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Citarum River, one of the most polluted in the world

Picture taken on May 30, 2015 shows Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer Avicii (Tim Bergling) performing at the Summerburst music festival at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

It was confirmed Avicii died on April 20, 2018 in Muscat, Oman.

MAJALAYA - It’s been called the world’s most polluted river by the World Bank. Murky, dense and dirty-brown – the water that runs through Citarum River in Indonesia’s West Java is toxic.

Avicii death a coming-of-age in electronic music boom

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NEW YORK - Rock ‘n’ roll had Buddy Holly, the psychedelic era had Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and grunge had Kurt Cobain. Now electronic dance music has Avicii.

the London Evening Standard. “It’s important that it keeps changing so it doesn’t become a fad.”

The Swedish DJ’s death Friday at age 28 marks a symbolic coming-ofage for a genre that remains resolutely youthful, with the first electronic superstar to die near his prime.

Avicii, the stage name of Tim Bergling, was not a first-out-the-door pioneer of electronic dance music -or EDM -- a scene that has exploded since the turn of the century and last year was worth $7.4 billion, according to a study by the industry’s International Music Summit in Ibiza.

But Avicii both showed the mainstream possibilities of EDM -- and, by the end of his short life, had already become a sage elder who cautioned about the artistic and commercial overreach of the music.

Avicii came to define the new age of radio-friendly EDM in 2011 with “Levels,” which entered the top 10 across Europe with its sample of soul great Etta James in between syn-

- ‘Stay forever this young’ “Wake Me Up” may now be remembered for more than the banjo twist. The track, featuring singer Aloe Blacc, reflects on aging with the line, “I wish I could stay forever this young.”

Like other musicians who died with so many years ahead of them, Avicii looks destined to be remembered with an aura of tragedy. He retired from touring in 2016 as he suffered health problems including acute pancreatitis, triggered in part by excessive drinking.

Avicii, who acknowledged his problems in the sole lyric to the song “Alcoholic,” died while on vacation in Oman. The cause remained unclear, although police sources in the Gulf sultanate did not suspect foul play.

The electronic music world has been struck by few other deaths.

thesizer riffs that soar with stadiumpacking power.

Non-clubbers also heard EDM’s energy when Avicii teamed up with rockers Coldplay on “Sky Full of Stars,” with Chris Martin’s voice giving way to fast-building, synthesized ecstasy. But perhaps his most influential moment came in 2013 when he headlined the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. A year after he invited Madonna as a surprise stage guest, Avicii befuddled a crowd of ravers by bringing out a bluegrass band with a banjo for his soon-to-behit “Wake Me Up.” In an interview shortly afterward, Avicii warned that EDM was moving too quickly into a sound too hard and unmelodious, saying that audiences would soon tire of it.

“Since it got so big in America the past couple of years, dance music is taking over everywhere,” Avicii told

House music forerunner Frankie Knuckles and New York party organizer David Mancuso have both died in recent years, but both were considerably older.

Avicii’s death puts him nearly in the so-called 27 club -- celebrated musicians who have died at age 27 including Cobain, Hendrix, Joplin, Jim Morrison, soul singer Amy Winehouse and Rolling Stone Brian Jones.

Avicii -- a stage name derived from the Sanskrit for the deepest stage of hell, the inverse of Cobain’s Nirvana -- had spoken of being an introvert who was never comfortable with the hard-partying lifestyle of a DJ, for whom alcohol was always available and usually free.

- EDM ‘oversaturated’? But could his death also amount to a turning point for EDM? Late in his life, he appeared to think the scene was on a wane.

“EDM started getting oversaturated four, five, six years ago, when

Yet, the river supports around 28 million people who rely on it for daily activities such as cooking, bathing and laundry.

Spanning nearly 300km, it is the longest river in Indonesia’s most populous province. It also supplies the provincial capital of Bandung as well as the country’s capital Jakarta with piped water.

The water is used to sustain fish

farms, irrigate 400,000 hectares of paddy fields and fill reservoirs that generate about two gigawatts of hydropower, making it one of Indonesia’s most strategic river basins.

But for the people who live along the polluted river, it is not just the environmental impact that worries them, health problems have affected children and

families. The riverside town of Majalaya is located about 170km from Jakarta, and less than 50km away from the source of Citarum River in the sub-district of Kertasari.

Called “dollar city” in its heyday, Majalaya was able to supply up to 40 per cent of Indonesia’s textile needs, making it a major centre for Indonesia’s textile industry. And it is those textile factories which are among the worst polluters of the Citarum.

Elements of the Environment (ELINGAN), a local NGO, esti-

mates that around 1,500 factories dump about 280 tonnes of toxic waste per day into Citarium River.

It is not uncommon to see the water turn from murky brown to black, sometimes even red and blue from chemical colouring, before returning to brown again further downstream.

“Why are these industries dumping toxic waste?” said Deni Riswandani, an activist from ELINGAN. “According to the regulations for operating industries, it is mandatory for every industry to run a

wastewater treatment plant. But the fact is, many industries bypass this and do not dispose of their waste through a wastewater treatment plant but instead, they dump it straight into the river.”

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money became everything. From that point, I started mentally not wanting to associate myself with EDM,” he told Rolling Stone magazine in September.

After retreating to the studio, he last year released an EP whose singles included “Lonely Together” featuring singer Rita Ora -- Avicii’s soundscape accentuating a tight pop song with none of the booming synthesizers of EDM anthems.

But there are limited signs of an imminent bubble in EDM. Calvin Harris, the top-paid DJ, earned $48.5 million last year, according to an estimate by Forbes, and the rise of streaming subscriptions has helped bolster the industry’s overall earnings.

Kygo, another leading DJ, closed his set Friday at the Coachella festival in California with a tribute to Avicii, to whom he credited his decision to pursue electronic music.

“I know he’s inspired millions of other producers out there,” Kygo said. (afp)

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This picture taken on April 20, 2018 shows an Indonesian worker collecting and burning rubbish along the banks of the Citarum river, dubbed the “world’s dirtiest river”, near the city of Bandung in West Java. Now faced with a health emergency after decades of failed clean-up efforts, Jakarta is stepping in with a seemingly impossible goal: make the Citarum’s water drinkable by 2025.

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Celukan Bawang steam-fueled power plant becomes a dilemma

“Actually, the first Celukan Bawang power plant has been in the Regional General Electrical Power Plan (RUKD) in 2004.

Indeed it must have generator one because systematically Bali must be supported by several generators.

However, it does not to add more (the generator two—Ed),” said the observer of electricity, Prof.

Ida Ayu Dwi Giriantari, amid the public discussion on electricity problem in Bali in the office of the Bali House of Representatives on Friday (Apr. 20).

According to Giriantari, there is no reason to accept the construction of the second phase of power plant.

Moreover, the operation of coaledfired power plants is protested heavily by the international community. The emissions disposed of per day will raise the risk of another 10 years. In this case, future generations will be adversely affected by environmental pollution.

“It becomes a dilemma be for Bali. We provide the electricity in such a way is actually intended for tourism. However, tourism

will eventually die. Who wants to come to the small island with pollution?” explained this electrical engineering lecturer at the Udayana University.

She added that Bali and even Indonesia currently cannot rely on electricity completely from new renewable energy (EBT). It is in contrast to countries in Europe that are even ready to pay expensively for electricity from new renewable energy for the sake of environment. It happens because Europe has been established in terms of electricity so it is safe in terms of supply. Their citizens switch to renewable energy simply because they appreciate to the environment.

“In Indonesia, the new renewable energy cannot become the main supply. Technologically, it remains difficult if we rely solely on

the new renewable energy. It will be very high cost,” she explained.

On that account, Giriantari continued that possible solution for Bali’s future electricity supply is the Java-Bali Crossing (JBC). If the project has accomplished, there will be 1,000 MW of electricity coming into Bali from Java. “It’s the same as building other four generators similar to those in Celukan Bawang. Where should we put it?

In the corners of Bali, it is pity on our Bali Island,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI), Tulus Abadi, said the construction of steam-fueled power plants in Bali is not in line with the concept of Bali Clean and Green. Besides, it will bring in a negative campaign for tourism sector.

General Manager of PLN Bali Distribution, Nyoman Suwarjoni Astawa, said that Bali’s highest peak load is 862 MW. The current power supply amounts to 1,200 MW. When talking about the potential of new renewable energy generator, the highest electricity produced is 300 MW by three solar power plants (PLTS). Thus, each solar power plant in Negara, Amlapura and Kubu produces 100 MW only. Meanwhile, the other new renewable energy power plants, such as the micro-hydro power plant (PLTM) averagely generates electricity of not more than 10 MW, wind power plant (PLTB) in Nusa Penida only produces 20 MW, and geothermal power plant (PLTP) in Bedugul produces 65 MW. (kmb32)

Bali’s exports garments up 20.83 percent

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Visitors see Balinese cloths in Bali Small and Medium Industry / Small and Medium Enterprises and Creative Industries Expo in Denpasar.

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports of non knitted garments rose 20.83 percent in value to US$7.48 million in February 2018 from US$6.19 million in January the same year.

“The export value also rose but slightly by 2.65 percent from US$7.29 million in the same

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Flamingo Charity Race, the biggest floaties race in Bali!

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DENPASAR - Electricity in Bali is currently in oversupply condition. But in the future, the need for electricity will continue to increase especially to support the growth of tourism.

However, this is not an acceptable reason to build the secondgeneration power plant at the steam-fueled power plant Celukan Bawang (PLTU).

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months in 2017,” head of the Bali Central Bureau of Statistics Adi Nugroho said here on Thursday.

Adi said the exports of manually produced garments by cottage industries contributed 16.55 percent to the province’s total export earning of US$45.26 million in

February this year.

Bali’s export earning dropped 8.93 percent from US$49.7 million in January, 2018, but rose 0.25 percent year-on-year. The province exports garments mainly to Australia, Hong Kong, Europe, Japan and China. (ant)

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On Saturday, March 31st 2018, along with the vibe of the Easter weekend, Hard Rock Hotel Bali celebrated the festive period with their inaugural Flamingo Charity Race.

The event was held around the hotel’s Sand Island, and in the largest free-form pool in Bali. The event was hosted by Hard Rock Hotel Bali in collaboration with Yayasan Solemen Indonesia to raise funds for their outreach medical program that stretches to all regional areas across Bali. Yayasan Solemen Indonesia, is an Indonesian registered non-profit foundation, formed in October 2010 to raise awareness and provide funds to support accredited agencies and projects for the disadvantaged in Bali.

The core value of this event was not only to add more fun to the hotel’s packed Easter activities schedule, but also continue with the brands commitment to the local community best represented in Hard Rock’s motto “Take Time to Be Kind”. “Really pleased with the turn out today given this is the first of what we hope to be a regular event. More importantly it’s terrific to raise some much needed funds for Solemen, and particularly some really

sick children in Bali” said Shane Coates, General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

More than IDR 50,000,000 raised through the event that consisted of 3 race categories - Team, Family, and Solo kids races. This event was supported by 7 main sponsors, 10 raffles sponsors, and 20 supporting tenants for market stands.

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Travel guide to Costa Rica

WANAGIRI village, Sukasada sub-district in Buleleng is one of the buffer villages of Buyan-Tamblingan Nature Tourism Park (TWA).

Lately, the potential of nature tourism in this village keeps on growing and developing. This development appears with the willingness of villagers pioneering a tourism business offered to foreign and domestic tourists.

Rainforest Experience

Get close to nature and spend some time in one of the country’s eco-lodges. They are found throughout Costa Rica, many in lush jungle in the famous Osa Peninsula. Increasingly sophisticated with good food, stylish accommodation in wood cabins and the opportunity to experience nature first-hand, they allow visitors to make minimal impact without sacrificing creature comforts. Early morning tours let you see the rainforest and leisurely kayak tours take you past rich mangrove forests alive with snakes, crocodiles, monkeys galore, sloths, toucans and parrots.

Many offer activities including fishing, yoga and chocolate making. Using beans from the forest, the staff at one lodge, which is built on the site of a disused cocoa plantation, shows guests how to peel, roast and grind the cocoa before cooking with sugar to make a delicious chocolate paste which can be rolled or formed into lovely sweets. They taste best washed down with a cup of finest Costa Rican coffee.

Monteverde’s rare ecosystem is internationally famous as one of the most extensive cloud forests in Central America. At 5,900ft, this natural sanctuary has more than 2,500 different types of plants and animals, including 400 species of birds. Guided natural history walks take you through the Monteverde Reserve which is home to jaguars and pumas. There’s also a zip-line tour of the reserve where you look down on mammals such as the fuzzy martilla. But the best way to see the lush cloud forest and its inhabitants is by walking on hanging bridges which take you alongside the canopy of trees.

Surfs Up – Head to the Beach

The Pacific Coast has some beautiful beaches with conditions that offer some of the best surfing in this part of the world. Towns such as Nosara are packed with bright driftwood signs pointing to surf shacks and sunset bars. Beaches have an abandoned RobinsonCrusoe feel with rickety shelters constructed from wood and sticks with covers of dried palm leaves. There are some upmarket resorts in this part of the country with Hollywood celebrities spotted sipping cocktails and admiring the views.

Costa Rica also has a Caribbean coastline, which has a different atmosphere with a cultural mix of Afro Caribbean, Tico (the name Costa Ricans give themselves) and old hippy vibe. Puerto Viejo has recently become a hit with tourists and has stunning whitesand beaches, tropical vegetation and is close to parks including a Sloth sanctuary. (net)

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Wanagiri nature tourism keeps on growing

THOUGH it is not the world’s biggest country, Costa Rica has five percent of the world’s biodiversity, across four mountain ranges, 800 miles of coastline, 200 volcanic formations and hundreds of national parks, that are easy to get to from the capital, San Jose.

One day you could be climbing through cloud forest and the next be visiting an active volcano, and later taking time out relaxing on a pristine white beach or bathing in natural hot springs and living the cowboy life on a working ranch.

But most people head here to get close to wildlife, notably cuddly sloths, white faced capuchin monkeys, howler monkeys and hundreds of tropical birds including the gorgeous quetzal – called by some birdwatchers the most beautiful bird in the world.

Costa Rica prides itself on its green credentials and this, together with its peaceful democracy (it has had no army since 1948) and abundance of natural beauty has earned it the accolade of one of ‘the world’s happiest countries’.

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One of the selfie places is the Cinta waterfall in Wanagiri Peak, located not far from Wanagiri Hidden Hill.

Development of natural tourism in Wanagiri itself has been widely known. This has commenced since the trend of taking selfie through social media network.

Since then, the place of selfie rental in Wanagiri mushroomed. Moreover, the development has an impact on the development by utilizing private land having beautiful natural scenery.

One of the selfie places is the Cinta waterfall in Wanagiri Peak, located not far from Wanagiri Hidden Hill. This location is specially rented to take selfie. In addition, this place is also offered for couple looking for pre-wedding photo shooting. It is named Cinta (love) waterfall because in the middle there is a heartshaped mound flanked by two waterfall curves with a height of about 10 meters each. When visiting this place, tourists just need to pay admission ticket of IDR 15.000 to take unlimited selfie.

Operation Manager of Cinta Waterfall attraction, Ketut Ardika Yasa, recently said that the manage-

ment of this object started from the construction of Wanagiri Hidden Hill tourist attraction. After that, it was resumed with the development of Cinta waterfall tourist attraction to be enjoyed by the public. To support the natural conditions remaining pristine, Ardika built two giant bird nests made of rattan hung on a large tree branch. It is inspired by streaked weaver bird often perched on the trees. The bird’s nest can accommodate two adult visitors.

A visitor named Gusti Ayu Mas Rusita Putri said that after the first visit she was impressed with Cinta waterfall tourism. According to her, most waterfall attractions look ordinary, but in this location visitors can enjoy other rides along the journey to Cinta waterfall.

“I’m so impressed and it is different as there is a place like a giant bird’s nest to take selfie, so the atmosphere turns beautiful and impressive,” she said.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, always reminds the management of nature tourism to keep an eye on every ride built so as not to harm visitors. This is important because he sees that natural attractions in Wanagiri take advantage of natural materials such as bamboo, wood pieces or other materials. In addition, the location is also in the height to border with cliff. On that account, it must pay attention to visitors’ safety, so the development of nature tourism in the area can grow better and give a positive impact to the welfare of society itself. (mud)

To facilitate students with special needs

Badung has applied inclusion school

MANGUPURA — Badung district has prepared facility for students with special needs. Related to inclusion schools accommodating children with special needs, the subject matter is the same as that of public school. Moreover, the teacher is from general teacher giving the same treatment as normal children.

Nevertheless, the qualified students to be accepted at the school with special needs should not have too low IQ level. “The students are restricted, where their IQ should not be too low. If surpassing the qualification, they must be educated in the disabled schools,” said the Head of the Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, on Saturday (Apr. 21).

Later, said Widia Astika, it will need psychologist and then the infrastructure and facilities must also be adjusted. Currently, it has been indeed prepared in each subdistrict.

For the time being, the most students are at SDN 11 Jimbaran and

SDN 3 Sempidi elementary school.

“The most students are in South Kuta and Mengwi subdistrict, while other subdistricts are still unavailable,” he said.

Indeed it needs the addition of psychologist because they need a rather special handling. Currently, his agency has also conducted recruitment of psychologists to be placed in schools that implement inclusive schools.

Previously, the IKIP PGRI teachers’ college was also involved in the drafting of local regulations because they are educational institutions. “They are involved in the drafting of inclusive regulations,” he concluded.

Inclusive school has indeed been prepared in each sub-district.

If there are students with special needs, they will be referred to the school prepared. Recruitment of psychologists, of course, will be adjusted to the needs where they are needed and where to be placed. (kmb23)

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Badung district has prepared facility for students with special needs. Related to inclusion schools accommodating children with special needs.

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Pursuing the making of mask handicraft

GIANYAR — Doing art creativities have become a way of life to almost all residents of Gianyar. On average, local community can carve mask in particular. I Nyoman Cita, for instance, is a mask craftsman from Puaya hamlet, Batuan, Sukawati. His specialty is making sacred masks such as that of barong, rangda, sanctified effigies and mask of drama dance.

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I Nyoman Cita specialty is making sacred masks such as barong, rangda, sanctified effigies and mask of drama dance.

His expertise to make sacred mask is handed down autodidactically by his father Jero Mangku Nyoman Jandra, 90. Moreover, since childhood he has often followed his parent to go around Bali when making masks. “Since junior high school, I have often joined my father to travel around Bali to make sacred mask,” he said when met on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Now, the man born on August 20, 1964 becomes the next generation. Moreover, the two sons of Nyoman Cita also automatically master the technique of making sacred masks. Both are now busy studying and pursuing their career.

No doubt, many mystical things are experienced by Nyoman Cita when making a sacred mask. Nevertheless, he believed that it is a blessing and a gift of the Almighty God. “Such mystical thing must exist because it works in the sacred realm,” he said.

When working on a sacred mask, he is never fixed with time. Making sacred masks should not be in a hurry. In addition, consulting the auspicious day to Brahmin priest is also important to start the work. “I do not want to do it haphazardly, but must follow each proper stage and process,” he explained.

Pursuing in the world of religious art does not make him stuck in a narrow space. Nyoman Cita had involved in political world as the youngest legislator in the Gianyar House of Representatives in the period 1992-1997. “I can combine the art and politics,” he explained.

However, he admitted that while becoming a people’s representative for five years, the art activities of the husband to Ni Wayan Arsini had delayed. As soon as the period ended, he decided to re-focus on continuing the ancestral heritage as a sacred mask craftsman. “It does not necessarily mean I do no longer want to, many people glance at me.

But I prefer to cool down first. Getting involved in politics does not have to be in charge. Until now, I am ready to be invited to have political discussion,” he said. (kmb35)

Aftermath of foreigner sitting on padmasana

PHRI Karangasem has Besakih OM evaluated

AMLAPURA - The incident of European tourist who climbed and sat down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple in the complex of Besakih Temple continues to result in reaction from various circles. After the customary village medium assembly (MMDP) of Karangasem, it is now the turn of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Karangasem. PHRI did not only ask the local customary village to make improvement, but also the Operations Management (OM) of Besakih must be evaluated.

Chairman of PHRI Karangasem, I Wayan Tama, said on Friday (Apr. 20) that discretion of foreign tourist to get in and out of Besakih Temple to the sitting on padmasana indicates there is something that needs improving from the performance of Besakih OM. Tama admitted to deeply regret such incident harassing Hinduism that can occur in Besakih Temple.

Moreover, it was at issue among the public coinciding with the moment when the Hindus held the Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. He wondered why Besakih managed by the management agency in the

form of Operations Management of Besakih missed such embarrassing incident. “Besakih OM should also take responsibility,” he said.

Such embarrassing moment occurred in December when the Mount Agung erupted. According to him, Besakih OM must explain why at that time the incident could happen. It must clarify what Besakih OM did when it occurred and how the foreigner could freely come into Besakih whereas it was in the warning alert status and all the accesses to Besakih Temple were closed. “If it happened in December, Besakih OM should give clarification. Explaine where the Besakih OM then, what it did and why foreigner could freely go in and out of the temple. So, it will not blame on one another,” he said.

Manager of Besakih OM, Mangku Ngawit, when contacted on Friday (Apr. 20) said his authority has done a thorough evaluation. However, he was reluctant to be blamed on related to this embarrassing incident. He asserted that according to Gubernatorial Regulation No. 51/2016, Besakih OM only has the authority in the matter of palemahan (territorial) and pawongan

(population) of Besakih customary village. On that basis, he claimed to continuously perform his tasks as usual, providing services and better security for pilgrims and tourists making a visit to Besakih.

“Related to the incidents of guests sitting down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple, it belongs to parhyangan (spiritual aspect) that legally does not belong to the domain of Besakih OM. This domain belongs to Besakih customary village handled by Jro Bendesa or chief of customary village,” said Mangku Ngawit.

Result of the meeting held by Besakih customary village and senior priest in Besakih Temple on Saturday (Apr. 21) decided to organize prayascita purificatory rite and apologetic bendu piduka ritual in Gelap Temple. Headman of Besakih, Jro Mangku Widiartha, also ensured the ritual to be held that morning.

Spokesperson of Besakih OM, Gusti Mangku Bagus Kariawan, added the operations management has coordinated with pecalang or security guard of customary village. The security guard at the entrance of Besakih Temple will

be tightened by the officers, either from pecalang or from security officer of Besakih OM. “Hopefully, with the existence of good synergy,

similar incidents will no longer happen in the future as it can disturb the sanctity of Besakih temple area,” he said. (kmb31)

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The incident of European tourist who climbed and sat down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple in the complex of Besakih Temple.

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Clashes at Madagascar opposition protest leave one dead, 17 wounded

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Protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in Budapest, Hungary, on April 21, 2018. Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Tens of thousands of Hungarians rally in new anti-Orban protest

BUDAPEST - Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The crowd, estimated at around 30,000 by a AFP photographer, marched through the city to a rally where speakers demanded a nonpartisan public media.

Campaigning hard against immigration, the 54-year-old Orban’s overwhelming victory April 8 saw his Fidesz party secure around half the vote.

But among criticisms regarding the fairness of the election, observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation said the campaign was marked by media bias.

As part of sweeping reforms since he came into power in 2010, Orban has turned the public media channels into what his critics call “government mouthpieces”.

Many of the demonstrators, most of whom were young, chanted “democracy” and brandished Hungarian and European Union flags.

An organiser, Viktor Gyetvai, 20, told AFP the protest “was not going to change the system overnight” but was aimed at sparking a “civil movement” to challenge Orban.

“These are first steps, a sign that there are many Hungarians who

want to live in a democracy, with independent institutions, and a free media,” said Gyetvai.

More demonstrations will be held in provincial cities in coming weeks, he said.

Last Saturday some 100,000 protestors held a protest in Budapest days after Orban’s win.

The victory handed Orban his third consecutive two-thirds parliamentary majority and a legislative free rein for the next four years.

Since then Orban has signalled an escalation of his long-running onslaught on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) linked to the liberal US billionaire George Soros.

Orban accuses the Hungarianborn 87-year-old of plotting to destroy Europe though mass immigration. A pro-Orban newspaper recently published a list of some 200 “Soros mercenaries” that included staff at NGOs, universities and investigative journalism websites.

A vote on a controversial “Stop Soros” package of bills targeting NGOs is likely to be among the first to pass through parliament after it convenes May 8.

The package apes similar laws in Russia and would slap taxes on foreign-funded NGOs that “support” illegal immigration.

Under the proposals, foreigners deemed to support asylum seekers could be stopped from entering Hungary, NGO staff face being barred from approaching border areas and organisations will undergo “security tests”.

Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) network said Friday it is considering moving its office from Budapest, possibly to Berlin, if the laws are approved. Organisers of Saturday’s opposition rally said the next demonstration would take place outside parliament May 8.

“This system is not democracy,” said the main speaker at the rally, Peter Marki-Zay, a former Fidesz voter who shot to nationwide prominence in February after winning a shock mayoral election against Orban’s party in a provincial city.

A united anti-Orban front should be built from scratch, said the 45year-old, as the existing opposition parties had failed to present a challenge to the powerful premier. (afp)

ANTANANARIVO - One person died and 17 others were injured Saturday in clashes between Madagascar’s security forces and thousands of opposition activists protesting against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year in the restive island nation.

Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana said in an address on state television that the country faced a “sad” day with the loss of a life during the demonstrations.

“According to the official report, there is one death and 17 wounded,” he said.

Earlier, Olivat Alison Aimee Rakoto, head of the public hospital HJRA in Antananarivo, had told AFP that they had attended to “17 wounded..., one of whom succumbed to his wounds”. He did not specify if the injured were protesters or police.

The premier said an investigation had been launched “to shed light on the cause of this death”.

“We must now get rid of our habits of looking for solutions through violence,” he said.

Authorities had earlier in the week declared the protest illegal but opposition activists defied the order and forged ahead with the demonstration, which saw thousands throng a public square outside city hall in the capital of Antananarivo.

Clashes erupted after police fired tear gas to try to disperse the protesters as the crowd grew and overwhelmed the security forces, occupying the square, an AFP reporter at the scene said.

Some of the demonstrators reacted by hurling rocks at the officers. The opposition has accused the government of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of wanting

to muzzle it through new electoral laws in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections due to be held in late November or December.

The opposition claims that three new laws, adopted earlier this month, favour the ruling party and put in place obstacles to the disadvantage of opponents.

Rajaonarimampianina is out of the country on official business, according to his office, which did not specify his location.

“The message to the president of the republic who is out of the country, is that it would be good that you remain where you are,” opposition lawmaker Hanitriniaina Razafimanantsoa said.

Elected in 2013, Rajaonarimampianina has not yet announced whether he will stand for re-election.

But two former heads of state have already mooted runs: Marc Ravalomanana, who was president from 2002 to 2009, and Andry Rajoelina, who removed him during a coup.

Both were barred from running in 2013 and their parties were behind Saturday’s protests.

The Indian Ocean island nation endured several years of turmoil after Ravalomanana was ousted as president in the 2009 coup that led to the withdrawal of foreign investment and donor money.

Ravalomanana was overthrown following an army mutiny that allowed Rajoelina -- then Antananarivo mayor -- to become the country’s unelected transition president until 2014.

Rajaonarimampianina’s arrival in power brought a temporary end to Madagascar’s long series of political crises. (afp)

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Police clash with protestors during a opposition demonstration against a draft electoral law adopted by Madagascar’s National Assembly on April 21, 2018 in Antananarivo.

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When Miss Universe 2015 Reunited at Ujung Water Palace

Turkey’s heated economy: trigger and key factor in snap polls

Turkey’s economy, the fastest growing in the G20 but haunted by an uncertain longterm outlook, is key to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to call snap polls and will also be decisive for the outcome.

Turkey recorded stellar growth of 7.4 percent in 2017 but the data has failed to douse fears over the underlying health of the economy which is marked by double-digit inflation, a wide current account deficit, a weak currency and high corporate debt.

The economy has generally been a trump card for Erdogan in his 15 years in power, with the Turkish strongman crediting himself with rescuing the country from the chaos that brought it to near financial meltdown in the 2000-2001 crisis.

By bringing the polls forward one-and-a-half-years to June 24, Erdogan wants to snare another five years in power with the economy at its peak before any downturn sets in, analysts say.

And with both unemployment and inflation at over 10 percent, Turkey’s opposition will also be looking to capitalise on nascent economic discontent at the polls.

“There was no way to sustain this pace (of growth) until November 2019,” Atilla Yesilada, country advisor at Global Source Partners in Istanbul told AFP, adding that the economy was “going too fast for its own good.”

Tanah Lot Holds Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018

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Operations management of Tanah Lot attraction will organize an Art & Culture Weekend Event on April 20 – 22, 2018. Featuring the theme ‘Harmonization of the Art and Culture in Modern Visualization,’ this new event will highlight three main contents namely the Art and Culture, After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) and Coffee Festival.

- ‘Vulnerabilities building’ No visitor to Istanbul or other major Turkish cities can miss the frenetic pace of construction activity, with buildings being restored and built from scratch at every street corner.

The government is pursuing massive new infrastructure proj-

ects, from a giant new Istanbul airport due to open later this year to a Suez-style shipping canal parallel to the Bosphorus.

But markets have been troubled by reports that two major Turkish companies are seeking debt restructuring, in a sign ambitions may have been stretched too far.

Dogus Group, whose interests range from Garanti Bank to the meat restaurants of a famous Turkish butcher known as Salt Bae, and Yildiz Holding, the owner of the Godiva and McVitie’s confectionary brands, have asked banks for a restructuring of billions of dollars in debts, reports have said.

“The economic data have all been very strong, so far. But it’s clear that this is causing vulnerabilities to build,” said William Jackson, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics in London.

He told AFP that of particular concern was the double digit inflation and the widening of the current

account deficit, a measure of how much Turkey is borrowing from abroad.

Charles Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital, argued that the problems in Turkey’s economy were not acute enough to cause Erdogan problems at the elections.

“Unemployment remains at an acceptable level and as so many Turks keep some savings in foreign currency even lira weakness is not that painful for the middle classes,” he told AFP. - ‘Previous rallies short lived’ The Turkish lira had lost almost 10 percent of its value against the US dollar since the start of the year ahead of Erdogan’s election announcement, making it one of the worst performing emerging market currencies in the world.

But his ending of uncertainty on snap polls -- the subject of speculation for months -- gave the lira one of its strongest rallies in recent times on Wednesday and it has

since kept most of its gains.

Jackson of Capital Economics said he was “not sure this can be sustained”, given the size of the current account deficit which leaves Turkey dependent on foreign capital inflows that could slow and pressure the currency.

Previous rallies of the currency when uncertainty was lifted “were short lived and the broad trend for the lira has been down”, he said.

Up until 2013 there were fewer than 2 lira to the dollar but ahead of Erdogan’s announcement it topped 4 to the dollar for the first time.

Keenly watched will be a meeting of Turkey’s central bank on Wednesday, with the nominally independent institution under relentless pressure from Erdogan to cut rates to boost growth but markets wanting a tighter policy to douse down inflation.

“For the rally to get legs, the central bank should hike rates –but Erdogan is an obstacle to this,” said Robertson. (afp)

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The event combining the ideas, imagination, experience, interactivity and initiative will rely on cultural attraction supported by digital multimedia effects that will feature modern visualizations. “The threeday event is a collaboration that has never existed before,” said Operations Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana.

Toya Adnyana said that Tanah Lot Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018 also serves as one of promotion efforts to put Tanah Lot as The World’s Most Iconic Place.

Tanah Lot Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018 will present three main contents namely the Art & Culture, After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) and Coffee Festival.

The Art & Culture will present performing arts on the main stage, such as Contemporary Cak show, national singers like Tika Pagraky, Gita Semara flute gamelan, Joged Bumbung, and the show by customary villages across Kediri subdistrict packed with Balinese artistic harmony concept and modern visual including interactive multimedia, lighting and audio

games.

Meanwhile, the After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) will feature Meteoric Gate, Holoscreen Fauna, Cosmic Tree, Fog Machine, Outline Tree, Tree Video Mapping, Glow in the Dark, Light Tree and Batu Bolong View.

All the shows will be packaged in Video Projection format — a visual artwork in the form of optical illusion using lighting and projection techniques that display digital video graphics to an object or a particular field. Thus, they transform their initial shape into a different and fantastic new form.

Coffee Festival will serve a variety of coffee by some coffee producers in Tabanan district. They are BUMDes coached by local government such as Celepuk Coffee of Jatiluwih, Sri Sedana of Munduk Temu, Batu Sari of Batungsel, Tugu Sari of Pajahan, and BUMDes Pujungan. Coffee serving is offered in paid and free product.

Toya Adnyana said the Art & Culture Weekend Event is a promotional program in the restoration of tourism as well as increasing tourist visits to Tanah Lot. Besides,

it is meant to introduce the art and culture of the region in collaboration with modern visualization. In addition, it serves as promotional program to place Tanah Lot as The World’s Most Iconic Place as well as to promote typical cuisines of Tabanan as a sustainable tourism companion.

He added that Tanah Lot is one of the main tourist destinations in Tabanan district. The beauty of the coastal scenery and mystical charm of Tanah Lot Temple has placed this as a tourist attraction with the highest number of visits in Bali.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, the number of visits has exceeded 3 million visitors.

However, in 2017 the number of visits decreased by 0.78 percent when compared to tourist visit in 2016. This happened due to the influence of the Mount Agung eruption which impacted on the closing of the airport and cancellation of several flights flying to Bali. “It is recognizing the existing conditions and as one of the measures for the recovery of Bali tourism in general and Tabanan in particular,” he concluded. (kmb)

Karangasem tourism has gradually revived. Foreign tourists return to make a visit. Of course, this cannot be separated from the efforts of the district government of Karangasem to continuously promote the region. After the eruption of Mount Agung, the effort to bring in tourists to the eastern tip of the Bali Island is even more massive. Government cooperation with the private sector continues to be encouraged.

As the result, Karangasem has returned to be visited by foreign tourists. Moreover, Regent Mas Sumatri managed to attract ‘elite’ tourists. They are alumni of Miss Universe 2015 contestants. The most beautiful women in 14 countries chose Ujung Water Palace as their reunion venue.

Led by Puteri Indonesia 2015 beauty pageant, Anindya Putri, the contestant group of the world’s queen from 14 countries held a number of activities. On the first day, Friday afternoon (Apr.13) until evening, they held an interview session with media crews. In the water park denoting one of the relics owned by Karangasem kingdom, they were welcomed by Regent Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, with the ranks of regional agencies.

There were also A.A. Made Dewandra Jelantik from Karangasem Palace, tourism players and sponsors. Coming through the Kapal Pavilion on the west side of the park, the group was greeted by selonding and gender gamelan music from Subagan.

“Personally, I am amazed with the positive aura generated by this venue (in Ujung Water Palace).

By making a reunion here, hopefully the Miss Universe alumni will invite their friends to visit this location,” said Anindya Putri.

Anindya – as she familiarly addressed – said the reunion plan has been scheduled since three months ago. Initially, the reunion was going to be held in Bandung, but was then transferred to Karangasem.

She acknowledged the selection of

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Karangasem as the venue becomes a proof of her love to the country.

By making Karangasem as the venue, she hoped to restore international confidence that Bali and Karangasem in particular is safe and comfortable to be visited.

The alumni of the Miss Universe 2015 consists of Tonie from Caymand Island, Toria (Bahamas), Anna (Ukraine), Francesca (Ecuador), Lisa (Singapore), Daniela (Nicaragua), Idubina (El Salvador), Cynthia (Lebanon), Joanna (Ireland), Nena (United Kingdom), Vanessa (Malaysia), PHB (Vietnam) and Janet (Georgia). On the second day, they have yoga class at Ujung Water Palace before visiting other attractions.

Karangasem is very lucky to get a visit from the alumni of Miss Universe. Of course, this will bring in a positive impact on the tourism industry. In addition, various sponsors are involved. Accommodation at Hotel Candi Beach Candidasa is obtained from BMW Travel, transport from Blue Bird and Air Bali, welcome drink from Monarch Candidasa, clothes and kebaya from Uluwatu, man power from JCI Bali, outdoor from Lava and professional photo from Dewandra Photography. Especially the welcoming ceremony at Ujung, they were served with a variety of typical dishes of Karangasem including tipat cantok from Mariboga.

In front of the alumni of the Miss Universe, Regent Mas Sumatri introduced prominent tourist attraction and alternative tourist attractions in Karangasem such as Besakih Temple and Mount Agung area itself. According to her, the spiritual aura of the tourist objects makes Karangasem into ‘The Spirit of Bali.’ She also believed the arrival of Miss Universe contestants will restore public confidence in the tourism sector of Karangasem.

“Thank you, this is very important in post-eruption recovery efforts of the Mount Agung,” she said. (kmb)

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Experts take samples from site of alleged Syria gas attack BEIRUT - Investigators from the global chemical arms watchdog collected samples Saturday from the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria two weeks ago, after security concerns delayed their probe.

Gruesome footage of the alleged toxic attack on April 7 in the town of Douma, just outside Damascus, horrified the world and prompted unprecedented Western strikes on Syrian military installations.

Just hours after the joint missile strikes, a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria to investigate the claims.

But they had been unable to access Douma itself, which fell from rebel hands into joint Syrian and Russian control after the suspected chemical attack.

United Nations security experts deployed to the town on Tuesday to check it was safe, but were forced

to pull out after an explosion went off and they were shot at.

Investigators finally collected evidence from the site for the first time on Saturday, the OPCW said.

“The samples collected will be transported to the OPCW Laboratory in Rijswijk and then dispatched for analysis to the OPCW’s designated labs,” the body said in a statement, adding it could plan another visit.

Russia’s foreign ministry had earlier announced the inspectors reached Douma after guarantees by Syria and its own forces, and said it expected them to carry out an “impartial investigation”.

Moscow, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, has said its own probe into the events in Douma found no traces of chemical use.

Assad’s government, too, has repeatedly denied using toxic weapons, and accused the West of “fabricating” the claim to justify bombing Syria. (afp)

LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

A United Nations vehicle is seen outside the hotel where the international experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus on April 19, 2018.

RASHES, HAIR FALL AND CONTAMINATION ...

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Channel NewsAsia took a rubber raft down Citarum River, starting at the 20km mark. There was a sign which had been put up

by Greenpeace, warning members of the public to beware of a toxic waste dumping hole.

The team witnessed an inky, foul-smelling, black liquid being

released into the river’s muddy waters - the liquid never diluting.

Floating through the river’s course, we saw trash interspersed with shrubbery and twigs in a few locations, accompanied by debris, foam and smelly dumping sites.

We also saw tens of people

who live on the banks of the Citarum, using its water for their daily activities.

People were using water from the river to wash their clothes.

Others were fishing, despite knowing that the fish they eat will likely have been exposed to toxic waste. (afp)

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Amorous couples, sex workers whipped in Indonesia’s Aceh

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Iranian soldiers march during a parade on the occasion of the country’s annual army day on April 18, 2018 in Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani said during the parade that Iran “does not intend any aggression” against its neighbours but will continue to produce all the weapons it needs for its defence.

A group of amorous couples and accused sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh Friday, just a week after the province pledged to move the widely condemned practice indoors.

More than a thousand people, including dozens of tourists from neighbouring Malaysia, jeered and screamed abuse at the group of three men and five women as they were flogged on a stage outside a mosque in the capital Banda Aceh.

Some snapped pictures as a hooded figure rained down lashes from a rattan cane on their backs, with each getting between 11 and 22 strokes. The couples were whipped for showing affection in public, while two of the women were suspected sex workers, of-

ficials said.

Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslimmajority country that imposes Islamic law.

Flogging is a common punishment for a range of offences -- from gambling, to drinking alcohol to having gay sex or relations outside of marriage. The conservative region on the northern tip of Sumatra island passed a regulation a week ago that would see criminals whipped only behind prison walls.

It was not clear when the new rule would come into effect. The move was in response to a wave of international criticism over the practice, which has included flogging members of the vulnerable LGBT community and, in some cases, non-Muslims. (afp) Amanda JUFRIAN / AFP

Iran threatens to ‘vigorously’ resume enrichment if US quits deal

NEW YORK - Iran warned Saturday it is ready to “vigorously” resume nuclear enrichment if the United States ditches the 2015 nuclear deal, and said further “drastic measures” are being considered in response to a US exit.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in New York that Iran is not seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb, but that its “probable” response to a US withdrawal would be to restart production of enriched uranium -- a key bomb-making ingredient.

“America never should have feared Iran producing a nuclear bomb, but we will pursue vigorously our nuclear enrichment,” added Zarif, who is in the United States to attend a UN meeting on sustaining peace.

US President Donald Trump has set a May 12 deadline for the Europeans to “fix” the 2015 agreement that provides for curbs to Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from financial sanctions.

Zarif’s comments marked a further hardening of rhetoric following a warning earlier this month from

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Washington would “regret” withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and that Iran would respond within a week if it did.

The fate of the Iran deal will be a key issue during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Washington beginning Monday, followed by talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington on Friday.

Zarif said the European leaders must press Trump to stick to the deal if the United States “intends to maintain any credibility in the international community” and to abide by it, “rather than demand more.”

The foreign minister also warned against offering any concessions to Trump.

“To try to appease the president, I think, would be an exercise in futility,” he said.

European leaders are hoping to persuade Trump to save the deal if they, in turn, agree to press Iran to enter into agreement on missile tests and moderating its regional influence in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. (afp)

An Indonesian soldier helps a group of Rohingya refugees to a temporary shelter after landing in Aceh province on Sumatra island on April 20, 2018, just weeks after dozens of the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar came ashore in neighbouring Malaysia. About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia on April 20, officials said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come ashore in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.

Dozens of Rohingya come ashore in Indonesia

About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia Friday, officials said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come ashore in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.

BAY ISMOYO / AFP

A model poses next to a Husqvarna motorcycle during the 2018 Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta on April 21, 2018.

The group landed in Aceh province on Sumatra island, just weeks after dozens of the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar came ashore in neighbouring Malaysia.

All appeared to be in good condition, according to local police chief Riza Yulianto, who added that it was not clear how long they had been at sea. “Thank God they’re all healthy even though a few are just children,” he told AFP. “We have given them food and we are thoroughly checking their health one by one.” It has been rare for Rohingya migrants to attempt the sea routes south since Thai authorities clamped down on regional trafficking networks in 2015, sparking a crisis across Southeast Asia as large numbers were abandoned at sea.

But there have been concerns desperate migrants might start taking to the high seas again after mainly

Buddhist Myanmar launched a new crackdown last year that forced about 700,000 members of the Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh.

This month, a group including two Rohingya men, aged 28 and 33, a 20-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and an eight-year old boy were spotted in a small boat off the coast of southern Thailand and Myanmar, some 325 kilometres (176 miles) from Aceh.

Local Indonesian fishermen took them back to Aceh where they were later taken into custody by immigration officials.

The group said they had been travelling with two dozen other Rohingya but got separated and were stranded at sea for about 20 days.

They had gotten lost with five others who later starved to death and their bodies were thrown overboard, officials said at the time.

In 2015, hundreds of Rohingya came ashore in Aceh, where they were welcomed in the staunchly conservative Islamic province.

Indonesia tends to accept asylum seekers but they are usually barred from working and often spend years in immigration centres. (afp)

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Sakala Beach Club MANGUPURA - Mantra Sakala Resort and Beach Club offers all the perks of a luxurious beach resort in Tanjung Benoa, just north of Nusa Dua. As one of the signature venues of the five-star Mantra Sakala Resort & Beach Club, Sakala Beach Club boasts an absolute beachfront location and an infinity pool opening out to unobstructed views of the ocean. The club offers a full

menu and regularly hosts special events ranging from live DJs to fire dancers. Thanks to the kid-friendly pool and a generous kids’ menu, the club is also welcoming to families. The area is mainly known for its white sandy beaches and a wide variety of water sports.

Sakala Beach Club Bali is open for lunch and dinner and offers the choice of dining indoors in

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its dining room, or alfresco by the pool. The menu ranges from poolside snacks to fine dining options and covers both international and local favourites, with prices for main dishes starting at IDR 140,000 (USD 10). Sakala Beach Club also hosts a weekly seafood barbeque. The restaurant has an extensive international wine list where prices per glass start at IDR 35,000 (UDS 2.50). (net)

STUTTGART - Maria Sharapova spent time prior to the start of the Stuttgart Grand Prix flinging a factory-fresh 700-horsepower Porsche 911 RT2 RS around a test track in Germany’s automobile capital.

For the five-time Grand Slam winner who turned 31 last week, the PR exercise with former F1 driver Mark Webber, alongside a photo shoot for a loyal sponsor, was a joy in comparison to last season.

After serving a 15-month drugs ban for use of the illegal heart medication meldonium, Sharapova’s return to the WTA circuit began in Stuttgart exactly a year ago.

She is back, coached for a second time by Swede Thomas Hogstedt after splitting in March with Sven Groeneveld, and begins in the first round against France’s Caroline Garcia.

Her 2017 Stuttgart comeback rekindled fond memories for the

Los Angeles-based Russian, who lifted the title three years in a row from 2012-2014.

It was a relative success despite ending in the semi-finals with a defeat by Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.

It marked the re-emergence of one of the most charismatic figures on the WTA, a winner whose star power was missed by many during her absence.

Yet the road to return has been far from smooth for Sharapova, who has suffered with a forearm injury as well as dealing with subdued hostility from some players, fans and even tournament directors.

Last year, the Russian was denied a French Open wild card and did not enter Wimbledon qualifying due to injury; her season highlight came when she won the Tianjin title in China after reaching the US Open fourth round.

“There are a lot of things that I need to get better at and improve on.

But looking at the overall picture, the overall beginning of this year... first thing is that I’m healthy,” she said at the Australian Open.

“I’m not starting from zero, there’s a lot to build from -- person-

ally that’s important for me.”

However the world number 42 has managed only nine matches in 2018 due to her arm problem.

“This is a process. It’s a lot of things that take time,” she added in January.

With her fitness still not up to standard, Sharapova lost in the first round of Doha in February, withdrew from Dubai and was sent out in the Indian Wells first round by eventual tournament winner Naomi Osaka of Japan.

But her Stuttgart return comes at a crucial time as she looks to play herself into form for the clay season and a tilt at adding to her 2012 and 2014 Roland Garros victories.

Others looking to kick-start their French Open preparations include fellow former world number one Angelique Kerber, Germany’s most recent golden girl who followed Sharapova’s title hat-trick by winning Stuttgart back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.

World number one Simona Halep heads the field ahead of Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, third seed Elina Svitolina and Roland Garros holder Jelena Ostapenko. (afp)

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LOS ANGELES - Reigning world champion Justin Gatlin clocked 10.05 seconds to win his season opening 100 metre race at the Grenada Invitational track meet on Saturday.

The 36-year-old American beat out runner-up Isiah Young, who finished in 10.11 seconds, while Mike Rodgers ran 10.17 as Americans swept all three podium spots at the Kirani James Stadium.

Gatlin missed competing in the inaugural Grenada meet last year because of an injury.

Gatlin, who was twice suspended for doping, upset the legendary Usain Bolt to claim the 100 metre title at the 2017 World Championships. Bolt took the bronze.

Last month, he competed at the Athletix Grand Prix in South Africa where he finished fourth in the 150 metres behind winner Anaso Jobodwana. (afp)

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Iniesta says ‘emotional’ final may be his last for Barca

Andres Iniesta hinted he may have played his last final for Barcelona after they crushed Sevilla 5-0 to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday. Barcelona captain Iniesta said he would reveal his future plans “this week” as the 33-year-old weighs up an offer from China that would take him away from his boyhood club.

There was no sign of age catching up with the Spaniard at the Wanda Metropolitano where Iniesta capped a sublime performance by scoring Barca’s fourth goal.

He looked tearful as he departed to a standing ovation in the second half, from some Sevilla fans too, before hoisting the Copa del Rey trophy aloft.

“This week I will make my decision public but we will always have days like today,” Iniesta said.

Asked if this was his last final with Barcelona, Iniesta added: “It’s a possibility. In a few days I’ll make it public and nothing more. Today is a very special and emotional day.”

The top sponsor of China club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan told the state-run Xinhua news agency Saturday he was “positive” they would sign Iniesta, who had earlier this year also been linked with fellow Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Quanjian.

“I will say what the decision is this week,”

said Iniesta. “I think it’s a little clear but we will see.”

Lionel Messi scored in between a first-half double for Luis Suarez as Barcelona ran riot to secure their fourth Copa del Rey triumph in as many years. Philippe Coutinho converted a late penalty to make it 5-0.

people’s mouths. It is a day of many emotions and I am very happy.”

Barca defender Jordi Alba said: “It has been and is a pleasure to share a changing room with him today, he is number one in his position and

Gattuso’s ‘incredible shame’ after another Benevento shocker

as person.

“The decision that he takes should be respected because he deserves it. But the day Iniesta leaves is the day we will all cry. We will miss him.” (afp)

- Individual brilliance -

But Iniesta was the man of the moment, his fourth goal a moment of individual brilliance after a superb shimmy left Sevilla goalkeeper David Soria helpless to save the finish.

“Today he played a match as such a high level, it seemed that he was 25 years old,” Sevilla coach Vincenzo Montella said. “It would be difficult to find another player to replace him.”

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said: “When I was a player I would have given my right arm to do what he and Messi do. It’s a stroke of good luck to have him.”

This was the sixth time Iniesta has won the Copa del Rey, adding another trophy to a remarkable collection that already includes eight La Liga titles, three Champions League crowns and a World Cup. He will win a ninth La Liga title if Barcelona beat Deportivo La Coruna next weekend.

“It was a great night in all ways, on a collective and personal level,” Iniesta said. “We will try to add the League to leave a good taste in

Gennaro Gattuso revealed his “incredible shame” after Saturday’s humiliating 1-0 defeat to Benevento at the San Siro saw AC Milan become the first team to fail to beat the tailenders this season.

Pietro Iemmello’s 29th minute strike earned the club from outside Naples a first ever away victory in Serie A, delaying their probable demotion after just one season in the top flight.

It was a double blow for Gattuso whose first game as Milan coach last December had ended in a 2-2 draw at Benevento

when goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scored an injury-time equaliser.

Milan have now gone five games without a win with their Europa League hopes threatened.

“I told the lads that I feel an incredible shame. We have written a page that is not very beautiful in the history of Milan,” said an angry Gattuso. “Several players were embarrassing.”

The 40-year-old former Italy and Milan midfielder ordered everyone back training at Milanello on Sunday. “I take responsibility,” he insisted.

“When you play against a team like Benevento, who play good football even if they are bottom of the table, you can’t play without determination or soul.

“We don’t even need the opponents to do anything extraordinary to beat us. We basically tickle the opposition, we don’t hurt them.” Franck Kessie came closest to an equaliser on the hour mark when he rattled the crossbar, with Patrick Cutrone also heading wide on 74 minutes.

Benevento’s top scorer Cheick Diabate came on in place of Iem-

much as they become the latest side to face the gauntlet of Anfield on a European night in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, first leg as Salah has blossomed into a goalscoring machine very few saw coming at the start of the season.

Lindsey PARNABY / AFP

Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (R) scores their second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool at The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, central England, on April 21, 2018.

mello after an hour but was sent off ten minutes before the end for two yellow cards.

But still Milan could not take advantage of their extra man, becoming the first team to fail to beat Benevento this season.

Already out of Champions League contention, sixth-placed Milan’s Europa League berth is now under threat with Atalanta two points behind before playing Torino on Sunday. “We have to apologise to the fans. We are ashamed of this game, but we must not let ourselves be overcome with despair,” said Milan sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli.

- ‘The joke of Italy’ -

Benevento club president Oreste Vigorito wept with joy in the stands at the San Siro after a fifth win of the campaign and first away. However, coach Roberto De Zerbi said he regretted that the team were just beginning to show their true worth as they are 12 points from safety with five

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Spain’s king Felipe VI looks at Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta kissing the trophy after the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) final football match Sevilla FC against FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on April 21, 2018. Barcelona won 5-0.

Central role lets Salah take centre-stage at Liverpool

Roma know the threat posed

by Mohamed Salah more than most having sold the free-scoring Egyptian to Liverpool for an initial 42 million euros (£37 million, $52 million) just 10 months ago.

But that may not help the Italians

Salah’s then club record price tag was questioned at the time of the deal coming just two years after he failed to make an impression in the Premier League with Chelsea.

Now, though, it looks like an incredible bargain as Salah has netted 41 goals in 46 games to take Liverpool back to the last four of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time in a decade.

“It wasn’t like a lot of other teams than Liverpool were banging down the door,” Roma’s American coowner James Pallotta told the BBC’s World Football programme.

“I think today a lot of teams are kicking themselves in the head that they didn’t take a closer look at him.”

In a nomadic career since moving to Europe as a 19-year-old, Salah was known for his pace and dribbling ability in spells at Basel and Fiorentina either side of a short time at Chelsea before moving to Roma.

However, the capability he has shown time and again this season to keep a cool head in front of goal used to so often fail him.

Most famously of all, Salah missed a series of one-on-ones with Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas as Roma bowed of the Champions League at the last 16 to the side that would go onto win the competition in 2016.

- Masterful Klopp -

“In Roma he was amazing. Every game he created a lot of chances, but sometimes missed,” said Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who suffered from Salah’s new found confidence in front of goal as he scored in each leg of Liverpool’s 5-1 aggregate thrashing of the Premier League champions in the quarter-finals.

“This season I think the way Jurgen Klopp wants to play is perfect for him. I think Jurgen is a master to buy players with what he really needs for the way he wants to play.”

Pallotta agrees that Klopp’s system of a fluid front three also including Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane is what has brought the best out of Salah, who had to feed off the target man figure of Edin Dzeko at Roma.

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“He’s obviously had an incredible year. I think the coach there has clearly figured out how best to utilise him, using him in a different position I would say to Roma because you’ve got Dzeko in the middle.”

Despite Liverpool’s heroics against City in the last eight, they were upstaged by Roma for performance of the round.

The Serie A side overturned a 4-1 first leg deficit to beat Barcelona on away goals by shutting out Lionel Messi and a former Liverpool favourite Luis Suarez in a famous 3-0 second leg win.

However, a record of losing their last three Champions League games on the road -- conceding eight goals in the process -- doesn’t bode well ahead of a visit to fortress Anfield.

Salah matched Suarez’s Premier League record of 31 goals in a single campaign on Saturday and stopping their former team-mate over two legs may prove a step too far for Roma in their first appearance in the last four since they lost to Liverpool in the 1984 final. (afp)

MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

AC Milan’s Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso reacts during the Italian Serie A football match between AC Milan and Napoli at San Siro stadium in Milan on April 15, 2018.

games to play.

“Benevento were the joke of Italy and he (Vigorito) felt the pain of that,” said De Zerbi.

“This victory is very emotional, because it was a year of great mental and physical suffering.

“Winning at San Siro might not help us climb the table, but it will remain in the history of Benevento. “It’s a wonderful evening, for all we suffered through this season, and I’ll never forget it.

“There are so many reasons why we failed to pick up points earlier, from banal errors to the fact we brought in so many important players in January.

“I will always regret not being able to work with this team from the start of the season,” he added.

De Zerbi was hired to replace Marco Baroni in late October, but after setting a European record by losing 14 Serie A games in a row, Benevento did not get their first point in Serie A until the draw against Milan on December 3.(afp)

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Iniesta says ‘emotional’ final may be his last for Barca

Andres Iniesta hinted he may have played his last final for Barcelona after they crushed Sevilla 5-0 to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday. Barcelona captain Iniesta said he would reveal his future plans “this week” as the 33-year-old weighs up an offer from China that would take him away from his boyhood club.

There was no sign of age catching up with the Spaniard at the Wanda Metropolitano where Iniesta capped a sublime performance by scoring Barca’s fourth goal.

He looked tearful as he departed to a standing ovation in the second half, from some Sevilla fans too, before hoisting the Copa del Rey trophy aloft.

“This week I will make my decision public but we will always have days like today,” Iniesta said.

Asked if this was his last final with Barcelona, Iniesta added: “It’s a possibility. In a few days I’ll make it public and nothing more. Today is a very special and emotional day.”

The top sponsor of China club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan told the state-run Xinhua news agency Saturday he was “positive” they would sign Iniesta, who had earlier this year also been linked with fellow Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Quanjian.

“I will say what the decision is this week,”

said Iniesta. “I think it’s a little clear but we will see.”

Lionel Messi scored in between a first-half double for Luis Suarez as Barcelona ran riot to secure their fourth Copa del Rey triumph in as many years. Philippe Coutinho converted a late penalty to make it 5-0.

people’s mouths. It is a day of many emotions and I am very happy.”

Barca defender Jordi Alba said: “It has been and is a pleasure to share a changing room with him today, he is number one in his position and

Gattuso’s ‘incredible shame’ after another Benevento shocker

as person.

“The decision that he takes should be respected because he deserves it. But the day Iniesta leaves is the day we will all cry. We will miss him.” (afp)

- Individual brilliance -

But Iniesta was the man of the moment, his fourth goal a moment of individual brilliance after a superb shimmy left Sevilla goalkeeper David Soria helpless to save the finish.

“Today he played a match as such a high level, it seemed that he was 25 years old,” Sevilla coach Vincenzo Montella said. “It would be difficult to find another player to replace him.”

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said: “When I was a player I would have given my right arm to do what he and Messi do. It’s a stroke of good luck to have him.”

This was the sixth time Iniesta has won the Copa del Rey, adding another trophy to a remarkable collection that already includes eight La Liga titles, three Champions League crowns and a World Cup. He will win a ninth La Liga title if Barcelona beat Deportivo La Coruna next weekend.

“It was a great night in all ways, on a collective and personal level,” Iniesta said. “We will try to add the League to leave a good taste in

Gennaro Gattuso revealed his “incredible shame” after Saturday’s humiliating 1-0 defeat to Benevento at the San Siro saw AC Milan become the first team to fail to beat the tailenders this season.

Pietro Iemmello’s 29th minute strike earned the club from outside Naples a first ever away victory in Serie A, delaying their probable demotion after just one season in the top flight.

It was a double blow for Gattuso whose first game as Milan coach last December had ended in a 2-2 draw at Benevento

when goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scored an injury-time equaliser.

Milan have now gone five games without a win with their Europa League hopes threatened.

“I told the lads that I feel an incredible shame. We have written a page that is not very beautiful in the history of Milan,” said an angry Gattuso. “Several players were embarrassing.”

The 40-year-old former Italy and Milan midfielder ordered everyone back training at Milanello on Sunday. “I take responsibility,” he insisted.

“When you play against a team like Benevento, who play good football even if they are bottom of the table, you can’t play without determination or soul.

“We don’t even need the opponents to do anything extraordinary to beat us. We basically tickle the opposition, we don’t hurt them.” Franck Kessie came closest to an equaliser on the hour mark when he rattled the crossbar, with Patrick Cutrone also heading wide on 74 minutes.

Benevento’s top scorer Cheick Diabate came on in place of Iem-

much as they become the latest side to face the gauntlet of Anfield on a European night in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, first leg as Salah has blossomed into a goalscoring machine very few saw coming at the start of the season.

Lindsey PARNABY / AFP

Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (R) scores their second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool at The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, central England, on April 21, 2018.

mello after an hour but was sent off ten minutes before the end for two yellow cards.

But still Milan could not take advantage of their extra man, becoming the first team to fail to beat Benevento this season.

Already out of Champions League contention, sixth-placed Milan’s Europa League berth is now under threat with Atalanta two points behind before playing Torino on Sunday. “We have to apologise to the fans. We are ashamed of this game, but we must not let ourselves be overcome with despair,” said Milan sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli.

- ‘The joke of Italy’ -

Benevento club president Oreste Vigorito wept with joy in the stands at the San Siro after a fifth win of the campaign and first away. However, coach Roberto De Zerbi said he regretted that the team were just beginning to show their true worth as they are 12 points from safety with five

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Spain’s king Felipe VI looks at Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta kissing the trophy after the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) final football match Sevilla FC against FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on April 21, 2018. Barcelona won 5-0.

Central role lets Salah take centre-stage at Liverpool

Roma know the threat posed

by Mohamed Salah more than most having sold the free-scoring Egyptian to Liverpool for an initial 42 million euros (£37 million, $52 million) just 10 months ago.

But that may not help the Italians

Salah’s then club record price tag was questioned at the time of the deal coming just two years after he failed to make an impression in the Premier League with Chelsea.

Now, though, it looks like an incredible bargain as Salah has netted 41 goals in 46 games to take Liverpool back to the last four of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time in a decade.

“It wasn’t like a lot of other teams than Liverpool were banging down the door,” Roma’s American coowner James Pallotta told the BBC’s World Football programme.

“I think today a lot of teams are kicking themselves in the head that they didn’t take a closer look at him.”

In a nomadic career since moving to Europe as a 19-year-old, Salah was known for his pace and dribbling ability in spells at Basel and Fiorentina either side of a short time at Chelsea before moving to Roma.

However, the capability he has shown time and again this season to keep a cool head in front of goal used to so often fail him.

Most famously of all, Salah missed a series of one-on-ones with Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas as Roma bowed of the Champions League at the last 16 to the side that would go onto win the competition in 2016.

- Masterful Klopp -

“In Roma he was amazing. Every game he created a lot of chances, but sometimes missed,” said Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who suffered from Salah’s new found confidence in front of goal as he scored in each leg of Liverpool’s 5-1 aggregate thrashing of the Premier League champions in the quarter-finals.

“This season I think the way Jurgen Klopp wants to play is perfect for him. I think Jurgen is a master to buy players with what he really needs for the way he wants to play.”

Pallotta agrees that Klopp’s system of a fluid front three also including Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane is what has brought the best out of Salah, who had to feed off the target man figure of Edin Dzeko at Roma.

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“He’s obviously had an incredible year. I think the coach there has clearly figured out how best to utilise him, using him in a different position I would say to Roma because you’ve got Dzeko in the middle.”

Despite Liverpool’s heroics against City in the last eight, they were upstaged by Roma for performance of the round.

The Serie A side overturned a 4-1 first leg deficit to beat Barcelona on away goals by shutting out Lionel Messi and a former Liverpool favourite Luis Suarez in a famous 3-0 second leg win.

However, a record of losing their last three Champions League games on the road -- conceding eight goals in the process -- doesn’t bode well ahead of a visit to fortress Anfield.

Salah matched Suarez’s Premier League record of 31 goals in a single campaign on Saturday and stopping their former team-mate over two legs may prove a step too far for Roma in their first appearance in the last four since they lost to Liverpool in the 1984 final. (afp)

MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

AC Milan’s Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso reacts during the Italian Serie A football match between AC Milan and Napoli at San Siro stadium in Milan on April 15, 2018.

games to play.

“Benevento were the joke of Italy and he (Vigorito) felt the pain of that,” said De Zerbi.

“This victory is very emotional, because it was a year of great mental and physical suffering.

“Winning at San Siro might not help us climb the table, but it will remain in the history of Benevento. “It’s a wonderful evening, for all we suffered through this season, and I’ll never forget it.

“There are so many reasons why we failed to pick up points earlier, from banal errors to the fact we brought in so many important players in January.

“I will always regret not being able to work with this team from the start of the season,” he added.

De Zerbi was hired to replace Marco Baroni in late October, but after setting a European record by losing 14 Serie A games in a row, Benevento did not get their first point in Serie A until the draw against Milan on December 3.(afp)

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Sakala Beach Club MANGUPURA - Mantra Sakala Resort and Beach Club offers all the perks of a luxurious beach resort in Tanjung Benoa, just north of Nusa Dua. As one of the signature venues of the five-star Mantra Sakala Resort & Beach Club, Sakala Beach Club boasts an absolute beachfront location and an infinity pool opening out to unobstructed views of the ocean. The club offers a full

menu and regularly hosts special events ranging from live DJs to fire dancers. Thanks to the kid-friendly pool and a generous kids’ menu, the club is also welcoming to families. The area is mainly known for its white sandy beaches and a wide variety of water sports.

Sakala Beach Club Bali is open for lunch and dinner and offers the choice of dining indoors in

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Fast-lane Sharapova gears up for Stuttgart return

its dining room, or alfresco by the pool. The menu ranges from poolside snacks to fine dining options and covers both international and local favourites, with prices for main dishes starting at IDR 140,000 (USD 10). Sakala Beach Club also hosts a weekly seafood barbeque. The restaurant has an extensive international wine list where prices per glass start at IDR 35,000 (UDS 2.50). (net)

STUTTGART - Maria Sharapova spent time prior to the start of the Stuttgart Grand Prix flinging a factory-fresh 700-horsepower Porsche 911 RT2 RS around a test track in Germany’s automobile capital.

For the five-time Grand Slam winner who turned 31 last week, the PR exercise with former F1 driver Mark Webber, alongside a photo shoot for a loyal sponsor, was a joy in comparison to last season.

After serving a 15-month drugs ban for use of the illegal heart medication meldonium, Sharapova’s return to the WTA circuit began in Stuttgart exactly a year ago.

She is back, coached for a second time by Swede Thomas Hogstedt after splitting in March with Sven Groeneveld, and begins in the first round against France’s Caroline Garcia.

Her 2017 Stuttgart comeback rekindled fond memories for the

Los Angeles-based Russian, who lifted the title three years in a row from 2012-2014.

It was a relative success despite ending in the semi-finals with a defeat by Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.

It marked the re-emergence of one of the most charismatic figures on the WTA, a winner whose star power was missed by many during her absence.

Yet the road to return has been far from smooth for Sharapova, who has suffered with a forearm injury as well as dealing with subdued hostility from some players, fans and even tournament directors.

Last year, the Russian was denied a French Open wild card and did not enter Wimbledon qualifying due to injury; her season highlight came when she won the Tianjin title in China after reaching the US Open fourth round.

“There are a lot of things that I need to get better at and improve on.

But looking at the overall picture, the overall beginning of this year... first thing is that I’m healthy,” she said at the Australian Open.

“I’m not starting from zero, there’s a lot to build from -- person-

ally that’s important for me.”

However the world number 42 has managed only nine matches in 2018 due to her arm problem.

“This is a process. It’s a lot of things that take time,” she added in January.

With her fitness still not up to standard, Sharapova lost in the first round of Doha in February, withdrew from Dubai and was sent out in the Indian Wells first round by eventual tournament winner Naomi Osaka of Japan.

But her Stuttgart return comes at a crucial time as she looks to play herself into form for the clay season and a tilt at adding to her 2012 and 2014 Roland Garros victories.

Others looking to kick-start their French Open preparations include fellow former world number one Angelique Kerber, Germany’s most recent golden girl who followed Sharapova’s title hat-trick by winning Stuttgart back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.

World number one Simona Halep heads the field ahead of Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, third seed Elina Svitolina and Roland Garros holder Jelena Ostapenko. (afp)

Gatlin wins his first 100m race of season

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LOS ANGELES - Reigning world champion Justin Gatlin clocked 10.05 seconds to win his season opening 100 metre race at the Grenada Invitational track meet on Saturday.

The 36-year-old American beat out runner-up Isiah Young, who finished in 10.11 seconds, while Mike Rodgers ran 10.17 as Americans swept all three podium spots at the Kirani James Stadium.

Gatlin missed competing in the inaugural Grenada meet last year because of an injury.

Gatlin, who was twice suspended for doping, upset the legendary Usain Bolt to claim the 100 metre title at the 2017 World Championships. Bolt took the bronze.

Last month, he competed at the Athletix Grand Prix in South Africa where he finished fourth in the 150 metres behind winner Anaso Jobodwana. (afp)

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Experts take samples from site of alleged Syria gas attack BEIRUT - Investigators from the global chemical arms watchdog collected samples Saturday from the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria two weeks ago, after security concerns delayed their probe.

Gruesome footage of the alleged toxic attack on April 7 in the town of Douma, just outside Damascus, horrified the world and prompted unprecedented Western strikes on Syrian military installations.

Just hours after the joint missile strikes, a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria to investigate the claims.

But they had been unable to access Douma itself, which fell from rebel hands into joint Syrian and Russian control after the suspected chemical attack.

United Nations security experts deployed to the town on Tuesday to check it was safe, but were forced

to pull out after an explosion went off and they were shot at.

Investigators finally collected evidence from the site for the first time on Saturday, the OPCW said.

“The samples collected will be transported to the OPCW Laboratory in Rijswijk and then dispatched for analysis to the OPCW’s designated labs,” the body said in a statement, adding it could plan another visit.

Russia’s foreign ministry had earlier announced the inspectors reached Douma after guarantees by Syria and its own forces, and said it expected them to carry out an “impartial investigation”.

Moscow, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, has said its own probe into the events in Douma found no traces of chemical use.

Assad’s government, too, has repeatedly denied using toxic weapons, and accused the West of “fabricating” the claim to justify bombing Syria. (afp)

LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

A United Nations vehicle is seen outside the hotel where the international experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus on April 19, 2018.

RASHES, HAIR FALL AND CONTAMINATION ...

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Channel NewsAsia took a rubber raft down Citarum River, starting at the 20km mark. There was a sign which had been put up

by Greenpeace, warning members of the public to beware of a toxic waste dumping hole.

The team witnessed an inky, foul-smelling, black liquid being

released into the river’s muddy waters - the liquid never diluting.

Floating through the river’s course, we saw trash interspersed with shrubbery and twigs in a few locations, accompanied by debris, foam and smelly dumping sites.

We also saw tens of people

who live on the banks of the Citarum, using its water for their daily activities.

People were using water from the river to wash their clothes.

Others were fishing, despite knowing that the fish they eat will likely have been exposed to toxic waste. (afp)

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Amorous couples, sex workers whipped in Indonesia’s Aceh

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Iranian soldiers march during a parade on the occasion of the country’s annual army day on April 18, 2018 in Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani said during the parade that Iran “does not intend any aggression” against its neighbours but will continue to produce all the weapons it needs for its defence.

A group of amorous couples and accused sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh Friday, just a week after the province pledged to move the widely condemned practice indoors.

More than a thousand people, including dozens of tourists from neighbouring Malaysia, jeered and screamed abuse at the group of three men and five women as they were flogged on a stage outside a mosque in the capital Banda Aceh.

Some snapped pictures as a hooded figure rained down lashes from a rattan cane on their backs, with each getting between 11 and 22 strokes. The couples were whipped for showing affection in public, while two of the women were suspected sex workers, of-

ficials said.

Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslimmajority country that imposes Islamic law.

Flogging is a common punishment for a range of offences -- from gambling, to drinking alcohol to having gay sex or relations outside of marriage. The conservative region on the northern tip of Sumatra island passed a regulation a week ago that would see criminals whipped only behind prison walls.

It was not clear when the new rule would come into effect. The move was in response to a wave of international criticism over the practice, which has included flogging members of the vulnerable LGBT community and, in some cases, non-Muslims. (afp) Amanda JUFRIAN / AFP

Iran threatens to ‘vigorously’ resume enrichment if US quits deal

NEW YORK - Iran warned Saturday it is ready to “vigorously” resume nuclear enrichment if the United States ditches the 2015 nuclear deal, and said further “drastic measures” are being considered in response to a US exit.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in New York that Iran is not seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb, but that its “probable” response to a US withdrawal would be to restart production of enriched uranium -- a key bomb-making ingredient.

“America never should have feared Iran producing a nuclear bomb, but we will pursue vigorously our nuclear enrichment,” added Zarif, who is in the United States to attend a UN meeting on sustaining peace.

US President Donald Trump has set a May 12 deadline for the Europeans to “fix” the 2015 agreement that provides for curbs to Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from financial sanctions.

Zarif’s comments marked a further hardening of rhetoric following a warning earlier this month from

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Washington would “regret” withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and that Iran would respond within a week if it did.

The fate of the Iran deal will be a key issue during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Washington beginning Monday, followed by talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington on Friday.

Zarif said the European leaders must press Trump to stick to the deal if the United States “intends to maintain any credibility in the international community” and to abide by it, “rather than demand more.”

The foreign minister also warned against offering any concessions to Trump.

“To try to appease the president, I think, would be an exercise in futility,” he said.

European leaders are hoping to persuade Trump to save the deal if they, in turn, agree to press Iran to enter into agreement on missile tests and moderating its regional influence in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. (afp)

An Indonesian soldier helps a group of Rohingya refugees to a temporary shelter after landing in Aceh province on Sumatra island on April 20, 2018, just weeks after dozens of the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar came ashore in neighbouring Malaysia. About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia on April 20, officials said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come ashore in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.

Dozens of Rohingya come ashore in Indonesia

About 80 Rohingya in a wooden boat arrived in Indonesia Friday, officials said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come ashore in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.

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A model poses next to a Husqvarna motorcycle during the 2018 Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta on April 21, 2018.

The group landed in Aceh province on Sumatra island, just weeks after dozens of the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar came ashore in neighbouring Malaysia.

All appeared to be in good condition, according to local police chief Riza Yulianto, who added that it was not clear how long they had been at sea. “Thank God they’re all healthy even though a few are just children,” he told AFP. “We have given them food and we are thoroughly checking their health one by one.” It has been rare for Rohingya migrants to attempt the sea routes south since Thai authorities clamped down on regional trafficking networks in 2015, sparking a crisis across Southeast Asia as large numbers were abandoned at sea.

But there have been concerns desperate migrants might start taking to the high seas again after mainly

Buddhist Myanmar launched a new crackdown last year that forced about 700,000 members of the Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh.

This month, a group including two Rohingya men, aged 28 and 33, a 20-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and an eight-year old boy were spotted in a small boat off the coast of southern Thailand and Myanmar, some 325 kilometres (176 miles) from Aceh.

Local Indonesian fishermen took them back to Aceh where they were later taken into custody by immigration officials.

The group said they had been travelling with two dozen other Rohingya but got separated and were stranded at sea for about 20 days.

They had gotten lost with five others who later starved to death and their bodies were thrown overboard, officials said at the time.

In 2015, hundreds of Rohingya came ashore in Aceh, where they were welcomed in the staunchly conservative Islamic province.

Indonesia tends to accept asylum seekers but they are usually barred from working and often spend years in immigration centres. (afp)

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When Miss Universe 2015 Reunited at Ujung Water Palace

Turkey’s heated economy: trigger and key factor in snap polls

Turkey’s economy, the fastest growing in the G20 but haunted by an uncertain longterm outlook, is key to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to call snap polls and will also be decisive for the outcome.

Turkey recorded stellar growth of 7.4 percent in 2017 but the data has failed to douse fears over the underlying health of the economy which is marked by double-digit inflation, a wide current account deficit, a weak currency and high corporate debt.

The economy has generally been a trump card for Erdogan in his 15 years in power, with the Turkish strongman crediting himself with rescuing the country from the chaos that brought it to near financial meltdown in the 2000-2001 crisis.

By bringing the polls forward one-and-a-half-years to June 24, Erdogan wants to snare another five years in power with the economy at its peak before any downturn sets in, analysts say.

And with both unemployment and inflation at over 10 percent, Turkey’s opposition will also be looking to capitalise on nascent economic discontent at the polls.

“There was no way to sustain this pace (of growth) until November 2019,” Atilla Yesilada, country advisor at Global Source Partners in Istanbul told AFP, adding that the economy was “going too fast for its own good.”

Tanah Lot Holds Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018

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Operations management of Tanah Lot attraction will organize an Art & Culture Weekend Event on April 20 – 22, 2018. Featuring the theme ‘Harmonization of the Art and Culture in Modern Visualization,’ this new event will highlight three main contents namely the Art and Culture, After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) and Coffee Festival.

- ‘Vulnerabilities building’ No visitor to Istanbul or other major Turkish cities can miss the frenetic pace of construction activity, with buildings being restored and built from scratch at every street corner.

The government is pursuing massive new infrastructure proj-

ects, from a giant new Istanbul airport due to open later this year to a Suez-style shipping canal parallel to the Bosphorus.

But markets have been troubled by reports that two major Turkish companies are seeking debt restructuring, in a sign ambitions may have been stretched too far.

Dogus Group, whose interests range from Garanti Bank to the meat restaurants of a famous Turkish butcher known as Salt Bae, and Yildiz Holding, the owner of the Godiva and McVitie’s confectionary brands, have asked banks for a restructuring of billions of dollars in debts, reports have said.

“The economic data have all been very strong, so far. But it’s clear that this is causing vulnerabilities to build,” said William Jackson, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics in London.

He told AFP that of particular concern was the double digit inflation and the widening of the current

account deficit, a measure of how much Turkey is borrowing from abroad.

Charles Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital, argued that the problems in Turkey’s economy were not acute enough to cause Erdogan problems at the elections.

“Unemployment remains at an acceptable level and as so many Turks keep some savings in foreign currency even lira weakness is not that painful for the middle classes,” he told AFP. - ‘Previous rallies short lived’ The Turkish lira had lost almost 10 percent of its value against the US dollar since the start of the year ahead of Erdogan’s election announcement, making it one of the worst performing emerging market currencies in the world.

But his ending of uncertainty on snap polls -- the subject of speculation for months -- gave the lira one of its strongest rallies in recent times on Wednesday and it has

since kept most of its gains.

Jackson of Capital Economics said he was “not sure this can be sustained”, given the size of the current account deficit which leaves Turkey dependent on foreign capital inflows that could slow and pressure the currency.

Previous rallies of the currency when uncertainty was lifted “were short lived and the broad trend for the lira has been down”, he said.

Up until 2013 there were fewer than 2 lira to the dollar but ahead of Erdogan’s announcement it topped 4 to the dollar for the first time.

Keenly watched will be a meeting of Turkey’s central bank on Wednesday, with the nominally independent institution under relentless pressure from Erdogan to cut rates to boost growth but markets wanting a tighter policy to douse down inflation.

“For the rally to get legs, the central bank should hike rates –but Erdogan is an obstacle to this,” said Robertson. (afp)

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The event combining the ideas, imagination, experience, interactivity and initiative will rely on cultural attraction supported by digital multimedia effects that will feature modern visualizations. “The threeday event is a collaboration that has never existed before,” said Operations Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana.

Toya Adnyana said that Tanah Lot Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018 also serves as one of promotion efforts to put Tanah Lot as The World’s Most Iconic Place.

Tanah Lot Art & Culture Weekend Event 2018 will present three main contents namely the Art & Culture, After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) and Coffee Festival.

The Art & Culture will present performing arts on the main stage, such as Contemporary Cak show, national singers like Tika Pagraky, Gita Semara flute gamelan, Joged Bumbung, and the show by customary villages across Kediri subdistrict packed with Balinese artistic harmony concept and modern visual including interactive multimedia, lighting and audio

games.

Meanwhile, the After Sunset Illuminated Garden (Light Garden) will feature Meteoric Gate, Holoscreen Fauna, Cosmic Tree, Fog Machine, Outline Tree, Tree Video Mapping, Glow in the Dark, Light Tree and Batu Bolong View.

All the shows will be packaged in Video Projection format — a visual artwork in the form of optical illusion using lighting and projection techniques that display digital video graphics to an object or a particular field. Thus, they transform their initial shape into a different and fantastic new form.

Coffee Festival will serve a variety of coffee by some coffee producers in Tabanan district. They are BUMDes coached by local government such as Celepuk Coffee of Jatiluwih, Sri Sedana of Munduk Temu, Batu Sari of Batungsel, Tugu Sari of Pajahan, and BUMDes Pujungan. Coffee serving is offered in paid and free product.

Toya Adnyana said the Art & Culture Weekend Event is a promotional program in the restoration of tourism as well as increasing tourist visits to Tanah Lot. Besides,

it is meant to introduce the art and culture of the region in collaboration with modern visualization. In addition, it serves as promotional program to place Tanah Lot as The World’s Most Iconic Place as well as to promote typical cuisines of Tabanan as a sustainable tourism companion.

He added that Tanah Lot is one of the main tourist destinations in Tabanan district. The beauty of the coastal scenery and mystical charm of Tanah Lot Temple has placed this as a tourist attraction with the highest number of visits in Bali.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, the number of visits has exceeded 3 million visitors.

However, in 2017 the number of visits decreased by 0.78 percent when compared to tourist visit in 2016. This happened due to the influence of the Mount Agung eruption which impacted on the closing of the airport and cancellation of several flights flying to Bali. “It is recognizing the existing conditions and as one of the measures for the recovery of Bali tourism in general and Tabanan in particular,” he concluded. (kmb)

Karangasem tourism has gradually revived. Foreign tourists return to make a visit. Of course, this cannot be separated from the efforts of the district government of Karangasem to continuously promote the region. After the eruption of Mount Agung, the effort to bring in tourists to the eastern tip of the Bali Island is even more massive. Government cooperation with the private sector continues to be encouraged.

As the result, Karangasem has returned to be visited by foreign tourists. Moreover, Regent Mas Sumatri managed to attract ‘elite’ tourists. They are alumni of Miss Universe 2015 contestants. The most beautiful women in 14 countries chose Ujung Water Palace as their reunion venue.

Led by Puteri Indonesia 2015 beauty pageant, Anindya Putri, the contestant group of the world’s queen from 14 countries held a number of activities. On the first day, Friday afternoon (Apr.13) until evening, they held an interview session with media crews. In the water park denoting one of the relics owned by Karangasem kingdom, they were welcomed by Regent Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, with the ranks of regional agencies.

There were also A.A. Made Dewandra Jelantik from Karangasem Palace, tourism players and sponsors. Coming through the Kapal Pavilion on the west side of the park, the group was greeted by selonding and gender gamelan music from Subagan.

“Personally, I am amazed with the positive aura generated by this venue (in Ujung Water Palace).

By making a reunion here, hopefully the Miss Universe alumni will invite their friends to visit this location,” said Anindya Putri.

Anindya – as she familiarly addressed – said the reunion plan has been scheduled since three months ago. Initially, the reunion was going to be held in Bandung, but was then transferred to Karangasem.

She acknowledged the selection of

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Karangasem as the venue becomes a proof of her love to the country.

By making Karangasem as the venue, she hoped to restore international confidence that Bali and Karangasem in particular is safe and comfortable to be visited.

The alumni of the Miss Universe 2015 consists of Tonie from Caymand Island, Toria (Bahamas), Anna (Ukraine), Francesca (Ecuador), Lisa (Singapore), Daniela (Nicaragua), Idubina (El Salvador), Cynthia (Lebanon), Joanna (Ireland), Nena (United Kingdom), Vanessa (Malaysia), PHB (Vietnam) and Janet (Georgia). On the second day, they have yoga class at Ujung Water Palace before visiting other attractions.

Karangasem is very lucky to get a visit from the alumni of Miss Universe. Of course, this will bring in a positive impact on the tourism industry. In addition, various sponsors are involved. Accommodation at Hotel Candi Beach Candidasa is obtained from BMW Travel, transport from Blue Bird and Air Bali, welcome drink from Monarch Candidasa, clothes and kebaya from Uluwatu, man power from JCI Bali, outdoor from Lava and professional photo from Dewandra Photography. Especially the welcoming ceremony at Ujung, they were served with a variety of typical dishes of Karangasem including tipat cantok from Mariboga.

In front of the alumni of the Miss Universe, Regent Mas Sumatri introduced prominent tourist attraction and alternative tourist attractions in Karangasem such as Besakih Temple and Mount Agung area itself. According to her, the spiritual aura of the tourist objects makes Karangasem into ‘The Spirit of Bali.’ She also believed the arrival of Miss Universe contestants will restore public confidence in the tourism sector of Karangasem.

“Thank you, this is very important in post-eruption recovery efforts of the Mount Agung,” she said. (kmb)

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Pursuing the making of mask handicraft

GIANYAR — Doing art creativities have become a way of life to almost all residents of Gianyar. On average, local community can carve mask in particular. I Nyoman Cita, for instance, is a mask craftsman from Puaya hamlet, Batuan, Sukawati. His specialty is making sacred masks such as that of barong, rangda, sanctified effigies and mask of drama dance.

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I Nyoman Cita specialty is making sacred masks such as barong, rangda, sanctified effigies and mask of drama dance.

His expertise to make sacred mask is handed down autodidactically by his father Jero Mangku Nyoman Jandra, 90. Moreover, since childhood he has often followed his parent to go around Bali when making masks. “Since junior high school, I have often joined my father to travel around Bali to make sacred mask,” he said when met on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Now, the man born on August 20, 1964 becomes the next generation. Moreover, the two sons of Nyoman Cita also automatically master the technique of making sacred masks. Both are now busy studying and pursuing their career.

No doubt, many mystical things are experienced by Nyoman Cita when making a sacred mask. Nevertheless, he believed that it is a blessing and a gift of the Almighty God. “Such mystical thing must exist because it works in the sacred realm,” he said.

When working on a sacred mask, he is never fixed with time. Making sacred masks should not be in a hurry. In addition, consulting the auspicious day to Brahmin priest is also important to start the work. “I do not want to do it haphazardly, but must follow each proper stage and process,” he explained.

Pursuing in the world of religious art does not make him stuck in a narrow space. Nyoman Cita had involved in political world as the youngest legislator in the Gianyar House of Representatives in the period 1992-1997. “I can combine the art and politics,” he explained.

However, he admitted that while becoming a people’s representative for five years, the art activities of the husband to Ni Wayan Arsini had delayed. As soon as the period ended, he decided to re-focus on continuing the ancestral heritage as a sacred mask craftsman. “It does not necessarily mean I do no longer want to, many people glance at me.

But I prefer to cool down first. Getting involved in politics does not have to be in charge. Until now, I am ready to be invited to have political discussion,” he said. (kmb35)

Aftermath of foreigner sitting on padmasana

PHRI Karangasem has Besakih OM evaluated

AMLAPURA - The incident of European tourist who climbed and sat down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple in the complex of Besakih Temple continues to result in reaction from various circles. After the customary village medium assembly (MMDP) of Karangasem, it is now the turn of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Karangasem. PHRI did not only ask the local customary village to make improvement, but also the Operations Management (OM) of Besakih must be evaluated.

Chairman of PHRI Karangasem, I Wayan Tama, said on Friday (Apr. 20) that discretion of foreign tourist to get in and out of Besakih Temple to the sitting on padmasana indicates there is something that needs improving from the performance of Besakih OM. Tama admitted to deeply regret such incident harassing Hinduism that can occur in Besakih Temple.

Moreover, it was at issue among the public coinciding with the moment when the Hindus held the Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. He wondered why Besakih managed by the management agency in the

form of Operations Management of Besakih missed such embarrassing incident. “Besakih OM should also take responsibility,” he said.

Such embarrassing moment occurred in December when the Mount Agung erupted. According to him, Besakih OM must explain why at that time the incident could happen. It must clarify what Besakih OM did when it occurred and how the foreigner could freely come into Besakih whereas it was in the warning alert status and all the accesses to Besakih Temple were closed. “If it happened in December, Besakih OM should give clarification. Explaine where the Besakih OM then, what it did and why foreigner could freely go in and out of the temple. So, it will not blame on one another,” he said.

Manager of Besakih OM, Mangku Ngawit, when contacted on Friday (Apr. 20) said his authority has done a thorough evaluation. However, he was reluctant to be blamed on related to this embarrassing incident. He asserted that according to Gubernatorial Regulation No. 51/2016, Besakih OM only has the authority in the matter of palemahan (territorial) and pawongan

(population) of Besakih customary village. On that basis, he claimed to continuously perform his tasks as usual, providing services and better security for pilgrims and tourists making a visit to Besakih.

“Related to the incidents of guests sitting down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple, it belongs to parhyangan (spiritual aspect) that legally does not belong to the domain of Besakih OM. This domain belongs to Besakih customary village handled by Jro Bendesa or chief of customary village,” said Mangku Ngawit.

Result of the meeting held by Besakih customary village and senior priest in Besakih Temple on Saturday (Apr. 21) decided to organize prayascita purificatory rite and apologetic bendu piduka ritual in Gelap Temple. Headman of Besakih, Jro Mangku Widiartha, also ensured the ritual to be held that morning.

Spokesperson of Besakih OM, Gusti Mangku Bagus Kariawan, added the operations management has coordinated with pecalang or security guard of customary village. The security guard at the entrance of Besakih Temple will

be tightened by the officers, either from pecalang or from security officer of Besakih OM. “Hopefully, with the existence of good synergy,

similar incidents will no longer happen in the future as it can disturb the sanctity of Besakih temple area,” he said. (kmb31)

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The incident of European tourist who climbed and sat down in padmasana shrine of Gelap Temple in the complex of Besakih Temple.

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Clashes at Madagascar opposition protest leave one dead, 17 wounded

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Protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in Budapest, Hungary, on April 21, 2018. Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Tens of thousands of Hungarians rally in new anti-Orban protest

BUDAPEST - Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The crowd, estimated at around 30,000 by a AFP photographer, marched through the city to a rally where speakers demanded a nonpartisan public media.

Campaigning hard against immigration, the 54-year-old Orban’s overwhelming victory April 8 saw his Fidesz party secure around half the vote.

But among criticisms regarding the fairness of the election, observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation said the campaign was marked by media bias.

As part of sweeping reforms since he came into power in 2010, Orban has turned the public media channels into what his critics call “government mouthpieces”.

Many of the demonstrators, most of whom were young, chanted “democracy” and brandished Hungarian and European Union flags.

An organiser, Viktor Gyetvai, 20, told AFP the protest “was not going to change the system overnight” but was aimed at sparking a “civil movement” to challenge Orban.

“These are first steps, a sign that there are many Hungarians who

want to live in a democracy, with independent institutions, and a free media,” said Gyetvai.

More demonstrations will be held in provincial cities in coming weeks, he said.

Last Saturday some 100,000 protestors held a protest in Budapest days after Orban’s win.

The victory handed Orban his third consecutive two-thirds parliamentary majority and a legislative free rein for the next four years.

Since then Orban has signalled an escalation of his long-running onslaught on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) linked to the liberal US billionaire George Soros.

Orban accuses the Hungarianborn 87-year-old of plotting to destroy Europe though mass immigration. A pro-Orban newspaper recently published a list of some 200 “Soros mercenaries” that included staff at NGOs, universities and investigative journalism websites.

A vote on a controversial “Stop Soros” package of bills targeting NGOs is likely to be among the first to pass through parliament after it convenes May 8.

The package apes similar laws in Russia and would slap taxes on foreign-funded NGOs that “support” illegal immigration.

Under the proposals, foreigners deemed to support asylum seekers could be stopped from entering Hungary, NGO staff face being barred from approaching border areas and organisations will undergo “security tests”.

Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) network said Friday it is considering moving its office from Budapest, possibly to Berlin, if the laws are approved. Organisers of Saturday’s opposition rally said the next demonstration would take place outside parliament May 8.

“This system is not democracy,” said the main speaker at the rally, Peter Marki-Zay, a former Fidesz voter who shot to nationwide prominence in February after winning a shock mayoral election against Orban’s party in a provincial city.

A united anti-Orban front should be built from scratch, said the 45year-old, as the existing opposition parties had failed to present a challenge to the powerful premier. (afp)

ANTANANARIVO - One person died and 17 others were injured Saturday in clashes between Madagascar’s security forces and thousands of opposition activists protesting against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year in the restive island nation.

Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana said in an address on state television that the country faced a “sad” day with the loss of a life during the demonstrations.

“According to the official report, there is one death and 17 wounded,” he said.

Earlier, Olivat Alison Aimee Rakoto, head of the public hospital HJRA in Antananarivo, had told AFP that they had attended to “17 wounded..., one of whom succumbed to his wounds”. He did not specify if the injured were protesters or police.

The premier said an investigation had been launched “to shed light on the cause of this death”.

“We must now get rid of our habits of looking for solutions through violence,” he said.

Authorities had earlier in the week declared the protest illegal but opposition activists defied the order and forged ahead with the demonstration, which saw thousands throng a public square outside city hall in the capital of Antananarivo.

Clashes erupted after police fired tear gas to try to disperse the protesters as the crowd grew and overwhelmed the security forces, occupying the square, an AFP reporter at the scene said.

Some of the demonstrators reacted by hurling rocks at the officers. The opposition has accused the government of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of wanting

to muzzle it through new electoral laws in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections due to be held in late November or December.

The opposition claims that three new laws, adopted earlier this month, favour the ruling party and put in place obstacles to the disadvantage of opponents.

Rajaonarimampianina is out of the country on official business, according to his office, which did not specify his location.

“The message to the president of the republic who is out of the country, is that it would be good that you remain where you are,” opposition lawmaker Hanitriniaina Razafimanantsoa said.

Elected in 2013, Rajaonarimampianina has not yet announced whether he will stand for re-election.

But two former heads of state have already mooted runs: Marc Ravalomanana, who was president from 2002 to 2009, and Andry Rajoelina, who removed him during a coup.

Both were barred from running in 2013 and their parties were behind Saturday’s protests.

The Indian Ocean island nation endured several years of turmoil after Ravalomanana was ousted as president in the 2009 coup that led to the withdrawal of foreign investment and donor money.

Ravalomanana was overthrown following an army mutiny that allowed Rajoelina -- then Antananarivo mayor -- to become the country’s unelected transition president until 2014.

Rajaonarimampianina’s arrival in power brought a temporary end to Madagascar’s long series of political crises. (afp)

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Police clash with protestors during a opposition demonstration against a draft electoral law adopted by Madagascar’s National Assembly on April 21, 2018 in Antananarivo.

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Travel guide to Costa Rica

WANAGIRI village, Sukasada sub-district in Buleleng is one of the buffer villages of Buyan-Tamblingan Nature Tourism Park (TWA).

Lately, the potential of nature tourism in this village keeps on growing and developing. This development appears with the willingness of villagers pioneering a tourism business offered to foreign and domestic tourists.

Rainforest Experience

Get close to nature and spend some time in one of the country’s eco-lodges. They are found throughout Costa Rica, many in lush jungle in the famous Osa Peninsula. Increasingly sophisticated with good food, stylish accommodation in wood cabins and the opportunity to experience nature first-hand, they allow visitors to make minimal impact without sacrificing creature comforts. Early morning tours let you see the rainforest and leisurely kayak tours take you past rich mangrove forests alive with snakes, crocodiles, monkeys galore, sloths, toucans and parrots.

Many offer activities including fishing, yoga and chocolate making. Using beans from the forest, the staff at one lodge, which is built on the site of a disused cocoa plantation, shows guests how to peel, roast and grind the cocoa before cooking with sugar to make a delicious chocolate paste which can be rolled or formed into lovely sweets. They taste best washed down with a cup of finest Costa Rican coffee.

Monteverde’s rare ecosystem is internationally famous as one of the most extensive cloud forests in Central America. At 5,900ft, this natural sanctuary has more than 2,500 different types of plants and animals, including 400 species of birds. Guided natural history walks take you through the Monteverde Reserve which is home to jaguars and pumas. There’s also a zip-line tour of the reserve where you look down on mammals such as the fuzzy martilla. But the best way to see the lush cloud forest and its inhabitants is by walking on hanging bridges which take you alongside the canopy of trees.

Surfs Up – Head to the Beach

The Pacific Coast has some beautiful beaches with conditions that offer some of the best surfing in this part of the world. Towns such as Nosara are packed with bright driftwood signs pointing to surf shacks and sunset bars. Beaches have an abandoned RobinsonCrusoe feel with rickety shelters constructed from wood and sticks with covers of dried palm leaves. There are some upmarket resorts in this part of the country with Hollywood celebrities spotted sipping cocktails and admiring the views.

Costa Rica also has a Caribbean coastline, which has a different atmosphere with a cultural mix of Afro Caribbean, Tico (the name Costa Ricans give themselves) and old hippy vibe. Puerto Viejo has recently become a hit with tourists and has stunning whitesand beaches, tropical vegetation and is close to parks including a Sloth sanctuary. (net)

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Wanagiri nature tourism keeps on growing

THOUGH it is not the world’s biggest country, Costa Rica has five percent of the world’s biodiversity, across four mountain ranges, 800 miles of coastline, 200 volcanic formations and hundreds of national parks, that are easy to get to from the capital, San Jose.

One day you could be climbing through cloud forest and the next be visiting an active volcano, and later taking time out relaxing on a pristine white beach or bathing in natural hot springs and living the cowboy life on a working ranch.

But most people head here to get close to wildlife, notably cuddly sloths, white faced capuchin monkeys, howler monkeys and hundreds of tropical birds including the gorgeous quetzal – called by some birdwatchers the most beautiful bird in the world.

Costa Rica prides itself on its green credentials and this, together with its peaceful democracy (it has had no army since 1948) and abundance of natural beauty has earned it the accolade of one of ‘the world’s happiest countries’.

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One of the selfie places is the Cinta waterfall in Wanagiri Peak, located not far from Wanagiri Hidden Hill.

Development of natural tourism in Wanagiri itself has been widely known. This has commenced since the trend of taking selfie through social media network.

Since then, the place of selfie rental in Wanagiri mushroomed. Moreover, the development has an impact on the development by utilizing private land having beautiful natural scenery.

One of the selfie places is the Cinta waterfall in Wanagiri Peak, located not far from Wanagiri Hidden Hill. This location is specially rented to take selfie. In addition, this place is also offered for couple looking for pre-wedding photo shooting. It is named Cinta (love) waterfall because in the middle there is a heartshaped mound flanked by two waterfall curves with a height of about 10 meters each. When visiting this place, tourists just need to pay admission ticket of IDR 15.000 to take unlimited selfie.

Operation Manager of Cinta Waterfall attraction, Ketut Ardika Yasa, recently said that the manage-

ment of this object started from the construction of Wanagiri Hidden Hill tourist attraction. After that, it was resumed with the development of Cinta waterfall tourist attraction to be enjoyed by the public. To support the natural conditions remaining pristine, Ardika built two giant bird nests made of rattan hung on a large tree branch. It is inspired by streaked weaver bird often perched on the trees. The bird’s nest can accommodate two adult visitors.

A visitor named Gusti Ayu Mas Rusita Putri said that after the first visit she was impressed with Cinta waterfall tourism. According to her, most waterfall attractions look ordinary, but in this location visitors can enjoy other rides along the journey to Cinta waterfall.

“I’m so impressed and it is different as there is a place like a giant bird’s nest to take selfie, so the atmosphere turns beautiful and impressive,” she said.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, always reminds the management of nature tourism to keep an eye on every ride built so as not to harm visitors. This is important because he sees that natural attractions in Wanagiri take advantage of natural materials such as bamboo, wood pieces or other materials. In addition, the location is also in the height to border with cliff. On that account, it must pay attention to visitors’ safety, so the development of nature tourism in the area can grow better and give a positive impact to the welfare of society itself. (mud)

To facilitate students with special needs

Badung has applied inclusion school

MANGUPURA — Badung district has prepared facility for students with special needs. Related to inclusion schools accommodating children with special needs, the subject matter is the same as that of public school. Moreover, the teacher is from general teacher giving the same treatment as normal children.

Nevertheless, the qualified students to be accepted at the school with special needs should not have too low IQ level. “The students are restricted, where their IQ should not be too low. If surpassing the qualification, they must be educated in the disabled schools,” said the Head of the Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, on Saturday (Apr. 21).

Later, said Widia Astika, it will need psychologist and then the infrastructure and facilities must also be adjusted. Currently, it has been indeed prepared in each subdistrict.

For the time being, the most students are at SDN 11 Jimbaran and

SDN 3 Sempidi elementary school.

“The most students are in South Kuta and Mengwi subdistrict, while other subdistricts are still unavailable,” he said.

Indeed it needs the addition of psychologist because they need a rather special handling. Currently, his agency has also conducted recruitment of psychologists to be placed in schools that implement inclusive schools.

Previously, the IKIP PGRI teachers’ college was also involved in the drafting of local regulations because they are educational institutions. “They are involved in the drafting of inclusive regulations,” he concluded.

Inclusive school has indeed been prepared in each sub-district.

If there are students with special needs, they will be referred to the school prepared. Recruitment of psychologists, of course, will be adjusted to the needs where they are needed and where to be placed. (kmb23)

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Badung district has prepared facility for students with special needs. Related to inclusion schools accommodating children with special needs.

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Celukan Bawang steam-fueled power plant becomes a dilemma

“Actually, the first Celukan Bawang power plant has been in the Regional General Electrical Power Plan (RUKD) in 2004.

Indeed it must have generator one because systematically Bali must be supported by several generators.

However, it does not to add more (the generator two—Ed),” said the observer of electricity, Prof.

Ida Ayu Dwi Giriantari, amid the public discussion on electricity problem in Bali in the office of the Bali House of Representatives on Friday (Apr. 20).

According to Giriantari, there is no reason to accept the construction of the second phase of power plant.

Moreover, the operation of coaledfired power plants is protested heavily by the international community. The emissions disposed of per day will raise the risk of another 10 years. In this case, future generations will be adversely affected by environmental pollution.

“It becomes a dilemma be for Bali. We provide the electricity in such a way is actually intended for tourism. However, tourism

will eventually die. Who wants to come to the small island with pollution?” explained this electrical engineering lecturer at the Udayana University.

She added that Bali and even Indonesia currently cannot rely on electricity completely from new renewable energy (EBT). It is in contrast to countries in Europe that are even ready to pay expensively for electricity from new renewable energy for the sake of environment. It happens because Europe has been established in terms of electricity so it is safe in terms of supply. Their citizens switch to renewable energy simply because they appreciate to the environment.

“In Indonesia, the new renewable energy cannot become the main supply. Technologically, it remains difficult if we rely solely on

the new renewable energy. It will be very high cost,” she explained.

On that account, Giriantari continued that possible solution for Bali’s future electricity supply is the Java-Bali Crossing (JBC). If the project has accomplished, there will be 1,000 MW of electricity coming into Bali from Java. “It’s the same as building other four generators similar to those in Celukan Bawang. Where should we put it?

In the corners of Bali, it is pity on our Bali Island,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI), Tulus Abadi, said the construction of steam-fueled power plants in Bali is not in line with the concept of Bali Clean and Green. Besides, it will bring in a negative campaign for tourism sector.

General Manager of PLN Bali Distribution, Nyoman Suwarjoni Astawa, said that Bali’s highest peak load is 862 MW. The current power supply amounts to 1,200 MW. When talking about the potential of new renewable energy generator, the highest electricity produced is 300 MW by three solar power plants (PLTS). Thus, each solar power plant in Negara, Amlapura and Kubu produces 100 MW only. Meanwhile, the other new renewable energy power plants, such as the micro-hydro power plant (PLTM) averagely generates electricity of not more than 10 MW, wind power plant (PLTB) in Nusa Penida only produces 20 MW, and geothermal power plant (PLTP) in Bedugul produces 65 MW. (kmb32)

Bali’s exports garments up 20.83 percent

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Visitors see Balinese cloths in Bali Small and Medium Industry / Small and Medium Enterprises and Creative Industries Expo in Denpasar.

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports of non knitted garments rose 20.83 percent in value to US$7.48 million in February 2018 from US$6.19 million in January the same year.

“The export value also rose but slightly by 2.65 percent from US$7.29 million in the same

Monday, April 23, 2018

Flamingo Charity Race, the biggest floaties race in Bali!

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DENPASAR - Electricity in Bali is currently in oversupply condition. But in the future, the need for electricity will continue to increase especially to support the growth of tourism.

However, this is not an acceptable reason to build the secondgeneration power plant at the steam-fueled power plant Celukan Bawang (PLTU).

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months in 2017,” head of the Bali Central Bureau of Statistics Adi Nugroho said here on Thursday.

Adi said the exports of manually produced garments by cottage industries contributed 16.55 percent to the province’s total export earning of US$45.26 million in

February this year.

Bali’s export earning dropped 8.93 percent from US$49.7 million in January, 2018, but rose 0.25 percent year-on-year. The province exports garments mainly to Australia, Hong Kong, Europe, Japan and China. (ant)

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On Saturday, March 31st 2018, along with the vibe of the Easter weekend, Hard Rock Hotel Bali celebrated the festive period with their inaugural Flamingo Charity Race.

The event was held around the hotel’s Sand Island, and in the largest free-form pool in Bali. The event was hosted by Hard Rock Hotel Bali in collaboration with Yayasan Solemen Indonesia to raise funds for their outreach medical program that stretches to all regional areas across Bali. Yayasan Solemen Indonesia, is an Indonesian registered non-profit foundation, formed in October 2010 to raise awareness and provide funds to support accredited agencies and projects for the disadvantaged in Bali.

The core value of this event was not only to add more fun to the hotel’s packed Easter activities schedule, but also continue with the brands commitment to the local community best represented in Hard Rock’s motto “Take Time to Be Kind”. “Really pleased with the turn out today given this is the first of what we hope to be a regular event. More importantly it’s terrific to raise some much needed funds for Solemen, and particularly some really

sick children in Bali” said Shane Coates, General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

More than IDR 50,000,000 raised through the event that consisted of 3 race categories - Team, Family, and Solo kids races. This event was supported by 7 main sponsors, 10 raffles sponsors, and 20 supporting tenants for market stands.

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Monday, April 23, 2018

Citarum River, one of the most polluted in the world

Picture taken on May 30, 2015 shows Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer Avicii (Tim Bergling) performing at the Summerburst music festival at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

It was confirmed Avicii died on April 20, 2018 in Muscat, Oman.

MAJALAYA - It’s been called the world’s most polluted river by the World Bank. Murky, dense and dirty-brown – the water that runs through Citarum River in Indonesia’s West Java is toxic.

Avicii death a coming-of-age in electronic music boom

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NEW YORK - Rock ‘n’ roll had Buddy Holly, the psychedelic era had Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and grunge had Kurt Cobain. Now electronic dance music has Avicii.

the London Evening Standard. “It’s important that it keeps changing so it doesn’t become a fad.”

The Swedish DJ’s death Friday at age 28 marks a symbolic coming-ofage for a genre that remains resolutely youthful, with the first electronic superstar to die near his prime.

Avicii, the stage name of Tim Bergling, was not a first-out-the-door pioneer of electronic dance music -or EDM -- a scene that has exploded since the turn of the century and last year was worth $7.4 billion, according to a study by the industry’s International Music Summit in Ibiza.

But Avicii both showed the mainstream possibilities of EDM -- and, by the end of his short life, had already become a sage elder who cautioned about the artistic and commercial overreach of the music.

Avicii came to define the new age of radio-friendly EDM in 2011 with “Levels,” which entered the top 10 across Europe with its sample of soul great Etta James in between syn-

- ‘Stay forever this young’ “Wake Me Up” may now be remembered for more than the banjo twist. The track, featuring singer Aloe Blacc, reflects on aging with the line, “I wish I could stay forever this young.”

Like other musicians who died with so many years ahead of them, Avicii looks destined to be remembered with an aura of tragedy. He retired from touring in 2016 as he suffered health problems including acute pancreatitis, triggered in part by excessive drinking.

Avicii, who acknowledged his problems in the sole lyric to the song “Alcoholic,” died while on vacation in Oman. The cause remained unclear, although police sources in the Gulf sultanate did not suspect foul play.

The electronic music world has been struck by few other deaths.

thesizer riffs that soar with stadiumpacking power.

Non-clubbers also heard EDM’s energy when Avicii teamed up with rockers Coldplay on “Sky Full of Stars,” with Chris Martin’s voice giving way to fast-building, synthesized ecstasy. But perhaps his most influential moment came in 2013 when he headlined the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. A year after he invited Madonna as a surprise stage guest, Avicii befuddled a crowd of ravers by bringing out a bluegrass band with a banjo for his soon-to-behit “Wake Me Up.” In an interview shortly afterward, Avicii warned that EDM was moving too quickly into a sound too hard and unmelodious, saying that audiences would soon tire of it.

“Since it got so big in America the past couple of years, dance music is taking over everywhere,” Avicii told

House music forerunner Frankie Knuckles and New York party organizer David Mancuso have both died in recent years, but both were considerably older.

Avicii’s death puts him nearly in the so-called 27 club -- celebrated musicians who have died at age 27 including Cobain, Hendrix, Joplin, Jim Morrison, soul singer Amy Winehouse and Rolling Stone Brian Jones.

Avicii -- a stage name derived from the Sanskrit for the deepest stage of hell, the inverse of Cobain’s Nirvana -- had spoken of being an introvert who was never comfortable with the hard-partying lifestyle of a DJ, for whom alcohol was always available and usually free.

- EDM ‘oversaturated’? But could his death also amount to a turning point for EDM? Late in his life, he appeared to think the scene was on a wane.

“EDM started getting oversaturated four, five, six years ago, when

Yet, the river supports around 28 million people who rely on it for daily activities such as cooking, bathing and laundry.

Spanning nearly 300km, it is the longest river in Indonesia’s most populous province. It also supplies the provincial capital of Bandung as well as the country’s capital Jakarta with piped water.

The water is used to sustain fish

farms, irrigate 400,000 hectares of paddy fields and fill reservoirs that generate about two gigawatts of hydropower, making it one of Indonesia’s most strategic river basins.

But for the people who live along the polluted river, it is not just the environmental impact that worries them, health problems have affected children and

families. The riverside town of Majalaya is located about 170km from Jakarta, and less than 50km away from the source of Citarum River in the sub-district of Kertasari.

Called “dollar city” in its heyday, Majalaya was able to supply up to 40 per cent of Indonesia’s textile needs, making it a major centre for Indonesia’s textile industry. And it is those textile factories which are among the worst polluters of the Citarum.

Elements of the Environment (ELINGAN), a local NGO, esti-

mates that around 1,500 factories dump about 280 tonnes of toxic waste per day into Citarium River.

It is not uncommon to see the water turn from murky brown to black, sometimes even red and blue from chemical colouring, before returning to brown again further downstream.

“Why are these industries dumping toxic waste?” said Deni Riswandani, an activist from ELINGAN. “According to the regulations for operating industries, it is mandatory for every industry to run a

wastewater treatment plant. But the fact is, many industries bypass this and do not dispose of their waste through a wastewater treatment plant but instead, they dump it straight into the river.”

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money became everything. From that point, I started mentally not wanting to associate myself with EDM,” he told Rolling Stone magazine in September.

After retreating to the studio, he last year released an EP whose singles included “Lonely Together” featuring singer Rita Ora -- Avicii’s soundscape accentuating a tight pop song with none of the booming synthesizers of EDM anthems.

But there are limited signs of an imminent bubble in EDM. Calvin Harris, the top-paid DJ, earned $48.5 million last year, according to an estimate by Forbes, and the rise of streaming subscriptions has helped bolster the industry’s overall earnings.

Kygo, another leading DJ, closed his set Friday at the Coachella festival in California with a tribute to Avicii, to whom he credited his decision to pursue electronic music.

“I know he’s inspired millions of other producers out there,” Kygo said. (afp)

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This picture taken on April 20, 2018 shows an Indonesian worker collecting and burning rubbish along the banks of the Citarum river, dubbed the “world’s dirtiest river”, near the city of Bandung in West Java. Now faced with a health emergency after decades of failed clean-up efforts, Jakarta is stepping in with a seemingly impossible goal: make the Citarum’s water drinkable by 2025.