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William and Kate meet survivors of Paris 2015 attacks

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PARIS — Prince William and his wife Kate met Saturday with survivors of the 2015 extremist attacks at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and other city sites on the second day of their visit to the French capital.

During a visit to the Invalides monument, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised the courage of two victims who described the circumstances of their wounds and the effects on their lives.

One victim, identified only by her first name, Jessica, was wounded by seven bullets in one of the attacks, on a bar. She told the British royals that she wants to show the attackers that “they cannot win.”

“I am ambitious. I am still ambitious. I need to live and to work,” she said.

“You’re very brave,” Kate said.

The couple also played a bit of rugby with children and met pupils from the British School of Paris. William rebuffed a pupil’s question about what he thought of Britain’s Brexit vote to leave the 28-nation European Union, saying he could not answer. British royals are not supposed to engage in politics.

The trip is William’s first official visit to Paris since his mother died here in a 1997 car crash. The visit doesn’t include any official memorial events for Diana. (ap) Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge meet young French rugby fans at the Trocadero square, in Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Vast Beatles collection goes on auction in Paris

PARIS - A vast collection of rare Beatles vinyl records, photos and other paraphernalia will go on auction in Paris on Saturday.

Beatles aficionado Jacques Volcouve began his collection in 1967 with the album “A Hard Day’s

Night”. Decades later, it has grown to include nearly 15,000 records and more besides.

“Starting from 1967, I gave myself an absolutely impossible mission: own everything concerning the Beatles,” Volcouve told Reuters

TV, as he was sorting through his collection December.

The 60-year-old has decided to auction off his collection to fund his retirement. Among the 332 lots up for auction on Saturday is the disc “Tony Sheridan and the Beatles 7: My Bonnie,” signed by Paul McCartney and George Harrison, with an estimated price of 6,000-10,000

euro ($6,450-10,740).

A lot of 11 alternate cover photos for the Grammy-winning Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club album is expected to go for 10,000 to 15,000 euros.

Volcouve has written books and given radio commentaries about the Liverpool foursome. Letters he received from Harrison and Ringo

Starr in 1976, thanking him for articles he had written, could fetch up to 3,000 euros each.

A set of dolls of the Fab Four with their instruments is expected to sell for 200-400 euros.

Among other items up for sale are an “authentic Beatle wig”, a Yoko Ono/John Lennon wedding album box and posters. (rtr)

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French Beatles specialist and collector Jacques Volcouve, one of the world’s greatest living experts of the band, poses with a mug at Drouot auction house in Paris, March 16, 2017, a part of the 15,000 items going on sale on next March 18.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched the ground jet test of a Korean-style high-thrust engine newly developed by the Academy of the National Defence Science in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on March 19, 2017.

North Korea tests newly developed high-thrust rocket engine TOKYO — North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country’s space program, the North’s state media said Sunday.

Kim attended Saturday’s test at the Sohae launch site, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which said the test was intended to confirm the “new type” of engine’s thrust power and gauge the reliability of its control system and structural safety.

Kim called the test “a great event of historic significance” for the country’s indigenous rocket industry, the KCNA report said.

He also said the “whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries” and claimed the test marks what will be known as the “March 18 revolution” in the development of the country’s rocket

industry. The report indicated that the engine is to be used for North Korea’s space and satellite-launching program.

North Korea is banned by the United Nations from conducting long-range missile tests, but it claims its satellite program is for peaceful use, a claim many in the U.S. and elsewhere believe is questionable. North Korean officials have said that under a five-year plan, they intend to launch more Earth observation satellites and what would be the country’s first geostationary communications satellite — which would be a major technological advance.

Getting that kind of satellite

into place would likely require a more powerful engine than its previous ones. The North also claims it is trying to build a viable space program that would include a moon launch within the next 10 years. The test was conducted as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in China on a swing through Asia that has been closely focused on concerns over how to deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.

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Consumers not protected yet in digital economic era

DENPASAR - The international consumer organization (CI) sets March 15 as the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). It is originated in the history that on March 15, 1962, the President of the USA, John F Kennedy, made his speech before Congress that featured the consumer rights, including the right to obtain basic necessities.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Indonesia Consumer Institute (YLKI), Tulus Abadi, said that the WCRD celebration was begun on March 15, 1983. The theme of this year’s WCRD is ‘consumer protection in the digital age.’ If referring to the factual conditions in Indonesia today, the theme of WCRD becomes actual and relevant. Currently, there are phenomena where consumers make digital transactions in the sectors of banking, telecommunications, e-commerce, food and beverage as well as transportationbased application. “However, do these phenomena fully benefit consumers? The answer is no,” he said.

It happens due to the weakness of sectoral regulations that protects consumers. In the trade sector, the government regulation on e-commerce has not been hitherto ratified.

Secondly, providers of e-commerce including the application providers have not fully gained goodwill in the transaction.

“For example, they do not want to be responsible for losses of consumers. They do not provide access for complaints, and there is no mechanism for dispute handling,” he said.

Thirdly, there is no protection against personal data of consumers. Almost all operators state that they will use customers’ personal data for other purposes with their trading partners. In addition, according to him, many providers insert standard agreements that are very elusive to consumers and harm consumers. “Providers of transportation application have standard agreement consisting of 70 pages,” he said.

The aspects of literacy and empowerment of consumers remains low. Empowerment of consumers in Indonesia, according to him, just reaches the level of ‘understanding’ with the score of 34.17. With this score, the consumers of

Indonesian have not dared to make complaints.

With some factors of the weakness, it is worth that currently (2016) the level of complaints related to electronic transactions in the YLKI increased sharply. Moreover, it was ranked third of the total complaints reaching 781 through letters or coming directly, and 10,038 complaints were informed over the phone.

Inevitably, digital era brings in many positive benefits for consumers and boosts the growth of micro-economy.

However, due to weak regulations and policies as well as less optimal good faith of producers, the digital era can

become a serious threat to consumers. Associated with this, the YLKI urged the government to review the standard agreements in electronic transactions of all operators. “All the articles that harm consumers should be revoked,” he said.

The consumer institute encourages the resolution of online consumer disputes and accelerates the enactment of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data Privacy, prompts the ministry of commerce to accelerate the ratification of the government regulation draft (RPP) on e-commerce as well as educates and empowers consumers. (kmb42)

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Queue in Padangbai reaches 2 km long

The long queue in Padang Bai Harbor.s

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AMLAPURA - Since the past four days, Padangbai Harbor has been thronged by vehicles waiting to be ferried to Lembar Harbor, Lombok. On Friday (Mar. 17) the condition was even worse where the queue of vehicles extended to reach 2 km outside the harbor area. The damages to the dock II are the cause.

Second pier whose position is jutting into the ocean is damaged at the steel foundation of the mobile bridge denoting one of the most vital parts of the pier. The mobile bridge functioning as a ramp door when the vessel is docking has been corrosive due to rust. The damage is severe enough so that it is very risky to be passed through by vehicles with large tonnage.

Manager of PT. ASDP Padang-

bai, I Wayan Rosta, said that temporarily the loading and unloading activities can only be performed at the second pier. It happened because the damage to the second pier is particularly at risk if operated.

“The damage is tolerable, and currently it is under repair,” he said.

Rosta recognized that the damages to one of the piers have seriously affected the activity of Padangbai crossing to Lembar and vice versa. Such condition caused the accumulation of vehicles that sometimes extends to outside the harbor because the parking lot is unable to accommodate the volume of incoming vehicles.

The queue did not only occur in the parking lot and the road toward the harbor. The vessel coming from Lembar should also be queuing

in the middle of the ocean while waiting for the unloading. Sluggish crossing delays have an impact on the crew of vehicles because they have to spend additional fee for waiting before crossing. “We hope the damage could be handled immediately,” said a truck driver who was stuck in a long line.

The Padangbai harbor authority has done anticipatory measures to overcome such a condition. Wayan Rosta said that his management had taken steps to shorten the time of loading and unloading of the vessels and maximized the settings of parking area that can accommodate vehicles in large numbers. The repair of the second pier is targeted to be completed next week. “The mobile bridge steel foundation must be replaced,” he explained. (117)

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Thousands attend parades to mark St Patrick’s Day

DUBLIN - Hundreds of thousands of people took part in St Patrick’s Day festivities in dozens of parades around the country.

‘Ireland, You Are’ was the theme of the St Patrick’s parade in Dublin.

Theatrical groups from across the country were invited to respond to the theme, and included Bui Bolg, Dowtcha puppets and Brighter Futures.

This year’s Grand Marshall was Olympic Silver Medalist Annaleise Murphy.

Despite the cold and wet conditions, thousands of people from home and abroad lined the parade route.

Other parades around the country were not so lucky - with some events cancelled because of wet and windy weather.

Over 60 community groups, including Cork Community Artlink, Macnas, Spraoi and Dowtcha Puppets took part in the Cork parade, which was led by Captain Brian Prendergast and by the Army Band of the 1st Brigade.

This year’s Grand Marshall was celebrity chef Rachel Allen who was driven in a 1926 Ford Model T Tourer Car accompanied by the city Lord Mayor Des Cahill, who was at the Shamrock Ceremony at the White House yesterday.

The Model T was among a number of Ford cars in the parade as the company celebrates its 100year-old ties with the city having established its first purpose-built factory outside of the US there in 1917.

The parade is just one of a series of events taking place over the weekend, including the Lee Sessions Trad Trail, a pop-up food festival and a St Patrick’s Hill Ball Run. There were also over 15 parades in the county.

In Galway, the city’s 114th St Patrick’s Day parade was led by local man and adventurer, Gavan Hennigan, who recently returned from rowing solo across the Atlantic.

This year’s procession gave

locals a platform to showcase the talents of artists and various community groups.

Meanwhile in Limerick, thousands came out in very poor weather conditions to view this year’s parade.

The theme was ‘Telling Stories’ and voluntary, community and sports groups were encouraged to tell and share their own stories, celebrate their history, and look to the future.

A special feature this year is a presentation by the Limerick street theatre company Lumen, who told the story of the River Shannon, which runs through the city.

In his traditional St Patrick’s Day mass for the Defence Forces, Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy remembered in particular the heroism and mission of Irish Coastguard pilot Dara FitzPatrick and her colleagues who perished in a helicopter crash off the Mayo coast earlier this week.

Bishop Leahy said they had displayed the message of St Patrick

in how they sacrificed so much and dedicated their lives so fearlessly to others.

The parade was led by 14-yearold Luke Culhane, who has won a number of awards, and has been named Limerick person of the year for his video which tackled cyber bullying and has been viewed over 5m times on social media.

Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin also paid tribute to the crew of Rescue 116 in his St Patrick’s Day message.

He paid tribute to the work of the Irish Navy in their humanitarian efforts in the Mediterranean where they have helped rescue thousands of migrants and refugees, remembering that St Patrick once described himself as the “unlearned refugee”.

Elsewhere, parades in Gaoth Dobhair, Dunfanaghy and An Fál Carrach in Co Donegal, and Cill Chiaráin in Conamara were cancelled due to to very wet and windy weather. (IBP/net)

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US woman in Bali ‘suitcase murder’ gives up custody of baby

DENPASAR — An American woman convicted in her mother’s “suitcase murder” in Indonesia gave custody of her young daughter on Friday to an Australian woman until her release from prison.

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To anticipate kidnapping, schools advised to tightens security

DENPASAR - Responding to the issues on kidnapping attempt against children in some regions of Bali, Bali police appealed to all parties, especially schools, to be vigilant. School security should be tightened. In addition, schools may not let any people go into their environment. It aims to anticipate the kidnapping cases.

“Whether the issue is true or not, it is better to do early prevention. Anticipative measures must be made by school authority in cooperation with the nearest police station,” said Spokesman of Bali Police, Hengky Widjaja, on Wednesday (Mar. 15).

In case there is an attempt of abduction at schools, according to Hengky, they should immediately contact to the nearest police unit, such as subdistrict police, district police or regional police station.

“Please be informed about the incident or similar phenomena elsewhere. Do not be ignored because it will make perpetrators free to act in other places,” he affirmed.

With the presence of the information, police will come to school, check the location and give directions to security. It includes in functioning the security guards at school in accordance with their duties and responsibilities.

School security efforts should be increased from incoming students until they are going home. Supervision against incoming people to school environment should be tightened, including those pickingup local students. “If an unknown person come in, please directly ask the purpose of its coming. Who knows the person is mingling with parents and pretend to pick a child,” he advised.

To prevent this case from happening in Bali, uniformed and non-uniformed personnel of Bali police will be placed at schools especially the schools considered vulnerable or to have experienced such incident. In addition, it will be deployed village-commissioned police or Bhabinkamtibmas to give direction to students in order that they do not believe in unknown person.

“Although there is no official report, if there is such information, it should be immediately followed up and made an effort to anticipate. We ask school authority to save phone number of nearest police unit to enable a quick report in case of an odd incident occurs in the vicinity of the school. Do not hesitate to ask police for frequent visit to schools, especially during the hours prone to cases of child kidnapping,” he said. (kmb36)

Heather Mack is serving a 10-year sentence for assisting her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer in Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s murder, in which the body was stuffed in a suitcase. Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The baby girl, Stella Schaefer, was born shortly before her parents were convicted in 2015. Under Indonesian law, she was allowed to live with her mother in her cell in Kerobokan prison until she turned 2 years old on Friday.

Prison chief Tony Nainggolan said the girl’s development will be supervised by government social

workers.

“We will allow the girl to meet her mother any time,” Nainggolan said.

Mack, 21, broke down in tears as she gave Stella to Oshar Putu Melody Suartama, an Australian woman married to a Balinese man, said Mack’s Indonesian lawyer, Yulius Benyamin Seran.

He said Suartama, who has two sons and lives in Bali, befriended Mack when the couple was first detained for murder. She helped Mack as an interpreter and supported her during the trial.

“She is the right person to raise Stella, she loves her,” Seran said.

Von Wiese-Mack’s badly battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase inside the trunk of a taxi at the St. Regis Bali resort. She reportedly did not approve of her daughter’s relationship with Schaefer. (ap)

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Security guards and a lawyer escort Stella Schaefer, center, covered with a scarf, the twoyear-old daughter of Heather Mack, an American woman convicted in her mother’s death in Indonesia, as the baby leaves Kerobokan Prison with Australian Balinese woman Oshar Putu Melody Suartama, also partially covered by the scarf, who will take care of her until her mother is released, in Bali, Indonesia Friday, March 17, 2017. Under Indonesian law, Mack has been allowed to live with her daughter at her prison’s cell until Schaefer reaches the maximum age of two-year-old.

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Residents afraid of consuming pork

MANGUPURA - Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) bacterium alleged to have attacked dozens of people has caused a restless. Moreover, the pigs causing dozens of residents to be hospitalized are from Bongkasa.

Wayan Setiawan, one of the residents who breed pigs, admitted there is indeed information about the MSS bacteria that makes people difficult to sell pork ahead of Nyepi and Galungan holidays.

“Pork is one part of the food which of course has something to do with the life of many people. Hopefully, the government will not only come down when there is a case,” he revealed.

Regarding the disease issues, Setiawan suggested the government to establish an authorized slaughterhouse directly supervised by the government. “Every day thousands of pigs are slaughtered in Badung, both to be processed for roasted suckling pig and sold in market. Why does Badung not think to make slaughterhouse to make it integrated?” he asked.

It is said that each slaughterhouse established in subdistrict is equipped with health workers that can check the health of the animals to be slaughtered. “So, later on it will be made a rule. Anyone who slaughters pigs, it should be carried out at the slaughterhouse so that it can be controlled. It’s a bit messy, but it pays off with health assurance,” he said.

Head of the Badung Cooperatives, SMEs and Commerce Agency, I Ketut Karpiana, admitted that instability of the pork selling price is the impact of dozens of cases of suspected meningitis in Badung. “Well, there is indeed a decline due to the impact of the cases happened lately. However, the price drop is not so significant as much as IDR 500, namely from IDR 50,500 to IDR 50,000 per kilogram,” he said.

Nevertheless, Karpiana said the price volatility is not experienced by all regions. Results of a field survey indicate the price of pork even rises in Mengwi. “A week ago, the price of pork in Mengwi averagely reached IDR 50,500, but now it goes up to IDR 52,000 per kilogram,” he explained.

On that account, his agency promised to continue the monitoring against movement of the price of pork in the market. It is meant to anticipate the pork price suddenly plummeted as a result of the emergence of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) cases on processed pork. “We will still keep an eye on it, especially before the feast,” he said.

In the meantime, the Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Agency, IGAK Sudaratmaja, stated the test results of blood samples of pigs at Bongkasa indicated negative to MSS bacteria.

However, his agency still fields a team with the task of providing assistance and counseling for community. “Our team still goes to the field, especially tomorrow (Mar. 19) to do outreach in the area of Sibang, denoting the origin of many affected residents alleged to have been infected by MSS bacteria,” he said.

He hoped that people would not become anxious about eating pork, especially before Nyepi, Galungan, and Kuningan.

Chairman of Commission IV, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, has confidence that it is just a local and incidental case. “Balinese breeders have raised pigs for decades, why is this MSS case just emerging today? Probably, the bacteria are just found in the pork consumed and the meat is not properly processed,” he said.

His agency also deplored the presence of statement if the MSS bacteria are caused by pork. As is known, he said, farmers in Bali has vaccinated their pigs raised. “Probably the pork consumed before the incident was not healthy. Do not generalize the entire pork is like that,” he concluded. (kmb27)

NEW DELHI - A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in on Sunday to lead India’s most populous state, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world’s largest democracy as a Hindu nation.

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Lake Tamblingan. Water issues are resolved not by finding investors but through conservation efforts. One of them is building character that loves the environment.

To preserve water civilization

A capable leader required to manage water

DENPASAR - Civilization of water has started to disappear. In the upstream, Bali has four lakes. Almost all are in poor condition. The Lake Batur revered is even the most severely damaged.

Other than lake and river, Bali has 391 watersheds. For Bali, the number is very much.

Badung has 46 watersheds while Buleleng has 134. “However, we do not know for sure the current condition of our watershed. Our lakes are frequently researched, but we never have an idea that the lake will be getting better in the future,” said Manager of Conservation International Indonesia (CII), Made Iwan Dewantama, on Friday (Mar. 17) in a discussion of water culture in Bali.

Water is also associated with subak (irrigation cooperative). According to him, subak is a symbol of water civilization. Preserving civilization of water is equal to conserving subak. “But does subak remain to exist? Water is getting less, so that planting system is disrupted.

Ultimately, people should bring in rice from outside. This indicates that

water is in critical condition,” he said.

Therefore, he believed that he who can become a governor of Bali is the one who can take care of water.

Chairman of the Bali Organic Association (BOA), Dr. Ni Luh Kartini, said that several lakes in Bali can still be saved, such as Lake Tamblingan because the surrounding communities still adhere to their rules. “The lake is just like a temple, so that people do not dare to tamper with it,” she said. Actually if people want to, the water can be saved.

As a result of the various facilities offered, people forget to maintain it. Other than water, such condition also happens to soil. Four lakes in Bali as the source of drinking water are no longer having good quality.

Moreover, the water quality of Lake

Batur is now ranked third where it is not worth drinking. The most crucial issues are silting of the lake causing the water quantity to reduce.

Water issues are resolved not by finding investors but through conservation efforts. One of them is building character that loves the environment. Currently young generation has been bombarded with practicalities. Materials about local nature are expected to be a local curriculum from kindergarten to university. Later on, the leader of Bali is expected to understand about Balinese culture.

An artist, Cok Sawitiri, who will make performance with Arja Siki with the theme “Campaign of the Water Governor Candidate,” was also involved in the discussion.

According to her, the problem of water is the same as seeing fish in aquarium. Water is not a physical problem but a holy creature, so that it is very important to be respected. (kmb42)

District govt to hold roasted suckling pig party a decrease in the past three days.

Chief of pig farming enterprise association of Indonesia (GUPBI) Bali, Ketut Hari Suyasa, said on Wednesday (Mar. 15) that the decline is prominent when the MSS case spreads and is heavily reported by media. “Normally, the order of live pig reaches 30 heads. But, it

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Pig demand decreases TABANAN — The emergence of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) alleged to be transmitted through non-properly cooked foods made from pork and its blood has an impact on the pig demand in the community. Actually, ahead of Galungan, the pig demand is expected to increase. Due to this case, there is

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then reduces to an average of only 20 heads,” he said.

Though there is reduction in quantity, in terms of price it tends to rise even to be stable. Currently, live pig costs IDR 28,000 per kilogram from IDR 26,000 per kilogram. Suyasa expected the government to take action quickly and

accurately so that the MSS case will not adversely affect the pig farm in Bali. “It will have an impact on small breeders,” he said.

In order to restore public confidence in the safety of pork, the government of Tabanan is planning to hold a roasted suckling pig party.

This measure is meant to show

if pork is safe to consume when cooked well and thoroughly. Head of the Tabanan Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Budana, said that this event is still being coordinated. “We are still discussing the schedule and venue.

Obviously this event will be held to inform the public that it is safe to consume pork,” he said. (kmb24)

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being garlanded by party leaders during a ceremony at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, March 12, 2017.

The choice as Uttar Pradesh chief minister of Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu ascetic with a history of agitation against minority Muslims, stunned observers who said it marked a departure from the platform of development for all on which Modi rose to national

power in 2014.

“Modi is saying India is a Hindu country and shall remain so,” veteran journalist and commentator Shekhar Gupta told Reuters.

“Hindus will rule, so you had better behave.”

A spokesman for Modi’s Bharati-

ya Janata Party (BJP) however said the government did not make any distinction between citizens on the basis of religion.

Adityanath, 44, was elected by state lawmakers on Saturday, a week after the BJP won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh by mobilis-

ing the Hindu vote. The BJP won the biggest majority for any party in the state legislature in 40 years.

He took the oath of office at an open-air ceremony in the state capital Lucknow on Sunday, before shaking hands with Modi and other BJP elders who attended.

After the ceremony, Modi said in a tweet: “Our sole mission and motive is development. When U.P. develops, India develops.”

The BJP fielded no candidates from the Muslim minority that makes up 19 percent of the population in a state with a population of 220 million that is home to 15 percent of the world’s poor. If it were a country, Uttar Pradesh would be the world’s fifth-most populous.

India’s 1.3 billion people are about 80 percent Hindu and 14 percent Muslim, with the rest made up of Christians, Sikhs and other minorities. It is officially a secular nation, but the BJP has for years fought elections on a Hindu nationalist agenda, with party members in the past being accused of making anti-Muslim statements to polarise Hindu voters.

“Modi and the BJP had promised the poor of India good times to come,” said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of the Economic & Political Weekly.

“When they fail to create jobs, revive the economy or lift investment, they are going to fall back more on the majoritarian agenda.”

Modi, in his victory speech after the Uttar Pradesh triumph, had called for the creation of a “New India” by 2022, effectively stak-

ing a claim to a second term at the general election that is due to be held in two years.

DON’T PREJUDGE Adityanath, elected five times to the federal parliament from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, has been magnanimous in victory, pledging to uphold Modi’s slogan of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ (‘all together, development for all’).

“Everyone who is prejudging the decision is doing it at their own peril - these arguments were also used in the case of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli told Reuters.

“Almost three years down the line there is no departure from ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’; there is no let up in providing governance and improving delivery to the poorest; and there can be no distinction between citizens on the basis of their faith, region or identity.”

Kohli also dismissed suggestions that Adityanath’s election would undermine the secular basis of Indian democracy. There are precedents for Hindu devotees taking high office, he said, including Uma Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh state who is now Modi’s water resources minister.

A source close to the powerful Hindu nationalist umbrella group to which the BJP belongs, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said Adityanath would undergo a complete image makeover to repackage him as a moderate reformer. (rtr)

Man killed at Paris airport planned to “die for Allah”-prosecutor

PARIS - A man shot dead by French soldiers at Paris Orly airport on Saturday shouted he was there to “die for Allah” and tried to seize a soldier’s assault rifle, apparently intending to open fire on passengers, a prosecutor said.

The latest in a series of attacks in France forced the evacuation of France’s second-busiest airport and thrust security back to the forefront of France’s presidential election campaign.

The attacker, named as Ziyed Ben Belgacem, arrived at Orly airport on Saturday morning, threw down a bag containing a can of petrol and seized hold of a woman air force member who was part of

a military patrol at the airport, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.

Using the servicewoman as a shield, he put his air pistol to her head and shouted at other soldiers with her: “Put down your guns. Put your hands on your head. I am here to die for Allah. In any case, there will be deaths.”

The other soldiers then shot and killed Belgacem.

Molins said the assailant, who tried to grab the woman’s Famas assault rifle, seemed bent on carrying out a serious attack.

“Given the violence that is shown in the (CCTV) pictures ... you sense that he was determined to go through with it,” Molins told

a news conference. “Everything leads one to believe he wanted to seize the Famas so that there were deaths and then to fire at people.”

On his body, police found a Koran and 750 euros in cash. At his home, they found several grams of cocaine, a machete and some foreign currency, Molins said.

Prosecutors are investigating a number of terrorism-related offences, including attempted murder.

Belgacem’s choice of target and evidence that he had been radicalised justified launching a terrorism investigation, Molins said.

Belgacem’s father, brother and a cousin are in police custody, Molins said. (rtr)

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Military and emergency services outside Orly airport southern terminal after a shooting incident near Paris, France March 18, 2017.

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BUSINESS G20 trade wording considered a setback for export champion Germany

BADEN-BADEN - The failure of the world’s financial leaders to agree on resisting protectionism and support free trade marks a setback in the G20 process and poses a risk for growth of export-driven economies such as host Germany, economists said on Sunday.

Acquiescing to an increasingly protectionist United States after a two-day meeting in the German town of Baden-Baden, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the 20 biggest economies dropped a pledge to keep global TRADE FREE and open. Instead, they only made a token reference to trade in their main communique by saying the G20 would work together to strengthen the contribution of trade to their economies.

“The weak wording on trade is a defeat for the German G20 presidency,” Ifo economist Gabriel Felbermayr told Reuters. “This is particularly true in the light of the fact that Germany is one of the world’s strongest export nations and relies on open markets to maintain its prosperity like hardly any other country.”

Private consumption and state spending have become the main growth drivers of Europe’s biggest economy, but exports still account for roughly 45 percent of its gross domestic product.

“The lack of a rejection of protectionism is a clear breach of tradition. Now everything is possible,” Felbermayr said. The future would probably bring a weakening of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and a more aggressive use of protectionist policies, he added.

The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) said the token reference to trade was a serious setback for the multilateral trade order. “The result is a warning shot for every trading nation and this means also for the German economy,” DIHK foreign trade economist Volker Treier told Reuters.

“The German economy has to adapt itself to the fact that ‘America First’ will also mean a loss for us.

So instead of a win-win situation, there will probably be a lose-lose situation.” German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has suggested that the European Union should refocus its economic policy toward Asia, should the Trump administration pursue protectionism.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble tried to play down the lack of a clear rejection of protectionism on Saturday, saying some delegations did not have a mandate to support far reaching commitments on commerce.

U.S. President Donald Trump has already pulled out of a key trade

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin addresses a news conference at the G20 Finance Ministers and Cent ral Bank Governors Meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 18, 2017. agreement and proposed a new tax on imports, arguing that certain trade relationships need to be reworked to make them fairer for U.S. workers.

Germany managed to rescue some of the previously common G20 language supporting free trade and open markets in a separate document adopted by policymakers

in Baden-Baden.

The list of principles summarizes reform recommendations for governments to boost the resilience of their economies against future shocks, including the advice to strengthen policy frameworks to reap the benefits of open markets. A senior G20 official said the resilience principles were probably more important than

the main communique because the list would also be adopted at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg in July while Baden-Baden was only a “snapshot of today”.

“The German G20 presidency is not over yet. Now it’s up to the state and government leaders at the G20 summit in Hamburg to send a clear signal,” Treier said.(rtr)

Asia remains the crown jewel for Tiffany during strong 4Q

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FILE - This Nov. 27, 2012, file photo, shows Tiffany & Co. gift boxes displayed in Boston. Tiffany & Co. reports financial earnings Friday, March 17, 2017.

NEW YORK - China and Japan pushed the luxury jeweler past Wall Street expectations and its shares rose sharply Friday. Tiffany has struggled with weakening sales in its biggest market as Americans and tourists spend less at U.S. locations, including its flagship store on Manhattan’s 5th Avenue next to Trump Tower.

CEO Frederic Cumenal, who was brought in to revitalize the brand, resigned last month after less than two years on the job. Tiffany’s fourth-quarter sales in the Americas fell 3 percent compared with the same period last year.

Sales at the 5th Avenue location

tumbled 7 percent. The location, a must-stop for many tourists and New Yorkers looking to spend, has been impeded by the security barricades around President Donald Trump’s personal home, according to Tiffany.

On the flip side, sales in the Asia-Pacific region rose 9 percent, thanks to stronger demand in China. And sales in Japan jumped 15 percent.

Overall, the company reported net income of $157.8 million, or $1.26 per share, in the three months ending Jan. 31, compared with $163.2 million, or $1.28 per share, in the same quarter a year

ago. Adjusted for asset impairment costs, per-share earns were $1.45, beating the per-share earnings of $1.37 that industry analysts had expected, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.

Revenue rose 1 percent to $1.23 billion, just edging out industry analyst projections. For the year, the New York company had a profit of $446.1 million, or $3.55 per share.

Revenue was $4 billion.

For fiscal year 2017, the company expects its earnings and revenue to rise, but did not provide specific numbers. Its stock rose $2.44, or 2.7 percent, to close Friday at $92.42.(ap)

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Culture Agency Encourages Regeneration of Wayang Wong Dancers

Wayang wong sacred dance that is virtually endangered at Ban village, Kubu, can finally be reconstructed. Culture agency came down immediately at that time to explore the potential of the sacred and rare arts. However, the challenge ahead is to continue the regeneration. Karangasem culture agency is currently working to encourage local residents to maintain the regeneration.

Head of the Karangasem Culture Agency, Putu Arnawa, said that the reconstruction process took place pretty well last year. As a result, the potential of sacred dance that was made very sacred by local communities can now be reconstructed with the involvement of ISI Denpasar. However, to preserve it, the regeneration process must be going on pretty well. Previously, the potential of this sacred art was almost extinct due to the difficulty of doing regeneration of the dancers. “After this regeneration process goes well, we have emphasized on customary villages there to aggressively disseminate the program to children,” said Arnawa.

He asserted that customary villages are already committed to performing the coaching. Local government will also continue to monitor the coaching after painstakingly reconstructing the sacred dance. Arnawa added that the other potential arts having got its fame in the past, but almost extinct because of the same problem, will be rediscovered. Currently, a team has been conducting a study in the field and making data collection, so that it can be preserved, either as the potential art, tourist attraction or the need of sacred ritual purposes at villages.

Reconstruction process had been

carried out by involving around six dancers and gamelan music instructors. It started by checking various masks and other accessories.

Conditions of the various types of masks and other equipment are very alarming. Since the wayang wong has no longer been performed, a number of masks are found unkempt and almost destroyed.

Luckily, during the reconstruction process, these historical objects can still be repaired and saved.

At that time, the culture and tourism agency along with the ISI Denpasar began by discovering

back the storyline and puppet characters commonly used as the basis of the wayang wong storyline there.

Finally, it obtained some storylines such as the “Kumbakarna Seized” or the “Death of Kumbakarna.”

Based on the storylines, the ISI Denpasar drafted the storyline, adjusted the characters and created the dance movement. It is a part of our duty, both as discovery, preservation and development.

Local people are very excited to welcome the reconstruction process of the wayang wong. Since long time ago people have wanted the

regeneration that could revive and resume the artistic heritage of the sacred dance tradition to support a variety of sacred rituals at local village. “At that time, our officers must be willing to wait for them till evening. Local people could only perform the exercise at night because they are busy at work from morning till evening,” he said.

In the past, wayang wong dance was often performed as a sacred dance to support various rituals at Ban village such as at Puseh Temple or other temples at local village. Regeneration is hard to

Tenganan Village

Tenganan is one of Bali’s ancient traditional villages –known as Bali Aga villages and is located in Manggis, Karangasem. The people of Tanganan follow a pattern of life determined by customary rules or bylawas, known as awig-awig. Locale people follow the guidelines of the awig-awig that was passed down from their ancestors.

The design and spatial layout of the buildings of Teganan are still original and thus comply with

customary rules regarding architecture giving this village a unique appearance. Tenganan also has a distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing woven fabric. The people of Tenganan and other Bali Aga villages have different beliefs than the rest of the Balinese. For example the people of Tenganan do not recognize caste.

Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as the pandanus war named for the thorny pandanus leaves with which the

do because most of local younger generations work in diaspora or outside the village. Especially in Karangasem, a number of villages in other subdistricts are still working to preserve the wayang wong.

They include Wates village in Selat subdistrict, Selumbung village in Manggis subdistrict as well as Pempatan village in Rendang subdistrict. Their masks and other equipment are still stored and well maintained. Moreover, the wayang wong in Selat subdistrict has often represented Karangasem to the Bali Arts Festival. (kmb)

participants are armed as this ceremonial yet visceral ‘war’ every June. Visitors are welcome to watch as the villagers of Tenganan show respect to Lord Indra –the god of war by engaging in ceremonial battle with one and other wearing traditional pegrinsgingan sarongs, shawls and a headband.

Before the pandanus war begins, residents of Tenganan perform a ngelawang procession that involves moving around the village pleadingfor alvation. (kmb)

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Smoothly but warily, U.S. and China stick to script in Tillerson visit

BEIJING - Despite a long list of potential pitfalls, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to China, the first by a senior member of the Trump administration, passed off relatively smoothly although there were no tangible gains to show.

On the positive side, there was none of the awkwardness of the kind seen in Washington as President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held the first summit meeting between two of the West’s biggest allies.

Even a tweet from Trump criticising China the night before Tillerson landed in Beijing did not, at least in public, create any discord.

As Tillerson wrapped up his visit on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised his “active efforts” in making a smooth transition of the U.S.-China relationship to the Trump era.

Tillerson and the Chinese officials he met – Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councillor Yang Jiechi – struck a positive note, only hinting at differences in their positions.

“For setting up a new tone, it’s a good start,” said Sun Zhe, the co-director of the China Initiative of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

“It seems that Donald Trump’s administration is coming back to the normal track, trying to work with China to solve problems.”

No formal agreements were

announced in the visit, although the two sides said they would work together on North Korea and countering its rapidly developing nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

Wrapped up in the tightly scripted proceedings, however, was a sense that the world’s two biggest economies were warily testing each other out as the new administration settles down in Washington. They seemed to be reserving airing of differences for another occasion.

The potential points of conflict are many, some inherited and some that have come up since Trump took office in January. The United States has started to deploy missile defences in South Korea that China views as a threat, Washington believes Beijing could do more to rein in Pyongyang’s weapons programs, and prominent Trump administration officials and Trump himself have bashed China’s trade practices.

China’s currency policy and the row in the South China Sea have been bugbears for years.

Even Tillerson said during his confirmation hearing in January

A restricted area sign is seen outside of the White House in Washington November 27, 2015.

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It’s hard to know whether this test was deliberately timed to coincide with Tillerson’s visit, but Pyongyang has been highly criti-

cal of ongoing U.S.-South Korea wargames just south of the Demilitarized Zone and often conducts some sort of high-profile operation of its own in protest.

Earlier this month, it fired off four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, reportedly reaching

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The journalists, Jean Frank Pierre and Basille Marie Longhamp, were sent home Friday through Mozes Kilangin airport in Timika, said immigration office spokesman Agung Sampurno.

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China’s President Xi Jinping meets U.S. State of Secretary, Rex Tillerson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 19, 2017. that China had offered “empty promises” to pressure North Korea but had failed to do so, and that it had “proven a willingness to act

with abandon in the pursuit of its own goals.”

But the proceedings in Beijing were kept firmly devoid of tensions

as both sides worked on laying the groundwork for an expected meeting between Trump and Xi in the United States later this year. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - One person was in custody after a suspicious vehicle drove up to a White House checkpoint on Saturday night, the Secret Service said, after CNN reported that the driver claimed to have a bomb.

CNN, citing two law enforcement sources, said there was no confirmation of any device in the vehicle but that security at the White House had been upgraded.

The Secret Service said an unidentified driver was taken into custody after a suspicious vehicle approached a checkpoint, but made

no mention of any claims of an explosive device.

Several streets around the White House were closed.

Other authorities could not be reached immediately to confirm more details.

It was the second scare at the White House on Saturday after a person earlier jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of both incidents.

In the first incident, the uniden-

tified person was not able to make it over the fence into the grounds, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Twitter.

Two Secret Service agents reportedly tackled the individual in that incident, which occurred at the start of a buffer zone between the main White House fence and the sidewalks.

The Secret Service had been criticized after it said a man who scaled the White House fence last week was on the property’s grounds for 16 minutes before being detained. (rtr)

within 200 kilometers (120 miles) of Japan’s shoreline. Japan, which was Tillerson’s first stop before traveling to South Korea and China, hosts tens of thousands of U.S. troops.

While building ever better longrange missiles and smaller nuclear

warheads to pair with them, North Korea has marked a number of successes in its space program.

It launched its latest satellite — the Kwangmyongsong 4, or Brilliant Star 4 — into orbit on Feb. 7 last year, just one month after conducting what it claims was its

first hydrogen-bomb test.

It put its first satellite in orbit in 2012, a feat few other countries have achieved. In 2013, rival South Korea launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time, though it needed Russian help to build the rocket’s first stage. (ap)

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Indonesia deports 2 French journalists from Papua province

JAKARTA — Indonesia has deported two French journalists for committing visa violations while shooting a documentary film in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, an official said Sunday.

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The pair were working on “The Explorers,” a project about nature, culture and other attractions at several locations in the Indonesian province on the western part of New Guinea.

Papua province, a former Dutch

colony, is known for biodiversity and large mining reserves as well as a simmering separatist movement among its indigenous people, and foreign journalists face restrictions while working there. Sampurno said the two French journalists had ordinary visas without necessary documents from related institutions.

He quoted local immigration chief Jesaya Samuel Enock as saying the journalists’ activities were appropriate, as they were sponsored by the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, but they had started working last week while their necessary documents were still being processed. Enock said they are being banned from entering Indonesia for next six months.

Local media reported Pierre and Longhamp were taken into custody when they were about to take pictures of Cartenz using a rented helicopter.

They also planned to take pictures at locations in the neighboring province of West Papua.

Fabio Maria Lopes Costa of the

Alliance of Independence Journalists denounced their deportations as contradicting the policy of President Joko Widodo to allow foreign journalists to cover the province.

Pierre and Longhamp are the third group of French journalists to be deported or punished for illegal coverage in Papua since 2010.

Two television journalists were

detained in 2014 for tourist visa violations and were sentenced to two and a half months in jail for illegal reporting in the Papua. In 2010, two journalists were detained and then deported after filming a human rights rally by some 100 students. Foreign journalists were then barred from reporting in Papua unless they receive a government permit. (rtr)

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, West Papuan protesters scuffle with the police during a rally calling for the remote region’s independence, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Indonesian minister calls for transportation facilities for Lebaran travelers

SAMPIT - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi appealed to all regions to arrange transportation facilities for the post-fasting Ied al-Fitr or Lebaran travelers this year.

“I have come here to inspect the seaport and airport conditions, notably Sampit Seaport. The number of travelers passing through this airport is usually high,” the minister said while inspecting Sampit Seaport in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, on Saturday (March 18).

Based on the available data, the number of passengers passing

through this seaport during the Lebaran season last year stood at 27 thousand. They departed to Semarang in Central Java and Surabaya, East Java.

Sumadi was inspecting two seaport terminals, namely the Sampit Terminal designed specifically for passenger ships and Bagendang Terminal for containers.

Earlier, Sumadi also inspected the Kumai Seaport in West Kotawaringin District to inspect the preparations of the port for the Lebaran season in 2017, which is expected to fall on the fourth week of June. (ant)

Minister Budi Karya Sumadi

BANDUNG - A flood triggered by the overflowing of Citarum River swept through the three sub-districts of Dayeuhkolot, Baleendah, and Bojongsoang in Bandung district, West Java, on Saturday (March 18).

“The flood was caused by rains since Saturday morning. Accord-

ing to our monitoring of the area, the water level in the three subdistricts reached 60 centimeters to 1.2 meters high,” coordinator of the districts disaster response agency (Tagana) Dadang Wahidin said on Saturday evening.

The flood forced local residents,

who had earlier fled their flooded homes, to evacuate to higher ground, he noted.

“At around 03.00pm, some residents returned home, but because of todays flood, they evacuated again,” he stated. Some 500 families are taking refuge, he added.(ant)

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Setia Darma House of Masks

GIANYAR - The Setia Darma Masks & Puppets House is a unique museum with a mission to preserve some of Indonesia’s most colourful heritage items. It serves as a great cultural and educational part of tours to central Bali, ideal for families and culture lovers, with its broad collection of items from around the globe. The house currently houses over a 1,000 masks and over 4,000 puppets from all over the Indonesian archipelago, Africa, China, Latin America and Europe.

This unique ‘courtyard of houses’ to be precise, is located in the cool and quiet village of Tegal Bingin in Sukawati, 17km south from the main Ubud hub and roughly an hour’s drive from Denpasar. Artistcurator Agustinus Prayitno decided to establish the house in Sukawati, the district famous for its community of Balinese woodcarvers, mask makers and sculptors. The courtyard comprises five traditional wooden

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Setia Darma’s first joglo features traditional shadow puppets, some quirky and contemporary such as Prayitno’s own ‘self portraiture’ and that of Barack Obama. The latter was crafted during the US presidential elections and will surely become an historical curio. Other specimens line the walls based on origin, and after a while you’ll find that each bear unique characteristics, yet draw inspiration from similar sources, such as the Hindu epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Specimens from around the world include Sicilian stick puppets dating back to the 16th century and marionettes reminiscent of Pinocchio, together with highly detailed Bunraku idols

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The second house features Indonesia’s most iconic heritage in puppetry, the leather shadow puppets.

Made from cured cowhide, these puppets, known as ‘wayang kulit’, are the ones you typically see at temple anniversaries or during ceremonies celebrating Balinese rites of passage, performed by a ‘dalang’ or puppet master at night behind a flickering oil lamp and screen. The characters similarly draw from great Hindu epics, and convey words of wisdom and lessons of good conduct to audiences. The collection in the third house comprises a rich variety of traditional and usually sacred masks, while the fourth has more contemporary specimens collected from local village craftsmen.

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their parallels from different cultures from all over the globe. Each mask and puppet is accompanied by detailed descriptions. What’s best is that admission is free. The insights are priceless, especially for kids who could use a break from comic book superheroes and TV. (IBP/net)

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Golovkin edges Jacobs by decision to defend titles

NEW YORK - Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, the most fearsome knockout artist of this era, was pushed to the limit by Daniel Jacobs before retaining his world middleweight titles by decision at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

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Jacobs, known as “Miracle Man” since coming back from bone cancer five years ago, ended the unbeaten Golovkin’s streak of 23 knockouts in a row in a battle that went to the scorecards for the first time since 2008 for the Kazakh champion.

Two judges scored it 115-112, with the third making it 114-113 in favor of Golovkin, who retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO middleweight crowns.

Golovkin knocked Jacobs down in the fourth with a double dose of rights, but as the fight wore on Jacobs confused the Kazakh by sliding into a southpaw stance, scoring on stinging combinations, holding his own

against the dangerous power of the champion.

After a cautious, feeling out in the first two rounds, the bout blossomed into a fascinating battle with the fighters engaging freely in a thrilling duel to the finish that almost produced another Jacobs’ miracle.

Golovkin improved his record to 37-0, while Brooklyn native Jacobs dropped to 32-2.

“I respect Danny Jacobs and very good job and clean job,” Golovkin, who used a stinging left jab to set up his power shots, said in the ring after the decision. “Danny Jacobs is my favorite fighter. Clean, good quality, very good fighter.”

Jacobs proved to be the tough-

est test yet for Golovkin, matching exchanges, using his bigger body to advantage and firing off big combinations against the tiring champion late in the bout.

The American thought he had taken the decision.

“I think I won the fight,” the New Yorker said. “I think I won by two rounds at least.

“They want the big fight, and Daniel Jacobs got X’d out. I won the fight and I won the decision and all I can do is be gracious in the decision.”

Jacobs said he stood right up to Golovkin after hitting the canvas early in the bout.

“After the knockdown I told him (he) had to kill me (to beat me),” said Jacobs. “When I got up I thought this is all he has? There were many times during the fight I went toe-to-toe because I knew I could.” (rtr)

CALIFORNIA - Roger Federer continued his sizzling form on Saturday to set up an all-Swiss final against Stan Wawrinka at the BNP Paribas Open in California.

Federer did not face a break point in his semi-final victory over American Jack Sock 6-1 7-6(4) on the hardcourt at Indian Wells.

Less than two months after claiming the 18th grand slam title of his career at the Australian Open, ninth seed Federer delivered another virtuoso performance.

He ripped through the first set against 17th seed Sock in barely 20 minutes, before the American regrouped to make the second set more competitive.

With both players holding serve, the set went to a tiebreak, where Federer prevailed in front of a sun-baked crowd of 16,000 that included Rod Laver and Bill Gates.

“Overall I played a good match, struggled a bit in the second set but Jack got into it,” 35-year-old Federer said in a courtside interview.

“It was tough in the end. I don’t think I played the best tiebreaker but it was enough to get through and I’m super happy to be in the final.”

Wawrinka was even more dominant in the other semi, demolishing Spanish 21st seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-2.

Federer has a 19-3 career record against Wawrinka, and has never lost to his compatriot on hardcourt.

They met most recently at the Australian Open, where Federer prevailed in five sets in a semi-final.

With Federer winning the Australian Open and Wawrinka claiming last September’s U.S. Open, Sunday’s final will bring together the two most recent grand slam champions.

Federer said Wawrinka would present a different type of challenge than Sock.

“Jack tries to really come over the ball and create a lot of topspin whereas Stan blocks his first-serve return usually.

“He’s very steady off the baseline and can play from really deep in the court. I’ve got to play aggressive and play like I’ve been doing all week and hope it’s enough.”

Wawrinka earned his first Indian Wells final in style.

He broke Carreno Busta three times, and never faced a break point himself.

“I mixed a lot of speed and spin,” Wawrinka said. “It’s not always easy here. I was mixing it up, so it was not easy for him to find a solution.”

It was a much easier victory for Wawrinka than his fourth-round match against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, who came within two points of an upset earlier in the week. (rtr)

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Roger Federer (SUI) hits to Jack Sock (USA) in his semifinal match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

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Sp rt Vardy steers Leicester to 1st away win of PL title defense

LONDON — Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez revived memories of Leicester’s titlewinning campaign Saturday as the recovery under Craig Shakespeare continued with a 3-2 victory at West Ham that eases the champion’s relegation fears. Since manager Claudio Ranieri’s firing, the PREMIER LEAGUE champions have reeled off three successive victories to move six points clear of the relegation zone and sealed a first-ever place in the Champions League quarterfinals.

“No secret. I think hard work, endeavor, resilience,” said Shakespeare, who has been promoted to take charge until the end of the season. “I think we showed all them today aligned with some good footballers.”

Leicester’s title defense has been so pitiful that it has taken until March and a trip to the Olympic Stadium to finally win an away game in the league at its 14th attempt — but only thanks to the second-half saves from goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

“In the second half when they had to fight for their lives, they have done it because they have momentum on their side,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said.

“Unfortunately we haven’t had it on our side in the last few games.”

A run of three losses, after a pair of draws, has seen West Ham drop to 12th place and Leicester is now only three points behind.

Mahrez, who scored 17 goals last season in the astonishing charge to the title, put Leicester in front in east London after five minutes with only his fifth goal of the current campaign. The Algerian’s two goals in the three league games since Shakespeare took charge are as many as he managed in the previous 22 games under Ranieri, an alarming drop in form that was mirrored across the team.

Robert Huth’s header doubled Leicester’s lead within two minutes of Mahrez’s opener. After Manuel Lanzini pulled one back directly from a free kick, Jamie Vardy restored the two-goal cushion in the 38th minute with his third goal in the three league games under Shakespeare.

The striker had gone two months without a goal before this run of three wins in which Leicester has scored three times in each.

Vardy’s goal proved decisive after Andre Ayew’s second-half header put West Ham back in control.

Ayew missed a chance to level when he struck over and Andy Carroll was twice denied from close range

by Schmeichel.

“We had to not only defend our box well in terms of crosses but we also had to handle the physicality of Andy Carroll,” Shakespeare said. “We had the goalkeeper to thank for making some pivotal, crucial saves that helped us win the game. I would love to play silky football but this is the PREMIER LEAGUE we are talking about.” There’s also the unlikely bid for a first European title, with Atletico Madrid up next in the quarterfinals. (ap)

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Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, left, fails to score during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and LEICESTER CITY at London Stadium in London, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Inter’s Antonio Candreva, right, celebrates with his teammate Mauro Icardi after scoring during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, March 18, 2017

Hart’s howlers help Inter Milan draw 2-2 at Torino

MILAN — Joe Hart gifted Inter Milan both of its goals but Torino managed to draw 2-2 in Serie A on Saturday and damage Inter’s bid for a Champions League place.

Hart’s first mistake allowed Geoffrey Kondogbia to score. Torino fought back with goals from Daniele Baselli and Afriyie Acquah.

However, another error from the England goalkeeper saw Antonio Candreva level.

“This draw is like a defeat,” Candreva said. “Our rivals who are ahead of us in the standings are running strongly, and now we have to try to win all of the matches.” Inter remained fifth and was five points behind third-placed Napoli and the final qualifying position for Europe’s premier club competition.

“We’re not happy, we made a mistake in how we approached the match,” Inter coach Stefano Pioli said. “There are many regrets, especially at the end, there were chances to win the match.” Napoli visits Empoli on Sunday. On the same day, Atalanta, which lost 7-1 at the San Siro last weekend, can move level with Inter with a win over Pescara.

The match had been hyped as a fight between Serie A’s top goalscorers. Torino and Italy forward Andrea Belotti led with 22, two more than Inter captain Mauro Icardi. Icardi had the ball in the back of the net in the eighth minute but he was ruled offside on Ever Banega’s through ball. Inter did go in front when Kondogbia’s effort squirmed between Hart’s hands.

Its lead lasted just six minutes before Baselli was left unmarked to head in after a corner was flicked on by Cristian Molinaro.

Belotti may not have got on the scoresheet but he helped set up Torino’s second with a cross-field pass to Juan Iturbe, who pulled back for Acquah to curl into the top left corner in the 59th. Torino’s lead lasted even less than Inter’s as the visitors leveled three minutes later when Hart completely missed a cross and Candreva fired into an empty net. Hart made some amends with a great save to keep out Eder’s effort with nine minutes remaining.

BARCELONA — Cristiano Ronaldo turned into Real Madrid’s playmaker by setting up two goals to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on Saturday and keep on track to reclaim the Spanish league title. Ronaldo passed for Karim Benzema to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium.

Bilbao equalized through Aritz Aduriz’s header in the 65th, but three minutes later Ronaldo flicked on a corner kick for Casemiro to finish off.

“We won at a very difficult ground.

We had to dig in but we played with real character,” Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. Madrid, which hasn’t won the league since 2012, leads second-placed Barcelona by five points. Barcelona hosts Valencia on Sunday. Madrid has a game in hand.

The loss ended Bilbao’s unbeaten home streak at 13 games in the league, one short of the club record in 1992.

Madrid spent long stretches in its half absorbing Bilbao’s pressure brought by wingers Inaki Williams and Inigo Leque.

But Madrid’s efficiency proved the difference. As Bilbao coach

Ernesto Valverde put it: “They beat us with two moments of brilliance.”

Midfielder Casemiro played a part in Benzema’s goal when he spotted Ronaldo breaking down the left. Ronaldo received his long pass and squared the ball for Benzema to SLOT in.

Benzema moved into the top-10 La Liga scorers in Madrid’s history, with 119 goals in 237 matches. Ronaldo had the club record of 280. Madrid had little trouble repelling Bilbao’s crosses until Williams forced Keylor Navas to make a difficult save early in the second half.

Shortly after, Williams sped past Marcelo and crossed for Raul Garcia to head the ball back to the center of the six-yard box where Aduriz nodded it home.

Bilbao’s push was deflated by Ronaldo, however, when he headed on a corner kick for Casemiro to control and tap in uncontested.

“I know what my duties in the team are and that’s not scoring goals because there are more gifted players than me playing further forward,” Casemiro said. “Having said that, if I can score, then all the better.” (ap)

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AC Milan maintained its push for Europe with its fourth win in five matches in Serie A. Mati Fernandez scored his first Milan goal to send his side sixth, two points below its city rival Inter. It didn’t start out well for the Rossoneri as Andrea Bertolacci pulled up hurt in the opening minute and had to be replaced by Manuel Locatelli. The teenager almost had an immediate impact but his effort flew narrowly wide.

Lucas Ocampos nearly scored against his old team with a shot that was acrobatically cleared off the line by Genoa defender Armando Izzo.

Mati Fernandez broke the deadlock shortly after the half hour, running onto Gianluca Lapadula’s backheeled flick and dinking it over goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna. (ap)

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, celebrates with Marcelo Vieira, top, after their team scored during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Injured Japan skipper Hasebe to miss World Cup qualifiers TOKYO - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe is to undergo surgery on a knee injury and will miss the World Cup qualifiers against the United Arab Emirates and Thailand over the next two weeks.

The 33-year-old defensive midfielder suffered the injury in Bundesliga action against Bayern Munich last weekend and his club Eintracht Frankfurt said on Saturday he would require an operation.

Hasebe, an integral member of Vahid Halilhodzic’s side, was injured when he collided with a goalpost while clearing a Thomas Muller shot off the line.

Japan are second in Asian third round qualifying Group B, tied on points with group leaders Saudi Arabia and one clear of Australia in third place.

The top two from the group receive spots in the finals in Russia in 2018 while the third-placed team can also qualify via two playoff rounds, the second against a CONCACAF team. The Blue Samurai take on the UAE in Al Ain on Thursday and the Thais in Saitama five days later.

Japan lost 2-1 to the UAE at home in their opening match of the round and will be desperate to get their revenge in Al Ain to keep up the pace at the top of the group.

Halilhodzic named Hasebe in his

squad for the matches on Thursday, when he was under the impression that his captain was back in training despite the injury. “(He) is a very strong captain for us,” the Bosnian told reporters.

“Having a team without him in it is

unthinkable.”

Hasebe has won 104 caps for Japan and played in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups finals, the last two of five straight appearances at soccer’s international showpiece for the Blue Samurai.(rtr)

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Sp rt Vardy steers Leicester to 1st away win of PL title defense

LONDON — Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez revived memories of Leicester’s titlewinning campaign Saturday as the recovery under Craig Shakespeare continued with a 3-2 victory at West Ham that eases the champion’s relegation fears. Since manager Claudio Ranieri’s firing, the PREMIER LEAGUE champions have reeled off three successive victories to move six points clear of the relegation zone and sealed a first-ever place in the Champions League quarterfinals.

“No secret. I think hard work, endeavor, resilience,” said Shakespeare, who has been promoted to take charge until the end of the season. “I think we showed all them today aligned with some good footballers.”

Leicester’s title defense has been so pitiful that it has taken until March and a trip to the Olympic Stadium to finally win an away game in the league at its 14th attempt — but only thanks to the second-half saves from goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

“In the second half when they had to fight for their lives, they have done it because they have momentum on their side,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said.

“Unfortunately we haven’t had it on our side in the last few games.”

A run of three losses, after a pair of draws, has seen West Ham drop to 12th place and Leicester is now only three points behind.

Mahrez, who scored 17 goals last season in the astonishing charge to the title, put Leicester in front in east London after five minutes with only his fifth goal of the current campaign. The Algerian’s two goals in the three league games since Shakespeare took charge are as many as he managed in the previous 22 games under Ranieri, an alarming drop in form that was mirrored across the team.

Robert Huth’s header doubled Leicester’s lead within two minutes of Mahrez’s opener. After Manuel Lanzini pulled one back directly from a free kick, Jamie Vardy restored the two-goal cushion in the 38th minute with his third goal in the three league games under Shakespeare.

The striker had gone two months without a goal before this run of three wins in which Leicester has scored three times in each.

Vardy’s goal proved decisive after Andre Ayew’s second-half header put West Ham back in control.

Ayew missed a chance to level when he struck over and Andy Carroll was twice denied from close range

by Schmeichel.

“We had to not only defend our box well in terms of crosses but we also had to handle the physicality of Andy Carroll,” Shakespeare said. “We had the goalkeeper to thank for making some pivotal, crucial saves that helped us win the game. I would love to play silky football but this is the PREMIER LEAGUE we are talking about.” There’s also the unlikely bid for a first European title, with Atletico Madrid up next in the quarterfinals. (ap)

AP Photo/Frank Augstein

Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, left, fails to score during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and LEICESTER CITY at London Stadium in London, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP

Inter’s Antonio Candreva, right, celebrates with his teammate Mauro Icardi after scoring during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Torino and Inter Milan at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, March 18, 2017

Hart’s howlers help Inter Milan draw 2-2 at Torino

MILAN — Joe Hart gifted Inter Milan both of its goals but Torino managed to draw 2-2 in Serie A on Saturday and damage Inter’s bid for a Champions League place.

Hart’s first mistake allowed Geoffrey Kondogbia to score. Torino fought back with goals from Daniele Baselli and Afriyie Acquah.

However, another error from the England goalkeeper saw Antonio Candreva level.

“This draw is like a defeat,” Candreva said. “Our rivals who are ahead of us in the standings are running strongly, and now we have to try to win all of the matches.” Inter remained fifth and was five points behind third-placed Napoli and the final qualifying position for Europe’s premier club competition.

“We’re not happy, we made a mistake in how we approached the match,” Inter coach Stefano Pioli said. “There are many regrets, especially at the end, there were chances to win the match.” Napoli visits Empoli on Sunday. On the same day, Atalanta, which lost 7-1 at the San Siro last weekend, can move level with Inter with a win over Pescara.

The match had been hyped as a fight between Serie A’s top goalscorers. Torino and Italy forward Andrea Belotti led with 22, two more than Inter captain Mauro Icardi. Icardi had the ball in the back of the net in the eighth minute but he was ruled offside on Ever Banega’s through ball. Inter did go in front when Kondogbia’s effort squirmed between Hart’s hands.

Its lead lasted just six minutes before Baselli was left unmarked to head in after a corner was flicked on by Cristian Molinaro.

Belotti may not have got on the scoresheet but he helped set up Torino’s second with a cross-field pass to Juan Iturbe, who pulled back for Acquah to curl into the top left corner in the 59th. Torino’s lead lasted even less than Inter’s as the visitors leveled three minutes later when Hart completely missed a cross and Candreva fired into an empty net. Hart made some amends with a great save to keep out Eder’s effort with nine minutes remaining.

BARCELONA — Cristiano Ronaldo turned into Real Madrid’s playmaker by setting up two goals to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on Saturday and keep on track to reclaim the Spanish league title. Ronaldo passed for Karim Benzema to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium.

Bilbao equalized through Aritz Aduriz’s header in the 65th, but three minutes later Ronaldo flicked on a corner kick for Casemiro to finish off.

“We won at a very difficult ground.

We had to dig in but we played with real character,” Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. Madrid, which hasn’t won the league since 2012, leads second-placed Barcelona by five points. Barcelona hosts Valencia on Sunday. Madrid has a game in hand.

The loss ended Bilbao’s unbeaten home streak at 13 games in the league, one short of the club record in 1992.

Madrid spent long stretches in its half absorbing Bilbao’s pressure brought by wingers Inaki Williams and Inigo Leque.

But Madrid’s efficiency proved the difference. As Bilbao coach

Ernesto Valverde put it: “They beat us with two moments of brilliance.”

Midfielder Casemiro played a part in Benzema’s goal when he spotted Ronaldo breaking down the left. Ronaldo received his long pass and squared the ball for Benzema to SLOT in.

Benzema moved into the top-10 La Liga scorers in Madrid’s history, with 119 goals in 237 matches. Ronaldo had the club record of 280. Madrid had little trouble repelling Bilbao’s crosses until Williams forced Keylor Navas to make a difficult save early in the second half.

Shortly after, Williams sped past Marcelo and crossed for Raul Garcia to head the ball back to the center of the six-yard box where Aduriz nodded it home.

Bilbao’s push was deflated by Ronaldo, however, when he headed on a corner kick for Casemiro to control and tap in uncontested.

“I know what my duties in the team are and that’s not scoring goals because there are more gifted players than me playing further forward,” Casemiro said. “Having said that, if I can score, then all the better.” (ap)

AC MILAN 1 GENOA 0

AC Milan maintained its push for Europe with its fourth win in five matches in Serie A. Mati Fernandez scored his first Milan goal to send his side sixth, two points below its city rival Inter. It didn’t start out well for the Rossoneri as Andrea Bertolacci pulled up hurt in the opening minute and had to be replaced by Manuel Locatelli. The teenager almost had an immediate impact but his effort flew narrowly wide.

Lucas Ocampos nearly scored against his old team with a shot that was acrobatically cleared off the line by Genoa defender Armando Izzo.

Mati Fernandez broke the deadlock shortly after the half hour, running onto Gianluca Lapadula’s backheeled flick and dinking it over goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna. (ap)

AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, celebrates with Marcelo Vieira, top, after their team scored during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Injured Japan skipper Hasebe to miss World Cup qualifiers TOKYO - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe is to undergo surgery on a knee injury and will miss the World Cup qualifiers against the United Arab Emirates and Thailand over the next two weeks.

The 33-year-old defensive midfielder suffered the injury in Bundesliga action against Bayern Munich last weekend and his club Eintracht Frankfurt said on Saturday he would require an operation.

Hasebe, an integral member of Vahid Halilhodzic’s side, was injured when he collided with a goalpost while clearing a Thomas Muller shot off the line.

Japan are second in Asian third round qualifying Group B, tied on points with group leaders Saudi Arabia and one clear of Australia in third place.

The top two from the group receive spots in the finals in Russia in 2018 while the third-placed team can also qualify via two playoff rounds, the second against a CONCACAF team. The Blue Samurai take on the UAE in Al Ain on Thursday and the Thais in Saitama five days later.

Japan lost 2-1 to the UAE at home in their opening match of the round and will be desperate to get their revenge in Al Ain to keep up the pace at the top of the group.

Halilhodzic named Hasebe in his

squad for the matches on Thursday, when he was under the impression that his captain was back in training despite the injury. “(He) is a very strong captain for us,” the Bosnian told reporters.

“Having a team without him in it is

unthinkable.”

Hasebe has won 104 caps for Japan and played in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups finals, the last two of five straight appearances at soccer’s international showpiece for the Blue Samurai.(rtr)

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Setia Darma House of Masks

GIANYAR - The Setia Darma Masks & Puppets House is a unique museum with a mission to preserve some of Indonesia’s most colourful heritage items. It serves as a great cultural and educational part of tours to central Bali, ideal for families and culture lovers, with its broad collection of items from around the globe. The house currently houses over a 1,000 masks and over 4,000 puppets from all over the Indonesian archipelago, Africa, China, Latin America and Europe.

This unique ‘courtyard of houses’ to be precise, is located in the cool and quiet village of Tegal Bingin in Sukawati, 17km south from the main Ubud hub and roughly an hour’s drive from Denpasar. Artistcurator Agustinus Prayitno decided to establish the house in Sukawati, the district famous for its community of Balinese woodcarvers, mask makers and sculptors. The courtyard comprises five traditional wooden

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Setia Darma’s first joglo features traditional shadow puppets, some quirky and contemporary such as Prayitno’s own ‘self portraiture’ and that of Barack Obama. The latter was crafted during the US presidential elections and will surely become an historical curio. Other specimens line the walls based on origin, and after a while you’ll find that each bear unique characteristics, yet draw inspiration from similar sources, such as the Hindu epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Specimens from around the world include Sicilian stick puppets dating back to the 16th century and marionettes reminiscent of Pinocchio, together with highly detailed Bunraku idols

from Japan from the 18th century.

The second house features Indonesia’s most iconic heritage in puppetry, the leather shadow puppets.

Made from cured cowhide, these puppets, known as ‘wayang kulit’, are the ones you typically see at temple anniversaries or during ceremonies celebrating Balinese rites of passage, performed by a ‘dalang’ or puppet master at night behind a flickering oil lamp and screen. The characters similarly draw from great Hindu epics, and convey words of wisdom and lessons of good conduct to audiences. The collection in the third house comprises a rich variety of traditional and usually sacred masks, while the fourth has more contemporary specimens collected from local village craftsmen.

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full-body costumes of the barong and rangda, two mythical characters from the Calonarang legend that depict the forces of good and evil respectively. As you go from house to house, you will be inspired by Bali and Indonesia’s rich culture and history of storytelling, alongside

their parallels from different cultures from all over the globe. Each mask and puppet is accompanied by detailed descriptions. What’s best is that admission is free. The insights are priceless, especially for kids who could use a break from comic book superheroes and TV. (IBP/net)

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Gennady Golovkin throws a punch at Daniel Jacobs during middleweight world championship fight at Madison Square Garden.

Golovkin edges Jacobs by decision to defend titles

NEW YORK - Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, the most fearsome knockout artist of this era, was pushed to the limit by Daniel Jacobs before retaining his world middleweight titles by decision at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

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Jacobs, known as “Miracle Man” since coming back from bone cancer five years ago, ended the unbeaten Golovkin’s streak of 23 knockouts in a row in a battle that went to the scorecards for the first time since 2008 for the Kazakh champion.

Two judges scored it 115-112, with the third making it 114-113 in favor of Golovkin, who retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO middleweight crowns.

Golovkin knocked Jacobs down in the fourth with a double dose of rights, but as the fight wore on Jacobs confused the Kazakh by sliding into a southpaw stance, scoring on stinging combinations, holding his own

against the dangerous power of the champion.

After a cautious, feeling out in the first two rounds, the bout blossomed into a fascinating battle with the fighters engaging freely in a thrilling duel to the finish that almost produced another Jacobs’ miracle.

Golovkin improved his record to 37-0, while Brooklyn native Jacobs dropped to 32-2.

“I respect Danny Jacobs and very good job and clean job,” Golovkin, who used a stinging left jab to set up his power shots, said in the ring after the decision. “Danny Jacobs is my favorite fighter. Clean, good quality, very good fighter.”

Jacobs proved to be the tough-

est test yet for Golovkin, matching exchanges, using his bigger body to advantage and firing off big combinations against the tiring champion late in the bout.

The American thought he had taken the decision.

“I think I won the fight,” the New Yorker said. “I think I won by two rounds at least.

“They want the big fight, and Daniel Jacobs got X’d out. I won the fight and I won the decision and all I can do is be gracious in the decision.”

Jacobs said he stood right up to Golovkin after hitting the canvas early in the bout.

“After the knockdown I told him (he) had to kill me (to beat me),” said Jacobs. “When I got up I thought this is all he has? There were many times during the fight I went toe-to-toe because I knew I could.” (rtr)

CALIFORNIA - Roger Federer continued his sizzling form on Saturday to set up an all-Swiss final against Stan Wawrinka at the BNP Paribas Open in California.

Federer did not face a break point in his semi-final victory over American Jack Sock 6-1 7-6(4) on the hardcourt at Indian Wells.

Less than two months after claiming the 18th grand slam title of his career at the Australian Open, ninth seed Federer delivered another virtuoso performance.

He ripped through the first set against 17th seed Sock in barely 20 minutes, before the American regrouped to make the second set more competitive.

With both players holding serve, the set went to a tiebreak, where Federer prevailed in front of a sun-baked crowd of 16,000 that included Rod Laver and Bill Gates.

“Overall I played a good match, struggled a bit in the second set but Jack got into it,” 35-year-old Federer said in a courtside interview.

“It was tough in the end. I don’t think I played the best tiebreaker but it was enough to get through and I’m super happy to be in the final.”

Wawrinka was even more dominant in the other semi, demolishing Spanish 21st seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-2.

Federer has a 19-3 career record against Wawrinka, and has never lost to his compatriot on hardcourt.

They met most recently at the Australian Open, where Federer prevailed in five sets in a semi-final.

With Federer winning the Australian Open and Wawrinka claiming last September’s U.S. Open, Sunday’s final will bring together the two most recent grand slam champions.

Federer said Wawrinka would present a different type of challenge than Sock.

“Jack tries to really come over the ball and create a lot of topspin whereas Stan blocks his first-serve return usually.

“He’s very steady off the baseline and can play from really deep in the court. I’ve got to play aggressive and play like I’ve been doing all week and hope it’s enough.”

Wawrinka earned his first Indian Wells final in style.

He broke Carreno Busta three times, and never faced a break point himself.

“I mixed a lot of speed and spin,” Wawrinka said. “It’s not always easy here. I was mixing it up, so it was not easy for him to find a solution.”

It was a much easier victory for Wawrinka than his fourth-round match against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, who came within two points of an upset earlier in the week. (rtr)

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Roger Federer (SUI) hits to Jack Sock (USA) in his semifinal match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

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Smoothly but warily, U.S. and China stick to script in Tillerson visit

BEIJING - Despite a long list of potential pitfalls, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to China, the first by a senior member of the Trump administration, passed off relatively smoothly although there were no tangible gains to show.

On the positive side, there was none of the awkwardness of the kind seen in Washington as President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held the first summit meeting between two of the West’s biggest allies.

Even a tweet from Trump criticising China the night before Tillerson landed in Beijing did not, at least in public, create any discord.

As Tillerson wrapped up his visit on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised his “active efforts” in making a smooth transition of the U.S.-China relationship to the Trump era.

Tillerson and the Chinese officials he met – Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councillor Yang Jiechi – struck a positive note, only hinting at differences in their positions.

“For setting up a new tone, it’s a good start,” said Sun Zhe, the co-director of the China Initiative of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

“It seems that Donald Trump’s administration is coming back to the normal track, trying to work with China to solve problems.”

No formal agreements were

announced in the visit, although the two sides said they would work together on North Korea and countering its rapidly developing nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

Wrapped up in the tightly scripted proceedings, however, was a sense that the world’s two biggest economies were warily testing each other out as the new administration settles down in Washington. They seemed to be reserving airing of differences for another occasion.

The potential points of conflict are many, some inherited and some that have come up since Trump took office in January. The United States has started to deploy missile defences in South Korea that China views as a threat, Washington believes Beijing could do more to rein in Pyongyang’s weapons programs, and prominent Trump administration officials and Trump himself have bashed China’s trade practices.

China’s currency policy and the row in the South China Sea have been bugbears for years.

Even Tillerson said during his confirmation hearing in January

A restricted area sign is seen outside of the White House in Washington November 27, 2015.

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It’s hard to know whether this test was deliberately timed to coincide with Tillerson’s visit, but Pyongyang has been highly criti-

cal of ongoing U.S.-South Korea wargames just south of the Demilitarized Zone and often conducts some sort of high-profile operation of its own in protest.

Earlier this month, it fired off four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, reportedly reaching

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The journalists, Jean Frank Pierre and Basille Marie Longhamp, were sent home Friday through Mozes Kilangin airport in Timika, said immigration office spokesman Agung Sampurno.

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China’s President Xi Jinping meets U.S. State of Secretary, Rex Tillerson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 19, 2017. that China had offered “empty promises” to pressure North Korea but had failed to do so, and that it had “proven a willingness to act

with abandon in the pursuit of its own goals.”

But the proceedings in Beijing were kept firmly devoid of tensions

as both sides worked on laying the groundwork for an expected meeting between Trump and Xi in the United States later this year. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - One person was in custody after a suspicious vehicle drove up to a White House checkpoint on Saturday night, the Secret Service said, after CNN reported that the driver claimed to have a bomb.

CNN, citing two law enforcement sources, said there was no confirmation of any device in the vehicle but that security at the White House had been upgraded.

The Secret Service said an unidentified driver was taken into custody after a suspicious vehicle approached a checkpoint, but made

no mention of any claims of an explosive device.

Several streets around the White House were closed.

Other authorities could not be reached immediately to confirm more details.

It was the second scare at the White House on Saturday after a person earlier jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of both incidents.

In the first incident, the uniden-

tified person was not able to make it over the fence into the grounds, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Twitter.

Two Secret Service agents reportedly tackled the individual in that incident, which occurred at the start of a buffer zone between the main White House fence and the sidewalks.

The Secret Service had been criticized after it said a man who scaled the White House fence last week was on the property’s grounds for 16 minutes before being detained. (rtr)

within 200 kilometers (120 miles) of Japan’s shoreline. Japan, which was Tillerson’s first stop before traveling to South Korea and China, hosts tens of thousands of U.S. troops.

While building ever better longrange missiles and smaller nuclear

warheads to pair with them, North Korea has marked a number of successes in its space program.

It launched its latest satellite — the Kwangmyongsong 4, or Brilliant Star 4 — into orbit on Feb. 7 last year, just one month after conducting what it claims was its

first hydrogen-bomb test.

It put its first satellite in orbit in 2012, a feat few other countries have achieved. In 2013, rival South Korea launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time, though it needed Russian help to build the rocket’s first stage. (ap)

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Indonesia deports 2 French journalists from Papua province

JAKARTA — Indonesia has deported two French journalists for committing visa violations while shooting a documentary film in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, an official said Sunday.

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The pair were working on “The Explorers,” a project about nature, culture and other attractions at several locations in the Indonesian province on the western part of New Guinea.

Papua province, a former Dutch

colony, is known for biodiversity and large mining reserves as well as a simmering separatist movement among its indigenous people, and foreign journalists face restrictions while working there. Sampurno said the two French journalists had ordinary visas without necessary documents from related institutions.

He quoted local immigration chief Jesaya Samuel Enock as saying the journalists’ activities were appropriate, as they were sponsored by the national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, but they had started working last week while their necessary documents were still being processed. Enock said they are being banned from entering Indonesia for next six months.

Local media reported Pierre and Longhamp were taken into custody when they were about to take pictures of Cartenz using a rented helicopter.

They also planned to take pictures at locations in the neighboring province of West Papua.

Fabio Maria Lopes Costa of the

Alliance of Independence Journalists denounced their deportations as contradicting the policy of President Joko Widodo to allow foreign journalists to cover the province.

Pierre and Longhamp are the third group of French journalists to be deported or punished for illegal coverage in Papua since 2010.

Two television journalists were

detained in 2014 for tourist visa violations and were sentenced to two and a half months in jail for illegal reporting in the Papua. In 2010, two journalists were detained and then deported after filming a human rights rally by some 100 students. Foreign journalists were then barred from reporting in Papua unless they receive a government permit. (rtr)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, West Papuan protesters scuffle with the police during a rally calling for the remote region’s independence, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Indonesian minister calls for transportation facilities for Lebaran travelers

SAMPIT - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi appealed to all regions to arrange transportation facilities for the post-fasting Ied al-Fitr or Lebaran travelers this year.

“I have come here to inspect the seaport and airport conditions, notably Sampit Seaport. The number of travelers passing through this airport is usually high,” the minister said while inspecting Sampit Seaport in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, on Saturday (March 18).

Based on the available data, the number of passengers passing

through this seaport during the Lebaran season last year stood at 27 thousand. They departed to Semarang in Central Java and Surabaya, East Java.

Sumadi was inspecting two seaport terminals, namely the Sampit Terminal designed specifically for passenger ships and Bagendang Terminal for containers.

Earlier, Sumadi also inspected the Kumai Seaport in West Kotawaringin District to inspect the preparations of the port for the Lebaran season in 2017, which is expected to fall on the fourth week of June. (ant)

Minister Budi Karya Sumadi

BANDUNG - A flood triggered by the overflowing of Citarum River swept through the three sub-districts of Dayeuhkolot, Baleendah, and Bojongsoang in Bandung district, West Java, on Saturday (March 18).

“The flood was caused by rains since Saturday morning. Accord-

ing to our monitoring of the area, the water level in the three subdistricts reached 60 centimeters to 1.2 meters high,” coordinator of the districts disaster response agency (Tagana) Dadang Wahidin said on Saturday evening.

The flood forced local residents,

who had earlier fled their flooded homes, to evacuate to higher ground, he noted.

“At around 03.00pm, some residents returned home, but because of todays flood, they evacuated again,” he stated. Some 500 families are taking refuge, he added.(ant)

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BUSINESS G20 trade wording considered a setback for export champion Germany

BADEN-BADEN - The failure of the world’s financial leaders to agree on resisting protectionism and support free trade marks a setback in the G20 process and poses a risk for growth of export-driven economies such as host Germany, economists said on Sunday.

Acquiescing to an increasingly protectionist United States after a two-day meeting in the German town of Baden-Baden, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the 20 biggest economies dropped a pledge to keep global TRADE FREE and open. Instead, they only made a token reference to trade in their main communique by saying the G20 would work together to strengthen the contribution of trade to their economies.

“The weak wording on trade is a defeat for the German G20 presidency,” Ifo economist Gabriel Felbermayr told Reuters. “This is particularly true in the light of the fact that Germany is one of the world’s strongest export nations and relies on open markets to maintain its prosperity like hardly any other country.”

Private consumption and state spending have become the main growth drivers of Europe’s biggest economy, but exports still account for roughly 45 percent of its gross domestic product.

“The lack of a rejection of protectionism is a clear breach of tradition. Now everything is possible,” Felbermayr said. The future would probably bring a weakening of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and a more aggressive use of protectionist policies, he added.

The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) said the token reference to trade was a serious setback for the multilateral trade order. “The result is a warning shot for every trading nation and this means also for the German economy,” DIHK foreign trade economist Volker Treier told Reuters.

“The German economy has to adapt itself to the fact that ‘America First’ will also mean a loss for us.

So instead of a win-win situation, there will probably be a lose-lose situation.” German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has suggested that the European Union should refocus its economic policy toward Asia, should the Trump administration pursue protectionism.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble tried to play down the lack of a clear rejection of protectionism on Saturday, saying some delegations did not have a mandate to support far reaching commitments on commerce.

U.S. President Donald Trump has already pulled out of a key trade

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin addresses a news conference at the G20 Finance Ministers and Cent ral Bank Governors Meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 18, 2017. agreement and proposed a new tax on imports, arguing that certain trade relationships need to be reworked to make them fairer for U.S. workers.

Germany managed to rescue some of the previously common G20 language supporting free trade and open markets in a separate document adopted by policymakers

in Baden-Baden.

The list of principles summarizes reform recommendations for governments to boost the resilience of their economies against future shocks, including the advice to strengthen policy frameworks to reap the benefits of open markets. A senior G20 official said the resilience principles were probably more important than

the main communique because the list would also be adopted at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg in July while Baden-Baden was only a “snapshot of today”.

“The German G20 presidency is not over yet. Now it’s up to the state and government leaders at the G20 summit in Hamburg to send a clear signal,” Treier said.(rtr)

Asia remains the crown jewel for Tiffany during strong 4Q

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FILE - This Nov. 27, 2012, file photo, shows Tiffany & Co. gift boxes displayed in Boston. Tiffany & Co. reports financial earnings Friday, March 17, 2017.

NEW YORK - China and Japan pushed the luxury jeweler past Wall Street expectations and its shares rose sharply Friday. Tiffany has struggled with weakening sales in its biggest market as Americans and tourists spend less at U.S. locations, including its flagship store on Manhattan’s 5th Avenue next to Trump Tower.

CEO Frederic Cumenal, who was brought in to revitalize the brand, resigned last month after less than two years on the job. Tiffany’s fourth-quarter sales in the Americas fell 3 percent compared with the same period last year.

Sales at the 5th Avenue location

tumbled 7 percent. The location, a must-stop for many tourists and New Yorkers looking to spend, has been impeded by the security barricades around President Donald Trump’s personal home, according to Tiffany.

On the flip side, sales in the Asia-Pacific region rose 9 percent, thanks to stronger demand in China. And sales in Japan jumped 15 percent.

Overall, the company reported net income of $157.8 million, or $1.26 per share, in the three months ending Jan. 31, compared with $163.2 million, or $1.28 per share, in the same quarter a year

ago. Adjusted for asset impairment costs, per-share earns were $1.45, beating the per-share earnings of $1.37 that industry analysts had expected, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.

Revenue rose 1 percent to $1.23 billion, just edging out industry analyst projections. For the year, the New York company had a profit of $446.1 million, or $3.55 per share.

Revenue was $4 billion.

For fiscal year 2017, the company expects its earnings and revenue to rise, but did not provide specific numbers. Its stock rose $2.44, or 2.7 percent, to close Friday at $92.42.(ap)

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Culture Agency Encourages Regeneration of Wayang Wong Dancers

Wayang wong sacred dance that is virtually endangered at Ban village, Kubu, can finally be reconstructed. Culture agency came down immediately at that time to explore the potential of the sacred and rare arts. However, the challenge ahead is to continue the regeneration. Karangasem culture agency is currently working to encourage local residents to maintain the regeneration.

Head of the Karangasem Culture Agency, Putu Arnawa, said that the reconstruction process took place pretty well last year. As a result, the potential of sacred dance that was made very sacred by local communities can now be reconstructed with the involvement of ISI Denpasar. However, to preserve it, the regeneration process must be going on pretty well. Previously, the potential of this sacred art was almost extinct due to the difficulty of doing regeneration of the dancers. “After this regeneration process goes well, we have emphasized on customary villages there to aggressively disseminate the program to children,” said Arnawa.

He asserted that customary villages are already committed to performing the coaching. Local government will also continue to monitor the coaching after painstakingly reconstructing the sacred dance. Arnawa added that the other potential arts having got its fame in the past, but almost extinct because of the same problem, will be rediscovered. Currently, a team has been conducting a study in the field and making data collection, so that it can be preserved, either as the potential art, tourist attraction or the need of sacred ritual purposes at villages.

Reconstruction process had been

carried out by involving around six dancers and gamelan music instructors. It started by checking various masks and other accessories.

Conditions of the various types of masks and other equipment are very alarming. Since the wayang wong has no longer been performed, a number of masks are found unkempt and almost destroyed.

Luckily, during the reconstruction process, these historical objects can still be repaired and saved.

At that time, the culture and tourism agency along with the ISI Denpasar began by discovering

back the storyline and puppet characters commonly used as the basis of the wayang wong storyline there.

Finally, it obtained some storylines such as the “Kumbakarna Seized” or the “Death of Kumbakarna.”

Based on the storylines, the ISI Denpasar drafted the storyline, adjusted the characters and created the dance movement. It is a part of our duty, both as discovery, preservation and development.

Local people are very excited to welcome the reconstruction process of the wayang wong. Since long time ago people have wanted the

regeneration that could revive and resume the artistic heritage of the sacred dance tradition to support a variety of sacred rituals at local village. “At that time, our officers must be willing to wait for them till evening. Local people could only perform the exercise at night because they are busy at work from morning till evening,” he said.

In the past, wayang wong dance was often performed as a sacred dance to support various rituals at Ban village such as at Puseh Temple or other temples at local village. Regeneration is hard to

Tenganan Village

Tenganan is one of Bali’s ancient traditional villages –known as Bali Aga villages and is located in Manggis, Karangasem. The people of Tanganan follow a pattern of life determined by customary rules or bylawas, known as awig-awig. Locale people follow the guidelines of the awig-awig that was passed down from their ancestors.

The design and spatial layout of the buildings of Teganan are still original and thus comply with

customary rules regarding architecture giving this village a unique appearance. Tenganan also has a distinctive traditional attire made from geringsing woven fabric. The people of Tenganan and other Bali Aga villages have different beliefs than the rest of the Balinese. For example the people of Tenganan do not recognize caste.

Tenganan village also has a unique tradition known as the pandanus war named for the thorny pandanus leaves with which the

do because most of local younger generations work in diaspora or outside the village. Especially in Karangasem, a number of villages in other subdistricts are still working to preserve the wayang wong.

They include Wates village in Selat subdistrict, Selumbung village in Manggis subdistrict as well as Pempatan village in Rendang subdistrict. Their masks and other equipment are still stored and well maintained. Moreover, the wayang wong in Selat subdistrict has often represented Karangasem to the Bali Arts Festival. (kmb)

participants are armed as this ceremonial yet visceral ‘war’ every June. Visitors are welcome to watch as the villagers of Tenganan show respect to Lord Indra –the god of war by engaging in ceremonial battle with one and other wearing traditional pegrinsgingan sarongs, shawls and a headband.

Before the pandanus war begins, residents of Tenganan perform a ngelawang procession that involves moving around the village pleadingfor alvation. (kmb)

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Residents afraid of consuming pork

MANGUPURA - Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) bacterium alleged to have attacked dozens of people has caused a restless. Moreover, the pigs causing dozens of residents to be hospitalized are from Bongkasa.

Wayan Setiawan, one of the residents who breed pigs, admitted there is indeed information about the MSS bacteria that makes people difficult to sell pork ahead of Nyepi and Galungan holidays.

“Pork is one part of the food which of course has something to do with the life of many people. Hopefully, the government will not only come down when there is a case,” he revealed.

Regarding the disease issues, Setiawan suggested the government to establish an authorized slaughterhouse directly supervised by the government. “Every day thousands of pigs are slaughtered in Badung, both to be processed for roasted suckling pig and sold in market. Why does Badung not think to make slaughterhouse to make it integrated?” he asked.

It is said that each slaughterhouse established in subdistrict is equipped with health workers that can check the health of the animals to be slaughtered. “So, later on it will be made a rule. Anyone who slaughters pigs, it should be carried out at the slaughterhouse so that it can be controlled. It’s a bit messy, but it pays off with health assurance,” he said.

Head of the Badung Cooperatives, SMEs and Commerce Agency, I Ketut Karpiana, admitted that instability of the pork selling price is the impact of dozens of cases of suspected meningitis in Badung. “Well, there is indeed a decline due to the impact of the cases happened lately. However, the price drop is not so significant as much as IDR 500, namely from IDR 50,500 to IDR 50,000 per kilogram,” he said.

Nevertheless, Karpiana said the price volatility is not experienced by all regions. Results of a field survey indicate the price of pork even rises in Mengwi. “A week ago, the price of pork in Mengwi averagely reached IDR 50,500, but now it goes up to IDR 52,000 per kilogram,” he explained.

On that account, his agency promised to continue the monitoring against movement of the price of pork in the market. It is meant to anticipate the pork price suddenly plummeted as a result of the emergence of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) cases on processed pork. “We will still keep an eye on it, especially before the feast,” he said.

In the meantime, the Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Agency, IGAK Sudaratmaja, stated the test results of blood samples of pigs at Bongkasa indicated negative to MSS bacteria.

However, his agency still fields a team with the task of providing assistance and counseling for community. “Our team still goes to the field, especially tomorrow (Mar. 19) to do outreach in the area of Sibang, denoting the origin of many affected residents alleged to have been infected by MSS bacteria,” he said.

He hoped that people would not become anxious about eating pork, especially before Nyepi, Galungan, and Kuningan.

Chairman of Commission IV, AAN Ketut Agus Nadi Putra, has confidence that it is just a local and incidental case. “Balinese breeders have raised pigs for decades, why is this MSS case just emerging today? Probably, the bacteria are just found in the pork consumed and the meat is not properly processed,” he said.

His agency also deplored the presence of statement if the MSS bacteria are caused by pork. As is known, he said, farmers in Bali has vaccinated their pigs raised. “Probably the pork consumed before the incident was not healthy. Do not generalize the entire pork is like that,” he concluded. (kmb27)

NEW DELHI - A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in on Sunday to lead India’s most populous state, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world’s largest democracy as a Hindu nation.

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Lake Tamblingan. Water issues are resolved not by finding investors but through conservation efforts. One of them is building character that loves the environment.

To preserve water civilization

A capable leader required to manage water

DENPASAR - Civilization of water has started to disappear. In the upstream, Bali has four lakes. Almost all are in poor condition. The Lake Batur revered is even the most severely damaged.

Other than lake and river, Bali has 391 watersheds. For Bali, the number is very much.

Badung has 46 watersheds while Buleleng has 134. “However, we do not know for sure the current condition of our watershed. Our lakes are frequently researched, but we never have an idea that the lake will be getting better in the future,” said Manager of Conservation International Indonesia (CII), Made Iwan Dewantama, on Friday (Mar. 17) in a discussion of water culture in Bali.

Water is also associated with subak (irrigation cooperative). According to him, subak is a symbol of water civilization. Preserving civilization of water is equal to conserving subak. “But does subak remain to exist? Water is getting less, so that planting system is disrupted.

Ultimately, people should bring in rice from outside. This indicates that

water is in critical condition,” he said.

Therefore, he believed that he who can become a governor of Bali is the one who can take care of water.

Chairman of the Bali Organic Association (BOA), Dr. Ni Luh Kartini, said that several lakes in Bali can still be saved, such as Lake Tamblingan because the surrounding communities still adhere to their rules. “The lake is just like a temple, so that people do not dare to tamper with it,” she said. Actually if people want to, the water can be saved.

As a result of the various facilities offered, people forget to maintain it. Other than water, such condition also happens to soil. Four lakes in Bali as the source of drinking water are no longer having good quality.

Moreover, the water quality of Lake

Batur is now ranked third where it is not worth drinking. The most crucial issues are silting of the lake causing the water quantity to reduce.

Water issues are resolved not by finding investors but through conservation efforts. One of them is building character that loves the environment. Currently young generation has been bombarded with practicalities. Materials about local nature are expected to be a local curriculum from kindergarten to university. Later on, the leader of Bali is expected to understand about Balinese culture.

An artist, Cok Sawitiri, who will make performance with Arja Siki with the theme “Campaign of the Water Governor Candidate,” was also involved in the discussion.

According to her, the problem of water is the same as seeing fish in aquarium. Water is not a physical problem but a holy creature, so that it is very important to be respected. (kmb42)

District govt to hold roasted suckling pig party a decrease in the past three days.

Chief of pig farming enterprise association of Indonesia (GUPBI) Bali, Ketut Hari Suyasa, said on Wednesday (Mar. 15) that the decline is prominent when the MSS case spreads and is heavily reported by media. “Normally, the order of live pig reaches 30 heads. But, it

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Pig demand decreases TABANAN — The emergence of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MSS) alleged to be transmitted through non-properly cooked foods made from pork and its blood has an impact on the pig demand in the community. Actually, ahead of Galungan, the pig demand is expected to increase. Due to this case, there is

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then reduces to an average of only 20 heads,” he said.

Though there is reduction in quantity, in terms of price it tends to rise even to be stable. Currently, live pig costs IDR 28,000 per kilogram from IDR 26,000 per kilogram. Suyasa expected the government to take action quickly and

accurately so that the MSS case will not adversely affect the pig farm in Bali. “It will have an impact on small breeders,” he said.

In order to restore public confidence in the safety of pork, the government of Tabanan is planning to hold a roasted suckling pig party.

This measure is meant to show

if pork is safe to consume when cooked well and thoroughly. Head of the Tabanan Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Budana, said that this event is still being coordinated. “We are still discussing the schedule and venue.

Obviously this event will be held to inform the public that it is safe to consume pork,” he said. (kmb24)

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being garlanded by party leaders during a ceremony at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, March 12, 2017.

The choice as Uttar Pradesh chief minister of Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu ascetic with a history of agitation against minority Muslims, stunned observers who said it marked a departure from the platform of development for all on which Modi rose to national

power in 2014.

“Modi is saying India is a Hindu country and shall remain so,” veteran journalist and commentator Shekhar Gupta told Reuters.

“Hindus will rule, so you had better behave.”

A spokesman for Modi’s Bharati-

ya Janata Party (BJP) however said the government did not make any distinction between citizens on the basis of religion.

Adityanath, 44, was elected by state lawmakers on Saturday, a week after the BJP won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh by mobilis-

ing the Hindu vote. The BJP won the biggest majority for any party in the state legislature in 40 years.

He took the oath of office at an open-air ceremony in the state capital Lucknow on Sunday, before shaking hands with Modi and other BJP elders who attended.

After the ceremony, Modi said in a tweet: “Our sole mission and motive is development. When U.P. develops, India develops.”

The BJP fielded no candidates from the Muslim minority that makes up 19 percent of the population in a state with a population of 220 million that is home to 15 percent of the world’s poor. If it were a country, Uttar Pradesh would be the world’s fifth-most populous.

India’s 1.3 billion people are about 80 percent Hindu and 14 percent Muslim, with the rest made up of Christians, Sikhs and other minorities. It is officially a secular nation, but the BJP has for years fought elections on a Hindu nationalist agenda, with party members in the past being accused of making anti-Muslim statements to polarise Hindu voters.

“Modi and the BJP had promised the poor of India good times to come,” said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of the Economic & Political Weekly.

“When they fail to create jobs, revive the economy or lift investment, they are going to fall back more on the majoritarian agenda.”

Modi, in his victory speech after the Uttar Pradesh triumph, had called for the creation of a “New India” by 2022, effectively stak-

ing a claim to a second term at the general election that is due to be held in two years.

DON’T PREJUDGE Adityanath, elected five times to the federal parliament from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, has been magnanimous in victory, pledging to uphold Modi’s slogan of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ (‘all together, development for all’).

“Everyone who is prejudging the decision is doing it at their own peril - these arguments were also used in the case of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli told Reuters.

“Almost three years down the line there is no departure from ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’; there is no let up in providing governance and improving delivery to the poorest; and there can be no distinction between citizens on the basis of their faith, region or identity.”

Kohli also dismissed suggestions that Adityanath’s election would undermine the secular basis of Indian democracy. There are precedents for Hindu devotees taking high office, he said, including Uma Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh state who is now Modi’s water resources minister.

A source close to the powerful Hindu nationalist umbrella group to which the BJP belongs, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said Adityanath would undergo a complete image makeover to repackage him as a moderate reformer. (rtr)

Man killed at Paris airport planned to “die for Allah”-prosecutor

PARIS - A man shot dead by French soldiers at Paris Orly airport on Saturday shouted he was there to “die for Allah” and tried to seize a soldier’s assault rifle, apparently intending to open fire on passengers, a prosecutor said.

The latest in a series of attacks in France forced the evacuation of France’s second-busiest airport and thrust security back to the forefront of France’s presidential election campaign.

The attacker, named as Ziyed Ben Belgacem, arrived at Orly airport on Saturday morning, threw down a bag containing a can of petrol and seized hold of a woman air force member who was part of

a military patrol at the airport, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.

Using the servicewoman as a shield, he put his air pistol to her head and shouted at other soldiers with her: “Put down your guns. Put your hands on your head. I am here to die for Allah. In any case, there will be deaths.”

The other soldiers then shot and killed Belgacem.

Molins said the assailant, who tried to grab the woman’s Famas assault rifle, seemed bent on carrying out a serious attack.

“Given the violence that is shown in the (CCTV) pictures ... you sense that he was determined to go through with it,” Molins told

a news conference. “Everything leads one to believe he wanted to seize the Famas so that there were deaths and then to fire at people.”

On his body, police found a Koran and 750 euros in cash. At his home, they found several grams of cocaine, a machete and some foreign currency, Molins said.

Prosecutors are investigating a number of terrorism-related offences, including attempted murder.

Belgacem’s choice of target and evidence that he had been radicalised justified launching a terrorism investigation, Molins said.

Belgacem’s father, brother and a cousin are in police custody, Molins said. (rtr)

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Military and emergency services outside Orly airport southern terminal after a shooting incident near Paris, France March 18, 2017.

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Thousands attend parades to mark St Patrick’s Day

DUBLIN - Hundreds of thousands of people took part in St Patrick’s Day festivities in dozens of parades around the country.

‘Ireland, You Are’ was the theme of the St Patrick’s parade in Dublin.

Theatrical groups from across the country were invited to respond to the theme, and included Bui Bolg, Dowtcha puppets and Brighter Futures.

This year’s Grand Marshall was Olympic Silver Medalist Annaleise Murphy.

Despite the cold and wet conditions, thousands of people from home and abroad lined the parade route.

Other parades around the country were not so lucky - with some events cancelled because of wet and windy weather.

Over 60 community groups, including Cork Community Artlink, Macnas, Spraoi and Dowtcha Puppets took part in the Cork parade, which was led by Captain Brian Prendergast and by the Army Band of the 1st Brigade.

This year’s Grand Marshall was celebrity chef Rachel Allen who was driven in a 1926 Ford Model T Tourer Car accompanied by the city Lord Mayor Des Cahill, who was at the Shamrock Ceremony at the White House yesterday.

The Model T was among a number of Ford cars in the parade as the company celebrates its 100year-old ties with the city having established its first purpose-built factory outside of the US there in 1917.

The parade is just one of a series of events taking place over the weekend, including the Lee Sessions Trad Trail, a pop-up food festival and a St Patrick’s Hill Ball Run. There were also over 15 parades in the county.

In Galway, the city’s 114th St Patrick’s Day parade was led by local man and adventurer, Gavan Hennigan, who recently returned from rowing solo across the Atlantic.

This year’s procession gave

locals a platform to showcase the talents of artists and various community groups.

Meanwhile in Limerick, thousands came out in very poor weather conditions to view this year’s parade.

The theme was ‘Telling Stories’ and voluntary, community and sports groups were encouraged to tell and share their own stories, celebrate their history, and look to the future.

A special feature this year is a presentation by the Limerick street theatre company Lumen, who told the story of the River Shannon, which runs through the city.

In his traditional St Patrick’s Day mass for the Defence Forces, Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy remembered in particular the heroism and mission of Irish Coastguard pilot Dara FitzPatrick and her colleagues who perished in a helicopter crash off the Mayo coast earlier this week.

Bishop Leahy said they had displayed the message of St Patrick

in how they sacrificed so much and dedicated their lives so fearlessly to others.

The parade was led by 14-yearold Luke Culhane, who has won a number of awards, and has been named Limerick person of the year for his video which tackled cyber bullying and has been viewed over 5m times on social media.

Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin also paid tribute to the crew of Rescue 116 in his St Patrick’s Day message.

He paid tribute to the work of the Irish Navy in their humanitarian efforts in the Mediterranean where they have helped rescue thousands of migrants and refugees, remembering that St Patrick once described himself as the “unlearned refugee”.

Elsewhere, parades in Gaoth Dobhair, Dunfanaghy and An Fál Carrach in Co Donegal, and Cill Chiaráin in Conamara were cancelled due to to very wet and windy weather. (IBP/net)

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US woman in Bali ‘suitcase murder’ gives up custody of baby

DENPASAR — An American woman convicted in her mother’s “suitcase murder” in Indonesia gave custody of her young daughter on Friday to an Australian woman until her release from prison.

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To anticipate kidnapping, schools advised to tightens security

DENPASAR - Responding to the issues on kidnapping attempt against children in some regions of Bali, Bali police appealed to all parties, especially schools, to be vigilant. School security should be tightened. In addition, schools may not let any people go into their environment. It aims to anticipate the kidnapping cases.

“Whether the issue is true or not, it is better to do early prevention. Anticipative measures must be made by school authority in cooperation with the nearest police station,” said Spokesman of Bali Police, Hengky Widjaja, on Wednesday (Mar. 15).

In case there is an attempt of abduction at schools, according to Hengky, they should immediately contact to the nearest police unit, such as subdistrict police, district police or regional police station.

“Please be informed about the incident or similar phenomena elsewhere. Do not be ignored because it will make perpetrators free to act in other places,” he affirmed.

With the presence of the information, police will come to school, check the location and give directions to security. It includes in functioning the security guards at school in accordance with their duties and responsibilities.

School security efforts should be increased from incoming students until they are going home. Supervision against incoming people to school environment should be tightened, including those pickingup local students. “If an unknown person come in, please directly ask the purpose of its coming. Who knows the person is mingling with parents and pretend to pick a child,” he advised.

To prevent this case from happening in Bali, uniformed and non-uniformed personnel of Bali police will be placed at schools especially the schools considered vulnerable or to have experienced such incident. In addition, it will be deployed village-commissioned police or Bhabinkamtibmas to give direction to students in order that they do not believe in unknown person.

“Although there is no official report, if there is such information, it should be immediately followed up and made an effort to anticipate. We ask school authority to save phone number of nearest police unit to enable a quick report in case of an odd incident occurs in the vicinity of the school. Do not hesitate to ask police for frequent visit to schools, especially during the hours prone to cases of child kidnapping,” he said. (kmb36)

Heather Mack is serving a 10-year sentence for assisting her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer in Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s murder, in which the body was stuffed in a suitcase. Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The baby girl, Stella Schaefer, was born shortly before her parents were convicted in 2015. Under Indonesian law, she was allowed to live with her mother in her cell in Kerobokan prison until she turned 2 years old on Friday.

Prison chief Tony Nainggolan said the girl’s development will be supervised by government social

workers.

“We will allow the girl to meet her mother any time,” Nainggolan said.

Mack, 21, broke down in tears as she gave Stella to Oshar Putu Melody Suartama, an Australian woman married to a Balinese man, said Mack’s Indonesian lawyer, Yulius Benyamin Seran.

He said Suartama, who has two sons and lives in Bali, befriended Mack when the couple was first detained for murder. She helped Mack as an interpreter and supported her during the trial.

“She is the right person to raise Stella, she loves her,” Seran said.

Von Wiese-Mack’s badly battered body was found stuffed in a suitcase inside the trunk of a taxi at the St. Regis Bali resort. She reportedly did not approve of her daughter’s relationship with Schaefer. (ap)

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Security guards and a lawyer escort Stella Schaefer, center, covered with a scarf, the twoyear-old daughter of Heather Mack, an American woman convicted in her mother’s death in Indonesia, as the baby leaves Kerobokan Prison with Australian Balinese woman Oshar Putu Melody Suartama, also partially covered by the scarf, who will take care of her until her mother is released, in Bali, Indonesia Friday, March 17, 2017. Under Indonesian law, Mack has been allowed to live with her daughter at her prison’s cell until Schaefer reaches the maximum age of two-year-old.

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Consumers not protected yet in digital economic era

DENPASAR - The international consumer organization (CI) sets March 15 as the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). It is originated in the history that on March 15, 1962, the President of the USA, John F Kennedy, made his speech before Congress that featured the consumer rights, including the right to obtain basic necessities.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Indonesia Consumer Institute (YLKI), Tulus Abadi, said that the WCRD celebration was begun on March 15, 1983. The theme of this year’s WCRD is ‘consumer protection in the digital age.’ If referring to the factual conditions in Indonesia today, the theme of WCRD becomes actual and relevant. Currently, there are phenomena where consumers make digital transactions in the sectors of banking, telecommunications, e-commerce, food and beverage as well as transportationbased application. “However, do these phenomena fully benefit consumers? The answer is no,” he said.

It happens due to the weakness of sectoral regulations that protects consumers. In the trade sector, the government regulation on e-commerce has not been hitherto ratified.

Secondly, providers of e-commerce including the application providers have not fully gained goodwill in the transaction.

“For example, they do not want to be responsible for losses of consumers. They do not provide access for complaints, and there is no mechanism for dispute handling,” he said.

Thirdly, there is no protection against personal data of consumers. Almost all operators state that they will use customers’ personal data for other purposes with their trading partners. In addition, according to him, many providers insert standard agreements that are very elusive to consumers and harm consumers. “Providers of transportation application have standard agreement consisting of 70 pages,” he said.

The aspects of literacy and empowerment of consumers remains low. Empowerment of consumers in Indonesia, according to him, just reaches the level of ‘understanding’ with the score of 34.17. With this score, the consumers of

Indonesian have not dared to make complaints.

With some factors of the weakness, it is worth that currently (2016) the level of complaints related to electronic transactions in the YLKI increased sharply. Moreover, it was ranked third of the total complaints reaching 781 through letters or coming directly, and 10,038 complaints were informed over the phone.

Inevitably, digital era brings in many positive benefits for consumers and boosts the growth of micro-economy.

However, due to weak regulations and policies as well as less optimal good faith of producers, the digital era can

become a serious threat to consumers. Associated with this, the YLKI urged the government to review the standard agreements in electronic transactions of all operators. “All the articles that harm consumers should be revoked,” he said.

The consumer institute encourages the resolution of online consumer disputes and accelerates the enactment of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data Privacy, prompts the ministry of commerce to accelerate the ratification of the government regulation draft (RPP) on e-commerce as well as educates and empowers consumers. (kmb42)

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Queue in Padangbai reaches 2 km long

The long queue in Padang Bai Harbor.s

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AMLAPURA - Since the past four days, Padangbai Harbor has been thronged by vehicles waiting to be ferried to Lembar Harbor, Lombok. On Friday (Mar. 17) the condition was even worse where the queue of vehicles extended to reach 2 km outside the harbor area. The damages to the dock II are the cause.

Second pier whose position is jutting into the ocean is damaged at the steel foundation of the mobile bridge denoting one of the most vital parts of the pier. The mobile bridge functioning as a ramp door when the vessel is docking has been corrosive due to rust. The damage is severe enough so that it is very risky to be passed through by vehicles with large tonnage.

Manager of PT. ASDP Padang-

bai, I Wayan Rosta, said that temporarily the loading and unloading activities can only be performed at the second pier. It happened because the damage to the second pier is particularly at risk if operated.

“The damage is tolerable, and currently it is under repair,” he said.

Rosta recognized that the damages to one of the piers have seriously affected the activity of Padangbai crossing to Lembar and vice versa. Such condition caused the accumulation of vehicles that sometimes extends to outside the harbor because the parking lot is unable to accommodate the volume of incoming vehicles.

The queue did not only occur in the parking lot and the road toward the harbor. The vessel coming from Lembar should also be queuing

in the middle of the ocean while waiting for the unloading. Sluggish crossing delays have an impact on the crew of vehicles because they have to spend additional fee for waiting before crossing. “We hope the damage could be handled immediately,” said a truck driver who was stuck in a long line.

The Padangbai harbor authority has done anticipatory measures to overcome such a condition. Wayan Rosta said that his management had taken steps to shorten the time of loading and unloading of the vessels and maximized the settings of parking area that can accommodate vehicles in large numbers. The repair of the second pier is targeted to be completed next week. “The mobile bridge steel foundation must be replaced,” he explained. (117)

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PARIS — Prince William and his wife Kate met Saturday with survivors of the 2015 extremist attacks at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and other city sites on the second day of their visit to the French capital.

During a visit to the Invalides monument, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised the courage of two victims who described the circumstances of their wounds and the effects on their lives.

One victim, identified only by her first name, Jessica, was wounded by seven bullets in one of the attacks, on a bar. She told the British royals that she wants to show the attackers that “they cannot win.”

“I am ambitious. I am still ambitious. I need to live and to work,” she said.

“You’re very brave,” Kate said.

The couple also played a bit of rugby with children and met pupils from the British School of Paris. William rebuffed a pupil’s question about what he thought of Britain’s Brexit vote to leave the 28-nation European Union, saying he could not answer. British royals are not supposed to engage in politics.

The trip is William’s first official visit to Paris since his mother died here in a 1997 car crash. The visit doesn’t include any official memorial events for Diana. (ap) Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge meet young French rugby fans at the Trocadero square, in Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2017.

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Vast Beatles collection goes on auction in Paris

PARIS - A vast collection of rare Beatles vinyl records, photos and other paraphernalia will go on auction in Paris on Saturday.

Beatles aficionado Jacques Volcouve began his collection in 1967 with the album “A Hard Day’s

Night”. Decades later, it has grown to include nearly 15,000 records and more besides.

“Starting from 1967, I gave myself an absolutely impossible mission: own everything concerning the Beatles,” Volcouve told Reuters

TV, as he was sorting through his collection December.

The 60-year-old has decided to auction off his collection to fund his retirement. Among the 332 lots up for auction on Saturday is the disc “Tony Sheridan and the Beatles 7: My Bonnie,” signed by Paul McCartney and George Harrison, with an estimated price of 6,000-10,000

euro ($6,450-10,740).

A lot of 11 alternate cover photos for the Grammy-winning Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club album is expected to go for 10,000 to 15,000 euros.

Volcouve has written books and given radio commentaries about the Liverpool foursome. Letters he received from Harrison and Ringo

Starr in 1976, thanking him for articles he had written, could fetch up to 3,000 euros each.

A set of dolls of the Fab Four with their instruments is expected to sell for 200-400 euros.

Among other items up for sale are an “authentic Beatle wig”, a Yoko Ono/John Lennon wedding album box and posters. (rtr)

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French Beatles specialist and collector Jacques Volcouve, one of the world’s greatest living experts of the band, poses with a mug at Drouot auction house in Paris, March 16, 2017, a part of the 15,000 items going on sale on next March 18.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched the ground jet test of a Korean-style high-thrust engine newly developed by the Academy of the National Defence Science in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on March 19, 2017.

North Korea tests newly developed high-thrust rocket engine TOKYO — North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country’s space program, the North’s state media said Sunday.

Kim attended Saturday’s test at the Sohae launch site, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which said the test was intended to confirm the “new type” of engine’s thrust power and gauge the reliability of its control system and structural safety.

Kim called the test “a great event of historic significance” for the country’s indigenous rocket industry, the KCNA report said.

He also said the “whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries” and claimed the test marks what will be known as the “March 18 revolution” in the development of the country’s rocket

industry. The report indicated that the engine is to be used for North Korea’s space and satellite-launching program.

North Korea is banned by the United Nations from conducting long-range missile tests, but it claims its satellite program is for peaceful use, a claim many in the U.S. and elsewhere believe is questionable. North Korean officials have said that under a five-year plan, they intend to launch more Earth observation satellites and what would be the country’s first geostationary communications satellite — which would be a major technological advance.

Getting that kind of satellite

into place would likely require a more powerful engine than its previous ones. The North also claims it is trying to build a viable space program that would include a moon launch within the next 10 years. The test was conducted as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in China on a swing through Asia that has been closely focused on concerns over how to deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.

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