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LONDON - American music producer David Gest, the former husband of entertainer Liza Minnelli, died in London on Tuesday.
Gest, who was aged 62, was found in the Four Seasons hotel in the Canary Wharf business district of the city. The producer, whose credits included a TV musical special about pop star Michael Jackson, married actress and singer Minnelli in 2002. They separated the following year. Gest appeared in the 2006 series of British reality TV show “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here”, and his popularity with viewers led to other television work, including his own show called “This Is David Gest”.
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He returned to reality television at the start of the year, entering the “Celebrity Big Brother” house in January but he left the house 13 days later on medical grounds. London police said in a statement: “Police were called at 10:17 on Tuesday 12 April to the Four Seasons hotel in Westferry Circus to reports of an unexplained death of a man in his 60s. “A post-mortem will be held in due course. Next of kin are in the process of being informed.” Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious. (rtr)
U.S. singer Liza Minnelli and producer David Gest speak at a newsconference at the House of Blues in Beverly Hills, California, in this file photo taken July 25, 2002. Gest, exhusband of Minnelli, was found dead in a London hotel on Tuesday at the age of 62, according to news reports.
Cosby’s wife to face another day of questioning in lawsuit -judge WORCESTER - Bill Cosby’s wife of 52 years will have to submit to another day of questioning by lawyers for seven women who claim the comedian sexually assaulted them, but need not reveal intimate details of their marriage, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. In rejecting Camille Cosby’s request not have to have to participate in another deposition, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy told a lawyer for the seven women to limit his questioning to relevant topics, castigating him for crossing that line in a February deposition. Hennessy ruled that the new deposition will be limited to five hours and 45 minutes, with the two sides agreeing to hold it at a Boston hotel on Feb. 19. “We’re not going to have a repeat of some things that happened, I can assure you. That applies to both sides,” Hennessy said during a hearing at U.S. District Court in Worcester, Massachusetts. “We’re not going to have questions like, ‘Were you asleep when you had sex with Mr. Cosby?’” More than 50 women have accused Cosby, best known for his role as the father character in the 1980s television hit “The Cosby Show,” of sexually assault, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol. The allegations, many of which date back decades, have toppled Cosby from his position as one of the United States’ best-loved
entertainers. Most of the alleged crimes are too old to be criminally prosecuted. But authorities in Pennsylvania charged the 78-year-old actor with sexually assaulting a woman in 2005. Cosby, who is out on bail, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. The seven women involved in the Massachusetts suit charge that Cosby lied when he denied sexually assaulting them. Attorneys for Camille Cosby, 72, who also serves as her husband’s business manager, had argued that a second deposition would only serve to embarrass their client. “The plaintiff cannot, under rule, abuse or harass a witness with questions that are obviously embarrassing and obviously not relevant,” said Daniel Small. An attorney for the women, Joseph Cammarata argued personal matters are relevant given the nature of the allegations. “The intent and the effect was not to be harassing or abusive,” Cammarata said. “The intent was to gather information.” Tamara Green filed the Massachusetts lawsuit in December 2014. She was later joined by six other women who say Cosby sexually assaulted them and defamed them by calling them liars. Cosby has countersued, accusing the women of defaming him. Neither Cosby nor his wife were present in court. (rtr)
Thai Water Festivals Continue Despite Drought REUTERS/Jorge Silva
BANGKOK - Throughout South East Asia, Buddhist water festivals marking the traditional New Year have got under way. As Songkran celebrations began in Bangkok, tourists and locals took part in mass water fights in the streets, armed with highpowered water pistols.
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Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives for the second day of hearings at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania in this February 3, 2016 file photo. A California judge on Wednesday indefinitely postponed a sworn deposition of Bill Cosby in a sexual assault lawsuit against the comedian, citing his right to avoid self-incrimination in a separate criminal case pending in Pennsylvania.
Elephants spray people with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. Meanwhile, on the left, a man walks on a dried up swamp in Ayutthaya Thailand.
The role of water in the festival is to symbolise the washing away of past misfortune, but this year it comes as the wider region is grappling with the most severe drought seen in decades - leaving thousands with restricted access to water. In the build-up to this three-daylong holiday, Thai authorities urged
revellers to exercise restraint, avoiding the use of buckets and hoses out of consideration for those struggling with the drought. A third of Thailand’s provinces have now been declared drought disaster areas, with those in the north, north east and central regions worst hit. People and elephants splash each
other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province Celebrations for the Songkran water festival in Ayutthaya province News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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Alas Kedaton trekking path hampered by maintenance TABANAN - A new breakthrough to increase the tourist attraction especially in Tabanan district continues to be developed. As the latest, the area of Alas Kedaton tourist attraction makes a trekking path penetrating paddy fields and settlement of Kukuh village. Unfortunately, after completed early 2015, the connecting line of Tatag hamlet to Menalun Tatag is constrained by maintenance matters. “Our difficulty lies in terms of maintenance, especially in rainy season. The edge of the trek is prone to be crushed by water. Moreover, some revetments broke down,” said the headman of Kukuh, Ketut Budiarta, Tuesday (Apr. 12). Related to maintenance of the trekking path, Budiarta hoped for budgetary assistance from relevant agencies because in general the pathway is utilized by people of Kukuh and farmers as well as connecting between hamlets, and alternative path when traffic jammed occurs. “When congestion occurs at the main line, this path can be used as an alternative for motorcycle,” he said. Trekking... Continued on page 2
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He explained that the idea of making the trekking path passing through the area of Alas Kedaton was from travel agencies that are ready to work with. Trekking path with an average width of 1.5 meters and a length of about 800 meters is actually a dirt road. However, since it is also utilized by farmers in transporting their agricultural products, it was agreed to be installed with paving block. “It has been tried by travelers for cycling
and the Kukuh communities also often use it for exercise by having a promenade,” he said. Construction fund of the trekking path, added Budiarta, is obtained from the Rural Infrastructure Development Program (PPIP) disbursed by the Ministry of Public Works. Then, the workmanship from Tatag to Menalun hamlet was conducted independently by the community of Kukuh. “Workmanship of the project is made in three stages in accordance with the disbursement of funds, reaching more than 250 million,” he said. Operations Manager of Alas
Kedaton attraction, IGB Suryawan, previously said that the object is already preparing all the facilities. Sanitation of toilets, garden arrangement and provision of dust bins continue to be made. “All these facilities are already available and it just needs to improve their services,” he said. The location is far away from the hustles and bustles of the city. In the west, east, south and north spread the overlay of green paddy fields. Big trees in the vicinity provide shade atmosphere. And at each end of the village there are springs utilized by people for drinking, bathing and washing. (kmb28)
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The trekking path in Alas Kedaton.
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AMLAPURA — A number of legislators of the Karangasem House of Representatives asked to declare the dengue fever outbreak in Karangasem an extraordinary event, Tuesday (Apr. 12). With this status, people are expected to handle it together through regular mutual assistance in eradicating the nests of the dengue carrier mosquito. On the other hand, two women died in Karangasem and allegedly they got late handling when suffering dengue.
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Dengue keeps spreading, asked to declare extraordinary event
The increasing number of dengue patients make Karangasem Hospital crowed. Some of them even must be treated in the hall.
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On the other hand, the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, when met after delivering accountability report (LKPJ) last Tuesday said that the dengue outbreak in Karangasem could not be included in extraordinary event. It has not met the requirements for that. Dengue cases continues to grow across Bali, but has not been declared as an extraordinary event. Regent Mas said that her government has launched simultaneous mosquito nest eradication (PSN). In addition, on Friday (Apr. 15) will be held the pamayuh jagat ritual at Penataran Padangbai Temple. The universe is considered to have been hot and dengue fever is considered a kaberebehan (plague). In the meantime, the Head of the Karangasem Health Agency, IGM Tirtayana, also said that the dengue outbreak does not only occur in Karangasem but also in all districts in Bali, but none of the districts declared it an extraordinary event. He admitted that until March the Karangasem Hospital reported the dengue patient has reached 725 people. It is only for three months, so that it is much more than last year’s number totally reaching 799 people. “Within the past three months, most dengue fever cases happened in March, reaching 421 people. Until mid-April, we’ve got many reports,” he said. A legislator of Karangasem House
of Representatives, Ida Ayu Sutejawati, said that many residents at Bunutan village suffered dengue fever. Approximately more than 60 people were admitted to have come to hospital in turn. She said that a housewife of 28 years old was alleged to have died due to dengue fever. She died on the way when being rushed to Karangasem Hospital some time ago. In the meantime, a legislator from Besakih, Ni Putu Sriani, said that so far she did not hear any report on dengue case at Besakih. Nevertheless, she asked the executive to anticipate the dengue attacks from spreading to all villages. On the other hand, related to the death of the housewife from Kecicang Bali hamlet recently alleged to suffer dengue will be audited in Karangasem Hospital, Wednesday (Apr. 13). The meeting is related to the joint audit by medical committee and will be attended by the Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology (POGI) Denpasar. “A few days before giving birth she had fever. Many people at the village indeed suffered dengue. From the beginning, the midwife handling her childbirth has suggested referring her to hospital, but the family rejected. Apparently after getting more severe, she was ready to be referred to Karangasem Hospital and died,” said Tirtayana. (013)
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China says 202 detained in vaccine scandal
BEIJING - A total of 202 people have been detained in connection with a scandal over an illegal black market vaccine ring, the Chinese government said on Wednesday, as it vowed to improve supervision of the market. The case, involving millions of illegal trades of vaccines through a black market drugs ring, has ignited public ire and underscored regulatory weaknesses in the world’s second largest pharmaceuticals market. The State Council, or cabinet, said in a report 202 people had now been detained, with 357 health and regulatory officials receiving administrative punishments. “Vaccine quality and safety are to do with people’s lives and health, especially children, and is a red line
that cannot be crossed,” the council said in the report, released on the central government’s website. While China’s vaccine system is generally safe, the case has exposed serious failings and their must be lessons learned, it added. The supervision and regulatory system would be tightened, the State Council said, with better record keeping for the production, storing and transport of vaccines and tougher punishments for lawbreakers. The scandal has stirred angry
debate, casting a shadow over government ambitions to bolster the domestic drug industry and underlining the challenge it faces to regulate a widespread and fragmented medicine supply chain. It has also angered senior leaders, prompting regulators to point to a lack of resources. The vaccines, including ones against meningitis, rabies and other illnesses, are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around China since 2011. The government says it has not found any spike in abnormal reactions to inoculations and that the vaccines themselves were real, though traded illegally and improperly stored. (rtr)
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In this Monday, March 21, 2016 photo, officials from China’s State Food and Drug Administration inspect vaccines stored at the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention office in Rong’an county in southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Police in eastern China have detained numbers of people implicated in a scandal involving the selling of poorly refrigerated and probably ineffective vaccines.
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Few tourist facilities still preserve local culture
GIANYAR - Since the beginning of tourism development, the number of tourist facilities in Ubud continues to increase. Every street at the tourist village has even been filled with the art shops and restaurants. Unfortunately, only a few tourist facilities remain to preserve the style of Balinese culture like Cafe Lotus.
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Founders Fund Managing Partner Sean Parker attends the eG8 forum in Paris in this May 25, 2011 file photo. A $250 million grant from Silicon Valley billionaire Parker, announced on April 13, 2016, aims to speed development of more effective cancer treatments by fostering collaboration among leading researchers in the field.
Sean Parker sets up $250 mln cancer immunotherapy collaboration
SILICON VALLEY - A $250 million grant from Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker, announced on Wednesday, aims to speed development of more effective cancer treatments by fostering collaboration among leading researchers in the field. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy will include over 40 laboratories and more than 300 researchers from six key cancer centers: New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering, Stanford Medicine, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California, San Francisco, Houston’s University of Texas MD Anderson and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. “Any breakthrough made at one center is immediately available to another center without any kind of IP (intellectual property) entanglements or bureaucracy,” Parker, the co-founder of music-sharing website Napster and the first president of Facebook, told Reuters in an interview. The institute will focus on the emerging field of cancer immunotherapy, which harnesses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells. Recently approved drugs such as Yervoy and Opdivo from Bristol Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co Inc’s Keytruda have helped some patients sustain remission. But those first-generation therapies do not work for everyone, and scientists are trying to understand how to make them more effective.
“Very little progress has been made over the last several decades,” Parker said, referring to cancer drug research. “Average life expectancy has only increased three to six months with some of these drugs that cost billions to develop.” The institute has identified three key areas of research - modifying a patient’s own immune system T-cells to target a tumor; studying ways to boost patient response to current immunotherapy drugs; and research to identify other novel targets to attack a tumor. Parker said the current system of cancer drug development discouraged the kinds of risk-taking that could lead to a major breakthrough. The new institute “is paradigm shifting,” said Dr. Jedd Wolchok, chief of the melanoma and immunotherapeutics unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He said it would alleviate the need for scientists to secure grants, which he said took up at least 30 percent of his time, foster collaboration among accomplished scientists and provide access to the newest information processing and data technology. “I have no doubt this will allow us to make progress, and to make it much more quickly,” Wolchok said. The Parker Institute aims to ensure members can easily share research discoveries and tools, as well as jointly conduct clinical trials with standardized data collection and operations. (rtr)
Cafe Lotus is located on Jalan Raya Ubud. The location right in the outermost courtyard of Taman Komuda Saraswati Temple causes this cafe to have its own charm. With a pond filled with lotus flowers, it definitely reinforces the concept of tri hita karana at this tourism facility. The owner of Cafe Lotus, Cokorda
Ngurah Suyadnya, said the concept of Cafe Lotus is deliberately designed to promote the arts and culture as commitment to the Balinese cultural preservation. This is also evidenced by the negation of life music show on stage integrated with the outermost courtyard of the Taman Komuda Saraswati Temple at the cafe. “It is one of the efforts to main-
tain the culture, so that the activities at Cafe Lotus only promote the cultural elements, such as performances on stage held every afternoon except for Friday. Since the beginning we never hold live music,” said this man familiarly addressed as Cok Wah. According to him, distinctive culture is the only asset owned by Balinese people, which is not owned by people outside Bali. On that account, this former legislator of Gianyar is committed to maintaining the cultural heritage. “I think all the unrivalled and distinctive cultural potentials must be maintained. And
I am confident as long as we stay to preserve our culture, we will not lose competitiveness and be able to compete in the face of the current tourism developments,” he said. As for the existence of Cafe Lotus itself, Cok Wah admitted that it has been initially developed by his parents since 1983 where at that time was collaborated with a partner from Sumatra. “At that time, it was named Warung Teratai and then it has been renamed into English language becoming Cafe Lotus,” he explained. During the passage of Cafe Lotus, Cok Wah was also engulfed by
uncertainty when the shares of partner were transferred to an Italian investor. But since 2007 the share of Cafe Lotus has been wholly owned by this bespectacled man. When asked about the most frequently guests visiting the Cafe Lotus, he said it is averagely visited by foreign travelers. “Well, they are mixed travelers. They are including European, American, Asian, Australian and local travelers. Probably it happens because we do not have any special cuisine. The menu at Cafe Lotus widely varies, so that it causes that all travelers can go to the Lotus,” he said. (kmb35)
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With a pond filled with lotus flowers, it definitely reinforces the concept of tri hita karana at this tourism facility.
60 percent of childbirths assisted by midwives
DENPASAR - Based on the results of the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (SDKI) for 2012, 60 percent of childbirth are assisted by midwives with the remaining 40 percent are assisted by obstetrician and gynecologist in hospitals. “Mothers who give birth with the help of midwives or in health clinics are covered by BPJS and JKBM but if there are complications, or if the childbirth is considered high risk, they may be refered to a hospital” said Kadek Iwan Darmawan, Section Head of Family Health for the Bali Health
Agency on Monday (Apr. 11). The “one midwife per village” government program is expected to help reduce the maternal and infant mortality rate, considered to be one of the indicators of a country’s level of development, explained I Made Bagus Dwi Aryana, who trains health personnel through the National Network for Reproductive Health Clinic Training (JNPKKR). Maternal mortality rates are calculated based on the number of mothers who die anytime from when they become pregnant until
42 days after giving birth. “No pregnancy is zero risk, which means that as soon a woman is pregnant she is at risk, but there is low risk and high risk”, he explained. Because pregnancy necessarily presents a risk to the mother, it is recommended that women delay pregnancy through family planning, in order to reduce the risk of maternal mortality. Family planning can be mean anything form abstinence to using contraception such as injections, implants, IUDs, the pill, using condoms et cetera. Considering that midwives are
on the front lines of health services, they are now being expected to be able to provide contraceptives and guidance about family planning given their expertise in this field. “We just need to give them some added training”, he added. Family planning services, normal childbirth and even high-risk childbirth can all be performed by midwives, though high risk births should be performed in hospitals, said Aryana. “Mothers facing highrisk childbirths requiring close monitoring to determine the state of the fetus and uterus, that can
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only be done using special devices are expected to consult a medical specialist” he added. There should also be a kind of agreement that pregnant women will make at least one visit to a general practitioner at a health clinic in order to have their blood type, HB, urine protein, diabetes mellitus checked and also to prevent motherto-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PPIA). The Health Agency aimed to have at least 90 percent of childbirths involve medical personnel. (kmb42)
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NEGARA - For the past week, Gilimanuk harbour has been besieged by garbage at a number of its quays. As a result, on Tuesday (Apr 12), many ferry passengers complained about the vile view. The harbor that is a vital point of transit is expected to be safe and comfortable.
Massive piles of waste were seen floating near the pontoon and dock for Landing Craft Machines (LCM). Most of the garbage is piled up around the LCM all the way along the collapsed revetment for Gilimanuk’s Segara Temple. Both organic and inorganic waste was seen floating around the docks. Business Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) for Gilimanuk Harbor Branch, Sugeng Purwono, when asked for his confirmation admitted that there were piles of garbage all around the harbor. According to Purwono the so-called ‘marinedebris’ was swept in by streams or wind and then got stuck in the harbour. A total of 36 personnel have been summoned to clean up the trash with 12 personnel per 12 hour shift. (kmb)
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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff pauses as she addresses teachers and students during a ceremony at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Rousseff on Tuesday called her Vice President Michel Temer the “head of the conspiracy” that seeks to remove her from office in her most direct attack on him so far.
For the past week, Gilimanuk harbour has been besieged by garbage at a number of its quays.
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District govt to impose sanctions on litter bugs
TABANAN - Some area in Tabanan were recently flooded even though there was not a significant amount rain fall. Although there are in fact no catchements in this area, the main reason for the flooding is clogged drains. It has become all too common for people who find themselves far from garbage dumps to simply toss their garbage into the gutters causing the drains to clog. In Sandan Lebah Hamlet for example, heavy rains recently swept away large amount sof garbage that had been carelessly dumped by local residents. Regarding this matter, Chief of Tabanan
Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba, explained on Tuesday (Apr. 12) that the police are planning to start monitoring residents of Tabanan with an eye for catching people who dispose of their garbage in inappropriate ways and enforcing Tabanan’s regional by-laws related to garbage disposal. “We are looking out for people who litter. Those ho are caught red handed will be penalized according to the regional bylaw”, he said. For the moment, the police are monitoring urban areas but plan to move into rural areas as well.
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The police are planning to start monitoring residents of Tabanan with an eye for catching people who dispose of their garbage in inappropriate ways and enforcing Tabanan’s regional by-laws related to garbage disposal.
Head of the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Wayan Sugatra, said the government of Tabanan already has regional bylaw No.6/ 2013 on the management of household waste and household-like waste, as well as particular sanctions imposed on those who violate this bylaw. Anyone who is proven to have disposed of garbage illegally is subject to three-month in jail or a fine of up to IDR 50 million. With regards to the clogged drains in Seandan Village, Sugarta conceded that DKP Tabanan does not servive gabage transportation from this village yet. Currently this service is only provided in Kediri and at Penebel market and Baturiti market. Tabanan generates an average of 200-3000 cubic meters of garbage daily, that is handled by 513 personnel. Head of the Tabanan Health Agency, Nyoman Suratmika, is keen on reminding people that garbage dumped into sewers can cause many different diseases including dengue. “Garbage can clog waterways causing puddles to form – these are ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes”, he said. Although heavy rains do wash away a lot of garbage, the problem remains. At some point this garbage will clog drains and cause flooding, and once it is washed to sea it can cause silting and many other problems besides. Suratmika added that in order to avoid flooding and diseases the district government through the regent of Tabanan has sent a circular to promote the eradication of mosquito nests. The letter instructs all the officials to urge people to regularly eradicate mosquito nests in their respective environment. (kmb24)
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Remote areas need 42,000 paramedics: Health minister
KUTA - Health Minister Nila Djuwita F. Moeloek said additional 42,000 health workers are need to serve in remote areas in the country. “Few medical doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and nutritionists and dentists are willing to serve in remote areas,” the minister said here on Wednesday. She suggested that health workers in remote areas should be installed civil servants immediately to encourage them to serve in isolated areas. After opening a workshop and a national working meeting of the Indonesian Association of Sanitarians (HAKLI), the minister said there are 9,532 units of health centers all over Indonesia. Inventory would be made of the number of their paramedics, she added. She said the country has few sanitarians. (kmb)
Brazil’s Rousseff decries conspiracy as impeachment advances
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday her vice president was orchestrating a conspiracy to topple her, as efforts to impeach the leftist leader gained momentum in Congress. Aided by her mentor and predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff scrambled to secure enough support from a dwindling array of allies to block impeachment in a lower house vote due on Sunday that analysts project she will lose. A congressional committee voted on Monday by a larger-thanexpected margin to recommend that Rousseff be impeached for breaking budget laws to support her re-election in 2014, a charge Rousseff says was trumped up to remove her from office. Political risk consultancies estimate at 60 to 65 percent the odds of impeachment clearing the lower house, since the committee vote was expected to sway undecided lawmakers to join the opposition. While Rousseff fights for her political survival, her government is largely paralyzed as Brazil, the world’s seventh-largest economy, struggles with a deep recession and its biggest-ever corruption
scandal. “They now are conspiring openly, in the light of day, to destabilize a legitimately elected president,” Rousseff said in a speech on Tuesday, referring to an audio message sent by Vice President Michel Temer to his supporters on Monday in which he called for a government of national unity to overcome Brazil’s political crisis. The congressional committee’s 38-27 decision was backed by Temer’s PMDB party, formerly her main coalition ally. The party’s defection last month greatly increased the likelihood the lower house will send her impeachment to the Senate. Temer would take over if the Senate agrees to suspend Rousseff and proceed with a trial against her. The rift between Rousseff and Temer reached breaking point on Monday after the audio message was released, which Temer said was unintentional.
“The conspirators have been unmasked,” Rousseff said in her speech. She did not mention Temer by name but cited the message as evidence of what she called an attempted “coup.” In an interview broadcast on Globo News late on Tuesday, Temer responded to Rousseff’s remarks saying he was ready to take the presidency. “If destiny takes me to that position... I will be ready.” Looking relaxed and smiling, the vice president denied he’d been plotting against Rousseff and said he did not plan to resign if the lower house votes against impeachment. Aides say he has been preparing in case he has to replace her, so that he can restore confidence with a business-friendly agenda aimed at pulling the economy out of a tailspin. Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa canceled a trip to the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington to remain in Brasilia for Sunday’s impeachment vote. In its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, the IMF said Brazil’s prolonged recession would be a drag on growth in Latin America for the next two years. (rtr)
BEIRUT - The case presented by the Iranian judiciary was simple: In the southern province of Fars, Fatemeh Salbehi suffocated her husband after drugging him, a capital crime in the Islamic Republic. What made the case controversial is that Salbehi was only 17, a minor by international legal standards, when she allegedly committed the crime. Her alleged confession also came during a series of interrogations where there was no lawyer present. The case was retried but Salbehi was hanged in the Adel Abad prison in Shiraz last October. The issue has come under scrutiny because of a scathing U.N. report on human rights in Iran last month which highlighted what it called the “alarmingly high” rate of executions in the country, including juveniles. That report, along with an Amnesty International report in January, spurred commentary from ordinary Iranians on social media at least some of which criticised President Hassan Rouhani for not doing more to stop the juvenile executions. Iran has the highest rate of juvenile executions in the world, despite being a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty that forbids capital punishment for anyone under 18. Only a week before Salbehi’s execution, another juvenile offender was executed. “The fact that there were two executions in less than two weeks just shows how indifferent and contemptuous the Iranian authorities are of their obligations,” said Raha Bahreini, the Iran researcher for Amnesty International. In the past decade, Iran has executed at least 73 juvenile offenders, according to the January Amnesty report. The juvenile executions have continued despite campaign promises made by Rouhani in 2013 to reform human rights. Since coming to office, Rouhani has been focused on foreign policy, such as the nuclear deal sealed with world powers last summer, and domestic issues like juvenile execution have been largely ignored, observers say. “The administration can’t just keep hiding behind the nuclear issue,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Rouhani doesn’t seem at all interested to push for it, fight the battle and improve the human rights situation. And that’s a problem because we’re now into the third year of his term.” (rtr)
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2016.
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in export markets. The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of the year is due to be published on April 29. Few economists think that the eurozone economy will see any material change from the recent trend of fairly muted growth. Most expect quarterly growth to come in at the 0.3-0.4 percent range it’s been in since spring last year. Still, quarterly growth at that rate may not be so bad given the uncertainties that haunted the global economy in the first quarter, particularly the volatility in financial markets, which saw stocks around the world take a hammering and oil prices slide to 13-year lows. Though markets have stabilized and recovered over the past few weeks, there are other challenges that the eurozone industry has to face. The rebound in energy prices could be painful for a region that mostly imports crude, whose prices has pushed up to $40 a barrel against predictions earlier this
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A woman walks in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, Portugal, in this March 21, 2016 file photo. year that it was heading down to $20. And the euro’s steady rise to five-month highs around the $1.14
mark could weigh on demand for eurozone exports. Recent surveys of the industrial
sector suggest a slowdown is taking place after a strong start to the year.(ap)
China exports up 11.5 percent in March, 1st gain in 9 months
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, a port worker stands near a container ship at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. Chinese exports have risen for the first time in nine months, in a sign that the outlook may be improving for the world’s No. 2 economy.
HONG KONG — Chinese exports have risen for the first time in nine months, in a sign that the outlook may be improving for the world’s No. 2 economy. Customs data posted online Wednesday show that China’s exports rose 11.5 percent in March compared with a year earlier, to $160.8 billion, after slumping by 25 percent in February. It’s the first year-on-year gain in exports since June. However, the performance also reflects an unusually large contraction in exports in March 2015. “A dramatic turnaround in (year-on-year) growth was always likely,” Marcel Thieliant and Mark Williams of Capital Economics said, also because of the effects of the Lunar New Year holiday, which “extended into early March last year but was confined to February this year.” Chinese economic data in the first months of the year are distorted because many businesses close during the weeklong holiday,
which falls at different times in January and February. Imports fell 13.8 percent in March to $131 billion. In the first three months of this year, total exports and imports fell 11.3 percent. China’s economy expanded by 6.9 percent in 2015, its slowest rate in a quarter century, and is expected to slow further this year as leaders engineer a transition away from unsustainable growth based on investment and export manufacturing. Beijing forecasts growth of 6.5 to 7 percent this year. An update on the state of the economy is expected Friday when officials are set to release first-quarter GDP data. The trade report follows other recent data that point to possible stabilization in China’s economy, including an official monthly survey released earlier this week of factory purchasing managers that showed a strong rebound in activity.(ap)
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JAKARTA — Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance. Jakarta is one of the world’s most congested cities and motorbike taxis ordered from a smartphone app have exploded in popularity in the past 18 months as a way to beat snarled traffic. Uber said that its “UberMotor” service would provide cheap and reliable transportation for hundreds of thousands of people. The company used a local social media and YouTube star Arief Muhammad to launch its service, saying he was the first person in Jakarta to use an Uber motorcycle taxi. Both Go-Jek, an Indonesian startup, and Grab, which operates in several Southeast Asian countries, claim to be the biggest provider of motorbike taxi rides in Indonesia. The popularity of motorbikes
LONDON — The eurozone’s industrial sector looks set to be a major contributor to first quarter economic growth across the 19-country region even after official figures Wednesday showed its production fell by a monthly 0.8 percent in February. The decline reported by Eurostat was in line with expectations and largely due to a sharp decline in production of non-durable consumer goods and energy. All four of the eurozone’s top economies — Germany, France, Italy and Spain — recorded monthly output falls. Despite the drop, eurozone industrial output remains sharply higher this year following the 1.9 percent increase reported in January. If output doesn’t fall dramatically in March, the sector, which accounts for around 20 percent of eurozone economic output, will make a positive contribution to first-quarter economic growth across the region. Research firm Capital Economics estimates that eurozone industrial output will have risen by 1 percent in the first quarter overall if March comes in flat. That would represent the sector’s best performance in five years and would provide further evidence that lower oil prices and a relatively weak euro have helped the sector, particularly
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Minister calls to improve road access to tourist destinations PALEMBANG - Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has called for improving road access to tourist destinations in various regions. If necessary, the maintenance costs can be taken from the central government, the minister stated while speaking at a discussion on regional development here, Tuesday. Easy access
would attract more tourists to visit those destinations, he remarked. He said South Sumatra, which had successfully organized several international sports events, would be designated as a role model for sports tourism in the country. South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin lauded the plan, saying
that the province had an integrated venue Jakabaring to hold any international sports event. Chairperson of the South Sumatra Development Planning Office Dr Ekowati Retnoningsi stated that the province, which has a huge tourism potential, will develop facilities of international standard.(ant)
Indonesia-Japan cooperates to reduce disaster risks in Bengkulu BENGKULU - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is cooperating with the Japan Red Cross Society (JRCS) to improve community-based disaster risk reduction in three districts in the province of Bengkulu. “This program is focused on reducing the risks of earthquake and tsunami disasters,” PMI Bengkulu spokesman Syukur Alwi stated while launching the PMI-JRCS cooperation program here on Tuesday. Themed “Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction,” the community-based
program will be implemented for four years, with nine intervention regions in the districts of Seluma and Kaur as well as in the city of Bengkulu. Alwi noted that the National Disaster Management Agency had declared Bengkulu Province a natural disasterprone area in Indonesia. Bengkulu is not only prone to earthquakes but also tsunamis in case an earthquake measuring more than 6 on the Richter scale occurs. This is a bitter reality, but people should be aware of the facts, so that
they remain alert to anticipate any possibilities. Experts had forecast that a disaster cycle was likely to begin in the region due to the movement of a tectonic plate in the province. If the movement of the tectonic plate is significant, it can lead to an earthquake and even a tsunami. All the district chiefs are expected to anticipate the predicted event by frequently conducting disaster management drills and allocating additional budget funds for disaster management activities.(ant)
and regular taxis ordered from a smartphone has provoked a backlash in the taxi industry. Thousands of taxi drivers caused traffic chaos in Jakarta last month in a violent protest against what they believe is unfair competition. Drivers say the apps, which are using funding from venture capitalists to offer heavily discounted fares, have severely reduced their income. The app companies say the transport industry should adapt to new technology. The Indonesian government is drawing up new regulations to govern transport apps but has so far resisted calls to ban Uber and similar services. Officials estimate Jakarta’s traffic jams cause economic losses of about $3 billion a year.(ap)
FILE - In this March 22, 2016 photo, taxis are lined up during a protest against competition from ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia. App Uber on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance.
United States-Indonesia relations getting better: Envoy PADANG - United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake affirmed that relations between his country and Jakarta were getting better. “Since the past few years, relations between the United States and Indonesia are at the best level,” Blake remarked onboard the P-8 Poseidon aircraft on Tuesday. He explained that the sound relations between the United States and Indonesia were apparent from the various war exercises conducted jointly, including the Komodo exercise in Padang, West Sumatra, from April 12 to 16, 2016. The Indonesian Navy is hosting the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2016 to coincide with the IFR 2016 and the 15th Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Padang and Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra Province. The participating countries are the United States, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, France, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. Blake noted that the United States had sent its warship USS Stockdale and P-8 Poseidon aircraft to support the MNEK 2016 in Padang. “The exercise is viewed not only from the aspect of how frequently it is held but also from its level of difficulty and complexity,” the US envoy noted. Blake expressed pride that Indonesia had involved the United States as a key partner in the MNEK 2016. “In addition to strengthening cooperation among countries, this activity would hopefully offer other benefits including improving disaster management, curbing illegal fishing, and so forth,” Blake added.(ant)
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A police officer stands outside Mossack Fonseca law firm while Organized crime prosecutors raid the offices, in Panama City, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Organized crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for wealthy international clients.
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
PANAMA CITY - Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement. The Panama-based law firm is at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of offshore companies. The national police, in an earlier statement, said they were searching for documentation that “would establish the possible use of the firm for illicit activities.” The firm has been accused of tax evasion and fraud. Police offers and patrol cars
began gathering around the company’s building in the afternoon under the command of prosecutor Javier Caravallo, who specializes in organized crime and money laundering. Mossack Fonseca, which specializes in setting up offshore companies, did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. Earlier, founding partner Ramon Fonseca said the company had broken no laws, destroyed no
documents, and all its operations were legal. Governments across the world have begun investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after the leak of more than 11.5 million documents, dubbed the Panama Papers, from the law firm that span four decades. The papers have revealed financial arrangements of prominent figures, including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the prime ministers of Britain and Pakistan and of China’s President Xi Jinping, and the president of Ukraine. (rtr)
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With 10 family members to provide for he is looking at other options, but is in serious trouble. “We’ve suffered a lot. We can’t pay our debts. We are really struggling,” he said. “We’re looking for new jobs or at least alternative crops to grow instead. But we haven’t found one yet.” His situation is one example of that faced by thousands around the country. Economists have predicted the drought could have a major impact on Thailand’s exports in the coming year, with rice and sugar-cane production badly affected. Efforts to alleviate some of the hardship have included water truck
deliveries to some remote areas by regional irrigation authorities. Thailand’s Royal Rainmaking airborne unit have also been sent into the skies in an effort to induce rain over reservoirs and major agricultural regions. Their cloud-seeding operations involve releasing chemicals into existing clouds, in order to encourage them to rise and grow in size, before using ice to encourage rain to fall. But despite working closely with meteorologists to determine the right weather conditions for the flights, the extended dry spell has been frustrating the pilots’ efforts. (ap)
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A number of the Kingdom’s largest reservoirs are now below 30% of their capacity, meaning restrictions have been put in place on the volume of tap water being released, and a ban in some areas on farmers pumping river water for their crops. Narong Saithong, a rice farmer from the central Lop Buri province, told Sky News he had been unable to grow his crop for months. His rice paddies, normally filled with water and carpeted in green, have been baked dry.
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S.Koreans vote for new parliament amid discontent over sluggish economy
SEOUL - South Koreans voted on Wednesday to elect a new parliament, with the ruling conservatives expected to regain a majority despite a sluggish economy and a four-year term considered one of the least productive ever. Early voter turnout was low compared to four years ago, according to the National Election Commission, a trend if it continues is likely to work to the advantage of President Park Geun-hye’s Saenuri Party. Saenuri holds half of the 292 seats in the National Assembly. Before recent defections, it held a majority with 157 seats in the 300seat unicameral parliament. Voters expressed frustration that parliament has neglected real issues such as jobs and national security in Asia’s fourth largest economy and focused more on protecting political interests. “I hope that parliament will be more mature to mirror the maturity of the voters and that politics can be used for the welfare of children and young people,” Kim Jeong-yeon, 46, said after casting her vote in Seoul. Polls close at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT). A strong showing by Saenuri
would raise expectations that it will field the winning candidate in a December 2017 presidential election to find a successor to Park at the end of her single five-year term. The country has a strong presidential system around a national leader who is limited to a single term by constitution but has control over domestic and foreign policy issues. Park’s legislative agenda has been slowed by a parliament often deadlocked by political squabble. Park has blamed both sides in parliament for hamstringing her push to boost growth, create jobs, and get on with structural reforms she says are needed to fix chronic problems. Saenuri enjoys strong support among older voters and it has sought to cement that by emphasising its tough position on North Korea following a spike in tension triggered by a fourth nuclear test in January and a rocket launch a month later. The party has been doing well in opinion polls with 37 percent support, according to a Gallup Korea survey of 1,000 people released on April 1, compared with 21 percent for the main opposition Minjoo Party. (rtr)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye casts her ballot at a polling station in Seoul, in this handout picture provided by the Presidential Blue House and released by News1 on April 13, 2016.
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GIANYAR - Goa Gajah Temple or Elephant Cave Temple which is located in west side of countryside, Blah Batuh Sub district and Gianyar Regency. It is about 27 km from Denpasar town. This cave is built at crevasse edge from the federation of 2 rills that is called Pangkung River , where the irrigation is mixed with Petanu River flow. The federation area of two rivers is called Campuhan/Mixture. It owns the magical energy on the basis of Rwabineda Concept/two different matters on this basic concept hence Goa Gajah Temple or Elephant Cave Temple
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Goa Gajah Temple is intentionally built among two rivers. The word of Goa Gajah is anticipated coming from the word of Lwa Gajah, the name of Buddhist Temple or hermitage for Buddhist monk. The Goa Gajah’s name is written on Negara Kertagama papyrus which is compiled by Mpu Prapanca on 1365 M. Lwa or Lwah/ Loh mean the river and it reflect to the meaning that the hermitage is located at Gajah River or in Air Gajah. In the year inscription 944 Saka, it is mentioned with the name of ‘ser ring Air Gajah’ that is mean-
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ing the Subak leader in Air Gajah. The word has mentioned that the hermitage of Lwa Gajah is located in Subak Air Gajah. Among the local residents, the Goa Gajah Temple is better known as Cave Temple, located in the west of Bedahulu Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. It is about 27 km east of Denpasar. A visit to this temple can be done easily because it is only a few feet below the highway toward the village of Tampaksiring Indeed this temple was built at the valley of Petanu River having beautiful natural panorama. (IBP/net)
Adam Peaty can lead Great Britain’s renaissance in the pool.
Record holder Peaty books swimming place in Rio
LONDON - Triple world champion Adam Peaty booked his place at the Rio Games by winning the 100 metres breaststroke at the British Olympic trials in Glasgow in a time of 58.41 seconds on Tuesday.
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is also aiming for the 200 breaststroke, a distance he has not swum since January. That trial event is on Friday. Double world champion James Guy dominated in the 400 freestyle final by clocking three minutes 43.84, also well inside the Olympic consideration time. “The pressure is off now and I can enjoy the rest of the meet,” he said. “I know I can make little improvements now ahead of the summer.” Hannah Miley, a 400 women’s in-
dividual medley silver medallist at the 2011 Shanghai championships, won her event in 4:33.40 which should also see her safely on the plane to Rio in August for her third Games. British swimmers won only three medals, a silver for Michael Jamieson in the 200 breaststroke and freestyle bronzes for now-retired Rebecca Adlington, at their home Games in London in 2012 but are hoping to strike gold in Rio. The British team is due to be announced next week. (rtr)
Returning Federer coasts into Monte Carlo third round
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The third-seeded Swiss had knee surgery on Feb. 3 and was forced to delay his scheduled comeback in Miami because of gastroenteritis. Federer, who has failed all 12 attempts to win the first claycourt Masters of the season, was barely bothered by the world number 38. The only glitch he suffered came when he was broken as, leading 5-2 in the second set, he was serving to win.
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He will next face either Germany’s Alexander Zverev or Spain’s Marcel Granollers, who was picked in the main draw after fellow Spaniard David Ferrer withdrew with a leg injury. Back in Monte Carlo for the first time since 2013, world number two Andy Murray laboured into the third round with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 defeat of France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert. (rtr)
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Sp rt Superb De Bruyne shows anything still possible for City
MANCHESTER - Manchester City’s season began to unravel when Kevin de Bruyne missed 10 matches with a knee injury but as he showed when he scored against Paris St Germain on Tuesday, anything is possible with him back in the team. The 24year-old Belgium intern a tional forward scored with a brilliantly-manufactured 76th minute curling shot from the edge o f
the box to give City a 1-0 win over the French champions to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time. The goal secured their 3-2 aggregate success, sent the Etihad Stadium crazy with delight and earned him the headlines on Wednesday morning with the Manchester Evening News anointing him “King Kev”, while the Daily Mail hailed him as
“Special K”. There has only been one “King Kev” in English soccer -- former European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan back in the 1970s and 1980s -- but if De Bruyne achieves anything like the success Keegan enjoyed, he will deserve that title. The Belgian turned down PSG to join City for a club record fee of 55 million pounds ($78.29 million) from VfL Wolfsburg last August, and is one of the gifts waiting to be unwrapped when Pep Guardiola takes over as City coach from Manuel Pellegrini next season. Guardiola, whose Bayern Munich side could yet face City in this season’s competition, is expected to re-shape and overhaul Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game, during the Champions League Quarter Final, Second Leg soccer match between Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manc h e s t e r, England, Tuesday April 12, 2016.
the squad when he arrives, but the ever-improving De Bruyne will doubtless be central to the new coach’s plans. DEFIANT MESSAGE
After making that transfer fee look like something of a bargain with his third goal in four matches -- including one in the first leg against PSG last week -- since returning to the side earlier this month after two months out, de Bruyne sent out a defiant message to everyone, including Guardiola. “We are not done yet. It is two games to the final, so we will be doing everything we can to get through,” he said. “This has been a season of ups and downs but in the Champions League we have gone from down to up. The performances have been good and hopefully we can go all the way.” Both City and PSG have been enriched by Arab billions in the last few years and both sides have come to the fore in their domestic leagues following massive investment after decades of under-achievement.
Although City have already won the League Cup this season and are in fourth place in the Premier League, their ageing side fell away badly in the title race while De Bruyne was out. Before he was injured City were second, three points behind Leicester City, but while he was sidelined they won only two of the seven league games without him and are now 15 points behind Leicester with no realistic chance of catching them. Although the Premier League title has gone, the greater prize of European glory remains and Pellegrini praised the player who kept that dream alive after the match. “Kevin is a very important player for us. He is a very dangerous player, he does not need much space to get his shots in and good players always make a difference.” According to Pellegrini, City are now among the top four sides in Europe, and, revitalised by De Bruyne, there is no telling what might happen next. (rtr)
Ozil hopes body language sends right message to Arsenal fans Midfielder Mesut Ozil is looking to reassure Arsenal’s fans that he is committed to fighting for honours until the end of the season after saying last month that the club only had an outside chance of winning any silverware. The German international has a league-leading 18 assists so far this campaign, but is concerned his languid playing style could give supporters the impression that he is not up for the task of chasing down Premier League leaders Leicester City. “My goal is to make sure my body language is right,” the German told Standard Sport. “When I make a mistake, I get annoyed and you can tell from my body language. But these days I try to make sure that I don’t do that anymore because in football you can make mistakes and play a bad pass. “It is more for the fans, the people who watch the game, (rather than team-mates), because they might think that I’m not fighting anymore.” Arsenal are third in the table, 13 points behind Leicester and have a game in hand over the leaders. Ozil appeared to have given up on their chances of winning the title last month when he told German website spox.com that Arsenal had “mucked it up” by not playing to their potential against the so-called smaller teams. (rtr)
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Ronaldo fires Wambach pleads guilty to back at critics after DUI, enters diversion program taming Wolves MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics after a remarkable 35th career hat-trick fired Real Madrid past VfL Wolfsburg in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Although he has amassed 46 goals in all competitions this season and is top scorer in the Champions League and La Liga, some fingers were pointed at Ronaldo earlier in the campaign for not performing in the biggest games. The Portugal forward even walked out of a news conference in February after facing difficult questions. “Considering this has been a ‘bad’ season for me it has not been that bad,” Ronaldo told reporters after his treble led Real to a 3-0 second-leg win over Germans Wolfsburg that secured a 3-2 aggregate victory. “People can criticise me but I just keep on going and the numbers are there for all to see. I am very happy and with a month left of the season I can get even better. “It was not the best, but one of my best, European nights,” said Ronaldo. “It’s not bad is it? Goals are in my DNA and I want to keep scoring them for the team.”
Real M a drid’s Cristiano R o n aldo who scored three times walks on the pitch with the ball under his shirt after the Champions League 2nd leg quarterfinal soccer match between Real Madrid and VfL Wolfsburg at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday April 12, 2016.
Ronaldo has 16 goals in the Champions League this season and is on track to break his record of 17 set when Real won the competition in 2013-14. He netted an all-time high of 11 goals in this season’s group stages and against Wolfsburg notched a fifth Champions League hat-trick, matching Barcelona rival Lionel Messi’s record. Real coach Zinedine Zidane was full of praise for his red-hot striker. “What can I tell you about Cristiano?”, said the Frenchman. “He is demonstrating how good he is. “He is the best player in the world and nights like tonight make him a special player. Cristiano needs the whole team too but not everyone can score three goals in a game. “He makes the difference,” added Zidane. (rtr)
from soccer in October, was ordered Retired U.S. women’s soccer on her own recognizance. Appearing before a judge in to undergo drug and alcohol assessstar Abby pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants on Multnomah County Circuit Court ment and treatment, put a breathTuesday, agreeing to enter a diver- on Tuesday, Wambach, who retired analyzing device in her car, and to abstain from drinking sion program alcohol. Wambach had that could see apologized on her Faher conviction cebook page a day after wiped out in a her April 2 arrest. year. A former Olympic, Wambach, professional and World who helped lead the U.S. Cup player, Wambach women’s team scored more goals in into the 2015 ternational competition than any other soccer World Cup tiplayer in history -- male tle and retired or female -- before her as the world’s October 2015 retireleading interment. She scored 184 national goalgoals in 252 matches in s c o r e r, w a s international play. arrested late Wambach, a vocal Saturday night supporter of women’s in Portland. sports, led the U.S. Police said team in scoring in every Wambach, 35, world championship had run a red she played until the light in her Women’s World Cup in 2014 Range July 2015. Rover and Having played in was taken to four women’s World Multnomah Cup tournaments, County Jail Wambach also played in on charges of driving under two Olympics, winning the influence goal medals in 2004 in after failing a Athens, and 2012 in Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office via AP field sobriety This undated photo provided by Multnomah County Sher- London. She missed the test. She was iff’s Office shows retired World Cup soccer champion 2008 Olympics with a broken leg. (rtr) later released Abby Wambach.
Blanc angry as PSG falls short again in bid for European Cup MANCHESTER — Laurent Blanc has one fundamental goal with Paris Saint-Germain: win the Champions League. Once again the coach has fallen short in the mission set by the Qatari ownership, with PSG eliminated in the quarterfinals for a fourth successive season. “We have shown our technical limitations over the two legs,” Blanc said through a translator after Tuesday’s 3-2 aggregate loss to Manchester City. “I’m angry.” Blanc publicly acknowledged how important the European Cup is to the team, which reached the semifinals in 1995, long before the Qatari investment. “Ultimately, the club’s objective is to win the Champions League,” he said on the eve of the quarterfinal second leg. “A lot of investment has been made. We have to show we are making progress.” On the domestic front, PSG is totally dominant, crushing the opposition after spending more than $500 million on players since the 2011 Qatar Sports Investments takeover. A
fourth successive league title was secured weeks ago and PSG’s 28-point lead with five games remaining shows the level of superiority in the French league. But Europe is where PSG wants to prove itself. Tuesday’s 1-0 loss in Manchester after being held 2-2 in the French capital last week showed PSG is no closer to landing its elusive European title. And through Blanc’s frustrations, there was even a sense of resentment that Manchester City rather than PSG will be in the last four of Europe’s showcase competition. “There are always three clubs in the semifinals and one guest club,” Blanc said. “This year the guest club will be Manchester City.” City had never reached this far in the Champions League but is not gatecrashing the semifinals undeservedly by a stroke of luck. Even City striker Sergio Aguero’s miss of a first-half penalty proved no hindrance after PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was fortunate to avoid being sent off. (ap)
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Sp rt Superb De Bruyne shows anything still possible for City
MANCHESTER - Manchester City’s season began to unravel when Kevin de Bruyne missed 10 matches with a knee injury but as he showed when he scored against Paris St Germain on Tuesday, anything is possible with him back in the team. The 24year-old Belgium intern a tional forward scored with a brilliantly-manufactured 76th minute curling shot from the edge o f
the box to give City a 1-0 win over the French champions to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time. The goal secured their 3-2 aggregate success, sent the Etihad Stadium crazy with delight and earned him the headlines on Wednesday morning with the Manchester Evening News anointing him “King Kev”, while the Daily Mail hailed him as
“Special K”. There has only been one “King Kev” in English soccer -- former European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan back in the 1970s and 1980s -- but if De Bruyne achieves anything like the success Keegan enjoyed, he will deserve that title. The Belgian turned down PSG to join City for a club record fee of 55 million pounds ($78.29 million) from VfL Wolfsburg last August, and is one of the gifts waiting to be unwrapped when Pep Guardiola takes over as City coach from Manuel Pellegrini next season. Guardiola, whose Bayern Munich side could yet face City in this season’s competition, is expected to re-shape and overhaul Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game, during the Champions League Quarter Final, Second Leg soccer match between Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manc h e s t e r, England, Tuesday April 12, 2016.
the squad when he arrives, but the ever-improving De Bruyne will doubtless be central to the new coach’s plans. DEFIANT MESSAGE
After making that transfer fee look like something of a bargain with his third goal in four matches -- including one in the first leg against PSG last week -- since returning to the side earlier this month after two months out, de Bruyne sent out a defiant message to everyone, including Guardiola. “We are not done yet. It is two games to the final, so we will be doing everything we can to get through,” he said. “This has been a season of ups and downs but in the Champions League we have gone from down to up. The performances have been good and hopefully we can go all the way.” Both City and PSG have been enriched by Arab billions in the last few years and both sides have come to the fore in their domestic leagues following massive investment after decades of under-achievement.
Although City have already won the League Cup this season and are in fourth place in the Premier League, their ageing side fell away badly in the title race while De Bruyne was out. Before he was injured City were second, three points behind Leicester City, but while he was sidelined they won only two of the seven league games without him and are now 15 points behind Leicester with no realistic chance of catching them. Although the Premier League title has gone, the greater prize of European glory remains and Pellegrini praised the player who kept that dream alive after the match. “Kevin is a very important player for us. He is a very dangerous player, he does not need much space to get his shots in and good players always make a difference.” According to Pellegrini, City are now among the top four sides in Europe, and, revitalised by De Bruyne, there is no telling what might happen next. (rtr)
Ozil hopes body language sends right message to Arsenal fans Midfielder Mesut Ozil is looking to reassure Arsenal’s fans that he is committed to fighting for honours until the end of the season after saying last month that the club only had an outside chance of winning any silverware. The German international has a league-leading 18 assists so far this campaign, but is concerned his languid playing style could give supporters the impression that he is not up for the task of chasing down Premier League leaders Leicester City. “My goal is to make sure my body language is right,” the German told Standard Sport. “When I make a mistake, I get annoyed and you can tell from my body language. But these days I try to make sure that I don’t do that anymore because in football you can make mistakes and play a bad pass. “It is more for the fans, the people who watch the game, (rather than team-mates), because they might think that I’m not fighting anymore.” Arsenal are third in the table, 13 points behind Leicester and have a game in hand over the leaders. Ozil appeared to have given up on their chances of winning the title last month when he told German website spox.com that Arsenal had “mucked it up” by not playing to their potential against the so-called smaller teams. (rtr)
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Ronaldo fires Wambach pleads guilty to back at critics after DUI, enters diversion program taming Wolves MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics after a remarkable 35th career hat-trick fired Real Madrid past VfL Wolfsburg in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Although he has amassed 46 goals in all competitions this season and is top scorer in the Champions League and La Liga, some fingers were pointed at Ronaldo earlier in the campaign for not performing in the biggest games. The Portugal forward even walked out of a news conference in February after facing difficult questions. “Considering this has been a ‘bad’ season for me it has not been that bad,” Ronaldo told reporters after his treble led Real to a 3-0 second-leg win over Germans Wolfsburg that secured a 3-2 aggregate victory. “People can criticise me but I just keep on going and the numbers are there for all to see. I am very happy and with a month left of the season I can get even better. “It was not the best, but one of my best, European nights,” said Ronaldo. “It’s not bad is it? Goals are in my DNA and I want to keep scoring them for the team.”
Real M a drid’s Cristiano R o n aldo who scored three times walks on the pitch with the ball under his shirt after the Champions League 2nd leg quarterfinal soccer match between Real Madrid and VfL Wolfsburg at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday April 12, 2016.
Ronaldo has 16 goals in the Champions League this season and is on track to break his record of 17 set when Real won the competition in 2013-14. He netted an all-time high of 11 goals in this season’s group stages and against Wolfsburg notched a fifth Champions League hat-trick, matching Barcelona rival Lionel Messi’s record. Real coach Zinedine Zidane was full of praise for his red-hot striker. “What can I tell you about Cristiano?”, said the Frenchman. “He is demonstrating how good he is. “He is the best player in the world and nights like tonight make him a special player. Cristiano needs the whole team too but not everyone can score three goals in a game. “He makes the difference,” added Zidane. (rtr)
from soccer in October, was ordered Retired U.S. women’s soccer on her own recognizance. Appearing before a judge in to undergo drug and alcohol assessstar Abby pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants on Multnomah County Circuit Court ment and treatment, put a breathTuesday, agreeing to enter a diver- on Tuesday, Wambach, who retired analyzing device in her car, and to abstain from drinking sion program alcohol. Wambach had that could see apologized on her Faher conviction cebook page a day after wiped out in a her April 2 arrest. year. A former Olympic, Wambach, professional and World who helped lead the U.S. Cup player, Wambach women’s team scored more goals in into the 2015 ternational competition than any other soccer World Cup tiplayer in history -- male tle and retired or female -- before her as the world’s October 2015 retireleading interment. She scored 184 national goalgoals in 252 matches in s c o r e r, w a s international play. arrested late Wambach, a vocal Saturday night supporter of women’s in Portland. sports, led the U.S. Police said team in scoring in every Wambach, 35, world championship had run a red she played until the light in her Women’s World Cup in 2014 Range July 2015. Rover and Having played in was taken to four women’s World Multnomah Cup tournaments, County Jail Wambach also played in on charges of driving under two Olympics, winning the influence goal medals in 2004 in after failing a Athens, and 2012 in Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office via AP field sobriety This undated photo provided by Multnomah County Sher- London. She missed the test. She was iff’s Office shows retired World Cup soccer champion 2008 Olympics with a broken leg. (rtr) later released Abby Wambach.
Blanc angry as PSG falls short again in bid for European Cup MANCHESTER — Laurent Blanc has one fundamental goal with Paris Saint-Germain: win the Champions League. Once again the coach has fallen short in the mission set by the Qatari ownership, with PSG eliminated in the quarterfinals for a fourth successive season. “We have shown our technical limitations over the two legs,” Blanc said through a translator after Tuesday’s 3-2 aggregate loss to Manchester City. “I’m angry.” Blanc publicly acknowledged how important the European Cup is to the team, which reached the semifinals in 1995, long before the Qatari investment. “Ultimately, the club’s objective is to win the Champions League,” he said on the eve of the quarterfinal second leg. “A lot of investment has been made. We have to show we are making progress.” On the domestic front, PSG is totally dominant, crushing the opposition after spending more than $500 million on players since the 2011 Qatar Sports Investments takeover. A
fourth successive league title was secured weeks ago and PSG’s 28-point lead with five games remaining shows the level of superiority in the French league. But Europe is where PSG wants to prove itself. Tuesday’s 1-0 loss in Manchester after being held 2-2 in the French capital last week showed PSG is no closer to landing its elusive European title. And through Blanc’s frustrations, there was even a sense of resentment that Manchester City rather than PSG will be in the last four of Europe’s showcase competition. “There are always three clubs in the semifinals and one guest club,” Blanc said. “This year the guest club will be Manchester City.” City had never reached this far in the Champions League but is not gatecrashing the semifinals undeservedly by a stroke of luck. Even City striker Sergio Aguero’s miss of a first-half penalty proved no hindrance after PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was fortunate to avoid being sent off. (ap)
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GIANYAR - Goa Gajah Temple or Elephant Cave Temple which is located in west side of countryside, Blah Batuh Sub district and Gianyar Regency. It is about 27 km from Denpasar town. This cave is built at crevasse edge from the federation of 2 rills that is called Pangkung River , where the irrigation is mixed with Petanu River flow. The federation area of two rivers is called Campuhan/Mixture. It owns the magical energy on the basis of Rwabineda Concept/two different matters on this basic concept hence Goa Gajah Temple or Elephant Cave Temple
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Goa Gajah Temple is intentionally built among two rivers. The word of Goa Gajah is anticipated coming from the word of Lwa Gajah, the name of Buddhist Temple or hermitage for Buddhist monk. The Goa Gajah’s name is written on Negara Kertagama papyrus which is compiled by Mpu Prapanca on 1365 M. Lwa or Lwah/ Loh mean the river and it reflect to the meaning that the hermitage is located at Gajah River or in Air Gajah. In the year inscription 944 Saka, it is mentioned with the name of ‘ser ring Air Gajah’ that is mean-
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ing the Subak leader in Air Gajah. The word has mentioned that the hermitage of Lwa Gajah is located in Subak Air Gajah. Among the local residents, the Goa Gajah Temple is better known as Cave Temple, located in the west of Bedahulu Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. It is about 27 km east of Denpasar. A visit to this temple can be done easily because it is only a few feet below the highway toward the village of Tampaksiring Indeed this temple was built at the valley of Petanu River having beautiful natural panorama. (IBP/net)
Adam Peaty can lead Great Britain’s renaissance in the pool.
Record holder Peaty books swimming place in Rio
LONDON - Triple world champion Adam Peaty booked his place at the Rio Games by winning the 100 metres breaststroke at the British Olympic trials in Glasgow in a time of 58.41 seconds on Tuesday.
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best, I’m glad that I came first but I know what went wrong and what went well in that race. Hopefully next time I can get out a bit faster and come back stronger.” Peaty won world championship titles in the 100 and 50 breaststroke in Kazan, Russia last year as well as the 4x100 mixed medley relay and is hoping to become the first male British swimmer to capture Olympic gold in 28 years. The relay and 50 are not in the Olympic programme but Peaty
is also aiming for the 200 breaststroke, a distance he has not swum since January. That trial event is on Friday. Double world champion James Guy dominated in the 400 freestyle final by clocking three minutes 43.84, also well inside the Olympic consideration time. “The pressure is off now and I can enjoy the rest of the meet,” he said. “I know I can make little improvements now ahead of the summer.” Hannah Miley, a 400 women’s in-
dividual medley silver medallist at the 2011 Shanghai championships, won her event in 4:33.40 which should also see her safely on the plane to Rio in August for her third Games. British swimmers won only three medals, a silver for Michael Jamieson in the 200 breaststroke and freestyle bronzes for now-retired Rebecca Adlington, at their home Games in London in 2012 but are hoping to strike gold in Rio. The British team is due to be announced next week. (rtr)
Returning Federer coasts into Monte Carlo third round
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Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a shot to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain.
The third-seeded Swiss had knee surgery on Feb. 3 and was forced to delay his scheduled comeback in Miami because of gastroenteritis. Federer, who has failed all 12 attempts to win the first claycourt Masters of the season, was barely bothered by the world number 38. The only glitch he suffered came when he was broken as, leading 5-2 in the second set, he was serving to win.
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He will next face either Germany’s Alexander Zverev or Spain’s Marcel Granollers, who was picked in the main draw after fellow Spaniard David Ferrer withdrew with a leg injury. Back in Monte Carlo for the first time since 2013, world number two Andy Murray laboured into the third round with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 defeat of France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert. (rtr)
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A police officer stands outside Mossack Fonseca law firm while Organized crime prosecutors raid the offices, in Panama City, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Organized crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for wealthy international clients.
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
PANAMA CITY - Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement. The Panama-based law firm is at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has embarrassed several world leaders and shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of offshore companies. The national police, in an earlier statement, said they were searching for documentation that “would establish the possible use of the firm for illicit activities.” The firm has been accused of tax evasion and fraud. Police offers and patrol cars
began gathering around the company’s building in the afternoon under the command of prosecutor Javier Caravallo, who specializes in organized crime and money laundering. Mossack Fonseca, which specializes in setting up offshore companies, did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. Earlier, founding partner Ramon Fonseca said the company had broken no laws, destroyed no
documents, and all its operations were legal. Governments across the world have begun investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after the leak of more than 11.5 million documents, dubbed the Panama Papers, from the law firm that span four decades. The papers have revealed financial arrangements of prominent figures, including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the prime ministers of Britain and Pakistan and of China’s President Xi Jinping, and the president of Ukraine. (rtr)
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With 10 family members to provide for he is looking at other options, but is in serious trouble. “We’ve suffered a lot. We can’t pay our debts. We are really struggling,” he said. “We’re looking for new jobs or at least alternative crops to grow instead. But we haven’t found one yet.” His situation is one example of that faced by thousands around the country. Economists have predicted the drought could have a major impact on Thailand’s exports in the coming year, with rice and sugar-cane production badly affected. Efforts to alleviate some of the hardship have included water truck
deliveries to some remote areas by regional irrigation authorities. Thailand’s Royal Rainmaking airborne unit have also been sent into the skies in an effort to induce rain over reservoirs and major agricultural regions. Their cloud-seeding operations involve releasing chemicals into existing clouds, in order to encourage them to rise and grow in size, before using ice to encourage rain to fall. But despite working closely with meteorologists to determine the right weather conditions for the flights, the extended dry spell has been frustrating the pilots’ efforts. (ap)
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A number of the Kingdom’s largest reservoirs are now below 30% of their capacity, meaning restrictions have been put in place on the volume of tap water being released, and a ban in some areas on farmers pumping river water for their crops. Narong Saithong, a rice farmer from the central Lop Buri province, told Sky News he had been unable to grow his crop for months. His rice paddies, normally filled with water and carpeted in green, have been baked dry.
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S.Koreans vote for new parliament amid discontent over sluggish economy
SEOUL - South Koreans voted on Wednesday to elect a new parliament, with the ruling conservatives expected to regain a majority despite a sluggish economy and a four-year term considered one of the least productive ever. Early voter turnout was low compared to four years ago, according to the National Election Commission, a trend if it continues is likely to work to the advantage of President Park Geun-hye’s Saenuri Party. Saenuri holds half of the 292 seats in the National Assembly. Before recent defections, it held a majority with 157 seats in the 300seat unicameral parliament. Voters expressed frustration that parliament has neglected real issues such as jobs and national security in Asia’s fourth largest economy and focused more on protecting political interests. “I hope that parliament will be more mature to mirror the maturity of the voters and that politics can be used for the welfare of children and young people,” Kim Jeong-yeon, 46, said after casting her vote in Seoul. Polls close at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT). A strong showing by Saenuri
would raise expectations that it will field the winning candidate in a December 2017 presidential election to find a successor to Park at the end of her single five-year term. The country has a strong presidential system around a national leader who is limited to a single term by constitution but has control over domestic and foreign policy issues. Park’s legislative agenda has been slowed by a parliament often deadlocked by political squabble. Park has blamed both sides in parliament for hamstringing her push to boost growth, create jobs, and get on with structural reforms she says are needed to fix chronic problems. Saenuri enjoys strong support among older voters and it has sought to cement that by emphasising its tough position on North Korea following a spike in tension triggered by a fourth nuclear test in January and a rocket launch a month later. The party has been doing well in opinion polls with 37 percent support, according to a Gallup Korea survey of 1,000 people released on April 1, compared with 21 percent for the main opposition Minjoo Party. (rtr)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye casts her ballot at a polling station in Seoul, in this handout picture provided by the Presidential Blue House and released by News1 on April 13, 2016.
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BUSINESS Eurozone industrial output dips after strong start to year
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in export markets. The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of the year is due to be published on April 29. Few economists think that the eurozone economy will see any material change from the recent trend of fairly muted growth. Most expect quarterly growth to come in at the 0.3-0.4 percent range it’s been in since spring last year. Still, quarterly growth at that rate may not be so bad given the uncertainties that haunted the global economy in the first quarter, particularly the volatility in financial markets, which saw stocks around the world take a hammering and oil prices slide to 13-year lows. Though markets have stabilized and recovered over the past few weeks, there are other challenges that the eurozone industry has to face. The rebound in energy prices could be painful for a region that mostly imports crude, whose prices has pushed up to $40 a barrel against predictions earlier this
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A woman walks in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, Portugal, in this March 21, 2016 file photo. year that it was heading down to $20. And the euro’s steady rise to five-month highs around the $1.14
mark could weigh on demand for eurozone exports. Recent surveys of the industrial
sector suggest a slowdown is taking place after a strong start to the year.(ap)
China exports up 11.5 percent in March, 1st gain in 9 months
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, a port worker stands near a container ship at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. Chinese exports have risen for the first time in nine months, in a sign that the outlook may be improving for the world’s No. 2 economy.
HONG KONG — Chinese exports have risen for the first time in nine months, in a sign that the outlook may be improving for the world’s No. 2 economy. Customs data posted online Wednesday show that China’s exports rose 11.5 percent in March compared with a year earlier, to $160.8 billion, after slumping by 25 percent in February. It’s the first year-on-year gain in exports since June. However, the performance also reflects an unusually large contraction in exports in March 2015. “A dramatic turnaround in (year-on-year) growth was always likely,” Marcel Thieliant and Mark Williams of Capital Economics said, also because of the effects of the Lunar New Year holiday, which “extended into early March last year but was confined to February this year.” Chinese economic data in the first months of the year are distorted because many businesses close during the weeklong holiday,
which falls at different times in January and February. Imports fell 13.8 percent in March to $131 billion. In the first three months of this year, total exports and imports fell 11.3 percent. China’s economy expanded by 6.9 percent in 2015, its slowest rate in a quarter century, and is expected to slow further this year as leaders engineer a transition away from unsustainable growth based on investment and export manufacturing. Beijing forecasts growth of 6.5 to 7 percent this year. An update on the state of the economy is expected Friday when officials are set to release first-quarter GDP data. The trade report follows other recent data that point to possible stabilization in China’s economy, including an official monthly survey released earlier this week of factory purchasing managers that showed a strong rebound in activity.(ap)
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JAKARTA — Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance. Jakarta is one of the world’s most congested cities and motorbike taxis ordered from a smartphone app have exploded in popularity in the past 18 months as a way to beat snarled traffic. Uber said that its “UberMotor” service would provide cheap and reliable transportation for hundreds of thousands of people. The company used a local social media and YouTube star Arief Muhammad to launch its service, saying he was the first person in Jakarta to use an Uber motorcycle taxi. Both Go-Jek, an Indonesian startup, and Grab, which operates in several Southeast Asian countries, claim to be the biggest provider of motorbike taxi rides in Indonesia. The popularity of motorbikes
LONDON — The eurozone’s industrial sector looks set to be a major contributor to first quarter economic growth across the 19-country region even after official figures Wednesday showed its production fell by a monthly 0.8 percent in February. The decline reported by Eurostat was in line with expectations and largely due to a sharp decline in production of non-durable consumer goods and energy. All four of the eurozone’s top economies — Germany, France, Italy and Spain — recorded monthly output falls. Despite the drop, eurozone industrial output remains sharply higher this year following the 1.9 percent increase reported in January. If output doesn’t fall dramatically in March, the sector, which accounts for around 20 percent of eurozone economic output, will make a positive contribution to first-quarter economic growth across the region. Research firm Capital Economics estimates that eurozone industrial output will have risen by 1 percent in the first quarter overall if March comes in flat. That would represent the sector’s best performance in five years and would provide further evidence that lower oil prices and a relatively weak euro have helped the sector, particularly
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Minister calls to improve road access to tourist destinations PALEMBANG - Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has called for improving road access to tourist destinations in various regions. If necessary, the maintenance costs can be taken from the central government, the minister stated while speaking at a discussion on regional development here, Tuesday. Easy access
would attract more tourists to visit those destinations, he remarked. He said South Sumatra, which had successfully organized several international sports events, would be designated as a role model for sports tourism in the country. South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin lauded the plan, saying
that the province had an integrated venue Jakabaring to hold any international sports event. Chairperson of the South Sumatra Development Planning Office Dr Ekowati Retnoningsi stated that the province, which has a huge tourism potential, will develop facilities of international standard.(ant)
Indonesia-Japan cooperates to reduce disaster risks in Bengkulu BENGKULU - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is cooperating with the Japan Red Cross Society (JRCS) to improve community-based disaster risk reduction in three districts in the province of Bengkulu. “This program is focused on reducing the risks of earthquake and tsunami disasters,” PMI Bengkulu spokesman Syukur Alwi stated while launching the PMI-JRCS cooperation program here on Tuesday. Themed “Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction,” the community-based
program will be implemented for four years, with nine intervention regions in the districts of Seluma and Kaur as well as in the city of Bengkulu. Alwi noted that the National Disaster Management Agency had declared Bengkulu Province a natural disasterprone area in Indonesia. Bengkulu is not only prone to earthquakes but also tsunamis in case an earthquake measuring more than 6 on the Richter scale occurs. This is a bitter reality, but people should be aware of the facts, so that
they remain alert to anticipate any possibilities. Experts had forecast that a disaster cycle was likely to begin in the region due to the movement of a tectonic plate in the province. If the movement of the tectonic plate is significant, it can lead to an earthquake and even a tsunami. All the district chiefs are expected to anticipate the predicted event by frequently conducting disaster management drills and allocating additional budget funds for disaster management activities.(ant)
and regular taxis ordered from a smartphone has provoked a backlash in the taxi industry. Thousands of taxi drivers caused traffic chaos in Jakarta last month in a violent protest against what they believe is unfair competition. Drivers say the apps, which are using funding from venture capitalists to offer heavily discounted fares, have severely reduced their income. The app companies say the transport industry should adapt to new technology. The Indonesian government is drawing up new regulations to govern transport apps but has so far resisted calls to ban Uber and similar services. Officials estimate Jakarta’s traffic jams cause economic losses of about $3 billion a year.(ap)
FILE - In this March 22, 2016 photo, taxis are lined up during a protest against competition from ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia. App Uber on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance.
United States-Indonesia relations getting better: Envoy PADANG - United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake affirmed that relations between his country and Jakarta were getting better. “Since the past few years, relations between the United States and Indonesia are at the best level,” Blake remarked onboard the P-8 Poseidon aircraft on Tuesday. He explained that the sound relations between the United States and Indonesia were apparent from the various war exercises conducted jointly, including the Komodo exercise in Padang, West Sumatra, from April 12 to 16, 2016. The Indonesian Navy is hosting the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2016 to coincide with the IFR 2016 and the 15th Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Padang and Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra Province. The participating countries are the United States, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, France, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. Blake noted that the United States had sent its warship USS Stockdale and P-8 Poseidon aircraft to support the MNEK 2016 in Padang. “The exercise is viewed not only from the aspect of how frequently it is held but also from its level of difficulty and complexity,” the US envoy noted. Blake expressed pride that Indonesia had involved the United States as a key partner in the MNEK 2016. “In addition to strengthening cooperation among countries, this activity would hopefully offer other benefits including improving disaster management, curbing illegal fishing, and so forth,” Blake added.(ant)
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Gilimanuk Harbor looks vile
Iran president under scrutiny over juvenile executions
NEGARA - For the past week, Gilimanuk harbour has been besieged by garbage at a number of its quays. As a result, on Tuesday (Apr 12), many ferry passengers complained about the vile view. The harbor that is a vital point of transit is expected to be safe and comfortable.
Massive piles of waste were seen floating near the pontoon and dock for Landing Craft Machines (LCM). Most of the garbage is piled up around the LCM all the way along the collapsed revetment for Gilimanuk’s Segara Temple. Both organic and inorganic waste was seen floating around the docks. Business Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) for Gilimanuk Harbor Branch, Sugeng Purwono, when asked for his confirmation admitted that there were piles of garbage all around the harbor. According to Purwono the so-called ‘marinedebris’ was swept in by streams or wind and then got stuck in the harbour. A total of 36 personnel have been summoned to clean up the trash with 12 personnel per 12 hour shift. (kmb)
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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff pauses as she addresses teachers and students during a ceremony at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Rousseff on Tuesday called her Vice President Michel Temer the “head of the conspiracy” that seeks to remove her from office in her most direct attack on him so far.
For the past week, Gilimanuk harbour has been besieged by garbage at a number of its quays.
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District govt to impose sanctions on litter bugs
TABANAN - Some area in Tabanan were recently flooded even though there was not a significant amount rain fall. Although there are in fact no catchements in this area, the main reason for the flooding is clogged drains. It has become all too common for people who find themselves far from garbage dumps to simply toss their garbage into the gutters causing the drains to clog. In Sandan Lebah Hamlet for example, heavy rains recently swept away large amount sof garbage that had been carelessly dumped by local residents. Regarding this matter, Chief of Tabanan
Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba, explained on Tuesday (Apr. 12) that the police are planning to start monitoring residents of Tabanan with an eye for catching people who dispose of their garbage in inappropriate ways and enforcing Tabanan’s regional by-laws related to garbage disposal. “We are looking out for people who litter. Those ho are caught red handed will be penalized according to the regional bylaw”, he said. For the moment, the police are monitoring urban areas but plan to move into rural areas as well.
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The police are planning to start monitoring residents of Tabanan with an eye for catching people who dispose of their garbage in inappropriate ways and enforcing Tabanan’s regional by-laws related to garbage disposal.
Head of the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Wayan Sugatra, said the government of Tabanan already has regional bylaw No.6/ 2013 on the management of household waste and household-like waste, as well as particular sanctions imposed on those who violate this bylaw. Anyone who is proven to have disposed of garbage illegally is subject to three-month in jail or a fine of up to IDR 50 million. With regards to the clogged drains in Seandan Village, Sugarta conceded that DKP Tabanan does not servive gabage transportation from this village yet. Currently this service is only provided in Kediri and at Penebel market and Baturiti market. Tabanan generates an average of 200-3000 cubic meters of garbage daily, that is handled by 513 personnel. Head of the Tabanan Health Agency, Nyoman Suratmika, is keen on reminding people that garbage dumped into sewers can cause many different diseases including dengue. “Garbage can clog waterways causing puddles to form – these are ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes”, he said. Although heavy rains do wash away a lot of garbage, the problem remains. At some point this garbage will clog drains and cause flooding, and once it is washed to sea it can cause silting and many other problems besides. Suratmika added that in order to avoid flooding and diseases the district government through the regent of Tabanan has sent a circular to promote the eradication of mosquito nests. The letter instructs all the officials to urge people to regularly eradicate mosquito nests in their respective environment. (kmb24)
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Remote areas need 42,000 paramedics: Health minister
KUTA - Health Minister Nila Djuwita F. Moeloek said additional 42,000 health workers are need to serve in remote areas in the country. “Few medical doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and nutritionists and dentists are willing to serve in remote areas,” the minister said here on Wednesday. She suggested that health workers in remote areas should be installed civil servants immediately to encourage them to serve in isolated areas. After opening a workshop and a national working meeting of the Indonesian Association of Sanitarians (HAKLI), the minister said there are 9,532 units of health centers all over Indonesia. Inventory would be made of the number of their paramedics, she added. She said the country has few sanitarians. (kmb)
Brazil’s Rousseff decries conspiracy as impeachment advances
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday her vice president was orchestrating a conspiracy to topple her, as efforts to impeach the leftist leader gained momentum in Congress. Aided by her mentor and predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff scrambled to secure enough support from a dwindling array of allies to block impeachment in a lower house vote due on Sunday that analysts project she will lose. A congressional committee voted on Monday by a larger-thanexpected margin to recommend that Rousseff be impeached for breaking budget laws to support her re-election in 2014, a charge Rousseff says was trumped up to remove her from office. Political risk consultancies estimate at 60 to 65 percent the odds of impeachment clearing the lower house, since the committee vote was expected to sway undecided lawmakers to join the opposition. While Rousseff fights for her political survival, her government is largely paralyzed as Brazil, the world’s seventh-largest economy, struggles with a deep recession and its biggest-ever corruption
scandal. “They now are conspiring openly, in the light of day, to destabilize a legitimately elected president,” Rousseff said in a speech on Tuesday, referring to an audio message sent by Vice President Michel Temer to his supporters on Monday in which he called for a government of national unity to overcome Brazil’s political crisis. The congressional committee’s 38-27 decision was backed by Temer’s PMDB party, formerly her main coalition ally. The party’s defection last month greatly increased the likelihood the lower house will send her impeachment to the Senate. Temer would take over if the Senate agrees to suspend Rousseff and proceed with a trial against her. The rift between Rousseff and Temer reached breaking point on Monday after the audio message was released, which Temer said was unintentional.
“The conspirators have been unmasked,” Rousseff said in her speech. She did not mention Temer by name but cited the message as evidence of what she called an attempted “coup.” In an interview broadcast on Globo News late on Tuesday, Temer responded to Rousseff’s remarks saying he was ready to take the presidency. “If destiny takes me to that position... I will be ready.” Looking relaxed and smiling, the vice president denied he’d been plotting against Rousseff and said he did not plan to resign if the lower house votes against impeachment. Aides say he has been preparing in case he has to replace her, so that he can restore confidence with a business-friendly agenda aimed at pulling the economy out of a tailspin. Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa canceled a trip to the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington to remain in Brasilia for Sunday’s impeachment vote. In its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, the IMF said Brazil’s prolonged recession would be a drag on growth in Latin America for the next two years. (rtr)
BEIRUT - The case presented by the Iranian judiciary was simple: In the southern province of Fars, Fatemeh Salbehi suffocated her husband after drugging him, a capital crime in the Islamic Republic. What made the case controversial is that Salbehi was only 17, a minor by international legal standards, when she allegedly committed the crime. Her alleged confession also came during a series of interrogations where there was no lawyer present. The case was retried but Salbehi was hanged in the Adel Abad prison in Shiraz last October. The issue has come under scrutiny because of a scathing U.N. report on human rights in Iran last month which highlighted what it called the “alarmingly high” rate of executions in the country, including juveniles. That report, along with an Amnesty International report in January, spurred commentary from ordinary Iranians on social media at least some of which criticised President Hassan Rouhani for not doing more to stop the juvenile executions. Iran has the highest rate of juvenile executions in the world, despite being a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty that forbids capital punishment for anyone under 18. Only a week before Salbehi’s execution, another juvenile offender was executed. “The fact that there were two executions in less than two weeks just shows how indifferent and contemptuous the Iranian authorities are of their obligations,” said Raha Bahreini, the Iran researcher for Amnesty International. In the past decade, Iran has executed at least 73 juvenile offenders, according to the January Amnesty report. The juvenile executions have continued despite campaign promises made by Rouhani in 2013 to reform human rights. Since coming to office, Rouhani has been focused on foreign policy, such as the nuclear deal sealed with world powers last summer, and domestic issues like juvenile execution have been largely ignored, observers say. “The administration can’t just keep hiding behind the nuclear issue,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Rouhani doesn’t seem at all interested to push for it, fight the battle and improve the human rights situation. And that’s a problem because we’re now into the third year of his term.” (rtr)
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2016.
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China says 202 detained in vaccine scandal
BEIJING - A total of 202 people have been detained in connection with a scandal over an illegal black market vaccine ring, the Chinese government said on Wednesday, as it vowed to improve supervision of the market. The case, involving millions of illegal trades of vaccines through a black market drugs ring, has ignited public ire and underscored regulatory weaknesses in the world’s second largest pharmaceuticals market. The State Council, or cabinet, said in a report 202 people had now been detained, with 357 health and regulatory officials receiving administrative punishments. “Vaccine quality and safety are to do with people’s lives and health, especially children, and is a red line
that cannot be crossed,” the council said in the report, released on the central government’s website. While China’s vaccine system is generally safe, the case has exposed serious failings and their must be lessons learned, it added. The supervision and regulatory system would be tightened, the State Council said, with better record keeping for the production, storing and transport of vaccines and tougher punishments for lawbreakers. The scandal has stirred angry
debate, casting a shadow over government ambitions to bolster the domestic drug industry and underlining the challenge it faces to regulate a widespread and fragmented medicine supply chain. It has also angered senior leaders, prompting regulators to point to a lack of resources. The vaccines, including ones against meningitis, rabies and other illnesses, are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around China since 2011. The government says it has not found any spike in abnormal reactions to inoculations and that the vaccines themselves were real, though traded illegally and improperly stored. (rtr)
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In this Monday, March 21, 2016 photo, officials from China’s State Food and Drug Administration inspect vaccines stored at the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention office in Rong’an county in southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Police in eastern China have detained numbers of people implicated in a scandal involving the selling of poorly refrigerated and probably ineffective vaccines.
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Few tourist facilities still preserve local culture
GIANYAR - Since the beginning of tourism development, the number of tourist facilities in Ubud continues to increase. Every street at the tourist village has even been filled with the art shops and restaurants. Unfortunately, only a few tourist facilities remain to preserve the style of Balinese culture like Cafe Lotus.
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Founders Fund Managing Partner Sean Parker attends the eG8 forum in Paris in this May 25, 2011 file photo. A $250 million grant from Silicon Valley billionaire Parker, announced on April 13, 2016, aims to speed development of more effective cancer treatments by fostering collaboration among leading researchers in the field.
Sean Parker sets up $250 mln cancer immunotherapy collaboration
SILICON VALLEY - A $250 million grant from Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker, announced on Wednesday, aims to speed development of more effective cancer treatments by fostering collaboration among leading researchers in the field. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy will include over 40 laboratories and more than 300 researchers from six key cancer centers: New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering, Stanford Medicine, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California, San Francisco, Houston’s University of Texas MD Anderson and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. “Any breakthrough made at one center is immediately available to another center without any kind of IP (intellectual property) entanglements or bureaucracy,” Parker, the co-founder of music-sharing website Napster and the first president of Facebook, told Reuters in an interview. The institute will focus on the emerging field of cancer immunotherapy, which harnesses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells. Recently approved drugs such as Yervoy and Opdivo from Bristol Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co Inc’s Keytruda have helped some patients sustain remission. But those first-generation therapies do not work for everyone, and scientists are trying to understand how to make them more effective.
“Very little progress has been made over the last several decades,” Parker said, referring to cancer drug research. “Average life expectancy has only increased three to six months with some of these drugs that cost billions to develop.” The institute has identified three key areas of research - modifying a patient’s own immune system T-cells to target a tumor; studying ways to boost patient response to current immunotherapy drugs; and research to identify other novel targets to attack a tumor. Parker said the current system of cancer drug development discouraged the kinds of risk-taking that could lead to a major breakthrough. The new institute “is paradigm shifting,” said Dr. Jedd Wolchok, chief of the melanoma and immunotherapeutics unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He said it would alleviate the need for scientists to secure grants, which he said took up at least 30 percent of his time, foster collaboration among accomplished scientists and provide access to the newest information processing and data technology. “I have no doubt this will allow us to make progress, and to make it much more quickly,” Wolchok said. The Parker Institute aims to ensure members can easily share research discoveries and tools, as well as jointly conduct clinical trials with standardized data collection and operations. (rtr)
Cafe Lotus is located on Jalan Raya Ubud. The location right in the outermost courtyard of Taman Komuda Saraswati Temple causes this cafe to have its own charm. With a pond filled with lotus flowers, it definitely reinforces the concept of tri hita karana at this tourism facility. The owner of Cafe Lotus, Cokorda
Ngurah Suyadnya, said the concept of Cafe Lotus is deliberately designed to promote the arts and culture as commitment to the Balinese cultural preservation. This is also evidenced by the negation of life music show on stage integrated with the outermost courtyard of the Taman Komuda Saraswati Temple at the cafe. “It is one of the efforts to main-
tain the culture, so that the activities at Cafe Lotus only promote the cultural elements, such as performances on stage held every afternoon except for Friday. Since the beginning we never hold live music,” said this man familiarly addressed as Cok Wah. According to him, distinctive culture is the only asset owned by Balinese people, which is not owned by people outside Bali. On that account, this former legislator of Gianyar is committed to maintaining the cultural heritage. “I think all the unrivalled and distinctive cultural potentials must be maintained. And
I am confident as long as we stay to preserve our culture, we will not lose competitiveness and be able to compete in the face of the current tourism developments,” he said. As for the existence of Cafe Lotus itself, Cok Wah admitted that it has been initially developed by his parents since 1983 where at that time was collaborated with a partner from Sumatra. “At that time, it was named Warung Teratai and then it has been renamed into English language becoming Cafe Lotus,” he explained. During the passage of Cafe Lotus, Cok Wah was also engulfed by
uncertainty when the shares of partner were transferred to an Italian investor. But since 2007 the share of Cafe Lotus has been wholly owned by this bespectacled man. When asked about the most frequently guests visiting the Cafe Lotus, he said it is averagely visited by foreign travelers. “Well, they are mixed travelers. They are including European, American, Asian, Australian and local travelers. Probably it happens because we do not have any special cuisine. The menu at Cafe Lotus widely varies, so that it causes that all travelers can go to the Lotus,” he said. (kmb35)
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With a pond filled with lotus flowers, it definitely reinforces the concept of tri hita karana at this tourism facility.
60 percent of childbirths assisted by midwives
DENPASAR - Based on the results of the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (SDKI) for 2012, 60 percent of childbirth are assisted by midwives with the remaining 40 percent are assisted by obstetrician and gynecologist in hospitals. “Mothers who give birth with the help of midwives or in health clinics are covered by BPJS and JKBM but if there are complications, or if the childbirth is considered high risk, they may be refered to a hospital” said Kadek Iwan Darmawan, Section Head of Family Health for the Bali Health
Agency on Monday (Apr. 11). The “one midwife per village” government program is expected to help reduce the maternal and infant mortality rate, considered to be one of the indicators of a country’s level of development, explained I Made Bagus Dwi Aryana, who trains health personnel through the National Network for Reproductive Health Clinic Training (JNPKKR). Maternal mortality rates are calculated based on the number of mothers who die anytime from when they become pregnant until
42 days after giving birth. “No pregnancy is zero risk, which means that as soon a woman is pregnant she is at risk, but there is low risk and high risk”, he explained. Because pregnancy necessarily presents a risk to the mother, it is recommended that women delay pregnancy through family planning, in order to reduce the risk of maternal mortality. Family planning can be mean anything form abstinence to using contraception such as injections, implants, IUDs, the pill, using condoms et cetera. Considering that midwives are
on the front lines of health services, they are now being expected to be able to provide contraceptives and guidance about family planning given their expertise in this field. “We just need to give them some added training”, he added. Family planning services, normal childbirth and even high-risk childbirth can all be performed by midwives, though high risk births should be performed in hospitals, said Aryana. “Mothers facing highrisk childbirths requiring close monitoring to determine the state of the fetus and uterus, that can
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only be done using special devices are expected to consult a medical specialist” he added. There should also be a kind of agreement that pregnant women will make at least one visit to a general practitioner at a health clinic in order to have their blood type, HB, urine protein, diabetes mellitus checked and also to prevent motherto-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PPIA). The Health Agency aimed to have at least 90 percent of childbirths involve medical personnel. (kmb42)
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He explained that the idea of making the trekking path passing through the area of Alas Kedaton was from travel agencies that are ready to work with. Trekking path with an average width of 1.5 meters and a length of about 800 meters is actually a dirt road. However, since it is also utilized by farmers in transporting their agricultural products, it was agreed to be installed with paving block. “It has been tried by travelers for cycling
and the Kukuh communities also often use it for exercise by having a promenade,” he said. Construction fund of the trekking path, added Budiarta, is obtained from the Rural Infrastructure Development Program (PPIP) disbursed by the Ministry of Public Works. Then, the workmanship from Tatag to Menalun hamlet was conducted independently by the community of Kukuh. “Workmanship of the project is made in three stages in accordance with the disbursement of funds, reaching more than 250 million,” he said. Operations Manager of Alas
Kedaton attraction, IGB Suryawan, previously said that the object is already preparing all the facilities. Sanitation of toilets, garden arrangement and provision of dust bins continue to be made. “All these facilities are already available and it just needs to improve their services,” he said. The location is far away from the hustles and bustles of the city. In the west, east, south and north spread the overlay of green paddy fields. Big trees in the vicinity provide shade atmosphere. And at each end of the village there are springs utilized by people for drinking, bathing and washing. (kmb28)
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AMLAPURA — A number of legislators of the Karangasem House of Representatives asked to declare the dengue fever outbreak in Karangasem an extraordinary event, Tuesday (Apr. 12). With this status, people are expected to handle it together through regular mutual assistance in eradicating the nests of the dengue carrier mosquito. On the other hand, two women died in Karangasem and allegedly they got late handling when suffering dengue.
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The increasing number of dengue patients make Karangasem Hospital crowed. Some of them even must be treated in the hall.
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On the other hand, the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, when met after delivering accountability report (LKPJ) last Tuesday said that the dengue outbreak in Karangasem could not be included in extraordinary event. It has not met the requirements for that. Dengue cases continues to grow across Bali, but has not been declared as an extraordinary event. Regent Mas said that her government has launched simultaneous mosquito nest eradication (PSN). In addition, on Friday (Apr. 15) will be held the pamayuh jagat ritual at Penataran Padangbai Temple. The universe is considered to have been hot and dengue fever is considered a kaberebehan (plague). In the meantime, the Head of the Karangasem Health Agency, IGM Tirtayana, also said that the dengue outbreak does not only occur in Karangasem but also in all districts in Bali, but none of the districts declared it an extraordinary event. He admitted that until March the Karangasem Hospital reported the dengue patient has reached 725 people. It is only for three months, so that it is much more than last year’s number totally reaching 799 people. “Within the past three months, most dengue fever cases happened in March, reaching 421 people. Until mid-April, we’ve got many reports,” he said. A legislator of Karangasem House
of Representatives, Ida Ayu Sutejawati, said that many residents at Bunutan village suffered dengue fever. Approximately more than 60 people were admitted to have come to hospital in turn. She said that a housewife of 28 years old was alleged to have died due to dengue fever. She died on the way when being rushed to Karangasem Hospital some time ago. In the meantime, a legislator from Besakih, Ni Putu Sriani, said that so far she did not hear any report on dengue case at Besakih. Nevertheless, she asked the executive to anticipate the dengue attacks from spreading to all villages. On the other hand, related to the death of the housewife from Kecicang Bali hamlet recently alleged to suffer dengue will be audited in Karangasem Hospital, Wednesday (Apr. 13). The meeting is related to the joint audit by medical committee and will be attended by the Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology (POGI) Denpasar. “A few days before giving birth she had fever. Many people at the village indeed suffered dengue. From the beginning, the midwife handling her childbirth has suggested referring her to hospital, but the family rejected. Apparently after getting more severe, she was ready to be referred to Karangasem Hospital and died,” said Tirtayana. (013)
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LONDON - American music producer David Gest, the former husband of entertainer Liza Minnelli, died in London on Tuesday.
Gest, who was aged 62, was found in the Four Seasons hotel in the Canary Wharf business district of the city. The producer, whose credits included a TV musical special about pop star Michael Jackson, married actress and singer Minnelli in 2002. They separated the following year. Gest appeared in the 2006 series of British reality TV show “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here”, and his popularity with viewers led to other television work, including his own show called “This Is David Gest”.
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He returned to reality television at the start of the year, entering the “Celebrity Big Brother” house in January but he left the house 13 days later on medical grounds. London police said in a statement: “Police were called at 10:17 on Tuesday 12 April to the Four Seasons hotel in Westferry Circus to reports of an unexplained death of a man in his 60s. “A post-mortem will be held in due course. Next of kin are in the process of being informed.” Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious. (rtr)
U.S. singer Liza Minnelli and producer David Gest speak at a newsconference at the House of Blues in Beverly Hills, California, in this file photo taken July 25, 2002. Gest, exhusband of Minnelli, was found dead in a London hotel on Tuesday at the age of 62, according to news reports.
Cosby’s wife to face another day of questioning in lawsuit -judge WORCESTER - Bill Cosby’s wife of 52 years will have to submit to another day of questioning by lawyers for seven women who claim the comedian sexually assaulted them, but need not reveal intimate details of their marriage, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. In rejecting Camille Cosby’s request not have to have to participate in another deposition, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy told a lawyer for the seven women to limit his questioning to relevant topics, castigating him for crossing that line in a February deposition. Hennessy ruled that the new deposition will be limited to five hours and 45 minutes, with the two sides agreeing to hold it at a Boston hotel on Feb. 19. “We’re not going to have a repeat of some things that happened, I can assure you. That applies to both sides,” Hennessy said during a hearing at U.S. District Court in Worcester, Massachusetts. “We’re not going to have questions like, ‘Were you asleep when you had sex with Mr. Cosby?’” More than 50 women have accused Cosby, best known for his role as the father character in the 1980s television hit “The Cosby Show,” of sexually assault, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol. The allegations, many of which date back decades, have toppled Cosby from his position as one of the United States’ best-loved
entertainers. Most of the alleged crimes are too old to be criminally prosecuted. But authorities in Pennsylvania charged the 78-year-old actor with sexually assaulting a woman in 2005. Cosby, who is out on bail, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. The seven women involved in the Massachusetts suit charge that Cosby lied when he denied sexually assaulting them. Attorneys for Camille Cosby, 72, who also serves as her husband’s business manager, had argued that a second deposition would only serve to embarrass their client. “The plaintiff cannot, under rule, abuse or harass a witness with questions that are obviously embarrassing and obviously not relevant,” said Daniel Small. An attorney for the women, Joseph Cammarata argued personal matters are relevant given the nature of the allegations. “The intent and the effect was not to be harassing or abusive,” Cammarata said. “The intent was to gather information.” Tamara Green filed the Massachusetts lawsuit in December 2014. She was later joined by six other women who say Cosby sexually assaulted them and defamed them by calling them liars. Cosby has countersued, accusing the women of defaming him. Neither Cosby nor his wife were present in court. (rtr)
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BANGKOK - Throughout South East Asia, Buddhist water festivals marking the traditional New Year have got under way. As Songkran celebrations began in Bangkok, tourists and locals took part in mass water fights in the streets, armed with highpowered water pistols.
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Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives for the second day of hearings at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania in this February 3, 2016 file photo. A California judge on Wednesday indefinitely postponed a sworn deposition of Bill Cosby in a sexual assault lawsuit against the comedian, citing his right to avoid self-incrimination in a separate criminal case pending in Pennsylvania.
Elephants spray people with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016. Meanwhile, on the left, a man walks on a dried up swamp in Ayutthaya Thailand.
The role of water in the festival is to symbolise the washing away of past misfortune, but this year it comes as the wider region is grappling with the most severe drought seen in decades - leaving thousands with restricted access to water. In the build-up to this three-daylong holiday, Thai authorities urged
revellers to exercise restraint, avoiding the use of buckets and hoses out of consideration for those struggling with the drought. A third of Thailand’s provinces have now been declared drought disaster areas, with those in the north, north east and central regions worst hit. People and elephants splash each
other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province Celebrations for the Songkran water festival in Ayutthaya province News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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Alas Kedaton trekking path hampered by maintenance TABANAN - A new breakthrough to increase the tourist attraction especially in Tabanan district continues to be developed. As the latest, the area of Alas Kedaton tourist attraction makes a trekking path penetrating paddy fields and settlement of Kukuh village. Unfortunately, after completed early 2015, the connecting line of Tatag hamlet to Menalun Tatag is constrained by maintenance matters. “Our difficulty lies in terms of maintenance, especially in rainy season. The edge of the trek is prone to be crushed by water. Moreover, some revetments broke down,” said the headman of Kukuh, Ketut Budiarta, Tuesday (Apr. 12). Related to maintenance of the trekking path, Budiarta hoped for budgetary assistance from relevant agencies because in general the pathway is utilized by people of Kukuh and farmers as well as connecting between hamlets, and alternative path when traffic jammed occurs. “When congestion occurs at the main line, this path can be used as an alternative for motorcycle,” he said. Trekking... Continued on page 2