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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Bon Jovi takes Billboard’s No.1 album spot for 6th time
LOS ANGELES - New albums from rockers Bon Jovi and R&B singer Alicia Keys took the two top spots on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, while the soundtrack for kids movie “Trolls” moved in to third place. Bon Jovi’s “This House Is Not For Sale” sold 129,000 units to give the New Jersey band its sixth No. 1 album, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Keys, whose career is enjoying a boost thanks to her appearances as a judge on the television show “The Voice,” saw her studio album “Here” reach second place with sales of 50,000 units. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). The soundtrack from the animated movie “Trolls” rose from 39th on the Billboard 200 last week
to No. 3, with some 46,000 units sold in the week. It features contributions from Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Gwen Stefani and Anna Kendrick. Movie soundtracks for “Suicide Squad” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” also have made the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this year. On the digital songs chart, which measures online singles sales, Rae Sremmurd’s September release “Black Beatles” took the top spot, rising 16 places from last week due largely to the viral success of the “mannequin chal-
lenge” fad in which the hip-hop duo’s music often as a backdrop. People taking the challenge pose frozen in action while a music video is recorded, and post the video on social media. Those taking part have ranged from Adele and Beyonce to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (rtr)
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Habib Rizieq, (L) spiritual leader of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, speaks to the media outside a police hearing on a blasphemy case against the Jakarta governor at police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia November 15, 2016.
Indonesia police probe blasphemy complaint against Christian as tension simmers
JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Tuesday considered a blasphemy case brought by Muslim groups against the Jakarta governor, the first ethnic Chinese and Christian in the job, as religious tension simmers and President Joko Widodo tries to keep a handle on security.
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Police in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation are expected to decide this week on whether to pursue the case against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, nicknamed “Ahok”, amid demands by hardline Muslims that he resign over accusations he insulted the Koran. “We will continue the investigation if we have enough evidence. Or, if it is considered not to be a criminal case, it will stop,” said Ari Dono Sukmanto, chief of the national police criminal investigation department. A decision to drop the case could spark mass protests led by hardline Muslims against not just Purnama but also Widodo, who is seen as a key backer of the gov-
ernor. The blasphemy allegations centre on a speech Purnama made in September, when he said his opponents had deceived voters by attacking him using a verse from the Koran. A social media user edited and subtitled a video of the speech but omitted a key word in the subtitles so it appeared the governor was criticising the Koran rather than his rivals, police say. The video went viral and incensed moderate and hardline Muslim groups alike. Police are investigating the social media user and have questioned up to 70 witnesses in the case against Purnama. Widodo, who has tried to distance himself from Purnama, has
repeatedly called for calm and met with top religious, security, and political leaders to discuss the issue. “We want to remind everyone that this country is one of diverse ethnicities, religions, races and languages,” he said on Tuesday in the latest of several speeches on the subject made to security forces. Rights activists have said a decision to pursue the case against Purnama could set a precedent for persecution of religious minorities. Indonesia recognises six religions and is home to several minority groups that adhere to traditional beliefs. In the biggest protest Jakarta has seen in years, more than 100,000 Muslims marched against the governor this month, calling for his resignation and urging voters not to reelect him in February. One protester was killed and
more than 100 were wounded, police said, when the demonstration turned violent. Purnama, a Protestant, once hugely popular for his tough, reformist approach to running the city of 10 million, has seen his support plummet amid the controversy.
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