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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan poses for photographs for the film Jazbaa, at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Aishwarya Rai stuns in Oscar de la Renta red

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Saudi advertises for swordsmen as execution rate soars Page 6

FIFA sets date for 2026 World Cup hosting bid rules Page 8

UN chief says North Korea cancels invitation to visit

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CANNES — Bollywood star and l’Oreal ambassador Aishwarya Rai may well have caused boats to crash as she posed for cameras on the Cannes dock at the photo call for her film “Jazbaa” on Tuesday.

The 41-year old beauty wore a bordeaux-colored Oscar

de la Renta organza and silk taffeta gown with layered lattices that gave a classic gown

a fashion-forward twist.

The dropped waist and long torso ensured that everyone got

a sense of her enviable figure and her deep red lips purred sexy. (ap)

Critics slam HBO drama ‘Game of Thrones’ for rape scene LOS ANGELES — A U.S. senator is among those condemning a rape scene on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

In a comment tweeted Tuesday, Sen. Claire McCaskill described the sexual assault as “gratuitous” and “disgusting.” The Democratic lawmaker from Missouri said she was done with the show.

Others critics included the website The Mary Sue, which offers a feminist view of pop culture.

The website posted that it would no longer promote “Game of Thrones” and said that rape is not a device to drive a story.

HBO declined comment Tuesday on the reaction to the episode that debuted last Sunday. An after-hours call to McCaskill’s office seeking further comment was not immediately returned.

The attack involved newly married characters Sansa, played by Sophie Turner, and Ramsay, portrayed by Iwan Rheon. Ramsay’s rape of Sansa

was off-camera, suggested in her cries and the distress on a bystander’s face.

The scene differed from the work of George R.R. Martin, whose novels are the basis of “Game of Thrones.” In Martin’s work, a different character marries Ramsay and is sexually assaulted by another man at Ramsay’s direction.

Last season, HBO was slammed over another rape scene, that one involving incestuous lovers. The show’s ongoing graphic violence also has drawn criticism.

Despite the attacks, “Game of Thrones” remains a steady hit in its fifth season. (ap)

This photo provided by courtesy of HBO shows, Sophie Turner, left, as Sansa Stark, and Iwan Rheon, as Ramsay Bolton, in a scene from season 5 of “Game of Thrones.”

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Sam Smith undergoes successful vocal cord surgery

BOSTON — Grammy Award winner Sam Smith has undergone successful vocal cord surgery at a Boston hospital.

Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement Tuesday

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— the singer’s 23rd birthday — that he is expected to make a full recovery.

The surgery to stop recurrent vocal cord bleeding was performed by Dr. Steven Zeitels,

who has performed the same procedure on Steven Tyler, Lionel Richie and Adele.

Smith’s song “Stay With Me” won Grammys for song and record of the year and he also was

named best new artist in February. The British’s singer’s “In the Lonely Hour” was named best pop vocal album.

According to the hospital, Smith’s condition was the result

of unstable blood vessels in the vocal cord that can rupture and make it difficult to speak and almost impossible to sing.

Smith’s next live show is scheduled for July 18. (ap)

Local fishermen catch fish with traditional fishnet in one of beaches in Bali Island. Chairman of the Economist Association of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, argued that the increasing economic growth must also be enjoyed by more people. However, the reality is different where the economic growth of Bali on the average of six percent is dominantly enjoyed by outsiders.

Economic Independence of Balinese Fragile

DENPASAR - Chairman of the Economist Association of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, ar- coming from outside,” he said.

On that account, he said that gued that the increasing economic growth must also be enjoyed by more people. However, the reality is different where the economic growth of Bali on the average of six percent is dominantly the great tax collected by government must be appropriately used enjoyed by outsiders.

“This happens due to the high growth of investment in Bali is so far still dominated by investors from outside Bali and overseas. To that end, the government should increase the real sector,” said Prof.

Rahyuda on Tuesday.

Aside from building real sector, Bali relying on the service sector also requires human resources with high competition and willingness to work hard. Those who have a nor-

mal competency will be marginalized in finding job opportunities.

“Moreover, the current human resource competency of Bali from all sectors remains very low, so that it cannot compete against those

to improve the competitiveness of human resources. “In addition to boosting the real sector, the government should also backup the agricultural sector. By doing so, the high unemployment rate as a result of competition can be

resolved,” he said.

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bali News

Dozens of cultural heritage unrecognized

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The construction of projecting foundation along 200 meters at Penerusan Bay, Banyuwedang hamlet, Pejarakan village, Gerokgak, has not owned a building permit (IMB).

No building permit, Penerusan Bay reclamation stopped

SINGARAJA - The construction of projecting foundation along 200 meters at Penerusan Bay, Banyuwedang hamlet, Pejarakan village, Gerokgak, has not owned a building permit (IMB). It was found after the Buleleng Municipal Police with the Commission II of the Buleleng House made a site inspection. Municipal Police finally stopped all the activities of the resort and hotel construction.

The Chief of the Buleleng Municipal Police, I Made Budiastawa, said that the result of the monitoring against the physical construction of the connecting road projecting into the Penerusan Bay is not equipped with building permit. The development was forced to be stopped before the landowner can complete its licensing. “We respond and come down to check the location. Then, we immediately stop the activities under Regional Bylaw No.2 /2012 on Licensing.

In other words, any construction carried out without permission will be stopped,” said Budiastawa, Monday (May 18).

Previously, the two hectares of land is owned by the late I Made Mangku and it was then given to his son named Nyoman Budi Arsana alias Komang Milik from

Pejarakan village, Gerokgak. As the heir, Komang Milik then sold the land to an investor from Denpasar named Heri Mustika.

The landowner claimed to hold the copy of the land certificate dated 1982. While the transaction of buying and selling was done three months ago and the land will be used to build a tourist resort and hotel accommodation.

The Chief of the Buleleng Municipal Police, Budiastawa, asserted that based on the ownership title (SHM) the land reaching two hectares is alleged to have been sold for many times.

Due to the backfill, the mangrove forests were damaged.

Besides, the construction is declared to have violated coastal border zone. “Obviously it can

be classified into land conversion, from mangrove forest denoting the conservation area functioned as water catchment.

The more appalling is the development of foundation violating the coastal border zone because it is projecting toward the sea with the installation of foundation containing backfill materials,” he said.

In the meantime, Chairman of the Commission II of the Buleleng House, Putu Mangku Budiasa, added that the reclamation process is categorized into illegal action considering it has not owned a permit yet.

Backfill process through reclamation of coastal areas will damage the mangroves around the location. “I instruct to stop the activities until unspecified time,” he said. (kmb34)

SEMARAPURA - Dozens of cultural heritages in Klungkung of more than 50 years old have not received recognition from the government. Actually, some of the cultural heritages have been several hundreds of years old and become historical heritages. To register the cultural heritages in Klungkung, the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency has begun inventorying the cultural heritage in each subdistrict. One of the cultural heritages having not received the recognition is the Kertha Gosa tourist attraction. The building formerly used during the kingdom period is estimated to be built in the Caka Year 1622 or 1700 AD. Unfortunately, the building of some 300 years old has not got recognition. Not only that, many temples in a number of subdistricts should be listed as a cultural heritage, but have not received the recognition.

The Head of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, admitted that in Klungkung there are dozens of cultural heritages having not received recognition, including the Kertha Gosa.

According to him, so far it is only the Heritage Preservation Agency (BPCB) of Gianyar giving recognition as cultural heritage. However, after the issuance of the Law No.11/2010 on Heritage, Wayan Su-

jana will attempt to inventory the number of cultural heritage in each subdistrict.

“The Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency has established the team of cultural heritage registration and data collection assigned to inventory the number of cultural heritage in each subdistrict.

Besides, it also formed a team of experts of cultural heritage that will be assigned to examine a number of cultural heritages,” he said.

Temporary data of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency in collaboration with the BPCB Gianyar indicate that there are 46 cultural heritages in Klungkung where eight of which are in Banjarangkan, 24 units in Klungkung, 12 units in Dawan subdistrict and two others in Nusa Penida.

Wayan Sujana asserted that the number of cultural heritage in Klungkung County is ascertained to be more than the recorded number this time because there are many cultural heritages that have not been recorded and performed studies. “As in Nusa Penida, only few temples have been recorded such as the Penataran Ped and Puser Saab Temple at Batumadeg village.

Actually Nusa Penida still has more temples with the age of over 50 years which need to be assessed as cultural heritages,” he concluded. (dwa)

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JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Frederic Brohez as Resort Manager.

Belgium-born, Frederic spent his childhood in Jakarta and studied the International Baccalaureate of Ge-

neva at Jakarta International School, later graduating from Bournemouth University in England. Frederic

comes to Bali, post leading the preopening team at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, Australia.

Frederic commenced his career in the hospitality industry in 1999 at Helmcken Falls Lodge, British Columbia, Canada, before joining the InterContinental Hotel Group at InterContinental Carlton in Cannes, France, and working his way up through the ranks to establish a solid background in hotel operations. He has worked at InterContinental Hotels and Resorts in places as diverse as Barcelona, Paris, Mar Menor in Spain, Amman in Jordan, Beirut & Algeria.

A passionate, energetic and hands-on leader, Frederic said of his new role, gI am thrilled to be joining InterContinental Bali Resort; it will be an honour to be working with such a dedicated team.h In his capacity as Resort Manager, Frederick is responsible for the overall daily operations of InterContinental Bali Resort. He draws on his high level of self-discipline and creative nature to drive the IHG brand and take guest services to the next level. gItfs a pleasure to welcome Frederic to our team. His expertise, drive and leadership skills will be a valuable asset to the resort given the high level of customer satisfaction. I am sure that his experience and knowledge will surely continue to move us forward in achieving our objectivesh, comments Mr. Michel Chertouh, Area General Manager of InterContinental Bali Resort.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

is estimated that the peak of dengue cases will occur until June.

Until May 19, 2015, a total of 246 dengue cases are handled. Starting in February 2015, the number of dengue fever patient handled amounted to 19 people and then in March rose to 87 people. In the meantime, in April the number of dengue cases has reached 102 people.

She said that one of the dengue patients is being treated at the Klungkung Hospital, namely Komang Linda Agrelia, 11. The patient has been hospitalized for four days. Previously, this student of the SDN 2 Semarapura elementary school got high fever. When checked to nearest public health center, the platelets of Komang Linda continued to decline until finally she was rushed to Klungkung Hospital to undergo inpatient.

The father of Komang Linda, Nyoman Susarjana, revealed that around his house on Jalan Dewi Sartika Gang II there were five more people suffering dengue cases. Although the fogging has been conducted, the cases remain to occur in the settlement. (dwa)

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Residents asked to be alert, dengue patients soar SEMARAPURA - Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) case in Klungkung County has increased dramatically. Starting February until this May the Klungkung Hospital continues to receive patients showing an increase in dengue cases.

Klungkung Hospital will then refer to Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar, when experiencing bed overcapacity due to the increase in dengue cases.

Managing Director of the Klungkung Hospital, Made Adi Swapatni, revealed that there are 18 dengue patients treated at the Klungkung Hospital. When compared to the number of dengue cases in previous month, it shows a quite high increase of cases in March and April. “The average number of dengue patients hospitalized in the previous month maximally reached five people per day. Now, it increases to 18 people per day,” she said, Monday (May 19). Despite the increase, her party admitted that the bed capacity of Klungkung Hospital is still able to accommodate DHF patients. However, if the hospital capacity is overloaded, her party will make a referral to Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar. It

Thursday, May 21, 2015

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Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Health

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The American College of Physicians’ advice - BREAST CANCER

The American Cancer Society has long recommended annual mammograms starting at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which advises the government, says to get mammograms every other year from age 50 to 74, and says starting at age 40 brings little benefit but should be a personal choice if women are told the pros and cons.

The ACP sided with the task force’s approach, saying even experts who prefer mammograms at 40 agree that women should be fully informed of the pros and cons to help them decide for themselves.

Routine screening isn’t for 30somethings, and more expensive MRI scans aren’t for screening average-risk women, yet the ACP said doctors sometimes order both.

- COLORECTAL CANCER

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File

In this May 6, 2010 file photo, a radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a doctors’ group aims to ease some confusion — and encourage more discussion of testing’s pros and cons, with what it calls advice on “high-value screening” for five types of tumors.

Doctor group seeks to clear confusion in cancer screening

WASHINGTON — Mammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check?

Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a U.S. doctors’ group aims to ease some confusion — and encourage more discussion of testing’s pros and cons — with what it calls advice on “high-value screening” for five types of tumors.

Too often, even the doctors who order those tests aren’t sure of the latest recommendations, said Dr. Wayne J. Riley, president of the American College of Physicians, which published the advice Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

“We want to make sure that

folks get the right test at the right time for the right conditions,” Riley said. “We also want our physician colleagues to try to avoid the customary, knee-jerk reaction to just test without having some sort of dialogue” about the right choice for each patient.

So the ACP, internal medicine specialists, reviewed leading cancer screening guidelines to find the least intensive testing strategies with the broadest expert consensus.

Dr. Richard Wender of the American Cancer Society said even though it disagrees on some specifics, emphasizing areas of agreement is valuable, a starting point for those doctor-patient conversations.

Cancer screening is a balance to ensure the people who will benefit most get checked while not overtesting. After all, there are potential harms including false alarms that spark unneeded extra testing, and sometimes detection of tumors too small and slow-growing to be lifethreatening.

On the other hand, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month that too few people who clearly should be getting screened for certain cancers are. For example, 58 percent of people ages 50 to 75 had been recently checked for colorectal cancer; the government goal is 70.5 percent. (ap)

Colonoscopies, which allow doctors to see precancerous growths in the colon, get the most attention. But the ACP advised people ages 50 to 74 to choose from equally good screening choices: a stool test every year; a colonoscopy every 10 years; a sigmoidoscopy, which views the lower colon, every five years; or a combination of a stool test every three years and a sigmoidoscopy every five years.

The ACP said 60 percent of adults have colonoscopies more frequently than needed, adding no medical value but lots of cost.

- CERVICAL CANCER

Screening choices vary by age. The ACP found widespread support for a Pap test every three years starting at age 21. Starting at age 30, women may choose a combination of Pap and a test for the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer, a combination that lets them go five years between tests.

There’s little value in continuing to test women older than 65 if they were properly screened and had no problems; and HPV tests aren’t recommended before age 30 because HPV is so common in younger women.

- PROSTATE CANCER PS

A blood tests are highly controversial, with some groups recommending against them and others saying men should get them only after a discussion of the pros and cons. The ACP’s advice: Doctors should tell men ages 50 to 69 about the pros and cons, and order the test for those who then request it.

A third of men having PSA testing don’t recall even being told the test was ordered, the ACP said.

- OVARIAN CANCER

The new review found leading medical groups all recommend against blood tests and pelvic or ultrasound exams to screen for ovarian cancer in average-risk women. While this cancer often has spread by the time it’s discovered, there is no proven screening test for it.

Gene breakthrough sparks ‘‘home-brewed morphine’’ fears

PARIS - Scientists on Monday said they had unlocked a pathway for producing opiates from geneticallyengineered yeast but feared the discovery could one day be a bonanza for drug lords.

Other experts agreed, saying anyone with basic skills could use such a yeast to churn out morphine, codeine and drugs using a simple home-brew beer kit.

The discovery, published in the scientific journal Nature Chemical Biology, comes on the heels of a study published last month in the journal PLOS ONE. Together, the papers describe key steps towards bio-engineering yeast that would feed on sugar and exude opiates and other therapeutic drugs.

The goal is to provide cheaper and possibly less addictive painkillers from a dependable source, as compared to the poppy.

In Monday’s study, synthetic biologists at the University of California at Berkeley inserted an enzyme gene from beets to coax yeast into converting tyrosine -- an amino acid easily derived from sugar -- into a

compound called reticuline.

Reticuline is a molecular “hub”, meaning it is the springboard for making morphine, codeine and oxycodone, as well as anti-spasmodic drugs like papaverine.

The team did not go on to make these drugs, but the process of going from reticuline to codeine and morphine in yeast is already known. What had been missing in the knowledge chain was getting from tyrosine to reticuline.

The discovery may be a boon in pharmaceutics, but it also “dramatically speeds up the clock for when home-brewing drugs could become a reality,” the researchers cautioned.

“We’re likely looking at a timeline of a couple of years, not a decade or more, when sugar-fed yeast could reliably produce a controlled substance,” said John Dueber, who coled Monday’s paper.

“The time is now to think about policies to address this area of research. The field is moving surprisingly fast, and we need to be out in front so that we can mitigate the potential for abuse.” (afp)

Bali News

International

Thursday, May 21, 2015

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Bali House shows it uncertain attitude

DENPASAR - Some legislators of the Bali House said that they will accommodate the Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 in a number of regional bylaws to be issued even though the regulation is not in accordance with the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Bali provincial spatial plan (RTRWP).

This attitude is considered insecure by some circles. “This is not the matter of pros and cons against reclamation.

Reclamation is a serious problem because it involves ecological, social and cultural issues of Bali. The stakes are no other than the survival of nature and the future of Bali tourism,” said the Director of the Manikaya Kauci Foundation, Komang Arya Ganaris, Tuesday (May 19).

Arya also deplored the attitude of the politicians in the Bali House that are not responsive to major problems like this. “It has been fought by Balinese people for nearly 2.5 years.

So, the politicians, especially in the legislative, should provide a quick response,” he said.

Arya added that all licensing processes of the reclamation are handled in central government. However, the Bali House seems to forget that the problem originates from the lack of transparency in the region. Finally, it results in a polemic and kindles people’s reactions that are allowed to roll up to now. “It’s the talking about the problem of the region, so that they should have maximum authority on the issues in the region. It does not mean to go up against the central

government, but to fight for the aspirations of the region in order to save the environment and culture,” he said.

A member of ForBALI, Ngurah Termana, admitted to be sad because the Bali House always provide uncertain answers. The people’s representative elected by the people should carry the people’s aspirations. One of them is by struggling so that the Presidential Regulation No.51 can be revoked. Moreover, the study of the Udayana University has mentioned that the Benoa Bay reclamation is not feasible to do. Similarly, some experts also claimed that the reclamation has detrimental impacts on the environment.

Termana also questioned about the legislators that have never received and even listened to the aspirations of the people that oppose the reclamation. On the contrary, the legislators even easily accept the input of those who support the reclamation. “As well educated people, the legislators should analyze it that the reason of rejection against the reclamation has been very clear and accompanied with accurate supporting data. The most obvious is that the Udayana University, the largest campus and the pride of Balinese

MANGUPURA - Enforcement of the National Health Insurance (JKN) is likely to increase the burden of Badung people. It happens because the policy scheduled to come into force in 2017 will merge health insurances that are enjoyed by the public all this time such as the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) and the Manguwaras Badung People Health Insurance (JKKB).

“Currently the people in Badung are still quite comfortable with the health insurance, namely the JKBM, JKKB Manguwaras and JKN. With the new regulation, the Regional Health Insurance (Jamkesda) will be singly merged into JKN. Thus, the Badung people can no longer enjoy free health insurance,” said the Head of the Badung Health Agency, Gede Putra Suteja, Tuesday (May 19).

According to him, currently the government needs to make legal instrument so that the comprehensive health care can still apply in 2017.

Otherwise, the government will be difficult to help subsidize the health insurance for people having higher premium. “Premium of the Jamkesda only amounts to IDR 10,000 per person. If the JKN is totally ap-

plied, the premium can reach IDR 19,000 per person,” he said.

He explained that the people of Badung covered by the Jamkesda reach 395,000. When the Jamkesda (JKBM and JKKB Manguwaras) and JKN are merged, then the people of Badung will not entirely be covered by the comprehensive health insurance. “To provide comprehensive and free services for the people of Badung in 2017, the government should increase the budget of subsidy,” he said.

Currently, he added, the total budget provided by the government to guarantee public health in Badung reaches IDR 60 billion. If the government wants to provide comprehensive service in 2017, then it should increase the budget of subsidy as much as IDR 40 billion.

“If wishing to finance the community in the JKN, it should increase the budget,” he said.

In response to this problem, a member of the Commission III of the Badung House, Made Sumerta, revealed that his party strongly supports if there is additional budget in the field of health in Badung.

“If the government needs a legal instrument to help people through comprehensive health care in 2017,

IBP/Wawan

Motorists passed Benoa Bay’s reclamation plan rejection’s banner in Denpasar. Some legislators of the Bali House said that they will accommodate the Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 in a number of regional bylaws to be issued even though the regulation is not in accordance with the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Bali provincial spatial plan (RTRWP). people, has declared that the Benoa Bay reclamation is not feasible. Why is it ignored?” he asked.

Previously, a lecturer at the Department of Geodetic Engineering, University of Gadjah Mada, I Made Andi Arsana, PhD., also assessed that the reason of counter party is more scientific than those supporting the reclamation. For example, in terms of environmental aspect, some points are in line with the research he has ever done.

“On the one side, it also has good-

ness and there is an example of it. But, the reclamation can have bad impacts and there are a lot of examples of it, and it is supported by scientific arguments, when I talk about the environment,” he said.

Andi said that reclamation is a form of human intervention on nature, while those supporting the reclamation consider this plan can add to a new space of activity and artistic creativity. Maybe it contains a truth, but the reclamation, according to him, is not a matter of a new space for the art

creativity only. Reclamation cannot be solely seen in terms of economic aspect. If there are damages to the environment, the economic benefits will not be able to pay for the damages.

“It should become a consideration factor of number two. The reason for making the reclamation a venue of performing art, for example, in some ways is understandable, but it should not be used as an economic reason, here we are talking about the intervention on the environment,” he said. (kmb32)

we in the House are also ready to help,” he said.

Nevertheless, according to Made Sumerta, in the absence of legal instrument, the government must also be able to do it. According to the rules of local government, the

management of high school and vocational school has been submitted to Bali provincial government. “So, the funds disbursed by Badung for high school and vocational school can be transferred to health sector, where one of them is for the

premium program of the JKN,” he concluded. (kmb27)

In 2017, Badung society no longer enjoys free health insurance

IBP/File Photo

Enforcement of the National Health Insurance (JKN) is likely to increase the burden of Badung people. It happens because the policy scheduled to come into force in 2017 will merge health insurances that are enjoyed by the public all this time such as the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) and the Manguwaras Badung People Health Insurance (JKKB).

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bali News

Swept away by waves on Betuas Beach, body found on Masceti Beach GIANYAR - The day after being swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, Blahbatuh, the body of Rito from Situbondo was eventually found dead. His body was stranded on Masceti Beach, exactly in front of the Karang Mantung Temple, Medahan village, Tuesday (May 19). The victim’s body was found not far from the location of swept away, about one kilometer to the east.

Body of the victim was stranded on the beach and seen by residents. But none dared to approach. After the lifeguard officers of the Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) came, the body of Rito was put into a body bag to be taken to Sanjiwani Hospital.

According to testimony of Wayan Suweca, a resident from Penulisan hamlet, Medahan village, the victim’s body was found to be stranded around five o’clock in the afternoon. “When found, the condition of the victim was not intact. His eyes vanished and skin flaked off,” said Suweca.

When found, the body was in a supine position, where the head faced westward.

Friend of the victim that also witnessed it was directly weak at the scene. “Condition of the body has exuded stench,” he said.

Search team consisting of the National SAR Agency, water police and lifeguard had made desperate on the previous day.

They started the search at eight o’clock in the morning and ended at 4:30 p.m. and

conducted the searches without a result.

Moreover, the waves were high enough.

“When the search was decided to be ended and continued on the next day, suddenly there was information if the victim’s body was found on Masceti Beach,” said the Coordinator of SAR Karangasem, I.B. Surta Wirawan.

In the meantime, the Chief of Blahbatuh Police, Nyoman Supartha, related to the discovery of the victim’s body was unable to ascertain whether it will be sent back to Java or not. Currently it is still awaiting the arrival of the families who are still on the way from Java to Gianyar.

As reported previously, while trying to help an eight-year-old child, Rito, 22, a young man from Situbondo, who daily works as cleaning service at Café Amor on Jalan I.B. Mantra, Pering village, was swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, around 5:15 p.m. on Monday (May 18). (kmb16)

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The day after being swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, Blahbatuh, the body of Rito from Situbondo was eventually found dead. His body was stranded on Masceti Beach, exactly in front of the Karang Mantung Temple, Medahan village, Tuesday (May 19).

A villa found violating coastal border

SINGARAJA - The case of building without a permit in Buleleng is getting more massive. It happens due to lack of government control like the case at Gondol hamlet, Penyabangan village, Gerokgak. The villa and restaurant buildings are found to violate the coastal border and do not have permission. The building owner only has an agreement with local customary village.

The inspection made by Commission I of the Buleleng House found illegal villa building right behind the Gondol Fishery Office.

There are three buildings in the area, where two permanent buildings will be intended for villas and one wooden building will be used for restaurant.

Gusti Ngurah Pinda, the villa owner claimed to get a permission to build business premises from local customary village. After that, he presents the agreement document for building on the land of 4,000 square meters located at the

seaside of Gondol hamlet. In the development, Pinda directly made a business license (SIUP) and the certificate of company registration to the Integrated Licensing Service (KPT). The certificate was utilized as a basic reference to build foundation for the construction project of the villas and restaurants at the village.

His party recognizes if he has not owned a building permit. “I used the two letters as the basic reference to build the villas and a restaurant. While we have not any other permits, such as the building permit,” said Pinda, Tuesday (May 19).

I Gusti Komang Swatika, a member of the Commission I of the Buleleng House asked that all kinds of activity at the villa and restaurant must be suspended. This is done so that the owner can submit its permit to local government of Buleleng. Moreover, the building also infringes the coastal border. (kmb34)

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The case of building without a permit in Buleleng is getting more massive. It happens due to lack of government control like the case at Gondol hamlet, Penyabangan village, Gerokgak.

The villa and restaurant buildings are found to violate the coastal border and do not have permission.

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10 die in train accident in northern India

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A police officer says a train has rammed into a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people at an unmanned railroad crossing in northern India, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 others.

Shailendra Lal said the tractor was crossing the railroad track near the town of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh state when it was hit by the passenger train late Tuesday.

Lal said the wagon was overcrowded with people returning from a ceremony at a nearby Hindu holy town near the Ganges River.

Railway accidents are common in India, which has one of the world’s largest train networks serving about 23 million passengers a day.

A lack of money means that hundreds of dangerous crossings in the country are not guarded around the clock. (ap)

Clinton urges State to speed up release of emails

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday pressed the State Department to expedite the release of 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, telling reporters in Iowa, “I want those emails out.”

Clinton reiterated her push to release the emails shortly after a federal judge rejected the State Department’s proposal to disseminate portions of the emails by next January and said the agency must instead conduct a “rolling production” of the records.

Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in the 2016 presidential election, said she wanted the documents to be released as soon as possible, saying, “Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” Asked if she would demand their release, Clinton said of the emails, “They’re not mine. They belong to the State Department.”

Clinton spoke after a small business event for her campaign in Iowa, the home of the nation’s first presidential caucuses. The disclosure that she conducted State Department business on a private email account has been a controversy from the very inception of her campaign this year and raised questions about her commitment to transparency.

During the Tuesday hearing, a federal judge gave the State Department a week to craft a schedule for releasing the records, according to Vice News lawyer Jeffrey Light.

Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said the State Department would comply with the court’s order for the “rolling production” of emails.

The agency had made its initial

proposal in a federal court filing Monday night, in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Vice News.

In the filing, John F. Hackett, who is responsible for the department’s responses to Freedom of Information Act requests, said that following a review of the emails, the department will post the releasable portions of the 55,000 pages on its website. He said the review will take until the end of the year — and asked the court to adopt a completion date of Jan. 15, 2016, to factor in the holidays. That’s just a couple of weeks before the Iowa caucuses and early state primaries that follow.

In Monday night’s filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Hackett said the State Department received the 55,000 pages of emails from Clinton in paper form.

“Given the breadth and importance of the many foreign policy issues on which the secretary of state and the department work, the review of these materials will likely require consultation with a broad range of subject matter experts within the department and other agencies, as well as potentially with foreign governments,” he said. “...The department is committed to processing the 55,000 pages as expeditiously as possible, while taking into consideration the department’s other legal obligations.”

He said he the department understands the considerable public interest in the records, but said the size of the collection, the nature of the emails and the interest of several agencies present challenges. (ap)

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UN chief says North Korea cancels invitation to visit

SEOUL — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that North Korea had cancelled an invitation for him to visit a factory park in the country that represents the last major cooperation project between the rival Koreas.

Ban had previously said that he wanted to go Thursday to the Kaesong industrial park just north of the heavily fortified Korean border to help improve ties between North and South Korea, which jointly run the complex but have seen always tense ties worsen in recent weeks.

He would have been the first U.N. chief to visit the factory park, which opened in 2004 and is a rare, legitimate source of foreign currency for the impoverished North, and the first U.N. head to visit North Korea since Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1993.

North Korea gave no reason when it told the U.N. of its decision to cancel his trip, Ban told a forum in Seoul on Wednesday. Analysts had said Ban’s trip wouldn’t likely bring any major breakthrough in ties between the Koreas, and some have calculated that Pyongyang made a last-minute determination to cancel because it was unlikely to get much out of such a visit.

“This decision by Pyongyang is deeply regrettable,” Ban said, adding he will spare no effort to encourage the North to work with the international community for peace and stability on the Korean

Peninsula and beyond.

Relations between the Koreas are strained over North Korean missile and other weapon tests that South Korea views as provocations. There are also worries about North Korea after South Korea’s spy agency said last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had his defense chief executed by anti-aircraft gun fire in late April.

Lim Byeong Cheol, a spokesman for Seoul’s Unification Ministry, expressed regret over the North’s decision, saying the country must accept offers for dialogue and cooperation by the U.N. and other members of the international community instead of isolating itself.

North Korea has sometimes invited high-profile figures such as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter under the expectation that those people would listen to its concerns and then mediate in various standoffs with the outside world, including allegations of human rights abuse and its pursuit of nuclear armed missiles that could hit the U.S. mainland. But Pyongyang now appears to have determined that Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, would only back the views

of Seoul and Washington during his trip, Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University, said.

North Korea likely didn’t want to see Ban “delivering a peace message ... and asking them to come back to six-nation nuclear talks without any preconditions and to talk to South Korea to improve ties,” Lim said. “I think North Korea has concluded Ban’s visit won’t be helpful for them.”

The Kaesong park opened during a period of warming ties between the Koreas and has been considered a test case for unification, pairing cheap local labor with South Korean know-how and technology.

It has survived periods of animosity, including the North’s artillery bombardment of a South Korean island in 2010, while other cross-border projects, such as tours to a scenic North Korean mountain, remain deadlocked.

In 2013, however, the park’s operations were halted for five months after North Korea withdrew its 53,000 workers amid tension over the North’s torrent of threats to launch nuclear attacks on Seoul and Washington. (ap)

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BUSINESS Japan economy gathers pace in 1Q as housing investment rises

TOKYO — Japan’s economy beat forecasts to expand an annualized 2.4 percent in the to expand its lavish monetary January-March quarter, its fastest pace in a year, helped by policy changes that boosted invest- stimulus at a policy meeting later this week. ment in new housing.

The upbeat data released Wednesday contrasted with a slew of less positive signals for March and April that suggest the pace of growth will likely slow in the second quarter.

“Looking ahead, a range of indicators point to a slowdown,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary.

He pointed to a slowdown in industrial production and weakening sentiment among manufacturers as reasons for his forecast for near-zero growth in 2015.

Economists had mostly forecast growth for the first quarter at about 1.5 percent.

The 0.6 percent rise in GDP from the previous quarter was the second straight quarter of growth following a recession in mid-2014 brought on by a sales tax hike that crippled private demand.

Public investment plunged 5.5 percent, though real incomes rose 0.6 percent, helping to underpin demand.

The news pushed share prices higher, lifting the Nikkei 225 index by 0.7 percent to 20,164.60.

The index recently breached the 20,000 level for the first time in 15 years, buoyed by strong corporate profits as well as pension funds and other institutional in-

and lingering setbacks from the global financial crisis.

More than two years after Economists are divided over P r i m e M i n i s t e r S h i n z o A b e vestors rotating cash into shares The data reduce the likeli- whether the recovery is finally on launched his program heavy of from other asset classes. hood the Bank of Japan will opt track after years of tepid growth monetary stimulus, the government and central bank have yet to see much progress toward their 2 percent goal for inflation. Wage increases have been scant and corporations have held back on investing at home, wary of slow growth in a shrinking domestic market as the population ages and shrinks.

Still, housing investment revived early this year, growing 7.5 percent in the January-March quarter from the year before as changes in regulations encouraged demolition of older, unoccupied homes.

In Tokyo’s suburbs, many such homes are being cleared and redeveloped. Unlike the U.S. and other major economies, Japan’s housing market is skewed toward construction of new homes, and much of the aging, postwar housing stock is decrepit and due to be replaced or demolished.

Spending on housing and related items is a crucial driver for growth in Japan and the government is expanding its housing loan program and encouraging AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File spending by providing subsidies In this Feb. 17, 2014 file photo, people walk by model houses in Yokohama near Tokyo. Japan for renovations to improve ensaid its economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 2.4 percent annual rate in January-March, ergy efficiency and earthquake thanks largely to a rebound in housing construction. resistance. (ap)

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is lowering its growth estimate for the global economy this year, saying its previous forecast of 3.1 percent growth in 2015 is now more likely to be 2.8 percent instead.

The World Economic Situation and Prospects mid-year report released Tuesday says the dip reflects a worsening in Latin America in particular as the region deals with lower commodity prices.

Overall, the forecast expects modest global growth the rest of this year and next year, which could see an improvement to 3.1 percent.

The U.N. is keeping a wary eye on upcoming monetary policy

changes in the United States, where the Federal Reserve is “expected to start raising interest rates in the second half of 2015,” as well as uncertainty about the Greek debt crisis’ effect on the eurozone and possible “spillovers” of conflicts including Yemen, Syria and Ukraine.

Around the world, the drop in prices for oil and other commodities has hurt countries whose economies largely depend on them, while commodity-importing countries benefit from being able to buy more for less. Oil prices are expected to recover slowly, the report says.

Russia has been hit hard by the oil price decline. Its economy is expected to shrink by 3 percent this year and grow by just 0.1 percent

UN lowers global economic growth estimate amid modest pace in 2016.

The report sees India’s growth surpassing China’s both this year and next. India is expected to grow by 7.6 percent this year and 7.7 percent next year, while China’s strong growth of recent years continues to settle at 7.0 percent this year and 6.8 next year.

The United States, Japan and the European Union are more sedate.

The U.S. is expected to grow by 2.8 percent this year and 2.7 percent next year.

Japan’s growth is projected at 1.2 percent this year and 1 percent next year, while the EU is set to grow 1.9 percent this year and 2.1 percent in 2016.

Developing countries’ average

growth is seen as staying at 4.4 percent. “While the recovery in developed economies is improving, many countries still face considerable headwinds from the legacies of the global financial crisis,” the report says.

The forecast says job creation is still weak, with a worrying note for the future: “The global youth unemployment rate is estimated at 13 percent, three times higher than the overall rate, as young people were disproportionately affected by the financial crisis.

“Africa overall is expected to see 4.0 percent growth this year and 4.8 percent growth next year. “ A large part of the downward revisions for North Africa and for Africa

as a whole is due to Libya, which remains trapped in a civil war,” the report says.

Latin America and the Caribbean make up the shakiest region outside Russia, with just 0.5 percent growth expected this year and 1.7 percent next year.

“Venezuela is falling into a deeper recession, while Brazil and Argentina are expected to contract by 1.1 percent and 0.4 percent in 2015, respectively,” the report says.

East and South Asia are expected to keep growth steady at 6.2 percent this year and 6.1 percent in 2016.

“East Asian exports are projected to remain relatively strong,” the report says. (ap)

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Jasri airport construction plan considered to invent

AMLAPURA - The statement of the Regent of Karangasem, Wayan Geredeg, about the plan rect explanation, do not plunge the to build an international airport at Jasri village is responded by the Chief of Customary Village regent,” highlighted Artha Dipa.

He claimed to have been inMiddle Assembly (MMDP) of Karangasem, I Wayan Artha Dipa. He considered the statement volved directly in the plan when of Regent Geredeg to invent because it is impossible to realize the plan.

The spotlight emerged in an informal discussion of Sekar Forum (Karangasem Fraternity) inviting the executive, legislative, community leaders and headmen in the Karangasem Parliamentary House, Tuesday (May 19). While giving a speech, the Regent Geredeg said that he already gave green light to the international airport construction plan at Jasri village.

Currently, Regent Geredeg

claimed to have prepared a review on feasibility study of the plan.

“With a shared commitment, I have confidence to realize the development plan in order to be more advanced than other counties,” he said.

When the workshop was opened, Artha Dipa directly asked to be given the opportunity to give his views on the criteria of future leaders of Karangasem pursuant

to the agenda of the workshop.

However, what presented by Artha Dipa entirely criticized what the Regent Geredeg said in his speech.

Unfortunately, Regent Geredeg already left the venue at that time, so that he did not hear what his former subordinate revealed. “The airport construction plan at Jasri is impossible to be carried out. To the staff of the regent, whoever remains here, please give him cor-

he chaired one of the agencies under leadership of Geredeg. Thus, Arta Dipa claimed to know very well about the development plan.

It is not only the matter of airport construction, a few explanations of Regent Geredeg related to clean governance, poverty and education were also highlighted by Artha Dipa. Like Regent Geredeg, Artha Dipa also decided to leave the workshop venue early because he claimed to have another agenda to

be attended. Unfortunately, until Artha Dipa left the venue, none of the agency heads provided an explanation about the spotlight of Artha Dipa.

Reportedly, although he was under the same office, the relationship of Artha Dipa to Regent Geredeg is not harmonious ahead of the regent and deputy regent election in Karangasem. It happens after Artha Dipa decided to choose different political affiliation after choosing to become deputy regent candidate with the regent candidate Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri. (kmb31)

Indian folk dances at Bali Art Centre

DENPASAR - The artists from the Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre, Madurai performed folk dances from the State of Tamil Nadu in southern India at the Ksirarnawa Auditorium of the Bali Art Centre last Sunday.

The event was attended by several eminent personalities and members of the Bali Consular Corps, including the Honorary Consul of Italy and an acclaimed mask dance artist who spent several years in India, Pino Confessa; Chairman of Rotary Club Seminyak and former Honorary Consul of France and current Secretary of Bali Consular Corps, Raphael Devianne; Acharya Yogananda Murthy of Vedha Poshana Ashram and Advisor of Parishada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), eminent local art critic, Jean Couteau; Head of Legian Community, Nyoman Sarjana and President of Indian Association in Bali (IAB), Ravinder Singh Sodhi besides members of local Indian and Balinese communities. There were several athletes and dance artists from the Province of East Kalimantan, led by Tri Murti Rahayu, Head of Provincial Bureau of Cooperation, who thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

The Indian artists performed the popular ancient folk dance of ‘Karagattam’ donning colourful costumes carrying decorated brass pots on their heads and dancing to the vibrant beats and music of ‘Nadaswarams’ (wind instruments) and the rhythm of ‘Thavils’ (percussion instruments) & ‘Pambai’ while skillfully balancing the pots on their heads.

The orchestral music providing the rhythm to the dance is called ‘Naiyandi Melam’.

Performance of ‘Pinnal Kolattam’ using coloured ropes and

two sticks by the male and female artists was equally attractive and enjoyable, as they form intricate lace-like patterns in the ropes with dance steps and then unravel the lace reversing the dance steps. ‘Oyillattam’, a dance of beauty (Oyil means beauty), was performed with rhythmic steps wearing ankle-bells with accompaniment of musical instruments and songs. The event concluded with spectacular presentation of ‘Kaaliattam’ performed by the

artists wearing fabulous masks and custumes representing the Goddess Durga & Kaali dancing to the tune of music and the movement of Kaali nardhanam.

Emphasizing the importance of Yoga for well-being and stressfree good health and for achieving harmony of body and mind, ten young Balinese students of Art of Living performed Yoga as per the Common Yoga Protocol, which will be followed by all participants during the event marking the

maiden International Day of Yoga (IDY) in Bali.

Two Balinese sisters – Jeni & Jena Muliana – gave delightful performance of “Cenderawasih” traditional dance while their father, Dr. Muliana, enthralled the audience with his rendering of popular Hindi songs. Werdhi, a senior student of Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) in Renon performed “Kathak” classical Indian dance.

Speaking on the occasion, the Consul General Amarjeet Singh

Takhi elaborated on the rich and diverse cultural heritage of India and introduced the Indian artists while recognizing the contributions made by Dr. Thiayagarajan Somasundaram, Founder-Director of Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre in preserving and popularizing the folk art forms of rural India.

The Consul General informed that International Day of Yoga (IDY) will be celebrated on the early morning of Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Lapangan Puputan Margarana (Bajra Sandhi Monument in front of the Bali Governor’s Office) in Renon, Denpasar and invited active participation by all in the maiden celebrations. He elaborated that the international community has adopted June 21 as the “International Day of Yoga” at the initiative of the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.

The 12-member Indian cultural troupe is currently performing across Indonesia, as part of the on-going Sahabat India – The Festival of India in Indonesia 2015.

Earlier, they performed at Gedung Kesenian Balikpapan in East Kalimantan on 15 May 2015 & at the Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) on 13 May 2015.

The performance of Folk Dances of Tamil Nadu by the artists from the Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre, Madurai in “Sahabat India- the Festival of India in Indonesia 2015” has been supported by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, and Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

The next event under the Sahabat India Festival will feature Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) from India and will be held at the SMKN3 Sukawati School on 29 May 2015. (r)

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Palestinians banned from riding same buses as Israelis

JERUSSALEM - Palestinians in the West Bank who commute to Israel to work will from Wednesday be banned from riding the same buses as Israelis to return home, a defence ministry official said.

“Under a three-month pilot project, Palestinians who work in Israel will, starting Wednesday, need to return home by the same crossing without taking buses

used by (Israeli) residents” of the occupied West Bank, the official told AFP. Hundreds of Palestinians travel each day to work in Israel from

the occupied West Bank, mainly in the construction business, using travel permits each time they cross.

The official, who declined to

Saudi advertises for swordsmen as execution rate soars

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.

The civil service ministry said that no qualifications were necessary and that applicants would be exempted from the usual entrance exams.

It said that as well as beheadings, the successful candidates would be expected to carry out amputations ordered by the courts under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.

Amputation of one or both hands is a routine penalty for theft. Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death.

Most executions are carried out

by beheading, but a few are carried out by firing squad, stoning or crucifixion.

All are carried out in public and video footage sometimes appears on the Internet despite a ban on filming.

In January, gruesome footage was posted of a Burmese woman protesting her innocence before being beheaded by a swordsman on a public street in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

Ignoring her screams, the white-robed executioner forces her to lie down on the ground, near a pedestrian crossing, then severs her head with a curved sword.

The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim had been sentenced to death for killing her

husband’s six-year-old daughter.

The vacancies were advertised on the ministry’s website in the “religious jobs” section.

Last year, Saudi Arabia executed 87 people, according to an AFP tally, ranking it third in the world for use of the death penalty.

Already this year, it has put 85 people to death in what human rights group Amnesty International has described as a “macabre spike”.

On Tuesday, a convicted serial rapist of young girls was beheaded in Riyadh, SPA reported.

The interior ministry says the death penalty is an important deterrent.

But on a visit to Riyadh this month, French President Francois Hollande said capital punishment “should be banned”. (afp)

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In this photo taken on April 25, 2015, Saudi youths stand by their motorbikes in a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.

be named, said Palestinian workers would now need to change buses to avoid riding vehicles carrying Israelis after crossing back into the West Bank.

Israeli public radio said Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon had agreed to the ban, adding that it would allow “better control of the

Palestinians and those leaving Israel and reduce security risks”.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have called for years for Palestinians to be banned from public transport there, arguing their presence poses a security risk. (afp)

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From page 1 He also acknowledged that the high participation rate of migrants in generating the economic sector of Bali is inseparable from the noble mentality owned by Balinese community. Actually, the high interference of migrants in the regional economy will have a bad impact. “Whether or not recognized, the informal sector plays a major role in developing countries including Indonesia,” he said.

He said that the sector has characteristics, such as simple technology and labor intensive as well as low educational background and skills. For example, roving salesmen job opportunities are taken by migrants from outside the region.

“They want to work in the sectors considered less prestigious by local residents. As the process has taken place long enough, local population finally depends on the migrants. We’ll see now, when the Eid celebration comes, the urbanite is coming home, while local residents will feel difficult to meet their needs. Unfortunately, local people do not want to work hard by taking the role, so that they can only serve as spectators,” he said.

To that end, local people, he said, must take over the job opportunities or the role of the urbanite by eliminating the noble mental and prestige. “In terms of earnings, it is actually much bigger than the income obtained from formal employment. Of course, we must learn in order to have the competence for the job opportunities,” he said.

The Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Warmadewa University (Unwar), Ngurah Sanjaya, also admitted the large disparity in Bali because the economy of Bali is dominantly driven by outsiders or investors. Thus, the economic growth Bali with the average of six percent dominantly evaporates out.

“All this time, Bali just hangs out at crossroads. All the proceeds generated by investment in Bali mostly go out of Bali. As consequence, their presence is equally the same as only sucking the blood of the people without giving multiplier effect,” he said.

He also suggested the government to regulate their contribution to Bali, not only in terms of taxes, but also in terms of their alignments on the surrounding communities. “The investment in Bali is high, but has the money going into Bali been distributed in Bali? If the distribution occurs in Bali, there will be no gaps, but in reality there is an extraordinary gap. In other words, the incoming money is not enjoyed by the people in Bali,” he said.

In the meantime, a business consultant, Kadek Agus Mulyawan, stated that the economy of Bali cannot only depend on tourism sector. Bali tourism originates or is supported by nature and agrarian sector. Besides, almost all customary and religious activities use agricultural products. Therefore, according him, the other sectors such as agriculture and crafts must also be encouraged. “Empower the other economic sectors. Tourism sector will be affected by tourist arrival to Bali,” he said.

Tourism, said Agus, should be able to preserve the agricultural assets and the synergy between tourism industry and agricultural sector. It becomes so important when talking about the welfare of local communities. In addition, both sectors should support each other so that Bali can be famous for its cultural tourism and really gives a blessing to people. “Thus, they will be able to support each other so that both should be strengthened,” said Agus.

The agricultural assets, he affirmed, can be used as one of the tourist attractions and preserving it needs contribution from the tourism activities. Maintaining the agricultural assets will automatically preserve Balinese culture. Balinese culture was born from the culture of farming activities, while the tourism developed in Bali is cultural tourism inspired by the diversity of Hindu customs.

Therefore, it is required the braid of the sectors and guaranteed that it supports the economy of Bali. “A clear program must be made including the role of all parties, both the government and private sector. One of which is the preservation of green belt in the urban areas,” he concluded. (par/rah)

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INDONESIA Over 430 migrants taken to Indonesia after months at sea

SIMPANG TIGA — A flotilla of Indonesian fishermen rescued more than 430 migrants who were stranded at sea and brought them ashore to safety Wednesday, the latest victims of a humanitarian crisis confronting Southeast Asia. Hoping to find a solution, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia held an emergency meeting to address the plight of the migrants who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh.

The migrants were rescued early Wednesday by more than a dozen fishermen’s boats, said Herman Sulaiman, from East Aceh district’s Search and Rescue Agency.

It was unclear if the migrants were on one boat or had come from several, but an initial batch of 102 people were the first brought to shore in the village of Simpang Tiga in Indonesia’s eastern Aceh province, Sulaiman and other rescuers said.

“They were suffering from dehydration, they are weak and starving,” Khairul Nove, head of Langsa Search and Rescue Agency in Aceh province.

Among the 102 passengers were 26 women and 31 children, he said.

One of the migrants, Ubaydul Haque, 30, said the ship’s engine had failed and the captain fled, and that they were at sea for four months before Indonesian fishermen found them.

“We ran out of food, we wanted to enter Malaysia but we were not allowed,” he said.

One of the fishermen who led the rescue was 40-year-old Razali Puteh. He said he spotted a green wooden trawler crammed with people who were screaming, waving their hands and clothes at him

to get his attention.

As he neared the trawler, people aboard began jumping into the water, trying to reach his boat. He said he asked them to stay on their boat, which apparently had no motor, and promised to return with help. He then returned with other fishing boats and brought the migrants to shore.

The rescue after Indonesia’s foreign minister said late Tuesday that the country had “given more than it should” to help hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded on boats by human traffickers.

The foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, was meeting Wednesday with his counterparts from Malaysia and Thailand in an emergency meeting called to discuss how to solve the migrant problem. Representatives from the U.N. refugee agency and the International Office for Migration were also expected to attend the meeting.

Marsudi said Indonesia has sheltered 1,346 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants who washed onto Aceh and North Sumatra provinces last week. The first batch came on May 10 with 558 people on a boat, and the second with 807 on three boats landed on Friday. Even before

JAKARTA - As Indonesia prepares to ban domestic use of the dollar to build faith in its own currency, it might succeed in taking the greenback out of local hands, but much of the benefit of the reform will be lost as local heads still calculate in dollars.

Many businesses say they will still effectively be hostage to gyrations in Indonesia’s volatile rupiah after the new rule takes effect in July, and inflationary pressures could emerge as companies try to build in buffers to counter the loss of dollar certainty.

Distrust of the rupiah, emerging Asia’s worst-performing currency this year, runs deep in an economy where high interest rates and a history of hyperinfla-

tion have pushed companies to borrow in dollars and also bill in dollars for many local goods and services.

About 20 percent of office towers in Jakarta charge their tenants rent in dollars, for example, and Bank Indonesia estimates about 10 percent of domestic transactions are conducted in dollars, $6 billion every month.

Mandating use of the rupiah for contracts drawn from July 1 will alleviate some pressure on the currency by reducing a small amount of dollar demand, but many local businesses say they will still negotiate and price in dollars, then settle in the local currency.

State power utility PT Peru-

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Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, right, speak as Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi listens during an press conference for an emergency meeting called to discuss how to solve the migrant problem at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. the crisis, nearly 12,000 migrants were being sheltered in Indonesia awaiting resettlement, she said, with most of those Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. No more than 500 of those migrants are resettled in third countries each year, she said.

The crisis emerged this month

as governments in the region began cracking down on human trafficking.

Some captains of trafficking boats abandoned their vessels — and hundreds of migrants — at sea. About 3,000 of the migrants have reached land in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, but all three countries have pushed some ships away. Aid groups estimate that thousands more migrants

— who fled persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh — are stranded in the Andaman Sea. Myanmar’s cooperation is seen as vital to solving the crisis, but its government has already cast doubt on whether it will attend a conference to be hosted by Thailand on May 29 that is to include 15 Asian nations affected by the emergency. (ap)

sahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) bills its customers in rupiah, but it needs about $600 million in foreign currency every month to pay local coal miners and power producers and to service its loans.

Under the new regulation, PLN’s payments to local producers can no longer be in dollars, and while that would in theory suit the company, in practice, the rupiah price it pays will still be determined by dollar exchange rates.

“We are still negotiating, but even when we agree to set the contract in rupiah, we have to discuss the exchange rate that will be used,” says Tjutju Kurnia, head of treasury at PLN. Its vendors have liabilities in

dollars, she said, so they have to build in foreign exchange risk.

Some vendors, such as statecontrolled coal miner Bukit Asam , with whom PLN has two power purchase contracts, have already adopted settlement in rupiah, but they still quote prices in dollars.

Bukit Asam’s corporate secretary said the firm had a calculation system in place and every dollar cost in their investment or production activities was converted into rupiah.

Heavy equipment distributor and mining contractor United Tractors sells all its products and services in dollars “simply to match cash in and cash out”, said corporate secretary Sara Loebis.

Loebis said United would com-

ply with the new rules but it might mean more risks for the firm.

In the textiles industry, Indonesia’s second largest manufactured goods exporter, every transaction in the supply chain except labour costs is in dollars.

Electricity bills are settled in rupiah but they fluctuate every month because the charges are dollar-based. The fiber and the spinning industries also pay for raw materials in dollars and sell products locally in dollars.

“If Bank Indonesia requires this industry to convert their dollars to rupiah, I’m afraid their prices will not be competitive with products that are directly imported,” says Ade Sudrajat of Indonesian Textile Association. (rtr)

New rules no fix for Indonesia’s dollar fixation

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Bedulu Museum

GIANYAR - This Museum of Statue is a field archeological museum. It has been built since 1960 under the supervision of Bali’s Archeological Regional Office and was opened for public in 1974. In this building there is a collection of archeological remains dated back at pre-History of Bali.

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This Museum is located between Pejeng and Bedulu village, by the side of the road to Tampak Siring. The distance from Penataran Sasih temple to the Museum is about 400 m.

There are a lot of domestic and foreign tourists visiting this museum. They visit this place in

order to look at the archeological remains or for doing a research.

Among the collection of pre-Historical remains, there are also some stuff made of stones, bones and so forth, the most attractive sight is some sarcophaguses originating from several places in Bali.

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In general the sarcophagus as are in the form of turtle, having bulges at its sides and decorated with a mask showing a big overlooking eyes, open mouth or joking with its tongue coming out. Other collection, among other things is some bronze statues, etc.

Cilic saves match point to beat teen Rublev at Geneva Open

GENEVA — U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic saved a match point against 17-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev before winning 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1 in the Geneva Open second round on Tuesday.

The second-seeded Croatian trailed 6-5 in the second-set tiebreaker to No. 229 Rublev, who is the French Open junior champion.

Cilic dropped only four points on serve in the decider to set up a quarterfinals match against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia.

Giraldo ousted another Russian, eighth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 6-4, 6-4.

Top-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland faces Lukas Rosol in the second round, after the Czech

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Houston Rockets guard Pablo Prigioni (9) drives against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the first half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Republic player beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 1-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Former world No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, whose season stalled because of a foot injury, exited quickly as Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan won 6-0, 6-2.

In other first-round matches, French qualifier Adrian Mannarino beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Teymuraz Gabashvili was a third Russian to lose, going down 6-3, 6-4 against Federico Delbonis of Argentina. (ap)

Soderling hoping Nadal will lose at French Open

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

LONDON - Robin Soderling is sick of being the answer to a favorite quiz question, the one which asks who is the only player to beat nine-times champion Rafael Nadal at the French Open.

That is why he will be happy if the Spaniard’s current vulnerability on his beloved claycourts continues when the tournament begins at Roland Garros this weekend.

Nadal boasts an incredible 66-1 record at the claycourt grand slam, stretching back to 2005 when he win the title on his debut, the only loss coming against Swede Soderling in 2009.

Soderling went on to reach the final, losing to Switzerland’s Roger Federer, and he made the final again a year later when Nadal took his revenge.

“It says a lot more about Rafa than it does about me,” Soderling, in an interview in the Daily Telegraph, said of his unique place in French Open folklore.

“It will never happen again, not in 100 years.

“It’s good to be the only one, but everybody is asking me about only that match. I am really proud of other things in my career: being in the top five, reaching the final of a grand slam twice. I’m actually even more proud of making it to the French Open final in 2010 than the previous year.

“So maybe it’s better if Rafa loses again, then everybody will stop asking me about it.

“Soderling’s four-set victory remains the only blot on Nadal’s French Open copybook, but as he prepares to try to win a record-extending 10th title, many believe his domination may be about to come to an end.

A succession of claycourt defeats in the build-up to the tournament have left world number one Novak Djokovic favorite to claim his first French Open title.

“This year, for the first time in a long time, Rafa is not the favorite,” said the 30-year-old Soderling whose career has been stalled by bouts of illness.

“Of course, it’s going to be tough to beat Rafa at Roland Garros, over five sets on clay. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened.” (rtr)

Warriors rally past Rockets 110-106 in Game 1 of West finals

OAKLAND, California — Golden State rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to beat Houston 110-106 in the opening game of their NBA Western Conference finals series on Tuesday, with Stephen Curry hitting two free throws in the final seconds to seal the result and push his personal total to 34 points.

The Warriors turned the game around by going for a smaller, more nimble lineup and closed the first half on a run of 21 points to 4 to take a three-point lead at halftime.

The hosts then held off Houston in the fourth quarter, with the Rockets’ capacity to use their size advantage diminished by the loss of center Dwight Howard to a knee injury.

“It really stretches people out,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of his lineup full of shooters. “Houston does the same thing. It was an interesting chess match, because they like to go small and we like to go small.

“James Harden, the runner-up to Curry in the MVP voting, nearly brought the Rockets back in the fourth quarter. He finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and four steals, but his late push

fell short.

“You can’t give a really good shooting team easy layups and confidence,” said Harden, who shot 11 of 20 from the field. “That’s what we did in the second quarter.”

Game 2 is Thursday in Oakland, and it’s unclear if Howard can play.

Howard doesn’t think the injury will sideline him for the series.

“Hopefully Dwight is healthy and we can play big,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. “We didn’t have that option with Dwight out.

“Harden mixed in a series of step-back jumpers and driving layups to help Houston even the score at 95-95 midway through the fourth.

But the Warriors shut down Houston for long stretches, and Curry kept hitting shots to match Harden’s brilliance. Curry con-

nected on a 3-pointer and converted a layup to put Golden State up 10897 with 2:01 remaining.

“It’s entertaining basketball.

We’re both supposed to help our team win and do what we can to impact the game,” said Curry.

The Rockets never relented, though, with Trevor Ariza making a 3-pointer that trimmed the Warriors’ lead to 108-106 with 14.6 seconds to play.

Curry twice caught the inbounds pass, and the Rockets were forced to foul him both times. He hit both free throws to seal Golden State’s win.

Curry added six rebounds and five assists, and Draymond Green had 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to boost the Warriors when they needed it most.

Ariza scored 20 points and Josh Smith had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets. (ap)

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Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah banned 4 months by FIFA

AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

FIFA sets date for 2026 World Cup hosting bid rules

FIFA president Sepp Blatter, left and President of the Israeli Football Association Ofer Eini attend a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

GENEVA — A 2026 World Cup hosting contest which could include the United States and exclude Europe will take shape next week when FIFA agrees on campaign rules.

FIFA said Tuesday that its executive committee will approve bidding regulations at a two-day meeting starting Monday.

The executive committee could block European bids from a contest set to feature CONCACAF neighbors Canada, Mexico and the U.S. FIFA President Sepp Blatter

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said last week “it should be” that a continental confederation cannot bid for the next two World Cups after hosting. Russia will stage the 2018 tournament, leaving UEFA members next eligible for the 2030 tournament.

“It is more than an option,” Blatter told reporters last week when

asked if FIFA could tighten the continental rule.

Currently, the FIFA statutes only prevent confederations from hosting back-to-back World Cups.

FIFA will choose the 2026 host in a May 2017 vote of all member federations.

That reform was passed after

the executive committee’s controversial choice of Russia and 2022 host Qatar. The Gulf emirate beat the American bid 14-8 in a final round of voting in December 2010.

The nine-candidate bidding contests for 2018 and 2022 were marred by allegations of wrongdoing. Some claims were examined by the FIFA ethics committee before the vote and the entire

process was later investigated by former U.S. federal prosecutor Michael Garcia. He resigned last December in protest at FIFA’s handling of his work and ethics judge Joachim Eckert’s assessment that any wrongdoing did not influence the voting results.

In March, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke promised greater scrutiny of candidates in the new bidding rules. (ap)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah has been banned for four months by FIFA in a breach-of-contract case.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its appeal panel upheld Mensah’s suspension imposed by FIFA last July in a case dating to 2011. He is also liable for compensation to former club Udinese.

However, FIFA said Tuesday that Mensah — who played at the past two World Cup tournaments — is eligible to play for Ghana next month. It hosts Mauritius in the opening match of a 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifying group.

FIFA judged that Mensah was still contracted to Udinese when he joined French club Evian Thonon Gaillard four years ago claiming to be a free agent.

Under FIFA rules, Mensah will serve about one month of the ban until the French season ends. The sanction is not spent during the

offseason and does not apply to national team friendlies or qualifiers.

Mensah will become a free agent and is unlikely to stay with Evian, which has been relegated from the top division.

He will serve the final three months of the ban from the official start of his next club’s new season.

The 24-year-old Mensah played in all three Ghana matches in Brazil last June, including a 2-1 loss to the United States. He was a member of the Under-20 World Cup-winning team in 2009.

CAS said the case has not ended for Evian, which FIFA could order to compensate Udinese and ban from signing players.

“The sporting sanctions that were imposed on Evian Thonon Gaillard ... are suspended and referred back to the (FIFA) Dispute Resolution Chamber,” the court said. (ap)

LONDON — Barcelona topped the Associated Press Global Football 10 on Tuesday for winning the Spanish league and reaching the Champions League final, and Juventus striker Alvaro Morata replaced Lionel Messi as player of the week.

Morata’s goal sent Juventus through to the European final at the expense of Real Madrid, his former club, and he had the match-winner in

the 2-1 comeback victory over Inter Milan in Serie A. “Morata didn’t let sentiment get in the way of doing his job for Juventus against Real Madrid and then backed it up a few days later to score the winner against Inter,” Marco Monteverde of News Corp. Australia said.

Messi was runner-up after his strike against Atletico Madrid on Sunday secured Barcelona’s Span-

Sinclair completes permanent move to Villa from Man City BIRMINGHAM, England — Scott Sinclair has completed his permanent move to Aston Villa from Manchester City on a four-year deal after a successful loan spell.

The 26-year-old winger his revived his career at Villa since

joining in January, scoring three goals and being a regular member of the first team before getting injured.

The transfer fee was not disclosed when the move was announced Tuesday, and Sinclair says “this is the happiest I have

been in a long time.

“Sinclair, who played for Britain in the Olympic football tournament at the London Games in 2012, signed for City for 6.2 million pounds ($9.6 million) from Swansea that year but struggled for game time. (ap)

ish league triumph.

With a place in the final of Europe’s elite club competition now secured for June 6 and the final of the Copa del Rey to come on May 30, Messi’s goal allowed Barcelona to take the first step toward winning the treble.

“The Barcelona evolution has taken it from being attached to principles,” Tito Puccetti of ESPN in Argentina said. “Winning on the

counterattack is no longer sacrilege.

Without much art, Barcelona took the first step to match the glorious treble achieved with Pep Guardiola.

“Southampton attacker Sadio Mane took third for scoring the fastest hat trick in Premier League history. He netted three times in only 2 minutes, 56 seconds as his side routed Aston Villa 6-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo was fourth, de-

spite netting a hat trick as Madrid beat Espanyol 4-1. Ronaldo’s second half treble was in vain, as Madrid needed Barcelona to drop points against Atletico to still have a chance of reclaiming the Spanish league title.

“Sometimes it’s not about quantity, but the time and the place for your goals,” Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the United States said. “Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo had three goals and an assist against Espanyol, but what did it get him? Nothing that he really wanted. Alvaro Morata got Juventus into the Champions League final.

That’s a good week.”

Neymar is fifth after scoring twice for Barcelona against Bayern Munich to help secure its progression into the Champions League final.

Yaya Toure, Domenico Berardi, Shane Long, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Kevin de Bruyne complete the top 10 players of the week.

Juventus was second to Barcelona in the team vote after its two victories, while French champion Paris Saint-Germain was third.

Sevilla entered this week in fourth for making the final of the Europa League by eliminating Fiorentina, and Southampton was fifth for its victory over Villa on Saturday.

Real Madrid, Crystal Palace, Freiburg, Wolfsburg and Manchester City complete the top 10. (ap)

Barcelona and Alvaro Morata top AP Global Football 10

Scolari leaves Gremio after poor results in Brazilian league

IBP/Net

SAO PAULO — Luiz Felipe Scolari is resigning as Gremio’s coach after a poor start in the Brazilian league.

The club said Tuesday that Scolari asked to leave because he was unable to improve the team.

Gremio opened with a 3-3 home draw against recently promoted

Ponte Preta and then lost 2-0 at Coritiba.

Before the Brazilian league started, Gremio struggled in the Rio Grande do Sul state championship, losing the final to rival Internacional.

Gremio president Romildo Bolzan said Scolari “did a good job,

but the results were not there.

“Scolari was Brazil’s coach in last year’s World Cup, when the hosts were eliminated in the semifinals. He took over Gremio shortly after leaving the national team and led the club to a seventh-place finish in the Brazilian league. (ap)

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Photo/Oscar del Pozo

Juventus’ Alvaro Morata, left, scores a goal during the Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

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Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah banned 4 months by FIFA

AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

FIFA sets date for 2026 World Cup hosting bid rules

FIFA president Sepp Blatter, left and President of the Israeli Football Association Ofer Eini attend a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

GENEVA — A 2026 World Cup hosting contest which could include the United States and exclude Europe will take shape next week when FIFA agrees on campaign rules.

FIFA said Tuesday that its executive committee will approve bidding regulations at a two-day meeting starting Monday.

The executive committee could block European bids from a contest set to feature CONCACAF neighbors Canada, Mexico and the U.S. FIFA President Sepp Blatter

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said last week “it should be” that a continental confederation cannot bid for the next two World Cups after hosting. Russia will stage the 2018 tournament, leaving UEFA members next eligible for the 2030 tournament.

“It is more than an option,” Blatter told reporters last week when

asked if FIFA could tighten the continental rule.

Currently, the FIFA statutes only prevent confederations from hosting back-to-back World Cups.

FIFA will choose the 2026 host in a May 2017 vote of all member federations.

That reform was passed after

the executive committee’s controversial choice of Russia and 2022 host Qatar. The Gulf emirate beat the American bid 14-8 in a final round of voting in December 2010.

The nine-candidate bidding contests for 2018 and 2022 were marred by allegations of wrongdoing. Some claims were examined by the FIFA ethics committee before the vote and the entire

process was later investigated by former U.S. federal prosecutor Michael Garcia. He resigned last December in protest at FIFA’s handling of his work and ethics judge Joachim Eckert’s assessment that any wrongdoing did not influence the voting results.

In March, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke promised greater scrutiny of candidates in the new bidding rules. (ap)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah has been banned for four months by FIFA in a breach-of-contract case.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its appeal panel upheld Mensah’s suspension imposed by FIFA last July in a case dating to 2011. He is also liable for compensation to former club Udinese.

However, FIFA said Tuesday that Mensah — who played at the past two World Cup tournaments — is eligible to play for Ghana next month. It hosts Mauritius in the opening match of a 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifying group.

FIFA judged that Mensah was still contracted to Udinese when he joined French club Evian Thonon Gaillard four years ago claiming to be a free agent.

Under FIFA rules, Mensah will serve about one month of the ban until the French season ends. The sanction is not spent during the

offseason and does not apply to national team friendlies or qualifiers.

Mensah will become a free agent and is unlikely to stay with Evian, which has been relegated from the top division.

He will serve the final three months of the ban from the official start of his next club’s new season.

The 24-year-old Mensah played in all three Ghana matches in Brazil last June, including a 2-1 loss to the United States. He was a member of the Under-20 World Cup-winning team in 2009.

CAS said the case has not ended for Evian, which FIFA could order to compensate Udinese and ban from signing players.

“The sporting sanctions that were imposed on Evian Thonon Gaillard ... are suspended and referred back to the (FIFA) Dispute Resolution Chamber,” the court said. (ap)

LONDON — Barcelona topped the Associated Press Global Football 10 on Tuesday for winning the Spanish league and reaching the Champions League final, and Juventus striker Alvaro Morata replaced Lionel Messi as player of the week.

Morata’s goal sent Juventus through to the European final at the expense of Real Madrid, his former club, and he had the match-winner in

the 2-1 comeback victory over Inter Milan in Serie A. “Morata didn’t let sentiment get in the way of doing his job for Juventus against Real Madrid and then backed it up a few days later to score the winner against Inter,” Marco Monteverde of News Corp. Australia said.

Messi was runner-up after his strike against Atletico Madrid on Sunday secured Barcelona’s Span-

Sinclair completes permanent move to Villa from Man City BIRMINGHAM, England — Scott Sinclair has completed his permanent move to Aston Villa from Manchester City on a four-year deal after a successful loan spell.

The 26-year-old winger his revived his career at Villa since

joining in January, scoring three goals and being a regular member of the first team before getting injured.

The transfer fee was not disclosed when the move was announced Tuesday, and Sinclair says “this is the happiest I have

been in a long time.

“Sinclair, who played for Britain in the Olympic football tournament at the London Games in 2012, signed for City for 6.2 million pounds ($9.6 million) from Swansea that year but struggled for game time. (ap)

ish league triumph.

With a place in the final of Europe’s elite club competition now secured for June 6 and the final of the Copa del Rey to come on May 30, Messi’s goal allowed Barcelona to take the first step toward winning the treble.

“The Barcelona evolution has taken it from being attached to principles,” Tito Puccetti of ESPN in Argentina said. “Winning on the

counterattack is no longer sacrilege.

Without much art, Barcelona took the first step to match the glorious treble achieved with Pep Guardiola.

“Southampton attacker Sadio Mane took third for scoring the fastest hat trick in Premier League history. He netted three times in only 2 minutes, 56 seconds as his side routed Aston Villa 6-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo was fourth, de-

spite netting a hat trick as Madrid beat Espanyol 4-1. Ronaldo’s second half treble was in vain, as Madrid needed Barcelona to drop points against Atletico to still have a chance of reclaiming the Spanish league title.

“Sometimes it’s not about quantity, but the time and the place for your goals,” Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the United States said. “Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo had three goals and an assist against Espanyol, but what did it get him? Nothing that he really wanted. Alvaro Morata got Juventus into the Champions League final.

That’s a good week.”

Neymar is fifth after scoring twice for Barcelona against Bayern Munich to help secure its progression into the Champions League final.

Yaya Toure, Domenico Berardi, Shane Long, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Kevin de Bruyne complete the top 10 players of the week.

Juventus was second to Barcelona in the team vote after its two victories, while French champion Paris Saint-Germain was third.

Sevilla entered this week in fourth for making the final of the Europa League by eliminating Fiorentina, and Southampton was fifth for its victory over Villa on Saturday.

Real Madrid, Crystal Palace, Freiburg, Wolfsburg and Manchester City complete the top 10. (ap)

Barcelona and Alvaro Morata top AP Global Football 10

Scolari leaves Gremio after poor results in Brazilian league

IBP/Net

SAO PAULO — Luiz Felipe Scolari is resigning as Gremio’s coach after a poor start in the Brazilian league.

The club said Tuesday that Scolari asked to leave because he was unable to improve the team.

Gremio opened with a 3-3 home draw against recently promoted

Ponte Preta and then lost 2-0 at Coritiba.

Before the Brazilian league started, Gremio struggled in the Rio Grande do Sul state championship, losing the final to rival Internacional.

Gremio president Romildo Bolzan said Scolari “did a good job,

but the results were not there.

“Scolari was Brazil’s coach in last year’s World Cup, when the hosts were eliminated in the semifinals. He took over Gremio shortly after leaving the national team and led the club to a seventh-place finish in the Brazilian league. (ap)

IBP/Net

Photo/Oscar del Pozo

Juventus’ Alvaro Morata, left, scores a goal during the Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bedulu Museum

GIANYAR - This Museum of Statue is a field archeological museum. It has been built since 1960 under the supervision of Bali’s Archeological Regional Office and was opened for public in 1974. In this building there is a collection of archeological remains dated back at pre-History of Bali.

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This Museum is located between Pejeng and Bedulu village, by the side of the road to Tampak Siring. The distance from Penataran Sasih temple to the Museum is about 400 m.

There are a lot of domestic and foreign tourists visiting this museum. They visit this place in

order to look at the archeological remains or for doing a research.

Among the collection of pre-Historical remains, there are also some stuff made of stones, bones and so forth, the most attractive sight is some sarcophaguses originating from several places in Bali.

Sports

International

In general the sarcophagus as are in the form of turtle, having bulges at its sides and decorated with a mask showing a big overlooking eyes, open mouth or joking with its tongue coming out. Other collection, among other things is some bronze statues, etc.

Cilic saves match point to beat teen Rublev at Geneva Open

GENEVA — U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic saved a match point against 17-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev before winning 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1 in the Geneva Open second round on Tuesday.

The second-seeded Croatian trailed 6-5 in the second-set tiebreaker to No. 229 Rublev, who is the French Open junior champion.

Cilic dropped only four points on serve in the decider to set up a quarterfinals match against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia.

Giraldo ousted another Russian, eighth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 6-4, 6-4.

Top-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland faces Lukas Rosol in the second round, after the Czech

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Houston Rockets guard Pablo Prigioni (9) drives against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the first half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Republic player beat Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 1-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Former world No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, whose season stalled because of a foot injury, exited quickly as Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan won 6-0, 6-2.

In other first-round matches, French qualifier Adrian Mannarino beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Teymuraz Gabashvili was a third Russian to lose, going down 6-3, 6-4 against Federico Delbonis of Argentina. (ap)

Soderling hoping Nadal will lose at French Open

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

LONDON - Robin Soderling is sick of being the answer to a favorite quiz question, the one which asks who is the only player to beat nine-times champion Rafael Nadal at the French Open.

That is why he will be happy if the Spaniard’s current vulnerability on his beloved claycourts continues when the tournament begins at Roland Garros this weekend.

Nadal boasts an incredible 66-1 record at the claycourt grand slam, stretching back to 2005 when he win the title on his debut, the only loss coming against Swede Soderling in 2009.

Soderling went on to reach the final, losing to Switzerland’s Roger Federer, and he made the final again a year later when Nadal took his revenge.

“It says a lot more about Rafa than it does about me,” Soderling, in an interview in the Daily Telegraph, said of his unique place in French Open folklore.

“It will never happen again, not in 100 years.

“It’s good to be the only one, but everybody is asking me about only that match. I am really proud of other things in my career: being in the top five, reaching the final of a grand slam twice. I’m actually even more proud of making it to the French Open final in 2010 than the previous year.

“So maybe it’s better if Rafa loses again, then everybody will stop asking me about it.

“Soderling’s four-set victory remains the only blot on Nadal’s French Open copybook, but as he prepares to try to win a record-extending 10th title, many believe his domination may be about to come to an end.

A succession of claycourt defeats in the build-up to the tournament have left world number one Novak Djokovic favorite to claim his first French Open title.

“This year, for the first time in a long time, Rafa is not the favorite,” said the 30-year-old Soderling whose career has been stalled by bouts of illness.

“Of course, it’s going to be tough to beat Rafa at Roland Garros, over five sets on clay. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened.” (rtr)

Warriors rally past Rockets 110-106 in Game 1 of West finals

OAKLAND, California — Golden State rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to beat Houston 110-106 in the opening game of their NBA Western Conference finals series on Tuesday, with Stephen Curry hitting two free throws in the final seconds to seal the result and push his personal total to 34 points.

The Warriors turned the game around by going for a smaller, more nimble lineup and closed the first half on a run of 21 points to 4 to take a three-point lead at halftime.

The hosts then held off Houston in the fourth quarter, with the Rockets’ capacity to use their size advantage diminished by the loss of center Dwight Howard to a knee injury.

“It really stretches people out,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of his lineup full of shooters. “Houston does the same thing. It was an interesting chess match, because they like to go small and we like to go small.

“James Harden, the runner-up to Curry in the MVP voting, nearly brought the Rockets back in the fourth quarter. He finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and four steals, but his late push

fell short.

“You can’t give a really good shooting team easy layups and confidence,” said Harden, who shot 11 of 20 from the field. “That’s what we did in the second quarter.”

Game 2 is Thursday in Oakland, and it’s unclear if Howard can play.

Howard doesn’t think the injury will sideline him for the series.

“Hopefully Dwight is healthy and we can play big,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. “We didn’t have that option with Dwight out.

“Harden mixed in a series of step-back jumpers and driving layups to help Houston even the score at 95-95 midway through the fourth.

But the Warriors shut down Houston for long stretches, and Curry kept hitting shots to match Harden’s brilliance. Curry con-

nected on a 3-pointer and converted a layup to put Golden State up 10897 with 2:01 remaining.

“It’s entertaining basketball.

We’re both supposed to help our team win and do what we can to impact the game,” said Curry.

The Rockets never relented, though, with Trevor Ariza making a 3-pointer that trimmed the Warriors’ lead to 108-106 with 14.6 seconds to play.

Curry twice caught the inbounds pass, and the Rockets were forced to foul him both times. He hit both free throws to seal Golden State’s win.

Curry added six rebounds and five assists, and Draymond Green had 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to boost the Warriors when they needed it most.

Ariza scored 20 points and Josh Smith had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets. (ap)

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Palestinians banned from riding same buses as Israelis

JERUSSALEM - Palestinians in the West Bank who commute to Israel to work will from Wednesday be banned from riding the same buses as Israelis to return home, a defence ministry official said.

“Under a three-month pilot project, Palestinians who work in Israel will, starting Wednesday, need to return home by the same crossing without taking buses

used by (Israeli) residents” of the occupied West Bank, the official told AFP. Hundreds of Palestinians travel each day to work in Israel from

the occupied West Bank, mainly in the construction business, using travel permits each time they cross.

The official, who declined to

Saudi advertises for swordsmen as execution rate soars

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.

The civil service ministry said that no qualifications were necessary and that applicants would be exempted from the usual entrance exams.

It said that as well as beheadings, the successful candidates would be expected to carry out amputations ordered by the courts under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.

Amputation of one or both hands is a routine penalty for theft. Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death.

Most executions are carried out

by beheading, but a few are carried out by firing squad, stoning or crucifixion.

All are carried out in public and video footage sometimes appears on the Internet despite a ban on filming.

In January, gruesome footage was posted of a Burmese woman protesting her innocence before being beheaded by a swordsman on a public street in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

Ignoring her screams, the white-robed executioner forces her to lie down on the ground, near a pedestrian crossing, then severs her head with a curved sword.

The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim had been sentenced to death for killing her

husband’s six-year-old daughter.

The vacancies were advertised on the ministry’s website in the “religious jobs” section.

Last year, Saudi Arabia executed 87 people, according to an AFP tally, ranking it third in the world for use of the death penalty.

Already this year, it has put 85 people to death in what human rights group Amnesty International has described as a “macabre spike”.

On Tuesday, a convicted serial rapist of young girls was beheaded in Riyadh, SPA reported.

The interior ministry says the death penalty is an important deterrent.

But on a visit to Riyadh this month, French President Francois Hollande said capital punishment “should be banned”. (afp)

AP Photo/Hasan Jamali

In this photo taken on April 25, 2015, Saudi youths stand by their motorbikes in a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.

be named, said Palestinian workers would now need to change buses to avoid riding vehicles carrying Israelis after crossing back into the West Bank.

Israeli public radio said Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon had agreed to the ban, adding that it would allow “better control of the

Palestinians and those leaving Israel and reduce security risks”.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have called for years for Palestinians to be banned from public transport there, arguing their presence poses a security risk. (afp)

Economic...

From page 1 He also acknowledged that the high participation rate of migrants in generating the economic sector of Bali is inseparable from the noble mentality owned by Balinese community. Actually, the high interference of migrants in the regional economy will have a bad impact. “Whether or not recognized, the informal sector plays a major role in developing countries including Indonesia,” he said.

He said that the sector has characteristics, such as simple technology and labor intensive as well as low educational background and skills. For example, roving salesmen job opportunities are taken by migrants from outside the region.

“They want to work in the sectors considered less prestigious by local residents. As the process has taken place long enough, local population finally depends on the migrants. We’ll see now, when the Eid celebration comes, the urbanite is coming home, while local residents will feel difficult to meet their needs. Unfortunately, local people do not want to work hard by taking the role, so that they can only serve as spectators,” he said.

To that end, local people, he said, must take over the job opportunities or the role of the urbanite by eliminating the noble mental and prestige. “In terms of earnings, it is actually much bigger than the income obtained from formal employment. Of course, we must learn in order to have the competence for the job opportunities,” he said.

The Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Warmadewa University (Unwar), Ngurah Sanjaya, also admitted the large disparity in Bali because the economy of Bali is dominantly driven by outsiders or investors. Thus, the economic growth Bali with the average of six percent dominantly evaporates out.

“All this time, Bali just hangs out at crossroads. All the proceeds generated by investment in Bali mostly go out of Bali. As consequence, their presence is equally the same as only sucking the blood of the people without giving multiplier effect,” he said.

He also suggested the government to regulate their contribution to Bali, not only in terms of taxes, but also in terms of their alignments on the surrounding communities. “The investment in Bali is high, but has the money going into Bali been distributed in Bali? If the distribution occurs in Bali, there will be no gaps, but in reality there is an extraordinary gap. In other words, the incoming money is not enjoyed by the people in Bali,” he said.

In the meantime, a business consultant, Kadek Agus Mulyawan, stated that the economy of Bali cannot only depend on tourism sector. Bali tourism originates or is supported by nature and agrarian sector. Besides, almost all customary and religious activities use agricultural products. Therefore, according him, the other sectors such as agriculture and crafts must also be encouraged. “Empower the other economic sectors. Tourism sector will be affected by tourist arrival to Bali,” he said.

Tourism, said Agus, should be able to preserve the agricultural assets and the synergy between tourism industry and agricultural sector. It becomes so important when talking about the welfare of local communities. In addition, both sectors should support each other so that Bali can be famous for its cultural tourism and really gives a blessing to people. “Thus, they will be able to support each other so that both should be strengthened,” said Agus.

The agricultural assets, he affirmed, can be used as one of the tourist attractions and preserving it needs contribution from the tourism activities. Maintaining the agricultural assets will automatically preserve Balinese culture. Balinese culture was born from the culture of farming activities, while the tourism developed in Bali is cultural tourism inspired by the diversity of Hindu customs.

Therefore, it is required the braid of the sectors and guaranteed that it supports the economy of Bali. “A clear program must be made including the role of all parties, both the government and private sector. One of which is the preservation of green belt in the urban areas,” he concluded. (par/rah)

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INDONESIA Over 430 migrants taken to Indonesia after months at sea

SIMPANG TIGA — A flotilla of Indonesian fishermen rescued more than 430 migrants who were stranded at sea and brought them ashore to safety Wednesday, the latest victims of a humanitarian crisis confronting Southeast Asia. Hoping to find a solution, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia held an emergency meeting to address the plight of the migrants who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh.

The migrants were rescued early Wednesday by more than a dozen fishermen’s boats, said Herman Sulaiman, from East Aceh district’s Search and Rescue Agency.

It was unclear if the migrants were on one boat or had come from several, but an initial batch of 102 people were the first brought to shore in the village of Simpang Tiga in Indonesia’s eastern Aceh province, Sulaiman and other rescuers said.

“They were suffering from dehydration, they are weak and starving,” Khairul Nove, head of Langsa Search and Rescue Agency in Aceh province.

Among the 102 passengers were 26 women and 31 children, he said.

One of the migrants, Ubaydul Haque, 30, said the ship’s engine had failed and the captain fled, and that they were at sea for four months before Indonesian fishermen found them.

“We ran out of food, we wanted to enter Malaysia but we were not allowed,” he said.

One of the fishermen who led the rescue was 40-year-old Razali Puteh. He said he spotted a green wooden trawler crammed with people who were screaming, waving their hands and clothes at him

to get his attention.

As he neared the trawler, people aboard began jumping into the water, trying to reach his boat. He said he asked them to stay on their boat, which apparently had no motor, and promised to return with help. He then returned with other fishing boats and brought the migrants to shore.

The rescue after Indonesia’s foreign minister said late Tuesday that the country had “given more than it should” to help hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded on boats by human traffickers.

The foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, was meeting Wednesday with his counterparts from Malaysia and Thailand in an emergency meeting called to discuss how to solve the migrant problem. Representatives from the U.N. refugee agency and the International Office for Migration were also expected to attend the meeting.

Marsudi said Indonesia has sheltered 1,346 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants who washed onto Aceh and North Sumatra provinces last week. The first batch came on May 10 with 558 people on a boat, and the second with 807 on three boats landed on Friday. Even before

JAKARTA - As Indonesia prepares to ban domestic use of the dollar to build faith in its own currency, it might succeed in taking the greenback out of local hands, but much of the benefit of the reform will be lost as local heads still calculate in dollars.

Many businesses say they will still effectively be hostage to gyrations in Indonesia’s volatile rupiah after the new rule takes effect in July, and inflationary pressures could emerge as companies try to build in buffers to counter the loss of dollar certainty.

Distrust of the rupiah, emerging Asia’s worst-performing currency this year, runs deep in an economy where high interest rates and a history of hyperinfla-

tion have pushed companies to borrow in dollars and also bill in dollars for many local goods and services.

About 20 percent of office towers in Jakarta charge their tenants rent in dollars, for example, and Bank Indonesia estimates about 10 percent of domestic transactions are conducted in dollars, $6 billion every month.

Mandating use of the rupiah for contracts drawn from July 1 will alleviate some pressure on the currency by reducing a small amount of dollar demand, but many local businesses say they will still negotiate and price in dollars, then settle in the local currency.

State power utility PT Peru-

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, right, speak as Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi listens during an press conference for an emergency meeting called to discuss how to solve the migrant problem at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. the crisis, nearly 12,000 migrants were being sheltered in Indonesia awaiting resettlement, she said, with most of those Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. No more than 500 of those migrants are resettled in third countries each year, she said.

The crisis emerged this month

as governments in the region began cracking down on human trafficking.

Some captains of trafficking boats abandoned their vessels — and hundreds of migrants — at sea. About 3,000 of the migrants have reached land in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, but all three countries have pushed some ships away. Aid groups estimate that thousands more migrants

— who fled persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh — are stranded in the Andaman Sea. Myanmar’s cooperation is seen as vital to solving the crisis, but its government has already cast doubt on whether it will attend a conference to be hosted by Thailand on May 29 that is to include 15 Asian nations affected by the emergency. (ap)

sahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) bills its customers in rupiah, but it needs about $600 million in foreign currency every month to pay local coal miners and power producers and to service its loans.

Under the new regulation, PLN’s payments to local producers can no longer be in dollars, and while that would in theory suit the company, in practice, the rupiah price it pays will still be determined by dollar exchange rates.

“We are still negotiating, but even when we agree to set the contract in rupiah, we have to discuss the exchange rate that will be used,” says Tjutju Kurnia, head of treasury at PLN. Its vendors have liabilities in

dollars, she said, so they have to build in foreign exchange risk.

Some vendors, such as statecontrolled coal miner Bukit Asam , with whom PLN has two power purchase contracts, have already adopted settlement in rupiah, but they still quote prices in dollars.

Bukit Asam’s corporate secretary said the firm had a calculation system in place and every dollar cost in their investment or production activities was converted into rupiah.

Heavy equipment distributor and mining contractor United Tractors sells all its products and services in dollars “simply to match cash in and cash out”, said corporate secretary Sara Loebis.

Loebis said United would com-

ply with the new rules but it might mean more risks for the firm.

In the textiles industry, Indonesia’s second largest manufactured goods exporter, every transaction in the supply chain except labour costs is in dollars.

Electricity bills are settled in rupiah but they fluctuate every month because the charges are dollar-based. The fiber and the spinning industries also pay for raw materials in dollars and sell products locally in dollars.

“If Bank Indonesia requires this industry to convert their dollars to rupiah, I’m afraid their prices will not be competitive with products that are directly imported,” says Ade Sudrajat of Indonesian Textile Association. (rtr)

New rules no fix for Indonesia’s dollar fixation

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BUSINESS Japan economy gathers pace in 1Q as housing investment rises

TOKYO — Japan’s economy beat forecasts to expand an annualized 2.4 percent in the to expand its lavish monetary January-March quarter, its fastest pace in a year, helped by policy changes that boosted invest- stimulus at a policy meeting later this week. ment in new housing.

The upbeat data released Wednesday contrasted with a slew of less positive signals for March and April that suggest the pace of growth will likely slow in the second quarter.

“Looking ahead, a range of indicators point to a slowdown,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary.

He pointed to a slowdown in industrial production and weakening sentiment among manufacturers as reasons for his forecast for near-zero growth in 2015.

Economists had mostly forecast growth for the first quarter at about 1.5 percent.

The 0.6 percent rise in GDP from the previous quarter was the second straight quarter of growth following a recession in mid-2014 brought on by a sales tax hike that crippled private demand.

Public investment plunged 5.5 percent, though real incomes rose 0.6 percent, helping to underpin demand.

The news pushed share prices higher, lifting the Nikkei 225 index by 0.7 percent to 20,164.60.

The index recently breached the 20,000 level for the first time in 15 years, buoyed by strong corporate profits as well as pension funds and other institutional in-

and lingering setbacks from the global financial crisis.

More than two years after Economists are divided over P r i m e M i n i s t e r S h i n z o A b e vestors rotating cash into shares The data reduce the likeli- whether the recovery is finally on launched his program heavy of from other asset classes. hood the Bank of Japan will opt track after years of tepid growth monetary stimulus, the government and central bank have yet to see much progress toward their 2 percent goal for inflation. Wage increases have been scant and corporations have held back on investing at home, wary of slow growth in a shrinking domestic market as the population ages and shrinks.

Still, housing investment revived early this year, growing 7.5 percent in the January-March quarter from the year before as changes in regulations encouraged demolition of older, unoccupied homes.

In Tokyo’s suburbs, many such homes are being cleared and redeveloped. Unlike the U.S. and other major economies, Japan’s housing market is skewed toward construction of new homes, and much of the aging, postwar housing stock is decrepit and due to be replaced or demolished.

Spending on housing and related items is a crucial driver for growth in Japan and the government is expanding its housing loan program and encouraging AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File spending by providing subsidies In this Feb. 17, 2014 file photo, people walk by model houses in Yokohama near Tokyo. Japan for renovations to improve ensaid its economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 2.4 percent annual rate in January-March, ergy efficiency and earthquake thanks largely to a rebound in housing construction. resistance. (ap)

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is lowering its growth estimate for the global economy this year, saying its previous forecast of 3.1 percent growth in 2015 is now more likely to be 2.8 percent instead.

The World Economic Situation and Prospects mid-year report released Tuesday says the dip reflects a worsening in Latin America in particular as the region deals with lower commodity prices.

Overall, the forecast expects modest global growth the rest of this year and next year, which could see an improvement to 3.1 percent.

The U.N. is keeping a wary eye on upcoming monetary policy

changes in the United States, where the Federal Reserve is “expected to start raising interest rates in the second half of 2015,” as well as uncertainty about the Greek debt crisis’ effect on the eurozone and possible “spillovers” of conflicts including Yemen, Syria and Ukraine.

Around the world, the drop in prices for oil and other commodities has hurt countries whose economies largely depend on them, while commodity-importing countries benefit from being able to buy more for less. Oil prices are expected to recover slowly, the report says.

Russia has been hit hard by the oil price decline. Its economy is expected to shrink by 3 percent this year and grow by just 0.1 percent

UN lowers global economic growth estimate amid modest pace in 2016.

The report sees India’s growth surpassing China’s both this year and next. India is expected to grow by 7.6 percent this year and 7.7 percent next year, while China’s strong growth of recent years continues to settle at 7.0 percent this year and 6.8 next year.

The United States, Japan and the European Union are more sedate.

The U.S. is expected to grow by 2.8 percent this year and 2.7 percent next year.

Japan’s growth is projected at 1.2 percent this year and 1 percent next year, while the EU is set to grow 1.9 percent this year and 2.1 percent in 2016.

Developing countries’ average

growth is seen as staying at 4.4 percent. “While the recovery in developed economies is improving, many countries still face considerable headwinds from the legacies of the global financial crisis,” the report says.

The forecast says job creation is still weak, with a worrying note for the future: “The global youth unemployment rate is estimated at 13 percent, three times higher than the overall rate, as young people were disproportionately affected by the financial crisis.

“Africa overall is expected to see 4.0 percent growth this year and 4.8 percent growth next year. “ A large part of the downward revisions for North Africa and for Africa

as a whole is due to Libya, which remains trapped in a civil war,” the report says.

Latin America and the Caribbean make up the shakiest region outside Russia, with just 0.5 percent growth expected this year and 1.7 percent next year.

“Venezuela is falling into a deeper recession, while Brazil and Argentina are expected to contract by 1.1 percent and 0.4 percent in 2015, respectively,” the report says.

East and South Asia are expected to keep growth steady at 6.2 percent this year and 6.1 percent in 2016.

“East Asian exports are projected to remain relatively strong,” the report says. (ap)

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Jasri airport construction plan considered to invent

AMLAPURA - The statement of the Regent of Karangasem, Wayan Geredeg, about the plan rect explanation, do not plunge the to build an international airport at Jasri village is responded by the Chief of Customary Village regent,” highlighted Artha Dipa.

He claimed to have been inMiddle Assembly (MMDP) of Karangasem, I Wayan Artha Dipa. He considered the statement volved directly in the plan when of Regent Geredeg to invent because it is impossible to realize the plan.

The spotlight emerged in an informal discussion of Sekar Forum (Karangasem Fraternity) inviting the executive, legislative, community leaders and headmen in the Karangasem Parliamentary House, Tuesday (May 19). While giving a speech, the Regent Geredeg said that he already gave green light to the international airport construction plan at Jasri village.

Currently, Regent Geredeg

claimed to have prepared a review on feasibility study of the plan.

“With a shared commitment, I have confidence to realize the development plan in order to be more advanced than other counties,” he said.

When the workshop was opened, Artha Dipa directly asked to be given the opportunity to give his views on the criteria of future leaders of Karangasem pursuant

to the agenda of the workshop.

However, what presented by Artha Dipa entirely criticized what the Regent Geredeg said in his speech.

Unfortunately, Regent Geredeg already left the venue at that time, so that he did not hear what his former subordinate revealed. “The airport construction plan at Jasri is impossible to be carried out. To the staff of the regent, whoever remains here, please give him cor-

he chaired one of the agencies under leadership of Geredeg. Thus, Arta Dipa claimed to know very well about the development plan.

It is not only the matter of airport construction, a few explanations of Regent Geredeg related to clean governance, poverty and education were also highlighted by Artha Dipa. Like Regent Geredeg, Artha Dipa also decided to leave the workshop venue early because he claimed to have another agenda to

be attended. Unfortunately, until Artha Dipa left the venue, none of the agency heads provided an explanation about the spotlight of Artha Dipa.

Reportedly, although he was under the same office, the relationship of Artha Dipa to Regent Geredeg is not harmonious ahead of the regent and deputy regent election in Karangasem. It happens after Artha Dipa decided to choose different political affiliation after choosing to become deputy regent candidate with the regent candidate Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri. (kmb31)

Indian folk dances at Bali Art Centre

DENPASAR - The artists from the Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre, Madurai performed folk dances from the State of Tamil Nadu in southern India at the Ksirarnawa Auditorium of the Bali Art Centre last Sunday.

The event was attended by several eminent personalities and members of the Bali Consular Corps, including the Honorary Consul of Italy and an acclaimed mask dance artist who spent several years in India, Pino Confessa; Chairman of Rotary Club Seminyak and former Honorary Consul of France and current Secretary of Bali Consular Corps, Raphael Devianne; Acharya Yogananda Murthy of Vedha Poshana Ashram and Advisor of Parishada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), eminent local art critic, Jean Couteau; Head of Legian Community, Nyoman Sarjana and President of Indian Association in Bali (IAB), Ravinder Singh Sodhi besides members of local Indian and Balinese communities. There were several athletes and dance artists from the Province of East Kalimantan, led by Tri Murti Rahayu, Head of Provincial Bureau of Cooperation, who thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

The Indian artists performed the popular ancient folk dance of ‘Karagattam’ donning colourful costumes carrying decorated brass pots on their heads and dancing to the vibrant beats and music of ‘Nadaswarams’ (wind instruments) and the rhythm of ‘Thavils’ (percussion instruments) & ‘Pambai’ while skillfully balancing the pots on their heads.

The orchestral music providing the rhythm to the dance is called ‘Naiyandi Melam’.

Performance of ‘Pinnal Kolattam’ using coloured ropes and

two sticks by the male and female artists was equally attractive and enjoyable, as they form intricate lace-like patterns in the ropes with dance steps and then unravel the lace reversing the dance steps. ‘Oyillattam’, a dance of beauty (Oyil means beauty), was performed with rhythmic steps wearing ankle-bells with accompaniment of musical instruments and songs. The event concluded with spectacular presentation of ‘Kaaliattam’ performed by the

artists wearing fabulous masks and custumes representing the Goddess Durga & Kaali dancing to the tune of music and the movement of Kaali nardhanam.

Emphasizing the importance of Yoga for well-being and stressfree good health and for achieving harmony of body and mind, ten young Balinese students of Art of Living performed Yoga as per the Common Yoga Protocol, which will be followed by all participants during the event marking the

maiden International Day of Yoga (IDY) in Bali.

Two Balinese sisters – Jeni & Jena Muliana – gave delightful performance of “Cenderawasih” traditional dance while their father, Dr. Muliana, enthralled the audience with his rendering of popular Hindi songs. Werdhi, a senior student of Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) in Renon performed “Kathak” classical Indian dance.

Speaking on the occasion, the Consul General Amarjeet Singh

Takhi elaborated on the rich and diverse cultural heritage of India and introduced the Indian artists while recognizing the contributions made by Dr. Thiayagarajan Somasundaram, Founder-Director of Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre in preserving and popularizing the folk art forms of rural India.

The Consul General informed that International Day of Yoga (IDY) will be celebrated on the early morning of Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Lapangan Puputan Margarana (Bajra Sandhi Monument in front of the Bali Governor’s Office) in Renon, Denpasar and invited active participation by all in the maiden celebrations. He elaborated that the international community has adopted June 21 as the “International Day of Yoga” at the initiative of the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.

The 12-member Indian cultural troupe is currently performing across Indonesia, as part of the on-going Sahabat India – The Festival of India in Indonesia 2015.

Earlier, they performed at Gedung Kesenian Balikpapan in East Kalimantan on 15 May 2015 & at the Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) on 13 May 2015.

The performance of Folk Dances of Tamil Nadu by the artists from the Tamil Nadu Rural Arts Development Centre, Madurai in “Sahabat India- the Festival of India in Indonesia 2015” has been supported by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, and Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

The next event under the Sahabat India Festival will feature Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) from India and will be held at the SMKN3 Sukawati School on 29 May 2015. (r)

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bali News

Swept away by waves on Betuas Beach, body found on Masceti Beach GIANYAR - The day after being swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, Blahbatuh, the body of Rito from Situbondo was eventually found dead. His body was stranded on Masceti Beach, exactly in front of the Karang Mantung Temple, Medahan village, Tuesday (May 19). The victim’s body was found not far from the location of swept away, about one kilometer to the east.

Body of the victim was stranded on the beach and seen by residents. But none dared to approach. After the lifeguard officers of the Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) came, the body of Rito was put into a body bag to be taken to Sanjiwani Hospital.

According to testimony of Wayan Suweca, a resident from Penulisan hamlet, Medahan village, the victim’s body was found to be stranded around five o’clock in the afternoon. “When found, the condition of the victim was not intact. His eyes vanished and skin flaked off,” said Suweca.

When found, the body was in a supine position, where the head faced westward.

Friend of the victim that also witnessed it was directly weak at the scene. “Condition of the body has exuded stench,” he said.

Search team consisting of the National SAR Agency, water police and lifeguard had made desperate on the previous day.

They started the search at eight o’clock in the morning and ended at 4:30 p.m. and

conducted the searches without a result.

Moreover, the waves were high enough.

“When the search was decided to be ended and continued on the next day, suddenly there was information if the victim’s body was found on Masceti Beach,” said the Coordinator of SAR Karangasem, I.B. Surta Wirawan.

In the meantime, the Chief of Blahbatuh Police, Nyoman Supartha, related to the discovery of the victim’s body was unable to ascertain whether it will be sent back to Java or not. Currently it is still awaiting the arrival of the families who are still on the way from Java to Gianyar.

As reported previously, while trying to help an eight-year-old child, Rito, 22, a young man from Situbondo, who daily works as cleaning service at Café Amor on Jalan I.B. Mantra, Pering village, was swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, around 5:15 p.m. on Monday (May 18). (kmb16)

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The day after being swept away on Betuas Beach, Keramas village, Blahbatuh, the body of Rito from Situbondo was eventually found dead. His body was stranded on Masceti Beach, exactly in front of the Karang Mantung Temple, Medahan village, Tuesday (May 19).

A villa found violating coastal border

SINGARAJA - The case of building without a permit in Buleleng is getting more massive. It happens due to lack of government control like the case at Gondol hamlet, Penyabangan village, Gerokgak. The villa and restaurant buildings are found to violate the coastal border and do not have permission. The building owner only has an agreement with local customary village.

The inspection made by Commission I of the Buleleng House found illegal villa building right behind the Gondol Fishery Office.

There are three buildings in the area, where two permanent buildings will be intended for villas and one wooden building will be used for restaurant.

Gusti Ngurah Pinda, the villa owner claimed to get a permission to build business premises from local customary village. After that, he presents the agreement document for building on the land of 4,000 square meters located at the

seaside of Gondol hamlet. In the development, Pinda directly made a business license (SIUP) and the certificate of company registration to the Integrated Licensing Service (KPT). The certificate was utilized as a basic reference to build foundation for the construction project of the villas and restaurants at the village.

His party recognizes if he has not owned a building permit. “I used the two letters as the basic reference to build the villas and a restaurant. While we have not any other permits, such as the building permit,” said Pinda, Tuesday (May 19).

I Gusti Komang Swatika, a member of the Commission I of the Buleleng House asked that all kinds of activity at the villa and restaurant must be suspended. This is done so that the owner can submit its permit to local government of Buleleng. Moreover, the building also infringes the coastal border. (kmb34)

Thursday, May 21, 2015

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The case of building without a permit in Buleleng is getting more massive. It happens due to lack of government control like the case at Gondol hamlet, Penyabangan village, Gerokgak.

The villa and restaurant buildings are found to violate the coastal border and do not have permission.

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10 die in train accident in northern India

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A police officer says a train has rammed into a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people at an unmanned railroad crossing in northern India, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 others.

Shailendra Lal said the tractor was crossing the railroad track near the town of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh state when it was hit by the passenger train late Tuesday.

Lal said the wagon was overcrowded with people returning from a ceremony at a nearby Hindu holy town near the Ganges River.

Railway accidents are common in India, which has one of the world’s largest train networks serving about 23 million passengers a day.

A lack of money means that hundreds of dangerous crossings in the country are not guarded around the clock. (ap)

Clinton urges State to speed up release of emails

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday pressed the State Department to expedite the release of 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, telling reporters in Iowa, “I want those emails out.”

Clinton reiterated her push to release the emails shortly after a federal judge rejected the State Department’s proposal to disseminate portions of the emails by next January and said the agency must instead conduct a “rolling production” of the records.

Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in the 2016 presidential election, said she wanted the documents to be released as soon as possible, saying, “Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” Asked if she would demand their release, Clinton said of the emails, “They’re not mine. They belong to the State Department.”

Clinton spoke after a small business event for her campaign in Iowa, the home of the nation’s first presidential caucuses. The disclosure that she conducted State Department business on a private email account has been a controversy from the very inception of her campaign this year and raised questions about her commitment to transparency.

During the Tuesday hearing, a federal judge gave the State Department a week to craft a schedule for releasing the records, according to Vice News lawyer Jeffrey Light.

Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said the State Department would comply with the court’s order for the “rolling production” of emails.

The agency had made its initial

proposal in a federal court filing Monday night, in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Vice News.

In the filing, John F. Hackett, who is responsible for the department’s responses to Freedom of Information Act requests, said that following a review of the emails, the department will post the releasable portions of the 55,000 pages on its website. He said the review will take until the end of the year — and asked the court to adopt a completion date of Jan. 15, 2016, to factor in the holidays. That’s just a couple of weeks before the Iowa caucuses and early state primaries that follow.

In Monday night’s filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Hackett said the State Department received the 55,000 pages of emails from Clinton in paper form.

“Given the breadth and importance of the many foreign policy issues on which the secretary of state and the department work, the review of these materials will likely require consultation with a broad range of subject matter experts within the department and other agencies, as well as potentially with foreign governments,” he said. “...The department is committed to processing the 55,000 pages as expeditiously as possible, while taking into consideration the department’s other legal obligations.”

He said he the department understands the considerable public interest in the records, but said the size of the collection, the nature of the emails and the interest of several agencies present challenges. (ap)

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UN chief says North Korea cancels invitation to visit

SEOUL — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that North Korea had cancelled an invitation for him to visit a factory park in the country that represents the last major cooperation project between the rival Koreas.

Ban had previously said that he wanted to go Thursday to the Kaesong industrial park just north of the heavily fortified Korean border to help improve ties between North and South Korea, which jointly run the complex but have seen always tense ties worsen in recent weeks.

He would have been the first U.N. chief to visit the factory park, which opened in 2004 and is a rare, legitimate source of foreign currency for the impoverished North, and the first U.N. head to visit North Korea since Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1993.

North Korea gave no reason when it told the U.N. of its decision to cancel his trip, Ban told a forum in Seoul on Wednesday. Analysts had said Ban’s trip wouldn’t likely bring any major breakthrough in ties between the Koreas, and some have calculated that Pyongyang made a last-minute determination to cancel because it was unlikely to get much out of such a visit.

“This decision by Pyongyang is deeply regrettable,” Ban said, adding he will spare no effort to encourage the North to work with the international community for peace and stability on the Korean

Peninsula and beyond.

Relations between the Koreas are strained over North Korean missile and other weapon tests that South Korea views as provocations. There are also worries about North Korea after South Korea’s spy agency said last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had his defense chief executed by anti-aircraft gun fire in late April.

Lim Byeong Cheol, a spokesman for Seoul’s Unification Ministry, expressed regret over the North’s decision, saying the country must accept offers for dialogue and cooperation by the U.N. and other members of the international community instead of isolating itself.

North Korea has sometimes invited high-profile figures such as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter under the expectation that those people would listen to its concerns and then mediate in various standoffs with the outside world, including allegations of human rights abuse and its pursuit of nuclear armed missiles that could hit the U.S. mainland. But Pyongyang now appears to have determined that Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, would only back the views

of Seoul and Washington during his trip, Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University, said.

North Korea likely didn’t want to see Ban “delivering a peace message ... and asking them to come back to six-nation nuclear talks without any preconditions and to talk to South Korea to improve ties,” Lim said. “I think North Korea has concluded Ban’s visit won’t be helpful for them.”

The Kaesong park opened during a period of warming ties between the Koreas and has been considered a test case for unification, pairing cheap local labor with South Korean know-how and technology.

It has survived periods of animosity, including the North’s artillery bombardment of a South Korean island in 2010, while other cross-border projects, such as tours to a scenic North Korean mountain, remain deadlocked.

In 2013, however, the park’s operations were halted for five months after North Korea withdrew its 53,000 workers amid tension over the North’s torrent of threats to launch nuclear attacks on Seoul and Washington. (ap)

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The American College of Physicians’ advice - BREAST CANCER

The American Cancer Society has long recommended annual mammograms starting at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which advises the government, says to get mammograms every other year from age 50 to 74, and says starting at age 40 brings little benefit but should be a personal choice if women are told the pros and cons.

The ACP sided with the task force’s approach, saying even experts who prefer mammograms at 40 agree that women should be fully informed of the pros and cons to help them decide for themselves.

Routine screening isn’t for 30somethings, and more expensive MRI scans aren’t for screening average-risk women, yet the ACP said doctors sometimes order both.

- COLORECTAL CANCER

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File

In this May 6, 2010 file photo, a radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a doctors’ group aims to ease some confusion — and encourage more discussion of testing’s pros and cons, with what it calls advice on “high-value screening” for five types of tumors.

Doctor group seeks to clear confusion in cancer screening

WASHINGTON — Mammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check?

Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a U.S. doctors’ group aims to ease some confusion — and encourage more discussion of testing’s pros and cons — with what it calls advice on “high-value screening” for five types of tumors.

Too often, even the doctors who order those tests aren’t sure of the latest recommendations, said Dr. Wayne J. Riley, president of the American College of Physicians, which published the advice Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

“We want to make sure that

folks get the right test at the right time for the right conditions,” Riley said. “We also want our physician colleagues to try to avoid the customary, knee-jerk reaction to just test without having some sort of dialogue” about the right choice for each patient.

So the ACP, internal medicine specialists, reviewed leading cancer screening guidelines to find the least intensive testing strategies with the broadest expert consensus.

Dr. Richard Wender of the American Cancer Society said even though it disagrees on some specifics, emphasizing areas of agreement is valuable, a starting point for those doctor-patient conversations.

Cancer screening is a balance to ensure the people who will benefit most get checked while not overtesting. After all, there are potential harms including false alarms that spark unneeded extra testing, and sometimes detection of tumors too small and slow-growing to be lifethreatening.

On the other hand, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month that too few people who clearly should be getting screened for certain cancers are. For example, 58 percent of people ages 50 to 75 had been recently checked for colorectal cancer; the government goal is 70.5 percent. (ap)

Colonoscopies, which allow doctors to see precancerous growths in the colon, get the most attention. But the ACP advised people ages 50 to 74 to choose from equally good screening choices: a stool test every year; a colonoscopy every 10 years; a sigmoidoscopy, which views the lower colon, every five years; or a combination of a stool test every three years and a sigmoidoscopy every five years.

The ACP said 60 percent of adults have colonoscopies more frequently than needed, adding no medical value but lots of cost.

- CERVICAL CANCER

Screening choices vary by age. The ACP found widespread support for a Pap test every three years starting at age 21. Starting at age 30, women may choose a combination of Pap and a test for the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer, a combination that lets them go five years between tests.

There’s little value in continuing to test women older than 65 if they were properly screened and had no problems; and HPV tests aren’t recommended before age 30 because HPV is so common in younger women.

- PROSTATE CANCER PS

A blood tests are highly controversial, with some groups recommending against them and others saying men should get them only after a discussion of the pros and cons. The ACP’s advice: Doctors should tell men ages 50 to 69 about the pros and cons, and order the test for those who then request it.

A third of men having PSA testing don’t recall even being told the test was ordered, the ACP said.

- OVARIAN CANCER

The new review found leading medical groups all recommend against blood tests and pelvic or ultrasound exams to screen for ovarian cancer in average-risk women. While this cancer often has spread by the time it’s discovered, there is no proven screening test for it.

Gene breakthrough sparks ‘‘home-brewed morphine’’ fears

PARIS - Scientists on Monday said they had unlocked a pathway for producing opiates from geneticallyengineered yeast but feared the discovery could one day be a bonanza for drug lords.

Other experts agreed, saying anyone with basic skills could use such a yeast to churn out morphine, codeine and drugs using a simple home-brew beer kit.

The discovery, published in the scientific journal Nature Chemical Biology, comes on the heels of a study published last month in the journal PLOS ONE. Together, the papers describe key steps towards bio-engineering yeast that would feed on sugar and exude opiates and other therapeutic drugs.

The goal is to provide cheaper and possibly less addictive painkillers from a dependable source, as compared to the poppy.

In Monday’s study, synthetic biologists at the University of California at Berkeley inserted an enzyme gene from beets to coax yeast into converting tyrosine -- an amino acid easily derived from sugar -- into a

compound called reticuline.

Reticuline is a molecular “hub”, meaning it is the springboard for making morphine, codeine and oxycodone, as well as anti-spasmodic drugs like papaverine.

The team did not go on to make these drugs, but the process of going from reticuline to codeine and morphine in yeast is already known. What had been missing in the knowledge chain was getting from tyrosine to reticuline.

The discovery may be a boon in pharmaceutics, but it also “dramatically speeds up the clock for when home-brewing drugs could become a reality,” the researchers cautioned.

“We’re likely looking at a timeline of a couple of years, not a decade or more, when sugar-fed yeast could reliably produce a controlled substance,” said John Dueber, who coled Monday’s paper.

“The time is now to think about policies to address this area of research. The field is moving surprisingly fast, and we need to be out in front so that we can mitigate the potential for abuse.” (afp)

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Bali House shows it uncertain attitude

DENPASAR - Some legislators of the Bali House said that they will accommodate the Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 in a number of regional bylaws to be issued even though the regulation is not in accordance with the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Bali provincial spatial plan (RTRWP).

This attitude is considered insecure by some circles. “This is not the matter of pros and cons against reclamation.

Reclamation is a serious problem because it involves ecological, social and cultural issues of Bali. The stakes are no other than the survival of nature and the future of Bali tourism,” said the Director of the Manikaya Kauci Foundation, Komang Arya Ganaris, Tuesday (May 19).

Arya also deplored the attitude of the politicians in the Bali House that are not responsive to major problems like this. “It has been fought by Balinese people for nearly 2.5 years.

So, the politicians, especially in the legislative, should provide a quick response,” he said.

Arya added that all licensing processes of the reclamation are handled in central government. However, the Bali House seems to forget that the problem originates from the lack of transparency in the region. Finally, it results in a polemic and kindles people’s reactions that are allowed to roll up to now. “It’s the talking about the problem of the region, so that they should have maximum authority on the issues in the region. It does not mean to go up against the central

government, but to fight for the aspirations of the region in order to save the environment and culture,” he said.

A member of ForBALI, Ngurah Termana, admitted to be sad because the Bali House always provide uncertain answers. The people’s representative elected by the people should carry the people’s aspirations. One of them is by struggling so that the Presidential Regulation No.51 can be revoked. Moreover, the study of the Udayana University has mentioned that the Benoa Bay reclamation is not feasible to do. Similarly, some experts also claimed that the reclamation has detrimental impacts on the environment.

Termana also questioned about the legislators that have never received and even listened to the aspirations of the people that oppose the reclamation. On the contrary, the legislators even easily accept the input of those who support the reclamation. “As well educated people, the legislators should analyze it that the reason of rejection against the reclamation has been very clear and accompanied with accurate supporting data. The most obvious is that the Udayana University, the largest campus and the pride of Balinese

MANGUPURA - Enforcement of the National Health Insurance (JKN) is likely to increase the burden of Badung people. It happens because the policy scheduled to come into force in 2017 will merge health insurances that are enjoyed by the public all this time such as the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) and the Manguwaras Badung People Health Insurance (JKKB).

“Currently the people in Badung are still quite comfortable with the health insurance, namely the JKBM, JKKB Manguwaras and JKN. With the new regulation, the Regional Health Insurance (Jamkesda) will be singly merged into JKN. Thus, the Badung people can no longer enjoy free health insurance,” said the Head of the Badung Health Agency, Gede Putra Suteja, Tuesday (May 19).

According to him, currently the government needs to make legal instrument so that the comprehensive health care can still apply in 2017.

Otherwise, the government will be difficult to help subsidize the health insurance for people having higher premium. “Premium of the Jamkesda only amounts to IDR 10,000 per person. If the JKN is totally ap-

plied, the premium can reach IDR 19,000 per person,” he said.

He explained that the people of Badung covered by the Jamkesda reach 395,000. When the Jamkesda (JKBM and JKKB Manguwaras) and JKN are merged, then the people of Badung will not entirely be covered by the comprehensive health insurance. “To provide comprehensive and free services for the people of Badung in 2017, the government should increase the budget of subsidy,” he said.

Currently, he added, the total budget provided by the government to guarantee public health in Badung reaches IDR 60 billion. If the government wants to provide comprehensive service in 2017, then it should increase the budget of subsidy as much as IDR 40 billion.

“If wishing to finance the community in the JKN, it should increase the budget,” he said.

In response to this problem, a member of the Commission III of the Badung House, Made Sumerta, revealed that his party strongly supports if there is additional budget in the field of health in Badung.

“If the government needs a legal instrument to help people through comprehensive health care in 2017,

IBP/Wawan

Motorists passed Benoa Bay’s reclamation plan rejection’s banner in Denpasar. Some legislators of the Bali House said that they will accommodate the Presidential Regulation No.51/2014 in a number of regional bylaws to be issued even though the regulation is not in accordance with the Regional Bylaw (Perda) on Bali provincial spatial plan (RTRWP). people, has declared that the Benoa Bay reclamation is not feasible. Why is it ignored?” he asked.

Previously, a lecturer at the Department of Geodetic Engineering, University of Gadjah Mada, I Made Andi Arsana, PhD., also assessed that the reason of counter party is more scientific than those supporting the reclamation. For example, in terms of environmental aspect, some points are in line with the research he has ever done.

“On the one side, it also has good-

ness and there is an example of it. But, the reclamation can have bad impacts and there are a lot of examples of it, and it is supported by scientific arguments, when I talk about the environment,” he said.

Andi said that reclamation is a form of human intervention on nature, while those supporting the reclamation consider this plan can add to a new space of activity and artistic creativity. Maybe it contains a truth, but the reclamation, according to him, is not a matter of a new space for the art

creativity only. Reclamation cannot be solely seen in terms of economic aspect. If there are damages to the environment, the economic benefits will not be able to pay for the damages.

“It should become a consideration factor of number two. The reason for making the reclamation a venue of performing art, for example, in some ways is understandable, but it should not be used as an economic reason, here we are talking about the intervention on the environment,” he said. (kmb32)

we in the House are also ready to help,” he said.

Nevertheless, according to Made Sumerta, in the absence of legal instrument, the government must also be able to do it. According to the rules of local government, the

management of high school and vocational school has been submitted to Bali provincial government. “So, the funds disbursed by Badung for high school and vocational school can be transferred to health sector, where one of them is for the

premium program of the JKN,” he concluded. (kmb27)

In 2017, Badung society no longer enjoys free health insurance

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Enforcement of the National Health Insurance (JKN) is likely to increase the burden of Badung people. It happens because the policy scheduled to come into force in 2017 will merge health insurances that are enjoyed by the public all this time such as the Bali Mandara Health Insurance (JKBM) and the Manguwaras Badung People Health Insurance (JKKB).

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Dozens of cultural heritage unrecognized

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The construction of projecting foundation along 200 meters at Penerusan Bay, Banyuwedang hamlet, Pejarakan village, Gerokgak, has not owned a building permit (IMB).

No building permit, Penerusan Bay reclamation stopped

SINGARAJA - The construction of projecting foundation along 200 meters at Penerusan Bay, Banyuwedang hamlet, Pejarakan village, Gerokgak, has not owned a building permit (IMB). It was found after the Buleleng Municipal Police with the Commission II of the Buleleng House made a site inspection. Municipal Police finally stopped all the activities of the resort and hotel construction.

The Chief of the Buleleng Municipal Police, I Made Budiastawa, said that the result of the monitoring against the physical construction of the connecting road projecting into the Penerusan Bay is not equipped with building permit. The development was forced to be stopped before the landowner can complete its licensing. “We respond and come down to check the location. Then, we immediately stop the activities under Regional Bylaw No.2 /2012 on Licensing.

In other words, any construction carried out without permission will be stopped,” said Budiastawa, Monday (May 18).

Previously, the two hectares of land is owned by the late I Made Mangku and it was then given to his son named Nyoman Budi Arsana alias Komang Milik from

Pejarakan village, Gerokgak. As the heir, Komang Milik then sold the land to an investor from Denpasar named Heri Mustika.

The landowner claimed to hold the copy of the land certificate dated 1982. While the transaction of buying and selling was done three months ago and the land will be used to build a tourist resort and hotel accommodation.

The Chief of the Buleleng Municipal Police, Budiastawa, asserted that based on the ownership title (SHM) the land reaching two hectares is alleged to have been sold for many times.

Due to the backfill, the mangrove forests were damaged.

Besides, the construction is declared to have violated coastal border zone. “Obviously it can

be classified into land conversion, from mangrove forest denoting the conservation area functioned as water catchment.

The more appalling is the development of foundation violating the coastal border zone because it is projecting toward the sea with the installation of foundation containing backfill materials,” he said.

In the meantime, Chairman of the Commission II of the Buleleng House, Putu Mangku Budiasa, added that the reclamation process is categorized into illegal action considering it has not owned a permit yet.

Backfill process through reclamation of coastal areas will damage the mangroves around the location. “I instruct to stop the activities until unspecified time,” he said. (kmb34)

SEMARAPURA - Dozens of cultural heritages in Klungkung of more than 50 years old have not received recognition from the government. Actually, some of the cultural heritages have been several hundreds of years old and become historical heritages. To register the cultural heritages in Klungkung, the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency has begun inventorying the cultural heritage in each subdistrict. One of the cultural heritages having not received the recognition is the Kertha Gosa tourist attraction. The building formerly used during the kingdom period is estimated to be built in the Caka Year 1622 or 1700 AD. Unfortunately, the building of some 300 years old has not got recognition. Not only that, many temples in a number of subdistricts should be listed as a cultural heritage, but have not received the recognition.

The Head of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, admitted that in Klungkung there are dozens of cultural heritages having not received recognition, including the Kertha Gosa.

According to him, so far it is only the Heritage Preservation Agency (BPCB) of Gianyar giving recognition as cultural heritage. However, after the issuance of the Law No.11/2010 on Heritage, Wayan Su-

jana will attempt to inventory the number of cultural heritage in each subdistrict.

“The Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency has established the team of cultural heritage registration and data collection assigned to inventory the number of cultural heritage in each subdistrict.

Besides, it also formed a team of experts of cultural heritage that will be assigned to examine a number of cultural heritages,” he said.

Temporary data of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency in collaboration with the BPCB Gianyar indicate that there are 46 cultural heritages in Klungkung where eight of which are in Banjarangkan, 24 units in Klungkung, 12 units in Dawan subdistrict and two others in Nusa Penida.

Wayan Sujana asserted that the number of cultural heritage in Klungkung County is ascertained to be more than the recorded number this time because there are many cultural heritages that have not been recorded and performed studies. “As in Nusa Penida, only few temples have been recorded such as the Penataran Ped and Puser Saab Temple at Batumadeg village.

Actually Nusa Penida still has more temples with the age of over 50 years which need to be assessed as cultural heritages,” he concluded. (dwa)

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JIMBARAN - InterContinental Bali Resort is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Frederic Brohez as Resort Manager.

Belgium-born, Frederic spent his childhood in Jakarta and studied the International Baccalaureate of Ge-

neva at Jakarta International School, later graduating from Bournemouth University in England. Frederic

comes to Bali, post leading the preopening team at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, Australia.

Frederic commenced his career in the hospitality industry in 1999 at Helmcken Falls Lodge, British Columbia, Canada, before joining the InterContinental Hotel Group at InterContinental Carlton in Cannes, France, and working his way up through the ranks to establish a solid background in hotel operations. He has worked at InterContinental Hotels and Resorts in places as diverse as Barcelona, Paris, Mar Menor in Spain, Amman in Jordan, Beirut & Algeria.

A passionate, energetic and hands-on leader, Frederic said of his new role, gI am thrilled to be joining InterContinental Bali Resort; it will be an honour to be working with such a dedicated team.h In his capacity as Resort Manager, Frederick is responsible for the overall daily operations of InterContinental Bali Resort. He draws on his high level of self-discipline and creative nature to drive the IHG brand and take guest services to the next level. gItfs a pleasure to welcome Frederic to our team. His expertise, drive and leadership skills will be a valuable asset to the resort given the high level of customer satisfaction. I am sure that his experience and knowledge will surely continue to move us forward in achieving our objectivesh, comments Mr. Michel Chertouh, Area General Manager of InterContinental Bali Resort.

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is estimated that the peak of dengue cases will occur until June.

Until May 19, 2015, a total of 246 dengue cases are handled. Starting in February 2015, the number of dengue fever patient handled amounted to 19 people and then in March rose to 87 people. In the meantime, in April the number of dengue cases has reached 102 people.

She said that one of the dengue patients is being treated at the Klungkung Hospital, namely Komang Linda Agrelia, 11. The patient has been hospitalized for four days. Previously, this student of the SDN 2 Semarapura elementary school got high fever. When checked to nearest public health center, the platelets of Komang Linda continued to decline until finally she was rushed to Klungkung Hospital to undergo inpatient.

The father of Komang Linda, Nyoman Susarjana, revealed that around his house on Jalan Dewi Sartika Gang II there were five more people suffering dengue cases. Although the fogging has been conducted, the cases remain to occur in the settlement. (dwa)

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Residents asked to be alert, dengue patients soar SEMARAPURA - Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) case in Klungkung County has increased dramatically. Starting February until this May the Klungkung Hospital continues to receive patients showing an increase in dengue cases.

Klungkung Hospital will then refer to Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar, when experiencing bed overcapacity due to the increase in dengue cases.

Managing Director of the Klungkung Hospital, Made Adi Swapatni, revealed that there are 18 dengue patients treated at the Klungkung Hospital. When compared to the number of dengue cases in previous month, it shows a quite high increase of cases in March and April. “The average number of dengue patients hospitalized in the previous month maximally reached five people per day. Now, it increases to 18 people per day,” she said, Monday (May 19). Despite the increase, her party admitted that the bed capacity of Klungkung Hospital is still able to accommodate DHF patients. However, if the hospital capacity is overloaded, her party will make a referral to Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar. It

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Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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CANNES — Bollywood star and l’Oreal ambassador Aishwarya Rai may well have caused boats to crash as she posed for cameras on the Cannes dock at the photo call for her film “Jazbaa” on Tuesday.

The 41-year old beauty wore a bordeaux-colored Oscar

de la Renta organza and silk taffeta gown with layered lattices that gave a classic gown

a fashion-forward twist.

The dropped waist and long torso ensured that everyone got

a sense of her enviable figure and her deep red lips purred sexy. (ap)

Critics slam HBO drama ‘Game of Thrones’ for rape scene LOS ANGELES — A U.S. senator is among those condemning a rape scene on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

In a comment tweeted Tuesday, Sen. Claire McCaskill described the sexual assault as “gratuitous” and “disgusting.” The Democratic lawmaker from Missouri said she was done with the show.

Others critics included the website The Mary Sue, which offers a feminist view of pop culture.

The website posted that it would no longer promote “Game of Thrones” and said that rape is not a device to drive a story.

HBO declined comment Tuesday on the reaction to the episode that debuted last Sunday. An after-hours call to McCaskill’s office seeking further comment was not immediately returned.

The attack involved newly married characters Sansa, played by Sophie Turner, and Ramsay, portrayed by Iwan Rheon. Ramsay’s rape of Sansa

was off-camera, suggested in her cries and the distress on a bystander’s face.

The scene differed from the work of George R.R. Martin, whose novels are the basis of “Game of Thrones.” In Martin’s work, a different character marries Ramsay and is sexually assaulted by another man at Ramsay’s direction.

Last season, HBO was slammed over another rape scene, that one involving incestuous lovers. The show’s ongoing graphic violence also has drawn criticism.

Despite the attacks, “Game of Thrones” remains a steady hit in its fifth season. (ap)

This photo provided by courtesy of HBO shows, Sophie Turner, left, as Sansa Stark, and Iwan Rheon, as Ramsay Bolton, in a scene from season 5 of “Game of Thrones.”

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Sam Smith undergoes successful vocal cord surgery

BOSTON — Grammy Award winner Sam Smith has undergone successful vocal cord surgery at a Boston hospital.

Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement Tuesday

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— the singer’s 23rd birthday — that he is expected to make a full recovery.

The surgery to stop recurrent vocal cord bleeding was performed by Dr. Steven Zeitels,

who has performed the same procedure on Steven Tyler, Lionel Richie and Adele.

Smith’s song “Stay With Me” won Grammys for song and record of the year and he also was

named best new artist in February. The British’s singer’s “In the Lonely Hour” was named best pop vocal album.

According to the hospital, Smith’s condition was the result

of unstable blood vessels in the vocal cord that can rupture and make it difficult to speak and almost impossible to sing.

Smith’s next live show is scheduled for July 18. (ap)

Local fishermen catch fish with traditional fishnet in one of beaches in Bali Island. Chairman of the Economist Association of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, argued that the increasing economic growth must also be enjoyed by more people. However, the reality is different where the economic growth of Bali on the average of six percent is dominantly enjoyed by outsiders.

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DENPASAR - Chairman of the Economist Association of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, ar- coming from outside,” he said.

On that account, he said that gued that the increasing economic growth must also be enjoyed by more people. However, the reality is different where the economic growth of Bali on the average of six percent is dominantly the great tax collected by government must be appropriately used enjoyed by outsiders.

“This happens due to the high growth of investment in Bali is so far still dominated by investors from outside Bali and overseas. To that end, the government should increase the real sector,” said Prof.

Rahyuda on Tuesday.

Aside from building real sector, Bali relying on the service sector also requires human resources with high competition and willingness to work hard. Those who have a nor-

mal competency will be marginalized in finding job opportunities.

“Moreover, the current human resource competency of Bali from all sectors remains very low, so that it cannot compete against those

to improve the competitiveness of human resources. “In addition to boosting the real sector, the government should also backup the agricultural sector. By doing so, the high unemployment rate as a result of competition can be

resolved,” he said.

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