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Security around ASEAN, SEA Summit venues tightened AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Indonesian police officers block a road during a security drill in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Security has been tightened around the venues of the 19th ASEAN Summit and 6th East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, from November 12 to 19.

Antara NUSA DUA - Security has been tightened around the venues of the 19th ASEAN Summit and 6th East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, from November 12 to 19.

WEATHER FORECAST

All along the by-pass between Ngurah Rai international airport and Nusa Dua, police posts had been set up at points only 200 meters from each other to oversee the traffic flows.

Every car entering the Nusa

Dua Hotel was checked by police, military and hotel security personnel.

Bali deputy regional police chief Brigadier General Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said the police were ready to ensure the security

of the events at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center and the Bali International Convention Center.

The police in cooperation with the military had secured eleven places where delegates would stay such as Hotel Melia, Grand Hyatt, Sheraton Laguna, Ayodya, Westin, Novotel and Inna Putri.

Sixteen heads of state/government from ASEAN and its partners are scheduled to attend the summits. The Indonesian government has deployed around 15,000

security personnel to ensure the security of the events.

In addition to the ASEAN Summit, meetings will also be held between ASEAN and its dialog partners such as Japan, South Korea and China.

Around 15,000 military and police personnel here on Saturday were involved in a joint security maintenance exercise for the 19th ASEAN and Sixth East Asian summits.

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Indonesia surge ahead at Southeast Asian Games

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PALEMBANG - Indonesia’s athletes delighted home fans early Sunday by extending their commanding lead in the Southeast Asian Games medals table with more golds, as crucial badminton and football matches loomed later.

The hosts struck gold on Saturday with first places in the men’s and women’s 100 metres races and a hatful of wins in karate and roller sports leading their medal charge.

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The glut of golds carried on into Sunday with braces in both roller racing and canoeing -- held at the Cipule Lake venue outside co-host city Jakarta which suffered from construction delays in the run-up to the competition.

That took Indonesia to 30 golds and an overall tally of 64 medals, increasing their lead over Singapore, in second place on nine golds.

Fancied nations Thailand and Malaysia faced criticism in their

domestic media for sluggish early performances, with just 11 golds between them.

Malaysia’s New Straits Times lamented their athletes’ “slow start”, while Thailand’s wellsupported footballers have been hammered after failing to shine in their two group games.

Malaysia were facing defeat in their women’s team badminton semi-final tie Sunday, 2-1 down to Indonesia with two matches to play in an intensely partisan

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Indonesia’s Olympic badminton gold medallists Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan were preparing to play Thailand in semi-finals later, while the same two countries were also set to clash in the football group stage in the evening.

The home nation’s in-form footballers are seeking a third group game win on the trot after convincing victories over Cambodia and Singapore.

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Bali News 3XEOLF :RUNV 0LQLVWU\ WUDGLWLRQDO KRXVH FRXOG VWDQG HDUWKTXDNH Mangupura (Bali Post) –

The Public Works Ministry pushed to develop biggest traditional house design in every part of Indonesia after a research done by the Ministry’s Housing Research Team on earthquake resistant traditional houses as stated by the Ministry’s Expert Staff on Social Culture Section and Public Contribution, Graita Sutadi, at Nusa Dua Bali last Saturday (12/11).

Graita mentioned that the Ministry is trying to maximise the development of traditional houses including its construction. The Ministry will develop the construction plan by balancing it with local skills, local culture approach, local architecture and using local materials yet applied in modern technology by meaning having the house healthy, suitable to live in and comprehensive with its ecology

and cultural area. The technology and building technique has to look over the geography and climate of the place.

Head of Traditional Housing Technology Board (BPTPT) Denpasar, Iwan Suprijanto, there is around 300 traditional houses types in Indonesia that has been researched and they are proven resists on earthquake. This shows that traditional houses are able to protect the people more on

earthquakes, saves cost on materials and can be covered by anyone compared to some modern houses now are not earthquake resistance. The BPTPT now are developing dozens of traditional houses in Bali and Nusa Tenggara which to be socialised as houses or housing. The materials are mostly bamboo with laminating touch which this can be applied to any building components except the roof. (par)

)ORRGLQJ LQ 'HQSDVDU FDXVHV DQ ,'5 ELOOLRQ ORVV Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Flooding disaster striking Denpasar, Tuesday night (Nov 8), did not only claim casualties. But, the disaster at the beginning of rainy season this year also resulted in quite large material losses. At least, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar estimated the total loss reached IDR 5,276,783,500.

The Head of Denpasar Regional Disaster Management Agency, Made Sudhana Satrigraha accompanied by Spokesperson of Denpasar Municipality, Dewa Gede Rai, said on Friday (Nov 11) that such losses happened because many public facilities and infrastructure were damaged in Denpasar. “It has been calculated based on the damaged buildings,� he said.

He mentioned that one of the damaged infrastructures in Denpasar was the Mandala Wangi Bridge, connecting the

Jalan Pulau Biak - Jalan Nusa Kambangan. The bridge established in 1993 under cooperation of the Armed Forces and community was unable to hold the strong water of Badung River, so the end of the bridge was eroded and broke up.

Other than a broken bridge, six elementary school buildings in Denpasar City were also inundated by water and some walls collapsed. For example, the SD 11 and SD 6 Peguyangan got damaged to their compound wall. Meanwhile, the other four elementary schools were only VRDNHG E\ ÀRRGLQJ VXFK DV 6' 1, Sanur, SD 9 Padangsambian, SD 11 Padangsambian and SD 21 Dauh Puri.

Then, the home of residents EHFRPLQJ WKH ÀRRGLQJ YLFWLP added Dewa Rai, spread over several districts. Among others, it happened to 15 units at Pengiasan Hamlet, Dauh Puri Kauh; 80 families at Catur Panca Hamlet, Dauh Puri Village;

20 families at Pekambingan Hamlet, Dauh Puri; 21 families in the Geria Selaras Housing Complex, Tegal Kangin Hamlet, Ubung Kaja; 55 families in the Bina Mulia Housing, Mertha Gangga Hamlet, Ubung Kaja; 30 families at Dualang Hamlet, Peguyangan Kaja; 5 families at Batur Hamlet, Peguyangan Kaja; 42 families at Gunung Sari, Padangsambian Kaja; and 13 families at Uma Klungkung Hamlet, Padangsambian Kaja. In addition, 60 kiosks in the Kumbasari Market were also inundated by the ÀRRGLQJ Dewa Rai said that to minimize the losses due to natural disaster in the future, Denpasar Municipality had put up early warning system at four points along the Badung River. Additionally, his party would also repair the broken down levee, and do normalization to the river that had experienced siltation. (kmb12)

Tight e-KTP targets, human resources doesn’t match Mangupura (Bali Post)

the number of Badung residents until now that has got e-KTP (Electronic Naitonal ID Card) services only reached 28,000 people when actually as a pilot project area Badung VKRXOGÂśYH ÂżQLVKHG XS WKH people by the end of 2011. Besides that, the service has also been complained as human resources employed do not synchronize.

Yet Badung House of Representatives Commission D member from Badung Government last Friday (11/11) stated the e-KTP services in Abiansemal got a positive reaction from the public as public came to get the new ID Card yet not all was approached with the human resources shortage. For that Sunartha hoped JRYHUQPHQW ZLOO ÂżQG D VROXWLRQ VR the program target can be reached

also to accommodate the public’s enthusiasm.

Meanwhile Head of Badung Population and Civil Notes Agency, I Gede Wijaya, admitted the public’s enthusiasm caused an overload to the agency as delays were also caused from the central government as well. For Abiansemal there has been a request for additional human resources. “If there are overwhelming agency workers then we will move them there for a while as operator because for mass mobilisation head of the area and klian are already responsible for it,� Wijaya explained.

Connected to the target, Wijaya is still optimised it can be reached. as in sub districts the workers worked seven days a week with minimal 10 hours work for e-KTP and regular KTP services. (kmb25)

%XLOGLQJ KHLJKWV RYHU PHWHUV QHHGV LQ GHSWK VWXG\ Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Results of the working meeting between the Special Committee for the Completion of the Regional Spatial Plan (RTRW) of Bali House and the regent/mayor across Bali deciding to allow the height of buildings to be more than 15 meters at particular zones reaped various comments from a number of people. The committee was expected to re-make an in-depth assessment against the policy by involving all stakeholders. “The policy should be reconsidered carefully so as not to take side to the interests of certain individual harming the people of Bali in the future,â€? said Regional Coordinator of ASITA for Bali, NTB and NTT, Bagus Sudibya, when contacted on Friday (Nov 11). *RYHUQPHQW FKLHĂ€\ WKH FRPPLWtee of Regional Spatial Plan, expected Bagus Sudibya, should not take a step without thinking about the impact of the next 50-100 years, though the DWWHPSW WR PDNH ODQG HIÂżFLHQF\ DQG preserve the sustainability of Bali was a positive measure. “Bali must think of building vertically rather than horizontally. However, to reach the goal, it is really required a decisiveness of law enIRUFHPHQW LQ WKH ÂżHOG WR SUHYHQW DQ\ infringement,â€? he said. Indecisive

law enforcement, according to Bagus Sudibya, would make the island that relied on the tourism sector face many problems regarding the spatial violations.

Meanwhile, the Rector of Undiknas Denpasar, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, assessed that policy on the height of buildings posed a revolutionary measure, but it should not only be on the paper. “It needs a comprehensive and thorough study related to the zones where people may build RYHU PHWHUV VR LW ZLOO EH GHÂżQLWH and responsible,â€? he said.According to him, so far the idealism of government to enforce the regional spatial plan was still at gray zones. Existence of the buildings standings on improver land took place because the holders of authority did not implement the rules ÂżUPO\ DQG FOHDUO\ “Narrow land of Bali has indeed become one of the problems that should be responded by building vertically. However, the rules must be upheld without exception,â€? he said.

He also added the law enforcement of Bali regional spatial plan was still ÂżOOHG ZLWK OREELHV EHWZHHQ JRYHUQment and investors. On that account, many buildings, particularly tourism accommodations, were built on the land that actually was not intended for accommodation facilities. (par)

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Ammonia poisoning, nine people should be rushed to Sanglah Hospital The leaking of ice factory on Jalan Pidada Ubung generating ammonia gas on Friday (Nov 11) resulted in an aftermath. Nine people living around the factory and those who were at the scene during the incident of ammonia gas leakage should be rushed to Sanglah Hospital at 9:00 p.m. Friday (Nov11) as complained about dizziness and nausea after inhaling the gas.

Based on the data, the nine victims consisting of Hartono, 31, I Gusti Ketut, 47, Sevrianus Jave, 20, Joko Wahyudi, 47 and Yatim, 36, were recorded as the residents of Jalan Pidada V Ubung. Meanwhile, the other victims named Ketut Muliarta, 28, a resident of Jalan Gunung Soputan, Bakti, 26, Paula Yusuf, 29, a resident of Jalan Kartini and Wayan Juliantara, 27, a resident

of Tiying Tali Hamlet, Abang, Karangasem.

The nine victims were coming in a weak condition as well as complained of dizziness and nausea. They came almost simultaneously last Friday and immediately got help in Emergency Room of Sanglah Hospital. Having obtained the treatment, the nine patients were allowed to go home immediately. (san)

Bali registers nine dances to UNESCO Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Bali Government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative (FRQRP\ UHJLVWHUHG QLQH %DOLQHVH WUDGLWLRQDO GDQFHV WR 81(6&2 Those nine heritages were divided into three groups namely wali, bebali and balih-balihan dances and the announcement would be released in 2012.

The Head of Historical and Traditional Values Preservation Agency for Bali, NTB and NTT Region, Made Purna, stated the nine proposed wali dances were taken from nine regencies and city across Bali.

However, every single type of the dance could be encountered in almost throughout the regencies. “We have taken respectively a dance sample from one regency/ city by considering the principle of equity. The determination took a long process involving some experts in arts in Bali including Wayan Dibya and Made Bandem,� said Made Purna when contacted on Friday (Nov 11).

He said his party had also executed a discussion to decide what kinds of dance that would be registered. Balinese dance remarkably varied and kept experiencing growth, particularly the dances dedicated for entertainment need. “The discussion involved some academicians and community leaders to avoid any jealousy,� he said.

The nine dances, described Made Purna, were consisting of Rejang Dance with the sample location taken from Klungkung, Sanghyang Dedari from Karangasem, and the Baris Dance for ceremony from Bangli belonging to wali or sacred performance. Then, bebali or sacred performance and entertainment dance comprised the Sidakarya or Pajegan Mask from Tabanan, Gambuh Dance from Gianyar and Wayang Wong from Buleleng. Meanwhile, the balih-balihan or dance for purely entertainment was represented by Legong Kraton from Denpasar, Joged Bumbung from Jembrana and Barong Ket Kunti Sraya from Badung. ³:LWK WKH UHFRJQLWLRQ RI 81(6&2 WKHUH ZLOO DQ REOLJDWLRQ WR continue preserving such cultural heritages,� he said.

The Head of Center for Cultural Research and Development, Tourism Development Board, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Budi Priyadi, justified the statement.

According to him, there had been some Balinese cultural heritages UHFRJQL]HG E\ 81(6&2 1HYHUWKHOHVV LI FRPSDUHG WR RWKHU FRXQWULHV such as Japan and Korea, the heritage of Indonesian culture regisWHUHG WR 81(6&2 VWLOO DPRXQWHG WR IDLUO\ PLQLPDO ³:H H[SHFW WKH SURSRVHG LWHPV FRXOG JHW WKH UHFRJQLWLRQ RI 81(6&2 WR DYRLG DQ\ claims from other countries,� he said.

Aside from all Balinese dances, Budi Priyadi had also registered WKH ,QGRQHVLD 0LQLDWXUH 3DUN 70,, WR 81(6&2 ³:H KDYH GRQH WKH UHVHDUFK YHULILFDWLRQ DQG UHJLVWUDWLRQ WR 81(6&2 ,W ZLOO DOVR be announced in 2012,� he said. (par)

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The seaweed farmers are inspecting their harvest.

Flushed in rain, seaweed at Sumberkima decomposes Singaraja (Bali Post)—

7KH UDLQ VWDUWLQJ WR ÀXVK ZLWKLQ this week made the seaweed farming in Buleleng disturbed. Having EHHQ ÀXVKHG E\ WKH UDLQ WKH GD\ old seaweed seedlings were rotten.

Besides, the coming up ocean waves also caused the branches of seaweed WR EUHDN 7KH ÂżVKHUPHQ FXOWLYDWLQJ the seaweed consequently worried because the weather getting worse could lead them to crop failure. ,QIRUPDWLRQ FRPSLOHG LQ WKH ÂżHOG on Friday (Nov 11) said the damage of seaweed seedling occurred to Sumber Laut and Mandar Sari Fishermen Group, Sumberkima Village, Gerokgak Subdistrict. Local ÂżVKHUPHQ FXOWLYDWHG WKH VHDZHHG RQ the area of about 2 hectares. At the moment, the seaweed seedling was just 20 days old.

Since flushed by the rain this week the seedlings were unable to grow normally. Many stalks of the seedlingwereattackedbywhitespotted diseases and eventually died.The disease attack happened because the VHDZHHG ZDV ÀXVKHG E\ WKH UDLQ IRU a long time. Aside from decaying, theseaweedbrancheswerebrokenas blown up by the ocean waves. Fortunately, the branches getting detached fromtheropecouldbepartiallysaved because they were washed away by

currents and cast ashore. Next, they were dried under the sunlight.

In different location, the Head of Buleleng Fishery and Maritime Agency (Kadiskanla), Nyoman 6XWULVQD VDLG LQ KLV RIÂżFH RQ )ULGD\ (Nov 11) that for this year only two fisherman groups at Sumberkima planting the seaweed. Meanwhile, ÂżVKHUPDQ JURXSV LQ RWKHU DUHDV ZHUH not planting due to the impact of extreme weather since early last year.

Prior to planting the seaweed, his SDUW\ WRJHWKHU ZLWK WKH ÂżHOG H[WHQsion workers (PPL) had advised the seaweed farmers to re-consider the weather before deciding to plant seaweed. Apparently, the appeal was ignored and the aquaculture development consequently yielded less optimal production on account of unfavorable weather. “This year, the seaweed cultivation is only undertaken at Sumberkima. We have previously given coaching but they insisted on planting. Having been Ă€XVKHG E\ UDLQ IRU IHZ GD\V PDQ\ RI WKH VHDZHHG ÂżQDOO\ GLHG ´ KH VDLG According to Sutrisna, the results RI PRQLWRULQJ LQ WKH ÂżHOG VKRZHG LI the average mortality rate of seaweed at Sumberkima reached 25 percent.

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Gerokgak Subdistrict. Expectedly, the remaining seedlings could be harvested on schedule and slightly reduced the losses of fishermen. “We do not know the precise loss value, but the remaining seedlings are still maintained and can be harvested within a few weeks ahead,� he explained.

Sutrisna added the success of seaweed farming depended on the weather at sea. He exemplified the seaweed exposed to rainwater directly would cause their branches rotten. Suddenly the branches would turn white and then slowly decayed.

As a matter of fact, it could be overcome by cutting the white branches, so the remaining branches could still grow normally.Aside from decaying due to rain water, heavy strikes of big ocean waves could also make their branches broken and detached from the fastening ropes. “Bothcausesofseaweeddeathare kindled by the unpredictable nature.

Well, we have always reminded the ¿VKHUPHQ WR FRQVLGHU WKH ZHDWKHU Similarly, we routinely disseminate the weather forecast information of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to be FRQVLGHUHG E\ ¿VKHUPHQ LQ %XOHOHQJ before carrying out the cultivation or ¿VKLQJ DFWLYLWLHV ´ KH DGGHG (kmb)

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Thai deputy PM sees ‫ی‬RRGV WULPPLQJ JURZWK Reuters

HONOLULU - Catastrophic floods may cut Thailand’s 2011 growth prospects by more than half and require a cut in interest rates to help restore growth, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Saturday. Kittirat Na Ranong, who is also commerce minister, said Bangkok has yet to make a full tally of the damage from Thailand’s worst floods in half a century “It’s still not over, but we had expected that GDP growth this year could reach as high as 4.5 percent. In my opinion we perhaps will have to shave off some 2.5 to 3 percent for economic activities forgone,” he told Reuters.

The deluge has killed more than 500 people and affected about 2 million since late July, with tens of thousands relocated or sheltering in evacuation centers after their homes and businesses were engulfed by water.

“It’s a very painful process, and we have seen the water creeping down, hitting city after city, factory after factory, and flooding

farmlands,” Kittirat said in an interview on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Hawaii.

The deputy premier is filling in at the annual APEC leaders summit for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who stayed home to deal with the flooding. The economic damage from the flooding will not be confined to Thailand because “some (Thai) factories produce parts or materials for the global supply chain,” he said.

Thailand, Southeast Asia’s second biggest economy, is a major center for multinational firms manufacturing cars, auto parts and electronics. Kittirat said conditions were ripe for an interest rate cut to help the economy recover from the flooding. “Even before the flood, I kept saying the interest rate of Thailand was unnecessarily high,” he said, adding that authority over monetary policy was in the hands of the Thai central bank.

“Now with the flood, I have all the more reason to believe that the interest rate in Thailand has got to come down,” said Kittirat.

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Arab foreign ministers attend an emergency meeting on Syria at the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo, November 12, 2011,

Arab League suspends Syria as global pressure rises Reuters

CAIRO - The Arab League suspended Syria and called on its army to stop killing civilians in a surprise move on Saturday that some Western leaders said should prompt tougher international action against President Bashar al-Assad. Hours after the League’s decision, hundreds of Assad supporters armed with sticks and knives attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Damascus and Turkish and French consulates in the city of Latakia, residents said.

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Kittirat Na Ranong, Thailand’s deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, wears a life jacket as he inspects the work on a broken water barrier near Hi-Tech Industrial estate in Ayutthaya province October 13, 2011.

U.S. President Barack Obama praised the League’s move and France said it was time for international bodies to take more action against Syria’s government.

The Arab League will impose economic and political sanctions on Damascus and has appealed to member states to withdraw their ambassadors, said Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani.

It will also call a meeting of Syrian opposition parties, he said.

“We were criticised for taking a long time but this was out of our concern for Syria,” Sheikh Hamad told reporters at the League’s headquarters in Cairo. “We needed to have a majority to approve those decisions.”

Syria’s representative at the Arab League said the decision was “not worth the ink it was written with.”

The League’s announcement was a sharp rebuke for Syria’s leadership which sees itself as a champion of Arab nationalism. Hopes among Western

powers that Assad would be isolated by his Arab neighbours were repeatedly dashed until now. Some Arab leaders have been reluctant to turn against one of their peers given their own restive populations, Middle East diplomats say.

But Assad has pressed ahead with the crackdown on protesters against his rule despite an Arab peace plan brokered on November 2. The United Nations says more than 3,500 people have been killed in seven months of violence.

Accidental blast at Iranian arms depot kills 17 Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran — An accidental explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot west of Tehran killed at least 17 soldiers on Saturday, Iranian officials said. The explosion occurred while military personnel were transporting munitions at a base, said Guard spokesman Gen. Ramazan Sharif. The site is located outside Bidganeh village, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of the capital.

The Guard is Iran’s most powerful military force. “My colleagues at the Guard were transporting ammunition at one of the depots at the site when an explosion occurred as a result of an accident,” Sharif said.

At least 17 Guard members were killed, state TV reported. The broadcast said 16 other soldiers were injured and hospitalized.

Sharif said some of them were in critical condition.

Earlier, Sharif had said incor-

rectly that 27 soldiers were killed but later retracted his statement, explaining that the error was due to an illegible fax from officials at the site of the blast. Among those killed was Hasan Moghaddam, a senior Guard commander.

Lawmaker Parviz Soroori ruled out sabotage. “No sabotage was involved in this incident. It has nothing to do with politics,” Soroori was quoted as saying by the parliament’s website, icana.ir.

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In this image taken from amateur video smokes rises from an accidental explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outside Bidganeh village,west of Tehran which killed at least 15 people on Saturday Nov. 12, 2001, officials said.

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Ground breaking of Aston Cirebon Hotel IBP

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JAKARTA – Recently Aston International and PT. Mulia Putri Lestari announced the ground breaking of the Aston Cirebon Hotel & Convention Center.

Aston Cirebon Hotel & Convention Center has been conceptualized to become Cirebon’s leading business and conference hotel with approximately 2,9ha of an area and will feature 200 guest rooms and suites, an extensive convention center for up to 2000 persons and several auxiliary meeting rooms, a swimming pool, an elegant restaurant, coffee shop, a full service spa and salon and a well equipped fitness center.

Cirebon is in West Java near the provincial border with Central Javaon Jalur Pantura (Pantai Utara Jawa), a major road on the northern coast of Java that connects Cirebon with big cities such as Jakarta, Surabaya and Semarang.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said “The Aston Cirebon Hotel & Convention Center will bring new standards of hospitality and magnificent conference facilities to Cirebon. This new hotel is another step forward in our drive to open modern international four star hotels with best in class conference facilities all around the Indonesian archipelago.”

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for November 2 through 21, 2011 2 Nov Buda Wage Kelawu Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Melanting temple Camenggaon Sukawati Penataran Ped temple Nusa Penida Pasek Gelgel temple Pangembungan Bongkase Abiansemal Pasek Bendesa temple Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pasek Gelgel temple Br. Jawa Tengah Buleleng Gaduhan Jagat temple Singakerta Ubud Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan Kuta Goa di Besakih, Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Pejeng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Songan Merajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan Sidemen Merajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari Sukasada Dadia Pasek Gelgel temple Sidemen Karangase Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan Tembuku, Bangli 8 Nov Anggar Kasih Dukut Dalem temple Batuyang Batubulan Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pr Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Desa/ Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Sulahan Merajan Pasek Padang Rata Padang Puser Jagat Dalem Dukut Nusa Penida 9 Nov Buda Umanis Dukut Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibang Kaja Abiansemal Dalem Samplangan Gianyar 10 Nov Purnama Kelima Batumadeg temple Besakih Kentel Gumi temple Batur Baangli Pedarman Agung Satria Denpasar Pemerajan Agung Pemecutan Denpasar

Ngusaba di Kehen Bangli Desa Pemenang Lombok Agung Pasek Gelgel Sumerta Denpasar Pasek Gobleg Kekeran Mengwi Suranadi temple Lombok Puncak Bukit Tampak Siring Dalem Puri Agung Kintamani Dalem Agung Nongan Karangasem Dalem Ubung-Kupang Dukuh Penebel-Tabanan Dalem temple Balingkang Kintamani Pr. Tampurhyang Pusat Songan Kintamani Dalem Pulasari Bantas Sudaji Buleleng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Lebih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tulamben Penyusungan Pasek Tohjiwa Selemadeg Tabanan Pasar Agung Besakih Sebudi Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tengkulak Kaja Suci Desa Tianyar temple Kubu Karangasem Bukit Mentik ring Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani Narmada temple Lombok Segara temple Ampenan Lombok Ularan temple Seririt Buleleng 19 Nov Saraswati Pasek Tangkas Gempinis dalang Tabanan Pasek Gelgel sayan Bongkase Abiansemal Watugunung temple Bima Agung Jagatkarana Surabaya Aditya Jaya temple Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pemaksan temple Banyuning Timur Buleleng Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Giri Jaya Natha temple Balikpapan Agung Santi Bhuana Brugelette Belgia 21 Nov Some Ribek Jati temple Jembrana Kawitan Batugaing Bangli Tirta Wening Tambak Sari Surabaya

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

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

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

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

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

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he presents his electoral programme for the April general elections, during a political meeting in Naples, southern Italy in this March 26, 2006 ďŹ le photo.

Berlusconi resigns, crowds in Rome celebrate Reuters

ROME - Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday to make way for an emergency government ,WDOLDQV KRSH ZLOO VDYH WKHP IURP ÂżQDQFLDO UXLQ DV WKRXVDQGV RI MHHULQJ SURWHVWHUV VKRXWHG “clown, clownâ€? and toasted the end of a scandal-plagued era. Berlusconi, who failed to secure a PDMRULW\ LQ D FUXFLDO YRWH RQ 7XHVGD\ VWHSSHG GRZQ DV SULPH PLQLVWHU DIWHU SDUOLDPHQW SDVVHG D SDFNDJH RI PHDVXUHV GHPDQGHG E\ (XURSHDQ SDUWQHUV WR UHVWRUH PDUNHW FRQÂżGHQFH LQ ,WDO\ÂśV VWUDLQHG SXEOLF ÂżQDQFHV Former European Commissioner Mario Monti is expected to be given the task of trying to form a new administration to face a widening financial crisis which has sent Italy’s borrowing costs to unmanageable levels.

More than a thousand demonstrators waving banners mocking Berlusconi flocked to the president’s residence at the Quirinale Palace as the motorcade carrying the billionaire media entrepreneur, who has been Italy’s longest serving prime minister, entered.

The crowd grew so unruly that Berlusconi was forced to leave secretly via a side en-

trance and return to his private residence. Cheers broke out when they heard that Berlusconi had resigned and the square broke out into a party atmosphere. People sang, danced and some broke open bottles of champagne.

An orchestra near the palace played the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah. “We are here to rejoice,� one said. Demonstrators chanting “resign, resign, resign� also gathered outside the prime minister ’s office and parliament, heckling ministers as they walked between the two buildings.

A small group of pro-Ber-

lusconi demonstrators gathered outside his residence but were hugely outnumbered by opponents. After the resignation, hundreds shouting “Jail, Jail, Jail,� moved from the presidential palace to Berlusconi’s residence to continue the noisy celebrations below his windows. “This is something that deeply saddens me,� the Italian news agency Ansa quoted Berlusconi as telling aides. President Giorgio Napolitano will begin consultations with political leaders at 0800 GMT on Sunday morning. He was expected to ask Monti for form a government on Sunday night.

Meanwhile during the preparation of Asean Summit and East Asia Summit, security forces hold the two-day exercise. This exercise was officially opened by Commander of the Provincial Military Command (Kodam) IX/Udayana Major General Leonard. “This concerns the image of the Indonesian nation and country.

So, do it seriously and professionally in accordance with the prevailing procedures,� Leonard said in his remarks.

The summits are expected to be participated in by 16 heads of government/state from ASEAN member countries and dialog partner nations.

The 15,000 personnel consist of 7,562 personnel of the TNI (Indonesian National Defense Forces) Security Operational Command, 750 of VVIP Security Task Force, and 2,563 of the Territorial Security Task Force.

There are also 600 personnel of the Naval Security Task Force, 300 personnel of the Air Security Task Force, around 200 personnel of the Intelligent Unit, and 1,799 Police officers.

The TNI General Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Suryo Prabowo and Deputy Police Chief Com. General Nanan Sukarna are expected to inspect the implementation of the joint exercise.

Security arrangement has become important because the planned participation of the 16 heads of state/government, including US President Barack Obama, in the summits in Bali.

Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika also has ensured Bali is secure and ready to welcome participants of the summits and is secure.

Around 600 Naval officers would also be deployed to secure Bali, Commander of the Main Naval Base V Denpasar Colonel I Wayan Suarjana said in Denpasar in early October 2011.

Four F16 jet fighters will escort planes carrying the heads of state/government to attend the Bali summits. Five warships have been deployed in Bali Waters to guard the island during the summits.

The warships are KRI Banda Aceh, KRI Sura, KRI Kerapu, KRI Slamet Riyadi, and KRI Karel Satsuitubun, according to Lt Col Yayan Sugiana, a spokesman of the Eastern Indonesian Naval Fleet Command (Koarmatim).

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From page 1 But the Thais are battling to avoid an early exit from the under23s tournament after a lacklustre start to their campaign which has seen them lose to defending champions Malaysia and beat a dismal Cambodia. “We’re not out yet,� team manager Kasem Jariyawatwong was quoted by Thailand’s The Nation newspaper as saying. “We have two matches left to fight for our survival. We were down when we saw what people thought about our performance on the Internet, we’ll keep fighting,� he said, adding he expected to face a “cauldron� of home fans.

Thailand’s athletes have so far struggled to repeat their form of 2009 when they secured regional bragging rights by topping the medals table, but were boosted by two early golds Sunday in canoeing.

Indonesia was awarded the Games in 2006, but the government been criticised for failing to release cash to organising committee Inasoc to build venues, causing an embarrassing delay to the athletes’ village in co-host Palembang.

In an echo of India’s graft-hit Commonwealth Games last year, the ruling party’s treasurer allegedly pocketed $3 million in bribes from a firm seeking tenders, and then fled to Colombia with the spoils.

By Sunday the raft of problems appeared to have died down with athletes focused on the competition, although there were reports of food poisoning hitting Malaysian and Singaporean teams in Palembang.

The biennial Games are big news in southeast Asia, capturing the imagination of the competing nations, with dozens of gold medals and regional sporting supremacy at stake.

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Indonesia miners fight for a bigger slice of pie Agence France-Presse

TIMIKA - After more than a decade of hard work and long hours driving a truck through the mountains of Indonesia’s remote Papua province for US mining giant Freeport McMoRan, Nus Magay refuses to work for anything less than a hefty raise.

Since mid-September the 35year-old has taken part in an angry strike -- which last month turned deadly after clashes with police -- together with about one-third of Freeport’s 23,000 workers.

“I’m angry. I work so hard but I never got a pay increase or a promotion in all these years,” Magay told AFP, while seated on a tattered rug in the otherwise bare living room of his modest wooden house.

Magay and his colleagues, mostly native Papuans, have watched Freeport’s US owners reap the riches of the Grasberg mine, one of the largest retrievable gold and copper reserves in the world. Last year Freeport reported sales revenues of more than $5 billion from Grasberg.

Now, the workers are demanding a bigger slice of what they see as their pie.

“Aren’t we working for a worldclass mining company? Why are we paid so little -- much less than Freeport workers in other countries?”

Magay asked.

The miners claim they are the poorest-paid among Freeport’s employees worldwide, including those in Africa and South America.

Some complain that they do the hardest physical work at Grasberg for a basic salary of around $400 a month. But after regular bonuses, Magay said he receives close to $900 a month.

That is well above Indonesia’s monthly per capita income of

about $350, but the striking miners complain it is not enough to live on in the remote, pricey mining compound in the Mimika district 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from the central government in Jakarta.

Because of poor infrastructure in Papua province the prices for goods consumed by a slowly modernising region are often much higher than in other parts of the country, according to executive director of Indonesia’s Human Rights Working Group Rafendi Djamin.

“Papuans can still get their traditional staples, like sweet potatoes, very cheaply. But they are starting to consume rice and alcohol like the rest of Indonesia, and that can be very expensive,” Djamin said.

“You can live a much better life in Jakarta on a smaller income because you have cheap options.”

The workers say that even though they are paid above the average wage, their jobs in the mines and on narrow roads high in the foggy mountains are dangerous and warrant higher pay.

“After paying for food and other household expenses, I have nothing left. I can’t afford to go to the hospital,” Magay said, complaining of gout and rubbing balm on his knees and elbows.

“Sitting in a truck all day in the cold only makes the gout worse,” he said, referring to the low temperatures that persist in the mountains year-round.

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In this photograph taken on November 5, 2011 shows striking Freeport workers maning a road blockade where company pipeline used for gold concentrates have been cut off in Timika.

The workers originally demanded the minimum wage of $1.50 an hour be raised twenty-fold to $30 an hour. Later, they said they would settle for $7.50, and then $4. They rejected Freeport’s most recent offer of a 35% increase.

“We are only asking Freeport to be fair,” Magay said. The company insists it is being fair.

“Our proposal is fair and generous and we and our local management team are committed to maintaining a working environment that is attractive to our employees,” Freeport McMoRan chairman James

R. Moffat said in a statement.

Striking workers, angered at colleagues who have refused to stop work and at contract workers brought in by Freeport, have been blockading the Grasberg complex for weeks.

The protest turned ugly when eight people were killed last month in several car ambushes and clashes with police.

The company reported that the work stoppage, coupled with another eight-day strike in July, slashed third-quarter copper and gold production, with losses worth

around $400 million on the current market.vFreeport Indonesia called force majeure on October 22, announcing it could not fulfil its contractual obligations, triggering a spike in global copper prices.

Since making the announcement, the company has lost $19 million a day, Freeport senior administration officer Sinta Sirait said.

The company’s losses are also losses for the government, which collected $1.4 billion in taxes and royalties in the first half of the year, and dividends on its 9.36 percent stake in the company.

Debt for Bakrie Group is business as usual Reuters

JAKARTA - The Bakrie Group, one of Indonesia’s biggest conglomerates, has once again emerged from a debt crisis by selling off some of its assets, giving away half its stake in coal venture Bumi Plc to fellow miner Borneo Lumbung Energi .

The group, founded in 1942 by Sumatran businessman Achmad Bakrie to trade local commodities such as cocoa and coffee, is known for acquisitions funded through debt that are linked to shares in its firms -- a strategy that backfires when global financial crises hit equity and debt markets.

This month’s deal to help refinance $1.35 billion of debt to avoid a default follows a similar scenario in 1998, when like many local firms it suffered a $1.2 billion default during the Asian financial crisis.

After the collapse of the group’s

Bank Nusa Nasional, and after years of negotiations with the government and lenders, in 2001, it gave lenders equity in its firms including the majority of its stake in an oil palm firm, Bakrie Sumatera Plantations .

Only months afterwards, the group made its first acquisition in coal mining with the purchase of an 80 percent stake worth $140 million in PT Arutmin Indonesia, owned by BHP Billiton. The assets were put into its new coal firm, PT Bumi Resources .

In 2003, the Bakrie Group made another major acquisition when it bought 100 percent of Indonesia’s biggest and most prized coal mining asset, PT Kaltim Prima Coal, for a cheap $500 million from oil giant BP Plc and global miner Rio Tinto , who had to divest because of Indonesian government rules.

The deal, which made the group

a global player in coal, was financed with just $25 million in cash. The rest came in the form of a $400 million loan from its long-time banker Credit Suisse and another $75 million from commodity trader Glencore in exchange for coal marketing rights.

By 2004, the group bought back Bakrie Sumatera.

“It’s business as usual for us. We grow our business through debt, expanding it, creating more value from it, paying our debt and then expanding again via debt...There’s nothing wrong with that,” said a source close to the group’s thinking, referring to the latest deal.

Although Indonesia has bigger family groups such as the Sinar Mas Group and the Salim Group, the Bakries are arguably the most powerful. Family patriarch Aburizal Bakrie is the chairman of Indonesia’s biggest political party Golkar,

the dominant group under former autocratic leader Suharto from the 1960s to the late 1990s.

Having political clout is a significant advantage in a country such as Indonesia, where investors often face tortuous bureaucracy and government policy flip-flops.

Aburizal Bakrie, a likely candidate for presidential elections in 2014, is also a former chairman of the nation’s biggest business lobby group Kadin, now headed by his friend Suryo Sulisto, president commissioner of the group’s Bumi Resources.

Bumi Resources’ aggressive debt-fueled acquisitions led the group to have to sell off a 30 percent stake in KPC and Arutmin, worth $1.3 billion, to India’s Tata Power in 2007, to partly pay off the debt.

The group, now led by Achmad Bakrie’s second son Nirwan, found itself in yet another crisis in 2008 af-

ter Lehman Brothers collapsed, leaving it facing a margin call on $1.2 billion of short-term debt because of a slide in group firm shares.

It had to sell stakes in firms including in property, telecoms, plantations and its prized asset Bumi -- but retained control of all the assets. It had buy-back clauses in most of the complex deals with lenders and investors.

Within months of settling these debts, in December 2008 Bumi Resources again bought two coal miners and a mining contractor for over $600 million -- sparking a probe from Indonesia’s capital markets regulator to check on the deal.

The group later financed the deal and paid off other debts by getting a loan in 2009 from Chinese sovereign wealth fund CIC for $1.9 billion, debt which is due from 2013.

The Bakries are now in talks with CIC to start paying this off.

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Bali Today Ways to reach peacefullness

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A motorcycle passes a giant ASEAN summit banner in Sanur, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011.

Next week Indonesia will host the 19th ASEAN summit which U.S. Indonesia should take the border dispute issues for talks in the ASEAN Summit which will be held here on November 17-19, 2011, a researcher said.

RI must raise border issues in ASEAN Summit Antara

NUSA DUA - Indonesia should take the border dispute issues for talks in the ASEAN Summit which will be held here on November 17-19, 2011, a researcher said.

“Indonesia in its capacity as the ASEAN chair should encourage diplomacy so that the border dispute would be discussed (in the summit),” Suhana, chief researcher of the Maritime Development Institute, said when he was contacted from Bali on Sunday.

He said that the capacity of Indonesia the ASEAN chair was an important factor that could boost dialogs on border dispute among ASEAN members.

After all, he said, Indonesia itself also has border problems with its neighbors like Malaysia and Singapore.

He reminded that the conflict in the South China Sea between China and ASEAN countries had been taking place for a long time.

“The main ASEAN agenda should include efforts how to solve the border dispute issues,” he said.

Prosecutors ask for 3 months in Bali jail for drug teen Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Indonesian prosecutors Friday recommended a three-month jail sentence for an Australian teenage boy charged with drug possession on the resort island of Bali.

The 14-year-old boy was facing a maximum sentence of six years’ imprisonment after being caught in Bali last month with nearly seven grams of marijuana while on holiday with his parents.

“We demand the defendant spend three months in prison, less

than the usual sentence time. We have taken into consideration that he is a child and that his behaviour can change,” prosecutor I Gusti Putu Gede Atmaja said after the closed-door hearing.

Under articles 127 and 128 of Indonesia’s narcotics law, if the boy as a minor has a documented history of drug use, he could escape a prison term altogether and undergo rehabilitation instead.

“We have asked for the boy to be excused under article 127 and 128, all our evidence and witnesses support that. We hope the

judge will rule fairly,” the boy’s lawyer Muhammad Rifan said.

The defence has provided the court with a letter from an Australian doctor describing the boy as a drug user, and a local psychologist who has examined the boy since he was arrested more than a month ago supported the argument.

The boy has been detained since October 4, when police arrested him in the tourist district of Kuta.

T h e j u d g e ’s v e r d i c t i s scheduled for November 25, Rifan said.

The 3rd International Bali Mediators’ Festival 2011 is featuring Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar, Swami Anubhavananda, Wayan Sayoga and Norma Harsono as speakers in Panel Discussion Session in seconds day, discuss about Ways to reach peacefullness.

A professional public accountant, Norma Liesje Tanoko, is talking about creating Islam Rahmatan Lil Alamin through Tafakur in order to achieve peacefulness in each of our heart. In his own experience of practicing meditation, she finds out that many methods from different traditions and religions in the world can be used to achieve the state of peacefulness in our heart. One of many is Sufi Whirling Meditation which apparently has many same principle and meaning to a ritual of circling Kabbah anti clock-wise in Muslim tradition, or usually called Tawaf.

Meanwhile, Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar talks about “The Best Happiness is Togetherness.” His speech is based on the ancient proverbs in Java and Bali.

“But, such things like famine, suffering, greed, anger, and ignorance can separate people’s togetherness, and that will become the main hindrance of the happiness,” he said.

The current Dharma Adhyaksha Parisada Hindu Dharma adds that we are as religious people can not punish others, even when they are doing something wrong or hurting someone else. But, he prefers to rehabilitate, or to re-educate anybody who is doing something wrong.

The 3rd speaker for today is dr Wayan Sayoga, the chairperson of Anand Ashram Foundation. He talks about the simplest way of life, taught by the elders in Bali, which is meditation. However, although the meditation has been taught well and practiced by the ancestors in Bali, he sees nowadays the meditation is only the subject to be talked about, only few actually apply it in their daily activities.

In fact, meditation is needed by contemporary men/women who is living life dynamically. Only those who are free from their early-childhood conditionings and attachments will have truly free soul and be able to celebrate life.

The last distinguished speaker for today’s panel session is Swami Anubhavananda from India. He is known for his ability to communicate the most difficult of the philosophy in a simple and direct manner. His speech directly address the heart and breaths into his audiences a new life of joy. That reflects his approach to life-be happy. “To be happy, someone has to get rid of his sufferings, his misery. Otherwise, happy will not happening,” Swami-ji explained.

Be Happy can be achieved by doing regularly spiritual practices.

Happiness should be expressing through our daily activities.

However, an ignorance of self-identity can lead someone be in the darkness and sadness. He said that the false of identity can cause sufferings of man. That’s why we cannot mistakenly our own identity if we want to be happy.

“But, let’s not seek God, but rather let’s God be working through us,” he said while telling his experience of seeing words in one’s t-shirt.

It says Nobody is happy in one end, and I’m Nobody in the other end. For the founder of the Sat Bhavana Trust, said that his conclusion based on the words in t-shirt, if we want to be happy, we have to be nobody.

The participants are laughing out loud hearing his funny explanation and conclusion.

Then, when there is a question : “how to become nobody?” he bluntly answers that the key is in the act, not in the reaction.

“If we realize that we are living in this world that we are acting a certain role that God is working thru us, we become nobody and we will be happy. But if we are reacting, we are becoming somebody, and if this happens, Ego is there and Happiness will be gone,” he ends in the end of the panel session.

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Balinese Culture

GULING CELENG (Suckling Pig) OVERVIEW: If there’s just one dish that people remember after a visit to Bali, it’s this famous delicacy, usually known by its Indonesian name, Babi Guling.

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GM International Bali Post Gde Palgunadi (left) showing Intenational Bali Post newspaper to Communication Manager – Event Organizer Tokobagus.com Ichwan Sitorus that visited IBP ofďŹ ce on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Tokobagus.com is the largest and free online shopping website that established by Arnold Sebastian Egg and Remco Lupker. This website homebased was in Bali since its ďŹ rst opening on 2005. But in 2010, they decided to moved to Jakarta to capture bigger market. (iah)

INGREDIENTS: 1 suckling pig, weighing about 6-8kg 1½ tbsp salt 200 shallots, peeled and sliced 100 gr cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 50 gr ginger, peeled & chopped 300 gr candlenuts, chopped 350 gr fresh turmeric, peeled &chopped 3 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed JU ODRV ¿QHO\ FKRSSHG 120 gr bird’s-eye chilies, sliced VWDONV OHPRQ JUDVV ¿QHO\ VOLFHG 1 tbsp black peppercorns, crushed 1 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted IUDJUDQW OLPH OHDYHV ¿QHO\ VKUHGGHG 2 salam leaves 2½ tbsp oil 4 tbsp turmeric water PREPARATION: Ensure inside of suckling pig is completely cleaned out.

Season inside and outside with salt. Combine all other ingredients, except turmeric water, and mix thoroughly. Fill inside of suckling with mixture, close belly with string or thin satay skewer. Rub the outside of the pig with turmeric water until the skin is shiny yellow.

Place suckling pig on roasting rack and roast in hot oven (220°C / 425°F) for approximately 1 hour. Rest for 10 minutes LQ ZDUP SODFH EHIRUH VHUYLQJ :KHQ VHUYLQJ ¿UVW UHPRYH WKH crisp skin with a strong carving knife, then loosen meat from the bones and cut into even dice or slices. Place a heaped tablespoon RI VWXI¿QJ RQ HDFK VHUYLQJ SODWH DQG WKHQ WRS ZLWK PHDW DQG skin. Traditionally this dish is eaten with Jukut Nangka Mekuah and steamed rice.

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Lovina Beach IBP

Lovina is one of the famous tourist places in north part of Bali which own beautiful of calm sea water, blackish chromatic sand and the sea with its dolphin. One of the favorite fascinations in Lovina is dolphin watching tour.

Hundreds of dolphins can be seen in the morning time around 1 km offshore. We can see the dolphin attractions in this place like jumping. It is not fail to draw if the tourist has the time to see the sunset here. Lovina area is also supported by the number of tourism fascination which is can be reached from this location. Places of interests around Lovina are Hot Water Banjar, Wihara Budha (Buddies shrine), Gigit Waterfall and some countryside exist around the location.

Lovina is officially located in Kalibukbuk area and covering some countryside like Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Anturan and Kalibukbuk countryside.

Kalibugbug countryside it self is located in Buleleng sub district, meanwhile the Kaliasem and Temukus countryside are located in Banjar sub district where it both of them are belong to Buleleng re-

gency. The eastern countryside is called Pemaron about 5 Km west of Singaraja, and the western countryside is Temukus about 12 Km west of Singaraja.

There are no clear sources or evidence hit the name of Lovina genesis. Pursuant to the reference of the children from Anak Agung Panji Tisna, the clan of famous Buleleng King that the name of Lovina is given by him which is located in Kaliasem countryside, where at the first time he build a bungalow as a resort. He said that the name of Lovina is taken away from a name of small hotel in India that is lafeina whereabouts he stayed and write the book with the title of Ni Ketut Widhi. This book is translated into some languages. In memory of the hotel name, hence the ownership lands give the Lovina name. But there is also other version that is Lovina Name is given caused by its 2 Santen trees are planted by him and grow embracing each other. In this case Lovina is coming from Latin Language that mean is loving each other or love. Then Lovina’s name is interpreted as abbreviation from Love and Ina and it is interpreted as Love to Indonesia.

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BUSINESS Obama, Hu air economic disputes at APEC summit Reuters

HONOLULU - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao presented dueling WUDGH DJHQGDV DW D 3DFLÂżF VXPPLW RQ 6DWXUGD\ WKDW XQGHUVFRUHG JURZLQJ WHQVLRQV EHWZHHQ WKH ZRUOGÂśV WZR ELJJHVW HFRQRPLHV Hu and Obama laid out competing visions of world trade in back-to-back speeches in Honolulu, and Obama then warned Hu in private that Americans were growing increasingly frustrated over what they see as unfair Chinese trade and currency practices.

Taking China to task with some of his sharpest language yet, Obama used an address to CEOs at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to threaten punitive economic steps unless it started “playing by the rules,� as he sought to reassert U.S. influence in a region vital to America’s interests.

Earlier, Hu insisted on more clout for China as an emerging global power. He also made clear Beijing prefers to work through existing global trade architecture rather than allow itself to be subject to U.S.-led efforts to pry open Asia-Pacific markets.

When the two leaders appeared together before reporters as they started face-to-face talks, both sought to play down differences that have tested U.S.-China ties, stressing instead the need for cooperation to tackle global challenges.

But behind closed doors, Obama took U.S. complaints to a new level. It was unclear whether it was a serious effort to get Beijing to change its ways or, at least in part, political posturing aimed at U.S. voters who will decide whether to give him a second term.

Obama faces a tough 2012 reelection battle, in which Republican opponents accuse him of not being tough enough on China.

Obama told Hu the American people and U.S. businesses were “growing increasingly impatient and frustrated with the pace of

change� in the U.S.-China economic relationship, senior White House aide Michael Froman told reporters.

Even as Obama used his meeting with executives to highlight U.S. concerns about a rising China, he asserted the United States was partly to blame for having lost ground and said his administration was working to change that. “We’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades,� Obama said. “We’ve kind of taken for granted -- well, people will want to come here -- and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America,�

Obama said.

Hosting the APEC summit in his native Hawaii, Obama said earlier the “broad outlines� of a deal had been reached on the Transpacific Partnership, a regional free trade pact being negotiated by the United States and eight other countries.

It was hailed by U.S. officials as Obama’s signature achievement of the summit and a possible template for an eventual APECwide free trade zone. APEC’s 21 members make up the world’s most dynamic region and account for more than half of global economic output.

Obama sees increased trade opportunities as an engine for job creation at home that could help him through a troubled 2012 re-election bid with the U.S. economy still struggling.

But Beijing remains wary of the evolving trade pact that Washington is seeking with some of China’s neighbors. It is widely seen as part of a U.S. drive to provide a counterweight to China around the Pacific Rim. With Europe’s debt crisis

sending shock waves around the globe, this year’s APEC meeting was also emerging as a forum to push the euro zone to sort out its problems and for APEC members to strengthen defenses against the fallout.

Fostering free trade is one of the few steps leaders can take to spur global growth when fiscal and monetary measures are virtually exhausted in many developed countries. But new trade deals usually take years to yield significant benefits.

While insisting the United States was “rooting for China to grow,� Obama urged Beijing to do more to allow its currency to appreciate, create a level playing field on trade and prevent theft of U.S. intellectual property. Obama was “very direct� in conveying that in talks with Hu, the White House said. “The bottom line is that the United States can’t be expected to stand by if there’s not the kind of reciprocity in our trade relations and our economic relationships,� Obama said. “Where we see rules being broken, we’ll speak out and in some cases we’ll take action.�

Obama has been under pressure, especially from Republican rivals, for a tougher line on China as he seeks re-election. But U.S. leverage is limited, not least because Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor.

Speaking before Obama, Hu sought to soothe the concerns of foreign businesses over market access in China. He repeated China’s commitment to reform and opening up its economy but offered little new to address complaints that American business cannot compete fairly.

At the same time, he insisted China be given what it sees as its rightful place in world affairs.

Respite sought at Mumbai summit Agence France-Presse

MUMBAI - Hundreds of international policy-makers and industry leaders have converged on Mumbai, hoping fast-growing India can provide a rare chink of light amid the faltering global economy.

More than 800 participants from 40 countries are due to take part from Sunday in the annual two-day India Economic Summit, which is making its debut in Mumbai having previously been held in the capital New Delhi.

Delegates will focus on how to combine economic growth with essential social development.

Sushant Rao, a senior director with organisers the World Economic Forum, said there were “high expectationsâ€? of India given the gloom enveloping debt-laden Europe in particular. “India is not isolated from the crises that are happening in Europe,â€? Rao warned a news conference in Mumbai, the FRXQWU\ÂśV ÂżQDQFLDO KXE ODVW ZHHN Âł7KHUHÂśV D JOREDO HFRQRPLF contraction.â€?

But as solutions are sought, he said there was a need to look at “exactly what’s the role of a country like India, which is assumed to be one of the next superpowers... (to) facilitate leadership for these global challenges�.

Prithviraj Chavan, the chief minister of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, also said the event’s timing was “opportune, just after the G20 Cannes summit, where India has been called upon to play a major role�.

India emerged relatively unscathed from the last global economic downturn in 2008, largely because most of its demand for goods and services was met domestically.

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Chavan, from the ruling Congress party, said New Delhi was FRQÂżGHQW WKDW ,QGLD FRXOG ZLWKVWDQG IXUWKHU VKRFNV DQG LQVWHDG “get the due attention of the investing community of global business leadersâ€?.

In Maharashtra alone, agreements will be signed with 32 major FRPSDQLHV E\ \HDU HQG IRU SURMHFWV ZRUWK DW OHDVW ÂżYH ELOOLRQ rupees ($100 million), the chief minister said.

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Other recent data showed that new-car sales -- a key economic indicator -- slumped 24 percent in October, their sharpest fall in more than a decade, while October’s annual export growth was the slowest in two years.

India’s central bank, which has hiked interest rates 13 times VLQFH 0DUFK WR FXUE LQÀDWLRQ KDV UHYLVHG LWV IRUHFDVW IRU economic growth down to 7.6 percent this year from an earlier 8.0 percent.

India’s economic boom since the early 1990s has been hailed as a success story, with countries from the United States to Australia queuing up to do business.

But critics have said that although India has got richer, spreading wealth to the many, not just the few, remains a problem, with lingering concern about poverty, living standards and access to healthcare and education.

Poor governance, widescale corruption, inadequate infrastructure and the environmental impact of greater consumption are also key issues.

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Kirsten Dunst rises out of “Melancholia” Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Kirsten Dunst steps out of her comfort zone and deep into a paralyzing depression in her latest film “Melancholia.” Better known for light fare like “Spider-Man” and romantic comedies, Dunst plays the lead in the part science-fiction, part family drama from Danish director Lars von Trier, which opens in select U.S. cities on Friday.

The actress, 29, found herself challenged with intense emotional scenes and nudity while portraying Justine -- a complex bride who deteriorates into a melancholic depression after getting married and immediately regretting it. “It’s a very vulnerable part and there are very difficult scenes, but the environment was very comfortable,” said Dunst.

“Anything I had to do, which I may not have felt comfortable with in a different setting, felt protected so I could let loose and be open,” the actress added.

Complicated female characters and visually arresting images have become a trademark for von Trier, who cast Nicole Kidman in

the 2003 thriller “Dogville” and Charlotte Gainsbourg in the 2009 supernatural movie “Antichrist”.

Dunst called von Trier “one of the great directors of our time.”

He, in turn, drew a performance from Dunst that won her the best actress award at the Cannes film festival and is now earning talk of a possible first Oscar nomination.

It is the best critical acclaim Dunst has experienced since her performance as a 12-year-old in the 1994 drama “Interview With the Vampire” alongside Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

New York Times movie reviewer A.O. Scott said the actress “is remarkably effective at conveying both the acute anguish and the paralyzing hollowness of depression.”

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“Melancholia” is an apocalyptic tale of sisters Justine (Dunst) and Claire (Gainsbourg) set against an epic backdrop, when Earth’s existence is threatened by the approach of the planet Melancholia. Alexander Skarsgard and Keifer Sutherland co-star.

Entertainment Actors dressed as “Stormtroopers” from the “Star Wars” franchise arrive as presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2011 Governors Awards, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Oscar’s tumultuous week ends with Governors Awards Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — After a tumultuous week that saw the departure and replacement of the Oscar show’s host and producer, the film academy enjoyed a night of good vibes Saturday at its third annual Governors Awards. You might even say the force was with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Cast member Kirsten Dunst poses at a screening of the film “Melancholia” during AFI Fest 2011 in Hollywood November 6, 2011.

Armed storm troopers ensured guests were in their seats and paying attention as Darth Vader opened the evening honoring James Earl Jones, Oprah Winfrey and makeup artist Dick Smith. Under Vader’s helmet was academy president Tom Sherak, who welcomed the audience of industry insiders with, “How was your week?”

Over the past week, Oscar producer Brett Ratner and host Eddie Murphy resigned and were replaced with producer Brian Grazer and host

Billy Crystal.

Saturday’s untelevised Governors Awards, though, couldn’t have been smoother, as Jones, Smith and Winfrey accepted Oscar statuettes in front of a starry crowd that included John Travolta, Alec Baldwin, Woody Harrelson, Sharon Stone, Seth Rogen, Sidney Poitier and Tyler Perry, among others.

Jones, who famously voiced Vader, accepted his award by video from London’s Wyndham Theater, where

New book offers glimpse of Jackson’s personal life Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — A personal assistant-turned-personal manager to Michael Jackson said the King of Pop had been taking propofol as early as 1999, and that the singer was drugged up ahead of his 2001 30th anniversary concerts.

Frank Cascio, who became a family friend to Jackson at age 5 and eventually one of the singer’s closest friends and employees, writes in a new book that he first

noticed Jackson taking the drug Demerol while accompanying the singer on his “Dangerous” tour in 1993.

He writes in his new book, “My Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friendship with an Extraordinary Man,” that Jackson started the first of two anniversary shows in 2001 an hour late as a result of being drugged up in his dressing room.

“My naive belief that Michael wouldn’t let his medicine interfere with the show blew

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up in my face,” Cascio writes.

“I can’t begin to describe my disappointment and panic at this moment.”

The Associated Press bought an advance copy of the book, which is set for release Nov. 15

by William Morrow, an imprint of News Corp.’s HarperCollins.

Cascio became a friend of Jackson’s after his father introduced him to the singer; Cascio’s father worked at the Hemsley Palace in Manhattan, managing the hotel’s towers and suites,

where Jackson stayed. Following that, a 5-year-old Cascio and his younger brother Eddie, spent time with Jackson at his Neverland Ranch.

He says Jackson was first introduced to Demerol in 1984 when he burned his head during a Pepsi commercial shoot, and Cascio writes that he first noticed Jackson using the medicine on his “Dangerous” tour. “Now, on tour, and again in deep physical pain, Michael turned back to those drugs,” he wrote.

he is starring in “Driving Miss Daisy” with Vanessa Redgrave. Baldwin and Glenn Close feted the actor before Sir Ben Kingsley presented him with his Oscar onstage in London.

Close called Jones “a world treasure” and Kingsley said the 80-yearold actor is “always so damn good.”

A beaming Jones said receiving an Oscar in such a fashion is “an actor’s wet dream.” “I’m deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked,” he said.

Smith, the groundbreaking makeup artist who counts “The Exorcist” and “The Godfather” among his credits, was lauded for his long career and his generosity in sharing the secrets of his craft. Writer-directors J.J. Abrams, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro saluted the 91-year old.

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Russia struggles to save Mars moon probe Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW — As Russia’s space agency struggled Thursday to fix a probe bound for a moon of Mars that instead got stuck in Earth’s orbit, some experts said the chances of saving the $170 million craft looked slim. Roscosmos spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov said efforts to communicate with the unmanned Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Ground) spacecraft hadn’t brought any results yet. The probe will come crashing down in a couple of weeks if engineers fail to fix the problem.

The Phobos-Grunt was launched Wednesday and reached preliminary orbit, but its engines never fired to send it off to the Red Planet.

Kuznetsov said controllers on Thursday will continue attempts to fix the probe’s engines to steer it to its path to one of Mars’ two moons, Phobos.

Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin, said the system that keeps the spacecraft pointed in the right direction may have failed. Other space experts suggested that the craft’s computer failure was a likely cause. If a software flaw was the problem, scientists can likely fix it by sending new commands. Some experts think, however, that the failure was rooted in hardware and will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to fix.

“I think we have lost the Phobos-Grunt,” Vladimir Uvarov, a former top space expert at the Russian Defense Ministry, said in an interview published Thursday in the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “It looks like a serious flaw. The past experience shows that efforts to make the engines work will likely fail.”

Complicating the recovery efforts, the space agency only has a few hours a day to reach the probe due to Russia’s limited earth-to-space communications network. Kuznetsov said new attempts to contact the craft will be made Thursday evening.

The spacecraft is 13.2 metric tons (14.6 tons), and most of that weight, about 11 metric tons (12 tons), is highly toxic fuel.

Most experts believe the fuel will likely stay liquid if the probe comes down and would harmlessly blow up about 50 miles (80 kilometers) above ground, but some fear it may freeze, survive the fiery reentry and spill on impact.

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In this Nov.2, 2011 photo distributed by Russian Roscosmos space agency on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, Russian space engineers work to prapare the unmanned Phobos-Grunt probe on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Doctors: Test all kids for cholesterol by age 11 Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Al Behrman

In this Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Dr. Elaine Urbina, left, examines Joscelyn Benninghoff, 10, at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Benninghoff is taking medication to control her cholesterol.

CHICAGO — Every child should be tested for high cholesterol as early as age 9 — surprising new advice from a government panel that suggests screening kids in grade school for a problem more common in middle age. The idea will come as a shock to most parents. And it’s certain to stir debate.

The doctors on the expert panel that announced the new guidelines Friday concede there is little proof that testing now will prevent heart attacks decades later.

But many doctors say waiting might be too late for children who have hidden risks.

Fat deposits form in the heart arteries in childhood but don’t usually harden them and cause symptoms until later in life. The panel urges cholesterol screening between ages 9 and 11 — before puberty, when cholesterol temporarily dips — and again between ages 17 and 21.

The panel also suggests diabetes screening every two years starting as early as 9 for children who are overweight and have other risks for Type 2 diabetes, including family history.

The new guidelines are from an expert panel appointed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Rhino subspecies YDQLVKLQJ IURP WKH ZLOG Associated Press Writer

GENEVA — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species extinct, adding that the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now “possibly extinct” in the wild and the Javan Rhino is “probably extinct” in Vietnam, after poachers killed the last animal there in 2010.

A small but declining population of the Javan Rhino survives on the Indonesian island of Java, it added. “A lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, international organized crime groups targeting rhinos and increasing illegal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos,” the group said in a statement accompanying the latest update of its so-called Red List of endangered species.

About a quarter of all mammals are at risk of extinction, IUCN said, adding that some species have been brought back from the brink with successful conservation programs.

The Southern White Rhino numbered just

100 animals at the end of the 19th century, but has since flourished and now has a population of over 20,000.

The Przewalski’s Horse, a type of wild horse from Central Asia, has come back from extinction after a successful breeding program in captivity.

The Red List now contains almost 62,000 species of plants and animals, whose status is constantly monitored by conservationists.

AP Photo/Saint Louis Zoo, File

FILE - In this file photo provided Jan. 25, 2011, by the Saint Louis Zoo, a black rhinoceros calf born at the zoo on Jan. 14 stays close to his mother, Kati Rain, at the Saint Louis Zoo in Saint Louis.

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Greece defeat lifted Croatia in playoffs, says Modric Reuters

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England’s Frank Lampard, left, celebrates his goal with his teammate Phil Jagielka during the international friendly soccer match between England and Spain at Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

Lampard header gives England 1-0 win over Spain Reuters

LONDON - England claimed an unlikely 1-0 win over world champions Spain thanks to a headed goal from stand-in captain Frank Lampard and some resolute defending during the closing stages of a hugely entertaining friendly at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Lampard’s winner came in the 49th minute after Spain, who are also European champions, had GRPLQDWHG SRVVHVVLRQ LQ WKH ¿UVW half but failed to create any clear scoring chances. The goal came after James Milner whipped in a freekick that Darren Bent met with a good header that hit substitute keeper Pepe Reina’s post. As the ball bounced along the line LamSDUG UHDFWHG ¿UVW WR KHDG LQWR WKH empty net from close range.

Spain striker David Villa had two chances to score after the break, VHQGLQJ KLV ÂżUVW HIIRUW LQWR WKH VLGH netting in the 57th minute then hitting the post with a shot from the edge of the box 16 minutes later. The win ZDV (QJODQGÂśV ÂżUVW RYHU WKH UHLJQLQJ world champions since they beat Argentina 3-1 at Wembley in 1980. “I don’t think it was an upsetting defeat,â€? said Spain manager Vicente Del Bosque. “The team put in all the effort they could, they played some good football and controlled the match. We just lacked a bit of spark in the decisive area of the pitch.â€?

Lampard, winning his 90th cap and captaining England in place of his Chelsea team mate John Terry, added: “We have beaten a great

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Despite the visitors’ technical which Spain took control from the kickoff, with their short pass- and territorial superiority, they ing game mesmerising England did not create a chance until the for long periods, but failed to 37th minute when Xabi Alonso turn their clear dominance into found Sergio Busquets who, goals. With midfielders Xabi and with only England keeper Joe Xabi Alonso controlling almost Hart to beat, skied his shot over every move, England were un- the bar.

The glaring miss came at the able to break Spain’s grip on the match because they hardly saw same end of the pitch where he scored for Barcelona in their 3-1 the ball.

When they did, their approach win over Manchester United in was in total contrast with who- the Champions League final in ever was in possession looking May. The tempo increased in the for the long pass to try and build second half with England debuan England attack with a hit-and- tant Jack Rodwell and forward hope approach. Apart from one Danny Wellbeck, winning only quick break after three minutes, his third cap, playing well after when a Milner cross was cleared, coming on as substitutes.

Spain, who lost for only the and a poor Lampard corner, England hardly made any impression fourth time in their last 23 matches, should have equalised in the in attack in the early stages.

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Juan Manuel Marquez, left, lands a punch against Manny Pacquiao during the ďŹ fth round during a WBO welterweight title ďŹ ght, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in Las Vegas. Pacquiao won by majority decision.

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Pacquiao edges Marquez on tight decision Reuters

LAS VEGAS - Manny Pacquiao was tested to the full before retaining his WBO welterweight title with a controversial majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday. The 32-year-old southpaw received as much punishment from his older opponent as he dished out over the 12 rounds but his superior foot and hand speed made the difference as he improved his career record to 54-3-2 with 38 knockouts.

Back in the ring for a third time since claiming a seat in his country’s national congress last year, Pacquiao won his 15th consecutive fight after earning two of the verdicts from the three judges.

Dave Moretti (115-113) and Glenn Trowbridge (116-112) awarded the fight to the Filipino while Robert Hoyle made it a 114-114 draw. “My fans are very happy because clearly they thought I won the fight,� Pacquiao said in a ringside interview as boos echoed around the arena from the disgruntled Mexican fans. “We have to accept that my opponent is not easy. He is a good fighter and it’s not easy, but I won the fight. He was ready for my punches but I thought I blocked a lot of his punches.�

Asked if he would consider a fourth bout with three-division world champion Marquez who has consistently been his toughest opponent, Pacquiao replied: “Any time, any time. I am a fighter and my job is to fight in the ring.�

Marquez, who lifted his arms in triumph after the fight ended, was bitterly disappointed with the outcome after firmly believing he had been cheated of victory in his two previous meetings with Pacquiao. “It’s hard when you’re fighting your rival and the three judges, too,� the 38-year-old Mexican said in his dressing room, having stormed out of the ring after the

decision was announced and his chance of vindication denied. “I got robbed. Honestly I don’t know what I need to do to change the mind of the judges. We won with clearer punches. I am frustrated right now, very frustrated.�

The two boxers, renowned for their aggressive approach in the ring, fought to a draw in May 2004 before Marquez lost his WBC super-featherweight title to Pacquiao in a controversial one-point split decision in March 2008.

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Watched by a sell-out crowd of 16,368 that included former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Pacquiao initially focused on his lightning left jab in the opening round while Marquez relied on counter-punching. The nimblefooted Filipino, moving faster than his opponent, dictated the early pace but Marquez caught Pacquiao with a couple of right-hand body blows in the second round.

An evenly matched third round ended after Paquiao struck Marquez in the head with a crunching right hook and both boxers traded a flurry of telling counter punches late in the fourth. As chants of “Marquez, Marquez, Marquez� echoed around the arena, the Mexican dominated the fifth round, catching Pacquiao with a searing left uppercut to the head and later

on with a crunching right.

With the intensity building, the two fighters counter-punched at every opportunity and Marquez had the better of the seventh round, landing solid lefts and rights with pinpoint accuracy and cutting Pacquiao on the lip. The Filipino upped his work rate in the ninth round, peppering Marquez with a series of combinations to the body and head while varying his angle of attack with slick foot movement.

Pacquiao, who has won world titles in an unprecedented eight weight divisions, was cut above the right eye in the 10th but immediately signalled to referee Tony Weeks that he had been head-butted and went on to finish the round with a flurry of solid punches.

The two fighters strived to claim a telling advantage in the last two rounds, though Pacquiao landed a crunching left to the Mexican’s head late on in the 12th. The official statistics reflected how closely Marquez challenged Pacquiao.

He connected with a higher percentage of punches thrown, 138 of 436 to the 176 of 578 for the Filipino, and landed 100 power punches compared to his opponent’s 117.

Earlier on Saturday, American Timothy Bradley retained his WBO junior welterweight title by stopping Cuba’s Joel Casamayor in the eighth round of a lop-sided bout.

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Vintage Federer reaches PDLGHQ 3DULV ‍ۋ‏QDO Reuters

PARIS - The Roger Federer of old let his class do the talking in a 6-4 6-3 dismissal of Czech Tomas Berdych to reach his maiden 3DULV 0DVWHUV ÂżQDO RQ 6DWXUGD\ The Swiss third seed, looking to become only the second player after Andre Agassi to win titles at Roland Garros and Bercy, dropped just 10 points on serve as he set up a meeting with Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who saw off American -RKQ ,VQHU LQ WKH RWKHU VHPL ÂżQDO DIWHU VDYLQJ WKUHH match points. )RUPHU ZRUOG QXPEHU RQH )HGHUHU ZKR IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH since 2002 has played a season without claiming a grand slam WLWOH ZDV LQ DQRWKHU OHDJXH DJDLQVW ÂżIWK VHHGHG %HUG\FK $VNHG if he was playing the best tennis of his career at Bercy, Federer joked: “Yes, I think. “Let’s say it: Yes, I do. It doesn’t make any difference, but I think I’m more consistent now. I’m able to play several matches LQ D URZ ZKLFK , KDG D SUREOHP ZLWK EHIRUH Âł7KLV LV WKH ÂżUVW time I’ve played several matches (here) and I was able to prove myself,â€? added the Swiss, who has won only two titles this year -- his worst total since 2001. )HGHUHU ZKR EHFDPH WKH ÂżUVW SOD\HU WR UHDFK WKH ÂżQDO RI DOO nine Masters tournaments, got off to a brilliant start by breaking Berdych’s serve to open a 2-0 lead. Sprinkling the court with winners, the Swiss kept the aggressive Czech at bay and bagged the opening set with another scorching forehand. +H EURNH DJDLQ LQ WKH ÂżUVW JDPH RI WKH VHFRQG VHW DQG QHYHU looked back during a brilliant 80-minute display. Berdych, who ZDV LPSUHVVLYH LQ KLV TXDUWHU ÂżQDO DJDLQVW %ULWRQ $QG\ 0XUUD\ on Friday, struggled to cope with Federer’s array of shots and failed to earn a break point. Âł,ÂśP SUHWW\ FRQÂżGHQW WR VD\ WKDW WKDWÂśV WKH ROG 5RJHU OLNH KH was playing, you know, the years that he was really winning everything,â€? Berdych, who prevailed in the Paris indoor tournament in 2005, told a press conference. “We can count (his) unforced HUURUV PD\EH RQ WKH ÂżQJHUV RQ RQH KDQG ZKLFK LV LQFUHGLEOH +H started every set really great and just didn’t give me any chance at all.â€? Both players, as well as Tsonga, will be at the ATP World Tour Finals in London from Nov. 20-27.

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns the ball to Czech Tomas Berdych, during their semi-ďŹ nal match, in the Paris Tennis Masters tournament, in Paris, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011.

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Bernie Ecclestone thinks Ferrari’s third car push unlikely to succeed Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car during the qualifying session at the Yas Marina racetrack , in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011.

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Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone thinks it unlikely that third cars will become a part of the sport, despite a fresh push by Ferrari for them to be allowed.

The idea of having third cars resurfaced recently on the back of discussions that took place within the Formula 1 Commission about intellectual property and technology transfer between teams.

As part of the debate following that meeting, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo suggested that F1 would be better off seeing smaller outfits running cars from the frontrunning teams.

Speaking at the Ferrari World Finals in Mugello last weekend, di Montezemolo said: “There’s the issue of the third car, which mark my words, we support not so much for our own interests but more for those of the sport in general.

“We believe the interest of

the fans, media and sponsors could increase if there is a bigger number of competitive cars on track rather than cars that are two or three seconds off the pace, being lapped after just a few laps.

“As an example, remember in 1961 Giancarlo Baghetti won the French Grand Prix at Reims with a privately entered Ferrari.

There you are, it would be nice one day in the future to see one of our cars running in American colours, or Chinese, or maybe those of Abu Dhabi.”

The idea of third cars has not got much support from elsewhere in the paddock, however - and even Ecclestone believes the move would not be a good thing unless grid numbers dropped.

When asked by AUTOSPORT for his feelings on the matter, Ecclestone said: “If by chance we lost a couple of teams then I think it will probably be good.

“But the other teams don’t like it. You can imagine if we have got three Ferraris, three Red Bulls, and three McLarens, it is not so good for other people.” Rival team bosses think it better that effort is spent ensuring that every team on the grid can be competitive, rather than heading down the route of customer cars.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said: “I think the DNA, the structure of Formula 1, requires the variety of teams and we have got some new teams and we have got some smaller teams and we recognise that it is very, very challenging to get the budget to compete in Formula 1.

“If, today, Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes all fielded third cars then I think, in my view, it would be damaging for the sport.

There are pros and cons and I think it is right to have the debate and people have different views but at the moment I think what we should be concentrating on is ensuring that we have got a viable and sustainable model for all of the teams in F1.”

Renault will keep door open for Kubica RENAULT has vowed to do what it can to try and keep a seat open for Robert Kubica throughout next year, amid the increasing likelihood that the Polish driver will not be fit for the start of the season.

Kubica is still recovering from the serious injuries he suffered in a rally crash during February, and there is still no definite news on when he will be ready to return to racing.

Although that means Renault may be forced to look

elsewhere for a team-mate for Vitaly Petrov next year, team principal Eric Boullier has not ruled out slotting in Kubica later in the campaign if he cannot come back any earlier.

When asked by AUTOSPORT about the latest Kubica situation, Boullier said: “The latest I have is that he cannot commit to any deadline, so we have to discuss a common communication plan.

We obviously want him to be back.

“If it has to be during the course of next year, why not? There are some conditions that we need to discuss, and I need to discuss with his manager that once he knows he cannot be back, or if he cannot be back, then any scenarios we now need to properly communicate.”

Boullier had originally laid down an October deadline for Kubica to give firm news on his future plans, and that was subsequently extended.

Although there is still no

certainty over Kubica’s position, Boullier insists he is not worrying yet about the situation - especially as he has plenty of options for next year.

“I am patient because I am morally committed for him, he was very important for us,” he said. “We play the game, we played every game for him and I am morally committed.

If I can have a scenario where he can be back, even during the course of the year, I will try to make it, but obviously I cannot do more.”