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Five decades and 200 films later, Jackie Chan ‘finally’ wins Oscar

LOS ANGELES - When Jackie Chan saw an Oscar at Sylvester Stallone’s house 23 years ago, he said that was the moment he decided he wanted one.

On Saturday at the annual Governors Awards, the Chinese actor and martial arts star finally received his little gold statuette, an honorary Oscar for his decades of work in film.

“After 56 years in the film industry, making more than 200 films, after so many bones, finally,” Chan, 62, quipped at the star-studded gala dinner while holding his Oscar.

The actor recalled watching the ceremony with his parents and his father always asking him why he didn’t have Hollywood’s top acco-

lade despite having made so many movies.

He praised his hometown Hong Kong for making him “proud to be Chinese,” and thanked his fans, saying they were the reason “I continue to make movies, jumping through windows, kicking and punching, breaking my bones.”

The actor was introduced by his “Rush Hour” co-star Chris Tucker, actress Michelle Yeoh and Tom Hanks, who referred to him as “Jackie ‘Chantastic’ Chan.”

Hanks said it was especially gratifying to be able to acknowledge Chan’s work because martial arts and action comedy films were two genres often overlooked during awards season. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, hosts of the annual ceremony, also bestowed honorary Oscars on British film editor Anne V. Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and prolific documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

The evening was attended by Hollywood’s elite, including Denzel Washington, Lupita Nyong’o, Nicole Kidman, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Amy Adams and Dev Patel. (rtr)

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Sweltering 2016 to set heat record, stoked by man-made warming - WMO

MARRAKESH - The world is set to notch up a new heat record in 2016 after a sizzling 2015 as global warming stokes more floods and rising sea levels, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday at climate change talks overshadowed by Donald Trump’s election win.

President-elect Trump has called climate change a hoax and a source in his transition team says he is seeking

quick ways to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to shift the world econ-

omy away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this year would be the warmest since records began in the late 19th century, with average surface temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. Sixteen of the 17 hottest years recorded have been in this century.

“Another year. Another record,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement in Marrakesh, Morocco, where almost 200 nations are discussing ways to slow climate change. The heat, with impacts such as melting Greenland ice and damage to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, was stoked by an El Nino weather event in the Pacific early in the year and by man-made greenhouse gases, mainly from burning fossil fuels.

“The extra heat from the powerful El Nino event has disappeared.

The heat from global warming will continue,” he said. The WMO said it was “very likely” that 2016 would be the hottest, barring a freak chill in coming weeks.

PARIS DEAL The Paris deal, backed by almost 200 nations including the United States but rejected by Trump, has an overriding goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to “well below” 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times, ideally 1.5C (2.7F).

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Economic downturn, SME product sales down 30 percent

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The parking lot in Badung Market before it is destroyed by fire

Weakening economy

Parking revenue of PD Pasar Denpasar down 5 percent

DENPASAR - The impact of the recent economic downturn began to be felt in a number of sectors. Moreover, PD Pasar Denpasar managing 13 traditional markets also experiences a significant impact. This decrease happens due to reduced public visits to the market. It can be seen from the decreased parking revenue compared to the previous period.

Managing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, when met in the Sewaka Dharma building, Lumintang, recently stated that in general there is decline in revenue.

This decrease may happen due to many factors, other than as a result of the demolition of Badung Market and the weakening of national economy.

He said that the impact of the fire

incident to Badung Market is significant. Of the revenue obtained by PD Pasar Denpasar at IDR 30 billion per year, a total of IDR 8 billion is generated by the Badung Market. Now, it means the revenue will reduce, not to mention the decrease in parking revenue, he said.

Drop in revenues from parking in the market, he said, possibly happens because people no longer go to the

market every day. Probably, they thin out to go to the market, so that the parking acquisition clearly reduces.

In the past, housewives might go to the market every day, but now they just do it for three or two times a week. Or they just seek an urgent need alone. This has resulted in a decline in the acquisition of parking revenue about 5 percent, he said.

In the meantime, the market levy in general is not very influential as it is a fixed component. There is no effect on the visit to the market. However, since the Badung Market is not operating and the two other markets are closed, they have an impact on the decline in market revenue. (kmb12)

BANGLI - Product sales of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangli district since the past few months have showed a decrease of about 30 percent. This condition causes businesses to be frustrated.

The Head of the Bangli Cooperatives and the SMEs Agency, I Dewa Gede Suparta, said the national economic slump has quite significant impact on the SME sector in Bangli.

Fulfillment of demand for products is no longer as ever before causing to be overwhelmed. “Since about three months, the product sales are quite sluggish. It slumps about 30 percent from the previous one,” he explained, Sunday (Nov. 13).

Based on latest data, the number of SMEs in Bangli reaches approximately 42,000 units consisting of trade, agriculture, non-agriculture and services. The economy downturn is claimed not to have resulted in the

business to go bankrupt. “So far, businesses still survive,” he said.

To generate sales, he admitted to intensify coaching. Aside from marketing, he also improved product quality. In addition, his agency is also still trying to establish cooperation of promotion where one of them with the Ministry of Cooperatives and the SMEs. “Coaching is still given so that businesses are ready to receive the orders from outside market any time,” he concluded.

Earlier, a woven bamboo crafter from Tanggahan Peken hamlet, Sulahan, Susut, Wayan Suardana, said the product orders, especially export, are no longer received in large number as ever before. Such condition makes him frustrated. “Lately, there is no order from outside market. Previously, there were some orders from France,” he said. Due to sluggish demand in the export market, he is now focusing on sales in the local market. (kmb45)

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The Exclusive Moment of Harvesting Festivity

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The children playground in Renon Field in almost complete. It offers another option for the parent who want to take their children to play.

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Moroccan vault protects seeds from climate change and war

RABAT — Should a doomsday agricultural crisis hit the world’s driest environments, scientists and farmers will turn to an up-and-coming research center and seed bank in Morocco to restock their harvests. Tucked away in the university hub of Irfane in Rabat, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, hosts the largest collection of seeds in North Africa.

“If for any reason, a particular community lost all their resources, we are capable of providing them with the seeds for restoration and rehabilitation,” says Ahmed Amri, head of ICARDA’s Genetic Resources Unit.

The crucial role of seed banks in protecting biodiversity is receiving increasing attention because of climate change, which threatens to wipe out crops as dry areas of the world get even hotter and drier.

The impact on African agriculture is among the topics being discussed at U.N. climate talks taking place through next week in Morocco.

The site in Rabat has become ICARDA’s primary center of storage and research after its previous hub in Aleppo, Syria, was seized by an Islamist rebel group in September 2015. “We couldn’t continue doing this work because of the situation in Syria, so we decided to make arrangements to move elsewhere to continue our work,” says

Amri, who used to work in Aleppo, but is now leading genetic research efforts in Rabat.

While many of the research activities moved to Rabat, 98 percent of the Aleppo center’s seeds were safely transferred to ICARDA’s center in neighboring Lebanon.

Duplicates were also sent to a “doomsday” seed vault in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic, which serves as a backup for other seed banks worldwide.

Rebels from the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group have occupied the Aleppo center since September 2015, cutting off access to its 75 employees. Amri has daily contact with the five staff members who remain in Aleppo, including associate scientist Ali Shehadeh.

“With the cease-fire, it’s stable and unstable at times,” Shehadeh told The Associated Press from Aleppo in a Skype interview facilitated by Amri.

The Rabat center holds tens

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Fatima Ezzahra Kibou carries a jar of lentils planted at the nursery of the seed bank at the Rabat seed bank, Morocco, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.

of thousands of seeds spanning from wheat and barley to lentils and chickpeas inside a vault in near-freezing temperatures. The seed bank not only preserves these essential staples but develops them to become more resistant to disease and a warming climate. Last year, Morocco faced an unprecedented drought that scientists and the government and have linked to climate change, with drier and warmer winters in Morocco and neighboring countries.

Domestic grain production dropped, forcing the government to drop tariffs on imports to avoid shortages and stem rising prices.

Last month, the government decided to temporarily remove import duties for lentils to lower the price just in time for the winter season — a time when lentils are widely consumed in Morocco.

Scientists at the Rabat center work closely with farmers in Marchouch, a nearby rural town. The scientists provide seed samples to farmers who allocate about 2 percent of their own farm land to test the seeds and provide feedback to scientists. “We are looking for science-based solutions for farmers’ problems,” says Shiv Kumar Agrawal, a lentil breeder with ICARDA. These problems include contending with droughts, invasive insects and increasing production.

Farmers report back to scientists on the results of the harvest yielded from the seed samples, after which further tests are conducted to improve the seeds’ durability and production yield. Farmer Abdellah Slimani, 48, president of a farmers’ cooperative in Marchouch, believes the feedback loop has helped him and fellow farmers to improve their own methods as climate change continues to impact harvests. “We hope that this year’s harvest will be better, God willing,” Slimani says.

Bruce Campbell of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers says the climate conference in Marrakech offers a unique opportunity to address the impact of climate change on African agriculture.

“Considering all African countries have included agriculture in their climate adaption strategies, (the conference) will be the ideal setting to discuss how the most promising solutions can be deployed and indeed, funded,” he says. (ap)

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A well-preserved fossil of a new species of winged dinosaur, known as Tongtianlong or Mud Dragon, is seen in an undated handout picture.

‘Mud Dragon’ fossil shows dinosaurs thrived on eve of destruction

WASHINGTON- In a humid, tropical jungle in southern China eons ago, a remarkably bird-like dinosaur with wing-like arms, a toothless beak and a dome-shaped crest atop its head became trapped in mud, struggled in vain to escape and died.

Workmen blasting bedrock while building a school near the city of Ganzhou unearthed a beautifully preserved fossil of the roughly 6.5foot-long (2-meter-long) dinosaur, nicknamed the “Mud Dragon,” still in that contorted position, scientists said on Thursday.

The Cretaceous Period creature, called Tongtianlong limosus, lived 66 to 72 million years ago, at the twilight of the dinosaurs’ more than 160-million-year reign on Earth. It was a member of a group called oviraptorosaurs, one of the closest relatives to birds, which evolved earlier from small, feathered dinosaurs.

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte of Scotland’s University of Edinburgh, who worked on the study published in the journal Scientific Reports, said the fossil adds to the understanding of dinosaur evolution on the eve of destruction.

The discovery of Tongtianlong and five other oviraptorosaur species in southern China showed this group was still blossoming and diversifying during the last few mil-

lion years before an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs, Brusatte said.

“The fact there were so many of them is a testament to just how well the dinosaurs were doing right up until the end,” Brusatte added.

The fossil preserved a tragic moment for posterity.

“Its neck is arched, its head sticking up, its arms out-stretched to the sides. It is a strange posture,” Brusatte said.

The fact that the fossil was found in rock formed from mud and the skeleton is in pristine condition suggests the dinosaur got mired in mud, tried to get free, but died and was buried, Brusatte said. Its scientific name means “muddy dragon on the road to heaven,” paying homage to how it perished.

Other previous dramatic fossil finds include Mongolia’s famous “fighting dinosaurs,” a Velociraptor and Protoceratops apparently locked in mortal combat when a sand dune collapsed on them.

Tongtianlong was a two-legged omnivore, with a bony crest on its short, squat skull that was probably used for display purposes to attract mates and intimidate rivals.

Its arms likely had quill-like feathers layered over each other like on a wing, though it could not fly. (rtr)

The measures taken by the government of Bangli to address the problems afflicting Lake Batur are still limited.

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Management authority unclear yet

Physical development at Lake Batur hampered

BANGLI - The measures taken by the government of Bangli to address the problems afflicting Lake Batur are still limited.

All this time, the measures are only weeding and providing education for the public. In the meantime, physical development as part of the efforts to anticipate silting cannot be done.

This happens because related regulations having the authority to manage the largest lake in Bali has not yet existed. This was conveyed by the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, Sunday (Nov. 13).

Siltation of Lake Batur is still going on. One of the causes is the washing away of farmland around the area when it rains. To prevent from getting worse, preventive measures such as physical construction in the form of revet-

ment at the edge of the lake must be taken. However, it cannot be realized. “There is no regulation yet who authorizes to manage the lake, whether local, provincial or central government. It makes us unable to make physical con-

struction (revetment—Ed). It has something to do with the asset,” said Parwata.

Regulation on the authority, he said, remains to be looked for the right patterns by the Ministry of Home Affairs together with the Ministry of Forestry and the Environment, and the House of Representatives. Hopefully, this can be resolved in the near future.

“Now, the regulations are still being prepared. With confidence, it can be completed immediately. The regent wants the edge of the lake can be protected with revetment.

We at the BLH strongly support

DENPASAR - Communities are encouraged to participate in overseeing the distribution of foods and drugs. It is impossible for the government to take this task alone. This is to prevent the widespread distribution of hazardous foods and drugs in the community. These are the contents of oration given by the Head of the Denpasar Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM), Endang

Widowati, in the Bali free talk forum at Niti Mandala Square Renon, Denpasar, Sunday (Nov. 13).

“To that end, I ask the public to be more sensitive to foods or drugs to take, expiration date and BPOM registration number, and always check the foods and drugs that we purchase at the official website of the BBPOM,” she explained.

With the help of the community,

said Endang, at least when purchasing products for self-consumption, the BBPOM can move quickly to prevent the circulation of hazardous foods more widely. She also described the tasks and functions of the BBPOM divided into two sections, namely the pre-market and post-market.

“Pre market includes the supervision before the foods and

it,” he said.

Amid the absence of the regulation, he revealed that the measures taken by the district government is limited to weeding. The activities regularly take place every year and the implementation is in cooperation with villagers of the surrounding areas. This year, the budget allocated reaches IDR 75 million. As for 2017, the budget planned reaches IDR 60 million.

“We do have an interest in the lake.

That’s why the weeding is still carried out. It does not break the rules because there is no physical development. It is made coopera-

tion with surrounding villages,” he explained.

When asked about the water quality, it is still on the verge of limits. To avoid contamination, public education is continuously intensified. Likewise, the disposal of waste has steadily tightened.

“We have taken the whole society to maintain the lake so that it will not get polluted. Hotels have also been asked to make waste water treatment plant. It has been observed. The Danau Lestari Forum has been established. It also provides education for community,” he said. (kmb45)

drugs are produced, so here we keep a watch so as to comply with the procedures and can be safely consumed by the public. Then, for the post-market section we raid the foods and drugs having been produced. If they are proved to be unsafe, we will summon the manufacturer and take actions in accordance with applicable laws,” he added.

According to Endang, currently the BPOM has owned the authority to conduct an investigation if there are indications of fraud committed by drug and food manufacturers.

“So I ask the public not to hesitate to report if they find any foods and drugs suspected of containing hazardous substances or being unregistered at the BPOM,” she concluded. (kmb32)

People advised to jointly supervise food and drug distribution

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Duterte says if Islamic State comes to Philippines, forget human rights

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe.

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The rubbish avalanche disaster at Perean village market, Baturiti subdistrict.

Market waste avalanches to hamper access to five hamlets at Perean

TABANAN - The rain flushing Tabanan district since the past few days has caused a number of avalanches at several points. Previously, a number of road sections in Penebel were eroded by avalanche, but on Saturday (Nov. 12) was the turn for piles of rubbish at Perean village market, Baturiti subdistrict, avalanched to hamper the road access leading to five hamlets, namely the Berteh, Lebe, Piun, Basang Be and Ayar.

From the information gathered, the rubbish avalanche disaster occurred around 21:00. To open the road access buried under the piles of rubbish, the officers of the

regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) Tabanan did evacuation on Sunday (Nov. 13).

“From the morning, our officers already evacuated, so that the road

could soon be passed through.

Since it happened at night, we can just address it this morning,” said the Head of the BPBD Tabanan, I Gusti Ngurah Made Sucita.

Moreover, the agency also mobilized an excavator leased by local headman. Within just three hours, the evacuation of two and a half meter of rubbish piles behind the Perean Tengah market was completely done. “It only takes three hours and the traffic is back to normal,” he added.

In the meantime, subdistrict head

of Baturiti, Tos Partha, said that the problems currently faced are the evacuation of rubbish. He already contacted to the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) but it cannot deploy its personnel and truck because it remains in regular operation. “We have called, but the DKP has restricted personnel and truck,” he said.

In the near future, Tos Partha said that he would summon the headman of Perean Tengah and the head of the Perean Tengah Market

Duterte said the southern Philippine province of Mindanao was already a hotbed of rebellion and banditry and he was worried about “looming terrorism” and an influx of extremists who could exploit the insecurity.

“Once the terrorists of the Middle East are deprived of the land area, the real estate area where they can sleep ... they will wander to other places and they will come here and we have to prepare for that,” he said during a speech at a law enforcement agency.

“Remember, these guys, they do not have an iota of what is human rights, believe me. I will not just simply allow my people to be slaughtered for the sake of human rights, that’s bullshit.”

Human rights have been a touchy subject for Duterte, who has vented daily fury at activists and Western governments that have shown concerns about his war on drugs and the high death toll.

A native of Mindanao and mayor of Davao City for 22 years, Duterte said there was a “very strong” Isla-

mist rebellion there and Abu Sayyaf rebels were taking hostages almost every day.

Abu Sayyaf is holding 21 captives, most of them foreign, and despite an ongoing military offensive to wipe them out, its piracy and kidnappings continue unabated.

Duterte said the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia were working closely to keep foreign extremists at bay.

On Friday, he warned that he may use his executive power to tackle lawlessness in the Philippines by suspending habeas corpus, a legal safeguard against arbitrary arrest and detention.

The constitution allows 60-day suspensions “in case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it” and would permit arrests without warrant and detention without charge for three days.

Duterte mentioned habeas corpus on Friday in the context of both the southern unrest and his war on drugs and said building cases for arresting suspects took too much time and resources. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks to members of his cabinet (not pictured) after arriving from Malaysia, at Davao International airport in Davao city in southern Philippines, November 11, 2016.

Julian Assange questioned by prosecutors at Ecuador’s embassy in London

to ask for information related to waste management at the local market. Moreover, a fire incident once occurred at the location sourcing from the burning of residual rubbish piles.

As one of the regions belonging to danger zone in Tabanan district, Tos Partha appealed to the public and road users to be more careful when passing through Baturiti.

Since the past three days, the avalanche often occurred particularly in Baturiti. (kmb28)

A foreigner loses rented motorcycle

SINGARAJA - Be careful to rent a motorcycle to newly known guests. The motorcycle owned by Dewa Putu Suardana, 53, recently vanished when rented to a guest named Masic Admird. The man having the address at BTN Lovina Permai, Kalibukbuk village, Buleleng, lost the motorcycle, as admitted that it was parked at the ex-Buleleng Harbor at 21:00, Saturday (Nov. 12).

As information got at police station,

initially the victim Dewa Suardana heard it from a hotel staff. It is said that a foreign guest named Masic Admird would like to borrow Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate DK 7581 VL. The motorcycle owner allowed it without hesitation or scared of losing the motorcycle.

Few hours later, right at 21:00, the guest phoned and informed if the rented motorcycle was gone. The guest admitted to park

the motorcycle at the Buleleng Harbor and even already locked the motorcycle. Without thinking twice, the victim immediately reported the incident to police station.

Spokesperson of Buleleng Police, Nyoman Suartika, with permission from the Chief of Buleleng Police, I Made Sukawijaya, said on Sunday (Nov. 13) to have received the report and the case has been handled by Buleleng Police criminal in-

vestigation. Crime scene investigation and collection of information from witnesses have been made by searching for traces of the missing motorcycle. “So, the report has been received and Buleleng Police Criminal Investigation is probing in the field. We ask for testimony of witnesses and renter of the motorcycle. The culprit is being probed by police. Victim’s loss is estimated to reach IDR 10 million,” said Suartika. (kmb34)

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Police speak to journalists crowded around the entrance to Ecuador’s embassy where Julian Assange is being interviewed by prosecutor Ingrid Isgren from Sweden in London, Britain, November 14, 2016.

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced questioning on Monday by prosecutors at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been holed up for four years, over allegations he committed rape in 2010.

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren arrived at the embassy to pose questions to Assange through an Ecuadorian prosecutor over the allegations which Assange has denied, a Reuters photographer at the scene said.

Assange, who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, took refuge in the embassy in August 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden over the rape allegation.

The 45-year-old Australian has refused to go to Sweden for questioning, saying he fears further extradition to the United States, where a criminal investigation into the publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks is ongoing.

In 2010, WikiLeaks published thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Isgren and a police investigator will be able to ask questions through the Ecuadorian prosecutor, who will later report the findings to Sweden, prosecutors have said.

“After the report, the Swedish prosecutor will take a view on the continuing of the investigation,” they said.

A Swedish appeals court decided in September to uphold Assange’s arrest warrant, saying a strong public interest argument outweighed a case to set it aside based on the lengthy deadlock and a previous lack of impetus in pursuing the case.

Assange’s request to have the warrant overturned came after a U.N. panel in February said his stay at the Ecuadorean embassy equalled arbitrary detention, that he should be let go and be awarded compensation. (rtr)

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BUSINESS China data point to steadier economy for now, but Trump victory adds to risks

BEIJING - China’s economy largely showed further signs of steadying in October as expected, but disappointing retail sales growth and fears of U.S. trade frictions under incoming President Donald Trump are increasingly clouding the outlook. Fixed-asset investment quickened slightly and beat expectations in January-October as the government stepped up infrastructure spending to support growth, official data showed on Monday.

But a number of other indicators released over the past week from exports to bank lending, as well as expectations of a slowdown in the heated property market, suggest economic momentum may falter in the months ahead. “On balance, today’s data suggest that the recent recovery in economic activity continued into the fourth quarter,” Capital Economics said in a note.

“We expect growth to hold up well for another quarter or two. However, with credit growth now slowing and the property market beginning to cool the drivers of the recent recovery look set to fizzle out early next year.”

China’s leaders have depended on a surging real estate market and government infrastructure spending to drive activity this year and look set to meet their growth target of 6.5 to 7 percent. The construction boom in turn has helped perk up the ailing industrial sector, spurring demand for cement to steel.

But top policymakers and investors are also clearly growing more concerned about the risks of prolonged debt-fueled stimulus.

China’s overall debt has jumped to more than 250 percent of GDP from 150 percent at the end of 2006, the kind of surge that in other countries has resulted in a financial bust or sharp economic slowdown, analysts say.

“I believe the overall policy tone has turned to risk management as the authorities are concerned about asset bubbles,” said Singapore-based economist Zhou Hao at Commerzbank, predicting that the government will throttle back its aggressive stimulus before the end of the year.

INVESTMENT STILL HEAVILY RELIANT ON GOVERNMENT Fixed-asset investment expanded 8.3 percent in the first 10 months from a year earlier, slightly ahead of market expectations and supported largely by government spending. Investment by state firms surged 20.5 percent, though the pace cooled slightly from the first nine months.

In an encouraging sign, growth of private investment picked up to 2.9 percent from 2.5 percent in January-September, though it

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Indonesia Today

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Indonesian police arrest five after church attack

JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Monday arrested five people in connection with a suspected militant attack on a church that killed one infant and injured three. Police said they were investigating possible links to the Islamic State extremist group.

Sunday’s attack in the parking lot of a church in East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo was the latest in a series that has raised concerns over rising militancy in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. An Islamic State-linked assault in the capital Jakarta in January killed four people. Police said the attacker had been imprisoned on terrorism charges in the past and had links to existing radical networks.

Indonesian police said Monday that one of four young children injured by an Islamic militant’s attack at a church on the island of Borneo has died. East Kalimantan police spokesman Fajar Setiawan said 2-year-old Ade Intan Marbun died from complications after suffering burns to more than three quarters of her body.

“It affected her respiratory system and efforts to save her failed and she died early Monday,” said Setiawan.

The attacker, identified by police as a 32-year-old former terror convict from the West Java town of Bogor, threw a Molotov cocktail from a motorcycle as he rode past Oikumene Church in Samarinda, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan province, on Sunday.

The man was captured by locals after jumping into a nearby river.

TV footage showed the injured man lying on the deck of a motorboat.

He was wearing a black shirt emblazoned with the words “Jihad, Way of Life.”

National police spokesman Maj. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said the suspect had been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison over a 2011 attack and was released in July 2014. He moved to East Kalimantan about a year ago.

It was the second explosion at a church in Indonesia this year. In August, a would-be suicide bomber failed to detonate a bomb during Sun-

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Families cries over the coffin of the child who died due to the bomb explotion near the curch in Samarinda, East Borneo. day Mass in a church in Medan, the provincial capital of North Sumatra, but he managed to injure a priest with

an axe before being restrained.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has carried out

a crackdown on militant networks since the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.(ap/rtr)

Indonesia Miss Transgender crowned in a slap for hard-liners

REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

A girl from Shandong Province who came to the China’s capital a year ago but still hasn’t found a job, buys barbecued meat from a street vendor in Tongzhou district of Beijing, China February 25, 2016. remained sluggish after hitting a record low of 2.1 percent in the first eight months of the year. Private investment accounts for about 60 percent of overall investment in China.

Chinese policymakers have been trying to lure private investors into big infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships, but many lucrative sectors are still dominated by less efficient state firms.

UNCERTAINTIES The most surprising miss for October was found in retail sales, though analysts were quick to note it was too early to tell if slowing consumption would turn into a trend.

Retail sales growth cooled to a five-month low of 10.0 percent from 10.7 percent in September. Analysts had forecast they would hold steady.

On Friday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Singles’ Day festival posted a record 120.7 billion yuan ($17.73 billion) worth of sales, though the gala shopping day saw growth slow as Chinese shoppers searched for deeper

discounts and lower price tags. Statistics bureau spokesman Mao Shengyong blamed the sales slowdown on a high level of comparison with last year.

“Consumption can maintain stable growth.

There should not be a problem achieving this year’s GDP growth targets,” he told a news briefing. October industrial output also missed expectations but to a much smaller degree, rising 6.1 percent, the same pace as in September but marginally less than forecast.

Stronger factory prices have helped boost industrial profits, relieving some pressure on companies squeezed by higher costs and weak demand, though there are concerns some of the gains are due to speculation and are not sustainable. Data last week showed a sharp slowdown in bank lending last month, suggesting demand for mortgages is cooling after a spate of steps by local governments last month to restrict home purchases to cool soaring prices.

While property investment growth quick-

ened in October to its highest since April 2014, some analysts suggested it could be due to a last-minute push by developers to complete construction projects as home sales and surging prices start to slow. October exports and imports also fell more than expected, adding to doubts that the pick-up in economic activity in the world’s largest trading nation can be sustained even if a trade war with the U.S. does not materialize.

Trump had lambasted China throughout the campaign, drumming up headlines with his pledges to slap 45 percent tariffs on imported Chinese goods and label the country a currency manipulator his first day in office. China’s top leaders are due to map out economic and reform plans for 2017 at the annual Central Economic Work Conference expected in December.

Analysts believe it’s too early for the government to start withdrawing policy support now due to rising domestic and global uncertainties, despite the risk of added debt. (rtr)

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In this Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 photo, contestants wait backstage during the Miss Transgender Indonesia pageant in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Transgender people and gay activists from across Indonesia have defied a wave of hatred against sexual minorities to crown a Miss Transgender at the national pageant held in absolute secrecy.

JAKARTA — Transgender people and gay activists from across Indonesia have defied a wave of hatred against sexual minorities to crown a Miss Transgender at a national pageant held in absolute secrecy.

A handful of journalists were notified just a few hours in advance of the location of the event, held in the capital, Jakarta, to prevent any attempts by Islamic hard-liners to shut down the pageant. And because

of the risk of discovery and violence, organizers asked those present not to post anything on social media during the contest.

Qienabh Tappii, a 28-year-old representing Jakarta who wore a figure-hugging, iridescent metallic gown, triumphed over more than 30 other contestants Friday night to be crowned Miss Waria Indonesia 2016.

She will represent Indonesia at an international pageant to be held in

Thailand next year. “Waria” is the Indonesian word for transgender, a term for people whose sense of their gender is different from their sex at birth.

“I’m very happy, I feel like I want to cry,” said Tappii, standing next to a 2-meter (6.5-foot) -tall gold and red trophy while cradling a smaller one. “Tonight is the beginning of my struggle for my rights as a waria,” she said. “I want waria to be accepted, appreciated and understood in our society, and to be equal with other Indonesians. I will work really hard to achieve it.”

The successful staging of the pageant was an important morale boost and self-affirmation for a community that is increasingly under siege.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is often held up as practicing a moderate form of Islam. But that reputation for tolerance has been undermined in the past year as the media and religious and political leaders stoked prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, framing them as a threat to the nation.

It was in part a backlash against the worldwide advance of LGBT rights, and in particular the success of the gay marriage movement in the U.S. and the high-profile battles there over whether transgender people

can use the public bathrooms of the gender they identify with.

Indonesia’s conservatives want to push LGBT people back into the margins of society and deny them legal rights. It’s an agenda that has capitalized on low levels of awareness in a society where open discussion of sexuality is often frowned upon. But it also clashes with the traditions of some cultures in ethnically diverse Indonesia that have for centuries allowed space for different genders and sexual identities.

“If the public knew in advance that there will be such an event, those who use religion as their mask could attack us. That’s why we kept it secret until the last minute,” said pageant organizer Nancy Iskandar.

“The radicals are very arrogant. I’m afraid that it could erupt into physical confrontation,” Iskandar said. “We don’t want them to step on us forever.

What’s in it for them anyway? We’re not doing any harm.”

Opposition from hard-liners prevented the long-running event, which is organized by Putri Waria Indonesia Foundation and Indonesian Waria Communication Forum, from being held twice in recent years. Indonesia’s police often side with or look the other way when Islamic hard-liners attack or intimidate LGBT groups, religious minorities, women’s rights

groups and any cultural events they take exception to.

Fitri Pabentengi, a member of the Bugis ethic group, which recognizes five genders, said he traveled from Makassar on Sulawesi island — 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) to the east — for the pageant. In his community he is “bissu,” one of the five genders, which roughly corresponds to androgynous. Bissu are traditionally priests or shamans.

“I came all the way from Makassar to show my solidarity,” said Pabentengi. “We Indonesian waria have the same feelings, what they feel in Jakarta we also feel it in Makassar.”

About 200 people filled the small theater for the finale of the highenergy showcase of idealized feminine beauty. Thirty-four transgender women vied for the title, competing over three days, though four dropped out because they feared the event might be disrupted.

Aside from Miss Transgender, there were a slew of other titles up for grabs, including most sexy, most intelligent and most beautiful skin.

“We want to show that waria can also do positive things,” said Miss West Java, Dinda Syariff. “People said that we are the scum of the society — that’s so not true,” Syariff said.(ap)

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“Utter devastation” after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand

WELLINGTON - A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummelled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.

Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicentre of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.

“It’s just utter devastation, I just don’t know ... that’s months of work,” New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee’s Twitter account.

He described landslips in the

area as “just horrendous”. In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: “You’ve got to believe it’s in the billions of dollars to resolve.”

Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.

A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand’s capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.

Wellington was a virtual ghost

town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.

Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.

Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand’s ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.

New Zealand’s Civil Defence

AP Photo/Mark Baker, File

In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo Murray, left, and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch, New Zealand, a day after a deadly earthquake. A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, reminding many of the quake that hit the nation in February 2011 and devastated the city of Christchurch, the country’s second-biggest city.

declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centred on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday’s large aftershock.

Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake.

“Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,” Brownlee said.

The Navy’s multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue

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Earlier on Monday a scientific report projected that world carbon dioxide emissions were expected to stay flat for the third year in a row in 2016 and that U.S. emissions would fall by 1.7 percent in 2016, driven by declines in coal consumption.

U.S. President Barack Obama has made fighting climate change a key policy and the United States was the driving force behind the design of the Paris Agreement. “Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen,” Taalas said. “’Once in a generation’ heat waves and flooding are becoming more regular. Sea level rise has increased exposure to storm

team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.

Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.

“It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,” Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement. (rtr)

surges associated with tropical cyclones,” he said.

The most damaging weather event in 2016 was Hurricane Matthew, which killed more than 500 people in Haiti, it said.

The Yangtze basin in China had its worst summer floods since 1999, killing 310 people and causing an estimated $14 billion in damage.

Record daily temperatures were recorded from South Africa to Thailand. Canada had its worst recorded wildfire in May around Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Data from the U.N. refugee agency said 19.2 million people were displaced by weather, water, climate and hazards such as earthquakes in 2015, more than twice as many as for conflict and violence, it said.(rtr)

Trump shapes White House, hires establishment figure, firebrand

WASHINGTON - Presidentelect Donald Trump was weighing contenders for other top jobs in his administration after choosing Washington insider Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and firebrand outsider Stephen Bannon as senior counselor.

Less than a week after his upset win over Democrat Hillary Clinton in last Tuesday’s presidential election, Trump’s choice on Sunday of Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman and friend of House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, could help him repair his strained relations with members of the Republican Party establishment.

But Trump also named Bannon, the combative former head of the right-wing website Breitbart News,

as his strategist and senior counselor. The statement said Bannon and Priebus would be “working as equal partners to transform the federal government.”

The choice of each man could anger a segment of Trump’s supporters. Hardline Trump backers who were counting on Trump to keep his campaign promise to “drain the swamp” of businessas-usual Washington insiders may be disappointed he has named Priebus to the chief of staff position, which serves as a gatekeeper and agenda-setter for the president.

More traditional Republicans may be wary of the pick of rabblerouser Bannon for a top White House job.

Trump, in a statement, said Ban-

non and Priebus were both “highly qualified leaders” who helped him win the White House race.

President Barack Obama, whom Trump will succeed on Jan. 20, plans to hold a news conference on Monday at 3:15 p.m. (2015 GMT) before leaving on an international trip. The Democratic president, who has pledged a smooth transition with Trump despite their sharp political differences, is sure to be asked by reporters about Trump’s appointments.

Democrats sharply criticized the Bannon appointment. Representative Adam Schiff tweeted: “Selection of Steve Bannon for senior WH role unsurprising but alarming. His alt-right, anti-Semitic & misogynistic views don’t belong in WH.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Republican Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Shale Insight energy conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 22, 2016.

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International

Czech Republic down France to retain Fed Cup title

Kokokan at Petulu Village

GIANYAR - Stork or Kokokan bird in Balinese language, are lives at trees of Petulu Village in peace and safe from disturbance. At Petulu Village, there a lot of changes. Rice field along the way of the Petulu village has become the houses of villagers and barn wood cutting. But the Kokokan bird still many, even more than 13 years ago. Kokokan bird begin nesting at Petulu village since 1965. At first, these Kokokan bird are captured to be eaten or to be maintained, hence the oddity occurred.

The people those who catch these Kokokan bird always come back to the village and return it. They said that they unable again. Why? Reputedly, the people who catch these Kokokan bird was visited by strange creatures big and scary in a dream or reality. This is not hallucination, because more than 50 people experienced it. Finally, after consultation with a priest, perform the ritual of apology in the local village temple.

When the procession took place, the village temple functionary experienced trance and says if

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These birds are forces who would keep the village in terms of abstract (virtual world) from pest and disease that striking their fields. It is proved, after the villagers made a monument in the village temple as offerings of this Kokokan bird, the village became prosperous, abundant harvests and there was no danger threatening until today.

Kokokan bird that lives in Petulu village has a white body color with a brown back and face. They live in trees along the road village imaginable up in front of the Pura Desa Adat Petulu (3 km). You maybe lucky if can see the black color of Kokokan.

Black Kokokan was only 2 tails and they are the leader of thousands Kokokan birds at Petulu village.

Kokokan will be there starts from October – March.

In this period, thousands of Kokokan birds will make nests, lay eggs, hatch their eggs until they hatch, and in March Kokokan children have started to fly. (rtr)

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Hamilton win takes F1 title battle down to last race

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The Briton’s third win in a row from pole position and first in Brazil left him 12 points behind Rosberg, who finished second, with the pair both on nine victories each for the season.

Rosberg, who would have taken his first title with a third successive victory at Interlagos, need now only finish third at Yas Marina in two weeks’ time to clinch his first title, even if Hamilton wins again.

“I was generally just chilling

up front,” said Hamilton, whose 52nd career win put him second on the all-time list behind seven-times champion Michael Schumacher (91) but ahead of Alain Prost.

“When it rains, it’s usually a good day for me ... it was a very easy race, generally. It was pretty straightforward.”

He led all the way, the only minor drama occurring when water began seeping through his Ayrton Senna-themed helmet vi-

sor during the first phase of the race. He changed helmet after the first stoppage.

“No mistakes, no issues, no spins,” he said.

Behind him, there was mayhem and chaos in a crash-filled thriller that was twice stopped and re-started, with five safety car periods and lengthy delays after cars aquaplaned off.

“It didn’t go my way today with the win, Lewis just did a great job,” said Rosberg, who survived a half-spin of his own.

“It was very difficult conditions out there. I can live with second place today, for sure.” (rtr)

STRASBOURG - The Czech Republic further established themselves as the dominant force in women’s team tennis as they claimed a 3-2 comeback win against hosts France to capture their fifth Fed Cup title in six years on Sunday, and 10th overall.

Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova downed Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia 7-5 7-5 in the doubles to hand the visitors the decisive point.

The nation won five titles as Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 80s before dominating the women’s team competition in recent years.

Only the U.S. have won more titles, having prevailed 17 times since the competition was created in 1963.

Against the pair who won this year’s French Open, Strycova and Pliskova returned well and made the most of Mladenovic’s below-par performance to hand the Czech Republic victory.

Petra Kvitova, twice a champion at Wimbledon, had been expected to spearhead the Czechs’ charge towards victory but after her unexpected defeat in her opening singles, she was a no show on Sunday.

“Kvitova could not play today, we did not have many options, but Strycova played really well,” said Czech captain Petr Pala, who helped his side recover from a 2-1 deficit to become the first captain to win five Fed Cup titles.

“The girls never gave up, like the French, but there is only one winner.”

Rather than dwelling on Kvitova’s absence, her Czech team mates simply focused on the task ahead and their determination paid off as they became the first team to win three successive Fed Cup titles since Spain achieved the feat from 1993-95.

“It’s a wonderful day. It was not easy that’s why we are so happy,” said Pliskova.

“The secret was to go out there and fight for every point.

We fought until the end,” added Strycova.

“It’s sad for the players but that’s sport. The players gave everything, they were brave and did their best. Congratulations to the Czech,” said French federation president Jean Gachassin.

Pliskova had put the visitors ahead on Saturday with an epic 6-3 4-6 16-14 win against Mladenovic after a nail-biting third set, the longest ever played in a Fed Cup final. (rtr)

REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Czech Republic’s Fed Cup team celebrate with their trophy after their victory against France.

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Sp rt Lippi begins tenure as China coach, target still World Cup

Marcello Lippi starts mission almost-impossible on Tuesday as he bids to take China to the 2018 World Cup. Lippi, who guided Italy to the 2006 World Cup title, was appointed in October to try and resuscitate China’s floundering qualification campaign. He kicks off against Qatar in the south-western city Kunming.

China, which has qualified only once for a World Cup, has just one point from the first four games in Group A of third-round Asian qualifying, making victory against Qatar vital. “We will focus on first dealing with the Qataris and then Korea Republic,” Lippi was quoted as saying on the Asian Football Confederation’s website.

“Our chief aim is World Cup qualification. I hope we can achieve a miracle.”

Lippi has experience in China.

From 2012 to 2014, he led Guangzhou Evergrande to three Chinese Super League titles as well as the Asian Champions League crown in 2013. In a warm-up game against a lower-league Chinese team last week, Lippi selected five players from his former club, indicating a strong reliance on the team which picked up a sixth successive domestic championship in October.

“These are the players who have spent years training and playing together so they have telegraphic understanding with each other,” the former Juventus coach said. “This is the key for us to play well against Qatar.” The 68 year-old Lippi’s

contract is not just about the World Cup, but helping the sport thrive in China in the longer term.

“Even if we fail to make it, we should make sure that the team makes good progress in the process and build for the future,” he said.

“Then we will switch our focus to the next Asian Cup.” Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has also started poorly with three points from the first four games. A 2-1 win over 2018 host Russia in a friendly last week will boost confidence for the Qataris.

With only the top two from both six-team groups automatically progressing to Russia 2018, Japan is third in Group B, heightening the importance of a win against group leader Saudi Arabia. Japan has appeared at the past five World Cups but some unconvincing performances under coach Vahid Halilhodzic have jeopardized a continuation of that streak.

“You can look at the Saudi game in two ways,” Japan defender Tomoaki Makino said after a warm-up 4-0 win against Oman on Friday.

“You can look at it as us having our back against the wall, or see

it as an opportunity to turn things around.”

If Saudi Arabia does slip up in Japan, Australia could go top of Group B with a win over Thailand in Bangkok. Thailand, which has lost all four games so far, had planned to hold the game in a neutral venue due to national mourning following the death last month of long-serving monarch King Bhumibol.

However the government has allowed the game to be played at home, and initial plans to ban chanting and overt celebrations has also been relaxed. Australia coach Ange Postecoglou omitted talisman Tim Cahill from the squad but remains hopeful of extending the streak of five wins against Thailand.

“If we can get three points in this game, with the program we have next year with three home games and the Iraq game in neutral territory, we’ll be in pretty good shape,” Postecoglou said.

Iran, yet to concede a goal and top of Group A with 10 points, takes on Syria in Malaysia due to the ongoing war in Syria, while South Korea hosts second-placed Uzbekistan. South Korea coach Uli Stielike is also under pressure with the team — aiming for a ninth successive World Cup appearance — in third spot, three points behind Iran. (ap)

AP Photo/Andy Wong, File

FILE - IN this Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, file photo, China’s newly appointed national football team coach Marcello Lippi speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Beijing. Lippi starts mission almost-impossible on Tuesday as he bids to take China to the 2018 World Cup.

Memphis hoping Dutch goals lead to Old Trafford revival AMSTERDAM, Nov 14 (Reuters) qualification on Sunday can act as a catalyst to help revive his stalling club career at Manchester United.

The 22-year-old forward proved to be an inspirational substitution for the Dutch in a tricky away game at Luxembourg, coming on at half-time and scoring twice to ensure a 3-1 victory in the Group A encounter.

The first goal was a close-range

REUTERS/ Pedro Nunes

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal.

Ronaldo, Portugal win but trail Swiss in WCup qualifying

LUCERNE — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and missed a penalty in Portugal’s 4-1 win over Latvia in World Cup qualifying on Sunday, but the European champion still trails group leader Switzerland.

Switzerland kept its 100 percent record with a fourth straight win but was often labored in beating the Faeroe Islands 2-0.

Goals in each half from recalled forward Eren Derdiyok and captain Stephan Lichtsteiner were enough on a rain-swept evening. The Swiss stay three points ahead of Portugal, due to its victory when the teams played in September to open the qualifying program.

Ronaldo, who missed that game in Switzerland, has scored seven of Portugal’s 16 goals in three games since.

Against Latvia, Ronaldo opened the scoring with a 28th-minute spot kick, then saw his penalty in the 59th hit the left-hand post and bounce away off the goalkeeper’s legs.

Latvia levelled through substitute Arturs Zjuzins in the 67th before Portugal substitute Ricardo Quaresma’s crosses let William Carvalho restore the lead with a header and Ronaldo make the win safe with a volley. Defender Bruno Alves added a fourth in stoppage time. Earlier, third-placed Hungary beat Andorra 4-0.

Switzerland has seemed to ease off against the group outsiders since starting with impressive wins against its two closest rivals.

Still, the Swiss were seldom threatened and also struck the frame of the goal in each half against the Faeroe Islands, who lost 6-0 at home to Portugal last month.

Derdiyok showed high-class technique to open the scoring in the 27th minute, taking a long lofted ball from Valon Behrami with a controlling first touch. He then struck a low left-foot shot past goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen.

It was the 11th goal of Derdiyok’s 56-match international career which has only rarely fulfilled the 28-yearold forward’s early promise.

Admir Mehmedi’s shot struck a post in the 78th five minutes before Lichtsteiner sealed the three points.

The veteran right-back advanced deep into the penalty area to meet left-back Ricardo Rodriguez’s cross with a bouncing header.

In Budapest, Hungary captain Balazs Dzudzsak created first-half goals for 37-year-old Zoltan Gera and Adam Lang. Adam Gyursco and Adam Szalai added late goals.

Hungary has seven points from four matches, and next travels to play Portugal in March. Then, Switzerland will be favored to beat Latvia at home. (ap)

header from a cross delivered by club team mate Daley Blind and the second a free kick that he struck over the home team’s wall.

“I’m really happy I succeeded,” he told Dutch television. “I proved I can still take a free kick. I knew I still had it in me and I really wanted to take it. It was great to see the ball go in.”

Memphis said he would be returning to Old Trafford with re-

newed confidence in a campaign in which he has seen just 20 minutes of league action, all off the bench, and started only a domestic cup match.

“That is for sure. I’m going to fight my utmost to make sure I can get back in contention,” he added.

Memphis’s performance came as no surprise to Dutch coach Danny Blind, who said he had remained confident in the player’s

ability even if he had seen little Premier League action.

“His work ethic is so good and when he came on he made the right impact. His goals were a reward for him and for the team,” Blind said. (rtr)

Brussels rout as Belgium dish up eight-goal feast

BRUSSELS - Dries Mertens and Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium destroyed Estonia 8-1 to seize top spot outright in World Cup Group H qualifying on Sunday. Coach Roberto Martinez’s men also struck through Thomas Meunier, Eden Hazard, Yannick Carrasco and an own goal from Ragnar Klavan, with the first three coming inside the opening 25 minutes.

Estonia replied just before the half-hour through Henri Anier but it was a lonely highlight for the Baltic nation who are second from bottom with three points. Meunier’s first international goal after eight minutes began the deluge as he timed

a run to the back post perfectly to head home Carrasco’s cross.

Mertens’ shot from outside the area took a wicked deflection for the second goal after 16 minutes and Hazard made it 3-0 with a powerful drive after a swift attacking move.

A rare defensive slip then allowed Anier to turn and beat keeper Thibaut Courtois before the break.

Belgium added three more goals in six minutes soon after the hour mark as they claimed their fourth group victory.

Unmarked Carrasco finished off a square pass from Lukaku before Klavan steered a centre by Mertens into his own net.

Mertens then grabbed his second goal with a chip over the goalkeeper after Lukaku’s effort had been well saved. Lukaku was rewarded for his contribution when his 83rdminute shot took a deflection to leave goalkeeper Mihkel Aksalu with no chance.

The Everton striker was then fed five minutes later with a clever ball from midfield and he raced towards goal before shooting into the corner of the net.

Belgium have 12 points from four games, two ahead of secondplaced Greece and five in front of Bosnia who are third. Greece were held 1-1 at home by Bosnia on Sunday. (rtr)

Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring against Estonia.

REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Result Bulgaria 1 Belarus0 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands3 Hungary 4 Andorra0F Switzerland 2 Faroe Islands0 Portugal 4 Latvia1 Cyprus 3 Gibraltar1 Belgium 8 Estonia1 Greece 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina1

REUTERS/Eric Vidal

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Sp rt Lippi begins tenure as China coach, target still World Cup

Marcello Lippi starts mission almost-impossible on Tuesday as he bids to take China to the 2018 World Cup. Lippi, who guided Italy to the 2006 World Cup title, was appointed in October to try and resuscitate China’s floundering qualification campaign. He kicks off against Qatar in the south-western city Kunming.

China, which has qualified only once for a World Cup, has just one point from the first four games in Group A of third-round Asian qualifying, making victory against Qatar vital. “We will focus on first dealing with the Qataris and then Korea Republic,” Lippi was quoted as saying on the Asian Football Confederation’s website.

“Our chief aim is World Cup qualification. I hope we can achieve a miracle.”

Lippi has experience in China.

From 2012 to 2014, he led Guangzhou Evergrande to three Chinese Super League titles as well as the Asian Champions League crown in 2013. In a warm-up game against a lower-league Chinese team last week, Lippi selected five players from his former club, indicating a strong reliance on the team which picked up a sixth successive domestic championship in October.

“These are the players who have spent years training and playing together so they have telegraphic understanding with each other,” the former Juventus coach said. “This is the key for us to play well against Qatar.” The 68 year-old Lippi’s

contract is not just about the World Cup, but helping the sport thrive in China in the longer term.

“Even if we fail to make it, we should make sure that the team makes good progress in the process and build for the future,” he said.

“Then we will switch our focus to the next Asian Cup.” Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has also started poorly with three points from the first four games. A 2-1 win over 2018 host Russia in a friendly last week will boost confidence for the Qataris.

With only the top two from both six-team groups automatically progressing to Russia 2018, Japan is third in Group B, heightening the importance of a win against group leader Saudi Arabia. Japan has appeared at the past five World Cups but some unconvincing performances under coach Vahid Halilhodzic have jeopardized a continuation of that streak.

“You can look at the Saudi game in two ways,” Japan defender Tomoaki Makino said after a warm-up 4-0 win against Oman on Friday.

“You can look at it as us having our back against the wall, or see

it as an opportunity to turn things around.”

If Saudi Arabia does slip up in Japan, Australia could go top of Group B with a win over Thailand in Bangkok. Thailand, which has lost all four games so far, had planned to hold the game in a neutral venue due to national mourning following the death last month of long-serving monarch King Bhumibol.

However the government has allowed the game to be played at home, and initial plans to ban chanting and overt celebrations has also been relaxed. Australia coach Ange Postecoglou omitted talisman Tim Cahill from the squad but remains hopeful of extending the streak of five wins against Thailand.

“If we can get three points in this game, with the program we have next year with three home games and the Iraq game in neutral territory, we’ll be in pretty good shape,” Postecoglou said.

Iran, yet to concede a goal and top of Group A with 10 points, takes on Syria in Malaysia due to the ongoing war in Syria, while South Korea hosts second-placed Uzbekistan. South Korea coach Uli Stielike is also under pressure with the team — aiming for a ninth successive World Cup appearance — in third spot, three points behind Iran. (ap)

AP Photo/Andy Wong, File

FILE - IN this Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, file photo, China’s newly appointed national football team coach Marcello Lippi speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Beijing. Lippi starts mission almost-impossible on Tuesday as he bids to take China to the 2018 World Cup.

Memphis hoping Dutch goals lead to Old Trafford revival AMSTERDAM, Nov 14 (Reuters) qualification on Sunday can act as a catalyst to help revive his stalling club career at Manchester United.

The 22-year-old forward proved to be an inspirational substitution for the Dutch in a tricky away game at Luxembourg, coming on at half-time and scoring twice to ensure a 3-1 victory in the Group A encounter.

The first goal was a close-range

REUTERS/ Pedro Nunes

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal.

Ronaldo, Portugal win but trail Swiss in WCup qualifying

LUCERNE — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and missed a penalty in Portugal’s 4-1 win over Latvia in World Cup qualifying on Sunday, but the European champion still trails group leader Switzerland.

Switzerland kept its 100 percent record with a fourth straight win but was often labored in beating the Faeroe Islands 2-0.

Goals in each half from recalled forward Eren Derdiyok and captain Stephan Lichtsteiner were enough on a rain-swept evening. The Swiss stay three points ahead of Portugal, due to its victory when the teams played in September to open the qualifying program.

Ronaldo, who missed that game in Switzerland, has scored seven of Portugal’s 16 goals in three games since.

Against Latvia, Ronaldo opened the scoring with a 28th-minute spot kick, then saw his penalty in the 59th hit the left-hand post and bounce away off the goalkeeper’s legs.

Latvia levelled through substitute Arturs Zjuzins in the 67th before Portugal substitute Ricardo Quaresma’s crosses let William Carvalho restore the lead with a header and Ronaldo make the win safe with a volley. Defender Bruno Alves added a fourth in stoppage time. Earlier, third-placed Hungary beat Andorra 4-0.

Switzerland has seemed to ease off against the group outsiders since starting with impressive wins against its two closest rivals.

Still, the Swiss were seldom threatened and also struck the frame of the goal in each half against the Faeroe Islands, who lost 6-0 at home to Portugal last month.

Derdiyok showed high-class technique to open the scoring in the 27th minute, taking a long lofted ball from Valon Behrami with a controlling first touch. He then struck a low left-foot shot past goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen.

It was the 11th goal of Derdiyok’s 56-match international career which has only rarely fulfilled the 28-yearold forward’s early promise.

Admir Mehmedi’s shot struck a post in the 78th five minutes before Lichtsteiner sealed the three points.

The veteran right-back advanced deep into the penalty area to meet left-back Ricardo Rodriguez’s cross with a bouncing header.

In Budapest, Hungary captain Balazs Dzudzsak created first-half goals for 37-year-old Zoltan Gera and Adam Lang. Adam Gyursco and Adam Szalai added late goals.

Hungary has seven points from four matches, and next travels to play Portugal in March. Then, Switzerland will be favored to beat Latvia at home. (ap)

header from a cross delivered by club team mate Daley Blind and the second a free kick that he struck over the home team’s wall.

“I’m really happy I succeeded,” he told Dutch television. “I proved I can still take a free kick. I knew I still had it in me and I really wanted to take it. It was great to see the ball go in.”

Memphis said he would be returning to Old Trafford with re-

newed confidence in a campaign in which he has seen just 20 minutes of league action, all off the bench, and started only a domestic cup match.

“That is for sure. I’m going to fight my utmost to make sure I can get back in contention,” he added.

Memphis’s performance came as no surprise to Dutch coach Danny Blind, who said he had remained confident in the player’s

ability even if he had seen little Premier League action.

“His work ethic is so good and when he came on he made the right impact. His goals were a reward for him and for the team,” Blind said. (rtr)

Brussels rout as Belgium dish up eight-goal feast

BRUSSELS - Dries Mertens and Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium destroyed Estonia 8-1 to seize top spot outright in World Cup Group H qualifying on Sunday. Coach Roberto Martinez’s men also struck through Thomas Meunier, Eden Hazard, Yannick Carrasco and an own goal from Ragnar Klavan, with the first three coming inside the opening 25 minutes.

Estonia replied just before the half-hour through Henri Anier but it was a lonely highlight for the Baltic nation who are second from bottom with three points. Meunier’s first international goal after eight minutes began the deluge as he timed

a run to the back post perfectly to head home Carrasco’s cross.

Mertens’ shot from outside the area took a wicked deflection for the second goal after 16 minutes and Hazard made it 3-0 with a powerful drive after a swift attacking move.

A rare defensive slip then allowed Anier to turn and beat keeper Thibaut Courtois before the break.

Belgium added three more goals in six minutes soon after the hour mark as they claimed their fourth group victory.

Unmarked Carrasco finished off a square pass from Lukaku before Klavan steered a centre by Mertens into his own net.

Mertens then grabbed his second goal with a chip over the goalkeeper after Lukaku’s effort had been well saved. Lukaku was rewarded for his contribution when his 83rdminute shot took a deflection to leave goalkeeper Mihkel Aksalu with no chance.

The Everton striker was then fed five minutes later with a clever ball from midfield and he raced towards goal before shooting into the corner of the net.

Belgium have 12 points from four games, two ahead of secondplaced Greece and five in front of Bosnia who are third. Greece were held 1-1 at home by Bosnia on Sunday. (rtr)

Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring against Estonia.

REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Result Bulgaria 1 Belarus0 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands3 Hungary 4 Andorra0F Switzerland 2 Faroe Islands0 Portugal 4 Latvia1 Cyprus 3 Gibraltar1 Belgium 8 Estonia1 Greece 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina1

REUTERS/Eric Vidal

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Czech Republic down France to retain Fed Cup title

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The people those who catch these Kokokan bird always come back to the village and return it. They said that they unable again. Why? Reputedly, the people who catch these Kokokan bird was visited by strange creatures big and scary in a dream or reality. This is not hallucination, because more than 50 people experienced it. Finally, after consultation with a priest, perform the ritual of apology in the local village temple.

When the procession took place, the village temple functionary experienced trance and says if

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These birds are forces who would keep the village in terms of abstract (virtual world) from pest and disease that striking their fields. It is proved, after the villagers made a monument in the village temple as offerings of this Kokokan bird, the village became prosperous, abundant harvests and there was no danger threatening until today.

Kokokan bird that lives in Petulu village has a white body color with a brown back and face. They live in trees along the road village imaginable up in front of the Pura Desa Adat Petulu (3 km). You maybe lucky if can see the black color of Kokokan.

Black Kokokan was only 2 tails and they are the leader of thousands Kokokan birds at Petulu village.

Kokokan will be there starts from October – March.

In this period, thousands of Kokokan birds will make nests, lay eggs, hatch their eggs until they hatch, and in March Kokokan children have started to fly. (rtr)

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Hamilton win takes F1 title battle down to last race

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The Briton’s third win in a row from pole position and first in Brazil left him 12 points behind Rosberg, who finished second, with the pair both on nine victories each for the season.

Rosberg, who would have taken his first title with a third successive victory at Interlagos, need now only finish third at Yas Marina in two weeks’ time to clinch his first title, even if Hamilton wins again.

“I was generally just chilling

up front,” said Hamilton, whose 52nd career win put him second on the all-time list behind seven-times champion Michael Schumacher (91) but ahead of Alain Prost.

“When it rains, it’s usually a good day for me ... it was a very easy race, generally. It was pretty straightforward.”

He led all the way, the only minor drama occurring when water began seeping through his Ayrton Senna-themed helmet vi-

sor during the first phase of the race. He changed helmet after the first stoppage.

“No mistakes, no issues, no spins,” he said.

Behind him, there was mayhem and chaos in a crash-filled thriller that was twice stopped and re-started, with five safety car periods and lengthy delays after cars aquaplaned off.

“It didn’t go my way today with the win, Lewis just did a great job,” said Rosberg, who survived a half-spin of his own.

“It was very difficult conditions out there. I can live with second place today, for sure.” (rtr)

STRASBOURG - The Czech Republic further established themselves as the dominant force in women’s team tennis as they claimed a 3-2 comeback win against hosts France to capture their fifth Fed Cup title in six years on Sunday, and 10th overall.

Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova downed Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia 7-5 7-5 in the doubles to hand the visitors the decisive point.

The nation won five titles as Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 80s before dominating the women’s team competition in recent years.

Only the U.S. have won more titles, having prevailed 17 times since the competition was created in 1963.

Against the pair who won this year’s French Open, Strycova and Pliskova returned well and made the most of Mladenovic’s below-par performance to hand the Czech Republic victory.

Petra Kvitova, twice a champion at Wimbledon, had been expected to spearhead the Czechs’ charge towards victory but after her unexpected defeat in her opening singles, she was a no show on Sunday.

“Kvitova could not play today, we did not have many options, but Strycova played really well,” said Czech captain Petr Pala, who helped his side recover from a 2-1 deficit to become the first captain to win five Fed Cup titles.

“The girls never gave up, like the French, but there is only one winner.”

Rather than dwelling on Kvitova’s absence, her Czech team mates simply focused on the task ahead and their determination paid off as they became the first team to win three successive Fed Cup titles since Spain achieved the feat from 1993-95.

“It’s a wonderful day. It was not easy that’s why we are so happy,” said Pliskova.

“The secret was to go out there and fight for every point.

We fought until the end,” added Strycova.

“It’s sad for the players but that’s sport. The players gave everything, they were brave and did their best. Congratulations to the Czech,” said French federation president Jean Gachassin.

Pliskova had put the visitors ahead on Saturday with an epic 6-3 4-6 16-14 win against Mladenovic after a nail-biting third set, the longest ever played in a Fed Cup final. (rtr)

REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Czech Republic’s Fed Cup team celebrate with their trophy after their victory against France.

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“Utter devastation” after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand

WELLINGTON - A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummelled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.

Emergency response teams flew by helicopter to the region at the epicentre of the tremor, which struck just after midnight some 91 km (57 miles) northeast of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.

“It’s just utter devastation, I just don’t know ... that’s months of work,” New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the coastal town of Kaikoura, according to Brownlee’s Twitter account.

He described landslips in the

area as “just horrendous”. In a statement seen by Reuters, Key said of the likely damage bill: “You’ve got to believe it’s in the billions of dollars to resolve.”

Powerlines and telecommunications were down, with huge cracks in roads, land slips and other damage to infrastructure making it hard to reach the worst-affected areas.

A tsunami warning that led to mass evacuations after the original quake was downgraded after large swells hit New Zealand’s capital Wellington, in the North Island, and Christchurch.

Wellington was a virtual ghost

town with workers ordered to stay away while the city council assessed the risk to buildings, several of which were damaged by the tremor. There were concerns that loose glass and masonry could be dislodged by severe weather hitting the capital, with 140 km per hour (85 mph) winds forecast.

Hundreds of aftershocks, the strongest a 6.2 quake at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT), rattled the South Pacific country, fraying nerves in an area where memories of a deadly 2011 quake are still fresh.

Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand’s ruggedly beautiful South Island, is still recovering from the 6.3 quake in 2011 that killed 185 people.

New Zealand’s Civil Defence

AP Photo/Mark Baker, File

In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo Murray, left, and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch, New Zealand, a day after a deadly earthquake. A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, reminding many of the quake that hit the nation in February 2011 and devastated the city of Christchurch, the country’s second-biggest city.

declared a state of emergency for the Kaikoura region, centred on a tourist town about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch, soon after Monday’s large aftershock.

Kaikoura, a popular spot for whale watching, appeared to have borne the brunt of the quake.

“Our immediate priority is ensuring delivery of clean water, food and other essentials to the residents of Kaikoura and the estimated 1,000 tourists in the town,” Brownlee said.

The Navy’s multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury was heading to the area, he said.

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) said a 20-person rescue

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Earlier on Monday a scientific report projected that world carbon dioxide emissions were expected to stay flat for the third year in a row in 2016 and that U.S. emissions would fall by 1.7 percent in 2016, driven by declines in coal consumption.

U.S. President Barack Obama has made fighting climate change a key policy and the United States was the driving force behind the design of the Paris Agreement. “Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen,” Taalas said. “’Once in a generation’ heat waves and flooding are becoming more regular. Sea level rise has increased exposure to storm

team and two sniffer dogs had arrived in the town. A second team was on standby in Christchurch, USAR said in a statement.

Police in the area around Christchurch reported 19 burglaries of homes and commercial properties after the quake as residents headed for higher ground.

“It is extremely disappointing that at a time when people are facing such a traumatic event and communities are coming together to support one another, there are others who are only interested in taking advantage,” Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement. (rtr)

surges associated with tropical cyclones,” he said.

The most damaging weather event in 2016 was Hurricane Matthew, which killed more than 500 people in Haiti, it said.

The Yangtze basin in China had its worst summer floods since 1999, killing 310 people and causing an estimated $14 billion in damage.

Record daily temperatures were recorded from South Africa to Thailand. Canada had its worst recorded wildfire in May around Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Data from the U.N. refugee agency said 19.2 million people were displaced by weather, water, climate and hazards such as earthquakes in 2015, more than twice as many as for conflict and violence, it said.(rtr)

Trump shapes White House, hires establishment figure, firebrand

WASHINGTON - Presidentelect Donald Trump was weighing contenders for other top jobs in his administration after choosing Washington insider Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and firebrand outsider Stephen Bannon as senior counselor.

Less than a week after his upset win over Democrat Hillary Clinton in last Tuesday’s presidential election, Trump’s choice on Sunday of Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman and friend of House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, could help him repair his strained relations with members of the Republican Party establishment.

But Trump also named Bannon, the combative former head of the right-wing website Breitbart News,

as his strategist and senior counselor. The statement said Bannon and Priebus would be “working as equal partners to transform the federal government.”

The choice of each man could anger a segment of Trump’s supporters. Hardline Trump backers who were counting on Trump to keep his campaign promise to “drain the swamp” of businessas-usual Washington insiders may be disappointed he has named Priebus to the chief of staff position, which serves as a gatekeeper and agenda-setter for the president.

More traditional Republicans may be wary of the pick of rabblerouser Bannon for a top White House job.

Trump, in a statement, said Ban-

non and Priebus were both “highly qualified leaders” who helped him win the White House race.

President Barack Obama, whom Trump will succeed on Jan. 20, plans to hold a news conference on Monday at 3:15 p.m. (2015 GMT) before leaving on an international trip. The Democratic president, who has pledged a smooth transition with Trump despite their sharp political differences, is sure to be asked by reporters about Trump’s appointments.

Democrats sharply criticized the Bannon appointment. Representative Adam Schiff tweeted: “Selection of Steve Bannon for senior WH role unsurprising but alarming. His alt-right, anti-Semitic & misogynistic views don’t belong in WH.” (rtr)

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Republican Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Shale Insight energy conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 22, 2016.

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BUSINESS China data point to steadier economy for now, but Trump victory adds to risks

BEIJING - China’s economy largely showed further signs of steadying in October as expected, but disappointing retail sales growth and fears of U.S. trade frictions under incoming President Donald Trump are increasingly clouding the outlook. Fixed-asset investment quickened slightly and beat expectations in January-October as the government stepped up infrastructure spending to support growth, official data showed on Monday.

But a number of other indicators released over the past week from exports to bank lending, as well as expectations of a slowdown in the heated property market, suggest economic momentum may falter in the months ahead. “On balance, today’s data suggest that the recent recovery in economic activity continued into the fourth quarter,” Capital Economics said in a note.

“We expect growth to hold up well for another quarter or two. However, with credit growth now slowing and the property market beginning to cool the drivers of the recent recovery look set to fizzle out early next year.”

China’s leaders have depended on a surging real estate market and government infrastructure spending to drive activity this year and look set to meet their growth target of 6.5 to 7 percent. The construction boom in turn has helped perk up the ailing industrial sector, spurring demand for cement to steel.

But top policymakers and investors are also clearly growing more concerned about the risks of prolonged debt-fueled stimulus.

China’s overall debt has jumped to more than 250 percent of GDP from 150 percent at the end of 2006, the kind of surge that in other countries has resulted in a financial bust or sharp economic slowdown, analysts say.

“I believe the overall policy tone has turned to risk management as the authorities are concerned about asset bubbles,” said Singapore-based economist Zhou Hao at Commerzbank, predicting that the government will throttle back its aggressive stimulus before the end of the year.

INVESTMENT STILL HEAVILY RELIANT ON GOVERNMENT Fixed-asset investment expanded 8.3 percent in the first 10 months from a year earlier, slightly ahead of market expectations and supported largely by government spending. Investment by state firms surged 20.5 percent, though the pace cooled slightly from the first nine months.

In an encouraging sign, growth of private investment picked up to 2.9 percent from 2.5 percent in January-September, though it

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Indonesian police arrest five after church attack

JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Monday arrested five people in connection with a suspected militant attack on a church that killed one infant and injured three. Police said they were investigating possible links to the Islamic State extremist group.

Sunday’s attack in the parking lot of a church in East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo was the latest in a series that has raised concerns over rising militancy in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. An Islamic State-linked assault in the capital Jakarta in January killed four people. Police said the attacker had been imprisoned on terrorism charges in the past and had links to existing radical networks.

Indonesian police said Monday that one of four young children injured by an Islamic militant’s attack at a church on the island of Borneo has died. East Kalimantan police spokesman Fajar Setiawan said 2-year-old Ade Intan Marbun died from complications after suffering burns to more than three quarters of her body.

“It affected her respiratory system and efforts to save her failed and she died early Monday,” said Setiawan.

The attacker, identified by police as a 32-year-old former terror convict from the West Java town of Bogor, threw a Molotov cocktail from a motorcycle as he rode past Oikumene Church in Samarinda, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan province, on Sunday.

The man was captured by locals after jumping into a nearby river.

TV footage showed the injured man lying on the deck of a motorboat.

He was wearing a black shirt emblazoned with the words “Jihad, Way of Life.”

National police spokesman Maj. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said the suspect had been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison over a 2011 attack and was released in July 2014. He moved to East Kalimantan about a year ago.

It was the second explosion at a church in Indonesia this year. In August, a would-be suicide bomber failed to detonate a bomb during Sun-

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Families cries over the coffin of the child who died due to the bomb explotion near the curch in Samarinda, East Borneo. day Mass in a church in Medan, the provincial capital of North Sumatra, but he managed to injure a priest with

an axe before being restrained.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has carried out

a crackdown on militant networks since the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.(ap/rtr)

Indonesia Miss Transgender crowned in a slap for hard-liners

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A girl from Shandong Province who came to the China’s capital a year ago but still hasn’t found a job, buys barbecued meat from a street vendor in Tongzhou district of Beijing, China February 25, 2016. remained sluggish after hitting a record low of 2.1 percent in the first eight months of the year. Private investment accounts for about 60 percent of overall investment in China.

Chinese policymakers have been trying to lure private investors into big infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships, but many lucrative sectors are still dominated by less efficient state firms.

UNCERTAINTIES The most surprising miss for October was found in retail sales, though analysts were quick to note it was too early to tell if slowing consumption would turn into a trend.

Retail sales growth cooled to a five-month low of 10.0 percent from 10.7 percent in September. Analysts had forecast they would hold steady.

On Friday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Singles’ Day festival posted a record 120.7 billion yuan ($17.73 billion) worth of sales, though the gala shopping day saw growth slow as Chinese shoppers searched for deeper

discounts and lower price tags. Statistics bureau spokesman Mao Shengyong blamed the sales slowdown on a high level of comparison with last year.

“Consumption can maintain stable growth.

There should not be a problem achieving this year’s GDP growth targets,” he told a news briefing. October industrial output also missed expectations but to a much smaller degree, rising 6.1 percent, the same pace as in September but marginally less than forecast.

Stronger factory prices have helped boost industrial profits, relieving some pressure on companies squeezed by higher costs and weak demand, though there are concerns some of the gains are due to speculation and are not sustainable. Data last week showed a sharp slowdown in bank lending last month, suggesting demand for mortgages is cooling after a spate of steps by local governments last month to restrict home purchases to cool soaring prices.

While property investment growth quick-

ened in October to its highest since April 2014, some analysts suggested it could be due to a last-minute push by developers to complete construction projects as home sales and surging prices start to slow. October exports and imports also fell more than expected, adding to doubts that the pick-up in economic activity in the world’s largest trading nation can be sustained even if a trade war with the U.S. does not materialize.

Trump had lambasted China throughout the campaign, drumming up headlines with his pledges to slap 45 percent tariffs on imported Chinese goods and label the country a currency manipulator his first day in office. China’s top leaders are due to map out economic and reform plans for 2017 at the annual Central Economic Work Conference expected in December.

Analysts believe it’s too early for the government to start withdrawing policy support now due to rising domestic and global uncertainties, despite the risk of added debt. (rtr)

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In this Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 photo, contestants wait backstage during the Miss Transgender Indonesia pageant in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Transgender people and gay activists from across Indonesia have defied a wave of hatred against sexual minorities to crown a Miss Transgender at the national pageant held in absolute secrecy.

JAKARTA — Transgender people and gay activists from across Indonesia have defied a wave of hatred against sexual minorities to crown a Miss Transgender at a national pageant held in absolute secrecy.

A handful of journalists were notified just a few hours in advance of the location of the event, held in the capital, Jakarta, to prevent any attempts by Islamic hard-liners to shut down the pageant. And because

of the risk of discovery and violence, organizers asked those present not to post anything on social media during the contest.

Qienabh Tappii, a 28-year-old representing Jakarta who wore a figure-hugging, iridescent metallic gown, triumphed over more than 30 other contestants Friday night to be crowned Miss Waria Indonesia 2016.

She will represent Indonesia at an international pageant to be held in

Thailand next year. “Waria” is the Indonesian word for transgender, a term for people whose sense of their gender is different from their sex at birth.

“I’m very happy, I feel like I want to cry,” said Tappii, standing next to a 2-meter (6.5-foot) -tall gold and red trophy while cradling a smaller one. “Tonight is the beginning of my struggle for my rights as a waria,” she said. “I want waria to be accepted, appreciated and understood in our society, and to be equal with other Indonesians. I will work really hard to achieve it.”

The successful staging of the pageant was an important morale boost and self-affirmation for a community that is increasingly under siege.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is often held up as practicing a moderate form of Islam. But that reputation for tolerance has been undermined in the past year as the media and religious and political leaders stoked prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, framing them as a threat to the nation.

It was in part a backlash against the worldwide advance of LGBT rights, and in particular the success of the gay marriage movement in the U.S. and the high-profile battles there over whether transgender people

can use the public bathrooms of the gender they identify with.

Indonesia’s conservatives want to push LGBT people back into the margins of society and deny them legal rights. It’s an agenda that has capitalized on low levels of awareness in a society where open discussion of sexuality is often frowned upon. But it also clashes with the traditions of some cultures in ethnically diverse Indonesia that have for centuries allowed space for different genders and sexual identities.

“If the public knew in advance that there will be such an event, those who use religion as their mask could attack us. That’s why we kept it secret until the last minute,” said pageant organizer Nancy Iskandar.

“The radicals are very arrogant. I’m afraid that it could erupt into physical confrontation,” Iskandar said. “We don’t want them to step on us forever.

What’s in it for them anyway? We’re not doing any harm.”

Opposition from hard-liners prevented the long-running event, which is organized by Putri Waria Indonesia Foundation and Indonesian Waria Communication Forum, from being held twice in recent years. Indonesia’s police often side with or look the other way when Islamic hard-liners attack or intimidate LGBT groups, religious minorities, women’s rights

groups and any cultural events they take exception to.

Fitri Pabentengi, a member of the Bugis ethic group, which recognizes five genders, said he traveled from Makassar on Sulawesi island — 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) to the east — for the pageant. In his community he is “bissu,” one of the five genders, which roughly corresponds to androgynous. Bissu are traditionally priests or shamans.

“I came all the way from Makassar to show my solidarity,” said Pabentengi. “We Indonesian waria have the same feelings, what they feel in Jakarta we also feel it in Makassar.”

About 200 people filled the small theater for the finale of the highenergy showcase of idealized feminine beauty. Thirty-four transgender women vied for the title, competing over three days, though four dropped out because they feared the event might be disrupted.

Aside from Miss Transgender, there were a slew of other titles up for grabs, including most sexy, most intelligent and most beautiful skin.

“We want to show that waria can also do positive things,” said Miss West Java, Dinda Syariff. “People said that we are the scum of the society — that’s so not true,” Syariff said.(ap)

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Duterte says if Islamic State comes to Philippines, forget human rights

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe.

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The rubbish avalanche disaster at Perean village market, Baturiti subdistrict.

Market waste avalanches to hamper access to five hamlets at Perean

TABANAN - The rain flushing Tabanan district since the past few days has caused a number of avalanches at several points. Previously, a number of road sections in Penebel were eroded by avalanche, but on Saturday (Nov. 12) was the turn for piles of rubbish at Perean village market, Baturiti subdistrict, avalanched to hamper the road access leading to five hamlets, namely the Berteh, Lebe, Piun, Basang Be and Ayar.

From the information gathered, the rubbish avalanche disaster occurred around 21:00. To open the road access buried under the piles of rubbish, the officers of the

regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) Tabanan did evacuation on Sunday (Nov. 13).

“From the morning, our officers already evacuated, so that the road

could soon be passed through.

Since it happened at night, we can just address it this morning,” said the Head of the BPBD Tabanan, I Gusti Ngurah Made Sucita.

Moreover, the agency also mobilized an excavator leased by local headman. Within just three hours, the evacuation of two and a half meter of rubbish piles behind the Perean Tengah market was completely done. “It only takes three hours and the traffic is back to normal,” he added.

In the meantime, subdistrict head

of Baturiti, Tos Partha, said that the problems currently faced are the evacuation of rubbish. He already contacted to the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) but it cannot deploy its personnel and truck because it remains in regular operation. “We have called, but the DKP has restricted personnel and truck,” he said.

In the near future, Tos Partha said that he would summon the headman of Perean Tengah and the head of the Perean Tengah Market

Duterte said the southern Philippine province of Mindanao was already a hotbed of rebellion and banditry and he was worried about “looming terrorism” and an influx of extremists who could exploit the insecurity.

“Once the terrorists of the Middle East are deprived of the land area, the real estate area where they can sleep ... they will wander to other places and they will come here and we have to prepare for that,” he said during a speech at a law enforcement agency.

“Remember, these guys, they do not have an iota of what is human rights, believe me. I will not just simply allow my people to be slaughtered for the sake of human rights, that’s bullshit.”

Human rights have been a touchy subject for Duterte, who has vented daily fury at activists and Western governments that have shown concerns about his war on drugs and the high death toll.

A native of Mindanao and mayor of Davao City for 22 years, Duterte said there was a “very strong” Isla-

mist rebellion there and Abu Sayyaf rebels were taking hostages almost every day.

Abu Sayyaf is holding 21 captives, most of them foreign, and despite an ongoing military offensive to wipe them out, its piracy and kidnappings continue unabated.

Duterte said the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia were working closely to keep foreign extremists at bay.

On Friday, he warned that he may use his executive power to tackle lawlessness in the Philippines by suspending habeas corpus, a legal safeguard against arbitrary arrest and detention.

The constitution allows 60-day suspensions “in case of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it” and would permit arrests without warrant and detention without charge for three days.

Duterte mentioned habeas corpus on Friday in the context of both the southern unrest and his war on drugs and said building cases for arresting suspects took too much time and resources. (rtr)

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks to members of his cabinet (not pictured) after arriving from Malaysia, at Davao International airport in Davao city in southern Philippines, November 11, 2016.

Julian Assange questioned by prosecutors at Ecuador’s embassy in London

to ask for information related to waste management at the local market. Moreover, a fire incident once occurred at the location sourcing from the burning of residual rubbish piles.

As one of the regions belonging to danger zone in Tabanan district, Tos Partha appealed to the public and road users to be more careful when passing through Baturiti.

Since the past three days, the avalanche often occurred particularly in Baturiti. (kmb28)

A foreigner loses rented motorcycle

SINGARAJA - Be careful to rent a motorcycle to newly known guests. The motorcycle owned by Dewa Putu Suardana, 53, recently vanished when rented to a guest named Masic Admird. The man having the address at BTN Lovina Permai, Kalibukbuk village, Buleleng, lost the motorcycle, as admitted that it was parked at the ex-Buleleng Harbor at 21:00, Saturday (Nov. 12).

As information got at police station,

initially the victim Dewa Suardana heard it from a hotel staff. It is said that a foreign guest named Masic Admird would like to borrow Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate DK 7581 VL. The motorcycle owner allowed it without hesitation or scared of losing the motorcycle.

Few hours later, right at 21:00, the guest phoned and informed if the rented motorcycle was gone. The guest admitted to park

the motorcycle at the Buleleng Harbor and even already locked the motorcycle. Without thinking twice, the victim immediately reported the incident to police station.

Spokesperson of Buleleng Police, Nyoman Suartika, with permission from the Chief of Buleleng Police, I Made Sukawijaya, said on Sunday (Nov. 13) to have received the report and the case has been handled by Buleleng Police criminal in-

vestigation. Crime scene investigation and collection of information from witnesses have been made by searching for traces of the missing motorcycle. “So, the report has been received and Buleleng Police Criminal Investigation is probing in the field. We ask for testimony of witnesses and renter of the motorcycle. The culprit is being probed by police. Victim’s loss is estimated to reach IDR 10 million,” said Suartika. (kmb34)

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Police speak to journalists crowded around the entrance to Ecuador’s embassy where Julian Assange is being interviewed by prosecutor Ingrid Isgren from Sweden in London, Britain, November 14, 2016.

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced questioning on Monday by prosecutors at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been holed up for four years, over allegations he committed rape in 2010.

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren arrived at the embassy to pose questions to Assange through an Ecuadorian prosecutor over the allegations which Assange has denied, a Reuters photographer at the scene said.

Assange, who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, took refuge in the embassy in August 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden over the rape allegation.

The 45-year-old Australian has refused to go to Sweden for questioning, saying he fears further extradition to the United States, where a criminal investigation into the publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks is ongoing.

In 2010, WikiLeaks published thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Isgren and a police investigator will be able to ask questions through the Ecuadorian prosecutor, who will later report the findings to Sweden, prosecutors have said.

“After the report, the Swedish prosecutor will take a view on the continuing of the investigation,” they said.

A Swedish appeals court decided in September to uphold Assange’s arrest warrant, saying a strong public interest argument outweighed a case to set it aside based on the lengthy deadlock and a previous lack of impetus in pursuing the case.

Assange’s request to have the warrant overturned came after a U.N. panel in February said his stay at the Ecuadorean embassy equalled arbitrary detention, that he should be let go and be awarded compensation. (rtr)

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Moroccan vault protects seeds from climate change and war

RABAT — Should a doomsday agricultural crisis hit the world’s driest environments, scientists and farmers will turn to an up-and-coming research center and seed bank in Morocco to restock their harvests. Tucked away in the university hub of Irfane in Rabat, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, hosts the largest collection of seeds in North Africa.

“If for any reason, a particular community lost all their resources, we are capable of providing them with the seeds for restoration and rehabilitation,” says Ahmed Amri, head of ICARDA’s Genetic Resources Unit.

The crucial role of seed banks in protecting biodiversity is receiving increasing attention because of climate change, which threatens to wipe out crops as dry areas of the world get even hotter and drier.

The impact on African agriculture is among the topics being discussed at U.N. climate talks taking place through next week in Morocco.

The site in Rabat has become ICARDA’s primary center of storage and research after its previous hub in Aleppo, Syria, was seized by an Islamist rebel group in September 2015. “We couldn’t continue doing this work because of the situation in Syria, so we decided to make arrangements to move elsewhere to continue our work,” says

Amri, who used to work in Aleppo, but is now leading genetic research efforts in Rabat.

While many of the research activities moved to Rabat, 98 percent of the Aleppo center’s seeds were safely transferred to ICARDA’s center in neighboring Lebanon.

Duplicates were also sent to a “doomsday” seed vault in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic, which serves as a backup for other seed banks worldwide.

Rebels from the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group have occupied the Aleppo center since September 2015, cutting off access to its 75 employees. Amri has daily contact with the five staff members who remain in Aleppo, including associate scientist Ali Shehadeh.

“With the cease-fire, it’s stable and unstable at times,” Shehadeh told The Associated Press from Aleppo in a Skype interview facilitated by Amri.

The Rabat center holds tens

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Fatima Ezzahra Kibou carries a jar of lentils planted at the nursery of the seed bank at the Rabat seed bank, Morocco, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.

of thousands of seeds spanning from wheat and barley to lentils and chickpeas inside a vault in near-freezing temperatures. The seed bank not only preserves these essential staples but develops them to become more resistant to disease and a warming climate. Last year, Morocco faced an unprecedented drought that scientists and the government and have linked to climate change, with drier and warmer winters in Morocco and neighboring countries.

Domestic grain production dropped, forcing the government to drop tariffs on imports to avoid shortages and stem rising prices.

Last month, the government decided to temporarily remove import duties for lentils to lower the price just in time for the winter season — a time when lentils are widely consumed in Morocco.

Scientists at the Rabat center work closely with farmers in Marchouch, a nearby rural town. The scientists provide seed samples to farmers who allocate about 2 percent of their own farm land to test the seeds and provide feedback to scientists. “We are looking for science-based solutions for farmers’ problems,” says Shiv Kumar Agrawal, a lentil breeder with ICARDA. These problems include contending with droughts, invasive insects and increasing production.

Farmers report back to scientists on the results of the harvest yielded from the seed samples, after which further tests are conducted to improve the seeds’ durability and production yield. Farmer Abdellah Slimani, 48, president of a farmers’ cooperative in Marchouch, believes the feedback loop has helped him and fellow farmers to improve their own methods as climate change continues to impact harvests. “We hope that this year’s harvest will be better, God willing,” Slimani says.

Bruce Campbell of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers says the climate conference in Marrakech offers a unique opportunity to address the impact of climate change on African agriculture.

“Considering all African countries have included agriculture in their climate adaption strategies, (the conference) will be the ideal setting to discuss how the most promising solutions can be deployed and indeed, funded,” he says. (ap)

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A well-preserved fossil of a new species of winged dinosaur, known as Tongtianlong or Mud Dragon, is seen in an undated handout picture.

‘Mud Dragon’ fossil shows dinosaurs thrived on eve of destruction

WASHINGTON- In a humid, tropical jungle in southern China eons ago, a remarkably bird-like dinosaur with wing-like arms, a toothless beak and a dome-shaped crest atop its head became trapped in mud, struggled in vain to escape and died.

Workmen blasting bedrock while building a school near the city of Ganzhou unearthed a beautifully preserved fossil of the roughly 6.5foot-long (2-meter-long) dinosaur, nicknamed the “Mud Dragon,” still in that contorted position, scientists said on Thursday.

The Cretaceous Period creature, called Tongtianlong limosus, lived 66 to 72 million years ago, at the twilight of the dinosaurs’ more than 160-million-year reign on Earth. It was a member of a group called oviraptorosaurs, one of the closest relatives to birds, which evolved earlier from small, feathered dinosaurs.

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte of Scotland’s University of Edinburgh, who worked on the study published in the journal Scientific Reports, said the fossil adds to the understanding of dinosaur evolution on the eve of destruction.

The discovery of Tongtianlong and five other oviraptorosaur species in southern China showed this group was still blossoming and diversifying during the last few mil-

lion years before an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs, Brusatte said.

“The fact there were so many of them is a testament to just how well the dinosaurs were doing right up until the end,” Brusatte added.

The fossil preserved a tragic moment for posterity.

“Its neck is arched, its head sticking up, its arms out-stretched to the sides. It is a strange posture,” Brusatte said.

The fact that the fossil was found in rock formed from mud and the skeleton is in pristine condition suggests the dinosaur got mired in mud, tried to get free, but died and was buried, Brusatte said. Its scientific name means “muddy dragon on the road to heaven,” paying homage to how it perished.

Other previous dramatic fossil finds include Mongolia’s famous “fighting dinosaurs,” a Velociraptor and Protoceratops apparently locked in mortal combat when a sand dune collapsed on them.

Tongtianlong was a two-legged omnivore, with a bony crest on its short, squat skull that was probably used for display purposes to attract mates and intimidate rivals.

Its arms likely had quill-like feathers layered over each other like on a wing, though it could not fly. (rtr)

The measures taken by the government of Bangli to address the problems afflicting Lake Batur are still limited.

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Management authority unclear yet

Physical development at Lake Batur hampered

BANGLI - The measures taken by the government of Bangli to address the problems afflicting Lake Batur are still limited.

All this time, the measures are only weeding and providing education for the public. In the meantime, physical development as part of the efforts to anticipate silting cannot be done.

This happens because related regulations having the authority to manage the largest lake in Bali has not yet existed. This was conveyed by the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, Sunday (Nov. 13).

Siltation of Lake Batur is still going on. One of the causes is the washing away of farmland around the area when it rains. To prevent from getting worse, preventive measures such as physical construction in the form of revet-

ment at the edge of the lake must be taken. However, it cannot be realized. “There is no regulation yet who authorizes to manage the lake, whether local, provincial or central government. It makes us unable to make physical con-

struction (revetment—Ed). It has something to do with the asset,” said Parwata.

Regulation on the authority, he said, remains to be looked for the right patterns by the Ministry of Home Affairs together with the Ministry of Forestry and the Environment, and the House of Representatives. Hopefully, this can be resolved in the near future.

“Now, the regulations are still being prepared. With confidence, it can be completed immediately. The regent wants the edge of the lake can be protected with revetment.

We at the BLH strongly support

DENPASAR - Communities are encouraged to participate in overseeing the distribution of foods and drugs. It is impossible for the government to take this task alone. This is to prevent the widespread distribution of hazardous foods and drugs in the community. These are the contents of oration given by the Head of the Denpasar Agency of Drug and Food Control (BBPOM), Endang

Widowati, in the Bali free talk forum at Niti Mandala Square Renon, Denpasar, Sunday (Nov. 13).

“To that end, I ask the public to be more sensitive to foods or drugs to take, expiration date and BPOM registration number, and always check the foods and drugs that we purchase at the official website of the BBPOM,” she explained.

With the help of the community,

said Endang, at least when purchasing products for self-consumption, the BBPOM can move quickly to prevent the circulation of hazardous foods more widely. She also described the tasks and functions of the BBPOM divided into two sections, namely the pre-market and post-market.

“Pre market includes the supervision before the foods and

it,” he said.

Amid the absence of the regulation, he revealed that the measures taken by the district government is limited to weeding. The activities regularly take place every year and the implementation is in cooperation with villagers of the surrounding areas. This year, the budget allocated reaches IDR 75 million. As for 2017, the budget planned reaches IDR 60 million.

“We do have an interest in the lake.

That’s why the weeding is still carried out. It does not break the rules because there is no physical development. It is made coopera-

tion with surrounding villages,” he explained.

When asked about the water quality, it is still on the verge of limits. To avoid contamination, public education is continuously intensified. Likewise, the disposal of waste has steadily tightened.

“We have taken the whole society to maintain the lake so that it will not get polluted. Hotels have also been asked to make waste water treatment plant. It has been observed. The Danau Lestari Forum has been established. It also provides education for community,” he said. (kmb45)

drugs are produced, so here we keep a watch so as to comply with the procedures and can be safely consumed by the public. Then, for the post-market section we raid the foods and drugs having been produced. If they are proved to be unsafe, we will summon the manufacturer and take actions in accordance with applicable laws,” he added.

According to Endang, currently the BPOM has owned the authority to conduct an investigation if there are indications of fraud committed by drug and food manufacturers.

“So I ask the public not to hesitate to report if they find any foods and drugs suspected of containing hazardous substances or being unregistered at the BPOM,” she concluded. (kmb32)

People advised to jointly supervise food and drug distribution

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Economic downturn, SME product sales down 30 percent

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The parking lot in Badung Market before it is destroyed by fire

Weakening economy

Parking revenue of PD Pasar Denpasar down 5 percent

DENPASAR - The impact of the recent economic downturn began to be felt in a number of sectors. Moreover, PD Pasar Denpasar managing 13 traditional markets also experiences a significant impact. This decrease happens due to reduced public visits to the market. It can be seen from the decreased parking revenue compared to the previous period.

Managing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, when met in the Sewaka Dharma building, Lumintang, recently stated that in general there is decline in revenue.

This decrease may happen due to many factors, other than as a result of the demolition of Badung Market and the weakening of national economy.

He said that the impact of the fire

incident to Badung Market is significant. Of the revenue obtained by PD Pasar Denpasar at IDR 30 billion per year, a total of IDR 8 billion is generated by the Badung Market. Now, it means the revenue will reduce, not to mention the decrease in parking revenue, he said.

Drop in revenues from parking in the market, he said, possibly happens because people no longer go to the

market every day. Probably, they thin out to go to the market, so that the parking acquisition clearly reduces.

In the past, housewives might go to the market every day, but now they just do it for three or two times a week. Or they just seek an urgent need alone. This has resulted in a decline in the acquisition of parking revenue about 5 percent, he said.

In the meantime, the market levy in general is not very influential as it is a fixed component. There is no effect on the visit to the market. However, since the Badung Market is not operating and the two other markets are closed, they have an impact on the decline in market revenue. (kmb12)

BANGLI - Product sales of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangli district since the past few months have showed a decrease of about 30 percent. This condition causes businesses to be frustrated.

The Head of the Bangli Cooperatives and the SMEs Agency, I Dewa Gede Suparta, said the national economic slump has quite significant impact on the SME sector in Bangli.

Fulfillment of demand for products is no longer as ever before causing to be overwhelmed. “Since about three months, the product sales are quite sluggish. It slumps about 30 percent from the previous one,” he explained, Sunday (Nov. 13).

Based on latest data, the number of SMEs in Bangli reaches approximately 42,000 units consisting of trade, agriculture, non-agriculture and services. The economy downturn is claimed not to have resulted in the

business to go bankrupt. “So far, businesses still survive,” he said.

To generate sales, he admitted to intensify coaching. Aside from marketing, he also improved product quality. In addition, his agency is also still trying to establish cooperation of promotion where one of them with the Ministry of Cooperatives and the SMEs. “Coaching is still given so that businesses are ready to receive the orders from outside market any time,” he concluded.

Earlier, a woven bamboo crafter from Tanggahan Peken hamlet, Sulahan, Susut, Wayan Suardana, said the product orders, especially export, are no longer received in large number as ever before. Such condition makes him frustrated. “Lately, there is no order from outside market. Previously, there were some orders from France,” he said. Due to sluggish demand in the export market, he is now focusing on sales in the local market. (kmb45)

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Five decades and 200 films later, Jackie Chan ‘finally’ wins Oscar

LOS ANGELES - When Jackie Chan saw an Oscar at Sylvester Stallone’s house 23 years ago, he said that was the moment he decided he wanted one.

On Saturday at the annual Governors Awards, the Chinese actor and martial arts star finally received his little gold statuette, an honorary Oscar for his decades of work in film.

“After 56 years in the film industry, making more than 200 films, after so many bones, finally,” Chan, 62, quipped at the star-studded gala dinner while holding his Oscar.

The actor recalled watching the ceremony with his parents and his father always asking him why he didn’t have Hollywood’s top acco-

lade despite having made so many movies.

He praised his hometown Hong Kong for making him “proud to be Chinese,” and thanked his fans, saying they were the reason “I continue to make movies, jumping through windows, kicking and punching, breaking my bones.”

The actor was introduced by his “Rush Hour” co-star Chris Tucker, actress Michelle Yeoh and Tom Hanks, who referred to him as “Jackie ‘Chantastic’ Chan.”

Hanks said it was especially gratifying to be able to acknowledge Chan’s work because martial arts and action comedy films were two genres often overlooked during awards season. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, hosts of the annual ceremony, also bestowed honorary Oscars on British film editor Anne V. Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and prolific documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

The evening was attended by Hollywood’s elite, including Denzel Washington, Lupita Nyong’o, Nicole Kidman, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Amy Adams and Dev Patel. (rtr)

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Sweltering 2016 to set heat record, stoked by man-made warming - WMO

MARRAKESH - The world is set to notch up a new heat record in 2016 after a sizzling 2015 as global warming stokes more floods and rising sea levels, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday at climate change talks overshadowed by Donald Trump’s election win.

President-elect Trump has called climate change a hoax and a source in his transition team says he is seeking

quick ways to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to shift the world econ-

omy away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this year would be the warmest since records began in the late 19th century, with average surface temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. Sixteen of the 17 hottest years recorded have been in this century.

“Another year. Another record,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement in Marrakesh, Morocco, where almost 200 nations are discussing ways to slow climate change. The heat, with impacts such as melting Greenland ice and damage to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, was stoked by an El Nino weather event in the Pacific early in the year and by man-made greenhouse gases, mainly from burning fossil fuels.

“The extra heat from the powerful El Nino event has disappeared.

The heat from global warming will continue,” he said. The WMO said it was “very likely” that 2016 would be the hottest, barring a freak chill in coming weeks.

PARIS DEAL The Paris deal, backed by almost 200 nations including the United States but rejected by Trump, has an overriding goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to “well below” 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times, ideally 1.5C (2.7F).

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