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Bassist BrownMark, left, answers a question as the original members of Prince’s 1980’s band, The Revolution, from second left, guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboarders Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman and drummer Bobby Z, look on during an interview, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Minneapolis. The group is preparing to kick off a spring U.S. tour with a performance Friday, the first anniversary of the Prince’s death from an accidental overdose.

1 year after Prince’s death, another turn for The Revolution MINNEAPOLIS — For members of Prince’s 1980s backing band The Revolution, reuniting and hitting the road for a spring U.S. tour is how they are coping with the “Purple Rain” pop superstar’s unexpected death a year ago.

“We’re taking it to the people who are grieving like we are, and letting them have a little bit of relief,” guitarist Wendy Melvoin, sitting on a couch with other members of the band during a break at their Minneapolis rehearsal space, said Wednesday.

When Prince died of an accidental painkiller overdose, members of The Revolution were mourning at a Minneapolis hotel and made an impromptu video, promising to reunite for shows honoring their one-time flamboyant front man. After three sold-out shows at the fabled First Avenue nightclub (the setting of Prince’s hit 1984 movie “Purple Rain”) in September, The Revolution is back, preparing to kick off a tour Friday at Paisley Park in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen on the anniversary of Prince’s death.

The tour includes stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles

and San Francisco before ending in Seattle on July 15.

Melvoin is joined by bassist BrownMark, keyboardists Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman, and drummer Bobby Z. The reunited Revolution plans to play Prince’s synthesizerheavy 1980s music through his lauded 1987 double album “Sign o’ the Times.”

“We have the ability now to give people a glimpse of what we experienced with him,” BrownMark said.

“And I think that’s a powerful thing.

I know it helped me heal.”

While Prince had a reputation as a perfectionist, members of The Revolution remember the good times goofing in the studio.

“We had fun. We had a lot of fun.

Sometimes we would be rehearsing and we’d crack up, we’d just laugh for an hour, cracking jokes,” BrownMark recalls.

“We’d go play softball,” keyboardist Fink said. “’OK, we’re not going to rehearse today, let’s go play softball.’” After years of recording and touring with The Revolution, Prince “did what any boss would do and just put it (the band) to bed,” Bobby Z. said. (ap)

Julia Roberts named People’s ‘most beautiful’ for record 5th time

NEW YORK - Julia Roberts was named People magazine’s world’s most beautiful woman for a record 5th time on Wednesday, but the actress said she thought her best years were yet to come.

Roberts, 49, was first given the annual honor in 1991, a year after she skyrocketed to fame in the romantic comedy “Pretty Woman.” She was also named

most beautiful woman in 2000, 2005 and 2010.

“I’m very flattered,” Roberts told People magazine, adding “I think I’m currently peaking.”

The actress, who won an Oscar in 2001 for playing against type in “Erin Brockovich,” has been married for 14 years to cinematographer Danny Moder, with whom she has three children.

Former “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston was last year’s most beautiful woman for People magazine. (rtr)

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VP Pence praises Indonesia’s democratic, tolerant values

JAKARTA — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Indonesia’s democracy and moderate form of Islam on Thursday alongside the president of the world’s most populous Muslim nation, reinforcing his message with a visit to the region’s largest mosque.

Pence’s comments, though routine, had significance for Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who a day earlier suffered a serious political setback when a political ally was defeated by Islamic conservatives in the election for Jakarta governor. The divisive campaign undermined the image of Indonesia abroad as a generally tolerant Muslim nation.

Indonesia is the latest stop on an Asian tour by Pence that aims to reaffirm traditional U.S. alliances at a time when Donald Trump’s presidency has raised questions about the strength of the U.S.

commitment to the region. Pence said at a joint news conference with Jokowi that the U.S. wants to strengthen its strategic partnership with Indonesia. In brief comments, Jokowi said they agreed to boost cooperation.

The vice president praised Indonesia for its moderate form of Islam and said the two countries would continue to cooperate on combating terrorism.

“As the second- and third-largest democracies in the world, our two countries share many common values including freedom, the rule of law, human rights and religious

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In this Thursday, May 12, 2016, file photo, Actress Julia Roberts poses for photographers upon arrival for the screening of the film Money Monster at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.

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diversity,” Pence said. “The United States is proud to partner with Indonesia. It promotes and protects these values.”

The vice president added: “Indonesia’s tradition of moderate Islam frankly is an inspiration to the world and we commend you and your people. In your nation as in mine, religion unifies, it doesn’t divide.”

But Pence foreshadowed some reworking of commercial and economic ties, saying that the U.S. seeks a free and fair relationship that helps job creation and economic growth for both sides. He said that U.S. exporters should face a level playing field and the relationship should be “win-win.”

Trump assailed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during his

2016 campaign and announced shortly after his inauguration that the U.S. would withdraw from the Pacific Rim-based TPP, which now includes 11 countries from Chile to New Zealand. Pence has sought to reassure allies in the region that the U.S. is still committed to trade and economic ties despite Trump’s decision on TPP. I n d o n e s i a i s o n Tr u m p ’s TRADE HIT list of nations that he considers the U.S. is losing out to in trade, and U.S. company Freeport-McMoran Inc., which operates the world’s largest copper mine in the Indonesian province of Papua, is in a protracted dispute with the Indonesian government.

Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is active in Indonesia with plans to manage luxury

resorts being built near the capital Jakarta and on the tourist island of Bali. Trump’s Indonesian business partner, billionaire Hary Tanoe, is an aspiring politician who has said he might run for president in 2019.

Pence’s first engagement in Indonesia was morning tea with Jokowi at the presidential palace.

He and his family later visited the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia.

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Bali’s main problem

Everyone produces 2 to 2.5 kg of waste daily

DENPASAR - Waste problem is just like fire in husks for Bali. Any time it can ‘singe’ the Island of the Gods that depends on tourism sector. Solution of waste is often said to be simple, though in fact is complicated. The key to the problem here is to raise public awareness to do 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle).

“Waste is a world problem, not only that of Bali. We have to manage the waste, not to be put into discourse because everybody produces 2 to 2.5 kg of waste per day, and every kg of waste produces 0.37 gram of carbon dioxide,” said the Head of the Bali Environment Agency, Gede Suarjana, in Denpasar, on Tuesday (Apr. 18).

According to Suarjana, the 3R is actually the most effective waste solution. Reducing means to reduce the amount of waste dumped to landfill. Reusing is using again the waste by processing it into fertilizer and recycling means to recycle the waste. If the waste has been managed with the 3R, it means only about 13 percent of the waste will be going to landfill.

“Suwung landfill in particular will be able to be used much longer.

However, the problem now, is our behavior like that? I am sure not, and we have not done waste segregation at respective home. The current system is to dispose, transport, dispose,” he explained.

Suarjana added the waste dumped by people and then transported by truck to be disposed to landfill will not be able to resolve the problem of waste piles. Conversely, the piles of waste is actually mounting and shortening the

age of landfill. Like the Suwung landfill, its age remains two years.

“If the system is indeed dispose, transport and dispose, it should be managed with technology that can process waste into electricity. Now, with the high tariff of electricity at 30 cents, is it capable of doing it?” he added.

That is why, continued Suarjana,

investors that want to manage waste at Suwung landfill still think of it because of that problem considering there should be a tipping fee to cover the price of electricity that can only be purchased at a maximal price of 30 cents by PLN. When interviewed separately, Chairman of the Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba, said that the waste problem has great impact on the community. Tamba exemplified the people around the Suwung landfill are disturbed and losing the right to get fresh air. It happens because the

mounting waste at Suwung landfill exudes unpleasant odor. “People are harmed. Besides, there is also a Pertamina tank nearby. This is very hazardous because the distance is less than 500 meters,” he said.

Tamba added that the government should become a good example in waste management.

After that, then people can follow by changing their behavior by not littering, sorting and composting the waste.

“The government should become the leading sector first. If the government has good intention and

concept, people will surely follow.

Have a look at Surabaya! It is now amazing for having a promenade.

It is just like overseas because it’s clean,” explained this Democratic Party politician.

The former Special Committee Chairman of the Regional Bylaw Draft on PPLH in the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Adnyana, stated that waste has become something scary because of adverse impacts on the environment, tourism, soil and water quality as well as scenery around it. “Moreover, the Suwung landfill is close to Denpasar city, close to travelers, harbor and the center of the crowd,” he said.

According to Adnyana, relocation of landfill from Suwung to other location will not resolve the problem. On that account, the existing waste needs to be managed in order to produce and become attractive. Currently, there are indeed many investors getting interested in managing waste at Suwung landfill. However, they are constrained by tipping fee, so that none of them follow it up.

“We have provided solutions for urban waste especially in Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) that cannot apply manual or conventional model. It must use technology. Certainly, we hope the investors having the technology to get involved. If the province does not have money to subsidize tipping fee, it can use compensation model,” added this PDI-P politician from Bangli. (kmb32)

Throwing waste haphazardly

People imposed with prayascita offerings

PENGLIPURAN tourism village is an object having the cleanest environment being free from garbage in Bangli district. In order to maintain the sanitation, the village has issued a bylaw or awig-awig on the ban from disposing of any waste and this has been enforced since long time ago. If any residents of Penglipuran dispose of waste haphazardly, they will be subject to customary sanction in the form of putting prayascita offerings at the local village temple.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, I Wayan Supat, stated on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that such bylaw has been applied through generations from his ancestors. The measure is taken for the sake of healthy and clean environment as well as prosperous society. “If there are residents disposing of waste, village will impose sanctions in accordance to the awing-awing in the form of putting prayascita offerings at the local village, not in the form of money,” he said.

Supat said that to realize the sanitation of the surrounding environment, he applies mutual help system carried out by the entire Penglipuran customary village by involving customary youth club, housewives coalesced in PKK, pecalang (customary security guard), baris troupe et cetera. “Sanitation does not only become the responsibility of the leaders, but also all the residents,” he said.

Supat said that if there are resi-

dents littering, the village authority will impose sanctions to them. The bylaw has existed since long time ago used to maintain environmental sanitation. In addition, every home yard of residents should also be made a landscaping, so that the house looks more beautiful, green, and clean.

“Our existing bylaw can be implemented consistently. Similarly, residents are not allowed to dispose of garbage carelessly and dry clothes in open space as it will

be able to give impression of being less clean,” he explained.

Furthermore, he said the well-maintained sanitation at Penglipuran village is also meant to maintain the predicate of being the cleanest tourist attraction received in 2016. “We must be able to maintain the predicate. Do not let be unclean that will lead to revocation of the predicate. To that end, we urge the residents to keep the environment clean at all times,” said Wayan Supat. (nan)

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Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach is proud to announce the appointment of Scott Solomon as Head Chef for their restaurant in Indonesia. Chef Scott was part of the Jamie’s Italian team in Glasgow and has spent years working under Jamie and Gennaro. Chef Scott has now found his way back to the Jamie’s Italian family and we’re delighted to welcome him in Bali.

Chef Scott brings to Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach a wealth of fine-dining experience and love of all.things Italian, having led kitchens at Australian restaurants Mongusto Mamma and Gorski & Jones. He also spent two years as Executive Chef of Rossi Cucina in the wine region of South West Germany, giving him the wonderful opportunity to work with high-quality produce from the area, and liaising directly with farmers and suppliers. Since relocating to Bali two years ago, Chef Scott has held the roles of Head Chef at Seminyak Italian Foods and Executive Chef with Nebula Restaurants, at various sites throughout Bali and Jakarta.

Commenting on his new role, Scott said, “I’m so excited and proud to be returning to the Jamie’sfamily.

I couldn’t be happier to be heading up the team here in Bali and my new adopted countryof Indonesia. We’ll be making homemade pasta every day and I’m looking forward to bringing aspecial Jamie dining experience to the people here. Reflected in the Jamie’s Italian ethos, wework with with local farmers to source the highest-quality and sustainable foods. I hope peoplewill love it.”

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What a French it girl wears to an NYC party

NEW YORK - It’s a dilemma every NYC girl knows well: picking out an outfit that you can wear to the office but will still look chic when you run out for drinks afterward. But it seems like tricky transitional dressing doesn’t phase French It girl Jeanne Damas. The designer hosted a small fête in NYC to celebrate the one-year birthday of her much-loved clothing line, Rouje, and her outfit was an effortless combination of polished and party-ready.

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Gusti Arya Subakti

A disabled child aspiring to be famous painter

VIVACITY of a child of Ideran hamlet, Kayuputih, Banjar, Buleleng, Gusti Ketut Arya Subakti, 9, never goes out. Amidst his status as a child with disability, this first grade student of the SDN 3 Kayuputih elementary school still pursues his talent for painting. Moreover, at his young age he has aspired to become a famous painter.

Unsurprisingly, Damas selected a dress from her line for the evening, opting for a printed midi dress with button details. A layered blazer added a little extra structure and coverage, making it ideal for the office, and while Damas’s pumps make her ensemble feel party-ready, swapping in flats for daytime is an easy way to transform a look. The French take on day-to-night dressing is unfussy, and luckily, it’s very easy to try out at home. (IBP/net)

When met at his school on Tuesday morning (Apr. 18), this youngest of four siblings looked cheerful. Though his right hand and both legs do not grow normally, his vivacity to attend classroom lesson is unnecessary to be doubted again. All materials presented by his teachers can be understood well.

His cheerfulness is not only in the classroom. Similar condition can also been seen at his break time. He keeps joking with his classmates. People will see no shyness from his tiny face.

When going to school cafeteria to shop, his friends do not hesitate to lend a hand by pushing his wheelchair.

Due to such condition, Subakti must always be accompanied by his mother, Jero Sulastri, when attending school. It is carried out so that there will be someone taking care of him when going home.

Certainly it is impossible for him to walk because the distance of

his house is far enough.

“I go to school every day to accompany him. In the afternoon, his father will pick him up from school,” said Sulastri.

Meanwhile, his class teacher, Ida Ayu Komang Sri Widani, said that this child has good academic ability. Based on the results of the last semester exam, he was ranked fourth out of 25 students. “His mental is very good so that he can compete against his classmates,” she explained.

When visiting his home, after school, Subakti immediately took crayons and drawing books to his room for the preparation of painting. He independently moved by only relying on the rest of his left hand. While scratching his painting brush, he slowly told stories.

Painting has been his hobby since two years ago. “I really like to paint. It starts from the age of seven years,” he said.

His work is not just limited to landscape paintings. There are

also paintings of ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) and a number of cartoon characters. Artistic impression can be seen from his works. His ability is not obtained through learning from the others, but grows through self-taught. “I learn this autodidactically. After watching ogoh-ogoh, I come home and immediately draw it,” he said.

Apparently his hobby will not only want to be acted for some time, but continuously. Moreover, his great desire to be a famous painter has been embedded in his mind. “I aspire to be a famous painter and many people will buy,” he said while smiling.

Meanwhile, his father, Gusti Kadek Sujana, said that his painting ability is considered as a gift for his son who has imperfect physical condition. This talent will continuously be sharpened and supported in order to develop so that he will have a life skill. “I never forbid him to paint. Instead, I encourage him to be better,” he said.

Such condition of his life, continued this man working as a caseworker, has been getting attention from the local government through a number of assistance.

“In terms of assistance, he has obtained it since he was born. My wife and I are very fond of him.

We never distinguish him from

Gusti Ketut Arya Subakti

the other children. We want him to be a successful child so that he can live his live independently,” he said. (sos)

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Due to brake failure, a truck claims two victims at Labuan Sait This is what Victoria Beckham wears to Buckingham Palace LONDON - It’s only Wednesday, but it’s already been a huge week for Victoria Beckham. On Monday, the designer celebrated her 43rd birthday, and today, she received an OBE at Buckingham Palace, making her an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

None other than Prince William officially presented her with the award today, which recognized her contributions to the fashion industry.

As you would imagine, Beckham looked impossibly chic for the occasion. She wore a black midi dress and pointed-toe pumps from the Pre-Fall 17 collection of her eponymous brand. “Wonderful day celebrating with my beautiful family,” she captioned her Instagram photo. (IBP/net)

DENPASAR - Ni Wayan Aliani, 43, and a two-year-old toddler, Ni Kadek Dewi Hana Maharani, posing her niece, became a casualty when a truck went into the kitchen.

Allegedly the truck had a brake failure at Labuan Sait, Pecatu, South Kuta, Badung, on Wednesday (Apr. 19) around 11:30. Both victims died at the scene after being clamped under the truck.

Both victims were successfully removed and then evacuated to forensic installation of Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, not long after the incident. The atmosphere of sadness enveloped the victims’ families while waiting for the corpse in the process of examination.

One of the victims’ families, Nyoman Jastra, said that the incident started when the aunt who had just arrived from her house to take milk.

However the unluckiness cannot be avoided, they were suddenly hit by the truck when she just arrived at baby’s home.

“As the information I’ve got,

they were just arriving from the old house to take baby’s milk.

Well, after returning to the house (the scene), Aliani just would like to jack the motorcycle. Suddenly, they were hit by the truck from behind. They were pinched under the truck,” he said.

As a result of the incident, the aunt was pinched and found dead with the condition of unfolded belly. The toddler’s body was still intact, but only suffered bruises.

Meanwhile, the motorcycle ridden by the victim was totally destroyed.

Similarly, the house hit by the truck collapsed.

“At that time, at the house there was the father (of the toddler Maharani) seeing in person the incident and shocked, while his wife was going to work. She was shocked as well. Both are faint and still being pacified at home,” he said sadly.

No one thought and there were even no feelings about such incident. The family claimed to be quite shocked because they had to experience the disasters claiming

two members of the family.

“As the destiny of life says, no one knows what will happen.

Moreover, the two-year-old toddler is still cute, I cannot bear it in mind,” said one of the female relatives asking for anonymity. She said with tears in her eyes.

Daily, he said, the toddler victim is taken care of by her aunt, while her mother, Ni Wayan Neni, daily works at a hotel in the area of Seminyak, Kuta. His father, Komang Diomantara, does not work and just stays at home. “Yes, she is raised by her aunt, so that her mother can work,” he said.

According to Jastra, after being examined the two bodies will be directly returned to the funeral home to be buried. But, he could not ascertain the burial schedule because it is still looking for auspicious day because both victims died due to salah pati or unintentional death.

“As planned, it is still looking for auspicious day, while ngulapin ritual will be immediately held at the scene,” he said.

Related to the legal process against this incident, Jastra admitted to submit it to police authority.

“We have not had time to think about it yet as we are still focusing on the funeral procession of the two members of our family.

Thus, let police handle the case,” he concluded.

Separately, the driver named I Komang Sukarma, 45, and his conductor, Stannie Laus, 24, are still lying weak in the emergency room of Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar.

Both are in conscious condition and still getting intensive care from a team of doctors.

Spokesperson of Sanglah Hospital, Kadek Nariyantha, said that the hospital received the two patients namely the driver and conductor around 12:00. “Currently, they are still being handled by a medical team,” he said in front of the emergency room of Sanglah Hospital.

Regarding the injuries suffered by both victims, Kadek said he was diagnosed with light head injury and suspected of having a cervical

fracture. He continued that one of the victims suffered a front head injury. “One of the patients is suspected of having a broken bone in the right wrist,” he added.

Furthermore, the victims are currently in conscious condition. However, the observations are still underway to determine further medical action.

“Both victims are conscious and have been handled in accordance with the standard operating procedures and in accordance with the diagnosis experienced,” said Kadek.

One of the families of Laus said the truck was loading mattresses and came from Surabaya, East Java. As planned, it would take the mattress to a hotel in Kuta area.

Laus himself is actually not the conductor of the truck. He is a warehouse staff in the mattress company. He was only told to show the way to the driver. “The driver is alone from Surabaya and Laus is just asked to accompany him to the hotel. As a misfortune, nothing can be done in this case,” he said. (kmb42)

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243 exhibition booths prepared for BAF 2017 DENPASAR - A total of 243 temporary exhibition booths are prepared for the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2017. Craftsmen or Small and Medium Industries (IKM) have been invited to register at the district or municipal industry and commerce agency.

Furthermore, they will be selected by a selection team consisting of various components.

“Registration can be made in each district or municipality across Bali. After the district or municipality gives recommendation, the registration is then submitted to the province,” said the Head of the Bali Industry and Commerce Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, when confirmed on Wednesday (Apr. 19).

According to her, the requirements to get a booth in the BAF remain the same as last year. Small and Medium Industries must meet a number of requirements related to legality aspects. Among them, the applicants must domicile in Bali, have an industrial registry (TDI) or industrial business license (IUI) and taxpayer identity number (NPWP). “Booth rental is in accordance with gubernatorial regulation,” she added.

When confirmed separately, the Head of Bali Art Center, Gusti Ngurah Agung Diputra, said there are six types of booths prepared for the BAF 2017 featuring the theme Ulundanu (Preserving Water Resources of Life). They comprise Dekranasda booth in the south of Ksiraarnawa Building as many as 10 booths, under Ksiraarnawa Building (87 booths), under Ardha Candra stage (92 booths) and craft booth in the west of Ksiraarnawa Building (26 booths), cuisines in the north of Wantilan and canteen (28 booths), bank under Ksiraarnawa Building, and land use in the area of Bali Art Center.

Thus, there are totally 243 booths.

“Especially for number of bank booth, it will depend on the Bali culture agency.

Likewise, the use of land area in the Bali Art Center to exhibit or sell gebyog gates, pillar of building, rice barns, carved shrine and others will depend on the selection by the Bali industry and commerce agency,” he said.

Agung added that booth rental refers to Bali Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.11/2016 on the Amendment to Bali Regional Bylaw No. 3/2011 on Business Services Levies.

Land use in the Bali Art Center area is subject to IDR 500,000 per square meter; Dekranasda booth, craft booth and culinary booths respectively at IDR 5 million per booth, the booth under Ksiraarnawa Building and under Ardha Candra Stage at IDR 6 million, and bank booth at IDR 15 million.

His agency targeted to get revenues from the BAF booths at IDR 1.394 billion.

“Dekranasda booth is intended for the art exhibition of the district and municipality across Bali, booth under Ksiraarnawa Building and under Ardha Candra for industrial products such as clothes as well as silver or gold accessories. At the booth craft is certainly showcased or sold the works of the artisans such as paintings, sculptures, and others,” he added. (kmb32)

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25,000 trees planted throughout schools

GIANYAR - A total of 25,000 nursery plants were planted simultaneously at all schools from elementary to high school in Gianyar district on Tuesday (Apr. 18).

The planting activity involving thousands of students was carried out in a series of city anniversary and commemoration of the world heritage falling on April 18. As part of the heritage city, the government of Gianyar also organizes this activity every year as a form of saving the world.

Chief of the Gianyar Education Agency, Made Suradnya, said on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that the planting of 25,000 trees is held simultaneously throughout the school areas in Gianyar district. The planting involved the fifth and seventh grade students of el-

ementary school, seventh and eighth grade of junior high, and tenth and eleventh grade of high school. “The simultaneous planting is the policy of the regent to educate all students of Gianyar district in protecting nature through planting trees,” he said.

Head of the Gianyar Environment Agency, Wayan Kujus Pawitra, explained that in addition to the series of the 246th anniversary of the city, the planting of thousands of trees was also held to commemorate the world heritage. “So, in the future the planting of trees will continue to

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be carried out because apart from being a world heritage the April 18 is also a series of city anniversary,” he said.

He said that 25 percent of the 25,000 trees are hibiscus while the remaining are greening plants and fruit plants. “The regent with the deputy minister also does symbolic planting that will be planted in Gianyar botanical garden in Payangan,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gede Agung Bharata, said the trees are source of life so that he wanted to invite young people to plant trees. “The simultaneous tree planting will be regularly held every year. Hopefully, this generation will continue to preserve nature,” he said. (kmb35)

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U.S. trying to identify chemical agent used in Mosul attack -general

WASHINGTON - Islamic State militants used a chemical in an attack on Iraqi forces in Mosul over the weekend, and the agent has been sent for testing to try to identify it, the U.S. general commanding coalition ground forces in Iraq said on Wednesday.

Major General Joseph Martin, speaking to Pentagon reporters via videoconference, said Islamic State militants had lobbed chemical shells at Iraqi security forces in west Mosul but the attack had “had no impact.”

“The Iraqi security forces ... were in vicinity of one of the strikes,” Martin said.

“They were taken back for the appropriate level of medical care. ... Nobody’s been impacted. Nobody’s died.”

“We’re not certain at this time exactly what the agent is,” he added. “We have sent it back for testing but we’re still waiting for the outcomes.”

Martin declined to say how many Iraqi security forces may have been exposed to the chemicals.

Officers in Iraq’s Federal Police told Reuters on Sunday that Islamic State militants had shelled government forces with chemical weapons agents in the Urouba and Bab Jadid districts on Saturday. The attack SANA/Handout via REUTERS caused only minor wounds, the force said Evacuees from the two rebel-besieged Shi’ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, ar- in a statement.

Martin declined to give details about the rive to government-controlled Aleppo, in this handout picture provided by SANA incident, including whether coalition milion April 19, 2017, Syria.

tary advisers had donned chemical weapons protection suits or whether an alert had gone around afterwards to notify troops of possible chemical attacks.

He also repeatedly declined to clearly state whether any U.S. or Australian military advisers were with the Iraqis at the time of the attack or had been treated for chemical exposure, as some media have reported.

“Our advisers ... are with Iraqi security forces at various command and control locations throughout Iraq,” he said.

“They share the same risk the Iraqis do,” he added. “When exposed, if exposed to chemical munitions ... we have the force protection equipment and we’ve got the training that all of our soldiers have done to protect themselves.”

Asked if he was acknowledging that U.S. or Australian advisers were with the Iraqi security forces at the time of the incident, Martin repeated a variation of his previous answer that advisers served with the Iraqis and shared the same risks. Asked if he was saying no U.S. or Australian forces had been exposed to chemicals, Martin said: “We have not confirmed exposure at this time.” (rtr)

Turkey’s election board rejects appeals to annul referendum

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The planting activity involving thousands of students was carried out in a series of city anniversary and commemoration of the world heritage falling on April 18.

ANKARA - Turkey’s electoral authority on Wednesday rejected appeals to annul a referendum granting President Tayyip Erdogan wide new powers, but the main opposition CHP party said it would maintain its legal challenge to the result.

Sunday’s referendum narrowly backed the largest overhaul of Turkey’s political system since the founding of the republic nearly a century ago, giving Erdogan sweeping authority over the NATO member-state. But the tight result of a highly charged campaign laid bare divisions, while European observers and the head of Turkey’s bar associations union said a decision to count unstamped votes broke electoral law.

The High Electoral Board said it had assessed appeals from the CHP and two other parties at a seven-hour meeting, and rejected them by 10 to one.

In response, CHP Deputy Chairman Bulent Tezcan said his party was considering taking its appeal to Turkey’s Constitutional Court or the European Court of Human Rights.

“This is a serious legitimacy crisis. We will employ all legal ways

available,” Tezcan said.

Separately, Istanbul police detained 19 suspects on charges of attempted provocation for organising protests against the referendum, Dogan News Agency reported.

A defiant Erdogan has dismissed the complaints, saying the vote had finally put an end to debate over the powerful presidency he has long sought.

On Wednesday, the ruling AK Party set out plans for Erdogan to gradually resume leadership of the party, a step towards implementing the changes approved in Sunday’s plebiscite.

Turkey’s president has been required to remain above party politics, but that condition was removed in one of the referendum’s 18 amendments.

Prime Minister and AKP leader Binali Yildirim said Erdogan could rejoin the party he founded in 2001 once official results - expected before the end of the month - were announced.

But he said the AKP would not hold a party congress until 2018, indicating Erdogan would not officially become its leader until then, despite widespread expectations that it would happen almost

immediately.

“UNFAIR REFERENDUM” The pro-Kurdish opposition HDP, which had appealed along with the CHP for the referendum to be annulled, said the late decision by the electoral board to allow unstamped ballots meant it was impossible to determine how many invalid or fake votes may have been counted.

HDP deputy chairman Mithat Sancar said the vote was also undermined by the fact that the campaign was held under emergency rule while the party’s co-leaders were under arrest, that its candidates for polling station monitors had been rejected, and the “Yes” campaign had benefited from state resources.

“This referendum will forever remain controversial,” he told reporters. “You cannot build a change in the political system on such a controversial and unfair referendum.”

Metin Feyzioglu, head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, said the decision to count unstamped ballots, without keeping any record of them, removed the main safeguard against voting

fraud.

“What makes any country a democracy is the security of the ballot boxes,” Feyzioglu told Reuters. “ ... If your ballots are unsafe, that means that regime is not a democracy.”

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said a critical report by European observers on the referendum contained several mistakes, which

he believed were deliberate.

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe said Sunday’s referendum had been an uneven contest.

“The OSCE’s report has no reliability as their observations lack objectivity and are extremely partial,” Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara. (rtr)

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Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, Turkey, April 19, 2017.

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TOKYO — Japanese officials are indicating Tokyo intends to pursue the TransPacific Partnership trade pact despite the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement. In comments reported by the national broadcaster NHK on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said he believed the TPP trade talks would offer greater advantages to Japan than bilateral negotiations with the U.S.

Kusamba Beach is a very interesting place to visit and located about 7 kilometers east of Semarapura City. Additionally, it is a fisherman beach and location of traditional salt-making. Every day, we can see the fishermen at sea searching for fish and farmers making salt at seaside.A row of fishermen’s boats lines up on the beach under palm trees and so do the salt-making huts on the beach. They result in dazzling scenery that will tease the interests of those who visit the beach. For tourists who are visiting Bali, it is an ideal destination to enjoy holidays.(kmb)

“ Lukat Gni ”, To maintain balance and purity of macrocosm and microcosm

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FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured vehicles await export at a port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. sensus on sticking to bilateral trade deals. “We must continue to discuss what will be best for our country,” Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, told lawmakers Thursday.

He said Japan had explained to the U.S. the importance of the TPP in both strategic and economic terms, and he believed the U.S. un-

derstood that stance. “It seems the U.S. is not easily going to change its position,” he said.

Former President Barack Obama’s administration championed the TPP, saying it would set a “gold standard” for modern trade rules, with stringent requirements for intellectual property, labor and

environmental protections.

Critics of the plan say it would put corporate interests ahead of public and national sovereign interests. Trump’s withdrawal from the deal was a setback for leaders of other TPP countries who INVESTED political capital in fighting to get it ratified, including Japanese

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In its current form, the TPP can only take effect after it is ratified by six countries that account for 85 percent of its members’ combined gross domestic product. The U.S. made up 60 percent of the TPP’s combined GDP, so it could not be implemented as it stands now.(ap)

S.Korea to allow vulnerable households to defer debt repayments

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Men look at recruiting information during a job fair in Seoul, South Korea, April 12, 2017.

SEOUL - South Koreans who have lost their jobs or gone out of business will be allowed to delay repaying principal on their loans for up to three years, starting from the second half of this year, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement. The plan aims to reduce the debt burden on some of the country’s most vulnerable households as borrowing costs rise.

The FSC will require banks and financial institutions to implement the changes within this year so that qualifying borrowers can refinance their debt if they wish.

For households with mortgages to qualify for delayed repayment, the property they own must be valued at 600 million won ($525,000) or less, and they will still need to make interest payments.

The Bank of Korea’s eight cuts in benchmark interest rates since 2012 to the current rock-bottom 1.25 percent have prompted a borrowing binge that has sent household debt to a record high.

In the fourth quarter of last year household debt soared 11.7 percent from a year earlier to 1,344.3 trillion won, the fastest pace in over

a decade, as borrowers continued to take advantage of record-low interest rates.

But home loans and credit extended to households grew at a slower pace in the first quarter of this year compared to a year earlier, the FSC said, without disclosing the total amount outstanding.

While risks stemming from rising household debt are expected to stabilize going forward, the debtservicing capacity of low-income households may fall as market interest rates rise, the regulator said.(rtr)

Residents of Satria Kawan Palace, Paksebali village, Dawan, organized the lukat gni or flame war tradition. This tradition is carried out through generations every year falling on new moon of the Balinese ninth month or at the night of Pengrupukan or the day before celebration of Nyepi, Monday (Mar. 27).

Lukat gni also called flame war is derived from two words, namely lukat and gni. Lukat or melukat means cleansing of all impurities and the unseen while gni means fire. Lukat gni can be interpreted as a tradition of cleansing or purifying the microcosm and macrocosm from any kind of impurities by means of fire. This tradition is also aimed at maintaining balance of nature and humans to result in harmony in the implementation of the catur bratha penyepian or five abstinences.

This lukat gni tradition begins with a joint worship at temples or family temple to invoke safety and smoothness for the implementation of lukat gni. Dozens of youths that take part in this activity are then heading for the catus pata or central intersection of the village to carry out the tradition. Here, the participants further slammed the fire of tied danyuh (dried coconut leaves) onto each opponent. No injuries are seen despite being hit by fire. Moreover, there is no resentment among the participants. The atmosphere is getting festive with the accompaniment of baleganjur orchestra.

Spiritual figure of Satria Kawan Palace, Mangku A.A. Gde Anom Merta, said that flame war is a heritage tradition of Satria Kawan Palace. “As younger generations, we must continue

and preserve the traditions having been passed down by the elders here. This tradition has actually existed since around hundreds of years ago,” he said after the implementation of the lukat gni on Monday (Mar. 27).

According to him, the lukat gni often known as flame war is one of the purificatory rites carried out to purify the macrocosm and microcosm. Implementation of this annual tradition is expected

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Taman Mumbul as Spiritual Tourist Attraction in Badung

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Japan says Pacific Rim pact offers Best Trade deals

Aso made the comments at a conference in New York City.

“There will be a discussion about possibly starting an 11-member TPP without America at our APEC meeting in May,” he said, declining to give further details.

His remarks appeared to allude to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s comments, after meeting with Aso in Tokyo earlier this week, that the U.S. considered the TPP a “thing of the past.” Pence said the Trump administration believed that only bilateral trade negotiations would yield “win-win” outcomes.

During their talks on Tuesday, Pence and Aso launched a new “economic dialogue” that will consider ways the countries can strengthen the economic side of their alliance.

Japanese officials who briefed reporters after the talks indicated the two sides did not share a con-

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to be able to neutralize negative effects and create harmony in ourselves and the balance of the universe. “Through this lukat gni, we will create harmony and balance of the universe,” he said.

A participant of lukat gni, A.A. Gde Baskara Diningrat, said that he took this tradition to preserve the heritage.

Armed with self-confidence, he said, the heat of the fire afflicting to the body will not be felt. Every fire is believed to eliminate all the impurities inside.

“With the confidence I have, the more exposed to the fire, the more impurities will be missing from our body,” said Baskara who participates regularly in this tradition every year. (kmb)

Realizing Taman Mumbul as a spiritual tourist destination in Badung is a very smart idea. In addition to keeping the village asset, it can also bring in economic benefits for local community. Just imagine, every day there are always guests coming to make a visit. Moreover, they also come on auspicious days, like Kliwon, full moon, new moon and Banyupinaruh.

Taman Mumbul is a sacred place sanctified by the Sangeh and surrounding communities. It has a big pond like a lake with clear water. The water sources from 11 major springs and dozens of small springs around the lake.

Aside from being functioned as source of clean water for people’s daily life, the lake water is also used to irrigate paddy fields of Subak Sangeh spreading across the area of 200 hectares.

Chief of Sangeh customary village, Ida Bagus Dipayana, said that Taman Mumbul can be divided into three areas, namely the innermost, middle and outermost courtyard. The innermost courtyard hosts several temples such as the Ulunsuwi, Taman Beji, Segara Kelebutan, Ratu Gede, Taman Mumbul, Ratu Niang and Bebaturan to worship wong samar (supernatural beings). “All the temples have their own function, but in essence they are functioned to maintain the nature and safety of Sangeh people,” he said.

Ulunsuwi Temple is located in the northern most VENERATED by members of Subak Sangeh. On particular days, subak members perform a ceremony as an expression of gratitude to God for the graces bestowed.

In the southern part sits the Taman Beji Temple with three fountains as destination of melasti (physical and psychical purification) procession. Remaining in the region, there is Segara Kelebutan Temple in the form of three-tiered meru shrine located in the middle of the pond.

In the south of the pond precisely under a banyan tree sits the representative temple of Taman Ayun. This temple was established when making the pond that was never finished. Its levees were always broken. Seeing this condition, the royal figure of Mengwi was invited to come. After that, the levees of the lake became very strong, so that it was then made a shrine to worship the deities of Taman Ayun. Meanwhile, the Ratu Gede Temple is used to venerate the guardian in the psychical ream of the pond.

The middle courtyard of the Taman Mumbul Temple is located in the east of the area. This temple is VENERATED by the Brahmana hamlet. There is also a Pengelukatan Temple marked by eleven fountains. Here, the residents do self-purificatory rite (melukat) physically and psychically accompanied by the presentation of the offerings. Sangeh community believes that Ratu Niang abides at this temple.

Then, the southernmost shrine is bebaturan (menhir) used to worship wong samar (supernatural beings).

“Therefore, we always urge visitors to always prioritize ethics as the region the Taman Mumbul area is rich in objects and sacred places,” he said. This arrangement, explained I.B. Dipa, is meant to make the place attractive and comfortable to be visited. The arrangement workmanship started in 2016. Thankfully, it can be operated in late 2016. Arrangement of the area was funded by assistance of Badung government and village treasury.

“The assistance of Badung government is worth IDR 4 billion and village treasury approximately amounted to IDR 500 million,” he said.

In the meantime, the outermost courtyard located at southernmost area (after the Pengelukatan Temple) will be made into water attraction equipped with a pool of children and adult. Various types of water tourist attractions will be created as children playground. “Hopefully, the water attraction could be realized in 2018,” he hoped. (kmb)

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Brazil agrees to lower police retirement age after violent protest

BRASILIA - The Brazilian government on Wednesday agreed to lower the minimum retirement age for police officers in a pension reform, a day after members of their unions stormed Congress to protest the controversial bill aimed reining in soaring public debt.

Congressman Arthur Maia, a government ally sponsoring the bill, reduced the minimum retirement age for police to 55 from 60 in his draft of the reform.

Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles called the concession to police unions “symbolic” and said it would have little impact on the fiscal result of the bill. Still, he said he saw little room left for more compromises with interest groups.

“I think we are more or less at the limit of the changes than can be made without substantially altering the country’s fiscal balance,” he told reporters in Washington.

After Maia revealed the details of his original proposal on Tuesday, hundreds of police union members dressed in black shirts broke the windows of the main entrance of the legislature in Brasilia and clashed with congressional guards.

The violent incident, in which the guards used pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse the protesters, highlighted the unpopularity of the reform proposal that is central to President Michel Temer’s austerity agenda.

Labor unions are threatening months of street demonstrations even after Temer has repeatedly watered down the proposal, which would trim some of the world’s most generous pension benefits in order to boost investor confidence in Brazil’s slumping economy.

Meirelles said he still expects the reform to pass

by June.

The initial vote on the proposal has been set for May 2 at the commission. As a constitutional amendment, the measure has to be approved by a three-fifths majority in separate votes by both houses of Congress.

The lower house also voted on Wednesday to fasttrack a labor reform that Temer has proposed to make work contracts more flexible and improve Brazil’s business environment.

A similar vote had failed on Tuesday due to what House Speaker Rodrigo Maia called a parliamentary error. (rtr)

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Striking police officers set fire to coffins during a protest by Police officers from several Brazilian states against pension reforms proposed by Brazil’s president Michel Temer, in Brasilia, Brazil April 18, 2017.

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The Pences removed their shoes at the entrance and his wife, Karen, and two daughters covered their

heads with scarves. They walked inside the large prayer hall, observing the soaring dome, and also stopped at an open terrace in the mosque.

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the mosque’s history. The mosque, which can accommodate up to 200,000 people, was designed by a Protestant and sits near a Catholic cathedral in central Jakarta.

The message and images sought to address questions in the Muslim

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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, leads the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112 and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), in the Indian ocean April 14, 2017. Photo taken April 14, 2017.

White House defends portrayal of ‘armada’ push toward Korean peninsula

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about a U.S. carrier strike group’s push toward the Korean peninsula, saying it never gave an arrival date and that the ships were still on their way.

When Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the USS Carl Vinson strike group was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction.

The U.S. military’s Pacific Command explained on Tuesday that the strike group first had to complete a shorter-than-initially planned period of training with Australia but was now heading toward the Western Pacific.

“The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That’s a fact. It happened.

It is happening, rather,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.

He referred further queries about the deployment timetable to the Pentagon.

The U.S. military initially said in a statement dated April 10 that Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of Pacific Command, directed the Vinson strike group “to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific.”

But the strike group first headed elsewhere, On April 15, the U.S.

Navy even published a photo showing the Vinson transiting the Sunda Strait on its way to drills with Australia.

Reuters and other news outlets reported on April 11 that the movement would take more than a week.

But the Navy, for security reasons, says it does not report future operational locations of its ships.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis looked to address confusion over the issue on Wednesday, telling reporters traveling with him in the Middle East that the alteration in the Vinson’s schedule had been disclosed in the interest of transparency.

“We are doing exactly what we said we were going to do. She will be on her way,” he said.

The strike group’s commander, Rear Admiral Jim Kilby, said in a Facebook post this week that the deployment had even been extended 30 days “to provide a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula.”

A Trump administration official told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington was concerned about the possibility of some kind of North Korean provocation around the time of the South Korean election on May 9.

“There is precedent going back to the 1990s and early 2000s where there are provocations timed to South Korean political events,” he said. (rtr)

world about Trump after his push for travel bans that would temporarily suspend visas from six predominantly-Muslim countries and halt the U.S. refugee program. Two judges have blocked the ban, prompting the Trump administration to appeal.

Trump’s executive order does not include Indonesia, but the country is home to nearly 14,000 refugees seeking resettlement in third countries and activists have said the ban would affect their ability of entering the U.S. (ap)

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Indonesian prosecutors seek suspended jail term for Jakarta governor

JAKARTA - Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday recommended a one-year suspended jail sentence for Jakarta’s Christian governor in his blasphemy trial, which has been seen as a test of the Muslim-majority nation’s religious tolerance.

The call for a relatively light sentence came as Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, 50, was heading for defeat in Wednesday’s election against his Muslim

opponent Anies Baswedan. The religiously charged campaign saw mass Islamist-led protests against the incumbent for allegedly insulting Islam.

“We call for the judge to sentence the defendant to one-year in prison with two years probation ..for expressing hate or insult toward a section of the Indonesian people,” chief prosecutor Ali Mukartono said in court. The sentence recommendation means that Purnama would not have to serve time in jail unless he were to repeat the offence within two years, Purnama’s lawyer Humphrey Armri Djemat told Reuters.

He said, however, his legal team would push for all charges to be dropped against his client. Prosecutors were unavailable for comment.

Purnama, Jakarta’s first ethnic

Chinese and Christian leader, has denied the blasphemy charges, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. A verdict is expected in the coming weeks.

The trial centers on comments that Purnama made last year about his opponents’ use of the Islamic holy book in political campaigning. Many Muslim groups, especially hardline Islamists, took offence to the comments and called for Purnama to be sacked and jailed.

On Thursday, members of hardline groups, which led hundreds of thousands of Muslims to protest against Purnama during the elec-

tion campaign, reacted angrily to the prosecutor’s call.

Hundreds of members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) rallied outside the court, chanting “not enough” after the prosecution made their request.

Rights activists have raised concerns about blasphemy laws being used to harass Indonesia’s minorities, even though religious diversity is enshrined in the constitution. Nearly all blasphemy cases in recent years have resulted in convictions. Purnama has six months left in office, when his successor is expected to be sworn in as the new governor. (rtr)

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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama takes his seat for his court hearing in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2017.

Fitch says religious tensions could affect future Indonesia elections

JAKARTA - Rating agency Fitch said on Thursday tensions witnessed during the Jakarta governor poll could resurface in the runup to Indonesia’s next presidential election in 2019 and potentially affect support for the government’s policy agenda negatively.

Former education minister Anies

Baswedan beat incumbent Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama by a big margin on Wednesday, after a polarising campaign that cast a shadow over Indonesia’s reputation for practicing a tolerant form of Islam.

“The early results of the tense Jakarta elections seem to suggest that religious factors could play

an increasingly significant role in future Indonesian elections,” Fitch said in an emailed statement.

However, the rating agency said Indonesia has made a “substantial” progress in improving governance over the past two decades and the country’s democratic electoral process has remained intact.(rtr)

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Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a shot during her Women’s singles final match against VenusWilliams of the U.S.

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Bajra Sandhi Monument

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There are three floors inside.

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fun pics. The monument itself sits on a 4,900sqm plot within the vast 14.4Ha grounds of flat green lawns, gardens and palms of the square.

Denpasar residents visit the square in droves over the weekends, particularly during the ‘car-free’ Sundays that enables joggers and cyclists to best enjoy the surrounds of the public space. Constructed in 1981 and opened in 2003, the Bajra Sandhi Monument is a popular itinerary that is almost always featured on Denpasar city tours. (IBP/net)

Tennis superstar Serena Williams is pregnant and taking maternity leave through the rest of 2017, expecting to give birth this fall, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday in an announcement that upended a sport the 35-year-old athlete has dominated for the past decade.

The confirmation came hours after Williams, due to regain to the No. 1 world ranking next week, set off a day of frenzied speculation with a short-lived selfie posted on social media - posing for a photo in a yellow one-piece swimsuit on Snapchat with the caption: “20 weeks.” Williams deleted the photo shortly after it appeared and waited more than six hours to make any public comment, stoking debate among tennis fans about whether or not she was joking. “I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby

this fall,” Los Angeles-based publicist Kelly Bush Novak said. Bush Novak told Reuters that Williams intended to sit out the remainder of the 2017 season and return next year. Williams, the world’s highest paid female athlete, announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian last December.

Days ago she seemed to quell speculation about impending motherhood with an Instagram post praising a newly published guidebook for new mothers by former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Row-

land, adding in the caption: “One of these days I hope to apply this (but for now I’ll stick to my dog Chip).”

If Williams is indeed 20 weeks into her term, that would mean she was approximately two months pregnant when she captured her record 23rd Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Open in January. Her victory over older sister Venus Williams broke a tie with Steffi Graf for the most Grand Slam singles championships in the sport’s modern era. Serena Williams has not played since then, citing a knee injury.

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liams’ Snapchat post.

“Serena Williams was pregnant when she won her 23rd grand slam tournament at the Australian Open.

And did not drop ONE SET. Let that sink in,” wrote Twitter user @noelleharmony. “So Serena cheated,” Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, wrote on his Twitter account. “Because that’s technically a doubles match.” The Women’s Tennis Association congratulated Williams on Twitter before deleting its post. Tennis’ U.S. governing body, the United States Tennis Association, wrote on Facebook, “Join us in congratulating the GOAT and her fiancé Alexis Ohanian on this incredible news!” referring toWilliams with the acronym for “Great-

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LONDON - British Formula Four driver Billy Monger has had his lower legs amputated after an horrific crash at the Donington Park circuit on Sunday, series organisers said on Wednesday. The 17-year-old, who smashed at speed into the back of another car that had halted on the track, was trapped in the wreckage for more than 90 minutes before being extricated and flown to hospital.

“Due to the injuries sustained and despite every effort, Billy has sadly had both lower

legs amputated,” the FIA sanctioned junior series, the first step on the single-seater ladder after karting, said in a statement. “He has been kept in an induced coma while undergoing surgery, from which he is expected to be woken in the next few days.”

A crowd-funding site was set up to raise funds for the teenager’s medical treatment and recovery, with Formula One drivers joining the motorsport community in expressing support on Twitter. “Thoughts and

prayers are with you and your family,” said Mercedes’ triple world champion Lewis Hamilton. The Just Giving page aiming to raise 260,000 pounds ($332,000) had already hit 315,000 within a day of going live. “Just watched the crash of @BillyMonger and can only say that life is so cruel...let’s all help this young lad,” commented former F1 racer Johnny Herbert, who suffered severe foot injuries in a junior series crash at Brands Hatch in 1988. (rtr)

est of All Time.”

Researchers who study pregnancy in high-performing athletes said her training during pregnancy, the speed of her body’s recovery after giving birth and her will power are the keys toWilliams returning to top-level play. James Pivarnik, a kinesiology professor at Michigan State University, said her muscular build could overcome some of the changes that usually impair performance.

Other women have left the tour to have children and returned at a high level, although none has done so at Williams’ age. Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before coming back at age 26 and winning three Grand Slam titles as a mother. (rtr)

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Ambitious Monaco fighting on 3 fronts after 141 goals

Reuters / Albert Gea Livepic

Barca look to bounce back against eternal rival Real in Clasico

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (Right) and Luis Suarez look dejected after the match.

MADRID - After sealing their place in the Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid can take a huge step towards claiming a first La Liga title in five years when they host great rivals Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday.

An injury-time Sergio Ramos equaliser ensured Madrid maintained a six-point cushion over Luis Enrique’s side when the sides met earlier this season, and with Los Blancos currently three points ahead with a game in hand, victory would leave Barca trailing by the same margin with only five to play.

Real are unbeaten since February, winning 10 of their last 12 games. In contrast, Barcelona have won just two of their previous five in all competitions and were dumped out of Europe in midweek. The Catalans’ task is made all the more difficult given forward Neymar’s suspension. But Barca coach Luis Enrique insisted after their 3-0 aggregate defeat by Juventus that his side would be ready to bounce straight back up.

“It will be difficult to lift my players up after this, but it will be easy to motivate them. We have the best stimulus that any Barcelona fan could ask for which is that we play against our eternal rival. There’s no better place to go than the Bernabeu.

“We have the chance to get back in the fight for La

Liga in a six-pointer against the side top of the league.

I love being involved at a club as ambitious as this.”

Madrid will be looking to a rejuvenated Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored five in his last two appearances and netted his 100th Champion League goal with a hat-trick against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The Portuguese scored the goal that essentially sealed Madrid’s last La Liga crown in 2012’s 2-1 victory over the Catalans and will be looking to repeat the feat for Zinedine Zidane’s men this weekend.

“I don’t know if there’s a category for him. What you see Cristiano doing is really impressive. The goals, the way he finishes them, in such key, important moments,” said Zidane of the No. 7.

“He always knows when there’s an important occasion, he’s going to be there. It is out of any sort of category. There are few players who can to do what Ronaldo has done and we all know that.”

Madrid will be without defenders Pepe and Raphael Varane for the game, while Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale all have question marks over their fitness heading into the game.

Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid will look to further tighten their grip on third place as they travel to Espanyol on Saturday, while the weekend’s action culminates on Monday with a Basque derby as Eibar host Athletic Bilbao. (rtr)

MONACO — Perhaps the only thing stopping Monaco this season will be exhaustion. After scoring 141 goals, Leonardo Jardim’s team tops the French league and remains on course for the treble after reaching the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday, dispatching German side Borussia Dortmund 6-3 on aggregate. It is also in the last four of the French Cup. The first of Monaco’s 141 goals was scored by striker Radamel Falcao way back on July 27, against Turkish side Fenerbahce in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

Fast forward to the present and Falcao, who scored in Wednesday’s 3-1 win against Dortmund with a superb diving header, has 27.

“At the start of the season not many people would have thought the team would do this well, or that I would,” said Falcao, who has fought back from disappointing loan spells with MANCHESTER UNITED and Chelsea following a serious knee injury. “I feel appreciated and supported by the club and by the players. My family is settled and this helps me play better.”

Monaco leads defending champion Paris Saint-Germain on goal difference in the league, having played one game less, and faces a hectic run-in. That starts with a difficult trip to Lyon on Sunday, followed by a French Cup semifinal against PSG three days later in Paris. Those games could go a long way to shaping Monaco’s season.

“It’s not easy to play the Champions League and to try and win the league at the same time,” Jardim said. “We’re the team that’s playing the most in Europe.” Jardim isn’t complaining, however.

“At this level you can’t impose limits on the players. Perhaps the French Cup is the third choice, but for the other two we’ll push to our limits,” he said. “Because it’s not just our Champions League but the Champions League of France.

The French clubs aren’t used to reaching this level, so we are also representing France.”

The last French side to reach the Champions League semifinals was Lyon in 2010, while Marseille is the only French side to win the competition, in 1993.

Intentionally or not, Jardim sent a stinging reminder to PSG of its shortcomings in Europe. After being eliminated in the quarterfinals for the previous four seasons, PSG went out in the last 16 this time after being crushed 6-1 by Barcelona in the second leg. Monaco has a minimum of nine games left, and a maximum of 11 should it reach the Champions League and French Cup finals.

“It makes for a lot of games, which is very hard,” Jardim said.

“If we had gone out in the quarterfinals (against Dortmund) we’d be fresh to prepare all the (other) games, but we’re very ambitious and I don’t want the mentality of the players to change.” The players are ready to take up the challenge.

“We’re competitors and we want to be involved in every competition. We were one of the first sides in the competition and now we’re in the (Champions League) semifinals, it’s something to savor,” left back Benjamin Mendy said.

Monaco will have one day more to prepare than Lyon, which was facing a tough Europa League quarterfinal return leg against Besiktas in Istanbul on Thursday night. (ap)

Reuters / Eric Gaillard Livepic

Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe-Lottin celebrates after the match

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MILAN - Ever the perfectionist, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri still sees room for improvement in his side even after they taught Barcelona a lesson in how to play a two-leg European tie. The Serie A champions tore into Barcelona to win the home league 3-0 one week ago, then gave a defensive masterclass, comfortably containing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, as they held out for a 0-0 draw in the return on Wednesday.

Allegri, however, said that Juventus could have made life easier for themselves if they had taken advantage of the space Barcelona offered them as the game wore on.

Too often, the Serie A leaders got themselves into good attacking positions only to be let down by a poor final pass.

“Where do we need to improve?

In the way we used possession of the ball, especially in the second half,” Allegri told reporters.

“They allowed space and we were not very good at exploiting that, even though it should be said that tiredness and defensive energy can make you less lucid when you have the chance to attack.” In general, however, Allegri was not in the mood for nitpicking.

“We should have been calmer and sharper when spreading their play, but it’s not easy to do that here,” he added. He felt that his team, who are unbeaten in the competition and have conceded only twice, could have played all night without letting in a goal and that “only a great Juventus could have qualified against Barcelona.”

With an eight-point lead in Serie A and a place in the Coppa Italia final guaranteed, Juventus are still on course for a treble.

That meant there would be no time for celebrations after Wednesday’s game - something which Allegri did not even have to spell out to his players.

“It’s the decisive moment of the campaign and these lads have a great sense of duty and professionalism,” said Allegri. “We’re just having dinner and nothing more. What I like about this team is that there is no need for me to tell them that.”

He added: “I am happy with what the lads are doing but the key is not to maintain current form but instead try to improve it.” (rtr)

From bottom in Bundesliga, Bremen now chasing European spot BERLIN — Previously bottom of the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen is now even thinking of European qualification after a remarkable turnaround under new coach Alexander Nouri. Only league leader Bayern Munich has claimed more points since the winter break.

Last weekend’s 2-1 win at home over old rival Hamburger SV lifted Bremen to eighth. It’s just two points behind Freiburg in sixth — the last spot to guarantee a European place — and one behind Cologne in seventh, which may be enough depending on results in the German Cup. Nouri is just thinking of his next game on Saturday. “We’re not looking anywhere else,” Nouri said. “We’re focused on the next opponent, and that’s called Ingolstadt.” Nouri’s side is unbeaten in nine games since a 1-0 defeat to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Feb. 11, clocking up seven victories in that run which helped it escape the relegation

zone. With five games remaining, Bremen appears safe, seven points clear of Augsburg in the relegation playoff place.

Nouri, Bremen’s former under23 coach, endured a mixed start after taking over from the fired Viktor Skripnik in September.

But he has transformed the side since the winter break, helping players shed the insecurity that led to mistakes earlier in the season.

There were encouraging signs in narrow defeats to Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich before the unbeaten run started against Mainz. Results helped the team grow in confidence as players saw their hard work pay off.

Midfielder Fin Bartels is playing like he’s just discovered the joy of football, Zlatko Junuzovic is similarly liberated, and Max Kruse has scored five goals and set up four more in his last six games.

Bremen top-scorer Serge Gnabry’s absence due to a thigh problem has hardly been noticed.

Now it seems odd that Bremen was ever involved in a relegation scrap in the first place. “Our confidence is booming,” Bremen defender Niklas Moisander said on Wednesday. Bremen’s run-in is far from straightforward, starting at Ingolstadt which is fighting for survival, before Bremen plays European-qualification rivals Hertha Berlin, Cologne, Hoffenheim and Dortmund.

Bremen’s players remain cautious with relegation-battle memories still fresh. “The fans are welcome to sing about Europe, we did too a bit,” Bartels said.

“You can peer at what’s going on up there for one or two days, but we’re staying careful. Our focus is on the next game and the 40point mark.”

Bremen is only a point off that 40-point mark and a win in the next round could even move it past Cologne and Freiburg.

Cologne hosts Hoffenheim and Freiburg welcomes Bayer Leverkusen. (ap)

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri

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Barca look to bounce back against eternal rival Real in Clasico

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (Right) and Luis Suarez look dejected after the match.

MADRID - After sealing their place in the Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid can take a huge step towards claiming a first La Liga title in five years when they host great rivals Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday.

An injury-time Sergio Ramos equaliser ensured Madrid maintained a six-point cushion over Luis Enrique’s side when the sides met earlier this season, and with Los Blancos currently three points ahead with a game in hand, victory would leave Barca trailing by the same margin with only five to play.

Real are unbeaten since February, winning 10 of their last 12 games. In contrast, Barcelona have won just two of their previous five in all competitions and were dumped out of Europe in midweek. The Catalans’ task is made all the more difficult given forward Neymar’s suspension. But Barca coach Luis Enrique insisted after their 3-0 aggregate defeat by Juventus that his side would be ready to bounce straight back up.

“It will be difficult to lift my players up after this, but it will be easy to motivate them. We have the best stimulus that any Barcelona fan could ask for which is that we play against our eternal rival. There’s no better place to go than the Bernabeu.

“We have the chance to get back in the fight for La

Liga in a six-pointer against the side top of the league.

I love being involved at a club as ambitious as this.”

Madrid will be looking to a rejuvenated Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored five in his last two appearances and netted his 100th Champion League goal with a hat-trick against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The Portuguese scored the goal that essentially sealed Madrid’s last La Liga crown in 2012’s 2-1 victory over the Catalans and will be looking to repeat the feat for Zinedine Zidane’s men this weekend.

“I don’t know if there’s a category for him. What you see Cristiano doing is really impressive. The goals, the way he finishes them, in such key, important moments,” said Zidane of the No. 7.

“He always knows when there’s an important occasion, he’s going to be there. It is out of any sort of category. There are few players who can to do what Ronaldo has done and we all know that.”

Madrid will be without defenders Pepe and Raphael Varane for the game, while Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale all have question marks over their fitness heading into the game.

Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid will look to further tighten their grip on third place as they travel to Espanyol on Saturday, while the weekend’s action culminates on Monday with a Basque derby as Eibar host Athletic Bilbao. (rtr)

MONACO — Perhaps the only thing stopping Monaco this season will be exhaustion. After scoring 141 goals, Leonardo Jardim’s team tops the French league and remains on course for the treble after reaching the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday, dispatching German side Borussia Dortmund 6-3 on aggregate. It is also in the last four of the French Cup. The first of Monaco’s 141 goals was scored by striker Radamel Falcao way back on July 27, against Turkish side Fenerbahce in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

Fast forward to the present and Falcao, who scored in Wednesday’s 3-1 win against Dortmund with a superb diving header, has 27.

“At the start of the season not many people would have thought the team would do this well, or that I would,” said Falcao, who has fought back from disappointing loan spells with MANCHESTER UNITED and Chelsea following a serious knee injury. “I feel appreciated and supported by the club and by the players. My family is settled and this helps me play better.”

Monaco leads defending champion Paris Saint-Germain on goal difference in the league, having played one game less, and faces a hectic run-in. That starts with a difficult trip to Lyon on Sunday, followed by a French Cup semifinal against PSG three days later in Paris. Those games could go a long way to shaping Monaco’s season.

“It’s not easy to play the Champions League and to try and win the league at the same time,” Jardim said. “We’re the team that’s playing the most in Europe.” Jardim isn’t complaining, however.

“At this level you can’t impose limits on the players. Perhaps the French Cup is the third choice, but for the other two we’ll push to our limits,” he said. “Because it’s not just our Champions League but the Champions League of France.

The French clubs aren’t used to reaching this level, so we are also representing France.”

The last French side to reach the Champions League semifinals was Lyon in 2010, while Marseille is the only French side to win the competition, in 1993.

Intentionally or not, Jardim sent a stinging reminder to PSG of its shortcomings in Europe. After being eliminated in the quarterfinals for the previous four seasons, PSG went out in the last 16 this time after being crushed 6-1 by Barcelona in the second leg. Monaco has a minimum of nine games left, and a maximum of 11 should it reach the Champions League and French Cup finals.

“It makes for a lot of games, which is very hard,” Jardim said.

“If we had gone out in the quarterfinals (against Dortmund) we’d be fresh to prepare all the (other) games, but we’re very ambitious and I don’t want the mentality of the players to change.” The players are ready to take up the challenge.

“We’re competitors and we want to be involved in every competition. We were one of the first sides in the competition and now we’re in the (Champions League) semifinals, it’s something to savor,” left back Benjamin Mendy said.

Monaco will have one day more to prepare than Lyon, which was facing a tough Europa League quarterfinal return leg against Besiktas in Istanbul on Thursday night. (ap)

Reuters / Eric Gaillard Livepic

Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe-Lottin celebrates after the match

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Allegri still sees room for improvement

MILAN - Ever the perfectionist, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri still sees room for improvement in his side even after they taught Barcelona a lesson in how to play a two-leg European tie. The Serie A champions tore into Barcelona to win the home league 3-0 one week ago, then gave a defensive masterclass, comfortably containing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, as they held out for a 0-0 draw in the return on Wednesday.

Allegri, however, said that Juventus could have made life easier for themselves if they had taken advantage of the space Barcelona offered them as the game wore on.

Too often, the Serie A leaders got themselves into good attacking positions only to be let down by a poor final pass.

“Where do we need to improve?

In the way we used possession of the ball, especially in the second half,” Allegri told reporters.

“They allowed space and we were not very good at exploiting that, even though it should be said that tiredness and defensive energy can make you less lucid when you have the chance to attack.” In general, however, Allegri was not in the mood for nitpicking.

“We should have been calmer and sharper when spreading their play, but it’s not easy to do that here,” he added. He felt that his team, who are unbeaten in the competition and have conceded only twice, could have played all night without letting in a goal and that “only a great Juventus could have qualified against Barcelona.”

With an eight-point lead in Serie A and a place in the Coppa Italia final guaranteed, Juventus are still on course for a treble.

That meant there would be no time for celebrations after Wednesday’s game - something which Allegri did not even have to spell out to his players.

“It’s the decisive moment of the campaign and these lads have a great sense of duty and professionalism,” said Allegri. “We’re just having dinner and nothing more. What I like about this team is that there is no need for me to tell them that.”

He added: “I am happy with what the lads are doing but the key is not to maintain current form but instead try to improve it.” (rtr)

From bottom in Bundesliga, Bremen now chasing European spot BERLIN — Previously bottom of the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen is now even thinking of European qualification after a remarkable turnaround under new coach Alexander Nouri. Only league leader Bayern Munich has claimed more points since the winter break.

Last weekend’s 2-1 win at home over old rival Hamburger SV lifted Bremen to eighth. It’s just two points behind Freiburg in sixth — the last spot to guarantee a European place — and one behind Cologne in seventh, which may be enough depending on results in the German Cup. Nouri is just thinking of his next game on Saturday. “We’re not looking anywhere else,” Nouri said. “We’re focused on the next opponent, and that’s called Ingolstadt.” Nouri’s side is unbeaten in nine games since a 1-0 defeat to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Feb. 11, clocking up seven victories in that run which helped it escape the relegation

zone. With five games remaining, Bremen appears safe, seven points clear of Augsburg in the relegation playoff place.

Nouri, Bremen’s former under23 coach, endured a mixed start after taking over from the fired Viktor Skripnik in September.

But he has transformed the side since the winter break, helping players shed the insecurity that led to mistakes earlier in the season.

There were encouraging signs in narrow defeats to Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich before the unbeaten run started against Mainz. Results helped the team grow in confidence as players saw their hard work pay off.

Midfielder Fin Bartels is playing like he’s just discovered the joy of football, Zlatko Junuzovic is similarly liberated, and Max Kruse has scored five goals and set up four more in his last six games.

Bremen top-scorer Serge Gnabry’s absence due to a thigh problem has hardly been noticed.

Now it seems odd that Bremen was ever involved in a relegation scrap in the first place. “Our confidence is booming,” Bremen defender Niklas Moisander said on Wednesday. Bremen’s run-in is far from straightforward, starting at Ingolstadt which is fighting for survival, before Bremen plays European-qualification rivals Hertha Berlin, Cologne, Hoffenheim and Dortmund.

Bremen’s players remain cautious with relegation-battle memories still fresh. “The fans are welcome to sing about Europe, we did too a bit,” Bartels said.

“You can peer at what’s going on up there for one or two days, but we’re staying careful. Our focus is on the next game and the 40point mark.”

Bremen is only a point off that 40-point mark and a win in the next round could even move it past Cologne and Freiburg.

Cologne hosts Hoffenheim and Freiburg welcomes Bayer Leverkusen. (ap)

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri

Reuters / Albert Gea Livepic

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Tennis superstar Serena Williams is pregnant and taking maternity leave through the rest of 2017, expecting to give birth this fall, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday in an announcement that upended a sport the 35-year-old athlete has dominated for the past decade.

The confirmation came hours after Williams, due to regain to the No. 1 world ranking next week, set off a day of frenzied speculation with a short-lived selfie posted on social media - posing for a photo in a yellow one-piece swimsuit on Snapchat with the caption: “20 weeks.” Williams deleted the photo shortly after it appeared and waited more than six hours to make any public comment, stoking debate among tennis fans about whether or not she was joking. “I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby

this fall,” Los Angeles-based publicist Kelly Bush Novak said. Bush Novak told Reuters that Williams intended to sit out the remainder of the 2017 season and return next year. Williams, the world’s highest paid female athlete, announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian last December.

Days ago she seemed to quell speculation about impending motherhood with an Instagram post praising a newly published guidebook for new mothers by former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Row-

land, adding in the caption: “One of these days I hope to apply this (but for now I’ll stick to my dog Chip).”

If Williams is indeed 20 weeks into her term, that would mean she was approximately two months pregnant when she captured her record 23rd Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Open in January. Her victory over older sister Venus Williams broke a tie with Steffi Graf for the most Grand Slam singles championships in the sport’s modern era. Serena Williams has not played since then, citing a knee injury.

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“Serena Williams was pregnant when she won her 23rd grand slam tournament at the Australian Open.

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LONDON - British Formula Four driver Billy Monger has had his lower legs amputated after an horrific crash at the Donington Park circuit on Sunday, series organisers said on Wednesday. The 17-year-old, who smashed at speed into the back of another car that had halted on the track, was trapped in the wreckage for more than 90 minutes before being extricated and flown to hospital.

“Due to the injuries sustained and despite every effort, Billy has sadly had both lower

legs amputated,” the FIA sanctioned junior series, the first step on the single-seater ladder after karting, said in a statement. “He has been kept in an induced coma while undergoing surgery, from which he is expected to be woken in the next few days.”

A crowd-funding site was set up to raise funds for the teenager’s medical treatment and recovery, with Formula One drivers joining the motorsport community in expressing support on Twitter. “Thoughts and

prayers are with you and your family,” said Mercedes’ triple world champion Lewis Hamilton. The Just Giving page aiming to raise 260,000 pounds ($332,000) had already hit 315,000 within a day of going live. “Just watched the crash of @BillyMonger and can only say that life is so cruel...let’s all help this young lad,” commented former F1 racer Johnny Herbert, who suffered severe foot injuries in a junior series crash at Brands Hatch in 1988. (rtr)

est of All Time.”

Researchers who study pregnancy in high-performing athletes said her training during pregnancy, the speed of her body’s recovery after giving birth and her will power are the keys toWilliams returning to top-level play. James Pivarnik, a kinesiology professor at Michigan State University, said her muscular build could overcome some of the changes that usually impair performance.

Other women have left the tour to have children and returned at a high level, although none has done so at Williams’ age. Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before coming back at age 26 and winning three Grand Slam titles as a mother. (rtr)

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Brazil agrees to lower police retirement age after violent protest

BRASILIA - The Brazilian government on Wednesday agreed to lower the minimum retirement age for police officers in a pension reform, a day after members of their unions stormed Congress to protest the controversial bill aimed reining in soaring public debt.

Congressman Arthur Maia, a government ally sponsoring the bill, reduced the minimum retirement age for police to 55 from 60 in his draft of the reform.

Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles called the concession to police unions “symbolic” and said it would have little impact on the fiscal result of the bill. Still, he said he saw little room left for more compromises with interest groups.

“I think we are more or less at the limit of the changes than can be made without substantially altering the country’s fiscal balance,” he told reporters in Washington.

After Maia revealed the details of his original proposal on Tuesday, hundreds of police union members dressed in black shirts broke the windows of the main entrance of the legislature in Brasilia and clashed with congressional guards.

The violent incident, in which the guards used pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse the protesters, highlighted the unpopularity of the reform proposal that is central to President Michel Temer’s austerity agenda.

Labor unions are threatening months of street demonstrations even after Temer has repeatedly watered down the proposal, which would trim some of the world’s most generous pension benefits in order to boost investor confidence in Brazil’s slumping economy.

Meirelles said he still expects the reform to pass

by June.

The initial vote on the proposal has been set for May 2 at the commission. As a constitutional amendment, the measure has to be approved by a three-fifths majority in separate votes by both houses of Congress.

The lower house also voted on Wednesday to fasttrack a labor reform that Temer has proposed to make work contracts more flexible and improve Brazil’s business environment.

A similar vote had failed on Tuesday due to what House Speaker Rodrigo Maia called a parliamentary error. (rtr)

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Striking police officers set fire to coffins during a protest by Police officers from several Brazilian states against pension reforms proposed by Brazil’s president Michel Temer, in Brasilia, Brazil April 18, 2017.

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The Pences removed their shoes at the entrance and his wife, Karen, and two daughters covered their

heads with scarves. They walked inside the large prayer hall, observing the soaring dome, and also stopped at an open terrace in the mosque.

Pence later sat with several faith leaders in a conference room where a speaker gave Pence an overview of

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the mosque’s history. The mosque, which can accommodate up to 200,000 people, was designed by a Protestant and sits near a Catholic cathedral in central Jakarta.

The message and images sought to address questions in the Muslim

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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, leads the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112 and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), in the Indian ocean April 14, 2017. Photo taken April 14, 2017.

White House defends portrayal of ‘armada’ push toward Korean peninsula

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about a U.S. carrier strike group’s push toward the Korean peninsula, saying it never gave an arrival date and that the ships were still on their way.

When Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the USS Carl Vinson strike group was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction.

The U.S. military’s Pacific Command explained on Tuesday that the strike group first had to complete a shorter-than-initially planned period of training with Australia but was now heading toward the Western Pacific.

“The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That’s a fact. It happened.

It is happening, rather,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.

He referred further queries about the deployment timetable to the Pentagon.

The U.S. military initially said in a statement dated April 10 that Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of Pacific Command, directed the Vinson strike group “to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific.”

But the strike group first headed elsewhere, On April 15, the U.S.

Navy even published a photo showing the Vinson transiting the Sunda Strait on its way to drills with Australia.

Reuters and other news outlets reported on April 11 that the movement would take more than a week.

But the Navy, for security reasons, says it does not report future operational locations of its ships.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis looked to address confusion over the issue on Wednesday, telling reporters traveling with him in the Middle East that the alteration in the Vinson’s schedule had been disclosed in the interest of transparency.

“We are doing exactly what we said we were going to do. She will be on her way,” he said.

The strike group’s commander, Rear Admiral Jim Kilby, said in a Facebook post this week that the deployment had even been extended 30 days “to provide a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula.”

A Trump administration official told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington was concerned about the possibility of some kind of North Korean provocation around the time of the South Korean election on May 9.

“There is precedent going back to the 1990s and early 2000s where there are provocations timed to South Korean political events,” he said. (rtr)

world about Trump after his push for travel bans that would temporarily suspend visas from six predominantly-Muslim countries and halt the U.S. refugee program. Two judges have blocked the ban, prompting the Trump administration to appeal.

Trump’s executive order does not include Indonesia, but the country is home to nearly 14,000 refugees seeking resettlement in third countries and activists have said the ban would affect their ability of entering the U.S. (ap)

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Indonesian prosecutors seek suspended jail term for Jakarta governor

JAKARTA - Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday recommended a one-year suspended jail sentence for Jakarta’s Christian governor in his blasphemy trial, which has been seen as a test of the Muslim-majority nation’s religious tolerance.

The call for a relatively light sentence came as Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, 50, was heading for defeat in Wednesday’s election against his Muslim

opponent Anies Baswedan. The religiously charged campaign saw mass Islamist-led protests against the incumbent for allegedly insulting Islam.

“We call for the judge to sentence the defendant to one-year in prison with two years probation ..for expressing hate or insult toward a section of the Indonesian people,” chief prosecutor Ali Mukartono said in court. The sentence recommendation means that Purnama would not have to serve time in jail unless he were to repeat the offence within two years, Purnama’s lawyer Humphrey Armri Djemat told Reuters.

He said, however, his legal team would push for all charges to be dropped against his client. Prosecutors were unavailable for comment.

Purnama, Jakarta’s first ethnic

Chinese and Christian leader, has denied the blasphemy charges, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. A verdict is expected in the coming weeks.

The trial centers on comments that Purnama made last year about his opponents’ use of the Islamic holy book in political campaigning. Many Muslim groups, especially hardline Islamists, took offence to the comments and called for Purnama to be sacked and jailed.

On Thursday, members of hardline groups, which led hundreds of thousands of Muslims to protest against Purnama during the elec-

tion campaign, reacted angrily to the prosecutor’s call.

Hundreds of members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) rallied outside the court, chanting “not enough” after the prosecution made their request.

Rights activists have raised concerns about blasphemy laws being used to harass Indonesia’s minorities, even though religious diversity is enshrined in the constitution. Nearly all blasphemy cases in recent years have resulted in convictions. Purnama has six months left in office, when his successor is expected to be sworn in as the new governor. (rtr)

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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama takes his seat for his court hearing in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2017.

Fitch says religious tensions could affect future Indonesia elections

JAKARTA - Rating agency Fitch said on Thursday tensions witnessed during the Jakarta governor poll could resurface in the runup to Indonesia’s next presidential election in 2019 and potentially affect support for the government’s policy agenda negatively.

Former education minister Anies

Baswedan beat incumbent Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama by a big margin on Wednesday, after a polarising campaign that cast a shadow over Indonesia’s reputation for practicing a tolerant form of Islam.

“The early results of the tense Jakarta elections seem to suggest that religious factors could play

an increasingly significant role in future Indonesian elections,” Fitch said in an emailed statement.

However, the rating agency said Indonesia has made a “substantial” progress in improving governance over the past two decades and the country’s democratic electoral process has remained intact.(rtr)

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TOKYO — Japanese officials are indicating Tokyo intends to pursue the TransPacific Partnership trade pact despite the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement. In comments reported by the national broadcaster NHK on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said he believed the TPP trade talks would offer greater advantages to Japan than bilateral negotiations with the U.S.

Kusamba Beach is a very interesting place to visit and located about 7 kilometers east of Semarapura City. Additionally, it is a fisherman beach and location of traditional salt-making. Every day, we can see the fishermen at sea searching for fish and farmers making salt at seaside.A row of fishermen’s boats lines up on the beach under palm trees and so do the salt-making huts on the beach. They result in dazzling scenery that will tease the interests of those who visit the beach. For tourists who are visiting Bali, it is an ideal destination to enjoy holidays.(kmb)

“ Lukat Gni ”, To maintain balance and purity of macrocosm and microcosm

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FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured vehicles await export at a port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. sensus on sticking to bilateral trade deals. “We must continue to discuss what will be best for our country,” Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, told lawmakers Thursday.

He said Japan had explained to the U.S. the importance of the TPP in both strategic and economic terms, and he believed the U.S. un-

derstood that stance. “It seems the U.S. is not easily going to change its position,” he said.

Former President Barack Obama’s administration championed the TPP, saying it would set a “gold standard” for modern trade rules, with stringent requirements for intellectual property, labor and

environmental protections.

Critics of the plan say it would put corporate interests ahead of public and national sovereign interests. Trump’s withdrawal from the deal was a setback for leaders of other TPP countries who INVESTED political capital in fighting to get it ratified, including Japanese

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In its current form, the TPP can only take effect after it is ratified by six countries that account for 85 percent of its members’ combined gross domestic product. The U.S. made up 60 percent of the TPP’s combined GDP, so it could not be implemented as it stands now.(ap)

S.Korea to allow vulnerable households to defer debt repayments

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Men look at recruiting information during a job fair in Seoul, South Korea, April 12, 2017.

SEOUL - South Koreans who have lost their jobs or gone out of business will be allowed to delay repaying principal on their loans for up to three years, starting from the second half of this year, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement. The plan aims to reduce the debt burden on some of the country’s most vulnerable households as borrowing costs rise.

The FSC will require banks and financial institutions to implement the changes within this year so that qualifying borrowers can refinance their debt if they wish.

For households with mortgages to qualify for delayed repayment, the property they own must be valued at 600 million won ($525,000) or less, and they will still need to make interest payments.

The Bank of Korea’s eight cuts in benchmark interest rates since 2012 to the current rock-bottom 1.25 percent have prompted a borrowing binge that has sent household debt to a record high.

In the fourth quarter of last year household debt soared 11.7 percent from a year earlier to 1,344.3 trillion won, the fastest pace in over

a decade, as borrowers continued to take advantage of record-low interest rates.

But home loans and credit extended to households grew at a slower pace in the first quarter of this year compared to a year earlier, the FSC said, without disclosing the total amount outstanding.

While risks stemming from rising household debt are expected to stabilize going forward, the debtservicing capacity of low-income households may fall as market interest rates rise, the regulator said.(rtr)

Residents of Satria Kawan Palace, Paksebali village, Dawan, organized the lukat gni or flame war tradition. This tradition is carried out through generations every year falling on new moon of the Balinese ninth month or at the night of Pengrupukan or the day before celebration of Nyepi, Monday (Mar. 27).

Lukat gni also called flame war is derived from two words, namely lukat and gni. Lukat or melukat means cleansing of all impurities and the unseen while gni means fire. Lukat gni can be interpreted as a tradition of cleansing or purifying the microcosm and macrocosm from any kind of impurities by means of fire. This tradition is also aimed at maintaining balance of nature and humans to result in harmony in the implementation of the catur bratha penyepian or five abstinences.

This lukat gni tradition begins with a joint worship at temples or family temple to invoke safety and smoothness for the implementation of lukat gni. Dozens of youths that take part in this activity are then heading for the catus pata or central intersection of the village to carry out the tradition. Here, the participants further slammed the fire of tied danyuh (dried coconut leaves) onto each opponent. No injuries are seen despite being hit by fire. Moreover, there is no resentment among the participants. The atmosphere is getting festive with the accompaniment of baleganjur orchestra.

Spiritual figure of Satria Kawan Palace, Mangku A.A. Gde Anom Merta, said that flame war is a heritage tradition of Satria Kawan Palace. “As younger generations, we must continue

and preserve the traditions having been passed down by the elders here. This tradition has actually existed since around hundreds of years ago,” he said after the implementation of the lukat gni on Monday (Mar. 27).

According to him, the lukat gni often known as flame war is one of the purificatory rites carried out to purify the macrocosm and microcosm. Implementation of this annual tradition is expected

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Taman Mumbul as Spiritual Tourist Attraction in Badung

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Japan says Pacific Rim pact offers Best Trade deals

Aso made the comments at a conference in New York City.

“There will be a discussion about possibly starting an 11-member TPP without America at our APEC meeting in May,” he said, declining to give further details.

His remarks appeared to allude to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s comments, after meeting with Aso in Tokyo earlier this week, that the U.S. considered the TPP a “thing of the past.” Pence said the Trump administration believed that only bilateral trade negotiations would yield “win-win” outcomes.

During their talks on Tuesday, Pence and Aso launched a new “economic dialogue” that will consider ways the countries can strengthen the economic side of their alliance.

Japanese officials who briefed reporters after the talks indicated the two sides did not share a con-

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to be able to neutralize negative effects and create harmony in ourselves and the balance of the universe. “Through this lukat gni, we will create harmony and balance of the universe,” he said.

A participant of lukat gni, A.A. Gde Baskara Diningrat, said that he took this tradition to preserve the heritage.

Armed with self-confidence, he said, the heat of the fire afflicting to the body will not be felt. Every fire is believed to eliminate all the impurities inside.

“With the confidence I have, the more exposed to the fire, the more impurities will be missing from our body,” said Baskara who participates regularly in this tradition every year. (kmb)

Realizing Taman Mumbul as a spiritual tourist destination in Badung is a very smart idea. In addition to keeping the village asset, it can also bring in economic benefits for local community. Just imagine, every day there are always guests coming to make a visit. Moreover, they also come on auspicious days, like Kliwon, full moon, new moon and Banyupinaruh.

Taman Mumbul is a sacred place sanctified by the Sangeh and surrounding communities. It has a big pond like a lake with clear water. The water sources from 11 major springs and dozens of small springs around the lake.

Aside from being functioned as source of clean water for people’s daily life, the lake water is also used to irrigate paddy fields of Subak Sangeh spreading across the area of 200 hectares.

Chief of Sangeh customary village, Ida Bagus Dipayana, said that Taman Mumbul can be divided into three areas, namely the innermost, middle and outermost courtyard. The innermost courtyard hosts several temples such as the Ulunsuwi, Taman Beji, Segara Kelebutan, Ratu Gede, Taman Mumbul, Ratu Niang and Bebaturan to worship wong samar (supernatural beings). “All the temples have their own function, but in essence they are functioned to maintain the nature and safety of Sangeh people,” he said.

Ulunsuwi Temple is located in the northern most VENERATED by members of Subak Sangeh. On particular days, subak members perform a ceremony as an expression of gratitude to God for the graces bestowed.

In the southern part sits the Taman Beji Temple with three fountains as destination of melasti (physical and psychical purification) procession. Remaining in the region, there is Segara Kelebutan Temple in the form of three-tiered meru shrine located in the middle of the pond.

In the south of the pond precisely under a banyan tree sits the representative temple of Taman Ayun. This temple was established when making the pond that was never finished. Its levees were always broken. Seeing this condition, the royal figure of Mengwi was invited to come. After that, the levees of the lake became very strong, so that it was then made a shrine to worship the deities of Taman Ayun. Meanwhile, the Ratu Gede Temple is used to venerate the guardian in the psychical ream of the pond.

The middle courtyard of the Taman Mumbul Temple is located in the east of the area. This temple is VENERATED by the Brahmana hamlet. There is also a Pengelukatan Temple marked by eleven fountains. Here, the residents do self-purificatory rite (melukat) physically and psychically accompanied by the presentation of the offerings. Sangeh community believes that Ratu Niang abides at this temple.

Then, the southernmost shrine is bebaturan (menhir) used to worship wong samar (supernatural beings).

“Therefore, we always urge visitors to always prioritize ethics as the region the Taman Mumbul area is rich in objects and sacred places,” he said. This arrangement, explained I.B. Dipa, is meant to make the place attractive and comfortable to be visited. The arrangement workmanship started in 2016. Thankfully, it can be operated in late 2016. Arrangement of the area was funded by assistance of Badung government and village treasury.

“The assistance of Badung government is worth IDR 4 billion and village treasury approximately amounted to IDR 500 million,” he said.

In the meantime, the outermost courtyard located at southernmost area (after the Pengelukatan Temple) will be made into water attraction equipped with a pool of children and adult. Various types of water tourist attractions will be created as children playground. “Hopefully, the water attraction could be realized in 2018,” he hoped. (kmb)

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243 exhibition booths prepared for BAF 2017 DENPASAR - A total of 243 temporary exhibition booths are prepared for the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2017. Craftsmen or Small and Medium Industries (IKM) have been invited to register at the district or municipal industry and commerce agency.

Furthermore, they will be selected by a selection team consisting of various components.

“Registration can be made in each district or municipality across Bali. After the district or municipality gives recommendation, the registration is then submitted to the province,” said the Head of the Bali Industry and Commerce Agency, Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, when confirmed on Wednesday (Apr. 19).

According to her, the requirements to get a booth in the BAF remain the same as last year. Small and Medium Industries must meet a number of requirements related to legality aspects. Among them, the applicants must domicile in Bali, have an industrial registry (TDI) or industrial business license (IUI) and taxpayer identity number (NPWP). “Booth rental is in accordance with gubernatorial regulation,” she added.

When confirmed separately, the Head of Bali Art Center, Gusti Ngurah Agung Diputra, said there are six types of booths prepared for the BAF 2017 featuring the theme Ulundanu (Preserving Water Resources of Life). They comprise Dekranasda booth in the south of Ksiraarnawa Building as many as 10 booths, under Ksiraarnawa Building (87 booths), under Ardha Candra stage (92 booths) and craft booth in the west of Ksiraarnawa Building (26 booths), cuisines in the north of Wantilan and canteen (28 booths), bank under Ksiraarnawa Building, and land use in the area of Bali Art Center.

Thus, there are totally 243 booths.

“Especially for number of bank booth, it will depend on the Bali culture agency.

Likewise, the use of land area in the Bali Art Center to exhibit or sell gebyog gates, pillar of building, rice barns, carved shrine and others will depend on the selection by the Bali industry and commerce agency,” he said.

Agung added that booth rental refers to Bali Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.11/2016 on the Amendment to Bali Regional Bylaw No. 3/2011 on Business Services Levies.

Land use in the Bali Art Center area is subject to IDR 500,000 per square meter; Dekranasda booth, craft booth and culinary booths respectively at IDR 5 million per booth, the booth under Ksiraarnawa Building and under Ardha Candra Stage at IDR 6 million, and bank booth at IDR 15 million.

His agency targeted to get revenues from the BAF booths at IDR 1.394 billion.

“Dekranasda booth is intended for the art exhibition of the district and municipality across Bali, booth under Ksiraarnawa Building and under Ardha Candra for industrial products such as clothes as well as silver or gold accessories. At the booth craft is certainly showcased or sold the works of the artisans such as paintings, sculptures, and others,” he added. (kmb32)

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25,000 trees planted throughout schools

GIANYAR - A total of 25,000 nursery plants were planted simultaneously at all schools from elementary to high school in Gianyar district on Tuesday (Apr. 18).

The planting activity involving thousands of students was carried out in a series of city anniversary and commemoration of the world heritage falling on April 18. As part of the heritage city, the government of Gianyar also organizes this activity every year as a form of saving the world.

Chief of the Gianyar Education Agency, Made Suradnya, said on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that the planting of 25,000 trees is held simultaneously throughout the school areas in Gianyar district. The planting involved the fifth and seventh grade students of el-

ementary school, seventh and eighth grade of junior high, and tenth and eleventh grade of high school. “The simultaneous planting is the policy of the regent to educate all students of Gianyar district in protecting nature through planting trees,” he said.

Head of the Gianyar Environment Agency, Wayan Kujus Pawitra, explained that in addition to the series of the 246th anniversary of the city, the planting of thousands of trees was also held to commemorate the world heritage. “So, in the future the planting of trees will continue to

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be carried out because apart from being a world heritage the April 18 is also a series of city anniversary,” he said.

He said that 25 percent of the 25,000 trees are hibiscus while the remaining are greening plants and fruit plants. “The regent with the deputy minister also does symbolic planting that will be planted in Gianyar botanical garden in Payangan,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gede Agung Bharata, said the trees are source of life so that he wanted to invite young people to plant trees. “The simultaneous tree planting will be regularly held every year. Hopefully, this generation will continue to preserve nature,” he said. (kmb35)

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U.S. trying to identify chemical agent used in Mosul attack -general

WASHINGTON - Islamic State militants used a chemical in an attack on Iraqi forces in Mosul over the weekend, and the agent has been sent for testing to try to identify it, the U.S. general commanding coalition ground forces in Iraq said on Wednesday.

Major General Joseph Martin, speaking to Pentagon reporters via videoconference, said Islamic State militants had lobbed chemical shells at Iraqi security forces in west Mosul but the attack had “had no impact.”

“The Iraqi security forces ... were in vicinity of one of the strikes,” Martin said.

“They were taken back for the appropriate level of medical care. ... Nobody’s been impacted. Nobody’s died.”

“We’re not certain at this time exactly what the agent is,” he added. “We have sent it back for testing but we’re still waiting for the outcomes.”

Martin declined to say how many Iraqi security forces may have been exposed to the chemicals.

Officers in Iraq’s Federal Police told Reuters on Sunday that Islamic State militants had shelled government forces with chemical weapons agents in the Urouba and Bab Jadid districts on Saturday. The attack SANA/Handout via REUTERS caused only minor wounds, the force said Evacuees from the two rebel-besieged Shi’ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, ar- in a statement.

Martin declined to give details about the rive to government-controlled Aleppo, in this handout picture provided by SANA incident, including whether coalition milion April 19, 2017, Syria.

tary advisers had donned chemical weapons protection suits or whether an alert had gone around afterwards to notify troops of possible chemical attacks.

He also repeatedly declined to clearly state whether any U.S. or Australian military advisers were with the Iraqis at the time of the attack or had been treated for chemical exposure, as some media have reported.

“Our advisers ... are with Iraqi security forces at various command and control locations throughout Iraq,” he said.

“They share the same risk the Iraqis do,” he added. “When exposed, if exposed to chemical munitions ... we have the force protection equipment and we’ve got the training that all of our soldiers have done to protect themselves.”

Asked if he was acknowledging that U.S. or Australian advisers were with the Iraqi security forces at the time of the incident, Martin repeated a variation of his previous answer that advisers served with the Iraqis and shared the same risks. Asked if he was saying no U.S. or Australian forces had been exposed to chemicals, Martin said: “We have not confirmed exposure at this time.” (rtr)

Turkey’s election board rejects appeals to annul referendum

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The planting activity involving thousands of students was carried out in a series of city anniversary and commemoration of the world heritage falling on April 18.

ANKARA - Turkey’s electoral authority on Wednesday rejected appeals to annul a referendum granting President Tayyip Erdogan wide new powers, but the main opposition CHP party said it would maintain its legal challenge to the result.

Sunday’s referendum narrowly backed the largest overhaul of Turkey’s political system since the founding of the republic nearly a century ago, giving Erdogan sweeping authority over the NATO member-state. But the tight result of a highly charged campaign laid bare divisions, while European observers and the head of Turkey’s bar associations union said a decision to count unstamped votes broke electoral law.

The High Electoral Board said it had assessed appeals from the CHP and two other parties at a seven-hour meeting, and rejected them by 10 to one.

In response, CHP Deputy Chairman Bulent Tezcan said his party was considering taking its appeal to Turkey’s Constitutional Court or the European Court of Human Rights.

“This is a serious legitimacy crisis. We will employ all legal ways

available,” Tezcan said.

Separately, Istanbul police detained 19 suspects on charges of attempted provocation for organising protests against the referendum, Dogan News Agency reported.

A defiant Erdogan has dismissed the complaints, saying the vote had finally put an end to debate over the powerful presidency he has long sought.

On Wednesday, the ruling AK Party set out plans for Erdogan to gradually resume leadership of the party, a step towards implementing the changes approved in Sunday’s plebiscite.

Turkey’s president has been required to remain above party politics, but that condition was removed in one of the referendum’s 18 amendments.

Prime Minister and AKP leader Binali Yildirim said Erdogan could rejoin the party he founded in 2001 once official results - expected before the end of the month - were announced.

But he said the AKP would not hold a party congress until 2018, indicating Erdogan would not officially become its leader until then, despite widespread expectations that it would happen almost

immediately.

“UNFAIR REFERENDUM” The pro-Kurdish opposition HDP, which had appealed along with the CHP for the referendum to be annulled, said the late decision by the electoral board to allow unstamped ballots meant it was impossible to determine how many invalid or fake votes may have been counted.

HDP deputy chairman Mithat Sancar said the vote was also undermined by the fact that the campaign was held under emergency rule while the party’s co-leaders were under arrest, that its candidates for polling station monitors had been rejected, and the “Yes” campaign had benefited from state resources.

“This referendum will forever remain controversial,” he told reporters. “You cannot build a change in the political system on such a controversial and unfair referendum.”

Metin Feyzioglu, head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, said the decision to count unstamped ballots, without keeping any record of them, removed the main safeguard against voting

fraud.

“What makes any country a democracy is the security of the ballot boxes,” Feyzioglu told Reuters. “ ... If your ballots are unsafe, that means that regime is not a democracy.”

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said a critical report by European observers on the referendum contained several mistakes, which

he believed were deliberate.

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe said Sunday’s referendum had been an uneven contest.

“The OSCE’s report has no reliability as their observations lack objectivity and are extremely partial,” Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara. (rtr)

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Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, Turkey, April 19, 2017.

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What a French it girl wears to an NYC party

NEW YORK - It’s a dilemma every NYC girl knows well: picking out an outfit that you can wear to the office but will still look chic when you run out for drinks afterward. But it seems like tricky transitional dressing doesn’t phase French It girl Jeanne Damas. The designer hosted a small fête in NYC to celebrate the one-year birthday of her much-loved clothing line, Rouje, and her outfit was an effortless combination of polished and party-ready.

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Gusti Arya Subakti

A disabled child aspiring to be famous painter

VIVACITY of a child of Ideran hamlet, Kayuputih, Banjar, Buleleng, Gusti Ketut Arya Subakti, 9, never goes out. Amidst his status as a child with disability, this first grade student of the SDN 3 Kayuputih elementary school still pursues his talent for painting. Moreover, at his young age he has aspired to become a famous painter.

Unsurprisingly, Damas selected a dress from her line for the evening, opting for a printed midi dress with button details. A layered blazer added a little extra structure and coverage, making it ideal for the office, and while Damas’s pumps make her ensemble feel party-ready, swapping in flats for daytime is an easy way to transform a look. The French take on day-to-night dressing is unfussy, and luckily, it’s very easy to try out at home. (IBP/net)

When met at his school on Tuesday morning (Apr. 18), this youngest of four siblings looked cheerful. Though his right hand and both legs do not grow normally, his vivacity to attend classroom lesson is unnecessary to be doubted again. All materials presented by his teachers can be understood well.

His cheerfulness is not only in the classroom. Similar condition can also been seen at his break time. He keeps joking with his classmates. People will see no shyness from his tiny face.

When going to school cafeteria to shop, his friends do not hesitate to lend a hand by pushing his wheelchair.

Due to such condition, Subakti must always be accompanied by his mother, Jero Sulastri, when attending school. It is carried out so that there will be someone taking care of him when going home.

Certainly it is impossible for him to walk because the distance of

his house is far enough.

“I go to school every day to accompany him. In the afternoon, his father will pick him up from school,” said Sulastri.

Meanwhile, his class teacher, Ida Ayu Komang Sri Widani, said that this child has good academic ability. Based on the results of the last semester exam, he was ranked fourth out of 25 students. “His mental is very good so that he can compete against his classmates,” she explained.

When visiting his home, after school, Subakti immediately took crayons and drawing books to his room for the preparation of painting. He independently moved by only relying on the rest of his left hand. While scratching his painting brush, he slowly told stories.

Painting has been his hobby since two years ago. “I really like to paint. It starts from the age of seven years,” he said.

His work is not just limited to landscape paintings. There are

also paintings of ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) and a number of cartoon characters. Artistic impression can be seen from his works. His ability is not obtained through learning from the others, but grows through self-taught. “I learn this autodidactically. After watching ogoh-ogoh, I come home and immediately draw it,” he said.

Apparently his hobby will not only want to be acted for some time, but continuously. Moreover, his great desire to be a famous painter has been embedded in his mind. “I aspire to be a famous painter and many people will buy,” he said while smiling.

Meanwhile, his father, Gusti Kadek Sujana, said that his painting ability is considered as a gift for his son who has imperfect physical condition. This talent will continuously be sharpened and supported in order to develop so that he will have a life skill. “I never forbid him to paint. Instead, I encourage him to be better,” he said.

Such condition of his life, continued this man working as a caseworker, has been getting attention from the local government through a number of assistance.

“In terms of assistance, he has obtained it since he was born. My wife and I are very fond of him.

We never distinguish him from

Gusti Ketut Arya Subakti

the other children. We want him to be a successful child so that he can live his live independently,” he said. (sos)

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Due to brake failure, a truck claims two victims at Labuan Sait This is what Victoria Beckham wears to Buckingham Palace LONDON - It’s only Wednesday, but it’s already been a huge week for Victoria Beckham. On Monday, the designer celebrated her 43rd birthday, and today, she received an OBE at Buckingham Palace, making her an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

None other than Prince William officially presented her with the award today, which recognized her contributions to the fashion industry.

As you would imagine, Beckham looked impossibly chic for the occasion. She wore a black midi dress and pointed-toe pumps from the Pre-Fall 17 collection of her eponymous brand. “Wonderful day celebrating with my beautiful family,” she captioned her Instagram photo. (IBP/net)

DENPASAR - Ni Wayan Aliani, 43, and a two-year-old toddler, Ni Kadek Dewi Hana Maharani, posing her niece, became a casualty when a truck went into the kitchen.

Allegedly the truck had a brake failure at Labuan Sait, Pecatu, South Kuta, Badung, on Wednesday (Apr. 19) around 11:30. Both victims died at the scene after being clamped under the truck.

Both victims were successfully removed and then evacuated to forensic installation of Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, not long after the incident. The atmosphere of sadness enveloped the victims’ families while waiting for the corpse in the process of examination.

One of the victims’ families, Nyoman Jastra, said that the incident started when the aunt who had just arrived from her house to take milk.

However the unluckiness cannot be avoided, they were suddenly hit by the truck when she just arrived at baby’s home.

“As the information I’ve got,

they were just arriving from the old house to take baby’s milk.

Well, after returning to the house (the scene), Aliani just would like to jack the motorcycle. Suddenly, they were hit by the truck from behind. They were pinched under the truck,” he said.

As a result of the incident, the aunt was pinched and found dead with the condition of unfolded belly. The toddler’s body was still intact, but only suffered bruises.

Meanwhile, the motorcycle ridden by the victim was totally destroyed.

Similarly, the house hit by the truck collapsed.

“At that time, at the house there was the father (of the toddler Maharani) seeing in person the incident and shocked, while his wife was going to work. She was shocked as well. Both are faint and still being pacified at home,” he said sadly.

No one thought and there were even no feelings about such incident. The family claimed to be quite shocked because they had to experience the disasters claiming

two members of the family.

“As the destiny of life says, no one knows what will happen.

Moreover, the two-year-old toddler is still cute, I cannot bear it in mind,” said one of the female relatives asking for anonymity. She said with tears in her eyes.

Daily, he said, the toddler victim is taken care of by her aunt, while her mother, Ni Wayan Neni, daily works at a hotel in the area of Seminyak, Kuta. His father, Komang Diomantara, does not work and just stays at home. “Yes, she is raised by her aunt, so that her mother can work,” he said.

According to Jastra, after being examined the two bodies will be directly returned to the funeral home to be buried. But, he could not ascertain the burial schedule because it is still looking for auspicious day because both victims died due to salah pati or unintentional death.

“As planned, it is still looking for auspicious day, while ngulapin ritual will be immediately held at the scene,” he said.

Related to the legal process against this incident, Jastra admitted to submit it to police authority.

“We have not had time to think about it yet as we are still focusing on the funeral procession of the two members of our family.

Thus, let police handle the case,” he concluded.

Separately, the driver named I Komang Sukarma, 45, and his conductor, Stannie Laus, 24, are still lying weak in the emergency room of Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar.

Both are in conscious condition and still getting intensive care from a team of doctors.

Spokesperson of Sanglah Hospital, Kadek Nariyantha, said that the hospital received the two patients namely the driver and conductor around 12:00. “Currently, they are still being handled by a medical team,” he said in front of the emergency room of Sanglah Hospital.

Regarding the injuries suffered by both victims, Kadek said he was diagnosed with light head injury and suspected of having a cervical

fracture. He continued that one of the victims suffered a front head injury. “One of the patients is suspected of having a broken bone in the right wrist,” he added.

Furthermore, the victims are currently in conscious condition. However, the observations are still underway to determine further medical action.

“Both victims are conscious and have been handled in accordance with the standard operating procedures and in accordance with the diagnosis experienced,” said Kadek.

One of the families of Laus said the truck was loading mattresses and came from Surabaya, East Java. As planned, it would take the mattress to a hotel in Kuta area.

Laus himself is actually not the conductor of the truck. He is a warehouse staff in the mattress company. He was only told to show the way to the driver. “The driver is alone from Surabaya and Laus is just asked to accompany him to the hotel. As a misfortune, nothing can be done in this case,” he said. (kmb42)

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Everyone produces 2 to 2.5 kg of waste daily

DENPASAR - Waste problem is just like fire in husks for Bali. Any time it can ‘singe’ the Island of the Gods that depends on tourism sector. Solution of waste is often said to be simple, though in fact is complicated. The key to the problem here is to raise public awareness to do 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle).

“Waste is a world problem, not only that of Bali. We have to manage the waste, not to be put into discourse because everybody produces 2 to 2.5 kg of waste per day, and every kg of waste produces 0.37 gram of carbon dioxide,” said the Head of the Bali Environment Agency, Gede Suarjana, in Denpasar, on Tuesday (Apr. 18).

According to Suarjana, the 3R is actually the most effective waste solution. Reducing means to reduce the amount of waste dumped to landfill. Reusing is using again the waste by processing it into fertilizer and recycling means to recycle the waste. If the waste has been managed with the 3R, it means only about 13 percent of the waste will be going to landfill.

“Suwung landfill in particular will be able to be used much longer.

However, the problem now, is our behavior like that? I am sure not, and we have not done waste segregation at respective home. The current system is to dispose, transport, dispose,” he explained.

Suarjana added the waste dumped by people and then transported by truck to be disposed to landfill will not be able to resolve the problem of waste piles. Conversely, the piles of waste is actually mounting and shortening the

age of landfill. Like the Suwung landfill, its age remains two years.

“If the system is indeed dispose, transport and dispose, it should be managed with technology that can process waste into electricity. Now, with the high tariff of electricity at 30 cents, is it capable of doing it?” he added.

That is why, continued Suarjana,

investors that want to manage waste at Suwung landfill still think of it because of that problem considering there should be a tipping fee to cover the price of electricity that can only be purchased at a maximal price of 30 cents by PLN. When interviewed separately, Chairman of the Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba, said that the waste problem has great impact on the community. Tamba exemplified the people around the Suwung landfill are disturbed and losing the right to get fresh air. It happens because the

mounting waste at Suwung landfill exudes unpleasant odor. “People are harmed. Besides, there is also a Pertamina tank nearby. This is very hazardous because the distance is less than 500 meters,” he said.

Tamba added that the government should become a good example in waste management.

After that, then people can follow by changing their behavior by not littering, sorting and composting the waste.

“The government should become the leading sector first. If the government has good intention and

concept, people will surely follow.

Have a look at Surabaya! It is now amazing for having a promenade.

It is just like overseas because it’s clean,” explained this Democratic Party politician.

The former Special Committee Chairman of the Regional Bylaw Draft on PPLH in the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Adnyana, stated that waste has become something scary because of adverse impacts on the environment, tourism, soil and water quality as well as scenery around it. “Moreover, the Suwung landfill is close to Denpasar city, close to travelers, harbor and the center of the crowd,” he said.

According to Adnyana, relocation of landfill from Suwung to other location will not resolve the problem. On that account, the existing waste needs to be managed in order to produce and become attractive. Currently, there are indeed many investors getting interested in managing waste at Suwung landfill. However, they are constrained by tipping fee, so that none of them follow it up.

“We have provided solutions for urban waste especially in Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) that cannot apply manual or conventional model. It must use technology. Certainly, we hope the investors having the technology to get involved. If the province does not have money to subsidize tipping fee, it can use compensation model,” added this PDI-P politician from Bangli. (kmb32)

Throwing waste haphazardly

People imposed with prayascita offerings

PENGLIPURAN tourism village is an object having the cleanest environment being free from garbage in Bangli district. In order to maintain the sanitation, the village has issued a bylaw or awig-awig on the ban from disposing of any waste and this has been enforced since long time ago. If any residents of Penglipuran dispose of waste haphazardly, they will be subject to customary sanction in the form of putting prayascita offerings at the local village temple.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, I Wayan Supat, stated on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that such bylaw has been applied through generations from his ancestors. The measure is taken for the sake of healthy and clean environment as well as prosperous society. “If there are residents disposing of waste, village will impose sanctions in accordance to the awing-awing in the form of putting prayascita offerings at the local village, not in the form of money,” he said.

Supat said that to realize the sanitation of the surrounding environment, he applies mutual help system carried out by the entire Penglipuran customary village by involving customary youth club, housewives coalesced in PKK, pecalang (customary security guard), baris troupe et cetera. “Sanitation does not only become the responsibility of the leaders, but also all the residents,” he said.

Supat said that if there are resi-

dents littering, the village authority will impose sanctions to them. The bylaw has existed since long time ago used to maintain environmental sanitation. In addition, every home yard of residents should also be made a landscaping, so that the house looks more beautiful, green, and clean.

“Our existing bylaw can be implemented consistently. Similarly, residents are not allowed to dispose of garbage carelessly and dry clothes in open space as it will

be able to give impression of being less clean,” he explained.

Furthermore, he said the well-maintained sanitation at Penglipuran village is also meant to maintain the predicate of being the cleanest tourist attraction received in 2016. “We must be able to maintain the predicate. Do not let be unclean that will lead to revocation of the predicate. To that end, we urge the residents to keep the environment clean at all times,” said Wayan Supat. (nan)

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Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach is proud to announce the appointment of Scott Solomon as Head Chef for their restaurant in Indonesia. Chef Scott was part of the Jamie’s Italian team in Glasgow and has spent years working under Jamie and Gennaro. Chef Scott has now found his way back to the Jamie’s Italian family and we’re delighted to welcome him in Bali.

Chef Scott brings to Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach a wealth of fine-dining experience and love of all.things Italian, having led kitchens at Australian restaurants Mongusto Mamma and Gorski & Jones. He also spent two years as Executive Chef of Rossi Cucina in the wine region of South West Germany, giving him the wonderful opportunity to work with high-quality produce from the area, and liaising directly with farmers and suppliers. Since relocating to Bali two years ago, Chef Scott has held the roles of Head Chef at Seminyak Italian Foods and Executive Chef with Nebula Restaurants, at various sites throughout Bali and Jakarta.

Commenting on his new role, Scott said, “I’m so excited and proud to be returning to the Jamie’sfamily.

I couldn’t be happier to be heading up the team here in Bali and my new adopted countryof Indonesia. We’ll be making homemade pasta every day and I’m looking forward to bringing aspecial Jamie dining experience to the people here. Reflected in the Jamie’s Italian ethos, wework with with local farmers to source the highest-quality and sustainable foods. I hope peoplewill love it.”

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Bassist BrownMark, left, answers a question as the original members of Prince’s 1980’s band, The Revolution, from second left, guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboarders Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman and drummer Bobby Z, look on during an interview, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Minneapolis. The group is preparing to kick off a spring U.S. tour with a performance Friday, the first anniversary of the Prince’s death from an accidental overdose.

1 year after Prince’s death, another turn for The Revolution MINNEAPOLIS — For members of Prince’s 1980s backing band The Revolution, reuniting and hitting the road for a spring U.S. tour is how they are coping with the “Purple Rain” pop superstar’s unexpected death a year ago.

“We’re taking it to the people who are grieving like we are, and letting them have a little bit of relief,” guitarist Wendy Melvoin, sitting on a couch with other members of the band during a break at their Minneapolis rehearsal space, said Wednesday.

When Prince died of an accidental painkiller overdose, members of The Revolution were mourning at a Minneapolis hotel and made an impromptu video, promising to reunite for shows honoring their one-time flamboyant front man. After three sold-out shows at the fabled First Avenue nightclub (the setting of Prince’s hit 1984 movie “Purple Rain”) in September, The Revolution is back, preparing to kick off a tour Friday at Paisley Park in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen on the anniversary of Prince’s death.

The tour includes stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles

and San Francisco before ending in Seattle on July 15.

Melvoin is joined by bassist BrownMark, keyboardists Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman, and drummer Bobby Z. The reunited Revolution plans to play Prince’s synthesizerheavy 1980s music through his lauded 1987 double album “Sign o’ the Times.”

“We have the ability now to give people a glimpse of what we experienced with him,” BrownMark said.

“And I think that’s a powerful thing.

I know it helped me heal.”

While Prince had a reputation as a perfectionist, members of The Revolution remember the good times goofing in the studio.

“We had fun. We had a lot of fun.

Sometimes we would be rehearsing and we’d crack up, we’d just laugh for an hour, cracking jokes,” BrownMark recalls.

“We’d go play softball,” keyboardist Fink said. “’OK, we’re not going to rehearse today, let’s go play softball.’” After years of recording and touring with The Revolution, Prince “did what any boss would do and just put it (the band) to bed,” Bobby Z. said. (ap)

Julia Roberts named People’s ‘most beautiful’ for record 5th time

NEW YORK - Julia Roberts was named People magazine’s world’s most beautiful woman for a record 5th time on Wednesday, but the actress said she thought her best years were yet to come.

Roberts, 49, was first given the annual honor in 1991, a year after she skyrocketed to fame in the romantic comedy “Pretty Woman.” She was also named

most beautiful woman in 2000, 2005 and 2010.

“I’m very flattered,” Roberts told People magazine, adding “I think I’m currently peaking.”

The actress, who won an Oscar in 2001 for playing against type in “Erin Brockovich,” has been married for 14 years to cinematographer Danny Moder, with whom she has three children.

Former “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston was last year’s most beautiful woman for People magazine. (rtr)

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VP Pence praises Indonesia’s democratic, tolerant values

JAKARTA — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Indonesia’s democracy and moderate form of Islam on Thursday alongside the president of the world’s most populous Muslim nation, reinforcing his message with a visit to the region’s largest mosque.

Pence’s comments, though routine, had significance for Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who a day earlier suffered a serious political setback when a political ally was defeated by Islamic conservatives in the election for Jakarta governor. The divisive campaign undermined the image of Indonesia abroad as a generally tolerant Muslim nation.

Indonesia is the latest stop on an Asian tour by Pence that aims to reaffirm traditional U.S. alliances at a time when Donald Trump’s presidency has raised questions about the strength of the U.S.

commitment to the region. Pence said at a joint news conference with Jokowi that the U.S. wants to strengthen its strategic partnership with Indonesia. In brief comments, Jokowi said they agreed to boost cooperation.

The vice president praised Indonesia for its moderate form of Islam and said the two countries would continue to cooperate on combating terrorism.

“As the second- and third-largest democracies in the world, our two countries share many common values including freedom, the rule of law, human rights and religious

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diversity,” Pence said. “The United States is proud to partner with Indonesia. It promotes and protects these values.”

The vice president added: “Indonesia’s tradition of moderate Islam frankly is an inspiration to the world and we commend you and your people. In your nation as in mine, religion unifies, it doesn’t divide.”

But Pence foreshadowed some reworking of commercial and economic ties, saying that the U.S. seeks a free and fair relationship that helps job creation and economic growth for both sides. He said that U.S. exporters should face a level playing field and the relationship should be “win-win.”

Trump assailed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal during his

2016 campaign and announced shortly after his inauguration that the U.S. would withdraw from the Pacific Rim-based TPP, which now includes 11 countries from Chile to New Zealand. Pence has sought to reassure allies in the region that the U.S. is still committed to trade and economic ties despite Trump’s decision on TPP. I n d o n e s i a i s o n Tr u m p ’s TRADE HIT list of nations that he considers the U.S. is losing out to in trade, and U.S. company Freeport-McMoran Inc., which operates the world’s largest copper mine in the Indonesian province of Papua, is in a protracted dispute with the Indonesian government.

Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is active in Indonesia with plans to manage luxury

resorts being built near the capital Jakarta and on the tourist island of Bali. Trump’s Indonesian business partner, billionaire Hary Tanoe, is an aspiring politician who has said he might run for president in 2019.

Pence’s first engagement in Indonesia was morning tea with Jokowi at the presidential palace.

He and his family later visited the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia.

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