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Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange

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North Korea fires missile A missile launched by North Korea on Sunday flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) and was believed to have landed in waters off the coast, South Korea's military said.

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LOS ANGELES - “Baywatch” actress Pamela Anderson retweeted a smiling selfie of Julian Assange on Friday after Sweden dropped its investigation into the Wikileaks founder, reviving intrigue around the couple’s rumored romance.

Anderson’s blog posts about her numerous trips to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to visit Assange have proved one of the more fascinating aspects of the Australian’s five-year bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face rape and molestation allegations, which he denies.

Assange, 45, is a cyber hero to some for exposing government abuses of power and championing free speech. To others he is a criminal who has undermined the security of the West.

To Anderson, he is “the most intelligent, interesting and informed man in existence. Yes - I think he’s quite sexy,” the 49-year-old actress, former Playboy model and animal rights campaigner said in a March blog post.

Photographers have snapped Anderson, often carrying take-out food, making numerous visits to the Ecuadorean embassy in the past six months. Anderson is not Assange’s only celebrity supporter. Pop singer Lady Gaga visited him in 2012 and filmed him for a video that was distributed this week to mark the release from a U.S prison of

Pamela Anderson

Chelsea Manning, who provided Wikileaks with more than 700,000 classified U.S. army documents.

“You may be an enemy of the state but you are not an enemy of humanity,” Lady Gaga told Assange in the video interview, which was released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.

Assange has said nothing about his closer relationship with Anderson, and she has been coy about characterizing it as dating or romantic.

“Let’s see what happens when he’s free. But you know I spend probably more time with him than any other man socially, which is very odd,” Anderson said in a Swedish TV talk-show appearance in March.

Anderson, who is currently promoting the new Hollywood “Baywatch” movie in which she has a cameo role, made no comment on Friday on the Swedish decision other than to retweet the smiling photo Assange posted of himself in his first reaction to the news.

In April, Anderson said that “our ‘affair’ and the curiosity surrounding that might bring some attention to his situation. That’s fine, but I’d rather not go into private details. Let’s just say everyone deserves love.” (rtr)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on May 21, 2017, following North Korea’s latest missile launch.

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N.Korea fires missile into waters off east coast

Clint Eastwood does not rule out a return to Westerns

CANNES - Clint Eastwood does not rule out making another Western, he said on Saturday as he presented a 25th anniversary restored copy of “Unforgiven” at the Cannes Film Festival.

“When I read the (“Unforgiven”) script 25 years ago, I always thought that this would be a good last Western for me to do,” said the 86-year-old actor-director.

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Missile flew 500 km northeast from Pukchang

“And it was the last Western, because I have never read one that worked as well as this one since that.

“But who knows, maybe something will come up in the future,” said Eastwood, who made his name in the TV series “Rawhide” and the so-called spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s, now considered classics.

“Unforgiven” won four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director for Eastwood who also starred. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, a week after it tested an intermediate-range missile which experts saw as an advancement in the reclusive state’s weapons programme.

Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux (R) welcomes director Clint Eastwood as he arrives.

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The missile was launched at 0759 GMT from a location near Pukchang, 60 km (36 miles) northeast of the capital Pyongyang, an area where North Korea attempted to test-launch another missile last month but failed, South Korea’s Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

The missile flew about 500 km (310 miles), it said. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the missile landed outside

Japan’s exclusive economic zone and no damage to ships or airplanes was reported.

An official traveling with U.S. President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia said the White House was aware of the launch and noted that the missile had a shorter range than the three previous tested by North Korea.

China had no immediate comment while both South Korea and Japan called emergency meetings

of top officials.

“The flight range was 500 km and South Korea and the United States are closely analysing additional information,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

It was the second missile test by North Korea since South Korean President Moon Jae-in took office 11 days ago. The two sides remain technically at war despite a truce ending their 1950-1953 conflict.

Last Sunday, the North testedfired an intermediate range missile that flew further and higher than those previously tested.

Moon won this month’s election on a platform of a moderate approach to North Korea and has

said he would be willing to go to Pyongyang under the right circumstances, arguing dialogue must be used in parallel with sanctions.

North Korea has defied all calls to rein in its nuclear and missile programmes, even from China, its lone major ally, calling them legitimate self-defence.

It has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the U.S. mainland.

On Saturday, it said it had developed the capability to strike the U.S. mainland, although Western missile experts say the claim is exaggerated.

“The U.S. mainland and the Pacific operational theatre are within

the strike range of the DPRK and the DPRK has all kinds of powerful means for annihilating retaliatory strike,” North Korea’s state KCNA news agency said in a commentary on Saturday.

North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). (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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The son adoption ceremony of King Saren Kelod Palace was attended by the family of King Saren Kelod Palace, relatives and business colleagues from a number of countries.

Royal son adoption of Saren Kelod Palace

A unification of two cultures

CEREMONY of the royal son adoption of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace is a very historic moment for the palace. The adoption inaugurated by law is special because the King I Gusti Ketut Dalem is pleased to adopt a son from Laos, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao.

The son adoption was held on Saturday (May 20) at Saren Kelod Palace, Ubud. The son adoption ceremony of King Saren Kelod Palace was attended by the family of King Saren Kelod Palace, relatives and business colleagues from a number of countries. Some of them are from Taiwan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, United States (US), and Singapore.

Officially, this son adoption ceremony was done by embedding the royal insignia to Dato Sri and spouse. After the coronation, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao was named Ananda Putra I Gusti Ketut Dalem. This honorable adoption aims to widely introduce the Balinese art throughout the world for the development of Bali tourism.

Ananda Putra I Gusti Ketut Dalem said that his intention to be a member of the royal family of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud began with his interest in the unique Balinese art that contains artistic value. He claimed to have seen a number of Balinese artworks while making a visit, especially on wood carvings, stones and paintings, where according to him, retaining special points. Therefore, he wants to widely introduce the Balinese arts to the world.

Moreover, he is now one of the presidents of the World

Cultural Council. “From such intention, I would like to tie up the relationship of being a foster child at Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud, so that I am considered to be a part of Bali,” he said.

He brought several business partners from a number of countries, including Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Laos, Singapore and America. “They are shareholders in some of my companies. I invite them to introduce Balinese art so that they can promote it in their home country. I invite the World Cultural Council, president of Chinese collector association, some literati and the art circles,” he said.

Further, he said that his meeting with the king of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud started from an international cultural exchange meeting a few years ago. Since then, the communication discussing about the art references continues.

Moreover, last year he once invited the king and his family as guests of honor to make a visit to Laos. Besides, it is also meant to see the projects in Laos and Malaysia. This brotherhood is getting closer after a few meetings.

In addition, in terms of ancestors, the king of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace is a descendant of the King of Majapahit Dynasty who has similarities and close relationship to Qing Dynasty in Laos. “This meeting is not a coincidence.

Moreover, it has a common ancestor. In addition, it happens because the king has no children and my father has died, so that on the advice of close friends, I want to be adopted as the son of the king. Thus, we hold the current ceremony to bind closer familial relationships. This is the fate of two children

and father who are brought together,” he said.

By presenting business colleagues of the World Cultural Council representatives as well as some literary and art circles, he hoped that the art in Bali can be better known around the world. Moreover, this effort has been carried out with a fairly mature endeavor. Thus, the world’s investors want to introduce Bali in their country.

After the adoption ceremony, King I Gusti Ketut Dalem gave a certificate and kris dagger to 31 VVIPs from seven countries recognized as relatives of the king. In the meantime, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao granted the certificate to nine members of the royal family recognized as a member of the World Council for Culture and Arts. Aixinjueluo also gave a number of works of the art to the king as an acceptance of the adoption of the son of honor. (iah/win)

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Canoe ride offered by a number of residents belonging to the members of a group of tour guides.

Canoe tourism

A way to enjoy beauty of Lake Tamblingan

The Sidon Soap Museum

SIDON - It might well excite one’s curiosity to speak of a soap museum without mentioning the history of “sapo” and it might not seem entirely appropriate to use the noble word “museum” in a context which is not satisfactory. At present one finds a Museum of Mankind, of Motor Cars, or Aeronautics, of Wine, of Traditions and Customs, of Soap and of Waxworks, in fact the list is endless.

This sublime word “museum” means a collection, an exposition, a fair, or anything similar.

To begin with, it was the holy Eden of the masterpieces of creative minds, of artists and of geniuses.

The story of soap goes back several thousands of years, before 4500 B.C. to be more exact. In Sumer it was a soapy paste with a basis of clay, ashes and fat, and the same in Egypt and Phoenicia. It was in the 4th century A.D. that the Gallic Romans gave the name “sapo” to a more complex paste that was used for treating the skin and certain disorders. Baths as we know them were taken not at all or once or twice a year. It was only in 1371 at Marseille that soap began its evolution to reach its present form of an indispensable product for general use. Then it was at Saïda, or Sidon, ancient Phoenician city that has seen a whole succession of civilizations and conquerors and which was the capital of Emir Fakhreddine the Great, with many temples and citadels, a palace, a port, and squares, that a distinguished family decided to transform its fine residence into the museum Khan es-Saboon”, for soaps

of every shape and color and manufactured with the olive oil so plentiful in the region according to the ancient traditional methods; what is more, a museum still in use, for a soap museum supposes a craft workshop alongside.

At Sidon, which with the Arabs was also known under the name of Irbel, the Audi family, composed of distinguished and courageous Lebanese from the South of the country, possessed this castle and “Hamam”. There were many Hamams in Sidon, such as Khan al-Franj, Khan al-Arz, and so on, where the foreign consuls resided. This museum we speak of was also an old soap factory belonging to the Audis. One may also see various techniques of production widespread from Aleppo to Nablus. There is a great variety of form, perfume and color for the visitor. One may also visit the old Hamam, a cafeteria, and a sales booth offering a variety of local produce, glycerin scented with honey, lavender or rose, oils for the skin, lotions, hair tonics, eau de Cologne, perfume, jasmine, serviettes and tunics.

The museum, being not far from the port and the citadel, gives a clear idea of our customs and of our identity. The architecture is marked by vaults, some of which go back to the 17th century, very old, while others are of more recent build. The East façade, which gives onto a wide boulevard, was restored by its owners the Audis, who are considering the enlargement of the complex by adding other ancient adjoining houses.

Visitors can see a demonstration of how traditional olive oil soaps are made and learn about the history of the “hammam” (bath) traditions. A historical section of the museum introduces artifacts which were found during onsite excavation and which include remains of clay pipe heads dating from the 17th to 19th century as well as pottery fragments.

The Museum building is an old soap factory built in the 17th century, although containing parts thought to date back to the 13th century, and was restored by the Audi Foundation before officially opening to the public in November 2000.

This Museum we speak of was also an old soap factory belonging to the Audis. One may also see various techniqus of production widespread from Aleppo to Nablus. There is a great variety of form, perfume and color for the visitor.

One may also viit the old Hamam, a caferteria, and a sales booth offering a variety of local produe, glycerin scented with honey, lavender or rose, oils for the skin, lotions, hair tonics, eau de cologne, perfume, jasmine, serveittes and tunics. The Museum, being not far from the port and the citadel, gives a clear idea of our costumes and our identity, The architecture is marked by vaults, some of which go back to the 17th century, very old, while others are of more recent build. The East facade, which gives onto a wide boulevard, was restored by its owners the Audies, who are considering the enlargement of the complex by adding other ancient adjoining houses. (IBP/net)

SINGARAJA — The beauty of Lake Tamblingan is no doubt. The water is clear and the environment remains very beautiful. The atmosphere is very peaceful without bustles.

Very cool air is quite fresh when inhaled. Not only that, from the lake located in the Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, people can also watch sunrise. It’s so beautiful. Degradation of red color is united with orange color. Around the lake, there are also a number of temples looking very classical due to its Balinese architecture.

Myriad of uniqueness is not only able to conjure up local people to visit. Foreign tourists from various countries do not want to miss the opportunity. When wishing to explore down the lake, do not worry. It can be done with a canoe ride offered by a number of residents belonging to the members of a group of tour guides.

One of the guides, Ketut Toni, said that canoe tour has existed from the past time. However, since the past few months it has been eyed on by tourists, especially European tourists.

Moreover, when the holiday season arrives, they come and go. “Foreign tourists are very happy to come here and they go canoeing around the middle of the lake,” he said recently.

By and large, this tour is opened at 08:00 Local Time until 15:00.

However, if visitors still want to enjoy from the morning or afternoon, they remain to be served. Interest-

ingly, these guides are also ready to take tourists that want to make pre-wedding session photography.

To get around the lake, visitors will be charged of approximately

IDR 200,000 and pre-wedding session at only IDR 300,000. “The pre-wedding is quite a lot where it commonly lasts in the morning,” he said. (sos)

To protect farmland, district govt expected to subsidize property tax

BANGLI - Depreciation of farmland due to rampant conversion becomes the problem faced by almost all the regions in Bali, and Bangli district is no exception. To protect the existence of farmland in Bangli so as not to continue to shrink, local government is expected to make policies that alleviate farmers. One of the expected policies is by subsidizing or eliminating property tax for farmland.

Chief of Subak Tegallalang, Sang Ketut Rencana, said on Saturday (May 20) there are many factors triggering the farmland conversion in Bangli, especially in urban areas. In addition to the difficulty to get irrigation water, the imposition of property tax is also admitted to contribute to the shrinkage of farmland.

He said that many farmers in urban areas such as the LC Uma Aya preferred to sell their paddy fields to investors and other parties because the amount of property taxes (PBB) to be paid to government is considered quite high. The value of property tax imposed for the land in the area of LC Uma Aya is higher than the tax imposed at villages because the taxable property selling value (NJOP) is different.

“The high taxes to be paid by farmers then cause farmers, especially those in the city, to sell their farmland,” said Rencana.

Under these conditions, Rencana expected the

government to make policies that can ease farmers in the future. One of them is by providing subsidies or if possible exempting the imposition of property tax on the existing farmland. With this policy, it is believed to be able to reduce the shrinkage of farmland, especially in urban areas.

Apart from making a policy of subsidy or property tax exemption, to maintain the existence of farmland in Bangli so as not to be touched or faced with conversion, the regent is expected to seriously and firmly implement the Law No.41/2009 on sustainable food agriculture, for example, by making a regent regulation. He explained, in the law is stipulated that farmland of food crops should not be converted. Otherwise, it can be penalized by criminal sanctions. “The mandate of the law is like that. So far, it has not been implemented in Bangli,” he explained.

Separately, the Head of the Bali Regional Finance, Income and Assets Agency, Gede Suryawan, said that in relation to the property tax exemption for farmland, so far there has been no law regulating it.

Even if later on there is a change of law, it will be surely followed by changes in regional policy. “It depends on the policy between the executive and the legislative. We from technical institutions will adjust to the changes,” he said. (kmb40)

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To protect the existence of farmland in Bangli so as not to continue to shrink, local government is expected to make policies that alleviate farmers.

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Subsidized by Denpasar municipality

POLICY of Denpasar municipality in maintaining farmland is quite a lot considering that Denpasar as the capital of the province and the center of all activities has made the transfer of land for settlement from the agriculture is quite high. Moreover, every year the land conversion from paddy field is estimated to reach 2.7 percent. As a result, the remaining 2,519 hectares of paddy fields will continue to decrease.

Seeing the phenomenon, Denpasar municipality has provided easiness for its residents. It is especially for those who have land in the area of green belt and productive agricultural land. If residents have land in the two areas, then the taxes are subsidized by the government. In other words, the landowners do not need to pay taxes because it has been paid by the government.

Head of the Denpasar Revenue Services, Dewa Semadi, when met at the mayor’s office on Friday (May 19) said that until now the land in the area of green belt is still subsidized. Not only that, productive agricultural land is also subsidized. “It is said to be subsidized because the government pays the taxes,” he explained.

In addition, the agriculture agency also has a program for farmers. This endeavor is done because maintaining paddy fields in Denpasar is quite

difficult. Therefore, the program of the agriculture agency in ‘pampering’ farmers in Denpasar is quite a lot starting from providing the assistance of seed, fertilizer to farming tools. “We already have a clear program to provide convenience for farmers,” said the Head of the Denpasar Agriculture Agency, Ambara Putra, no long ago.

On the other hand, Secretary of Commission I of the Denpasar House of Representatives, I Made Sukarmana, assessed the tax subsidy for people who have land in the green belt and productive farmland is quite positive. Thus, conversion of farmland to settlements can also be suppressed. All this time, he saw many people who sell their paddy fields in the area with a high taxable selling value (NJOP). It happens because farmers who own paddy fields in such areas find it hard to pay taxes. As a result, many paddy fields are then sold and eventually

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (C) attends the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2017. Picture taken May 12, 2017. Picture taken May 19, 2017.

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Every year the land conversion from paddy field is estimated to reach 2.7 percent. As a result, the remaining 2,519 hectares of paddy fields will continue to decrease. converted into settlements.

This politician of Democratic Party from Bun hamlet assessed that the measure taken by the Den-

pasar municipal government should be supported by all parties because it will give a positive impact for the effort to keep the land so that it

can remain functioned originally.

Moreover, in terms of productivity in agriculture, it is quite good. (ara)

Bali should never give up

I Gede Ari Astina

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BALINESE people should never give up in the face of the dynamics of times and the movement of nationalism. The struggle to guard and preserve Balinese civilization should continue to be echoed if Bali does not want to drown. Bali also has the potential to become a victim of economic and political policy when the figures and leaders of Bali are not taking sides with the aspirations of Balinese people.

This view was expressed by I Gede Ari Astina or familiarly addressed as Jerinx. In conversation with Bali Post, this member of Superman is Dead (SID) band group reminded that Balinese people may not despair to demanding for their customary rights. Bali must make a real breakthrough to escort the region. Without a specific approach and siding with the interests of Bali, Bali potentially becomes a memory only.

“Balinese people should never give up.

Central government should listen to the struggle of Balinese people to protect their environment and culture. The denial of this will only make the ripples of

struggle widespread. Certainly, Balinese people will continue to move,” he said.

In the context of keeping Bali from developing investment that potentially disrupts Bali, Jerinx agreed with the moratorium on the tourism sector. It is a smart choice when many investments are transferred to Bali by targeting sacred areas. They potentially disrupt the natural ecosystem of Bali. In this context, Bali’s leaders and figures should not shut up. They must do and struggle with the people of Bali. “Do not let the Balinese struggle for their cultural space, ritual space and living space alone,” he said.

Balinese figures should take a more tangible role, not even participate in making Bali into new colonization of both in terms of political policy and economic approach. “Bali should never stop fighting,” he said again.

Related to the approach and attitude of the central government in responding to the rejection of the Benoa Bay reclamation, he hoped the government could understand the demand of Balinese

people. In the context of the growing threat of radicalism and intolerance, he understood if this aspect is not addressed immediately by the president of Indonesia. “We appreciate to central government which prioritizes the stability of nationality in addressing various public demands lately. National stability must be kept together before we do struggle in other sectors including in guarding the environment.”

Jerinx reminded the government that the mistake in the investment management towards Bali will only accelerate the destruction of Bali. Bali as a mirror of Indonesia has the potential to sink if public officials in Bali including the central government are not wise in managing the demands of Balinese people.

In essence, he said, central government should side with the interests of Balinese people. Alignments can be expounded in taking economic and political policies. The inbound mistakes in these two strategic matters would have a very fatal impact on Bali. (dir)

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Three years after coup, junta is deeply embedded in Thai life

BANGKOK - On Friday evenings in Thailand, sandwiched between the evening news and a popular soap opera, is a primetime programme that has been running for three years, or ever since the military took power in a May 22, 2014 coup.

Called “Sustainable Development from a Royal Philosophy” it stars junta leader and former army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaking on a range of topics, from the virtues of modesty to the state of the economy.

The military has always played a prominent role in Thai life. But Prayuth’s show is just one of many examples of how embedded the junta has become in Thai society.

Thailand’s military government has acknowledged it wants to weaken political parties and maintain permanent influence over future elected governments, partly through a new constitution approved by Thailand’s king last month.

But data compiled by Reuters shows the military is not just trying to influence Thailand’s political life. It is leaving an imprint on nearly every institution of Thai society, with brass hats far more entrenched in senior positions than under pre-

vious military governments.

ENTWINED WITH MONARCHY The military now controls 143 out of 250 parliamentary seats.

Under the previous junta after the 2006 coup, the military held 67 out of 242 seats.

The cabinet is stacked with soldiers. Out of the 36 cabinet members, 12 have a military background. In 2006, only four military officers were among the 37 cabinet members.

The military is also entwined with the powerful monarchy - the name of Prayuth’s show is derived from the philosophy of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October after seven decades on the throne.

More than half of the 13 members of the Privy Council, the body that advises new King Maha Vajiralongkorn – himself a former

soldier - are military men. It was just under half in the previous Council.

Cinema and television stations are increasingly showing promilitary themes and the school curriculum features military slogans.

“The military coup of 2014 offered the armed forces the chance to put in place a wider footprint and they are doing so,” Paul Chambers, a professor at Naresuan University and an expert on the Thai military, told Reuters in an e-mail.

“A younger generation of retired military officers are, since the end of 2016, sitting on the Privy Council,” he noted.

The public does not appear too concerned. The government says military recruitment numbers doubled in 2017 from the previous year and attribute that to public approval of their hard-line tactics in breaking a political impasse that had persisted for years.

Polls backed by the military government show Thais are content with military rule, although no such polls have been published in recent months. (rtr)

DUBAI - President Hassan Rouhani pledged on Saturday to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, throwing down a defiant challenge to his hardline opponents after securing a decisive re-election for a second term.

Rouhani, long known as a cautious and mild-mannered establishment insider, reinvented himself as a bold champion of reform during the election campaign, which culminated on Friday in victory with more than 57 percent of the vote. His main challenger, hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi, received 38 percent.

In his first televised speech after the result, Rouhani appeared to openly defy conservative judges by praising the spiritual leader of the reform camp, former President Mohammad Khatami. A court has banned quoting or naming Khatami on air.

“Our nation’s message in the election was clear: Iran’s nation chose the path of interaction with the world, away from violence and extremism,” Rouhani said.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose country has had no diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980, said he hoped Rouhani would use his second term to end Tehran’s ballistic missile programme and what he called its network of terrorism. Iran denies any involvement in terrorism and says its missile programme, which U.S. President Donald Trump recently targeted with new sanctions, is purely for defence purposes.

Although the powers of the elected president are limited by those of unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who outranks him, the scale of Rouhani’s victory gives the pro-reform camp its strongest mandate in at least 12 years to seek the sort of change that hardliners have thwarted for decades.

Rouhani’s opponent Raisi, a protege of Khamenei, had united the conservative faction and had been tipped as a potential successor to the 77-year-old supreme leader. His defeat leaves the conservatives without an obvious flag bearer.

The re-election is likely to safeguard the nuclear agreement Rouhani’s government reached with global powers in 2015, under which most international sanctions have been lifted in return for Iran curbing its nuclear programme.

And it delivers a setback to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the powerful security force which controls a vast industrial empire in Iran. They had thrown their support behind Raisi to safeguard their interests. (rtr)

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Supporters of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani celebrate his victory in the presidential elections, in the streets of Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2017.

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The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2016.

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Started with dialogues, ended with declaration

With new sheriff in town, S.Korea big businesses duck for cover SEOUL - A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.

The 64-year-old liberal leader campaigned on a platform of curbing the power of the conglomerates, or chaebol. On Wednesday, he nominated an economist nicknamed “chaebol sniper” for his shareholder activist campaigns as head of the antitrust regulator.

Moon has yet to spell out his reform agenda, and the fractured parliament, controlled by conservative and moderate politicians, would likely only support modest changes, given the chaebol’s outsized role in the economy.

But some companies are choosing to stay out of the crosshairs even before they see any legislation. Business lobby groups say they will work with Moon in creating jobs - the president’s No.1 priority according to his advisers.

South Korea’s four biggest chaebol groups - Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG - account for half the country’s stock market value. They released full-page ads after Moon’s election, featuring his photo and saying they “will be with (President Moon) to make a better country.”

“They don’t want to be the first to cause some kind of a problem,” said Chang Sea-jin, professor of business administration at National University of Singapore. “It’s time to be very careful.”

Big business, however, has largely stayed silent on Moon’s call to create jobs, underscoring the challenges in delivering on his signature agenda. Moon pledged to create 810,000 public sector jobs and has chastised the chaebol for not hiring.

Moon has vowed to end the practice of pardoning convicted corporate criminals and to break the nexus of business and politics that was once again exposed in the scandal that led to the ouster of former president Park Geun-hye and the arrest of Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee who is accused of bribing Park. Both are undergoing trial on criminal charges and have denied any wrongdoing.

The conglomerates helped transform South Korea into Asia’s fourth-largest economy. But critics say they have used their cosy ties with the government to crowd out smaller businesses.

They also blame the chaebol’s complex web of cross-shareholdings among group companies and opaque governance for the so-called “Korea Discount” - meaning their shares are typically undervalued in comparison to their global peers. (rtr)

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ANTI-Radicalism Movement (GRAK) held a National Awakening Day dialogue entitled “Caring for Pancasila and NKRI against Radicalism” on Saturday (May 20). After the dialogue, it was followed by the declaration of Anti-Radical Movement at Catur Muka, Denpasar. The event was attended by various organizations namely GP Ansor, Catholic Youth, NU, KNPI, Bali Communication Forum, Baladika, Laskar Bali, et cetera.

GRAK is a form of care and concern over the diminution of Pancasila values and the disappearance of the spirit of unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).

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Japan’s Minister in charge of TPP Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is mobbed by reporters as leaves after attending the meeting TPP11 (gathering all Tran-Pacific Pact member countries except the U.S.) held on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers responsible for Trade Meeting being held in Hanoi on May 21, 2017.

TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive despite US rejection

HANOI - The United States ruled out returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said on Sunday it only wanted bilateral agreements in Asia, as Japan and other members agreed to more talks on pressing ahead themselves.

Turmoil over global trade negotiations was laid bare at a meeting of Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) countries, which failed to agree the usual joint statement after U.S. opposition to wording on free trade and fighting protectionism.

The meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, was the biggest global trade gathering since U.S. President Donald Trump upended the old order with his “America First” trade policy, designed to protect American jobs.

Trump withdrew from TPP in one of his first acts in office, but the 11 remaining countries agreed in Hanoi to explore how they could still move ahead - partly in the hope that the United States would

reconsider leaving.

New U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said there was no way back.

“TPP-11 can make their own decisions and the United States makes its decision, but we expect to stay engaged and I believe at some point there will be a series of bilateral agreements with partners in this part of the world,” he told a news conference.

Although the TPP members kept the trade agreement alive, they fell short of a wholehearted commitment to move ahead immediately with a deal that members also see as a way to contain an increasingly dominant China.

“Eleven countries have shown a lot of unity and a desire to move through some of the equations that will be required to look to put the agreement into force,” New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay, leading the discussions, told Reuters.

One of the biggest challenges is keeping on board Vietnam and Malaysia, which signed up for the deal and promised to make major reforms largely to get better U.S. market access. They now want to renegotiate some points.

The volume of trade between the remaining countries is barely a quarter of the level it would have been if the United States had remained in the TPP. Officials from TPP countries will meet again in Japan in July and bring proposals in November, McClay said. (rtr)

Chairman of the Dialogue Committee, Rofiqi Hasan, said that the GRAK is originated from the initiators who are worried about the dissolution of the spirit of the NKRI. He considered there are endeavors that can make Indonesia go backwards, whereas other nations have been far ahead.

The Pancasila decided as fundamental principles of the state has been completely discussed. “It just needs to be filled and applied it so that the independence can be enjoyed by all the people of Indonesia,” he said. The activities of radicalism undermining Indonesia make Indonesian people less focus on other problems such as poverty, welfare, and the most important is the disease of corruption. “Do not forget there are cases of electronic ID card corruption,” he said.

He hoped that GRAK could resonate into more concrete matters. The dialogue presented two speakers namely Gus Nuril and Wahyu Budi Nugroho, a lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Udayana University and moderated by Mardika. In his presentation, Wahyu provided an

understanding on Islamic teachings and radicalism.

According to radical Islamic group and hard line group, it is strange if a Muslim embraces democracy because nationalism is not found in the Islamic world.

“Muslims has not been radical yet if they are not anti-democratic and anti-nationalism,” he said. There are three classifications of Islamist movement namely revivalism, reformism, and radicalism.

Radicalism is the most violent Islamic movement between the two. This movement is born out of reaction against various problems of modern life. “Radicalism strives to create a new world,” he said.

The new world in question is an Islamic state or known as Khilafah Islamiyah. The Islamic state is a state predominantly consisting of Muslim applying the laws of the Qur’an and As Sunnah. “If the Khilafah Islamiyah can be established, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei will only become one of the provinces. As the name of Islamic state or Khilafah Islamiyah implies, it should unite Muslims around the world, whether it has

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GRAK is a form of care and concern over the diminution of Pancasila values and the disappearance of the spirit of unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). headquarters in Jordan, Egypt or others, but clearly Indonesia will only become one of the provinces,” he explained.

Gus Nuril said that to him Islam is a discussion and democracy.

According to him, there is no term of radical Islam because if radical

it is not Islam. Islam is a loving doctrine. “Let alone with humans, it also loves animals,” he said. In Islam there is also the concept of Moksha, reunion with God instead of seeking heaven.

Islam also teaches about the sanctity of the heart. Sanctity

means no jealousy, envy, hatred, but there is only love. “So many people are trapped in religions, lost in love for being trapped in dogma and exegesis. Thus, being a radical Islam or hard-line Islam, in my opinion, is not Islam,” he affirmed. (kmb42)

To anticipate hazardous substances

Cuisines at BAF to be periodically tested

DENPASAR - Implementation of Bali Arts Festival (BAF) seems incomplete without the presence of culinary booth, in addition to art performances. In the 39th BAF this year, 28 culinary booths are prepared in the north of Wantilan and canteen of the Art Center, Denpasar. The Bali fishery and maritime affairs holding the responsibility of culinary booth has sent a letter to the district / municipal government.

“Some participants already confirmed their participation yes-

terday. If their names have been listed, we have to ask the menu list.

Hopefully, there would be variation of menus from each regency or municipality,” said the Head of Bali Fishery and Maritime Affairs, I Made Gunaja, as confirmed on Wednesday (May 17).

Gunaja revealed there are merchants from several districts outside Denpasar that actually would like to participate. However, they have no place to stay and cook in Denpasar.

This difficulty was also faced in the BAF last year although the menus or

types of cuisine of each district / municipality are quite representative.

“So far, for example, representatives of Jembrana have not registered yet to participate, maybe they face the same difficulties. On the other side, many representatives of Denpasar have registered due to close distance. The types of cuisine still have the representatives, but there are no representatives of people domiciling in Jembrana or Karangasem,” he explained.

Another problem, continued Gunaja, is concerning the content of

hazardous substance such as formaldehyde, borax and rhodamine that may exist in foods sold by merchants.

Last year, the Denpasar Agency for Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) found food positive to contain borax and formaldehyde at BAF culinary booth. The hazardous substance was found in two samples of rice crackers as well as in the sample of fish twisted satay and skewer satay.

“Merchants do not understand, either. They receive product consignment like crackers containing sodium tetraborate or made from

improper fish raw material. To anticipate from circulating further, we have a testing laboratory. In addition to doing regular or weekly testing, we will be working with BBPOM because it has more extensive test range,” he explained.

According to Gunaja, testing by fisheries and maritime affairs is limited to the fish only, mainly to see formaldehyde content. “We will still anticipate so that people will not get unhealthy food. Surely we remain to do the testing,” he added. (kmb32)

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Amid firestorm at home, Trump to seek reset with Islamic world

RIYADH, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, struggling to shake a brewing scandal at home, will attempt a reset on Sunday with the Islamic world after frequently attacking Muslims on the campaign trail last year and trying to ban many from the United States.

Trump’s afternoon speech at an Arab Islamic American Summit will include appeals for Muslims to unite against the threat of Islamic militants.

A senior administration official said Trump’s basic theme in the speech will be to call for unity and say Muslims need to confront radicalism.

Whether he would use his signature campaign phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” to describe the threat was unclear. His speech was still being worked on late on Saturday, and some advisers were cautioning him against using the term.

Saudi Arabia is the first stop on Trump’s initial foreign trip, a nine-day journey through the Middle East and Europe.

Trump drew the ire of Muslims during his presidential campaign by calling for a ban on them entering the United States. His attempt early in his presidency to ban people from seven Muslim-majority nations has

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been blocked by the courts.

The speech comes as Trump tries to escape the fallout from his May 9 firing of former FBI Director James Comey amid accusations he was trying to stop a federal investigation into his campaign’s ties with Russia last year.

The New York Times reported Trump called Comey a “nut job” in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week. The Washington Post said the probe had reached into the White House to include a Trump adviser, who was not named.

Trump showed little sign of the pressure during a day of diplomacy on Saturday during which he was warmly welcomed by Saudi King Salman.

At a royal banquet on Saturday night, Trump walked into a colorful spectacle: Men in ceremonial dress and carrying swords chanted in unison to beating drums in a courtyard.

Trump, clearly enjoying himself, smiled and swayed, even seeming to dance a little at the center of the group.

A strong breeze later blew sand through the area.

Trump on Sunday is to meet leaders of the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council as part of his effort to counter Iran with a NATO-like Arab force.

Trump and the leaders will also establish a center aimed at cracking down on the ability of Islamic militants to spread their message. (rtr)

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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) presents U.S. President Donald Trump with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017.

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Government successfully lowers garlic prices

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila sit in front of the Taj Mahal while touring city of Agra, India October 4, 2000.

Putin’s ex-wife linked to multimillion-dollar property business MOSCOW - The former wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin helped create and now supports a foundation that owns a historic Moscow property generating millions of dollars from tenants, a Reuters examination of property records has found.

The building was renovated with help from associates of Putin, and the rental income is paid to a private company owned by a person whose name is the same as the maiden name of Putin’s former wife, corporate records show.

The rent comes from Volkonsky House in central Moscow, which was an aristocrat’s home in pre-Soviet times and is now owned by The Centre for the Development of Inter-personal Communications (CDIC). Lyudmila Putina helped set up the non-commercial foundation, according to a report in state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta and two sources who worked with the centre. Lyudmila was Putin’s wife from 1983 until their divorce, which was announced in 2013.

The foundation was created in 2002, and in September 2006 Rossiiskaya Gazeta described Lyudmila as a “trustee” of the organisation. In an interview with the newspaper that year, she used the term “we” when discussing the foundation, and three sources currently familiar with the foundation’s work said Lyudmila supports a literary prize and publishing arm that the foundation runs.

The CDIC has offices in Volkonsky House, but most of the building is let out to tenants, including two

big state banks, documents show.

The tenants pay rent to a company called Meridian, which is 99 per cent owned by a company called Intererservis, corporate and property records reviewed

by Reuters in early May showed.

Intererservis, according to a state register of corporate entities, has been wholly owned since 2014 by a woman called Lyudmila Alexandrovna Shkrebnyova – which is the maiden name of Putin’s former wife.

Reuters was unable to find documents confirming that Shkrebnyova and Putin’s ex-wife are the same person. But other connections, besides the name, point to the former first lady and the owner of Intererservis being the same person. A previous general director of Intererservis was Olga Alexandrovna Tsomayeva. Several Russian media reports refer to her as the sister of Putin’s former wife. Tsomayeva could not be reached for comment.

In addition, the other 1 percent of Meridian is owned by Tatiana Shestakova, who was the wife of Vasily Shestakov, an old friend and judo sparring partner of Putin, until the Shestakovs divorced in 2013. Shestakova, who also helped create the CDIC, according to the state registry of corporate entities, could not be reached for comment.

The Kremlin property department supervised the renovation work on the Volkonsky House in Moscow’s Vozdvizhenka Street, according to rental documents reviewed by Reuters, even though the building no longer belonged to the state at the time. (rtr)

JAKARTA - In the run-up to the fasting month of Ramadan that begins at the end of next week, the prices of commodities are now showing an upward trend, particularly outside Java.

Among the commodities, the price of garlic has been rising, shooting up from about Rp30 thousand per kilogram (kg) to Rp50 thousand per kg. However, with the government conducting market operations, supplying some 58 thousand tons of imported garlic, and carrying out raids on hoarders, the price of the commodity was successfully lowered to about Rp25 thousand-Rp30 thousand per kg.

“After we arrested three suspects for allegedly stocking up garlic, five hours later, the price of the commodity went down to Rp25 thousand per kg, or about 44 percent,” Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman stated after launching a garlic market operation at the Pasar Osowilangun Market in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday.

The government is doing its best to lower the prices of basic commodities in the face of the fasting month. It hopes that the price of garlic would be lowered to below the Rp30 thousand-per-kg level.

While conducting the market operations, the government and large distributors agreed on three price levels. Garlic imported from India should be sold at between Rp10 thousand and Rp15 thousand per kg, while that imported from China to be sold at Rp23 thousand per kg.

About 99.25 percent of the do-

mestic demand for garlic is met by imports from China. It is estimated that the total annual imports of garlic stood at about 480-500 thousand tons. The supplies are imported from China, India, the US, Switzerland, and Malaysia.

Since early this year, the price of garlic in the domestic market has continued to increase. In May 2017, the average price of garlic is about Rp50,680 per kg, up 31.5 percent from Rp38,554 per kg recorded in January 2017.

According to Minister Sulaiman, garlic hoarding is one of the reasons for an increase in the price of the commodity. At least 182 tons of garlic had been found stocked up by PT LBU company in the Marunda area, North Jakarta, on Wednesday (May 17). This hoarding led the garlic price to shoot up to between Rp55 thousand and Rp60 thousand per kg.

The minister, National Police Deputy Chief Com. Gen. Syafruddin, and Jakarta Regional Metro Jaya Police Chief Insp. Gen. Iriawan uncovered the piled up garlic stock at the Marunda area.

The police arrested the alleged suspects. After the arrests, the prices of garlic in markets in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi gradually went down.

The price is expected to drop from an average of Rp45 thousand per kg in the areas to below Rp38 thousand per kg at the consumers level based on the agreement among the trade ministry, agriculture ministry, and 42 importer companies. (ant)

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Wannacry ransomware affected 12 institutions in Indonesia: Minister

MALANG - Indonesias Communication and Informatics Minister Rudiantara revealed that 12 institutions were affected by the Wannacry ransomware, a malware that had attacked at least 200 thousand computers across the world.

“We have received a report confirming that 12 institutions were affected, but the figure could be higher,” Rudiantara stated during a graduation ceremony held at the Malang Muhammadiyah University on Saturday.

The affected institutions include those in the plantation and manufacturing sectors, universities, and vehicle registration center located in Jakarta and other regions.

“However, in general, the attack was not significant as compared to that reported in other countries, thanks to the media that helped us to warn the public,” he added.

Rudiantara admitted that Indonesia had yet to be free from the malware attack, with six to eight of the viruses still being active.

“Such viruses are less malicious than Wannacry, but they were here and attacked hundreds of computers in Indonesia,” the minister cautioned.

Hence, Rudiantara has called on the public to regularly change the passwords of their accounts, emails, and ATM personal identification number to avoid virus attacks.

“Regularly back up data, update software, or download the newest version of anti-virus software,” he remarked.

Earlier, on Wednesday, the minister had stated that Indonesia was already free from the WannaCry ransomware attack.

Ransomware is a malicious application designed to block access to computer systems and data by encrypting the files and demanding ransom to decrypt them.

The malware to have attacked thousands of computers across the world was the WannaCrypt0r 2.0 ransomware that breached the security gaps in the Windows operating system, patched by Microsoft in March through the Security Update Patch.

However, the malware could spread rapidly across the world, as several computers had not been updated. (ant)

Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP, File

In this Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo, employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. A couple of things about the WannaCry cyberattack are now pretty certain.

It was the biggest in history and it’s a scary preview of things to come _ we’re all going to have to get used to hearing the word “ransomware.” But one thing is a lot less clear: whether North Korea had anything to do with it.

All Indonesian cities to have internet connectivity by 2019: Minister

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The price of garlic has been rising, shooting up from about Rp30 thousand per kilogram (kg) to Rp50 thousand per kg.

MALANG - Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara has vowed to offer high-speed internet access to all capitals and regencies in Indonesia by 2019 through the provision of government facilities under the “Tol Informasi” program.

“In order to improve internet services, we are targeting to connect 500 capitals and regencies in the country with high-speed internet by 2019,” he noted here on Saturday.

Currently, the country is facing a challenge in the form of a large internet access gap between regions, in addition to several areas that are yet to have internet access.

Rudiantara cited the example of Java where internet speed is between three and four megabytes per second.

Meanwhile, internet speed in Papua reaches only about 300 kilobytes per second, or one-tenth, not to mention

that it comes at a steep price.

Hence, the government has initiated the “Tol Informasi” program aims to bridge the gap between islands through high-speed and relatively equal information access throughout the country.

The Palapa Ring project is one of the infrastructure programs to be developed to support such initiative, with focus on building optical fiber connectivity across Indonesias territories.

The project includes seven small fiber optic rings for Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Sulawesi, and Maluku as well as a “backhaul” or system to connect them all.

The Palapa Ring will help to build a broadband network for high-speed internet access in 57 cities and regencies that do not have it yet and connect 28 cities and regencies with existing connectivity. (ant)

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All set, our band of five (you can play as a couple), enter a dimly lit room where a prologue video starts to play to give us an idea of the theme and backstory. Then the Totem guide shows us to an upright ladder, which apparently leads to a shaft where we all slide down… into an even darker room. Here, we huddle with no clear instructions

and had to figure out what all these windows shut with padlocks mean.

Only several playing cards provide minimal clues.

The puzzles are to be solved sequentially, and by no means should you celebrate too early upon accomplishing one. Just like the tale, the dreamy journey leads you through one landscape to perfectly different others. The props and décor are thoughtfully designed, and while tempting, some clearly marked items are not to be touched or forcefully yanked out for clues. After several successful trapdoor openings, the final realm has us all frustrated and baffled for a considerable amount of time. It involves laser pens pointing into specifically positioned mirrors to reveal a conclusive hint. Then, our time ran out.

Oh well. They did show us the remaining puzzle solutions though, just to please our fizzing curiosity.

Next time, we’ll go for the next up on the difficulty scale, the Egyptian

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Djokovic back on song to set up Zverev final in Rome

ROME - Novak Djokovic made a timely return to his brilliant best after a traumatic year on Saturday and talked of rediscovering his lost “joy” for tennis as he thrashed Dominic Thiem to set up an Italian Open final meeting with young German Alexander Zverev.

Djokovic, who has suffered a fall from grace over the last year while wrestling with injuries and a lack of confidence, looked his old dominant self as he hammered the Austrian 6-1 6-0 in the second semi-final in virtuoso fashion.

Earlier in Rome, Zverev won a battle of the giants to down unseeded American John Isner 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1, making the tall 20-year-old the youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since a 19-year-old Djokovic in Miami in 2007.

Djokovic said that his mini masterpiece, carved out in just 59 minutes against Thiem who had ended Rafael Nadal’s 17-match winning streak so thrillingly on Friday, was “by far” his best performance of a difficult year.

The quick workout against Thiem was just what Djokovic needed as it was his second match of the day, having completed a 6-1 6-4 win over Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in a rain-delayed quarterfinal carried over from Friday.

“Best by far, obviously,” Djokovic said when asked on Sky Sports whether the win over world number seven Thiem, which saw him spray 14 winners and give up a mere six unforced errors, was his best in 2017.

“The closest I got to this level was the final against Andy (Murray) in Doha in the first week of the season (which Djokovic won).

Otherwise, I’ve been struggling to find the right level and be consistent.”

Earlier this month, the Serb had parted company with his entire coaching team in a bid to regain the form that had made him an untouchable world number one a year ago. (rtr)

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The car driven by Sebastien Bourdais, of France, impacts the wall bursts into flames in the second turn during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Indianapolis.

Durant’s big third quarter helps Warriors sink Spurs

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INDIANAPOLIS - Sebastien Bourdais was transported to hospital for surgery after the French driver suffered fractures to his pelvis and right hip from a crash during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday, officials said.

The former Formula One driver was to be operated on at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, IndyCar said in a statement.

The 38-year-old Bourdais, who was driving for Dale Coyne Racing, slammed head-on into the safety barriers when his Honda-powered car lost control at Turn 2.

“Sebastien is in good hands here at IU Methodist Hospital with the staff and now we just wait for him to recover,” team owner Dale Coyne said in a statement.

During his first two laps, Bourdais was a full mile per hour faster than the rest of the field at an average speed of 231.534 mph before he crashed into the wall on his third circuit. Qualifying is determined by the average time over four laps.

Bourdais won the season-opening race at St Petersburg, Florida and had the also clocked the fastest time in Friday’s practice.

Two-times pole winner Ed Carpenter had the fastest car in Saturday’s qualifying for the May 28 race with a four-lap average of 230.468 mph, while double Formula One champion Fernando Alonso was seventhfastest in his debut race. (rtr)

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SAN ANTONIO - Kevin Durant scored 33 points, 19 of them in the decisive third quarter, and pulled down 10 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors easily dispatched the San Antonio Spurs 120-108 on Saturday in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

The Warriors lead 3-0 in the

best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Monday in San Antonio.

San Antonio trailed by nine points at halftime and got as close as 69-65 two minutes into the third quarter before Golden State took charge with its superior firepower and unselfish play.

By the middle of the fourth quar-

ter, the Spurs were settling for shots early in possessions and missing most of them while the Warriors rebuilt an 18-point lead.

The Spurs’ hopes to get back in the series were severely damaged when the team said before the game that forward Kawhi Leonard would not play because of his sprained left ankle.

Stephen Curry added 21 points and six steals for the Warriors, who are now a perfect 11-0 in the postseason and have won 26 of their past 27 games.

Klay Thompson had 17 points, JaVale McGee hit for 16 (all in the first half) and Draymond Green tallied 10 points, seven rebounds and seven

assists as all five of Golden State’s starters scored in double figures.

The Spurs got 21 points from Manu Ginobili, who hit 7 of 9 shots from the field, and 18 points from LaMarcus Aldridge. Jonathon Simmons added 14 points, and Pau Gasol contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio. (rtr)

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Sp rt Late Aubemayang penalty sends Dortmund into the Champions League

BERLIN - Bundesliga top scorer PierreEmerick Aubameyang snatched a last-gasp winner to give Borussia Dortmund a nailbiting 4-3 victory over Werder Bremen on Saturday and secure their automatic Champions League group stage spot.

Aubameyang, who scored twice to be crowned top scorer with 31 goals, one ahead of Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, converted an 89th minute penalty in the final round of Bundesliga matches to see Dortmund finish third on 64 points and seal the big European bonus.

The win moved Dortmund, who twice came from a goal down, two points clear of fourth-placed Hoffenheim, and secured more than 12 million euros in guaranteed revenues from Europe’s premier club competition.

Hoffenheim, who drew 0-0 against Augsburg, will now go into the Champions League qualifying rounds.

“The boys kept on delivering, they never lost sight of our target,” said Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel. “There was an enormous will to turn this game. We did that in the second half. Now we want to crown the season next week (with the German Cup win).”

Goals from Marco Reus and Aubameyang cancelled out Zlatko Junuzovic’s early lead but Werder scored either side of the break to go 3-2 ahead.

Two penalties, from Reus and from Aubameyang a

minute from the end, turned the game in the hosts’ favour.

Dortmund face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Berlin final next week.

Champions Bayern Munich provided a fitting farewell for retiring captain Philipp Lahm and Spaniard Xabi Alonso with a 4-1 victory over Freiburg to wrap up their runaway fifth successive title triumph by 15 points.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side finished on 82 points, with Leipzig, who squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Eintracht Frankfurt, ending up second on 67, Dortmund third on 64 and Hoffenheim fourth on 62.

Cologne beat Mainz 05 2-0 to hold on to fifth place on 49 points and a Europa League spot next season, their first European foray in 25 years.

Hertha Berlin, sixth on 49 points, will also play in Europe despite being thrashed 6-2 by Bayer Leverkusen while the Europa League ambitions of Freiburg, seventh on 48, are reliant on Dortmund winning the German Cup next week.

Hamburg SV protected their proud record as the only club to have played in Bundesliga every season since its creation in 1963 thanks to Luca Waldschmidt’s dramatic 89th minute goal that sealed a 2-1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.

The Wolves, champions in 2009, will now go into the relegation playoff with the third-placed team from the second division. (rtr)

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Dortmund’s PierreEmerick Aubameyang holds the best scorer trophy after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and SV Werder Bremen in Dortmund, Germany Saturday, May 20, 2017.

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Bayern bids adieu to Lahm, Alonso in beer-filled celebration MUNICH — Bayern Munich bid farewell to the retiring Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso as part of its Bundesliga title celebrations on Saturday, dousing both in beer to get the party underway.

Lahm, who won the World Cup with Germany, and Alonso, who did likewise with Spain, played their last competitive game in a 4-1 Bundesliga victory at home over Freiburg.

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Roma’s Francesco Totti kicks the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Chievo and Roma at the Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy, Saturday, May 20, 2017.

Roma and Napoli keep title hopes alive ROMA - Two goals each from Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah kept Roma’s Serie A title hopes alive on Saturday as they twice came from behind to win 5-3 at Chievo Verona, while Napoli also stayed in the running with a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.

Roma’s win takes them to 84 points with third-placed Napoli on 83, but stuttering leaders Juventus, on 85, will clinch the title if they defeat 18th-placed Crotone in their penultimate match on Sunday.

Roma showed some nerves despite last Sunday’s 3-1 victory over the league leaders. Chievo, playing with the relaxed control of a side who have nothing more at stake this season, took the lead in the 15th minute when Lucas Castro slammed home a powerful volley from inside the box.

El Shaarawy is enjoying a strong end to the campaign, and he scored in his third consecutive Serie A game when he latched onto a hopeful ball from Federico Fazio in the 28th minute, rounded Stefano Sorrentino and finished calmly.

Roberto Inglese restored the hosts’ lead nine minutes later when he met Valter Birsa’s cross to head past Wojciech Szczesny, but the impressive Salah cut inside to send a curling 20-metre effort past Sorrentino.

El Shaarawy added his second with a low shot after being picked out by Kevin Strootman, before Salah made sure of victory with another delightful effort following a fine exchange with Edin Dzeko.

Dzeko added a fifth from 25 metres before Inglese’s second reduced the arrears for Chievo.

“There are times during a season

when you work so hard to create that crucial moment that you’re at risk falling down when you actually get there,” Roma coach Luciano Spalletti told Italian broadcaster Mediaset Premium.

“It’s really all up to us how. We have our last match at home, in front of our supporters and there will be a big party atmosphere to honour the squad.”

Napoli have matched Roma for intensity and offensive flair this season, and turned on the style during a fine attacking display to outclass Fiorentina.

Kalidou Koulibaly opened the scoring in the eighth minute when he tapped home from close range, before Lorenzo Insigne doubled the hosts’ lead with a cool finish after being played in by Dries Mertens.

Mertens, making up for an earlier horror miss, added a third just before the hour mark when hapless visiting stopper Ciprian Tatarusanu failed to clear his lines after a corner. Josip Ilicic responded for the visitors three minutes later.

Any hope of a Fiorentina comeback ended when Mertens, creating space after an audacious piece of skill to evade Gonzalo Rodriguez, tapped home his second after Marek Hamsik’s shot was parried into his path.

“We can’t wait to start a new season so we can challenge to win some silverware,” said Hamsik.

“It’s been an extraordinary campaign, but the only disappointment is our place in the table.

“We definitely dropped some points when we shouldn’t have done, but we’re building a great future.” (rtr)

They joined teammates on Munich’s town hall balcony to celebrate Bayern’s record fifth straight title while fans waved flags and cheered below. Bayern won the title on April 29 with three games to spare.

The team had already presented the Bundesliga trophy, a silver plate encrusted with tourmaline gemstones, to fans after the game against Freiburg, and the players

celebrated with the customary confetti and beer-showers.

“I’ve experienced so many lovely moments, it’s unbelievable,” said Lahm, who was joined by his wife and son. Other players brought their families, too.

The 33-year-old Lahm finished with eight league titles altogether.

Alonso came to Bayern for his last two seasons, and finished with two titles.

Arjen Robben was first to douse coach Carlo Ancelotti, who later emerged wearing a traditional Bavarian leather-trouser outfit. Despite

it being his first season in charge, Ancelotti knew what to expect and had worn a tracksuit for the game instead of his usual suit. (ap)

Celta Vigo coach Eduardo Berizzo to leave Spanish club

MADRID — Celta Vigo says Eduardo Berizzo will coach the team for the last time on Sunday against Real Sociedad in the Spanish league.

Celta says it “can only show its gratitude for his hard work, commitment and passion . (during) one of the most brilliant periods we have ever had.”

The 47-year-old Argentine, whose contract expires at the end of this season, has not commented on his future plans.

Celta has not said who will replace Berizzo.

A former Celta defender, Berizzo returned as its manager in 2014 after Luis Enrique’s departure for Barcelona.

Berizzo maintained its attacking style and, despite losing top talents Manuel “Nolito” Agudo and Fabian Orellana, led the team to the Europa League semifinals where it lost to Manchester United.

Celta has also reached the Copa del Rey semifinals for the last two seasons. (ap)

Eduardo Berizzo

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Bayern’s Philipp Lahm, center, stands besides his son Julian during his farewell celebration besides Bayern president Uli Hoeness, right, and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, left, prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 20, 2017.

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Sp rt Late Aubemayang penalty sends Dortmund into the Champions League

BERLIN - Bundesliga top scorer PierreEmerick Aubameyang snatched a last-gasp winner to give Borussia Dortmund a nailbiting 4-3 victory over Werder Bremen on Saturday and secure their automatic Champions League group stage spot.

Aubameyang, who scored twice to be crowned top scorer with 31 goals, one ahead of Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, converted an 89th minute penalty in the final round of Bundesliga matches to see Dortmund finish third on 64 points and seal the big European bonus.

The win moved Dortmund, who twice came from a goal down, two points clear of fourth-placed Hoffenheim, and secured more than 12 million euros in guaranteed revenues from Europe’s premier club competition.

Hoffenheim, who drew 0-0 against Augsburg, will now go into the Champions League qualifying rounds.

“The boys kept on delivering, they never lost sight of our target,” said Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel. “There was an enormous will to turn this game. We did that in the second half. Now we want to crown the season next week (with the German Cup win).”

Goals from Marco Reus and Aubameyang cancelled out Zlatko Junuzovic’s early lead but Werder scored either side of the break to go 3-2 ahead.

Two penalties, from Reus and from Aubameyang a

minute from the end, turned the game in the hosts’ favour.

Dortmund face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Berlin final next week.

Champions Bayern Munich provided a fitting farewell for retiring captain Philipp Lahm and Spaniard Xabi Alonso with a 4-1 victory over Freiburg to wrap up their runaway fifth successive title triumph by 15 points.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side finished on 82 points, with Leipzig, who squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Eintracht Frankfurt, ending up second on 67, Dortmund third on 64 and Hoffenheim fourth on 62.

Cologne beat Mainz 05 2-0 to hold on to fifth place on 49 points and a Europa League spot next season, their first European foray in 25 years.

Hertha Berlin, sixth on 49 points, will also play in Europe despite being thrashed 6-2 by Bayer Leverkusen while the Europa League ambitions of Freiburg, seventh on 48, are reliant on Dortmund winning the German Cup next week.

Hamburg SV protected their proud record as the only club to have played in Bundesliga every season since its creation in 1963 thanks to Luca Waldschmidt’s dramatic 89th minute goal that sealed a 2-1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.

The Wolves, champions in 2009, will now go into the relegation playoff with the third-placed team from the second division. (rtr)

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Dortmund’s PierreEmerick Aubameyang holds the best scorer trophy after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and SV Werder Bremen in Dortmund, Germany Saturday, May 20, 2017.

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Bayern bids adieu to Lahm, Alonso in beer-filled celebration MUNICH — Bayern Munich bid farewell to the retiring Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso as part of its Bundesliga title celebrations on Saturday, dousing both in beer to get the party underway.

Lahm, who won the World Cup with Germany, and Alonso, who did likewise with Spain, played their last competitive game in a 4-1 Bundesliga victory at home over Freiburg.

Simone Venezia/ANSA via AP

Roma’s Francesco Totti kicks the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Chievo and Roma at the Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy, Saturday, May 20, 2017.

Roma and Napoli keep title hopes alive ROMA - Two goals each from Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah kept Roma’s Serie A title hopes alive on Saturday as they twice came from behind to win 5-3 at Chievo Verona, while Napoli also stayed in the running with a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.

Roma’s win takes them to 84 points with third-placed Napoli on 83, but stuttering leaders Juventus, on 85, will clinch the title if they defeat 18th-placed Crotone in their penultimate match on Sunday.

Roma showed some nerves despite last Sunday’s 3-1 victory over the league leaders. Chievo, playing with the relaxed control of a side who have nothing more at stake this season, took the lead in the 15th minute when Lucas Castro slammed home a powerful volley from inside the box.

El Shaarawy is enjoying a strong end to the campaign, and he scored in his third consecutive Serie A game when he latched onto a hopeful ball from Federico Fazio in the 28th minute, rounded Stefano Sorrentino and finished calmly.

Roberto Inglese restored the hosts’ lead nine minutes later when he met Valter Birsa’s cross to head past Wojciech Szczesny, but the impressive Salah cut inside to send a curling 20-metre effort past Sorrentino.

El Shaarawy added his second with a low shot after being picked out by Kevin Strootman, before Salah made sure of victory with another delightful effort following a fine exchange with Edin Dzeko.

Dzeko added a fifth from 25 metres before Inglese’s second reduced the arrears for Chievo.

“There are times during a season

when you work so hard to create that crucial moment that you’re at risk falling down when you actually get there,” Roma coach Luciano Spalletti told Italian broadcaster Mediaset Premium.

“It’s really all up to us how. We have our last match at home, in front of our supporters and there will be a big party atmosphere to honour the squad.”

Napoli have matched Roma for intensity and offensive flair this season, and turned on the style during a fine attacking display to outclass Fiorentina.

Kalidou Koulibaly opened the scoring in the eighth minute when he tapped home from close range, before Lorenzo Insigne doubled the hosts’ lead with a cool finish after being played in by Dries Mertens.

Mertens, making up for an earlier horror miss, added a third just before the hour mark when hapless visiting stopper Ciprian Tatarusanu failed to clear his lines after a corner. Josip Ilicic responded for the visitors three minutes later.

Any hope of a Fiorentina comeback ended when Mertens, creating space after an audacious piece of skill to evade Gonzalo Rodriguez, tapped home his second after Marek Hamsik’s shot was parried into his path.

“We can’t wait to start a new season so we can challenge to win some silverware,” said Hamsik.

“It’s been an extraordinary campaign, but the only disappointment is our place in the table.

“We definitely dropped some points when we shouldn’t have done, but we’re building a great future.” (rtr)

They joined teammates on Munich’s town hall balcony to celebrate Bayern’s record fifth straight title while fans waved flags and cheered below. Bayern won the title on April 29 with three games to spare.

The team had already presented the Bundesliga trophy, a silver plate encrusted with tourmaline gemstones, to fans after the game against Freiburg, and the players

celebrated with the customary confetti and beer-showers.

“I’ve experienced so many lovely moments, it’s unbelievable,” said Lahm, who was joined by his wife and son. Other players brought their families, too.

The 33-year-old Lahm finished with eight league titles altogether.

Alonso came to Bayern for his last two seasons, and finished with two titles.

Arjen Robben was first to douse coach Carlo Ancelotti, who later emerged wearing a traditional Bavarian leather-trouser outfit. Despite

it being his first season in charge, Ancelotti knew what to expect and had worn a tracksuit for the game instead of his usual suit. (ap)

Celta Vigo coach Eduardo Berizzo to leave Spanish club

MADRID — Celta Vigo says Eduardo Berizzo will coach the team for the last time on Sunday against Real Sociedad in the Spanish league.

Celta says it “can only show its gratitude for his hard work, commitment and passion . (during) one of the most brilliant periods we have ever had.”

The 47-year-old Argentine, whose contract expires at the end of this season, has not commented on his future plans.

Celta has not said who will replace Berizzo.

A former Celta defender, Berizzo returned as its manager in 2014 after Luis Enrique’s departure for Barcelona.

Berizzo maintained its attacking style and, despite losing top talents Manuel “Nolito” Agudo and Fabian Orellana, led the team to the Europa League semifinals where it lost to Manchester United.

Celta has also reached the Copa del Rey semifinals for the last two seasons. (ap)

Eduardo Berizzo

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Bayern’s Philipp Lahm, center, stands besides his son Julian during his farewell celebration besides Bayern president Uli Hoeness, right, and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, left, prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 20, 2017.

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Djokovic back on song to set up Zverev final in Rome

ROME - Novak Djokovic made a timely return to his brilliant best after a traumatic year on Saturday and talked of rediscovering his lost “joy” for tennis as he thrashed Dominic Thiem to set up an Italian Open final meeting with young German Alexander Zverev.

Djokovic, who has suffered a fall from grace over the last year while wrestling with injuries and a lack of confidence, looked his old dominant self as he hammered the Austrian 6-1 6-0 in the second semi-final in virtuoso fashion.

Earlier in Rome, Zverev won a battle of the giants to down unseeded American John Isner 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1, making the tall 20-year-old the youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since a 19-year-old Djokovic in Miami in 2007.

Djokovic said that his mini masterpiece, carved out in just 59 minutes against Thiem who had ended Rafael Nadal’s 17-match winning streak so thrillingly on Friday, was “by far” his best performance of a difficult year.

The quick workout against Thiem was just what Djokovic needed as it was his second match of the day, having completed a 6-1 6-4 win over Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in a rain-delayed quarterfinal carried over from Friday.

“Best by far, obviously,” Djokovic said when asked on Sky Sports whether the win over world number seven Thiem, which saw him spray 14 winners and give up a mere six unforced errors, was his best in 2017.

“The closest I got to this level was the final against Andy (Murray) in Doha in the first week of the season (which Djokovic won).

Otherwise, I’ve been struggling to find the right level and be consistent.”

Earlier this month, the Serb had parted company with his entire coaching team in a bid to regain the form that had made him an untouchable world number one a year ago. (rtr)

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The car driven by Sebastien Bourdais, of France, impacts the wall bursts into flames in the second turn during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Indianapolis.

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INDIANAPOLIS - Sebastien Bourdais was transported to hospital for surgery after the French driver suffered fractures to his pelvis and right hip from a crash during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday, officials said.

The former Formula One driver was to be operated on at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, IndyCar said in a statement.

The 38-year-old Bourdais, who was driving for Dale Coyne Racing, slammed head-on into the safety barriers when his Honda-powered car lost control at Turn 2.

“Sebastien is in good hands here at IU Methodist Hospital with the staff and now we just wait for him to recover,” team owner Dale Coyne said in a statement.

During his first two laps, Bourdais was a full mile per hour faster than the rest of the field at an average speed of 231.534 mph before he crashed into the wall on his third circuit. Qualifying is determined by the average time over four laps.

Bourdais won the season-opening race at St Petersburg, Florida and had the also clocked the fastest time in Friday’s practice.

Two-times pole winner Ed Carpenter had the fastest car in Saturday’s qualifying for the May 28 race with a four-lap average of 230.468 mph, while double Formula One champion Fernando Alonso was seventhfastest in his debut race. (rtr)

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SAN ANTONIO - Kevin Durant scored 33 points, 19 of them in the decisive third quarter, and pulled down 10 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors easily dispatched the San Antonio Spurs 120-108 on Saturday in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

The Warriors lead 3-0 in the

best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Monday in San Antonio.

San Antonio trailed by nine points at halftime and got as close as 69-65 two minutes into the third quarter before Golden State took charge with its superior firepower and unselfish play.

By the middle of the fourth quar-

ter, the Spurs were settling for shots early in possessions and missing most of them while the Warriors rebuilt an 18-point lead.

The Spurs’ hopes to get back in the series were severely damaged when the team said before the game that forward Kawhi Leonard would not play because of his sprained left ankle.

Stephen Curry added 21 points and six steals for the Warriors, who are now a perfect 11-0 in the postseason and have won 26 of their past 27 games.

Klay Thompson had 17 points, JaVale McGee hit for 16 (all in the first half) and Draymond Green tallied 10 points, seven rebounds and seven

assists as all five of Golden State’s starters scored in double figures.

The Spurs got 21 points from Manu Ginobili, who hit 7 of 9 shots from the field, and 18 points from LaMarcus Aldridge. Jonathon Simmons added 14 points, and Pau Gasol contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio. (rtr)

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Amid firestorm at home, Trump to seek reset with Islamic world

RIYADH, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, struggling to shake a brewing scandal at home, will attempt a reset on Sunday with the Islamic world after frequently attacking Muslims on the campaign trail last year and trying to ban many from the United States.

Trump’s afternoon speech at an Arab Islamic American Summit will include appeals for Muslims to unite against the threat of Islamic militants.

A senior administration official said Trump’s basic theme in the speech will be to call for unity and say Muslims need to confront radicalism.

Whether he would use his signature campaign phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” to describe the threat was unclear. His speech was still being worked on late on Saturday, and some advisers were cautioning him against using the term.

Saudi Arabia is the first stop on Trump’s initial foreign trip, a nine-day journey through the Middle East and Europe.

Trump drew the ire of Muslims during his presidential campaign by calling for a ban on them entering the United States. His attempt early in his presidency to ban people from seven Muslim-majority nations has

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been blocked by the courts.

The speech comes as Trump tries to escape the fallout from his May 9 firing of former FBI Director James Comey amid accusations he was trying to stop a federal investigation into his campaign’s ties with Russia last year.

The New York Times reported Trump called Comey a “nut job” in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week. The Washington Post said the probe had reached into the White House to include a Trump adviser, who was not named.

Trump showed little sign of the pressure during a day of diplomacy on Saturday during which he was warmly welcomed by Saudi King Salman.

At a royal banquet on Saturday night, Trump walked into a colorful spectacle: Men in ceremonial dress and carrying swords chanted in unison to beating drums in a courtyard.

Trump, clearly enjoying himself, smiled and swayed, even seeming to dance a little at the center of the group.

A strong breeze later blew sand through the area.

Trump on Sunday is to meet leaders of the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council as part of his effort to counter Iran with a NATO-like Arab force.

Trump and the leaders will also establish a center aimed at cracking down on the ability of Islamic militants to spread their message. (rtr)

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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) presents U.S. President Donald Trump with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017.

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Government successfully lowers garlic prices

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila sit in front of the Taj Mahal while touring city of Agra, India October 4, 2000.

Putin’s ex-wife linked to multimillion-dollar property business MOSCOW - The former wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin helped create and now supports a foundation that owns a historic Moscow property generating millions of dollars from tenants, a Reuters examination of property records has found.

The building was renovated with help from associates of Putin, and the rental income is paid to a private company owned by a person whose name is the same as the maiden name of Putin’s former wife, corporate records show.

The rent comes from Volkonsky House in central Moscow, which was an aristocrat’s home in pre-Soviet times and is now owned by The Centre for the Development of Inter-personal Communications (CDIC). Lyudmila Putina helped set up the non-commercial foundation, according to a report in state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta and two sources who worked with the centre. Lyudmila was Putin’s wife from 1983 until their divorce, which was announced in 2013.

The foundation was created in 2002, and in September 2006 Rossiiskaya Gazeta described Lyudmila as a “trustee” of the organisation. In an interview with the newspaper that year, she used the term “we” when discussing the foundation, and three sources currently familiar with the foundation’s work said Lyudmila supports a literary prize and publishing arm that the foundation runs.

The CDIC has offices in Volkonsky House, but most of the building is let out to tenants, including two

big state banks, documents show.

The tenants pay rent to a company called Meridian, which is 99 per cent owned by a company called Intererservis, corporate and property records reviewed

by Reuters in early May showed.

Intererservis, according to a state register of corporate entities, has been wholly owned since 2014 by a woman called Lyudmila Alexandrovna Shkrebnyova – which is the maiden name of Putin’s former wife.

Reuters was unable to find documents confirming that Shkrebnyova and Putin’s ex-wife are the same person. But other connections, besides the name, point to the former first lady and the owner of Intererservis being the same person. A previous general director of Intererservis was Olga Alexandrovna Tsomayeva. Several Russian media reports refer to her as the sister of Putin’s former wife. Tsomayeva could not be reached for comment.

In addition, the other 1 percent of Meridian is owned by Tatiana Shestakova, who was the wife of Vasily Shestakov, an old friend and judo sparring partner of Putin, until the Shestakovs divorced in 2013. Shestakova, who also helped create the CDIC, according to the state registry of corporate entities, could not be reached for comment.

The Kremlin property department supervised the renovation work on the Volkonsky House in Moscow’s Vozdvizhenka Street, according to rental documents reviewed by Reuters, even though the building no longer belonged to the state at the time. (rtr)

JAKARTA - In the run-up to the fasting month of Ramadan that begins at the end of next week, the prices of commodities are now showing an upward trend, particularly outside Java.

Among the commodities, the price of garlic has been rising, shooting up from about Rp30 thousand per kilogram (kg) to Rp50 thousand per kg. However, with the government conducting market operations, supplying some 58 thousand tons of imported garlic, and carrying out raids on hoarders, the price of the commodity was successfully lowered to about Rp25 thousand-Rp30 thousand per kg.

“After we arrested three suspects for allegedly stocking up garlic, five hours later, the price of the commodity went down to Rp25 thousand per kg, or about 44 percent,” Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman stated after launching a garlic market operation at the Pasar Osowilangun Market in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday.

The government is doing its best to lower the prices of basic commodities in the face of the fasting month. It hopes that the price of garlic would be lowered to below the Rp30 thousand-per-kg level.

While conducting the market operations, the government and large distributors agreed on three price levels. Garlic imported from India should be sold at between Rp10 thousand and Rp15 thousand per kg, while that imported from China to be sold at Rp23 thousand per kg.

About 99.25 percent of the do-

mestic demand for garlic is met by imports from China. It is estimated that the total annual imports of garlic stood at about 480-500 thousand tons. The supplies are imported from China, India, the US, Switzerland, and Malaysia.

Since early this year, the price of garlic in the domestic market has continued to increase. In May 2017, the average price of garlic is about Rp50,680 per kg, up 31.5 percent from Rp38,554 per kg recorded in January 2017.

According to Minister Sulaiman, garlic hoarding is one of the reasons for an increase in the price of the commodity. At least 182 tons of garlic had been found stocked up by PT LBU company in the Marunda area, North Jakarta, on Wednesday (May 17). This hoarding led the garlic price to shoot up to between Rp55 thousand and Rp60 thousand per kg.

The minister, National Police Deputy Chief Com. Gen. Syafruddin, and Jakarta Regional Metro Jaya Police Chief Insp. Gen. Iriawan uncovered the piled up garlic stock at the Marunda area.

The police arrested the alleged suspects. After the arrests, the prices of garlic in markets in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi gradually went down.

The price is expected to drop from an average of Rp45 thousand per kg in the areas to below Rp38 thousand per kg at the consumers level based on the agreement among the trade ministry, agriculture ministry, and 42 importer companies. (ant)

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Wannacry ransomware affected 12 institutions in Indonesia: Minister

MALANG - Indonesias Communication and Informatics Minister Rudiantara revealed that 12 institutions were affected by the Wannacry ransomware, a malware that had attacked at least 200 thousand computers across the world.

“We have received a report confirming that 12 institutions were affected, but the figure could be higher,” Rudiantara stated during a graduation ceremony held at the Malang Muhammadiyah University on Saturday.

The affected institutions include those in the plantation and manufacturing sectors, universities, and vehicle registration center located in Jakarta and other regions.

“However, in general, the attack was not significant as compared to that reported in other countries, thanks to the media that helped us to warn the public,” he added.

Rudiantara admitted that Indonesia had yet to be free from the malware attack, with six to eight of the viruses still being active.

“Such viruses are less malicious than Wannacry, but they were here and attacked hundreds of computers in Indonesia,” the minister cautioned.

Hence, Rudiantara has called on the public to regularly change the passwords of their accounts, emails, and ATM personal identification number to avoid virus attacks.

“Regularly back up data, update software, or download the newest version of anti-virus software,” he remarked.

Earlier, on Wednesday, the minister had stated that Indonesia was already free from the WannaCry ransomware attack.

Ransomware is a malicious application designed to block access to computer systems and data by encrypting the files and demanding ransom to decrypt them.

The malware to have attacked thousands of computers across the world was the WannaCrypt0r 2.0 ransomware that breached the security gaps in the Windows operating system, patched by Microsoft in March through the Security Update Patch.

However, the malware could spread rapidly across the world, as several computers had not been updated. (ant)

Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP, File

In this Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo, employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. A couple of things about the WannaCry cyberattack are now pretty certain.

It was the biggest in history and it’s a scary preview of things to come _ we’re all going to have to get used to hearing the word “ransomware.” But one thing is a lot less clear: whether North Korea had anything to do with it.

All Indonesian cities to have internet connectivity by 2019: Minister

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The price of garlic has been rising, shooting up from about Rp30 thousand per kilogram (kg) to Rp50 thousand per kg.

MALANG - Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara has vowed to offer high-speed internet access to all capitals and regencies in Indonesia by 2019 through the provision of government facilities under the “Tol Informasi” program.

“In order to improve internet services, we are targeting to connect 500 capitals and regencies in the country with high-speed internet by 2019,” he noted here on Saturday.

Currently, the country is facing a challenge in the form of a large internet access gap between regions, in addition to several areas that are yet to have internet access.

Rudiantara cited the example of Java where internet speed is between three and four megabytes per second.

Meanwhile, internet speed in Papua reaches only about 300 kilobytes per second, or one-tenth, not to mention

that it comes at a steep price.

Hence, the government has initiated the “Tol Informasi” program aims to bridge the gap between islands through high-speed and relatively equal information access throughout the country.

The Palapa Ring project is one of the infrastructure programs to be developed to support such initiative, with focus on building optical fiber connectivity across Indonesias territories.

The project includes seven small fiber optic rings for Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Sulawesi, and Maluku as well as a “backhaul” or system to connect them all.

The Palapa Ring will help to build a broadband network for high-speed internet access in 57 cities and regencies that do not have it yet and connect 28 cities and regencies with existing connectivity. (ant)

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BUSINESS

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The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2016.

Monday, May 22, 2017

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To preserve Pancasila and unitary state of RI

Started with dialogues, ended with declaration

With new sheriff in town, S.Korea big businesses duck for cover SEOUL - A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.

The 64-year-old liberal leader campaigned on a platform of curbing the power of the conglomerates, or chaebol. On Wednesday, he nominated an economist nicknamed “chaebol sniper” for his shareholder activist campaigns as head of the antitrust regulator.

Moon has yet to spell out his reform agenda, and the fractured parliament, controlled by conservative and moderate politicians, would likely only support modest changes, given the chaebol’s outsized role in the economy.

But some companies are choosing to stay out of the crosshairs even before they see any legislation. Business lobby groups say they will work with Moon in creating jobs - the president’s No.1 priority according to his advisers.

South Korea’s four biggest chaebol groups - Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG - account for half the country’s stock market value. They released full-page ads after Moon’s election, featuring his photo and saying they “will be with (President Moon) to make a better country.”

“They don’t want to be the first to cause some kind of a problem,” said Chang Sea-jin, professor of business administration at National University of Singapore. “It’s time to be very careful.”

Big business, however, has largely stayed silent on Moon’s call to create jobs, underscoring the challenges in delivering on his signature agenda. Moon pledged to create 810,000 public sector jobs and has chastised the chaebol for not hiring.

Moon has vowed to end the practice of pardoning convicted corporate criminals and to break the nexus of business and politics that was once again exposed in the scandal that led to the ouster of former president Park Geun-hye and the arrest of Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee who is accused of bribing Park. Both are undergoing trial on criminal charges and have denied any wrongdoing.

The conglomerates helped transform South Korea into Asia’s fourth-largest economy. But critics say they have used their cosy ties with the government to crowd out smaller businesses.

They also blame the chaebol’s complex web of cross-shareholdings among group companies and opaque governance for the so-called “Korea Discount” - meaning their shares are typically undervalued in comparison to their global peers. (rtr)

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ANTI-Radicalism Movement (GRAK) held a National Awakening Day dialogue entitled “Caring for Pancasila and NKRI against Radicalism” on Saturday (May 20). After the dialogue, it was followed by the declaration of Anti-Radical Movement at Catur Muka, Denpasar. The event was attended by various organizations namely GP Ansor, Catholic Youth, NU, KNPI, Bali Communication Forum, Baladika, Laskar Bali, et cetera.

GRAK is a form of care and concern over the diminution of Pancasila values and the disappearance of the spirit of unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).

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Japan’s Minister in charge of TPP Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is mobbed by reporters as leaves after attending the meeting TPP11 (gathering all Tran-Pacific Pact member countries except the U.S.) held on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers responsible for Trade Meeting being held in Hanoi on May 21, 2017.

TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive despite US rejection

HANOI - The United States ruled out returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said on Sunday it only wanted bilateral agreements in Asia, as Japan and other members agreed to more talks on pressing ahead themselves.

Turmoil over global trade negotiations was laid bare at a meeting of Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) countries, which failed to agree the usual joint statement after U.S. opposition to wording on free trade and fighting protectionism.

The meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, was the biggest global trade gathering since U.S. President Donald Trump upended the old order with his “America First” trade policy, designed to protect American jobs.

Trump withdrew from TPP in one of his first acts in office, but the 11 remaining countries agreed in Hanoi to explore how they could still move ahead - partly in the hope that the United States would

reconsider leaving.

New U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said there was no way back.

“TPP-11 can make their own decisions and the United States makes its decision, but we expect to stay engaged and I believe at some point there will be a series of bilateral agreements with partners in this part of the world,” he told a news conference.

Although the TPP members kept the trade agreement alive, they fell short of a wholehearted commitment to move ahead immediately with a deal that members also see as a way to contain an increasingly dominant China.

“Eleven countries have shown a lot of unity and a desire to move through some of the equations that will be required to look to put the agreement into force,” New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay, leading the discussions, told Reuters.

One of the biggest challenges is keeping on board Vietnam and Malaysia, which signed up for the deal and promised to make major reforms largely to get better U.S. market access. They now want to renegotiate some points.

The volume of trade between the remaining countries is barely a quarter of the level it would have been if the United States had remained in the TPP. Officials from TPP countries will meet again in Japan in July and bring proposals in November, McClay said. (rtr)

Chairman of the Dialogue Committee, Rofiqi Hasan, said that the GRAK is originated from the initiators who are worried about the dissolution of the spirit of the NKRI. He considered there are endeavors that can make Indonesia go backwards, whereas other nations have been far ahead.

The Pancasila decided as fundamental principles of the state has been completely discussed. “It just needs to be filled and applied it so that the independence can be enjoyed by all the people of Indonesia,” he said. The activities of radicalism undermining Indonesia make Indonesian people less focus on other problems such as poverty, welfare, and the most important is the disease of corruption. “Do not forget there are cases of electronic ID card corruption,” he said.

He hoped that GRAK could resonate into more concrete matters. The dialogue presented two speakers namely Gus Nuril and Wahyu Budi Nugroho, a lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Udayana University and moderated by Mardika. In his presentation, Wahyu provided an

understanding on Islamic teachings and radicalism.

According to radical Islamic group and hard line group, it is strange if a Muslim embraces democracy because nationalism is not found in the Islamic world.

“Muslims has not been radical yet if they are not anti-democratic and anti-nationalism,” he said. There are three classifications of Islamist movement namely revivalism, reformism, and radicalism.

Radicalism is the most violent Islamic movement between the two. This movement is born out of reaction against various problems of modern life. “Radicalism strives to create a new world,” he said.

The new world in question is an Islamic state or known as Khilafah Islamiyah. The Islamic state is a state predominantly consisting of Muslim applying the laws of the Qur’an and As Sunnah. “If the Khilafah Islamiyah can be established, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei will only become one of the provinces. As the name of Islamic state or Khilafah Islamiyah implies, it should unite Muslims around the world, whether it has

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GRAK is a form of care and concern over the diminution of Pancasila values and the disappearance of the spirit of unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). headquarters in Jordan, Egypt or others, but clearly Indonesia will only become one of the provinces,” he explained.

Gus Nuril said that to him Islam is a discussion and democracy.

According to him, there is no term of radical Islam because if radical

it is not Islam. Islam is a loving doctrine. “Let alone with humans, it also loves animals,” he said. In Islam there is also the concept of Moksha, reunion with God instead of seeking heaven.

Islam also teaches about the sanctity of the heart. Sanctity

means no jealousy, envy, hatred, but there is only love. “So many people are trapped in religions, lost in love for being trapped in dogma and exegesis. Thus, being a radical Islam or hard-line Islam, in my opinion, is not Islam,” he affirmed. (kmb42)

To anticipate hazardous substances

Cuisines at BAF to be periodically tested

DENPASAR - Implementation of Bali Arts Festival (BAF) seems incomplete without the presence of culinary booth, in addition to art performances. In the 39th BAF this year, 28 culinary booths are prepared in the north of Wantilan and canteen of the Art Center, Denpasar. The Bali fishery and maritime affairs holding the responsibility of culinary booth has sent a letter to the district / municipal government.

“Some participants already confirmed their participation yes-

terday. If their names have been listed, we have to ask the menu list.

Hopefully, there would be variation of menus from each regency or municipality,” said the Head of Bali Fishery and Maritime Affairs, I Made Gunaja, as confirmed on Wednesday (May 17).

Gunaja revealed there are merchants from several districts outside Denpasar that actually would like to participate. However, they have no place to stay and cook in Denpasar.

This difficulty was also faced in the BAF last year although the menus or

types of cuisine of each district / municipality are quite representative.

“So far, for example, representatives of Jembrana have not registered yet to participate, maybe they face the same difficulties. On the other side, many representatives of Denpasar have registered due to close distance. The types of cuisine still have the representatives, but there are no representatives of people domiciling in Jembrana or Karangasem,” he explained.

Another problem, continued Gunaja, is concerning the content of

hazardous substance such as formaldehyde, borax and rhodamine that may exist in foods sold by merchants.

Last year, the Denpasar Agency for Drug and Food Control (BBPOM) found food positive to contain borax and formaldehyde at BAF culinary booth. The hazardous substance was found in two samples of rice crackers as well as in the sample of fish twisted satay and skewer satay.

“Merchants do not understand, either. They receive product consignment like crackers containing sodium tetraborate or made from

improper fish raw material. To anticipate from circulating further, we have a testing laboratory. In addition to doing regular or weekly testing, we will be working with BBPOM because it has more extensive test range,” he explained.

According to Gunaja, testing by fisheries and maritime affairs is limited to the fish only, mainly to see formaldehyde content. “We will still anticipate so that people will not get unhealthy food. Surely we remain to do the testing,” he added. (kmb32)

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Tax of land in green belt and productive farming

Monday, May 22, 2017

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Decisively re-elected, Rouhani defies hardliners, pledges to open Iran

Subsidized by Denpasar municipality

POLICY of Denpasar municipality in maintaining farmland is quite a lot considering that Denpasar as the capital of the province and the center of all activities has made the transfer of land for settlement from the agriculture is quite high. Moreover, every year the land conversion from paddy field is estimated to reach 2.7 percent. As a result, the remaining 2,519 hectares of paddy fields will continue to decrease.

Seeing the phenomenon, Denpasar municipality has provided easiness for its residents. It is especially for those who have land in the area of green belt and productive agricultural land. If residents have land in the two areas, then the taxes are subsidized by the government. In other words, the landowners do not need to pay taxes because it has been paid by the government.

Head of the Denpasar Revenue Services, Dewa Semadi, when met at the mayor’s office on Friday (May 19) said that until now the land in the area of green belt is still subsidized. Not only that, productive agricultural land is also subsidized. “It is said to be subsidized because the government pays the taxes,” he explained.

In addition, the agriculture agency also has a program for farmers. This endeavor is done because maintaining paddy fields in Denpasar is quite

difficult. Therefore, the program of the agriculture agency in ‘pampering’ farmers in Denpasar is quite a lot starting from providing the assistance of seed, fertilizer to farming tools. “We already have a clear program to provide convenience for farmers,” said the Head of the Denpasar Agriculture Agency, Ambara Putra, no long ago.

On the other hand, Secretary of Commission I of the Denpasar House of Representatives, I Made Sukarmana, assessed the tax subsidy for people who have land in the green belt and productive farmland is quite positive. Thus, conversion of farmland to settlements can also be suppressed. All this time, he saw many people who sell their paddy fields in the area with a high taxable selling value (NJOP). It happens because farmers who own paddy fields in such areas find it hard to pay taxes. As a result, many paddy fields are then sold and eventually

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (C) attends the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2017. Picture taken May 12, 2017. Picture taken May 19, 2017.

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Every year the land conversion from paddy field is estimated to reach 2.7 percent. As a result, the remaining 2,519 hectares of paddy fields will continue to decrease. converted into settlements.

This politician of Democratic Party from Bun hamlet assessed that the measure taken by the Den-

pasar municipal government should be supported by all parties because it will give a positive impact for the effort to keep the land so that it

can remain functioned originally.

Moreover, in terms of productivity in agriculture, it is quite good. (ara)

Bali should never give up

I Gede Ari Astina

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BALINESE people should never give up in the face of the dynamics of times and the movement of nationalism. The struggle to guard and preserve Balinese civilization should continue to be echoed if Bali does not want to drown. Bali also has the potential to become a victim of economic and political policy when the figures and leaders of Bali are not taking sides with the aspirations of Balinese people.

This view was expressed by I Gede Ari Astina or familiarly addressed as Jerinx. In conversation with Bali Post, this member of Superman is Dead (SID) band group reminded that Balinese people may not despair to demanding for their customary rights. Bali must make a real breakthrough to escort the region. Without a specific approach and siding with the interests of Bali, Bali potentially becomes a memory only.

“Balinese people should never give up.

Central government should listen to the struggle of Balinese people to protect their environment and culture. The denial of this will only make the ripples of

struggle widespread. Certainly, Balinese people will continue to move,” he said.

In the context of keeping Bali from developing investment that potentially disrupts Bali, Jerinx agreed with the moratorium on the tourism sector. It is a smart choice when many investments are transferred to Bali by targeting sacred areas. They potentially disrupt the natural ecosystem of Bali. In this context, Bali’s leaders and figures should not shut up. They must do and struggle with the people of Bali. “Do not let the Balinese struggle for their cultural space, ritual space and living space alone,” he said.

Balinese figures should take a more tangible role, not even participate in making Bali into new colonization of both in terms of political policy and economic approach. “Bali should never stop fighting,” he said again.

Related to the approach and attitude of the central government in responding to the rejection of the Benoa Bay reclamation, he hoped the government could understand the demand of Balinese

people. In the context of the growing threat of radicalism and intolerance, he understood if this aspect is not addressed immediately by the president of Indonesia. “We appreciate to central government which prioritizes the stability of nationality in addressing various public demands lately. National stability must be kept together before we do struggle in other sectors including in guarding the environment.”

Jerinx reminded the government that the mistake in the investment management towards Bali will only accelerate the destruction of Bali. Bali as a mirror of Indonesia has the potential to sink if public officials in Bali including the central government are not wise in managing the demands of Balinese people.

In essence, he said, central government should side with the interests of Balinese people. Alignments can be expounded in taking economic and political policies. The inbound mistakes in these two strategic matters would have a very fatal impact on Bali. (dir)

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Three years after coup, junta is deeply embedded in Thai life

BANGKOK - On Friday evenings in Thailand, sandwiched between the evening news and a popular soap opera, is a primetime programme that has been running for three years, or ever since the military took power in a May 22, 2014 coup.

Called “Sustainable Development from a Royal Philosophy” it stars junta leader and former army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaking on a range of topics, from the virtues of modesty to the state of the economy.

The military has always played a prominent role in Thai life. But Prayuth’s show is just one of many examples of how embedded the junta has become in Thai society.

Thailand’s military government has acknowledged it wants to weaken political parties and maintain permanent influence over future elected governments, partly through a new constitution approved by Thailand’s king last month.

But data compiled by Reuters shows the military is not just trying to influence Thailand’s political life. It is leaving an imprint on nearly every institution of Thai society, with brass hats far more entrenched in senior positions than under pre-

vious military governments.

ENTWINED WITH MONARCHY The military now controls 143 out of 250 parliamentary seats.

Under the previous junta after the 2006 coup, the military held 67 out of 242 seats.

The cabinet is stacked with soldiers. Out of the 36 cabinet members, 12 have a military background. In 2006, only four military officers were among the 37 cabinet members.

The military is also entwined with the powerful monarchy - the name of Prayuth’s show is derived from the philosophy of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October after seven decades on the throne.

More than half of the 13 members of the Privy Council, the body that advises new King Maha Vajiralongkorn – himself a former

soldier - are military men. It was just under half in the previous Council.

Cinema and television stations are increasingly showing promilitary themes and the school curriculum features military slogans.

“The military coup of 2014 offered the armed forces the chance to put in place a wider footprint and they are doing so,” Paul Chambers, a professor at Naresuan University and an expert on the Thai military, told Reuters in an e-mail.

“A younger generation of retired military officers are, since the end of 2016, sitting on the Privy Council,” he noted.

The public does not appear too concerned. The government says military recruitment numbers doubled in 2017 from the previous year and attribute that to public approval of their hard-line tactics in breaking a political impasse that had persisted for years.

Polls backed by the military government show Thais are content with military rule, although no such polls have been published in recent months. (rtr)

DUBAI - President Hassan Rouhani pledged on Saturday to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, throwing down a defiant challenge to his hardline opponents after securing a decisive re-election for a second term.

Rouhani, long known as a cautious and mild-mannered establishment insider, reinvented himself as a bold champion of reform during the election campaign, which culminated on Friday in victory with more than 57 percent of the vote. His main challenger, hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi, received 38 percent.

In his first televised speech after the result, Rouhani appeared to openly defy conservative judges by praising the spiritual leader of the reform camp, former President Mohammad Khatami. A court has banned quoting or naming Khatami on air.

“Our nation’s message in the election was clear: Iran’s nation chose the path of interaction with the world, away from violence and extremism,” Rouhani said.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose country has had no diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980, said he hoped Rouhani would use his second term to end Tehran’s ballistic missile programme and what he called its network of terrorism. Iran denies any involvement in terrorism and says its missile programme, which U.S. President Donald Trump recently targeted with new sanctions, is purely for defence purposes.

Although the powers of the elected president are limited by those of unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who outranks him, the scale of Rouhani’s victory gives the pro-reform camp its strongest mandate in at least 12 years to seek the sort of change that hardliners have thwarted for decades.

Rouhani’s opponent Raisi, a protege of Khamenei, had united the conservative faction and had been tipped as a potential successor to the 77-year-old supreme leader. His defeat leaves the conservatives without an obvious flag bearer.

The re-election is likely to safeguard the nuclear agreement Rouhani’s government reached with global powers in 2015, under which most international sanctions have been lifted in return for Iran curbing its nuclear programme.

And it delivers a setback to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the powerful security force which controls a vast industrial empire in Iran. They had thrown their support behind Raisi to safeguard their interests. (rtr)

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Supporters of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani celebrate his victory in the presidential elections, in the streets of Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2017.

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Canoe ride offered by a number of residents belonging to the members of a group of tour guides.

Canoe tourism

A way to enjoy beauty of Lake Tamblingan

The Sidon Soap Museum

SIDON - It might well excite one’s curiosity to speak of a soap museum without mentioning the history of “sapo” and it might not seem entirely appropriate to use the noble word “museum” in a context which is not satisfactory. At present one finds a Museum of Mankind, of Motor Cars, or Aeronautics, of Wine, of Traditions and Customs, of Soap and of Waxworks, in fact the list is endless.

This sublime word “museum” means a collection, an exposition, a fair, or anything similar.

To begin with, it was the holy Eden of the masterpieces of creative minds, of artists and of geniuses.

The story of soap goes back several thousands of years, before 4500 B.C. to be more exact. In Sumer it was a soapy paste with a basis of clay, ashes and fat, and the same in Egypt and Phoenicia. It was in the 4th century A.D. that the Gallic Romans gave the name “sapo” to a more complex paste that was used for treating the skin and certain disorders. Baths as we know them were taken not at all or once or twice a year. It was only in 1371 at Marseille that soap began its evolution to reach its present form of an indispensable product for general use. Then it was at Saïda, or Sidon, ancient Phoenician city that has seen a whole succession of civilizations and conquerors and which was the capital of Emir Fakhreddine the Great, with many temples and citadels, a palace, a port, and squares, that a distinguished family decided to transform its fine residence into the museum Khan es-Saboon”, for soaps

of every shape and color and manufactured with the olive oil so plentiful in the region according to the ancient traditional methods; what is more, a museum still in use, for a soap museum supposes a craft workshop alongside.

At Sidon, which with the Arabs was also known under the name of Irbel, the Audi family, composed of distinguished and courageous Lebanese from the South of the country, possessed this castle and “Hamam”. There were many Hamams in Sidon, such as Khan al-Franj, Khan al-Arz, and so on, where the foreign consuls resided. This museum we speak of was also an old soap factory belonging to the Audis. One may also see various techniques of production widespread from Aleppo to Nablus. There is a great variety of form, perfume and color for the visitor. One may also visit the old Hamam, a cafeteria, and a sales booth offering a variety of local produce, glycerin scented with honey, lavender or rose, oils for the skin, lotions, hair tonics, eau de Cologne, perfume, jasmine, serviettes and tunics.

The museum, being not far from the port and the citadel, gives a clear idea of our customs and of our identity. The architecture is marked by vaults, some of which go back to the 17th century, very old, while others are of more recent build. The East façade, which gives onto a wide boulevard, was restored by its owners the Audis, who are considering the enlargement of the complex by adding other ancient adjoining houses.

Visitors can see a demonstration of how traditional olive oil soaps are made and learn about the history of the “hammam” (bath) traditions. A historical section of the museum introduces artifacts which were found during onsite excavation and which include remains of clay pipe heads dating from the 17th to 19th century as well as pottery fragments.

The Museum building is an old soap factory built in the 17th century, although containing parts thought to date back to the 13th century, and was restored by the Audi Foundation before officially opening to the public in November 2000.

This Museum we speak of was also an old soap factory belonging to the Audis. One may also see various techniqus of production widespread from Aleppo to Nablus. There is a great variety of form, perfume and color for the visitor.

One may also viit the old Hamam, a caferteria, and a sales booth offering a variety of local produe, glycerin scented with honey, lavender or rose, oils for the skin, lotions, hair tonics, eau de cologne, perfume, jasmine, serveittes and tunics. The Museum, being not far from the port and the citadel, gives a clear idea of our costumes and our identity, The architecture is marked by vaults, some of which go back to the 17th century, very old, while others are of more recent build. The East facade, which gives onto a wide boulevard, was restored by its owners the Audies, who are considering the enlargement of the complex by adding other ancient adjoining houses. (IBP/net)

SINGARAJA — The beauty of Lake Tamblingan is no doubt. The water is clear and the environment remains very beautiful. The atmosphere is very peaceful without bustles.

Very cool air is quite fresh when inhaled. Not only that, from the lake located in the Munduk village, Banjar subdistrict, people can also watch sunrise. It’s so beautiful. Degradation of red color is united with orange color. Around the lake, there are also a number of temples looking very classical due to its Balinese architecture.

Myriad of uniqueness is not only able to conjure up local people to visit. Foreign tourists from various countries do not want to miss the opportunity. When wishing to explore down the lake, do not worry. It can be done with a canoe ride offered by a number of residents belonging to the members of a group of tour guides.

One of the guides, Ketut Toni, said that canoe tour has existed from the past time. However, since the past few months it has been eyed on by tourists, especially European tourists.

Moreover, when the holiday season arrives, they come and go. “Foreign tourists are very happy to come here and they go canoeing around the middle of the lake,” he said recently.

By and large, this tour is opened at 08:00 Local Time until 15:00.

However, if visitors still want to enjoy from the morning or afternoon, they remain to be served. Interest-

ingly, these guides are also ready to take tourists that want to make pre-wedding session photography.

To get around the lake, visitors will be charged of approximately

IDR 200,000 and pre-wedding session at only IDR 300,000. “The pre-wedding is quite a lot where it commonly lasts in the morning,” he said. (sos)

To protect farmland, district govt expected to subsidize property tax

BANGLI - Depreciation of farmland due to rampant conversion becomes the problem faced by almost all the regions in Bali, and Bangli district is no exception. To protect the existence of farmland in Bangli so as not to continue to shrink, local government is expected to make policies that alleviate farmers. One of the expected policies is by subsidizing or eliminating property tax for farmland.

Chief of Subak Tegallalang, Sang Ketut Rencana, said on Saturday (May 20) there are many factors triggering the farmland conversion in Bangli, especially in urban areas. In addition to the difficulty to get irrigation water, the imposition of property tax is also admitted to contribute to the shrinkage of farmland.

He said that many farmers in urban areas such as the LC Uma Aya preferred to sell their paddy fields to investors and other parties because the amount of property taxes (PBB) to be paid to government is considered quite high. The value of property tax imposed for the land in the area of LC Uma Aya is higher than the tax imposed at villages because the taxable property selling value (NJOP) is different.

“The high taxes to be paid by farmers then cause farmers, especially those in the city, to sell their farmland,” said Rencana.

Under these conditions, Rencana expected the

government to make policies that can ease farmers in the future. One of them is by providing subsidies or if possible exempting the imposition of property tax on the existing farmland. With this policy, it is believed to be able to reduce the shrinkage of farmland, especially in urban areas.

Apart from making a policy of subsidy or property tax exemption, to maintain the existence of farmland in Bangli so as not to be touched or faced with conversion, the regent is expected to seriously and firmly implement the Law No.41/2009 on sustainable food agriculture, for example, by making a regent regulation. He explained, in the law is stipulated that farmland of food crops should not be converted. Otherwise, it can be penalized by criminal sanctions. “The mandate of the law is like that. So far, it has not been implemented in Bangli,” he explained.

Separately, the Head of the Bali Regional Finance, Income and Assets Agency, Gede Suryawan, said that in relation to the property tax exemption for farmland, so far there has been no law regulating it.

Even if later on there is a change of law, it will be surely followed by changes in regional policy. “It depends on the policy between the executive and the legislative. We from technical institutions will adjust to the changes,” he said. (kmb40)

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The son adoption ceremony of King Saren Kelod Palace was attended by the family of King Saren Kelod Palace, relatives and business colleagues from a number of countries.

Royal son adoption of Saren Kelod Palace

A unification of two cultures

CEREMONY of the royal son adoption of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace is a very historic moment for the palace. The adoption inaugurated by law is special because the King I Gusti Ketut Dalem is pleased to adopt a son from Laos, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao.

The son adoption was held on Saturday (May 20) at Saren Kelod Palace, Ubud. The son adoption ceremony of King Saren Kelod Palace was attended by the family of King Saren Kelod Palace, relatives and business colleagues from a number of countries. Some of them are from Taiwan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, United States (US), and Singapore.

Officially, this son adoption ceremony was done by embedding the royal insignia to Dato Sri and spouse. After the coronation, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao was named Ananda Putra I Gusti Ketut Dalem. This honorable adoption aims to widely introduce the Balinese art throughout the world for the development of Bali tourism.

Ananda Putra I Gusti Ketut Dalem said that his intention to be a member of the royal family of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud began with his interest in the unique Balinese art that contains artistic value. He claimed to have seen a number of Balinese artworks while making a visit, especially on wood carvings, stones and paintings, where according to him, retaining special points. Therefore, he wants to widely introduce the Balinese arts to the world.

Moreover, he is now one of the presidents of the World

Cultural Council. “From such intention, I would like to tie up the relationship of being a foster child at Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud, so that I am considered to be a part of Bali,” he said.

He brought several business partners from a number of countries, including Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Laos, Singapore and America. “They are shareholders in some of my companies. I invite them to introduce Balinese art so that they can promote it in their home country. I invite the World Cultural Council, president of Chinese collector association, some literati and the art circles,” he said.

Further, he said that his meeting with the king of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace of Ubud started from an international cultural exchange meeting a few years ago. Since then, the communication discussing about the art references continues.

Moreover, last year he once invited the king and his family as guests of honor to make a visit to Laos. Besides, it is also meant to see the projects in Laos and Malaysia. This brotherhood is getting closer after a few meetings.

In addition, in terms of ancestors, the king of Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace is a descendant of the King of Majapahit Dynasty who has similarities and close relationship to Qing Dynasty in Laos. “This meeting is not a coincidence.

Moreover, it has a common ancestor. In addition, it happens because the king has no children and my father has died, so that on the advice of close friends, I want to be adopted as the son of the king. Thus, we hold the current ceremony to bind closer familial relationships. This is the fate of two children

and father who are brought together,” he said.

By presenting business colleagues of the World Cultural Council representatives as well as some literary and art circles, he hoped that the art in Bali can be better known around the world. Moreover, this effort has been carried out with a fairly mature endeavor. Thus, the world’s investors want to introduce Bali in their country.

After the adoption ceremony, King I Gusti Ketut Dalem gave a certificate and kris dagger to 31 VVIPs from seven countries recognized as relatives of the king. In the meantime, Dato Sri Dr. Aixinjueluo Yuhao granted the certificate to nine members of the royal family recognized as a member of the World Council for Culture and Arts. Aixinjueluo also gave a number of works of the art to the king as an acceptance of the adoption of the son of honor. (iah/win)

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LOS ANGELES - “Baywatch” actress Pamela Anderson retweeted a smiling selfie of Julian Assange on Friday after Sweden dropped its investigation into the Wikileaks founder, reviving intrigue around the couple’s rumored romance.

Anderson’s blog posts about her numerous trips to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to visit Assange have proved one of the more fascinating aspects of the Australian’s five-year bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face rape and molestation allegations, which he denies.

Assange, 45, is a cyber hero to some for exposing government abuses of power and championing free speech. To others he is a criminal who has undermined the security of the West.

To Anderson, he is “the most intelligent, interesting and informed man in existence. Yes - I think he’s quite sexy,” the 49-year-old actress, former Playboy model and animal rights campaigner said in a March blog post.

Photographers have snapped Anderson, often carrying take-out food, making numerous visits to the Ecuadorean embassy in the past six months. Anderson is not Assange’s only celebrity supporter. Pop singer Lady Gaga visited him in 2012 and filmed him for a video that was distributed this week to mark the release from a U.S prison of

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Chelsea Manning, who provided Wikileaks with more than 700,000 classified U.S. army documents.

“You may be an enemy of the state but you are not an enemy of humanity,” Lady Gaga told Assange in the video interview, which was released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.

Assange has said nothing about his closer relationship with Anderson, and she has been coy about characterizing it as dating or romantic.

“Let’s see what happens when he’s free. But you know I spend probably more time with him than any other man socially, which is very odd,” Anderson said in a Swedish TV talk-show appearance in March.

Anderson, who is currently promoting the new Hollywood “Baywatch” movie in which she has a cameo role, made no comment on Friday on the Swedish decision other than to retweet the smiling photo Assange posted of himself in his first reaction to the news.

In April, Anderson said that “our ‘affair’ and the curiosity surrounding that might bring some attention to his situation. That’s fine, but I’d rather not go into private details. Let’s just say everyone deserves love.” (rtr)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on May 21, 2017, following North Korea’s latest missile launch.

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N.Korea fires missile into waters off east coast

Clint Eastwood does not rule out a return to Westerns

CANNES - Clint Eastwood does not rule out making another Western, he said on Saturday as he presented a 25th anniversary restored copy of “Unforgiven” at the Cannes Film Festival.

“When I read the (“Unforgiven”) script 25 years ago, I always thought that this would be a good last Western for me to do,” said the 86-year-old actor-director.

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Missile flew 500 km northeast from Pukchang

“And it was the last Western, because I have never read one that worked as well as this one since that.

“But who knows, maybe something will come up in the future,” said Eastwood, who made his name in the TV series “Rawhide” and the so-called spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s, now considered classics.

“Unforgiven” won four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director for Eastwood who also starred. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, a week after it tested an intermediate-range missile which experts saw as an advancement in the reclusive state’s weapons programme.

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The missile was launched at 0759 GMT from a location near Pukchang, 60 km (36 miles) northeast of the capital Pyongyang, an area where North Korea attempted to test-launch another missile last month but failed, South Korea’s Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

The missile flew about 500 km (310 miles), it said. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the missile landed outside

Japan’s exclusive economic zone and no damage to ships or airplanes was reported.

An official traveling with U.S. President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia said the White House was aware of the launch and noted that the missile had a shorter range than the three previous tested by North Korea.

China had no immediate comment while both South Korea and Japan called emergency meetings

of top officials.

“The flight range was 500 km and South Korea and the United States are closely analysing additional information,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

It was the second missile test by North Korea since South Korean President Moon Jae-in took office 11 days ago. The two sides remain technically at war despite a truce ending their 1950-1953 conflict.

Last Sunday, the North testedfired an intermediate range missile that flew further and higher than those previously tested.

Moon won this month’s election on a platform of a moderate approach to North Korea and has

said he would be willing to go to Pyongyang under the right circumstances, arguing dialogue must be used in parallel with sanctions.

North Korea has defied all calls to rein in its nuclear and missile programmes, even from China, its lone major ally, calling them legitimate self-defence.

It has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the U.S. mainland.

On Saturday, it said it had developed the capability to strike the U.S. mainland, although Western missile experts say the claim is exaggerated.

“The U.S. mainland and the Pacific operational theatre are within

the strike range of the DPRK and the DPRK has all kinds of powerful means for annihilating retaliatory strike,” North Korea’s state KCNA news agency said in a commentary on Saturday.

North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). (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.