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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

John Grisham book turns spotlight on futuristic cancer treatment

Kendrick Lamar performs a medley of songs at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016.

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Kendrick Lamar’s surprise ‘untitled unmastered’ album tops Billboard

LOS ANGELES - Rapper Kendrick Lamar dropped a sur- released. Lamar’s album came in ahead prise album that went straight to the top of the weekly U.S. of Adele’s hit “25” and Rihanna’s Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, following in the steps “Anti,” both of which held steady of Beyonce, Drake and Future. Lamar’s “untitled unmastered” album, released March 4 with no prior announcement, sold 178,000 units across album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album is a compilation of the Compton, California rapper’s unreleased demo recordings and is his second chart-topping album. It follows a breakout year in 2015 for Lamar, whose album “To Pimp a Butterfly” won five Grammy awards in February. Surprise album releases, which are not common, have paid off for

some of music’s biggest stars in recent years. Most notably, a self-titled digital album of new songs and videos released in December 2013 by R&B singer Beyonce was a complete surprise to fans and collaborators. The album surpassed U.S. sales of 1 million copies in its first week and topped the Billboard 200 chart. Last year, rappers Drake and Future topped the Billboard 200 album chart with their surprise collaborative effort, “What a Time to Be Alive,” announced by Drake on Instagram the night before it was

on the charts at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The only other new entry in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 was rapper 2 Chainz at No. 4 with “ColleGrove.” Last week’s chart-topper, British alt-rockers The 1975’s “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It,” dropped to No. 26. On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, pop singer Lukas Graham’s “7 Years” climbed to No. 1 from No 4, with 121,000 downloads sold. (rtr)

NORTH CAROLINA - A new book by bestselling author John Grisham is giving new impetus to a handful of companies striving to develop what they say could be a trailblazing treatment for cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. “The Tumor” is a fictional account of a 35-year-old man with brain cancer who, a decade into the future, is treated with focused ultrasound - a real-life technology that is currently being researched as a potential cure for more than 50 diseases. Focused ultrasound uses soundwaves to destroy damaged tissue deep within the body, doing away with the need for incisions or radiation therapy. It has been approved in the United States as a treatment for several conditions, including prostate cancer. As a treatment for brain and other cancers, it remains a futuristic concept. Research is at an early stage and, with clinical data in short supply, U.S. insurers have so far been reluctant to provide coverage. But the book, which Grisham has released free of charge, could help developers to make a case for funding needed to take this niche technology into the mainstream, said several company executives and physicians interviewed by Reuters. “Having a world-famous author talk about it can only help raise awareness,” said Mark Carol, chief executive of Charlotte, North Carolina-based SonaCare Medical LLC. SonaCare has two focused ultrasound devices on the market, one to treat diseased cells in soft tissue and another to ablate prostate tissue. Men using SonaCare’s device as a treatment for prostate cancer had a 9-in-10 chance that an MRI scan would show no sign of a tumor after 12 months, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology in 2012. (http://bit.ly/1ppfkHR) InSightec Ltd, an Israeli company backed by General Electric Co’s GE Healthcare unit and York Capital Management, has approval for different uses: the treatment of bone metastases and uterine fibroids, benign growths in the walls of the uterus. Maurice Ferré, InSightec’s chief executive, said enquiries from patients about the company’s devices for the brain had increased “by a factor of a hundred” since the book’s release. (rtr)

show’s co-host, U.S. actor Matt LeBlanc, speeding and spinning a car along a deserted Whitehall, the road near Parliament which is home to government offices as well as the Cenotaph, focal point for Britain’s Remembrance Day services. “It does not look good at all,” Evans told listeners of his BBC Radio programme. “On behalf of the Top

Gear team and Matt, I would like to apologise unreservedly for what these images seem to portray.” Retired army officer Colonel Richard Kemp said the filming on Sunday was an error of judgement and that Westminster Council should never have allowed it to go ahead. The council in turn said the BBC

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Troops at Russian air base in Syria shown packing up on state TV Page 6

Antonio Conte to step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016

Macedonia says returned about 1,500 migrants to Greece Page 13

BPJS premium increased as of April 1

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A rebel fighter from ‘the First Regiment’, part of the Free Syrian Army, washes himself with water spurting out of a broken pipe in Aleppo’s al-Ashrafieh neighborhood, Syria March 13, 2016.

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Author John Grisham (R) and Neal Kassell, neurosurgeon and founder of the Focused Ultrasound, are seen in an undated handout picture courtesy of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation.

BBC’s “Top Gear” spins into more controversy with Whitehall stunt LONDON - Chris Evans, the new host of BBC TV’s popular “Top Gear” motoring show apologised on Monday for a stunt filmed near the Cenotaph war memorial in central London after widespread condemnation for showing a lack of respect. Images splashed across the pages of British newspapers, showed the

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producers had gone beyond what was agreed and had never given approval for the car to carry out wheelspins down Whitehall. The episode is the latest controversy to be generated by Top Gear which has offended Mexicans, Argentines, Germans, Indians, truck drivers, cyclists and environmentalists among others over the years.

Last year, the BBC decided not to renew the contract of former presenter Jeremy Clarkson, whose blunt banter and swagger helped the show become a global success but also generated controversy, after he punched a member of the production team, leading to the hiring of Evans and ex-”Friends” star LeBlanc. (rtr)

Indonesia detains 14 people allegedly heading to Syria

JAKARTA - Indonesia has detained 14 people, including several children, as they allegedly tried to travel to Syria, police said, where hundreds of their countrymen have joined extremist groups like the Islamic State (IS) group. The Indonesians were stoppe Sunday at the international airport serving Jakarta as they tried to board a flight to Bangkok, from where they planned to continue on to Syria, Jakarta police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said. Among those identified were a family of five with three children from Tangerang, west of Jakarta,

Iqbal said in a statement late Sunday. Five others, including at least one child, were from the Indonesian part of Borneo island. The group is being held at the airport while police work to establish the identities of the remaining suspects. Police did not say whether those detained planned to join IS. Hundreds of Indonesians, many

in families, have travelled to join the jihadists since they seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq and proclaimed a “caliphate”. As of December 2015, more than 200 Indonesians had been deported by Turkey after trying and failing to enter Syria, Jakarta-based think-tank the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict said in a report last month. The flow of Indonesians heading to join IS and other extremist groups has sparked fears that sophisticated terror networks could be revived in

the world’s most populous Muslimmajority country. IS claimed a January suicide and gun assault in Jakarta that left four militants and four civilians dead, and was the first major terror attack in the country for seven years. Indonesian authorities have complained that weaknesses in the country’s anti-terror laws make it difficult to stop would-be militants heading abroad, and parliament is considering adopting tougher measures.(afp)

D E N PA S A R Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives asked to postpone the integration of the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) with the National Health Insurance (JKN). On eof the reasons that they gave for requesting that the Province of Bali maintain the JKBM program is related to the increase of premiums for BPJS that will take effect April 1. “Still in its infancy, the BPJS has already raising its premium and by a significant amount. This increase could cause participants to return to the JKBM’ said Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Parta, after the meeting with the Bali Health Agency in the parliamentary building on Monday (Mar. 14). There are people who are not in a position to pay for the increase in the premium, while the JKBM does not require any payments. There is no need for the government to collect data on the beneficiaries of the premium assistance (PBI) because people using the JKBM program receive Class III. Thus, the recipients who have been selected are necessarily economically disadvantaged people. Premium... Continued on page 2


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