebo, reported the study.

Schizophrenia is characterised by delusions and hallucinations, including hearing voices and seeing things that do not really exist.

It typically emerges during adolescence or early adulthood, either abruptly or gradually. There is no cure. Current treatment focuses on managing symptoms.

Scientists have long known that patients with schizophrenia exhibit reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acid -- specifically, omega-3 and omega 6 -- in cell membranes.

Nearly a decade ago, research-

ers led by Paul Amminger at the University of Melbourne showed in clinical trials that ingesting the fatty acid delayed a first episode of psychotic disorder in high-risk subjects by up to year.

In a follow up study, published in Nature Communication, Amminger and colleagues report that, nearly seven years later, only 10 percent of the omega-3 group developed psychosis compared to 40 percent in the placebo group.

“We show that omega-3 significantly reduced the risk of progression to psychotic disorder during the entire follow-up period,” the study concluded.

But the researchers stopped short of recommending that all at-risk individuals start taking the fatty acid, available as a nonprescription supplement and in many foods, including salmon,

sardines and walnuts.

“Replication of the findings is needed,” Amminger said by email, noting the relatively small, 81 patient size of the trial. “Several replication trials are underway.”

Scientists still do not understand the underlying mechanism by which omega-3 might prevent the onset of schizophrenia, which has both genetic and environmental origins.

The illness occurs in approximately one percent of the population, but in 10 percent of people with a first degree relative with the disorder.

Fish oil rich in omega-3 “has no clinically relevant side effects, and thus is certainly a benign treatment option,” Amminger said. “But patients need to be told that evidence (of its benefits) is limited.” (afp)

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More evidence that fried food raises heart attack risk

MIAMI - People who eat lots of fried food and sugary drinks have a 56 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to those who eat healthier, US researchers said Monday.

The findings in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, were based on a six-year study of more than 17,000 people in the United States.

Researchers found that people who regularly ate what was described as a Southern style diet -- fried foods, eggs, processed meats like bacon and ham, and sugary drinks -- faced the highest risk of a heart attack or heart-related death during the next six years.

“Regardless of your gender, race, or where you live, if you frequently eat a Southern-style diet you should be aware of your risk of heart disease and try to make some gradual changes to your diet,” said lead researcher James Shikany, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Preventive Medicine.

“Try cutting down the number of times you eat fried foods or processed meats from every day to three days a week as a start, and try substituting

baked or grilled chicken or vegetablebased foods.”

The study included both white and African-American men and women aged 45 or older, who did not have heart disease when they began the study.

Participants enrolled from 2003 to 2007. They were first screened by telephone, then given an in-home physical exam, then they answered a food frequency questionnaire.

“Every six months, the participants were interviewed via telephone about their general health status and hospitalizations for nearly six years,” said the study.

Participants fell into five different eating groups, including the Southern style eaters; those who favored convenience foods like pasta, Mexican food, Chinese food, mixed dishes and pizza; the “plant-based” pattern which was mostly vegetables and fruits; the “sweets” pattern; and the “alcohol/salads” group which tended toward by beer, wine, liquor, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes and salad dressings.

The Southern-style eaters were the only ones faced with a higher risk of heart disease. (afp)

US medical researchers say fetal tissue remains essential

BOSTON — The furor on Capitol Hill over a leading U.S. pro-choice group has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders to cancer and AIDS. Anti-abortion activists set off the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive health as well as contraception and abortion services, has denied making any profit and said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.

University laboratories that buy such cells strongly defend their research, saying tissue that would otherwise be thrown out has played a vital role in lifesaving medical advances and holds great potential for further breakthroughs.

Fetal cells are considered ideal because they divide rapidly, adapt to new environments easily and are less susceptible to rejection than adult cells when transplanted.

“If researchers are unable to work with fetal tissue, there is a huge list of diseases for which

researchers would move much more slowly, rather than quickly, to find their cause and how they can be cured,” Stanford University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said in an email.

From 2011 through 2014 alone, 97 research institutions — mostly universities and hospitals — received a total of $280 million in federal grants for fetal tissue research from the National Institutes of Health. A few institutions have consistently gotten large shares of that money, including Yale, the University of California and Massachusetts General Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard.

The U.S. government prohibits the sale of fetal tissue for profit and requires separation between researchers and the women who donate fetuses. Some schools go further, requiring written consent from donors.

Many major universities declined to make scientists available for interviews about their fetal tissue work, saying they fear for the researchers’ safety because the issue is so highly charged. The Planned Parenthood uproar led to a failed attempt by Republicans to strip the organization of federal funding.

Researchers use fetal tissue to understand cell biology and human development. Others use it to look for treatments for AIDS.

Research on spinal cord injuries and eyesight-robbing macular degeneration involves transplanting

fetal cells into patients. European researchers recently began putting fetal tissue into patients’

brains to try to treat Parkinson’s, a strategy that previously had mixed results. (ap)

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Bali House must fight to exclude Besakih from the KSPN

DENPASAR - The Bali House of Commons’ plan to consult with the Ministry of Tourism has received strong responses from academics. The Dean of the Faculty of Tourism, at Udayana University, I Wayan Sendra, for example, recently said that the people’s representatives must speak out for the aspirations of the Balinese people, who want to have Besakih excluded from the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN).

This aspiration of the people of this island, should be strived for to the best of our ability if we don’t want the symbol of Bali to become polluted. “The desire to have Besakih excluded from the KSPN must be struggled for. Legislators -as representatives of the people, must bring up this issue with the central government, because Besakih, as the mother temple is also a the symbol of Bali. If the mother temple is contaminated, how can Balinese Hinduism -which upholds the principle of Tri Hita Karana, maintain itself?” said Sendra when contacted on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

Sendra explained that according the people’s aspirations and

according to the scientific perspective, Besakih must be maintained as a sacred area. His party worries that the inclusion of the area of Besakih in the KSPN will render this area too commercial and that it will thus lose its divine vibration.

According to the rules, the KSPN development fund actually comes from the tourism management of each region, (in this case Bali) that goes to the central government. The central government then re-distributes the fund in the form of programs including the KSPN. So, the KSPN fund is actually Bali’s right. If the fund is indeed for the acceleration of infrastructure development, the central government need not

change the function of the area of Besakih.

Furthermore, Sendra also said that in the future, local and central governments must work together with all stakeholders, especially local communities, colleges and other institutions when it comes to regional development. The public’s general aspirations must be considered. Comprehensive studies that consider various aspects and interests must also be taken into consideration the government issues a program.

We must not allow government programs, that have the potential to harm the community and their customary and cultural order, to be imposed. (kmb32)

Bali Zoo successfully bred Bengal tigers that classified as endangered species, with the birth of twins, thus increasing the population to thirteen tigers since 2005. “This is the eight-born of Bengal Tigers from the same parent,” said Public Relations Executive Bali Zoo, Emma Kristiana Chandra, on Wednesday.

The twins were born on Sunday (2/8) at around 14:00 pm through the normal birth process. The twins; Dewa for male tiger and Dewi for the female, born from a white mother “Kartini”, each weighing 2.7 kg and 2.3 kg with a length of 4 cm and 4.4 cm.

The birth of

Tiger cubs are held by a zookeeper at a Bali zoo in Indonesia on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015.

They were born on Aug. 2.

twin baby tigers was considered rare, since both have the same color, white and orange. Currently, the 10-day-old baby tigers are still under supervision of veterinary team headed by DVM Made Sugiarta, to maintain the health of the endangered species.

According to Chandra, Kartini has been given additional vitamin and calcium, including additional one kilogram of beef every day.

She further explained that Kartini has given birth seven times.

“We are now having thirteen Bengal Tigers in our zoo and there

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Tanah Lot to add twelve lifeguards

TABANAN - Management of Tanah Lot Beach plan to add twelve lifeguards for visitors safety. According to Assistant Manager of Tanah Lot Beach, Made Sudiana on Wednesday, until today Tanah Lot had six lifeguards to secure 2.5 kilometres long beach which have a strong currents and rocky structure.

Sudiana said the plan to add more lifeguards base on experience that visitors sometimes still ignore the warnings from management.

“There are some visitors that ignore the warnings and go down to the beach,” explained Sudiana.

Sudiana added that visitors, especially from other countries often ignored warnings from customary village security (pecalang). “But if they being warned by lifeguards, they tend to listen. Perhaps they more familiar with lifeguards outfit than pecalang,” he mentioned.

Regarding lifeguard personnel limitations, currently management assisted by pecalang and security in keeping the visitors safe. The management had add five security posts to provide secure feeling to visitors. The posts located at Tanah Lot, Nyuh Galuh, Batu Bolong, Batu Mejan, and Batu Yeh Kutikan. (kmb24)

Bali Zoo added twins Bengal Tigers in its collection

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In this Aug. 10, 2015, photo, Christine Jelinek, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid in Baltimore.

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are some tigers that were given to other zoo in Indonesia,” she explained.

The birth of two baby Bengal Tigers was a success story in wildlife conservation efforts.

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, previously named Panthera

tigris bengalensis) is a subspecies of tigers in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are about 2,100 Bengal Tigers in the wild, with 1,411 of them are in India, 200 in Bangladesh, 150 in Nepal, and 100 in Bhutan. (ant)

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Purity in the heart of Bali: Love, Peace, and Dance

Concern ...

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According to Sudarma, concern about the sustainability of Bali’s water supply needs to be foremost in the thoughts and actions of all relevant parties. “As academics we are very sad when we observe the state of water management in Bali today. Solutions need to be formulated now, so as to avoid the threat of a full blown water crisis,” he said.

Sudarma also underlined the fact that conditions will certainly worsen if Bali fails to protect its rain-fed regions.

“If the PDAM fails to find ways to capture rainfall, the springs will dry up. Surface water, which has become the leading source of business for PDAM and bottled water companies, will also become increasingly scarce,” he said.

Therefore, Sudarma says that those who are managing water resources in Bali needs to make immediate improvements to who they function and also must be properly supervised. The bottling of drinking water must be adjusted to permits and procedures that are regulated by the government. This is very a very important way to prevent the large scale exploitation of water that is currently benefiting these businesses. “It is important that Bali place restrictions on permits for the bottling of drinking water,” he advised.

Sudarma reminded the government of their responsibility to oblige the PDAM and bottled drinking water companies in Bali to invest in sustainability. This can take the form of planting more trees, maintaining the ecosystems of upstream regions -including by creating of embankments on rivers and maintaining watersheds. Another way to invest in sustainability, is by making infiltration wells. This last measure is analogous to refilling the water content of the earth’s bowels. Rainwater must be gathered instead of just letting it flow right into the ocean.

“As managers of the water business, the PDAM and bottled water companies must set aside part of their profits to create rainwater catchment areas,” he said.

Sudarma reminded the government of Bali not to underestimate the threat of a severe water crisis. Currently many regions in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan have been hit by droughts, so the possibility of this happening in Bali needs to be dealt with. What’s more, Bali as a small island is now crowded with with an ever-expanding population and uncontrolled investments in building projects.

Sudarma also said that so far that so far, there are no problems with the supply of clean water in Bali. However when we take a closer look, we see that many Balinese people are still not connected to PDAM water. The long waiting list to get connected has been made to seem like a normal part of life. Business approaches cannot resolve this problem unless they are balanced with environmentally awareness. Sudarma asserted that only investment in environmental conservation can save Balinese residents from the threat of a severe water crisis.

The Water Saving Program of the Bali State Polytechnic noted that the high demand for clean water in Bali, especially in densely populated urban areas, has made clean water supplies all the more vital. As a result, water required for agriculture is now widely taken advantage of for business purposes.

The business of selling water is becoming an increasingly promising line of work, given the ever expanding number of hotel rooms and bottled water connoisseurs in Bali. Many experts strongly advise the government of Bali to immediate work to mitigate and prevent further large scale exploitation of water for business purposes, as is currently going on. (dir)

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An event with Ida-Resi at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara, this Friday DENPASAR - In the purity of the tradition and in the heart of Bali, was destined to be born Ida-Resi, a Balinese High Priestess, a woman who came to bring change and remind the land and its people of the energies that flow through the land.

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The drought that has been hitting parts of Bali over the past few months has yet to have an impact on the volume of water in Lake Batur, Kintamani.

Water volume of Lake Batur normal, despite drought

BANGLI - The drought that has been hitting parts of Bali over the past few months has yet to have an impact on the volume of water in Lake Batur, Kintamani. Until now, the volume of water in the largest lake in Bali has not decreased, said Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), Made Alit Parwata on Tuesday (Aug. 11).

Parwata said that based recent observations made by the BLH, the drought affecting Bali and Bangli in particular over the last few months, has not significantly influenced the water volume of Lake Batur.

He stated that the water volume remains normal and the quality of the water also still remains within the standards of clean. “The volume of water has remained normal over the last four months The current drought has had no impact,” he explained.

According to the results of measure-

ment taken by the BLH, Parwata said the water surface of Lake Batur has in fact risen by 40 cm in the last few months. However he added that the rise in the level of the water’s surface is likely cause by sedimentation on the bottom of the lake 1,650 m area of the lake.

Parwata also said that according to local community leader Jero Gede Batur, there are between 9 and 11 sources of water flowing out of Lake Batur below the surface. The water that flows out through these points not

She came from a traditional Balinese family in the outskirts of the village of Bangli, a peasant family of the land, a family that, as with all the people of Bali, has a magical connection to the divine realms. Her vision is to help the people connect to their heart and as she heals their connection to their roots she removes what keeps them from being whole, complete, in oneness with the love.

Ida-Resi was destined to be a high priestess from a young age and the circumstances and events of her life were miraculous in themselves. From a young age she had the ability to enter into a deep trance during meditation and follow the path of the Saptarishis of old that channeled the Vedas, and found the wisdom.

They found the teachings in the truth that resides in the higher realms that are always visible to those who can reach these planes of existence. In the Hindu tradition

that is a part of Bali, the Rishis are the speakers of the Higher Truth that has always been.

The truth is not new or spoken, it is just channeled from where it has always been through those that are capable of feeling it. The island of Bali has a long tradition of people who can reach the higher planes and manifest this wisdom.

This magic is a part of the roots of the island, and wisdom flows through each person truly making Bali the island of the Gods.

As the water is flowing, the purity is reached. The work of Ida-Resi is to use water as a vehicle to purify the heart and then transcendence is reached.

Water flows as the energy of the life itself. If the heart is not pure it cannot reach the divine realms, so she purifies us with water. She defines the work that she does as a way to purify the heart so the energy can flow freely. She has the ability to see the impurities that encumber the

heart, and in her ceremonies she purifies the heart. She is able to clear the blockages of the heart energetically, so that the sacred is reached. Also, in a more traditional Balinese fashion, with the assistance of the priests, the Mangkus that surround her, she clears the energies that encumber the people who come to her.

This Friday, Ida-Resi will bring a new flow to reality through an event to inaugurate the beautiful space of Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara (#7 Jalan Danau Toba, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali).

She will incorporate movements in the flow of the meditation and the mantras that naturally flow through her. The movements will be a combination of traditional Balinese dance and yoga flow that spring from her. The movements are a beautiful flow and at the same time, a mediation in itself.

Come to experience the magic at 4pm, this Friday the 14th, 2015.

(Maria Kellis)

Cubby House Kids Club

CANGGU - Cubby House Kids Club provides a lively and stimulating environment where children can play and learn at the same time.

Located at Canggu Club the facility is safe and secure, leaving parents free to enjoy some quality time in the knowledge that the kids will be

well taken care of.

The Cubby House Kids Club is available for 2 to 12 year olds and offers a huge range of quality toys and activities to keep children entertained for hours. Children from 2 to 4 years old are accompanied by staff and have their own space

where they can play Lego, read stories, play blocks and watch movies. Additional facilities include, 2 outdoor areas (1 for older kids with basketball and air hockey), Movie Theatre, Library, Arts & Crafts area, MAC Computers, Dress Ups, WII and more.

only flows into areas in Bangli, but also to other areas such as Gianyar, Klungkung, Karangasem and Southern Bali.

Jero Gede Baturan and others suppose that these 9 to 11 exit points of the lake’s water may have become clogged thereby causing a rise in the level of the lake water. When asked about the priority given to Lake Batur in terms of the state moralization fund for 2014, Parwata would only say that they are still waiting for the commitment and action of the central government. (kmb40)

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Schedule of events

at Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara Every Sunday, 8am - 12 noon: Sunday Market and craft delights 8 August, 7pm: Ubud Style Balinese Painting exhibition opening 14 August, 4 pm - Healing dance by Ida Maharishi 16 August, 9am - 4pm: Live painting by Balinese master painters 15 August, 7pm: Film screening of Balinese movies 22 August, 7pm: India-Bali music concert with Sinta Wulur and friends 29 August: Indian/gamelan vocal exploration workshop with Sinta 2 Septembe: Interior Decor exhibition opening 3-4 September, 9 am-5pm: Interior Decor expo 15 September, 7pm: Human is Alien video and bamboo instalation For more information: Fb fage: shankaraartspace or friend us at Fb: balebanjarshankara

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon.

The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

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

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Sofia Vergara to appear in ‘The Simpsons’ LOS ANGELES - US-Colombian star Sofia Vergara is

going to lend her voice to a character on long-running hit series “The Simpsons”, Entertainment Weekly reported.

Vergara will play the role of Professor Barrera in an episode during the upcoming 27th season of the animated comedy show, according to the

magazine.

Barrera will be a love interest of main character Bart Simpson, and his teacher Principal Skinner.

Vergara, star of hit-series “Modern Family”, is the highest paid actress on US television.

“The Simpsons” has been running since 1989. (afp)

Britney Spears to guest star on The CW’s ‘Jane the Virgin’

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Meghan Trainor cancels tour, will get surgery on vocal cord

NEW YORK - Meghan Trainor is canceling the rest of her North American tour because of a vocal cord hemorrhage and she plans to get surgery.

The singer wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that she also has bronchitis and she’s “been coughing a lot

and that pushed it over the edge.”

She wrote to fans: “I am devastated, scared, and so sorry.”

Trainor canceled shows last month because of her damaged vocal cords. Her MTrain Tour was expected to play through September.

She wrote that she’s “determined to do what it takes to get better and come back around stronger than ever.”

The 21-year-old’s hits include “All About That Bass,” ‘’Lips Are Movin’” and “Dear Future Husband.” (ap)

B E V E R LY HILLS, Calif. — Britney Spears is getting ready to meet “Jane the Virgin.” The pop singer will guest star in an upcoming episode of the Golden Globe-nominated series, The CW network announced Tuesday.

The opportunity came about after “Jane’s” executive prod u c e r, J e n n i e Snyder Urman, heard Spears was a big fan of the show.

Spears will play herself, who happens to be Jaime Camil’s character, Rogelio de la Vega’s, nemesis.

She will appear on the fifth episode of the second season which premieres Oct. 12 at 9pm EDT on The CW. (ap)

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President Widodo reshuffles cabinet to boost economy

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced key economic ministers in a cabinet reshuffle Wednesday less than a year into his term, after facing criticism for failing to revive growth.

Former central bank governor Darmin Nasution was named to the important post of chief economics minister, while prominent private equity executive Thomas Lembong was appointed the new trade minister.

Four other ministers, including the security minister and maritime affairs minister, were also replaced.

The reshuffle was announced at the presidential palace in Jakarta, where the new ministers took an oath.

Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, was inaugurated in October after winning power on a pledge to boost Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, which has been slowing in recent years as demand for its key commodities exports decline.

But growth has continued to slide, falling to a six-year low of 4.67 percent in the second quarter, and the government has been criticised for a series of policy flip-flops

and a lack of organisation.

His administration has notably failed to kickstart a promised flurry of major infrastructure projects, seen as crucial to attracting foreign investment and raising growth. Many ministries face criticism for only spending a fraction of their budgets.

Also replaced Wednesday was security minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno. Luhut Panjaitan, Widodo’s chief of staff and a figure close to

the president, was appointed to the post.

Maritime affairs minister Indroyono Soesilo was replaced by Rizal Ramli, while national development planning minister Andrinof Chaniago was replaced by Sofyan Djalil, who moves from the post of chief economics minister.

Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto was replaced by Pramono Anung. (afp)

Water business in Bali must be controlled

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Water businesses need to be immediately controlled, in order to ensure the sustainability of water sources and the availability of clean water for the inhabitants of Bali.

In addition to regulatory measures, two institutions that have made water into a commercial product, namely; PDAM and bottled drinking water companies need to be made accountable. They must both be required to set aside a percentage of their profits to go towards maintaining the ecosystem of upstream areas and also create rainwater catchment systems. If they fail to do so the population of Bali will be forced to face the harsh reality of a severe clean water crisis, in the very near future.

Such are the suggestions of the Director of the Center for Environmental Research (PPLH) at Udayana University, Dr. I Made Sudarma.

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People stand in queue to get clean water supply in Jimbaran, Badung Regency. Water business in Bali should be immediately controlled. This measure is expected to help the sustainability of clean water availability for the inhabitants of Bali.