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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Penelope Cruz to play Versace in ‘American Crime Story’

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NEW YORK — Penelope Cruz is headed to television to play fashion designer Donatella Versace in the third installment of “American Crime Story” on FX. AP Photos/Mark J. Terrill, left, and Charles Sykes, Files

In this combination photo, fashion designer Donatella Versace, left, attends an event honoring her with the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award on Feb. 8, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Penelope Cruz attends a special screening of “ma ma”, on May 24, 2016, in New York. Cruz is headed to television to play Versace in the third installment of “American Crime Story” on FX. The Academy Award winning actress will star in the 10-episode series focused on the 1997 slaying of Versace’s brother, Gianni. Donatella Versace took over the famed fashion house after her brother was killed.

The Academy Award-winning actress will star in the 10-episode series focused on the 1997 slaying of Versace’s brother, Gianni. Donatella Versace took over the famed fashion house after her brother was killed.

Co-executive produced by Ryan Murphy, the Versace story is

expected to air in early 2018.

Cruz won a supporting actress Oscar in 2009 for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” directed by Woody Allen.

She has appeared in numerous other films including the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” with Johnny Depp. (ap)

Stolen Van Gogh paintings back in Amsterdam after 14 years

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The canvas “View of the Sea at Scheveningen”, one of the two recovered paintings by Vincent van Gogh which were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002, is pictured at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands March 21, 2017.

AMSTERDAM - Two paintings

by Vincent Van Gogh were unveiled, barely damaged, at an Amsterdam museum on Tuesday, 14 years after they were stolen in a mafia heist.

The works, 1882’s “View of the Sea at Scheveningen” and the 1884 “Congregation Leave the Reformed Church in Nuenen”, are from a period that was crucial to the postimpressionist master’s development as a painter.

“They are back,” said Van Gogh museum director Axel Rueger ahead of the unveiling of the paintings, each valued by investigators on their recovery by Italian police six months ago at 50 million euros ($53.97 million).

“I never thought I’d be able to say these words.”

The works were discovered deep in the heart of Italy last September behind a false wall in a villa that

prosecutors said belonged to Raffaele Imperiale, who is accused of running an international cocaine trafficking ring.

The sea view, showing a single wave-tossed ship just offshore under a brooding Dutch sky, is important to the museum as its only work from the painter’s period in The Hague, where he studied.

The other canvas depicts the church in the southern province of Brabant where Van Gogh’s father was minister. After his father died, Van Gogh added black-clad mourning figures to the painting in tribute.

“The children are safely returned now and they really are safe,” said Rueger, after pulling back a screen to show the paintings encased behind a thick glass frame. “They will remain here for many generations to come.”

Italian investigators believe Impe-

riale is living in Dubai and running a construction business there. The arrests of 11 members of his alleged ring last January, including one man who turned state’s witness, led investigators to the paintings.

They vanished in 2002 after thieves climbed a ladder on to the museum roof and broke into the building in a heist that took only four minutes. They escaped by sliding down a rope. The sea view suffered minor damage when it was ripped from its frame, losing a piece of backing paper from the bottom-left corner. It was a “miracle” the paintings suffered no further harm over the following 14 years, Rueger said.

Several major items were uncovered in last September’s raid, including a private plane. One investigator noticed an unusual-looking wall, behind which the paintings were found wrapped in cloth. (rtr)

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A man drops an envelope in a box at the central post office in Athens, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Police in Greece have discovered and neutralized eight parcel bombs on Monday, addressed to European Union finance officials and businesses in various European countries, at a postal sorting office near Athens.

Greek police intercept eight suspect packages

following parcel bombs to IMF, Germany ATHENS - Greek police intercepted eight suspect packages at a postal sorting centre in Athens on Monday, after the dispatch of booby-trapped deliveries to the International Monetary Fund in Paris and the German Finance Ministry.

Authorities were on the lookout after the two packages laced with gunpowder slipped through checks last week. A Greek urban guerrilla group that sent letter bombs to foreign embassies in Athens and European leaders in 2010 is thought to be behind the attacks.

A package containing a book concealing the explosives and addressed to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was intercepted by German authorities. A letter addressed to the International Monetary Fund in Paris, exploded, slightly hurting an administrative assistant.

“Eight suspect packages which listed as recipients persons in European countries were located and confiscated today,” police said in a text message to journal-

ists. It did not specify who the recipients were. A security source said they were “addressed to officials at economic institutions and companies” at various European countries but would not be more specific.

A Greek militant group, Conspiracy of Fire Cells, had claimed responsibility for the first suspect package sent to Germany and intercepted on March 15.

It has not claimed responsibility for the letter to the IMF that exploded on March 16, but authorities assume the same group is behind it.

In both cases, the packages listed as senders members of the New Democracy opposition conservative party.

Greece has a long history of urban guerrilla group attacks.

Conspiracy of Fire Cells initially

conducted arson attacks but turned to bombings in 2009. The group has become prominent since the economic crisis erupted in Greece and is accused by police of carrying out more than 150 criminal acts.

In a proclamation in November, the group said that its plan, which it called “Nemesis”, was designed to “spread fear into the yards of the homes of our enemy”. The group called sending the explosive parcel to Germany “Nemesis- Act 2”.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio. com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Collectors of palm-leaf manuscript propose re-writing

Online applicationbased transport triggers tariff war

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DENPASAR - As in a number of other regions in Indonesia, the presence of online application-based transport also gets rejection in Bali. Conventional drivers mainly dispute the tariff that does not comply with the rules of government. Actually if competing fairly, conventional drivers will not protest.

“If they (online application-based transportations— Ed) follow the rules of the government in accordance with lower limit and upper limit tariff, we think it is not a problem. Their tariff should follow the rules of government,” said Chief of the United Bali Drivers (UBD), Yogi Ananta Wijaya, amid the first anniversary celebration of the UBD at the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday night (Mar. 20).

Yogi added that UBD is an organization of tourist transport drivers whose member currently reaches over 500 people across Bali. It is one of the organizations rejecting the existence of the online application-based transport due to the tariff issue. The online transportation that does not comply with the government regulations triggers a tariff war between the online transport drivers and conventional drivers.

“Actually, the issue on tariff war will be submitted to the government because all the laws and rules lie in the government,” he added. Yogi also asked the government to support the conventional drivers in order to be more advanced and competent in the field of transportation. For the UBD in particular, the government is expected to assist in developing the technology. Meanwhile, the drivers of tourist transport should improve the quality of human resources by undertaking a certification, namely speaking drivers.

“Our drivers in the UBD will follow competency test within which we have standardization as well as a reference to conduct in terms of tourism, especially for drivers in Bali,” he explained.

Yogi expected local governments in Bali to support the conventional drivers or Bali local transport drivers considering that the Island of the Gods makes tourism as the backbone of the economy for a long time. Here, the drivers particularly in the tourism sector have become the spearhead since it deals directly with travelers making a visit to Bali.

“Our drivers can explain everything about tourist destinations and attractions in Bali as they are, truthfully without any manipulation,” he said. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - Collectors and observers of palm-leaf manuscripts in Karangasem reject to hand over their palm-leaf manuscript collections to the government because in general the manuscripts are family heritage. Nevertheless, they still expect the government to support the preservation of the literary works contained therein.

“We desperately need the government’s attention. However, we do not dare to hand over the manuscripts because they belong to our family legacy,” said Gusti Bagus Putra, 70, one of the senior figures of Jero Kuta, Celuk Negara neighborhood, Amlapura.

The statement was expressed by the retired military officer amid the conservation and description of palm-leaf manuscript collection at Jro Kuta on Monday (Mar. 20).

At the same time, the statement becomes the answers to the discourse of Karangasem government to build a palm-leaf manuscript museum in the Heritage City Monument in the former Candra Bhuana Square of Amlapura.

Aside from expecting the government’s attention to the existence of the Basa Pumandi Library at Jero Kuta Amlapura, Gusti Bagus Putra expected the government to re-write the palm-leaf manuscripts. Re-writing is important considering that currently many palm-leaf manuscripts including the collections of Jero Kuta have been damaged. Actually, those manuscripts are not just reading materials but also contain sacred advice to educate mental attitude of younger generation.

“The library was established in 1990. Our palm-leaf manuscripts

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seem unkempt because the library founder already died. Nice if the manuscripts can be copied and later on the copies can be stored in the museum,” he said.

Conservation or maintenance and descriptions or the making of preview regarding physical condition and material in the Basa Pumandi Library of Jero Kuta involved the religious extension officers throughout Karangasem.

The activity was also attended by Gusti Agung Mayun, 38, a son of the library founder, the late Gusti Bagus Kuta.

Coordinator of the Balinese language extension officers of Karangasem, I Wayan Jatiyasa, accompanied by extension officer of Karangasem village, Luh Widiastuti, acknowledged that many palm-leaf manuscript collections of Jero Kuta have been damaged. Nevertheless, the maintenance is carried out to all the collections by using alcohol, citronella oil and hazelnut oil. “After doing the treatment, we will start the data collection from the number of items, size and material of the literary works. We will make their preview,” he explained.

Acting Head of the Karangasem Culture Agency, I Putu Arnawa, with the palm-leaf manuscript documentation team made a site inspection to the one-day activity.

To preserve people’s manuscript collections, according to him, the culture agency will promote the digitization program to be commenced next year. “We will verify first, classify and then prepare the profiles. If there are damaged manuscripts, let’s repair them. We will coordinate with the province,” he said. (117)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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No electronics on some US-bound jets from Mideast, Africa

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In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, electronic screens post prices of Alphabet stock at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. An organization affiliated with Google is offering tools for news organizations and other election-related sites to protect themselves from hacking.

Jigsaw, a research arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., says that free and fair elections depend on access to information, and to ensure such access, news, human rights and election-monitoring sites need to be protected from cyberattacks.

Google affiliate offers tools to safeguard elections

NEW YORK — An organization affiliated with Google is offering tools that news organizations and election-related sites can use to protect themselves from hacking.

Jigsaw, a research arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., says that free and fair elections depend on access to information. . To ensure such access, Jigsaw says, sites for news, human rights and election monitoring need to be protected from cyberattacks.

Jigsaw’s suite of tools, called Protect Your Election, is mostly a repackaging of existing tools: — Project Shield will help websites guard against denial-of-service attacks, in which hackers flood sites with so much traffic that legitimate visitors can’t get through. Users of Project Shield will be tapping technology and servers that Google already uses to protect its own sites from such attacks.

— Password Alert is software that people can add to Chrome browsers to warn them when they try to enter their Google password on another site, often a sign of a phishing attempt.

— 2-Step Verification helps beef up security beyond passwords by requiring a second access code, such as a

text sent to a verified cellphone. Though Jigsaw directs users to turn this on for Google accounts, most major rivals offer similar protections, too.

“This is as much an occasion to have a conversation about digital security as it is putting all the tools in one place,” Jigsaw spokesman Dan Keyserling said.

While the tools can be useful to a variety of groups and individuals, Jigsaw says it is focusing on elections because cyberattacks often increase against news organizations and election information sites around election time. In particular, Jigsaw wants to help sites deploy the tools ahead of the French presidential elections, which begin April 23.

The tools are free, though Project Shield is limited to news organizations, individual journalists, human-rights groups and election-monitoring organizations.

It’s not known whether the tools might have prevented some of the high-profile attacks in the past, including the theft of emails from Democratic Party computers during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

The tools do not directly address such break-ins, but they could help guard against password stealing, a common precursor to break-ins. (rtr)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is ordering passengers on nonstop, U.S.-bound flights from a handful of mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries to pack electronic devices other than cellphones in their checked baggage.

Senior Trump administration officials said that starting Tuesday morning airlines flying directly to the United States from 10 airports in eight countries could allow only cellphones and smartphones in carryon bags for U.S.-bound flights. Other electronics, including laptops and tablets, will be indefinitely banned from the passenger cabin.

The officials said the airlines were to have 96 hours to implement the security order or face being barred from flying to the United States. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the security ban despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that anonymous source should not be trusted.

The electronics ban affects flights from international airports in Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

About 50 flights a day, all on foreign carriers, will be impacted. The officials said no U.S.-based airlines have non-stop flights from those cities to the United States.

The officials said the decision was prompted by “evaluated intelligence” about ongoing potential threats to airplanes bound for the United States.

The officials would not discuss the timing of the intelligence or if any particular terror group is thought to be planning an attack.

The ban would affect laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics. Royal Jordanian Airlines tweeted about the ban Monday, telling passengers that medical devices would also be allowed onboard with passengers.

Details of the ban were first disclosed by Royal Jordanian and the official news agency of Saudi Arabia.

In its statement, Royal Jordanian said the electronics ban would affect its flights to New York, Chicago, Detroit and Montreal.

Across the Atlantic early Tuesday, problems and confusion ensued.

Egyptian officials at the Cairo International Airport said they had not received any instructions on banning passengers from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics on board direct flights to the United States. The officials said a New York-bound EgyptAir flight departed and that passengers were allowed to take their laptops and other electronics

on board in their carry-on luggage.

A spokesman for Royal Jordanian says the airliner has not yet started to enforce the new U.S. regulation.

Basel Kilani has told The Associated Press that the airline was still awaiting formal instructions from the relevant U.S. departments, which could possibly come later on Tuesday.

However, the Mideast’s biggest airline is confirming that U.S.-bound passengers will be prevented from carrying electronic gadgets aboard aircraft.

Dubai-based Emirates said Tuesday the ban takes effect on Saturday.

That guidance differs from the information provided by senior Trump administration officials, who have said the ban is in place from Tuesday Brian Jenkins, an aviation-security expert at the Rand Corp., said earlier that the nature of the security measure suggested that it was driven by intelligence of a possible attack.

There could be concern about inadequate passenger screening or even conspiracies involving insiders — airport or airline employees — in some countries, he said.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly phoned lawmakers over the weekend to brief them on aviation security issues that have prompted the impending electronics ban, according a congressional aide briefed on the discussion. The aide was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The administration officials who briefed reporters about the ban said foreign officials were told about the impending order starting Sunday.

A U.S. government official said such a ban has been considered for several weeks. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose the internal security discussions by the federal government.

The ban would begin just before Wednesday’s meeting of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Washington. A number of top Arab officials were expected to attend the State Department gathering. It was unclear whether their travel plans were related to any increased worry about security threats.

Another aviation-security expert, Jeffrey Price, said there could be downsides to the policy.

“There would be a huge disadvantage to having everyone put their electronics in checked baggage,” said Price, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He said thefts from baggage would skyrocket, as when Britain tried a similar ban in 2006, and some laptops have batteries that can catch fire — an event easier to detect in the cabin than the hold. (rtr)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

MSS cases also impact Karangasem

Parliament campaigns to consume roasted suckling pig

AMLAPURA - So far, there has been no report on the case of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MMS) in Karangasem district.

Nevertheless, a number of incidents in other districts still have an impact, one of which is felt food stalls of roasted suckling pig. Since the information on MMS case spreads, the turnovers of roasted suckling pig food stalls decreased dramatically.

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Angel Billabong

When taking selfie at Angel Billabong

Three travelers hit by waves, one swept away SEMARAPURA - The waters of Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, three travelers were swept away by waves when taking selfie at the Angel Billabong, Sompang hamlet, Bungamekar, Nusa Penida, on Monday (Mar. 20). Two travelers could survive from the incident.

Another traveler on behalf of Temson Mannie Junior Simeki, 23, from New Zealand, was missing as swept away by sea currents.

Pursuant to field information, the three travelers were hit by waves around 10:45. The incident started when the victim (Temson— Ed) with Leonie Alanise Hafke, 20, from Germany and Kalia Betari Utami, 24, living at BPPB Complex Jalan Seraya Block C No. 14, Jakarta, came to the Angel Billabong tourist object. When taking selfie on the edge of a cliff, suddenly huge waves came and hit the three victims.

In the incident, one of the victims on behalf of Leonie Alanise Hafke fell into the sea due to hit by waves. Seeing the incident, the vic-

tim Temson Mannie Junior Semike tried to help Leonie by plunging into the sea. Unfortunately, once plunged into the sea, Temson was instead dragged by sea currents and missing. In the meantime, Leonie could be rescued by James Crawford, 46, from Australia, who happened to snorkel on Mantay Bay by using New Man boat.

Nusa Penida police officers are still searching for the missing person swept away by the waves.

Meanwhile, Leonie that could be rescued was immediately rushed to the Nusa Penida 1 health center.

Another victim who survived, namely Kalia Betari Utami, was referred to Sanglah Hospital for injuries to the head due to swept away by waves in the rocks.

Chief of Nusa Penida Police, Ketut Suastika, when asked for his confirmation acknowledged the incident. According to him, the officers are still searching for the victim on the sea and on land.

“Currently, we are still searching for the missing victim,” he said last Monday afternoon. (kmb)

“It has quite significant impact, but lately it has begun to become stable,” said Gusti Ayu Juniartini, 30, the owner of Sari Sedana food stall on Jalan Untung Surapatti, Amlapura, on Sunday (Mar. 19).

This woman from Padangkerta, Karangasem, said that her food stall had a few visitors when the MSS case first became viral. However, currently the condition has improved. The clienteles started to return but many of them become selective. “Many visitors have their rice not filled with lawar,” she explained.

Although having suffered losses, the merchants of pork-based food in the region admitted to adequately understand about public attitudes that seem somewhat reluctant to eat pork. After seeing the cases occurred in other districts, they slightly regretted the attitude of

the local government as considered to be inconsistent.

It refers to the handling of the MSS case in some districts where the cases were discovered. They hoped that relevant agencies can make an agreement so that the MMS cases will not last longer.

A legislator of the Bali House of Representatives from Karangasem, I Nyoman Oka Antara, also had the same idea. Apart from that, he invited people to be more concerned about health issues. To avoid similar cases, he hoped the government at all levels to be proactive. The community should not be negligent and pig farmers in particular are expected to always keep their livestock healthy. “As long as it has been done, I am confident that pork is healthy for consumption,” he said.

Oka Antara added that Balinese people should not linger in the downturn. One of the ways is that all parties should be consistent.

Food merchants using pork as their base ingredient are required to provide assurance that the meat used comes from healthy livestock. By this way, he is optimistic that consumers will not leave the pork. “I think there’s nothing to worry about pork. We are in the Bali House of Representatives had already agreed to use pork for consumption in the parliamentary activities,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Since the information on MMS case spreads, the turnovers of roasted suckling pig food stalls decreased dramatically.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Without budget, ICA introduces Indonesian cuisines overseas

MANGUPURA — The policies to move motorcycle parked more than two weeks at the airport area actually starts from the complaints of parking users that always find the parking lot to be always fully occupied. Then, the motorcycles parked too long are checked.

Deputy Chief of Airport Area Police, Fachmi Hamdani, accompanied by unit chief of Criminal Investigation, I Ketut Saraswata, when met on Monday (Mar. 20) revealed that result of the checking from February 13 is that a total of 37 motorcycles had been moved.

Of the 37 motorcycles, two units were secured in the area of airport police because there are indications of motorcycle theft. The checking was resumed on March 13 and a total of 21 motorcycles were moved.

“In total, there are 58 motorcycles, where two units are secured at subdistrict police station because when examined, it was found different license plate in the baggage of one of the motorcycles. Then, in another motorcycle was found service book of different license plate,” he said.

He said that one of the motorcycles, namely Vario, rented by tourists, was not returned to the rental company. However, the motorcycle was even taken to the airport and ignored after departing for their home country. “These motorcycles are lodged for over a year at the airport. Having verified the data the motorcycles, they are returned to their respective owner. Right now, the two motorcycles have been returned to their owner,” he added.

Of the 58 motorcycles, he added that they have been moved to warehouse. Up to these days, totally 14 units have been returned to their owner. Nowadays, there are still 44 motorcycles left. To that end, his institution will send a letter and verify the entire vehicles as well as coordinate with the office of vehicle registration. “It is meant to check whether the motorcycles have been in conformity with the data,” he explained. (kmb23)

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Former East Timor independence fighter on course for presidency

MANGUPURA - The Indonesian Chef Association (ICA) has ambassadors in 22 countries to introduce the culinary treasures of Indonesia to foreign countries.

Such an effort is made at no cost or budget. “This is an introduction process of Indonesian food overseas,” said ICA President, Henry Alexie Bloem, in the regional meeting of ICA Bali at Paragon Hotel on Saturday (Mar. 18).

The ambassadors are working as executive chef at hotels in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Brunei, the USA, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, et cetera.

As an executive chef they are in charge of preparing menus and changing the menus every six months. “In the menus, we attempt to include two or three Indonesian menus. So, the introduction through guerrilla manner does not need any budget. We do it independently without the help of the government,” he concluded.

This mission can be carried out because it is recognized that ICA works with the intention and heart. “Putting some menus like chicken soup, betutu or steamed chicken and satay is practically without charge. We promote Indonesian foods through voluntary work,” he concluded. (kmb42)

58 motorcycles moved to warehouse

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

International

DILI - Former East Timorese independence fighter Francisco “Lu Olo”Guterres was on track on Tuesday to win the presidency in one round, based on early vote counting a day after Asia’s youngest nation went to the polls. Guterres, with nearly 60 percent of the vote so far, held a solid lead over his seven rivals in the tiny nation’s fourth election since independence from Indonesia in 2002.

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Febri and his grandfather live in a house with three rooms whose walls have collapsed. Despite living in an old house, Febri did not look sad and very affectionate to his grandfather.

Being orphan, Febri only lives with his grandfather

TABANAN - Being an orphan is not the intention of I Putu Putra Febri Arta, 6. His parents passed away when he was young so that Febri becomes an orphan. Now, he lives with his grandfather, Wayan Cakra, 76, as the only family. When interviewed at his home at Tanah Bang hamlet, Kediri, on Monday (Mar. 20), Febri looked so cheerful.

He and his grandfather live in a house with three rooms whose walls have collapsed. Despite living in an old house, Febri did not look sad and very affectionate to his grandfather.

Febri’s grandfather expressed the concern about his grandchildren. Despite being six years old and should have attended primary school education, he does not want to attend school.

“I have enrolled him at elementary school located near my home. Every day I escort him by bicycle. After three months, he rejected to attend school,” said Cakra.

Thousands of ways have already been undertaken to persuade his grandchildren so as to go to school. Unfortunately, Febri still does not want to attend school and chooses to live at home with his grandfather.

Cakra continued that Febri’s father,

I Komang Sukarata, is the third son of his six children. He died of illness three years ago. Then, his second grandchild or Pebri’s younger brother named Kadek Dharma died at the age of one and a half years. Besides, the mother of Febri, Nengah Merta, died a year ago, following her husband and youngest son.

Cakra claimed not to understand about the disease causing her son, grandchild and daughter-in-law to die.

“They had been long treated at hospital.

My son had just been treated for two months before he died,” he said sadly.

Because of being old and sickly, Cakra raises Febri by asking for help of his other children. Sometimes his

married daughters come and give rice and money. Meanwhile, the two sons got married outside matrilineally or nyentana also come home.

All this time, Cakra claimed to have never got any help from the government program. He wanted to get a house refurbishment but does not know the way. The house occupied has been 40 years and the wall nearly collapses and many roofs are leaking. On that account, Cakra and Febri get cold while sleeping at night and when it rains.

Cakra admitted to still have a piece of land at his house area spreading across 700 square meters. However, Cakra does not intend to sell the land. “I will not sell because the land and the house will be provided for Febri,” he said.

He hoped there will be a help, especially for the future of Febri. At the age of almost 80 years, Cakra has only one concern, namely the future of his grandchildren. “I have been old and just thinking about my grandchild. Moreover, he does not want go to school,” he said. (kmb24)

The national secretariat for technical and electoral administration had counted just over 30 percent of votes by Tuesday morning. A candidate needs more than 50 percent to win in one round. “I believe there won’t be a second round,” Guterres, who is backed by one of East Timor’s main political parties Fretilin, said after early results were counted. The election commission is expected to announce the result on March 23.

It will be verified by a court in about a month.

The central concern among East Timor’s 1.2 million people has been a failure to spread wealth from oil and gas revenues, with unemployment running at around 60 percent. Analysts said the challenge for any incoming government would be to wean the predominantly Roman Catholic nation away from reliance on oil money and diversify its sources of income into agriculture and manufacturing. The energy sector accounted for around 60 percent of GDP in 2014 and more than 90 percent of government revenue.

“I will push the government to work hard to make up the lag that we have seen in all other sectors of the economy,” Guterres said. The former Portuguese colony was invaded by neighbouring Indonesia in 1975. A 24-year, often violent, resistance movement achieved East Timor’s independence in 2002 and many of its key figures still feature prominently in the running of the country. Monday’s election is the first since U.N. peacekeepers left the half-island nation in 2012. (rtr)

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East Timor presidential candidate Francisco Guterres of the FRETILIN party casts his ballot during the presidential election in Dili, East Timor March 20, 2017.

S.Korea’s Park apologises, promises cooperation in graft probe

SEOUL - Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologised to the country on Tuesday as she arrived at prosecutors’ offices for questioning as a criminal suspect in a widening corruption investigation that has already cost her the presidency. Park, 65,

became South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be removed from office when the Constitutional Court, on March 10, upheld her impeachment by parliament in December. She has been accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrives at a prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2017.

businesses to donate to two foundations that backed her policy initiatives. Park and Choi have both denied wrongdoing.

“I am sorry to the people. I will faithfully cooperate with questioning,” Park said in front of media at the steps of the prosecutors’ office building, her first comments directly to the public since she was dismissed. Park has not been charged but could face more than 10 years in jail if convicted of receiving bribes from bosses of big conglomerates, including Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee, in return for favours. Park’s fate and the widening corruption investigation have gripped the country at a time of rising tension with North Korea and China.

Hundreds of Park’s flag-waving supporters gathered outside her home in Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district to see her off, and later gathered outside the prosecution office.

Television cameras followed her as she was driven in a black sedan to the office, a few minutes away from her home, escorted by police who cleared the road. Earlier, media saw Park’s hairdresser arriving at her home. She was dressed in a dark navy coat and trouser suit with grey shoes, and looked sombre as she stood to deliver her brief remarks.

‘EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW’ Park, who was accompanied by two of her

lawyers, was given tea before going in for her first session of questioning by two prosecutors and an investigation official, prosecutors said in a statement. One of her lawyers, Yoo Yeong-ha, is known as her “Bulletproof Vest” and has been her legal voice since the beginning of the scandal in October. Park declined to have her questioning recorded by video camera, prosecutors said. She had a lunch break after less than three hours of questioning - some seaweed rice rolls and a sandwich - one of her lawyers said. The questioning is expected to last late into the night and another of her lawyers, Sohn Bum-kyu, told a television channel Park would choose whether it would go beyond midnight. Park had practised answers to certain questions with her lawyers, Sohn said, adding that Park’s health was not at its best.

“She is receiving check-ups between questioning sessions as her health isn’t looking well,” said Sohn. The scandal has undermined support for Park’s conservative ruling party. A prominent liberal opposition politician, Moon Jae-in, is leading in opinion polls and is expected to win a snap presidential election on May 9. Park’s supporters and opponents have held rival protests in the capital, Seoul, for months but police have managed to keep them apart and no serious violence has broken out between them. (rtr)

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BUSINESS US group seeks better access to China’s farm goods market

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Batu Kursi Hill, An Exotic Attraction Offering Two Views

BEIJING — An American business group appealed to China on Tuesday to ease import restrictions on agricultural goods including genetically modified seeds and other biotechnology, highlighting complaints Beijing blocks market access despite its vocal support for free trade.

The American Chamber of Commerce in China wants a quicker review of foreign biotechnology products, an end to restrictions on beef and pork imports and other changes. In a report, the group said that could improve the food supply for China’s consumers and create new opportunities for Chinese and foreign companies.

Chinese leaders have publicly defended free trade in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s promises to restrict imports. But Tuesday’s report echoed enduring complaints China is the least open major economy.

In a separate segment of the food industry, foreign SUPPLIERS are alarmed by Chinese plans to require intensive inspections of imports including low-risk items such as wine and chocolate. The United States, the European Union and other suppliers worry that could disrupt billions of dollars of trade and are lobbying Beijing to scale back its requirement.

In agriculture, the American chamber cited areas ranging from genetically modified seeds to grain processing to pork in which imports and foreign competitors are banned or sharply restricted.

“There is huge opportunity for foreign business to access the Chinese market and that will really bring the whole industry up,” a co-chairman of the chamber’s agriculture committee, Yong Gao, told reporters.

Foreign suppliers have long complained Beijing uses safety and other regulations to hamper imports of food and farm goods.

In biotechnology, the chamber said Chinese approval of imported products takes several times longer than in the United States, Brazil or other countries and the process is slowing down. Regulators approved only one of 18 foreign products under review in a list issued in January.

Gao said that was fewer than in recent years. “The industry is extremely disappointed,” he said.

Beijing lifted an import ban on U.S. beef in October, but producers must wait for individual facilities to be inspected by Chinese regulators before shipments can begin, a process that can take months.(ap)

When spending holidays, making a visit to tourist attractions can become an option. It does not only kill time, but also eliminates fatigue after busyness with a myriad of activities. Among the many attractions, Batu Kursi (literally chair stone) may become an option that can be included in your itinerary. The hill is located in West Buleleng, precisely at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, that offers two views at once, namely Mountain View and sea view.

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In this Saturday, March 8, 2008 photo, a worker shovels corn grains at a warehouse in Shenyang in northeast China’s Liaoning province. An American business group appealed to China on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 to ease import restrictions on agricultural goods including genetically modified seeds and other biotechnology, highlighting complaints Beijing blocks market access despite its vocal support for free trade.

Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax

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A man checks his mobile phone next to an illuminated panel at Google stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017.

CANBERRA — Facebook, Google and other multinational companies are now paying tax in Australia based on their Australian profits instead of shifting income to low-tax countries since the government cracked down on such tax avoidance, the treasurer said Tuesday.

Australia will take in an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.5 billion) in tax from multinational giants in the current fiscal year because of the Multinational AntiAvoidance Law, which took effect in late 2015, Treasurer Scott Morrison told Parliament.

The government had given the Australian Taxation Office “the power, the resources and the penalties to get the job done,” Morrison said.

“Facebook ... are now booking their Australian revenue in Australia, not in Ireland,” he said, adding the multinational companies were abandoning contrived structures and restructuring their models to show sales booked in Australia.

Australian tax authorities were currently conducting 71 audits involving 59 major global corporations, Morrison said. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

Google declined to comment.

The law, dubbed the “Google Tax,” targets global companies with annual incomes exceeding AU$1 billion that use financial schemes for the principal purpose of obtaining an Australian tax benefit.

The Australian Taxation Office has the power to charge tax on

profits diverted offshore and to fine the corporations an amount equal to the tax evaded.

When the law was proposed in early 2015, the government said there were 30 global corporations that paid little or no tax on the profits from their Australian operations. The government did not name them. Tax officials were posted to the Australian offices of the 30 companies.

The problem, known as “base erosion and profit shifting,” stoked public anger at a time when the global economy was still struggling to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. Critics say it was an example of the powerful being given an unfair advantage, while the companies said they were not breaking any laws.(ap)

Looking for this object is not difficult. Just come and cross the path of Seririt-Gilimanuk. Approximately, it is about 15 minutes’ drive from Pulaki Temple to the west.

There visitors will be immediately

greeted by signpost right in front of the intersection reading “Pura Batu Chair” (Batu Kursi Temple) and then you immediately turn left to park your vehicle. After getting down, the eyes will be instantly

pampered by towering hills. To get to the temple, you are only charged with voluntary donation by local attendant.

After that, the journey to the hill and the temple immediately starts.

The road is quite uphill and must step on hundreds of stairs. Having reached in the middle of the way, your fatigue will get paid with a beautiful view on hilltop with verdant trees. Some areas are just overgrown by grasses generating a yellowish green color. At first glance, it looks like a Teletabies

Hill. It is suitable to be used as a background of photography.

This attraction does not include special shelter but when summer heats do not worry. Visitors can take shelter under a neem tree.

Pouring sweat will immediately disappear after being blown by refreshing sea breezes. At that time, visitors can witness the beauty of the sea at Pemuteran in turquoise color and so does the very exotic Menjagan Island. Other than enjoying the natural atmosphere, visitors can simultaneously say prayers at

the Batu Kursi Temple located at the middle of the hills. By doing so, the holidays will be getting more complete.

Attendant of the tourist attraction, Ketut Mariada, said that the tourist visits to the location is quite crowded within the past few years chiefly during holidays. They are mostly teenagers because the location is pretty good to take selfie.

“During holidays, the visit reaches hundreds of people. Every day there are always visitors especially young people,” he said. (kmb)

Bignay Salad Rich in Vitamin C

Bignay salad can serve as tasty snack. Approximately in the 1980s, bignay salad was very popular in the community because it was easy to get the ingredients and prepare. Children did not need to prepare permanent ingredient, they were just enough to bring bamboo crusher and a bamboo blade to pound. During fruit season, they always brought the crusher everywhere. When finding bignay trees, they would climb and then picked for the making of salad.

Although the bignay tree did not belong to their father, grandfather, or uncle, they still took it.

Understandably, village life was still had high sense of brotherhood and mutual assistance, so as not to mind when people’s bignay fruit was picked.

Each child had a traditional tool used to make the bignay salad.

When the fruit season ended, the tool would be kept tidily so that it could be used in the following season. The spices in used were very simple, namely, salt and chili only.

Children were enough to bring salt because chili could be taken anywhere or people’s moor. It is different from the bignay salad on sale that applies complete sauces.

It is very rare to find a merchant serving bignay fruit. If available, it will be sold by particular merchants. Besides, it is hard to get the fruits and this rare type of fruit is expensive. In addition, children of current generation rarely know this fruit. They do not know, so that not many of them choose this type of salad.

Bignay fruit has a rounded shape but is smaller that grape. When being ripe, it will turn blackish red.

But when young and green, it tastes sour. The red one tastes a bit sweet.

When turning into blackish red, it means that it has been ripe, so that it will taste sweeter. As a seasonal fruit, it usually bears fruit at the beginning of the year.

Today, it is hard to find bignay.

Its trees are rare because it has become extinct. If available, it will be located in the areas that are difficult to reach so that it is also rather difficult to pick. Probably some regions still have it but in restricted number.

Actually this bignay fruit has many benefits as containing vitamin C functioned as an antioxidant and booster of immunity and digestion. (kmb)

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FBI Director James Comey (L) and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers take their seats at a House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017.

FBI head confirms Russia election probe, says Moscow backed Trump

WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Comey and Admiral Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, made clear that their investigation of Moscow and November’s U.S. elections could last for months.

Appearing before a congressional panel, Comey also publicly challenged Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his 2016 campaign headquarters in Manhattan’s Trump Tower. The two officials spent 5-1/2 hours before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in testimony marked by starkly partisan divides between the panel’s majority Republicans and Democrats. Comey refused to back away from his claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not simply want Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to lose the election; he wanted Donald Trump to win.

Trump created a controversy in early March when he tweeted without giving evidence that Obama had wiretapped his campaign while the businessman competed against Clinton. “With respect to the president’s tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, I have no information that supports those tweets,” Comey said.

Leon Panetta, a former U.S. defense secretary and CIA director during the Obama administration, said in an interview that Trump should “acknowledge that he made a mistake, apologize to President Obama.”

The committee is one of several in the U.S. Congress investigating whether Russia tried to influence the election, mostly by hacking Democratic operatives’ emails and releasing embarrassing information. Russia denies the allegations.

Comey confirmed the FBI has been investigating since July possible Russian efforts to interfere in the

election, including any cooperation between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. He said that while the Russian government wanted to hurt Clinton’s campaign and help Trump’s, intelligence agencies made no judgment on whether the efforts influenced the outcome. Comey gave no details of the classified investigation and said the fact that it exists does not mean charges would be filed. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia tried to help Trump by hacking leading Democrats.

PUTIN’S PREFERENCE

“I think that was a fairly easy judgment for the (intelligence) community,” he said. “Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much.”

Asked about Comey, White House spokesman Sean Spicer read a series of quotes from officials - some from the Obama administration - who have said they have seen no signs of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia. In a tweet before the hearing, Trump wrote: “The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign.”

Spicer said he was unaware of any White House official being under investigation by the FBI. Trump has frequently urged better relations with Russia, which has been at odds with the United States over Ukraine and the Syrian civil war. Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, detailed activities by Trump associates with ties to Russia, including former campaign manager Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who was forced out as Trump’s national security adviser after talking to the Russian ambassador and then misrepresenting the conversation to Vice President Mike Pence.

“Is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated and nothing more than an entirely unhappy coincidence? Yes, it is possible,” Schiff said.

“But it is also possible, maybe more than possible, that they are not coincidental, not disconnected and not unrelated.” (rtr)

International

China, EU cut imports of Brazil meat amid scandal SAO PAULO - China and the European Union curtailed meat imports from Brazil on Monday after police, in an anti-corruption probe criticized by the government as alarmist, accused inspectors in the world’s biggest exporter of beef and poultry of taking bribes to allow sales of rotten and salmonella-tainted meats. As the scandal deepened, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said the government had suspended exports from 21 meat processing units. But he also criticized the investigation by Brazil’s Federal Police into meatpacking companies, calling their findings “alarmist” and saying they used a few isolated incidents to tarnish an entire industry that maintains rigorous standards. An all-out ban on Brazilian meat exports would be a “disaster,” Maggi added. “I pray, I hope, I work so that does not happen,” he said, speaking to reporters outside his office in Brasilia.

With other import curbs expected to follow, the scandal stemming from a police operation codenamed “Weak Flesh” could deal a heavy blow to one of the few sectors of Latin America’s largest economy that has thrived during a two-year recession. Police on Friday named BRF SA and JBS SA , along with dozens of smaller rivals, in a twoyear probe into how meatpackers allegedly paid off inspectors to overlook practices including processing rotten meat, shipping exports with traces of salmonella and simply not carrying out inspections of plants. JBS is the world’s largest meat producer and BRF the biggest poultry exporter.

The companies have denied any wrongdoing, and authorities have said no cases of death or illness have been linked to the tainted

meat investigation. New allegations of unsavory business practices in Brazil come as the country is still reeling from a massive graft scandal centered on state-controlled oil company Petrobras that is widening into other sectors. Brazil’s President Michel Temer has sought to downplay the meatpacking probe, saying it involved only 21 of Brazil’s more than 4,800 meat processing units. But Francisco Turra, head of Brazilian beef producers association ABPA, told reporters it had put the entire meat industry in jeopardy and “destroyed” a hard-won image of quality products.

China, which accounted for nearly one-third of the Brazilian meatpacking industry’s $13.9 billion in exports last year, suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil as a precautionary measure.

The European Union suspended imports from four Brazilian meat processing facilities, ABPA said, citing the nation’s agriculture ministry.

Ricardo Santin, ABPA’s vice president of markets, said two of the suspended plants process poultry, one beef and the other horse meat. One of the poultry plants is operated by BRF, said Santin. In a statement, BRF said the company has not received any formal notice from Brazilian or foreign authorities related to the suspension of its plants. South Korea’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that it would tighten inspections of imported Brazilian chicken meat and temporarily bar sales of chicken products by BRF. More than 80 percent of the 107,400 tonnes of chicken that South Korea imported last year came from Brazil, and BRF supplied almost half of that. (rtr)

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Indonesia police say Interpol issues red notices for 3 Sinopec execs

JAKARTA - Indonesian police said on Tuesday Interpol has issued red notices, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for three Chinese executives suspected of fraud linked to a more than $800 million Sinopec oil terminal development in Indonesia.

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, is the second major Chinese state oil firm in less than three years to find staff facing allegations of corruption in Indonesia, where the resources sector is riddled with graft and legal and contractual uncertainty. “The three red notices have been published for those wanted people,” said National Police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar.

Indonesian authorities filed a request for Interpol assistance on Feb. 21 regarding the three executives, suspects in the alleged embezzlement of an undisclosed sum of money from the West Point Terminal project, Amar said. He identified the three as West Point Terminal finance director Zhang Jun, chief executive Feng Zhigang and chairman Ye Zhijun.

A Sinopec spokesman declined to comment. Reuters has not yet been able to find telephone numbers or email addresses for the three executives, so has been unable to contact them for comment.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she had seen reports about the red notices, but was not aware of specifics. Interpol’s General Secretariat press office said in an emailed response to questions on the matter that it did not “comment on specific cases or individuals except in special circumstances”.

A red notice is Interpol’s highest alert and is a request to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition. It is not an international arrest warrant as Interpol cannot compel any member country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a red notice.

Indonesia, an archipelago of some 250 million people rich in resources, is routinely ranked by watchdog Transparency International as one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

Former Indonesian energy minister Jero Wacik is serving an eight-year prison term for involvement in extortion and kickbacks worth about $840,000.

police in 2015. The red notices were issued because the three executives had left the country and “not cooperated” with local police investigations, Djamaris said. The police’s Amar did not confirm this.

The West Point Terminal was touted to be Southeast Asia’s largest and was initially expected to be operational by mid2016, but has faced a series of setbacks including a lawsuit filed by Indonesian shareholders in November.

The project in Indonesia’s Batam free trade zone to the south of Singapore is 95-percent owned by Sinopec Kantons Holdings, a subsidiary of Sinopec .

Sinopec Kantons bought into the project in January 2012, aiming to develop a 2.6 million-tonne storage facility worth more than $800 million. The project was delayed by several years due to slow demand for tank space, Reuters reported. An official at Indonesia’s energy ministry said the downstream operations permit for the West Point Terminal expired in late 2014.

Sinopec’s only other Indonesian asset is an 18-percent stake in Chevron’s deep water project, bought in 2010. Sinopec Kantons, which is one of Sinopec’s smallest subsidiaries, was not immediately available for comment. (rtr)

SERIES OF SETBACKS

Defrizal Djamaris, a lawyer representing West Point Terminal’s 5-percent stakeholder, PT Mas Capital Trust (MCT), said MCT reported suspicions of fraud on the project to local

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Sinopec Office in China

In U-turn, Indonesia says will continue to send maids abroad

REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

A veterinarian analyses a piece of meat collected by Public Health Surveillance agents during an inspection of supermarkets, at a veterinary laboratory with the public health department in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2017.

JAKARTA - Indonesia said Monday it would continue to send domestic helpers overseas, in an about-turn welcomed by campaigners who said it would help prevent women falling prey to human trafficking. Thousands of Indonesian women travel to places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia every year to become maids, attracted by promises of higher salaries despite reports of widespread abuses and near slavelike living conditions.

Jakarta had previously said it

would stop sending maids overseas from this year, on the grounds of protecting the women, sparking concerns it would push more poor Indonesians desperate for jobs into illegal migration.

However a senior official at the Manpower Ministry told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that Jakarta would not go ahead with the ban but it has been in talks with countries to ensure Indonesian maids are treated in a “humane” way.

“We are not stopping Indonesians going overseas to become

domestic workers but we want better protection for them,” said Soes Hindharno, director for the protection and placement of Indonesian migrant workers abroad. He said this includes preventing what he called “multi-tasking work”

by Indonesian maids to reduce exploitation.

“If they are housekeepers, they are housekeepers - they clean, cook and iron. If they are babysitters, they are babysitters - you can’t ask a babysitter to bathe your dog.”

Currently, Indonesian women

who work as maids abroad are required to stay at the home of their employer, handling tasks from cleaning to looking after children or the elderly - a rule activists say making them vulnerable to abuse.

Migrant activists welcomed the decision, but said more needed to be done to combat human trafficking including ensuring women aware of their rights when leaving for work overseas.

“It is a basic right to go abroad to work. If the government stops this, we will only see more human

trafficking cases,” said Mulyadi, a co-founder of rights group Migrant Care, who like many Indonesian goes by one name.

Indonesia since 2015 has banned women from going to 21 Middle Eastern countries following a series of abuse cases but high-demand for maids has encouraged traffickers to find ways around the curbs.

Hindharno said the Middle East ban would stay in place. Domestic helpers make up more than a third of the six million Indonesian working abroad. (rtr)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Tiger a hit with fans at New York book signing

NEW YORK - Tiger Woods has been largely absent from the golf circuit for nearly two years due to nagging back problems but the 14-times major champion can still draw a crowd.

REUTERS/Mike Segar

Golfer Tiger Woods poses with a copy of his new book “The 1997 Masters: My Story” at a book signing event at a Barnes & Noble store in New York City, New York, U.S., March 20, 2017.

Tegallalang rice terraces

GIANYAR - Tegallalang Rice Terraces in Ubud is famous for its beautiful scenes of rice paddies involving the subak (traditional Balinese cooperative irrigation system), which according to history, was passed down by a revered holy man named Rsi Markandeya in the eighth century. Tegallalang forms the three most splendid terraced landscapes in Ubud’s shared region, with the others being in the villages of Pejeng and Campuhan.

The Tegallalang rice terraces alone offers a scenic outlook that spreads down before you and away to the rice paddies on the slopes across the

valley. The high roadside location is cool and breezy and it is a wellknown spot for tourists to stop and take photos. Painters and nature lovers also enjoy visiting this spot, and there are numerous art kiosks and cafes near the ledge offering their ware.

Tegallalang rice terraces offer a perfect Bali photo opportunity with its dramatic views. The vista sprawls down and away to the rice terraces on the slopes across the valley. A local elder, a farmer who owns the land invites visitors to sample his green coconut drink, as well as to purchase woven hats

that he makes from coconut leaves as well as posing with visitors for a small fee. This ancient valley has a timeless quality whether there are tourists there or not. The small village of Pakudui, a craftsman’s dominion located in Tegallalang, is a journey of witnessing the splendour of local talent at its best.

Here you will find an extraordinary variety of ornamental woodwork and various carvings. The villagers here are avid Balinese craftsmen and have taken up different forms of sculptures, either handed down through generations or as a result of an ever-growing creative pro-

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cess using the most natural of all media – wood. But through your village tour in Pakudui you will notice the recurring presence of one particular mythical Balinese figure - the Garuda. Amongst the carved mythical lions, horses, human figures, dogs, dragons, vases, frogs, kangaroos, cats, ornate totems, panels, doors, windows, tables and the many brilliant forms of creativity – extending even to large-scale dinosaurs – the Garuda seems to be majestically ever present amongst the creations.

Some souvenir sellers and the old farmer will seem occasionally

pushy, but there are no fixed prices, so have those bargaining skills at hand or best still, remind yourself that you are just there for the picture. A ‘modest fee’ for the posing farmer is at your own discretion.

While the rice terraces serve as a highlight photo-op in the Tegallalang area, souvenir shopping options abound along the roadsides, and the trip to Pakudui village is worth its while. Pakudui is reachable after a right turn up from the famed rice paddy outlook. Find magnificent carvings and wooden art forms lined up along the small and winding village road. (rtr)

rounds over the past 19 months, received enthusiastic applause as he made his way to the stage and flashed a big smile at his reception.

Attendees were allowed a maximum of two signed books, without personalization, and Woods exchanged pleasantries as he signed on the title page.

“He was really nice. Just a normal guy,” said Claudia as she was escorted to the exit escalator by the attentive security detail.

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Rivals are closer, warns Mercedes F1 boss

LONDON - Formula One’s new rules are “just what the doctor ordered”, even if rival teams have become more competitive, according to Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff.

The Austrian said in a preview for Sunday’s Australian season-opener in Melbourne that Mercedes, the dominant team of the past three years, faced a big challenge.

“We have been very successful over the last three years through stable rules -- but no team has ever maintained its success over such a big regulation change before,” said Wolff.

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Some 250 fans and autograph hounds lined up outside a Manhattan book store on Monday, some who had camped overnight, to attend a book signing by Woods for “The 1997 Masters: My Story”, about his first major title. A Barnes and Noble spokesman said they had enough interest to accommodate a thousand people, but had to limit the crowd based on Woods’ availability.

Dressed casually in a long sleeve gray striped shirt, the golfer, who has played just three competitive

nature and pretty pleasant,” said a man who made a seven-hour drive from Pittsburgh to attend. “I’m absolutely a Tiger fan. He’s going right up next to my Michael Jordan.”

Another man said he attended as “a memorabilia thing. I met (Jack) Nicklaus and (Arnold) Palmer and had to get him to have the three.”

A middle-aged New Yorker said he offered Woods some advice.

“He was very nice. I suffer back pains and I expressed that he should maybe get acupuncture and he said that he does try it and enjoys it.”

A gray-haired fan got a handshake. “Now I can go to heaven,” said Kenny. (rtr)

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in action.

“In a way, it’s just what the doctor ordered. To have such a challenge is good for the team.

“We have done the best job we possibly could over the winter and, if we are not the fastest in Melbourne, then it’s about finding out why and what needs to be done to get us back to that top spot.”

Ferrari emerged from pre-season testing with the quickest times, although the Mercedes pairing of triple champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas did the most laps with impressive reliability.

Bottas, previously with Williams, has

replaced 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg, who retired days after winning his first title.

Hamilton, winner of 53 grands prix over his career to date, starts the season as favourite for a fourth championship and to win the opening race.

Bookmakers William Hill have the Briton at 10/11 for Melbourne, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel second favourite at 7/2 and Bottas at 6/1.

“We believe that it is going to be another Mercedes procession but the Australian Grand Prix is often unpredictable,” said

William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

Wolff said testing in Barcelona had indicated “that the margins at the front of the field have shrunk,” although there was no way of knowing for sure.

Teams use testing to experiment with fuel loads and power unit settings.

Mercedes have won 51 of 59 grands prix since the 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid units were introduced. The team also started all but one of last season’s races on pole position.

Ferrari and Red Bull are the only teams to have beaten Mercedes since 2013. (rtr)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Sp rt Tim Howard always stayed optimistic he’d be healthy for US

SAN JOSE — As his U.S. teammates trained under cloudy skies on a brisk Bay Area morning, Tim Howard sat stretching on the sideline.

He loosened up his shoulders. He balanced on his left leg and worked his hips. This is the new normal for Howard, fresh off his 38th birthday and a November surgery on his right thigh to repair the adductor muscle.

“I’m old,” chuckled Howard, the Americans’ top goalkeeper the past two World Cups. “That’s every day for me now, between now and the next three years that’s what every day looks like. It’s a process, but hopefully it’ll pay off.”

Howard is expected to start for coach Bruce Arena in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras at Avaya Stadium, home of the MLS San Jose Earthquakes, before the Americans play at Panama four days later.

“It’s good to have him back,” defender DaMarcus Beasley said Monday. “He’s been a big part of this team for a long time now. Big games, World Cups, qualifiers.

To have him back with the team and the group is a big plus for us and for everybody to see him back, especially after the injury he had at the end of last season.”

Brad Guzan, who was chosen as the starter for last year’s Copa America and then called to sub for an injured Howard in the 40th minute of the first U.S. World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico, was replaced last week for family reasons. Guzan and his wife welcomed a baby girl Sunday night — “9 pounds, I’m told, and 22 inches long,” Arena announced, though he didn’t know the baby’s name except that she arrived a little early.

AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, United States’ Tim Howard covers the goal during a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Mexioc in Columbus, Ohio. Howard was selected for the U.S. roster by coach Bruce Arena on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, for the team’s World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama.

“In these situations, I think family comes first, despite what we’d all like to think otherwise around the sporting side,” Arena said. “He needs to be with his family this week, so the decision for him to stay makes sense.”

Howard is confident kicking with his right foot again but he notes, “Thankfully I have half a decent left foot” when he needs to use it.

The U.S. is 0-2 in the final round of World Cup qualifying for the first time, and Arena returned to coach the team 10 years after his firing. He was re-hired in November to replace Jurgen Klinsmann on the heels of those two defeats: 2-1 to El Tri at home and 4-0 at Costa Rica. Arena will be cautious with Howard as well as Clint Dempsey , who is back playing after dealing with an irregular heartbeat.

Leading into his first season with the MLS Colorado Rapids, Howard had hoped his body would allow him to return to the Americans’ roster for qualifying, but didn’t want to put anything in stone without knowing for sure he would be healthy. Now, he never expects to be fully 100 percent.

“I kind of felt that I’d be ready but I didn’t want to get ahead of myself. It was a long rehab,” he said. “A lot could happen between whenever that was, January, and now. We have setbacks all the time. I was on the right path, I was always going to be March 11 or there about, but I didn’t want to put a timeframe on it and have a setback, so for me it was just personal. I’m 38, I don’t think I’ll ever be 100 percent again. But I’ve played through everything in my career, so it’s not an issue for me.”

Fellow goalkeepers Nick Rimando and David Bingham of the Earthquakes worked through drills Monday with position coach Matt Reis. Arena wouldn’t say whether he had decided to promote Howard to No. 1 keeper before Guzan’s availability became a question.

“We haven’t decided our starting lineup yet. We’re playing Friday, it’s Monday,” he told The AP. Sounders stars Dempsey and Jordan Morris didn’t train Monday, though Dempsey came to the field. Morris stayed at the team hotel Tuesday for treatment on the right ankle he injured during the first half of Seattle’s 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday.

Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, on the 2014 World Cup roster, was added by Arena late Monday to bring the roster to 26.

Quakes coach Dominic Kinnear was one spectator at his team’s practice field, and Arena walked across the grass to offer his appreciation. “Hey, Dom, thanks for your hospitality,” Arena said during a short chat. Howard, who did light jogging along with his stretching regimen, also said hello and they shared a laugh.

While Howard said the “unknown” concerned him in regards to his comeback and trying to simulate game action, he considers himself fortunate his timing and instincts are still intact at this stage of his career.

“I’m thankful that my reflexes and my reactions haven’t slowed,” he said. “So that’s been a good thing. I probably take less risks and I think that’s helpful.” (ap)

Union Berlin raising city’s hopes of 2 teams in Bundesliga BERLIN — Berlin’s hopes of having two teams in the Bundesliga and the first team from the former East Germany to play in the topflight for eight years burned a little brighter on Monday. Union Berlin defeated Nuremberg 1-0 to go top of Germany’s second division, one point ahead of previous leader Stuttgart with nine games remaining.

The 21,210 supporters in the crowd partied as Union made it to the summit for the first time since September 2013. Union also set a new club record with a sixth consecutive win in the second division. Moreover, Union beat Nuremburg for the first time in the second division.

“My players can all read, they see the newspapers, they can feel the sense of euphoria in the city,” Union coach Jens Keller said. “It’s possible that that had an effect on the performance.” The fans chanted the club’s nickname, “Eisern Union (Iron Union), Eisern Union, Eisern Union!”

The top two finishers earn promotion directly while third place gets a playoff against the team that finishes third from bottom in the Bundesliga.

If Union stays of course, it would join city rival Hertha Berlin in the 18team Bundesliga and become the first team that played in East Germany’s Oberliga to play in the reunified country’s top flight since Energie Cottbus was relegated in 2009. Based in what was West Berlin, Hertha never played in the Oberliga. Leipzig, another team in what was East Germany, was founded only in a rebranding exercise in 2009.

Union fans were already in a party mood hours before kickoff, settling pre-match nerves with bottles of beer on the way to the game and stopping near the stadium in the eastern borough of Koepenick to snack on bratwurst sausages and chips.

The club still plays at its Stadion an der Alten Foersterei (Stadium at the old Forester’s House), which it moved into in 1920 after winning the Berlin championship. Union has weathered financial difficulties and even a spell at fourth-tier level to become Berlin’s second-best supported side.

Older fans remember its difficulties going back to East German times and even before - Union lost players when Berlin was divided, with some opting to remain in the west. For a time there were two Union teams either side of the divide. New fans less interested in history are wooed by Union’s fan culture and the sense of involvement fostered by the side. When the financially strapped club needed to

modernize its stadium in 2008, it was fans who came to its rescue with around 1,600 volunteers contributing an estimated 90,000 hours’ work to save on construction costs.

Four years before, fans gave blood under the slogan “Bleed for Union” to raise almost €1.5 million to help the club escape bankruptcy.

Thousands go to Union’s Stadion an der Alten Foersterei (Stadium at the Old Forester’s House) to sing Christmas carols at every year, continuing a tradition started by 89 “crazies” in 2003, according to the club. In 2014, Union turned its stadium into what it called the world’s biggest living room when it invited fans to bring 780 couches to watch the World Cup on a huge screen. The pitch was covered in sofas flanked by atmospheric lamps and the surrounding stands were decorated with wallpaper to create a cozy World Cup atmosphere. Germany won, making it even better.

Union, which traces its beginnings back to 1906 as Olympia Oberschoeneweide, went through name changes before earning its current name in January 1966 when East German authorities restructured the country’s clubs, which were heavily politicized at the time.

East Berlin was supposed to get only two clubs — the army-supported Vorwaerts Berlin and police-backed Dynamo Berlin — but trade union chairman Herbert Warnke argued that Berlin also needed a club for the civil population, leading to Union Berlin’s approval despite its predecessor TSC Berlin only playing in the second tier.

Dynamo, which was supported by Stasi chief Erich Mielke, became the capital’s dominant side and Union’s hated rival. Amid allegations of match-fixing and politically influenced favors, it went on to win 10 successive East German titles from 1979-88. Union won the East German Cup in 1968 but it wasn’t allowed to play in European competition.

“Neither surveillance by the police and Ministry for State Security (Stasi) of the GDR, nor sporting hindrances kept Union fans from being faithful through all the years to the club,” Union said on its website.

Union, which didn’t have political support, was left to yo-yo between the top two divisions. But it makes the most of its resistance to the East German regime as it prospers from its loyal fan-base. “We’re happy of course, but it’s just a moment,” Keller said. “We’ll keep working to stay where we are.” (ap)

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Chicago Fire sign Schweinsteiger from Man United Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed a deal to join Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire, the Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday. The 32-year-old German, who signed for United at the start of last season, has fallen out of favour since manager Jose Mourinho arrived at the club at the start of the current campaign.

“I am sad to leave so many friends at MANCHESTER UNITED,” Schweinsteiger told the club website. (www.manutd.com) “But I am grateful to the club for allowing me the chance to take up the challenge at Chicago Fire.

“I have enjoyed working with the manager, the players and staff here and wish them all the best in the future. But I have to reserve

special thanks to the United fans -- whose support has been a very special part of my time in Manchester.”

Schweinsteiger’s move was first reported by the Chicago Tribune, with the Fire’s general manager Nelson Rodriguez telling the newspaper that the club were getting a proven winner in the German midfielder.

Schweinsteiger spent 13 seasons with Bayern Munich before joining United, winning eight Bundesliga titles, seven German Cups and the Champions League in 2013.

He was also part of the 2014 World Cup winning squad and represented his country 121 times before announcing his international retirement last July. Chicago have finished last overall in MLS for the past two seasons. (rtr)

Reuters / Phil Noble

Manchester United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger warms up before the match

Petr Cech voted Czech player of 2016 for record ninth time

PRAGUE — ARSENAL goalkeeper Petr Cech was voted the Czech Republic footballer of the year on Monday for a record ninth time.

The 34-year-old Cech topped the poll of players, coaches, football federation officials, and journalists for 2016.

Cech retired from international football after the European Championship in France last year. He appeared a record 124 times in the Czech Republic goal.

He injured a calf muscle in Arsenal’s 3-1 loss at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, and said in Prague it could take weeks to recover and return to the struggling Gunners squad. Cech was at the award ceremony at Prague Castle.

Hertha Berlin midfielder Vladimir Darida polled second, and Borek Dockal, who recently moved from Sparta Prague to Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League, was third. (ap)

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Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech sits with an injury, during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal, at The Hawthorns, in West Bromwich, England, Saturday March 18, 2017.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Sp rt Tim Howard always stayed optimistic he’d be healthy for US

SAN JOSE — As his U.S. teammates trained under cloudy skies on a brisk Bay Area morning, Tim Howard sat stretching on the sideline.

He loosened up his shoulders. He balanced on his left leg and worked his hips. This is the new normal for Howard, fresh off his 38th birthday and a November surgery on his right thigh to repair the adductor muscle.

“I’m old,” chuckled Howard, the Americans’ top goalkeeper the past two World Cups. “That’s every day for me now, between now and the next three years that’s what every day looks like. It’s a process, but hopefully it’ll pay off.”

Howard is expected to start for coach Bruce Arena in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras at Avaya Stadium, home of the MLS San Jose Earthquakes, before the Americans play at Panama four days later.

“It’s good to have him back,” defender DaMarcus Beasley said Monday. “He’s been a big part of this team for a long time now. Big games, World Cups, qualifiers.

To have him back with the team and the group is a big plus for us and for everybody to see him back, especially after the injury he had at the end of last season.”

Brad Guzan, who was chosen as the starter for last year’s Copa America and then called to sub for an injured Howard in the 40th minute of the first U.S. World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico, was replaced last week for family reasons. Guzan and his wife welcomed a baby girl Sunday night — “9 pounds, I’m told, and 22 inches long,” Arena announced, though he didn’t know the baby’s name except that she arrived a little early.

AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, United States’ Tim Howard covers the goal during a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Mexioc in Columbus, Ohio. Howard was selected for the U.S. roster by coach Bruce Arena on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, for the team’s World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama.

“In these situations, I think family comes first, despite what we’d all like to think otherwise around the sporting side,” Arena said. “He needs to be with his family this week, so the decision for him to stay makes sense.”

Howard is confident kicking with his right foot again but he notes, “Thankfully I have half a decent left foot” when he needs to use it.

The U.S. is 0-2 in the final round of World Cup qualifying for the first time, and Arena returned to coach the team 10 years after his firing. He was re-hired in November to replace Jurgen Klinsmann on the heels of those two defeats: 2-1 to El Tri at home and 4-0 at Costa Rica. Arena will be cautious with Howard as well as Clint Dempsey , who is back playing after dealing with an irregular heartbeat.

Leading into his first season with the MLS Colorado Rapids, Howard had hoped his body would allow him to return to the Americans’ roster for qualifying, but didn’t want to put anything in stone without knowing for sure he would be healthy. Now, he never expects to be fully 100 percent.

“I kind of felt that I’d be ready but I didn’t want to get ahead of myself. It was a long rehab,” he said. “A lot could happen between whenever that was, January, and now. We have setbacks all the time. I was on the right path, I was always going to be March 11 or there about, but I didn’t want to put a timeframe on it and have a setback, so for me it was just personal. I’m 38, I don’t think I’ll ever be 100 percent again. But I’ve played through everything in my career, so it’s not an issue for me.”

Fellow goalkeepers Nick Rimando and David Bingham of the Earthquakes worked through drills Monday with position coach Matt Reis. Arena wouldn’t say whether he had decided to promote Howard to No. 1 keeper before Guzan’s availability became a question.

“We haven’t decided our starting lineup yet. We’re playing Friday, it’s Monday,” he told The AP. Sounders stars Dempsey and Jordan Morris didn’t train Monday, though Dempsey came to the field. Morris stayed at the team hotel Tuesday for treatment on the right ankle he injured during the first half of Seattle’s 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday.

Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, on the 2014 World Cup roster, was added by Arena late Monday to bring the roster to 26.

Quakes coach Dominic Kinnear was one spectator at his team’s practice field, and Arena walked across the grass to offer his appreciation. “Hey, Dom, thanks for your hospitality,” Arena said during a short chat. Howard, who did light jogging along with his stretching regimen, also said hello and they shared a laugh.

While Howard said the “unknown” concerned him in regards to his comeback and trying to simulate game action, he considers himself fortunate his timing and instincts are still intact at this stage of his career.

“I’m thankful that my reflexes and my reactions haven’t slowed,” he said. “So that’s been a good thing. I probably take less risks and I think that’s helpful.” (ap)

Union Berlin raising city’s hopes of 2 teams in Bundesliga BERLIN — Berlin’s hopes of having two teams in the Bundesliga and the first team from the former East Germany to play in the topflight for eight years burned a little brighter on Monday. Union Berlin defeated Nuremberg 1-0 to go top of Germany’s second division, one point ahead of previous leader Stuttgart with nine games remaining.

The 21,210 supporters in the crowd partied as Union made it to the summit for the first time since September 2013. Union also set a new club record with a sixth consecutive win in the second division. Moreover, Union beat Nuremburg for the first time in the second division.

“My players can all read, they see the newspapers, they can feel the sense of euphoria in the city,” Union coach Jens Keller said. “It’s possible that that had an effect on the performance.” The fans chanted the club’s nickname, “Eisern Union (Iron Union), Eisern Union, Eisern Union!”

The top two finishers earn promotion directly while third place gets a playoff against the team that finishes third from bottom in the Bundesliga.

If Union stays of course, it would join city rival Hertha Berlin in the 18team Bundesliga and become the first team that played in East Germany’s Oberliga to play in the reunified country’s top flight since Energie Cottbus was relegated in 2009. Based in what was West Berlin, Hertha never played in the Oberliga. Leipzig, another team in what was East Germany, was founded only in a rebranding exercise in 2009.

Union fans were already in a party mood hours before kickoff, settling pre-match nerves with bottles of beer on the way to the game and stopping near the stadium in the eastern borough of Koepenick to snack on bratwurst sausages and chips.

The club still plays at its Stadion an der Alten Foersterei (Stadium at the old Forester’s House), which it moved into in 1920 after winning the Berlin championship. Union has weathered financial difficulties and even a spell at fourth-tier level to become Berlin’s second-best supported side.

Older fans remember its difficulties going back to East German times and even before - Union lost players when Berlin was divided, with some opting to remain in the west. For a time there were two Union teams either side of the divide. New fans less interested in history are wooed by Union’s fan culture and the sense of involvement fostered by the side. When the financially strapped club needed to

modernize its stadium in 2008, it was fans who came to its rescue with around 1,600 volunteers contributing an estimated 90,000 hours’ work to save on construction costs.

Four years before, fans gave blood under the slogan “Bleed for Union” to raise almost €1.5 million to help the club escape bankruptcy.

Thousands go to Union’s Stadion an der Alten Foersterei (Stadium at the Old Forester’s House) to sing Christmas carols at every year, continuing a tradition started by 89 “crazies” in 2003, according to the club. In 2014, Union turned its stadium into what it called the world’s biggest living room when it invited fans to bring 780 couches to watch the World Cup on a huge screen. The pitch was covered in sofas flanked by atmospheric lamps and the surrounding stands were decorated with wallpaper to create a cozy World Cup atmosphere. Germany won, making it even better.

Union, which traces its beginnings back to 1906 as Olympia Oberschoeneweide, went through name changes before earning its current name in January 1966 when East German authorities restructured the country’s clubs, which were heavily politicized at the time.

East Berlin was supposed to get only two clubs — the army-supported Vorwaerts Berlin and police-backed Dynamo Berlin — but trade union chairman Herbert Warnke argued that Berlin also needed a club for the civil population, leading to Union Berlin’s approval despite its predecessor TSC Berlin only playing in the second tier.

Dynamo, which was supported by Stasi chief Erich Mielke, became the capital’s dominant side and Union’s hated rival. Amid allegations of match-fixing and politically influenced favors, it went on to win 10 successive East German titles from 1979-88. Union won the East German Cup in 1968 but it wasn’t allowed to play in European competition.

“Neither surveillance by the police and Ministry for State Security (Stasi) of the GDR, nor sporting hindrances kept Union fans from being faithful through all the years to the club,” Union said on its website.

Union, which didn’t have political support, was left to yo-yo between the top two divisions. But it makes the most of its resistance to the East German regime as it prospers from its loyal fan-base. “We’re happy of course, but it’s just a moment,” Keller said. “We’ll keep working to stay where we are.” (ap)

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Chicago Fire sign Schweinsteiger from Man United Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed a deal to join Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire, the Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday. The 32-year-old German, who signed for United at the start of last season, has fallen out of favour since manager Jose Mourinho arrived at the club at the start of the current campaign.

“I am sad to leave so many friends at MANCHESTER UNITED,” Schweinsteiger told the club website. (www.manutd.com) “But I am grateful to the club for allowing me the chance to take up the challenge at Chicago Fire.

“I have enjoyed working with the manager, the players and staff here and wish them all the best in the future. But I have to reserve

special thanks to the United fans -- whose support has been a very special part of my time in Manchester.”

Schweinsteiger’s move was first reported by the Chicago Tribune, with the Fire’s general manager Nelson Rodriguez telling the newspaper that the club were getting a proven winner in the German midfielder.

Schweinsteiger spent 13 seasons with Bayern Munich before joining United, winning eight Bundesliga titles, seven German Cups and the Champions League in 2013.

He was also part of the 2014 World Cup winning squad and represented his country 121 times before announcing his international retirement last July. Chicago have finished last overall in MLS for the past two seasons. (rtr)

Reuters / Phil Noble

Manchester United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger warms up before the match

Petr Cech voted Czech player of 2016 for record ninth time

PRAGUE — ARSENAL goalkeeper Petr Cech was voted the Czech Republic footballer of the year on Monday for a record ninth time.

The 34-year-old Cech topped the poll of players, coaches, football federation officials, and journalists for 2016.

Cech retired from international football after the European Championship in France last year. He appeared a record 124 times in the Czech Republic goal.

He injured a calf muscle in Arsenal’s 3-1 loss at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, and said in Prague it could take weeks to recover and return to the struggling Gunners squad. Cech was at the award ceremony at Prague Castle.

Hertha Berlin midfielder Vladimir Darida polled second, and Borek Dockal, who recently moved from Sparta Prague to Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League, was third. (ap)

Nick Potts/PA via AP

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech sits with an injury, during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal, at The Hawthorns, in West Bromwich, England, Saturday March 18, 2017.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

International

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

International

Tiger a hit with fans at New York book signing

NEW YORK - Tiger Woods has been largely absent from the golf circuit for nearly two years due to nagging back problems but the 14-times major champion can still draw a crowd.

REUTERS/Mike Segar

Golfer Tiger Woods poses with a copy of his new book “The 1997 Masters: My Story” at a book signing event at a Barnes & Noble store in New York City, New York, U.S., March 20, 2017.

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The Tegallalang rice terraces alone offers a scenic outlook that spreads down before you and away to the rice paddies on the slopes across the

valley. The high roadside location is cool and breezy and it is a wellknown spot for tourists to stop and take photos. Painters and nature lovers also enjoy visiting this spot, and there are numerous art kiosks and cafes near the ledge offering their ware.

Tegallalang rice terraces offer a perfect Bali photo opportunity with its dramatic views. The vista sprawls down and away to the rice terraces on the slopes across the valley. A local elder, a farmer who owns the land invites visitors to sample his green coconut drink, as well as to purchase woven hats

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Some souvenir sellers and the old farmer will seem occasionally

pushy, but there are no fixed prices, so have those bargaining skills at hand or best still, remind yourself that you are just there for the picture. A ‘modest fee’ for the posing farmer is at your own discretion.

While the rice terraces serve as a highlight photo-op in the Tegallalang area, souvenir shopping options abound along the roadsides, and the trip to Pakudui village is worth its while. Pakudui is reachable after a right turn up from the famed rice paddy outlook. Find magnificent carvings and wooden art forms lined up along the small and winding village road. (rtr)

rounds over the past 19 months, received enthusiastic applause as he made his way to the stage and flashed a big smile at his reception.

Attendees were allowed a maximum of two signed books, without personalization, and Woods exchanged pleasantries as he signed on the title page.

“He was really nice. Just a normal guy,” said Claudia as she was escorted to the exit escalator by the attentive security detail.

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Rivals are closer, warns Mercedes F1 boss

LONDON - Formula One’s new rules are “just what the doctor ordered”, even if rival teams have become more competitive, according to Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff.

The Austrian said in a preview for Sunday’s Australian season-opener in Melbourne that Mercedes, the dominant team of the past three years, faced a big challenge.

“We have been very successful over the last three years through stable rules -- but no team has ever maintained its success over such a big regulation change before,” said Wolff.

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Some 250 fans and autograph hounds lined up outside a Manhattan book store on Monday, some who had camped overnight, to attend a book signing by Woods for “The 1997 Masters: My Story”, about his first major title. A Barnes and Noble spokesman said they had enough interest to accommodate a thousand people, but had to limit the crowd based on Woods’ availability.

Dressed casually in a long sleeve gray striped shirt, the golfer, who has played just three competitive

nature and pretty pleasant,” said a man who made a seven-hour drive from Pittsburgh to attend. “I’m absolutely a Tiger fan. He’s going right up next to my Michael Jordan.”

Another man said he attended as “a memorabilia thing. I met (Jack) Nicklaus and (Arnold) Palmer and had to get him to have the three.”

A middle-aged New Yorker said he offered Woods some advice.

“He was very nice. I suffer back pains and I expressed that he should maybe get acupuncture and he said that he does try it and enjoys it.”

A gray-haired fan got a handshake. “Now I can go to heaven,” said Kenny. (rtr)

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in action.

“In a way, it’s just what the doctor ordered. To have such a challenge is good for the team.

“We have done the best job we possibly could over the winter and, if we are not the fastest in Melbourne, then it’s about finding out why and what needs to be done to get us back to that top spot.”

Ferrari emerged from pre-season testing with the quickest times, although the Mercedes pairing of triple champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas did the most laps with impressive reliability.

Bottas, previously with Williams, has

replaced 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg, who retired days after winning his first title.

Hamilton, winner of 53 grands prix over his career to date, starts the season as favourite for a fourth championship and to win the opening race.

Bookmakers William Hill have the Briton at 10/11 for Melbourne, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel second favourite at 7/2 and Bottas at 6/1.

“We believe that it is going to be another Mercedes procession but the Australian Grand Prix is often unpredictable,” said

William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

Wolff said testing in Barcelona had indicated “that the margins at the front of the field have shrunk,” although there was no way of knowing for sure.

Teams use testing to experiment with fuel loads and power unit settings.

Mercedes have won 51 of 59 grands prix since the 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid units were introduced. The team also started all but one of last season’s races on pole position.

Ferrari and Red Bull are the only teams to have beaten Mercedes since 2013. (rtr)

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FBI Director James Comey (L) and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers take their seats at a House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017.

FBI head confirms Russia election probe, says Moscow backed Trump

WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Comey and Admiral Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, made clear that their investigation of Moscow and November’s U.S. elections could last for months.

Appearing before a congressional panel, Comey also publicly challenged Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his 2016 campaign headquarters in Manhattan’s Trump Tower. The two officials spent 5-1/2 hours before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in testimony marked by starkly partisan divides between the panel’s majority Republicans and Democrats. Comey refused to back away from his claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not simply want Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to lose the election; he wanted Donald Trump to win.

Trump created a controversy in early March when he tweeted without giving evidence that Obama had wiretapped his campaign while the businessman competed against Clinton. “With respect to the president’s tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, I have no information that supports those tweets,” Comey said.

Leon Panetta, a former U.S. defense secretary and CIA director during the Obama administration, said in an interview that Trump should “acknowledge that he made a mistake, apologize to President Obama.”

The committee is one of several in the U.S. Congress investigating whether Russia tried to influence the election, mostly by hacking Democratic operatives’ emails and releasing embarrassing information. Russia denies the allegations.

Comey confirmed the FBI has been investigating since July possible Russian efforts to interfere in the

election, including any cooperation between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. He said that while the Russian government wanted to hurt Clinton’s campaign and help Trump’s, intelligence agencies made no judgment on whether the efforts influenced the outcome. Comey gave no details of the classified investigation and said the fact that it exists does not mean charges would be filed. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia tried to help Trump by hacking leading Democrats.

PUTIN’S PREFERENCE

“I think that was a fairly easy judgment for the (intelligence) community,” he said. “Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much.”

Asked about Comey, White House spokesman Sean Spicer read a series of quotes from officials - some from the Obama administration - who have said they have seen no signs of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia. In a tweet before the hearing, Trump wrote: “The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign.”

Spicer said he was unaware of any White House official being under investigation by the FBI. Trump has frequently urged better relations with Russia, which has been at odds with the United States over Ukraine and the Syrian civil war. Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, detailed activities by Trump associates with ties to Russia, including former campaign manager Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who was forced out as Trump’s national security adviser after talking to the Russian ambassador and then misrepresenting the conversation to Vice President Mike Pence.

“Is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated and nothing more than an entirely unhappy coincidence? Yes, it is possible,” Schiff said.

“But it is also possible, maybe more than possible, that they are not coincidental, not disconnected and not unrelated.” (rtr)

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China, EU cut imports of Brazil meat amid scandal SAO PAULO - China and the European Union curtailed meat imports from Brazil on Monday after police, in an anti-corruption probe criticized by the government as alarmist, accused inspectors in the world’s biggest exporter of beef and poultry of taking bribes to allow sales of rotten and salmonella-tainted meats. As the scandal deepened, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said the government had suspended exports from 21 meat processing units. But he also criticized the investigation by Brazil’s Federal Police into meatpacking companies, calling their findings “alarmist” and saying they used a few isolated incidents to tarnish an entire industry that maintains rigorous standards. An all-out ban on Brazilian meat exports would be a “disaster,” Maggi added. “I pray, I hope, I work so that does not happen,” he said, speaking to reporters outside his office in Brasilia.

With other import curbs expected to follow, the scandal stemming from a police operation codenamed “Weak Flesh” could deal a heavy blow to one of the few sectors of Latin America’s largest economy that has thrived during a two-year recession. Police on Friday named BRF SA and JBS SA , along with dozens of smaller rivals, in a twoyear probe into how meatpackers allegedly paid off inspectors to overlook practices including processing rotten meat, shipping exports with traces of salmonella and simply not carrying out inspections of plants. JBS is the world’s largest meat producer and BRF the biggest poultry exporter.

The companies have denied any wrongdoing, and authorities have said no cases of death or illness have been linked to the tainted

meat investigation. New allegations of unsavory business practices in Brazil come as the country is still reeling from a massive graft scandal centered on state-controlled oil company Petrobras that is widening into other sectors. Brazil’s President Michel Temer has sought to downplay the meatpacking probe, saying it involved only 21 of Brazil’s more than 4,800 meat processing units. But Francisco Turra, head of Brazilian beef producers association ABPA, told reporters it had put the entire meat industry in jeopardy and “destroyed” a hard-won image of quality products.

China, which accounted for nearly one-third of the Brazilian meatpacking industry’s $13.9 billion in exports last year, suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil as a precautionary measure.

The European Union suspended imports from four Brazilian meat processing facilities, ABPA said, citing the nation’s agriculture ministry.

Ricardo Santin, ABPA’s vice president of markets, said two of the suspended plants process poultry, one beef and the other horse meat. One of the poultry plants is operated by BRF, said Santin. In a statement, BRF said the company has not received any formal notice from Brazilian or foreign authorities related to the suspension of its plants. South Korea’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that it would tighten inspections of imported Brazilian chicken meat and temporarily bar sales of chicken products by BRF. More than 80 percent of the 107,400 tonnes of chicken that South Korea imported last year came from Brazil, and BRF supplied almost half of that. (rtr)

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Indonesia police say Interpol issues red notices for 3 Sinopec execs

JAKARTA - Indonesian police said on Tuesday Interpol has issued red notices, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for three Chinese executives suspected of fraud linked to a more than $800 million Sinopec oil terminal development in Indonesia.

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, is the second major Chinese state oil firm in less than three years to find staff facing allegations of corruption in Indonesia, where the resources sector is riddled with graft and legal and contractual uncertainty. “The three red notices have been published for those wanted people,” said National Police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar.

Indonesian authorities filed a request for Interpol assistance on Feb. 21 regarding the three executives, suspects in the alleged embezzlement of an undisclosed sum of money from the West Point Terminal project, Amar said. He identified the three as West Point Terminal finance director Zhang Jun, chief executive Feng Zhigang and chairman Ye Zhijun.

A Sinopec spokesman declined to comment. Reuters has not yet been able to find telephone numbers or email addresses for the three executives, so has been unable to contact them for comment.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she had seen reports about the red notices, but was not aware of specifics. Interpol’s General Secretariat press office said in an emailed response to questions on the matter that it did not “comment on specific cases or individuals except in special circumstances”.

A red notice is Interpol’s highest alert and is a request to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition. It is not an international arrest warrant as Interpol cannot compel any member country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a red notice.

Indonesia, an archipelago of some 250 million people rich in resources, is routinely ranked by watchdog Transparency International as one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

Former Indonesian energy minister Jero Wacik is serving an eight-year prison term for involvement in extortion and kickbacks worth about $840,000.

police in 2015. The red notices were issued because the three executives had left the country and “not cooperated” with local police investigations, Djamaris said. The police’s Amar did not confirm this.

The West Point Terminal was touted to be Southeast Asia’s largest and was initially expected to be operational by mid2016, but has faced a series of setbacks including a lawsuit filed by Indonesian shareholders in November.

The project in Indonesia’s Batam free trade zone to the south of Singapore is 95-percent owned by Sinopec Kantons Holdings, a subsidiary of Sinopec .

Sinopec Kantons bought into the project in January 2012, aiming to develop a 2.6 million-tonne storage facility worth more than $800 million. The project was delayed by several years due to slow demand for tank space, Reuters reported. An official at Indonesia’s energy ministry said the downstream operations permit for the West Point Terminal expired in late 2014.

Sinopec’s only other Indonesian asset is an 18-percent stake in Chevron’s deep water project, bought in 2010. Sinopec Kantons, which is one of Sinopec’s smallest subsidiaries, was not immediately available for comment. (rtr)

SERIES OF SETBACKS

Defrizal Djamaris, a lawyer representing West Point Terminal’s 5-percent stakeholder, PT Mas Capital Trust (MCT), said MCT reported suspicions of fraud on the project to local

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Sinopec Office in China

In U-turn, Indonesia says will continue to send maids abroad

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A veterinarian analyses a piece of meat collected by Public Health Surveillance agents during an inspection of supermarkets, at a veterinary laboratory with the public health department in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2017.

JAKARTA - Indonesia said Monday it would continue to send domestic helpers overseas, in an about-turn welcomed by campaigners who said it would help prevent women falling prey to human trafficking. Thousands of Indonesian women travel to places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia every year to become maids, attracted by promises of higher salaries despite reports of widespread abuses and near slavelike living conditions.

Jakarta had previously said it

would stop sending maids overseas from this year, on the grounds of protecting the women, sparking concerns it would push more poor Indonesians desperate for jobs into illegal migration.

However a senior official at the Manpower Ministry told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that Jakarta would not go ahead with the ban but it has been in talks with countries to ensure Indonesian maids are treated in a “humane” way.

“We are not stopping Indonesians going overseas to become

domestic workers but we want better protection for them,” said Soes Hindharno, director for the protection and placement of Indonesian migrant workers abroad. He said this includes preventing what he called “multi-tasking work”

by Indonesian maids to reduce exploitation.

“If they are housekeepers, they are housekeepers - they clean, cook and iron. If they are babysitters, they are babysitters - you can’t ask a babysitter to bathe your dog.”

Currently, Indonesian women

who work as maids abroad are required to stay at the home of their employer, handling tasks from cleaning to looking after children or the elderly - a rule activists say making them vulnerable to abuse.

Migrant activists welcomed the decision, but said more needed to be done to combat human trafficking including ensuring women aware of their rights when leaving for work overseas.

“It is a basic right to go abroad to work. If the government stops this, we will only see more human

trafficking cases,” said Mulyadi, a co-founder of rights group Migrant Care, who like many Indonesian goes by one name.

Indonesia since 2015 has banned women from going to 21 Middle Eastern countries following a series of abuse cases but high-demand for maids has encouraged traffickers to find ways around the curbs.

Hindharno said the Middle East ban would stay in place. Domestic helpers make up more than a third of the six million Indonesian working abroad. (rtr)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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BUSINESS US group seeks better access to China’s farm goods market

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Batu Kursi Hill, An Exotic Attraction Offering Two Views

BEIJING — An American business group appealed to China on Tuesday to ease import restrictions on agricultural goods including genetically modified seeds and other biotechnology, highlighting complaints Beijing blocks market access despite its vocal support for free trade.

The American Chamber of Commerce in China wants a quicker review of foreign biotechnology products, an end to restrictions on beef and pork imports and other changes. In a report, the group said that could improve the food supply for China’s consumers and create new opportunities for Chinese and foreign companies.

Chinese leaders have publicly defended free trade in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s promises to restrict imports. But Tuesday’s report echoed enduring complaints China is the least open major economy.

In a separate segment of the food industry, foreign SUPPLIERS are alarmed by Chinese plans to require intensive inspections of imports including low-risk items such as wine and chocolate. The United States, the European Union and other suppliers worry that could disrupt billions of dollars of trade and are lobbying Beijing to scale back its requirement.

In agriculture, the American chamber cited areas ranging from genetically modified seeds to grain processing to pork in which imports and foreign competitors are banned or sharply restricted.

“There is huge opportunity for foreign business to access the Chinese market and that will really bring the whole industry up,” a co-chairman of the chamber’s agriculture committee, Yong Gao, told reporters.

Foreign suppliers have long complained Beijing uses safety and other regulations to hamper imports of food and farm goods.

In biotechnology, the chamber said Chinese approval of imported products takes several times longer than in the United States, Brazil or other countries and the process is slowing down. Regulators approved only one of 18 foreign products under review in a list issued in January.

Gao said that was fewer than in recent years. “The industry is extremely disappointed,” he said.

Beijing lifted an import ban on U.S. beef in October, but producers must wait for individual facilities to be inspected by Chinese regulators before shipments can begin, a process that can take months.(ap)

When spending holidays, making a visit to tourist attractions can become an option. It does not only kill time, but also eliminates fatigue after busyness with a myriad of activities. Among the many attractions, Batu Kursi (literally chair stone) may become an option that can be included in your itinerary. The hill is located in West Buleleng, precisely at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, that offers two views at once, namely Mountain View and sea view.

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In this Saturday, March 8, 2008 photo, a worker shovels corn grains at a warehouse in Shenyang in northeast China’s Liaoning province. An American business group appealed to China on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 to ease import restrictions on agricultural goods including genetically modified seeds and other biotechnology, highlighting complaints Beijing blocks market access despite its vocal support for free trade.

Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax

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A man checks his mobile phone next to an illuminated panel at Google stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017.

CANBERRA — Facebook, Google and other multinational companies are now paying tax in Australia based on their Australian profits instead of shifting income to low-tax countries since the government cracked down on such tax avoidance, the treasurer said Tuesday.

Australia will take in an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.5 billion) in tax from multinational giants in the current fiscal year because of the Multinational AntiAvoidance Law, which took effect in late 2015, Treasurer Scott Morrison told Parliament.

The government had given the Australian Taxation Office “the power, the resources and the penalties to get the job done,” Morrison said.

“Facebook ... are now booking their Australian revenue in Australia, not in Ireland,” he said, adding the multinational companies were abandoning contrived structures and restructuring their models to show sales booked in Australia.

Australian tax authorities were currently conducting 71 audits involving 59 major global corporations, Morrison said. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

Google declined to comment.

The law, dubbed the “Google Tax,” targets global companies with annual incomes exceeding AU$1 billion that use financial schemes for the principal purpose of obtaining an Australian tax benefit.

The Australian Taxation Office has the power to charge tax on

profits diverted offshore and to fine the corporations an amount equal to the tax evaded.

When the law was proposed in early 2015, the government said there were 30 global corporations that paid little or no tax on the profits from their Australian operations. The government did not name them. Tax officials were posted to the Australian offices of the 30 companies.

The problem, known as “base erosion and profit shifting,” stoked public anger at a time when the global economy was still struggling to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. Critics say it was an example of the powerful being given an unfair advantage, while the companies said they were not breaking any laws.(ap)

Looking for this object is not difficult. Just come and cross the path of Seririt-Gilimanuk. Approximately, it is about 15 minutes’ drive from Pulaki Temple to the west.

There visitors will be immediately

greeted by signpost right in front of the intersection reading “Pura Batu Chair” (Batu Kursi Temple) and then you immediately turn left to park your vehicle. After getting down, the eyes will be instantly

pampered by towering hills. To get to the temple, you are only charged with voluntary donation by local attendant.

After that, the journey to the hill and the temple immediately starts.

The road is quite uphill and must step on hundreds of stairs. Having reached in the middle of the way, your fatigue will get paid with a beautiful view on hilltop with verdant trees. Some areas are just overgrown by grasses generating a yellowish green color. At first glance, it looks like a Teletabies

Hill. It is suitable to be used as a background of photography.

This attraction does not include special shelter but when summer heats do not worry. Visitors can take shelter under a neem tree.

Pouring sweat will immediately disappear after being blown by refreshing sea breezes. At that time, visitors can witness the beauty of the sea at Pemuteran in turquoise color and so does the very exotic Menjagan Island. Other than enjoying the natural atmosphere, visitors can simultaneously say prayers at

the Batu Kursi Temple located at the middle of the hills. By doing so, the holidays will be getting more complete.

Attendant of the tourist attraction, Ketut Mariada, said that the tourist visits to the location is quite crowded within the past few years chiefly during holidays. They are mostly teenagers because the location is pretty good to take selfie.

“During holidays, the visit reaches hundreds of people. Every day there are always visitors especially young people,” he said. (kmb)

Bignay Salad Rich in Vitamin C

Bignay salad can serve as tasty snack. Approximately in the 1980s, bignay salad was very popular in the community because it was easy to get the ingredients and prepare. Children did not need to prepare permanent ingredient, they were just enough to bring bamboo crusher and a bamboo blade to pound. During fruit season, they always brought the crusher everywhere. When finding bignay trees, they would climb and then picked for the making of salad.

Although the bignay tree did not belong to their father, grandfather, or uncle, they still took it.

Understandably, village life was still had high sense of brotherhood and mutual assistance, so as not to mind when people’s bignay fruit was picked.

Each child had a traditional tool used to make the bignay salad.

When the fruit season ended, the tool would be kept tidily so that it could be used in the following season. The spices in used were very simple, namely, salt and chili only.

Children were enough to bring salt because chili could be taken anywhere or people’s moor. It is different from the bignay salad on sale that applies complete sauces.

It is very rare to find a merchant serving bignay fruit. If available, it will be sold by particular merchants. Besides, it is hard to get the fruits and this rare type of fruit is expensive. In addition, children of current generation rarely know this fruit. They do not know, so that not many of them choose this type of salad.

Bignay fruit has a rounded shape but is smaller that grape. When being ripe, it will turn blackish red.

But when young and green, it tastes sour. The red one tastes a bit sweet.

When turning into blackish red, it means that it has been ripe, so that it will taste sweeter. As a seasonal fruit, it usually bears fruit at the beginning of the year.

Today, it is hard to find bignay.

Its trees are rare because it has become extinct. If available, it will be located in the areas that are difficult to reach so that it is also rather difficult to pick. Probably some regions still have it but in restricted number.

Actually this bignay fruit has many benefits as containing vitamin C functioned as an antioxidant and booster of immunity and digestion. (kmb)

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Without budget, ICA introduces Indonesian cuisines overseas

MANGUPURA — The policies to move motorcycle parked more than two weeks at the airport area actually starts from the complaints of parking users that always find the parking lot to be always fully occupied. Then, the motorcycles parked too long are checked.

Deputy Chief of Airport Area Police, Fachmi Hamdani, accompanied by unit chief of Criminal Investigation, I Ketut Saraswata, when met on Monday (Mar. 20) revealed that result of the checking from February 13 is that a total of 37 motorcycles had been moved.

Of the 37 motorcycles, two units were secured in the area of airport police because there are indications of motorcycle theft. The checking was resumed on March 13 and a total of 21 motorcycles were moved.

“In total, there are 58 motorcycles, where two units are secured at subdistrict police station because when examined, it was found different license plate in the baggage of one of the motorcycles. Then, in another motorcycle was found service book of different license plate,” he said.

He said that one of the motorcycles, namely Vario, rented by tourists, was not returned to the rental company. However, the motorcycle was even taken to the airport and ignored after departing for their home country. “These motorcycles are lodged for over a year at the airport. Having verified the data the motorcycles, they are returned to their respective owner. Right now, the two motorcycles have been returned to their owner,” he added.

Of the 58 motorcycles, he added that they have been moved to warehouse. Up to these days, totally 14 units have been returned to their owner. Nowadays, there are still 44 motorcycles left. To that end, his institution will send a letter and verify the entire vehicles as well as coordinate with the office of vehicle registration. “It is meant to check whether the motorcycles have been in conformity with the data,” he explained. (kmb23)

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Former East Timor independence fighter on course for presidency

MANGUPURA - The Indonesian Chef Association (ICA) has ambassadors in 22 countries to introduce the culinary treasures of Indonesia to foreign countries.

Such an effort is made at no cost or budget. “This is an introduction process of Indonesian food overseas,” said ICA President, Henry Alexie Bloem, in the regional meeting of ICA Bali at Paragon Hotel on Saturday (Mar. 18).

The ambassadors are working as executive chef at hotels in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Brunei, the USA, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, et cetera.

As an executive chef they are in charge of preparing menus and changing the menus every six months. “In the menus, we attempt to include two or three Indonesian menus. So, the introduction through guerrilla manner does not need any budget. We do it independently without the help of the government,” he concluded.

This mission can be carried out because it is recognized that ICA works with the intention and heart. “Putting some menus like chicken soup, betutu or steamed chicken and satay is practically without charge. We promote Indonesian foods through voluntary work,” he concluded. (kmb42)

58 motorcycles moved to warehouse

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

International

DILI - Former East Timorese independence fighter Francisco “Lu Olo”Guterres was on track on Tuesday to win the presidency in one round, based on early vote counting a day after Asia’s youngest nation went to the polls. Guterres, with nearly 60 percent of the vote so far, held a solid lead over his seven rivals in the tiny nation’s fourth election since independence from Indonesia in 2002.

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Febri and his grandfather live in a house with three rooms whose walls have collapsed. Despite living in an old house, Febri did not look sad and very affectionate to his grandfather.

Being orphan, Febri only lives with his grandfather

TABANAN - Being an orphan is not the intention of I Putu Putra Febri Arta, 6. His parents passed away when he was young so that Febri becomes an orphan. Now, he lives with his grandfather, Wayan Cakra, 76, as the only family. When interviewed at his home at Tanah Bang hamlet, Kediri, on Monday (Mar. 20), Febri looked so cheerful.

He and his grandfather live in a house with three rooms whose walls have collapsed. Despite living in an old house, Febri did not look sad and very affectionate to his grandfather.

Febri’s grandfather expressed the concern about his grandchildren. Despite being six years old and should have attended primary school education, he does not want to attend school.

“I have enrolled him at elementary school located near my home. Every day I escort him by bicycle. After three months, he rejected to attend school,” said Cakra.

Thousands of ways have already been undertaken to persuade his grandchildren so as to go to school. Unfortunately, Febri still does not want to attend school and chooses to live at home with his grandfather.

Cakra continued that Febri’s father,

I Komang Sukarata, is the third son of his six children. He died of illness three years ago. Then, his second grandchild or Pebri’s younger brother named Kadek Dharma died at the age of one and a half years. Besides, the mother of Febri, Nengah Merta, died a year ago, following her husband and youngest son.

Cakra claimed not to understand about the disease causing her son, grandchild and daughter-in-law to die.

“They had been long treated at hospital.

My son had just been treated for two months before he died,” he said sadly.

Because of being old and sickly, Cakra raises Febri by asking for help of his other children. Sometimes his

married daughters come and give rice and money. Meanwhile, the two sons got married outside matrilineally or nyentana also come home.

All this time, Cakra claimed to have never got any help from the government program. He wanted to get a house refurbishment but does not know the way. The house occupied has been 40 years and the wall nearly collapses and many roofs are leaking. On that account, Cakra and Febri get cold while sleeping at night and when it rains.

Cakra admitted to still have a piece of land at his house area spreading across 700 square meters. However, Cakra does not intend to sell the land. “I will not sell because the land and the house will be provided for Febri,” he said.

He hoped there will be a help, especially for the future of Febri. At the age of almost 80 years, Cakra has only one concern, namely the future of his grandchildren. “I have been old and just thinking about my grandchild. Moreover, he does not want go to school,” he said. (kmb24)

The national secretariat for technical and electoral administration had counted just over 30 percent of votes by Tuesday morning. A candidate needs more than 50 percent to win in one round. “I believe there won’t be a second round,” Guterres, who is backed by one of East Timor’s main political parties Fretilin, said after early results were counted. The election commission is expected to announce the result on March 23.

It will be verified by a court in about a month.

The central concern among East Timor’s 1.2 million people has been a failure to spread wealth from oil and gas revenues, with unemployment running at around 60 percent. Analysts said the challenge for any incoming government would be to wean the predominantly Roman Catholic nation away from reliance on oil money and diversify its sources of income into agriculture and manufacturing. The energy sector accounted for around 60 percent of GDP in 2014 and more than 90 percent of government revenue.

“I will push the government to work hard to make up the lag that we have seen in all other sectors of the economy,” Guterres said. The former Portuguese colony was invaded by neighbouring Indonesia in 1975. A 24-year, often violent, resistance movement achieved East Timor’s independence in 2002 and many of its key figures still feature prominently in the running of the country. Monday’s election is the first since U.N. peacekeepers left the half-island nation in 2012. (rtr)

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East Timor presidential candidate Francisco Guterres of the FRETILIN party casts his ballot during the presidential election in Dili, East Timor March 20, 2017.

S.Korea’s Park apologises, promises cooperation in graft probe

SEOUL - Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologised to the country on Tuesday as she arrived at prosecutors’ offices for questioning as a criminal suspect in a widening corruption investigation that has already cost her the presidency. Park, 65,

became South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be removed from office when the Constitutional Court, on March 10, upheld her impeachment by parliament in December. She has been accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrives at a prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea, March 21, 2017.

businesses to donate to two foundations that backed her policy initiatives. Park and Choi have both denied wrongdoing.

“I am sorry to the people. I will faithfully cooperate with questioning,” Park said in front of media at the steps of the prosecutors’ office building, her first comments directly to the public since she was dismissed. Park has not been charged but could face more than 10 years in jail if convicted of receiving bribes from bosses of big conglomerates, including Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee, in return for favours. Park’s fate and the widening corruption investigation have gripped the country at a time of rising tension with North Korea and China.

Hundreds of Park’s flag-waving supporters gathered outside her home in Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district to see her off, and later gathered outside the prosecution office.

Television cameras followed her as she was driven in a black sedan to the office, a few minutes away from her home, escorted by police who cleared the road. Earlier, media saw Park’s hairdresser arriving at her home. She was dressed in a dark navy coat and trouser suit with grey shoes, and looked sombre as she stood to deliver her brief remarks.

‘EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW’ Park, who was accompanied by two of her

lawyers, was given tea before going in for her first session of questioning by two prosecutors and an investigation official, prosecutors said in a statement. One of her lawyers, Yoo Yeong-ha, is known as her “Bulletproof Vest” and has been her legal voice since the beginning of the scandal in October. Park declined to have her questioning recorded by video camera, prosecutors said. She had a lunch break after less than three hours of questioning - some seaweed rice rolls and a sandwich - one of her lawyers said. The questioning is expected to last late into the night and another of her lawyers, Sohn Bum-kyu, told a television channel Park would choose whether it would go beyond midnight. Park had practised answers to certain questions with her lawyers, Sohn said, adding that Park’s health was not at its best.

“She is receiving check-ups between questioning sessions as her health isn’t looking well,” said Sohn. The scandal has undermined support for Park’s conservative ruling party. A prominent liberal opposition politician, Moon Jae-in, is leading in opinion polls and is expected to win a snap presidential election on May 9. Park’s supporters and opponents have held rival protests in the capital, Seoul, for months but police have managed to keep them apart and no serious violence has broken out between them. (rtr)

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No electronics on some US-bound jets from Mideast, Africa

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In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, electronic screens post prices of Alphabet stock at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. An organization affiliated with Google is offering tools for news organizations and other election-related sites to protect themselves from hacking.

Jigsaw, a research arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., says that free and fair elections depend on access to information, and to ensure such access, news, human rights and election-monitoring sites need to be protected from cyberattacks.

Google affiliate offers tools to safeguard elections

NEW YORK — An organization affiliated with Google is offering tools that news organizations and election-related sites can use to protect themselves from hacking.

Jigsaw, a research arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., says that free and fair elections depend on access to information. . To ensure such access, Jigsaw says, sites for news, human rights and election monitoring need to be protected from cyberattacks.

Jigsaw’s suite of tools, called Protect Your Election, is mostly a repackaging of existing tools: — Project Shield will help websites guard against denial-of-service attacks, in which hackers flood sites with so much traffic that legitimate visitors can’t get through. Users of Project Shield will be tapping technology and servers that Google already uses to protect its own sites from such attacks.

— Password Alert is software that people can add to Chrome browsers to warn them when they try to enter their Google password on another site, often a sign of a phishing attempt.

— 2-Step Verification helps beef up security beyond passwords by requiring a second access code, such as a

text sent to a verified cellphone. Though Jigsaw directs users to turn this on for Google accounts, most major rivals offer similar protections, too.

“This is as much an occasion to have a conversation about digital security as it is putting all the tools in one place,” Jigsaw spokesman Dan Keyserling said.

While the tools can be useful to a variety of groups and individuals, Jigsaw says it is focusing on elections because cyberattacks often increase against news organizations and election information sites around election time. In particular, Jigsaw wants to help sites deploy the tools ahead of the French presidential elections, which begin April 23.

The tools are free, though Project Shield is limited to news organizations, individual journalists, human-rights groups and election-monitoring organizations.

It’s not known whether the tools might have prevented some of the high-profile attacks in the past, including the theft of emails from Democratic Party computers during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

The tools do not directly address such break-ins, but they could help guard against password stealing, a common precursor to break-ins. (rtr)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is ordering passengers on nonstop, U.S.-bound flights from a handful of mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries to pack electronic devices other than cellphones in their checked baggage.

Senior Trump administration officials said that starting Tuesday morning airlines flying directly to the United States from 10 airports in eight countries could allow only cellphones and smartphones in carryon bags for U.S.-bound flights. Other electronics, including laptops and tablets, will be indefinitely banned from the passenger cabin.

The officials said the airlines were to have 96 hours to implement the security order or face being barred from flying to the United States. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the security ban despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that anonymous source should not be trusted.

The electronics ban affects flights from international airports in Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

About 50 flights a day, all on foreign carriers, will be impacted. The officials said no U.S.-based airlines have non-stop flights from those cities to the United States.

The officials said the decision was prompted by “evaluated intelligence” about ongoing potential threats to airplanes bound for the United States.

The officials would not discuss the timing of the intelligence or if any particular terror group is thought to be planning an attack.

The ban would affect laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics. Royal Jordanian Airlines tweeted about the ban Monday, telling passengers that medical devices would also be allowed onboard with passengers.

Details of the ban were first disclosed by Royal Jordanian and the official news agency of Saudi Arabia.

In its statement, Royal Jordanian said the electronics ban would affect its flights to New York, Chicago, Detroit and Montreal.

Across the Atlantic early Tuesday, problems and confusion ensued.

Egyptian officials at the Cairo International Airport said they had not received any instructions on banning passengers from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics on board direct flights to the United States. The officials said a New York-bound EgyptAir flight departed and that passengers were allowed to take their laptops and other electronics

on board in their carry-on luggage.

A spokesman for Royal Jordanian says the airliner has not yet started to enforce the new U.S. regulation.

Basel Kilani has told The Associated Press that the airline was still awaiting formal instructions from the relevant U.S. departments, which could possibly come later on Tuesday.

However, the Mideast’s biggest airline is confirming that U.S.-bound passengers will be prevented from carrying electronic gadgets aboard aircraft.

Dubai-based Emirates said Tuesday the ban takes effect on Saturday.

That guidance differs from the information provided by senior Trump administration officials, who have said the ban is in place from Tuesday Brian Jenkins, an aviation-security expert at the Rand Corp., said earlier that the nature of the security measure suggested that it was driven by intelligence of a possible attack.

There could be concern about inadequate passenger screening or even conspiracies involving insiders — airport or airline employees — in some countries, he said.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly phoned lawmakers over the weekend to brief them on aviation security issues that have prompted the impending electronics ban, according a congressional aide briefed on the discussion. The aide was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The administration officials who briefed reporters about the ban said foreign officials were told about the impending order starting Sunday.

A U.S. government official said such a ban has been considered for several weeks. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose the internal security discussions by the federal government.

The ban would begin just before Wednesday’s meeting of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Washington. A number of top Arab officials were expected to attend the State Department gathering. It was unclear whether their travel plans were related to any increased worry about security threats.

Another aviation-security expert, Jeffrey Price, said there could be downsides to the policy.

“There would be a huge disadvantage to having everyone put their electronics in checked baggage,” said Price, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He said thefts from baggage would skyrocket, as when Britain tried a similar ban in 2006, and some laptops have batteries that can catch fire — an event easier to detect in the cabin than the hold. (rtr)

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MSS cases also impact Karangasem

Parliament campaigns to consume roasted suckling pig

AMLAPURA - So far, there has been no report on the case of Streptococcus suis meningitis (MMS) in Karangasem district.

Nevertheless, a number of incidents in other districts still have an impact, one of which is felt food stalls of roasted suckling pig. Since the information on MMS case spreads, the turnovers of roasted suckling pig food stalls decreased dramatically.

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When taking selfie at Angel Billabong

Three travelers hit by waves, one swept away SEMARAPURA - The waters of Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, three travelers were swept away by waves when taking selfie at the Angel Billabong, Sompang hamlet, Bungamekar, Nusa Penida, on Monday (Mar. 20). Two travelers could survive from the incident.

Another traveler on behalf of Temson Mannie Junior Simeki, 23, from New Zealand, was missing as swept away by sea currents.

Pursuant to field information, the three travelers were hit by waves around 10:45. The incident started when the victim (Temson— Ed) with Leonie Alanise Hafke, 20, from Germany and Kalia Betari Utami, 24, living at BPPB Complex Jalan Seraya Block C No. 14, Jakarta, came to the Angel Billabong tourist object. When taking selfie on the edge of a cliff, suddenly huge waves came and hit the three victims.

In the incident, one of the victims on behalf of Leonie Alanise Hafke fell into the sea due to hit by waves. Seeing the incident, the vic-

tim Temson Mannie Junior Semike tried to help Leonie by plunging into the sea. Unfortunately, once plunged into the sea, Temson was instead dragged by sea currents and missing. In the meantime, Leonie could be rescued by James Crawford, 46, from Australia, who happened to snorkel on Mantay Bay by using New Man boat.

Nusa Penida police officers are still searching for the missing person swept away by the waves.

Meanwhile, Leonie that could be rescued was immediately rushed to the Nusa Penida 1 health center.

Another victim who survived, namely Kalia Betari Utami, was referred to Sanglah Hospital for injuries to the head due to swept away by waves in the rocks.

Chief of Nusa Penida Police, Ketut Suastika, when asked for his confirmation acknowledged the incident. According to him, the officers are still searching for the victim on the sea and on land.

“Currently, we are still searching for the missing victim,” he said last Monday afternoon. (kmb)

“It has quite significant impact, but lately it has begun to become stable,” said Gusti Ayu Juniartini, 30, the owner of Sari Sedana food stall on Jalan Untung Surapatti, Amlapura, on Sunday (Mar. 19).

This woman from Padangkerta, Karangasem, said that her food stall had a few visitors when the MSS case first became viral. However, currently the condition has improved. The clienteles started to return but many of them become selective. “Many visitors have their rice not filled with lawar,” she explained.

Although having suffered losses, the merchants of pork-based food in the region admitted to adequately understand about public attitudes that seem somewhat reluctant to eat pork. After seeing the cases occurred in other districts, they slightly regretted the attitude of

the local government as considered to be inconsistent.

It refers to the handling of the MSS case in some districts where the cases were discovered. They hoped that relevant agencies can make an agreement so that the MMS cases will not last longer.

A legislator of the Bali House of Representatives from Karangasem, I Nyoman Oka Antara, also had the same idea. Apart from that, he invited people to be more concerned about health issues. To avoid similar cases, he hoped the government at all levels to be proactive. The community should not be negligent and pig farmers in particular are expected to always keep their livestock healthy. “As long as it has been done, I am confident that pork is healthy for consumption,” he said.

Oka Antara added that Balinese people should not linger in the downturn. One of the ways is that all parties should be consistent.

Food merchants using pork as their base ingredient are required to provide assurance that the meat used comes from healthy livestock. By this way, he is optimistic that consumers will not leave the pork. “I think there’s nothing to worry about pork. We are in the Bali House of Representatives had already agreed to use pork for consumption in the parliamentary activities,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Since the information on MMS case spreads, the turnovers of roasted suckling pig food stalls decreased dramatically.

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Collectors of palm-leaf manuscript propose re-writing

Online applicationbased transport triggers tariff war

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DENPASAR - As in a number of other regions in Indonesia, the presence of online application-based transport also gets rejection in Bali. Conventional drivers mainly dispute the tariff that does not comply with the rules of government. Actually if competing fairly, conventional drivers will not protest.

“If they (online application-based transportations— Ed) follow the rules of the government in accordance with lower limit and upper limit tariff, we think it is not a problem. Their tariff should follow the rules of government,” said Chief of the United Bali Drivers (UBD), Yogi Ananta Wijaya, amid the first anniversary celebration of the UBD at the Denpasar Art Center, on Sunday night (Mar. 20).

Yogi added that UBD is an organization of tourist transport drivers whose member currently reaches over 500 people across Bali. It is one of the organizations rejecting the existence of the online application-based transport due to the tariff issue. The online transportation that does not comply with the government regulations triggers a tariff war between the online transport drivers and conventional drivers.

“Actually, the issue on tariff war will be submitted to the government because all the laws and rules lie in the government,” he added. Yogi also asked the government to support the conventional drivers in order to be more advanced and competent in the field of transportation. For the UBD in particular, the government is expected to assist in developing the technology. Meanwhile, the drivers of tourist transport should improve the quality of human resources by undertaking a certification, namely speaking drivers.

“Our drivers in the UBD will follow competency test within which we have standardization as well as a reference to conduct in terms of tourism, especially for drivers in Bali,” he explained.

Yogi expected local governments in Bali to support the conventional drivers or Bali local transport drivers considering that the Island of the Gods makes tourism as the backbone of the economy for a long time. Here, the drivers particularly in the tourism sector have become the spearhead since it deals directly with travelers making a visit to Bali.

“Our drivers can explain everything about tourist destinations and attractions in Bali as they are, truthfully without any manipulation,” he said. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - Collectors and observers of palm-leaf manuscripts in Karangasem reject to hand over their palm-leaf manuscript collections to the government because in general the manuscripts are family heritage. Nevertheless, they still expect the government to support the preservation of the literary works contained therein.

“We desperately need the government’s attention. However, we do not dare to hand over the manuscripts because they belong to our family legacy,” said Gusti Bagus Putra, 70, one of the senior figures of Jero Kuta, Celuk Negara neighborhood, Amlapura.

The statement was expressed by the retired military officer amid the conservation and description of palm-leaf manuscript collection at Jro Kuta on Monday (Mar. 20).

At the same time, the statement becomes the answers to the discourse of Karangasem government to build a palm-leaf manuscript museum in the Heritage City Monument in the former Candra Bhuana Square of Amlapura.

Aside from expecting the government’s attention to the existence of the Basa Pumandi Library at Jero Kuta Amlapura, Gusti Bagus Putra expected the government to re-write the palm-leaf manuscripts. Re-writing is important considering that currently many palm-leaf manuscripts including the collections of Jero Kuta have been damaged. Actually, those manuscripts are not just reading materials but also contain sacred advice to educate mental attitude of younger generation.

“The library was established in 1990. Our palm-leaf manuscripts

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seem unkempt because the library founder already died. Nice if the manuscripts can be copied and later on the copies can be stored in the museum,” he said.

Conservation or maintenance and descriptions or the making of preview regarding physical condition and material in the Basa Pumandi Library of Jero Kuta involved the religious extension officers throughout Karangasem.

The activity was also attended by Gusti Agung Mayun, 38, a son of the library founder, the late Gusti Bagus Kuta.

Coordinator of the Balinese language extension officers of Karangasem, I Wayan Jatiyasa, accompanied by extension officer of Karangasem village, Luh Widiastuti, acknowledged that many palm-leaf manuscript collections of Jero Kuta have been damaged. Nevertheless, the maintenance is carried out to all the collections by using alcohol, citronella oil and hazelnut oil. “After doing the treatment, we will start the data collection from the number of items, size and material of the literary works. We will make their preview,” he explained.

Acting Head of the Karangasem Culture Agency, I Putu Arnawa, with the palm-leaf manuscript documentation team made a site inspection to the one-day activity.

To preserve people’s manuscript collections, according to him, the culture agency will promote the digitization program to be commenced next year. “We will verify first, classify and then prepare the profiles. If there are damaged manuscripts, let’s repair them. We will coordinate with the province,” he said. (117)

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NEW YORK — Penelope Cruz is headed to television to play fashion designer Donatella Versace in the third installment of “American Crime Story” on FX. AP Photos/Mark J. Terrill, left, and Charles Sykes, Files

In this combination photo, fashion designer Donatella Versace, left, attends an event honoring her with the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award on Feb. 8, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Penelope Cruz attends a special screening of “ma ma”, on May 24, 2016, in New York. Cruz is headed to television to play Versace in the third installment of “American Crime Story” on FX. The Academy Award winning actress will star in the 10-episode series focused on the 1997 slaying of Versace’s brother, Gianni. Donatella Versace took over the famed fashion house after her brother was killed.

The Academy Award-winning actress will star in the 10-episode series focused on the 1997 slaying of Versace’s brother, Gianni. Donatella Versace took over the famed fashion house after her brother was killed.

Co-executive produced by Ryan Murphy, the Versace story is

expected to air in early 2018.

Cruz won a supporting actress Oscar in 2009 for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” directed by Woody Allen.

She has appeared in numerous other films including the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” with Johnny Depp. (ap)

Stolen Van Gogh paintings back in Amsterdam after 14 years

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The canvas “View of the Sea at Scheveningen”, one of the two recovered paintings by Vincent van Gogh which were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002, is pictured at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands March 21, 2017.

AMSTERDAM - Two paintings

by Vincent Van Gogh were unveiled, barely damaged, at an Amsterdam museum on Tuesday, 14 years after they were stolen in a mafia heist.

The works, 1882’s “View of the Sea at Scheveningen” and the 1884 “Congregation Leave the Reformed Church in Nuenen”, are from a period that was crucial to the postimpressionist master’s development as a painter.

“They are back,” said Van Gogh museum director Axel Rueger ahead of the unveiling of the paintings, each valued by investigators on their recovery by Italian police six months ago at 50 million euros ($53.97 million).

“I never thought I’d be able to say these words.”

The works were discovered deep in the heart of Italy last September behind a false wall in a villa that

prosecutors said belonged to Raffaele Imperiale, who is accused of running an international cocaine trafficking ring.

The sea view, showing a single wave-tossed ship just offshore under a brooding Dutch sky, is important to the museum as its only work from the painter’s period in The Hague, where he studied.

The other canvas depicts the church in the southern province of Brabant where Van Gogh’s father was minister. After his father died, Van Gogh added black-clad mourning figures to the painting in tribute.

“The children are safely returned now and they really are safe,” said Rueger, after pulling back a screen to show the paintings encased behind a thick glass frame. “They will remain here for many generations to come.”

Italian investigators believe Impe-

riale is living in Dubai and running a construction business there. The arrests of 11 members of his alleged ring last January, including one man who turned state’s witness, led investigators to the paintings.

They vanished in 2002 after thieves climbed a ladder on to the museum roof and broke into the building in a heist that took only four minutes. They escaped by sliding down a rope. The sea view suffered minor damage when it was ripped from its frame, losing a piece of backing paper from the bottom-left corner. It was a “miracle” the paintings suffered no further harm over the following 14 years, Rueger said.

Several major items were uncovered in last September’s raid, including a private plane. One investigator noticed an unusual-looking wall, behind which the paintings were found wrapped in cloth. (rtr)

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A man drops an envelope in a box at the central post office in Athens, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Police in Greece have discovered and neutralized eight parcel bombs on Monday, addressed to European Union finance officials and businesses in various European countries, at a postal sorting office near Athens.

Greek police intercept eight suspect packages

following parcel bombs to IMF, Germany ATHENS - Greek police intercepted eight suspect packages at a postal sorting centre in Athens on Monday, after the dispatch of booby-trapped deliveries to the International Monetary Fund in Paris and the German Finance Ministry.

Authorities were on the lookout after the two packages laced with gunpowder slipped through checks last week. A Greek urban guerrilla group that sent letter bombs to foreign embassies in Athens and European leaders in 2010 is thought to be behind the attacks.

A package containing a book concealing the explosives and addressed to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was intercepted by German authorities. A letter addressed to the International Monetary Fund in Paris, exploded, slightly hurting an administrative assistant.

“Eight suspect packages which listed as recipients persons in European countries were located and confiscated today,” police said in a text message to journal-

ists. It did not specify who the recipients were. A security source said they were “addressed to officials at economic institutions and companies” at various European countries but would not be more specific.

A Greek militant group, Conspiracy of Fire Cells, had claimed responsibility for the first suspect package sent to Germany and intercepted on March 15.

It has not claimed responsibility for the letter to the IMF that exploded on March 16, but authorities assume the same group is behind it.

In both cases, the packages listed as senders members of the New Democracy opposition conservative party.

Greece has a long history of urban guerrilla group attacks.

Conspiracy of Fire Cells initially

conducted arson attacks but turned to bombings in 2009. The group has become prominent since the economic crisis erupted in Greece and is accused by police of carrying out more than 150 criminal acts.

In a proclamation in November, the group said that its plan, which it called “Nemesis”, was designed to “spread fear into the yards of the homes of our enemy”. The group called sending the explosive parcel to Germany “Nemesis- Act 2”.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio. com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.