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Thursday, November 17, 2016 Actor Dwayne Johnson (C) poses with his daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson (L) and singer DinahJane Hansen (R) at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, California, U.S., November 14, 2016.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson named ‘sexiest man alive’ by People

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, photo, Muslim protesters hold a banner calling for the arrest of Jakarta’s ethnic Chinese and Christian Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as “Ahok”, outside the City Hall.

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NEW YORK - Whatever Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is cooking these days is piping hot. Or so says People magazine, which on Tuesday named the wrestler-turned-actor this year’s “sexiest man alive.”

Johnson, 44, whose famous catch phrase in the ring is, “Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?”, said learning about his new title put him in a quandary.

“What went through my mind was just how cool and exciting it is,” Johnson told People. “And then I thought, ‘Wow, we’ve pretty much reached the pinnacle.’ I’m not quite too sure where we go from here.”

Johnson rose to mainstream fame in the mid-1990s as a contender with World Wrestling En-

tertainment Inc and later became an actor and Hollywood producer.

Johnson, who stands 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 meters) and weighs 245 pounds (111 kg), is known for his herculean appearance. In fact, he played the mythological character in the 2014 feature film “Hercules.”

In his latest project, the actor is featured in the upcoming Disney animated film “Moana” as the voice of demigod Maui.

“I’ve made big sweeping chang-

es in my career over the years, which have served me nicely,” he said. “But I feel that the big sweeping changes that happened in my life, in my relationships, of being a dad, of being a partner, and the things that I was and the things that I am, has really lent itself to a confidence.”

Johnson has an 11-month old daughter, Jasmine, with his longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian, and a 15-year-old daughter with ex-wife, producer Dany Garcia.

The entertainer recently said he was poised to make another major change and eventually trade in show business to enter the political ring. (rtr)

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Indonesia police name Jakarta governor as blasphemy suspect

JAKARTA — Police on Wednesday named the Christian governor of the Indonesian capital as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation in a major test of the Muslim-majority nation’s reputation for religious tolerance. Earlier this month, Jakarta was rocked by a massive protest by conservative Muslims against the governor. One person died and dozens were injured in rioting. Hard-liners have threatened more protests if Ahok isn’t arrested.

Police announced at a news conference that the popular governor, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, cannot leave the country while the investigation is underway.

However, they said he is not being detained because investigators and religious experts were sharply divided over whether the comments at issue were blasphemous. “After long discussions, we reached a decision that the case should be tried in an open court,” said National Police chief detective Ari Dono.

The accusation of blasphemy against Ahok, an ethnic Chinese and Christian who is an ally of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has galvanized Jokowi’s political opponents in the nation of 250

million where about 90 percent of people are Muslims, but five other religions are also recognized by the state.

Jokowi canceled an official visit to Australia because of the rioting and has spent the past two weeks rallying the political, religious and security establishments behind him.

It has also been a gift to politicians vying against Ahok, who is seeking a second term as Jakarta governor in elections in February.

Among them is the son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former president. Yudhoyono courted controversy by calling for Ahok’s arrest and saying he supported the Nov. 4 protest.

The Islamic Defenders Front, a vigilante group that wants to impose Shariah law, began demanding Ahok’s arrest after a video circulated online in which he joked to an audience about a passage in the Quran that could be interpreted as prohibiting Muslims from accepting non-Muslims as leaders. The governor has apologized for the comment.

Munarman, a spokesman for the Front who goes by one name, said the group is still demanding Ahok’s arrest because he could flee or destroy evidence. “The offense has caused unrest across the country,” he said. “We will continue to stage protests until he is arrested.”

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Residents of Batu Meyeh make valuable crafts from papyrus leaf

The late Nyoman Durpa

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Bondres artist Nyoman Durpa passes away

BANGLI - The world of performing arts in Bali misses another figure. I Nyoman Durpa, a bondres artist and founder of the Dwi Mekar art studio, died on Tuesday morning (Nov.16). The departure of the artist figure that once ran as a candidate for the deputy regent of Bangli in 2010 now leaves sorrow and deep memories for his family at Satra village, Kintamani.

A nephew of Durpa, Made Artana, when met at the funeral home at Satra village last Tuesday revealed that his uncle all this time having been living in Singaraja died on Tuesday around 06:00 at Kerta Husada Hospital in Singaraja.

Durpa died from complication of diabetes, high blood pressure and tetanus having been suffered since the past few years. Prior to the last breath, Durpa was treated at local hospital since last Monday.

After the death until 12:00 on Tuesday afternoon, his extended family was still waiting for the body of Nyoman Durpa to the funeral home. The artist initiated the icon of bondres mask named Susi remained to be temporarily held at Kerta Husada Hospital Singaraja because a piodalan or temple anniversary was being held at Bale Agung and Puseh temple of local village. “As planned, it will be sent home this afternoon (Tuesday), after the ritual at Bale Agung and Puseh Temple is closed,” said Artana accompanied by several relatives.

Regarding the funeral ceremony,

Artana could not give confirmation.

For this matter, he admitted that they have to make a discussion with his extended family in advance.

Artana said that Nyoman Durpa who passed away at the age of 59 left a wife Kadek Mas Swandewi and a son I Gede Pande Satria Kusuma Yuda and two grandchildren. Besides, Durpa also left a number of awards for his dedication during becoming a bondres artist. His last award in the field of bondres was given by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, about two weeks ago. “The deceased is considered as the only artist who has showed his dedication to the bondres art,” he said.

Durpa who has begun to plunge into the world of performing art since the 1980s, last returned to home village at Satra about three months ago. “His last homecoming was when mapiuning or making notification ritual because he wanted to say prayers to Dalem Ganda Mayu temple,” he explained.

In the eyes of his extended family, Durpa once becoming the running mate of Ida Bagus Ludra is known to be intelligent and humorous. The late Nyoman Durpa is also known to diligently pay devotional works and nurture young people at Satra village in the art field although most of his days were spent in Buleleng. “As a family, we have missed his figure. He is a senior figure to our family,” said Artana. (kmb40)

BANGLI - Residents of Batu Meyeh hamlet, Songan A, Kintamani, start to cultivate papyrus leaves into a variety of high-valued handicrafts. The skill of making crafts such as hat, purse, flower and jewelry boxes is obtained after a number of residents behind the hills got training facilitated by the government of Bangli recently.

The Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, Nengah Sudibia, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) that the training of making handicrafts from papyrus leaf was given to some residents of Batu Meyeh because the area behind the hills has the potential of papyrus.

His agency provided the training to make various crafts for the residents for four days. The coaches were brought in directly from Bona village, Gianyar.

“Previously, local residents have been making some crafts such as jewelry box. Now, we add to their

skills with the provision of training to make the other crafts,” said Sudibya.

Sudibya further added that other than taught to make crafts targeting the outside market, local artisans were also given training to make woven crafts targeting local market. The craft products specifically targeting the local market include the rice bag and small mats for ritual paraphernalia.”All this time, the ritual paraphernalia like mat and rice bag are mostly brought in from outside Bangli. Now, we train the artisans to meet the local

market,” he explained. In the meantime, to support the absorption of the craft products of Batu Meyeh, he claimed to be facilitating the marketing.

So far, the craft products of Batu Meyeh are taken by collectors from Gianyar. In order that the craft products of residents behind the hill is becoming widely recognized by consumers, he will ask for the help of residents of Batu Meyeh and other Bangli residents staying outside the region like Kuta to participate in promoting them.

He added that his agency also plans to invite a number of craftsmen behind the hills to make a comparative study to Lombok. It is meant to broaden the insight of local artisans related to the crafts made from papyrus leaves. (kmb40)

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It happens to the best of us. Sooner or later we find ourselves frequenting the same spot weekend after weekend. So, if you’re looking for a new place to chill out

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

with friends or to impress your better half, the creative mixologists at The Laneway promise to spice up your next evening out with the Mojito Club.

Situated within one of Petitenget’s most stylish and discreet hotspots, the classic Cuban legend is back at The Laneway and it’s bigger than ever. Having started out as a medicinal potion that was elevated to a symbol of national pride, the mojito is a refreshing and potent concoction that fits right in with Bali’s cosmopolitan vibe. Offering a unique blend of relaxed sophisticated nuanced with a touch of downright hedonism, the Mojito Club promises to treat you to an exciting selection of classic and Cuban inspired variations of the Latin favourite.

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The handicrafts made by residents of Batu Meyeh hamlet, Songan A, Kintamani

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November 13 5PM-8PM Avantguitar Tour Tukad Abu, Jl. Cokromaria, Denpasar

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7PM-8PM Full Moon Kirtan with Analu Samadi BAli CENter Jalan padang Linjong, Canggu

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Land conversion in Jembrana is increasingly widespread. This condition is very alarming.

Land conversion increasingly rampant

Regular and mini cans of Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are pictured in this photo illustration in New York August 5, 2014.

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Diet sodas might not raise diabetes risk

NEW YORK - Drinking colas and other sugary drinks is tied to an increased risk of so-called pre-diabetes, a precursor to fullblown disease, but diet soda is not, a recent study suggests.

Previous studies on the link between diet sodas and diabetes have been mixed; some research pointing to a potential connection has suggested this relationship may be explained at least in part by soda drinkers being overweight or obese.

In the current study, however, adults who routinely consumed at least one can of soda or other sugarsweetened beverages a day were 46 percent more likely to develop elevated blood sugar levels than people who rarely or never drink cola.

“Emphasis should be placed on substituting sugar-sweetened beverages with water, unsweetened

teas, or coffee,” said senior study author Nicola McKeown, a nutrition researcher at Tufts University in Boston.

“For daily consumers of sugary drinks, kicking the habit may be a difficult challenge, and incorporating an occasional diet soda, while increasing fluids from other sources, may be the best strategy to ultimately remove sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet,” McKeown added by email.

Globally, about one in nine adults have diabetes, and the disease will be the seventh leading cause of death by 2030, according to the World Health

Organization.

Most of these people have Type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, which happens when the body can’t properly use or make enough of the hormone insulin to convert blood sugar into energy. People with blood sugar levels that are slightly elevated, but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis, are sometimes described as having “pre-diabetes” because many will go on to develop diabetes.

In the current study, researchers examined data collected on 1,685 middle-aged adults over about 14 years. At the start of the study, none of the participants had diabetes or pre-diabetes.

They were 52 years old on average and typically overweight.

Participants completed question-

naires detailing what they ate and drank during the study period.

Sugar-sweetened beverages were defined as colas and other carbonated beverages, as well as drinks such as lemonade and fruit punch. This didn’t include fruit juice.

People who drank the most sodas – typically around six 12-ounce cans a week – had a much greater risk of developing elevated blood sugar levels than other participants after adjusting for factors such as age, gender and weight, researchers report in the Journal of Nutrition.

Higher consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages was also associated with insulin resistance, a reduced ability to respond to the hormone insulin that is another risk factor for developing diabetes.

Even after accounting for changes in weight and other aspects of diet, the relationships between sugarsweetened beverages and these metabolic risk factors for diabetes persisted. Diet soda intake—defined as low-calorie cola or other carbonated low-calorie beverages— was not associated with elevated blood sugar or insulin resistance.

The study doesn’t prove soda or sugary drinks cause diabetes.

Another limitation of the study is that participants may not be representative of a typical U.S. adult, the authors note. People in the study were mostly white, middle aged and more likely to be women. They also tended not to be as overweight or thick around the middle as many U.S. adults, the authors point out. (rtr)

Huge study finds a billion people suffer from high blood pressure

LONDON - The number of people with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 40 years to over 1.1 billion worldwide, scientists said on Wednesday, with the burden of the condition shifting from the rich to the poor.

In the largest study of its kind analyzing blood pressure in every nation between 1975 and 2015, the scientists said that it has dropped sharply in wealthy countries - possibly due to healthier diets and lifestyles - but risen in poorer ones.

The increases are especially significant in Africa and South Asia,

the researchers said, and could be partly due to poor nutrition in childhood.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, puts extra strain on the blood vessels and major organs such as the heart, brain and kidneys. It is the world’s top cause of cardiovascular disease, which leads to strokes and heart attacks, and is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths a year worldwide.

Led by World Health Organization researchers working with hundreds of scientists internationally, this study covered blood pressure

measurements from nearly 20 million people and was published in The Lancet medical journal.

In Europe, Britain had the lowest proportion of people with high blood pressure in 2015. South Korea, the United States and Canada had the lowest hypertension rates in the world.

More than half the world’s adults with high blood pressure in 2015 lived in Asia, the study estimated.

Some 226 million people in China have high blood pressure, it said, as do 200 million in India.

“High blood pressure is no longer

related to affluence - as it was in 1975 - but is now a major health issue linked with poverty,” said Majid Ezzati, a professor at Imperial College London’s school of public health.

He said that while he could not be sure of why the data showed high blood pressure as more of a problem in poorer countries, it may be partly due to overall better health and more consumption of fruit and vegetables in wealthy societies.

In rich countries, the condition is also caught more frequently and earlier, and managed more effectively with medicines, Ezzati said.

Blood pressure is defined by two numbers - systolic pressure, which represents the force with which the heart pumps blood into the blood vessels, and diastolic pressure, a measure of the resistance to the blood flow in the body’s blood vessels.

Both numbers are measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).

High blood pressure is defined as 140/90 mmHg or higher.

The condition is caused by a number of factors including having a diet high in salt and low in fruit and vegetables, and not taking enough exercise. (rtr)

Deputy regent asks to be made a subak bylaw

NEGARA - Lately, land conversion in Jembrana is increasingly widespread. This condition is very alarming.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, Made Kembang Hartawan, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) in front of the participants of workshop of the Jembrana District Food Security

Council that Jembrana is currently faced with various problems. In addition to weather factor, it is also exposed to the problems of agricultural land conversion. To anticipate

the issue, he asked subak members to strengthen perarem or bylaw in each subak organization.

Kembang also stated that in addition to land conversion, the other issues often faced by farmers, especially in wetlands, is weather factor including trade system.

Currently, he said that a lot of watershed starts to break down and they are even irrelevant at this time because the workmanship was so many years ago. This issue often triggers floods damaging agricultural crops so that farmers lose money. Not to mention, there are paddy fields of farmers that

do not get irrigation water.

“To that end, through chief of subak (irrigation cooperative) group we strive together with subak members so that paddy fields that do not get water can also produce normally,” expected Deputy Regent Kembang. (kmb)

Prone to avalanche

Pruning of shade trees gets attention for Baturiti road section

TABANAN - Rampant incidence of fallen trees and landslides occurred in some areas in Baturiti subdistrict received special attention from the Tabanan disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) and sanitation and landscaping agency (DKP). On Tuesday (Nov. 16) a number of joint personnel from relevant agencies conducted pruning of shade trees that are vulnerable to uproot during rainy season. The target was the main DenpasarSingaraja road section precisely at Perean road section to Luwus, Baturiti.

The Head of DKP Tabanan, I Wayan Sugatra, said the activity continued similar activities carried out the previous week. He recognized the route of Baturiti area, especially in the main line of

Denpasar-Singaraja road section, is still very prone to disaster. Moreover, the path to the tourist area is crowded with passing motorists.

“Many shade trees at this point have died because they are flayed by the public. On that account, they are prone to collapse,” he said.

Pruning activities, said Sugatra, is carried out by a joint team because it is crucial. A joint team comprising the BPBD and DKP as the parent team was assisted by the officers from the transportation agency, municipal police, police and the military. “It is easier for us to anticipate traffic because it is indeed very crowded,” he said.

Sugatra recognized that shade tree pruning activities along the main route between Denpasar and Singaraja applied a priority scale.

“We are targeting the areas considered more vulnerable. Thankfully we can reduce the incidence of disasters related to greening in the main line,” he said.

In the meantime, the shade tree pruning at Denpasar-Singaraja road section was conducted by the BPBD officers by teaming up with third parties. Just for information, Baturiti subdistrict is one of the subdistricts belonging to danger zone of disaster, such as fallen trees and landslides. Moreover, high rainfall accompanied with high winds had caused landslides and fallen trees in some areas in Baturiti subdistrict.

The BPBD in particular keeps on appealing to community chiefly road users to always be careful when traveling during rainy season as it is today. (kmb28)

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On Tuesday (Nov. 16) a number of joint personnel from relevant agencies conducted pruning of shade trees that are vulnerable to uproot during rainy season.

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Regent election of Buleleng

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Stages keep running though appeal being made

DENPASAR - Stages of Buleleng regent election will continue to run as specified even though the independent candidate pair Dewa Nyoman Sukrawan-I Gede Dharma Wijaya (Surya package) is still not satisfied and appealing to the state administrative court (PT-TUN) in Surabaya. The appeal was made after Surya package was declared to lack for 47 supports pursuant to the results of re-verification in the five regions.

“Electoral Commission respects to the legal process because it indeed becomes the right of the participants, and we will follow the process. Hopefully, there would be an immediate good, democratic and acceptable resolution to all parties,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission, Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, when met in Denpasar, Monday (Nov. 14).

Raka Sandi added that the commission will wait for the verdict on the appeal of the Surya package to the state administrative court.

This Buleleng electoral dispute is expected to be decided objectively and clearly in accordance with the mechanisms or conditions. If the state administrative court allowed the appeal, the commission is obliged to implement the court’s decision.

“I observe that the disputes all this time in the Buleleng supervisory board, there is a demand for reverification. If I am not mistaken, at least they claimed to do it at 14 villages, and then only five villages were granted. I do not know because of having not received any copy of the lawsuit to the state administrative court, so that we just wait,” he added.

According to Raka Sandi, there is a process that must be done if the state administrative court instructed

the Electoral Commission to verify again. Surya package must still meet the minimal requirements of support so that it can be determined as the candidate pair. However, if the decision of the state administrative court is on the contrary namely dismissing the appeal of the Surya package, the commission will apply the existing mechanism.

“Indeed, the decision of the Buleleng Electoral Commission has just stipulated one candidate pair as fixed candidate pair, while another is still pursuing a legal effort. Let’s see that everything has its own mechanism both for one or more than one candidate pair.

However, when there is one candidate pair we should intensively coordinate because some regulations must also be learned and this is a new experience not only in Bali but also in Indonesia in general,” he said when asked all the elements of society in Buleleng to be equally committed to ensuring that the democratic process is running well, and remains in a conducive and peaceful atmosphere.

In the meantime, Secretary of Bali Golkar Party, Nyoman Sugawa Korry, supported the Surya package to appeal to the state administrative court and report to honorary council of electoral organizer (DKPP) because from the beginning it was

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Evacuees formerly stranded in the earthquake-affected town of Kaikoura stand alongside the helicopter that brought them to the town of Woodend, near Christchurch, New Zealand, November 16, 2016.

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Dewa Nyoman Sukrawan is still not satisfied and appealing to the state administrative court (PT-TUN) in Surabaya. suspected if the recommendation of the Buleleng Supervisory Committee was a Batman’s trap. Two of the five villages recommended for the re-verification namely Gerokgak and Banjar Jawa are believed to have been locked.

“All the reports of Surya package on the circumstances occurred at the two villages will certainly be responded by the theory of buying time until the maximal time so that in the end Surya package will no longer have time. With the cred-

ibility of the DKPP and judges of the state administrative court, we expect the rescue of democracy and justice for Surya can be enforced,” he said.

Sugawa suggested the legal team of Surya to report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) so as to supervise and ensure the independence of the judiciary in the state administrative court and DKPP. The obstacles and tackles are so massive where almost 27,000 supporters

of Surya package were unverified and various reports of Surya team did not get any response as they should be.

“To prevent democratic tackles from getting worse in Buleleng, the state administrative court is expected to make decision by postponing the regent election in Buleleng. If the regent election remains to be held as the worst option, Buleleng community must cohesively take a stand by allowing the ballot box to be empty,” he said. (kmb32)

46 Bukian residents vomit due to water source contamination GIANYAR - Result of the research made by the Gianyar Health Agency and Laboratory of Sanjiwani Hospital Gianyar showed that the vomiting afflicting to 46 residents of Bukian village, Payangan, a few days ago was caused by bacterial contamination of water source. Gianyar Health Agency also performed chlorine dissemination on both springs at Subilang hamlet. It also urged the residents to maintain the habit of clean and healthy lifestyle (PHBS).

The Head of the Gianyar Health Agency, Ida Ayu Cahyani, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) that the results of laboratory test by Sanjiwani Hospital Gianyar indicated that

bacterial contamination of water sources caused dozens of residents to suffer from diarrhea and vomiting. “This is just the result of Gianyar laboratory, and now we are still awaiting the results of the provincial laboratory,” she said.

When asked whether there will be a closure to the springs, Ida Ayu Cahyani said that her agency had conducted an initial measure by chlorine dissemination to a number of springs at Bukian village. “It does not need to shut down. Obviously, we are now overseeing the management and disseminating special chlorine,” she said.

Aside from contamination factor of water sources, the results

of the Gianyar laboratory test also positively detected a bacterial contamination in food processing during the celebration of wedding ceremony at Subilang hamlet. This condition occurred as a result of poor food hygiene management such as the place and the tools used to serve. “Here, I urge residents to accustom clean and healthy lifestyle. Most importantly, people should always consume boiled water,” she affirmed.

In the meantime, headman of Bukian, Made Juniarta, explained that residents of Subilang hamlet, Bukian, took advantage of three water sources. Two of them are the springs near the river at local

hamlet. The third source is the river where residents also often use it as toilet, washing and bathing. He admitted that one of the habits of his residents is frequently consuming water without boiling it first. “The water from the source is often not cooked, but immediately placed in the tap and directly consumed,” he said.

He did not dismiss if the habit has caused 46 residents to suffer diarrhea and vomiting, Wednesday (Nov. 9). Moreover, he worried that at one of the wedding celebrations there was a use of raw water for consumption. “My worries are caused by the habit in the celebration yesterday. Due to high and

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urgent demand for water, the river water was transferred to the tap without boiling,” he said.

He added that after the incident he already provided an appeal for people on the importance of starting healthy and hygienic behavior.

One of them is by cooking water before consuming.

Besides, he also made coordination with the Gianyar Health Agency related to the feasibility of springs at Subilang hamlet. “In 2017, we plan to expand this spring so that it can widen services to the residents of Bukian. However, we will first consult to the Gianyar Health Agency related to its feasibility,” he said. (kmb35)

New Zealand evacuates quake-hit town, fears of Wellington building collapse

WELLINGTON - New Zealand emergency services and defence personnel evacuated hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more strong aftershocks on Tuesday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed two people.

The 7.8-magnitude tremor struck just after midnight on Sunday, destroying farm homesteads, sending glass and masonry toppling from buildings in the capital, Wellington, and cutting transport links across the northeast of the ruggedly beautiful South Island.

As aftershocks continued to rattle the region, emergency services cordoned off streets in Wellington and evacuated several buildings for fear one might collapse.

Wellington Mayor Justin Lester said the vacant building appeared to have suffered structural damage when the land it was on subsided in the quake. A fire service official said a major structural beam had “snapped like a bone”.

The town of Kaikoura, a base for whale-watching about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch,

the South Island’s main city, remained cut off by massive landslips.

Four defence force helicopters flew in to the town on Tuesday morning and two Navy vessels made for the area carrying supplies and to assist with the evacuation, Air Commander Darryn Webb, acting commander of New Zealand joint forces, told TVNZ. “We’re looking to do as many flights as we can out of Kaikoura today,” he said.

About 400 of the 1,200 tourists stranded in the town were flown out on Tuesday, including 12 injured people, officials said.

One British tourist described cracks appearing on the road both in front of, and behind, the van in which she and her friends were

driving to higher ground.

“The tide had gone back and the ground was cracking, so we obviously all went into a panic,” Laura Taylor, a 24-year-old nurse from Sheffield, told Reuters, adding that the group then volunteered to pitch in and help the injured.

“We got to the hospital and I think we did 19 hours. It was a free-for-all, it was chaotic. We were petrified, but it was nice to know that we were able to help those injured people.”

The Red Cross, which used defence force helicopters to bring in emergency generators, satellite communications and water supplies, said water in the town was running out.

Mark Solomon, a leader of South Island indigenous Maori Ngai Tahu tribe, which has tourism and fisheries businesses around Kaikoura, said a local Maori meeting spot had received 1,000 people since Monday morning. Many slept overnight in the communal hall or in vehicles outside. (rtr)

MARRAKESH - France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unstoppable.

French President Francois Hollande, addressing almost 200 nations meeting in Morocco on ways to slow global warming, said that inaction would be “disastrous for future generations and it would be dangerous for peace”.

Both he and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon called on Trump, who has called man-made global warming a hoax, to drop a campaign pledge to cancel the global 2015 Paris Agreement that aims to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energies.

“The United States, the largest economic power in the world, the second largest greenhouse gas emitter, must respect the commitments it has undertaken,” Hollande said to applause. The agreement was “irreversible”, he said.

In such U.N. meetings, it is very rare for leaders to single out others for even veiled criticism. Both Hollande and Ban were among the architects of the Paris Agreement.

“What was once unthinkable

has become unstoppable,” Ban said at a news conference of the Paris deal, agreed by almost 200 governments last year after two decades of tortuous negotiations.

The accord formally entered into force on Nov. 4 after a record swift ratification.

Ban said Trump, as a “very successful business person”, would understand that market forces were driving the world economy towards cleaner energies such as wind and solar power, which are becoming cheaper, and away from fossil fuels.

“I am sure he will make a fast and wise decision” on the Paris Agreement, Ban said, saying he had spoken to Trump by telephone after his victory and planned to meet him.

Ban, who has made climate change a core part of his 10-year U.N. stewardship ending this year, said climate change was having severe impacts from the Arctic to Antarctica and that 2016 is on track to be the warmest year on record.

Trump has said he wants to boost the U.S. coal, oil and shale industries, abandoning President Barack Obama’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. (rtr)

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A participant walks past a display screen of agricultural lands inside a civil society pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris pact on global warming amid uncertainty over how the U.S. election will impact the landmark deal as temperatures and greenhouse gases soar to new heights.

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CARRY-ON SCRAMBLE Survey data indicated travelers and employees do not like scrambling to stow carry-ons when overhead bin space is limited, Kirby said. United believes the new fare creates more options for customers, and should not provoke a backlash.

Charlie Leocha, chairman of consumer advocacy group Travelers United, took a different view.

“This action clearly shows how airline consolidation is eliminating choice,” he said in an email. A single carrier’s decision now means more customers are impacted.

Those who book Basic Economy on United will be barred from carrying on bags that can only fit in overhead bins, and they will not accrue miles toward elite status.

Fare initiatives will account for $1 billion of United’s income target, as more customers pay to check bags or select higher fares that give them two “free” carry-ons.

And airlines still have ample room to invent fare packages they can sell to customers, Kirby said.

“It is ridiculous that we will sell a seat for $49 and a seat next to it for $800, and we treat them exactly the same, just because they book later in the process. There’s no other industry in the world I can think of that does something like that,” he said.

United shares closed up nearly 5 percent. Part of the rise may be from billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc , which disclosed stakes in four U.S. airlines including United on Monday, boosting investor confidence in the sector.(rtr)

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United to restrict low-fare flyers to one carry-on bag

United Continental Holdings Inc took a leaf out of its low-cost competitors’ playbook on Tuesday by unveiling a new low fare that limits customers to one carry-on bag that fits under a seat, part of a broader plan to boost profit over the next four years.

Chicago-based United is the first major U.S. carrier to make such a move for carry-ons, which it hopes will attract some new customers and push some of its regular flyers toward higher fares.

Combined with better flight connections and revamped pricing algorithms, the airline said at its investor day that it aims to add $4.8 billion to yearly operating income by 2020, excluding the effect of rising wages.

The new fare class, known as ‘Basic Economy,’ risks frustrating flyers who already feel burdened with airline travel restrictions and fees, but could push some customers - especially those with large luggage - toward higher-priced fares.

The No. 3 U.S. airline by passenger traffic will begin selling the no-frills fares in the first quarter of 2017 for travel starting in the second quarter. Prices will be comparable to low fares it now charges for the economy cabin, but with more restrictions.

United said Basic Economy customers would not be assigned seats until the day of departure, meaning people on the same ticket may be split apart.

“Flights do run pretty full today.

You’re probably going to get a middle seat,” United’s President Scott Kirby said in an interview.

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A man walks past driver cabins in the truck production plant of German truck and bus maker MAN AG in Munich, Germany, July 30, 2015.

U.S. manufacturing groups urge Trump to think hard about trade threats WASHINGTON - America’s manufacturers are urging President-elect Donald Trump to back off from his most threatening trade rhetoric and pursue a more nuanced approach to trade with China and Mexico, avoiding unilateral tariff actions and focusing on negotiations.

Corporate lobbying groups, some chief executives and protrade lawmakers also say they eventually even hope to persuade Trump that free-trade agreements can help grow the U.S. economy and create jobs.

For now, these groups are bracing for higher trade tensions with China and potential changes to the 22-year-old North American Free Trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.

Trump has said he would quit NAFTA unless it is renegotiated to his satisfaction and that he would declare China a currency manipulator to force negotiations for better trade terms. His suggestions that his administration could impose 45 percent across-the-board tariffs on goods from China have drawn threats of retaliation by Chinese state media against U.S. soybeans and companies such as Boeing Co and Apple Inc. “I think it’s easy to paint this is a trade war versus nothing,” said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufac-

turing, a group representing steel and other basic industries that has argued in favor of tougher trade remedies to combat Chinese imports.

“I’m of the belief that there is a lot of space between our current policy and an all-out trade war,” Paul said, adding that he would like to see Trump be more proactive on enforcing existing trade rules.

While U.S. steelmakers have been successful in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against Chinese competitors that have led to substantial U.S. duties, consumer products makers often are reluctant to pursue such cases due to the cost, complexity and potential retaliation.

The Commerce Department under the Trump administration could launch more of investigations on its own of targeted U.S. industries, Paul said.

Paul and Business Roundtable President John Engler, who represents chief executive officers of the largest U.S. companies, said they

would like to see Trump take steps to boost U.S. growth by reforming taxes and embark on a negotiating effort similar to that of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s to stem the tide of imports.

The 1985 Plaza Accord brought down the highflying dollar’s value against currencies from Japan, Germany and other major trading partners, helping to quell protectionist sentiment in Congress and encouraging foreign producers to build more factories in the United States.

In renegotiating NAFTA, manufacturing groups had a clear message to the Trump team: first, do no harm to American exports.

“There are 2 million manufacturing jobs in this country that are dependent on our trade relationship with Canada and Mexico,” said Linda Dempsey, vice president of international affairs for the National Association of Manufacturers. “And so as we go forward, we certainly don’t want to put those jobs in jeopardy.”

Ford Motor Co CEO Mark Fields said on Tuesday that the automaker would proceed with plans to shift production of its Focus small car to Mexico, a move that drew fire from Trump during the campaign.(rtr)

The burial of Intan Olivia Marbun, the victim of the bomb attack in Samarinda.

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JAKARTA - The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Osama Mohammed Al Shuibi, has pledged to increase the hajj quota for Indonesia.

“We know that the Haram Mosque in Mecca is undergoing renovation.

However, we will increase the hajj quota for Indonesia,” Osama Mohammed Al Shuibi said after a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla here on Tuesday.

The hajj quota for each country will be determined after the renovation work at the Haram Mosque in Mecca is completed. Regarding the feasibility of Indonesia availing of the unused Hajj quota of the Philippines and Singapore, Osama made it clear that it will not happen.

“The quota has been formulated on the basis of the population of Muslims in each country and therefore, these cannot be changed or exchanged for one another,” he remarked.

However, with the ongoing renovation of the Haram Mosque in Mecca for over three years now, Indonesias quota of 211,000 was reduced to 168,000. As a result, the already long waiting list of Indonesian hajj pilgrims became even longer.

The ambassador promised to facilitate visas for Indonesian hajj pilgrims.

On the occasion, Osama and Kalla did not address the issue of umrah (minor

pilgrimage to Mecca). Both discussed ways to improve relations between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. “We talked about business, religious affairs, culture, media and investment,” he informed.

The ambassador noted that Saudi Arabia has urged Indonesia to provide investment opportunities for Saudi Arabias businessmen. Eight more Indonesian pilgrims had passed away in Mecca on Oct 4, two days before the end of the Hajj season, bringing the death toll to 313 so far.

Most deaths occurred due to natural causes, such as old age or respiratory ailments, according to information dispensed by the Hajj Computerization Information System here on Tuesday.

As of Oct. 3, 90,410 regularscheme Indonesian pilgrims and 1,120 Hajj officers have returned home aboard 224 flights. Also, 10,001 nonregular Hajj pilgrims have returned to Indonesia, according to Nurul Badruttamam of the Indonesian Hajj Organizing Committee.

Some 155,200 Indonesian Muslims have taken part in the regular Hajj, organized by the Indonesian government in 2016. In addition, several thousand others have performed the Hajj through non-regular schemes.(ant)

JAKARTA - The Railway Directorate General of the Ministry of Transportation has offered the development of the Surabaya-Malang railway development project in East Java to Russia. The Railway Directorate General expressed hope in a press statement here on Tuesday that Russia will continue the development of railway project in East Kalimatan, after Russian companies had expressed their interest earlier.

“The Ministry of Transportation has invited the Russian side to discuss the follow-up efforts on the railway development,” Director General for Railways, Prasetyo Boeditjahjono, said. Prasetyo said his ministry prioritized the development of the Surabaya-Malang railway project.

To show its interest in the project, the Russian side has sent representatives to observe the project site and conducted surveys in the locations.

He said that the railway project was a commercial project that was directed to the Russian investors. However, the form of cooperation and the investment needed could not be revealed, as it was still in the negotiation process.

He added that the government was still focusing on considering the single track of the railway project. In the meantime, the Indonesian government will give preference to Japan to build the Jakarta-Surabaya semi-high speed

train project, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi last week.

“Japan will receive preference,” he said, after a coordination meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, here on Friday.

Despite receiving the preference, Japan must continue to meet the qualifications set by the Indonesian government, Sumadi, one-time president director of state airport operator Angkasa Pura II, said.

He made it clear that at the coordination meeting with Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs; Bambang Brodjonegoro, National Development Planning Minister/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Head; and Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister, the government decided to expedite the construction of the semi-high speed train project.

The government will soon complete a plan for the construction of the semi-high speed train line and will discuss it with Japan in the next few months, he said. Meanwhile, Bambang said at the meeting that the government still had to assess the semi-high speed train project.

“We are still discussing whether the project will use an ordinary loan scheme, government project or private sector participation scheme,” he said. (ant)

President expresses deep condolences Ministry offers Surabayaover death of Intan Malang train project to Russia

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his deep condolences over the death of Intan Olivia Marbun, the two and a half year old infant who succumbed to injuries she suffered in Sundays bomb attack.

Intan died on Monday (Nov 14) at Abdil Wahab Sjahranie General Hospital in Samarinda. She was among the victims of the bomb attack on a church in Samarinda.

“This terror act crossed all bounds of humanity,” Joko Widodo lamented during his visit to a school of army officer candidate here on Tuesday.

The president remarked that violence and terrorism were global challenges being faced by many countries.

Following the Samarinda attack, President Joko Widodo has instructed the district military command (Kodim) and military command posts (Korem) throughout Indonesia to take all security measures. The government is struggling to maintain peace in the community.

In his remarks, the president underlined the challenges posed by radicalism, poverty, unemployment and inequality among people.

“The Indonesian military should anticipate any threats to

global economy and geopolitics, competitiveness and ease of doing business,” the president stressed.

During the visit, the president was accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Agung, Indonesian Military Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mulyono.

The Indonesian police had earlier questioned 19 people in connection with a Molotov cocktail attack on Oikumene Church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday.

“So far, 19 people have been questioned in connection with the explosion at Oikumene Church,” the chief of the East Kalimantan regional police command, Inspector General Safaruddin, told newsmen here on Monday.

Several houses in various locations in Samarinda have also been searched, including the suspects house behind the Mujahidin Mosque on Jalan Cipto Mangunkusumo RT 04, Sengkotek

village, in the sub-district of Loa Janan Ilir, he added.

He stated that the police took away a number of people for questioning as witnesses in connection with the bomb attack carried out by Juhanda, formerly convicted in a bomb attack in Puspitek, Serpong, South Tangerang in Banten province, West Java, and a book bomb incident in Jakarta in 2011.

“Only one person has been arrested so far and he is the suspect while others have only been questioned as witnesses. Investigation is still going on, including about the type of bomb used in the attack,” he disclosed. Four motorcycles were damaged in the bomb explosion, including the one used by the suspect.

Five people were wounded in the incident including four children, all under the age of five years. Among them was Intan Olivia Marbun, the two and a half years old girl who died on Monday in the hospital where she was admitted with 78 percent burns.

Another victim, Triniti Hutahaya, was still in a critical condition.

Juhanda was caught by villagers while trying to escape by jumping into the Mahakam river.(ant)

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Obama, on last trip to Europe, warns against nationalism, populism

ATHENS - U.S. President Barack Obama, stung by the surprise victory of Donald Trump in last week’s U.S. election, warned on Tuesday against a rise in nationalism and said a backlash against globalization had stoked populist movements at home and abroad.

Obama said distrust of elites and governing institutions had fed success in the U.S. election for Senator Bernie Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton in a drawn-out Democratic primary contest, and for Trump, a former reality TV star who bested the former secretary of state in the U.S. presidential race.

“When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have

considerable success, then obviously there is something there that’s being tapped into: a suspicion of globalization, a desire to rein in its excesses,” Obama said in Greece at the start of a farewell tour of Europe.

Though he rejected a direct comparison between the U.S. election and Britain’s “Brexit” referendum in June to leave the European Union, Obama said the common theme of antipathy to globaliza-

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tion was at play, spurring populist movements on the left and right in Europe.

Trump garnered support on the back of promises to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States and rip up trade deals that he said had hurt American workers.

Obama, who campaigned vigorously for Clinton, opposed those positions and is fighting now to keep his legacy accomplishments on healthcare, climate change, and nuclear diplomacy alive in the face of Trump’s promises to dismantle them. (rtr)

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U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Acropolis with Dr. Eleni Banou from the Ministry of Culture in Athens, Greece November 16, 2016.

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National Police chief Tito Karnavian said that barring Ahok from leaving the country is the appropriate “maximum” step to take at present. “If there are pressures for his arrest, we need to question if that is because of other motivations,” he said. “Once again, there should be no parties who pressure for his arrest. Let’s think rationally and logically.”

Sumarno, chief of Jakarta’s Election Commission, said Ahok is not barred from competing in the gubernatorial election.

Ahok is first Christian governor of Jakarta in half a century and the first ethnic Chinese to run the sprawling chaotic city that is one of the world’s 10 largest urban areas.

He is popular with the city’s middle class, but has made enemies from a tough stance against corruption and an urban program that has evicted thousands of the city’s poorest from slums. Ahok thanked police for

dealing with the case in a professional manner.

“We still have chance to take part in the election, therefore, for our supporters, please come to polling stations and cast ballots for our victory in the first round,” he told reporters at his campaign center. “That is what we hope to show, a good democratic process for our nation.”

The anti-Ahok movement, which has attracted moderates as well as hard-line elements as the city election approached, has also overflowed with slurs based on race.

The vulnerability of Indonesia’s tiny Chinese minority remains a raw issue in the country. In the chaos that engulfed Indonesia in May 1998 amid the Asian financial crisis, mobs in Jakarta and other cities targeted Chinese businesses and individuals, killing many.

Blasphemy is a criminal offense in Indonesia. Amnesty International documented 106 convictions between 2004 and 2014 with some individuals imprisoned for up to five years. (ap)

Turkey says it’s tired of ‘two-faced’ EU attitude

ANKARA - Turkey is “fed up” with European Union condescension in talks over its application to join the bloc, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, reflecting Ankara’s exasperation with EU criticism over human rights.

Cavusoglu’s blunt comments, made as visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looked on, also highlighted Turkey’s frustration with the fact that, after 11 years of negotiations, its prospects of joining the EU look more remote than ever.

“We are truly fed up of these statements degrading Turkey. The criteria are clear but there are double standards and a two-faced approach.

This is what we don’t like,” Cavusoglu told a joint news conference.

The EU is treading a fine line in relations with Turkey: it needs Ankara’s continued help in curbing a huge flow of refugees and migrants, especially from Syria, but is alarmed by Turkey’s crackdown on opponents since the failure of a coup attempt in July.

Referring to an issue that could spell the end of Turkey’s accession bid, Cavusoglu said that the Turkish people would decide whether or not to reinstate the death penalty.

Steinmeier said he had expressed concern about mass arrests and the treatment of the me-

dia since the failed coup, but also that Germany supported its NATO partner in fighting terrorism.

“Turkey’s actions against opposition lawmakers and civil society, newspapers, radio and TV stations and countless teachers and bureaucrats do not conform to our constitutional standards, and they have long gone beyond the search for those responsible for the failed July 15 putsch,” he told reporters.

More than 110,000 people have been sacked or suspended in the crackdown that followed the putsch, and some 36,000 arrested. Media outlets have also been shut down.

In Berlin, the head of Germany’s domestic spy agency on Tuesday rejected as “completely unjustified” Turkey’s charge that Germany is harbouring militants tied to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

“That accusation is completely unjustified. We have been working for many years to ensure that the PKK in Germany poses no danger to Germany or Turkey,” Hans-Georg Maassen told Reuters in an interview late on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday Cavusoglu said there were outstanding legal cases against 4,500 PKK members in Germany, but only three suspects had been sent back to Turkey so far. (rtr)

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Dennis forced out of McLaren after 35 years

Tukad Bangkung Bridge BADUNG - Tukad Bangkung Bridge in Plaga Village, Petang Sub District, Badung Regency, Bali that inaugurated on December 19, 2006 is the bridge that connecting three districts each of Badung, Bangli, and Buleleng. Tukad Bangkung Bridge has a height of 71.14 meters and a construction resistant to earthquakes up to 7 Richter Scale with up to 360 meters long and 9.6 meters wide. It is the sixth longest in Indonesia, the longest in Bali, and is one of the highest in Asia.

Tukad Bangkung Bridge that inaugurated

by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has the function to replaces the old tourist route that connects the streets of Denpasar, Sangeh, Petang, and Kintamani-Bangli that its location was 500 meters in the south from

Tukad Bangkung Bridge. The old road is on bad condition also has a slope up to 40 degrees or very steep so that very heavy road field by large vehicles such as trucks or tour buses crossed this area.

Tukad Bangkung Bridge construction also cut the mileage of the old route about 6 kilometers along. Tukad Bangkung Bridge built using balanced cantilever technology, with the estimated life cycle for 100 years.

The view of the bridge that built since 2001 are designed similar to other conventional bridge in Bali and are not built using a roof on it for reasons that do not reduce the surrounding scenery. USD $ 49 billion required to build Tukad Bangkung Bridge with pure funds budget comes from Bali Province Government. (IBP/net)

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Ron Dennis

LONDON - Ron Dennis has been forced out as chairman and chief executive of McLaren, bringing to an end the Briton’s 35-year involvement with one of Formula One’s top teams.

The 69-year-old relinquished his duties on Tuesday following a decision by the majority shareholders to place him on ‘gardening leave’ until his contract expires in mid-January.

McLaren said in a statement that Dennis, who has a 25 percent

stake in the McLaren Technology Group, would remain a shareholder and director.

It added that McLaren “will be run on an interim basis by an Executive Committee comprising the Group’s majority shareholders” until a new CEO was appointed.

American marketing executive Zak Brown, former head of CSM Sport&Entertainment, who has brought numerous top sponsors into Formula One, has already been linked to the job in paddock speculation. He was not immediately available for comment.

Dennis said he was disappointed the shareholders had “forced through this decision... despite the strong warnings from the rest of the management team about the potential consequences of their actions on the business.

“The grounds they have stated are entirely spurious...,” he added.

A Sky News report last week said that Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, which owns 50 percent, and Saudi-born businessman Mansour Ojjeh, the CEO of TAG who holds the remaining 25 percent, wanted Dennis out.

It said an unidentified consortium of Chinese investors had made a 1.65 billion pounds ($2.05 billion) takeover bid for McLaren Technology Group that Dennis supported but the other shareholders opposed. Dennis, who has been involved with McLaren since 1980 and is one of F1’s leading lights, stood down as team principal in 2009 but returned as group chief executive in January 2014. The team last won a race in 2012.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Reuters that Dennis had failed to secure a High Court

injunction last week against the move to sideline him until midJanuary.

The BBC reported that the other shareholders felt Dennis’ autocratic style was not suited to growing McLaren in the future, a claim he denied on Tuesday.

“My management style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an automotive and technology group that has won 20 Formula One world championships and grown into an 850 million pounds a year business,” he said. (rtr)

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Novak Djokovic in action during his round robin match with Canada’s Milos Raonic.

LONDON - It has been missing for a while but Novak Djokovic rediscovered his warrior spirit to tame Canada’s Milos Raonic 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in a rivetting duel and guarantee progress from his group at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old Serb’s recent malaise has cost him the world number one ranking he held for 122 weeks but when backed into a corner by an inspired Raonic, he responded in the belligerent manner that has earned him 12 grand slam titles.

World number four Raonic threw the kitchen sink at the elastic-limbed Serb for two hours and 14 minutes, striking 42 winners and 14 aces but Djokovic,

aiming for a fifth consecutive title at the year-ender, was equal to everything -- just.

Having edged a high-intensity first-set when Raonic double-faulted on set point in a tense tiebreak, Djokovic looked to have broken the shackles in the second to lead 4-2. Raonic, who dialled up his mighty serve to speeds of 140mph, stormed back to rock Djokovic on his heels and came within a missed forehand of extending the match into a decider.

But Djokovic produced a magical backhand flick at 5-5 in the night’s second tiebreak, then an ace, before Raonic succumbed to an eighth successive defeat at the hands of the Serb when his backhand flew wide.

With two wins in the bag Djokovic, whose form has tailed off since winning the French Open in June, is now assured of a semifinal spot although with 200 ranking points up for grabs in his final group match against Gael Monfils he will not be letting up.

Raonic will be favourite to beat Dominic Thiem and reach the semis too, although the Austrian will be heartened by his 6-3 1-6 6-4 defeat of fellow debutant Monfils earlier.

“I managed to hang in there mentally and stay strong and believed that the opportunities would come,” Djokovic, who needs to better Andy Murray’s performance here to reclaim the number one ranking, said. (rtr)

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Sp rt Messi leads Argentina team ban on talking to media

SAN JUAN - Lionel Messi led his 26-man Argentina squad in a protest on Tuesday against perceived mistreatment by the media, saying they were boycotting the press until further notice. Messi had just inspired a 3-0 home win over Colombia scoring one goal and laying on the other two to put Argentina’s World Cup qualifying campaign back on track.

ing us respect, but getting into one’s personal life is very grave and that’s why we’re here (announcing this),” he added before they all walked out.

The players have suffered criticism by sectors of the Argentine media over a loss of form and poor results, “We have decided not to speak respect and we never said anything. but their decision was sparked by any more with the press,” Messi We’re very sorry it has to be like this a radio report alleging Ezequiel announced in the post-match press but we have no option,” the captain Lavezzi smoked marijuana after a conference room with his 25 team said. practice. mates attending. “We’ve received “We know there are lots of you It transpired at the press conmany accusations, a lot of lack of who are not in the game of not show- ference that Lavezzi is taking the Radio Mitre reporter to court. Coach TEAMS MP W D L GF GA +/- Pts Edgardo Bauza, Brazil 12 8 3 1 28 9 19 27 whose media conUruguay 12 7 2 3 24 11 13 23 ference was held Ecuador 12 6 2 4 22 16 6 20 afterwards, said the Chile 12 6 2 4 21 17 4 20 victory made him Argentina 12 5 4 3 14 12 2 19 happy for the team.

Colombia 12 5 3 4 15 15 0 18 “I told the players Paraguay 12 4 3 5 11 17 -6 15 I’m happy for them Peru 12 4 2 6 18 20 -2 14 after a week of critiBolivia 12 2 1 9 10 31 -21 7 cism, and because Venezuela 12 1 2 9 14 29 -15 5 it wasn’t an easy match,” he said.

“Messi is a great and decisive player, he showed that in the first goal and with the others.” Argentina were slated by some media after going down 3-0 to Brazil in Belo Horizonte last Thursday. It was their second consecutive defeat and followed two draws, leaving Argentina with two points out of a possible 12.

Tuesday’s win means they have 19 points from 12 matches in fifth place in the South American group. The top four go straight into the finals in Russia in 2018 while the fifth qualifies for an intercontinental playoff. There are six rounds of matches to go next year with Argentina resuming their campaign at home to Chile, who are fourth behind Brazil, UruREUTERS/Enrique Marcarian guay and Ecuador. (rtr) Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates after he scored a goal.

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Thailand swaps mourning for cheers in WCup qualifier BANGKOK — There were times when the World Cup qualifier between Thailand and Australia felt like a game of football, and there were other times when it seemed so much more.

A day after the end of the official mourning period following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej — during which public entertainment and celebrations were banned — the game was a chance for the Thai public to cheer, chant and celebrate after a month of strictly obAP Photo/Sakchai Lalit served mourning.

Jackson Irvine of Australia Most of the fans at Rajamangala Stadium on Tuesday jumps over Adison Promrak of were still dressed in black, Thailand battle for the ball, durand the Thai royal anthem ing their World Cup qualifiers was played and enthusiasti- soccer match at Rajamangala cally sung by the crowd. national stadium in Bangkok, There was a minute’s silence Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 15, prior to kick-off, and prior 2016. The match ended with a to the game, a group of sup- 2-2 draw. porters combined outside the ground to form the Thai numeral for nine, marking the late king’s position in the Chakri dynasty.

Those formalities completed, the informal and spontaneous outpouring of patriotic support took over, and rarely has the Bangkok stadium heard celebrations as loud as those which greeted Thailand’s two goals.

They were not enough to secure victory, but were sufficient for a 2-2 draw against a team on track for a fourth consecutive World Cup appearance. It was the first point for Thailand in the final stage of Asian qualifying, following four successive losses, and while a place at Russia 2018 remains a long shot, the avoidance of defeat on such an occasion was important.

“I am disappointed with a draw,” Thailand coach Kiatisuk Senamuang said. “The players fought 100 percent for this game, but Australia is a very good team. “This point we want to give to His Majesty for giving us the spiritual support for this game. I am very happy this point can bring some happiness and a smile to all Thai fans.”

It was a game decided chiefly from the penalty spot. Australia captain Mile Jedinak slotted two spot kicks — the first in the ninth minute for a handball and the second in the 65th on a contentious referee’s call for holding as Australia took a free kick in an attacking position.

Thailand’s opening goal, in the 20th minute, resulted from panicked Australian defending that set up Teerasil Dangda for a tap-in for close range. Thailand went ahead in the 56th with a penalty following a collision between Mathew Leckie and Thai captain Theerathon Bunmathan.

Teerasil sent the keeper the wrong way for a short-lived lead that had Thai fans briefly anticipating a memorable victory. Australia coach Ange Postecoglou was frustrated by what he considered two points dropped, but acknowledged Thailand was an inspired team. “It was a big occasion for them and they rose to that occasion,” Postecoglou said. “With the special occasion, we knew they would play with a lot of passion and heart, and they certainly did that. We knew they could be a danger.”

With the top two teams in both Asian qualifying groups going through to Russia, Australia is in third, a point behind co-leaders Saudi Arabia and Japan. With three of the remaining five games at home — and one on neutral territory against Iraq — Postecoglou was confident of Australia’s chances. “We’ve had three tough road trips and we haven’t lost a game,” Postecoglou said. “The back half of our program is very good, so we can finish strongly.” (ap)

England mannequin challenge falls flat as Spain fights back LONDON — When England’s players froze on the field at the start of the second half against Spain, it was to celebrate Jamie Vardy establishing a two-goal lead by contributing to the mannequin challenge.

When they froze again in the closing minutes at Wembley Stadium, it was unintentional as Spain ran through the English defense to score twice and avoid defeat.

A counterattack was completed in the 89th minute by Iago Aspas, who curled the ball around defender John Stones and off the far post to mark his Spain debut with a goal. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Isco brought the ball down on his chest and went past Eric Dier before shooting through substitute goalkeeper Tom Heaton’s legs.

And the Spanish even managed to outdo England after Tuesday’s 2-2 friendly draw, freezing in exaggerated poses in the dressing room to play their own part in the mannequin internet craze with a 56-second video that was swiftly uploaded. Spain certainly had the last word as Julen Lopetegui signed off from 2016 with an unbeaten start in his six games as coach.

England counterpart Gareth Southgate was completing his audition after four games as interim coach. Letting a two-goal lead slip to a second-string Spain side will alarm the English Football Association but Southgate is still expected to be handed the job on a permanent basis rather than returning to the under-21s.

The Spain setback will rankle but Southgate is still unbeaten in his four games at the helm, including two wins and a draw in World Cup qualifying.

“I’ve proved I can manage big matches, that I can tactically, with the help of my staff, prepare a team to play against a top side and give them a tough test,” said Southgate, whose previous senior management role ended seven years ago at Middlesbrough.

“I feel every situation I’ve been through, and many have been complex and potential powder kegs, we’ve coped with very well. I’m

pleased with how we’ve coped with it all, really.” Southgate assumed the job in a difficult situation. Sam Allardyce replaced Roy Hodgson after Euro 2016 but he was ditched after only one game over unguarded comments to undercover reporters.

“I took over at a moment of instability for everybody, and we’ve brought stability back and built a platform for the team going forward,” Southgate said. “In terms of the remit, we’ve fulfilled that.” The former England defender should have headed into meetings about his future with FA bosses with a victory.

It was the perfect start against Spain. Adam Lallana played in a crisp ball for Vardy, who was then brought down by goalkeeper Pepe Reina. Lallana converted from the penalty spot in the 9th minute to make it three goals in three games after failing to score in his previous 26 internationals, but the Liverpool midfielder was forced off injured 20 minutes later. Spain responded to going behind by rejigging the defense, switching from three at the back to four.

“We tried to play three and then two wing backs, five at the back.

It didn’t work,” Lopetegui said through a translator. “The precise thing we tried to avoid was England catching us out in the way that they did for the move leading up to the penalty. “So we suffered a little bit and that’s when we decided to change things, went four at the back and restructured slightly because we know England are very, very fast on the break.”

And Spain got caught out again three minutes into the second half.

Captain Jordan Henderson whipped in a cross that Vardy met with a diving header to end a 14-game goal drought for England and Leicester.

Surrounded by downbeat Spain players, Vardy decided to indulge in a bit of fun. He stretched out his left arm while Jesse Lingard, Raheem Sterling and Theo Walcott also froze around downbeat Spain players on the Wembley Stadium field.

But Spain had the last laugh thanks to Aspas and Isco. “It was an ugly game, a tough game,” Lopetegui said. “But we reacted well.” And for two teams who were eliminated from the European Championship in the round of 16, it avoided a miserable end to the year. (ap)

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

England’s Jamie Vardy, right, falls after scoring his side’s second goal passing Spain’s goalkeeper Jose Reina, left, during the international friendly soccer match between England and Spain at the Wembley stadium, London, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.

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Despite Lippi, China’s World Cup dreams still fading BANGKOK — Marcello Lippi’s first game as China coach ended in a 0-0 draw with Qatar in the third round of qualification for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday. The draw in Kunming leaves China with just two points after five games, making it almost certain that it will not qualify for the finals in Russia.

Lippi, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, was appointed in October following the resignation

of Gao Hongbo.

China, looking to return to the World Cup for the first time since 2002, was close to scoring on a number of occasions but just could not find a way through.

The top two teams in the two groups will qualify automatically for the World Cup, with the two third-placed teams playing to decide which one advances to the intercontinental playoffs. (ap)

China’s coach Marcello Lippi reacts.

REUTERS/Stringer

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Sp rt Messi leads Argentina team ban on talking to media

SAN JUAN - Lionel Messi led his 26-man Argentina squad in a protest on Tuesday against perceived mistreatment by the media, saying they were boycotting the press until further notice. Messi had just inspired a 3-0 home win over Colombia scoring one goal and laying on the other two to put Argentina’s World Cup qualifying campaign back on track.

ing us respect, but getting into one’s personal life is very grave and that’s why we’re here (announcing this),” he added before they all walked out.

The players have suffered criticism by sectors of the Argentine media over a loss of form and poor results, “We have decided not to speak respect and we never said anything. but their decision was sparked by any more with the press,” Messi We’re very sorry it has to be like this a radio report alleging Ezequiel announced in the post-match press but we have no option,” the captain Lavezzi smoked marijuana after a conference room with his 25 team said. practice. mates attending. “We’ve received “We know there are lots of you It transpired at the press conmany accusations, a lot of lack of who are not in the game of not show- ference that Lavezzi is taking the Radio Mitre reporter to court. Coach TEAMS MP W D L GF GA +/- Pts Edgardo Bauza, Brazil 12 8 3 1 28 9 19 27 whose media conUruguay 12 7 2 3 24 11 13 23 ference was held Ecuador 12 6 2 4 22 16 6 20 afterwards, said the Chile 12 6 2 4 21 17 4 20 victory made him Argentina 12 5 4 3 14 12 2 19 happy for the team.

Colombia 12 5 3 4 15 15 0 18 “I told the players Paraguay 12 4 3 5 11 17 -6 15 I’m happy for them Peru 12 4 2 6 18 20 -2 14 after a week of critiBolivia 12 2 1 9 10 31 -21 7 cism, and because Venezuela 12 1 2 9 14 29 -15 5 it wasn’t an easy match,” he said.

“Messi is a great and decisive player, he showed that in the first goal and with the others.” Argentina were slated by some media after going down 3-0 to Brazil in Belo Horizonte last Thursday. It was their second consecutive defeat and followed two draws, leaving Argentina with two points out of a possible 12.

Tuesday’s win means they have 19 points from 12 matches in fifth place in the South American group. The top four go straight into the finals in Russia in 2018 while the fifth qualifies for an intercontinental playoff. There are six rounds of matches to go next year with Argentina resuming their campaign at home to Chile, who are fourth behind Brazil, UruREUTERS/Enrique Marcarian guay and Ecuador. (rtr) Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates after he scored a goal.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thailand swaps mourning for cheers in WCup qualifier BANGKOK — There were times when the World Cup qualifier between Thailand and Australia felt like a game of football, and there were other times when it seemed so much more.

A day after the end of the official mourning period following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej — during which public entertainment and celebrations were banned — the game was a chance for the Thai public to cheer, chant and celebrate after a month of strictly obAP Photo/Sakchai Lalit served mourning.

Jackson Irvine of Australia Most of the fans at Rajamangala Stadium on Tuesday jumps over Adison Promrak of were still dressed in black, Thailand battle for the ball, durand the Thai royal anthem ing their World Cup qualifiers was played and enthusiasti- soccer match at Rajamangala cally sung by the crowd. national stadium in Bangkok, There was a minute’s silence Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 15, prior to kick-off, and prior 2016. The match ended with a to the game, a group of sup- 2-2 draw. porters combined outside the ground to form the Thai numeral for nine, marking the late king’s position in the Chakri dynasty.

Those formalities completed, the informal and spontaneous outpouring of patriotic support took over, and rarely has the Bangkok stadium heard celebrations as loud as those which greeted Thailand’s two goals.

They were not enough to secure victory, but were sufficient for a 2-2 draw against a team on track for a fourth consecutive World Cup appearance. It was the first point for Thailand in the final stage of Asian qualifying, following four successive losses, and while a place at Russia 2018 remains a long shot, the avoidance of defeat on such an occasion was important.

“I am disappointed with a draw,” Thailand coach Kiatisuk Senamuang said. “The players fought 100 percent for this game, but Australia is a very good team. “This point we want to give to His Majesty for giving us the spiritual support for this game. I am very happy this point can bring some happiness and a smile to all Thai fans.”

It was a game decided chiefly from the penalty spot. Australia captain Mile Jedinak slotted two spot kicks — the first in the ninth minute for a handball and the second in the 65th on a contentious referee’s call for holding as Australia took a free kick in an attacking position.

Thailand’s opening goal, in the 20th minute, resulted from panicked Australian defending that set up Teerasil Dangda for a tap-in for close range. Thailand went ahead in the 56th with a penalty following a collision between Mathew Leckie and Thai captain Theerathon Bunmathan.

Teerasil sent the keeper the wrong way for a short-lived lead that had Thai fans briefly anticipating a memorable victory. Australia coach Ange Postecoglou was frustrated by what he considered two points dropped, but acknowledged Thailand was an inspired team. “It was a big occasion for them and they rose to that occasion,” Postecoglou said. “With the special occasion, we knew they would play with a lot of passion and heart, and they certainly did that. We knew they could be a danger.”

With the top two teams in both Asian qualifying groups going through to Russia, Australia is in third, a point behind co-leaders Saudi Arabia and Japan. With three of the remaining five games at home — and one on neutral territory against Iraq — Postecoglou was confident of Australia’s chances. “We’ve had three tough road trips and we haven’t lost a game,” Postecoglou said. “The back half of our program is very good, so we can finish strongly.” (ap)

England mannequin challenge falls flat as Spain fights back LONDON — When England’s players froze on the field at the start of the second half against Spain, it was to celebrate Jamie Vardy establishing a two-goal lead by contributing to the mannequin challenge.

When they froze again in the closing minutes at Wembley Stadium, it was unintentional as Spain ran through the English defense to score twice and avoid defeat.

A counterattack was completed in the 89th minute by Iago Aspas, who curled the ball around defender John Stones and off the far post to mark his Spain debut with a goal. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Isco brought the ball down on his chest and went past Eric Dier before shooting through substitute goalkeeper Tom Heaton’s legs.

And the Spanish even managed to outdo England after Tuesday’s 2-2 friendly draw, freezing in exaggerated poses in the dressing room to play their own part in the mannequin internet craze with a 56-second video that was swiftly uploaded. Spain certainly had the last word as Julen Lopetegui signed off from 2016 with an unbeaten start in his six games as coach.

England counterpart Gareth Southgate was completing his audition after four games as interim coach. Letting a two-goal lead slip to a second-string Spain side will alarm the English Football Association but Southgate is still expected to be handed the job on a permanent basis rather than returning to the under-21s.

The Spain setback will rankle but Southgate is still unbeaten in his four games at the helm, including two wins and a draw in World Cup qualifying.

“I’ve proved I can manage big matches, that I can tactically, with the help of my staff, prepare a team to play against a top side and give them a tough test,” said Southgate, whose previous senior management role ended seven years ago at Middlesbrough.

“I feel every situation I’ve been through, and many have been complex and potential powder kegs, we’ve coped with very well. I’m

pleased with how we’ve coped with it all, really.” Southgate assumed the job in a difficult situation. Sam Allardyce replaced Roy Hodgson after Euro 2016 but he was ditched after only one game over unguarded comments to undercover reporters.

“I took over at a moment of instability for everybody, and we’ve brought stability back and built a platform for the team going forward,” Southgate said. “In terms of the remit, we’ve fulfilled that.” The former England defender should have headed into meetings about his future with FA bosses with a victory.

It was the perfect start against Spain. Adam Lallana played in a crisp ball for Vardy, who was then brought down by goalkeeper Pepe Reina. Lallana converted from the penalty spot in the 9th minute to make it three goals in three games after failing to score in his previous 26 internationals, but the Liverpool midfielder was forced off injured 20 minutes later. Spain responded to going behind by rejigging the defense, switching from three at the back to four.

“We tried to play three and then two wing backs, five at the back.

It didn’t work,” Lopetegui said through a translator. “The precise thing we tried to avoid was England catching us out in the way that they did for the move leading up to the penalty. “So we suffered a little bit and that’s when we decided to change things, went four at the back and restructured slightly because we know England are very, very fast on the break.”

And Spain got caught out again three minutes into the second half.

Captain Jordan Henderson whipped in a cross that Vardy met with a diving header to end a 14-game goal drought for England and Leicester.

Surrounded by downbeat Spain players, Vardy decided to indulge in a bit of fun. He stretched out his left arm while Jesse Lingard, Raheem Sterling and Theo Walcott also froze around downbeat Spain players on the Wembley Stadium field.

But Spain had the last laugh thanks to Aspas and Isco. “It was an ugly game, a tough game,” Lopetegui said. “But we reacted well.” And for two teams who were eliminated from the European Championship in the round of 16, it avoided a miserable end to the year. (ap)

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

England’s Jamie Vardy, right, falls after scoring his side’s second goal passing Spain’s goalkeeper Jose Reina, left, during the international friendly soccer match between England and Spain at the Wembley stadium, London, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.

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Despite Lippi, China’s World Cup dreams still fading BANGKOK — Marcello Lippi’s first game as China coach ended in a 0-0 draw with Qatar in the third round of qualification for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday. The draw in Kunming leaves China with just two points after five games, making it almost certain that it will not qualify for the finals in Russia.

Lippi, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, was appointed in October following the resignation

of Gao Hongbo.

China, looking to return to the World Cup for the first time since 2002, was close to scoring on a number of occasions but just could not find a way through.

The top two teams in the two groups will qualify automatically for the World Cup, with the two third-placed teams playing to decide which one advances to the intercontinental playoffs. (ap)

China’s coach Marcello Lippi reacts.

REUTERS/Stringer

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Dennis forced out of McLaren after 35 years

Tukad Bangkung Bridge BADUNG - Tukad Bangkung Bridge in Plaga Village, Petang Sub District, Badung Regency, Bali that inaugurated on December 19, 2006 is the bridge that connecting three districts each of Badung, Bangli, and Buleleng. Tukad Bangkung Bridge has a height of 71.14 meters and a construction resistant to earthquakes up to 7 Richter Scale with up to 360 meters long and 9.6 meters wide. It is the sixth longest in Indonesia, the longest in Bali, and is one of the highest in Asia.

Tukad Bangkung Bridge that inaugurated

by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has the function to replaces the old tourist route that connects the streets of Denpasar, Sangeh, Petang, and Kintamani-Bangli that its location was 500 meters in the south from

Tukad Bangkung Bridge. The old road is on bad condition also has a slope up to 40 degrees or very steep so that very heavy road field by large vehicles such as trucks or tour buses crossed this area.

Tukad Bangkung Bridge construction also cut the mileage of the old route about 6 kilometers along. Tukad Bangkung Bridge built using balanced cantilever technology, with the estimated life cycle for 100 years.

The view of the bridge that built since 2001 are designed similar to other conventional bridge in Bali and are not built using a roof on it for reasons that do not reduce the surrounding scenery. USD $ 49 billion required to build Tukad Bangkung Bridge with pure funds budget comes from Bali Province Government. (IBP/net)

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Ron Dennis

LONDON - Ron Dennis has been forced out as chairman and chief executive of McLaren, bringing to an end the Briton’s 35-year involvement with one of Formula One’s top teams.

The 69-year-old relinquished his duties on Tuesday following a decision by the majority shareholders to place him on ‘gardening leave’ until his contract expires in mid-January.

McLaren said in a statement that Dennis, who has a 25 percent

stake in the McLaren Technology Group, would remain a shareholder and director.

It added that McLaren “will be run on an interim basis by an Executive Committee comprising the Group’s majority shareholders” until a new CEO was appointed.

American marketing executive Zak Brown, former head of CSM Sport&Entertainment, who has brought numerous top sponsors into Formula One, has already been linked to the job in paddock speculation. He was not immediately available for comment.

Dennis said he was disappointed the shareholders had “forced through this decision... despite the strong warnings from the rest of the management team about the potential consequences of their actions on the business.

“The grounds they have stated are entirely spurious...,” he added.

A Sky News report last week said that Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, which owns 50 percent, and Saudi-born businessman Mansour Ojjeh, the CEO of TAG who holds the remaining 25 percent, wanted Dennis out.

It said an unidentified consortium of Chinese investors had made a 1.65 billion pounds ($2.05 billion) takeover bid for McLaren Technology Group that Dennis supported but the other shareholders opposed. Dennis, who has been involved with McLaren since 1980 and is one of F1’s leading lights, stood down as team principal in 2009 but returned as group chief executive in January 2014. The team last won a race in 2012.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Reuters that Dennis had failed to secure a High Court

injunction last week against the move to sideline him until midJanuary.

The BBC reported that the other shareholders felt Dennis’ autocratic style was not suited to growing McLaren in the future, a claim he denied on Tuesday.

“My management style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an automotive and technology group that has won 20 Formula One world championships and grown into an 850 million pounds a year business,” he said. (rtr)

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Novak Djokovic in action during his round robin match with Canada’s Milos Raonic.

LONDON - It has been missing for a while but Novak Djokovic rediscovered his warrior spirit to tame Canada’s Milos Raonic 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in a rivetting duel and guarantee progress from his group at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old Serb’s recent malaise has cost him the world number one ranking he held for 122 weeks but when backed into a corner by an inspired Raonic, he responded in the belligerent manner that has earned him 12 grand slam titles.

World number four Raonic threw the kitchen sink at the elastic-limbed Serb for two hours and 14 minutes, striking 42 winners and 14 aces but Djokovic,

aiming for a fifth consecutive title at the year-ender, was equal to everything -- just.

Having edged a high-intensity first-set when Raonic double-faulted on set point in a tense tiebreak, Djokovic looked to have broken the shackles in the second to lead 4-2. Raonic, who dialled up his mighty serve to speeds of 140mph, stormed back to rock Djokovic on his heels and came within a missed forehand of extending the match into a decider.

But Djokovic produced a magical backhand flick at 5-5 in the night’s second tiebreak, then an ace, before Raonic succumbed to an eighth successive defeat at the hands of the Serb when his backhand flew wide.

With two wins in the bag Djokovic, whose form has tailed off since winning the French Open in June, is now assured of a semifinal spot although with 200 ranking points up for grabs in his final group match against Gael Monfils he will not be letting up.

Raonic will be favourite to beat Dominic Thiem and reach the semis too, although the Austrian will be heartened by his 6-3 1-6 6-4 defeat of fellow debutant Monfils earlier.

“I managed to hang in there mentally and stay strong and believed that the opportunities would come,” Djokovic, who needs to better Andy Murray’s performance here to reclaim the number one ranking, said. (rtr)

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Obama, on last trip to Europe, warns against nationalism, populism

ATHENS - U.S. President Barack Obama, stung by the surprise victory of Donald Trump in last week’s U.S. election, warned on Tuesday against a rise in nationalism and said a backlash against globalization had stoked populist movements at home and abroad.

Obama said distrust of elites and governing institutions had fed success in the U.S. election for Senator Bernie Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton in a drawn-out Democratic primary contest, and for Trump, a former reality TV star who bested the former secretary of state in the U.S. presidential race.

“When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have

considerable success, then obviously there is something there that’s being tapped into: a suspicion of globalization, a desire to rein in its excesses,” Obama said in Greece at the start of a farewell tour of Europe.

Though he rejected a direct comparison between the U.S. election and Britain’s “Brexit” referendum in June to leave the European Union, Obama said the common theme of antipathy to globaliza-

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tion was at play, spurring populist movements on the left and right in Europe.

Trump garnered support on the back of promises to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States and rip up trade deals that he said had hurt American workers.

Obama, who campaigned vigorously for Clinton, opposed those positions and is fighting now to keep his legacy accomplishments on healthcare, climate change, and nuclear diplomacy alive in the face of Trump’s promises to dismantle them. (rtr)

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U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Acropolis with Dr. Eleni Banou from the Ministry of Culture in Athens, Greece November 16, 2016.

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National Police chief Tito Karnavian said that barring Ahok from leaving the country is the appropriate “maximum” step to take at present. “If there are pressures for his arrest, we need to question if that is because of other motivations,” he said. “Once again, there should be no parties who pressure for his arrest. Let’s think rationally and logically.”

Sumarno, chief of Jakarta’s Election Commission, said Ahok is not barred from competing in the gubernatorial election.

Ahok is first Christian governor of Jakarta in half a century and the first ethnic Chinese to run the sprawling chaotic city that is one of the world’s 10 largest urban areas.

He is popular with the city’s middle class, but has made enemies from a tough stance against corruption and an urban program that has evicted thousands of the city’s poorest from slums. Ahok thanked police for

dealing with the case in a professional manner.

“We still have chance to take part in the election, therefore, for our supporters, please come to polling stations and cast ballots for our victory in the first round,” he told reporters at his campaign center. “That is what we hope to show, a good democratic process for our nation.”

The anti-Ahok movement, which has attracted moderates as well as hard-line elements as the city election approached, has also overflowed with slurs based on race.

The vulnerability of Indonesia’s tiny Chinese minority remains a raw issue in the country. In the chaos that engulfed Indonesia in May 1998 amid the Asian financial crisis, mobs in Jakarta and other cities targeted Chinese businesses and individuals, killing many.

Blasphemy is a criminal offense in Indonesia. Amnesty International documented 106 convictions between 2004 and 2014 with some individuals imprisoned for up to five years. (ap)

Turkey says it’s tired of ‘two-faced’ EU attitude

ANKARA - Turkey is “fed up” with European Union condescension in talks over its application to join the bloc, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, reflecting Ankara’s exasperation with EU criticism over human rights.

Cavusoglu’s blunt comments, made as visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looked on, also highlighted Turkey’s frustration with the fact that, after 11 years of negotiations, its prospects of joining the EU look more remote than ever.

“We are truly fed up of these statements degrading Turkey. The criteria are clear but there are double standards and a two-faced approach.

This is what we don’t like,” Cavusoglu told a joint news conference.

The EU is treading a fine line in relations with Turkey: it needs Ankara’s continued help in curbing a huge flow of refugees and migrants, especially from Syria, but is alarmed by Turkey’s crackdown on opponents since the failure of a coup attempt in July.

Referring to an issue that could spell the end of Turkey’s accession bid, Cavusoglu said that the Turkish people would decide whether or not to reinstate the death penalty.

Steinmeier said he had expressed concern about mass arrests and the treatment of the me-

dia since the failed coup, but also that Germany supported its NATO partner in fighting terrorism.

“Turkey’s actions against opposition lawmakers and civil society, newspapers, radio and TV stations and countless teachers and bureaucrats do not conform to our constitutional standards, and they have long gone beyond the search for those responsible for the failed July 15 putsch,” he told reporters.

More than 110,000 people have been sacked or suspended in the crackdown that followed the putsch, and some 36,000 arrested. Media outlets have also been shut down.

In Berlin, the head of Germany’s domestic spy agency on Tuesday rejected as “completely unjustified” Turkey’s charge that Germany is harbouring militants tied to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

“That accusation is completely unjustified. We have been working for many years to ensure that the PKK in Germany poses no danger to Germany or Turkey,” Hans-Georg Maassen told Reuters in an interview late on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday Cavusoglu said there were outstanding legal cases against 4,500 PKK members in Germany, but only three suspects had been sent back to Turkey so far. (rtr)

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CARRY-ON SCRAMBLE Survey data indicated travelers and employees do not like scrambling to stow carry-ons when overhead bin space is limited, Kirby said. United believes the new fare creates more options for customers, and should not provoke a backlash.

Charlie Leocha, chairman of consumer advocacy group Travelers United, took a different view.

“This action clearly shows how airline consolidation is eliminating choice,” he said in an email. A single carrier’s decision now means more customers are impacted.

Those who book Basic Economy on United will be barred from carrying on bags that can only fit in overhead bins, and they will not accrue miles toward elite status.

Fare initiatives will account for $1 billion of United’s income target, as more customers pay to check bags or select higher fares that give them two “free” carry-ons.

And airlines still have ample room to invent fare packages they can sell to customers, Kirby said.

“It is ridiculous that we will sell a seat for $49 and a seat next to it for $800, and we treat them exactly the same, just because they book later in the process. There’s no other industry in the world I can think of that does something like that,” he said.

United shares closed up nearly 5 percent. Part of the rise may be from billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc , which disclosed stakes in four U.S. airlines including United on Monday, boosting investor confidence in the sector.(rtr)

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United to restrict low-fare flyers to one carry-on bag

United Continental Holdings Inc took a leaf out of its low-cost competitors’ playbook on Tuesday by unveiling a new low fare that limits customers to one carry-on bag that fits under a seat, part of a broader plan to boost profit over the next four years.

Chicago-based United is the first major U.S. carrier to make such a move for carry-ons, which it hopes will attract some new customers and push some of its regular flyers toward higher fares.

Combined with better flight connections and revamped pricing algorithms, the airline said at its investor day that it aims to add $4.8 billion to yearly operating income by 2020, excluding the effect of rising wages.

The new fare class, known as ‘Basic Economy,’ risks frustrating flyers who already feel burdened with airline travel restrictions and fees, but could push some customers - especially those with large luggage - toward higher-priced fares.

The No. 3 U.S. airline by passenger traffic will begin selling the no-frills fares in the first quarter of 2017 for travel starting in the second quarter. Prices will be comparable to low fares it now charges for the economy cabin, but with more restrictions.

United said Basic Economy customers would not be assigned seats until the day of departure, meaning people on the same ticket may be split apart.

“Flights do run pretty full today.

You’re probably going to get a middle seat,” United’s President Scott Kirby said in an interview.

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A man walks past driver cabins in the truck production plant of German truck and bus maker MAN AG in Munich, Germany, July 30, 2015.

U.S. manufacturing groups urge Trump to think hard about trade threats WASHINGTON - America’s manufacturers are urging President-elect Donald Trump to back off from his most threatening trade rhetoric and pursue a more nuanced approach to trade with China and Mexico, avoiding unilateral tariff actions and focusing on negotiations.

Corporate lobbying groups, some chief executives and protrade lawmakers also say they eventually even hope to persuade Trump that free-trade agreements can help grow the U.S. economy and create jobs.

For now, these groups are bracing for higher trade tensions with China and potential changes to the 22-year-old North American Free Trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.

Trump has said he would quit NAFTA unless it is renegotiated to his satisfaction and that he would declare China a currency manipulator to force negotiations for better trade terms. His suggestions that his administration could impose 45 percent across-the-board tariffs on goods from China have drawn threats of retaliation by Chinese state media against U.S. soybeans and companies such as Boeing Co and Apple Inc. “I think it’s easy to paint this is a trade war versus nothing,” said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufac-

turing, a group representing steel and other basic industries that has argued in favor of tougher trade remedies to combat Chinese imports.

“I’m of the belief that there is a lot of space between our current policy and an all-out trade war,” Paul said, adding that he would like to see Trump be more proactive on enforcing existing trade rules.

While U.S. steelmakers have been successful in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against Chinese competitors that have led to substantial U.S. duties, consumer products makers often are reluctant to pursue such cases due to the cost, complexity and potential retaliation.

The Commerce Department under the Trump administration could launch more of investigations on its own of targeted U.S. industries, Paul said.

Paul and Business Roundtable President John Engler, who represents chief executive officers of the largest U.S. companies, said they

would like to see Trump take steps to boost U.S. growth by reforming taxes and embark on a negotiating effort similar to that of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s to stem the tide of imports.

The 1985 Plaza Accord brought down the highflying dollar’s value against currencies from Japan, Germany and other major trading partners, helping to quell protectionist sentiment in Congress and encouraging foreign producers to build more factories in the United States.

In renegotiating NAFTA, manufacturing groups had a clear message to the Trump team: first, do no harm to American exports.

“There are 2 million manufacturing jobs in this country that are dependent on our trade relationship with Canada and Mexico,” said Linda Dempsey, vice president of international affairs for the National Association of Manufacturers. “And so as we go forward, we certainly don’t want to put those jobs in jeopardy.”

Ford Motor Co CEO Mark Fields said on Tuesday that the automaker would proceed with plans to shift production of its Focus small car to Mexico, a move that drew fire from Trump during the campaign.(rtr)

The burial of Intan Olivia Marbun, the victim of the bomb attack in Samarinda.

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JAKARTA - The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Osama Mohammed Al Shuibi, has pledged to increase the hajj quota for Indonesia.

“We know that the Haram Mosque in Mecca is undergoing renovation.

However, we will increase the hajj quota for Indonesia,” Osama Mohammed Al Shuibi said after a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla here on Tuesday.

The hajj quota for each country will be determined after the renovation work at the Haram Mosque in Mecca is completed. Regarding the feasibility of Indonesia availing of the unused Hajj quota of the Philippines and Singapore, Osama made it clear that it will not happen.

“The quota has been formulated on the basis of the population of Muslims in each country and therefore, these cannot be changed or exchanged for one another,” he remarked.

However, with the ongoing renovation of the Haram Mosque in Mecca for over three years now, Indonesias quota of 211,000 was reduced to 168,000. As a result, the already long waiting list of Indonesian hajj pilgrims became even longer.

The ambassador promised to facilitate visas for Indonesian hajj pilgrims.

On the occasion, Osama and Kalla did not address the issue of umrah (minor

pilgrimage to Mecca). Both discussed ways to improve relations between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. “We talked about business, religious affairs, culture, media and investment,” he informed.

The ambassador noted that Saudi Arabia has urged Indonesia to provide investment opportunities for Saudi Arabias businessmen. Eight more Indonesian pilgrims had passed away in Mecca on Oct 4, two days before the end of the Hajj season, bringing the death toll to 313 so far.

Most deaths occurred due to natural causes, such as old age or respiratory ailments, according to information dispensed by the Hajj Computerization Information System here on Tuesday.

As of Oct. 3, 90,410 regularscheme Indonesian pilgrims and 1,120 Hajj officers have returned home aboard 224 flights. Also, 10,001 nonregular Hajj pilgrims have returned to Indonesia, according to Nurul Badruttamam of the Indonesian Hajj Organizing Committee.

Some 155,200 Indonesian Muslims have taken part in the regular Hajj, organized by the Indonesian government in 2016. In addition, several thousand others have performed the Hajj through non-regular schemes.(ant)

JAKARTA - The Railway Directorate General of the Ministry of Transportation has offered the development of the Surabaya-Malang railway development project in East Java to Russia. The Railway Directorate General expressed hope in a press statement here on Tuesday that Russia will continue the development of railway project in East Kalimatan, after Russian companies had expressed their interest earlier.

“The Ministry of Transportation has invited the Russian side to discuss the follow-up efforts on the railway development,” Director General for Railways, Prasetyo Boeditjahjono, said. Prasetyo said his ministry prioritized the development of the Surabaya-Malang railway project.

To show its interest in the project, the Russian side has sent representatives to observe the project site and conducted surveys in the locations.

He said that the railway project was a commercial project that was directed to the Russian investors. However, the form of cooperation and the investment needed could not be revealed, as it was still in the negotiation process.

He added that the government was still focusing on considering the single track of the railway project. In the meantime, the Indonesian government will give preference to Japan to build the Jakarta-Surabaya semi-high speed

train project, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi last week.

“Japan will receive preference,” he said, after a coordination meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, here on Friday.

Despite receiving the preference, Japan must continue to meet the qualifications set by the Indonesian government, Sumadi, one-time president director of state airport operator Angkasa Pura II, said.

He made it clear that at the coordination meeting with Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs; Bambang Brodjonegoro, National Development Planning Minister/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Head; and Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister, the government decided to expedite the construction of the semi-high speed train project.

The government will soon complete a plan for the construction of the semi-high speed train line and will discuss it with Japan in the next few months, he said. Meanwhile, Bambang said at the meeting that the government still had to assess the semi-high speed train project.

“We are still discussing whether the project will use an ordinary loan scheme, government project or private sector participation scheme,” he said. (ant)

President expresses deep condolences Ministry offers Surabayaover death of Intan Malang train project to Russia

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his deep condolences over the death of Intan Olivia Marbun, the two and a half year old infant who succumbed to injuries she suffered in Sundays bomb attack.

Intan died on Monday (Nov 14) at Abdil Wahab Sjahranie General Hospital in Samarinda. She was among the victims of the bomb attack on a church in Samarinda.

“This terror act crossed all bounds of humanity,” Joko Widodo lamented during his visit to a school of army officer candidate here on Tuesday.

The president remarked that violence and terrorism were global challenges being faced by many countries.

Following the Samarinda attack, President Joko Widodo has instructed the district military command (Kodim) and military command posts (Korem) throughout Indonesia to take all security measures. The government is struggling to maintain peace in the community.

In his remarks, the president underlined the challenges posed by radicalism, poverty, unemployment and inequality among people.

“The Indonesian military should anticipate any threats to

global economy and geopolitics, competitiveness and ease of doing business,” the president stressed.

During the visit, the president was accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Agung, Indonesian Military Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mulyono.

The Indonesian police had earlier questioned 19 people in connection with a Molotov cocktail attack on Oikumene Church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday.

“So far, 19 people have been questioned in connection with the explosion at Oikumene Church,” the chief of the East Kalimantan regional police command, Inspector General Safaruddin, told newsmen here on Monday.

Several houses in various locations in Samarinda have also been searched, including the suspects house behind the Mujahidin Mosque on Jalan Cipto Mangunkusumo RT 04, Sengkotek

village, in the sub-district of Loa Janan Ilir, he added.

He stated that the police took away a number of people for questioning as witnesses in connection with the bomb attack carried out by Juhanda, formerly convicted in a bomb attack in Puspitek, Serpong, South Tangerang in Banten province, West Java, and a book bomb incident in Jakarta in 2011.

“Only one person has been arrested so far and he is the suspect while others have only been questioned as witnesses. Investigation is still going on, including about the type of bomb used in the attack,” he disclosed. Four motorcycles were damaged in the bomb explosion, including the one used by the suspect.

Five people were wounded in the incident including four children, all under the age of five years. Among them was Intan Olivia Marbun, the two and a half years old girl who died on Monday in the hospital where she was admitted with 78 percent burns.

Another victim, Triniti Hutahaya, was still in a critical condition.

Juhanda was caught by villagers while trying to escape by jumping into the Mahakam river.(ant)

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Stages keep running though appeal being made

DENPASAR - Stages of Buleleng regent election will continue to run as specified even though the independent candidate pair Dewa Nyoman Sukrawan-I Gede Dharma Wijaya (Surya package) is still not satisfied and appealing to the state administrative court (PT-TUN) in Surabaya. The appeal was made after Surya package was declared to lack for 47 supports pursuant to the results of re-verification in the five regions.

“Electoral Commission respects to the legal process because it indeed becomes the right of the participants, and we will follow the process. Hopefully, there would be an immediate good, democratic and acceptable resolution to all parties,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission, Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, when met in Denpasar, Monday (Nov. 14).

Raka Sandi added that the commission will wait for the verdict on the appeal of the Surya package to the state administrative court.

This Buleleng electoral dispute is expected to be decided objectively and clearly in accordance with the mechanisms or conditions. If the state administrative court allowed the appeal, the commission is obliged to implement the court’s decision.

“I observe that the disputes all this time in the Buleleng supervisory board, there is a demand for reverification. If I am not mistaken, at least they claimed to do it at 14 villages, and then only five villages were granted. I do not know because of having not received any copy of the lawsuit to the state administrative court, so that we just wait,” he added.

According to Raka Sandi, there is a process that must be done if the state administrative court instructed

the Electoral Commission to verify again. Surya package must still meet the minimal requirements of support so that it can be determined as the candidate pair. However, if the decision of the state administrative court is on the contrary namely dismissing the appeal of the Surya package, the commission will apply the existing mechanism.

“Indeed, the decision of the Buleleng Electoral Commission has just stipulated one candidate pair as fixed candidate pair, while another is still pursuing a legal effort. Let’s see that everything has its own mechanism both for one or more than one candidate pair.

However, when there is one candidate pair we should intensively coordinate because some regulations must also be learned and this is a new experience not only in Bali but also in Indonesia in general,” he said when asked all the elements of society in Buleleng to be equally committed to ensuring that the democratic process is running well, and remains in a conducive and peaceful atmosphere.

In the meantime, Secretary of Bali Golkar Party, Nyoman Sugawa Korry, supported the Surya package to appeal to the state administrative court and report to honorary council of electoral organizer (DKPP) because from the beginning it was

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Evacuees formerly stranded in the earthquake-affected town of Kaikoura stand alongside the helicopter that brought them to the town of Woodend, near Christchurch, New Zealand, November 16, 2016.

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Dewa Nyoman Sukrawan is still not satisfied and appealing to the state administrative court (PT-TUN) in Surabaya. suspected if the recommendation of the Buleleng Supervisory Committee was a Batman’s trap. Two of the five villages recommended for the re-verification namely Gerokgak and Banjar Jawa are believed to have been locked.

“All the reports of Surya package on the circumstances occurred at the two villages will certainly be responded by the theory of buying time until the maximal time so that in the end Surya package will no longer have time. With the cred-

ibility of the DKPP and judges of the state administrative court, we expect the rescue of democracy and justice for Surya can be enforced,” he said.

Sugawa suggested the legal team of Surya to report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) so as to supervise and ensure the independence of the judiciary in the state administrative court and DKPP. The obstacles and tackles are so massive where almost 27,000 supporters

of Surya package were unverified and various reports of Surya team did not get any response as they should be.

“To prevent democratic tackles from getting worse in Buleleng, the state administrative court is expected to make decision by postponing the regent election in Buleleng. If the regent election remains to be held as the worst option, Buleleng community must cohesively take a stand by allowing the ballot box to be empty,” he said. (kmb32)

46 Bukian residents vomit due to water source contamination GIANYAR - Result of the research made by the Gianyar Health Agency and Laboratory of Sanjiwani Hospital Gianyar showed that the vomiting afflicting to 46 residents of Bukian village, Payangan, a few days ago was caused by bacterial contamination of water source. Gianyar Health Agency also performed chlorine dissemination on both springs at Subilang hamlet. It also urged the residents to maintain the habit of clean and healthy lifestyle (PHBS).

The Head of the Gianyar Health Agency, Ida Ayu Cahyani, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) that the results of laboratory test by Sanjiwani Hospital Gianyar indicated that

bacterial contamination of water sources caused dozens of residents to suffer from diarrhea and vomiting. “This is just the result of Gianyar laboratory, and now we are still awaiting the results of the provincial laboratory,” she said.

When asked whether there will be a closure to the springs, Ida Ayu Cahyani said that her agency had conducted an initial measure by chlorine dissemination to a number of springs at Bukian village. “It does not need to shut down. Obviously, we are now overseeing the management and disseminating special chlorine,” she said.

Aside from contamination factor of water sources, the results

of the Gianyar laboratory test also positively detected a bacterial contamination in food processing during the celebration of wedding ceremony at Subilang hamlet. This condition occurred as a result of poor food hygiene management such as the place and the tools used to serve. “Here, I urge residents to accustom clean and healthy lifestyle. Most importantly, people should always consume boiled water,” she affirmed.

In the meantime, headman of Bukian, Made Juniarta, explained that residents of Subilang hamlet, Bukian, took advantage of three water sources. Two of them are the springs near the river at local

hamlet. The third source is the river where residents also often use it as toilet, washing and bathing. He admitted that one of the habits of his residents is frequently consuming water without boiling it first. “The water from the source is often not cooked, but immediately placed in the tap and directly consumed,” he said.

He did not dismiss if the habit has caused 46 residents to suffer diarrhea and vomiting, Wednesday (Nov. 9). Moreover, he worried that at one of the wedding celebrations there was a use of raw water for consumption. “My worries are caused by the habit in the celebration yesterday. Due to high and

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urgent demand for water, the river water was transferred to the tap without boiling,” he said.

He added that after the incident he already provided an appeal for people on the importance of starting healthy and hygienic behavior.

One of them is by cooking water before consuming.

Besides, he also made coordination with the Gianyar Health Agency related to the feasibility of springs at Subilang hamlet. “In 2017, we plan to expand this spring so that it can widen services to the residents of Bukian. However, we will first consult to the Gianyar Health Agency related to its feasibility,” he said. (kmb35)

New Zealand evacuates quake-hit town, fears of Wellington building collapse

WELLINGTON - New Zealand emergency services and defence personnel evacuated hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more strong aftershocks on Tuesday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed two people.

The 7.8-magnitude tremor struck just after midnight on Sunday, destroying farm homesteads, sending glass and masonry toppling from buildings in the capital, Wellington, and cutting transport links across the northeast of the ruggedly beautiful South Island.

As aftershocks continued to rattle the region, emergency services cordoned off streets in Wellington and evacuated several buildings for fear one might collapse.

Wellington Mayor Justin Lester said the vacant building appeared to have suffered structural damage when the land it was on subsided in the quake. A fire service official said a major structural beam had “snapped like a bone”.

The town of Kaikoura, a base for whale-watching about 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Christchurch,

the South Island’s main city, remained cut off by massive landslips.

Four defence force helicopters flew in to the town on Tuesday morning and two Navy vessels made for the area carrying supplies and to assist with the evacuation, Air Commander Darryn Webb, acting commander of New Zealand joint forces, told TVNZ. “We’re looking to do as many flights as we can out of Kaikoura today,” he said.

About 400 of the 1,200 tourists stranded in the town were flown out on Tuesday, including 12 injured people, officials said.

One British tourist described cracks appearing on the road both in front of, and behind, the van in which she and her friends were

driving to higher ground.

“The tide had gone back and the ground was cracking, so we obviously all went into a panic,” Laura Taylor, a 24-year-old nurse from Sheffield, told Reuters, adding that the group then volunteered to pitch in and help the injured.

“We got to the hospital and I think we did 19 hours. It was a free-for-all, it was chaotic. We were petrified, but it was nice to know that we were able to help those injured people.”

The Red Cross, which used defence force helicopters to bring in emergency generators, satellite communications and water supplies, said water in the town was running out.

Mark Solomon, a leader of South Island indigenous Maori Ngai Tahu tribe, which has tourism and fisheries businesses around Kaikoura, said a local Maori meeting spot had received 1,000 people since Monday morning. Many slept overnight in the communal hall or in vehicles outside. (rtr)

MARRAKESH - France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unstoppable.

French President Francois Hollande, addressing almost 200 nations meeting in Morocco on ways to slow global warming, said that inaction would be “disastrous for future generations and it would be dangerous for peace”.

Both he and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon called on Trump, who has called man-made global warming a hoax, to drop a campaign pledge to cancel the global 2015 Paris Agreement that aims to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energies.

“The United States, the largest economic power in the world, the second largest greenhouse gas emitter, must respect the commitments it has undertaken,” Hollande said to applause. The agreement was “irreversible”, he said.

In such U.N. meetings, it is very rare for leaders to single out others for even veiled criticism. Both Hollande and Ban were among the architects of the Paris Agreement.

“What was once unthinkable

has become unstoppable,” Ban said at a news conference of the Paris deal, agreed by almost 200 governments last year after two decades of tortuous negotiations.

The accord formally entered into force on Nov. 4 after a record swift ratification.

Ban said Trump, as a “very successful business person”, would understand that market forces were driving the world economy towards cleaner energies such as wind and solar power, which are becoming cheaper, and away from fossil fuels.

“I am sure he will make a fast and wise decision” on the Paris Agreement, Ban said, saying he had spoken to Trump by telephone after his victory and planned to meet him.

Ban, who has made climate change a core part of his 10-year U.N. stewardship ending this year, said climate change was having severe impacts from the Arctic to Antarctica and that 2016 is on track to be the warmest year on record.

Trump has said he wants to boost the U.S. coal, oil and shale industries, abandoning President Barack Obama’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. (rtr)

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A participant walks past a display screen of agricultural lands inside a civil society pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris pact on global warming amid uncertainty over how the U.S. election will impact the landmark deal as temperatures and greenhouse gases soar to new heights.

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Land conversion in Jembrana is increasingly widespread. This condition is very alarming.

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Regular and mini cans of Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are pictured in this photo illustration in New York August 5, 2014.

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Diet sodas might not raise diabetes risk

NEW YORK - Drinking colas and other sugary drinks is tied to an increased risk of so-called pre-diabetes, a precursor to fullblown disease, but diet soda is not, a recent study suggests.

Previous studies on the link between diet sodas and diabetes have been mixed; some research pointing to a potential connection has suggested this relationship may be explained at least in part by soda drinkers being overweight or obese.

In the current study, however, adults who routinely consumed at least one can of soda or other sugarsweetened beverages a day were 46 percent more likely to develop elevated blood sugar levels than people who rarely or never drink cola.

“Emphasis should be placed on substituting sugar-sweetened beverages with water, unsweetened

teas, or coffee,” said senior study author Nicola McKeown, a nutrition researcher at Tufts University in Boston.

“For daily consumers of sugary drinks, kicking the habit may be a difficult challenge, and incorporating an occasional diet soda, while increasing fluids from other sources, may be the best strategy to ultimately remove sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet,” McKeown added by email.

Globally, about one in nine adults have diabetes, and the disease will be the seventh leading cause of death by 2030, according to the World Health

Organization.

Most of these people have Type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, which happens when the body can’t properly use or make enough of the hormone insulin to convert blood sugar into energy. People with blood sugar levels that are slightly elevated, but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis, are sometimes described as having “pre-diabetes” because many will go on to develop diabetes.

In the current study, researchers examined data collected on 1,685 middle-aged adults over about 14 years. At the start of the study, none of the participants had diabetes or pre-diabetes.

They were 52 years old on average and typically overweight.

Participants completed question-

naires detailing what they ate and drank during the study period.

Sugar-sweetened beverages were defined as colas and other carbonated beverages, as well as drinks such as lemonade and fruit punch. This didn’t include fruit juice.

People who drank the most sodas – typically around six 12-ounce cans a week – had a much greater risk of developing elevated blood sugar levels than other participants after adjusting for factors such as age, gender and weight, researchers report in the Journal of Nutrition.

Higher consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages was also associated with insulin resistance, a reduced ability to respond to the hormone insulin that is another risk factor for developing diabetes.

Even after accounting for changes in weight and other aspects of diet, the relationships between sugarsweetened beverages and these metabolic risk factors for diabetes persisted. Diet soda intake—defined as low-calorie cola or other carbonated low-calorie beverages— was not associated with elevated blood sugar or insulin resistance.

The study doesn’t prove soda or sugary drinks cause diabetes.

Another limitation of the study is that participants may not be representative of a typical U.S. adult, the authors note. People in the study were mostly white, middle aged and more likely to be women. They also tended not to be as overweight or thick around the middle as many U.S. adults, the authors point out. (rtr)

Huge study finds a billion people suffer from high blood pressure

LONDON - The number of people with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 40 years to over 1.1 billion worldwide, scientists said on Wednesday, with the burden of the condition shifting from the rich to the poor.

In the largest study of its kind analyzing blood pressure in every nation between 1975 and 2015, the scientists said that it has dropped sharply in wealthy countries - possibly due to healthier diets and lifestyles - but risen in poorer ones.

The increases are especially significant in Africa and South Asia,

the researchers said, and could be partly due to poor nutrition in childhood.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, puts extra strain on the blood vessels and major organs such as the heart, brain and kidneys. It is the world’s top cause of cardiovascular disease, which leads to strokes and heart attacks, and is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths a year worldwide.

Led by World Health Organization researchers working with hundreds of scientists internationally, this study covered blood pressure

measurements from nearly 20 million people and was published in The Lancet medical journal.

In Europe, Britain had the lowest proportion of people with high blood pressure in 2015. South Korea, the United States and Canada had the lowest hypertension rates in the world.

More than half the world’s adults with high blood pressure in 2015 lived in Asia, the study estimated.

Some 226 million people in China have high blood pressure, it said, as do 200 million in India.

“High blood pressure is no longer

related to affluence - as it was in 1975 - but is now a major health issue linked with poverty,” said Majid Ezzati, a professor at Imperial College London’s school of public health.

He said that while he could not be sure of why the data showed high blood pressure as more of a problem in poorer countries, it may be partly due to overall better health and more consumption of fruit and vegetables in wealthy societies.

In rich countries, the condition is also caught more frequently and earlier, and managed more effectively with medicines, Ezzati said.

Blood pressure is defined by two numbers - systolic pressure, which represents the force with which the heart pumps blood into the blood vessels, and diastolic pressure, a measure of the resistance to the blood flow in the body’s blood vessels.

Both numbers are measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).

High blood pressure is defined as 140/90 mmHg or higher.

The condition is caused by a number of factors including having a diet high in salt and low in fruit and vegetables, and not taking enough exercise. (rtr)

Deputy regent asks to be made a subak bylaw

NEGARA - Lately, land conversion in Jembrana is increasingly widespread. This condition is very alarming.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, Made Kembang Hartawan, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) in front of the participants of workshop of the Jembrana District Food Security

Council that Jembrana is currently faced with various problems. In addition to weather factor, it is also exposed to the problems of agricultural land conversion. To anticipate

the issue, he asked subak members to strengthen perarem or bylaw in each subak organization.

Kembang also stated that in addition to land conversion, the other issues often faced by farmers, especially in wetlands, is weather factor including trade system.

Currently, he said that a lot of watershed starts to break down and they are even irrelevant at this time because the workmanship was so many years ago. This issue often triggers floods damaging agricultural crops so that farmers lose money. Not to mention, there are paddy fields of farmers that

do not get irrigation water.

“To that end, through chief of subak (irrigation cooperative) group we strive together with subak members so that paddy fields that do not get water can also produce normally,” expected Deputy Regent Kembang. (kmb)

Prone to avalanche

Pruning of shade trees gets attention for Baturiti road section

TABANAN - Rampant incidence of fallen trees and landslides occurred in some areas in Baturiti subdistrict received special attention from the Tabanan disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) and sanitation and landscaping agency (DKP). On Tuesday (Nov. 16) a number of joint personnel from relevant agencies conducted pruning of shade trees that are vulnerable to uproot during rainy season. The target was the main DenpasarSingaraja road section precisely at Perean road section to Luwus, Baturiti.

The Head of DKP Tabanan, I Wayan Sugatra, said the activity continued similar activities carried out the previous week. He recognized the route of Baturiti area, especially in the main line of

Denpasar-Singaraja road section, is still very prone to disaster. Moreover, the path to the tourist area is crowded with passing motorists.

“Many shade trees at this point have died because they are flayed by the public. On that account, they are prone to collapse,” he said.

Pruning activities, said Sugatra, is carried out by a joint team because it is crucial. A joint team comprising the BPBD and DKP as the parent team was assisted by the officers from the transportation agency, municipal police, police and the military. “It is easier for us to anticipate traffic because it is indeed very crowded,” he said.

Sugatra recognized that shade tree pruning activities along the main route between Denpasar and Singaraja applied a priority scale.

“We are targeting the areas considered more vulnerable. Thankfully we can reduce the incidence of disasters related to greening in the main line,” he said.

In the meantime, the shade tree pruning at Denpasar-Singaraja road section was conducted by the BPBD officers by teaming up with third parties. Just for information, Baturiti subdistrict is one of the subdistricts belonging to danger zone of disaster, such as fallen trees and landslides. Moreover, high rainfall accompanied with high winds had caused landslides and fallen trees in some areas in Baturiti subdistrict.

The BPBD in particular keeps on appealing to community chiefly road users to always be careful when traveling during rainy season as it is today. (kmb28)

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On Tuesday (Nov. 16) a number of joint personnel from relevant agencies conducted pruning of shade trees that are vulnerable to uproot during rainy season.

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Residents of Batu Meyeh make valuable crafts from papyrus leaf

The late Nyoman Durpa

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Bondres artist Nyoman Durpa passes away

BANGLI - The world of performing arts in Bali misses another figure. I Nyoman Durpa, a bondres artist and founder of the Dwi Mekar art studio, died on Tuesday morning (Nov.16). The departure of the artist figure that once ran as a candidate for the deputy regent of Bangli in 2010 now leaves sorrow and deep memories for his family at Satra village, Kintamani.

A nephew of Durpa, Made Artana, when met at the funeral home at Satra village last Tuesday revealed that his uncle all this time having been living in Singaraja died on Tuesday around 06:00 at Kerta Husada Hospital in Singaraja.

Durpa died from complication of diabetes, high blood pressure and tetanus having been suffered since the past few years. Prior to the last breath, Durpa was treated at local hospital since last Monday.

After the death until 12:00 on Tuesday afternoon, his extended family was still waiting for the body of Nyoman Durpa to the funeral home. The artist initiated the icon of bondres mask named Susi remained to be temporarily held at Kerta Husada Hospital Singaraja because a piodalan or temple anniversary was being held at Bale Agung and Puseh temple of local village. “As planned, it will be sent home this afternoon (Tuesday), after the ritual at Bale Agung and Puseh Temple is closed,” said Artana accompanied by several relatives.

Regarding the funeral ceremony,

Artana could not give confirmation.

For this matter, he admitted that they have to make a discussion with his extended family in advance.

Artana said that Nyoman Durpa who passed away at the age of 59 left a wife Kadek Mas Swandewi and a son I Gede Pande Satria Kusuma Yuda and two grandchildren. Besides, Durpa also left a number of awards for his dedication during becoming a bondres artist. His last award in the field of bondres was given by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, about two weeks ago. “The deceased is considered as the only artist who has showed his dedication to the bondres art,” he said.

Durpa who has begun to plunge into the world of performing art since the 1980s, last returned to home village at Satra about three months ago. “His last homecoming was when mapiuning or making notification ritual because he wanted to say prayers to Dalem Ganda Mayu temple,” he explained.

In the eyes of his extended family, Durpa once becoming the running mate of Ida Bagus Ludra is known to be intelligent and humorous. The late Nyoman Durpa is also known to diligently pay devotional works and nurture young people at Satra village in the art field although most of his days were spent in Buleleng. “As a family, we have missed his figure. He is a senior figure to our family,” said Artana. (kmb40)

BANGLI - Residents of Batu Meyeh hamlet, Songan A, Kintamani, start to cultivate papyrus leaves into a variety of high-valued handicrafts. The skill of making crafts such as hat, purse, flower and jewelry boxes is obtained after a number of residents behind the hills got training facilitated by the government of Bangli recently.

The Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, Nengah Sudibia, said on Tuesday (Nov. 15) that the training of making handicrafts from papyrus leaf was given to some residents of Batu Meyeh because the area behind the hills has the potential of papyrus.

His agency provided the training to make various crafts for the residents for four days. The coaches were brought in directly from Bona village, Gianyar.

“Previously, local residents have been making some crafts such as jewelry box. Now, we add to their

skills with the provision of training to make the other crafts,” said Sudibya.

Sudibya further added that other than taught to make crafts targeting the outside market, local artisans were also given training to make woven crafts targeting local market. The craft products specifically targeting the local market include the rice bag and small mats for ritual paraphernalia.”All this time, the ritual paraphernalia like mat and rice bag are mostly brought in from outside Bangli. Now, we train the artisans to meet the local

market,” he explained. In the meantime, to support the absorption of the craft products of Batu Meyeh, he claimed to be facilitating the marketing.

So far, the craft products of Batu Meyeh are taken by collectors from Gianyar. In order that the craft products of residents behind the hill is becoming widely recognized by consumers, he will ask for the help of residents of Batu Meyeh and other Bangli residents staying outside the region like Kuta to participate in promoting them.

He added that his agency also plans to invite a number of craftsmen behind the hills to make a comparative study to Lombok. It is meant to broaden the insight of local artisans related to the crafts made from papyrus leaves. (kmb40)

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The handicrafts made by residents of Batu Meyeh hamlet, Songan A, Kintamani

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Thursday, November 17, 2016 Actor Dwayne Johnson (C) poses with his daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson (L) and singer DinahJane Hansen (R) at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, California, U.S., November 14, 2016.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson named ‘sexiest man alive’ by People

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, photo, Muslim protesters hold a banner calling for the arrest of Jakarta’s ethnic Chinese and Christian Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as “Ahok”, outside the City Hall.

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NEW YORK - Whatever Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is cooking these days is piping hot. Or so says People magazine, which on Tuesday named the wrestler-turned-actor this year’s “sexiest man alive.”

Johnson, 44, whose famous catch phrase in the ring is, “Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?”, said learning about his new title put him in a quandary.

“What went through my mind was just how cool and exciting it is,” Johnson told People. “And then I thought, ‘Wow, we’ve pretty much reached the pinnacle.’ I’m not quite too sure where we go from here.”

Johnson rose to mainstream fame in the mid-1990s as a contender with World Wrestling En-

tertainment Inc and later became an actor and Hollywood producer.

Johnson, who stands 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 meters) and weighs 245 pounds (111 kg), is known for his herculean appearance. In fact, he played the mythological character in the 2014 feature film “Hercules.”

In his latest project, the actor is featured in the upcoming Disney animated film “Moana” as the voice of demigod Maui.

“I’ve made big sweeping chang-

es in my career over the years, which have served me nicely,” he said. “But I feel that the big sweeping changes that happened in my life, in my relationships, of being a dad, of being a partner, and the things that I was and the things that I am, has really lent itself to a confidence.”

Johnson has an 11-month old daughter, Jasmine, with his longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian, and a 15-year-old daughter with ex-wife, producer Dany Garcia.

The entertainer recently said he was poised to make another major change and eventually trade in show business to enter the political ring. (rtr)

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Indonesia police name Jakarta governor as blasphemy suspect

JAKARTA — Police on Wednesday named the Christian governor of the Indonesian capital as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation in a major test of the Muslim-majority nation’s reputation for religious tolerance. Earlier this month, Jakarta was rocked by a massive protest by conservative Muslims against the governor. One person died and dozens were injured in rioting. Hard-liners have threatened more protests if Ahok isn’t arrested.

Police announced at a news conference that the popular governor, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, cannot leave the country while the investigation is underway.

However, they said he is not being detained because investigators and religious experts were sharply divided over whether the comments at issue were blasphemous. “After long discussions, we reached a decision that the case should be tried in an open court,” said National Police chief detective Ari Dono.

The accusation of blasphemy against Ahok, an ethnic Chinese and Christian who is an ally of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has galvanized Jokowi’s political opponents in the nation of 250

million where about 90 percent of people are Muslims, but five other religions are also recognized by the state.

Jokowi canceled an official visit to Australia because of the rioting and has spent the past two weeks rallying the political, religious and security establishments behind him.

It has also been a gift to politicians vying against Ahok, who is seeking a second term as Jakarta governor in elections in February.

Among them is the son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former president. Yudhoyono courted controversy by calling for Ahok’s arrest and saying he supported the Nov. 4 protest.

The Islamic Defenders Front, a vigilante group that wants to impose Shariah law, began demanding Ahok’s arrest after a video circulated online in which he joked to an audience about a passage in the Quran that could be interpreted as prohibiting Muslims from accepting non-Muslims as leaders. The governor has apologized for the comment.

Munarman, a spokesman for the Front who goes by one name, said the group is still demanding Ahok’s arrest because he could flee or destroy evidence. “The offense has caused unrest across the country,” he said. “We will continue to stage protests until he is arrested.”

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I don’t think my status as the suspect is troubling me in the election. I will follow the process properly so everyone must preserve the peace in our nation. For my supporters, please elect me so i can win in one round