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Friday, October 14, 2016 Nicole Kidman poses alongside Dev Patel as they arrive for the gala screening of the film “Lion”, during the 60th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival at Leicester Square in London, Britain October 12, 2016.

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Nicole Kidman drew on own adoption experience for ‘Lion’ REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON - Nicole Kidman said her own experience of adopting children led her to her latest role, playing an Australian mother who adopts an Indian child in “Lion,” which made its London Film Festival premiere on Wednesday.

“Lion,” which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 25, follows the true story of Saroo Brierley, played

by British actor Dev Patel, who was separated from his family in central India aged 5 when he accidentally boarded a train to Calcutta.

As a lost child unable to remember where his home is, Saroo is put up for adoption and taken in by an Australian couple. Years later as a grown man living a successful life in Australia, Saroo tries to find his family using

satellite images from Google Earth and confronts new challenges as his past life collides with his present.

Australian actress Kidman, 49, who adopted two children with her ex-husband, actor Tom Cruise, said that was the reason she was drawn to play Sue Brierley, Saroo’s adopted mother.

“I was drawn to her and she wanted me to play her, which I loved,” Kidman said.

“I still wanted every moment

that was on screen to be full of her story and her truth ... and that’s almost harder than being the lead because it’s trying to put all of those complicated emotions and ideas into small scenes,” she added.

Patel praised Kidman’s performance, saying “her performances come from a very authentic place and to share the screen with her really was a blessing.”

The 26-year-old London actor said he spent eight months preparing for the role and learning the Australian accent.

“I started off a bit Crocodile Dundee I think and then I had to be reigned in,” he quipped. (rtr)

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DENPASAR - Agricultural products of Bali should be optimally absorbed by tourism sector.

However, farmers do not surely know about the agricultural products needed by the sector. Not to mention when talking about quality and their ability to provide agricultural products sustainably.

“In Bali, we have agricultural products that should be able to be absorbed very optimally in tourism sector. For example, we have a hotel equipped with a restaurant, coffee shop and bar. Actually we have all the ingredients of the products sold in this tourism sector,” said Gede Wira, Chief of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali.

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Well-wishers weep and pray for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Siriraj hospital where he is residing in Bangkok, Thailand, October 13, 2016.

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Thailand’s King Bhumibol, world’s longest reigning monarch, dies at 88

BANGKOK - King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died peacefully on Thursday, was the world’s longest-reigning monarch, credited with restoring the influence of Thailand’s royalty during 70 years on the throne and earning the devotion of many of his subjects. For the majority of the country’s 68 million people, the king was a pillar of stability in rapidly changing times - Thailand embraced industrialisation during his reign but also saw its parliamentary democracy punctuated by 10 military coups, the most recent in May 2014.

King Bhumibol, who ascended the throne on June 9, 1946, was seen as a force for unity, and there have long been concerns that the political tensions that have riven Thailand over the past decade could

worsen after his death. That may be less likely under the regime of the leader of the most recent coup, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

The former general has held a tight grip on power since toppling the

remnants of Thailand’s last democratic government in 2014.

“His Majesty has passed away at Siriraj Hospital peacefully,” the palace said in a statement on Thursday, adding he died at 15:52 (0852 GMT).

Thailand has been divided for years between the royalist establishment and the red-shirted supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup. Telecommunications billionaire Thaksin, now in self-exile, built up a powerful patronage network that competed for power and opportunity with Thailand’s old-money order.

POOR HEALTH The king had been in poor health for some time, and has spent most of the past six years in Bangkok’s Siriraj hospital. King Bhumibol was re-admitted in May 2015 and was last seen in public in January, when he spent several hours visiting his Bangkok palace.

The Royal Household Bureau in its statement on Thursday did not give a reason for the king’s death.

The king been treated for a respiratory infection, a build up of fluid surrounding the brain and a swollen lung in the past few months.

From illuminated billboards in bustling Bangkok to portraits in

offices and millions of rural homes, Thailand is festooned with images of the jazz-loving king. King Bhumibol headed a conservative establishment that still wields considerable power 84 years after the abolition of absolute monarchy.

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From page 1 Wira added that Kadin Bali strives to synergize the seven components, namely legislative, universities and R & D, agribusiness and agro-industry players, farmers, non-governmental organizations, mass media as well as the executives to build the agricultural sector particularly through tourism. There should be a concrete movement to bring together the seven components mentioned above either farmers, academicians in technology development and facilitation, and government as regulator or policy maker with the entrepreneurs engaged in tourism.

Besides, all the components and users in the tourism field could sit together through an activity.

For instance, it can be arranged through cooking contest taking advantage of local agricultural raw materials. Through this contest, the academician can provide feedback to improve the quality of the local agricultural products. On the other side, farmers can get information about the agricultural products needed by tourism sector including its continuity.

Academician from Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University, I Ketut Suada, said that the role of Kadin Bali is very much required to channel the agricultural products of farmers. When associated with

the supply of agricultural products to hotels, Kadin is also expected to provide information. Primarily it is related to agricultural products required by hotels and how many should be prepared by farmers.

“So, when there has been the role of private sector, farmers will automatically merge in the groups yielding the products required,” he said. Suada added, when there has been information and the assurance of good price, farmers will certainly seek to produce. Chiefly all this time, farmers are reluctant to supply their agricultural commodities to hotels because the price is not appropriate and settlement of payment takes too long time.

“Kadin and local governments have the authority to make policy and regulates it,” he explained.

In the meantime, an academician from the Udayana University, Prof. I Made Supartha, Ph.D., said that consumers are now moving from traditional to semi-modern, and even modern market. Foreign travelers can be categorized as a consumer that moves to modern market. In the meantime, domestic travelers are classified into semimodern consumer, and not traditional consumers like the Balinese people.

“Now, they not only need freshness, the shape, color as well as eco labeling and food safety certificate.

If they have such characteristics, can our agricultural system with small skill fulfill it with traditional

agribusiness system, disintegrated and uncoordinated condition? It’s impossible,” he added.

This small skill, continued Supartha, should be changed in future into value chain that can run efficiently and effectively. It is primarily when creating value in tourism sector with modern and semi-modern consumers. Value is not always the matter of quality, but there must be a good service, and minimizing the cost and time.

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS “If it has good quality, inefficient system, high cost, small value and poor service, surely it will be not accepted,” he explained. According to Supartha, the value chain needs to be built in an integrated and coordinated manner. The main activity to be run must have supporting system such as human resources and technology. Although there have been many sophisticated technologies, farmers with ‘small skill’ are not possible to apply the

advanced technology.

“We have to innovatively use the technology by adapting to relevant conditions including the production,” he said. Supartha added that the system can only work if there is control system coordinating the farmers. In the meantime, the government is considered to have built farmers’ groups with unclear orientation or not oriented in the value where they only work if there are funds or projects. (kmb32)

manage the Nusa Penida water conservation area independently.

When met on Tuesday (Oct. 11), Regent Suwirta said the agency will be functioned to manage the Nusa Penida water conservation area as a whole. This agency will be filled in by professional people having capability of managing Nusa Penida well. With the agency, the government of Klungkung will get certainty regarding the tourist visits

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Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud

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Public service agency set to protect conservation areas

Other than being trampled, the damages to coral reef also happen due to the permanent pontoon blocking the access of sunlight very much required by coral reef.

Unfortunately, major companies and tourism entrepreneurs pay less attention to the protection of coral reef. For that purpose, the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, will immediately establish a local public service agency (BLUD) to

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Marine tourism activity harms coral reef

SEMARAPURA - Marine tourism activities in the water conservation area (KKP) of Nusa Penida start to harm the life of coral reefs in the vicinity.

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and the number of visitors doing activities in the Nusa Penida water conservation area.

Other than collecting levies to visitors that will be doing activities in Nusa Penida, this agency will then conserve and repair the coral reef considering the current contribution of tourism players in conservation is still minimal, while the damages caused by marine tourism activities continue to grow. For instance, some coral reefs under permanent pontoon are damaged and die as a result of not getting enough sunlight.

“When I went down to the

sea, all the coral reefs under the pontoon were dead. Under the pontoon belonging to Quicksilver, for instance, no single coral reef is alive,” he said.

Due to destruction of coral reef, the fish previously living around the reef finally goes away.

If this condition is allowed, within relatively short time the coral reef damage will destroy marine tourism that has just been revived.

He also asked the tourism players to still accompany their visitors who are enjoying marine tourism activities. It happens because

serious damages to coral reef occurred at some points due to being trampled and having direct contact with visitors.

He hoped this agency will be able to better manage the activities of tourism players in the conservation area. Later, the agency has the tasks to supervise the tourist activities in the water. “I will assign this task to Nusa Penida water conservation unit to make official report regarding the damages to coral reef in Nusa Penida. I will present this report in front of the employers,” he concluded. (dwa)

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The memorable launching of Ubud’s latest SPA Visesa SPA Lifestyle - Your Holistic Healing Experience

Desa Visesa Ubud as a destination has proudly announced the launching of VISESA SPA, a brand new level of spa treatment facilities, a balanced concept of healing senses and natural wellness. The event was highlighted with a walking distance tour within the village fromTaman Sari down to Permaculture wide spread fields all the way up to the newly opened Spa compound.

Along the way guests are indulged with Gamelan show, live cooking, food tasting, livefarming and of course sampling the heavenly Spa treatments, foot ritual and back massage,before enjoying BBQ dinner specially prepared by the chef and team.

About Visesa Spa

Visesa Spa is not an ordinary spa for body treatments, it is a blissful pampering spa for health,beauty and balance, your lifestyle of being pampered with more holistic Healing experience. Atreatment based on traditional knowledge that passed down through generations.

It is known as an authentic Bali

Usada concept, an ancient way to cure physical and mental ailments using healing techniques based on the practical use of Taru Pramana medicinal plants, herbs and spices.

The Bali Usada ultimate intention is to balance the embodied Sekala (seen) and the mental and spiritual Niskala (unseen), so the five elements; Fire (Teja), Earth (Pertiwi), Water(Apah), Air (Bayu) and Space (Akasha) can perform in harmony.

Visesa Spa natural caves and Balinese pavilions are mystical places with spectacular views on the surrounding jungle, outstanding places to experience blissful sensations of relaxation and wellness. The Spa at Visesa is about awakening your senses, a unique place combining holistic treatments in outstanding settings with consultation of genuine Balinese healers. Masters in various forms of eastern meditation in action, from Yoga to Tai-Chi, experts in healthy food andbeverages, all contribute to offer Vivesa’s guests an amazing range of signature healing practices.

Desa Visesa aims to help people rediscover and maintain the vertical and horizontal relationshipbetween mankind, nature and God Almighty in accordance to the Hindu philosophy of Tri HitaKarana. Offers uplifting activities to take curious guests on a journey that explores the island’sculture, nature and spiritual nuance through respectful interactions with the local community.

Engaging pastimes such as making offerings, traditional dance lesson and water blessing ceremonywill enable guests to experience Bali’s traditions on a more personal level. A vast area of permaculture gardening has been developed alongside productive rice fields that aretraditionally ploughed with cows and nurtured by a team of in-house farmers. Various fruit trees,palms, herbs and spices have also been planted to support the resort and provide a fresh supply oflocal produce. In Visesa, being eco-friendly is not an empty promise aiming at luring devoted guests,it’s a daily lifestyle at the core of our unique hospitality concept.

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This mystery Parisian stylist is going to be big on Instagram PA R I S There’s a new French style influencer making waves on Instagram, and while we don’t know his name (at least for now), his account is worth a follow if you love fashion. Vogue discovered the anonymous 23-yearold Parisian, who goes by the name “ Yo u t h S m h r ” on social media, and his identity remained under wraps for an interview with the magazine. “I really wanted to show my work first and not myself,” he wrote. “I decided to have my arms as my signature on every person I style. My face is not on camera, but my work is present.”

I t ’s t r u e — alongside every model is a set of arms reaching out as a stylist would while on a photo shoot. Although he has a modest following of around 5000, every post garners impressive engagement. For every like there’s a plethora of fashion fans commenting, tagging friends, or complimenting his work. The feed is beautifully curated, too.

Many of the layered, streetwearinspired looks are photographed outdoors against an industrial backdrop, and every look is as impeccably styled as the next. Get ready for some top-notch fashion inspo when you follow Youth Smhr on Instagram. (IBP/net)

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20 countries grace WCF Denpasar cultural carnival Bali presents ‘Ketug Bumi’ gamelan art

DENPASAR - Cultural Carnival in a series of the Word Culture Forum (WCF) as an international event was officially opened on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in the Puputan Badung (I Made Gusti Agung) public square.

It was opened officially by the Director General of Culture of Ministry of Education and Culture, Hilmar Farid, accompanied by the Mayor of Denpasar I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, Chairman

of the Denpasar House of Representatives I Gusti Ngurah Gede, Deputy Mayor of Denpasar IGN Jaya Negara and Regional Secretary of Denpasar AAN Rai Iswara, marked with the release of Chakra

Mandala Bhuana Budaya arrow.

The carnival was enlivened by the 20 countries posing the Word Culture Forum delegates including Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Greece, Poland, Argentina, Thailand, Bulgaria, Italy, Uzbekistan and Russia following the carnival.

Splendor of the cultural carnival is clearly visible from the vivacity of participants when performing

the arts and culture of their country.

Various arts and culture of each country were poured at Puputan Badung Square fused in happiness.

The art performance of various countries is also very interesting where Kazakhstan featured Kara Zhorga dance showing off the beauty of flexible Kazakhstan girl with her movement and reflecting the beauty of music.

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Cultural Carnival in a series of the Word Culture Forum (WCF) as an international event was officially opened on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in the Puputan Badung (I Made Gusti Agung) public square.

Taiwan also presented its arts denoting the combination of dance and martial arts entitled the Bruce Lee Taiwan Kung Fu Grand Master.

Then, Uzbekistan came with the appearance of four dances representing its four cities.

Indonesia featured Balinese art displayed by the students of the ISI Denpasar entitled Ketug Bumi fragmentary show denoting a new gamelan art inspired by the armies of Lord Indra when attacking the troops of Maya Denawa. It is associated with the music that can shake the universe and this new nuance is expected to arouse the spirit.

Aside from the arts, Denpasar city also displayed a variety of Balinese traditional cuisines in 15 booths presented to the participants and delegates as well as people of Denpasar for free.

Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, is very proud and grateful for the city of Denpasar having been chosen as the venue for Cultural Carnival of the Word Culture Forum 2016. This opportunity has become a valuable experience for the city of Denpasar to continuously improve professionalism in dealing with cultural art events.

“I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire delegates having participated in the Cultural Carnival. Hopefully, you could enjoy the comfort and get good impression in the city of Denpasar,” said Rai Mantra. (kmb12)

Souvenir producers at Malet Kuta Mesir Supply tourism area

MANY people think that souvenir products commonly encountered at tourist attractions in Bali such as Ubud and Kuta are entirely the products of local residents. However, the reality is not so. The products precisely come from the area of Bangli district, namely Malet Kuta Mesir hamlet, Tiga, Susut. Souvenir craft has been worked on by some people.

This home industry has been able to reduce unemployment.

Hamlet chief of Malet Kuta Mesir, I Ketut Redam, said that such wooden souvenir craft has been growing since 1990. People getting involved in it reach almost fifty percent. Other than serving as side job, some residents also make it a primary source of income. The products made are quite varied ranging from key chains, wall

decoration and business card holder to mini calendar. “This sector has become a source of income for many people,” he said recently.

Behind its development, marketing of these products in fact can just reach some regions such as Badung and Gianyar. It is still very difficult to realize wider marketing areas.

Responding to this, local government has given guidance, but only lasts for a few moments. “Coaching is only done for a few days. Crafters have not yet fully understood but the coaching already stopped. Hopefully, this can last sustainably. Moreover, younger generation has begun to get involved.

This is quite important,” he said.

Crafters also need to be given guidance ranging from the creation of products to finishing. All this time, the products taken by col-

lectors from Gianyar region are in half-finished condition. Indirectly it has an impact on the selling price.

“Our products are taken in halffinished. There (in Gianyar—Ed) is resumed with finishing. Having been sold to guests, it is claimed as their own product. Actually, the products are made here (Malet Kuta Mesir—Ed),” said Redam.

Other than souvenirs, some people of the hamlet close to Tampaksiring also make woven bamboo wall. Its design is quite complicated and has its own characteristics. The quality is not inferior to products of other regions. The selling price ranges from IDR 60,000 to IDR 70,000 per square meter. “The price depends on the motif. This also needs a help in the matter of marketing,” he said. (kmb45)

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This home industry has been able to reduce unemployment.

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Hundreds of children join Ngerebeg tradition at Tegallalang

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GIANYAR -Ngerebeg tradition in a series of piodalan or temple anniversary of Duur Bingin Temple at Tengah hamlet, Tegallalang, was held on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Uniquely, in the implementation of this tradition, it was followed by hundreds of children from seven hamlets in Tegallalang village having adorned themselves with various colors and knick-knacks.

From Wednesday afternoon around 11:00, one by one local boys with a variety of ornaments have thronged the Duur Bingin Temple. This is done as preparation for the implementation of the Ngerebeg ritual.

Until 12:00 shortly after the boys gather in the innermost temple courtyard, a series of the Ngerebeg ceremonies preparation was performed. It included saying prayers and asking for consumption (rice and lawar) done by megibung or sharing communal meals.

“This activity is specially intended for child devotional workers,” said chief of Tegallalang customary village, Made Jaya Kusuma. This particular activity is followed by boys from seven hamlets at Tegallalang namely the Penusuan, Tengah, Tegal, Triwangsa, Tegallalang, Gagah and Pejeng Aji. “Although the supporting devotee of this Duur Bingin Temple actually consists of five hamlets, but especially for children from the Gagah and Pejeng Aji hamlet are also included in this ritual,” he said.

He described that this ritual is also associated with the presence of Duur Bingin Temple which is different from the others.

The deity abiding at this temple is Ida Bhatara Ratu Gede in the form of a couple of

The Ngerebeg Tradition Barong Landung (male and female). “So this ritual has the meaning as expression of gratitude. After these children deliver the offerings in the form of fruits, flowers and others in the morning, in the afternoon they carry out the ritual,” he said.

He told that this ngerebeg tradition has been passed down through generations by society of Tegallalang customary village, estimated to have been practiced since the

thirteenth century and until now people do not dare to ignore it. “Aside from children, the adults also participate in the ngrebeg tradition from the beginning to finish. Our residents strongly believe if the ngrebeg ritual is not implemented, it can bring in disasters in the area of Tegallalang customary village,” he said.

This ngerebeg ritual starts from the front area of the Duur Bingin Temple. In the mean-

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time, children with a miniature of penjor from the stem of snakefruit trees then walk along10 km by surrounding Tegallalang village.

Implementation of this ritual also invited dozens of travelers who incidentally wanted to see the tradition. Moreover, local communities were seen cohesively sitting down in front of their home or art shop to witness the ritual performed every six months. (kmb35)

Organic villages in Gerokgak A corpse of foreigner found cultivate bananas and tangerines floating on the beach SINGARAJA - In addition to developing organic rice and red rice, Buleleng has initiated the cultivation of bananas and tangerines through organic techniques.

Development of the organic-based horticultural crops is located at Pemuteran and Pajarakan village.

It is done to address the market opportunities in need of horticultural crops with organic techniques.

The data obtained at the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency show that the development of organic banana at Pemuteran village spreads across 35 hectares by involving 35 farmers. On these lands farmers cultivate 13,500 banana trees, while tangerine is cultivated on 10 hectares of land. The development of organic bananas at Pejarakan is made on 20 hectares with the cultivation of 1,000 trees. Then, the area for tangerine orchard reaches 145 hectares. The

banana cultivation started in 2015 has produced.

The Head of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, said on Wednesday (Oct. 12) that organic-based agriculture continues to be encouraged recently. It is done to meet the market demand for agricultural commodities with organic techniques. In addition, the development is also carried out as the government’s efforts to increase the area of eco-friendly agriculture and reduce the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides.

“We all know that the market begins to seek many agricultural commodities cultivated with organic techniques. So, we try to respond to the opportunities while reducing the agriculture depending on fertilizers or chemical pesticides,” he said.

According to him, the development of organic bananas and tan-

gerines in Gerokgak was started in 2015 and continued up to this year.

Gerokgak was chosen because the area belongs to dry land and has the potential to cultivate tangerines or bananas. He cited, for tangerine, the soil condition needed is almost the same as in the eastern region of Buleleng, so the development in Gerokgak is also meant to revive the tangerine of Buleleng after the extinction due to the attack of Citrus Vein Phloem Degeneration (CVPD) disease several years ago.

“Dry land in the area (Gerokgak—Ed) is appropriate for banana or tangerine cultivation. We are optimistic that the development having been done by this farmer group will provide optimal results and continuously expand the agricultural areas implementing the organic techniques,” explained Swatantra. (kmb38)

MANGUPURA - When taking photo on the beach in front the Hotel Inaya Putri Bali, a foreign tourist saw a floating corpse on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Characteristics of the corpse are having the height of 174 centimeters, weight of 87 kilograms, a golden molar and only putting on gray shorts.

According to Denpasar Police officer, the discovery of the corpse occurred at 06:40, precisely in front of the lifeguard post and suspected of being a foreign national.

A staff of the Hotel Inaya, I Nyoman Astika, told that initially he heard the cry of tourists who were taking photos while watching sunrise. The tourist informed there was a floating corpse on the beach. Twenty minutes later, two lifeguards came and immediately pulled the corpse to the shore.

In the meantime, the lifeguard officer, Ketut Suradnyana, 53, said that he could check the victim’s body but was already dead.

The victim’s corpse was then taken to Sanglah Hospital by lifeguard van. “The victim is suspected of drowning and the identity is still unrevealed,” said another officer asking for anonymity.

Chief of Denpasar Water Police, Ketut Suparta, when asked for his confirmation justified the finding of the corpse. However, he could not confirm the origin of the victim because no identity is found. “I will check it first. Our members are still finding out the information in the field,” he said. (kmb36)

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A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014.

China urges Australia to be “cautious” on South China Sea

BEIJING - China hopes that Australia acts and speaks with caution on the South China Sea and that its words and actions on the matter match each other, a senior Chinese officer told the visiting head of the Australian Defence Force.

Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has previously drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over disputed islands in the South China Sea and supporting U.S. freedom of navigation exercises there.

However, Australia has not conducted a unilateral freedom of navigation voyage of its own.

Meeting in Beijing, Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Fan Changlong told Australia’s Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin that China hopes to push forward the healthy and stable development of bilateral military ties, China’s Defence Ministry said late

on Wednesday.

China “hopes that on the South China Sea issue the Australian side can speak and act cautiously, and that its words and deeds match”, the ministry paraphrased Fan as saying.

He did not elaborate.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea where about $5 trillion sea-borne trade passes annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims on parts of the sea, which is believed to have rich deposits of oil and gas.

China has been angered by U.S. freedom of navigation patrols in the South China Sea, while China’s

building of artificial islands there including new airstrips has rattled nerves around the region.

China says much of the building and reclamation work it has been doing in the South China Sea is to benefit the international community, including for civilian maritime navigation.

China claims almost all of the South China Sea, through which ships carrying about $5 trillion in trade pass every year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the sea, which is also believed to be rich in energy resources and fish stocks.

In July, an arbitration court in the Hague said China’s claims to the waterway were invalid, after a case was brought by the Philippines. Beijing has refused to recognise the ruling. (rtr)

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s safety inspectors twice extended an operating licence at a food and cigarette packaging plant in the capital Dhaka without making physical checks.

That breach of rules is now being investigated by the government after a fire at the Tampaco Foils factory killed at least 39 people last month.

The cause of the Sept. 10 blaze, the country’s worst industrial accident since the 2013 Rana Plaza tragedy in which more than 1,100 mostly garment workers died, is unknown. The plant’s owner, a former member of parliament, has gone missing.

Flammable materials stored on the factory floor, a gas leak, excessive use of gas and poorly positioned boilers are all being looked at as possible reasons.

Syed Ahmed, head of the department charged with inspecting factories and commercial buildings, said his inspectors should have visited Tampaco before renewing its licence, but did not, partly because of a shortage of staff.

“If we could have inspected the factory, then we may have noticed and could have taken action on those shortcomings, and this could have averted disaster,” Ahmed told Reuters.

He said the department had launched an internal review to identify who was responsible for signing the documents.

Interviews with Ahmed and more than 20 regulators, investigators, technicians and witnesses involved in the fire at the factory reveal a lack of oversight that the government is scrambling to fix.

While inspections of plants making clothes for global brands have increased significantly since Rana Plaza - many carried out by or on behalf of Western companies - other sectors that also supply international firms have had less attention.

“This disaster has opened our eyes to the fact that we must also focus on other factories,” Ahmed said.

Mikail Shipar, secretary of the Labour and Employment Ministry, said the government was investigating why Tampaco’s licence was renewed without a visit. The operating licence is one of several required, but among the most important. (rtr)

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Firefighters extinguish a fire at a packaging factory outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.

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BEIJING - China’s September exports fell 10 percent from a year earlier, far worse than expected, while imports unexpectedly shrank after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world’s second-largest economy may be short-lived.

grown 1.5 percent in August, the first expansion in nearly two years, on stronger demand for coal and commodities such as iron ore which are feeding a construction boom.

That left China with a trade surplus of $41.99 billion for the month, the lowest in six months, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday. Analysts had expected it to expand slightly to $53 billion.

The weaker trade readings could raise concerns about the other September data and thirdquarter GDP over the coming week. Economists had expected that data to show the economy was stabilising and perhaps even slowly picking up.

The import reversal raises questions over the strength of the recent recovery in domestic demand, Julian Evans-Pritchard at Capital Economics said in a note.

“This could be an early sign that the recent recovery in economic activity is losing momentum, although we would caution against reading too much into a single data point given the volatility of the trade figures,” he said. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla believes that Indonesia can be the role model for other countries in pursuit of peace amid the current global condition which is full of conflict and economic recession.

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A woman showers her son at a slum area built on stilts in a coastal area on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.

23 pregnant women in W Java`s Sukabumi infected with HIV

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Containers are seen unloaded from the Maersk’s Triple-E giant container ship Maersk Majestic, one of the world’s largest container ships, at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China, September 24, 2016. Picture taken September 24, 2016.

Tesco pulls Unilever goods in Brexit row after pound plunges

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Toast with Marmite sits on a kitchen counter in Manchester, Britain October 13, 2016.

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Disappointing China trade data spurs fears recovery may be faltering

The disappointing trade figures pointed to weaker demand both at home and aboard, and deepened concerns over the latest depreciation in China’s yuan currency, which hit a fresh six-year low against a firming U.S. dollar on Thursday.

“This comes on the heels of weak South Korean trade data, and it definitely make us worry about to what extent global demand is improving,” said Luis Kujis, head of Asia economics at Oxford Economics in Hong Kong.

Asian stocks tumbled to threeweek lows and U.S. stock futures and Treasury yields fell after the data, while copper prices in London slipped.

China’s exports had been expected to fall 3 percent, slightly worse than in August, as global demand for Asian goods remains stubbornly weak despite heading into what is usually the peak yearend shopping season.

Weaker demand for Chinese goods was seen in nearly all of its major markets in the U.S., Europe and much of Asia.

Imports shrank 1.9 percent, dashing hopes for a second rise in a row. Imports had unexpectedly

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LONDON - Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco pulled Unilever goods such as Marmite from its website in a pricing row sparked by the Brexit-induced plunge in the pound, one of the most vivid signs to date of how leaving the EU could hurt consumers.

The dispute between Tesco and one of the world’s biggest consumer goods companies means popular products such as Persil washing powder and PG Tips tea bags are not currently available via Tesco’s website, the country’s largest online grocer.

The June 23 vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and the biggest ever one-day fall in sterling against the dollar.

The pound is down 19 percent against the U.S. currency since the vote, forcing suppliers and retailers into a battle for profits as imported goods get more expensive.

Now that battle could be about to be played out on supermarket shelves.

Bernstein analyst Bruno Mon-

teyne, a former senior Tesco supply chain executive, said Tesco has typically one to two weeks’ stock.

“While politicians can deny reality, a shampoo produced on the continent is now 17 percent more expensive,” he said. “This isn’t about Tesco or Unilever but about all UK retailers and suppliers.”

Shortages of some of Britain’s best loved brands such as Marmite, a brown salty spread, or PG Tips tea bags in supermarkets would be a clear illustration for consumers of the turbulence unleashed by the Brexit vote. (rtr)

SUKABUMI - At least 23 pregnant women in the West Java city of Sukabumi have been infected with HIV as of September 2016, according to the local AIDS Control Commission (KPA).

“Women or housewives are vulnerable to HIV. In fact, quite a few pregnant women have tested positive for the yet incurable disease,” the chief of the commission, Achmad Fahmi said here on Wednesday.

The pregnant women tested positive for HIV while having medical checkups at pregnancy

checkup service posts and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) facilities at hospitals.

Fahmi, who is also deputy Sukabumi mayor said HIV transmission has affected not only commercial sex workers but also housewives through their infected husbands. According to data issued by the city health office last year, 51 housewives in Sukabumi lived with HIV, he said.

To prevent the spread of HIV in the city, local residents should shun activities which make them highly vulnerable to HIV infec-

tion, and have routine medical checkups, he said.

“We should not rule out the possibility that the number of HIV-infected housewives particularly pregnant women will continue to increase,” he said.

He said the commission has formulated a program to save the babies of HIV-positive pregnant women.

To date, 1,035 residents in Sukabumi live with HIV/AIDS, with housewives remaining atop the number of HIV/AIDSinfected persons, followed by commercial sex workers.(ant)

“We are facing the same challenges, but we should be grateful for the fact that Indonesia is in the middle of the spectrum and is much safer and more stable compared to other countries,” said Vice President Kalla in a press conference for Bridges: Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace in Dharmawangsa Hotel, South Jakarta, Wednesday.

The Vice President will be the honorary chairman for the international event in Indonesia, in which winners of Peace, Physics, Chemistry and Medical Nobel Prize will give public lectures and conduct dialogues with students from schools and universities.

He stated that Indonesia, with the biggest Moslem population in the world, provide an example to all countries across the globe regarding tolerance and mutual respect in coexisting with various communities.

“Indonesia is the country with the biggest Moslem population in the world, but it is also home to the Catholic, Protestant, Hindu and Buddha communities. Over all, Indonesia have successfully maintain national harmony and unity based on the five principles (Pancasila) and the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity),” he remarked.

Nobel winners who will attend the dialogue in Indonesia include recipients of 2007 Economy Nobel Professor Eric Stark Maskin, 2012 Peace Nobel H.E. Jose Manuel Barroso, 1979 Physics Nobel Professor Sheldon Lee Glashlow, 1993 Medical Nobel Dr Sir Richard J Roberts, 2003 Economy Nobel Robert Fry Eugle III, 1990 Physics Nobel Professor Jerome Isaac Friedman, and 2003 Chemistry Nobel Dr Peter Agre.

The Bridges Dialogue will be held from January to March 2017 in 12 universities and two high schools in Indonesia, including Airlangga University, Atmajaya Catholic University, Bandung Technology Institute, Bina Nusantara University, Gadjah Mada Uniersity, Padjajaran University, Petra Christian University, Prasetya Mulya University, Surabaya University, Udayana University, Jakarta National University, University of Indonesia, Bina Nusantara School Simprug and IPEKA Integrated Christian School.

Other than Indonesia, the Dialogue initiated by the International Peace Foundation in Vienna, Austria will also be held in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore.(ant)

Navy foils attempt of smuggling in goods JAKARTA - The quick reaction team of the Tanjung Balai Karimun Naval Base has foiled an attempt of smuggling in goods shipped from neighboring Malaysia aboard MV Citra Indah. MV Citra Indah is one of the vessels which have become the target of the quick reaction teams operations, Commander of the Naval Base IV Commodore S Irawan said on Wednesday.

The 105-gross tonnage vessel

carried a variety of second hand goods, 13.800 tons of onion, 3,000 boxes of fish, 50 sacks of cement and 300 boxes of drinks, he said.

“There are still many other items. The goods are being unloaded from the vessel and officers from the Tanjung Balai Karimun Naval Base, customs office, the office of the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry, and the water police of the Riau Islands Province are calculating them,” he said.

Security officers have escorted the vessel to the Karimun pier, he said. “The vessel arrived at the Tanjung Balai Karimun pier,” he said.

Irawan said the quick reaction team has several times arrested people on charge of smuggling in goods from various countries.

“For the umpteenth time, we have warned them against carrying illegal goods in or out of the country.” he said.(ant)

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Putin rejects accusations of meddling in U.S. election

WASHINGTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted on Wednesday his country was not involved in an effort to influence the U.S. presidential election even as WikiLeaks released another trove of internal documents from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Last week, the U.S. government formally accused Russia of launching a hacking campaign to “interfere with the U.S. election process.”

Clinton’s campaign, which has charged the Kremlin is trying to help Republican Donald Trump win the White House on Nov. 8, took its allegations a step further on Tuesday when John Podesta, chairman of the Democratic nominee’s campaign, accused the Trump cam-

paign of colluding with Russia.

At events in Florida, Trump said he had nothing to do with Putin or Russia.

“I promise you, I don’t have any business deals with Russia,” Trump said at a rally in Lakeland.

In Moscow, Putin said nothing in the hacking scandal is in Russia’s interests and accused all sides in the U.S. presidential campaign of misusing rhetoric about Russia for

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to French television TF1 in Kovrov in Vladimir region, Russia, October 11, 2016. Picture taken October 11, 2016.

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Born in 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his father, Prince Mahidol, was studying medicine, King Bhumibol spent much of his early life abroad, first in the United States and then in Switzerland. He became king in 1946 after the still un-

explained gunshot death of his elder brother, 20-year-old King Ananda Mahidol who was also known as Rama VIII. King Bhumibol returned to Thailand for good four years later to be crowned King Rama IX. The saxophone-playing King Bhumibol was a celebrity visitor to foreign capitals in the early years of his reign with Queen Sirikit, a distant cousin whom he married in 1950 shortly be-

their own purposes.

“They started this hysteria, saying this (hacking) is in Russia’s interests, but this has nothing to do with Russia’s interests,” Putin told a business forum.

Putin said his government would work with whoever won the U.S. election, “if, of course, the new U.S. leader wishes to work with our country.”

WikiLeaks, the organization started by Julian Assange that publishes leaked information on the internet, this week released thousands of emails from Podesta’s email account and has not said how it obtained them. Last week, it posted excerpts from Clinton’s private speeches to banking and financial firms.

The Clinton campaign has not confirmed the authenticity of the messages.

The leaks, coming as the election campaign reaches the final stretch, have the potential to embarrass the Clinton camp. In recent days, however, Trump’s own campaign has been in deeper trouble over the emergence of a 2005 video in which Trump bragged about groping women. Many Republican elected officials have turned their back on him and Clinton’s lead in national opinion polls has increased.

Trump escalated his attacks on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, deepening a fracture in the Republican Party.

Clinton, a former secretary of state, has repeatedly accused Trump of having overly friendly ties with Putin and Russia. (rtr) fore his coronation. The king who acceded to the throne as a young man cut a quite different figure from the sombre monarch into which he matured.

Over the years, he was groomed as a national figurehead through civic and ceremonial duties. He undertook a stint in the Buddhist monkhood and developed a keen interest in the environment and rural development. (rtr)

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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 9, 2016.

Turkey revives plans to strengthen Erdogan’s office, lira falls

ANKARA - Turkey’s government said on Wednesday it would revive efforts to change the constitution and expand the powers of the presidency, helping send the lira currency to a record low as investors fretted about renewed political uncertainty.

The stronger presidency long wanted by incumbent Tayyip Erdogan is a deeply divisive issue, with his supporters adamant it will give the nation of 78 million the strong leadership it needs, but opponents afraid of creeping authoritarianism.

The two biggest opposition parties, the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), both oppose ending Turkey’s parliamentary system and some opinion polls in the past have shown a majority of Turks also do not want the change.

But Erdogan has ridden a wave of patriotism since an abortive coup failed to oust him on July 15, consolidating both his power and popularity. A poll two weeks after the attempted putsch showed

him with two-thirds approval, his highest ever.

“It is a reality that the parliamentary system does not bring solutions to Turkey’s problems,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, a loyalist whom Erdogan appointed to the job in May, told members of the ruling AK Party in a speech in Ankara.

Devlet Bahceli, whose Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has 40 seats in parliament, broke with past rhetoric on Tuesday to tell his party he would not oppose the plan now because it would “strengthen the current system”.

“Bahceli has seen that removing the system’s blockage is a necessity and his statements pave the way, which is heartening,” Yildirim said, vowing to work closely with Erdogan on a draft.

Any constitutional change requires the support of at least 367 deputies in the 550-seat assembly to pass directly. The AKP has 317 seats, while the MHP has 40. The reform would go to a referendum if its gets support of 330 lawmakers. (rtr)

U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said.

The strikes, authorized by Presi-

dent Barack Obama, represent Washington’s first direct military action against suspected Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen’s conflict.

Still, the Pentagon appeared to stress the limited nature of the strikes, which were aimed at radar that enabled the launch of at least three missiles against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason since

Sunday.

“These limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships, and our freedom of navigation,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles around

4 a.m. local (0100 GMT).

“These radars were active during previous attacks and attempted attacks on ships in the Red Sea,” including the USS Mason, one of the officials said, adding the targeted radar sites were in remote areas where the risk of civilian casualties was low.

The official identified the areas

in Yemen where the radar were located as: near Ras Isa, north of Mukha and near Khoka.

The failed missile attacks on the USS Mason - the latest of which took place on Wednesday - appeared to be part of the reaction to a suspected Saudi-led strike on mourners gathered in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa. (rtr)

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Nadal stunned, Murray cruises, Kyrgios slumps in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - Fourth seed Rafa Nadal was stunned

by Serb Viktor Troicki in an upset-filled Shanghai Masters second round on Wednesday while Andy Murray breezed past American Steve Johnson and Nick Kyrgios slumped to a listless defeat.

Troicki, ranked 31st in the world, overcame Nadal 6-3 7-6(3) in an hour and 34 minutes to secure his first ever victory in five previous attempts against the 14-time grand slam winner.

The unseeded Serb broke twice to seal the opening set before Nadal came back strongly in the second. The Spaniard saved a match point at 5-4 down but was defeated in the tiebreak.

“I played really well,” Troicki said. “I was aggressive, I served well, I hit the ball nice. It was a great feeling on the court playing like this... against Rafa Nadal, who is a great champion.”

Twice Shanghai Masters champion Murray, who claimed the China Open title last week, had no such trouble as he won 6-3 6-2 as he won 70 percent of second-serve return points.

The second-seeded Briton, who scraped through a testing encounter with Johnson at the Rio Olympics in August, also saved the one break point he faced in the first set.

He will play Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the third round.

“I felt like I was creating a lot of chances on his serve. I thought I moved well for the first match in new conditions,” Murray told reporters.

“I was timing the ball well. I felt like I was controlling a lot of the rallies. Yeah, for a first match after playing pretty different conditions a few days ago, it was good.”

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios lost to Germany’s Mischa Zverev 6-3 6-1 with another controversial display in which he appeared uninterested throughout, landing a series of half-hearted serves and barely moving to meet his opponent’s returns.

The 21-year-old also clashed with spectators before being booed off the court after a match that lasted just 48 minutes.

Kyrgios, later apologised on his Twitter account, saying his performance was “not good enough”. (rtr)

Iseh Village

AMLAPURA - The tourist object of Iseh is situated at Iseh village, Sidemen district. The distance of this object is about 52 kms from Denpasar and can be easily reached by public or private vehicles. The magnificent nature of Iseh has been famous since years ago, for the most fascinating natural view can be seen here.

Mount Agung stands in a distance with its steep valley, river that winding with its clear water in the middle of vast green carpet of terraced rice fields, where traditional farmers work so hard become interesting view to witness. The beautiful panorama of Iseh was introduced to the world by two foreigners who had lived in this area for a quite long time.

Through their paintings, they documented the adorable view of Iseh village with its special daily life of the people. Those two painters are Walter Spies from Germany and Theo Meier from Switzerland. They spent most of their time to socialize with the local people and to closely know their custom and culture. (IBP/net)

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Tyson Fury celebrates winning the fight

LONDON - Tyson Fury’s troubled 11th month reign as world heavyweight champion came to an end on Thursday when the British boxer announced he would be vacating his WBO and WBA titles “to fully focus on his medical treatment and recovery”.

The 28-year-old has not fought since beating Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to win the titles in November 2015 and has since admitted taking cocaine to battle depression.

Fury has twice called off a fight against Klitschko, in July because of an ankle injury and last month for an unspecified medical condition, and also briefly retired from the sport.

“I feel that it is only fair and right and for the good of boxing to keep the titles active and allow the other contenders to fight for the vacant belts that I proudly won and held as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world ...” Fury said in statement released by his promoter Mick Hennessy.

“I won the titles in the ring and I believe that they should be lost in the ring, but I’m unable to defend at this time and I have taken the hard and emotional decision to now officially vacate my treasured world titles “(I) wish the next in-line contenders all

the very best as I now enter another big challenge in my life which I know, like against Klitschko, I will conquer.”

Tyson’s points victory over Klitschko in Duesseldorf, Germany at the end of November last year was one of the biggest upsets in the long history of heavyweight boxing.

It was a first defeat for Klitschko in 11 years and the now 40-year-old Ukrainian immediately demanded a re-match.

Klitschko expressed his frustration after Fury called off a fight for the second time last month and last week accused the Briton of “dragging boxing through the mud”.

At the start of October, ESPN reported Fury had tested positive for cocaine, citing a leaked letter sent by the Voluntary AntiDoping Agency (VADA) which Reuters has been unable to verify.

A couple of days later, Fury announced his retirement in an expletive-laden tweet, only to abruptly reverse the decision hours later, saying he planned to carry on fighting.

In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Oct. 4, Fury admitted to drinking heavily and using cocaine to help him deal with depression, saying he had been diagnosed as “manic depressive”. (rtr)

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Sp rt Messi injury absence threatens Argentina World Cup hopes

Lionel Messi, having reversed his decision to quit international soccer with a view to playing at another World Cup, could miss out on Russia 2018 if Argentina continue their downward spiral.

Argentina played poorly in their last three qualifiers without the injured Messi and languish in fifth place in the South American group with Paraguay and Chile hot on their tails. Only four countries are guaranteed a place at the finals.

Midfield general Javier Mascherano was under no illusions when he said: “It’s clear the team need to react, and it’s not their attitude -- there’s plenty of that -- but in terms of their game.”

Unable to compensate for Messi’s absence despite a pool of players with big reputations in European club football, Argentina were jeered and whistled by their fans after Tuesday’s humiliating 1-0 home defeat

by Paraguay in Cordoba.

It is the first time Argentina have lost two home matches in a qualifying campaign, having also started on the wrong foot with a 2-0 defeat by Ecuador in Buenos Aires a year ago.

“We lost (on Tuesday), because the team never found answers in either of the two matches,” said Mascherano, referring to both the Paraguay defeat and last week’s 2-2 draw with Peru in Lima.

“The (poor) football ends up affecting your state of mind. I’m very worried.” Argentina face a tough double-header next month, playing away to a fast-improving Brazil, who lead the group after a run of four wins, before hosting Colombia. And they will need their talisman if they are to stop the rot.

Argentina have picked up more points in the three qualifiers that Messi played -- all wins -- than in the other seven.

They have 16 points, five behind Brazil, four adrift of Uruguay and one short of Ecuador and Colombia with eight matches to go.

Wenger, Mourinho driven by hatred of losing - Cech

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho have often clashed off the field but Gunners goalkeeper Petr Cech believes the pair share a common trait -- a hatred of defeat -- as motivation for success.

Wenger and Mourinho have had a fierce rivalry since the Portuguese boss moved to England in 2004 and, in the latest exchange of blows between the managers, a book earlier this year claimed that

Mourinho wanted to ‘break’ the Frenchman’s face.

“They are different but there is one thing they have in common and that is, they don’t like defeats,” the 34-year-old Cech said at a recent Guinness World Records promotional event.

Cech, who spent much of his career under Mourinho at Chelsea before joining Wenger’s Arsenal in 2015, also believes that the desire to avoid defeat has kept the pair at the top of the game for so long.

“And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them. Because you cannot last for such a long time if you don’t have the commitment and the hunger and if you are not doing everything to avoid defeat,” Cech added.

Third-placed Arsenal host struggling Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday, while sixthplaced United travel to take on fourth-placed Liverpool at Anfield on Monday. (rtr)

Aston Villa hires Bruce in bid to return to Premier League

BIRMINGHAM — Second-tier club Aston Villa has hired Steve Bruce as its fourth manager in the past year, turning to a coach with proven ability to get team promoted back to the Premier League.

Villa, the European champion in 1982, is languishing in 19th place in the 24-team League Championship as it struggles to adapt to life out of the Premier League following relegation last season.

Villa announced the arrival of the 55-year-old Bruce on Wednesday, without disclosing the length of his deal.

Bruce has guided four teams from the Championship into the top division in his 18-year managerial career, most recently Hull last season. He resigned

‘UNCOMFORTABLE’ AGUERO

Paraguay are one point behind and Chile two, in a tight group of seven teams vying for the four qualifying places for the Russia finals and the fifth-place playoff berth currently occupied by Argentina.

Sergio Aguero, in good form for Manchester City, embodies Argentina’s malaise, missing a penalty that would have levelled the score and apparently uncomfortable in a withdrawn attacking role behind Gonzalo Higuain.

However, coach Edgardo Bauza, who inherited the team from Gerardo Martino and started out with a 1-0 home win over Uruguay in Messi’s last qualifier on Sept. 1, said he had faith in his players.

“This squad has shown me they have a lot of desire. We must keep working within the squad we have (and) see which players are in the best shape,” Bauza said. (rtr)

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi leaves the pitch.

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Clubs discuss breakaway after Champions League changes

COPENHAGEN - A group of leading clubs from counties including Denmark, Scotland and the Netherlands are in talks to create a new transEuropean soccer league in response to recent proposals to change the format of the Champions League.

In August UEFA announced a series of changes to the Champions League from 2018, including guaranteeing a place for the top four clubs in the four top-ranked associations to leave only 16 spots for the rest of the continent.

FC Copennhagen, the current Danish league leaders, confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that talks about the formation of a new league were ongoing.

“Yes, it’s correct. If we don’t act now, we will see the biggest clubs grow bigger and stronger, while clubs like ours will have increasingly difficult terms,” Copenhagen’s managing director Anders Horsholt told local newspaper BT. Horsholt suggested that teams playing in the new league might have to

from his job at Hull just before the start of this season.

“With his track record, not only at leading teams to promotion from the Championship but also vast experience in the Premier League, I believe we have secured the services of an excellent manager,” said Tony Xia, Villa’s Chinese owner.

It will be a ninth managerial posting for Bruce, who was interviewed for the England job in July.

One of his previous clubs was Birmingham, Villa’s big rival in central England.

Villa visits Birmingham on Oct. 30. Bruce replaces Roberto Di Matteo, who was fired last week.(ap)

drop out of their domestic leagues.

BT said leading clubs from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Scotland - some of the countries most likely to suffer under the new Champions League plans - were participating in the talks.

Last week the organisation representing Europe’s domestic soccer leagues (EPFL) refused to accept UEFA’s proposed changes and said such measures could lead to a private and closed league. (ap)

AP Photo/Jon Super, File

FILE - A Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 photo from files of Hull City’s manager Steve Bruce on the touchline before his team’s English League Cup soccer match between Manchester City and Hull City at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger celebrates after the game

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Sp rt Messi injury absence threatens Argentina World Cup hopes

Lionel Messi, having reversed his decision to quit international soccer with a view to playing at another World Cup, could miss out on Russia 2018 if Argentina continue their downward spiral.

Argentina played poorly in their last three qualifiers without the injured Messi and languish in fifth place in the South American group with Paraguay and Chile hot on their tails. Only four countries are guaranteed a place at the finals.

Midfield general Javier Mascherano was under no illusions when he said: “It’s clear the team need to react, and it’s not their attitude -- there’s plenty of that -- but in terms of their game.”

Unable to compensate for Messi’s absence despite a pool of players with big reputations in European club football, Argentina were jeered and whistled by their fans after Tuesday’s humiliating 1-0 home defeat

by Paraguay in Cordoba.

It is the first time Argentina have lost two home matches in a qualifying campaign, having also started on the wrong foot with a 2-0 defeat by Ecuador in Buenos Aires a year ago.

“We lost (on Tuesday), because the team never found answers in either of the two matches,” said Mascherano, referring to both the Paraguay defeat and last week’s 2-2 draw with Peru in Lima.

“The (poor) football ends up affecting your state of mind. I’m very worried.” Argentina face a tough double-header next month, playing away to a fast-improving Brazil, who lead the group after a run of four wins, before hosting Colombia. And they will need their talisman if they are to stop the rot.

Argentina have picked up more points in the three qualifiers that Messi played -- all wins -- than in the other seven.

They have 16 points, five behind Brazil, four adrift of Uruguay and one short of Ecuador and Colombia with eight matches to go.

Wenger, Mourinho driven by hatred of losing - Cech

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho have often clashed off the field but Gunners goalkeeper Petr Cech believes the pair share a common trait -- a hatred of defeat -- as motivation for success.

Wenger and Mourinho have had a fierce rivalry since the Portuguese boss moved to England in 2004 and, in the latest exchange of blows between the managers, a book earlier this year claimed that

Mourinho wanted to ‘break’ the Frenchman’s face.

“They are different but there is one thing they have in common and that is, they don’t like defeats,” the 34-year-old Cech said at a recent Guinness World Records promotional event.

Cech, who spent much of his career under Mourinho at Chelsea before joining Wenger’s Arsenal in 2015, also believes that the desire to avoid defeat has kept the pair at the top of the game for so long.

“And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them. Because you cannot last for such a long time if you don’t have the commitment and the hunger and if you are not doing everything to avoid defeat,” Cech added.

Third-placed Arsenal host struggling Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday, while sixthplaced United travel to take on fourth-placed Liverpool at Anfield on Monday. (rtr)

Aston Villa hires Bruce in bid to return to Premier League

BIRMINGHAM — Second-tier club Aston Villa has hired Steve Bruce as its fourth manager in the past year, turning to a coach with proven ability to get team promoted back to the Premier League.

Villa, the European champion in 1982, is languishing in 19th place in the 24-team League Championship as it struggles to adapt to life out of the Premier League following relegation last season.

Villa announced the arrival of the 55-year-old Bruce on Wednesday, without disclosing the length of his deal.

Bruce has guided four teams from the Championship into the top division in his 18-year managerial career, most recently Hull last season. He resigned

‘UNCOMFORTABLE’ AGUERO

Paraguay are one point behind and Chile two, in a tight group of seven teams vying for the four qualifying places for the Russia finals and the fifth-place playoff berth currently occupied by Argentina.

Sergio Aguero, in good form for Manchester City, embodies Argentina’s malaise, missing a penalty that would have levelled the score and apparently uncomfortable in a withdrawn attacking role behind Gonzalo Higuain.

However, coach Edgardo Bauza, who inherited the team from Gerardo Martino and started out with a 1-0 home win over Uruguay in Messi’s last qualifier on Sept. 1, said he had faith in his players.

“This squad has shown me they have a lot of desire. We must keep working within the squad we have (and) see which players are in the best shape,” Bauza said. (rtr)

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi leaves the pitch.

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Clubs discuss breakaway after Champions League changes

COPENHAGEN - A group of leading clubs from counties including Denmark, Scotland and the Netherlands are in talks to create a new transEuropean soccer league in response to recent proposals to change the format of the Champions League.

In August UEFA announced a series of changes to the Champions League from 2018, including guaranteeing a place for the top four clubs in the four top-ranked associations to leave only 16 spots for the rest of the continent.

FC Copennhagen, the current Danish league leaders, confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that talks about the formation of a new league were ongoing.

“Yes, it’s correct. If we don’t act now, we will see the biggest clubs grow bigger and stronger, while clubs like ours will have increasingly difficult terms,” Copenhagen’s managing director Anders Horsholt told local newspaper BT. Horsholt suggested that teams playing in the new league might have to

from his job at Hull just before the start of this season.

“With his track record, not only at leading teams to promotion from the Championship but also vast experience in the Premier League, I believe we have secured the services of an excellent manager,” said Tony Xia, Villa’s Chinese owner.

It will be a ninth managerial posting for Bruce, who was interviewed for the England job in July.

One of his previous clubs was Birmingham, Villa’s big rival in central England.

Villa visits Birmingham on Oct. 30. Bruce replaces Roberto Di Matteo, who was fired last week.(ap)

drop out of their domestic leagues.

BT said leading clubs from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Scotland - some of the countries most likely to suffer under the new Champions League plans - were participating in the talks.

Last week the organisation representing Europe’s domestic soccer leagues (EPFL) refused to accept UEFA’s proposed changes and said such measures could lead to a private and closed league. (ap)

AP Photo/Jon Super, File

FILE - A Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 photo from files of Hull City’s manager Steve Bruce on the touchline before his team’s English League Cup soccer match between Manchester City and Hull City at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.

Action Images via Reuters / Jason Cairnduff Livepic

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger celebrates after the game

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Nadal stunned, Murray cruises, Kyrgios slumps in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - Fourth seed Rafa Nadal was stunned

by Serb Viktor Troicki in an upset-filled Shanghai Masters second round on Wednesday while Andy Murray breezed past American Steve Johnson and Nick Kyrgios slumped to a listless defeat.

Troicki, ranked 31st in the world, overcame Nadal 6-3 7-6(3) in an hour and 34 minutes to secure his first ever victory in five previous attempts against the 14-time grand slam winner.

The unseeded Serb broke twice to seal the opening set before Nadal came back strongly in the second. The Spaniard saved a match point at 5-4 down but was defeated in the tiebreak.

“I played really well,” Troicki said. “I was aggressive, I served well, I hit the ball nice. It was a great feeling on the court playing like this... against Rafa Nadal, who is a great champion.”

Twice Shanghai Masters champion Murray, who claimed the China Open title last week, had no such trouble as he won 6-3 6-2 as he won 70 percent of second-serve return points.

The second-seeded Briton, who scraped through a testing encounter with Johnson at the Rio Olympics in August, also saved the one break point he faced in the first set.

He will play Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the third round.

“I felt like I was creating a lot of chances on his serve. I thought I moved well for the first match in new conditions,” Murray told reporters.

“I was timing the ball well. I felt like I was controlling a lot of the rallies. Yeah, for a first match after playing pretty different conditions a few days ago, it was good.”

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios lost to Germany’s Mischa Zverev 6-3 6-1 with another controversial display in which he appeared uninterested throughout, landing a series of half-hearted serves and barely moving to meet his opponent’s returns.

The 21-year-old also clashed with spectators before being booed off the court after a match that lasted just 48 minutes.

Kyrgios, later apologised on his Twitter account, saying his performance was “not good enough”. (rtr)

Iseh Village

AMLAPURA - The tourist object of Iseh is situated at Iseh village, Sidemen district. The distance of this object is about 52 kms from Denpasar and can be easily reached by public or private vehicles. The magnificent nature of Iseh has been famous since years ago, for the most fascinating natural view can be seen here.

Mount Agung stands in a distance with its steep valley, river that winding with its clear water in the middle of vast green carpet of terraced rice fields, where traditional farmers work so hard become interesting view to witness. The beautiful panorama of Iseh was introduced to the world by two foreigners who had lived in this area for a quite long time.

Through their paintings, they documented the adorable view of Iseh village with its special daily life of the people. Those two painters are Walter Spies from Germany and Theo Meier from Switzerland. They spent most of their time to socialize with the local people and to closely know their custom and culture. (IBP/net)

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Tyson Fury celebrates winning the fight

LONDON - Tyson Fury’s troubled 11th month reign as world heavyweight champion came to an end on Thursday when the British boxer announced he would be vacating his WBO and WBA titles “to fully focus on his medical treatment and recovery”.

The 28-year-old has not fought since beating Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to win the titles in November 2015 and has since admitted taking cocaine to battle depression.

Fury has twice called off a fight against Klitschko, in July because of an ankle injury and last month for an unspecified medical condition, and also briefly retired from the sport.

“I feel that it is only fair and right and for the good of boxing to keep the titles active and allow the other contenders to fight for the vacant belts that I proudly won and held as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world ...” Fury said in statement released by his promoter Mick Hennessy.

“I won the titles in the ring and I believe that they should be lost in the ring, but I’m unable to defend at this time and I have taken the hard and emotional decision to now officially vacate my treasured world titles “(I) wish the next in-line contenders all

the very best as I now enter another big challenge in my life which I know, like against Klitschko, I will conquer.”

Tyson’s points victory over Klitschko in Duesseldorf, Germany at the end of November last year was one of the biggest upsets in the long history of heavyweight boxing.

It was a first defeat for Klitschko in 11 years and the now 40-year-old Ukrainian immediately demanded a re-match.

Klitschko expressed his frustration after Fury called off a fight for the second time last month and last week accused the Briton of “dragging boxing through the mud”.

At the start of October, ESPN reported Fury had tested positive for cocaine, citing a leaked letter sent by the Voluntary AntiDoping Agency (VADA) which Reuters has been unable to verify.

A couple of days later, Fury announced his retirement in an expletive-laden tweet, only to abruptly reverse the decision hours later, saying he planned to carry on fighting.

In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Oct. 4, Fury admitted to drinking heavily and using cocaine to help him deal with depression, saying he had been diagnosed as “manic depressive”. (rtr)

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Putin rejects accusations of meddling in U.S. election

WASHINGTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted on Wednesday his country was not involved in an effort to influence the U.S. presidential election even as WikiLeaks released another trove of internal documents from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Last week, the U.S. government formally accused Russia of launching a hacking campaign to “interfere with the U.S. election process.”

Clinton’s campaign, which has charged the Kremlin is trying to help Republican Donald Trump win the White House on Nov. 8, took its allegations a step further on Tuesday when John Podesta, chairman of the Democratic nominee’s campaign, accused the Trump cam-

paign of colluding with Russia.

At events in Florida, Trump said he had nothing to do with Putin or Russia.

“I promise you, I don’t have any business deals with Russia,” Trump said at a rally in Lakeland.

In Moscow, Putin said nothing in the hacking scandal is in Russia’s interests and accused all sides in the U.S. presidential campaign of misusing rhetoric about Russia for

Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Nikolskyi via REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to French television TF1 in Kovrov in Vladimir region, Russia, October 11, 2016. Picture taken October 11, 2016.

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Born in 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his father, Prince Mahidol, was studying medicine, King Bhumibol spent much of his early life abroad, first in the United States and then in Switzerland. He became king in 1946 after the still un-

explained gunshot death of his elder brother, 20-year-old King Ananda Mahidol who was also known as Rama VIII. King Bhumibol returned to Thailand for good four years later to be crowned King Rama IX. The saxophone-playing King Bhumibol was a celebrity visitor to foreign capitals in the early years of his reign with Queen Sirikit, a distant cousin whom he married in 1950 shortly be-

their own purposes.

“They started this hysteria, saying this (hacking) is in Russia’s interests, but this has nothing to do with Russia’s interests,” Putin told a business forum.

Putin said his government would work with whoever won the U.S. election, “if, of course, the new U.S. leader wishes to work with our country.”

WikiLeaks, the organization started by Julian Assange that publishes leaked information on the internet, this week released thousands of emails from Podesta’s email account and has not said how it obtained them. Last week, it posted excerpts from Clinton’s private speeches to banking and financial firms.

The Clinton campaign has not confirmed the authenticity of the messages.

The leaks, coming as the election campaign reaches the final stretch, have the potential to embarrass the Clinton camp. In recent days, however, Trump’s own campaign has been in deeper trouble over the emergence of a 2005 video in which Trump bragged about groping women. Many Republican elected officials have turned their back on him and Clinton’s lead in national opinion polls has increased.

Trump escalated his attacks on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday, deepening a fracture in the Republican Party.

Clinton, a former secretary of state, has repeatedly accused Trump of having overly friendly ties with Putin and Russia. (rtr) fore his coronation. The king who acceded to the throne as a young man cut a quite different figure from the sombre monarch into which he matured.

Over the years, he was groomed as a national figurehead through civic and ceremonial duties. He undertook a stint in the Buddhist monkhood and developed a keen interest in the environment and rural development. (rtr)

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 9, 2016.

Turkey revives plans to strengthen Erdogan’s office, lira falls

ANKARA - Turkey’s government said on Wednesday it would revive efforts to change the constitution and expand the powers of the presidency, helping send the lira currency to a record low as investors fretted about renewed political uncertainty.

The stronger presidency long wanted by incumbent Tayyip Erdogan is a deeply divisive issue, with his supporters adamant it will give the nation of 78 million the strong leadership it needs, but opponents afraid of creeping authoritarianism.

The two biggest opposition parties, the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), both oppose ending Turkey’s parliamentary system and some opinion polls in the past have shown a majority of Turks also do not want the change.

But Erdogan has ridden a wave of patriotism since an abortive coup failed to oust him on July 15, consolidating both his power and popularity. A poll two weeks after the attempted putsch showed

him with two-thirds approval, his highest ever.

“It is a reality that the parliamentary system does not bring solutions to Turkey’s problems,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, a loyalist whom Erdogan appointed to the job in May, told members of the ruling AK Party in a speech in Ankara.

Devlet Bahceli, whose Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has 40 seats in parliament, broke with past rhetoric on Tuesday to tell his party he would not oppose the plan now because it would “strengthen the current system”.

“Bahceli has seen that removing the system’s blockage is a necessity and his statements pave the way, which is heartening,” Yildirim said, vowing to work closely with Erdogan on a draft.

Any constitutional change requires the support of at least 367 deputies in the 550-seat assembly to pass directly. The AKP has 317 seats, while the MHP has 40. The reform would go to a referendum if its gets support of 330 lawmakers. (rtr)

U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said.

The strikes, authorized by Presi-

dent Barack Obama, represent Washington’s first direct military action against suspected Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen’s conflict.

Still, the Pentagon appeared to stress the limited nature of the strikes, which were aimed at radar that enabled the launch of at least three missiles against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason since

Sunday.

“These limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships, and our freedom of navigation,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nitze launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles around

4 a.m. local (0100 GMT).

“These radars were active during previous attacks and attempted attacks on ships in the Red Sea,” including the USS Mason, one of the officials said, adding the targeted radar sites were in remote areas where the risk of civilian casualties was low.

The official identified the areas

in Yemen where the radar were located as: near Ras Isa, north of Mukha and near Khoka.

The failed missile attacks on the USS Mason - the latest of which took place on Wednesday - appeared to be part of the reaction to a suspected Saudi-led strike on mourners gathered in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa. (rtr)

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BEIJING - China’s September exports fell 10 percent from a year earlier, far worse than expected, while imports unexpectedly shrank after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world’s second-largest economy may be short-lived.

grown 1.5 percent in August, the first expansion in nearly two years, on stronger demand for coal and commodities such as iron ore which are feeding a construction boom.

That left China with a trade surplus of $41.99 billion for the month, the lowest in six months, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday. Analysts had expected it to expand slightly to $53 billion.

The weaker trade readings could raise concerns about the other September data and thirdquarter GDP over the coming week. Economists had expected that data to show the economy was stabilising and perhaps even slowly picking up.

The import reversal raises questions over the strength of the recent recovery in domestic demand, Julian Evans-Pritchard at Capital Economics said in a note.

“This could be an early sign that the recent recovery in economic activity is losing momentum, although we would caution against reading too much into a single data point given the volatility of the trade figures,” he said. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla believes that Indonesia can be the role model for other countries in pursuit of peace amid the current global condition which is full of conflict and economic recession.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

A woman showers her son at a slum area built on stilts in a coastal area on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.

23 pregnant women in W Java`s Sukabumi infected with HIV

REUTERS/Aly Song

Containers are seen unloaded from the Maersk’s Triple-E giant container ship Maersk Majestic, one of the world’s largest container ships, at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China, September 24, 2016. Picture taken September 24, 2016.

Tesco pulls Unilever goods in Brexit row after pound plunges

REUTERS/Phil Noble

Toast with Marmite sits on a kitchen counter in Manchester, Britain October 13, 2016.

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Disappointing China trade data spurs fears recovery may be faltering

The disappointing trade figures pointed to weaker demand both at home and aboard, and deepened concerns over the latest depreciation in China’s yuan currency, which hit a fresh six-year low against a firming U.S. dollar on Thursday.

“This comes on the heels of weak South Korean trade data, and it definitely make us worry about to what extent global demand is improving,” said Luis Kujis, head of Asia economics at Oxford Economics in Hong Kong.

Asian stocks tumbled to threeweek lows and U.S. stock futures and Treasury yields fell after the data, while copper prices in London slipped.

China’s exports had been expected to fall 3 percent, slightly worse than in August, as global demand for Asian goods remains stubbornly weak despite heading into what is usually the peak yearend shopping season.

Weaker demand for Chinese goods was seen in nearly all of its major markets in the U.S., Europe and much of Asia.

Imports shrank 1.9 percent, dashing hopes for a second rise in a row. Imports had unexpectedly

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LONDON - Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco pulled Unilever goods such as Marmite from its website in a pricing row sparked by the Brexit-induced plunge in the pound, one of the most vivid signs to date of how leaving the EU could hurt consumers.

The dispute between Tesco and one of the world’s biggest consumer goods companies means popular products such as Persil washing powder and PG Tips tea bags are not currently available via Tesco’s website, the country’s largest online grocer.

The June 23 vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and the biggest ever one-day fall in sterling against the dollar.

The pound is down 19 percent against the U.S. currency since the vote, forcing suppliers and retailers into a battle for profits as imported goods get more expensive.

Now that battle could be about to be played out on supermarket shelves.

Bernstein analyst Bruno Mon-

teyne, a former senior Tesco supply chain executive, said Tesco has typically one to two weeks’ stock.

“While politicians can deny reality, a shampoo produced on the continent is now 17 percent more expensive,” he said. “This isn’t about Tesco or Unilever but about all UK retailers and suppliers.”

Shortages of some of Britain’s best loved brands such as Marmite, a brown salty spread, or PG Tips tea bags in supermarkets would be a clear illustration for consumers of the turbulence unleashed by the Brexit vote. (rtr)

SUKABUMI - At least 23 pregnant women in the West Java city of Sukabumi have been infected with HIV as of September 2016, according to the local AIDS Control Commission (KPA).

“Women or housewives are vulnerable to HIV. In fact, quite a few pregnant women have tested positive for the yet incurable disease,” the chief of the commission, Achmad Fahmi said here on Wednesday.

The pregnant women tested positive for HIV while having medical checkups at pregnancy

checkup service posts and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) facilities at hospitals.

Fahmi, who is also deputy Sukabumi mayor said HIV transmission has affected not only commercial sex workers but also housewives through their infected husbands. According to data issued by the city health office last year, 51 housewives in Sukabumi lived with HIV, he said.

To prevent the spread of HIV in the city, local residents should shun activities which make them highly vulnerable to HIV infec-

tion, and have routine medical checkups, he said.

“We should not rule out the possibility that the number of HIV-infected housewives particularly pregnant women will continue to increase,” he said.

He said the commission has formulated a program to save the babies of HIV-positive pregnant women.

To date, 1,035 residents in Sukabumi live with HIV/AIDS, with housewives remaining atop the number of HIV/AIDSinfected persons, followed by commercial sex workers.(ant)

“We are facing the same challenges, but we should be grateful for the fact that Indonesia is in the middle of the spectrum and is much safer and more stable compared to other countries,” said Vice President Kalla in a press conference for Bridges: Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace in Dharmawangsa Hotel, South Jakarta, Wednesday.

The Vice President will be the honorary chairman for the international event in Indonesia, in which winners of Peace, Physics, Chemistry and Medical Nobel Prize will give public lectures and conduct dialogues with students from schools and universities.

He stated that Indonesia, with the biggest Moslem population in the world, provide an example to all countries across the globe regarding tolerance and mutual respect in coexisting with various communities.

“Indonesia is the country with the biggest Moslem population in the world, but it is also home to the Catholic, Protestant, Hindu and Buddha communities. Over all, Indonesia have successfully maintain national harmony and unity based on the five principles (Pancasila) and the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity),” he remarked.

Nobel winners who will attend the dialogue in Indonesia include recipients of 2007 Economy Nobel Professor Eric Stark Maskin, 2012 Peace Nobel H.E. Jose Manuel Barroso, 1979 Physics Nobel Professor Sheldon Lee Glashlow, 1993 Medical Nobel Dr Sir Richard J Roberts, 2003 Economy Nobel Robert Fry Eugle III, 1990 Physics Nobel Professor Jerome Isaac Friedman, and 2003 Chemistry Nobel Dr Peter Agre.

The Bridges Dialogue will be held from January to March 2017 in 12 universities and two high schools in Indonesia, including Airlangga University, Atmajaya Catholic University, Bandung Technology Institute, Bina Nusantara University, Gadjah Mada Uniersity, Padjajaran University, Petra Christian University, Prasetya Mulya University, Surabaya University, Udayana University, Jakarta National University, University of Indonesia, Bina Nusantara School Simprug and IPEKA Integrated Christian School.

Other than Indonesia, the Dialogue initiated by the International Peace Foundation in Vienna, Austria will also be held in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore.(ant)

Navy foils attempt of smuggling in goods JAKARTA - The quick reaction team of the Tanjung Balai Karimun Naval Base has foiled an attempt of smuggling in goods shipped from neighboring Malaysia aboard MV Citra Indah. MV Citra Indah is one of the vessels which have become the target of the quick reaction teams operations, Commander of the Naval Base IV Commodore S Irawan said on Wednesday.

The 105-gross tonnage vessel

carried a variety of second hand goods, 13.800 tons of onion, 3,000 boxes of fish, 50 sacks of cement and 300 boxes of drinks, he said.

“There are still many other items. The goods are being unloaded from the vessel and officers from the Tanjung Balai Karimun Naval Base, customs office, the office of the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Ministry, and the water police of the Riau Islands Province are calculating them,” he said.

Security officers have escorted the vessel to the Karimun pier, he said. “The vessel arrived at the Tanjung Balai Karimun pier,” he said.

Irawan said the quick reaction team has several times arrested people on charge of smuggling in goods from various countries.

“For the umpteenth time, we have warned them against carrying illegal goods in or out of the country.” he said.(ant)

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Hundreds of children join Ngerebeg tradition at Tegallalang

Deadly Bangladesh blaze shows up safety gaps 3 years after factory collapse

GIANYAR -Ngerebeg tradition in a series of piodalan or temple anniversary of Duur Bingin Temple at Tengah hamlet, Tegallalang, was held on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Uniquely, in the implementation of this tradition, it was followed by hundreds of children from seven hamlets in Tegallalang village having adorned themselves with various colors and knick-knacks.

From Wednesday afternoon around 11:00, one by one local boys with a variety of ornaments have thronged the Duur Bingin Temple. This is done as preparation for the implementation of the Ngerebeg ritual.

Until 12:00 shortly after the boys gather in the innermost temple courtyard, a series of the Ngerebeg ceremonies preparation was performed. It included saying prayers and asking for consumption (rice and lawar) done by megibung or sharing communal meals.

“This activity is specially intended for child devotional workers,” said chief of Tegallalang customary village, Made Jaya Kusuma. This particular activity is followed by boys from seven hamlets at Tegallalang namely the Penusuan, Tengah, Tegal, Triwangsa, Tegallalang, Gagah and Pejeng Aji. “Although the supporting devotee of this Duur Bingin Temple actually consists of five hamlets, but especially for children from the Gagah and Pejeng Aji hamlet are also included in this ritual,” he said.

He described that this ritual is also associated with the presence of Duur Bingin Temple which is different from the others.

The deity abiding at this temple is Ida Bhatara Ratu Gede in the form of a couple of

The Ngerebeg Tradition Barong Landung (male and female). “So this ritual has the meaning as expression of gratitude. After these children deliver the offerings in the form of fruits, flowers and others in the morning, in the afternoon they carry out the ritual,” he said.

He told that this ngerebeg tradition has been passed down through generations by society of Tegallalang customary village, estimated to have been practiced since the

thirteenth century and until now people do not dare to ignore it. “Aside from children, the adults also participate in the ngrebeg tradition from the beginning to finish. Our residents strongly believe if the ngrebeg ritual is not implemented, it can bring in disasters in the area of Tegallalang customary village,” he said.

This ngerebeg ritual starts from the front area of the Duur Bingin Temple. In the mean-

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time, children with a miniature of penjor from the stem of snakefruit trees then walk along10 km by surrounding Tegallalang village.

Implementation of this ritual also invited dozens of travelers who incidentally wanted to see the tradition. Moreover, local communities were seen cohesively sitting down in front of their home or art shop to witness the ritual performed every six months. (kmb35)

Organic villages in Gerokgak A corpse of foreigner found cultivate bananas and tangerines floating on the beach SINGARAJA - In addition to developing organic rice and red rice, Buleleng has initiated the cultivation of bananas and tangerines through organic techniques.

Development of the organic-based horticultural crops is located at Pemuteran and Pajarakan village.

It is done to address the market opportunities in need of horticultural crops with organic techniques.

The data obtained at the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency show that the development of organic banana at Pemuteran village spreads across 35 hectares by involving 35 farmers. On these lands farmers cultivate 13,500 banana trees, while tangerine is cultivated on 10 hectares of land. The development of organic bananas at Pejarakan is made on 20 hectares with the cultivation of 1,000 trees. Then, the area for tangerine orchard reaches 145 hectares. The

banana cultivation started in 2015 has produced.

The Head of the Buleleng Livestock Agency, Nyoman Swatantra, said on Wednesday (Oct. 12) that organic-based agriculture continues to be encouraged recently. It is done to meet the market demand for agricultural commodities with organic techniques. In addition, the development is also carried out as the government’s efforts to increase the area of eco-friendly agriculture and reduce the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides.

“We all know that the market begins to seek many agricultural commodities cultivated with organic techniques. So, we try to respond to the opportunities while reducing the agriculture depending on fertilizers or chemical pesticides,” he said.

According to him, the development of organic bananas and tan-

gerines in Gerokgak was started in 2015 and continued up to this year.

Gerokgak was chosen because the area belongs to dry land and has the potential to cultivate tangerines or bananas. He cited, for tangerine, the soil condition needed is almost the same as in the eastern region of Buleleng, so the development in Gerokgak is also meant to revive the tangerine of Buleleng after the extinction due to the attack of Citrus Vein Phloem Degeneration (CVPD) disease several years ago.

“Dry land in the area (Gerokgak—Ed) is appropriate for banana or tangerine cultivation. We are optimistic that the development having been done by this farmer group will provide optimal results and continuously expand the agricultural areas implementing the organic techniques,” explained Swatantra. (kmb38)

MANGUPURA - When taking photo on the beach in front the Hotel Inaya Putri Bali, a foreign tourist saw a floating corpse on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Characteristics of the corpse are having the height of 174 centimeters, weight of 87 kilograms, a golden molar and only putting on gray shorts.

According to Denpasar Police officer, the discovery of the corpse occurred at 06:40, precisely in front of the lifeguard post and suspected of being a foreign national.

A staff of the Hotel Inaya, I Nyoman Astika, told that initially he heard the cry of tourists who were taking photos while watching sunrise. The tourist informed there was a floating corpse on the beach. Twenty minutes later, two lifeguards came and immediately pulled the corpse to the shore.

In the meantime, the lifeguard officer, Ketut Suradnyana, 53, said that he could check the victim’s body but was already dead.

The victim’s corpse was then taken to Sanglah Hospital by lifeguard van. “The victim is suspected of drowning and the identity is still unrevealed,” said another officer asking for anonymity.

Chief of Denpasar Water Police, Ketut Suparta, when asked for his confirmation justified the finding of the corpse. However, he could not confirm the origin of the victim because no identity is found. “I will check it first. Our members are still finding out the information in the field,” he said. (kmb36)

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A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014.

China urges Australia to be “cautious” on South China Sea

BEIJING - China hopes that Australia acts and speaks with caution on the South China Sea and that its words and actions on the matter match each other, a senior Chinese officer told the visiting head of the Australian Defence Force.

Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has previously drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over disputed islands in the South China Sea and supporting U.S. freedom of navigation exercises there.

However, Australia has not conducted a unilateral freedom of navigation voyage of its own.

Meeting in Beijing, Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Fan Changlong told Australia’s Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin that China hopes to push forward the healthy and stable development of bilateral military ties, China’s Defence Ministry said late

on Wednesday.

China “hopes that on the South China Sea issue the Australian side can speak and act cautiously, and that its words and deeds match”, the ministry paraphrased Fan as saying.

He did not elaborate.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea where about $5 trillion sea-borne trade passes annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims on parts of the sea, which is believed to have rich deposits of oil and gas.

China has been angered by U.S. freedom of navigation patrols in the South China Sea, while China’s

building of artificial islands there including new airstrips has rattled nerves around the region.

China says much of the building and reclamation work it has been doing in the South China Sea is to benefit the international community, including for civilian maritime navigation.

China claims almost all of the South China Sea, through which ships carrying about $5 trillion in trade pass every year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the sea, which is also believed to be rich in energy resources and fish stocks.

In July, an arbitration court in the Hague said China’s claims to the waterway were invalid, after a case was brought by the Philippines. Beijing has refused to recognise the ruling. (rtr)

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s safety inspectors twice extended an operating licence at a food and cigarette packaging plant in the capital Dhaka without making physical checks.

That breach of rules is now being investigated by the government after a fire at the Tampaco Foils factory killed at least 39 people last month.

The cause of the Sept. 10 blaze, the country’s worst industrial accident since the 2013 Rana Plaza tragedy in which more than 1,100 mostly garment workers died, is unknown. The plant’s owner, a former member of parliament, has gone missing.

Flammable materials stored on the factory floor, a gas leak, excessive use of gas and poorly positioned boilers are all being looked at as possible reasons.

Syed Ahmed, head of the department charged with inspecting factories and commercial buildings, said his inspectors should have visited Tampaco before renewing its licence, but did not, partly because of a shortage of staff.

“If we could have inspected the factory, then we may have noticed and could have taken action on those shortcomings, and this could have averted disaster,” Ahmed told Reuters.

He said the department had launched an internal review to identify who was responsible for signing the documents.

Interviews with Ahmed and more than 20 regulators, investigators, technicians and witnesses involved in the fire at the factory reveal a lack of oversight that the government is scrambling to fix.

While inspections of plants making clothes for global brands have increased significantly since Rana Plaza - many carried out by or on behalf of Western companies - other sectors that also supply international firms have had less attention.

“This disaster has opened our eyes to the fact that we must also focus on other factories,” Ahmed said.

Mikail Shipar, secretary of the Labour and Employment Ministry, said the government was investigating why Tampaco’s licence was renewed without a visit. The operating licence is one of several required, but among the most important. (rtr)

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Firefighters extinguish a fire at a packaging factory outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.

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This mystery Parisian stylist is going to be big on Instagram PA R I S There’s a new French style influencer making waves on Instagram, and while we don’t know his name (at least for now), his account is worth a follow if you love fashion. Vogue discovered the anonymous 23-yearold Parisian, who goes by the name “ Yo u t h S m h r ” on social media, and his identity remained under wraps for an interview with the magazine. “I really wanted to show my work first and not myself,” he wrote. “I decided to have my arms as my signature on every person I style. My face is not on camera, but my work is present.”

I t ’s t r u e — alongside every model is a set of arms reaching out as a stylist would while on a photo shoot. Although he has a modest following of around 5000, every post garners impressive engagement. For every like there’s a plethora of fashion fans commenting, tagging friends, or complimenting his work. The feed is beautifully curated, too.

Many of the layered, streetwearinspired looks are photographed outdoors against an industrial backdrop, and every look is as impeccably styled as the next. Get ready for some top-notch fashion inspo when you follow Youth Smhr on Instagram. (IBP/net)

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20 countries grace WCF Denpasar cultural carnival Bali presents ‘Ketug Bumi’ gamelan art

DENPASAR - Cultural Carnival in a series of the Word Culture Forum (WCF) as an international event was officially opened on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in the Puputan Badung (I Made Gusti Agung) public square.

It was opened officially by the Director General of Culture of Ministry of Education and Culture, Hilmar Farid, accompanied by the Mayor of Denpasar I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, Chairman

of the Denpasar House of Representatives I Gusti Ngurah Gede, Deputy Mayor of Denpasar IGN Jaya Negara and Regional Secretary of Denpasar AAN Rai Iswara, marked with the release of Chakra

Mandala Bhuana Budaya arrow.

The carnival was enlivened by the 20 countries posing the Word Culture Forum delegates including Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Greece, Poland, Argentina, Thailand, Bulgaria, Italy, Uzbekistan and Russia following the carnival.

Splendor of the cultural carnival is clearly visible from the vivacity of participants when performing

the arts and culture of their country.

Various arts and culture of each country were poured at Puputan Badung Square fused in happiness.

The art performance of various countries is also very interesting where Kazakhstan featured Kara Zhorga dance showing off the beauty of flexible Kazakhstan girl with her movement and reflecting the beauty of music.

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Cultural Carnival in a series of the Word Culture Forum (WCF) as an international event was officially opened on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in the Puputan Badung (I Made Gusti Agung) public square.

Taiwan also presented its arts denoting the combination of dance and martial arts entitled the Bruce Lee Taiwan Kung Fu Grand Master.

Then, Uzbekistan came with the appearance of four dances representing its four cities.

Indonesia featured Balinese art displayed by the students of the ISI Denpasar entitled Ketug Bumi fragmentary show denoting a new gamelan art inspired by the armies of Lord Indra when attacking the troops of Maya Denawa. It is associated with the music that can shake the universe and this new nuance is expected to arouse the spirit.

Aside from the arts, Denpasar city also displayed a variety of Balinese traditional cuisines in 15 booths presented to the participants and delegates as well as people of Denpasar for free.

Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, is very proud and grateful for the city of Denpasar having been chosen as the venue for Cultural Carnival of the Word Culture Forum 2016. This opportunity has become a valuable experience for the city of Denpasar to continuously improve professionalism in dealing with cultural art events.

“I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire delegates having participated in the Cultural Carnival. Hopefully, you could enjoy the comfort and get good impression in the city of Denpasar,” said Rai Mantra. (kmb12)

Souvenir producers at Malet Kuta Mesir Supply tourism area

MANY people think that souvenir products commonly encountered at tourist attractions in Bali such as Ubud and Kuta are entirely the products of local residents. However, the reality is not so. The products precisely come from the area of Bangli district, namely Malet Kuta Mesir hamlet, Tiga, Susut. Souvenir craft has been worked on by some people.

This home industry has been able to reduce unemployment.

Hamlet chief of Malet Kuta Mesir, I Ketut Redam, said that such wooden souvenir craft has been growing since 1990. People getting involved in it reach almost fifty percent. Other than serving as side job, some residents also make it a primary source of income. The products made are quite varied ranging from key chains, wall

decoration and business card holder to mini calendar. “This sector has become a source of income for many people,” he said recently.

Behind its development, marketing of these products in fact can just reach some regions such as Badung and Gianyar. It is still very difficult to realize wider marketing areas.

Responding to this, local government has given guidance, but only lasts for a few moments. “Coaching is only done for a few days. Crafters have not yet fully understood but the coaching already stopped. Hopefully, this can last sustainably. Moreover, younger generation has begun to get involved.

This is quite important,” he said.

Crafters also need to be given guidance ranging from the creation of products to finishing. All this time, the products taken by col-

lectors from Gianyar region are in half-finished condition. Indirectly it has an impact on the selling price.

“Our products are taken in halffinished. There (in Gianyar—Ed) is resumed with finishing. Having been sold to guests, it is claimed as their own product. Actually, the products are made here (Malet Kuta Mesir—Ed),” said Redam.

Other than souvenirs, some people of the hamlet close to Tampaksiring also make woven bamboo wall. Its design is quite complicated and has its own characteristics. The quality is not inferior to products of other regions. The selling price ranges from IDR 60,000 to IDR 70,000 per square meter. “The price depends on the motif. This also needs a help in the matter of marketing,” he said. (kmb45)

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From page 1 Wira added that Kadin Bali strives to synergize the seven components, namely legislative, universities and R & D, agribusiness and agro-industry players, farmers, non-governmental organizations, mass media as well as the executives to build the agricultural sector particularly through tourism. There should be a concrete movement to bring together the seven components mentioned above either farmers, academicians in technology development and facilitation, and government as regulator or policy maker with the entrepreneurs engaged in tourism.

Besides, all the components and users in the tourism field could sit together through an activity.

For instance, it can be arranged through cooking contest taking advantage of local agricultural raw materials. Through this contest, the academician can provide feedback to improve the quality of the local agricultural products. On the other side, farmers can get information about the agricultural products needed by tourism sector including its continuity.

Academician from Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University, I Ketut Suada, said that the role of Kadin Bali is very much required to channel the agricultural products of farmers. When associated with

the supply of agricultural products to hotels, Kadin is also expected to provide information. Primarily it is related to agricultural products required by hotels and how many should be prepared by farmers.

“So, when there has been the role of private sector, farmers will automatically merge in the groups yielding the products required,” he said. Suada added, when there has been information and the assurance of good price, farmers will certainly seek to produce. Chiefly all this time, farmers are reluctant to supply their agricultural commodities to hotels because the price is not appropriate and settlement of payment takes too long time.

“Kadin and local governments have the authority to make policy and regulates it,” he explained.

In the meantime, an academician from the Udayana University, Prof. I Made Supartha, Ph.D., said that consumers are now moving from traditional to semi-modern, and even modern market. Foreign travelers can be categorized as a consumer that moves to modern market. In the meantime, domestic travelers are classified into semimodern consumer, and not traditional consumers like the Balinese people.

“Now, they not only need freshness, the shape, color as well as eco labeling and food safety certificate.

If they have such characteristics, can our agricultural system with small skill fulfill it with traditional

agribusiness system, disintegrated and uncoordinated condition? It’s impossible,” he added.

This small skill, continued Supartha, should be changed in future into value chain that can run efficiently and effectively. It is primarily when creating value in tourism sector with modern and semi-modern consumers. Value is not always the matter of quality, but there must be a good service, and minimizing the cost and time.

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS “If it has good quality, inefficient system, high cost, small value and poor service, surely it will be not accepted,” he explained. According to Supartha, the value chain needs to be built in an integrated and coordinated manner. The main activity to be run must have supporting system such as human resources and technology. Although there have been many sophisticated technologies, farmers with ‘small skill’ are not possible to apply the

advanced technology.

“We have to innovatively use the technology by adapting to relevant conditions including the production,” he said. Supartha added that the system can only work if there is control system coordinating the farmers. In the meantime, the government is considered to have built farmers’ groups with unclear orientation or not oriented in the value where they only work if there are funds or projects. (kmb32)

manage the Nusa Penida water conservation area independently.

When met on Tuesday (Oct. 11), Regent Suwirta said the agency will be functioned to manage the Nusa Penida water conservation area as a whole. This agency will be filled in by professional people having capability of managing Nusa Penida well. With the agency, the government of Klungkung will get certainty regarding the tourist visits

Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more.

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Public service agency set to protect conservation areas

Other than being trampled, the damages to coral reef also happen due to the permanent pontoon blocking the access of sunlight very much required by coral reef.

Unfortunately, major companies and tourism entrepreneurs pay less attention to the protection of coral reef. For that purpose, the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, will immediately establish a local public service agency (BLUD) to

EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00

EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org

Marine tourism activity harms coral reef

SEMARAPURA - Marine tourism activities in the water conservation area (KKP) of Nusa Penida start to harm the life of coral reefs in the vicinity.

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and the number of visitors doing activities in the Nusa Penida water conservation area.

Other than collecting levies to visitors that will be doing activities in Nusa Penida, this agency will then conserve and repair the coral reef considering the current contribution of tourism players in conservation is still minimal, while the damages caused by marine tourism activities continue to grow. For instance, some coral reefs under permanent pontoon are damaged and die as a result of not getting enough sunlight.

“When I went down to the

sea, all the coral reefs under the pontoon were dead. Under the pontoon belonging to Quicksilver, for instance, no single coral reef is alive,” he said.

Due to destruction of coral reef, the fish previously living around the reef finally goes away.

If this condition is allowed, within relatively short time the coral reef damage will destroy marine tourism that has just been revived.

He also asked the tourism players to still accompany their visitors who are enjoying marine tourism activities. It happens because

serious damages to coral reef occurred at some points due to being trampled and having direct contact with visitors.

He hoped this agency will be able to better manage the activities of tourism players in the conservation area. Later, the agency has the tasks to supervise the tourist activities in the water. “I will assign this task to Nusa Penida water conservation unit to make official report regarding the damages to coral reef in Nusa Penida. I will present this report in front of the employers,” he concluded. (dwa)

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The memorable launching of Ubud’s latest SPA Visesa SPA Lifestyle - Your Holistic Healing Experience

Desa Visesa Ubud as a destination has proudly announced the launching of VISESA SPA, a brand new level of spa treatment facilities, a balanced concept of healing senses and natural wellness. The event was highlighted with a walking distance tour within the village fromTaman Sari down to Permaculture wide spread fields all the way up to the newly opened Spa compound.

Along the way guests are indulged with Gamelan show, live cooking, food tasting, livefarming and of course sampling the heavenly Spa treatments, foot ritual and back massage,before enjoying BBQ dinner specially prepared by the chef and team.

About Visesa Spa

Visesa Spa is not an ordinary spa for body treatments, it is a blissful pampering spa for health,beauty and balance, your lifestyle of being pampered with more holistic Healing experience. Atreatment based on traditional knowledge that passed down through generations.

It is known as an authentic Bali

Usada concept, an ancient way to cure physical and mental ailments using healing techniques based on the practical use of Taru Pramana medicinal plants, herbs and spices.

The Bali Usada ultimate intention is to balance the embodied Sekala (seen) and the mental and spiritual Niskala (unseen), so the five elements; Fire (Teja), Earth (Pertiwi), Water(Apah), Air (Bayu) and Space (Akasha) can perform in harmony.

Visesa Spa natural caves and Balinese pavilions are mystical places with spectacular views on the surrounding jungle, outstanding places to experience blissful sensations of relaxation and wellness. The Spa at Visesa is about awakening your senses, a unique place combining holistic treatments in outstanding settings with consultation of genuine Balinese healers. Masters in various forms of eastern meditation in action, from Yoga to Tai-Chi, experts in healthy food andbeverages, all contribute to offer Vivesa’s guests an amazing range of signature healing practices.

Desa Visesa aims to help people rediscover and maintain the vertical and horizontal relationshipbetween mankind, nature and God Almighty in accordance to the Hindu philosophy of Tri HitaKarana. Offers uplifting activities to take curious guests on a journey that explores the island’sculture, nature and spiritual nuance through respectful interactions with the local community.

Engaging pastimes such as making offerings, traditional dance lesson and water blessing ceremonywill enable guests to experience Bali’s traditions on a more personal level. A vast area of permaculture gardening has been developed alongside productive rice fields that aretraditionally ploughed with cows and nurtured by a team of in-house farmers. Various fruit trees,palms, herbs and spices have also been planted to support the resort and provide a fresh supply oflocal produce. In Visesa, being eco-friendly is not an empty promise aiming at luring devoted guests,it’s a daily lifestyle at the core of our unique hospitality concept.

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Nicole Kidman drew on own adoption experience for ‘Lion’ REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON - Nicole Kidman said her own experience of adopting children led her to her latest role, playing an Australian mother who adopts an Indian child in “Lion,” which made its London Film Festival premiere on Wednesday.

“Lion,” which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 25, follows the true story of Saroo Brierley, played

by British actor Dev Patel, who was separated from his family in central India aged 5 when he accidentally boarded a train to Calcutta.

As a lost child unable to remember where his home is, Saroo is put up for adoption and taken in by an Australian couple. Years later as a grown man living a successful life in Australia, Saroo tries to find his family using

satellite images from Google Earth and confronts new challenges as his past life collides with his present.

Australian actress Kidman, 49, who adopted two children with her ex-husband, actor Tom Cruise, said that was the reason she was drawn to play Sue Brierley, Saroo’s adopted mother.

“I was drawn to her and she wanted me to play her, which I loved,” Kidman said.

“I still wanted every moment

that was on screen to be full of her story and her truth ... and that’s almost harder than being the lead because it’s trying to put all of those complicated emotions and ideas into small scenes,” she added.

Patel praised Kidman’s performance, saying “her performances come from a very authentic place and to share the screen with her really was a blessing.”

The 26-year-old London actor said he spent eight months preparing for the role and learning the Australian accent.

“I started off a bit Crocodile Dundee I think and then I had to be reigned in,” he quipped. (rtr)

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“In Bali, we have agricultural products that should be able to be absorbed very optimally in tourism sector. For example, we have a hotel equipped with a restaurant, coffee shop and bar. Actually we have all the ingredients of the products sold in this tourism sector,” said Gede Wira, Chief of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali.

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Well-wishers weep and pray for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Siriraj hospital where he is residing in Bangkok, Thailand, October 13, 2016.

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Thailand’s King Bhumibol, world’s longest reigning monarch, dies at 88

BANGKOK - King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died peacefully on Thursday, was the world’s longest-reigning monarch, credited with restoring the influence of Thailand’s royalty during 70 years on the throne and earning the devotion of many of his subjects. For the majority of the country’s 68 million people, the king was a pillar of stability in rapidly changing times - Thailand embraced industrialisation during his reign but also saw its parliamentary democracy punctuated by 10 military coups, the most recent in May 2014.

King Bhumibol, who ascended the throne on June 9, 1946, was seen as a force for unity, and there have long been concerns that the political tensions that have riven Thailand over the past decade could

worsen after his death. That may be less likely under the regime of the leader of the most recent coup, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

The former general has held a tight grip on power since toppling the

remnants of Thailand’s last democratic government in 2014.

“His Majesty has passed away at Siriraj Hospital peacefully,” the palace said in a statement on Thursday, adding he died at 15:52 (0852 GMT).

Thailand has been divided for years between the royalist establishment and the red-shirted supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup. Telecommunications billionaire Thaksin, now in self-exile, built up a powerful patronage network that competed for power and opportunity with Thailand’s old-money order.

POOR HEALTH The king had been in poor health for some time, and has spent most of the past six years in Bangkok’s Siriraj hospital. King Bhumibol was re-admitted in May 2015 and was last seen in public in January, when he spent several hours visiting his Bangkok palace.

The Royal Household Bureau in its statement on Thursday did not give a reason for the king’s death.

The king been treated for a respiratory infection, a build up of fluid surrounding the brain and a swollen lung in the past few months.

From illuminated billboards in bustling Bangkok to portraits in

offices and millions of rural homes, Thailand is festooned with images of the jazz-loving king. King Bhumibol headed a conservative establishment that still wields considerable power 84 years after the abolition of absolute monarchy.

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