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Stoner keen to get back to winning ways CASEY Stoner says only the top step of the podium during this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca will be good enough as he bids to increase a championship lead that is coming under threat.

Having broken away with a run of three consecutive wins in France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Stoner has been reeled in by Jorge Lorenzo over the last two rounds, with the gap between them now stood at 15 points.

Nonetheless, the Repsol Honda rider is optimistic heading to the United States Grand Prix, an event he last one during his 2007 title-winning year with Ducati. Indeed, though he is pleased to have been a victory contender in every race this season, he wants to get back to winning ways.

“I’m looking forward to going to Laguna Seca. It’s a circuit I’ve always enjoyed quite good results at and we’ve always been naturally quite fast there. The track itself is a very tight and technical track, there are lots of sweep-

ing gradients and unusual corners with a lot of camber, so you need to be delicate on the track and not ‘attack’ it too much.

“We’ll be looking to improve our results from the past three weekends - three podiums are great - but I’m here to win races, so we’ll be aiming to get back on the top step next Sunday in Laguna. It’s been a pretty tiring few weeks and we have another back to back race now, but I love going to America and the area of Monterey is truly beautiful, the fans are always very welcoming and the atmosphere there is fantastic.”

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McLaren is confident that F1’s adoption of pre-Silverstone diffuser regulations will allow it to once again lead the fight against Red Bull on the weekend. Managing Director Jonathan Neale said the change of regulations at Silverstone had hit the Woking squad harder than either Red Bull or Ferrari, but promised his team would once again be in contention at the Nurburgring.

0.7 seconds, that’s why we found ourselves dropping back. Up until then, we were the only ones putting up a creditable fight against Red Bull, having both drivers winning races.

“We’re not by any means being complacent about the progress that Ferrari has

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Britain’s McLaren Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, right, leads Spain’s Ferrari Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso during the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 10, 2011.

made, or the development of Red Bull, but our job is to beat both of them and that’s what we’re going to do.”

Neale insisted McLaren could overhaul its current points deficit to Red Bull – Hamilton sits 95 points behind Vettel in the drivers’ standings, while McLaren lies 110 points adrift in the constructors’ – but admitted the team would have to be aggressive and take risks to do so.

“F1 isn’t something you can play safe in, it’s about taking risks and getting the balance right,” he said.

“Clearly when you are coming from behind, as we and Ferrari are, then you have to work very hard at that. “In terms of car development, it means that we have to push very hard to close the gap. It is about taking risks.

“Obviously in the latter part (of Silverstone) Fernando was able to show what he was able to do and the underlying pace of the Red Bull showed itself again. We’re mindful of that, not at all complacent, but we’re not too petrified.”

Neale also insisted that McLaren would continue to devote all its efforts into improving the current car and catching Red Bull, saying: “This organisation exists to win races, and while it is mathematically possible to win the championship, it’s possible.

“Even if it isn’t, that’s not to say we won’t try and win races – its good for us, our drivers and it’s what we’re about. We’re not going to make it easy for Red Bull, put it that way.”

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Riot in Bangli, a man killed Bali Post

Bangli – Riot between thousands of people from Songan, Kintamani District with the rest of Bangli happened on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The incident caused a man died due to heavy wounds cmade by sharp object.

Australia’s Casey Stoner of the Repsol Honda team steers his bike during the third free practice session of the Moto Grand Prix at the Sachsenring Circuit on July 16, 2011 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, eastern Germany.

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“When you look at Silverstone, the impact of the engine regulations and rules cost us more than both Ferrari and Red Bull - and that is a matter of fact, not opinion,” Neale declared during a Vodafone phone-in on Wednesday. “We probably went backwards relative to them by about

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Firstly, hundreds of people from Songan were trying to attack the Kawan Village. The intention was noticed by one of the villager so he immediately warned the villagers by pounding the traditional Balinese bell or “kulkul bulus”.

Thousands of inhabitants of Kawan village then rush to the scene while carrying weapons.

However, the police officer managed to stop the group from Songan before they reached Kawan Village. After the incidents, the inhabitants of Kawan village raided Bangli Hospital, government offices and dormitory to find people from Songan The climax happened at 5 pm local time. The incidents had been heard by everyone in Bangli area and “kulkul bulus” in Puri Agung Bangli was sounded 2 hours later. It means that the city will be attacked. The sound of the “kulkul” made thousands of people from Kawan and Gunaksa got out of their home. They were heavily armed because they heard that the villagers of Songan would come to the city.

The barricade being set up by Bangli Police Department could not stop the people from Songan who were headed to the city.

A truck of the police was damaged during the incident. Due to the damage road, the people from Songan went to the city through the west but they met with the people from the city. Big riot then happened.

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The people of Bangli heavily armed gather on the road after the riot happened in the city. The riot caused four people injured and a man died.

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NUSA DUA - China and Southeast Asian countries agreed Wednesday to a preliminary set of guidelines in the South China Sea dispute, the Chinese side said, a rare sign of cooperation in a row that has plagued relations in the region for years.

But a broader accord on which country owns what in waters believed to be rich in gas and oil remains as far off as ever.

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ASEAN countries and China some minutes ago, on the guidelines of implementation on the DOC (Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea),” China’s assistant foreign minister, Liu Zhenmin, said.

“This is an important milestone document for cooperation among China and ASEAN countries,” Liu told reporters on the sidelines of a forum between ASEAN foreign ministers and other regional powers on the Indonesian island of Bali this week.

The guidelines are an initial set of steps toward the more conclusive declaration, which China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been in deadlock over since 2002.

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Mosque and supermarket threatened by bomb Tabanan (Bali Post)—

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A car is filling a gas to a gas station

Fuel stock in Bali remains secure Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Bali is ascertained to experience no fuel scarcity. Asep Wicaksono, General Manager of Pertamina Bali, revealed the fuel availability in Bali was guaranteed to be secure and unaffected by polemic in central government. Triggered by the price hike plan of Pertamina that was rejected by government, fuel distribution in a number of regions across the country had found difficulty. As a result, long queues occurred at petrol stations in some regions.

“So far, the fuel stock in Bali stays secure, we never ask for additional quota because it is determined by government,” said Asep Wicaksono in Denpasar, Tuesday (Jul 19).

As a leading world tourist destination, the availability of fuel stocks in Bali had to be secured. “Bali is the face of Indonesia, so do not let the fuel shortage happen,” he said.

According to him, Pertamina had not received any reports on the existence of queues at petrol stations across Bali. If emptiness happened

to one or two petrol stations for particular types of fuel was considered a common obstacle as it had something to do with distribution process of fuel to petrol stations.

“Up to this moment, there has been no report related to scarcity.

For Bali region, it’s relative secure and no problem. If there is empty petrol station, it does not matter as it is only a matter of distribution.

However, if there are queues at petrol station, it’s really a problem,” he said.

When asked about fuel con-

sumption considered to have not reached the proper target by community, namely the purchase of Premium type by the owner of luxury vehicles, Asep was reluctant to give comments. According to him, the obligation of Pertamina was only to sell fuel to the public.

Meanwhile, the rest was the authority of government to conduct supervision.

“Our duty is only to sell, but the matter of control over the purchase of fuel is the government’s affairs,” he added. (par)

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Bomb terror shook Tabanan on Tuesday (Jul 19). Hardy’s Supermarket and Kediri Mosque were threatened to be bombed by unknown people via SMS. Such terror action was received in person by Deputy Chief of Tabanan Police, I Made Astawa.

The terror was sent for six times. First message was received at about 8:36 a.m. Local Time. It said the sender threatened to blast the Hardy’s supermarket and a mosque in Kediri simultaneously. Interestingly, aside from threatening to bomb, the sender also blasphemed the badness of police institution and the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti.

Such terroristic SMS had been replied for two times by Deputy Chief of Tabanan Police. Once replied, the sender was even more furious. Ultimately, the SMS was sent at 9:02 a.m. Since his party did not want to miss, Tabanan Chief Police and the apparatus came down to location. Bomb squad team of Bali Police, dog support unit and mobile brigade unit were deployed to participate. The supermarket located near Jalan Bypass Kediri was immediately closed. All employees and visitors were evacuated away from the scene.

By means of bomb detection equipment and dog support unit, the officers searched the corner of supermarket. At the same time, the officers also investigate the Kediri Mosque. After nearly an hour to hold the sweeping, the officers did not find any suspicious objects, both in the supermarket and mosque. Although no bomb was found, the officers remained to localize these two sites. Personnel of mobile brigade with long-barreled firearm were alerted in front of respective location.

When it was declared safe, police re-opened Hardy’s and Kediri Mosque.

“We only take anticipative measures against the disturbing threat to residents. On that account, we assign a bomb squad team,” said Chief of Tabanan Police, AA Made Sudana.

The officer explained the terroristic SMS was sent from number 0896 8560 9002 anonymously. Though it indicated resentment, police did not want to speculate related to the motive of terror. Moreover, it had also blasphemed the Regent of Tabanan. “His motive remains unclear. We will first trace the sender of terror disturbing the community,” he said. After the incident, Tabanan Police obliged local security officers to tighten the supervision against all visitors.

Bomb terror did not only surprise the Tabanan Police. Employees and visitors of the supermarket rushed to go out once heard there was a bomb in the supermarket. Store Manager of Hardy’s Tabanan, Widarmadi, explained that his party had already opened at around 8:00 a.m. An hour later, police informed there was bomb terror in the supermarket. At that time, there were approximately 20 visitors who started shopping.

“We finally asked visitors and employees to leave the supermarket,” he said. The man claimed to have no slight suspicion before the incident because the terror was just known from Tabanan Police. The terror also attracted the attention of local residents. They got confused to see a lot of police around the mosque and supermarket. Moreover, the supermarket was suddenly closed and strictly guarded. (udi)

Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero returns the ball to his compatriot Pablo Andujar during the final tennis match of the ATP World Tour in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on July 17, 2011.

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Golubev, Ferrero fall at first hurdle in Hamburg tennis Associated Press Writer

Defending champion Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Spanish clay court ace Juan Carlos Ferrero both fell at the first hurdle to German challengers at the ATP Hamburg tournament here on Tuesday. Last weekend’s Stuttgart winner Ferrero fell 6-3, 6-2 to German wild card Cedrik-Marcel Stebe while Golubev, a surprise winner here last year, crashed out 7-5, 6-3 in his first round match to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

“It was a tough match,” said Kohlschreiber, who converted four of his 10 break point chances. “I knew he didn’t win so many matches this year, but of course if you feel great at a place like here — you’re the winner from last year — you always know you can play very good. I knew he was very dangerous today.”

Stebe, ranked just 168th, made light work of former world number one Ferrero, who had marked his return from injury by winning on the same surface in Stuttgart on Sunday.

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At 20 years Stebe is the youngest competitor in the tournament and is next set for a rematch with Russian Nikolay Davydenko, who beat him in a three-setter in the first round in Stuttgart last week.

Pablo Andujar, losing finalist in Stuttgart, beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-2, 6-2.

Radek Stepanek, the 2006 runner-up to Tommy Robredo, saved all four break points he faced and hit eight aces past German wild card Andreas Beck for a 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) win.

Argentine Juan Monaco achieved his 15th win in 17 matches on clay this season, beating Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli 6-3, 7-5. In second round action, German wild card Tobias Kamke, ranked 90th, ousted seventh-seeded Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1, 6-4.

French fifth seed Gilles Simon advanced to the third round beating Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 61, along with Jarkko Nieminen who beat another Ukrainian, 10th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

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GAP, France — Three-time champion Alberto Contador mixed up the Tour de France overall standings with a powerful move on the Col de Manse.

While the same seven contenders topped the standings after the 17th stage Tuesday, Contador moved up a spot to sixth. Thor Hushovd won the stage in a breakaway.

Contador, baring his teeth as his tires sizzled on the rain-slick roads, surged out of the pack on the mid-grade Col de Magne climb, and held on through a treacherous downhill finish in the 101-mile ride from SaintPaul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap. “I knew I needed to attack,” Contador said. “I couldn’t care

less if someone kept on my wheel — I knew one of them would fail.

I’m so happy. It has been a major gap, much bigger than I expected.”

The unexpected surge by the Spaniard shook up the leaderboard at cycling’s greatest race, which ends Sunday in Paris after a jaunt Wednesday into Italy, then two days in the Alps, and a time-trial Saturday in Grenoble.

Among the contenders, only Cadel Evans kept up. The Australian actually outpaced Contador by 3 seconds at the end.

But Contador, who lost time with crash trouble earlier in the race — trimmed 18 seconds off his deficit to overall race leader Thomas Voeckler of France, cutting it to 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

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NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, left, plays basketball with his fan at a basketball clinic in Changsha in south China’s Hunan province, Saturday, July 16, 2011.

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SHANGHAI - Yao Ming has made it possible for young Chinese basketball players to chase their NBA dreams and the country will produce more top quality players in the coming years, All Star guard Kobe Bryant said on Tuesday.

Several reports in the media have said that injury-plagued Yao will officially announce his retirement from the game at a news conference on Wednesday.

China’s state television CCTV would run a four-hour program on the player, including a live broadcast of the news conference at a hotel in Yao’s hometown Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Yao became arguably Asia’s biggest sports figure when he was selected first overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA draft.

“In terms of opening up doors for Chinese basketball players to come to the NBA, or for the youth here in

China to believe that it’s possible to achieve the dream of being an NBA player, all that started from Yao,” Los Angeles Lakers guard Bryant said. “The movement that started in the NBA of the influx of European players coming to the NBA was started by Vlade Divac, Dino Radja and those guys.

“Even that movement didn’t have the impact and magnitude that Yao Ming has had. And on top of that, he’s just a heck of a basketball player to boot,” Bryant, who is in China on a promotional tour, added.

The seven-foot, six-inch (2.3meter) Yao, an eight-times All Star, has been plagued by assorted in-

juries in recent years and missed the entire 2009-10 NBA season after suffering a fractured bone in his left foot.

He played only five games for the Rockets last season before being sidelined on November 10 when he injured his ankle during the a game. Bryant felt Yao would leave a lasting legacy and more Chinese players would make it to top-flight NBA teams.

“Since I have been coming here and doing clinics and basketball camps with kids, you see the improvement year after year and the determination to get better and the passion they have for the game,” said Bryant.

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Uruguay beats Peru to reach Copa America final hand, but he covered up quickly just inches from the goal line.

Uruguay, tied with Argentina with 14 Copa America titles, won its last Copa trophy in 1995. It was the runner-up in 1999, losing to Brazil, which had won four of the last five Copa America titles entering this tournament.

Uruguay is fielding nearly the same team it did a year ago, when it also went farther in the World Cup than South America’s two giants. Brazil and Argentina both lost on penalties in the Copa America quarterfinals. Brazil lost to Paraguay and Argentina went down against Uruguay.

Chile, which had been the best team in the group stage, was upset by Venezuela 2-1 in the quarterfinals.

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Bali needs to trengthen cultural tourism Denpasar (Bali Post)—

LA PLATA, Argentina — Luis Suarez scored in the 53rd and 58th minutes to lead Uruguay past Peru 2-0 on Tuesday night and into the Copa America final. goal in the 53rd, taking a long, low shot that Peru keeper Raul Fernandez dived to his left to save. But Suarez swarmed on the rebound and sent the ball into the open net from a sharp angle with Fernandez sprawled on the ground.

Suarez struck again 5 minutes later when he took a pass near midfield that split two defenders, then broke for the goal. When Fernandez came out to stop him, he stepped around to his right and rolled the ball into an open net.

Peru’s Juan Vargas was shown a red card in the 69th minute.

Peru had its best scoring chance in the 84th when Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera leaped high to stop Paolo Guerrero’s long shot.

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To seize tourism ‘pie’ at homeland

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Uruguay, which reached the semifinals of last year’s World Cup, will be looking for a record 15th Copa America title in Sunday’s final against either Paraguay or Venezuela, which meet in the other semifinal Wednesday in Mendoza. The final will be Sunday in Buenos Aires.

Peru, which was the worst team in South American World Cup qualifying just a year ago, has been one of the surprises of the South American championship and has played without its top two forwards, Jefferson Farfan and Claudio Pizarro.

Suarez added some spark after a disappointing first half of few chances and little sustained possession.

Diego Forlan set up the first

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Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (C) celebrates with teammates forward Diego Forlan (L) and midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez, after scoring against Peru, during the 2011 Copa America semi-final football match, at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires, on July 19, 2011.

Sao Paulo throw in towel on Tevez deal Agence France Presse

Brazilian side Corinthians have admitted defeat in their attempt to sign Argentinian star Carlos Tevez from Manchester City.

City manager Roberto Mancini had said on Monday that the English Premier League club had agreed to a deal but the Brazilians contradicted him and then said Tuesday that time had run out with the transfer window in Brazil for players coming in from abroad closing Wednesday night.

The Brazilian side’s initial offer for the 27-year-old striker was reportedly worth 40 million euros ($63.57m) but there has been much debate between the two clubs on how the fee would be structured.

In a statement on their website, Corinthians said the deal was off. “There is no more sufficient time for the transfer to go through,” the statement said.

However, the club added

that “we hope to be able to count on Tevez in the near future.” Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said the clubs had not been able to agree all the financial loose ends nor on a length of contract for the player who left the club for West Ham in England in 20006 a year after helping Corinthians to the league title.

Amid the proposals and counter-proposals, Corinthians president Andres Sanchez had said Monday his board would assess Manchester City’s offer carefully but the board has clearly decided that there are too many sticking points to clinch a deal in the time available.

Striker Tevez wants to leave Manchester to be closer to his daughters, who live in Buenos Aires with their mother, his estranged partner.

The Argentina forward, who also starred for Manchester United for two seasons, led City to FA Cup glory and Champions League qualification last season.

Maintaining cultural tourism is believed to be one of the solutions to overcome the imbalance of tourism sector. Head of Bali Government Tourism Office, IB Kade Subhiksu, stated that by strengthening Bali as cultural tourism Balinese community could get involved. Development of cultural tourism was aimed at improving the welfare of Balinese people evenly and sustainably.

“Such an endeavor is also intended to preserve the natural environment of Bali as the buffer of community life and culture of Bali sustainably,” revealed Subhiksu in Denpasar on Tuesday (Jul 19).

According to him, Bali government had made replacement of the Regional Regulation No. 3/1991 on Cultural Tourism, known as Bali Cultural Tourism. Currently, the regulation draft referring to the Law No. 10/2009 was under discussion in the Legal Bureau to be further continued to parliament. “We also provide Technical Guidance on tourism for community and appealed young people through counseling on Tourism Awareness to improve their tourism education. In addition, it also aims at placing the community as the subject to give more participation in tourism,” he said.

He said the tourism business should characterize Balinese culture, have a vision to preserve Balinese culture, and participate in the cultural development. Meanwhile, the development of tourist destinations had to be carried out by paying attention to indigenous wisdom, cultural preservation, environment, rural communities and sustainability of tourism businesses.

Meanwhile, Coordinator of ASITA for Bali, NTB and NTT Region, Bagus Sudibya, also stated that cultural tourism was a type of tourism based on the mosaic of places, traditions, art, ceremonies reflecting diversity and identity of the community. Bali inspired by culture deserved to get critical attention from all parties. “With an earnest concern, it is expected to provide benefits for greater prosperity of the people without sacrificing the noble values becoming the spirits of Balinese culture and supporting Hindu devotees,” he said.

Bagus Sudibya judged if Bali did not offer the social culture, probably there would be no attraction for tourists to visit. On that account, he expected that government as formulator of policy should be courageous and decisive to determine the concept, vision and mission Bali cultural tourism.

“Maintaining the cultural concept in tourism development will have an impact on the cultural preservation, innovation and creativity as well as intercultural harmony, employment and income to regionally generated revenue and foreign exchange,” he said.

Nevertheless, the effort to improve cultural tourism involving the community in its development faced a number of obstacles in its application. For instance, local human resources did not know about the vision of tourism development clearly and the ability to manage an object professionally. “These factors have made tourists to prefer the alternative tourist attractions because their service and facilities are more comfortable than watching a cultural show,” he said. (par)

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Officers are moving the motorcycle which violat the rule

Congestion in Ubud

Rampant, violators of parking and illegal traffic signs Gianyar (Bali Post)—

One of the causes of congestion in Ubud tourist area is violation against parking ban sign and illegal traffic signs posted around the streets. Such a condition was seen again within the past few months until Tuesday (Jul 19). Parking at improper location and emergence of private ban signs at locations where parking was actually allowed had caused a number of vehicles to find difficulty to park. As a result, this disruption led to congestion.

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Tourists are enjoying their time in Sangeh

Ultimately, the public order officers (Satpol PP) deployed to discipline seemed overwhelmed with the existing offenses. The violation was caused by parking and installation of private parking ban signs. For instance, it could be seen in front of the Ubud Market. The officers found three private parking ban signs posted on the road boundary lines.

Similar violations were also encountered by the officers in the east of Ubud Market, west of Ubud Market, in front of Happy Inn Art Shop, in front of the office of Ubud Village Chief, in front of Starbucks Coffee and on Jalan Cok

Sudarsana. Each individual owning the sign had been admonished with reprimand letter.

Additionally, the policing led by Operational Head of civilian security guard (Trantib), I Gede Daging, also disciplined the parking violations, both motorcycles and cars. Nine offenders were found because motorcycles were parked on sidewalk. The offenders were given direct guidance orally and asked to immediately move their motorcycle at that time.

Chief Unit of Satpol PP Gianyar, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said that enforcement efforts conducted in Ubud area was to cre-

ate the observance of community against prevailing regional regulations. To realize this condition in Ubud, his party would continue to provide guidance and enforcement against violations. No matter how small the violation or deviation was, his party would do proper precautions, he explained.

His party expected the support and participation of community to jointly maintain the order and peace by complying with the existing rules so that comfort could be maintained. “When it is comfortable, not jammed and chaotic, it’s also for the sake of our interest,” he explained. (kmb16)

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N. Korea can avert uprising: S. Korea minister Agence France Presse

North Korea is grappling with an unfavourable situation but the regime’s tight grip on its people will prevent any Arab-style uprising, South Korea’s defence minister said Wednesday. “The state of affairs in the North is indeed inauspicious and anything can happen there,” Kim Kwan-Jin told a forum, without elaborating.

“We may consider whether the Jasmine Revolution could find its way into North Korea,” the minister added, referring to popular revolts that toppled autocratic North African rulers.

But the North “still maintains strong control” over its people, Yonhap news agency quoted him as saying.

The impoverished North suffers persistent food shortages and downpours this month battered many areas. United Nations agencies say more than six million people urgently need such food aid.

The South, which blames its neighbour for two deadly border incidents last year, refuses to provide government aid.

Seoul accuses Pyongyang of torpedoing one of its warships with the loss of 46 lives in March 2010.

The North denies the charge but last November killed four South Koreans including two civilians in a border island bombardment. “Now we can’t afford not to respond to North Korean provocations,” minister Kim told the forum.

“Since the (1953 Korean War) armistice, North Korea has repeated a pattern of carrying out provocations, negotiating to win a few concessions and then provoking again. It may just repeat these steps.”

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a similar warning during a visit to Seoul last week.

Admiral Mike Mullen (2nd R), chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command flag to South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin (2nd L) as outgoing General Walter Sharp (R) and incoming General James Thurman (L) looks on during a change of command ceremony for the top commander of US troops in South Korea, at a US Army base in Seoul on July 14, 2011.

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BELGRADE - Serbia’s last major war crimes fugitive, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted for crimes against humanity during the 1991-95 Croatian war, has been arrested, Serbia’s president said on Wednesday.

Goran Hadzic, 52, was a key figure in the breakaway Krajina Serb republic in Croatia, and after the arrest of wartime General Ratko Mladic earlier this year, he was Serbia’s last remaining figure sought by the United Nations war crime tribunal in The Hague.

“This morning Goran Hadzic

was arrested in the region of Fruska Gora,” said President Boris Tadic, who called a special news conference to announce the arrest. Fruska Gora is a hilly, pastoral region noted for its many Serb Orthodox Monasteries, although Tadic said Hadzic was not arrested in a monastery or a military barracks.

His arrest, and that of Mladic, followed several years of intensive work by Serbian officials, he said.

“We’ve been working very hard in the past three years,” Tadic said.

“You have to work, you have to prepare your actions and at the end of the day you have your results.”

He cited the killing of Osama

In a photo made July 6, 2011, a woman jumps into Kipu Falls in Lihue, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. But the alluring beauty of the waterfall and natural pool conceals a deadly side. Five visitors to Kauai, all male, have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years.

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Prime Minister David Cameron arrived home to face a gruelling parliamentary examination on Wednesday over the phone-hacking scandal, a day after Rupert Murdoch told lawmakers he was not to blame for the crisis. Cameron returned to London late Tuesday from an African trip which was cut short to allow him to address the House of Commons and answer lawmakers’ scrutiny over his links to Murdoch’s media empire.

Australian-born mogul Murdoch on Wednesday vowed News Corp. would bounce back from the scandal, saying he would never tolerate such behaviour at his global empire. “I want all of you to know that I have the utmost confidence that we will emerge a stronger company,” he said in a message to staff, seen by AFP. “It will take time for us to rebuild trust and confidence, but we are determined to live up to the expectations of our stockholders, customers, colleagues and partners.

“We are a great company that has set the pace and created much loved journalism, television and film for six decades and we will continue to do so for years to come.”

Murdoch called his appearance before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday the “most humble day of his life” but his grilling was interrupted when a protester attacked him with a foam pie. The 80-yearold News Corporation chief’s Chinese-born wife Wendi Deng leaped up and slapped the assailant, who was dragged off by police, before the parliamentary committee resumed quizzing Murdoch and his son James.

The attack came near the end of more than two hours of questioning during which Murdoch denied ultimate responsibility for the scandal that forced him to shut the News of the World newspaper. Appearing frail and at times stumbling to a halt in his testimony, he did however apologise to the victims, saying at the outset: “I would just like to say one sentence. This is the most humble day of my life.”

The scandal has rocked Murdoch’s global empire, forced two of Britain’s top police chiefs to resign and placed Cameron under pressure. Murdoch said it was “not an excuse” but that with a company of 53,000 staff he could not be blamed for failing to uncover the scandal.

Asked whether “ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco”, Murdoch tersely replied: “No”.

When pressed over who he blamed, Murdoch said:

“The people that I trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted.” But he said he was “absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case two weeks ago,” referring to a murdered teenager whose phone was allegedly hacked by the News of the World.

Murdoch also said there was “no evidence at all” the newspaper targeted 9/11 victims, a claim that has sparked an FBI investigation in the United States.

However, his son James Murdoch admitted News International had paid the legal fees of Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator jailed in 2007 when the hacking at the paper was first exposed. Around two hours into the hearing, a man in a checked shirt jumped up and attacked Murdoch with a plate covered with foam.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron

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bin Laden earlier this year after a decade-long U.S. manhunt. “We also had the same situation,” Tadic said.

Hadzic is charged with ordering the killing of hundreds and the deportation of thousands of Croats and other non-Serbs from the region of Croatia he took over.

For years he was overshadowed by the higher profile ethnic Serb fugitives Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader, and his military commander Mladic. Hadzic may ultimately be remembered mostly as the man who evaded justice longer than others charged with crimes in the 1990s Yugoslav wars.

Popular Kauai swimming hole gets deadly reputation AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy

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LIHUE, Hawaii — Travel guidebooks call Kipu Falls “a glorious little hidden place” and a “swimming hole extraordinaire.” Five visitors have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years, including two since December. In most of the cases, the swimmers jumped off the top of the waterfall into the pool of bluegreen water about 20 feet below, then were pulled to their deaths while attempting to swim to the shore.

Others have suffered chest injuries, rope burns, perforated eardrums and broken and sprained ankles. A teenage girl was paralyzed after jumping there.

The deaths have given rise to speculation about whether there’s a powerful whirlpool current in the swimming hole and prompted local authorities to push for greater restrictions to the site. The local tourism bureau became so alarmed by the toll that it mounted a campaign last year to push guidebooks to remove all references to the place.

It supported a bill before the Hawaii legislature that would have made writers and publishers of travel guides liable if a reader is injured or dies while trespassing on private property they have depicted.

The bill died amid protests from publishers who said it violated their First Amendment rights.

The latest victim, Santhosh Heddese of Irvine, Calif., drowned on June 26. Rescue divers found the 35-year-old’s body at the bottom of the pool an hour later.

The Kauai Visitors Bureau is also urging hotel concierges and tour operators to steer people away from the area.

Sue Kanoho, the agency’s director, notes anyone who goes to the falls is trespassing. Kanoho helped Heddese’s widow get the couple’s luggage home after he died last

month. She said it was “devastating” to see another tragedy.

“I’ve really asked the community and the visitor industry, please, let’s not send people there,” Kanoho said. The deaths have some locally questioning whether an angry “mo’o” — a Hawaiian water spirit lizard — lives in Kipu Falls.

“I kept thinking, something just held him down there. What possibly could have sucked him back down to the bottom of the pond?” said Christine Kauhi, whose 26year-old son, Kulana Kauhi-Apao, from the Honolulu suburb of Kaneohe, drowned last December.

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SKorean students ditch paper for digital books Associated Press Writer

GOESAN, South Korea — Outside the classroom a hot summer day beckons, but fourth-grade teacher Yeon Eun-jung’s students are glued to their tablet PCs as they watch an animated boy and a girl squabble about whether water becomes heavier when frozen.

The small scene in this rural town is part of something big: South Korea is taking a $2 billion gamble that its students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet PCs as part of a vast digital scholastic network.

France, Singapore, Japan and others are racing to create classrooms where touch-screens provide instant access to millions of pieces of information. But South Korea — Asia’s fourth-largest economy — believes it enjoys an advantage over these countries, with kids who are considered the world’s savviest navigators of the digital universe.

A 2009 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-headquar-

tered grouping of wealthy nations, found 15-year-olds in South Korea scored highest in their ability to absorb information from digital devices, beating runners-up New Zealand and Australia by a large margin.

At Sosu Elementary School in Goesan, principal Jo Yong-deuk speaks of a future in which his students interact in virtual reality with Ludwig van Beethoven and Abraham Lincoln. In the classroom, the children scribble answers in their tablet PCs with touchscreen pens as they watch the video clip explaining the scientific properties of frozen water.

“I liked this chapter, but my favorite clip is one where they show how flowers blossom and trees bear fruit in spring,” 11-year-old Jeong Ho-seok said with a wide grin.

More than 60 primary, middle and high schools are now using digital textbooks as part of their curriculum, according to the state-run Korea Education and Research Information Service, which provides technical support for the program.

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In this Friday, July 15, 2011 photo, South Korean student Lee Sanghyup, front, and his classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan, South Korea. The country is taking a $2 billion gamble that its students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet PCs as part of a vast digital scholastic network.

Lifestyle changes may cut Alzheimer’s risk: study Agence France Presse

Up to half of worldwide cases of Alzheimer’s disease could be due to modifiable lifestyle risk factors, according to a study released Tuesday based on a mathematical model. The theoretical analysis suggests that seven known behaviour-related risk factors, taken together, account for 50 percent of the more than 35 million cases of dementia worldwide.

The findings “suggest that relatively simple lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity and quitting smoking could have a dra-

matic impact” on the number of Alzheimer’s cases over time, said lead researcher Deborah Barnes, a professor at the University of California in San Francisco.

The study, presented at an international Alzheimer’s conference in Paris, is among the first attempts to link risk factors with the degenerative brain disease, which causes memory loss, disability and eventually death.

Only a tiny percentage of cases — about one percent — are clearly caused by genetic factors.

Otherwise, while the process by

which the disease attacks nerve cells in the brain is well known, its origins remain poorly understood.

Barnes and colleagues used a statistical method to measure the percentage of cases which might be attributable, at least in part, to each of the risk factors assessed.

Worldwide, they found that a low level of education was linked to 19 percent of cases, smoking to 14 percent, physical inactivity to 13 percent, depression to 11 percent, midlife hypertension and obesity to five and two percent, respectively, and diabetes to two percent.

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Review: ‘Myth’ depicts teen angst as poetry Associated Press Writer

Not a single moment rings false in “The Myth of the American Sleepover,” the quietly observant, gently insightful feature debut from writer-director David Robert Mitchell. What’s amazing is that Mitchell has taken a genre that’s overly familiar — the all-night teen dramedy — and makes it feel refreshing and new. He also makes it look effortless: By assembling a cast of unknowns, some of whom had never acted before, he creates a warm aura of authenticity and naturalism. Rather than seeming stiff, these kids simply feel real.

Mitchell is clearly paying homage to “American Graffiti,” both in structure and tone, and has similarly set it in the place of his own youth, suburban Detroit. But “Myth” never lapses into parody. It’s too earnest for that, it has more substantial plans. And rather than invoking a specific era the way George Lucas’ film did, Mitchell’s movie could take place at any time; these kids don’t have cell phones or flat-screen TVs, but one character wears pajamas from Victoria’s Secret’s ubiquitous Pink line.

The approach makes “Myth” even more accessible for viewers, regardless of age. Young people now can watch it and see themselves, without a drop of irony or condescension; adults, meanwhile, can long nostalgically for an adolescence they may only wish they’d actually experienced.

At the high school track and the community pool, the grocery store and the dance studio, Mitchell follows several characters as they prepare for and attend a series of parties and sleepovers. “Myth” takes place in that wistful time when summer’s about to end and a new school year’s about to begin. There’s a hazy energy that lulls you in, a leisurely pace to the dialogue.

Potentially big moments like a first kiss or the revelation of a hidden crush are handled in the same low-key, intimate way as a secret cigarette or a bike ride down the street.

Maggie (standout Claire Sloma) is the movie’s sassy, rebellious flirt; her sidekick is the sweet, shy Beth (Annette DeNoyer). Together they navigate these final days before their freshman year in high school with a mixture of wonder, awkwardness and bravado.

Claudia (Amanda Bauer) is the

In this publicity image released by Sundance Selects, Marion Morton, left, and Wyatt McCallum are shown in a scene from “The Myth of the American Sleepover.”

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newcomer at school, a sophomore who’s dating a senior. This makes her the target of bad-girl Janelle (Shayla Curran), who’s at once envious and curious. Claudia is one of several girls who are invited to Janelle’s sleepover, where the activities include a game of Ouija and too much cheap, red wine straight out of the bottle.

Rob (Marlon Morton) is on the lookout for a beautiful and mysteri-

Actor Hugh Grant (pictured) has led a charge against the British tabloids by taping a former News of the World journalist admitting to “industrial scale phonehacking” at the paper

ous blonde he spotted while shopping with his mom at the supermarket earlier that day. He ends up at another sleepover with a bunch of similarly horny, immature dudes whose idea of trouble includes eggs and toilet paper.

Finally, there’s Scott (Brett Jacobsen), who’s home from college and at a crossroads. He’s not sure he wants to return following a bad breakup, and the memory of a set of

pretty twins he knew from highschool drama productions leaves him longing for a missed romance.

You can feel the yearning in every frame — the angst, the need to belong, to be understood and loved — but also the restless desire to grow up fast and prove yourself. Mitchell finds a balance that’s just right in juggling all these emotions and presenting them believably in screen.

Rebecca Black debuts 2nd music video, ‘My Moment’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Unlikely viral video star Rebecca Black has released a follow-up to her first hit, “Friday.”

Black’s second music video, “My Moment,” debuted Monday. In less than 24 hours, it was watched more than 1.9 million times on YouTube. It’s also streaming on her website and is available on iTunes.

The video is better produced than her “Friday” video, which amassed more than 160 million views before it was removed from YouTube last week. Black and her team have disputed the rights of the video with Ark Music Factory, the company Black’s parents paid $4,000 to produce it.

In “My Moment,” the 14-year-old Black revels in her fame, with shots of her on the red carpet, in the studio and basking in newspaper headlines about her.

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Hugh Grant win legal victory in hacking case Associated Press Writer

LONDON — A British judge has awarded “Notting Hill” actor Hugh Grant the right to see evidence that could reveal whether his voice mails were intercepted by journalists at the now-defunct News of the World.

A judge at Britain’s High Court said police should disclose information to him that was allegedly gathered by private investi-

gator Glenn Mulcaire and used by the Sunday tabloid and other newspapers.

Grant, who says he was told his phone was broken into by the News of the World, has been one of the most prominent celebrity critics of the 168-year-old tabloid, which was shut down earlier this month amid a widening scandal over its misdeeds.

Socialite Jemima Khan was also given the right to see the phone hacking evidence.

Police declined comment Wednesday.

FILE - In this April 15, 2011 photo, teen pop singer Rebecca Black poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Black debuted her second music video, “My Moment,” on Monday, July 18, 2011.

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Maya Ubud Resort & Spa Launching New Facilities UBUD – The award winning Maya Ubud Resort & Spa opened its new Fitness Center and Yoga Pavilion on Friday, July 15, 2011. Located on the western side of the resort adjoining the tennis court and overlooking the pitch & putt golf green.

The fully air-conditioned Fitness Center features the latest state-ofthe-art exercise equipment offering our resort guests the opportunity to enjoy their regular workout whilst on vacation. On the upper level, a generous 187 square meter space provides an excellent venue for daily yoga in a tranquil atmosphere, with stunning views over the resort gardens and the adjacent rice terraces.

The Fitness Center is open from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm daily and offers the services of a Personal Trainer. As part of our wellness program on the floor above, a one hour complimentary “Yoga for Beginners” session is conducted each morning for all to join. Following this, the pavilion is available for private yoga lessons, group sessions or yoga retreat activities. These new facilities complement the resort’s other holistic wellness programs.

“Since the inception of Maya Ubud, we have constantly striven to upgrade and improve our product to meet the every growing requirements of our guests”, commented Paul Blake, General Manager.

Other recreational facilities and activities available in Maya Ubud Resort & Spa include two infinity-edge swimming pools, a hard surface, floodlit tennis court, pitch & putt golf green, Pilates lessons, Balinese cooking classes, nature walks, village trekking excursions and mountain biking.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011 09 Jul Pura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar 10 Jul Pura Peninjoan

26 Jul Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badung Pura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

Besakih - Karangasem

16 Jul Pura pasek Gelgel Kukuh,Marga - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg - Tabanan Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Guwang, Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Dalem Setra Batununggul Sewana,Nusa Penida Klungkung Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar 17 Jul Aci-aci Penaung Taluh di Penataran Besakih Karangasem Pura Gunung Kuripan Lombok Pura Tirta Besakih - Karangasem Pura Purnama Camenggaon,Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Amerta Jati Komplek ALRI, Cinere - Jakarta Sel. Pura Jagatnatha Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Apuan,Susut - Bangli Pura Jagathitha Selong - Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Gobleg,Banjar - Buleleng Pura Desa, Pura Puseh Batur, Kitamani - Bangli Pura Asah (Alas Arum) Batur,Kintamani - Bangli Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk,Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru - Lumajang, Jatim Pura Pengubengan Besakih - Karangasem Penataran Agung Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah,Batur,Kintamani Bangli Merajan A. Puser Jagat Meranting Batukandik,Nusa Penida - Klungkung 23 Jul Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

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30 Jul Pura Kepisah Sumerta - Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - Badung Pura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- Bangli Pura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-Tabanan Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri Tabanan 01 Aug Odalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - Karangasem Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem 03 Aug Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar Buleleng 05 Aug Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - Bangli Pura Beratan Baturiti - Tabanan Pura Batu Klotok Lepang - Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - Gianyar Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Pura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem 06 Aug Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang - Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - Badung Pasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - Gianyar Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

Balinese Temple Ceremony 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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Powerful earthquake strikes southern Kyrgyzstan Associated Press Writer

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Demonstrators flee as Malaysian police fire tear gas at them during popular protests in in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has censored sections of an article in The Economist magazine about a mass rally for electoral reform because of “incorrect information”, a report said Wednesday

Malaysia censors Economist article on protest Agence France Presse

Malaysia has censored sections of an article in The Economist magazine about a mass rally for electoral reform because of “incorrect information”, a report said Wednesday. The magazine’s publisher was directed to black out parts of the story in the July 16 edition after consultation with police, Home Ministry official Abdul Aziz Mohamad Nor was quoted in The Star daily as saying.

“We went through the article and found the incorrect information,” he was quoted as saying, adding it could mislead readers. The censored parts in the article, entitled “Taken to the cleaners”, refer to the death of a man during the protest and to police action in putting down the rally.

Police say the man died of a heart attack, while his family claim he collapsed after running away from tear gas. The protest, which saw more than

10,000 people take to the streets to call for electoral reform, has raised the ire of the government, who said the July 9 rally was an opposition ploy to tarnish the country’s image.

Government leaders have defended the police, who cracked down on the protest with tear gas and water canon and arrested more than 1,700 people, as preventing worse chaos.

The opposition-backed rally was

organised by an electoral reform group calling for, among other things, longer campaign periods and an end to vote buying ahead of the next elections widely expected to be held by next year.

Malaysian mainstream media is largely government-linked and controlled through printing permits, but online news portals and blogs, which are not subject to any permits, have flourished.

China says 14 extremists killed in Xinjiang attack Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — Ethnic religious extremists armed with homemade weapons attacked a police station in China’s restive far west earlier this week in a planned siege that ended with 14 of the 18 attackers dead, China said Wednesday in a new detailed account of the violence.

State media variously have blamed terrorists, rioters or thugs for Monday’s violence in the Xinjiang region. An exile group that advocates for greater Uighur autonomy instead has said a peaceful protest turned into a bloody clash between police and demonstrators.

Xinjiang has been beset by ethnic conflict and a sometimes-violent sepa-

ratist movement by Uighurs (pronounced WEE’-gurs), a largely Muslim ethnic group that sees Xinjiang as its homeland. Many Uighurs resent the Han Chinese majority as interlopers.

A group of “religious extremists” opposed to the Chinese government arrived two days earlier in Hotan and organized the terror attack in the city, a Xinjiang regional government spokeswoman told The Associated Press.

“They arrived in groups on the 16th with several dozen different knives including cleavers, axes and switchblades,” the spokeswoman, Hou Hanmin, said. “They also went to a local market to buy other knives and materials to make molotov cocktails and homemade bombs.”

The men first stabbed a Uighur security guard at the gate of the police station before storming inside. They later took several hostages, including two female Han Chinese who were stabbed to death. A Han Chinese paramilitary officer was killed by a bomb the attackers set off, she said.

Four other hostages, all Uighur, were also injured, she said. “The attack was not about ethnicity,” Hou said, “They were charging into the police station to oppose the government and create violence.” Hou said the men took down a Chinese flag at the station and raised a black flag with Arabic writing on it but she couldn’t say what the writing meant. They were “shouting slogans like ‘Sacred War’ and ‘Allah,’” she said.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan early Wednesday. No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.2 temblor hit at about 1:35 a.m. local time in an area some 22 miles (35 kilometers) away from the Uzbek city of Ferghana, which has a population of more than 200,000.

In Andijan, the next-largest city in Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley, roughly 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the epicenter, residents told The Associated Press that many people had left their homes in panic and were spending the night in the streets. Media reports from across the area carried similar testimonies about shaking buildings and cracks appearing in the walls of people’s homes.

The Emergency Situations Ministry said there was no available information yet about casualties or damage. National protection commissions were traveling to the affected areas to provide assistance, the ministry said. Quakes are a relatively frequent occurrence in this mountainous region of former Soviet Central Asia. A 6.6-magnitude quake near Kyrgyzstan’s borders with Tajikistan and China flattened the remote mountain village of Nura in July 2008, killing at least 74 people.

Kanat Abdrakhmatov, head of the National Academy of Science’s seismology institute, said Wednesday’s temblor appeared similar to the one that struck Nura, and that there would likely be some damage because buildings in the area are structurally weak. The Kyrgyz side of the border is sparsely populated and most roads are poor, which could hinder emergency operations.

Mamadzhan Berdishev, press secretary of the city administration in Batken, the nearest urban center to the quake in Kyrgyzstan, said residents in the area contacted authorities in a panic overnight. “It was so terrifying. It shook so hard,” Berdishev said.

The highway linking Batken to the biggest city in the south, Osh, was closed off because of falling rocks, but was later cleared by emergency workers. Six villages in Batken province’s Kalamzhai district lost power after a substation was damaged, Berdishev said.

One Russian news agency reported people feeling the quake as far away as Dushanbe, the capital of neighboring Tajikistan, at least 185 miles (300 kilometers) southwest of the epicenter.

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From page 1 Four people were injured and a man died during the riot. The injured victims immediately left the hospital after receive treatment so

it was no clear from which side were they. While the killed victim was an elderly man about 50 years old but the identity cannot be confirmed. Currently hundreds of people from Songan still stayed in Gunaksa area.(puj)

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From page 1 According to Indonesian officials, earlier drafts created context for future rules on marine environmental protection, scientific research, safety of navigation and communication, search and rescue and combating transnational crime, but did not address drilling.

The agreed upon draft has not yet been released, and it is unclear if it contains wording about any of those issues.

Liu said the settlement on the guidelines, which the countries had wrangled over for six years, would be submitted to foreign ministers for final approval Thursday.

In recent months China has been squaring off with the Philippines and Vietnam on what each says are intrusions into the other’s territorial waters.

The South China Sea dispute was expected to take center stage at the ASEAN meetings this week, but China has long opposed what it calls other countries inserting themselves in bilateral disputes.

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton due in Bali later this week, China’s official Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, reiterated Beijing’s disapproval of such meddling.

“This doesn’t mean China is in the wrong, and certainly doesn’t mean China is afraid of anything. We maintain this position simply to prevent the issue from expanding or becoming more complicated,” the newspaper said. China has previously sharply criticized the United States for holding military drills in the contested waters.

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BUSINESS Asian stocks rise following healthy US earnings Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, boosted by healthy earnings reports from U.S. companies and optimism that U.S. and European politicians may be closer to working out their debt problems.

Crude oil climbed above $98 while the dollar weakened slightly against the euro and yen.

Investors took heart after big U.S. companies such as Coca-Cola Co., IBM and Apple reported better quarterly earnings. Coca-Cola said income rose 18 percent on strong overseas sales, while IBM beat analyst estimates. Apple said sales of iPads and iPods helped profits more than double.

News that U.S. politicians were making some headway on a plan to reduce the deficit and raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit to avoid a default also added some optimism. Investors were also keeping an eye on Europe’s debt crisis ahead of a meeting Thursday of European Union leaders in Brussels to discuss a second bailout package for Greece.

“Hopes of some form of a deal for Greece have grown and even disparaging comments from the German

chancellor (Angela Merkel) about any agreement being reached failed to dent confidence too much,” strategists at Credit Agricole CIB said in a research note.

Merkel said Tuesday that the summit wouldn’t yield a quick and comprehensive solution to deal with the debt crisis. She said there won’t be anything as “spectacular” as a restructuring of Greek debt or an agreement on eurobonds.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average rose 1.2 percent to 10,009.81 and South Korea’s Kospi was up 1.2 percent to 2,155.22. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.5 percent to 4,534.10.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.1 percent to 21,924.34. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand also rose.

Mainland Chinese shares, however, fell, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 0.4 percent to

2,785.62.

U.S. stocks had one of their best days of the year on Tuesday.

The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest one-day gain this year, up 202.26 points, or 1.6 percent, to close at 12,587.42. The broader S&P 500 index rose 21.29 points, or 1.6 percent, to 1,326.73, its best day since March 3. The Nasdaq gained 61.41 points, or 2.2 percent, to 2,826.52.

In currencies, the dollar fell to 79.12 yen from 79.24 yen late Tuesday in New York. The euro, meanwhile, crept up to $1.4143 from $1.4134.

Oil prices rose above $98 in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies dropped more than expected, a sign demand may be improving.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 67 cents to $98.17 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude rose $1.57 to settle at $97.50 on Tuesday.

Fed’s Hoenig: growth to continue at modest pace Reuters

KANSAS CITY - A top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday the U.S. economy should grow at a modest pace for the next several years, but issued a harsh criticism of the U.S. central bank’s just-concluded bond buying program.

“The outlook for the U.S. economy is that we will continue to grow at a modest pace of somewhere between 2.5 (percent), on a good quarter, 3 percent, at least in terms of next year and the year beyond,” said Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig.

Hoenig is one of the most outspoken critics of the Federal Reserve’s exceptionally easy money policies. He is not a voter on the Fed’s policy-setting panel.

The Kansas City Fed chief has persistently objected to the extent of the Fed’s aggressive steps to support a weak recovery from a sharp recession that ended in June 2009.

When he was a voter on the Fed’s policy-setting Federal Open Market

Committee in 2010, he dissented at every rate-setting meeting on the grounds that policy should be tighter.

He renewed his sharp criticism of Fed policies on Tuesday, calling the Fed’s most recent bond buying initiative to stimulate economic growth — QE2 because it was the second round of quantitative easing — a back-handed funding of U.S. borrowing.

“QE2 was a monetization of $600 billion of debt,” Hoenig told a conference on agriculture sponsored by his institution.

Top officials at the Fed deny their purchases of Treasuries were a deliberate monetization the U.S. debt.

Chairman Ben Bernanke has said Fed purchases of Treasuries are aimed at lowering longer term interest rates and are the central bank’s most effective tool for stimulating growth when short-term rates are near zero.

Hoenig’s outlook for growth puts him squarely in the center of Fed forecasts for 2011, but at the low

end for 2012 and 2013.

The Fed sees U.S. growth at between 2.7 percent and 2.9 percent this year, 3.3 percent to 3.7 percent next year, and 3.5 percent to 4.2 percent the year after that.

Hoenig offered an extremely gloomy prognosis for economic stability, telling his audience that he fears a repeat of when periods of ultra-accommodative monetary policy has resulted in either high inflation or the creation of a price bubble that burst with disastrous consequences.

The Kansas City Fed president’s views differ from many policymakers at the U.S. central bank. Bernanke said last week that the Fed is ready to respond with more actions to spur growth if the recovery falters, although he made clear no action is imminent.

Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said on Monday that the central bank would likely keep its easy money policies in place until it saw some improvement in the labor market, where unemployment rose to a lofty 9.2 percent in June.

Euro dips before EU summit, buy backs support Yen Reuters

SINGAPORE - The euro eased against the dollar on Wednesday, dogged by lingering doubts over whether a euro zone summit this week will quell investors fears of contagion risks from Greece’s sovereign debt crisis.

The euro had gained a bit of reprieve the previous day after Italian and Spanish 10-year government bond yields came off their recent peaks.

But the single currency remained vulnerable, given uncertainties about the details of a new aid package for Greece to be discussed at a summit of euro zone leaders on Thursday, and concerns over whether the meeting will soothe concerns that the debt crisis may engulf Italy and Spain.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel doused expectations for Thursday’s emergency euro zone summit, saying the widespread longing for a single, final solution to make the Greek crisis disappear once and for all was unrealistic.

“There hasn’t been any progress and the euro just seems to be moving this way and that within a range,” said Tsutomu Soma, senior manager for Okasan Securities’ foreign securities department in Tokyo.

“I don’t think anyone can buy the euro wholeheartedly,” he said, adding that the euro may struggle to rise above resistance in the $1.4250 to $1.4300 area in the near term.

The euro fell 0.1 percent to $1.4135, but still sat well above a fourmonth low near $1.3838 hit last week.

The euro has support near $1.4120, which roughly coincides with trendline support on hourly charts. It faces resistance near $1.4219, a 76.4 percent retracement of its recent drop to $1.4015 from $1.4282.

Higher up, there is more resistance near $1.4300, right around the 55day and 100-day moving averages.

The euro held steady versus the Swiss franc at 1.1661, clinging to gains made on Tuesday, when it climbed 1 percent against the Swiss unit, boosted by reports that Germany plans to hit Swiss banks holding deposits from German tax dodgers.

The euro could find some support in the near-term, if Asian central banks convert some of the dollars purchased via dollar-buying intervention into the single currency.

Asian currency traders said a number of Asian central banks were spotted conducting dollar-buying intervention on Wednesday, including the central banks of Thailand and the Philippines.

The yen eased initially, both on the crosses and against the dollar, but later came off its lows.

The dollar eased 0.1 percent against the yen to 79.06 yen, having backed off an intraday high near 79.30 yen.

A Japanese trust bank trader said some players including Japanese exporters have lowered their dollar sell offers from near 79.50 yen as the dollar’s rebound has been limited since it dropped below 80 yen last week.

Akihisa Takeda, executive officer for Japanese margin broker Central Tanshi FX in Tokyo, said Japanese retail margin traders sold the dollar earlier when it rose toward its intraday high, adding that the leveraged retail traders were likely to keep selling dollar/yen and cross/ yen on rallies.

“There are profit-taking orders (in dollar/yen) above 79.50 yen,” Takeda said. Still, Japanese retail traders overall have been dollar buyers recently, looking for the dollar to rise to 80 yen, he said.

Indeed, data from the Tokyo Financial Exchange, the main exchange for currency margin trading in Japan, shows that margin traders’ net long position in dollar/yen and major cross/yen pairs combined had hit a record 722.3 billion yen on Monday.

In the fx options market, there are signs that market players are hedging against the risk of a further drop in dollar/yen in the wake of the dollar’s fall to a four-month low of 78.45 yen last week on trading platform EBS. One-month dollar/yen risk reversals now stand near 1.7 percent in favor of dollar puts, compared to a recent low of 0.55 percent hit early last week, showing a rise in demand for dollar puts compared to dollar calls. But Japanese retail investors have been undeterred, and continued to build up their bets against the yen following the drop in dollar/yen last week.

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Idul Fitri travelers using motorcycles to increase 15 pct Antara

JAKARTA - Jakarta Police predicted that the number of Idul Fitri travelers using motorcycles would increase by 15 percent this year from those last year, a police officer said.

“The number of motorists going to home towns to celebrate post-fasting festivities this year is expected to increase by 15 percent. This is based on the increasing trend in the motorcycle sales,” Jakarata Police Director for Traffic Affairs Senior Commissioner Royke Lumowa said.

He said that the increase in the

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.

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.

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.

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Solo meeting prelude to Rio +20 confab SOLO - The summit on sustainable development (HLD IFSD), otherwise also known as the “Solo Meeting,” is being held in preparation for the Rio +20 meeting in Brazil in 2012, Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said.

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“This meeting is important because it is a prelude to a meeting in Brazil in 2012,” the minister said here Tuesday.

The Solo Meeting which is being attended by 350 participants from 90 countries and 56 UN agencies and NGOs is to continue until Thursday (July 21).

Gusti added, the dialogue was very important because it was intended to draw lessons from the global economic crisis that occurred recently. Therefore, the realization of sustainable development requires strong, coherent and coordinated institutional frameworks.

The threat of food and energy cri-

sis necessitates a very careful approach to economic modernization so that it would not negatively impact on other dimensions of human life.

According to the minister, economic development that relies on natural resource exploitation had led to a crisis which affects the environment.

The adverse impact of economic development that does not pay attention to the needs of society and ignores the social dimensions of the environment is felt by the poor in developing countries.

“We need a common strategy in efforts to address sustainable development that encourages a balance between developed and developing

countries and still puts forward the principle of justice,” the minister said.

The highly complex global challenges such as economic development through industrialization has brought prosperity to many nations, and also has a major impact on ecological systems.

The ecological systems (ecosystems) that is necessary for the convenience of human life is currently in a situation of great crisis.

In addition, the extinction of endangered species continues to occur and threaten the biodiversity. Industrial waste has become a serious threat to soil, air and water.

“We all hope that this dialogue will run very productive and constructive, thus can be an important momentum in preparation for Rio+20 conference in June 2012,” the minister said.

BI: capital inflows still high Antara

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JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has predicted that the risk of capital inflows will remain high and can threaten financial system stability if a sudden reversal of ‘hot money‘ in state debt securities cannot be curbed.

The high access to global liquidity funds had raised the prospect of capital inflows to emerging markets including Indonesia, Bank Indone-

sia spokesman Difi A Johansyah said here on Tuesday.

“Capital inflows to Indonesia remain high thanks to strong domestic economic fundamentals and interesting yields,” he said.

Strong capital inflows to Indonesia would continue, the more so because the country was one step away from investment grade, he said.

“We will always be alert and keep monitoring the financial market so if there is a phenomenon of

crisis we have been prepared to deal with it,” he said.

Difi said the strong capital inflows were reflected by foreign holding of state debt securities which reached an estimated Rp242 trillion or 33.8 percent of the overall state debt securities issued.

Meanwhile, foreign investment put in Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBI) at the central bank reached Rp60.3 trillion or 33 percent of the overall SBI amounting to Rp189 trillion.

motorcycle sales happened after certain class train tickets for various directions during the Idul Fitri festivities at the end of next August, had been sold up.

The Jakarta Police recorded the number of motorcyclists in the 2010 Idul Fitri festivities at 375,000 units while demand for motorcycles had reached 900 per day.

He said that travelers using motorcycles came from Tangerang, Bogor, Depok, Bekasi and around Jakarta while their destination cities included East Java, Central Java, West Java and a number of cities in Sumatra.

Govt to launch market operations, bazaars Antara

JAKARTA - As the fasting month of Ramadhan is approaching, the prices of certain commodities have been showing an upward trend, while the government is pursuing various policies to prevent or counter sharp price hikes.

Although at present the prices of a number of commodities such as cooking oil, chili and sugar are going down, those of other commodities such as rice, chickens and eggs are now increasing.

Like in previous years, the prices of basic necessities always increase during the fasting month and the Lebaran festivities. Thus, prices will invariably increase, particularly a week before the Idul Fitri festivities.

In order to normalize prices, guarantee the availability of supplies and provide cheap commodities for low-income people during the fasting month and the postfasting Idul Fitri or Lebaran, the government will conduct market operations, organize bazaars and double food supplies.

The trade minister said that the National Logistics Agency Bulog should also increase its role in suppressing basic necessity price increases. “But Bulog is expected to launch market operations at retail markets while the trade ministry at wholesale markets,” she added.

In anticipation of lack of stocks or supplies, the government will double its staples supplies.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said that the government had prepared higher stocks (from 1.5 to 2.5 times higher then the normal one) of food and beverages each time the fasting month arrived.

He said that the government faced no problems with the availability of basic food such as meat, sugar, cooking oil, rice and wheat and it was expected that they would be enough until the end of Ramadhan.

The government will also organize bazaars in various parts of the country to give a chance to lowincome people to enjoy various basic necessities with relatively low prices during the fasting month.

“Bazaars are expected to reduce the burden of low-income people,” Minister Mari said on Tuesday.

The bazaars would be organized together with the central and regional governments in various regions.

“We even have a proposal from an East Java region to set up a kind of `Ramadhan village` where lowpriced basic necessities are to be sold there until the end of the fasting month,” she said.

The minister said that the demand for various basic necessities usually increased by about 20 percent in the run-up to the post-fasting Idul Fitri festivities or Lebaran.

At present however, the minister said, some prices on the national scale are now on the rise but some others are going down.

“Price increases have happened with rice, chicken meat and eggs while prices going down occurred with cooking oil, chili and sugar,” she added.

Mari said that the price of meat (beaf) usually increased several days before the Idul Fitri festivities. “Usually, price hikes take place three days before the D-Day but after the peak day, it goes down again,” the trade minister said.

Yet there is no problem with meat stocks. The stocks are enough for three months ahead.

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Bali Today Social Media, Technology Ways To Improve Asean’s P To P Antara

NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his speech at the opening ceremony of the 44th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) here on Tuesday underlined the importance of social media and internet technology to promote people to people contact in ASEAN. “For the first time, and in contrast to just 4 decades ago, the world are facing a reality where the frequency and depth of contacts between our citizens through cable television, Email, Twitter, Facebook - far exceed the formal contacts between Government officials. ASEAN too must respond this development. We must be creative and open-minded in harnessing the power of technology to promote people-topeople contact,” said the president.

He said one of the greatest tasks of ASEAN nowadays lie in how to promote more people to people contact within this region in the spirit of creating a more people-

centered ASEAN. “We must make ASEAN matter to our people. We must ensure that ASEAN improve the quality of our lives. And equally important, we must strive to include our people in everything that ASEAN stands for and achieve,” he said.

However the president reminded that advancing contacts between ASEAN citizens must also be managed in such a way that reduce complications and add benefits and opportunities. “This is because when millions of people engage across borders - as we have seen in bilateral contexts - there is bound to be issues and problems,” he added.

Palmyra Leaf Crafts Favored by Tourists Palmyra leaf has become one of the craft materials increasingly turning to be a new potential of gold mine.

As a result, it is taken advantage to make a variety of beautiful crafts that can bring money in, such as table ornaments, fans, hats, purses, festoons and so forth. These products also meet the needs of many traditional ceremonies in Bali A number of providers of processed palmyra leaf in the traditional art markets in Gianyar said the demand for palmyra handicrafts kept on coming from time to time. They were not only required before Galungan festivity, but also during wedding season and normal days. “Palmyra crafts are quite in demand in local markets and even they are also favored by foreign tourists coming here. Foreign tourists usually look for fans and festoons,” said Suryantini, a seller of processed papyrus in Ubud Market.

Palmyra leaf, added Suryantini, could be made into various alluring works of art. They were table ornament and other creations such as eagle, flower, fruit and so forth. Ac-

cording to this trader, table ornament in the form of garuda mythical bird was most preferred by consumers.

Assorted palmyra leaf craft ornaments were sold from IDR 50,000 to IDR 200,000 per piece.

High demands for processed palmyra leaf crafts were also justified by Made Karya, a trader doubling as crafter of the similar product. According to him, the demand for palmyra leaf crafts was very favored due to their beautiful look that could be combined with vibrant colors of textile dyes. The demand was getting higher when there was a certain celebration. “If there were many customary and religious activities in the community such as weddings and Galungan, we are often overwhelmed by the orders,” he said.

He added that the palmyra leaf ornaments were currently becoming a trend in society. By using this kind of decoration the cost incurred would be more economical and practical. In addition, they were far more beautiful and had a special attraction. (BTN/kmb)

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Saraswati Day, How Balinese Hindus Appreciated Knowledge There is important moment in appreciation of knowledge in Bali.

You can witness a religious ceremony called “Piodalan Saraswati” or the Saraswati Day, the day to worship God in His manifestation as the master of all knowledge. Every six months according to the Balinese calendar called pawukon (from Balinese word “wuku” which means week) on Saniscara Umanis Watugunung, Balinese Hindus give their greatest honour to the knowledge.

Most of the students in Bali will be busy performing the ceremony at schools, colleges and their houses. At home, they arrange books, magazines, dictionaries and everything related to the physical representation of knowledge, put them on the altar-like table. Special offerings called canang Saraswati and some other offerings are presented. They would not touch and read their books from morning until evening. Any activities that harm, burn and scratch books are considered as a betrayal of knowledge.

There are two important days that considered as the preparation day, called Petegtegan and Pangredanan. Both Petegtegan and Pangredanan remind us to be aware constantly, to do self-introspection, to face all the worldly temptation by holding the purity of knowledge.

In every ceremony, Balinese Hindus always come up with their imaginary symbols.

They symbolise Saraswati or Ida Sang Hyang Aji Saraswati, the goddes of knowledge as a beautiful woman with some attributes. She has four hands, riding on a white swan among water lilies to tell humanity that knowledge is like a beautiful woman, very enchanting. Her hands hold a palm leaf; a lontar (a traditional book that usually written in Balinese letters); a genitri (a chain with 108 pieces of small ball) symbolises that knowledge is never ending and has an everlasting life cycle; and a guitar or wina (musical instrument) symbolises that science develops through the growth of culture. The swans symbolise prudence, so that one’s knowledge

may distinguish between good and evil. The water lilies or lotuses are the symbols for holiness.

Some people prefer not to sleep all night, they perform some activities that have relationship with Saraswati day, like mekidung or mekekawin (singing a holy song) and meditation.

Banyu Pinaruh

On Banyu Pinaruh, which falls on Sunday, is a moment to reinvent yourself. People go to beach, lake or river and have a swim or wash to purify their mind, body and soul.

Some people take a bath with toya kumkuman (water mixed with flowers) and they will drink loloh (traditional medicine made from various leaves which is very good for our health) then pray together with their family begging for pure knowledge and wisdom.

The series of ceremonies to celebrate Saraswati Day indicate the importance of knowledge has to human life. The more knowledge people have, the wiser they should be in speech, thought and deed. (BTN/Doc)

International SAR Forum Kicks Off In Bali Antara

KUTA - Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono opened the International Search and Rescue (SAR) Forum of International Search And Rescue Advisory Group (ISF-INSARAG) for the AsiaPacific region here on Tuesday.

Agung was during the occasion accompanied by Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi, Head of the National Search and Rescue Board (Basarnas) Lt Gen (ret) Nono Sampono, INSARAG chief Tony Frisch and Putu Swardika representing Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika.

In his address, Agung expressed hope that ISFINSARAG would serve as me-

dia to increase Basarnas’ competence and encourage it to develop more comprehensive cooperation with its counterparts in other Asia-Pacific countries in the humanitarian field.

“Basarnas has proven its role in handling disasters in the country. I hope that by taking part in the forum Basarnas will increase its competence, cooperation and coordination at international level particularly with Asia-Pacific countries,” he said.

The opening ceremony brought together delegates from 21 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Myanmar, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States.

Following the opening ceremony Basarnas launched a cam-

Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice) OVERVIEW: Yellow, one of the four sacred colors makes this festive rice dish strikingly different from the normal, everyday steamed rice. The rice is cooked in lightly seasoned coconut milk and chicken stock for extra flavor, while the touch of oil in the coconut milk gives it a glistening appearance and keeps each grain separate.

INGREDIENTS: 1½ cups long grain rice, washed and drained 2½ cups coconut milk ¾ cup chicken stock 1 salam leaf 1 pandan leaf

paign program called SAR Goes To School. On the occasion, Agung handed a SAR book to a senior high school student, Numberi to a junior high school student and Sampono to an elementary school student.

“SAR Goes To School is part of the program to familiarize students with SAR and provide them with SAR skills with the aim of improving the people’s awareness since the very beginning so as to reduce the number of people killed or injured when disasters occur,” Sampono said.

Indonesia was appointed to host the three-day meeting based on the outcome of the first INSARAG global meeting held in Kobe, Japan, on September 14-16 last year.

1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 tbsp turmeric water 2 cm laos cut in 4 lengthwise slices 1 tbsp salt

PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in rice cooker or heavy stockpot and simmer, covered until don.

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serving. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his speech at the opening ceremony of the 44th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) here on Tuesday underlined the importance of social media and internet technology to promote people to people contact in ASEAN. “For the first time, and in contrast to just 4 decades ago, the world are facing a reality where the frequency and depth of contacts between our citizens through cable television, Email, Twitter, Facebook - far exceed the formal contacts between Government officials. ASEAN too must respond this development. We must be creative and open-minded in harnessing the power of technology to promote people-topeople contact,” said the president.

He said one of the greatest tasks of ASEAN nowadays lie in how to promote more people to people contact within this region in the spirit of creating a more people-

centered ASEAN. “We must make ASEAN matter to our people. We must ensure that ASEAN improve the quality of our lives. And equally important, we must strive to include our people in everything that ASEAN stands for and achieve,” he said.

However the president reminded that advancing contacts between ASEAN citizens must also be managed in such a way that reduce complications and add benefits and opportunities. “This is because when millions of people engage across borders - as we have seen in bilateral contexts - there is bound to be issues and problems,” he added.

Palmyra Leaf Crafts Favored by Tourists Palmyra leaf has become one of the craft materials increasingly turning to be a new potential of gold mine.

As a result, it is taken advantage to make a variety of beautiful crafts that can bring money in, such as table ornaments, fans, hats, purses, festoons and so forth. These products also meet the needs of many traditional ceremonies in Bali A number of providers of processed palmyra leaf in the traditional art markets in Gianyar said the demand for palmyra handicrafts kept on coming from time to time. They were not only required before Galungan festivity, but also during wedding season and normal days. “Palmyra crafts are quite in demand in local markets and even they are also favored by foreign tourists coming here. Foreign tourists usually look for fans and festoons,” said Suryantini, a seller of processed papyrus in Ubud Market.

Palmyra leaf, added Suryantini, could be made into various alluring works of art. They were table ornament and other creations such as eagle, flower, fruit and so forth. Ac-

cording to this trader, table ornament in the form of garuda mythical bird was most preferred by consumers.

Assorted palmyra leaf craft ornaments were sold from IDR 50,000 to IDR 200,000 per piece.

High demands for processed palmyra leaf crafts were also justified by Made Karya, a trader doubling as crafter of the similar product. According to him, the demand for palmyra leaf crafts was very favored due to their beautiful look that could be combined with vibrant colors of textile dyes. The demand was getting higher when there was a certain celebration. “If there were many customary and religious activities in the community such as weddings and Galungan, we are often overwhelmed by the orders,” he said.

He added that the palmyra leaf ornaments were currently becoming a trend in society. By using this kind of decoration the cost incurred would be more economical and practical. In addition, they were far more beautiful and had a special attraction. (BTN/kmb)

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

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Saraswati Day, How Balinese Hindus Appreciated Knowledge There is important moment in appreciation of knowledge in Bali.

You can witness a religious ceremony called “Piodalan Saraswati” or the Saraswati Day, the day to worship God in His manifestation as the master of all knowledge. Every six months according to the Balinese calendar called pawukon (from Balinese word “wuku” which means week) on Saniscara Umanis Watugunung, Balinese Hindus give their greatest honour to the knowledge.

Most of the students in Bali will be busy performing the ceremony at schools, colleges and their houses. At home, they arrange books, magazines, dictionaries and everything related to the physical representation of knowledge, put them on the altar-like table. Special offerings called canang Saraswati and some other offerings are presented. They would not touch and read their books from morning until evening. Any activities that harm, burn and scratch books are considered as a betrayal of knowledge.

There are two important days that considered as the preparation day, called Petegtegan and Pangredanan. Both Petegtegan and Pangredanan remind us to be aware constantly, to do self-introspection, to face all the worldly temptation by holding the purity of knowledge.

In every ceremony, Balinese Hindus always come up with their imaginary symbols.

They symbolise Saraswati or Ida Sang Hyang Aji Saraswati, the goddes of knowledge as a beautiful woman with some attributes. She has four hands, riding on a white swan among water lilies to tell humanity that knowledge is like a beautiful woman, very enchanting. Her hands hold a palm leaf; a lontar (a traditional book that usually written in Balinese letters); a genitri (a chain with 108 pieces of small ball) symbolises that knowledge is never ending and has an everlasting life cycle; and a guitar or wina (musical instrument) symbolises that science develops through the growth of culture. The swans symbolise prudence, so that one’s knowledge

may distinguish between good and evil. The water lilies or lotuses are the symbols for holiness.

Some people prefer not to sleep all night, they perform some activities that have relationship with Saraswati day, like mekidung or mekekawin (singing a holy song) and meditation.

Banyu Pinaruh

On Banyu Pinaruh, which falls on Sunday, is a moment to reinvent yourself. People go to beach, lake or river and have a swim or wash to purify their mind, body and soul.

Some people take a bath with toya kumkuman (water mixed with flowers) and they will drink loloh (traditional medicine made from various leaves which is very good for our health) then pray together with their family begging for pure knowledge and wisdom.

The series of ceremonies to celebrate Saraswati Day indicate the importance of knowledge has to human life. The more knowledge people have, the wiser they should be in speech, thought and deed. (BTN/Doc)

International SAR Forum Kicks Off In Bali Antara

KUTA - Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono opened the International Search and Rescue (SAR) Forum of International Search And Rescue Advisory Group (ISF-INSARAG) for the AsiaPacific region here on Tuesday.

Agung was during the occasion accompanied by Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi, Head of the National Search and Rescue Board (Basarnas) Lt Gen (ret) Nono Sampono, INSARAG chief Tony Frisch and Putu Swardika representing Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika.

In his address, Agung expressed hope that ISFINSARAG would serve as me-

dia to increase Basarnas’ competence and encourage it to develop more comprehensive cooperation with its counterparts in other Asia-Pacific countries in the humanitarian field.

“Basarnas has proven its role in handling disasters in the country. I hope that by taking part in the forum Basarnas will increase its competence, cooperation and coordination at international level particularly with Asia-Pacific countries,” he said.

The opening ceremony brought together delegates from 21 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Myanmar, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States.

Following the opening ceremony Basarnas launched a cam-

Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice) OVERVIEW: Yellow, one of the four sacred colors makes this festive rice dish strikingly different from the normal, everyday steamed rice. The rice is cooked in lightly seasoned coconut milk and chicken stock for extra flavor, while the touch of oil in the coconut milk gives it a glistening appearance and keeps each grain separate.

INGREDIENTS: 1½ cups long grain rice, washed and drained 2½ cups coconut milk ¾ cup chicken stock 1 salam leaf 1 pandan leaf

paign program called SAR Goes To School. On the occasion, Agung handed a SAR book to a senior high school student, Numberi to a junior high school student and Sampono to an elementary school student.

“SAR Goes To School is part of the program to familiarize students with SAR and provide them with SAR skills with the aim of improving the people’s awareness since the very beginning so as to reduce the number of people killed or injured when disasters occur,” Sampono said.

Indonesia was appointed to host the three-day meeting based on the outcome of the first INSARAG global meeting held in Kobe, Japan, on September 14-16 last year.

1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 tbsp turmeric water 2 cm laos cut in 4 lengthwise slices 1 tbsp salt

PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in rice cooker or heavy stockpot and simmer, covered until don.

Helpful hints: if you are not using a rice cooker, cook the rice over high heat until the liquid comes to the bowl, then lower heat and cook gently so that the coconut milk does not catch and burn on the bottom of the pan. Remove the lemon grass and Laos before C.045 ibp

serving. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Idul Fitri travelers using motorcycles to increase 15 pct Antara

JAKARTA - Jakarta Police predicted that the number of Idul Fitri travelers using motorcycles would increase by 15 percent this year from those last year, a police officer said.

“The number of motorists going to home towns to celebrate post-fasting festivities this year is expected to increase by 15 percent. This is based on the increasing trend in the motorcycle sales,” Jakarata Police Director for Traffic Affairs Senior Commissioner Royke Lumowa said.

He said that the increase in the

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.

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.

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.

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Solo meeting prelude to Rio +20 confab SOLO - The summit on sustainable development (HLD IFSD), otherwise also known as the “Solo Meeting,” is being held in preparation for the Rio +20 meeting in Brazil in 2012, Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said.

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“This meeting is important because it is a prelude to a meeting in Brazil in 2012,” the minister said here Tuesday.

The Solo Meeting which is being attended by 350 participants from 90 countries and 56 UN agencies and NGOs is to continue until Thursday (July 21).

Gusti added, the dialogue was very important because it was intended to draw lessons from the global economic crisis that occurred recently. Therefore, the realization of sustainable development requires strong, coherent and coordinated institutional frameworks.

The threat of food and energy cri-

sis necessitates a very careful approach to economic modernization so that it would not negatively impact on other dimensions of human life.

According to the minister, economic development that relies on natural resource exploitation had led to a crisis which affects the environment.

The adverse impact of economic development that does not pay attention to the needs of society and ignores the social dimensions of the environment is felt by the poor in developing countries.

“We need a common strategy in efforts to address sustainable development that encourages a balance between developed and developing

countries and still puts forward the principle of justice,” the minister said.

The highly complex global challenges such as economic development through industrialization has brought prosperity to many nations, and also has a major impact on ecological systems.

The ecological systems (ecosystems) that is necessary for the convenience of human life is currently in a situation of great crisis.

In addition, the extinction of endangered species continues to occur and threaten the biodiversity. Industrial waste has become a serious threat to soil, air and water.

“We all hope that this dialogue will run very productive and constructive, thus can be an important momentum in preparation for Rio+20 conference in June 2012,” the minister said.

BI: capital inflows still high Antara

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JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has predicted that the risk of capital inflows will remain high and can threaten financial system stability if a sudden reversal of ‘hot money‘ in state debt securities cannot be curbed.

The high access to global liquidity funds had raised the prospect of capital inflows to emerging markets including Indonesia, Bank Indone-

sia spokesman Difi A Johansyah said here on Tuesday.

“Capital inflows to Indonesia remain high thanks to strong domestic economic fundamentals and interesting yields,” he said.

Strong capital inflows to Indonesia would continue, the more so because the country was one step away from investment grade, he said.

“We will always be alert and keep monitoring the financial market so if there is a phenomenon of

crisis we have been prepared to deal with it,” he said.

Difi said the strong capital inflows were reflected by foreign holding of state debt securities which reached an estimated Rp242 trillion or 33.8 percent of the overall state debt securities issued.

Meanwhile, foreign investment put in Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBI) at the central bank reached Rp60.3 trillion or 33 percent of the overall SBI amounting to Rp189 trillion.

motorcycle sales happened after certain class train tickets for various directions during the Idul Fitri festivities at the end of next August, had been sold up.

The Jakarta Police recorded the number of motorcyclists in the 2010 Idul Fitri festivities at 375,000 units while demand for motorcycles had reached 900 per day.

He said that travelers using motorcycles came from Tangerang, Bogor, Depok, Bekasi and around Jakarta while their destination cities included East Java, Central Java, West Java and a number of cities in Sumatra.

Govt to launch market operations, bazaars Antara

JAKARTA - As the fasting month of Ramadhan is approaching, the prices of certain commodities have been showing an upward trend, while the government is pursuing various policies to prevent or counter sharp price hikes.

Although at present the prices of a number of commodities such as cooking oil, chili and sugar are going down, those of other commodities such as rice, chickens and eggs are now increasing.

Like in previous years, the prices of basic necessities always increase during the fasting month and the Lebaran festivities. Thus, prices will invariably increase, particularly a week before the Idul Fitri festivities.

In order to normalize prices, guarantee the availability of supplies and provide cheap commodities for low-income people during the fasting month and the postfasting Idul Fitri or Lebaran, the government will conduct market operations, organize bazaars and double food supplies.

The trade minister said that the National Logistics Agency Bulog should also increase its role in suppressing basic necessity price increases. “But Bulog is expected to launch market operations at retail markets while the trade ministry at wholesale markets,” she added.

In anticipation of lack of stocks or supplies, the government will double its staples supplies.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said that the government had prepared higher stocks (from 1.5 to 2.5 times higher then the normal one) of food and beverages each time the fasting month arrived.

He said that the government faced no problems with the availability of basic food such as meat, sugar, cooking oil, rice and wheat and it was expected that they would be enough until the end of Ramadhan.

The government will also organize bazaars in various parts of the country to give a chance to lowincome people to enjoy various basic necessities with relatively low prices during the fasting month.

“Bazaars are expected to reduce the burden of low-income people,” Minister Mari said on Tuesday.

The bazaars would be organized together with the central and regional governments in various regions.

“We even have a proposal from an East Java region to set up a kind of `Ramadhan village` where lowpriced basic necessities are to be sold there until the end of the fasting month,” she said.

The minister said that the demand for various basic necessities usually increased by about 20 percent in the run-up to the post-fasting Idul Fitri festivities or Lebaran.

At present however, the minister said, some prices on the national scale are now on the rise but some others are going down.

“Price increases have happened with rice, chicken meat and eggs while prices going down occurred with cooking oil, chili and sugar,” she added.

Mari said that the price of meat (beaf) usually increased several days before the Idul Fitri festivities. “Usually, price hikes take place three days before the D-Day but after the peak day, it goes down again,” the trade minister said.

Yet there is no problem with meat stocks. The stocks are enough for three months ahead.

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News

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Powerful earthquake strikes southern Kyrgyzstan Associated Press Writer

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Demonstrators flee as Malaysian police fire tear gas at them during popular protests in in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has censored sections of an article in The Economist magazine about a mass rally for electoral reform because of “incorrect information”, a report said Wednesday

Malaysia censors Economist article on protest Agence France Presse

Malaysia has censored sections of an article in The Economist magazine about a mass rally for electoral reform because of “incorrect information”, a report said Wednesday. The magazine’s publisher was directed to black out parts of the story in the July 16 edition after consultation with police, Home Ministry official Abdul Aziz Mohamad Nor was quoted in The Star daily as saying.

“We went through the article and found the incorrect information,” he was quoted as saying, adding it could mislead readers. The censored parts in the article, entitled “Taken to the cleaners”, refer to the death of a man during the protest and to police action in putting down the rally.

Police say the man died of a heart attack, while his family claim he collapsed after running away from tear gas. The protest, which saw more than

10,000 people take to the streets to call for electoral reform, has raised the ire of the government, who said the July 9 rally was an opposition ploy to tarnish the country’s image.

Government leaders have defended the police, who cracked down on the protest with tear gas and water canon and arrested more than 1,700 people, as preventing worse chaos.

The opposition-backed rally was

organised by an electoral reform group calling for, among other things, longer campaign periods and an end to vote buying ahead of the next elections widely expected to be held by next year.

Malaysian mainstream media is largely government-linked and controlled through printing permits, but online news portals and blogs, which are not subject to any permits, have flourished.

China says 14 extremists killed in Xinjiang attack Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — Ethnic religious extremists armed with homemade weapons attacked a police station in China’s restive far west earlier this week in a planned siege that ended with 14 of the 18 attackers dead, China said Wednesday in a new detailed account of the violence.

State media variously have blamed terrorists, rioters or thugs for Monday’s violence in the Xinjiang region. An exile group that advocates for greater Uighur autonomy instead has said a peaceful protest turned into a bloody clash between police and demonstrators.

Xinjiang has been beset by ethnic conflict and a sometimes-violent sepa-

ratist movement by Uighurs (pronounced WEE’-gurs), a largely Muslim ethnic group that sees Xinjiang as its homeland. Many Uighurs resent the Han Chinese majority as interlopers.

A group of “religious extremists” opposed to the Chinese government arrived two days earlier in Hotan and organized the terror attack in the city, a Xinjiang regional government spokeswoman told The Associated Press.

“They arrived in groups on the 16th with several dozen different knives including cleavers, axes and switchblades,” the spokeswoman, Hou Hanmin, said. “They also went to a local market to buy other knives and materials to make molotov cocktails and homemade bombs.”

The men first stabbed a Uighur security guard at the gate of the police station before storming inside. They later took several hostages, including two female Han Chinese who were stabbed to death. A Han Chinese paramilitary officer was killed by a bomb the attackers set off, she said.

Four other hostages, all Uighur, were also injured, she said. “The attack was not about ethnicity,” Hou said, “They were charging into the police station to oppose the government and create violence.” Hou said the men took down a Chinese flag at the station and raised a black flag with Arabic writing on it but she couldn’t say what the writing meant. They were “shouting slogans like ‘Sacred War’ and ‘Allah,’” she said.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan early Wednesday. No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.2 temblor hit at about 1:35 a.m. local time in an area some 22 miles (35 kilometers) away from the Uzbek city of Ferghana, which has a population of more than 200,000.

In Andijan, the next-largest city in Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley, roughly 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the epicenter, residents told The Associated Press that many people had left their homes in panic and were spending the night in the streets. Media reports from across the area carried similar testimonies about shaking buildings and cracks appearing in the walls of people’s homes.

The Emergency Situations Ministry said there was no available information yet about casualties or damage. National protection commissions were traveling to the affected areas to provide assistance, the ministry said. Quakes are a relatively frequent occurrence in this mountainous region of former Soviet Central Asia. A 6.6-magnitude quake near Kyrgyzstan’s borders with Tajikistan and China flattened the remote mountain village of Nura in July 2008, killing at least 74 people.

Kanat Abdrakhmatov, head of the National Academy of Science’s seismology institute, said Wednesday’s temblor appeared similar to the one that struck Nura, and that there would likely be some damage because buildings in the area are structurally weak. The Kyrgyz side of the border is sparsely populated and most roads are poor, which could hinder emergency operations.

Mamadzhan Berdishev, press secretary of the city administration in Batken, the nearest urban center to the quake in Kyrgyzstan, said residents in the area contacted authorities in a panic overnight. “It was so terrifying. It shook so hard,” Berdishev said.

The highway linking Batken to the biggest city in the south, Osh, was closed off because of falling rocks, but was later cleared by emergency workers. Six villages in Batken province’s Kalamzhai district lost power after a substation was damaged, Berdishev said.

One Russian news agency reported people feeling the quake as far away as Dushanbe, the capital of neighboring Tajikistan, at least 185 miles (300 kilometers) southwest of the epicenter.

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From page 1 Four people were injured and a man died during the riot. The injured victims immediately left the hospital after receive treatment so

it was no clear from which side were they. While the killed victim was an elderly man about 50 years old but the identity cannot be confirmed. Currently hundreds of people from Songan still stayed in Gunaksa area.(puj)

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From page 1 According to Indonesian officials, earlier drafts created context for future rules on marine environmental protection, scientific research, safety of navigation and communication, search and rescue and combating transnational crime, but did not address drilling.

The agreed upon draft has not yet been released, and it is unclear if it contains wording about any of those issues.

Liu said the settlement on the guidelines, which the countries had wrangled over for six years, would be submitted to foreign ministers for final approval Thursday.

In recent months China has been squaring off with the Philippines and Vietnam on what each says are intrusions into the other’s territorial waters.

The South China Sea dispute was expected to take center stage at the ASEAN meetings this week, but China has long opposed what it calls other countries inserting themselves in bilateral disputes.

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton due in Bali later this week, China’s official Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, reiterated Beijing’s disapproval of such meddling.

“This doesn’t mean China is in the wrong, and certainly doesn’t mean China is afraid of anything. We maintain this position simply to prevent the issue from expanding or becoming more complicated,” the newspaper said. China has previously sharply criticized the United States for holding military drills in the contested waters.

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BUSINESS Asian stocks rise following healthy US earnings Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, boosted by healthy earnings reports from U.S. companies and optimism that U.S. and European politicians may be closer to working out their debt problems.

Crude oil climbed above $98 while the dollar weakened slightly against the euro and yen.

Investors took heart after big U.S. companies such as Coca-Cola Co., IBM and Apple reported better quarterly earnings. Coca-Cola said income rose 18 percent on strong overseas sales, while IBM beat analyst estimates. Apple said sales of iPads and iPods helped profits more than double.

News that U.S. politicians were making some headway on a plan to reduce the deficit and raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit to avoid a default also added some optimism. Investors were also keeping an eye on Europe’s debt crisis ahead of a meeting Thursday of European Union leaders in Brussels to discuss a second bailout package for Greece.

“Hopes of some form of a deal for Greece have grown and even disparaging comments from the German

chancellor (Angela Merkel) about any agreement being reached failed to dent confidence too much,” strategists at Credit Agricole CIB said in a research note.

Merkel said Tuesday that the summit wouldn’t yield a quick and comprehensive solution to deal with the debt crisis. She said there won’t be anything as “spectacular” as a restructuring of Greek debt or an agreement on eurobonds.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average rose 1.2 percent to 10,009.81 and South Korea’s Kospi was up 1.2 percent to 2,155.22. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.5 percent to 4,534.10.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.1 percent to 21,924.34. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand also rose.

Mainland Chinese shares, however, fell, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 0.4 percent to

2,785.62.

U.S. stocks had one of their best days of the year on Tuesday.

The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest one-day gain this year, up 202.26 points, or 1.6 percent, to close at 12,587.42. The broader S&P 500 index rose 21.29 points, or 1.6 percent, to 1,326.73, its best day since March 3. The Nasdaq gained 61.41 points, or 2.2 percent, to 2,826.52.

In currencies, the dollar fell to 79.12 yen from 79.24 yen late Tuesday in New York. The euro, meanwhile, crept up to $1.4143 from $1.4134.

Oil prices rose above $98 in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies dropped more than expected, a sign demand may be improving.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 67 cents to $98.17 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude rose $1.57 to settle at $97.50 on Tuesday.

Fed’s Hoenig: growth to continue at modest pace Reuters

KANSAS CITY - A top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday the U.S. economy should grow at a modest pace for the next several years, but issued a harsh criticism of the U.S. central bank’s just-concluded bond buying program.

“The outlook for the U.S. economy is that we will continue to grow at a modest pace of somewhere between 2.5 (percent), on a good quarter, 3 percent, at least in terms of next year and the year beyond,” said Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig.

Hoenig is one of the most outspoken critics of the Federal Reserve’s exceptionally easy money policies. He is not a voter on the Fed’s policy-setting panel.

The Kansas City Fed chief has persistently objected to the extent of the Fed’s aggressive steps to support a weak recovery from a sharp recession that ended in June 2009.

When he was a voter on the Fed’s policy-setting Federal Open Market

Committee in 2010, he dissented at every rate-setting meeting on the grounds that policy should be tighter.

He renewed his sharp criticism of Fed policies on Tuesday, calling the Fed’s most recent bond buying initiative to stimulate economic growth — QE2 because it was the second round of quantitative easing — a back-handed funding of U.S. borrowing.

“QE2 was a monetization of $600 billion of debt,” Hoenig told a conference on agriculture sponsored by his institution.

Top officials at the Fed deny their purchases of Treasuries were a deliberate monetization the U.S. debt.

Chairman Ben Bernanke has said Fed purchases of Treasuries are aimed at lowering longer term interest rates and are the central bank’s most effective tool for stimulating growth when short-term rates are near zero.

Hoenig’s outlook for growth puts him squarely in the center of Fed forecasts for 2011, but at the low

end for 2012 and 2013.

The Fed sees U.S. growth at between 2.7 percent and 2.9 percent this year, 3.3 percent to 3.7 percent next year, and 3.5 percent to 4.2 percent the year after that.

Hoenig offered an extremely gloomy prognosis for economic stability, telling his audience that he fears a repeat of when periods of ultra-accommodative monetary policy has resulted in either high inflation or the creation of a price bubble that burst with disastrous consequences.

The Kansas City Fed president’s views differ from many policymakers at the U.S. central bank. Bernanke said last week that the Fed is ready to respond with more actions to spur growth if the recovery falters, although he made clear no action is imminent.

Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said on Monday that the central bank would likely keep its easy money policies in place until it saw some improvement in the labor market, where unemployment rose to a lofty 9.2 percent in June.

Euro dips before EU summit, buy backs support Yen Reuters

SINGAPORE - The euro eased against the dollar on Wednesday, dogged by lingering doubts over whether a euro zone summit this week will quell investors fears of contagion risks from Greece’s sovereign debt crisis.

The euro had gained a bit of reprieve the previous day after Italian and Spanish 10-year government bond yields came off their recent peaks.

But the single currency remained vulnerable, given uncertainties about the details of a new aid package for Greece to be discussed at a summit of euro zone leaders on Thursday, and concerns over whether the meeting will soothe concerns that the debt crisis may engulf Italy and Spain.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel doused expectations for Thursday’s emergency euro zone summit, saying the widespread longing for a single, final solution to make the Greek crisis disappear once and for all was unrealistic.

“There hasn’t been any progress and the euro just seems to be moving this way and that within a range,” said Tsutomu Soma, senior manager for Okasan Securities’ foreign securities department in Tokyo.

“I don’t think anyone can buy the euro wholeheartedly,” he said, adding that the euro may struggle to rise above resistance in the $1.4250 to $1.4300 area in the near term.

The euro fell 0.1 percent to $1.4135, but still sat well above a fourmonth low near $1.3838 hit last week.

The euro has support near $1.4120, which roughly coincides with trendline support on hourly charts. It faces resistance near $1.4219, a 76.4 percent retracement of its recent drop to $1.4015 from $1.4282.

Higher up, there is more resistance near $1.4300, right around the 55day and 100-day moving averages.

The euro held steady versus the Swiss franc at 1.1661, clinging to gains made on Tuesday, when it climbed 1 percent against the Swiss unit, boosted by reports that Germany plans to hit Swiss banks holding deposits from German tax dodgers.

The euro could find some support in the near-term, if Asian central banks convert some of the dollars purchased via dollar-buying intervention into the single currency.

Asian currency traders said a number of Asian central banks were spotted conducting dollar-buying intervention on Wednesday, including the central banks of Thailand and the Philippines.

The yen eased initially, both on the crosses and against the dollar, but later came off its lows.

The dollar eased 0.1 percent against the yen to 79.06 yen, having backed off an intraday high near 79.30 yen.

A Japanese trust bank trader said some players including Japanese exporters have lowered their dollar sell offers from near 79.50 yen as the dollar’s rebound has been limited since it dropped below 80 yen last week.

Akihisa Takeda, executive officer for Japanese margin broker Central Tanshi FX in Tokyo, said Japanese retail margin traders sold the dollar earlier when it rose toward its intraday high, adding that the leveraged retail traders were likely to keep selling dollar/yen and cross/ yen on rallies.

“There are profit-taking orders (in dollar/yen) above 79.50 yen,” Takeda said. Still, Japanese retail traders overall have been dollar buyers recently, looking for the dollar to rise to 80 yen, he said.

Indeed, data from the Tokyo Financial Exchange, the main exchange for currency margin trading in Japan, shows that margin traders’ net long position in dollar/yen and major cross/yen pairs combined had hit a record 722.3 billion yen on Monday.

In the fx options market, there are signs that market players are hedging against the risk of a further drop in dollar/yen in the wake of the dollar’s fall to a four-month low of 78.45 yen last week on trading platform EBS. One-month dollar/yen risk reversals now stand near 1.7 percent in favor of dollar puts, compared to a recent low of 0.55 percent hit early last week, showing a rise in demand for dollar puts compared to dollar calls. But Japanese retail investors have been undeterred, and continued to build up their bets against the yen following the drop in dollar/yen last week.

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Entertainment

International

Review: ‘Myth’ depicts teen angst as poetry Associated Press Writer

Not a single moment rings false in “The Myth of the American Sleepover,” the quietly observant, gently insightful feature debut from writer-director David Robert Mitchell. What’s amazing is that Mitchell has taken a genre that’s overly familiar — the all-night teen dramedy — and makes it feel refreshing and new. He also makes it look effortless: By assembling a cast of unknowns, some of whom had never acted before, he creates a warm aura of authenticity and naturalism. Rather than seeming stiff, these kids simply feel real.

Mitchell is clearly paying homage to “American Graffiti,” both in structure and tone, and has similarly set it in the place of his own youth, suburban Detroit. But “Myth” never lapses into parody. It’s too earnest for that, it has more substantial plans. And rather than invoking a specific era the way George Lucas’ film did, Mitchell’s movie could take place at any time; these kids don’t have cell phones or flat-screen TVs, but one character wears pajamas from Victoria’s Secret’s ubiquitous Pink line.

The approach makes “Myth” even more accessible for viewers, regardless of age. Young people now can watch it and see themselves, without a drop of irony or condescension; adults, meanwhile, can long nostalgically for an adolescence they may only wish they’d actually experienced.

At the high school track and the community pool, the grocery store and the dance studio, Mitchell follows several characters as they prepare for and attend a series of parties and sleepovers. “Myth” takes place in that wistful time when summer’s about to end and a new school year’s about to begin. There’s a hazy energy that lulls you in, a leisurely pace to the dialogue.

Potentially big moments like a first kiss or the revelation of a hidden crush are handled in the same low-key, intimate way as a secret cigarette or a bike ride down the street.

Maggie (standout Claire Sloma) is the movie’s sassy, rebellious flirt; her sidekick is the sweet, shy Beth (Annette DeNoyer). Together they navigate these final days before their freshman year in high school with a mixture of wonder, awkwardness and bravado.

Claudia (Amanda Bauer) is the

In this publicity image released by Sundance Selects, Marion Morton, left, and Wyatt McCallum are shown in a scene from “The Myth of the American Sleepover.”

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newcomer at school, a sophomore who’s dating a senior. This makes her the target of bad-girl Janelle (Shayla Curran), who’s at once envious and curious. Claudia is one of several girls who are invited to Janelle’s sleepover, where the activities include a game of Ouija and too much cheap, red wine straight out of the bottle.

Rob (Marlon Morton) is on the lookout for a beautiful and mysteri-

Actor Hugh Grant (pictured) has led a charge against the British tabloids by taping a former News of the World journalist admitting to “industrial scale phonehacking” at the paper

ous blonde he spotted while shopping with his mom at the supermarket earlier that day. He ends up at another sleepover with a bunch of similarly horny, immature dudes whose idea of trouble includes eggs and toilet paper.

Finally, there’s Scott (Brett Jacobsen), who’s home from college and at a crossroads. He’s not sure he wants to return following a bad breakup, and the memory of a set of

pretty twins he knew from highschool drama productions leaves him longing for a missed romance.

You can feel the yearning in every frame — the angst, the need to belong, to be understood and loved — but also the restless desire to grow up fast and prove yourself. Mitchell finds a balance that’s just right in juggling all these emotions and presenting them believably in screen.

Rebecca Black debuts 2nd music video, ‘My Moment’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Unlikely viral video star Rebecca Black has released a follow-up to her first hit, “Friday.”

Black’s second music video, “My Moment,” debuted Monday. In less than 24 hours, it was watched more than 1.9 million times on YouTube. It’s also streaming on her website and is available on iTunes.

The video is better produced than her “Friday” video, which amassed more than 160 million views before it was removed from YouTube last week. Black and her team have disputed the rights of the video with Ark Music Factory, the company Black’s parents paid $4,000 to produce it.

In “My Moment,” the 14-year-old Black revels in her fame, with shots of her on the red carpet, in the studio and basking in newspaper headlines about her.

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Hugh Grant win legal victory in hacking case Associated Press Writer

LONDON — A British judge has awarded “Notting Hill” actor Hugh Grant the right to see evidence that could reveal whether his voice mails were intercepted by journalists at the now-defunct News of the World.

A judge at Britain’s High Court said police should disclose information to him that was allegedly gathered by private investi-

gator Glenn Mulcaire and used by the Sunday tabloid and other newspapers.

Grant, who says he was told his phone was broken into by the News of the World, has been one of the most prominent celebrity critics of the 168-year-old tabloid, which was shut down earlier this month amid a widening scandal over its misdeeds.

Socialite Jemima Khan was also given the right to see the phone hacking evidence.

Police declined comment Wednesday.

FILE - In this April 15, 2011 photo, teen pop singer Rebecca Black poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Black debuted her second music video, “My Moment,” on Monday, July 18, 2011.

Activities

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Maya Ubud Resort & Spa Launching New Facilities UBUD – The award winning Maya Ubud Resort & Spa opened its new Fitness Center and Yoga Pavilion on Friday, July 15, 2011. Located on the western side of the resort adjoining the tennis court and overlooking the pitch & putt golf green.

The fully air-conditioned Fitness Center features the latest state-ofthe-art exercise equipment offering our resort guests the opportunity to enjoy their regular workout whilst on vacation. On the upper level, a generous 187 square meter space provides an excellent venue for daily yoga in a tranquil atmosphere, with stunning views over the resort gardens and the adjacent rice terraces.

The Fitness Center is open from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm daily and offers the services of a Personal Trainer. As part of our wellness program on the floor above, a one hour complimentary “Yoga for Beginners” session is conducted each morning for all to join. Following this, the pavilion is available for private yoga lessons, group sessions or yoga retreat activities. These new facilities complement the resort’s other holistic wellness programs.

“Since the inception of Maya Ubud, we have constantly striven to upgrade and improve our product to meet the every growing requirements of our guests”, commented Paul Blake, General Manager.

Other recreational facilities and activities available in Maya Ubud Resort & Spa include two infinity-edge swimming pools, a hard surface, floodlit tennis court, pitch & putt golf green, Pilates lessons, Balinese cooking classes, nature walks, village trekking excursions and mountain biking.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011 09 Jul Pura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar 10 Jul Pura Peninjoan

26 Jul Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - Gianyar Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badung Pura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

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30 Jul Pura Kepisah Sumerta - Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - Badung Pura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- Bangli Pura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-Tabanan Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri Tabanan 01 Aug Odalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - Karangasem Ida Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem 03 Aug Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar Buleleng 05 Aug Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - Bangli Pura Beratan Baturiti - Tabanan Pura Batu Klotok Lepang - Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - Gianyar Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Pura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem 06 Aug Pura Penataran Gana Bebalang - Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - Bangli Pura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - Badung Pasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - Gianyar Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - Buleleng Pura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

Balinese Temple Ceremony 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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Thursday, July 21, 2011

N. Korea can avert uprising: S. Korea minister Agence France Presse

North Korea is grappling with an unfavourable situation but the regime’s tight grip on its people will prevent any Arab-style uprising, South Korea’s defence minister said Wednesday. “The state of affairs in the North is indeed inauspicious and anything can happen there,” Kim Kwan-Jin told a forum, without elaborating.

“We may consider whether the Jasmine Revolution could find its way into North Korea,” the minister added, referring to popular revolts that toppled autocratic North African rulers.

But the North “still maintains strong control” over its people, Yonhap news agency quoted him as saying.

The impoverished North suffers persistent food shortages and downpours this month battered many areas. United Nations agencies say more than six million people urgently need such food aid.

The South, which blames its neighbour for two deadly border incidents last year, refuses to provide government aid.

Seoul accuses Pyongyang of torpedoing one of its warships with the loss of 46 lives in March 2010.

The North denies the charge but last November killed four South Koreans including two civilians in a border island bombardment. “Now we can’t afford not to respond to North Korean provocations,” minister Kim told the forum.

“Since the (1953 Korean War) armistice, North Korea has repeated a pattern of carrying out provocations, negotiating to win a few concessions and then provoking again. It may just repeat these steps.”

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a similar warning during a visit to Seoul last week.

Admiral Mike Mullen (2nd R), chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command flag to South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin (2nd L) as outgoing General Walter Sharp (R) and incoming General James Thurman (L) looks on during a change of command ceremony for the top commander of US troops in South Korea, at a US Army base in Seoul on July 14, 2011.

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PM in spotlight over News Corp phone-hacking

BELGRADE - Serbia’s last major war crimes fugitive, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted for crimes against humanity during the 1991-95 Croatian war, has been arrested, Serbia’s president said on Wednesday.

Goran Hadzic, 52, was a key figure in the breakaway Krajina Serb republic in Croatia, and after the arrest of wartime General Ratko Mladic earlier this year, he was Serbia’s last remaining figure sought by the United Nations war crime tribunal in The Hague.

“This morning Goran Hadzic

was arrested in the region of Fruska Gora,” said President Boris Tadic, who called a special news conference to announce the arrest. Fruska Gora is a hilly, pastoral region noted for its many Serb Orthodox Monasteries, although Tadic said Hadzic was not arrested in a monastery or a military barracks.

His arrest, and that of Mladic, followed several years of intensive work by Serbian officials, he said.

“We’ve been working very hard in the past three years,” Tadic said.

“You have to work, you have to prepare your actions and at the end of the day you have your results.”

He cited the killing of Osama

In a photo made July 6, 2011, a woman jumps into Kipu Falls in Lihue, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. But the alluring beauty of the waterfall and natural pool conceals a deadly side. Five visitors to Kauai, all male, have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years.

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Prime Minister David Cameron arrived home to face a gruelling parliamentary examination on Wednesday over the phone-hacking scandal, a day after Rupert Murdoch told lawmakers he was not to blame for the crisis. Cameron returned to London late Tuesday from an African trip which was cut short to allow him to address the House of Commons and answer lawmakers’ scrutiny over his links to Murdoch’s media empire.

Australian-born mogul Murdoch on Wednesday vowed News Corp. would bounce back from the scandal, saying he would never tolerate such behaviour at his global empire. “I want all of you to know that I have the utmost confidence that we will emerge a stronger company,” he said in a message to staff, seen by AFP. “It will take time for us to rebuild trust and confidence, but we are determined to live up to the expectations of our stockholders, customers, colleagues and partners.

“We are a great company that has set the pace and created much loved journalism, television and film for six decades and we will continue to do so for years to come.”

Murdoch called his appearance before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday the “most humble day of his life” but his grilling was interrupted when a protester attacked him with a foam pie. The 80-yearold News Corporation chief’s Chinese-born wife Wendi Deng leaped up and slapped the assailant, who was dragged off by police, before the parliamentary committee resumed quizzing Murdoch and his son James.

The attack came near the end of more than two hours of questioning during which Murdoch denied ultimate responsibility for the scandal that forced him to shut the News of the World newspaper. Appearing frail and at times stumbling to a halt in his testimony, he did however apologise to the victims, saying at the outset: “I would just like to say one sentence. This is the most humble day of my life.”

The scandal has rocked Murdoch’s global empire, forced two of Britain’s top police chiefs to resign and placed Cameron under pressure. Murdoch said it was “not an excuse” but that with a company of 53,000 staff he could not be blamed for failing to uncover the scandal.

Asked whether “ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco”, Murdoch tersely replied: “No”.

When pressed over who he blamed, Murdoch said:

“The people that I trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted.” But he said he was “absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case two weeks ago,” referring to a murdered teenager whose phone was allegedly hacked by the News of the World.

Murdoch also said there was “no evidence at all” the newspaper targeted 9/11 victims, a claim that has sparked an FBI investigation in the United States.

However, his son James Murdoch admitted News International had paid the legal fees of Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator jailed in 2007 when the hacking at the paper was first exposed. Around two hours into the hearing, a man in a checked shirt jumped up and attacked Murdoch with a plate covered with foam.

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bin Laden earlier this year after a decade-long U.S. manhunt. “We also had the same situation,” Tadic said.

Hadzic is charged with ordering the killing of hundreds and the deportation of thousands of Croats and other non-Serbs from the region of Croatia he took over.

For years he was overshadowed by the higher profile ethnic Serb fugitives Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader, and his military commander Mladic. Hadzic may ultimately be remembered mostly as the man who evaded justice longer than others charged with crimes in the 1990s Yugoslav wars.

Popular Kauai swimming hole gets deadly reputation AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy

Associated Press Writer

LIHUE, Hawaii — Travel guidebooks call Kipu Falls “a glorious little hidden place” and a “swimming hole extraordinaire.” Five visitors have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years, including two since December. In most of the cases, the swimmers jumped off the top of the waterfall into the pool of bluegreen water about 20 feet below, then were pulled to their deaths while attempting to swim to the shore.

Others have suffered chest injuries, rope burns, perforated eardrums and broken and sprained ankles. A teenage girl was paralyzed after jumping there.

The deaths have given rise to speculation about whether there’s a powerful whirlpool current in the swimming hole and prompted local authorities to push for greater restrictions to the site. The local tourism bureau became so alarmed by the toll that it mounted a campaign last year to push guidebooks to remove all references to the place.

It supported a bill before the Hawaii legislature that would have made writers and publishers of travel guides liable if a reader is injured or dies while trespassing on private property they have depicted.

The bill died amid protests from publishers who said it violated their First Amendment rights.

The latest victim, Santhosh Heddese of Irvine, Calif., drowned on June 26. Rescue divers found the 35-year-old’s body at the bottom of the pool an hour later.

The Kauai Visitors Bureau is also urging hotel concierges and tour operators to steer people away from the area.

Sue Kanoho, the agency’s director, notes anyone who goes to the falls is trespassing. Kanoho helped Heddese’s widow get the couple’s luggage home after he died last

month. She said it was “devastating” to see another tragedy.

“I’ve really asked the community and the visitor industry, please, let’s not send people there,” Kanoho said. The deaths have some locally questioning whether an angry “mo’o” — a Hawaiian water spirit lizard — lives in Kipu Falls.

“I kept thinking, something just held him down there. What possibly could have sucked him back down to the bottom of the pond?” said Christine Kauhi, whose 26year-old son, Kulana Kauhi-Apao, from the Honolulu suburb of Kaneohe, drowned last December.

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SKorean students ditch paper for digital books Associated Press Writer

GOESAN, South Korea — Outside the classroom a hot summer day beckons, but fourth-grade teacher Yeon Eun-jung’s students are glued to their tablet PCs as they watch an animated boy and a girl squabble about whether water becomes heavier when frozen.

The small scene in this rural town is part of something big: South Korea is taking a $2 billion gamble that its students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet PCs as part of a vast digital scholastic network.

France, Singapore, Japan and others are racing to create classrooms where touch-screens provide instant access to millions of pieces of information. But South Korea — Asia’s fourth-largest economy — believes it enjoys an advantage over these countries, with kids who are considered the world’s savviest navigators of the digital universe.

A 2009 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-headquar-

tered grouping of wealthy nations, found 15-year-olds in South Korea scored highest in their ability to absorb information from digital devices, beating runners-up New Zealand and Australia by a large margin.

At Sosu Elementary School in Goesan, principal Jo Yong-deuk speaks of a future in which his students interact in virtual reality with Ludwig van Beethoven and Abraham Lincoln. In the classroom, the children scribble answers in their tablet PCs with touchscreen pens as they watch the video clip explaining the scientific properties of frozen water.

“I liked this chapter, but my favorite clip is one where they show how flowers blossom and trees bear fruit in spring,” 11-year-old Jeong Ho-seok said with a wide grin.

More than 60 primary, middle and high schools are now using digital textbooks as part of their curriculum, according to the state-run Korea Education and Research Information Service, which provides technical support for the program.

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In this Friday, July 15, 2011 photo, South Korean student Lee Sanghyup, front, and his classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Gwesan, South Korea. The country is taking a $2 billion gamble that its students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet PCs as part of a vast digital scholastic network.

Lifestyle changes may cut Alzheimer’s risk: study Agence France Presse

Up to half of worldwide cases of Alzheimer’s disease could be due to modifiable lifestyle risk factors, according to a study released Tuesday based on a mathematical model. The theoretical analysis suggests that seven known behaviour-related risk factors, taken together, account for 50 percent of the more than 35 million cases of dementia worldwide.

The findings “suggest that relatively simple lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity and quitting smoking could have a dra-

matic impact” on the number of Alzheimer’s cases over time, said lead researcher Deborah Barnes, a professor at the University of California in San Francisco.

The study, presented at an international Alzheimer’s conference in Paris, is among the first attempts to link risk factors with the degenerative brain disease, which causes memory loss, disability and eventually death.

Only a tiny percentage of cases — about one percent — are clearly caused by genetic factors.

Otherwise, while the process by

which the disease attacks nerve cells in the brain is well known, its origins remain poorly understood.

Barnes and colleagues used a statistical method to measure the percentage of cases which might be attributable, at least in part, to each of the risk factors assessed.

Worldwide, they found that a low level of education was linked to 19 percent of cases, smoking to 14 percent, physical inactivity to 13 percent, depression to 11 percent, midlife hypertension and obesity to five and two percent, respectively, and diabetes to two percent.

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Uruguay beats Peru to reach Copa America final hand, but he covered up quickly just inches from the goal line.

Uruguay, tied with Argentina with 14 Copa America titles, won its last Copa trophy in 1995. It was the runner-up in 1999, losing to Brazil, which had won four of the last five Copa America titles entering this tournament.

Uruguay is fielding nearly the same team it did a year ago, when it also went farther in the World Cup than South America’s two giants. Brazil and Argentina both lost on penalties in the Copa America quarterfinals. Brazil lost to Paraguay and Argentina went down against Uruguay.

Chile, which had been the best team in the group stage, was upset by Venezuela 2-1 in the quarterfinals.

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Bali needs to trengthen cultural tourism Denpasar (Bali Post)—

LA PLATA, Argentina — Luis Suarez scored in the 53rd and 58th minutes to lead Uruguay past Peru 2-0 on Tuesday night and into the Copa America final. goal in the 53rd, taking a long, low shot that Peru keeper Raul Fernandez dived to his left to save. But Suarez swarmed on the rebound and sent the ball into the open net from a sharp angle with Fernandez sprawled on the ground.

Suarez struck again 5 minutes later when he took a pass near midfield that split two defenders, then broke for the goal. When Fernandez came out to stop him, he stepped around to his right and rolled the ball into an open net.

Peru’s Juan Vargas was shown a red card in the 69th minute.

Peru had its best scoring chance in the 84th when Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera leaped high to stop Paolo Guerrero’s long shot.

The ball slipped from Muslera’s

Thursday, July 21, 2011

To seize tourism ‘pie’ at homeland

Agence France Presse

Uruguay, which reached the semifinals of last year’s World Cup, will be looking for a record 15th Copa America title in Sunday’s final against either Paraguay or Venezuela, which meet in the other semifinal Wednesday in Mendoza. The final will be Sunday in Buenos Aires.

Peru, which was the worst team in South American World Cup qualifying just a year ago, has been one of the surprises of the South American championship and has played without its top two forwards, Jefferson Farfan and Claudio Pizarro.

Suarez added some spark after a disappointing first half of few chances and little sustained possession.

Diego Forlan set up the first

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Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (C) celebrates with teammates forward Diego Forlan (L) and midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez, after scoring against Peru, during the 2011 Copa America semi-final football match, at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires, on July 19, 2011.

Sao Paulo throw in towel on Tevez deal Agence France Presse

Brazilian side Corinthians have admitted defeat in their attempt to sign Argentinian star Carlos Tevez from Manchester City.

City manager Roberto Mancini had said on Monday that the English Premier League club had agreed to a deal but the Brazilians contradicted him and then said Tuesday that time had run out with the transfer window in Brazil for players coming in from abroad closing Wednesday night.

The Brazilian side’s initial offer for the 27-year-old striker was reportedly worth 40 million euros ($63.57m) but there has been much debate between the two clubs on how the fee would be structured.

In a statement on their website, Corinthians said the deal was off. “There is no more sufficient time for the transfer to go through,” the statement said.

However, the club added

that “we hope to be able to count on Tevez in the near future.” Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said the clubs had not been able to agree all the financial loose ends nor on a length of contract for the player who left the club for West Ham in England in 20006 a year after helping Corinthians to the league title.

Amid the proposals and counter-proposals, Corinthians president Andres Sanchez had said Monday his board would assess Manchester City’s offer carefully but the board has clearly decided that there are too many sticking points to clinch a deal in the time available.

Striker Tevez wants to leave Manchester to be closer to his daughters, who live in Buenos Aires with their mother, his estranged partner.

The Argentina forward, who also starred for Manchester United for two seasons, led City to FA Cup glory and Champions League qualification last season.

Maintaining cultural tourism is believed to be one of the solutions to overcome the imbalance of tourism sector. Head of Bali Government Tourism Office, IB Kade Subhiksu, stated that by strengthening Bali as cultural tourism Balinese community could get involved. Development of cultural tourism was aimed at improving the welfare of Balinese people evenly and sustainably.

“Such an endeavor is also intended to preserve the natural environment of Bali as the buffer of community life and culture of Bali sustainably,” revealed Subhiksu in Denpasar on Tuesday (Jul 19).

According to him, Bali government had made replacement of the Regional Regulation No. 3/1991 on Cultural Tourism, known as Bali Cultural Tourism. Currently, the regulation draft referring to the Law No. 10/2009 was under discussion in the Legal Bureau to be further continued to parliament. “We also provide Technical Guidance on tourism for community and appealed young people through counseling on Tourism Awareness to improve their tourism education. In addition, it also aims at placing the community as the subject to give more participation in tourism,” he said.

He said the tourism business should characterize Balinese culture, have a vision to preserve Balinese culture, and participate in the cultural development. Meanwhile, the development of tourist destinations had to be carried out by paying attention to indigenous wisdom, cultural preservation, environment, rural communities and sustainability of tourism businesses.

Meanwhile, Coordinator of ASITA for Bali, NTB and NTT Region, Bagus Sudibya, also stated that cultural tourism was a type of tourism based on the mosaic of places, traditions, art, ceremonies reflecting diversity and identity of the community. Bali inspired by culture deserved to get critical attention from all parties. “With an earnest concern, it is expected to provide benefits for greater prosperity of the people without sacrificing the noble values becoming the spirits of Balinese culture and supporting Hindu devotees,” he said.

Bagus Sudibya judged if Bali did not offer the social culture, probably there would be no attraction for tourists to visit. On that account, he expected that government as formulator of policy should be courageous and decisive to determine the concept, vision and mission Bali cultural tourism.

“Maintaining the cultural concept in tourism development will have an impact on the cultural preservation, innovation and creativity as well as intercultural harmony, employment and income to regionally generated revenue and foreign exchange,” he said.

Nevertheless, the effort to improve cultural tourism involving the community in its development faced a number of obstacles in its application. For instance, local human resources did not know about the vision of tourism development clearly and the ability to manage an object professionally. “These factors have made tourists to prefer the alternative tourist attractions because their service and facilities are more comfortable than watching a cultural show,” he said. (par)

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Officers are moving the motorcycle which violat the rule

Congestion in Ubud

Rampant, violators of parking and illegal traffic signs Gianyar (Bali Post)—

One of the causes of congestion in Ubud tourist area is violation against parking ban sign and illegal traffic signs posted around the streets. Such a condition was seen again within the past few months until Tuesday (Jul 19). Parking at improper location and emergence of private ban signs at locations where parking was actually allowed had caused a number of vehicles to find difficulty to park. As a result, this disruption led to congestion.

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Tourists are enjoying their time in Sangeh

Ultimately, the public order officers (Satpol PP) deployed to discipline seemed overwhelmed with the existing offenses. The violation was caused by parking and installation of private parking ban signs. For instance, it could be seen in front of the Ubud Market. The officers found three private parking ban signs posted on the road boundary lines.

Similar violations were also encountered by the officers in the east of Ubud Market, west of Ubud Market, in front of Happy Inn Art Shop, in front of the office of Ubud Village Chief, in front of Starbucks Coffee and on Jalan Cok

Sudarsana. Each individual owning the sign had been admonished with reprimand letter.

Additionally, the policing led by Operational Head of civilian security guard (Trantib), I Gede Daging, also disciplined the parking violations, both motorcycles and cars. Nine offenders were found because motorcycles were parked on sidewalk. The offenders were given direct guidance orally and asked to immediately move their motorcycle at that time.

Chief Unit of Satpol PP Gianyar, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said that enforcement efforts conducted in Ubud area was to cre-

ate the observance of community against prevailing regional regulations. To realize this condition in Ubud, his party would continue to provide guidance and enforcement against violations. No matter how small the violation or deviation was, his party would do proper precautions, he explained.

His party expected the support and participation of community to jointly maintain the order and peace by complying with the existing rules so that comfort could be maintained. “When it is comfortable, not jammed and chaotic, it’s also for the sake of our interest,” he explained. (kmb16)

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Mosque and supermarket threatened by bomb Tabanan (Bali Post)—

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A car is filling a gas to a gas station

Fuel stock in Bali remains secure Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Bali is ascertained to experience no fuel scarcity. Asep Wicaksono, General Manager of Pertamina Bali, revealed the fuel availability in Bali was guaranteed to be secure and unaffected by polemic in central government. Triggered by the price hike plan of Pertamina that was rejected by government, fuel distribution in a number of regions across the country had found difficulty. As a result, long queues occurred at petrol stations in some regions.

“So far, the fuel stock in Bali stays secure, we never ask for additional quota because it is determined by government,” said Asep Wicaksono in Denpasar, Tuesday (Jul 19).

As a leading world tourist destination, the availability of fuel stocks in Bali had to be secured. “Bali is the face of Indonesia, so do not let the fuel shortage happen,” he said.

According to him, Pertamina had not received any reports on the existence of queues at petrol stations across Bali. If emptiness happened

to one or two petrol stations for particular types of fuel was considered a common obstacle as it had something to do with distribution process of fuel to petrol stations.

“Up to this moment, there has been no report related to scarcity.

For Bali region, it’s relative secure and no problem. If there is empty petrol station, it does not matter as it is only a matter of distribution.

However, if there are queues at petrol station, it’s really a problem,” he said.

When asked about fuel con-

sumption considered to have not reached the proper target by community, namely the purchase of Premium type by the owner of luxury vehicles, Asep was reluctant to give comments. According to him, the obligation of Pertamina was only to sell fuel to the public.

Meanwhile, the rest was the authority of government to conduct supervision.

“Our duty is only to sell, but the matter of control over the purchase of fuel is the government’s affairs,” he added. (par)

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Bomb terror shook Tabanan on Tuesday (Jul 19). Hardy’s Supermarket and Kediri Mosque were threatened to be bombed by unknown people via SMS. Such terror action was received in person by Deputy Chief of Tabanan Police, I Made Astawa.

The terror was sent for six times. First message was received at about 8:36 a.m. Local Time. It said the sender threatened to blast the Hardy’s supermarket and a mosque in Kediri simultaneously. Interestingly, aside from threatening to bomb, the sender also blasphemed the badness of police institution and the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti.

Such terroristic SMS had been replied for two times by Deputy Chief of Tabanan Police. Once replied, the sender was even more furious. Ultimately, the SMS was sent at 9:02 a.m. Since his party did not want to miss, Tabanan Chief Police and the apparatus came down to location. Bomb squad team of Bali Police, dog support unit and mobile brigade unit were deployed to participate. The supermarket located near Jalan Bypass Kediri was immediately closed. All employees and visitors were evacuated away from the scene.

By means of bomb detection equipment and dog support unit, the officers searched the corner of supermarket. At the same time, the officers also investigate the Kediri Mosque. After nearly an hour to hold the sweeping, the officers did not find any suspicious objects, both in the supermarket and mosque. Although no bomb was found, the officers remained to localize these two sites. Personnel of mobile brigade with long-barreled firearm were alerted in front of respective location.

When it was declared safe, police re-opened Hardy’s and Kediri Mosque.

“We only take anticipative measures against the disturbing threat to residents. On that account, we assign a bomb squad team,” said Chief of Tabanan Police, AA Made Sudana.

The officer explained the terroristic SMS was sent from number 0896 8560 9002 anonymously. Though it indicated resentment, police did not want to speculate related to the motive of terror. Moreover, it had also blasphemed the Regent of Tabanan. “His motive remains unclear. We will first trace the sender of terror disturbing the community,” he said. After the incident, Tabanan Police obliged local security officers to tighten the supervision against all visitors.

Bomb terror did not only surprise the Tabanan Police. Employees and visitors of the supermarket rushed to go out once heard there was a bomb in the supermarket. Store Manager of Hardy’s Tabanan, Widarmadi, explained that his party had already opened at around 8:00 a.m. An hour later, police informed there was bomb terror in the supermarket. At that time, there were approximately 20 visitors who started shopping.

“We finally asked visitors and employees to leave the supermarket,” he said. The man claimed to have no slight suspicion before the incident because the terror was just known from Tabanan Police. The terror also attracted the attention of local residents. They got confused to see a lot of police around the mosque and supermarket. Moreover, the supermarket was suddenly closed and strictly guarded. (udi)

Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero returns the ball to his compatriot Pablo Andujar during the final tennis match of the ATP World Tour in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on July 17, 2011.

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Golubev, Ferrero fall at first hurdle in Hamburg tennis Associated Press Writer

Defending champion Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Spanish clay court ace Juan Carlos Ferrero both fell at the first hurdle to German challengers at the ATP Hamburg tournament here on Tuesday. Last weekend’s Stuttgart winner Ferrero fell 6-3, 6-2 to German wild card Cedrik-Marcel Stebe while Golubev, a surprise winner here last year, crashed out 7-5, 6-3 in his first round match to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

“It was a tough match,” said Kohlschreiber, who converted four of his 10 break point chances. “I knew he didn’t win so many matches this year, but of course if you feel great at a place like here — you’re the winner from last year — you always know you can play very good. I knew he was very dangerous today.”

Stebe, ranked just 168th, made light work of former world number one Ferrero, who had marked his return from injury by winning on the same surface in Stuttgart on Sunday.

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At 20 years Stebe is the youngest competitor in the tournament and is next set for a rematch with Russian Nikolay Davydenko, who beat him in a three-setter in the first round in Stuttgart last week.

Pablo Andujar, losing finalist in Stuttgart, beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-2, 6-2.

Radek Stepanek, the 2006 runner-up to Tommy Robredo, saved all four break points he faced and hit eight aces past German wild card Andreas Beck for a 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) win.

Argentine Juan Monaco achieved his 15th win in 17 matches on clay this season, beating Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli 6-3, 7-5. In second round action, German wild card Tobias Kamke, ranked 90th, ousted seventh-seeded Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1, 6-4.

French fifth seed Gilles Simon advanced to the third round beating Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 61, along with Jarkko Nieminen who beat another Ukrainian, 10th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

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GAP, France — Three-time champion Alberto Contador mixed up the Tour de France overall standings with a powerful move on the Col de Manse.

While the same seven contenders topped the standings after the 17th stage Tuesday, Contador moved up a spot to sixth. Thor Hushovd won the stage in a breakaway.

Contador, baring his teeth as his tires sizzled on the rain-slick roads, surged out of the pack on the mid-grade Col de Magne climb, and held on through a treacherous downhill finish in the 101-mile ride from SaintPaul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap. “I knew I needed to attack,” Contador said. “I couldn’t care

less if someone kept on my wheel — I knew one of them would fail.

I’m so happy. It has been a major gap, much bigger than I expected.”

The unexpected surge by the Spaniard shook up the leaderboard at cycling’s greatest race, which ends Sunday in Paris after a jaunt Wednesday into Italy, then two days in the Alps, and a time-trial Saturday in Grenoble.

Among the contenders, only Cadel Evans kept up. The Australian actually outpaced Contador by 3 seconds at the end.

But Contador, who lost time with crash trouble earlier in the race — trimmed 18 seconds off his deficit to overall race leader Thomas Voeckler of France, cutting it to 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

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NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, left, plays basketball with his fan at a basketball clinic in Changsha in south China’s Hunan province, Saturday, July 16, 2011.

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SHANGHAI - Yao Ming has made it possible for young Chinese basketball players to chase their NBA dreams and the country will produce more top quality players in the coming years, All Star guard Kobe Bryant said on Tuesday.

Several reports in the media have said that injury-plagued Yao will officially announce his retirement from the game at a news conference on Wednesday.

China’s state television CCTV would run a four-hour program on the player, including a live broadcast of the news conference at a hotel in Yao’s hometown Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Yao became arguably Asia’s biggest sports figure when he was selected first overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA draft.

“In terms of opening up doors for Chinese basketball players to come to the NBA, or for the youth here in

China to believe that it’s possible to achieve the dream of being an NBA player, all that started from Yao,” Los Angeles Lakers guard Bryant said. “The movement that started in the NBA of the influx of European players coming to the NBA was started by Vlade Divac, Dino Radja and those guys.

“Even that movement didn’t have the impact and magnitude that Yao Ming has had. And on top of that, he’s just a heck of a basketball player to boot,” Bryant, who is in China on a promotional tour, added.

The seven-foot, six-inch (2.3meter) Yao, an eight-times All Star, has been plagued by assorted in-

juries in recent years and missed the entire 2009-10 NBA season after suffering a fractured bone in his left foot.

He played only five games for the Rockets last season before being sidelined on November 10 when he injured his ankle during the a game. Bryant felt Yao would leave a lasting legacy and more Chinese players would make it to top-flight NBA teams.

“Since I have been coming here and doing clinics and basketball camps with kids, you see the improvement year after year and the determination to get better and the passion they have for the game,” said Bryant.

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Stoner keen to get back to winning ways CASEY Stoner says only the top step of the podium during this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca will be good enough as he bids to increase a championship lead that is coming under threat.

Having broken away with a run of three consecutive wins in France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Stoner has been reeled in by Jorge Lorenzo over the last two rounds, with the gap between them now stood at 15 points.

Nonetheless, the Repsol Honda rider is optimistic heading to the United States Grand Prix, an event he last one during his 2007 title-winning year with Ducati. Indeed, though he is pleased to have been a victory contender in every race this season, he wants to get back to winning ways.

“I’m looking forward to going to Laguna Seca. It’s a circuit I’ve always enjoyed quite good results at and we’ve always been naturally quite fast there. The track itself is a very tight and technical track, there are lots of sweep-

ing gradients and unusual corners with a lot of camber, so you need to be delicate on the track and not ‘attack’ it too much.

“We’ll be looking to improve our results from the past three weekends - three podiums are great - but I’m here to win races, so we’ll be aiming to get back on the top step next Sunday in Laguna. It’s been a pretty tiring few weeks and we have another back to back race now, but I love going to America and the area of Monterey is truly beautiful, the fans are always very welcoming and the atmosphere there is fantastic.”

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McLaren is confident that F1’s adoption of pre-Silverstone diffuser regulations will allow it to once again lead the fight against Red Bull on the weekend. Managing Director Jonathan Neale said the change of regulations at Silverstone had hit the Woking squad harder than either Red Bull or Ferrari, but promised his team would once again be in contention at the Nurburgring.

0.7 seconds, that’s why we found ourselves dropping back. Up until then, we were the only ones putting up a creditable fight against Red Bull, having both drivers winning races.

“We’re not by any means being complacent about the progress that Ferrari has

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Britain’s McLaren Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, right, leads Spain’s Ferrari Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso during the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 10, 2011.

made, or the development of Red Bull, but our job is to beat both of them and that’s what we’re going to do.”

Neale insisted McLaren could overhaul its current points deficit to Red Bull – Hamilton sits 95 points behind Vettel in the drivers’ standings, while McLaren lies 110 points adrift in the constructors’ – but admitted the team would have to be aggressive and take risks to do so.

“F1 isn’t something you can play safe in, it’s about taking risks and getting the balance right,” he said.

“Clearly when you are coming from behind, as we and Ferrari are, then you have to work very hard at that. “In terms of car development, it means that we have to push very hard to close the gap. It is about taking risks.

“Obviously in the latter part (of Silverstone) Fernando was able to show what he was able to do and the underlying pace of the Red Bull showed itself again. We’re mindful of that, not at all complacent, but we’re not too petrified.”

Neale also insisted that McLaren would continue to devote all its efforts into improving the current car and catching Red Bull, saying: “This organisation exists to win races, and while it is mathematically possible to win the championship, it’s possible.

“Even if it isn’t, that’s not to say we won’t try and win races – its good for us, our drivers and it’s what we’re about. We’re not going to make it easy for Red Bull, put it that way.”

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Bangli – Riot between thousands of people from Songan, Kintamani District with the rest of Bangli happened on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The incident caused a man died due to heavy wounds cmade by sharp object.

Australia’s Casey Stoner of the Repsol Honda team steers his bike during the third free practice session of the Moto Grand Prix at the Sachsenring Circuit on July 16, 2011 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, eastern Germany.

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Firstly, hundreds of people from Songan were trying to attack the Kawan Village. The intention was noticed by one of the villager so he immediately warned the villagers by pounding the traditional Balinese bell or “kulkul bulus”.

Thousands of inhabitants of Kawan village then rush to the scene while carrying weapons.

However, the police officer managed to stop the group from Songan before they reached Kawan Village. After the incidents, the inhabitants of Kawan village raided Bangli Hospital, government offices and dormitory to find people from Songan The climax happened at 5 pm local time. The incidents had been heard by everyone in Bangli area and “kulkul bulus” in Puri Agung Bangli was sounded 2 hours later. It means that the city will be attacked. The sound of the “kulkul” made thousands of people from Kawan and Gunaksa got out of their home. They were heavily armed because they heard that the villagers of Songan would come to the city.

The barricade being set up by Bangli Police Department could not stop the people from Songan who were headed to the city.

A truck of the police was damaged during the incident. Due to the damage road, the people from Songan went to the city through the west but they met with the people from the city. Big riot then happened.

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The people of Bangli heavily armed gather on the road after the riot happened in the city. The riot caused four people injured and a man died.

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NUSA DUA - China and Southeast Asian countries agreed Wednesday to a preliminary set of guidelines in the South China Sea dispute, the Chinese side said, a rare sign of cooperation in a row that has plagued relations in the region for years.

But a broader accord on which country owns what in waters believed to be rich in gas and oil remains as far off as ever.

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ASEAN countries and China some minutes ago, on the guidelines of implementation on the DOC (Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea),” China’s assistant foreign minister, Liu Zhenmin, said.

“This is an important milestone document for cooperation among China and ASEAN countries,” Liu told reporters on the sidelines of a forum between ASEAN foreign ministers and other regional powers on the Indonesian island of Bali this week.

The guidelines are an initial set of steps toward the more conclusive declaration, which China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been in deadlock over since 2002.

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