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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Bali‘s Benoa port wins “Best Port Welcome” award PAGE 8

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Emergency workers search through debris near the seaside in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, March 19, 2011.

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WHO warns of “serious” food radiation in disaster-hit Japan Reuters

TOKYO – The World Health Organization said on Monday that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was more serious than previously thought, eclipsing signs of progress in a battle to avert a catastrophic meltdown in its reactors.

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Engineers managed to rig power cables to all six reactors at the Fukushima complex, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, and

started a water pump at one of them to reverse the overheating that has triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.

Some workers were later evacuated from one of the most badly damaged reactors when smoke briefly rose from the site. There was no immediate explanation for the smoke, but authorities had said earlier that pressure was building up at the No. 3 reactor. Smoke was also seen at the No. 2 reactor.

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left more than 21,000 people dead or missing and will cost an already beleaguered economy some

$250 billion, making it the world’s costliest ever natural disaster.

The head of the U.N. atomic agency said the nuclear situation remained very serious but it would be resolved. “I have no doubt that this crisis will be effectively overcome,” Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told an emergency board meeting.

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Prince William wraps up Australia, NZealand visit Associated Press Writer

KERANG, Australia – Prince William wrapped up a visit to disaster zones in Australia and New Zealand on Monday, flying into flood-stricken Australian towns even as heavy rain pummeled another part of the country. The second in line to the British throne was welcomed by hundreds of people in Kerang town in Victoria state, one of dozens across Australia that were inundated earlier this year by the country’s worst flooding in decades.

Thirty-five people died in the flooding in northern Queensland state before the waters moved

south into Victoria. In a low-key visit, William was ferried around by helicopter to meet and chat with survivors in several towns that were flooded, attend numerous community barbecues and hear from local officials about cleanup and recovery operations.

In Kerang, schoolchildren — some wearing homemade tiaras and waving placards — lined the

street outside the sports ground where events were held for the prince. At one point, William made a passable attempt at kicking an Australian Rules Football. The visit came as another part of Australia suffered flooding on Monday after storms around Sydney dumped more than 8 inches (200 millimeters) of rain in around six hours.

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Local resident Brad Wren (L) explains the extent of the flooding on his dairy property to Britain’s Prince William (R) during his visit to flood effected regions of Victoria in Benjeroop, some 400 kms northwest of Melbourne on March 21, 2011.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Bali News Erosion at Yehembang Kauh reaches road body Negara (Bali Post)—

The recent floods in Yehembang River resulted in erosions at a number of river banks. Even, the damage due to erosion was almost cut off the road access of Yehembang to Kedisan. A number of vehicles passing through the village road were forced to step aside and some did not dared to pass since they were fear of getting stuck.

Observations on site made on Sunday (Mar 20), a few points on the river bank seemed to collapse as eroded by water stream. The recent flash flood aggravated the cliff damage. As seen at the hamlet of Sekar Kejula Kelod, the village roads located on the river bank was eroded until nearly a half the road body. Meanwhile, the cracks had touched down the street. For security measure, local residents intentionally placed a crack of wood and plastic to remind the passing vehicles as a caution. According to them, the road was still safe when crossed by motorcycle, but cars and trucks should be very careful as the land was unstable and the crack had reached half the road section.

Especially at night, lack of lighting at the location caused the road invisible. “Without being careful, was can sink here,” explained one of the passers-by of Kedisan. Some of the trucks passing through the location were forced to step aside to avoid the damaged cliff. As occurred several days ago, a truck carrying dozens of gamelan troupe should unload its passengers as it was worried to get slipped. Along the cliff side of the road, people could not see a revetment. But, some points along the river basin had been protected by revetment.

Likewise, erosion also caused revetment in the north of SD 4 Yehembang Kauh primary school to collapse. Yet, according to local residents, such a condition had been going on for long time. Luckily, there was a road between the river bank and the primary school.

The difference, this point had been protected by a revetment. Allegedly, the revetment dropped as it was not strong enough to hold the river streams.

On the other hand, the Village Head of Yehembang Kauh, I Nyoman Silayasa, when asked for his confirmation by Bali Post on Sunday, justified if the erosion in the region was getting more serious. Even, the road to Kedisan was difficult to be passed through by trucks because a crack happened to almost half the road. His party had reported the condition to the Jembrana Regency Government since the incident last year. A number of legislators of Jembrana House and even the Bali Public Works measured the location but it had not been followed up yet.

Aside from at that location, so far there were three points on the path of Yehembang River passing through the Yehembang Kauh Village eroded by the erosion. “Due to raining cats and dogs accompanied by flooding, the road was getting more damaged. However, this condition has been reported,” he explained. (kmb26)

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The erotion which happen on Yehembang Kauh reaches road body.

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The damage road on the route of Klungkung and Besakih.

Many provincial roads damaged

Klungkung—Besakih road section in serious condition Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika had reminded the Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Tjok Gede Agung, to pay attention to the Klungkung-Besakih road section, especially the road in front of Tegak Market and Selat Village Market. The road section had many potholes. Additionally, garbage also scattered around and local traders put their merchandise until coming near to the sidewalk.

Such warning was delivered by governor before the Deputy Regent of Klungkung when he paid a visit to floods afflicting the SMAN 1 Dawan senior high school in September 2010. As it was a provincial road, the governor asked the Klungkung Regency Government to make coordination with relevant agencies in provincial government to respond to the damaged road and scattered garbage.

Unfortunately, the reminder of governor was ignored. Proven, up to these days the road section of the Tegak Market to Selat Village Market remained in damaged condition. There were potholes everywhere. Of course, it would become a threat to motorists.

Moreover, during the period of Ida Bathara Turun Kabeh ritual in Besakih Temple as today, thousands of devotees from all over Bali passed through the road section to Besakih for some few days. They rode motorcycle, drove private cars or chartered public transportation to large-sized buses.

According to testimony of local people met at location on Sunday (Mar

20), the working on the road in front of the Tegak Market or Selat Market was not optimal. “Not long ago, it had been patched, but in relatively short time later the road was getting damaged,” said Mudarta, one of the local residents.

Another resident told that the road section (before Tegak or Selat Market—Ed) had crowded traffic and was a vital route to Bali because it was passed through by many travelers heading for Besakih Temple tourist attraction. “Moreover, it coincides with the grandiose annual ritual as today (Ida Bathara Turun Kabeh—Ed),” added the resident.

Based on observation, other than scattered garbage, the road conditions before the Tegak or Selat Market was aggravated by many potholes. Inevitably, traffic congestion often occurred at that point. Some time ago, a car even crashed one of the kiosks nearby to avoid the damaged road section.

Aside from the damage in front of the Tegak or Selat Market, many other sections of provincial roads were damaged (broken and holey) as well.

Among others, they could be seen on the east side Satria Hamlet Hall (public road heading for Paksebali), in the west of SMAN 1 Semarapura senior high school and some others. (kmb20)

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Kerobokan Jail Raid Officers Found 11 Unknown Cell Phones

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The Hindus are praying in Batur temple.

Thousands of Hindus Flooded Batur Temple Bangli (Bali Post)

Thousands of Hindus from all over Bali came on Sunday (20/3) to Pura Batur temple. Even though it did not cause any traffic, those prayers’ vehicles can be seen from the morning.

In this Sunday, the Gods and Goddesses (Ida Batara/Batari) were given wayon agung and pepade penek while on Monday they were given maider gita, bhakti penebeng, bakti ngabuangin and penganyar from Buleleng Regency. Jero Gede Batur Alitan hoped there will be volunteering (ayah-ayahan) so the Gods would stay (masineb) and so the temple is opened for all to those who wants to volunteer yet to contact committee first so the

schedule can be known.

Meanwhile, Head of Bangli Police Public Relation Section, APC Ida I Dewa Nyoman Rai, stated the road has been applied one way to avoid traffic. Those who continued to pray in Pura Besakih temple are directed through Gunung Kunyit not through Penelokan. Besides anticipating traffic, there was also anticipation on social problems that could happen such as pick pockets in this kind of crowds.

For that some officers dressed casually and public are suggested to take care of their belongings.

Bhakti peprainan and Ida Batara masineb will happen in coming 1st April and in 3rd April there will be katuran bhakti petami and bringing Ida Batara/ Batari to kresna dwipa world. “I really hope all the Hindu Dharma people will come ayah and punia (volunteer and donate sincerely) also using the time there is,” he concluded. (kmb17)

Every time the Class II A Denpasar Jail, Kerobokan Jail, got raided another forbidden stuffs were found. Hence this Friday (18/3) officers found 11 cell phones and a number of knives with no owner. This kind of checking is incidental or sudden done routinely on several blocks.

Officers found it in rubbish bins or places far from the blocks. The phones had no owner name and the numbers dialled are all erased. “Their memories are all erased so it’s hard to know,” Head of Kerobokan Jail, Siswanto, stated. According to Siswanto those who were found to have it will be given more punishment especially for year 2011, either

remission in Independence Day or religious days, none suggested or given.

For the knives, they were all modified, some made from spoon, folded knives, cutters and more. It is known it’s never used to hurt others yet it will still be confiscated. On narcotics, there were none found this time, “It’s really small so it’s hard to see it with own eyes except the jail has sniffing dogs or maybe a mechanism that’s easier to handle with.”

Siswanto also did not deny that there might be any of them even though in the entrance gate there were X-Ray machines. Siswanto stated will never forgive those who tried bringing narcotics inside Kerobokan Jail. (015)

Gedong Kertya Entrance Threaten Collapsed Singaraja (Bali Post) –

The historical place Gedong Kertya is in need of attention otherwise it’ll be gone just like that.

Besides its old books and lontar (written papyrus leaves) were destroyed eaten by termites, its building was also worrying. One of them is the gapura (traditional entrance gate) which has its doors and supporting pole destroyed also eaten by termites. Its bricks arrangement also have mostly fallen down causing it could collapse due to vehicles vibration passing by in Veteran Street, Singaraja and could put visitors

in danger.

Head of Gedong Kertya Regional Technical Management Unit (UPTD), Suharsana, have suggested a repairing budget for IDR 17 million for the upper part of the building and also fixing the gapura. “We have proposed it several times yet it was never given.

We were hoping it is outside the operational budget,” he stated.

Shockingly the operational budget for 2011 has been decreased from IDR 49.5 million to IDR 46.5 million. “We can’t do anything anymore and this gapura only waits its time to collapse,” (kmb)

Advertising in Denpasar Needs Consistent Regulation from City Government Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Advertising side was shocked when Denpasar House of Representatives mentioned that Billboards, banners even pamphlets placement in Denpasar still messed up yet it’s not wrong either remembering that Denpasar hasn’t got any clear regulation on open space advertising.

Last Sunday (20/3) Head of United Indonesia Advertising Company (PPPI) for Bali, Roy G. Wicaksono, accompanied by another manager, dr, A,A, Made Gede Sudiadnyana, S.Ked and Indonesia Open Space Media Association (Amli) I Nengah Tamba, accepted this condition. Wicaksono stated a consistent regulation from

government is definitely needed. Such as in Jakarta, they applied a consistent and clear regulation to put advertisements in strategic places such as Thamrin Street and so advertisers follow rules that existed. Another thing is constructing billboard permit or screening permit has to be different.

For constructing billboard it can last longer up to 5 years but for screening permit has to be shorter as it changes all the time and so 1 year is enough.

Sudiadnyana explained PPPI and Amli have made a master plan on advertising in Denpasar. One of the concepts offered are in making ground signs on several points as needed.

Besides on turning points, malls front

has to be arranged well and not blocking the mall’s view. “Such as in Dewi Sartika Street, it’s out of control because there are so many advertisements in front of it,” Sudiadnyana explained.

Responding to this suggestion, Head of Grounds Section of Cleanliness and Grounds Agency, Agus Prihantara, admitted his side will plan an arrangement pattern for it only just it needs time and not little budget as the IDR 400 million that was given last year 2010 did not result anything. “This needs hard work and support from all and for the regulation we have prepared it,” he explained. (kmb12)

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The entrance to Gedong Kertya. The historical place will be collpased if there is not attention from the government.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

International

Obama tours Rio, lifts Brazil as a model for peace Agence France Presse

RIO DE JANEIRO – Immersing himself in Brazil’s poverty and pride, President Barack Obama on Sunday held up the South American nation as a model of democratic change in a time of uprisings and crackdowns across the Arab world and yet another war front for the United States.

From Rio’s glamorous beaches to a notorious slum to an elegant theater, Obama glimpsed the city’s cultural extremes and offered the kind of personal engagement that can pay political dividends for years. Less than one day after announcing U.S. military strikes against Libya’s government, Obama made time to kick a soccer ball around with kids in a shantytown.

The competing stories of Obama’s itinerary — a war front in Africa, an economic commitment to South America — divided his time in incongruous ways. By morning, he spoke with his security team about the international assault against Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses; by night, he stood atop

Corcovado Mountain and drank in Rio’s storied statue of Christ the Redeemer and the city lights far below.

Meanwhile, U.S. warplanes pounded faraway Libya. It was all summed up by one image: Obama, adeptly juggling a soccer ball, as his aides helped him juggle his agenda.

In a speech, Obama celebrated Brazil as a place that has shifted from dictatorship to democracy, moving millions into its middle class and embracing human rights. He underlined that point as unrest sweeps the Middle East and north Africa, leading to dramatic change in some cases and violent crisis in Libya.

“As two nations who have struggled over many generations to perfect our own democracies, the United States and Brazil know that

the future of the Arab world will be determined by its people,” Obama told an invitation-only crowd inside an ornate hall here.

“No one can say for certain how this change will end, but I do know that change is not something that we should fear,” he said. “When young people insist that the currents of history are on the move, the burdens of the past are washed away.”

His speech and his whole trip to this region have been overshadowed by the onset of war in Libya. Obama has tried to find a balance of showing command of the war strategy without altering his diplomatic mission or offending his hosts in Latin America.

US President Barack Obama thanks the attendance after delivering his speech at the Municipal Theater on March 20, 2011, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the second of his twoday visit to the country.

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Western powers strike Libya for second night Reuters

TRIPOLI – Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya early on Monday after halting the advance of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Benghazi and targeting air defenses to let their planes patrol the skies. The U.N.mandated intervention to protect civilians caught up in a one-month-old revolt against Gaddafi drew criticism from Arab League chief Amr Moussa, who questioned the need for a heavy bombardment, which he said had killed many civilians.

But the United States, carrying out the air strikes in a coalition with

Britain, France, Italy and Canada among others, said the campaign was working and dismissed a ceasefire announcement by the Libyan military on Sunday evening. Britain’s Defense Ministry said one of its submarines had again fired Tomahawk guided missiles on Sunday night as part of a second wave of attacks to enforce the U.N. resolution.

“We and our international partners are continuing operations in support of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973,” a ministry spokesman said.

Italy said it also had warplanes in the air, after U.S. and British warships and submarines launched 110 Toma-

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama

Tibetans to frame rules for new political leader Associated Press Writer

DHARMSALA, India – A Tibetan lawmaker says the Tibetan parliament-in-exile has decided to form a committee to ensure a smooth transition when a new prime minister takes office after the Dalai Lama’s resignation from politics.

Karma Yeshi says the committee will chalk out a timeframe for a new premier to take over political responsibilities from the Tibetan holy man.

The parliament-in-exile was meeting Monday in the northern Indian town of Dharmsala. It decided that the committee will examine constitutional changes to grant more powers to the prime minister and decide on the future role of the Dalai Lama.

The 76-year-old Nobel Peace laureate has said he will continue his role as Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.

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A Libyan soldier surveys the damage to an administrative building hit by a missile late Sunday, March 20, 2011 in the heart of Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab Al Azizia compound in Tripoli, Libya, as he is pictured during an organized trip by the Libyan authorities. No casualties were reported.

hawk missiles on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, director of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff, told reporters there had been no new Libyan air activity or radar emissions, but a significant decrease in Libyan air surveillance, since strikes began Saturday.

Benghazi was not yet free from threat, said Gortney, but Gaddafi’s forces in the area were in distress and “suffering from isolation and confusion” after the air assaults.

Late on Sunday night, Libyan officials took Western reporters to Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, a sprawling complex that houses his private quarters as well as military barracks, anti-aircraft batteries and other installations, to see what they said was the site of a missile attack two hours earlier.

“It was a barbaric bombing,” said government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, showing pieces of shrapnel that he said came from the missile.

“This contradicts American and Western (statements) ... that it is not their target to attack this place.” A Libyan military spokesman announced a new ceasefire on Sunday, saying that “the Libyan armed forces ... have issued a command to all military units to safeguard an immediate ceasefire from 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) this evening.”

Both before and after he spoke, heavy anti-aircraft gunfire boomed above central Tripoli. Outside Benghazi, smoldering, shattered tanks and troop carriers from what had been Gaddafi’s advancing forces littered the main road. The charred bodies of at least 14 government soldiers lay scattered in the desert.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center Back to Supporting Earth Hour IBP

DENPASAR - The Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center back again with a message to supporting earth hour program on Saturday, 26 March 2011. According to the release that received by International Bali Post, Aston will minimized lighting to show their respect and support toward this national program. ‘’All of our garden lights, Hotel facade, Business Centre, Restaurant, Poolside, Function rooms and all corridor along guest room and another supplement electricity will be turned off only for 1 hour, start from 8.30 pm – 9.30 pm,” the released mentioned.

For the guests, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center management suggests to turn off the light and electricity in their room for only 1 hour to succeed Earth Hour Program. In other hand, Aston Denpasar also supporting all the environmental conservation with our water conservation program, waste management program, energy conservation program, and still supporting the earth hour. And this year we will came up with a new idea to enforce the tukik (baby turtle) conservation.

During Earth Hour time, we’ve been providing guests’ activity to enjoy. We prepare the candle light dinner located at the Pool side of Aston Denpasar accompanied with the gentle melody of Balinese Rindik music, performed by a traditional musician, will play softly in the romantic background to add delightful ambience to your dinner time.

Irmansjah Madewa as a General Manager of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center said that

“This year we back again, bring up a message to taking care our earth from climate change. We are collaborating with WWF, supporting and conveying a message to all to support earth hour program to reducing power consumption as one of alternative way to slacken the Global Warming. Not only implemented by our own management, we also invite the entire guests who stay at the Hotel to turn off the light and electricity on their room only in 1 hour“.

Switch off your lights at Saturday, 26 March 2011 for only 1 hour to make a global statement. Show you care about climate change. Small actions can make a big difference.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for March 8 through March 19, 2011 21 Mar Betara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - Karangasem Bukit Jati Temple Bangli Batur Temple Kalanganyar - Bangli Masceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - Gianyar Dalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - Gianyar Penambangan Badung Temple Denpasar Lempuyang Madia Temple Karangasem Batur Temple Bangli Desa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - Gianyar Pasek Gelgel Temple Marga - Tabanan Gaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - Tabanan Pasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan Denpasar Agung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - Denpasar Pasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - Tabanan Dukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,KerambitanTabanan Puseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - Karangasem Pitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan Tengah Candra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,JelambarJakarta Barat Agung Jagatnatha Temple Denpasar Pemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - Gianyar Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - Badung Puseh Temple Sidemen - Karangasem Agung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java 2 April Puseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati Gianyar Pasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan Buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang Gianyar Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple Besakih Karangasem 5 April Kahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - Bangli Batur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Kawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli 12 April Puseh Temple , Desa Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri Tabanan Sanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar 16 April Dalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-Gianyar Penataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Puseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Kawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung 20 April Segara Temple Lombok Island Dwijawarsa Temple Malang East Java Puncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti Tabanan Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - Denpasar Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,Selemadeg Tabanan Penataran Agung Temple Sidemen Karangasem Samuan Tiga Temple Bedulu Gianyar Kawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan 21 April Dalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar 23 April Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,Tampaksiring Gianyar Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Pasek Temple Klaci,Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Temple Gede Tabanan Pedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,Penebel Tabanan Desa Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijong Temple Tabanan Puncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa PenidaKlungkung

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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Tuesday, March 22, 2010

News German ex-minister apologizes to Swiss journalist Associated Press Writer

GENEVA – Germany’s former defense minister has apologized to a Swiss journalist for failing to credit her as a source for parts of his doctoral thesis.

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg acknowledges having used extracts of an article by Klara Obermueller without proper academic citation.

Extracts of his apology to

Obermueller were published Sunday in the Zurich weekly NZZ am Sonntag that first ran her article in 2003. The paper’s editor, Felix E. Mueller, says the apology was an “overdue, right and positive step.”

Guttenberg resigned March 1 after the plagiarism allegations threatened to become a liability for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in upcoming regional elections.

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An Israeli soldier holds a bowl full of mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kissufim, southern Israel, Saturday, March 19, 2011.

Gazans fire 2 rockets; 2 militants killed in clash Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM – Palestinian militants fired two rockets into southern Israel on Sunday and Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in a new outburst along the volatile border with Gaza.

The violence came a day after Palestinian militants fired more than 50 mortar shells into Israel — the heaviest Palestinian barrage since a bruising Israeli military offensive in Gaza two years ago.

Both sides have largely honored an informal cease-fire since the 2009 war, in which about 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including militants and civilians.

Israel says Hamas has rebuilt its arsenal, and a pattern of rocket attacks and Israeli reprisals has escalated in recent weeks.

The Hamas-allied Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for Sunday morning’s rocket attack, which caused no injuries or damage.

Militants in Gaza fired another rocket into southern Israel in the evening, exploding near the city of Ashkelon. No one was hurt.

Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Adham Abu Salmia said rescue teams recovered the bodies of two Palestinian men who were killed overnight along the border.

The Israeli military said soldiers spotted two Palestinians crawling

toward the border with what appeared to be a bomb. Soldiers called on them to stop, and opened fire after they continued moving toward the border. Such clashes are common.

Most rocket attacks from Gaza since the invasion have been carried out by small militant groups, but the Islamic group claimed responsibility for some of Saturday’s mortar fire, which slightly wounded two Israelis.

Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Meron Reuben, sent a letter of complaint to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council, demanding that they condemn rocket and mortar barrages on Israel. “Such attacks constitute a clear violation of international law and must be addressed with the utmost seriousness,” Reuben wrote.

Hamas has ruled Gaza since

seizing power in a five-day civil war against the rival Fatah in 2007.

As a wave of pro-democracy unrest reverberates through the region, both sides have faced growing calls to reconcile. Fatah, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, controls only the West Bank.

On Saturday, Hamas police assaulted protesters and journalists at a demonstration calling for reconciliation. New York-based Human Rights Watch criticized Hamas for Saturday’s crackdown,and a similar one at a demonstration last Tuesday.

“It is a dismal reflection on Hamas that it is violently cracking down on peaceful demonstrators calling for political reconciliation,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch. “This is just the latest instance of Hamas assaulting Palestinians’ fundamental freedoms.”

Students were evacuated from their school in the city of Wollongong, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Sydney, after it was partly flooded in the deluge, which also swamped a trailer park and damaged roads in the area, emergency services said.

Police Sgt. John Klepczarek said the body of one man was found near a stormwater drain in the stricken area, and police were investigating whether his death was storm-re-

lated.

In the past three days, William has visited towns in Queensland that were battered by a huge cyclone in February. He traveled to Australia from New Zealand, where he participated in commemoration ceremonies for an earthquake last month that devastated the city of Christchurch, killing at least 166 people. The visit came as anticipation builds around William’s wedding next month to Kate Middleton.

WHO warns...

From page 1 “We see a light for getting out of the crisis,” a Japanese government official quoted Prime Minister Naoto Kan as saying. But news of progress at the nuclear plant was overshadowed by mounting concern that radioactive particles already released into the atmosphere have contaminated food and water supplies.

“Quite clearly it’s a serious situation,” Peter Cordingley, Manilabased spokesman for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office for the Western Pacific, told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“It’s a lot more serious than anybody thought in the early days when we thought that this kind of problem can be limited to 20 to 30 kilometers ... It’s safe to suppose that some contaminated produce got out of the contamination zone.”

However, he said there was no evidence of contaminated food from Fukushima reaching other countries.

Fukushima is the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but signs are that it is far less severe than the Ukrainian disaster.

“The few measurements of radiation reported in food so far are much lower than around Chernobyl in 1986, but the full picture is still emerging,” Malcolm Crick, secretary of the U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, told Reuters.

TAP WATER

Japan’s health ministry has urged some residents near the plant to stop drinking tap water after high levels of radioactive iodine were detected.

Cases of contaminated vegetables and milk have already stoked anxiety despite assurances from officials that the levels are not dangerous. The

government has prohibited the sale of spinach from all four prefectures near the plant and also banned selling of raw milk from Fukushima prefecture.

There were no major reports of contaminated food in Tokyo, a city of about 13 million people. City officials however said higher-thanstandard levels of iodine were found in an edible form of chrysanthemum.

“From reports I have heard so far, it seems that the levels of radioactive iodine and caesium in milk and some foodstuffs are significantly higher than government limits,” said Jim Smith, a specialist in earth and environmental sciences at Britain’s Portsmouth University.

“This doesn’t mean that consumption of these products is necessarily an immediate threat, as limits are set so that foodstuffs can be safely consumed over a fairly long period of time. Nevertheless, for foodstuffs which are found to be above limits, bans on sale and consumption will have to be put in place in the affected areas.”

Japan is a net importer of food, but has substantial exports — mainly fruit, vegetables, dairy products and seafood — with its biggest markets in Hong Kong, China and the United States.

China will monitor food imported from Japan, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the country’s quality control watchdog. South Korea will expand radioactivity inspection to processed and dried agricultural Japanese food, from just fresh produce.

In Taipei, one of the top Japanese restaurants in the city is offering diners the use of a radiation gauge in case they were nervous about the food.

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World Bank recruits 300 practicians to promote financial stability Antara

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Workers install steel reinforcement columns at a construction site of a high rise office and residential towers in Jakarta on March 17, 2011. The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) had recruited 300 practicians in financial infrastructure from 90 countries for the promotion of global financial security and stability.

JAKARTA - The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) had recruited 300 practicians in financial infrastructure from 90 countries for the promotion of global financial security and stability.

The World Bank said in Jakarta recently that the new financial system is expected to mitigate the financial crisis in the future and increase financial services for households and business people.

The World Bank recruited the practicians in the Financial Infrastructure Week to enable them to discuss three important areas of the financial infrastructure.

The three are the system of payments and remissions, reporting credits, and safe transactions.

The practicianers also discussed what need to be done by national authorities, private sector, and other functioners in developing

the financial market infrastructure.

The World Bank said the global financial infrastructure is the backbone of every economic financial system everywhere.

The quality of the financial infrastructure of any country determines the efficiency of intermediation, the ability to give loans for risk evaluation and those who received the loans for credits and other financial products on a competitive basis.

In this way, a safe and efficient financial structure will provide stability for the global financial system.

He also mentioned the need for emphasis not only to create a just competitive market condition but also in the development of a collaborative ecosystem where growth could be achieved while at the same time security and efficiency of the financial system.

In the course of the Financial Infrastructure Week, a new international standard will also be forwarded and consulted.

Bomb squad deployed to South Jakarta Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta metropolitan police deployed a bomb squad to examine a suspicious package at “The Energy” building inside the SCBD office building in South Jakarta on Monday.

“The bomb squad personnel are examining the suspicious package,” South Jakarta police chief Senior Commissioner Gatot Edy Pramono said.

They arrived at the building at 10.15 AM local time on a special vehicle. A number of workers had been evacuated from their office building after the security guards found a small box with a brown cover on the 27th floor.

The package had been sent to the office on March 18 but the metal detector gave a suspicious signal, he said. A series of bomb threats had rocked parts of Indonesia last week.

A Jakarta metropolitan police bomb squad had even detonated a suspicious package that a local resi-

dent named Iskandar had received last Saturday (March 19).

Earlier on the day, the Jakarta metropolitan police also disposed of a package that Jakarta-based Muhammadiyah University‘s Rector, Masyitoh Chusnan, received.

On March 15, four packages containing books with bombs planted in them were sent to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, activist of the Islam Liberal Network, Goris Mere, the chief of the National Anti-Narcotics Agency, Yapto Soeryosumarno, the chief of the Pancasila Youth organization, and Ahmad Dhani, a musician.

Then, a plastic bag containing a bomb was also found in Cibubur, Bogor district. A Bank Central Asia (BCA) building at Serpong Road,

Banten Province, also received a bomb threat on March 18.

On March 19, a church at Titi Papan Road in Medan, North Sumatran province, also received a bomb threat.

In response to these bomb threats, House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie urged the police to immediately unveil the perpetrators of the recent parcel bomb scare so that it would not turn into a political issue. Indonesia has been fighting terrorist cells in the country since the 2002 Bali bombings that claimed 202 lives, including 88 Australian holiday makers.

Two years before the terrorists attacked the resort island of Bali, Indonesia was rocked by the Christmas eve bombings in 2000.

The latest bombing incident occurred in July 2009. At that time, two suicide bombers simultaneously attacked two luxurious hotels in South Jakarta, killing several people.

Intensifying intelligence

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is intensifying its intelligence and territorial command operations to anticipate internal and external threats, including terror threats, according to a TNI spokesman.

“Besides, externally, we also intensify our approaches to the public, local prominent figures, religious prominent figures, police, and concerned institutions, in order to anticipate various threats, especially the current terror threats as early as possible, and to stem the impacts,” Rear Admiral Iskandar Sitompul, a TNI spokesman, here Monday.

Following the discovery of four parcel bombs in separate locations in Jakarta last Tuesday (March 15), the police continuously received reports from the public on suspicious packages. But, out of more than ten tips off from the public, only one was proven to be a bomb, while the rests were not.

Parcel bomb terror has also been reported in other regions outside Jakarta, namely in Bandung (West Java), Medan (North Sumatra), Surabaya (East Java) and Makassar (South Sulawesi).

Iskandar admitted that the intelligent had initially failed to anticipate terrorists‘ new mode by using parcel and book-contained bombs “If we don`t anticipate earlier, there might be more bomb terrors.

Therefore, BAIS (military intelligence agency) and BIN (State Intelligence Agency) will step up cooperation and coordination to deal with the cases,” he said.

Meanwhile, Head of National Anti-terror Agency (BNPT) Ansyaad Mbai said earlier that he was optimistic the bomb terror perpetrators would soon been caught.

The Anti-Terror Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) had recognized the suspected group or individuals, he said.

RI‘s tuna exports to Japan down 50 percent Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia‘s tuna exports to Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, dropped by around 50 percent in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami which devastated the eastern coast of Japan last March 11, 2011.

“Our (tuna) exports to Japan dropped by around 50 percent,” the marine affairs and fisheries ministry`s director general fishery product marketing and management, Victor Nikijuluw, said here Monday.

Indonesia usually exported 300 tons of tune per week to Tokyo, but last the the export volume was just 150 tons, he said.

The country exports big eye and swordfish tuna to Tokyo.

Meanwhile, tuna exports to Nagoya and Osaka run normally because the two regions are not affected by the natural disaster.

“Exports to Nagoya and Osaka are not affected,” he said.

Earlier the ministry‘s secretary general, Gellwyn Jusuf, had said that the Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami had affected Indonesia‘s fishery products exports to Japan, especially tuna and shrimp.

The shrimp exports to Japan in the future might reach only one third of the usual shrimp export volume, he said last Thursday (March 17). Indonesia would look for alternative countries of destination such as the European Union, the United States and China, as their demands for shrimp have increased, he said.

Police cart away a cache of high powered firearms, captured during a police raid on a terror training camp in Aceh, after it was presented as evidence during the trial of Indonesian firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir at a Jakarta court on March 21, 2011.

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Bali Today Hindu Study Department doesn’t agree on revision Regarding Bali Spatial Plan Antara

DENPASAR – The Indonesian Council of Hindu Study Department stated that they doesn’t agree regarding the revision on the rule of Bali spatial plan. I Nyoman Gelebet, the member of the department, said Monday, “we don’t think that is necessary to revise the rule. In fact, the implementation of the rule must be speed up and one of the ways is through a Governor Law.” During the meting with the special committee of Bali spatial plan, Gelebet explained that before being legalized, the rule had been going through proper study and analysis.

“The Governor Law can describe the rule in detail so there will be no miss interpretation among regencies to apply the rule,” he added. Currently, the Regents and Mayor throughout Bali are not willing to apply the spatial plan rule due to some articles on the rule. http://v3.lscache3.c.bigcache.googleapis.com

Benoa Port

Bali‘s Benoa port wins “Best Port Welcome” award DENPASAR - PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III, Benoa branch, Bali, has received “Best Port Welcome 2010” award from “Dream World Cruise Destination” magazine which is based in London, a spokesman said.

The magazine had presented the award to a representative of Indonesia‘s tourism and culture ministry, Sapta Nirwandar, at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention 2011 that was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, on March 16, 2011, said Iwan Sabatini,general manager of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III‘s Benoa branch, said here Monday.

“We are grateful we have received the award as the best port. The award will be a mo-

tivation to further improve services at the largest sea port on the island,” Iwan said.

He added, the awards was evidence that Benoa port had already gained international trust and met world standards as port of call for cruise ships.

“We always provide international standard services to cruise ships which anchor at Benoa port,” Iwan said.

Iwan said, to increase tourist visits to Bali by cruise ships, the company was continuing to improve the facilities and infrastruc-

tures at the port.

“We are gradually improving the facilities and infrastructure supporting the pier, so the service will be better in welcoming the cruise ships` arrivals in Bali,” Iwan added.

He noted, according to a schedule obtained from the various cruise ship companies abroad, at least 140 cruise ships in 2011 will visit Indonesia.

“We are targeting 40 units of the number of cruise ship visits to Indonesia will stop in Benoa port,” Iwan hoped.

Their main objection is on the rule regarding the holiness of certain areas in Bali. The department urged the government publish a certain rule or law to describe the spatial plan rule in detail so there is no need to revise or change the rule. Gelebet said that the special article about the holiness of certain area in Bali is to protect and conserve the island. “We don’t want to prevent the investors who want to invest in Bali but we want to protect Bali,” he added.

Meanwhile, the head of the committee for Bali spatial plan, Wayan Disel Astawa, said that the committee wants to study and analyze every article in the rule. “We especially want to analyze the certain articles which are considered inappropriate by the regents and mayor,” he added.

In addition to analyze the article, the committee also will socialize the rule to the people so the implementation can be known by the society.

Regency government pledges to improve agrotourism infrastructure Bali Post

GIANYAR - The Gianyar Regency Government pledged to improve the infrastructure for developing the Payangan agro-tourism area. This was revealed by the Regent of Gianyar Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati in the midst of welcoming the Director General of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Hasanuddin Ibrahim, in Payangan Agrotourism area, Gianyar, Sunday (Mar 20).

The promise to improve the infrastructure of agrotourism area, according to the Regent, had been in line with the determination of the zone concentrated on the development of agrotourism. It was supported by the potential of agricultural resources based on culture and agrarian values. As for the promise delivered, it was not technically described when it would be commenced.

On the other hand, the Head of Gianyar Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Services,

I Gusti Ayu Dewi Hariani, explained that Payangan Agrotourism area denoted an area built in the cooperation of Gianyar Regency Government, Payangan community with investor.

The agrotourism area would provide several options of activity, such as scout camp, village tours, tracking, educational tours, agricultural museum and tropical cut flowers area. One of the attractions was Sekar Bumi Farm becoming the icon of Payangan Agrotourism.

Meanwhile, the arrival of Director General of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, was intended to make site inspection and inaugurate the agrotourism area. The director general also explained that heliconia posed the leading decorative plant of Bali Province. In response to the future challenges, the cultivators of decorative plants were expected to produce and develop more diverse plant species, especially those having bright color. (kmb16)

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Repeater Guests don’t care about book bomb Denpasar (BaliPost) -

The book bomb terror which happen in Jakarta and other cities in Indonesia doesn’t make the repeater guests to cancel their trip to Bali. Sanur as the main destination in Denpasar still packed with tourists especially the one from Europe.

The head of Denpasar Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), Ida Bagus Sidharta Putra, said “the bomb which happened

lately doesn’t give any significant effect on the tourism in Sanur.

They seem don’t care with the incident.”

He said that most of the tourists admitted that they are not worry or afraid. Most of the tourists have been coming to Bali many times so they know the true condition of the island and they don’t care of the terrorism issue.

The hotel occupancy rate in Sanur is still stable and the tour-

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ists are also enjoying their time on the beach. The PHRI urged all hotels and other hospitality industries to increase their awareness and the security level.

“We can not ignore the terrorism incident. We should always try to preserve the security level through safety standardization,” Sidharta said. He said that not hotels in Bali have the security certification. The number is around 200 hotels throughout Bali based on the data of PHRI.. (kmb18)

UDANG PANTUNG KUNING (Lobster in Yellow Sauce) OVERVIEW: A real gourmet treat from Bali, this could also be made with huge prawns. In Bali, coconut chunks are roasted directly on charcoal, then the charred skin scrapped off and the flesh grated for making the coconut milk.

INGREDIENTS: 4 sml lobsters, weighing about 500 gr each or 1 kg large prawns 5 cups water 2 lemongrass, bruised 2 fragrant lime leaves 4 cups coconut milk few drops white vinegar fried shallots to garnish

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Tourists enjoying their time at Sanur beach.

SPICE PASTE: 5 red chilies, seeded and chopped 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped 7 shallots, peeled and chopped 5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped 5 cm ginger, peeled and chopped 4 candlenuts 1 ½ tsp coriander ½ tsp dried shrimp paste toasted 1 sml tomato, peeled and seeded 2 tbsp oil 1 ½ tbsp tamarind pulp 1 salam leaf 1 lemon grass, bruised PREPARATION: Prepare spice paste by grinding or blending all ingredients except oil, tamarind, salam leaf and lemongrass. Heat oil, add spice paste and all other ingredients. Cook over moderate heat for about 5 minutes, then cool.

Wash lobsters and leave whole. Bring water to the boil, add lobsters and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove lobsters, plunge in iced water for 1 minutes, then drain and remove meat. Return shells to the pot of water, keeping lobster meat aside.

Add spice paste, lemongrass, lime leaves and vinegar to the water with the shells and simmer until 4 cups of stock remain. Add coconut milk and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain stock and return to pan. Add lobster and simmer for 1 minute. Serve garnished with fried shallots and accompanied by white rice.

Helpful hints: if using prawns instead of lobster, peel the raw prawns and put prawns shells 4 cups of water. Simmer for 5 minutes, then combine this stock with coconut milk, prawns and all other ingredients, simmering until cooked. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Marine Adventures IBP

Diving is an exciting experience to explore the beautiful underwater life where we can see a real fantastic panorama of coral and colorful fishes. Bali has many choices of the dive venue which are very famous in all over the world like: Tulamben, Amed, Padang Bay, Menjangan Island, Nusa Penida, Lembongan Island and Nusa Dua. All of them have been supported by complete diving facilities. Diving in Bali will get unforgettable experience and this under water adventure is the most attractive and always looked for by the people.

Enjoy the experience under the blue sea water with a minimum of wave, colorful coral and fishes and see the real of under water life in Bali. It’s very fantastic and don’t miss it.

Nusa Dua Diving

Nusa Dua have a beautiful underwater panorama with a lot of fishes, coral grow from 3 (tree) meters slope down to max depth of 18 meters beautiful barrier reef is extremely accessible to visitors due to its nearby lo-

cation and shallow depths. Nusa dua dive site is perfect for all divers and also ideal for diver training. Nusa Dua is a great choice for divers who want to dive without traveling far.

Tulamben Diving – Ship Wreck

Tulamben is one of popular dive site in Bali and located in East Bali. its about 2 and half hours driver from Nusa Dua and Kuta area. Tulamben is beach entry dive and the ship as the dive site is about 40 meters from the beach. The American ship USAT Liberty built in 1915 and was destroyed

by Japanese submarine on Jan 11, 1942 (World War II). It sank on sand floor at depth of 5 meters and slope down to max depth of 35 meters. Night diving on this ship wreck is very popular. Bali’s best wreck dive with bumphead parrot fish, napoleon wrasse and barracuda are regularly spotted around the wreck. Beside Ship Wreck, Tulamben also have many good sites for dive like: Tulamben Drop Off, Coral Garden, etc.

Amed Diving

Amed is located in East Bali, Karangasem Regency and it’s about

2 hours and 45 minutes from Denpasar or Kuta Area and then need more about 5 minutes to Amed dive site. Coral grow 2 meters and slope down to 30 meters. Napoleon wrasses and Reef Sharks often seen in Amed water. Along the wall you will find beautiful and colorful corals (hard and soft) and a breeding area with thousands of small fish.

The maximum depth is +/- 26 m.

Sometimes there can be a current.

Amed is also good site for night dive. Dive Amed area: Jemeluk, Bunutan, Japanese shipwreck and Gili Selang.

Menjangan Island Diving

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Menjangan Island is a small island which is located in North West Bali Island; this island is reached by a 30 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang. Menjangan Island is well known for its magnificent underwater world, have a beautiful corals and fishes. Menjangan Island has many good dive sites. If you want to explore all of that is need about 2 until 3 day. Even large pelagics are sometimes seen at Menjangan. Occasionally sightings of Whales, Whale

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Disaster could cost Japan $235 billion: World Bank Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE – Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, and reconstruction could take five years, the World Bank warned Monday.

“If history is any guide, real GDP growth will be negatively affected through mid-2011,” the Bank said in its latest East Asia and Pacific Economic Update report.

But growth should pick up in subsequent quarters “as reconstruction efforts, which could last five years, accelerate”, it added.

The lower end of the damage estimates, based on projections by the Japanese government and the private sector as of March 17, was equivalent to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), or $122 billion.

Ratings agency Moody’s in a special report said downside risks had increased over the past week for Japan’s economy, sovereign credit, banking, insurance, and non-financial corporate sectors.

World Bank chief regional economist Vikram Nehru said a nuclear crisis arising from a power plant crippled by the disasters has complicated the situation and its impact will depend on how long it takes to solve the problem.

Nehru said the Japanese yen, which shot to post-war highs against the US dollar after the disasters, was expected to normalise after Japan and its fellow G7 rich nations vowed action to stem the currency’s rise.

“We’re not terribly worried about that,” Nehru told reporters in Singapore. “The expectation is that this strengthening of the yen was relatively temporary.”

Japanese financial markets were closed Monday.

The dollar, which had immediately strengthened after the G7 move, was trading firmer at 80.928 yen in afternoon Asian trade Monday, up from 80.59 in New York late Friday.

Japan’s GDP grew 3.9 percent in 2010, when it was overtaken by China as the world’s second-biggest economy after being mired in a malaise since a property bubble burst in the early 1990s.

Nehru said the Japan disasters would affect the rest of Asia but it was too early to give estimates of the cost to the region.

“In the immediate future, the biggest impact will be in terms of trade and finance,” he said on the sidelines of a regional conference.

The World Bank noted that after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, Japan’s trade slowed only for a few quarters, with imports recovering fully within a year and exports rebounding to 85 percent of pre-quake levels in the same period.

“But this time around, disruption to production networks, especially in automotive and electronics industries, could continue to pose problems (beyond one year),” the report added.

The World Bank noted that developing East Asia’s trade with Japan accounted for about 9.0 percent of the region’s total external trade in the past five years.

It estimated exports from the region could slow by 0.75-1.5 percent if Japan’s GDP shrank 0.25-0.5 percent.

The auto and electronics industries are already feeling the impact from the country’s deadliest natural disaster since 1923, with production at major companies including Toyota and Sony disrupted.

In the electronics sector, prices of memory chips — Japan supplies up to 36 percent globally — have shot up by more than 20 percent in some segments, the World Bank said.

Reconstruction efforts may also affect East Asian countries holding yen-denominated liabilities, according to the report.

“A one percent appreciation in the Japanese yen translates into a $250 million increase in annual debt servicing on yen-denominated liabilities,” the Bank said.

One-quarter of the region’s developing economies have long-term debt denominated in yen — ranging from eight percent in China to roughly 60 percent in Thailand, said the World Bank.

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Monday that the earthquake and tsunami had cost it $1.2 billion (847 million euros), but said this figure could be revised upwards.

US billionnaire investor Warren Buffett, however, said the disasters would not hamper the Japanese economy and could prompt new stock buying.

“I’m not looking at Japan’s economic future differently from 10 days ago... extraordinary events offer (a) buying opportunity,” he told reporters during a visit to South Korea.

Japan quake leads GM Korea to cut production Agence France-Presse

SEOUL – The South Korean unit of General Motors said Monday it would reduce production this week by up to 10 percent because of a possible lack of parts from Japan following the devastating earthquake.

GM Korea — formerly GM Daewoo — said it would stop four hours a day of overtime work from Monday at its plants in the western city of Bupyeong and in the southwestern port of Gunsan.

The company said it would also suspend eight hours a day of extra work during the weekend at Gunsan. But it will maintain its current work schedule at its plant in the southern city of Changwon.

“Overall, up to 10 percent of production will be reduced,” a GM Korea spokesman told AFP. “The move is temporary, and our company will decide whether to reduce production next week while watching the situation in Japan,” he said.

GM owns a 70.1 percent stake

in GM Korea, the manufacturing base for smaller vehicles for the Detroit-based carmaker. Its market share in South Korea was just around eight percent last year.

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors said they have not been affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan.

Hyundai and Kia together form the world’s fifth-largest carmaking group by sales. They use only about one percent of parts from Japan.

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The wreckage of a car from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami lies upsidedown at a service station of Japanese auto giant Nissan Motor at the port in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture on March 19, 2011. Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s No.2 automaker, restarted limited operations at five plants in Japan on Monday, with vehicle production expected to start later in the week.

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TOKYO - Sony Corp said it would partially restart a lithium ion battery factory in Tochigi prefecture on Tuesday, leaving six plants, which make a range of devices from integrated circuit cards to Blu-ray discs, still closed.

The consumer electronics giant is one of dozens of Japanese companies to shut factories and slash output following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which have disrupted supplies.

Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s No.2 automaker, restarted limited operations at five plants in Japan on Monday, with vehicle production expected to start later in the week.

Japan is reeling from a humanitarian and nuclear crisis after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. The country is a key supplier to the global auto and technology industries.

Nissan said in a statement it would resume production of repair parts and parts for overseas manufacturing at its Oppama, Tochigi, Yokohama, Kyushu and Nissan Shatai plants.

Vehicle production is planned to start on Thursday and will continue while supplies last, it said.

Restoration of its Iwaki en-

gine plant, in northern Japan, is expected to take longer than the other plants, it added.

Nissan makes about 22 percent of its vehicles in Japan.

Goldman Sachs has estimated the profit impact for stopping production to be about 2 billion yen ($24.8 million) a day for Nissan.

Toshiba said on Monday output was still halted at a factory in Iwate prefecture making system LSI chips for microprocessors and image sensors. It has begun work to bring the factory back on line, but has no timeframe to resume output.

Toshiba said an assembly line at a plant in Japan making small liquid crystal displays for smartphones and other devices will be closed for a month to repair damaged machinery.

Sony is not sure when its plants will resume operations.

Some of the plants’ output is supplied to other manufacturers, including customers overseas.

Renesas, the world’s No.5 chipmaker, has halted operations at 8 of its facilities and is also unsure when production will resume.

The company said it was unlikely to start some of its plants until the threat of power cuts, expected to last until the end of April, diminished.

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Anti-suicide Trevor Project to honor Radcliffe Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Daniel Radcliffe looks forward to a tolerant world where young people grow up unaffected by differences in sexual orientation. For the past couple of years, the “Harry Potter” star has been doing his part to make that a reality with his work with the Trevor Project, the leading organization for suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youths.

For his contribution, Radcliffe is being honored with the organization’s Hero Award at a ceremony in NewYork in June. “It’s fantastic,” Radcliffe told The Associated Press. “The fact that they think of what I’ve done by promoting awareness of the Trevor Project itself and the issues that it works to promote and help is a great honor.”

The Trevor Hero Award, announced Monday, recognizes a person who serves as an inspiration to sexual minority youths and increases visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning, or LGBTQ, community. Past Hero Award recipients include screen and stage actor Nathan Lane, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and former Miss America and “Ugly Betty” actress Vanessa Williams.

While privileged to be a part of this group carrying forward the organization’s life-saving work, Radcliffe said he feels a little bashful about it, too. “The people that are doing the heroic things are the people answering phones 24 hours a day in the Trevor call centers,” he said. “I think that out of everything that I’ve done so far in my career, I think this is absolutely one of the most important, if not the most important, thing that I’m associated with.”

Radcliffe, currently appearing in the Broadway revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” says audience members often acknowledge his work with the organization. “I meet people at the stage door every night that thank me for what I’m doing with the Trevor project,” he said proudly.

The Trevor Project was founded in 1998 by filmmakers James Lecesne,

Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone.

Their 1994 film, “Trevor,” about a gay 13-year-old boy who tried to commit suicide after his friends learned of his sexuality, won the Academy Award for Film Short.

The film was the catalyst for the birth of the organization after it was shown on HBO in 1998.

Radcliffe became aware of the Trevor Project in 2008 during his Broadway debut in a revival of “Equus.” Since 2009, he has appeared in public service announcements and has made public statements in support of the organization.

The last installment of the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows Part 2,” will be released in June.

Along with Radcliffe, who plays the title character in the “Harry Potter” movies,” the Trevor Project will honor Ernst & Young LLP with the Trevor 2020 Award, for a corporation that has provided support for the community and increased understanding of LGBTQ issues.

In this film publicity image released

by Relativity Media, Robert De Niro, left, and Bradley Cooper are shown in a scene from “Limitless.”

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‘Limitless’ tops box office with $19M Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO – There was no stopping “Limitless” at the box office.

The sci-fi thriller opened at No. 1 this weekend with $19 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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In this March 17, 2011 photo, actor Daniel Radcliffe poses for a portrait in NewYork. Radcliffe will be honored with the Trevor Project’s Hero Award at a ceremony in NewYork in June, 2011.

The film from Relativity Media stars Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer who takes a magical pill that allows him to tap into his maximum brain potential. Suddenly he’s cleaned up, making millions and wowing everyone he meets. Robert De Niro co-stars as a financial guru who’s fascinated by him, with Abbie Cornish as Cooper’s skeptical girlfriend. “Limitless” broke out of a crowded pack of new releases and holdovers to take the top spot.

Last week’s No. 1, the alien invasion movie “Battle: Los Angeles,” fell to third place with $14.6 million. The Sony Pictures release has now made an estimated $60.6 million in two weeks. Coming in second was the animated Western “Rango,” featuring the voice of

Johnny Depp as a chameleon who’s stuck in the desert. The Paramount film made $15.3 million for a threeweek total of nearly $92.6 million.

It was a slow weekend, with the other new releases battling for the fourth and fifth spots. At No. 4 was the Lionsgate thriller “The Lincoln Lawyer” starring Matthew McConaughey as a sleazy defense attorney on a high-profile case. It made an estimated $13.4 million. In fifth place was “Paul,” with Seth Rogen providing the voice of a potsmoking, wise-cracking alien who befriends a couple of British sci-fi geeks, played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (who also wrote the script). The Universal Pictures comedy made about $13.2 million.

Kyle Davies, Relativity’s president

of theatrical distribution, said he thinks “Limitless” stood out this weekend through a combination of its marketing message and good word of mouth.

“This was a thriller but a very different kind of thriller,” he said. “It was a unique angle on a traditional genre.”

Davies also pointed to Cooper’s appeal as a factor in the film’s success.

“Limitless” allowed the star of “The Hangover” and “The A-Team” to show a more dramatic side.

“He’s coming into his own as a leading man. I think he appeals to men and women,” he said. “And De Niro is just awesome in this.”

The simple tagline on the film’s posters — “What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?” — went a long way in luring audiences, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian: “The art of the tagline has sort of been lost and this brought it back.” And certainly the front-andcenter presence of the blue-eyed Cooper, who’s also an executive producer on the film, didn’t hurt.

Cameras roll on ‘The Hobbit’ films in New Zealand Associated Press Writer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Cameras started rolling Monday on director Peter Jackson’s production of “The Hobbit,” following months of delays on the prequel to his Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Hollywood studio funding problems, a threatened actors’ boycott and ulcer surgery for Jackson have plagued pre-production on the $500 million, two-movie project.

The director posted a studio news release on his website Monday saying production has commenced in New Zealand on the much-anticipated project. British actor Martin

Freeman will star as hobbit Bilbo Baggins alongside Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom in twin movies of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel about a short, hairy-footed hero.

The films are expected to take up to two years to make, with the first timed for release in late 2012. “The Hobbit” is a prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by Tolkien that Jackson helmed to blockbuster film success in 2001-03, winning bestpicture and best-director Oscars for the finale.

Jackson underwent surgery last month for a perforated stomach ulcer, pushing back the start of film-

ing at least by several days. Last October, New Zealand changed labor laws and tipped in extra tax breaks for Hollywood studios MGM and New Line Cinema to ensure the Hobbit films would be made in the country.

The changes mean actors and others working on the films will be hired as contractors not employees.

The union had wanted local actors and other production workers to be

hired as full-fledged employees on union contracts. New Zealand received a huge boost to its tourism and film-making industries from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Freeman, whose films include “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and “Hot Fuzz” but who may be best known from Ricky Gervais’ “The Office” television comedy, has said playing Baggins is the role of a lifetime.

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2009 file photo, Peter Jackson arrives at the premiere of ‘The Lovely Bones’ in Los Angeles. Cameras started rolling Monday, March 21, 2011 on Jackson’s production of ‘The Hobbit,’ following months of delays on the prequel to his Oscarwinning ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.

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Milk teeth needs maintaining as well Bali Post

Before the coming of permanent teeth, children will usually have milk teeth. These milk teeth are usually a bit fragile and more easily damaged than permanent teeth. At the right time, this type of tooth will eventually fall out. On that account, their maintenance should not be ignored even though they are milk teeth. Indeed, milk teeth pose an important factor in the formation of jaw and permanent dentition in the future. If a milk tooth is damaged and falls out ahead of the time, it will affect the neatness of permanent dentition later.

According to a dentist Dewa Made Wedagama, a milk tooth fell out in accordance with the teething age. By and large, the first milk teeth began to fall out at the age of seven years, starting from the incisors and ending in canines. “If the milk teeth fall out prematurely, then the vacant position will be filled by the remaining milk teeth. On that account, the space for permanent teeth to grow up will be narrow so that it makes them grow untidy. It is the origin of bucktooth,” said Wedagama.

Untidy dentition would definitely affect the appearance of a child in the future. During the period of milk

teeth, child should not be habituated to often suck its thumb or nipple of baby bottle because it could cause the formation of jaw forward.

Then, what to do for the children dental care? Wedagama provided education about how to clean the teeth and introduction to dental care since the early age. “By observing the children’s diets today it is very important to teach them how to brush their teeth or at least teach them to gargle by water after meals,” explained Wedagama.

Ideally, after a single meal they should brush their teeth. However, this pattern was certainly very diffi-

cult to apply in children, so the easiest way was teaching them to gargle by water after every meal. “Gargling by water serves to remove the remaining food stuck in teeth,” said Wedagama.

Children should also be habituated to brush their teeth at least twice a day namely in the morning and evening before going to bed. Brushing teeth at night before bedtime was very important to prevent tooth damage occurring due to the work of bacteria. “At bedtime, circulation of saliva serving to clean your teeth does not work so that bacteria have a great potential to damage the teeth,” explained Wedagama.

Dominant cases affecting children were cavities. Even, with parental knowledge and economic establishment, some cases of children with uneven teeth often occurred, so they came to dentist for installation of wire. “Sweet foods are not a threat for your child’s teeth as long as they are cleaning their teeth regularly,” added Wedagama. (san)

USDA funds research on crops and climate change Associated Press Writer

MINNEAPOLIS – The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests to help ensure farmers and foresters can continue producing food and timber while trying to limit the impact of a changing environment.

The three studies take a new approach to crop and climate research by bringing together researchers from a wide variety of fields and encouraging them to find solutions appropriate to

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In this March 10, 2011, photo Iowa State University researcher Lois Wright Morton holds an ear of corn in a lab at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. Wright Morton is leading one of three new major USDA-funded research projects on the effects of climate change on agricultural and forest production.

specific geographic areas. One study will focus on Midwestern corn, another on wheat in the Northwest and a third on Southern pine forests.

Shifting weather patterns already have had a big effect on U.S. agriculture, and the country needs to prepare for even greater changes, said Roger Beachy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And since the changes are expected to vary from region to region, he said different areas will need different solutions. Some areas may gain longer growing seasons or suffer more frequent floods, while others may experience more droughts or shorter growing seasons.

“What the climatologists have predicted is that the areas that were at one time wet will in fact be dry and hot, not wet and cool,” Beachy said as an example. “If that’s correct, then we need to have varieties of crops that will grow in those areas and are adaptable to the changes in the climate. So really it comes down to if we don’t do this, we may have some food shortages in certain kinds of foods.”

The corn project will be led by a rural sociologist, Lois Wright Morton of Iowa State University. She said the collaboration between climatologists, soil scientists, plant scientists and others means the researchers will be asking questions they might never have thought of before.

“We really have assembled what I really think of as the really top scientists in the agricultural arena to address these (issues),” Wright Morton said, adding that her team members are not only experts in their fields, they’re willing to learn from others. “That’s a pretty potent combination.”

Tim Martin, a professor of tree physiology at the University of Florida and the head of the forestry project, said it will focus on the loblolly pine, which covers 80 percent of the planted forest land in the southeastern U.S. Southern pine forests produce more wood products than any others in the country, and they pull a huge amount of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, making them important to the economy and environment, he said.

Wolves could be removed from endangered species list Reuters

SALMON, Idaho – The U.S. government said on Friday it had struck a deal with wildlife advocates to remove some 1,200 wolves in Idaho and Montana from the endangered species list. Federal protections could be lifted from the wolves if a federal judge signs off on a settlement agreement filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Montana.

The wildlife groups had sued to keep roughly 1,600 wolves in the Northern Rockies on the endangered species list.

Under the proposed agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 conservation groups, the estimated 1,200 wolves in Idaho and Montana would be delisted and management of the animals, including target population numbers and hunting quotas, would be handed back to those states.

The government in 2009 approved wolfmanagement plans by Idaho and Montana

and removed federal protections in those states, which established public hunts. But the Fish and Wildlife Service declined delisting in Wyoming because its plan would have allowed most wolves to be shot on sight.

A U.S. District Court ruling in 2010 relisted wolves in Idaho and Montana. The federal judge in the case sided with 14 conservation groups, which had argued wolves in the Northern Rockies were part of a single population and that protections could not be left intact in Wyoming while they were lifted in the other two states.

Ten of the 14 conservation groups behind that legal action are now seeking to settle with the Fish and Wildlife Service, opening the way for licensed hunting in Idaho and Montana. Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Friday hailed the move, calling it “a significant step forward.”

“We need the authority to respond to the challenges wolves present every day,” he said in a statement.

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Sevilla hand Valencia third straight loss in Spanish league Agence France Presse

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Chelsea’s Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien (R, down) vies with Manchester City’s Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure (L) during their English Premier League football match against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in London, England on March 20, 2011.

Chelsea wins to retain EPL title hopes

MADRID – Valencia fell to their third successive defeat with a 1-0 home loss to Sevilla on Sunday dealing a blow to their Champions League hopes.

Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic scored the decisive goal on 70 minutes to leave Valencia, who hit the woodwork twice, emptyhanded as Sevilla did their European hopes the power of good.

Valencia surrender third place to Villarreal, who won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, while Sevilla move level on points with sixth-placed Bilbao.

Valencia had lost 3-1 to Schalke in the last 16 of the Champions League followed by a 4-0 mauling at Real Zaragoza in their last league outing and their slide continued with an unfortunate loss to Sevilla.

Sevilla had the first real opening on the quarter hour mark with Jesus Navas forcing Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita into a smart save.

Valencia heeded the warning and upped their game with Robero Soldado going close a

minute later and Valencia were furious to see penalty appeals turned down for a foul on Joaquin. On 23 minutes Spain interna tional forward Alvaro Negredo crashed a shot onto the post as the visitors almost made the breakthrough.

Valencia hit the woodwork themselves in the second half with Brazilian striker Jonas Goncalves smashing a shot against the right hand post from an acute angle.

Valencia then hit the crossbar on 59 minutes with Juan Mata’s chip tipped onto the bar by Sevilla goalkeeper Javi Varas.

Varas then denied Jonas with his chest minutes later as Valencia pushed for the opening goal.

Sevilla hit Valencia with the killer blow at the other end with Rakitic producing a brilliant first time volley with his left foot on 70 minutes.

“Three points here in Valencia are great for our European chances,” said Varas. “It was an attractive game tonight and both teams had their chances. We are glad to come away with a hard earned win.”

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Chelsea boosted its slim chances of retaining the Premier League title by beating Manchester City 2-0, while Liverpool closed in on fifth-place Tottenham with a 2-0 victory at Sunderland on Sunday.

Brazil internationals David Luiz and Ramires scored in the final 12 minutes to settle a hardfought match at Stamford Bridge, lifting Chelsea a point above City into third place and nine points adrift of league leader Manchester United with a game in hand.

“The longer the game went on, the better we got going forward,” Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said. “It was a big win for us. “We have nine games to play and we have to do our best. Our form is good.”

City, which was without injured

Argentina striker Carlos Tevez, is four points above Tottenham having played one more match. With the team’s title hopes all but over, its focus could now be on staying in the top four.

“We played three days ago against Dynamo Kiev (in the Europa League), and in the last 20 minutes we were so tired,” City manager Roberto Mancini said. “Until 70 minutes, it was normal that Chelsea had more possession but we conceded nothing before then.”

A controversial penalty, scored by Netherlands forward Dirk Kuyt in

the 34th minute, set Liverpool on its way to victory at the Stadium of Light. Video replays showed Jay Spearing was fouled outside the box

by John Mensah but the assistant referee awarded a penalty.

A wonderful solo effort from Uruguay striker Luis Suarez in the 77th minute clinched the three points for Liverpool before Mensah was given a straight red card for hauling down Suarez as he chased a long punt upfield by goalkeeper Jose Reina.

The Reds are four points behind Tottenham but have played a game more.

Marseille move into position with victory over PSG Agence France Presse

PARIS – Defending champions Marseille moved into second place in the French top flight after edging arch-rivals Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 at Stade Velodrome on Sunday.

All the goals came in the first half, with the excellent Andre Ayew giving Marseille victory after Clement Chantome had cancelled out Gabriel Heinze’s free-kick opener for the hosts. Victory

avenged Marseille’s 2-1 defeat in November’s reverse fixture and takes Didier Deschamps’s side to within four points of league leaders Lille with 10 matches remaining.

“It’s a very good result for us, against a direct rival,” said Marseille coach Deschamps. “Lille remain the most well-armed, because of their league position and the quality of their play. But we’re hanging in there.

“There was determination and desire tonight and we have to keep that

spirit.” PSG remain fifth, six points behind OM and five points shy of the Champions League qualification places, and have now gone five games without a win in all competitions.

“We’re doing very badly in terms of picking up points, but we’ve just played 11 matches in five weeks,” said PSG coach Antoine Kombouare. “There are 10 matches left. If we finish fifth it would be good, but I hope to see my team climb a few places.”

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Sevilla’s Ivan Rakitic from Croatia celebrates after scoring against Valencia during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain on Sunday, March 20, 2011.

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Djokovic defeats Nadal to win Indian Wells crown Agence France Presse

INDIAN WELLS, California – Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic won the ATP Indian Wells title, rallying to beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and improve his record this season to 18-0. Djokovic, who took over the No. 2 world ranking by beating Roger Federer in the semi-finals, on Sunday avenged a loss to Nadal in the 2007 Indian Wells final.

The 23-year-old Serbian has looked invincible this season and Sunday’s victory in the California desert underlined that. Djokovic fired four aces, including two key ones to hold serve in the second set, in the two-hour, 25-minute match to capture his second Indian Wells crown.

“I am having the best period of my life on the tennis court,” Djokovic said. “I am playing with a lot of confidence. I’m feeling the ball well on the court. I’m very dedicated and I have a big will to win each match. “So it will not stop here.”

Djokovic took the second set in dramatic style, winning a marathon ninth game on the sixth set point after Nadal had saved five. The game, which lasted over 10 min-

utes, ended when Nadal hit a backhand wide in front of a near-capacity crowd of about 15,000.

It was part of a six-game win streak for Djokovic that stretched from the end of the second and into the third set and proved to be the turning point. “I managed to hold that very important game and then I was on a roll,” Djokovic said. “I felt that this is the time when I had to use my opportunity and step in and be more aggressive and take it to him, and that’s what I did.

“It was just couple of points in the end of the second set that kind of turned the match around.” Nadal hit another sliding forehand into the net on match point, sparking a celebration from Djokovic, who clenched both fists, threw his head back and screamed at the top of his lungs.

Djokovic broke Nadal in the first game of the third set and cruised to victory from there. He hammered aces on the final points to hold serve in the fourth and sixth games.

Djokovic has compiled an incredible 18-match win streak this season and is 20-0 dating to the Davis Cup final in December. Besides winning the Australian Open this season, he captured his 20th career title last month in Dubai.

“I am extremely happy with the way I’m playing and with the success that I’m having,” Djokovic said.

“But I know that the season is very long and I don’t want to be too euphoric about the win. I need to celebrate a little bit and then move on.”

“I was just thinking, ‘Please put one in,’” Nadal said. “The serve was the difference today.”

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses for photographers with the winner’s trophy after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain during the final of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 20, 2011 in Indian Wells, California.

Contador wary of Tour of Catalonia challenge Agence France Presse

MADRID – Spain’s threetime Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will have a lot on his mind when he begins his challenge on Monday to be crowned champion of the Tour of Catalonia which is celebrating its centenary. The 28-year-old has been in good form this season

finishing fourth in the Tour of the Algarve and winning the Tour of Murcia.

However, his mental strength as well as his physical strength will be tested as aside from competing against a strong field he will also learn whether the International Cycling Union intends to appeal the decision by his national federation to exonerate him over a positive

doping test.

Contador, though, was more focussed in the riders that will be competing for the title. “The riders who are here are some of my main rivals for the Tour de France,” said the Saxo Bank rider.

“There will be Cadel Evans (the crack Australian recent winner of the Tirreno-Adriatico), Ivan Basso (twotime Tour of Italy winner), Dennis

Spain’s three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will have a lot on his mind when he begins his challenge on March 21 to be crowned champion of the Tour of Catalonia which is celebrating its centenary.

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Menchov (Russia’s two-time Tour of Spain champion), Michele Scarponi (fourth in last year’s Tour of Italy) and others I forget,” he said.

“They will be very difficult adversaries. They have begun the season in very good form and that is going to be clear in this race.”

Contador, whose positive test came at last year’s Tour de France where he claims it emanated from

a piece of contaminated meat he ate, pinpointed Wednesday’s mountainous third stage as the pivotal one. “The third stage will be the key day, with the finish in Andorra, but the other days will be complicated as well,” he said. Contador’s first major objective this year is the Tour of Italy, which runs from May 7 to 29.

All Star Love injured in Timberwolves’ blowout loss Reuters

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – NBA leading rebounder Kevin Love injured his groin and walked off the court and did not return to action during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 127-95 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday.

Love, who earlier this season established a modern NBA record with 53 consecutive games of at least 10 points and 10 rebounds,

left the match early in the second quarter and was scoreless with three rebounds.

“He was just bothered,” Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis told the team’s website (www.nba.com/timberwolves).

“I was not informed of anything that was bothering him prior to the game.” Love was averaging 20.6 points and 15.6 rebounds per game before Sunday’s encounter.

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Stoner fights to Qatar GP victory Casey Stoner commenced his first season as a factory Honda rider with victory in Qatar - but the result was not the Honda steamroller that was anticipated. Honda did not even manage to deliver a one-two, with world champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) battling through to second ahead of Honda’s Dani Pedrosa.

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Winner Repsol Honda Team MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia (C), second placed Yamaha Factory Racing’s MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo (L) of Spain and third placed Repsol Honda Team MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (R) of Spain celebrate on the podium after the final race of the MotoGP World Championship at the Losail International circuit in Doha, Qatar on March 20 2011.

Lorenzo: I gave it everything JORGE Lorenzo said he put everything he had into his ride to second place in the Qatar Grand Prix, as the world champion defied expectations that Yamaha would struggle in the 2011 opener.

Lorenzo himself had been pessimistic about his chances a week ago, having been unable to match the dominant Hondas in pre-season testing, when a lack of straightline performance proved a particularly costly issue for Yamaha.

But he was pleased to qualify as high as third yesterday, and was then able to take the fight to the Hondas in the race - briefly leading, eventually beating Dani Pedrosa to second and finishing within four seconds of

victor Casey Stoner.

“So many people forgot about us for this race, but we believed in ourselves every day better and better,” said Lorenzo. “Today I put everything I had on the track. I didn’t save anything. I was at the limit in every corner in every lap.”

He admitted he was lucky to stay upright when he made a mistake late in the race, and reckoned that without this error he might have been able to challenge Stoner. “I almost

crashed. When you go like this, it’s very easy to crash,” said Lorenzo.

“I saved the crash, I don’t know how, but I could stay on the track.

“Maybe without this I could have tried to catch Casey, but really he was very, very fast today.”

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World champion MotoGP Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain steers his bike during a free practice at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, Friday, March 18, 2011.

Valentino Rossi started his Ducati career with seventh place after a hardfought race. Stoner had fallen from pole to third at the start, as Pedrosa moved into the lead for half a lap before the hard-charging Lorenzo slipped ahead.

But Honda - which had been quickest in every pre-season test and all the practice sessions at Losail soon flexed its muscles and by the end of lap two Stoner and Pedrosa were back to first and second.

Stoner was unable to shake his team-mate off, and at the start of lap six the Spaniard sliced down the inside at Turn 1 to take the lead. With the smaller Pedrosa proving faster down the straights, Stoner needed several laps to find a way back past, eventually getting through into Turn 12 on lap 13.

Stoner then immediately blasted in a new fastest race lap to instantly open up a 1.2-second lead over Pedrosa. The Australian duly pulled away to win in Qatar for the fourth time in five years, while Pedrosa found himself under huge pressure from Lorenzo.

The two Spaniards would swap places four times in as many laps, before Lorenzo managed to get away and secure second as Pedrosa’s pace faded.

He only just held off the third works Honda of Andrea Dovizioso for third, the Italian having won a

tough battle with compatriot Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda).

Yamaha’s Ben Spies lost ground on the first lap and was only able to recover to sixth, having become embroiled in a spectacular dice with Rossi.

The seven-time champion had thrust his Ducati from ninth to second by the first corner of the race, but was down to seventh again by halfway around the lap and was fighting a rearguard action for most of the distance. As he had predicted as his recovery from shoulder surgery continues, Rossi fell away in the closing stages.

His team-mate Nicky Hayden made good progress in the race to come through to ninth, right behind Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards, having put a late move on 10th-placed Hiroshi Aoyama’s Gresini Honda. Qualifying stars Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3) and Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) slipped back to 11th and 12th in the grand prix, jostling all the way to the flag.

Newcomer Karel Abraham completed the finishers on the AB Cardion Ducati. The two Pramac Ducatis both had to retire after Randy de Puniet crashed on the first lap trying to pass Loris Capirossi and clipped his team-mate. LCR Honda’s Toni Elias also fell in the closing stages while struggling in last place.