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Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ sales soar, but Adele keeps her crown

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift’s new album “Reputation” has sold more than one million copies in its first four days, Nielsen Music said on Tuesday, but the U.S. pop star failed to beat the record set by Britain’s Adele two years ago.

Swift’s 1.05 million U.S. sales of “Reputation” came despite the singer keeping the album from streaming services and gave her the best-selling album of 2017.

But the figure was less than half the monster sales for the debut of Adele’s “25” album, which surpassed 2.43 million copies in the first four days of release in November 2015 and smashed a 15year-old U.S. record set by boy band NSync in 2000. Adele also initially kept “25” from streaming services.

Swift, 27, recording on Nashville-based independent label Big Machine Records, now has four

albums that have sold more than one million copies in their first week -- “1989,” “Red,” and “Speak Now.” “Reputation,” her first studio album in three years, marked another transformation for Swift with songs marked by vengeance that take aim at the media and some of her haters.

Full first week sales will be available next week, when “Reputation” will top the Billboard 200 album chart.

Swift this week announced the first U.S. dates of what is expected to be a world tour to promote the album. (rtr)

Necklace with largest flawless white diamond sold for record $34 mln at auction

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A staff member poses behind “The Art of de Grisogono,” a necklace suspending a 163.41-carat, D color, flawless, IIA type diamond, during a preview of Christie’s auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland November 8, 2017.

GENEVA - An emerald and diamond necklace set with the largest flawless white diamond ever to come to auction has sold for a world record 33.5 million Swiss francs ($34 million), the star lot at a Geneva sale, Christie’s said.

The necklace, known as the Art of de GRISOGONO, Creation 1, has a rectangular diamond weighing 163.41 carats as its centrepiece.

The stone, found in Angola in 2016, is framed on one side by rows of diamonds and on the other by pearshaped emeralds.

The buyer, bidding by telephone at Tuesday night’s sale, will remain anonymous, Christie’s said in a statement. The pre-sale estimate was $25 million to $30 million.

The diamond is more than 40

percent larger than a flawless white oval diamond of 118.28 carats sold by rival Sotheby’s in 2013 in Hong Kong for $30.6 million, yet the price fails to reflect that, said Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77Diamonds.com, Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller.

“This is a worrying sign for the top end of the diamond market suggesting it is not as immune as one would have hoped to downward price pressures caused by global factors such as the Chinese slowdown, Russian sanctions and lower oil prices,” he said in a statement.

The second top lot was a light pink diamond that belonged to French royalty for two centuries.

Weighing 19.07 carats, it fetched 14.37 million Swiss francs, roughly

double its pre-sale estimate, Christie’s said.

Called Le Grand Mazarin, it takes its name from Cardinal Mazarin, who become France’s Chief Minister in 1642 and assembled a gem collection. The stone then became part of the French crown jewels.

During its 250 years in the French Crown Treasury, it belonged to four kings (Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X), two emperors (Napoleon I and Napoleon III) and two empresses, Christie’s said. It was sold to Frédéric Boucheron, one of the favoured jewellers of France’s great families, at auction in 1887 before passing into a private collection. (rtr)

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Collapsed building is seen in the town of Darbandikhan, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq November 13, 2017.

Iran quake survivors complain of slow aid effort, battle freezing cold Strong earthquake hits Iran and Iraq More than 300 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country on Sunday, state media said, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well. Local officials said the death toll would rise as search and rescue teams reached remote areas of Iran.

Shake Intensity

QUAKE EPICENTERS

10 Malaika Scret 11 Snack Shack 12 Warung Lokal 13 Cokro Cafee 14 T.J.Bar 15 J & N Kebab 16 Goanna Bar 17 Batu Jimbar 18 Ramayana Cafee

Jl. D.Poso No 68 Jl. D.Poso No. 50D Jl. D.Poso No. 39 Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur Jl. D.Tamblingan

19 Smirnof Cafee Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 20 Legwa Hotel Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 21 Nu Laser Cafee Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 22 Ganesa Book Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 23 All For Daiving Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 24 Barocca Jl.Petitenget 17 DKerobokan 25 Lantern Jl.Petitenget 17E Kerobokan 26 Shearlock Jl.Petitenget 17C Kerobokan Klod 27 Cafe Degan Jl.Petitenget 9 Kerobokan Klod

Very Strong

Severe

IRAQ

Daraki

IRAN

IRAQ

Halabjah Shineh

Nov. 12 Magnitude: 7.3 Depth: 23 km Time: 1817 GMT

Tectonic plate boundary

Desheh

Aftershocks

IRAN

Zalani Haramian-e Sofla

Chafteh

28 Kopi Made Jl. Raya Puputan No. 106 Dps 29 Dimsum Manan Jl. Raya Niti Mandala Renon No 148 30 Furama Jl. Raya Niti Mandala No. 148 Renon 31 Warung Subah Renon Jl. Mohamad Yamin No.18 32 Ayam Betutu khas Gilimanuk Jl. Merdeka No.88 Renon 33 Bali Bakery Jl. Hayam Wuruk 184 Denpasar

Strong

Gelaneh

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Moderate

Qeshlaq

Bani Golan

Bi Bayani Aziz Khan

Sarpol-e Zahab Garraveh-Ye Yek Tolafarush

Asiab-e Musa

Marjan Babamorad 10 km

Source: U.S. Geological Survey. Data as of 1330 GMT. C. Inton, 13/11/2017

ANKARA - Exhausted and exposed to freezing cold, survivors of a weekend earthquake in western Iran begged authorities for food and shelter on Tuesday, saying aid was slow to reach them. Iranian officials called off rescue operations earlier in the day on the grounds there was little chance of finding more survivors from the quake, which killed at least 530 people and injured thousands more. It was Iran’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.

Survivors, many left homeless by Sunday’s 7.3 magnitude quake that struck villages and towns in Kermanshah province along the mountainous border with Iraq, struggled through another bleak day on Tuesday in need of food, water and shelter.

Iran has so far declined offers of foreign assistance to deal with the aftermath of the tremor, which officials said damaged 30,000 homes and completely destroyed two villages. The U.S. government expressed its condolences, a White House spokesman said. “The United States expresses its sincere sympathy and condolences to those affected by the earthquake in northern Iraq and Iran,” he said, adding Washington had not received requests from the Iraqi government for help.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is travelling back to Washington after a trip

to Asia, has been deeply critical of Iran.

“We are hungry. We are cold. We are homeless. We are alone in this world,” a weeping Maryam Ahang, who lost 10 members of her family in the hardest hit town of Sarpol-e Zahab, told Reuters by telephone. “My home is now a pile of mud and broken tiles. I slept in the park last night. It is cold and I am scared.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged state agencies on Tuesday to speed up aid efforts. President Hassan Rouhani paid a visit to the stricken region, promising to resolve “the problems in the shortest time”. Thousands of people huddled in makeshift camps while many others chose to spend another cold night in the open because they feared more tremors after some 230 aftershocks.

In some areas, no building was left standing and those that were had been

deserted for fear they could come crashing down at any moment. Houses in impoverished Iranian villages are often made of concrete blocks or mudbrick that can quickly crumble and collapse in a strong quake.

State television aired footage of weeping villagers carrying away bodies wrapped in bloodied blankets and bed sheets and scrabbling with their bare hands through rubble in search of friends and relatives.

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Batur is one of 15 lakes in Indonesia considered to be in critical condition

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Regent suggests dams be built BANGLI - Lake Batur has long been included as one of the 15 lakes in Indonesia considered to be in critical condition. The Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, has therefor stated that real action and innovative breakthroughs are needed. Building dams on every estuary that leads to the lake, he said is one way to help the problems that the lake faces. In addition to holding back water, dams are also needed to filter garbage, mud, sand and so forth from settling in the lake.

“Mud, sand and garbage entering the lake, makes it much harder to dredge the lake and clean it up.

Dams would trap the mud, sand and dirt making it easier to handle”, said Regent Made Gianyar when receiving a visit of the Commission II of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) at the Floating Restaurant Meeting Hall, Kintamani, on Tuesday (Nov. 14).

Regent Gianyar added that if all the rivers that lead to Lake Batur had dams, it is believed that it would be easier to manage the frequent droughts and floods in the area. Regarding silting and pollution in Lake Batur, Regent Made Gianyar said that farmers and fish-farmers are often scapegoated as the cause of the Lake’s pollution and silting.

According to the Regent of Bangli, this is not entirely true. Natural factors also play a major role, as every rainy season, Lake Batur is not only filled

with fresh water but also with mud, sand and garbage flushed in from the rivers, mud, sand and garbage flow into the lake causing a lot of silt to deposit on the bottom of the lake.

Gianyar explained that the results of fertility rate (euthropication) analysis of Lake Batur indicates that the eutrophic index value lies in the range of 4.2 and 5.0, which translates as very poor quality water that is not fit for consumption. “We had a plan to provide drinking water for the people of Suter, Abang Batu Dingding, Abang Songan and the surrounding areas by pumping up the lake water. The plan however was called-off because we found out that the water was not fit to drink”, he said.

Bangli’s regent went on to explain that he is taking strategic steps to address this issue. Bangli’s vision and mission for next five years and the long term regional development plan (RPJMD) intend establish the area of Lake Batur as an organic farming area. Bangli’s district government has ordered villages in the area of Lake Batur to allocate part of their village budgets to the preservation of Lake Batur.

Bangli’s district government has also submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Environment for the rehabilitation of Lake Batur’s water, so that it can become fit for human consumption. The proposed plan is to use nano-bubbles to purify dirty water from the lake.

“Based on expert studies, it would take 10 nano-bubble machines to make the water in Lake Batur fit for consumption and other purposes” said Regent of Bangli, Made Gianyar. (kmb40)

about 1,000-1,5000 of these flowers in various sizes everyday.

The spongey flowers are shaped using a special heater depending on the desired shape. Along with the popular frangipani shape, they also make spongey hibiscus, orchids, champak and ylang-ylang. Once the flowers are shaped, they are coloured using fiber-glass or spray paint. The fiber-glass flowers are more expensive as they are harder to make. “ It takes about 15 minutes to make each flower”, he said.

He said the spongey flower company where he works sells intact flowers as well as those attached to combs, pins, and hair clips. Prices vary from IDR 2, 500 to hundreds of thousands of rupiah, depending on the size and number of flowers. (kmb40)

Hundreds of coral reefs secured in Gilimanuk

NEGARA - The Gilimanuk Harbor Police thwarted an attempt to deliver coral reefs on Tuesday (Nov. 14). The harbour officers found two boxes of coral reef packed in transparent plastic on a Pahala Kencana bus with license plate of K 1685 AB during a routine inspection.

The coral reef being transported was not accompanied by the necessary documents such as a Quarantine Health Certificate from the region of origin. The 40 year old bus driver from Kudus named Kusyowedi, said that the two boxes were picekd up in Jepara and were headed for Ubung Terminal. The cost of delivery was IDR 200,000. “According to his testimony, the box was sent by Susan to Made Wage”, explained Chief of Gilimanuk Harbor Police, I Nyoman Subawa, accompanied by Unit Chief of Criminal Investigation, I Komang Muliyadi.

The harbour officers secured the two boxes containing coral reef at the office of Gilimanuk Harbor Police. Police will be coordinating with the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) to determine whether or not the coral are a protected species. This delivery could be in violation of Law No. 16/1992 regarding the quarantine of animals, fish and plants. The law requires that ev-

ery delivery of animals, fish and plants, animal-based substance, animal-based products, fish and plants from one island to another be accompanied with a health certificate from the Quarantine Office of the area of origin.

“We have temporarily secured the vehicle, the coral goods along with the driver at the office of Gilimanuk Harbor Police. We will coordinate with the fish quarantine office of Gilimanuk working area and the KSDA authorities”, he added.

The Chief of Gilimanuk Harbor Police also said that he continues to conduct intensive inspection of private cars, freight trucks, box vans and trucks in order to prevent the circulation of illegal and dangerous goods in Bali.

Coordinator of Gilimanuk Fish Quarantine Office, I Wayan Diana, said that he has received the handover and has coordinated with the KSDA. Both boxes of coral reef contain approximately 150 pieces. The quarantine office together with relevant institutions already immediately released the hundreds of coral reef in Gilimanuk Bay so as not to die. “We keep searching, although this system is disconnected because it is delivered in the form of packages. Their delivery should still be equipped with quarantine documents,” said Diana. (kmb26)

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Spongey flowers enter foreign markets BANGLI - A number of handicraft products sold in gift shops across Bali are made by the creative hands of artisans in Bangli. Spongey flowers that are often attached to hair clips or sandals, are one such product. I Made Sucita is a sponge craft manufacturer, who works at I Wayan Yana Suyasa’s craft business in Undisan Village, Tembuku, Bangli. Sucita explained that the diverse array of spongey flowers that are very popular in Bali and that they even receive orders from overseas.

“We have once received orders from Australia and Spain. Here in Bali we generally deliver to souvenir shops and other local markets”, he said when met on Tuesday (Nov. 14). The demand for the spongey flowers is so high that Sucita, along with 12 other employees produce

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What a perfect mouth-watering dish!

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The hotel is located 10 minutes drive from Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport.

The hotel is adjacent to the Discovery Shopping Mall and a 10-minute walk to Central Kuta.

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U.S. approves digital pill that tracks when patients take it

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A cancer cell (white) being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells (red), part of a natural immune response.

Biotech firms race to recruit good bugs in war on cancer

TEXAS - Biotech companies are competing to develop medicines using “bugs as drugs” to fight cancer, building on the latest scientific findings that patients with high levels of good gut bacteria are more likely to respond to modern immunotherapy.

Certain bacteria seem to help in cancer by priming immune cells and smoothing the path for immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 drugs that work by taking the brakes off the immune system.

Seres Therapeutics hopes to become the first company to leverage this discovery through a collaboration with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy that will see its microbe medicine tested in a clinical trial.

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm has an exclusive option to license patent rights under the deal announced on Tuesday.

MD Anderson scientists were among two groups of cancer researchers who reported on the benefits of good gut microbes in the journal Science earlier this month.

The work underscores the importance of the microbiome - the vast community of microbes living inside us - which has been linked to everything from digestive disorders to depression.

Seres Chief Executive Roger Pomerantz told Reuters the aim was to start the randomised, placebocontrolled clinical trial in metastatic melanoma in 2018, evaluating the impact of giving a newly developed Seres microbiome drug alongside a PD-1 therapy.

There are currently two approved PD-1 drugs, Merck & Co’s Keytruda or Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo, but Pomerantz declined to say which would be used.

Seres, which is backed by Swiss food giant Nestle, became the first microbiome drug developer to go public in June 2015 but it suffered a setback last year when its leading drug candidate failed in a trial against C. difficile, a debilitating gut infection.

BEYOND THE GUT

Other companies are competing hard. Like Seres, some are also eyeing the new opportunity in cancer, as microbiome science moves beyond the initial focus on gastrointestinal conditions like C. difficile, ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Vedanta Biosciences, another U.S. biotech firm that is an affiliate of PureTech Health, plans to file for approval to start a clinical trial in immuno-oncology in 2018, while Synlogic is also working on experimental cancer therapies.

French biotech company Enterome, meanwhile, is working with Bristol-Myers on microbiome-derived diagnostic tests and potential drugs to use with the U.S. drugmaker’s immunotherapy medicines.

“This shift makes sense,” said Vedanta CEO Bernat Olle of the latest focus on cancer.

“About 80 percent of your immune system cells are in the intestine ... but cells that are educated in the gut don’t stay there. Every day they cycle several times throughout the body and some of them will go to tumours.”

Advocates argue that microbiome medicine offers a smart way to both tone down the immune system response - useful for conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and allergies - or ramp it up, which is needed for the body to fight back against cancer.

The first wave of microbiome drugs rely on faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), or samples of microbes distilled from human faeces, delivered either as a capsule or by enema. But companies are also working on synthetically fermented versions.

Seres boss Pomerantz believes microbiome science will open up a major new treatment field, like monoclonal antibodies did when they were pioneered

by Centocor, now part of Johnson & Johnson, three decades ago.

“Just as Centocor started monoclonals back in the 1980s, we think we are the Centocor of the microbiome - but of course there will be other companies.” (rtr)

CALIFORNIA - U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significant step forward in the convergence of healthcare and technology.

The medicine is a version of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd’s established drug Abilify for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, containing a tracking device developed by Proteus Digital Health.

The system offers doctors an objective way to measure if patients are swallowing their pills on schedule, opening up a new avenue for monitoring medicine compliance that could be applied in other therapeutic areas.

Shares in Otsuka rose 2.5 percent on Tuesday after news of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late on Monday.

The FDA said that being able to track ingestion of medicines prescribed for mental illness may be useful “for some patients”, although the ability of the digital pill to improve patient compliance had not been proved.

“The FDA supports the development and use of new technology in prescription drugs and is committed to working with companies to understand how technology might benefit patients and prescribers,” said

Mitchell Mathis of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

The system works by sending a message from the pill’s sensor to a wearable patch, which then transmits the information to a mobile application so that patients can track the ingestion of the medication on their smartphone.

About the size of a grain of salt, the sensor has no battery or antenna and is activated when it gets wet from stomach juices.

That completes a circuit between coatings of copper and magnesium on either side, generating a tiny electric charge.

In the longer term, such digital pills could also be used to manage patients with other complicated medicine routines, such as those suffering from diabetes or heart conditions.

Poor compliance with drug regimens is a common problem in many disease areas, especially when patients suffer from chronic conditions.

Proteus has been working on the pill tracking system for many years and the sensor used in Abilify MyCite was first cleared for use by the FDA in 2012.

The unlisted Californian company has attracted investments from several large healthcare companies, including Novartis AG , Medtronic Inc and St. Jude Medical Inc , as well as Otsuka. (rtr)

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A digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

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Evacuating again

Thousands of residents of Bantas throng Kubu sub district office

Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo

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Head of Dutch tourists axed for several times

DENPASAR — Two killers of Dutch tourist Robert Geelhoed, 80, namely Winda Wilantara, 22, and Andika Budyanto, 31, were detained in Denpasar Police Headquarters. When examined, the two suspects confessed their deeds and executed the victim by an ax and fitness gear in the bathroom.

Moreover, they axed the victim’s head for a dozen of times.

“The evidence found at the crime scene includes an ax, two sticks of fitness equipment, a towel and a set of clothing. At the victim’s head was found 13 wounds as axed by the perpetrators,” said Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Aris Purwanto, on Monday (Nov. 14).

After killing the victim, the two perpetrators shared the results of robbery. A unit of red Mercedes Benz sport with license plate of DK 346 FF, vehicle registration and the key brought by Winda. Meanwhile, Andika took the victim’s cash worth IDR 1.7 million.

Pursuant to the results of examination, each perpetrator played different role where Winda strangled the victim’s neck by barbell stick.

In addition, he also smothered the victim’s mouth by a fitness stick.

After that, he ran to grab an ax and used it to shack the victim’s head.

The ax was then handed over to Andika and used to cut the victim’s head.

According to him, both suspects had acquaintance in a bus leading to Denpasar on October 12. Next, Winda had acquaintance with the victim on October 22 on Kuta Beach. “At that time, the victim invited Winda to work at his house.

The next day Winda contacted Andi at the victim’s house,” he said.

At that time, Winda conspired and planned to rob the victim.

Afterward, on October 24 early in the morning, they committed the action and executed the victim in the bathroom.

Disclosure of this case, continued Hadi, started from the victim’s car found in the Merak Harbor, West Java. Winda escaped when the sport had engine trouble but he left his picture in the car.

“A member of Merak Police then contacted the South Kuta Police station and then proceeded to Denpasar Police. Our members immediately hunted Winda to Lampung and could arrest him. After that, it was the turn of Andika to be arrested in Bogor,” he affirmed.

Are they gays? “This matter is still being investigated. They are charged with Article 340 and Article 338 of the Criminal Code, regarding the premeditated murder with the maximum charge of life imprisonment,” he said.

Previously, police hunted the suspect Winda to Bujuk Agung hamlet, Kampung Agung Jaya, Tulang Bawang, Lampung, related to the murder case of Robert Gilhooad from Holland on November 7. After that, mobile detective team of Denpasar Police arrested Andika at his brother’s house in the housing complex of Baranang Siang Indah, Katulampa, Bogor, West Java, on November 9 at 16:00 Local Time.

Robert Gilhooad was found dead in his bathroom at Puri Gading housing complex at Jalan Ambon Block A 7, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Nov. 3). (kmb36)

AMLAPURA — Thousands of residents of Bantas hamlet, Baturinggit, Kubu subdistrict, thronged the Kubu subdistrict head office on Sunday night (Nov. 12). After being directed by the head of Kubu, Made Suarana to evacuate their home village again, they found that they could not al be accomodated. Eventually the villagers gathered in the courtyard of the Kubu Public Square, next to the Kubu subdistrict head office.

One villager from Baturinggit named I Gede Putu Telantik, said on Monday (Nov. 13) that the people of Bantas hamlet had previously been evacuated to Les village, Buleleng. Just before Glunagan they went home to hold modest celebrations for Galungan and Kuningan. They were then asked to return to the evacuation post by the head of the sub district of Kubu on the name of the local government.

The evacuees however did not return to Les Village but instead went to the Kubu sub district head office after having asked that an evacuation site closer to their village be provided for them so that they can occasionally return home.

The sub district officials did not expect so mnay people so they thought that Kubu Public Square would suffice. There was however no tents. bedding, and other basic needs there for them. Other residents of safe zones, thus wondered of something had happened in Bantas that caused so many people to suddenly appear.

“Obviously if residents were asked to evacuate to Kubu Public Saure, then the authorities should have prepared tents and bedding. TO make things worse they

were evacuated at night”, said Gede Putu Telantik, explaining that some 2,7000 people moved that night.

In addition to Bantas hamlet, two other hamlets namely the Baturinggit Kaja and Banjar Baturinggit Kelod are said to belong to outside the alert zone because the distance is about 15 km from the summit of Mount Agung.

Sub district head of Kubu, Made Suartana, when contacted on Monday morning (Nov. 13) was not yet able to give an explanation. A number of related institutions, such as the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Karangasem and Social Service also had difficulty coordinating with the head of Kubu sub district because his cellular phone number was not active.

Chief Executive of BPBD Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ketut Arimbawa, when contacted on Monday morning said that he had heard of the incident and insited that the evacuees should not have been directed to Kubu Public Square. According to the map issued by the BNPB, th entire area from the summit of Mount Agung to Kubu Public Square are included in the red zone.

“They should be directed to West Tianyar village only.

A evacuation post has been prepared there and it is a safer area”, said Arimbawa.

He claimed to be still trying to communicate with Kubu sub district head to find out whether there is any other consideration from the sub-district authority to direct evacuees from Bantas hamlet to the location.

Before deciding to send aid to the evacuees in Kubu Public Square, Arimbawa confirmed that he would discuss the matter with the commander of the Mount Agung Disaster Preparedness Task force for further study. (kmb31)

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After being directed by the head of Kubu to evacuate their home village again, residents found that they could not al be accomodated.

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Rainbow celebrations as Australians vote for same-sex marriage

SYDNEY - Australians have voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, paving the way for legislation by the end of 2017 and sparking rainbow celebrations on Wednesday, with people wearing wedding dresses and sequined suits and declaring “our love is real”.

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To narrow the movement of drug dealers and draw the participation of people living along the coast, Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police will carry out patrols and inspections of ships passing through in the waters of Gianyar Police jurisdiction.

To anticipate drug smuggling, police watch coastal areas

GIANYAR — Illicit trafficking of drugs is a big threat. Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police participated in anticipation of illicit drug trafficking. This was done with the participation of people living along the coastal areas in Gianyar Police.

Chief of Water Police Unit of Gianyar, Anak Agung Rai Partama, said that his ranks have now increased patrols in Gianyar Police jurisdiction especially in

the areas considered vulnerable to be the entrance to drugs and its circulation. “Patrol in the waters of Gianyar, especially on the coast of Gianyar, is carried out to realize

Gianyar as safe and comfortable tourist destination and free from drug trafficking,” he said.

He explained the patrol is focused on surveillance of people and goods including drug smuggling and coastal activities along the beaches in the Gianyar Police. “We monitored that many goods (drugs) enter from NTB and Denpasar.

On that account, we increasingly strengthen the supervision and patrol in the two areas,” he said.

To narrow the movement of drug dealers and draw the participation of people living along the coast, Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police will carry out patrols and inspections of ships passing through in the waters of Gianyar Police

jurisdiction.

“So far, we have regularly taken action against the ships and fast boats coming into the Gianyar region, starting from the completeness of document, passenger, tourist safety and most importantly supervision of people and goods entering Gianyar via Denpasar or other regions,” he said. (kmb35)

Believed to grow economy

Household electrical classification simplified

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Simplification of the classification of non-subsidized household electricity is considered to grow the economy, especially in Bali.

DENPASAR — Simplification of the classification of nonsubsidized household electricity is considered to grow the economy, especially in Bali. Moreover, the peak load of electricity usage in Bali has decreased. Previously, the peak load of electricity usage in Bali reached 846 MW but recently only reached 700 MW. The presence of new policy will be able to encourage economic growth.

This was conveyed by Deputy Manager of Communications and Environmental Development of PLN for Bali Distribution, I Gusti Ketut Putra, on Tuesday (14/11).

He admitted the policy remains in the stage of discussion. His management in the region has not received any official guidance from PLN head office.

Simplification of this electrical classification only applies to nonsubsidized 900 VA electric powers and above, where consumers of non-subsidized 900 VA, 1,300 VA,

2,200 VA and 3,300 VA will be entered into 4,400 VA. The 4,400 VA to 12,600 VA classification is raised and coupled to 13,000 VA while the 13,000 VA and above is not restricted. “The 1,300 VA tariff is the same as that of 2,200 VA, 3,500 VA and 4,400 VA. When upgrading their power, consumers do not need to pay again. With this policy, they instantly get additional power. Possibly, there will be no charges for the power upgrading,” he explained.

The absence of tariff differences will have an impact on customers where they can use electricity more flexibly. “Obviously, there is no increase in tariff,” he said.

With simplification of the classification, the economy is believed to be growing because people can run businesses that use electricity.

For example, originally people only use electricity for household consumption and then with the addition of power at no cost as well

as the same tariff as the higher class will make the community able to do business activities such as opening a shop, making MSME products such as sewing, grated coconut with machine and cutting pandan leaves with a machine, On the other hand, simplification of this classification will also make the community more consumptive. Therefore, his management continuously provides education for the public so that they can use electricity wisely in accordance with the necessity.

If this policy works, PLN for Bali Distribution also declared its readiness for the possibility of high peak load because Bali has been surplus of power. “Our capacity is 1,300 MW, while our peak load has ever reached 846 MW and the last was 700 MW. With this policy, PLN Bali is ready with considerable power reserves amounting to 40 percent of our power capacity,” he concluded. (kmb42)

Australia will become the 26th nation to formalise the unions if the legislation is passed by parliament, which is expected despite some vocal opposition within the government’s conservative right wing.

Thousands of people in a Sydney park broke into a loud cheer, hugged and cried as Australia’s chief statistician revealed live over a big screen that 61.6 percent of voters surveyed favoured marriage equality, with 38.4 percent against.

Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe, who came out as gay three years ago, said the result was a huge relief.

“It means that the way you feel for another person, whoever that may be, is equal,” Thorpe told reporters at the Sydney celebrations.

The voluntary poll is nonbinding but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull immediately said he would fulfil a pledge to raise a bill in parliament with the aim of passing laws by Christmas.

Turnbull played down concern of a split in his coalition government over the policy as the conservative faction presses for amendments to protect religious freedoms that discriminate against same-sex couples.

“It is unequivocal, it is over-

whelming. They have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality,” Turnbull told reporters in Canberra after the survey results were announced.

“They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love.”

A marriage equality bill was introduced into parliament later on Wednesday.

The result marks a watershed moment for gay rights in Australia, where it was illegal in some states to engage in homosexual activity until 1997.

“It’s a g’day. Way to go Australia,” tweeted U.S. TV host Ellen DeGeneres, who is married to Australian actress Portia de Rossi in the United States.

Almost 80 percent of eligible voters took part in the survey - a higher turnout than Britain’s Brexit vote and Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum.

Mark Barry, 59, wiped away tears as he took in the result with his partner of 35 years, Gerrard Boller.

“I know a celebrant who is going to be very happy about this,” Barry told Reuters.

TURNBULL TROUBLES Irish-born Qantas Airways

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Supporters of the ‘Yes’ vote for marriage equality celebrate after it was announced the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage in a national survey, paving the way for legislation to make the country the 26th nation to formalise the unions by the end of the year, at a rally in central Sydney, Australia, November 15, 2017.

Chief Executive Alan Joyce, one of the few openly gay business leaders in Australia, told the Sydney crowd, many of whom sheltered from the sun under rainbow umbrellas, that the result was “an amazing outcome” and urged Turnbull to move quickly

on legislation.

Turnbull has been under pressure amid a citizenship crisis that has cost him his deputy and the government’s majority in parliament and political analysts said the resounding “yes” vote presented him with his first opportunity in

months to exert decisive control.

Nick Economou, a political scientist at Monash University, said Turnbull “should feel emboldened by the result and this is the sort of thing he has been looking for to show some assertive leadership”. (rtr)

Divided Srebrenica awaits Mladic verdict 22 years after massacre

SREBRENICA - Almir Salihovic sits in his office in Srebrenica, waiting for a U.N. tribunal

to give its judgement on the man accused of massacring his cousins and uncles there in 1995. He is

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General view of Srebrenica, November 14, 2017. Picture is taken November 14.

hoping for a measure of justice, but little else.

The businessman was 10 when he fled through the woods with his father and brother as Bosnian Serb soldiers opened fire behind them. The troops killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the days that followed.

Next week the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia will give its verdict on Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of overseeing the murders and other war crimes, including the siege of Sarajevo.

A guilty verdict on Nov. 22 would give some “personal satisfaction to victims,” Salihovic told Reuters at his transportation company in the eastern town, where his family returned in 2004.

But it would do little else - certainly nothing to heal the deeper traumas and still gaping divides.

“For most Serbs he will remain a hero, for others he will be the butcher and criminal, and we will continue to live in our folds, side by side, not together,” he said.

“We carry the burden of a terrible crime that puts inter-ethnic relations under pressure.”

“BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE VICTIMS” The legacy of a commander who led the Bosnian Serb army in its swift takeover of two-thirds of the country during the 1992-95 war still divides Muslim Bosniaks and Serbs in Bosnia.

For Srebrenica Muslims, Mladic is a symbol of the chaos

and killings that broke out when his forces took over the U.Nprotected eastern enclave where about 40,000 Muslims from eastern Bosnia had sought refuge.

For Serbs the 74-year-old is a proud general who won the territory with very few of his own casualties.

Srebrenica’s own Serb mayor Mladen Grujicic says the killings did not amount to genocide - and the two international courts who ruled that they did were biased against his fellow Serbs.

“It will take many more years to reveal the complete truth, which is not favouring any side,” Grujicic told Reuters.

“We in both communities are victims while higher agendas are at stake,” he added, without elaborating. (rtr)

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BUSINESS North Korea’s Kim trades missiles for tractors during testing lull

SEOUL - After a summer filled with flaming rockets and an earth-shaking nuclear blast, North Korea’s state media is portraying Kim Jong Un as a leader who has temporarily traded weapons for workshops. The new portrayal appears designed to build domestic support by delivering on promises to develop the economy alongside the nuclear programme and to reassure citizens amid tightening international sanctions.

State media photos released on Wednesday showed Kim examining equipment at a tractor factory, test driving one of the vehicles and laughing with workers, the latest in a stream of photos in the past two months depicting a smiling Kim visiting farms and factories that make shoes, cosmetics, trucks.

Between June 21 and Sept. 20, Kim did not conduct a single public activity related to the economy, instead focusing almost exclusively on appearances at events including missile tests or tours of weapons factories, according to data collected by South Korea’s Ministry of Unification. The resumption of public, economic-related activities has coincided with a lull in missile testing. North Korea has not fired a rocket or tested a nuclear weapon since it launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Sept. 15.

The break in testing matches lulls at similar times in past years and North Korea is almost certainly continuing its push for more capable nuclear weapons, South Korean officials say. But the renewed focus on economic development could be a bid to unify North Koreans and strengthen support for the leadership, said Baik Tae-hyun, a spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry. “While North Korea still shows the will to continue

developing its nuclear and missile programme, their focus on the economy is also helping the North Korean people come together,” Baik said.

North Korea may be starting to feel the pinch of sanctions, tightened after its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September, and its leadership could be under pressure to limit their impact, said Nam Sung-wook, a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University in Seoul.

“Kim Jong Un has been simply doing what he does best - encouraging his people to achieve rapid economic growth and boost production,” Nam said. “Taking care of the economy and his people are the top priorities.”

‘VICIOUS SANCTIONS’ Since taking the reins of the reclusive regime after the death of his father at the end of 2011, Kim has embraced a goal of simultaneously pursing economic development and advanced nuclear weapons. New U.N. Security Council sanctions in August and September banned imports of coal, textiles and seafood, while restricting oil shipments to the North. North Korean officials have said in state media the sanctions were causing a “colossal amount of damage” to ordinary

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the Kumsong Tractor Factory in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on November 15, 2017.

North Koreans, while leaders have shown defiance, arguing that selfreliance can overcome international pressure.

“The main key to foiling the extremely vicious sanctions and pressure of the U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces and turning misfortune into a blessing is just self-reliance and the sci-tech strength,” Kim said in an Oct. 7 speech to leaders of his ruling

Workers’ Party of Korea, according to state media.

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, a researcher with the Foreign Policy Research Institute who tracks North Korea’s economy, said there was a push to expand manufacturing and decrease reliance on imports of a wide range of goods. North Korea was also looking to expand exports of products not covered by sanctions, such as tractors,

Silberstein added. While analysts say there is anecdotal evidence the sanctions are beginning to the North’s economy, it is not clear to what degree.

Prices of petrol and diesel have spiked, but the cost of foods likes corn and rice have remained relatively stable, according to a Reuters analysis of market data collected by the defector-run Daily NK website. (rtr)

Boeing Beats Out Airbus for $27 Billion Order From FlyDubai

Boeing Co. secured an order valued at $27 billion for 737 Max jets from discount carrier FlyDubai, hitting back at rival Airbus SE’s record $50 billion deal.

Amid a surprise order flourish at the Dubai Air A FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX8 during the 15th Dubai Air Show on Nov. 12.

Show, the state-owned budget airline signed an agreement for 175 firm orders, plus an additional 50 options, FlyDubai said Wednesday in a statement.

The deal is a blow to Airbus, which was expected to split the order with Boeing.

FlyDubai, which closely cooperates with longhaul giant Emirates, currently has an all Boeing fleet.

With the latest announcement, the carrier has 320 planes on order.(rtr)

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After Delayed, Nusa Penida Festival to Be Held Next December

Activities of Klungkung government in refugee posts in the last few weeks are not very crowded. Meanwhile, the delayed Nusa Penida Festival is scheduled to be held on December 6-9. This was stated by the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, on Monday (Oct. 30).

To follow up on the plan, the Tourism Office designed the arrangement of events and timing of the implementation. It is immediately commenced after Galungan holiday. When everything has been completed, it will be immediately promoted to tourism players and tourist destinations, where one of which is the airport. “We have confirmed the date,” he said.

Meanwhile, Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, stated the implementation of this event has reached the fourth time and remains to be adjusted with the condition. It is designed to focus on the typical cultural performances owned by Klungkung community. There is no national artist appearance.

“We do not want to highlight the impression of party, but feature more local wisdoms,” he said.

In accordance with the initial plan, the festival was held on October 5-8, 2017 located at Jungutbatu village. However, in the midst of promotion, Karangasem residents fled to Klungkung along with the increased activities of Mount Agung. It requires the district government to delay the implementation.

To welcome the event with the budget of IDR 1.7 billion, some villages have actually made preparations for the cultural performances. (kmb)

Ogoh-ogoh, a Medium of Actualizing Art Creativity

Parading ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) across the customary village or hamlet at the night of Pengerupukan seems to have become a kind of ‘necessity’ for the majority of customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Bali. All the creativities and imaginations as well as funds are dedicated to make the ogoh-ogoh as perfect as possible.

Sincerely, sophisticated technology is also applied in the design and construction of the demon statue in order to create dramatic effects as desired by the creator. No matter, the money spent can reach millions or even tens of millions of rupiahs. In this context, the presence of ogoh-ogoh can be positioned as a medium to show off artistic creativity and

symbol of prestige because the product is deliberately displayed to general public.

Head of the Bali Culture Agency, I Dewa Putu Beratha, said that the ogoh-ogoh parade on Pengerupukan is an expression or artistic creativity to welcome the Caka New Year. This activity is not a part of ritual or it has nothing to do with the Tawur Kasanga ritual. In other words, it is purely an artistic creativity taking advantage of Pengerupukan moment as a medium of actualization. It is a medium to show off the results of creativity to general public.

“Considering it is not a part of ritual, so the procession of parading ogoh-ogoh is not a necessity. In other words, without the presence of ogoh-ogoh the essence of Nyepi celebration will not be reduced,” said Beratha to Bali Post on Wednesday (Mar. 15). Beratha added that he has not found any religious literature mandating the Hindus to hold the ogoh-ogoh procession on Pengerupukan.

To date, the literatures used as a guideline for the implementation of Nyepi and Tawur (including melasti) are Purana Bali Dwipa and Sundarigama palm-leaf manuscript.

None of the manuscripts discuss about the ogoh-ogoh.

“So, the excitement of young generation to parade the ogoh-ogoh has no scriptural reference. It purely serves as a medium of actualization for the artistic creativity,” he said. Although having no religious reference, Beratha stated that artistic creativity of young

people expressed through the ogoh-ogoh tradition should be accommodated. However, the creativity needs to be directed so as not to move wildly and gets the correct portion.

For example, the ogoh-ogoh figure should not be harassing a person or particular group as well as free from any pornographic and other negative natures.

“Equally important, the artistic creativity may not drown the essence of the religious ritual itself. People should not give more emphases on the making of ogoh-ogoh than preparing the series of Nyepi procession along with other accompanying rituals,” he warned. The ogoh-ogoh actualized through artistic creativity is also expressed by chief of Praja Taruna Mahottama customary youth club of Sengguan, Sempidi village, Badung, I Putu Candra Pradhita. In a series of the Nyepi celebration this year, this alumnus of ISI Denpasar along with Mika Raditya, Putu Surata, Edy Kusuma, Pande Sukarya and Anom is assisted by members of the other customary youth club to design the ogohogoh with the theme of Sesuluh Ulah Aluh.

The ogoh-ogoh visualized through the figure of garuda or (eagle) mythical bird, rat and veteran reflects the current condition of the nation that is no longer occupied by the other nations but even by its own people. Indonesia’s diversity is being tested where the strength of the garuda is being combated by troublemaking ‘rats’ that want to dismember the integrity of this nation. (kmb)

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Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 15,2017.

Zimbabwe’s army seizes power, targets ‘criminals’ around Mugabe

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s military seized power early on Wednesday targeting “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound”.

Soldiers and armoured vehicles blocked roads to the main government offices, parliament and the courts in central Harare, while taxis ferried commuters to work nearby, a Reuters witness said.

Mugabe, the self-styled ‘Grand Old Man’ of African politics, has led Zimbabwe for the last 37 years. In contrast to his elevated status on the continent, Mugabe is reviled in the West as a despot whose disastrous handling of the economy and willingness to resort to violence to maintain power destroyed one of Africa’s most promising states.

“We are only targeting criminals around him (Mugabe) who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order

Iran quake...

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“It was my cousin’s birthday ...

All the relatives were there ... like 50 people. But now almost all are dead,” Reza, who refused to give his full name, told Reuters from Sarpole Zahab town. He lost 34 members of his family on Sunday. “We spent two nights in the cold. Where is the aid?” On the Iraq side of the frontier, nine people were killed and over 550 injured, all in the northern Kurdish provinces.

to bring them to justice,” Major General SB Moyo, Chief of Staff Logistics, said on television.

“As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect that the situation will return to normalcy.”

Neither Mugabe nor his wife Grace, who has been vying to succeed her husband as president, have been seen or heard from.

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change called for a peaceful return to constitutional democracy, adding it hoped the military intervention would lead to the “establishment of a stable, democratic and progressive nation state”.

South African President Jacob Zuma - speaking on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - expressed hope there would be no unconstitutional changes of government in Zimbabwe as that would be contrary to both SADC and African Union positions.

Zuma urged Zimbabwe’s government and the military “to resolve the political impasse amicably.” (rtr)

WATER, ELECTRICITY LACKING, ROADS BLOCKED

Television showed rescue workers combing through the rubble of dozens of villages immediately after the quake. But by Tuesday morning Iranian officials said there was no longer any likelihood of finding survivors and called off the search.

Hospitals in nearby provinces took in many of the injured, state television said, airing footage of survivors waiting to be treated. Hundreds of critically injured were dispatched to hospitals in Tehran.

Iran’s Red Crescent said emergency shelter had been provided for thousands of homeless people but a lack of electricity and water, as well as blocked roads, hindered aid supply efforts. “People in some villages are still in dire need of food, water and shelter,” said Faramraz Akbari, governor of Qasr-e Shirin county in Kermanshah province. State TV showed dozens of green and white tents dotting Sarpol-e Zahab, many containing two or three families.

Groups clustered around bonfires trying to warm themselves.

“It is cold. My children are freez-

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Going strong after 70 years: UK’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate platinum anniversary

LONDON - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will add another landmark to her record-breaking reign on Monday when she and Prince Philip celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.

Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time, married dashing naval officer Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at London’s Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947, just two years after the end of World War Two, in a lavish ceremony attended by statesmen and royalty from around the world.

Seventy years on, Elizabeth, 91, and her 96-year-old husband will mark their platinum anniversary with a small family party at Windsor Castle, the monarch’s home to the west of London.

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said there would be no public event to mark the occasion.

Greek-born Philip, a descendant of Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria in his own right, has been at his wife’s side throughout her 65-year reign, the longest in British history. He was

the person who broke the news to her in 1952 that her father, George VI, had died and that she was now queen.

“One of the secrets of this very, very long marriage, and it’s an incredibly impressive anniversary, is the fact Prince Philip has always seen it as his main duty to support the queen, to help her in whatever way he can,” royal historian Hugo Vickers told Reuters.

“He is the only person who can actually tell the queen absolutely straight what he thinks, and if he thinks some idea is ridiculous he will say so in whatever language he chooses to use.”

The couple first met when they attended the wedding of Prince Philip’s cousin, Princess Marina of Greece, to Elizabeth’s uncle, the Duke of Kent, in 1934.

Philip then gained the attention of his future wife when the then-13-year-old princess made a visit with her parents to Britain’s Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in southern England where he was a cadet. (rtr)

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Pangbourne College near Reading, May 9, 2017. ing. We have water and food but no tent. The quake did not kill us but the cold weather will kill us,” a woman in her 30s said. The mayor of the city of Ezgeleh said 80 percent of its buildings had collapsed. Survivors desperately needed tents with elderly people and babies as young as a oneyear-old sleeping in the cold for two straight nights. “People are hungry and thirsty,” a local man told ISNA news agency. “There is no electricity.

Last night I cried when I saw children with no food or shelter.” Some people were angry that among the collapsed buildings were homes built under an

affordable housing scheme initiated in 2011 by then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“The people should build their own houses. They build better houses than those built under projects and schemes,” Rouhani said in Kermanshah, state TV reported. “I promise you, those responsible will be punished.” Iran is crisscrossed by major geological fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years, including a 6.6 quake in 2003 that reduced the historic southeastern city of Bam to dust and killed some 31,000 people. (rtr)

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Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport’s Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia on September 19, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Indonesian police officer killed in shooting near Freeport mine

JAKARTA/TIMIKA - An Indonesian police officer was killed and a second wounded on Wednesday, after both were shot in the back in an area near Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s giant Grasberg copper mine in the eastern province of Papua, police said.

The officers were patrolling an area close to where a Freeport vehicle was targeted in a shooting on Tuesday, Papua police spokesman Suryadi Diaz said in a statement. A helicopter flew the men to a hospital in the nearby lowland city of Timika.

from the mine upstream.

A string of at least 15 separate shooting incidents in the area since mid-August that wounded at least 12 people and killed two police officers has been blamed by police on an “armed criminal group”, but linked to separatist rebels by others.

In a statement, the separatist West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN-OPM), a group linked to the Free Papua Movement, claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s incident. The group has said it is at war with police, military and Freeport.

The main access road to Grasberg remained closed, Freeport Indonesia spokesman Riza Pratama said, referring to a 79-mile (127-km) stretch from Timika to the mining town of Tembagapura that runs near a river rich with gold tailings

For decades, there have been sporadic attacks along the road where the shootings took place, but authorities’ efforts to catch the perpetrators have been hampered by thick surrounding jungle. “The Indonesian Military (TNI) and police have

EMERGENCY MEASURES

urged the Armed Separatist Movement in Papua to surrender, but until now no one has turned themselves in,” Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo said in a statement.

“Armed separatists cannot be left alone,” he said, adding that reining in such activities was the domain of the military, which was preparing “emergency measures” in case persuasive approaches by the police and military failed.

Papua has had a long-running, and sometimes violent, separatist movement since the province was incorporated into Indonesia after a widely criticised 1969 U.N.-backed referendum. Foreign journalists have in the past required special permission to report in Papua, and once there, have had security forces restrict their movement and work. President Joko Widodo has pledged to make the region more accessible to foreign media by inviting reporters on governmentsponsored trips, although coverage remains difficult. (rtr)

Taman Safari Indonesia reports man, woman to police for giving animals alcohol

Management of a conservation park in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, have reported a man and woman to the police for giving a hippopotamus and a deer an alcoholic drink, as shown in a video that went viral.

“We reported the two perpetrators to Cisarua Police this morning. Their actions endangered our animals and breached animal welfare norms. Hence, we decided to

take the case to the police,” Taman Safari Indonesia’s spokesman Yulius Suprihardo told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

Yulius added that the park’s veterinary team was currently examining the animals to determine whether the alcohol had affected their health. Yulius thanked Instagram users for reporting the issue to Taman Safari Indonesia.

“Thank you for your concern and support toward our animals’ welfare.” Animal welfare activists lambasted a man and woman known on Instagram as @philipbiondi and @alyccaaa for giving a hippopotamus and a deer red wine at Taman Safari Indonesia.

The actions were recorded and uploaded by the woman on her Instagram story before the videos went viral. (ant)

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Federer downs Zverev in the battle of the generations

LONDON - Roger Federer marched into the semi-finals of the ATP Finals once again on Tuesday but he made hard work of the task before finally prevailing 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1 in a high-quality battle of the generations with Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

Manta Point dive site

SEMARAPURA - Manta Point Dive Site offer journey to this legendary Bali diving site is an experience one doesn’t easily forget. With the dive boat we are leaving Bali in the morning mist from Padang Bai south bound with course to the channel that separates Nusa Penida from Nusa Lembongan / Ceningan.

Inside the channel which also has some superb diving if currents allow, one can make out scenic little tranquil bays with picturesque white beaches. While Bali disappears at the horizon behind us the spectacular cliffs of the south coast of Nusa Penida lie ahead at the exit of the channel. Here we have to make the decision whether the div-

ing conditions for Manta Point are alright. Now we’re heading for the open Indian Ocean which with it’s sometimes gigantic waves sculpts the sheer cliffs of Nusa Penida’s south coast.

Along the way we are passing bizarre rock formations and little rocky islands standing in the tremendous currents, water falls cascading down from the heights of the cliffs towards the ocean. After approximately 1 hour we arrive at Manta Point Dive Site. The actual diving site lies well protected from currents by a rocky cape. Many times we can make out the giant bodies of the Manta Rays already from the surface.

Huge rock formations make out a bizarre under water landscape that slopes down gently down to unfathomable depths. During the dive we just hang out around the giant rocks which are home to an army of cleaner fishes, without doubt this is the reason why this gentle giants come here. The Manta Rays cruise around the rocks, some just hover above the cleaner stations and the enjoy the treatment they receive.

Even snorkelers get a good view of the Manta Rays since most of the action here happens in fairly shallow water. And those who don’t dare to go in the water can witness the spectacle from the boat.

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The 36-year-old six-times champion may have been giving away 16 years to the man tipped to be the next superstar of the game but Federer proved in a dominant third set that for the moment he remains a cut above his young pursuers.

The triumph in 2 hours 11 minutes puts the 19-times grand slam champion in Saturday’s semi-finals -- the 14th time he has made the last four in 15 appearances -- with the tournament still only three days old.

It also meant that Zverev and Jack Sock, who earlier battled from behind to beat Marin Cilic 5-7 6-2 7-6(4), will now meet on Thursday to decide the other qualifier from the Boris Becker group.

Federer’s win ensured Cilic,

once again a disappointment at the season-ending tournament, was eliminated. World number two Federer is now an overwhelming favourite for a seventh crown in the absence of Rafael Nadal, who has pulled out injured. (rtr)

Switzerland’s Roger Federer (R) celebrates victory over Germany’s Alexander Zverev (L) during their men’s singles round-robin match on day three of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 14, 2017.

Brazil F1 tyre test cancelled for security reasons

LONDON - Pirelli and McLaren have cancelled a Formula One tyre test scheduled for the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit after teams were targeted by armed robbers in Sao Paulo over the weekend.

A robbery attempt on a Pirelli van after Sunday’s race, which was thwarted by the team’s security staff, was the latest of a string of incidents involving Formula One personnel at Interlagos.

Four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton had called on Formula One to act after mechanics from his Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint in their mini-van as they left Interlagos on Friday.

The Briton, who was not present at the time, said shots were fired and a gun pointed at one person’s head before valuables were taken. Sunday’s attack on the Pirelli van took place after security had supposedly been

tightened at the track.

“Following a robbery attempt, neutralised

by Pirelli security, on a Pirelli van at the Interlagos circuit last Sunday... it has been decided to cancel the tyre test,” Pirelli said in a statement on Monday.

The decision was taken with McLaren, who were due to test Pirelli’s 2018 tyres with British teenager Lando Norris and Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne on Tuesday and Wednes-

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Drivers compete for the first place during the start of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2017.

day, and the governing FIA “in the interest of the safety of the personnel”.

McLaren’s executive director Zak Brown told Reuters the team had put in place additional security measures before the test was called off.

“The circuit needs to get its act together because it’s not acceptable,” he said.

“If we are going to travel to places, we need to make sure that the government and city is doing a good job keeping everyone safe.”

The FIA, whose staff were also targeted on Friday, had promised “heavy police reinforcements” for the weekend.

Despite that, Sauber strategy engineer Ruth Buscombe reported on Twitter that a team van was targeted late on Saturday.

The Interlagos circuit has a history of such attacks, with cars caught in traffic jams or at red stop lights on a road that runs past a hillside slum.

Unlike regular team staff, race drivers travel to and from their hotels with police escorts and in bulletproof cars.

Britain’s Jenson Button was in a car that was attacked outside the circuit in 2010, a year after he won the world championship, but his police driver smashed through the traffic to escape.

“There’s a huge amount of traffic flowing in and out at peak times and, unfortunately, it provides an opportunity for these situations,” Mike Collier, McLaren’s head of human performance who was in the car with Button at the time, told Reuters.

“There is clearly a huge amount of poverty as well and when the race teams arrive, they come with a huge amount of assets and wealth.” (rtr)

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Lukaku breaks Belgium scoring record after terror scare

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Denmark’s Christian Eriksen celebrates scoring their fourth goal to complete his hat-trick

Hat-trick hero Eriksen books Denmark’s World Cup spot

Denmark’s hat-trick hero Christian Eriksen said his performance in their 5-1 demolition of Ireland on Tuesday would be life-changing after they booked a ticket to next year’s World Cup. The midfield maestro, who had missed a couple of decent chances in the goalless playoff first leg, made no mistake in the Dublin return as his treble put the Irish to the sword.

“It’s incredible to take your country to the World Cup with three goals in a playoff,” said 25-year-old Eriksen. “It’s going to mean a lot throughout my career, throughout my whole life, really. It’s a big thing and I’m very happy about it.”

The Danes also benefitted from an Andreas Christensen goal, that cancelled out Shane Duffy’s early header for Ireland, and a late Nicklas Bendtner penalty but Eriksen stole the show.

“We cannot ignore that Eriksen delivered an incredible performance and probably played his best international game, in my opinion,” Bendtner told reporters.

Despite the plaudits of his team mates and his central role in the victory, Eriksen was his usual humble self.

“It’s a crazy feeling, we’ve been fighting together for so long since the qualification started,” he said.

The Danes did not panic when Duffy scored and a short corner saw Pione Sisto beat Harry Arter before flashing the ball across the box where Christensen’s shot was deflected into the net by Ireland’s Cyrus Christie just before the half-hour mark.

“After scoring one goal it was a big knock for Ireland, we got a lot of confidence and started to play good football,” said Eriksen, who plays for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

He added Denmark’s second soon after and put the game out of Ireland’s reach just past the hour before completing his treble.

Eriksen, who has scored 21 times in 75 internationals, said there were more goals to come from Denmark

in Russia.

“We’ll take this with us and try to score as many goals as possible at the World Cup as well,” said the midfielder, who doused former international defender Lars Jacobsen, who was broadcasting for Danish TV, with champagne as he celebrated.

Eriksen has credited Arsenal great Dennis Bergkamp for playing a significant role in the Dane’s creative development as a youth. Eriksen, who helped Denmark seal qualification for the 2018 World Cup with a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 5-1 playoff win over Ireland, played under Bergkamp at Dutch side Ajax’s youth team before working his way up to the senior ranks in 2010.

The 25-year-old praised Bergkamp, who spent 11 years at Arsenal, for helping him rise to prominence ahead of Saturday’s Premier League showdown between the local rivals at the Emirates. “In my first year at Ajax we had some sessions with Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk,” Eriksen, who joined Tottenham in 2013, told Sky Sports. “Even then, you could always see Dennis’s charisma and confidence on the ball. He always knew how to take his first touch and where the ball needed to end up afterwards.

“I learned a lot from watching him and working with him. It helped me when I made it through to the first team.” The Dane, along with forwards Harry Kane and Dele Alli, has been instrumental in Tottenham’s emergence as a domestic and European force under manager Mauricio Pochettino. Eriksen has continued his stellar form for Tottenham this campaign, scoring four goals and providing as many assists in 15 appearances, and praised Pochettino for building a solid system at the club.

“He trusts me completely. You feel that trust and it makes you want to do everything for him,” Eriksen added of the Argentine. “He has given stability not only to me but to the whole club. That’s the main thing for a player. (rtr)

BRUGES - Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku became his country’s leading scorer at the age of 24 when his goal gave them a 1-0 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers Japan in a friendly in Bruges on Tuesday.

In a game that Belgian officials said was nearly called off after a terrorism scare, Lukaku scored with the easiest of headers at the far post from Nacer Chadli’s cross to take his tally to 31 goals in 65 appearances.

Belgium extended their unbeaten run to 15 games, their last defeat having come against Spain in a friendly in September last year.

The Belgian football association, quoted by public broadcaster

RTBF, said that in the end there had been no danger to the public, although extra security measures, including metal detectors, meant many fans were late taking their seats.

Bruges police told local media they had been warned by the federal authorities shortly before the kickoff of a possible attack during the match, prompting the additional checks.

Belgium has been on high alert since Brussels-based Islamic State militants attacked Paris, including a France-Germany soccer friendly in the city, two years and one day ago. Brussels itself was attacked

by IS suicide bombers in March last year. (rtr)

Former Chelsea striker Drogba to retire in 2018

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will retire from the sport following the conclusion of the next United Soccer League (USL) season in November 2018.

The Ivorian won four Premier League titles among 14 trophies in a Chelsea career spanning more than 380 appearances, and the 39-year-old is currently playing for Phoenix Rising in the second tier of United States professional soccer.

“Ah, do you want a scoop? I

think next year will be my last season,” Drogba told French news outlet RMC Sport. “At some point, you have to stop. I need to have time for my other projects. It’s good to play, but at 39, it holds me back a bit.”

Drogba has enjoyed an illustrious club career, playing more than 670 games for eight different teams, including French side Olympique Marseille and Turkey’s Galatasaray. (rtr)

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Southgate’s pride as England keep Brazil at bay LONDON - Gareth Southgate expressed pride in England’s young defence as his side drew 0-0 with Brazil in a friendly on Tuesday, four days after a similar stalemate against world champions Germany.

Even more satisfying for manager Southgate was the fact that injuries and withdrawals meant he was without several firstchoice players for the doubleheader against the nations standing first and second in FIFA’s world rankings.

On Tuesday he fielded a threeman defence with Manchester City’s 23-year-old John Stones flanked by Liverpool’s 20-yearold Joe Gomez, given a first start after a substitute appearance against Germany, and Leicester City’s Harry Maguire, 24.

Brazil’s attacking options included Neymar, the world’s most expensive player, Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho, yet the visitors were kept safely at arm’s length.

England offered far less going forward than they did against Germany -- which was not surprising as they struggled to get a kick at times -- but Brazil never carved them open and were restricted to some late chances at Wembley.

“I’m more proud tonight than I was against Germany,” Southgate told reporters after England kept a clean sheet against Brazil for the first time in their last 11 meetings.

“We have found so many positives because it won’t get much tougher than it was for them (England’s players) tonight.

They will gain huge confidence from tonight.

REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Brazil’s Alisson and Miranda in action with England’s Dominic Solanke “I thought they all did very well. We know about Joe’s (Gomez’s) athleticism but I thought his decision-making and calmness in the face of dealing with high quality movement was fantastic.

“John Stones showed the defensive attributes tonight. He was mature and controlled the line and was calm in possession.

“And Harry, he was a real plus. he started a little anxiously but he grew in confidence.”

STEP UP

England conceded only three goals in qualifying for next year’s World Cup but Germany and five-times world champions Brazil, who also easily qualified for the finals in Russia, were a major step up in the quality of opposition.

“We have come through with

two clean sheets and the system has worked well,” Southgate said. “We limited both teams to very few clear-cut chances.

When you put young players in you could get beaten by four and then you are questioning the decision. “But they really stepped up in the two matches.”

Brazil had won 13 of the 16 matches they had played since Tite became coach but they found England a tough nut to crack.

“They were very tight at the back,” substitute Fernandinho, who came closest to scoring with a shot that glanced against the post, said. “It was hard making chances in the first half.

“They were very well set up and that made it difficult for us.

Both teams were well prepared and we managed to create some chances in the second half, while they had practically none.” (rtr)

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Denmark’s Christian Eriksen celebrates scoring their fourth goal to complete his hat-trick

Hat-trick hero Eriksen books Denmark’s World Cup spot

Denmark’s hat-trick hero Christian Eriksen said his performance in their 5-1 demolition of Ireland on Tuesday would be life-changing after they booked a ticket to next year’s World Cup. The midfield maestro, who had missed a couple of decent chances in the goalless playoff first leg, made no mistake in the Dublin return as his treble put the Irish to the sword.

“It’s incredible to take your country to the World Cup with three goals in a playoff,” said 25-year-old Eriksen. “It’s going to mean a lot throughout my career, throughout my whole life, really. It’s a big thing and I’m very happy about it.”

The Danes also benefitted from an Andreas Christensen goal, that cancelled out Shane Duffy’s early header for Ireland, and a late Nicklas Bendtner penalty but Eriksen stole the show.

“We cannot ignore that Eriksen delivered an incredible performance and probably played his best international game, in my opinion,” Bendtner told reporters.

Despite the plaudits of his team mates and his central role in the victory, Eriksen was his usual humble self.

“It’s a crazy feeling, we’ve been fighting together for so long since the qualification started,” he said.

The Danes did not panic when Duffy scored and a short corner saw Pione Sisto beat Harry Arter before flashing the ball across the box where Christensen’s shot was deflected into the net by Ireland’s Cyrus Christie just before the half-hour mark.

“After scoring one goal it was a big knock for Ireland, we got a lot of confidence and started to play good football,” said Eriksen, who plays for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

He added Denmark’s second soon after and put the game out of Ireland’s reach just past the hour before completing his treble.

Eriksen, who has scored 21 times in 75 internationals, said there were more goals to come from Denmark

in Russia.

“We’ll take this with us and try to score as many goals as possible at the World Cup as well,” said the midfielder, who doused former international defender Lars Jacobsen, who was broadcasting for Danish TV, with champagne as he celebrated.

Eriksen has credited Arsenal great Dennis Bergkamp for playing a significant role in the Dane’s creative development as a youth. Eriksen, who helped Denmark seal qualification for the 2018 World Cup with a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 5-1 playoff win over Ireland, played under Bergkamp at Dutch side Ajax’s youth team before working his way up to the senior ranks in 2010.

The 25-year-old praised Bergkamp, who spent 11 years at Arsenal, for helping him rise to prominence ahead of Saturday’s Premier League showdown between the local rivals at the Emirates. “In my first year at Ajax we had some sessions with Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk,” Eriksen, who joined Tottenham in 2013, told Sky Sports. “Even then, you could always see Dennis’s charisma and confidence on the ball. He always knew how to take his first touch and where the ball needed to end up afterwards.

“I learned a lot from watching him and working with him. It helped me when I made it through to the first team.” The Dane, along with forwards Harry Kane and Dele Alli, has been instrumental in Tottenham’s emergence as a domestic and European force under manager Mauricio Pochettino. Eriksen has continued his stellar form for Tottenham this campaign, scoring four goals and providing as many assists in 15 appearances, and praised Pochettino for building a solid system at the club.

“He trusts me completely. You feel that trust and it makes you want to do everything for him,” Eriksen added of the Argentine. “He has given stability not only to me but to the whole club. That’s the main thing for a player. (rtr)

BRUGES - Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku became his country’s leading scorer at the age of 24 when his goal gave them a 1-0 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers Japan in a friendly in Bruges on Tuesday.

In a game that Belgian officials said was nearly called off after a terrorism scare, Lukaku scored with the easiest of headers at the far post from Nacer Chadli’s cross to take his tally to 31 goals in 65 appearances.

Belgium extended their unbeaten run to 15 games, their last defeat having come against Spain in a friendly in September last year.

The Belgian football association, quoted by public broadcaster

RTBF, said that in the end there had been no danger to the public, although extra security measures, including metal detectors, meant many fans were late taking their seats.

Bruges police told local media they had been warned by the federal authorities shortly before the kickoff of a possible attack during the match, prompting the additional checks.

Belgium has been on high alert since Brussels-based Islamic State militants attacked Paris, including a France-Germany soccer friendly in the city, two years and one day ago. Brussels itself was attacked

by IS suicide bombers in March last year. (rtr)

Former Chelsea striker Drogba to retire in 2018

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will retire from the sport following the conclusion of the next United Soccer League (USL) season in November 2018.

The Ivorian won four Premier League titles among 14 trophies in a Chelsea career spanning more than 380 appearances, and the 39-year-old is currently playing for Phoenix Rising in the second tier of United States professional soccer.

“Ah, do you want a scoop? I

think next year will be my last season,” Drogba told French news outlet RMC Sport. “At some point, you have to stop. I need to have time for my other projects. It’s good to play, but at 39, it holds me back a bit.”

Drogba has enjoyed an illustrious club career, playing more than 670 games for eight different teams, including French side Olympique Marseille and Turkey’s Galatasaray. (rtr)

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Southgate’s pride as England keep Brazil at bay LONDON - Gareth Southgate expressed pride in England’s young defence as his side drew 0-0 with Brazil in a friendly on Tuesday, four days after a similar stalemate against world champions Germany.

Even more satisfying for manager Southgate was the fact that injuries and withdrawals meant he was without several firstchoice players for the doubleheader against the nations standing first and second in FIFA’s world rankings.

On Tuesday he fielded a threeman defence with Manchester City’s 23-year-old John Stones flanked by Liverpool’s 20-yearold Joe Gomez, given a first start after a substitute appearance against Germany, and Leicester City’s Harry Maguire, 24.

Brazil’s attacking options included Neymar, the world’s most expensive player, Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho, yet the visitors were kept safely at arm’s length.

England offered far less going forward than they did against Germany -- which was not surprising as they struggled to get a kick at times -- but Brazil never carved them open and were restricted to some late chances at Wembley.

“I’m more proud tonight than I was against Germany,” Southgate told reporters after England kept a clean sheet against Brazil for the first time in their last 11 meetings.

“We have found so many positives because it won’t get much tougher than it was for them (England’s players) tonight.

They will gain huge confidence from tonight.

REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Brazil’s Alisson and Miranda in action with England’s Dominic Solanke “I thought they all did very well. We know about Joe’s (Gomez’s) athleticism but I thought his decision-making and calmness in the face of dealing with high quality movement was fantastic.

“John Stones showed the defensive attributes tonight. He was mature and controlled the line and was calm in possession.

“And Harry, he was a real plus. he started a little anxiously but he grew in confidence.”

STEP UP

England conceded only three goals in qualifying for next year’s World Cup but Germany and five-times world champions Brazil, who also easily qualified for the finals in Russia, were a major step up in the quality of opposition.

“We have come through with

two clean sheets and the system has worked well,” Southgate said. “We limited both teams to very few clear-cut chances.

When you put young players in you could get beaten by four and then you are questioning the decision. “But they really stepped up in the two matches.”

Brazil had won 13 of the 16 matches they had played since Tite became coach but they found England a tough nut to crack.

“They were very tight at the back,” substitute Fernandinho, who came closest to scoring with a shot that glanced against the post, said. “It was hard making chances in the first half.

“They were very well set up and that made it difficult for us.

Both teams were well prepared and we managed to create some chances in the second half, while they had practically none.” (rtr)

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Federer downs Zverev in the battle of the generations

LONDON - Roger Federer marched into the semi-finals of the ATP Finals once again on Tuesday but he made hard work of the task before finally prevailing 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1 in a high-quality battle of the generations with Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

Manta Point dive site

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Inside the channel which also has some superb diving if currents allow, one can make out scenic little tranquil bays with picturesque white beaches. While Bali disappears at the horizon behind us the spectacular cliffs of the south coast of Nusa Penida lie ahead at the exit of the channel. Here we have to make the decision whether the div-

ing conditions for Manta Point are alright. Now we’re heading for the open Indian Ocean which with it’s sometimes gigantic waves sculpts the sheer cliffs of Nusa Penida’s south coast.

Along the way we are passing bizarre rock formations and little rocky islands standing in the tremendous currents, water falls cascading down from the heights of the cliffs towards the ocean. After approximately 1 hour we arrive at Manta Point Dive Site. The actual diving site lies well protected from currents by a rocky cape. Many times we can make out the giant bodies of the Manta Rays already from the surface.

Huge rock formations make out a bizarre under water landscape that slopes down gently down to unfathomable depths. During the dive we just hang out around the giant rocks which are home to an army of cleaner fishes, without doubt this is the reason why this gentle giants come here. The Manta Rays cruise around the rocks, some just hover above the cleaner stations and the enjoy the treatment they receive.

Even snorkelers get a good view of the Manta Rays since most of the action here happens in fairly shallow water. And those who don’t dare to go in the water can witness the spectacle from the boat.

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The 36-year-old six-times champion may have been giving away 16 years to the man tipped to be the next superstar of the game but Federer proved in a dominant third set that for the moment he remains a cut above his young pursuers.

The triumph in 2 hours 11 minutes puts the 19-times grand slam champion in Saturday’s semi-finals -- the 14th time he has made the last four in 15 appearances -- with the tournament still only three days old.

It also meant that Zverev and Jack Sock, who earlier battled from behind to beat Marin Cilic 5-7 6-2 7-6(4), will now meet on Thursday to decide the other qualifier from the Boris Becker group.

Federer’s win ensured Cilic,

once again a disappointment at the season-ending tournament, was eliminated. World number two Federer is now an overwhelming favourite for a seventh crown in the absence of Rafael Nadal, who has pulled out injured. (rtr)

Switzerland’s Roger Federer (R) celebrates victory over Germany’s Alexander Zverev (L) during their men’s singles round-robin match on day three of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 14, 2017.

Brazil F1 tyre test cancelled for security reasons

LONDON - Pirelli and McLaren have cancelled a Formula One tyre test scheduled for the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit after teams were targeted by armed robbers in Sao Paulo over the weekend.

A robbery attempt on a Pirelli van after Sunday’s race, which was thwarted by the team’s security staff, was the latest of a string of incidents involving Formula One personnel at Interlagos.

Four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton had called on Formula One to act after mechanics from his Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint in their mini-van as they left Interlagos on Friday.

The Briton, who was not present at the time, said shots were fired and a gun pointed at one person’s head before valuables were taken. Sunday’s attack on the Pirelli van took place after security had supposedly been

tightened at the track.

“Following a robbery attempt, neutralised

by Pirelli security, on a Pirelli van at the Interlagos circuit last Sunday... it has been decided to cancel the tyre test,” Pirelli said in a statement on Monday.

The decision was taken with McLaren, who were due to test Pirelli’s 2018 tyres with British teenager Lando Norris and Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne on Tuesday and Wednes-

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Drivers compete for the first place during the start of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2017.

day, and the governing FIA “in the interest of the safety of the personnel”.

McLaren’s executive director Zak Brown told Reuters the team had put in place additional security measures before the test was called off.

“The circuit needs to get its act together because it’s not acceptable,” he said.

“If we are going to travel to places, we need to make sure that the government and city is doing a good job keeping everyone safe.”

The FIA, whose staff were also targeted on Friday, had promised “heavy police reinforcements” for the weekend.

Despite that, Sauber strategy engineer Ruth Buscombe reported on Twitter that a team van was targeted late on Saturday.

The Interlagos circuit has a history of such attacks, with cars caught in traffic jams or at red stop lights on a road that runs past a hillside slum.

Unlike regular team staff, race drivers travel to and from their hotels with police escorts and in bulletproof cars.

Britain’s Jenson Button was in a car that was attacked outside the circuit in 2010, a year after he won the world championship, but his police driver smashed through the traffic to escape.

“There’s a huge amount of traffic flowing in and out at peak times and, unfortunately, it provides an opportunity for these situations,” Mike Collier, McLaren’s head of human performance who was in the car with Button at the time, told Reuters.

“There is clearly a huge amount of poverty as well and when the race teams arrive, they come with a huge amount of assets and wealth.” (rtr)

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Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 15,2017.

Zimbabwe’s army seizes power, targets ‘criminals’ around Mugabe

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s military seized power early on Wednesday targeting “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound”.

Soldiers and armoured vehicles blocked roads to the main government offices, parliament and the courts in central Harare, while taxis ferried commuters to work nearby, a Reuters witness said.

Mugabe, the self-styled ‘Grand Old Man’ of African politics, has led Zimbabwe for the last 37 years. In contrast to his elevated status on the continent, Mugabe is reviled in the West as a despot whose disastrous handling of the economy and willingness to resort to violence to maintain power destroyed one of Africa’s most promising states.

“We are only targeting criminals around him (Mugabe) who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order

Iran quake...

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“It was my cousin’s birthday ...

All the relatives were there ... like 50 people. But now almost all are dead,” Reza, who refused to give his full name, told Reuters from Sarpole Zahab town. He lost 34 members of his family on Sunday. “We spent two nights in the cold. Where is the aid?” On the Iraq side of the frontier, nine people were killed and over 550 injured, all in the northern Kurdish provinces.

to bring them to justice,” Major General SB Moyo, Chief of Staff Logistics, said on television.

“As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect that the situation will return to normalcy.”

Neither Mugabe nor his wife Grace, who has been vying to succeed her husband as president, have been seen or heard from.

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change called for a peaceful return to constitutional democracy, adding it hoped the military intervention would lead to the “establishment of a stable, democratic and progressive nation state”.

South African President Jacob Zuma - speaking on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - expressed hope there would be no unconstitutional changes of government in Zimbabwe as that would be contrary to both SADC and African Union positions.

Zuma urged Zimbabwe’s government and the military “to resolve the political impasse amicably.” (rtr)

WATER, ELECTRICITY LACKING, ROADS BLOCKED

Television showed rescue workers combing through the rubble of dozens of villages immediately after the quake. But by Tuesday morning Iranian officials said there was no longer any likelihood of finding survivors and called off the search.

Hospitals in nearby provinces took in many of the injured, state television said, airing footage of survivors waiting to be treated. Hundreds of critically injured were dispatched to hospitals in Tehran.

Iran’s Red Crescent said emergency shelter had been provided for thousands of homeless people but a lack of electricity and water, as well as blocked roads, hindered aid supply efforts. “People in some villages are still in dire need of food, water and shelter,” said Faramraz Akbari, governor of Qasr-e Shirin county in Kermanshah province. State TV showed dozens of green and white tents dotting Sarpol-e Zahab, many containing two or three families.

Groups clustered around bonfires trying to warm themselves.

“It is cold. My children are freez-

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Going strong after 70 years: UK’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate platinum anniversary

LONDON - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will add another landmark to her record-breaking reign on Monday when she and Prince Philip celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.

Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time, married dashing naval officer Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at London’s Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947, just two years after the end of World War Two, in a lavish ceremony attended by statesmen and royalty from around the world.

Seventy years on, Elizabeth, 91, and her 96-year-old husband will mark their platinum anniversary with a small family party at Windsor Castle, the monarch’s home to the west of London.

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said there would be no public event to mark the occasion.

Greek-born Philip, a descendant of Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria in his own right, has been at his wife’s side throughout her 65-year reign, the longest in British history. He was

the person who broke the news to her in 1952 that her father, George VI, had died and that she was now queen.

“One of the secrets of this very, very long marriage, and it’s an incredibly impressive anniversary, is the fact Prince Philip has always seen it as his main duty to support the queen, to help her in whatever way he can,” royal historian Hugo Vickers told Reuters.

“He is the only person who can actually tell the queen absolutely straight what he thinks, and if he thinks some idea is ridiculous he will say so in whatever language he chooses to use.”

The couple first met when they attended the wedding of Prince Philip’s cousin, Princess Marina of Greece, to Elizabeth’s uncle, the Duke of Kent, in 1934.

Philip then gained the attention of his future wife when the then-13-year-old princess made a visit with her parents to Britain’s Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in southern England where he was a cadet. (rtr)

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Pangbourne College near Reading, May 9, 2017. ing. We have water and food but no tent. The quake did not kill us but the cold weather will kill us,” a woman in her 30s said. The mayor of the city of Ezgeleh said 80 percent of its buildings had collapsed. Survivors desperately needed tents with elderly people and babies as young as a oneyear-old sleeping in the cold for two straight nights. “People are hungry and thirsty,” a local man told ISNA news agency. “There is no electricity.

Last night I cried when I saw children with no food or shelter.” Some people were angry that among the collapsed buildings were homes built under an

affordable housing scheme initiated in 2011 by then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“The people should build their own houses. They build better houses than those built under projects and schemes,” Rouhani said in Kermanshah, state TV reported. “I promise you, those responsible will be punished.” Iran is crisscrossed by major geological fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years, including a 6.6 quake in 2003 that reduced the historic southeastern city of Bam to dust and killed some 31,000 people. (rtr)

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Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport’s Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia on September 19, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Indonesian police officer killed in shooting near Freeport mine

JAKARTA/TIMIKA - An Indonesian police officer was killed and a second wounded on Wednesday, after both were shot in the back in an area near Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s giant Grasberg copper mine in the eastern province of Papua, police said.

The officers were patrolling an area close to where a Freeport vehicle was targeted in a shooting on Tuesday, Papua police spokesman Suryadi Diaz said in a statement. A helicopter flew the men to a hospital in the nearby lowland city of Timika.

from the mine upstream.

A string of at least 15 separate shooting incidents in the area since mid-August that wounded at least 12 people and killed two police officers has been blamed by police on an “armed criminal group”, but linked to separatist rebels by others.

In a statement, the separatist West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN-OPM), a group linked to the Free Papua Movement, claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s incident. The group has said it is at war with police, military and Freeport.

The main access road to Grasberg remained closed, Freeport Indonesia spokesman Riza Pratama said, referring to a 79-mile (127-km) stretch from Timika to the mining town of Tembagapura that runs near a river rich with gold tailings

For decades, there have been sporadic attacks along the road where the shootings took place, but authorities’ efforts to catch the perpetrators have been hampered by thick surrounding jungle. “The Indonesian Military (TNI) and police have

EMERGENCY MEASURES

urged the Armed Separatist Movement in Papua to surrender, but until now no one has turned themselves in,” Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo said in a statement.

“Armed separatists cannot be left alone,” he said, adding that reining in such activities was the domain of the military, which was preparing “emergency measures” in case persuasive approaches by the police and military failed.

Papua has had a long-running, and sometimes violent, separatist movement since the province was incorporated into Indonesia after a widely criticised 1969 U.N.-backed referendum. Foreign journalists have in the past required special permission to report in Papua, and once there, have had security forces restrict their movement and work. President Joko Widodo has pledged to make the region more accessible to foreign media by inviting reporters on governmentsponsored trips, although coverage remains difficult. (rtr)

Taman Safari Indonesia reports man, woman to police for giving animals alcohol

Management of a conservation park in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, have reported a man and woman to the police for giving a hippopotamus and a deer an alcoholic drink, as shown in a video that went viral.

“We reported the two perpetrators to Cisarua Police this morning. Their actions endangered our animals and breached animal welfare norms. Hence, we decided to

take the case to the police,” Taman Safari Indonesia’s spokesman Yulius Suprihardo told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

Yulius added that the park’s veterinary team was currently examining the animals to determine whether the alcohol had affected their health. Yulius thanked Instagram users for reporting the issue to Taman Safari Indonesia.

“Thank you for your concern and support toward our animals’ welfare.” Animal welfare activists lambasted a man and woman known on Instagram as @philipbiondi and @alyccaaa for giving a hippopotamus and a deer red wine at Taman Safari Indonesia.

The actions were recorded and uploaded by the woman on her Instagram story before the videos went viral. (ant)

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BUSINESS North Korea’s Kim trades missiles for tractors during testing lull

SEOUL - After a summer filled with flaming rockets and an earth-shaking nuclear blast, North Korea’s state media is portraying Kim Jong Un as a leader who has temporarily traded weapons for workshops. The new portrayal appears designed to build domestic support by delivering on promises to develop the economy alongside the nuclear programme and to reassure citizens amid tightening international sanctions.

State media photos released on Wednesday showed Kim examining equipment at a tractor factory, test driving one of the vehicles and laughing with workers, the latest in a stream of photos in the past two months depicting a smiling Kim visiting farms and factories that make shoes, cosmetics, trucks.

Between June 21 and Sept. 20, Kim did not conduct a single public activity related to the economy, instead focusing almost exclusively on appearances at events including missile tests or tours of weapons factories, according to data collected by South Korea’s Ministry of Unification. The resumption of public, economic-related activities has coincided with a lull in missile testing. North Korea has not fired a rocket or tested a nuclear weapon since it launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Sept. 15.

The break in testing matches lulls at similar times in past years and North Korea is almost certainly continuing its push for more capable nuclear weapons, South Korean officials say. But the renewed focus on economic development could be a bid to unify North Koreans and strengthen support for the leadership, said Baik Tae-hyun, a spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry. “While North Korea still shows the will to continue

developing its nuclear and missile programme, their focus on the economy is also helping the North Korean people come together,” Baik said.

North Korea may be starting to feel the pinch of sanctions, tightened after its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September, and its leadership could be under pressure to limit their impact, said Nam Sung-wook, a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University in Seoul.

“Kim Jong Un has been simply doing what he does best - encouraging his people to achieve rapid economic growth and boost production,” Nam said. “Taking care of the economy and his people are the top priorities.”

‘VICIOUS SANCTIONS’ Since taking the reins of the reclusive regime after the death of his father at the end of 2011, Kim has embraced a goal of simultaneously pursing economic development and advanced nuclear weapons. New U.N. Security Council sanctions in August and September banned imports of coal, textiles and seafood, while restricting oil shipments to the North. North Korean officials have said in state media the sanctions were causing a “colossal amount of damage” to ordinary

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the Kumsong Tractor Factory in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on November 15, 2017.

North Koreans, while leaders have shown defiance, arguing that selfreliance can overcome international pressure.

“The main key to foiling the extremely vicious sanctions and pressure of the U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces and turning misfortune into a blessing is just self-reliance and the sci-tech strength,” Kim said in an Oct. 7 speech to leaders of his ruling

Workers’ Party of Korea, according to state media.

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, a researcher with the Foreign Policy Research Institute who tracks North Korea’s economy, said there was a push to expand manufacturing and decrease reliance on imports of a wide range of goods. North Korea was also looking to expand exports of products not covered by sanctions, such as tractors,

Silberstein added. While analysts say there is anecdotal evidence the sanctions are beginning to the North’s economy, it is not clear to what degree.

Prices of petrol and diesel have spiked, but the cost of foods likes corn and rice have remained relatively stable, according to a Reuters analysis of market data collected by the defector-run Daily NK website. (rtr)

Boeing Beats Out Airbus for $27 Billion Order From FlyDubai

Boeing Co. secured an order valued at $27 billion for 737 Max jets from discount carrier FlyDubai, hitting back at rival Airbus SE’s record $50 billion deal.

Amid a surprise order flourish at the Dubai Air A FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX8 during the 15th Dubai Air Show on Nov. 12.

Show, the state-owned budget airline signed an agreement for 175 firm orders, plus an additional 50 options, FlyDubai said Wednesday in a statement.

The deal is a blow to Airbus, which was expected to split the order with Boeing.

FlyDubai, which closely cooperates with longhaul giant Emirates, currently has an all Boeing fleet.

With the latest announcement, the carrier has 320 planes on order.(rtr)

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After Delayed, Nusa Penida Festival to Be Held Next December

Activities of Klungkung government in refugee posts in the last few weeks are not very crowded. Meanwhile, the delayed Nusa Penida Festival is scheduled to be held on December 6-9. This was stated by the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, on Monday (Oct. 30).

To follow up on the plan, the Tourism Office designed the arrangement of events and timing of the implementation. It is immediately commenced after Galungan holiday. When everything has been completed, it will be immediately promoted to tourism players and tourist destinations, where one of which is the airport. “We have confirmed the date,” he said.

Meanwhile, Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, stated the implementation of this event has reached the fourth time and remains to be adjusted with the condition. It is designed to focus on the typical cultural performances owned by Klungkung community. There is no national artist appearance.

“We do not want to highlight the impression of party, but feature more local wisdoms,” he said.

In accordance with the initial plan, the festival was held on October 5-8, 2017 located at Jungutbatu village. However, in the midst of promotion, Karangasem residents fled to Klungkung along with the increased activities of Mount Agung. It requires the district government to delay the implementation.

To welcome the event with the budget of IDR 1.7 billion, some villages have actually made preparations for the cultural performances. (kmb)

Ogoh-ogoh, a Medium of Actualizing Art Creativity

Parading ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) across the customary village or hamlet at the night of Pengerupukan seems to have become a kind of ‘necessity’ for the majority of customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Bali. All the creativities and imaginations as well as funds are dedicated to make the ogoh-ogoh as perfect as possible.

Sincerely, sophisticated technology is also applied in the design and construction of the demon statue in order to create dramatic effects as desired by the creator. No matter, the money spent can reach millions or even tens of millions of rupiahs. In this context, the presence of ogoh-ogoh can be positioned as a medium to show off artistic creativity and

symbol of prestige because the product is deliberately displayed to general public.

Head of the Bali Culture Agency, I Dewa Putu Beratha, said that the ogoh-ogoh parade on Pengerupukan is an expression or artistic creativity to welcome the Caka New Year. This activity is not a part of ritual or it has nothing to do with the Tawur Kasanga ritual. In other words, it is purely an artistic creativity taking advantage of Pengerupukan moment as a medium of actualization. It is a medium to show off the results of creativity to general public.

“Considering it is not a part of ritual, so the procession of parading ogoh-ogoh is not a necessity. In other words, without the presence of ogoh-ogoh the essence of Nyepi celebration will not be reduced,” said Beratha to Bali Post on Wednesday (Mar. 15). Beratha added that he has not found any religious literature mandating the Hindus to hold the ogoh-ogoh procession on Pengerupukan.

To date, the literatures used as a guideline for the implementation of Nyepi and Tawur (including melasti) are Purana Bali Dwipa and Sundarigama palm-leaf manuscript.

None of the manuscripts discuss about the ogoh-ogoh.

“So, the excitement of young generation to parade the ogoh-ogoh has no scriptural reference. It purely serves as a medium of actualization for the artistic creativity,” he said. Although having no religious reference, Beratha stated that artistic creativity of young

people expressed through the ogoh-ogoh tradition should be accommodated. However, the creativity needs to be directed so as not to move wildly and gets the correct portion.

For example, the ogoh-ogoh figure should not be harassing a person or particular group as well as free from any pornographic and other negative natures.

“Equally important, the artistic creativity may not drown the essence of the religious ritual itself. People should not give more emphases on the making of ogoh-ogoh than preparing the series of Nyepi procession along with other accompanying rituals,” he warned. The ogoh-ogoh actualized through artistic creativity is also expressed by chief of Praja Taruna Mahottama customary youth club of Sengguan, Sempidi village, Badung, I Putu Candra Pradhita. In a series of the Nyepi celebration this year, this alumnus of ISI Denpasar along with Mika Raditya, Putu Surata, Edy Kusuma, Pande Sukarya and Anom is assisted by members of the other customary youth club to design the ogohogoh with the theme of Sesuluh Ulah Aluh.

The ogoh-ogoh visualized through the figure of garuda or (eagle) mythical bird, rat and veteran reflects the current condition of the nation that is no longer occupied by the other nations but even by its own people. Indonesia’s diversity is being tested where the strength of the garuda is being combated by troublemaking ‘rats’ that want to dismember the integrity of this nation. (kmb)

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Rainbow celebrations as Australians vote for same-sex marriage

SYDNEY - Australians have voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, paving the way for legislation by the end of 2017 and sparking rainbow celebrations on Wednesday, with people wearing wedding dresses and sequined suits and declaring “our love is real”.

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To narrow the movement of drug dealers and draw the participation of people living along the coast, Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police will carry out patrols and inspections of ships passing through in the waters of Gianyar Police jurisdiction.

To anticipate drug smuggling, police watch coastal areas

GIANYAR — Illicit trafficking of drugs is a big threat. Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police participated in anticipation of illicit drug trafficking. This was done with the participation of people living along the coastal areas in Gianyar Police.

Chief of Water Police Unit of Gianyar, Anak Agung Rai Partama, said that his ranks have now increased patrols in Gianyar Police jurisdiction especially in

the areas considered vulnerable to be the entrance to drugs and its circulation. “Patrol in the waters of Gianyar, especially on the coast of Gianyar, is carried out to realize

Gianyar as safe and comfortable tourist destination and free from drug trafficking,” he said.

He explained the patrol is focused on surveillance of people and goods including drug smuggling and coastal activities along the beaches in the Gianyar Police. “We monitored that many goods (drugs) enter from NTB and Denpasar.

On that account, we increasingly strengthen the supervision and patrol in the two areas,” he said.

To narrow the movement of drug dealers and draw the participation of people living along the coast, Water Police Unit of Gianyar Police will carry out patrols and inspections of ships passing through in the waters of Gianyar Police

jurisdiction.

“So far, we have regularly taken action against the ships and fast boats coming into the Gianyar region, starting from the completeness of document, passenger, tourist safety and most importantly supervision of people and goods entering Gianyar via Denpasar or other regions,” he said. (kmb35)

Believed to grow economy

Household electrical classification simplified

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Simplification of the classification of non-subsidized household electricity is considered to grow the economy, especially in Bali.

DENPASAR — Simplification of the classification of nonsubsidized household electricity is considered to grow the economy, especially in Bali. Moreover, the peak load of electricity usage in Bali has decreased. Previously, the peak load of electricity usage in Bali reached 846 MW but recently only reached 700 MW. The presence of new policy will be able to encourage economic growth.

This was conveyed by Deputy Manager of Communications and Environmental Development of PLN for Bali Distribution, I Gusti Ketut Putra, on Tuesday (14/11).

He admitted the policy remains in the stage of discussion. His management in the region has not received any official guidance from PLN head office.

Simplification of this electrical classification only applies to nonsubsidized 900 VA electric powers and above, where consumers of non-subsidized 900 VA, 1,300 VA,

2,200 VA and 3,300 VA will be entered into 4,400 VA. The 4,400 VA to 12,600 VA classification is raised and coupled to 13,000 VA while the 13,000 VA and above is not restricted. “The 1,300 VA tariff is the same as that of 2,200 VA, 3,500 VA and 4,400 VA. When upgrading their power, consumers do not need to pay again. With this policy, they instantly get additional power. Possibly, there will be no charges for the power upgrading,” he explained.

The absence of tariff differences will have an impact on customers where they can use electricity more flexibly. “Obviously, there is no increase in tariff,” he said.

With simplification of the classification, the economy is believed to be growing because people can run businesses that use electricity.

For example, originally people only use electricity for household consumption and then with the addition of power at no cost as well

as the same tariff as the higher class will make the community able to do business activities such as opening a shop, making MSME products such as sewing, grated coconut with machine and cutting pandan leaves with a machine, On the other hand, simplification of this classification will also make the community more consumptive. Therefore, his management continuously provides education for the public so that they can use electricity wisely in accordance with the necessity.

If this policy works, PLN for Bali Distribution also declared its readiness for the possibility of high peak load because Bali has been surplus of power. “Our capacity is 1,300 MW, while our peak load has ever reached 846 MW and the last was 700 MW. With this policy, PLN Bali is ready with considerable power reserves amounting to 40 percent of our power capacity,” he concluded. (kmb42)

Australia will become the 26th nation to formalise the unions if the legislation is passed by parliament, which is expected despite some vocal opposition within the government’s conservative right wing.

Thousands of people in a Sydney park broke into a loud cheer, hugged and cried as Australia’s chief statistician revealed live over a big screen that 61.6 percent of voters surveyed favoured marriage equality, with 38.4 percent against.

Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe, who came out as gay three years ago, said the result was a huge relief.

“It means that the way you feel for another person, whoever that may be, is equal,” Thorpe told reporters at the Sydney celebrations.

The voluntary poll is nonbinding but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull immediately said he would fulfil a pledge to raise a bill in parliament with the aim of passing laws by Christmas.

Turnbull played down concern of a split in his coalition government over the policy as the conservative faction presses for amendments to protect religious freedoms that discriminate against same-sex couples.

“It is unequivocal, it is over-

whelming. They have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality,” Turnbull told reporters in Canberra after the survey results were announced.

“They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love.”

A marriage equality bill was introduced into parliament later on Wednesday.

The result marks a watershed moment for gay rights in Australia, where it was illegal in some states to engage in homosexual activity until 1997.

“It’s a g’day. Way to go Australia,” tweeted U.S. TV host Ellen DeGeneres, who is married to Australian actress Portia de Rossi in the United States.

Almost 80 percent of eligible voters took part in the survey - a higher turnout than Britain’s Brexit vote and Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum.

Mark Barry, 59, wiped away tears as he took in the result with his partner of 35 years, Gerrard Boller.

“I know a celebrant who is going to be very happy about this,” Barry told Reuters.

TURNBULL TROUBLES Irish-born Qantas Airways

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Supporters of the ‘Yes’ vote for marriage equality celebrate after it was announced the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage in a national survey, paving the way for legislation to make the country the 26th nation to formalise the unions by the end of the year, at a rally in central Sydney, Australia, November 15, 2017.

Chief Executive Alan Joyce, one of the few openly gay business leaders in Australia, told the Sydney crowd, many of whom sheltered from the sun under rainbow umbrellas, that the result was “an amazing outcome” and urged Turnbull to move quickly

on legislation.

Turnbull has been under pressure amid a citizenship crisis that has cost him his deputy and the government’s majority in parliament and political analysts said the resounding “yes” vote presented him with his first opportunity in

months to exert decisive control.

Nick Economou, a political scientist at Monash University, said Turnbull “should feel emboldened by the result and this is the sort of thing he has been looking for to show some assertive leadership”. (rtr)

Divided Srebrenica awaits Mladic verdict 22 years after massacre

SREBRENICA - Almir Salihovic sits in his office in Srebrenica, waiting for a U.N. tribunal

to give its judgement on the man accused of massacring his cousins and uncles there in 1995. He is

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General view of Srebrenica, November 14, 2017. Picture is taken November 14.

hoping for a measure of justice, but little else.

The businessman was 10 when he fled through the woods with his father and brother as Bosnian Serb soldiers opened fire behind them. The troops killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the days that followed.

Next week the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia will give its verdict on Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of overseeing the murders and other war crimes, including the siege of Sarajevo.

A guilty verdict on Nov. 22 would give some “personal satisfaction to victims,” Salihovic told Reuters at his transportation company in the eastern town, where his family returned in 2004.

But it would do little else - certainly nothing to heal the deeper traumas and still gaping divides.

“For most Serbs he will remain a hero, for others he will be the butcher and criminal, and we will continue to live in our folds, side by side, not together,” he said.

“We carry the burden of a terrible crime that puts inter-ethnic relations under pressure.”

“BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE VICTIMS” The legacy of a commander who led the Bosnian Serb army in its swift takeover of two-thirds of the country during the 1992-95 war still divides Muslim Bosniaks and Serbs in Bosnia.

For Srebrenica Muslims, Mladic is a symbol of the chaos

and killings that broke out when his forces took over the U.Nprotected eastern enclave where about 40,000 Muslims from eastern Bosnia had sought refuge.

For Serbs the 74-year-old is a proud general who won the territory with very few of his own casualties.

Srebrenica’s own Serb mayor Mladen Grujicic says the killings did not amount to genocide - and the two international courts who ruled that they did were biased against his fellow Serbs.

“It will take many more years to reveal the complete truth, which is not favouring any side,” Grujicic told Reuters.

“We in both communities are victims while higher agendas are at stake,” he added, without elaborating. (rtr)

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U.S. approves digital pill that tracks when patients take it

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A cancer cell (white) being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells (red), part of a natural immune response.

Biotech firms race to recruit good bugs in war on cancer

TEXAS - Biotech companies are competing to develop medicines using “bugs as drugs” to fight cancer, building on the latest scientific findings that patients with high levels of good gut bacteria are more likely to respond to modern immunotherapy.

Certain bacteria seem to help in cancer by priming immune cells and smoothing the path for immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 drugs that work by taking the brakes off the immune system.

Seres Therapeutics hopes to become the first company to leverage this discovery through a collaboration with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy that will see its microbe medicine tested in a clinical trial.

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm has an exclusive option to license patent rights under the deal announced on Tuesday.

MD Anderson scientists were among two groups of cancer researchers who reported on the benefits of good gut microbes in the journal Science earlier this month.

The work underscores the importance of the microbiome - the vast community of microbes living inside us - which has been linked to everything from digestive disorders to depression.

Seres Chief Executive Roger Pomerantz told Reuters the aim was to start the randomised, placebocontrolled clinical trial in metastatic melanoma in 2018, evaluating the impact of giving a newly developed Seres microbiome drug alongside a PD-1 therapy.

There are currently two approved PD-1 drugs, Merck & Co’s Keytruda or Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo, but Pomerantz declined to say which would be used.

Seres, which is backed by Swiss food giant Nestle, became the first microbiome drug developer to go public in June 2015 but it suffered a setback last year when its leading drug candidate failed in a trial against C. difficile, a debilitating gut infection.

BEYOND THE GUT

Other companies are competing hard. Like Seres, some are also eyeing the new opportunity in cancer, as microbiome science moves beyond the initial focus on gastrointestinal conditions like C. difficile, ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Vedanta Biosciences, another U.S. biotech firm that is an affiliate of PureTech Health, plans to file for approval to start a clinical trial in immuno-oncology in 2018, while Synlogic is also working on experimental cancer therapies.

French biotech company Enterome, meanwhile, is working with Bristol-Myers on microbiome-derived diagnostic tests and potential drugs to use with the U.S. drugmaker’s immunotherapy medicines.

“This shift makes sense,” said Vedanta CEO Bernat Olle of the latest focus on cancer.

“About 80 percent of your immune system cells are in the intestine ... but cells that are educated in the gut don’t stay there. Every day they cycle several times throughout the body and some of them will go to tumours.”

Advocates argue that microbiome medicine offers a smart way to both tone down the immune system response - useful for conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and allergies - or ramp it up, which is needed for the body to fight back against cancer.

The first wave of microbiome drugs rely on faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), or samples of microbes distilled from human faeces, delivered either as a capsule or by enema. But companies are also working on synthetically fermented versions.

Seres boss Pomerantz believes microbiome science will open up a major new treatment field, like monoclonal antibodies did when they were pioneered

by Centocor, now part of Johnson & Johnson, three decades ago.

“Just as Centocor started monoclonals back in the 1980s, we think we are the Centocor of the microbiome - but of course there will be other companies.” (rtr)

CALIFORNIA - U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significant step forward in the convergence of healthcare and technology.

The medicine is a version of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd’s established drug Abilify for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, containing a tracking device developed by Proteus Digital Health.

The system offers doctors an objective way to measure if patients are swallowing their pills on schedule, opening up a new avenue for monitoring medicine compliance that could be applied in other therapeutic areas.

Shares in Otsuka rose 2.5 percent on Tuesday after news of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late on Monday.

The FDA said that being able to track ingestion of medicines prescribed for mental illness may be useful “for some patients”, although the ability of the digital pill to improve patient compliance had not been proved.

“The FDA supports the development and use of new technology in prescription drugs and is committed to working with companies to understand how technology might benefit patients and prescribers,” said

Mitchell Mathis of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

The system works by sending a message from the pill’s sensor to a wearable patch, which then transmits the information to a mobile application so that patients can track the ingestion of the medication on their smartphone.

About the size of a grain of salt, the sensor has no battery or antenna and is activated when it gets wet from stomach juices.

That completes a circuit between coatings of copper and magnesium on either side, generating a tiny electric charge.

In the longer term, such digital pills could also be used to manage patients with other complicated medicine routines, such as those suffering from diabetes or heart conditions.

Poor compliance with drug regimens is a common problem in many disease areas, especially when patients suffer from chronic conditions.

Proteus has been working on the pill tracking system for many years and the sensor used in Abilify MyCite was first cleared for use by the FDA in 2012.

The unlisted Californian company has attracted investments from several large healthcare companies, including Novartis AG , Medtronic Inc and St. Jude Medical Inc , as well as Otsuka. (rtr)

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A digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication.

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Evacuating again

Thousands of residents of Bantas throng Kubu sub district office

Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo

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Head of Dutch tourists axed for several times

DENPASAR — Two killers of Dutch tourist Robert Geelhoed, 80, namely Winda Wilantara, 22, and Andika Budyanto, 31, were detained in Denpasar Police Headquarters. When examined, the two suspects confessed their deeds and executed the victim by an ax and fitness gear in the bathroom.

Moreover, they axed the victim’s head for a dozen of times.

“The evidence found at the crime scene includes an ax, two sticks of fitness equipment, a towel and a set of clothing. At the victim’s head was found 13 wounds as axed by the perpetrators,” said Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Aris Purwanto, on Monday (Nov. 14).

After killing the victim, the two perpetrators shared the results of robbery. A unit of red Mercedes Benz sport with license plate of DK 346 FF, vehicle registration and the key brought by Winda. Meanwhile, Andika took the victim’s cash worth IDR 1.7 million.

Pursuant to the results of examination, each perpetrator played different role where Winda strangled the victim’s neck by barbell stick.

In addition, he also smothered the victim’s mouth by a fitness stick.

After that, he ran to grab an ax and used it to shack the victim’s head.

The ax was then handed over to Andika and used to cut the victim’s head.

According to him, both suspects had acquaintance in a bus leading to Denpasar on October 12. Next, Winda had acquaintance with the victim on October 22 on Kuta Beach. “At that time, the victim invited Winda to work at his house.

The next day Winda contacted Andi at the victim’s house,” he said.

At that time, Winda conspired and planned to rob the victim.

Afterward, on October 24 early in the morning, they committed the action and executed the victim in the bathroom.

Disclosure of this case, continued Hadi, started from the victim’s car found in the Merak Harbor, West Java. Winda escaped when the sport had engine trouble but he left his picture in the car.

“A member of Merak Police then contacted the South Kuta Police station and then proceeded to Denpasar Police. Our members immediately hunted Winda to Lampung and could arrest him. After that, it was the turn of Andika to be arrested in Bogor,” he affirmed.

Are they gays? “This matter is still being investigated. They are charged with Article 340 and Article 338 of the Criminal Code, regarding the premeditated murder with the maximum charge of life imprisonment,” he said.

Previously, police hunted the suspect Winda to Bujuk Agung hamlet, Kampung Agung Jaya, Tulang Bawang, Lampung, related to the murder case of Robert Gilhooad from Holland on November 7. After that, mobile detective team of Denpasar Police arrested Andika at his brother’s house in the housing complex of Baranang Siang Indah, Katulampa, Bogor, West Java, on November 9 at 16:00 Local Time.

Robert Gilhooad was found dead in his bathroom at Puri Gading housing complex at Jalan Ambon Block A 7, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Nov. 3). (kmb36)

AMLAPURA — Thousands of residents of Bantas hamlet, Baturinggit, Kubu subdistrict, thronged the Kubu subdistrict head office on Sunday night (Nov. 12). After being directed by the head of Kubu, Made Suarana to evacuate their home village again, they found that they could not al be accomodated. Eventually the villagers gathered in the courtyard of the Kubu Public Square, next to the Kubu subdistrict head office.

One villager from Baturinggit named I Gede Putu Telantik, said on Monday (Nov. 13) that the people of Bantas hamlet had previously been evacuated to Les village, Buleleng. Just before Glunagan they went home to hold modest celebrations for Galungan and Kuningan. They were then asked to return to the evacuation post by the head of the sub district of Kubu on the name of the local government.

The evacuees however did not return to Les Village but instead went to the Kubu sub district head office after having asked that an evacuation site closer to their village be provided for them so that they can occasionally return home.

The sub district officials did not expect so mnay people so they thought that Kubu Public Square would suffice. There was however no tents. bedding, and other basic needs there for them. Other residents of safe zones, thus wondered of something had happened in Bantas that caused so many people to suddenly appear.

“Obviously if residents were asked to evacuate to Kubu Public Saure, then the authorities should have prepared tents and bedding. TO make things worse they

were evacuated at night”, said Gede Putu Telantik, explaining that some 2,7000 people moved that night.

In addition to Bantas hamlet, two other hamlets namely the Baturinggit Kaja and Banjar Baturinggit Kelod are said to belong to outside the alert zone because the distance is about 15 km from the summit of Mount Agung.

Sub district head of Kubu, Made Suartana, when contacted on Monday morning (Nov. 13) was not yet able to give an explanation. A number of related institutions, such as the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Karangasem and Social Service also had difficulty coordinating with the head of Kubu sub district because his cellular phone number was not active.

Chief Executive of BPBD Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ketut Arimbawa, when contacted on Monday morning said that he had heard of the incident and insited that the evacuees should not have been directed to Kubu Public Square. According to the map issued by the BNPB, th entire area from the summit of Mount Agung to Kubu Public Square are included in the red zone.

“They should be directed to West Tianyar village only.

A evacuation post has been prepared there and it is a safer area”, said Arimbawa.

He claimed to be still trying to communicate with Kubu sub district head to find out whether there is any other consideration from the sub-district authority to direct evacuees from Bantas hamlet to the location.

Before deciding to send aid to the evacuees in Kubu Public Square, Arimbawa confirmed that he would discuss the matter with the commander of the Mount Agung Disaster Preparedness Task force for further study. (kmb31)

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After being directed by the head of Kubu to evacuate their home village again, residents found that they could not al be accomodated.

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

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Batur is one of 15 lakes in Indonesia considered to be in critical condition

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Regent suggests dams be built BANGLI - Lake Batur has long been included as one of the 15 lakes in Indonesia considered to be in critical condition. The Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, has therefor stated that real action and innovative breakthroughs are needed. Building dams on every estuary that leads to the lake, he said is one way to help the problems that the lake faces. In addition to holding back water, dams are also needed to filter garbage, mud, sand and so forth from settling in the lake.

“Mud, sand and garbage entering the lake, makes it much harder to dredge the lake and clean it up.

Dams would trap the mud, sand and dirt making it easier to handle”, said Regent Made Gianyar when receiving a visit of the Commission II of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) at the Floating Restaurant Meeting Hall, Kintamani, on Tuesday (Nov. 14).

Regent Gianyar added that if all the rivers that lead to Lake Batur had dams, it is believed that it would be easier to manage the frequent droughts and floods in the area. Regarding silting and pollution in Lake Batur, Regent Made Gianyar said that farmers and fish-farmers are often scapegoated as the cause of the Lake’s pollution and silting.

According to the Regent of Bangli, this is not entirely true. Natural factors also play a major role, as every rainy season, Lake Batur is not only filled

with fresh water but also with mud, sand and garbage flushed in from the rivers, mud, sand and garbage flow into the lake causing a lot of silt to deposit on the bottom of the lake.

Gianyar explained that the results of fertility rate (euthropication) analysis of Lake Batur indicates that the eutrophic index value lies in the range of 4.2 and 5.0, which translates as very poor quality water that is not fit for consumption. “We had a plan to provide drinking water for the people of Suter, Abang Batu Dingding, Abang Songan and the surrounding areas by pumping up the lake water. The plan however was called-off because we found out that the water was not fit to drink”, he said.

Bangli’s regent went on to explain that he is taking strategic steps to address this issue. Bangli’s vision and mission for next five years and the long term regional development plan (RPJMD) intend establish the area of Lake Batur as an organic farming area. Bangli’s district government has ordered villages in the area of Lake Batur to allocate part of their village budgets to the preservation of Lake Batur.

Bangli’s district government has also submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Environment for the rehabilitation of Lake Batur’s water, so that it can become fit for human consumption. The proposed plan is to use nano-bubbles to purify dirty water from the lake.

“Based on expert studies, it would take 10 nano-bubble machines to make the water in Lake Batur fit for consumption and other purposes” said Regent of Bangli, Made Gianyar. (kmb40)

about 1,000-1,5000 of these flowers in various sizes everyday.

The spongey flowers are shaped using a special heater depending on the desired shape. Along with the popular frangipani shape, they also make spongey hibiscus, orchids, champak and ylang-ylang. Once the flowers are shaped, they are coloured using fiber-glass or spray paint. The fiber-glass flowers are more expensive as they are harder to make. “ It takes about 15 minutes to make each flower”, he said.

He said the spongey flower company where he works sells intact flowers as well as those attached to combs, pins, and hair clips. Prices vary from IDR 2, 500 to hundreds of thousands of rupiah, depending on the size and number of flowers. (kmb40)

Hundreds of coral reefs secured in Gilimanuk

NEGARA - The Gilimanuk Harbor Police thwarted an attempt to deliver coral reefs on Tuesday (Nov. 14). The harbour officers found two boxes of coral reef packed in transparent plastic on a Pahala Kencana bus with license plate of K 1685 AB during a routine inspection.

The coral reef being transported was not accompanied by the necessary documents such as a Quarantine Health Certificate from the region of origin. The 40 year old bus driver from Kudus named Kusyowedi, said that the two boxes were picekd up in Jepara and were headed for Ubung Terminal. The cost of delivery was IDR 200,000. “According to his testimony, the box was sent by Susan to Made Wage”, explained Chief of Gilimanuk Harbor Police, I Nyoman Subawa, accompanied by Unit Chief of Criminal Investigation, I Komang Muliyadi.

The harbour officers secured the two boxes containing coral reef at the office of Gilimanuk Harbor Police. Police will be coordinating with the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) to determine whether or not the coral are a protected species. This delivery could be in violation of Law No. 16/1992 regarding the quarantine of animals, fish and plants. The law requires that ev-

ery delivery of animals, fish and plants, animal-based substance, animal-based products, fish and plants from one island to another be accompanied with a health certificate from the Quarantine Office of the area of origin.

“We have temporarily secured the vehicle, the coral goods along with the driver at the office of Gilimanuk Harbor Police. We will coordinate with the fish quarantine office of Gilimanuk working area and the KSDA authorities”, he added.

The Chief of Gilimanuk Harbor Police also said that he continues to conduct intensive inspection of private cars, freight trucks, box vans and trucks in order to prevent the circulation of illegal and dangerous goods in Bali.

Coordinator of Gilimanuk Fish Quarantine Office, I Wayan Diana, said that he has received the handover and has coordinated with the KSDA. Both boxes of coral reef contain approximately 150 pieces. The quarantine office together with relevant institutions already immediately released the hundreds of coral reef in Gilimanuk Bay so as not to die. “We keep searching, although this system is disconnected because it is delivered in the form of packages. Their delivery should still be equipped with quarantine documents,” said Diana. (kmb26)

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Spongey flowers enter foreign markets BANGLI - A number of handicraft products sold in gift shops across Bali are made by the creative hands of artisans in Bangli. Spongey flowers that are often attached to hair clips or sandals, are one such product. I Made Sucita is a sponge craft manufacturer, who works at I Wayan Yana Suyasa’s craft business in Undisan Village, Tembuku, Bangli. Sucita explained that the diverse array of spongey flowers that are very popular in Bali and that they even receive orders from overseas.

“We have once received orders from Australia and Spain. Here in Bali we generally deliver to souvenir shops and other local markets”, he said when met on Tuesday (Nov. 14). The demand for the spongey flowers is so high that Sucita, along with 12 other employees produce

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ sales soar, but Adele keeps her crown

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift’s new album “Reputation” has sold more than one million copies in its first four days, Nielsen Music said on Tuesday, but the U.S. pop star failed to beat the record set by Britain’s Adele two years ago.

Swift’s 1.05 million U.S. sales of “Reputation” came despite the singer keeping the album from streaming services and gave her the best-selling album of 2017.

But the figure was less than half the monster sales for the debut of Adele’s “25” album, which surpassed 2.43 million copies in the first four days of release in November 2015 and smashed a 15year-old U.S. record set by boy band NSync in 2000. Adele also initially kept “25” from streaming services.

Swift, 27, recording on Nashville-based independent label Big Machine Records, now has four

albums that have sold more than one million copies in their first week -- “1989,” “Red,” and “Speak Now.” “Reputation,” her first studio album in three years, marked another transformation for Swift with songs marked by vengeance that take aim at the media and some of her haters.

Full first week sales will be available next week, when “Reputation” will top the Billboard 200 album chart.

Swift this week announced the first U.S. dates of what is expected to be a world tour to promote the album. (rtr)

Necklace with largest flawless white diamond sold for record $34 mln at auction

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A staff member poses behind “The Art of de Grisogono,” a necklace suspending a 163.41-carat, D color, flawless, IIA type diamond, during a preview of Christie’s auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland November 8, 2017.

GENEVA - An emerald and diamond necklace set with the largest flawless white diamond ever to come to auction has sold for a world record 33.5 million Swiss francs ($34 million), the star lot at a Geneva sale, Christie’s said.

The necklace, known as the Art of de GRISOGONO, Creation 1, has a rectangular diamond weighing 163.41 carats as its centrepiece.

The stone, found in Angola in 2016, is framed on one side by rows of diamonds and on the other by pearshaped emeralds.

The buyer, bidding by telephone at Tuesday night’s sale, will remain anonymous, Christie’s said in a statement. The pre-sale estimate was $25 million to $30 million.

The diamond is more than 40

percent larger than a flawless white oval diamond of 118.28 carats sold by rival Sotheby’s in 2013 in Hong Kong for $30.6 million, yet the price fails to reflect that, said Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77Diamonds.com, Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller.

“This is a worrying sign for the top end of the diamond market suggesting it is not as immune as one would have hoped to downward price pressures caused by global factors such as the Chinese slowdown, Russian sanctions and lower oil prices,” he said in a statement.

The second top lot was a light pink diamond that belonged to French royalty for two centuries.

Weighing 19.07 carats, it fetched 14.37 million Swiss francs, roughly

double its pre-sale estimate, Christie’s said.

Called Le Grand Mazarin, it takes its name from Cardinal Mazarin, who become France’s Chief Minister in 1642 and assembled a gem collection. The stone then became part of the French crown jewels.

During its 250 years in the French Crown Treasury, it belonged to four kings (Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X), two emperors (Napoleon I and Napoleon III) and two empresses, Christie’s said. It was sold to Frédéric Boucheron, one of the favoured jewellers of France’s great families, at auction in 1887 before passing into a private collection. (rtr)

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Collapsed building is seen in the town of Darbandikhan, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq November 13, 2017.

Iran quake survivors complain of slow aid effort, battle freezing cold Strong earthquake hits Iran and Iraq More than 300 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country on Sunday, state media said, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well. Local officials said the death toll would rise as search and rescue teams reached remote areas of Iran.

Shake Intensity

QUAKE EPICENTERS

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Jl. D.Poso No 68 Jl. D.Poso No. 50D Jl. D.Poso No. 39 Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Poso Sanur Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur Jl. D.Tamblingan

19 Smirnof Cafee Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 20 Legwa Hotel Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 21 Nu Laser Cafee Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 22 Ganesa Book Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 23 All For Daiving Jl. D.Tamblingan Sanur 24 Barocca Jl.Petitenget 17 DKerobokan 25 Lantern Jl.Petitenget 17E Kerobokan 26 Shearlock Jl.Petitenget 17C Kerobokan Klod 27 Cafe Degan Jl.Petitenget 9 Kerobokan Klod

Very Strong

Severe

IRAQ

Daraki

IRAN

IRAQ

Halabjah Shineh

Nov. 12 Magnitude: 7.3 Depth: 23 km Time: 1817 GMT

Tectonic plate boundary

Desheh

Aftershocks

IRAN

Zalani Haramian-e Sofla

Chafteh

28 Kopi Made Jl. Raya Puputan No. 106 Dps 29 Dimsum Manan Jl. Raya Niti Mandala Renon No 148 30 Furama Jl. Raya Niti Mandala No. 148 Renon 31 Warung Subah Renon Jl. Mohamad Yamin No.18 32 Ayam Betutu khas Gilimanuk Jl. Merdeka No.88 Renon 33 Bali Bakery Jl. Hayam Wuruk 184 Denpasar

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Gelaneh

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Moderate

Qeshlaq

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Asiab-e Musa

Marjan Babamorad 10 km

Source: U.S. Geological Survey. Data as of 1330 GMT. C. Inton, 13/11/2017

ANKARA - Exhausted and exposed to freezing cold, survivors of a weekend earthquake in western Iran begged authorities for food and shelter on Tuesday, saying aid was slow to reach them. Iranian officials called off rescue operations earlier in the day on the grounds there was little chance of finding more survivors from the quake, which killed at least 530 people and injured thousands more. It was Iran’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.

Survivors, many left homeless by Sunday’s 7.3 magnitude quake that struck villages and towns in Kermanshah province along the mountainous border with Iraq, struggled through another bleak day on Tuesday in need of food, water and shelter.

Iran has so far declined offers of foreign assistance to deal with the aftermath of the tremor, which officials said damaged 30,000 homes and completely destroyed two villages. The U.S. government expressed its condolences, a White House spokesman said. “The United States expresses its sincere sympathy and condolences to those affected by the earthquake in northern Iraq and Iran,” he said, adding Washington had not received requests from the Iraqi government for help.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is travelling back to Washington after a trip

to Asia, has been deeply critical of Iran.

“We are hungry. We are cold. We are homeless. We are alone in this world,” a weeping Maryam Ahang, who lost 10 members of her family in the hardest hit town of Sarpol-e Zahab, told Reuters by telephone. “My home is now a pile of mud and broken tiles. I slept in the park last night. It is cold and I am scared.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged state agencies on Tuesday to speed up aid efforts. President Hassan Rouhani paid a visit to the stricken region, promising to resolve “the problems in the shortest time”. Thousands of people huddled in makeshift camps while many others chose to spend another cold night in the open because they feared more tremors after some 230 aftershocks.

In some areas, no building was left standing and those that were had been

deserted for fear they could come crashing down at any moment. Houses in impoverished Iranian villages are often made of concrete blocks or mudbrick that can quickly crumble and collapse in a strong quake.

State television aired footage of weeping villagers carrying away bodies wrapped in bloodied blankets and bed sheets and scrabbling with their bare hands through rubble in search of friends and relatives.

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