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Obama to attend Asia Summit in Bali

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WASHINGTON/DENPASAR - US President Barack Obama will participate in talks by the 18-nation East Asia Summit in Bali later this year, the State Department confirmed Tuesday.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was traveling to Indonesia later this month partly to prepare for “President Obama’s participation for the first time in the EAS in November,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. A local official in Bali said in May that the Indonesian resort island was preparing to welcome Obama on November 19.

Bali provincial government spokesman Ketut Teneng said US Ambassador Scot Marciel had informed the regional authorities of Obama’s intention to attend the regional strategic dialogue, which also includes China and Russia.

It will be Obama’s second official visit to Indonesia, a mainly Muslim archipelago in Southeast Asia where he spent part of his childhood in the late 1960s. He made his first official visit as US president last November.

Indonesia is hosting the regional dialogue in its capacity as chair of ASEAN, the 10-nation grouping which forms the core of the broader EAS.

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Denpasar – The negative news about Bali in one of the magazine previously doesn’t give an effect on the number of tourists coming to the island. This can be seen from the revenue of the Visa On Arrival (VOA) which is increasing up to 18% in April 2011.

The revenue from VOA on that period was $4.5 million. Sunarto, an economic researcher from the Bank of Indonesia, said that the income from VOA always was always increasing from January through April 2011 period with the total of $16.5 million from 663,011 foreign tourists come to Bali.

The increase was because the increasing number of foreign tour-

ists to Bali. Even Bali was given the nickname of the Island of Hell few months ago due to the pile of garbage on Kuta Beach but it seemed not affected the attraction of the Island.

The great revenue from VOA also supports the economics development of Bali because most of the people in Bali are still count on tourism industry.

In his report, Sunarto said that most of the tourists chose to stay more than a week in Bali and that affected the VOA. “I’m certain that the VOA which is paid by the tourists when they enter Bali will be increasing because the number of foreign tourists is also increasing,” he added.

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Tourists sunbathing on Kuta beach.

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Bali News

Harvest Fail Management Jembrana Depends on Help Negara (Bali Post) –

In overcoming the biggest problem being faced right now in Jembrana, the regency government is still hoping for the central government to help as stated by Jembrana Regent I Putu Artha in the Jembrana House of Representatives general assembly last Tuesday (12/7) on an executive answers agenda of the party fractions general view.

For this situation Artha stated that in the mended Regional Budgets and Expenses there is a Social Help fund that can be given to the failed harvesting subak (irrigation). And Jembrana has suggested the names of the farmers and subak that have failed in harvesting to the Food Plantation General of the Agriculture Ministry through Bali Province Agriculture Agency.

On the suggestion for Jembrana to take action on the Finance Inspector Board (BPK) finance report, Artha targeted to be a level further Normal Without Exception (WDP) with the signing integrity

fact from all institutes and consultation to Indonesia Republic BPK representative in Bali. Rare medicines in Health Community Centres has been informed to the Bali Health Agency and distributed by 2nd July 2011 as stated in the PERPRES No. 54 year 2010 and Health Ministry RI Number: 633/ Menkes/SK/III/2011 letters.

There were also representatives who asked Social Help of each tempek to be observed again and Regent thanked everyone for their views as this is the oblication of representatives in making understanding better. (kmb26)

Trans Sarbagita Delayed Again Vehicles Handover 20th July Denpasar (Bali Post) –

After a certain schedule of the 15 Trans Sarbagita vehicle units handover will be 12th July by the Indonesian Republic Land Transport General Director, now it has changed again based on the new published official letter combined with the Wahana Tata Nugraha Award year 2010 ceremony for the best traffic disciplinary from the 9 regencies in Bali. “The coordination result was planned 12th July yet that was coordination with the ministry but the official letter has been received that this 20th July Bali Governor will attend the handover,” Head of Bali Transportation Agency, Made Santha, confirmed by Bali Post last

Tuesday (12/7).

According to him Trans Sarbagita is one of the public transportation that is one of the investments to answer the problematic traffic and for the middle also long term time as this will be the start for the public’s mindset to start using public transportation well instead of using their own private vehicle. Santha stated talking about transportation is talking about system and there should be a synergy in each regencies to control traffic problems. He hoped each regency government will involve in this instead of just staying just because this is the province government who is handling it. (bit)

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The firemen ar trying to put out the fire in Oriflame Shop-House

Oriflame Shop-House Caught Fire Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Fire cases keep on happening again in Denpasar after a number of room caught the red giant at Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur, this time Oriflame Shop-House at Letda Tantular Street, Denpasar, got burnt suspected coming from a cigarettes warehouse at the second floor last Tuesday (12/7) happening around 6 a.m. in the morning causing flammable goods around easily victimised.

According to the workers, there were a number of explosions happening on the second floor during the fire. Smokes were above the shop when one of the parking persons just arrived.

Wayan Suartama, the security there, made a mutated report. He

thought waters were leaking on a toilet in the back and checked yet there was none. Instead explosions on the second floor was heard and asked colleagues from Bank Indonesia next door for help due to the panic. Head of Emergency Section of Denpasar

Disaster Management Board, Ardy Ganggas, stated the fire was due to a short circuit on the second floor where cosmetic materials are around and so caught by the fire. At least four units of fire brigades came and fire was off after 2,5 hours. (kmb12)

Two Women Escaped Dauh Puri, DenPost Denpasar National Court temporary cell has another on the loose last Monday (11/7). Two to be trialled women, Siti Maemunah alias Leffe (36) accused of narcotics and Silviatus Tolima (17) accused of robbery escaped after prisoner Uci Saragih still not captured, caused prison securities and police confused.

It was suspected the two weren’t cuffed when brought to

the court from Kerobojan Prison and around 12.00 pm local time when the 50 prisoners were about to be moved to the temporary cells were mixed with the visitors of the court can be used to run away instead of going to the women cells. There were witnesses seeing them gong to the lobby of the court and escaped through Sudirman Street. After knowing, the court then coordinates with Denpasar Police in

finding them.

Head of General Prisoners Section of the court, Yudhi Ismono, SH, when confirmed stated that his side have coordinated with polices in finding them yet none captured yet until now. Head of the court, Heru Sriyanto, SH, stated the workers are still hunting and will capture those prisoners again. “We never want this kind of situation happening,” he concluded. (108)

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Strategic role of agriculture for Bali DEVELOPING and preserving Balinese agriculture should not only be based on economic considerations. A professor from Udayana University, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, assessed that agriculture had very strategic and multi-functional roles for Bali.

Among them, it established food security, maintained the sustainability of natural resources and environment, employment opportunities and a sustainable culture required for tourism sector. On that account, there was a need for political will and social commitment to balance the sector of agricultural and tourism service development.

“Government and the whole community should take a clear stance in building and preserving the harmonization of main force of Bali’s economy,” said Prof. Suparta in Denpasar.

According to him, Bali was not just a tourism area, but also an agricultural area. Infrastructure and physical facilities of Bali’s agriculture had possessed better conditions, including agricultural technology that had been available.

However, these facilities had not been utilized properly. Of the 563,686 hectares of land existing in Bali, only 70.74 percent or 398,491 hectares remained potential for agriculture, plantation and farm.

“Interest of young people to pursue the agricultural sector is now running very low because it is considered unable to guarantee the changes in living standards and social status. Meanwhile, some farmers have been growing old,” he said.

Increasing number of foreign products, whether raw, semi-finished or finished had been entering the markets in Bali to meet consumer needs. Meanwhile, anticipation and protection against Balinese

people were still very low and Prof.

Suparta had confidence that it was potentially lethal to Balinese farmers if it was not immediately regulated.

“If Bali wants to be advanced, secure, peaceful and prosperous, then the farmers and agriculture should be made prosperous first.

Tourism sector can indeed promote the economic growth, but agriculture can increase the economic equality,” he said.

He argued that agricultural sector was not only synergized with tourism sector, but developed equally to encourage the growth and economic equalization. On that account, Bali should have a clear policy regarding to protection of farmers and agriculture, as well as obligation of reinvestment of tourism sector in agricultural sector.

“Policy to equalize and synergize the two sectors should be facilitated by government in order to provide maximum benefit to society of farmers and rural residents,” affirmed Prof. Suparta who is also Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Farmers (HKTI) of Bali Chapter. (par)

To love indigenous wisdom on feast day Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Awareness of using products yielded by Balinese community in executing yajña or sacrifice poses a form of support to sustainability of Balinese culture and customs. Celebration of Galungan and Kuningan feast day symbolizing the victory of dharma (virtue) against adharma (evil) should be made a model by society in implementing yajña which is more oriented in the value of Divinity than a mere ceremony. This matter was revealed by Ida Pedanda Made Gunung when delivering sermon (dharmawacana) organized by Hindu Dharma Women of Indonesia (WHDI) in Gianyar Cultural Hall on Tuesday (Jul 12).

In this regard, Ida Pedanda put more emphases on the spirit of loving the value of indigenous wisdom in dealing with external onslaughts.

Chairwoman of WHDI Sermon Committee, AA Sri Wirastuti, explained the sermon event organized was a

form of self-approach to Supreme God, especially in the moments of Galungan and Kuningan feast day.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Cok Nindya judged that so far the grandiose ceremony carried out by community had not been balanced with the practice of religious values in everyday life.

This could be seen in terms of many problems emerging in customary village and in the circle of young generation. With a good understanding on religious teachings and the spirit of Galungan and Kuningan, the Hindu Dharma Women were expected to attain a better life in the community, she explained.

In harmony with that, religious and cultural values needed to be implanted in the middle of strong onslaughts of cultural globalization in various life aspects. Embedding should begin from family level as the lowest element of society, added Deputy Regent of Gianyar, Dewa Made Sutanaya. (kmb16)

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Barong Dance performance.

Like in dead faint

Bali Art Center will initiate Barong Dance Performance Denpasar (Bali Post)—

To avoid the impression of dead faint after the closure of Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2011 on Saturday (Jul 9), the authority of Bali Art Center is making preparation to offer a variety of performing arts, one of them is Barong Dance. The performance will be held each day in the hope it can bring in visitors to Bali Art Center.

“Bali Art Center will soon be arranged to eliminate the presumption that it is only busy during the implementation of BAF. Even, to encourage this art activity center, we together with the ranks of Bali Art Center have planned a variety of breakthroughs,” said the Head Unit of Bali Art Center, Ketut Mantara Gandhi, Tuesday (Jul 12). He added the breakthrough that could be realized in the near future would only be development exhibition. However, in years to come would be performed Barong Dance by involving third parties such as travel agencies.

These parties would stage Barong Dance and other dances in the area of Wantilan Hall within the Bali Art Center compound.

“Later on, they will bring in guests to watch the Barong Dance performance. By cooperation with third parties also means the performance will not be using the regionally generated revenue (PAD), but the cost of sponsorship,” he said.

In addition to performing arts, it would also be accompanied with various exhibitions and sales of souvenirs in particular areas.

“Handicraft products on offer will be of the best quality. Of course, they are handicraft products having export market share,” he said. Meanwhile, for the show on Saturdays and Sundays would be designed colossal art activities with traditional nuances. He also asserted that in the endeavor to explore, preserve and develop Balinese culture in order to survive in the middle of globalization onslaughts, the artists or art studios wishing to practice could use the Bali Art Center.

“The matter of location for practicing the arts should not necessarily be an obstacle because Bali Art Center can be used such as the area of Ayodya Stage, Angsoka Stage and Ratna Kanda Stage. It is free of charge provided that it uses tape recorder instead of excessive sound system,” he explained. To restore Bali Art Center as a hub of the arts and cultural activities, it had been established a creative team to discuss and determine the agenda of shows offered every day. He added this plan would be discussed again to get better preparation and could be implemented immediately.

To be known, the area of Bali Art Center had been graced for a month long by a variety of art performances in the event the Bali Arts Festival 2011. In years to come, the authority would attempt to vitalize the atmosphere of Bali Art Center into a rendezvous of artists to display their creativities beyond the agenda of BAF. (bit)

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China’s Jiang “rested at home” during death rumors: report Reuters

BEIJING - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was resting at home last week as rumors swirled that he had died, prompting at least two media outlets to report he had in fact passed away, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Citing sources who had “been briefed about Jiang’s health”, the South China Morning Post said the 84-year-old had been admitted to a Beijing military hospital last month with a fever.

But he was discharged before the July 1 celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party, the report said. His non-appearance at that event had begun the speculation about his demise, as many other former leaders did show up.

“The sources said doctors had advised Jiang to stay at home because it would be too physically demanding for him to sit through the main ceremony in the Great Hall of the People, which lasted nearly two hours,” the paper said.

“The sources say the exact cause of Jiang’s illness is unclear but it was less serious than a heart attack or stroke.” Sources told Reuters last week that Jiang was in intensive care in Beijing at the No. 301 military hospital after suffering a heart attack.

In the opaque world of Chinese politics, the health of a leader is fodder for rumors about how the balance of power is shifting at the highest levels of the government.

Current President Hu Jintao retires from office from late next year in a sweeping leadership overhaul, and the rumors about Jiang’s health underscore the uncertainties around this.

A Hong Kong television station and a Japanese newspaper reported that he had died. Chinese state media then came out with a brief statement, denying those reports as “pure rumor”. Beijing has said nothing else about Jiang’s health.

Reports about sensitive topics in the highest echelons of power in China frequently circulate in the overseas Chinese language media, especially in freewheeling Hong Kong and Taiwan.

A woman walks past a huge portrait of China’s former President Jiang Zemin, left, displayed at an exhibition celebrating the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th anniversary in Beijing, China, Friday, July 8, 2011.

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Nationalist youths are seen near a burning car during a protest in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast.

Riots erupt in Nothern Ireland after Protestant marches Reuters

BELFAST - Police fired plastic bullets and water cannon at Catholic youths in Northern Ireland’s provincial capital Belfast on Tuesday after rioting erupted when a Protestant parade passed their estate. Sporadic violence erupted across the British-ruled province on the culmination of a season of parades by pro-British Protestants to mark a 17thcentury military victory, a tradition many Catholics say is provocative.

Around 200 people threw bottles, slates and petrol bombs in the mainly Catholic Ardoyne area of Belfast after police moved in to prevent them confronting the passing Orange Order parade. Two cars were set on fire and dozens of rounds of plastic bullets were fired. Police said a number of officers were injured.

Most of the 500 or so parades across the province passed peacefully, but police reported rioting in Londonderry, Newry and Armagh as

well as the Markets area in central Belfast.

Three decades of fighting between mostly Protestant loyalists who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom and Irish nationalists, mainly Catholics, who want it to be part of a united Ireland tore the province apart during a three-decade period known as the “Troubles.”

A 1998 peace agreement paved the way for a power-sharing gov-

ernment of loyalists and nationalists. Violence has subsided, but police say the threat from dissident groups opposed to the peace deal is higher than it has ever been since it was signed.

A small Orange Order parade passed the Ardoyne estate in near silence with one drummer keeping time after a government commission ordered marchers not to play their traditional drums or flutes. A few dozen residents held a silent protest as they passed, while a small group of women sang the Irish national anthem.

But hundreds of others were pinned by police vans and officers in riot gear into an estate a hundred meters (yards) from the marchers, a move residents said was heavyhanded.

Factional fighting brings Yemen unrest nearer Saudi Reuters

SANAA/ADEN - Factional fighting in Yemen’s north entered its fifth day on Tuesday, bringing violence closer to the border with Saudi Arabia, while the United States’ top counterterrorism official visited Sanaa.

Twenty-three people have been killed and dozens injured in the northern province of Jawf since clashes broke out on Friday between members of Yemen’s main opposition party Islah and northern Shi’ite rebels known as Houthis.

Jawf lies along Yemen’s northern border with oil giant Saudi Arabia, which fears that unrest in its poverty-stricken southern neighbor could spill over and create a major security threat. Fighting started when Houthis refused to give up an army base they occupied after the governor of Jawf fled two months ago, an opposition source said.

Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive against the Houthis after they briefly seized Saudi territory in late 2009. Houthi rebels have fought President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s gov-

ernment on and off since 2004.

Protests against Saleh’s 33-year rule had united Houthis and protesters, including the Sunni Muslim Islah, but rifts have begun to appear as a political stalemate drags on.

Saleh left Yemen in political limbo when he flew to Saudi Arabia to seek treatment after he was severely injured by a bomb attack in the presidential palace in early June.

Before that, as protests against his rule raged, Saleh had three times rejected a transition deal brokered by Gulf Arab states, and held on to power.

AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Yemeni troops line up to fire as they drilled by a unit from the Central Security anti-terrorism squad during exercises in counter terrorism in Sanaa, on July 11, 2011.

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Accor Launches Ramadhan Campaign ‘Super Breakfast’ in Indonesia ACCOR, the largest operator of hotels in Asia Pacific, announced the launch of Ramadhan Campaign Super Breakfast ‘Breakfast @ Rp.500++’ nationwide to welcome the month of fasting in Indonesia. With the Super Breakfast campaign, guests staying at selected MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, ibis and all seasons hotels will be entitled for buffet breakfast priced only at Rp. 500++ per person. Valid for a maximum two persons per room and reservations made via accorhotels.com/ superbreakfast, walk-in or call center.

Michel Vivier, Director of Operations, Accor Indonesia says, “Accor’s unique proposition of Ramadhan Campaign Super Breakfast differentiates us with other Ramadhan programs in hotel industry. Accor is ready to make merry of the Ramadhan month and Eid ul-Fitr (Idul Fitri) as a significant holiday period for Indonesian families.”

Ramadhan starts at end of July 2011, and people usually will make prepara-

tion for the fasting month one week prior to the holy month. With 40 operating hotels network across archipelago to date, Accor estimates more than 400,000 hotel guests will enjoy the Super Breakfast program.

Adi Satria, Regional Director, Sales, Marketing & Distribution, Accor Malaysia-Indonesia-Singapore says, “It is time again for an exciting, holy month and we are optimistic that the offering will be enthusiastically welcomed by our guests. Hotel guests can explore, choose and enjoy Indonesian and International halal cuisine that specifically prepared by our professional chefs, such as traditional soto mie from ibis.”

The ‘Breakfast @ Rp.500++’ promo is valid for stays from 1 August 2011 to 15 September 2011. Reservations must be made during the period 1 July 2011 to 15 September 2011. Visit Accor Hotels Indonesia website for more information.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011 09 Jul Pura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar 10 Jul Pura Peninjoan

26 Jul Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badung Pura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

Besakih - Karangasem

16 Jul Pura pasek Gelgel Kukuh,Marga - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg - Tabanan Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Guwang, Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Dalem Setra Batununggul Sewana,Nusa Penida Klungkung Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar 17 Jul Aci-aci Penaung Taluh di Penataran Besakih Karangasem Pura Gunung Kuripan Lombok Pura Tirta Besakih - Karangasem Pura Purnama Camenggaon,Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Amerta Jati Komplek ALRI, Cinere - Jakarta Sel. Pura Jagatnatha Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Apuan,Susut - Bangli Pura Jagathitha Selong - Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Gobleg,Banjar - Buleleng Pura Desa, Pura Puseh Batur, Kitamani - Bangli Pura Asah (Alas Arum) Batur,Kintamani - Bangli Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk,Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru - Lumajang, Jatim Pura Pengubengan Besakih - Karangasem Penataran Agung Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah,Batur,Kintamani Bangli Merajan A. Puser Jagat Meranting Batukandik,Nusa Penida - Klungkung 23 Jul Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

30 Jul Pura Kepisah Sumerta - Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - Badung Pura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- Bangli Pura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-Tabanan Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri Tabanan 01 Aug Odalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - Karangasem Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem 03 Aug Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar Buleleng 05 Aug Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - Bangli Pura Beratan Baturiti - Tabanan Pura Batu Klotok Lepang - Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - Gianyar Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Pura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem 06 Aug Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang - Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - Badung Pasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - Gianyar Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.

There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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News Philippines: No word from 2 Americans’ abductors Associated Press Writer

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, attends the burial of his half brother Ahmed Wali Karzai in his family’s ancestral village of Karz, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Afghan president weeps as slain brother is buried

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials said Wednesday they have received no word from the abductors of a naturalized American woman, her teenage son and Filipino nephew a day after they were seized by suspected Muslim militants.

More than a dozen gunmen seized Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, her 14-yearold son and 19-year-old nephew from their relatives’ house they were visiting on an island village near southern Zamboanga city.

The head of a government crisis committee, Zamboanga Mayor Celso Lobregat, said authorities were verifying reports that the hostages were taken aboard two boats to nearby Basilan Island.

The area is a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf extremists who have been blamed for ransom kidnappings and deadly bombings over the past two decades. Philippine military officials said they are also looking at a possible involvement of a commander of the largest Muslim separatist group which has a formal cease-fire with the government.

A spokesman for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Von Al Haq, said his group had nothing to do with the hostage-taking. Lobregat said that U.S. Embassy personnel have been in touch with the crisis committee.

The State Department said it was concerned about the individuals’ safety and well-being, and called for their immediate release and prosecution of those responsible.

The victims’ friends in Campbell County in Virginia reacted with shock and anger. WDBJ-TV quoted the Lunsmanns’ friend, Jean Gowen, as saying that 14-year-old Kevin had expressed fears about going to the Philippines because his family’s compound there was under constant guard.

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KARZ, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wept and kissed his dead brother’s face as thousands of mourners gathered on Wednesday for the burial of Ahmad Wali Karzai, whose assassination a day earlier has left a power vacuum in Afghanistan’s volatile south.

The United States and Russia were admitted to the 18-nation EAS last year, but Obama did not attend the leaders‘ meeting in Hanoi in October, sending Clinton in his place.

Chinese President Hu Jintao is also expected to attend the summit, which closely follows meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Group of 20 rich and developing countries, AFP reported.

Two explosions were heard in Kandahar city by a Reuters witness soon after the burial, adding to tensions. It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether they were any casualties.

Ahmad Wali Karzai, a younger half brother of the president and one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was killed by a trusted family security guard at his home in the city.

President Karzai, who flew to Kandahar hours after his brother was shot, led a procession of thousands of mourners under a tight security blanket from the center of Kandahar city to the family’s an-

cestral village of Karz, some 20 km away.

He was accompanied by his family and some of Afghanistan’s most influential leaders, including at least one possible successor to Ahmad Wali Karzai’s unofficial crown, Gul Agha Sherzai, currently the governor of eastern Nangarhar province.

The president knelt by the side of his brother’s grave clutching his hand, weeping as the crowds looked on. Concerned mourners then pulled the president away, warning him that television cameras were recording his every move.

“I came here to mourn the death of Ahmad Wali Karzai. He was our

only hope for everything in Kandahar,” cried one mourner, Khan Agha, as attack helicopters circled overhead.

Ahmad Wali Karzai was shot by Sardar Mohammad, a senior member of the Karzai family’s security team in Kandahar who had known his victim for a decade.

Mohammad was shot dead by bodyguards moments after he opened fire.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for one of the most high-profile assassinations of the last decade. They have in the past taken responsibility for attacks that security services have questioned their role in.

WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition Associated Press Writer

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers are arguing for a second day against his extradition to Sweden where he is accused of rape and molestation. Assange’s new legal

team says that while the 40-yearold activist’s behavior with two women he met in Sweden may have been unpleasant, the sex was consensual.

Defense attorney Ben Emmerson on Wednesday attacked the way in which the ex-

tradition request was made, arguing that public prosecutors aren’t allowed to issue European arrest warrants.

The prosecution rejected the accusation and it was greeted with skepticism from one of the judges.

as Europe, Japan, and US so the tourists will find it easier to visit Bali.

Air transportation is one of the important aspect to attract tourists to come to Bali as well as the tourism components such as businessmen and infrastructures in the island.

Positive After last year had to cancel his visit to Bali, the President of the United States Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the ASEAN Summit in Bali next September 2011. Arrival of the number one man of superpower country is believed to bring positive impact on Bali. His coming would foster international trust, security aspects of Indonesia and readiness of Bali to host the world-scale event.

“The coming of Obama obviously has a very positive significance for Bali. His arrival is not only good for Bali tourism, but also for Indonesia. In other words, security of Indonesia is no longer questionable and Bali is considered very special,” said a member of Commission

IV of Bali House, Tjokorda Raka Kerthyasa, to reporters.

Considering the arrival of Obama was important for Bali, Raka Kerthyasa hoped the trust should not be wasted as it was difficult to obtain. Bali itself had started a long process until it could be trusted internationally as a host of large-scale activities. Moreover, the arrival of Obama would certainly further promoted the name of Bali to international community. “We should really keep that trust. Of course, it can be undertaken by maintaining balance and naturalism of nature, customs and Balinese culture which have been the magnet for tourism,” said the people’s representative who is also a humanist.

Another positive impact of Obama’s arrival, he said, was the growth of tourism and economy of Bali. He believed both aspects would improve the lives of Balinese people. “Many positive impacts would be brought in by the arrival of Obama. When Julia Roberts came to Bali for shooting the film entitled Eat, Pray and Love, international community was getting more familiar with Bali, particularly Ubud.

Moreover, if President Obama really comes, it will definitely encourage the Bali’s economy,” he said.

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Eleven detained over explosion at Islamic boarding school Antara

JAKARTA - Police on Tuesday detained 11 people for their alleged part in an explosion at Khilafiah Umar bin Khatab Islamic Boarding School in Bima district, West Nusa Tenggara, the day before.

AFP PHOTO / HUSYEN OPA

Workers of Freeport return to work in Timika on July 13, 2011. Workers at the US company Freeport McMoRan’s giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s Papua region returned to work on July 13, ending a strike over wages that had lasted more than a week.

Indonesian workers end strike at biggest gold mine Associated Press Writer

TIMIKA - Thousands of workers at one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines started returning to work Wednesday, ending a nearly two-week strike that brought operations to a standstill.

Union chief Sudiro, who goes by only one name, said the decision was made after FreeportMcMoRan’s management agreed to reinstate six fired labor leaders and reopen negotiations about wages and benefits on July 20.

The arrival of the digital age in this far-flung corner of Indonesia, where tribesmen still live a nearStone Age existence in dense jungles and rugged mountains, has raised miners’ awareness about working conditions.

Nearly 10,000 miners — half the work force at the Grasberg mine in easternmost Papua province — took part in marches and sit-ins that started July 4 and brought management to its knees.

Within days, the sooty kilometer-wide gash in the otherwise lush Puncak Jaya mountain range was all but abandoned.

Gray piles of ore stood untouched. Trucks had stopped ferrying copper and gold concentrate to the port. And cargo ships, empty, had no place to go.

Dock loader Simon Windesi said a few computer keystrokes were enough to get him and his friends riled up. After years of toiling at the

mine, many still get just $1.80 an hour.

“That’s a 10th what the company pays workers in other countries!”

Windesi said after a quick Internet search. “And this is their biggest profit-maker. Their production costs are the lowest. How does that make sense?”

Indonesia has had a long, complicated relationship with Freeport — a powerful player in the world markets for gold, copper and molybdenum — and Papua, its most remote province, both geographically and politically.

Earlier this decade, Freeport admitted it was paying the Indonesian military and police to handle security operations at Grasberg — a source of ongoing controversy as the rugged Papua region is home to a decades-long low-level guerrilla war that has left more than 100,000 people dead, many at the hands of Indonesia’s security forces.

Because foreign journalists and human rights workers are barred from entering the province, allegations of abuse are almost impossible to confirm. But video clips of soldiers laughing as they torture suspected separatists, burning their genitals, have in recent months found their way to YouTube.

Months after Gen. Suharto seized power in a 1965 coup, Jim Moffett, Freeport’s chairman, reached out to the dictator, forming what was to become a close friendship and eventually winning

the right to explore for gold and copper.

Freeport, now based in Phoenix, Arizona, pumped $175 million into Papua to build a Western-standard road, pipelines, an airstrip and a new, first-class mining town — all of it to serve the mining operation.

The Grasberg mine helped bolster Suharto’s corrupt and often bloody regime until his 1998 ouster and, even today, remains one of the country’s biggest sources of income, helping shield it from outside criticism.

It generates more than $2 billion in taxes, royalties and dividends every year, according to data provided by the University of Indonesia’s Economic and Social Research Institute.

Locals complain, however, they have seen little benefit, pointing to environmental damage caused by mine tailings pumped into the Aghawagon River and its tributaries.

Some of the mine employees interviewed by The Associated Press argue that ethnic Papuans should make up a larger part of the Grasberg work force. Of the 20,000 employees, around two-thirds are brought in from Java, Sumatra and other Indonesian islands.

Many in the province of nearly 3 million people remain desperately poor and ancient tribal ways still pervade life. Men wear nothing but feathers in their hair and hollowedout gourds that cover their penises.

“True, there has been bomb explosion at the Islamic boarding school owned by preacher Umar bin Khatab. Today 11 people have been detained,” spokesman of the National Police Headquarters Insp Gen Anton Bachrul Alam said here on Tuesday. Police also seized a number of arrows and machetes as evidence, he said.

He said police officers were denied entry into the Islamic boarding school compounds to investigate the explosion.

Police tried to make preventive approaches with the management

of the Islamic boarding school on Monday night to have access to it so as to avoid a clash.

One person was killed in the explosion. West Nusa Tenggara Police spokesman Adj Comr Sudjoko Aman said on Tuesday the dead victim was identified as Firdaus, the treasurer of the Islamic boarding school.

Sudjoko said the police have so far alleged that the explosion at the Islamic boarding school came from a home-made bomb because the blast was so strong with a great cloud of smoke billowed out of the school.

Clinton to visit Indonesia, Hong Kong Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Indonesia and Hong Kong later this month to take part in several key regional forums and host a slew of bilateral talks, a US official said Tuesday.

Clinton will arrive in Bali, Indonesia on July 21 after a two-day trip to India, and will take part in ASEAN talks and meet foreign ministers from the East Asia Summit, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

“Her visit to Indonesia demonstrates the United States’ sustained commitment to enhance our strategic engagement in Southeast Asia and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),” Nuland said in a statement.

Clinton will take part on July 22 in the ASEAN post ministerial conference, hosted by Indonesia which is the current ASEAN Chair.

She will also meet with foreign ministers of the East Asia Summit (EAS), to prepare for President Barack Obama’s participation for the first time in the 18-nation sum-

mit in November.

Also during her trip to Indonesia, Clinton will host the fourth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) ministerial meeting with the foreign ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, Nuland said.

The United States will also hold a trilateral meeting with Japan and South Korea, and Clinton will host a number of bilateral talks, she added.

On July 23, Clinton will lead the US delegation to the 18th ASEAN Regional Forum to discuss regional security issues, and deliver opening remarks at the first-ever Regional Entrepreneurship Summit.

And the following day, the US chief diplomat will meet with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to discuss key bilateral, regional, and global issues.

On July 25, Clinton will meet in Hong Kong with Chief Executive Donald Tsang and with members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.

Clinton said Tuesday she will address the global economic situation in a speech in Hong Kong in late July.

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Bali Today Aquatic tourism in Badung River Still lacks of visitors Bali Post

DENPASAR - Intention of Denpasar Municipality to make the streams of Badung River an aquatic tourist attraction needs a hard work. The aquatic tourist attraction located at the Buagan Dam, Pemecutan Kelod, West Denpasar, has not been able to draw a lot of visitors.

From observation of Bali Post on Tuesday (Jul 12), since inaugurated by the Mayor of Denpasar four months ago, the number of visits to the tourist attraction remained a few. Ironically, many Denpasar dwellers did not know about the existence of this new recreation area. In response to this condition, people’s representative in Denpasar asked the Government Tourism Office to make a breakthrough in order to boost the tourist visits to the aquatic tourist attraction. Even, if possible it was also expected to make partnership with school, so that school children knew there was water recreation in Badung River.

“There should be a breakthrough to carry out promotion to community,” said a legislator of Denpasar House, Hilmun Nabi, accompanied by his colleague AA Susruta Ngurah Putra. Both legislators agreed to the idea of city government through the Denpasar Government Tourism Office (Disparda) to establish an aquatic tourism in the streams of Badung River. Moreover, this aquatic tourism could trigger local residents to maintain the sanitation of the largest river in Denpasar City.

“Indeed, it is required a family recreation like this, particularly for children. Therefore, the entertainment will not only be

the IT-related ones. It is necessary to be interspersed with recreation like that,” said Susruta.

However, according to this Democratic politician, it had not been managed optimally. As a result, it still required further arrangement and other attractions.

“Perhaps, at the beginning it can draw many visitors as it remains new. But, it should be tried to find out a solution to maintain the public interest in the attraction so that it will not be monotonous.

There must be more creative thinking, so it will not only offer the duck-boats. If possible, it should be enriched with other creative and varied games. “Otherwise, the tourist attraction will only offer that very same thing,” he said.

Previously, the Head of Denpasar Government Tourism Office, I Putu Budiasa, accompanied by Spokesperson of Denpasar Municipality, I Dewa Gede Rai, mentioned if the aquatic tourism attraction had been already running well. It was indicated by the moderately high interest of the public to enjoy the attraction. It was evident from the number of visitors coming each day estimated to have reached 100 people with ticket sales of IDR 400,000 to IDR 500,000. (kmb12)

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Balinese Hindus pray as they celebrate the religous festival of Galungan in Jagatnatha temple in Denpasar, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 6, 2011. The philosophy of Tri Hita Karana requiring human beings to maintain the harmony of human relations to God, human relations to fellow humans and human relations to environment is universal.

Tri Hita Karana Nugraha

Promoting Balinese Indigenous Wisdom Rector of Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. IBG Yudha Triguna, and Rector of the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Wayan Rai S, claimed to strongly support the Tri Hita Karana Nugraha (THK Awards) held by Bali Travel News (BTN). It was said, the activity initiated by the tourism publication under Bali Post Media Group (KMB) was an effective medium to arouse and inflame the public awareness to implement the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana also becoming the Balinese indigenous wisdom into real action. Considering BTN was published in bilingual edition, namely in Indonesian and English, it was considered a highly representative medium to inflame the indigenous wisdom of Bali to international communities.

“I strongly support the implementation of Tri Hita Karana Awards,” said IBG Yudha Triguna and I Wayan Rai S, recently.

According to the two leaders of prominent universities in Bali, their party placed great hopes on Bali Travel News for disseminating the Balinese indigenous wisdom to international community. Of course,

the hope was not a grandiose one considering BTN was also published in English language edition so the international community would understand about the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana to be further implemented into a real action. Meanwhile, BTN was also published in Indonesian edition that could be used to disseminate the values of Tri Hita Karana to local Balinese and Indonesian society at large.

“Indeed, the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana requiring human beings to maintain the harmony of human relations to God, human relations to fellow humans and human relations to environment is universal. Since it is universal, then the effort to popularize Tri Hita Karana is not confined to the area of Bali, but also nationally and even internationally,” said Yudha Triguna justified by Rai. Rai added that presentation of THK Awards to tourism industry was one of Bali’s efforts to popularize the Tri Hita Karana. At the same time, it was intended to prove that Tri Hita Karana indeed contained universal values whose concept and implementation did not discriminate in terms of ethnic group, race, an-

cestry and religion. Nevertheless, this expert of ethnomusicology hoped the object and valuation target of THK Awards were not only focused on tourism industry alone.

However, the ‘territory’ also needed expanding to reach out government agencies, schools/higher education institutions and other community groups.

“For the first stage, it is okay if the target is focused on tourism industry. However, in the future I also hope the target is gradually expanded. Community groups beyond tourism also need to be more motivated to implement the values of Tri Hita Karana into real action,” he suggested.

As higher education institution being very concerned with the conservation efforts of the values of Balinese indigenous wisdom, Rai and Yudha Triguna claimed to be ready to support the success of Tri Hita Karana Awards. One of the supports was in the form of their readiness to prepare credible assessors to conduct objective assessment to tourism industry that were eligible to receive the awards like THK Awards. (BTN/ian)

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Balinese Culture Bukakak Ritual to Invoke Safety of Plants Bali has a variety of distinctive rituals to invoke safety of the farmerowned plants. In the Badung and Tabanan region, local farmers often organize Nangluk Merana or pest prevention and mouse Ngaben cremation. Meanwhile, at the Giri Mas Customary Village, Sawan Subdistrict, people also hold a unique and matchless ritual in the so-called Ngusaba Uma or better known as the Bukakak procession.

As happened on Sunday (Mar 20), thousands of residents, ranging from farmers to employees and officials organized the Bukakak ritual procession along the village and subak road. Most residents consisted of supporting devotees of Subak Temple and Giri Mas Dangin Yeh customary villagers, Sawan Subdistrict. The procession drew extensive attention of residents in Buleleng so that many residents from outside the Giri Mas Customary Village were also present to enliven the festive ceremony.

From the morning, thousands of people had come down to the streets of the village. They were preparing themselves to carry the ritual paraphernalia called Bukakak. The procession of parading the Bukakak was really awaited by citizens, both those getting involved in the procession and those who only watched the procession. Bukakak was made from materials such as bamboo and young palm leaves. The Bukakak paraphernalia contained oblation and roasted

suckling pig. The ingredients themselves were then carried hilariously by local youth and followed by other citizens. Before carrying the ritual paraphernalia, teenagers and other villagers attended a purificatory ritual in order they could run the biennial procession successfully.

Bukakak procession is indeed a tradition celebrated in a solemnity and delight through generations. It is conducted as a form of devotional offerings to Goddess Sri for the safety handed down to subak members and customary villagers of Mas Giri. As an agrarian society, the ceremony is certainly aimed at pleading for crops especially the rice plant that supports the life of local residents and those of other village could survive from the attack of pests and diseases. “We believe, by organizing this offering our rice and other crops can survive from the dangers of disease,” said Jero Mangku Subrata.

To hold the ceremony, supporting devotees estimated to reach more than a thousand families paid a donation. Preparation of the ceremony had been made since last week. As other ceremonies, the Bukakak ritual was also preceded by a Melasti procession on Tuesday (Mar 15) and then resumed with Ngusaba Uma on Wednesday (Mar 16), ngembang and picking up the deities on Thursday (Mar 17). After the procession, it was held the Ngusaba Dalem Segara on Friday (Mar 18) and peak of the

ritual fell on Saturday (Mar 19) right on the full moon in the tenth month of Balinese calendar and the procession ended with the implementation of Bukakak procession on Sunday.

Procession of the ritual was preceded by fetching the deities abiding in Gunung Sekar Temple. It is about 100 meters to the east of the Subak Temple. All paraphernalia including the Bukakak were paraded from the Subak Temple to Gunung Sekar Temple. From the Gunung Sekar the paraphernalia were then paraded back to a number of temples in the Sawan subdistrict such Sangsit Village Temple, Beji Temple and Beten Bekul Temple.

In the meantime, the local residents had confidence that their plants would survive from plant disease as their regions had been passed through by the Bukakak procession.

“Local villagers here believe that crops in the areas traversed by the procession would be fertile, so that many residents requested in order their plants could be trampled by the youth carrying the Bukakak,” said Jro Mangku Subrata.

As the end of the series of Ngusaba Uma ritual, it was resumed with the closing ceremony on Sunday (Mar 20) evening. In the closing ritual, residents danced while delivering plaus oblation as an expression of devotion because they had successfully implemented the whole series of ceremony. (BTN/kmb)

SAYUR PAKIS OVERVIEW: Fern tips also know as fiddleheads, have delightful, spinach like flavor.

INGREDIENTS: 400 gr (12 ½ oz) young fern tips 3 cloves garlic 4 cm (1 ½ in) kencur root, peeled and chopped 4 - 7 bird’s eye chilies 2 tbsp oil ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushed PREPARATION: 1. Blanch fern tips in boiling water and cool under running water. Drain and dry thoroughly.

2. Place all remaining ingredients in a food processor and blend coarsely, or grind in a stone mortar.

3. Combine this mixture with the vegetables and mix well. Serve at room temperature. (www.baliguide.com/ balifood)

KAMBING MEKUAH (Balinese Lamb Stew)

OVERVIEW: Goat is more likely to be used than lamb in Bali to make this curry – like dish.

INGREDIENTS: 600 gr boneless lamb leg or shoulder cut in 2cm(3/4 in) cubes 2 tbsp oil 1 cup basic spice paste 1 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed 1 tbsp white vinegar 12 whole cardamom pods (kapulaga), braised and ground 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 1½ cups chicken stock 2 cups coconut milk, light PREPARATION: 1. Heat oil in heavy saucepan, add spice paste and coriander seeds and sauté for 2 minutes over medium heat. Add lamb, cardamom (kapulaga), lemon grass, 1½ cups chicken stocks and vinegar, bring to boil and simmer until ¾ cooked.

2. Add coconut milk, bring to boil and simmer until meat is tender. Should the sauce reduce too much, add a little chicken stock. The sauce should be creamy in consistency.

3. Serve with steamed rice of compressed rice cakes, fried shallots, lemon sliced and sliced celery. (www.baliguide.com/balifood) C.045 ibp

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Rambut Siwi Temple IBP

Rambut Siwi Temple is one of the biggest Hindu Temples in Bali located in Negara regency, west part of Bali. It is a beautiful Hindu shrine set in the cliff bank with wide Indian Ocean just in front of the temple. This temple has been renovated and moved to the top of hill for better location of worshiping to the god. Rambut Siwi Temple or local people call Pura Rambut Siwi is supported by the local resident including the maintenance, ceremony and other activities.

The local believe that every temple in Bali keep secret of holy including Rambut Siwi Temple. This temple owns the representative temple building which is set beside of main road from Denpasar to Gilimanuk. We can see all cars driven by local Hindu people will stop for a while in this temple for worshiping to get the god bless of securing during the journey.

It is the same local people do at other temples in Bali like Gua Lawah and Pulaki Temple. The main temple located in cliff bank and blessed by the breathtaking view of the Indian Ocean. From the top of the

cliff, we can see the old temple building on the ground and just in front of the ocean. Meanwhile the beautiful panorama of the blue Indian Ocean will add the impression of your experience. It is opened for tourist destination in west part of Bali and the right place to visit during your vacation in this island.

Rambut Siwi Temple is one of big temple in Bali located in Yeh Embang Kangin countryside, Mendoyo district and Jembrana regency. It is about 2.5 hours drives from Denpasar town go to the west part of Bali or 45 minutes drive from Negara town. This temple is daily taken care by a group of community which is called ‘Pangempon’ come from Pekutatan district. It is simple way to reach this temple from Denpasar and just follow the main road to Gilimanuk. On the way to Gilimanuk, in particular of entering the regency of Jembrana area, you will find out a temple in the left side where most of the cars stop. Rambut Siwi Temple is visited by many tourists and it is one of the tourist destinations in Bali or Places of Interest in Bali.

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BUSINESS New BOJ board members warn against debt underwriting

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TOKYO - A new Bank of Japan board member, Koji Ishida, said on Wednesday the central bank should avoid directly underwriting government debt because doing so could destabilize financial markets.

The BOJ’s underwriting of government debt would give markets the impression that financial markets are having difficulty absorbing bonds and could trigger a sovereign rating downgrade by ratings agencies, Ishida said at a lower house parliament committee.

“That would destabilize financial markets that are currently stable, so it should be avoided,” Ishida said.

Sayuri Shirai, another new member of the BOJ’s board, also reiterated the central bank’s opposition toward underwriting government debt.

“I know Japan is now faced with difficulties. But that is why it’s important to ensure market trust,” (in Japan’s abil-

ity to manage its finances) she said.

Credit rating agencies have threatened to downgrade Japan’s sovereign rating unless it comes up with tax and social welfare reforms to rein in its huge public debt which, at double the size of its $5 trillion economy, is the biggest among major industrialized nations.

Some lawmakers have urged the BOJ to directly underwrite debt so the government can fund spending for reconstruction from the devastating earthquake in March without selling more bonds in the market.

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano have shrugged off the idea, but some analysts

say calls on the central bank to buy more bonds may gain momentum when the government compiles a third extra budget set to involve big spending for post-quake reconstruction.

The central bank strongly opposes underwriting bonds, or printing money to finance government debt, warning that doing so would hurt market trust in Japan’s finances and could trigger a spike in longterm interest rates.

Ishida, a veteran banker and a former leasing company head, joined the board last m o n t h , s u c c e e d i n g Ta d a o Noda, also a former bank executive. Shirai, a former IMF economist, joined the board in April.

Australian consumers ‘disturbingly’ grim: survey Associated Press Writer

MELBOURNE - Consumer confidence in Australia plunged to “disturbingly low” levels in July, with the kind of slide usually associated with major economic shocks, a survey found Wednesday.

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index dropped 8.3 percent from June to a reading of 92.8, a “surprisingly weak result” given Australia was experiencing a mining boom with near-full employment, low inflation and solid growth.

“It appears that a combination of concerns over the European financial crisis, the ongoing impact of the seven interest rate hikes between October 2009 and November 2010, and uncertainty about the introduction of a price on carbon are now really undermining the confidence of consumers,” said Westpac chief economist Bill Evans.

IMF names first Chinese managing director

The monthly index is compiled from a survey of 1,200 Australians. Scores below 100 indicate pessimists outweigh optimists.

The latest survey was taken just ahead of Canberra’s unveiling of its pollution tax package, which will see the nation’s top 500 polluters levied Aus$23 (US$24.44) per tonne of carbon they spew into the atmosphere from mid-2012.

Evans said sentiment was at its lowest since May 2009 when the uncertainty from the global financial crisis was still being strongly felt.

The only other time Australians had been so pessimistic was after the former conservative government introduced a 10 percent goods and services tax in 2000, which also coincided with the bursting of the dot com bubble, he said.

“Not only is the level of the index disturbingly low but the sheer magnitude of the fall is also remarkable,” said Evans.

“Such large falls have typically been associated with a major event such as an interest rate increase; a spike in petrol prices; the collapse of Lehmans; or recession fears,” he added.

The slump was sharpest among higher-income earners, who will benefit least from the raft of household compensation measures which will accompany the pollution tax, with their confidence diving 11.1 percent.

Sentiment was also grim among mortgage holders, down 16.5 percent, as the Reserve Bank persisted with hawkish rhetoric about interest rates, which have been held at the relatively high level of 4.75 percent since November.

The Australian dollar was little changed by the data, down to $1.0627 from an earlier reading of $1.0638. It dropped as low as $1.0580 before bouncing to $1.0633 on stronger than expected Chinese growth.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday named Chinese economist Zhu Min to a new deputy managing director’s position, in a recognition of China’s huge power in the global economy.

The IMF also named White House aide David Lipton to the Fund’s numbertwo position, replacing outgoing first deputy managing director John Lipsky.

They were the first appointments made by new IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, who arrived last week promising a greater role for the world’s large emerging economies, currently under-represented on the IMF board and management.

Zhu, 58, has been a special adviser to the IMF managing director since 2010. While a fourth deputy managing director position was created generally for an emerging economy representative, it was widely expected that someone from China, the world’s second-largest economy, would fill it.

The former central banker “brings a wealth of experience in government, international policy making and financial markets, strong managerial and communication skills as well as an institutional understanding of the Fund, and I look forward to his counsel,” Lagarde said in a statement.

The economist also worked six years at the World Bank.

Lipton, 57, President Barack Obama’s adviser on international economic affairs and a former IMF staffer, was named as first deputy managing director, a position always held by an American since 1946. A gentleman’s agreement has allowed Europeans to keep the top position in the Fund since then.

Lagarde praised Lipton for his “international expertise, public sector policy making and private sector experience, and a proven track record in economic crisis management.”

Lipton will start at the Fund at the end of this month, while Lipsky, who has been deeply involved in Europe’s debt talks as the IMF representative, will remain as a special adviser to Lagarde through November.

Both Lipton and Zhu have to be approved by the IMF board of directors, but that is seen as a formality.

There are two other deputy managing directors: US-BritainEgypt triple-national Nemat Shafik, appointed on April 11, and Japanese national Naoyuki Shinohara.

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‘Frightened’ Halle Berry granted restraining order Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Halle Berry on Tuesday obtained a restraining order against a man who was taken into custody outside her home hours earlier, the third such arrest in as many days.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Goodson ordered Richard Franco, 27, to stay 100 yards (90 meters) away from Berry and her young daughter if he is released from jail. It was Franco’s third arrest for trespassing at the Oscar-winning actress’ home in three days.

“This person has jeopardized not only my personal safety, but also the safety and well-being of my family,” Berry wrote in a

sworn declaration. “This person has invaded and trampled upon the most fundamental sense of security I have, and I am extremely frightened of him and what he might do to me or those I love.”

Berry said Franco had come within a foot of her on Sunday, when he apparently followed her to her kitchen door. The actress wrote she was able to lock the door and call police before Franco got into her home. Franco was also spotted by Berry and her manager at the actress’ home on Saturday, according to court files.

Off-duty police officers hired by Berry to patrol her property saw Franco scale a security gate at her home late Monday. Berry wrote she was home alone with her 3-year-old daughter when Franco was arrested that night.

He remained jailed in lieu of $150,000 bail on Tuesday.

A hearing on whether to extend the order for three years was scheduled for Aug. 1.

Berry won the best actress Academy Award in 2001 for her role in “Monster’s Ball.”

REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is surrounded by fans at Ballhausplatz in Vienna, June 21, 2011.

Schwarzenegger to return to acting in ‘Last Stand’ Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger said he’d be back. The former governor of California will return to acting with a starring role in the Lionsgate film “Last Stand.” Schwarzenegger will play a border-town sheriff who unwittingly finds himself battling a notorious drug kingpin on the run.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File

FILE - In a May 25, 2011 file photo, actress Halle Berry attends The Fragrance Foundation’s 2011 FiFi Awards at The Tent at Lincoln Center, in New York.

Joe Drake, president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said Schwarzenegger will “bring incredible magnetism” to the character of Sheriff Owens.

The role represents Schwarzenegger’s first major movie role since 2003’s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.” He made a cameo appearance in last summer’s “The Expendables.” Drake said Schwarzenegger’s appearance in

that film “electrified the audience” and that he expects the action starturned-politician to bring that same energy to this Western tale.

The film will be directed by Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon. No shooting or release date was ann o u n c e d .

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Creator of ‘Brady Bunch,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’ dies Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of two of the best-remembered TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” has died at age 94. Great niece Robin Randall said Schwartz died at 4 a.m. Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was being treated for an intestinal infection and underwent several surgeries. His wife, Mildred, and children had been at his side.

Sherwood Schwartz and his brother, Al, started as a writing team in TV’s famed 1950s “golden age,” said Douglas Schwartz, the late Al Schwartz’s son.

“They helped shape television in its early days,” Douglas Schwartz said. “Sherwood is an American classic, creating ‘Brady Bunch’ and ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ iconic shows that are still popular today. He continued to produce all the way up into his 90s.”

Sherwood Schwartz was working on a big-screen version of

“Gilligan’s Island,” his nephew said. Douglas Schwartz, who created the hit series “Baywatch,” called his uncle a longtime mentor and caring “second father” who helped guide him successfully through show business.

Success was the hallmark of Sherwood Schwartz’s own career. Neither “Gilligan” nor “Brady” pleased the critics, but both managed to reverberate in viewers’ heads through the years as few such series did, lingering in the language and inspiring parodies, spinoffs and countless standup comedy jokes.

Schwartz had given up a career in medical science to write jokes for Bob Hope’s radio show. He went on to write for other radio and TV shows, including “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” He dreamed up “Gilligan’s Island” in 1964. It was a Robinson Crusoe story about seven disparate travelers who are marooned on a deserted Pacific Island after their small boat wrecks in a storm.

Daniel Ketchell confirmed Tuesday that Schwarzenegger will appear in “Last Stand” but did not elaborate.

Schwarzenegger said in May that he was putting his acting projects on hold after disclosing that he fathered a child with a family housekeeper and splitting with wife Maria Shriver.

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Dirty socks ‘could help fight malaria’

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A cameraman sets up a shot of a Tyrannosaurus rex “Growth Series” featuring a baby (C), juvenile (L) and young adult T. rex (R), in the all-new 14,000 square foot Dinosaur Hall permanent exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles July 7, 2011 during a press preview.

Twilight of the dinosaurs backed by new study Palaeontologists have fired a new salvo in a 30-year-old war of words over the theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a space rock that smashed into Earth some 65 million years ago. The hypothesis holds that an asteroid or comet whacked into the modern-day Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, igniting massive fires.

Billions of tonnes of wind-borne ash and dust filtered out light from the Sun, triggering a “nuclear winter” that cooled the planet and withered the vegetation on which the dinosaurs directly or indirectly depended. After a reign that had lasted more than 150 million years, smaller creatures able to survive in tougher circumstances inherited the planet, notably mammals and the dinosaurs’ avian offshoots, birds.

Not so, declare naysayers. They do not contest the evidence for the

Cretaceous-Tertiary impact but instead contend that dinosaurs had already petered out long before the cosmic smashup.

Their argument for this is a thick layer of sediment in the US states of eastern Montana and western North Dakota which is a treasure trove of dinosaur fossils. A three-metre (10feet) layer deposited before the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary is devoid of dinosaur fossils, they say.

This means the dinosaurs must have gradually become extinct long

before the impact, possibly through climate change or shifting sea levels, they suggest. The issue became enshrined in palaeontological debate as “the three-metre gap.”

But scientists reporting on Wednesday in Biology Letters, a journal of Britain’s Royal Society say they now have found solid evidence to rebut the revisionists.

A team led by Tyler Lyson of Yale University has discovered a 45-centimetre (20-inch) brow horn from a ceratops dinosaur located just 13 centimetres (five inches) below the line where the Cretaceous-Tertiary sediment first begins. They found it in the Hell Creek formation of southeastern Montana, at a hill known as Camel Butte.

THE odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said Wednesday.

Dr. Fredros Okumu, of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, discovered through an experiment that mosquitoes were more attracted to the odor of filthy feet than to live humans sleeping in the same area.

“We had an experimental house with a human being sleeping inside and a second experimental house with a synthetic mixture,” he told AFP by telephone. “We realized that we were getting four times more mosquitoes going into the house with (the) synthetic mixture,” which, when doused with insecticide, killed the bugs.

“When mosquitoes are crossing the compound, they sense something that they think it is a human being. They attempt to bite that person or that device and... instead of getting blood

they get killed.”

His findings have earned him a $775,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Canadian NGO Grand Challenges to install the devices in a number of Tanzanian villages to measure their effect on public health.

The devices are to be placed outside homes in order to complement life-saving nets and repellents. “We were attracted to that idea because it is a bold idea, it’s creative, it’s innovative,” Peter Singer, Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada, told AFP. “Who would have thought that a life-saving technology could be lurking in your laundry basket?”

Malaria claimed 781,000 lives in 2009, according to the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO), which is heading efforts to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets and to spray reproduction sites.

About 90 percent of malaria deaths each year occur in Africa and 92 percent of those are children aged under five.

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A mosquito is bloated with blood as it inserts its stinger into human flesh. The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, according to a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa

Chinese man makes iPad look-a-like from scratch AN enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford it — DIY. In a 20-minute video posted on Youku — the Chinese YouTube

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A man navigates through the new iPad 2, April 2011. An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford it

equivalent — Liu Xinying demonstrates how to assemble an iPad look-a-like using computer parts, a touch screen and a case with a keypad, to the sound of metal music.

At the end of the video dubbed “DIY IPAD 3”, the IT whizz shows off the finished version — an apparently functional tablet computer that looks like a thick iPad but runs on Windows, an operating system made by rival Microsoft.

News of Liu’s apparent feat spread on several foreign and Chinese technology websites, as well as on the nation’s Twitter-like Weibo service.

When contacted by AFP, the 21year-old from the eastern province of Shandong said that since he posted the video online a month ago, he has knocked back requests from a dozen pepole wanting him to make them a DIY iPad. “I did this for fun,” said Liu, who works at a computer store in Jinan city.

“It cost me 2,000 yuan ($309) to make it, so I guess that’s how much it’s worth.” By comparison, the cheapest 16-gigabyte version of the iPad 2 sells for 3,688 yuan in China, while the most expensive 64gigabyte model costs 5,288 yuan.

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Uruguay to face Argentina, Chile beat Peru Reuters

LA PLATA - Uruguay eliminated Mexico from the Copa America on Tuesday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Argentina, while Chile finished top of Group C after a 1-0 win over Peru. Mexico, who were effectively fielding an under-22 side at the Copa, exit the competition after three consecutive losses.

Chile topped the group, with Uruguay in second place and Peru third. All three sides progress to the quarter-finals, although Chile and Peru will have to wait until Wednesday to find out who they face next.

“I congratulate Chile, their coach Claudio Borghi and the players,” Peru coach Sergio Markarian said afterwards. “In my opinion, and with all respect to all the other teams, Chile have played the best football in the competition over their three matches.”

World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay, having drawn their opening two matches, took the lead through Alvaro Pereira after 14 minutes, the midfielder taking advantage of a deflection from a Diego Forlan free kick to bury the loose ball from close range.

The Uruguayans dominated much of the match but failed to add to their score. Forlan hit the inside of the post with a low shot in the 30th minute and it was only in the final 20 minutes that Mexico turned up

the heat. They appeared to have equalised in the 89th minute through Rafael Marquez but his effort was ruled out for offside.

The Uruguay-Argentina quarterfinal pits the two most successful teams in the Copa America against one another. Both teams have won South America’s most prestigious competition 14 times. Chile, looking to win the competition for the first time, needed a 92nd minute own goal from Andre Carillo to beat a stubborn Peruvian side in Mendoza.

Carillo inadvertently bundled the ball into his own net after a scramble in the six-yard box from a corner.

The result means Chile will play whoever finishes second in Group B in the quarter-finals in San Juan next weekend. That could be Brazil, Paraguay or Venezuela.

Both Chile and Peru ended the match with 10 men, Chile’s Jean Beausejour and Peru’s Giancarlo Carmona sent off after an hour for their part in a melee that drew in all 22 players.

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Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan shoots while Mexican Hector Reynoso tries to block him during a 2011 Copa America Group C first round football match held at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires, on July 12, 2011.

Corinthians offer to bring Tevez back rejected - reports Reuters SAO PAULO - Corinthians have made an offer to Manchester City to bring Carlos Tevez back to Brazil, club president Andres Sanchez said on Tuesday, although British media reported that the bid had already been rejected.

“When I was in Argentina (recently), I spoke to Tevez’s agent.

(Tevez) wants to return to South America and Corinthians have made an offer,” Sanchez told a news conference.

The offer to City is 40 million euros ($57 million) to be paid in four tranches from the club’s TV broadcasting income, which is worth about 100 million Brazilian real ($64 million) per annum, said a club source who wished to remain anonymous.

“If the deal goes through, the contract with Tevez would be for a minimum of four years,” Sanchez said, adding it would have to be completed quickly because the transfer window for players coming into Brazil from abroad closes on July 20.

“Now it depends on Manchester City. A deal is close but if by Sunday we have no official an-

Former Liverpool defender Riise joins Fulham Reuters

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Argentina’s footballer Carlos Tevez laughs in a training session during the 2011 Argentina Copa America, in Buenos Aires on July 8, 2011. nouncement, it’s unlikely he’ll come this year.”

Tevez, who helped Corinthians win the Brazilian championship in 2005, and is now with Argentina

at the Copa America in his home country, issued a statement last week saying for personal reasons he no longer wished to stay at Premier League City.

LONDON - Norway defender John Arne Riise completed his move from AS Roma to Fulham on Wednesday, saying he was delighted to be back in the Premier League and looking forward to joining his brother Bjorn Helge at Craven Cottage.

Fulham said on their website (www.fulhamfc.com) that the 30year-old had signed a three-year deal for an undisclosed sum.

Riise, who spent seven years at Liverpool and was a member of their 2005 Champions Leaguewinning team, has been at Roma for three years.

“I’m delighted to have completed my transfer to Fulham this morning and am looking forward to playing in the Premier League once again,” Riise told the website. “Fulham is a club that I have been following as my brother, Bjorn, plays here and he

speaks very highly of the club and the staff.

“Obviously I also played against the club in the Europa League group stage when they went on to reach the final of the competition.”

Riise became new manager Martin Jol’s second signing of the close season, following the arrival of Hungarian goalkeeper Csaba Somogyi. Jol told the website: “John Arne Riise is an experienced international leftback, who will bring a number of qualities to our squad and provide more options for me.

“He is used to performing at the very highest level for both club and country and is an accomplished player defensively, who can also contribute to our attacking play.”

Riise will start training next week and will not take part in Fulham’s Europa League qualifier against Crusaders in Belfast on Thursday.

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Durant: Yao deserves to be in Hall of Fame Associated Press Writer

TIANJIN, China — Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant says it is “tough” to see Yao Ming retire and that the player deserves to be in the basketball Hall of Fame.

Durant said during a promotional tour in China on Tuesday that it has been an honor to play against the 7foot-6 Houston Rockets center. Yao is expected to announce at a news conference on July 20 that he’s retiring from the NBA after nine seasons because of leg and foot injuries.

“Tough, man, tough to see a great player and a great competitor like Yao Ming leave the game after being injured a few years,” Durant said during a stop in the city of Tianjin, east of Beijing. “As a player, you come into the league, the first thing somebody asks you is what you want to do when you get here, and a lot of players say, ‘I want to dunk over Yao Ming.’ So you can tell how much impact he has in the game.

“He comes in, he works every day and you can tell that he’s never in trouble and he sets such a good example for the players coming into

the league.” Asked if he thought Yao should have a place in the basketball Hall of Fame, Durant said the Chinese player deserves the honor because he has done a lot for the game.

“It was exciting to watch such a tall guy but that can shoot the basketball and put so much pressure on your defense by playing down low, and also his defense, too,” Durant said. “He does so much for the game, and he does deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.

“He’s so dominant in the game, and he changed the game by him just running up and down the floor.”

Yao boosted the popularity of the basketball league in China and throughout Asia, spiking merchandise sales and TV ratings for games after the Rockets made him the top overall pick in the 2002 draft.

The 30-year-old Yao has missed 250 regular-season games over the past six seasons because of injuries.

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Scoring champion Kevin Durant, left, gives a demonstration of his summer practice routine to children during the annual Kevin Durant youth basketball camp at Heritage Hall, Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in Oklahoma City.

Cavendish poised to resume N. Korea ‘wants to normal service on stage 11 share 2018 Games’ Reuters

BLAYE LES MINES, France - Mark Cavendish should have his usual lead-out train in full throttle again as he chases his 18th Tour de France victory in the 11th stage on Wednesday.

The 167.5-km almost flat route between Blaye les Mines and Lavaur ends with a 2,000-meter straight finish that will favor the collective efforts of Cavendish’s HTC-Highroad team when it comes to the final sprint.

Briton Cavendish, arguably the fastest sprinter in the world, lost out to fierce rival Andre Greipel

of Germany on Tuesday after the Manxman was forced to do the sprint on his own with some 500 meters left.

“This stage should suit Mark better,” HTC-Highroad sports director Allan Peiper told reporters.

France’s Thomas Voeckler is likely to spend his second and penultimate day in the yellow jersey as the race will enter the Pyrenees on Thursday where the battle between the overall contenders will start at last.

The big guns will stay one more day in the warmth of the peloton as three-times champion Alberto Contador is still nursing a knee problem.

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Andre Greipel of Germany, rear, pushes his wheel over the finish line ahead of second place Mark Cavendish of Britain, left, to win the 10th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 158 kilometers (98.2 miles) starting in Aurillac and finishing in Carmaux, south central France, Tuesday July 12, 2011.

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North Korea would like to share some events in the 2018 Winter Olympics with South Korea, a senior North Korean sports official was quoted as saying Wednesday. Jang Ung, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said it was “positive” for Asia to host only its third Winter Games, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported from Tokyo Asked about the possibility of sharing some events with host town Pyeongchang, Jang replied, “I hope so.” “The political and military situations between the Koreas aren’t good and they have to be improved,” Jang was quoted as saying.

“Otherwise, they could influence the Olympics.”

Jang was visiting the Japanese capital for the general assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia. Pyeongchang, making its third bid for the Winter Olympics, secured the right to host the 2018 event in an IOC vote last week.

The South’s ruling and opposition parties have agreed to try to have North and South Korea field a unified team and train players jointly. But Sohn Hak-Kyu, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, went further Monday and said he would

explore ways for them to co-host the event.

He said the Games should become “a turning point in the history of the divided Korean peninsula, as well as in global peace”. The North in 2007 publicly backed Pyeongchang’s bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and athletes from the two nations marched together at the Summer Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.

But relations have worsened sharply in recent years and there was no joint march in Beijing in 2008 or at the Asian Games in China last year.

An opinion poll released Monday showed 57.5 percent of South Koreans support a unified team while 30.5 percent are opposed. But 73.3 percent rejected the idea of co-hosting the event. The Korea Times said any co-hosting plan was premature and would need IOC approval. It recalled attacks by the North apparently aimed at disrupting two previous international sports events in the South.

In November 1987, the North’s agents blew up a Korean Air plane in mid-air in an apparent attempt to dissuade people from attending the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

And a naval battle between the two sides broke out during the South’s cohosting with Japan of the football World Cup in 2002.

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Stoner expects strong Sachsenring “We’ve always been pretty fast there and I’m sure with the Honda we can be competitive” - Casey Stoner. So far this season, Casey Stoner hasn’t gone more than two races without a win. The 2011 title leader will be aiming to continue that form in Germany this weekend, and in doing so dampen Jorge Lorenzo’s renewed confidence.

Yamaha’s reigning world champion Lorenzo has closed to within 19 points of Stoner after his second victory of the season, and first in the dry, last time at Mugello. Lorenzo is the only rider other than Stoner to have won more than one race this year, the Australian scoring four victories from eight starts.

Stoner’s last win was at the wet British Grand Prix, and he has finished second and third in the two events since.

“I’m looking forward to going to Sachsenring, it’s a circuit where we’ve enjoyed good results in the past few years,” said the Repsol Honda rider. “The track is very tight and technical so it demands a different style of riding and we also need to set the bike up in a different way.

“It’s pretty tough on tyres as the majority of corners are long left handers so the wear on the left hand side

of the tyre is quite significant.

“It takes a lot of work to get a good set-up in order to have a good pace for the race distance. I really enjoy this race, the atmosphere is amazing and the countryside is beautiful. “We’ve always been pretty fast there and I’m sure with the Honda we can be competitive”.

Honda rider Australian Casey Stoner (R) concentrates next to his wife Adriana on the grid prior the start of the Moto GP race of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello track on July 3, 2011.

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Red Bull says Webber will stay on next year RED Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz says there are absolutely no doubts that Mark Webber will stay with the outfit next year, even after the team orders controversy. The team was involved in a row after asking Webber to ‘maintain the gap’ when fighting for second place with team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the latter stages of the British Grand Prix.

Webber admitted after the race that he had ignored the orders and that he was not happy about them. Despite the row, Mateschitz says Webber will get a new deal.

“Mark Webber will re-sign with us,” Mateschitz told AUTOSPORT. “This will happen for sure. He is very popular within the team, he feels very comfortable and it is an excellent relationship.

He knows this and we know it.

“To be honest, Mark has no better choice than the fastest car and we have no better choice for a fast driver.”

The Red Bull boss also admitted he was fine with Webber having tried to overtake Vettel despite the order given to him.

“This is no problem for us,” Mateschitz said.

“Sebastian realised that Fernando Alonso was gone and could not be caught anymore, so he backed down. This let Mark close in. He would be a very bad racer had he not tried to attack and gain a position.”

Third placed Red Bull Racing’s Australian driver Mark Webber celebrates on the podium at the Silverstone circuit on July 10, 2011 in Silverstone after the Formula One Grand Prix.

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