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Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel has `rigorous ethical’ programme, retailer says

MUMBAI - Ivy Park, the sportswear brand that is a joint venture between singer Beyonce and Topshop tycoon Philip Green, has defended itself against a Sun newspaper report that says its supplier in Sri Lanka uses “sweatshop slaves” to produce the clothing.

Workers making some of the clothes at MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka earn just 4.30 pounds ($6.30) a day, the tabloid reported on Sunday. Most of the “poverty-stricken seamstresses” are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs, it said.

“Ivy Park has a rigorous ethical trading programme. We are proud of our sustained efforts in terms of factory inspections and audits, and our teams worldwide work very closely with our suppliers and their

factories to ensure compliance,” Ivy Park said in a statement emailed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“We expect our suppliers to meet our code of conduct and we support them in achieving these requirements,” it said.

South Asian garment manufacturers have come under increasing scrutiny since the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh in 2013, in which more than 1,100 factory workers died.

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Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday, May 20, 2016, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The wages that the Sun reports are paid to Topshop’s Sri Lankan factory workers are well above the minimum wage in South Asia, where minimum salaries in the garment industry range from $68 a month in Bangladesh to $71 in Sri Lanka and $120 in Pakistan, according to the World Bank.

Working conditions in Sri Lanka’s garment industry, which is largely organised, are “generally better” than in the rest of South Asia, the World Bank said in a report last month. Sri Lanka’s garment exports, which are worth about $4.4 billion a year, are largely “higher-value, niche products”, made by workers who are better educated and more skilled than their peers in the region, the report said.

However, while companies generally comply with the minimum-wage levels set by governments in Asia, these wages “fall far below a wage a person could live on”, according to lobby group Clean Clothes Campaign. It estimates that in Sri Lanka the minimum monthly wage is about a fifth of the country’s living wage.

Annanya Bhattacharjee of the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) said the garment workers in Sri Lanka were probably working longer than eight-hour days and not being paid overtime.

“They often don’t have the option of saying ‘no’ as they may lose their jobs if they do, and also because of economic coercion. So this is a form of forced labour; they’re bound to the employer,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. (rtr)

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Young generation prone to be infiltrated with drugs

TABANAN - High number of drug cases makes the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) prioritize two districts in Bali for the establishment of the District National Narcotics Agency (BNNK) in 2017.

One of them is in the Tabanan District.

Chief of the Tabanan Police Narcotic Investigation Unit, I Made Maha Atmaja, said that narcotics generally circulate among the youth. It is based on the fact that the majority of narcotic consumers secured by police consist of young people and groups of employees. “Generally, those having got income are often targeted by traffickers,” he said.

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Relatives of the Christian victims of the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 attend an absentee funeral mass at the main Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, May 22, 2016.

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Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic end for EgyptAir plane

CAIRO — Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as alarms on the Airbus 320 screeched one after another.

Officials caution it’s still too early to say what happened to the aircraft — France’s foreign minister said Saturday that “all the hypotheses are being examined” — but mounting evidence points to a sudden, dramatic catastrophe that led to its crash into the eastern Mediterranean early Thursday.

The Egyptian military on Saturday released the first images of aircraft debris plucked from the sea, including personal items and

damaged seats. Egypt is leading a multi-nation effort to search for the plane’s black boxes — the flight data and cockpit voice recorders — and other clues that could help explain its sudden plunge into the sea.

“If they lost the aircraft within three minutes that’s very, very quick,” said aviation security expert Philip Baum. “They were dealing with an extremely serious incident.”

Authorities say the plane lurched left, then right, spun all the way

around and plummeted 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) into the sea — never issuing a distress call.

The Facebook page of the chief spokesman for Egypt’s military showed the first photographs of debris from the plane, shredded remains of plane seats, life jackets — one seemingly undamaged — and a scrap of cloth that might be part of a baby’s purple-and-pink blanket.

The spokesman, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Samir, later posted a video showing what appeared to be a piece of blue carpet, seat belts, a shoe and a white handbag. The clip opened with aerial footage of an unidentified navy ship followed by a speedboat heading toward float-

ing debris.

Flight 804 left from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport on Wednesday night en route to Cairo with 66 people aboard. The first available audio from the doomed flight indicates that all was routine as the pilot checked in with air traffic controllers in Zurich, Switzerland, around midnight, before being handed over to Italian air traffic controllers in Padua (Padova): Pilot — “This is 0-7-2-5 Padova control. (Unintelligible) 8-0-4. Thank you so much.

Good day er good night.”

The communication, taken from liveatc.net which provides live air traffic control broadcasts from around the world, occurred about 2

½ hours before Greek air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane.

Greek officials say at 2:24 a.m. local time the flight entered the Athens sector of Greek airspace. Twenty-four minutes later, controllers chatted with the pilot, who appeared to be in good spirits. In Greek, the pilot quipped: “Thank you.”

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COVER STORY Drug...

From page 1 Besides, based on the disclosure of police, narcotics in circulation belong to various kinds. However, they are dominated by crystal meth.

This powder narcotic is the most commonly found in circulation among the arrested suspects.

Based on the data of the Tabanan Police Narcotic Investigation Unit, in 2014 there were a total of 43 narcotic cases consisting of 14 narcotic cases with 17 suspects and in 2015 there were 11 cases. “In 2016 through the shining operations, we are also managed to catch the perpetrators of drug abuse,” he said.

He said that pursuant to the law the pure drug users can actually undergo rehabilitation and do not serve their sentence in a prison with some requirements. If the users report themselves voluntarily, they can immediately undergo rehabilitation. The case will be different if the users are caught using and having drugs. They cannot directly undergo rehabilitation, but must undergo a legal process first.

“The users are still afraid of coming forward voluntarily and being

arrested,” he said.

Actually, if they voluntarily report themselves as users, they are given assurance not to be arrested but will be directed to undergo rehabilitation.

Various ways have also been made by police to reduce the number of drug users, distributors and storage, especially among the younger generation. One of the ideas or breakthroughs for disseminating the matters is through the installation of billboards carried out by police ranks of Baturiti. Chief of Baturiti Police, Heri Supriawan, said that two billboards have been installed on the roadside in front of the Baturiti Police station.

“Both billboards contain insistence or invitation to citizens to always orderly traffic on highway with the theme “Heading for orderly and unified Indonesia, safety is number 1” and another billboard contains message on public order and security, especially intended for younger generation to stay away from drugs. The theme is “The world is beautiful without drugs, SAY NO TO DRUGS. Together we fight against drug for the sake of strong, smart and successful generation of the nation,”

he explained.

Deputy Regent of Tabanan, Komang Gede Sanjaya, has ever confirmed that his rank will also fight against the drug hazards.

Sanjaya even ‘challenged’ the BNN Bali to hold urine test in

Tabanan simultaneously. “Tabanan is very prepared, if necessary it can become a pilot project,” he said recently.

He explained that a drug test is very important for state officials and it is impossible for the bureau-

The police is showing evidences from a drug bust

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Denpasar Mayor I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra

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HIGH drug case in Denpasar draws the attention of a number of agencies in the Denpasar municipality. Moreover, Denpasar becoming a metropolitan city has an impact on the increasing social problems, crimes and other security threats. One of them, the drug user is getting more and more. Allegedly this condition also occurred due to rampant cafés mushrooming to the corners of the city. will team up with the BNN Denpasar to perform various actions.

Firstly, it can be done through counseling. Then, it is resumed with coaching and if there are indications of legal cases, such as drug abuse, it will become the authority of law enforcement agencies.

Previously, the Denpasar municipality through the Education Agency will also make a breakthrough in the efforts to anticipate the spread of drugs among teenagers. As the measure, it will enforce a drug-free certificate to be used as requirements to continue the education to higher school or vocational school and colleges in the city of Denpasar. This is done to anticipate the students from falling into drug cases.

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cratic process and public services to run smoothly if the officers are drug addicts. “If necessary, the urine test alone should not only be held to regional leaders, but must also be made to civil bureaucrats to legislators,” he concluded. (kmb)

To minimize drug cases, Denpasar govt teams up with BNN Responding to this condition, the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, said that the existence of café in Denpasar can be seen from two categories. There are licensed and unlicensed cafés.

Especially for café, actually it has no separate license and is even included in the permit of restaurant.

In order to obtain a permit, there are several requirements to be met, he said. Related to the unlicensed café, it actually happens due to non-fulfillment of some existing criteria. However, after there is cooperation of three ministries, a small business like it can submit permission of the SMEs in the subdistrict government.

To suppress the number of drug trafficking in Denpasar, his agency

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The Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, highly appreciated the program. According to him, the drug-free certificate as a requirement to enroll at higher education both at schools and universities is very effective to anticipate and reduce drug use by community. Other than anticipating people from using drugs, Rai Mantra asked to establish drug-free school movement.

On the other hand, Gunawan added that until 2015 the tourist facilities in Denpasar amounted to 33 star hotels, 246 non-star hotels, 36 cottages and 16 villas. In addition, there are also 450 restaurants, 11 karaoke houses (including four family karaoke houses) and 13 spa outlets. (kmb12)

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Space shuttle tank completes trek to Los Angeles museum

LOS ANGELES — A colossal space shuttle fuel tank completed its 19-hour trek through the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center.

The 33-ton, 154-foot-long external propellant tank began moving a few minutes after midnight from coastal Marina del Rey, where it arrived by barge Wednesday. It reached the museum at Exposition Park just after 7 p.m. following a carefully-coordinated journey down 16 ½ miles of streets.

The orange-brown, sausageshaped tank — the last of its kind — traveled by truck at about 5 mph. It was escorted by police, a fire truck, and several city officials and astronauts while crews trimmed a few trees and unbolted stoplight poles so they wouldn’t hit the towering tank.

Freeway drivers got a shock as the tank rolled by on a bridge over Interstate 405, an artery west of

downtown that was busy even on Saturday morning.

Along the route, people lined the sidewalks with their cellphones, trying to capture the perfect shot — and a selfie.

“When you look at the people who are out here, it’s little kids, it’s older folks, it’s white folks, it’s black folks, it’s Latino folks,” said Shelly Arsneault, 49, of Whittier. “It’s everybody. It’s cool. It’s LA.” Children, a few wearing homemade space helmets, were enthralled.

Cindy Hernandez, 11, of Inglewood, said the tank was “amazing.”

“It will be a memory for me,” she said.

“It’s this next generation of explorers. These kids are going to remember today their whole lives.

And they’re going to think about it when they choose their career paths. They’re going to study harder in school. And it’s going to

make us happy,” astronaut Mike Fincke, who flew on the Endeavour’s final flight in 2011, told the Los Angeles Times.

“It really makes me feel that a lot of people appreciate what our space program is doing,” said Sandy Magnus, another astronaut.

“Days like this I think are days that bring us all together.”

The tank will be displayed upright along with the shuttle and two solid-rocket boosters, as if ready for takeoff.

The trek drew smaller crowds than the journey of the 122-footlong Endeavour. With a wingspan of 78 feet, the orbiter was similarly hauled 12 miles to the center from Los Angeles International Airport.

Extensive preparations for Endeavour’s trek included removing trees, street posts and other obstacles, but that journey still took about 17 hours longer than planned.

Although longer, the external tank is much narrower than the shuttle, with a diameter of 27.5

feet.

The tank was shipped to California by barge from a NASA facility in Louisiana. The tank traveled through the Panama Canal to the Pacific and arrived at Marina del Rey, a yacht harbor on the Los Angeles County coast where it was offloaded to await the weekend move.

The move Saturday began with a bit of fanfare. A New Orleans-style jazz band played “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and some people waved handkerchiefs to wish the tank bon voyage.

Known as ET-94, it was NASA’s last flight-qualified external tank, but it was never used before the shuttle program came to an end.

External tanks not only carried propellant for space shuttles’ main engines, they were the backbone of the launch system. An orbiter and two solid rocket boosters would be attached to the tank for the fiery ascent into space.

Inside ET-94 are two internal

tanks for millions of pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as well as other equipment.

The tank’s surface is covered with a layer of foam to keep the propellants at the proper temperature, reduce the formation of ice and to provide protection from heat as it sped through the atmosphere.

External tanks used on shuttle missions would be destroyed, burning up as they fell back through the atmosphere after being discarded by the orbiter.

ET-94 was built for use by the shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated over Texas as it was returning from a mission. The investigation found that foam fell off that mission’s external tank during launch and punched a hole into a wing, allowing hot gases of the fiery re-entry inside the structure. Investigators used many pieces of foam from ET-94 in tests to come to the conclusion. (AP)

SEMARAPURA - Tourism development in Nusa Lembongan, in fact, is not supported by the creativity development of the human resources. As a result, this condition makes travelers from various countries very difficult to find out souvenirs for a keepsake after visiting Nusa Lembongan.

On the other hand, a number of people on the Island of Lembongan are selling products of nature such as corals collected from the coast.

Made Nerming, 40, can become an example of the communities of Klatak hamlet, Jungut Batu, Nusa Lembongan Island.

The impact of tourism at Klatak hamlet is still minimal compared to other regions of Nusa Lembongan. This area only becomes a passing area from mangrove forest to the yellow bridge.

This woman having two children previously worked as seaweed farmers on the beach of Klatak hamlet. More than 25 families are working as seaweed farmers in the area. However, since last year many farmers stopped farming. The price of seaweed at IDR 3,000 per kg is not comparable to their hard work.

Seeing the high number of tourist visits, she and the other housewives are determined to sell souvenirs. She also hawks various types of dead rocks collected from the coast. In addition, she

also sells handicrafts bought from Sukawati, Gianyar. She admitted to have no typical crafts of Nusa Lembongan. From a number of merchandise sold, just rocks and other coral species are genuine souvenirs of Nusa Lembongan.

The rocks are sold at the price of IDR15,000 to IDR 50,000 depending on their size and condition. Made Nerming admitted that her earnings from selling souvenir is higher than the results of seaweed farming. The income from the sales of souvenirs at Klatak hamlet can reach IDR 200,000 per day, while from seaweed farming she could only produce IDR 300,000 a month.

“I only have 1,000 square meters of land so that my harvest is a little, not to mention the passing boat can affect the growth of seaweed,” she explained while peddling her merchandise, Friday (May 20).

Her stall is very simple, just made from material of trees.

She deeply wanted to be able to make handicrafts for sale as souvenirs. However, no one wants to teach us. To communicate with foreign travelers, Made Nerming can only speak the price. “I am learning from my granddaughter having attended primary school. When forgetting the English expression, I just communicate with the number of fingers,” she said while laughing. (dwa)

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A number of people on the Island of Lembongan are selling products of nature such as corals collected from the coast.

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When entering dry season this year, several villages in Buleleng start experiencing clean water crisis.

On entering drought

Residents start to face clean water crisis

SINGARAJA - When entering dry season this year, several villages in Buleleng start experiencing clean water crisis. This condition cannot be avoided because water discharge of some springs at several villages in this area begins to decrease. On the contrary, the need for clean water continues to grow in line with population growth.

One of the villages facing clean water crisis is the Kembang Sari hamlet, Pangkung Paruk, Seririt.

Since the beginning of dry season, the supply of clean water to this village only flows for three hours a day. As a result, residents have to queue since early morning in order to get clean water for cooking in the kitchen. Otherwise, people will certainly not get water supply because they must wait for the supply of clean water the next morning.

Moreover, when entering the peak of dry season local residents in this area are accustomed not to getting clean water for one to three days in succession.

Every day men and women come to the reservoir of clean water at the center of local hamlet from 06:00 local time. In addition to carrying water stored in jerry cans or large buckets, some people also transport clean water by using motorcycle.

A local resident, Komang Ardika, when queuing to fetch water last Saturday said that every dry season the water crisis regularly hits the territory. Against this condition, he must make his time to take clean water so

as to meet the needs for cooking in the kitchen. In one day Ardika could accommodate maximally four jerry cans of clean water. The water accommodated is just enough to meet the kitchen needs. This happens because the water containers in the area have small capacity, so that they are not enough to meet all the needs of the residents. Moreover, the current water discharge from the springs located about seven kilometers from the location of reservoir is not adequate. For bathing or washing purposes of his family, he is forced to take advantage of well water or water of the river in the vicinity.

“Since the water flow from the springs is very small while many people need it, in each queue he can only get up to four jerry cans for drinking, washing dishes and cooking. Then, for bathing and washing clothes he must ask to his neighbor having a well,” he said.

Hamlet chief of Kembang Sari, Made Merta, said that the clean water problems have occurred in the region since decades ago. The clean water network with gravity technique was built with self-financing. To support

the monthly operations, each family is charged a mandatory fee of IDR 10,000. During rainy season, the water supply remains sufficient. In dry season from July to December the water supply decreases so that it does not meet the needs of all residents. With this condition, the water in the reservoir is just opened for three hours each day. After that, it is refilled so that the water can be taken the next day.

“Since the small discharge during dry season like today the water is insufficient for the needs. The water is only open for three hours a day and after that it is closed to be refilled so that it can be taken by residents the following day,” he said.

To resolve the water problem in the region, Merta hoped that local government could help increase the volume of water from the source by installing larger pipelines than the current ones. In addition, he expected the help of government or other parties to add new water sources.

This addition can be carried out by making artesian wells at particular locations, so that the water supply will become sufficient for the needs of the entire residents.

“If possible, we could be assisted by adding the existing pipeline network. Alternatively, we hope there will be addition of new water sources to increase the water supply,” he said. (kmb38)

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Land conversion in Badung threatens food security

FARMLAND conversion is a scourge for the agricultural sector. As the latest data, the area of paddy fields in Badung spreading across five subdistricts reaches 10,144 hectares, where a total of 160 hectares (1.5 percent) of the land were converted in 2014.

This condition has an impact on food security due to shrinking land area. Unavoidably, this sector continues to be left out by society.

Farmland conversion is a scourge for the agricultural sector.

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Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) of Badung, I Nyoman Sujastra, said that other than suffering losses due to the cheap price of grain, farmers in Badung were also besieged by land conversion.

“In addition to land conversion, the interest of younger generation to cultivate agricultural sector is increasingly diminishing. If this continues, it will affect the food situation,” he said.

According to him, food security must be grown because as a tourist area it is visited by domestic and foreign tourists.

To that end, amid the limited lands the productivity must be increased so that the people will have an interest in working on their farms any longer.

Farmers in the Badung district also expected the local government to subsidize the price of grain dropping at the farm level. This condition indeed makes people unwilling to farm and prefer to be a construction worker.

“The price of grain slumps after the harvest, so that the government should help farmers. Moreover, with the revenue reaching IDR 3 trillion the government of Badung is not wrong to subsidize the price of grain of the farmers,” he said.

In the meantime, the Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, confirmed that the government of Badung has a very strong commitment to maintain food sovereignty in region. The success of Badung in jointly maintaining food

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sovereignty will have implications on the level of farmer’s welfare. Here it is required an integrated development program by involving all the relevant agencies in the government of Badung.

“Responding to the current conditions, I’d like to ask the relevant agencies to make evaluation and calculate in designing a program, so that it will be able to raise the dignity of farmers towards independent and prosperous farmers. Ultimately, they can be proud as a farmer,” he said.

It is said that in order to realize the food security in Badung, the county government will enable and encourage people to rebuild granary in the countryside.

Regent Giri Prasta also stated that in the context of implementing the national programs of the overall development plans, civil apparatuses as state civil servants and the individuals having a very important and strategic role in supporting the implementation of governmental functions, development and social activities that will essentially become evidence that the government is always present in the society.

“On that account, I’d like to reiterate that the government of Badung will continue to focus on the efforts to fulfill the basic needs of Badung society either in terms of food, clothing, shelter, education and health as well as provide comprehensive social protection for Badung residents,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Beekeeping at Gadungan village

High demands, limited production

TABANAN - Tabanan has potential of nature in the form of quite promising beekeeping. Due to having extensive subak abian (non-irrigated field organization), the areas such as Selemadeg Raya, Pupuan and Baturiti are promising for the development of this honey beekeeping. One of the groups beginning to develop this is the Pondok Madu forest farmers group at Pondok Kaja hamlet, Gadungan, East Selemadeg.

The group consisting of 22 people can averagely produce 211 bottles of honey containing 600 ml and each bottle is sold for IDR 300,000. Thus, the annual income of the group can achieve IDR 60 million. Because it is still limited, the honey demand coming directly to farmers could not be fulfilled.

Group leader of the Pondok Madu forest farmers, I Nyoman Wika, 47, described that the farmer group was established in 2012. Because it was not known at the time, the marketing was quite difficult. If it was offered outside, people still

thought if the honey they produced was false. In 2014, farmers received coaching from the government of Tabanan through the program known as harmonious food development movement. In addition to getting help in the form of beekeeper box, farmers also received training assistance and tools to process the honeycomb into honey and the marketing. “Currently, having been known by many people, our honey is even sought after here and does not need to be sold outside the village,” he said.

He continued that to get the bee colony, they used traditional technique by putting wooden beekeeper box in trees. After the honeycomb is formed and having a bee queen, the bee hive is transferred into the existing beekeeper box having been equipped with frames or modern techniques. With the modern technique, farmers only aim to take honey without destroying the honeycomb. “In traditional techniques, taking the honey is done by squeezing honeycomb so

that it cannot be used again,” he said. The unused honeycombs are the usually sold for side dish or steamed dish.

Since the modern technique does not damage the honeycomb, the harvest can be faster namely 15 days. Traditional techniques take place once a month because bees have to make honeycomb from the beginning again.

In developing the beekeeping, according to Wika, he hoped there will be more helps from the government in the form beekeeper box. With more beekeeper boxes, more honey can be produced. “The demand for honey is actually a lot but cannot be met because the production is limited,” he said.

The Head of the Tabanan Forestry and Plantation Agency, Roemi Liestyowati, explained that East Selemadeg is one of the potential regions for the development of honey bee. It is enabled because the region has quite extensive subak abian and has not been touched by pollution.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi during a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Suu Kyi calls for “space” as Kerry presses her on Myanmar’s Rohingya

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given “enough space” to address the plight of her country’s Rohingya Muslim population, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed the Nobel laureate to promote respect for human rights.

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Tabanan has potential of nature in the form of quite promising beekeeping.

Roemi added that there are curPromotion and development of rently 24 honey bee farmer groups the beekeeping is one of the ways having received coaching from the carried out by the government to district government. Besides, they suppress land conversion. “Bee is have received assistance from the indicator of pollution. So, if there program of harmonious develop- is pollution bees will be unable to ment movement (gerbang serasi). live,” he said. (kmb24)

Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar remain displaced and face severe travel restrictions in camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine State between the country’s Buddhists and Muslims in 2012.

Thousands have fled persecution and poverty.

The United States has long supported Suu Kyi’s role in championing democratic change in Myanmar, but was surprised this month when she suggested to the new U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel to refrain from using the term Rohingya for the persecuted Muslim minority.

“Emotive terms make it very difficult for us to find a peaceful and sensible resolution to our problems,” Suu Kyi told reporters at a joint news conference with Kerry in Naypyitaw on Sunday.

“All that we are asking is that people should be aware of the difficulties we are facing and to give us enough space to solve all our

problems.”

Kerry said he had discussed the Rohingya issue with Suu Kyi during their meeting, describing it as “very sensitive” and “divisive.”

“I know it arises strong passions here,” Kerry said. “What is critical to focus on is solving the problem... which is improving the situation on the ground, to promote development, promote respect for human rights and benefit all of those that live in Rakhine and throughout Myanmar.”

Last month hundreds of demonstrators protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Yangon in objection to the use of the term Rohingya in a statement issued by the embassy.

Speaking out for the group would carry a political cost for Suu Kyi, who took on the newly created role of state counsellor in April following the first-democratically elected government in some five

decades.

The Rohingya are widely disliked in Myanmar, including by some within Suu Kyi’s party and its supporters. She risks losing support by taking up the cause of the beleaguered minority.

The Rohingya, most of whom live in apartheid-like conditions, are seen by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and referred to by many as Bengalis.

Ambassador Marciel has said he would keep using the term Rohingya because it is Washington’s policy to do so.

“What we want to do is avoid any terms that just add fuel to the fire,” Suu Kyi said in response to a question on her comments about the Rohingya.

“I wasn’t talking about one particular term, I was talking about all the terms that are incendiary and which create greater divisions in the Rakhine and of course elsewhere too.”

Kerry was on a brief stop in the capital Naypyitaw before he joins President Barack Obama in Vietnam on Monday. (rtr)

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, a trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an old enemy into a new partner to help counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

Four decades after the Vietnam War, Obama - the first U.S. leader to come of age after a conflict that bitterly divided America - will seek to deepen defense and economic ties with the country’s communist government while also prodding them on human rights, aides say.

Pressure has mounted for Obama to use his landmark visit, which begins on Monday, to roll back a 32-year-old arms embargo on Hanoi, one of the last vestiges of wartime animosity.

Lifting the ban - something Vietnam has long sought - would anger Beijing, which resents U.S. efforts to forge stronger military bonds with its smaller neighbors at a time of rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea. But there was no immediate word of a final U.S. decision on the issue.

Vietnam’s poor human rights record remains a possible sticking point, but the Obama administration appears increasingly swayed toward giving Hanoi some leeway to build its deterrent against China.

“Nobody has any illusions,” said Evan Medeiros, Obama’s former top Asia adviser. “This trip sends important signals to China about U.S. activism in the region and

growing U.S. concern about Chinese behavior.”

Closer military cooperation with allies and partners has been a major thrust of Obama’s strategic “rebalance” toward the Asia-Pacific region, a centerpiece of his foreign policy.

Obama’s Vietnam visit comes just days after Chinese fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance plane in the South China Sea. Beijing is pursuing territorial claims there that conflict with those of Vietnam and several other countries.

Obama will be the third consecutive U.S. president to visit Vietnam since diplomatic relations were restored in 1995.

“What we want to demonstrate with this visit is a significant upgrade in the relationship between the United States and Vietnam ... even as we have areas of difference,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser.

Washington wants Vietnam to open up more on the economic front and also move closer militarily, including increased port visits by U.S. warships, possibly with access to the strategic harbor at Cam Ranh Bay, U.S. officials say.

But even as the two sides look forward, there will be reminders of the past. Obama will be accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry, who after a tour in Vietnam as a young Navy officer burst onto the scene as an antiwar protester in the 1970s. (rtr)

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Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong casts his vote for members of the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at a polling station in Hanoi, Vietnam May 22, 2016.

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NEW DELHI — Apple CEO Tim Cook laid out his company’s plans for the vast Indian market in a meeting Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in turn sought Apple’s support for his “Digital India” initiative focusing on e-education, health and increasing farmers’ incomes.

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In this photo released by the Press Information Bureau of India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets Apple CEO Tim Cook, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

decisions.

The prime minister explained his Digital India initiative to Cook, identifying its three key objectives as e-education, health and increasing farmers’ incomes, the statement said, adding that Modi sought support from Apple in furthering the objectives.

Digital India, a flagship program of Modi’s government, attempts to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy through the use of information technology.

Cook told Modi that he appreciated the breadth of young talent in India, and that the country’s youth have significant skills that Apple would like to tap, according to the statement.

He also elaborated on the Map Development Centre that Apple Inc. is setting up in the southern city of Hyderabad, one of India’s information technology hubs.

Cook also said he appreciated Modi’s initiatives for renewable energy. He said Apple runs on 93 percent renewable energy, and spoke of plans to move Apple’s entire supply chain to renewable energy.(ap)

Sugar shortage leads Coca-Cola to halt Venezuela production CARACAS — Coca-Cola is halting production in Venezuela of its namesake beverage due to a sugar shortage brought on by the country’s grinding economic crisis.

The Atlanta-based company said in an emailed statement Friday said that its production of sugar-sweetened beverages will be suspended in the coming days after local suppliers reported they had run out of the raw material. Sugar-free beverages are not affected and the company said its offices and distribution centers remain open in Venezuela.

The move comes as Venezuela’s economy is teetering on the edge of collapse with widespread food shortages and inflation forecast to surpass 700 percent. Last month, Empresas Polar, Venezuela’s largest food and beverage company, stopped production of beer because of a lack of imported barley.(ap) The Coca-Cola booth is set up in the exhibit hall of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. April 30, 2016.

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Home ministry denies ordering cancellation of bylaws banning liquor

Apple CEO Cook, Indian Prime Minister Modi meet in New Delhi Modi and Cook also discussed cybersecurity and data encryption at their meeting in New Delhi, a government statement said. Modi suggested that Cook help the global community cope with the challenges of cybercrime.

Cook, who arrived in India on Tuesday and is winding down his trip, spoke of the potential for the manufacturing and retailing of Apple products in India, and the possibilities for app development in the country, the statement said.

Apple has just a 2 percent share of the smartphone market in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone markets.

Cook spoke about his visits to the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kanpur and his meetings with business leaders, young people and Bollywood actors. In particular, he mentioned his visit to the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai, and the cricket match he saw in the northern city of Kanpur, the statement said.

Modi said that in India, “seeing is believing,” and that Cook’s experiences on his trip would help steer his business

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Indonesian soldiers carry people’s belongings during an evacuation following the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Gamber village, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, May 22, 2016. The volcano in western Indonesian unleashed hot clouds of ash on Saturday, killing several villagers, officals said.

Seven killed after being hit by hot smoke from Mt Sinabung

JAKARTA - Seven people were killed after they were hit by hot smoke coming out from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra on Saturday. “The avalanche of hot smoke from Mount Sinabung has again claimed lives,” the head of public relations and information data center of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, informed in a press release received here on Saturday.

Based on initial data from the local disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), seven people were affected by the hot smoke, of which three died and four others were in a critical condition.

The search and rescue team was able to evacuate the victims to the hospital.

Several homes were gutted due to the hot smoke.

Sutopo said efforts would continue on Sunday morning to look for any more victims, depending upon how active the mountain is.

The victims are villagers of Gamber in the sub-district of Simpang Empat, Karo District, who were caught unawares while working in the field.

The village is located within a four kilometer radius from the top of the mountain and was supposed to be uninhabited and left vacant as it falls in the red zone (danger

zone). Most Gamber villagers had evacuated a long time ago and were resettled at a new location.

For the time being, the villagers were given land on rent for farming and also rented houses to stay to prevent them from conducting farming activities in their former village. However, some of them ignored the ban and braved danger to conduct farming in the danger zone, Sutopo explained.

Sutopo pointed out that the chief of the BNPB, Willem Rampangilei, has ordered the BNPBs quick reaction team to immediately leave for Karo to accompany the local officials and deal with the emergency situation.

“The chief of the Karo district military command, as the commander of the emergency response team, must coordinate the search and rescue efforts, tighten surveil-

lance and patrolling so that the red zone is really clear of any activity,” he elaborated.

Mount Sinabung was currently displaying intense activity after it spewed hot smoke at 14.28 hours pm, 15.08, 16.39 and 16.48p as far as 4.5 kilometers away reaching Lao Borus river westward.

The volcanic ash billowed up to three thousand meters high and the mountain is still under an alert status with eruption potential remained high and could happen at any time.

People living along the rivers that come from Sinabung must be alert against possible lava flows, Sutopo said.

“People and visitors/tourists are not allowed to conduct any activity within a radius of three kilometers from the mountains top. People living in the south and southeast sector are also prohibited to get as near as seven kilometers from the mountains top while those in north and northeast sectors are prohibited to get as near as four kilometers from the mountains top,” he added. (ant)

SEMARANG - Indonesias Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo denied on Saturday that his ministry has ordered the cancellation of bylaws banning liquor.

He rather reiterated that all regions need to have such bylaws on the ground that the circulation of liquor endangers the public, particularly the younger generations.

“I am ready to relinquish my position as home affairs minister if I have prohibited any bylaws banning liquor. The news is slanderous,” he countered. He underlined that his denial is also intended to clarify growing rumors that the ministry has revoked the bylaws banning liquor.

In principle, the bylaws must be enforced in all regions consistently and properly. Besides, liquor triggers criminal offenses, he argued.

In fact, the ministry supports the

Papuan governors policy to enforce such bylaws consistently, he reiterated.

He clarified that many bylaws that included a ban on liquor actually overlapped and, therefore, the ministry had asked various concerned regions to synchronize them.

Earlier in the day, the Surabaya city executive board of Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) lodged a protest against the ministry over the revocation of bylaws banning liquor, saying the move ran counter to the religious affairs ministers regulation.

“It also violates religious teachings that liquor is a source of all kinds of criminal offenses, such as murder, sexual crimes, accidents and drug abuse,” a spokesman for the NUs city executive board, Dr. Achmad Muhibbin Zuhri, M.Ag., protested.(ant)

Indonesia rejects statement of Solomon Islands` PM on MSG JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has refuted the statement of Solomon Islands prime minister that the country has joined the Melanesian Spearhead Group merely to protect its own interests.

“We firmly reject the statement of the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, that appeared on the website of the prime ministers press secretariat on May 17, 2016,” the Indonesian foreign affairs ministrys director general for Asia Pacific and Africa, Desra Percaya, stated in a press statement received here on Saturday.

The prime minister of Solomon Islands, in the statement on the aforesaid website, had posited, “The extension of full membership status to the United Liberation for West Papua (ULMWP) in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) could be justified because Indonesia has also sought to seek a membership status in the regional grouping to protect its own interest rather than seeking to be involved in a dialogue about serious human rights issues in West Papua.”

Responding to Prime Minister Sogavares statement, Desra Percaya made it clear that the statement was against the basic principles of sovereignty and non-interference as included in the agreement for the establishment of MSG in 2007.

Desra underlined that the worlds third biggest democracy, Indonesia considers respect for human rights an important principle. In view of that, he recalled, Indonesia has ratified eight out of nine of the main human rights instruments of the UN

and cooperates in various human rights mechanisms.

“Indonesia hails the concept of human rights and is ready to share its experience with regard to promoting and protecting human rights with other countries, including Solomon Islands. That is why Indonesia has always welcomed the participation of Solomon Islands in the Bali Democracy Forum,” he elaborated.

Desra reiterated that Indonesia has long been committed to overcoming the issue of human rights violations through the establishment of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) representative office in Papua.

He reminded that Komnas HAM offices at the national and regional level have continued to work to resolve any alleged cases of human rights violations in Papua.

As part of the Pacific region, Indonesia has also partnered with several key countries in the region to forge strong and productive bilateral relations, he added.

It has also actively participated in various regional groupings, such as the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) since 1980 and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum since 1989. Also, it has been active in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) since 2001 and the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PDIF) since 2014.

“So, it is rather myopic for Prime Minister Sogavare to speculate that Indonesias agenda in the Pacific, moreover regarding MSG, is solely Papua-centric,” he argued. (ant)

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Some evacuation orders lifted in Canada’s scorched oil lands

TORONTO - Authorities in Canada’s wildfire-ravaged energy heartland have lifted evacuation orders on Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude oil sites after rain and cold weather helped dampen the flames.

Municipal authorities in the oil town of Fort McMurray lifted the mandatory evacuation orders on Suncor’s base plant and Syncrude’s Mildred Lake facility, as well as nearby camps that house oil workers, late on Friday.

Suncor said on Facebook that a limited number of staff will be back at some of its sites on Monday at the earliest and that all will return “in a phased manner over the next few weeks,” but it is unclear when it will restart production. A Suncor spokeswoman said on Saturday that the plans posted on Facebook had not changed.

Syncrude, majority-owned by Suncor, is still monitoring the situa-

tion and does not yet have a timeline for restarting production, although it does have skeleton crews at its sites, a spokesman said.

Fort McMurray itself still sits largely empty, after its entire population of nearly 90,000 was evacuated in the northern Alberta fire that has blackened more than 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) since it began earlier this month.

The fire also triggered a prolonged shutdown that has cut Canadian oil output by a million barrels a day.

The blaze forced the evacuation of Suncor and Syncrude facilities and nearby camps after it jumped a critical firebreak late Monday, mov-

ing north of Fort McMurray into oil sand camp areas. Some 8,000 workers were evacuated.

Producers have since signaled a gradual increase in operations.

The fire has “waned” since Friday, though it remains the same size Saturday morning, said Alberta wildfire information officer Laura Stewart.

She said the fire has not had additional impact on oil facilities and is not expected to grow in size over the weekend.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which oversees Fort McMurray, tweeted the area received 2 mm (0.079 inches) of rain overnight.

Some of the evacuees from Fort McMurray may be allowed to return as soon as June 1, if air quality improves and other safety conditions are met. (rtr)

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The devastated neighbourhood of Abasand is shown after being ravaged by a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 13, 2016.

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At 3:12 a.m., the plane passed over the Greek island of Kasos before heading into the eastern Mediterranean, according to flight data maintained by FlightRadar24.

Less than 15 minutes later, about midway between Greece and Egypt, a sensor detected smoke in a lavatory and a fault in two of the plane’s cockpit windows, according to leaked flight data published by The Aviation Herald.

Messages like these “generally mean the start of a fire,” said Sebastien Barthe, a spokesman for

France’s air accident investigation agency. But he warned against inferring too much more from the reading. “Everything else is pure conjecture.”

At 3:27 a.m. Greek time, air traffic controllers in Athens attempted to contact the plane to hand over monitoring of the flight from Greek to Egyptian authorities, according to Greek officials. There was no response from the plane despite repeated calls, including on the emergency frequency. At the same time, a sensor detected that smoke had reached the aircraft’s avionics, the network of computers and wires that control the plane, according to

the leaked flight data.

Two minutes later, the aircraft reached Egyptian airspace. Alarms went off warning about the plane’s autopilot and wing control systems, suggesting serious structural problems. Within seconds, the plane fell off the radar (about 2:30 a.m. Egyptian time, which is behind Greek summer time). Air traffic controllers in Cairo sought assistance from the Egyptian air force to track the missing plane — to no avail.

David Learmount, a widely respected aviation expert and editor of the authoritative Flightglobal magazine, said Aviation Herald’s reported

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A car is seen under water on a flooded road in Wellampitiya , Sri Lanka May 21, 2016.

73 dead, scores missing in weeklong Sri Lanka storms

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s government on Saturday raised the death toll from landslides and heavy flooding around the island nation to 73, as soldiers continued searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck hill country several days ago.

In the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs, thousands of homes remained inundated, though there were signs that the waters were receding. About 243,000 people remained in temporary shelters nationwide.

Soldiers looked for bodies among thick mud deposits in the central district of Kegalle, where landslides swallowed up three villages on Tuesday.

Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe, who is coordinating the search, said one body and parts of another were found Saturday. Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead from the landslides in the three villages and 123 others

readings from the plane’s Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, suggested a quick-spreading fire.

On his website, Learmount wrote: “The question now is whether the fire that caused the smoke was the result of an electrical fault — for example a short-circuit caused by damaged wiring — or whether some form of explosive or incendiary device was used.”

In the absence of a claim of responsibility, it’s still unclear whether the crash was the result of a fault or an attack, Learmount wrote. Egyptian aviation expert Hossam Elhamy Shaker said the presence of smoke

are missing.

Ranasinghe said that another part of the same mountain crashed down Saturday, but that there were no casualties because residents had been evacuated after the first landslides.

As civilians volunteered to provide cooked food and clothing to the affected people, foreign assistance was arriving after an appeal by Sri Lanka’s foreign minister.

India and Japan sent relief items including medicine, tents, tarpaulin sheets, generators and water purifiers.

Japan will also send disaster management experts to help expedite relief efforts and look at ways to reduce landslide risks, the Japanese Embassy in Colombo said.

The United States has announced a three-year project to help Sri Lanka maintain supplies of safe drinking water even during times of drought and flooding. (ap)

on board alone does not solve the mystery.

“It just leads us into an area where smoke is a major contributor to the incident, either by destroying the aircraft’s equipment or suffocating the pilots,” he said. Baum was skeptical that a fire alone was the reason the plane went down.

“Fires happen aboard aircraft, but they don’t usually result in the destruction of the aircraft in three minutes,” he said.

Some have wondered at the lack of a mayday signal, but Baum said that could make sense if the crew were unconscious or struggling to regain control of the aircraft. (ap)

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The Finns won 3-1 as they overcame hosts Russia in the other semifinal just as they did at the Sochi Olympics two years ago.

Bill Peters’ Canada side got off to a fine start as they moved into a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period following goals from Brendan Gallagher and Brad Marchand.

But they were stunned when the Americans turned the match around inside seven second-period minutes as Auston Matthews scored on the powerplay before goals from David Warsofsky and Tyler Motte put the U.S. 3-2 in front.

Canada went into the final period

level, though, after Derick Brassard scored on the powerplay.

The defending champions took the lead through Ellis’ fierce slapshot early in the third period and never looked back as they moved into the showpiece match.

Finland won the hard way after falling behind to a goal by Russia’s Sergei Shirokov in the second minute.

The Finns, unbeaten in the tournament coming into the game, hit back in the second period as Sebastian Aho, 18, scored twice on the powerplay either side of Jussi Jokinen’s go-ahead goal.

Finland goaltender Mikko Ko-

skinen stood firm in the third period, making 28 saves in the game to take them to the final.

“I just think once the score got to 3-1 we grew in strength,” Finland forward Alexander Barkov told the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) website.

“We defended powerfully, and our goalie helped us a lot, of course.

We just tried to get the puck up to their zone as much as we could and keep them at arm’s length.”

Canda’s clash with Finland on Sunday will be a repeat of the final game in Group B, which saw the Finns thrash them 4-0.

“Either way the last game of this tournament will be hard for both teams,” said Finland forward Leo Komarov. “For us, we have to get some rest and come back tomorrow with a committed effort.” (rtr)

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors crushed any ideas that they were going to be swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.

Led by 32 points from DeMar DeRozan, and a franchise playoff record of 26 rebounds by Bismack Biyombo, the Raptors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-84 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final.

“Everybody thought we were going to be swept and I think that fuels us,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “I thought we played with force.”

It was the first loss of the playoffs for the Cavaliers, who swept through the first two rounds undefeated and won the first two games against the Raptors and lead the series 2-1.

“We just had a bad night but give them credit, they played well,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. “They played like a team with their backs to the wall. They came out and they beat us. They were more aggressive, they were more physical, they were more active and they were faster.

“You have to give them credit, coming home and playing hard and feeding off their home crowd. We’ve got to play harder.”

The Raptors led by as many as 18 points in the second quarter, were ahead by 13 at half time, took a 10-point lead into the fourth quarter and led by as many as 15 points early in the fourth.

The Cavaliers cut that to eight before Biyombo made six successive points to increase the lead to 14 with 3:38 to play.

The center finished with seven points.

“He was huge,” Casey said. “I thought he played a big-time game in the paint. He’s done it all year. He’s just kind of the spirit of our team.”

“We shoot 35 percent, there’s a lot of rebounds available,” Lue said.

“He did a great job of protecting the paint; he had (four) blocked shots and he rebounded the ball well.”

“It was amazing, he was big-time,” DeRozan said. “Without him we probably wouldn’t have this win.”

Casey said Biyombo also has to deal with physical play.

“He’s getting fouled so much, he’s not getting calls,” Casey said.

“There has to be some consistency. We have the greatest officials in the league but how you can miss fouls like that and calls like that and I can’t see it.”

Kyle Lowry added 20 points for the Raptors, Cory Joseph had 14 and DeMarre Carroll and Patrick Patterson each had 10.

“Just being aggressive,” DeRozan said of his big night. “Picking and choosing my spots, not second guessing, just being aggressive.”

LeBron James scored 24 points for the Cavaliers. J.R. Smith added 22 for Cleveland while Kyrie Irving had 13 and Channing Frye 11.

“First of all give a lot of credit to Toronto,” James said. “They played an exceptional game. We didn’t play our game and they made us pay for it. It was our first loss of the postseason so it is a little adversity.

“We’ve got to go back to the drawing board, not fix everything, just fix a few things and be much better on Monday.” (rtr)

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Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) takes a three point jump shot against Cleveland Cavaliers in game three of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre.

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Sp rt Uncertainty faces Van Gaal despite ending Man United drought

LONDON — Louis van Gaal had little time to savor delivering Manchester United’s first trophy since the Alex Ferguson dynasty ended three years ago.

Within an hour of collecting the FA Cup after Saturday’s victory over Crystal Palace, Van Gaal left his jubilant players to be faced with more uncertainty about his United future now the season is over.

For six months United has not challenged the veracity of reports that the American ownership will ditch Van Gaal before his third season in charge and bring in Jose Mourinho. United’s leadership still remained silent on Saturday, rather than publicly backing Van Gaal.

Just before Van Gaal entered the Wembley Stadium news conference after the 2-1 victory over Palace in extra time, fresh reports emerged that Mourinho’s hiring was inching closer. “I don’t want to talk about leaving,” Van Gaal responded when it was highlighted that United hasn’t denied it plans to recruit Mourinho.

Mourinho did not comment when approached by reporters at a boxing event in London on Saturday. Fired

by Chelsea in December, Mourinho told The Associated Press last week that he would sign a contract with

a new team by the end of next month.

Van Gaal had the air of a manager on the way out during a combative exchange with reporters at Wembley.

The 64-year-old Dutchman delivered a defense of his United reign and claimed internal restrictions prevented him from achieving more this season. United failed to achieve its ultimate goal of Champions League qualification after finishing fifth in the Premier League.

Asked about targets for next season if he stayed in charge, Van Gaal responded: “That’s dependable because also last season I have asked for players but you don’t think that the players I have asked (for) have come.”

Van Gaal complained that clubs more than double the cost of players when the record 20-time English champions make an approach. “I need the players that I have asked (for),” he said. “I have said I want creative, fast wingers ... and we didn’t do that because it was not possible.”

Clicking his fingers, Van Gaal said: “You are thinking everything is possible at Manchester United. No. I’m sorry. It is not.”

Nor does winning the world’s oldest football cup competition necessarily guarantee keeping your job.

What Van Gaal has done — largely due to injuries — is adhere to the club’s traditions of utilizing academy graduates. One produced the winning moment in extra time as Jesse Lingard netted five minutes after United was reduced to 10 men in the 135th FA Cup final.

The Palace defense only halfcleared Antonio Valencia’s cross and Lingard volleyed into the top corner of the net to complete United’s comeback.

“We’ve had a tough end to the season but I thought we worked very hard today — our determination got us through this so I’m delighted,” United captain Wayne Rooney said.

“It’s been a (while to win a cup).

“Winning trophies lifts football clubs and lifts supporters. The fans have had a tough few years. Hopefully they enjoy tonight.” United showed the fighting spirit often lacking under Van Gaal to provide a winning end to the campaign. (ap)

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

United players lift the trophy after they won the English FA Cup final soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

United won 2-1.

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Ibrahimovic scores 2 as PSG beats Marseille 4-2 in Cup final

AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

Bayern head coach Pep Guardiola holds up the trophy after winning the German soccer cup final match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

Bayern beats Dortmund 4-3 on penalties to win German Cup

BERLIN — Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on penalties in the German Cup final on Saturday to seal its 11th domestic double and give coach Pep Guardiola a winning sendoff. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer saved Sven Bender’s spot kick and Sokratis Papastathopoulos missed the next for Dortmund.

Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki saved Joshua Kimmich’s penalty but Thomas Mueller kept Bayern in control, and Douglas Costa scored the decisive spot kick. It’s Bayern’s 18th German Cup win and the club’s third in four seasons.

Guardiola, who is leaving after three years in Munich to join Manchester City, also won the trophy in his first season in charge, in 2014.

“The three years with the players and the club were outstanding,” said Guardiola, who led Bayern to the Bundesliga crown in each season. “I’ll miss my players. It was a great experience and a lot of fun.”

Dortmund counterpart Thomas Tuchel said he would miss the Spanish coach. “It’s like many things that you only notice when they’re gone what an effect they had,” Tuchel said.

Dortmund, which last won the cup in 2012, has lost three straight finals after defeats to Wolfsburg in 2015, and to Bayern in 2014 in extra time. “It’s extremely bitter, to lose that way,” Buerki said of the shootout. “We fought and tried everything.”

Both sides missed chances to win before the shootout in what was a tense encounter contested to the limits of the players’ endurance, though Buerki was by far the busier goalkeeper.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a great chance to win it for Dortmund with five minutes remaining when he blazed over from close range on a counterattack, while Robert Lewandowski had come closest for Bayern.

“We had huge chances in the 120 minutes to score the decisive goal,” said Tuchel, who was very critical of his side’s performance.

“It was very hard to find five good penalty-takers.”

Dortmund captain Mats Hummels had to go off with more than 10 minutes remaining in regular time in his last game for the club.

The Germany defender is joining Bayern next season.

“He asked to be taken off,” Tuchel said. Asked about Hummels’ performance, he replied, “He can be better.” (ap)

PARIS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his Paris Saint-Germain career in style by reaching 50 goals in an outstanding farewell season as bitter rival Marseille was beaten 4-2 in the French Cup final on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic scored a penalty at the start of the second half and showed his altruistic side, picking out forward Edinson Cavani with a perfect pass through Marseille’s defense as PSG made it 3-1.

Midfielder Blaise Matuidi created the fourth in the 82nd, allowing Ibrahimovic to charge through and coolly beat goalkeeper Steve Mandanda for his 156th goal in 180 games since joining the club in 2012 — and his 11th in 10 against Marseille.

“It has been a fantastic adventure for me,” Ibrahimovic said on French television. “We know how it was in the beginning and how it is today. I can just say ‘Mission completed.’” In typical brash style, he replied with a curt ‘You tell me’ when asked if he will miss the French league, or whether Ligue 1 will miss him.

Asked to say a farewell in French, he instead chose to continue in English. “I didn’t speak French, and still I won everything,” he said. “I came, I saw, I conquered. Thank you.”

PSG secured consecutive domestic trebles, and won the cup for a record-equaling 10th time — level with Marseille, which last won the trophy in 1989.

Matuidi gave PSG the lead in the second minute and, after winger Florian Thauvin leveled 10 minutes later with a slightly deflected strike from the edge of the penalty area, Matuidi earned a penalty a minute into the second half.

Marseille center half Nicolas N’Koulou was to blame for a clumsy challenge, needlessly barging into Matuidi as he broke into the right of the area. Ibrahimovic took his time from the spot, taking a deep breath before sending goalkeeper Steve Mandanda the wrong way.

Moments later, Marseille almost equalized through Thauvin, only for striker Steven Fletcher to waste his pass with a poor finish.

After Marseille lost possession carelessly, PSG winger Angel Di Maria picked up the loose ball and quickly fed it to Ibrahimovic, who spotted Cavani in space. Cavani confidently netted his 25th goal of the season in the 57th.

Top-scorer Michy Batshuayi pulled a goal back in the 87th, and Marseille created some pressure in the closing stages. But it was too late.

The night belonged to Ibrahimovic, anyway, and French President Francois Hollande joined the Stade de France crowd in applauding the Sweden star as he was substituted with a minute left. (rtr)

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Paris St Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C), who played his final game for Paris Saint Germain, celebrates the Ligue 1 title with team-mates.

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Juventus’ players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the Italian Cup soccer final between AC Milan and Juventus, at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

Juventus beats AC Milan 1-0 in extra time to win Italian Cup

ROME — Showing off his ability to shine in the most important matches, substitute Alvaro Morata scored in extra time as Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 to win the Italian Cup on Saturday. The Turin power became the first club to win the league and cup double in consecutive seasons.

In the 110th minute at the Stadio Olimpico, Morata required one touch to redirect a cross from Juan Cuadrado past Milan’s 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The loss means Milan will miss out on Europe for a third consecutive season. The Rossoneri had to win the final to qualify for the Europa League following a seventh-place finish in Serie A. Juventus, meanwhile, earned its third trophy of the season, having opened the campaign by beating Lazio in the Italian Super Cup then rebounding from a difficult start to comfortably secure a fifth straight Serie A title. The goal came two minutes after Morata came on for Hernanes, and on the forward’s third touch.

“My friends asked me yesterday if was playing and I told them no.

So they said, ‘Well, you’ll come on and score a goal,’” Morata said. “I wish every final would be like this.”

While Morata was largely relegated to a bench role this season behind Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic, it’s not the first time he’s scored a big goal for Juventus.

In last season’s Champions League semifinals, Morata scored in both the first and second legs against Real Madrid, plus a temporary equalizer in a 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the final.

It might have been Morata’s last match for Juventus, amid reports that he could return to Madrid.

“Now I’ve got to prepare for the European Championship,” Morata

said when asked about his future.

“Today I can’t think about that (transfer).”

It’s Juve’s 11th Italian Cup title.

Milan, which has five titles, hasn’t won the cup since 2003 — and no trophies at all in nearly five years, since the 2011 Italian Super Cup. Cuadrado came on in the second half, and with Morata’s entrance Juventus concluded with four forwards on.

“I had to decide whether to go for it or settle for penalties and I went for it,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said. “It worked out.” Milan controlled for almost the entire first half, attempting 10 shots to Juve’s one in the opening 45 minutes. After that, it was an even match until Morata’s late strike.

“We probably deserved it more considering how we played but we lacked the knockout punch,” Milan midfielder Riccardo Montolivo said. “If we had played all season the way we did tonight it probably

would have been a different type of season.”

In the final segment of added time, Milan substitute Jose Mauri sent a potential equalizer just wide.

Minutes later, Italy President Sergio Mattarella presented the trophy to Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini, who was captain for the night since Gianluigi Buffon did not play. Struggling Milan forward Mario Balotelli played only the final eight minutes.

It was likely the last match for Milan interim coach Cristian Brocchi, who produced just two wins in six Serie A games after replacing the fired Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“It hurts,” Brocchi said. “The guys did everything I asked them to and the only thing we lacked was a goal.” Brocchi hopes to continue with Milan next season.

“Of course that’s what’s in my heart,” Brocchi said. “I’m partly responsible for the way we played tonight.” (ap)

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Sp rt Uncertainty faces Van Gaal despite ending Man United drought

LONDON — Louis van Gaal had little time to savor delivering Manchester United’s first trophy since the Alex Ferguson dynasty ended three years ago.

Within an hour of collecting the FA Cup after Saturday’s victory over Crystal Palace, Van Gaal left his jubilant players to be faced with more uncertainty about his United future now the season is over.

For six months United has not challenged the veracity of reports that the American ownership will ditch Van Gaal before his third season in charge and bring in Jose Mourinho. United’s leadership still remained silent on Saturday, rather than publicly backing Van Gaal.

Just before Van Gaal entered the Wembley Stadium news conference after the 2-1 victory over Palace in extra time, fresh reports emerged that Mourinho’s hiring was inching closer. “I don’t want to talk about leaving,” Van Gaal responded when it was highlighted that United hasn’t denied it plans to recruit Mourinho.

Mourinho did not comment when approached by reporters at a boxing event in London on Saturday. Fired

by Chelsea in December, Mourinho told The Associated Press last week that he would sign a contract with

a new team by the end of next month.

Van Gaal had the air of a manager on the way out during a combative exchange with reporters at Wembley.

The 64-year-old Dutchman delivered a defense of his United reign and claimed internal restrictions prevented him from achieving more this season. United failed to achieve its ultimate goal of Champions League qualification after finishing fifth in the Premier League.

Asked about targets for next season if he stayed in charge, Van Gaal responded: “That’s dependable because also last season I have asked for players but you don’t think that the players I have asked (for) have come.”

Van Gaal complained that clubs more than double the cost of players when the record 20-time English champions make an approach. “I need the players that I have asked (for),” he said. “I have said I want creative, fast wingers ... and we didn’t do that because it was not possible.”

Clicking his fingers, Van Gaal said: “You are thinking everything is possible at Manchester United. No. I’m sorry. It is not.”

Nor does winning the world’s oldest football cup competition necessarily guarantee keeping your job.

What Van Gaal has done — largely due to injuries — is adhere to the club’s traditions of utilizing academy graduates. One produced the winning moment in extra time as Jesse Lingard netted five minutes after United was reduced to 10 men in the 135th FA Cup final.

The Palace defense only halfcleared Antonio Valencia’s cross and Lingard volleyed into the top corner of the net to complete United’s comeback.

“We’ve had a tough end to the season but I thought we worked very hard today — our determination got us through this so I’m delighted,” United captain Wayne Rooney said.

“It’s been a (while to win a cup).

“Winning trophies lifts football clubs and lifts supporters. The fans have had a tough few years. Hopefully they enjoy tonight.” United showed the fighting spirit often lacking under Van Gaal to provide a winning end to the campaign. (ap)

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

United players lift the trophy after they won the English FA Cup final soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

United won 2-1.

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AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

Bayern head coach Pep Guardiola holds up the trophy after winning the German soccer cup final match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

Bayern beats Dortmund 4-3 on penalties to win German Cup

BERLIN — Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on penalties in the German Cup final on Saturday to seal its 11th domestic double and give coach Pep Guardiola a winning sendoff. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer saved Sven Bender’s spot kick and Sokratis Papastathopoulos missed the next for Dortmund.

Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki saved Joshua Kimmich’s penalty but Thomas Mueller kept Bayern in control, and Douglas Costa scored the decisive spot kick. It’s Bayern’s 18th German Cup win and the club’s third in four seasons.

Guardiola, who is leaving after three years in Munich to join Manchester City, also won the trophy in his first season in charge, in 2014.

“The three years with the players and the club were outstanding,” said Guardiola, who led Bayern to the Bundesliga crown in each season. “I’ll miss my players. It was a great experience and a lot of fun.”

Dortmund counterpart Thomas Tuchel said he would miss the Spanish coach. “It’s like many things that you only notice when they’re gone what an effect they had,” Tuchel said.

Dortmund, which last won the cup in 2012, has lost three straight finals after defeats to Wolfsburg in 2015, and to Bayern in 2014 in extra time. “It’s extremely bitter, to lose that way,” Buerki said of the shootout. “We fought and tried everything.”

Both sides missed chances to win before the shootout in what was a tense encounter contested to the limits of the players’ endurance, though Buerki was by far the busier goalkeeper.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a great chance to win it for Dortmund with five minutes remaining when he blazed over from close range on a counterattack, while Robert Lewandowski had come closest for Bayern.

“We had huge chances in the 120 minutes to score the decisive goal,” said Tuchel, who was very critical of his side’s performance.

“It was very hard to find five good penalty-takers.”

Dortmund captain Mats Hummels had to go off with more than 10 minutes remaining in regular time in his last game for the club.

The Germany defender is joining Bayern next season.

“He asked to be taken off,” Tuchel said. Asked about Hummels’ performance, he replied, “He can be better.” (ap)

PARIS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his Paris Saint-Germain career in style by reaching 50 goals in an outstanding farewell season as bitter rival Marseille was beaten 4-2 in the French Cup final on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic scored a penalty at the start of the second half and showed his altruistic side, picking out forward Edinson Cavani with a perfect pass through Marseille’s defense as PSG made it 3-1.

Midfielder Blaise Matuidi created the fourth in the 82nd, allowing Ibrahimovic to charge through and coolly beat goalkeeper Steve Mandanda for his 156th goal in 180 games since joining the club in 2012 — and his 11th in 10 against Marseille.

“It has been a fantastic adventure for me,” Ibrahimovic said on French television. “We know how it was in the beginning and how it is today. I can just say ‘Mission completed.’” In typical brash style, he replied with a curt ‘You tell me’ when asked if he will miss the French league, or whether Ligue 1 will miss him.

Asked to say a farewell in French, he instead chose to continue in English. “I didn’t speak French, and still I won everything,” he said. “I came, I saw, I conquered. Thank you.”

PSG secured consecutive domestic trebles, and won the cup for a record-equaling 10th time — level with Marseille, which last won the trophy in 1989.

Matuidi gave PSG the lead in the second minute and, after winger Florian Thauvin leveled 10 minutes later with a slightly deflected strike from the edge of the penalty area, Matuidi earned a penalty a minute into the second half.

Marseille center half Nicolas N’Koulou was to blame for a clumsy challenge, needlessly barging into Matuidi as he broke into the right of the area. Ibrahimovic took his time from the spot, taking a deep breath before sending goalkeeper Steve Mandanda the wrong way.

Moments later, Marseille almost equalized through Thauvin, only for striker Steven Fletcher to waste his pass with a poor finish.

After Marseille lost possession carelessly, PSG winger Angel Di Maria picked up the loose ball and quickly fed it to Ibrahimovic, who spotted Cavani in space. Cavani confidently netted his 25th goal of the season in the 57th.

Top-scorer Michy Batshuayi pulled a goal back in the 87th, and Marseille created some pressure in the closing stages. But it was too late.

The night belonged to Ibrahimovic, anyway, and French President Francois Hollande joined the Stade de France crowd in applauding the Sweden star as he was substituted with a minute left. (rtr)

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Paris St Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C), who played his final game for Paris Saint Germain, celebrates the Ligue 1 title with team-mates.

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Juventus’ players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the Italian Cup soccer final between AC Milan and Juventus, at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

Juventus beats AC Milan 1-0 in extra time to win Italian Cup

ROME — Showing off his ability to shine in the most important matches, substitute Alvaro Morata scored in extra time as Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 to win the Italian Cup on Saturday. The Turin power became the first club to win the league and cup double in consecutive seasons.

In the 110th minute at the Stadio Olimpico, Morata required one touch to redirect a cross from Juan Cuadrado past Milan’s 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The loss means Milan will miss out on Europe for a third consecutive season. The Rossoneri had to win the final to qualify for the Europa League following a seventh-place finish in Serie A. Juventus, meanwhile, earned its third trophy of the season, having opened the campaign by beating Lazio in the Italian Super Cup then rebounding from a difficult start to comfortably secure a fifth straight Serie A title. The goal came two minutes after Morata came on for Hernanes, and on the forward’s third touch.

“My friends asked me yesterday if was playing and I told them no.

So they said, ‘Well, you’ll come on and score a goal,’” Morata said. “I wish every final would be like this.”

While Morata was largely relegated to a bench role this season behind Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic, it’s not the first time he’s scored a big goal for Juventus.

In last season’s Champions League semifinals, Morata scored in both the first and second legs against Real Madrid, plus a temporary equalizer in a 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the final.

It might have been Morata’s last match for Juventus, amid reports that he could return to Madrid.

“Now I’ve got to prepare for the European Championship,” Morata

said when asked about his future.

“Today I can’t think about that (transfer).”

It’s Juve’s 11th Italian Cup title.

Milan, which has five titles, hasn’t won the cup since 2003 — and no trophies at all in nearly five years, since the 2011 Italian Super Cup. Cuadrado came on in the second half, and with Morata’s entrance Juventus concluded with four forwards on.

“I had to decide whether to go for it or settle for penalties and I went for it,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said. “It worked out.” Milan controlled for almost the entire first half, attempting 10 shots to Juve’s one in the opening 45 minutes. After that, it was an even match until Morata’s late strike.

“We probably deserved it more considering how we played but we lacked the knockout punch,” Milan midfielder Riccardo Montolivo said. “If we had played all season the way we did tonight it probably

would have been a different type of season.”

In the final segment of added time, Milan substitute Jose Mauri sent a potential equalizer just wide.

Minutes later, Italy President Sergio Mattarella presented the trophy to Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini, who was captain for the night since Gianluigi Buffon did not play. Struggling Milan forward Mario Balotelli played only the final eight minutes.

It was likely the last match for Milan interim coach Cristian Brocchi, who produced just two wins in six Serie A games after replacing the fired Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“It hurts,” Brocchi said. “The guys did everything I asked them to and the only thing we lacked was a goal.” Brocchi hopes to continue with Milan next season.

“Of course that’s what’s in my heart,” Brocchi said. “I’m partly responsible for the way we played tonight.” (ap)

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The Finns won 3-1 as they overcame hosts Russia in the other semifinal just as they did at the Sochi Olympics two years ago.

Bill Peters’ Canada side got off to a fine start as they moved into a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period following goals from Brendan Gallagher and Brad Marchand.

But they were stunned when the Americans turned the match around inside seven second-period minutes as Auston Matthews scored on the powerplay before goals from David Warsofsky and Tyler Motte put the U.S. 3-2 in front.

Canada went into the final period

level, though, after Derick Brassard scored on the powerplay.

The defending champions took the lead through Ellis’ fierce slapshot early in the third period and never looked back as they moved into the showpiece match.

Finland won the hard way after falling behind to a goal by Russia’s Sergei Shirokov in the second minute.

The Finns, unbeaten in the tournament coming into the game, hit back in the second period as Sebastian Aho, 18, scored twice on the powerplay either side of Jussi Jokinen’s go-ahead goal.

Finland goaltender Mikko Ko-

skinen stood firm in the third period, making 28 saves in the game to take them to the final.

“I just think once the score got to 3-1 we grew in strength,” Finland forward Alexander Barkov told the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) website.

“We defended powerfully, and our goalie helped us a lot, of course.

We just tried to get the puck up to their zone as much as we could and keep them at arm’s length.”

Canda’s clash with Finland on Sunday will be a repeat of the final game in Group B, which saw the Finns thrash them 4-0.

“Either way the last game of this tournament will be hard for both teams,” said Finland forward Leo Komarov. “For us, we have to get some rest and come back tomorrow with a committed effort.” (rtr)

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors crushed any ideas that they were going to be swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.

Led by 32 points from DeMar DeRozan, and a franchise playoff record of 26 rebounds by Bismack Biyombo, the Raptors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-84 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final.

“Everybody thought we were going to be swept and I think that fuels us,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “I thought we played with force.”

It was the first loss of the playoffs for the Cavaliers, who swept through the first two rounds undefeated and won the first two games against the Raptors and lead the series 2-1.

“We just had a bad night but give them credit, they played well,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. “They played like a team with their backs to the wall. They came out and they beat us. They were more aggressive, they were more physical, they were more active and they were faster.

“You have to give them credit, coming home and playing hard and feeding off their home crowd. We’ve got to play harder.”

The Raptors led by as many as 18 points in the second quarter, were ahead by 13 at half time, took a 10-point lead into the fourth quarter and led by as many as 15 points early in the fourth.

The Cavaliers cut that to eight before Biyombo made six successive points to increase the lead to 14 with 3:38 to play.

The center finished with seven points.

“He was huge,” Casey said. “I thought he played a big-time game in the paint. He’s done it all year. He’s just kind of the spirit of our team.”

“We shoot 35 percent, there’s a lot of rebounds available,” Lue said.

“He did a great job of protecting the paint; he had (four) blocked shots and he rebounded the ball well.”

“It was amazing, he was big-time,” DeRozan said. “Without him we probably wouldn’t have this win.”

Casey said Biyombo also has to deal with physical play.

“He’s getting fouled so much, he’s not getting calls,” Casey said.

“There has to be some consistency. We have the greatest officials in the league but how you can miss fouls like that and calls like that and I can’t see it.”

Kyle Lowry added 20 points for the Raptors, Cory Joseph had 14 and DeMarre Carroll and Patrick Patterson each had 10.

“Just being aggressive,” DeRozan said of his big night. “Picking and choosing my spots, not second guessing, just being aggressive.”

LeBron James scored 24 points for the Cavaliers. J.R. Smith added 22 for Cleveland while Kyrie Irving had 13 and Channing Frye 11.

“First of all give a lot of credit to Toronto,” James said. “They played an exceptional game. We didn’t play our game and they made us pay for it. It was our first loss of the postseason so it is a little adversity.

“We’ve got to go back to the drawing board, not fix everything, just fix a few things and be much better on Monday.” (rtr)

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Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) takes a three point jump shot against Cleveland Cavaliers in game three of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre.

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Some evacuation orders lifted in Canada’s scorched oil lands

TORONTO - Authorities in Canada’s wildfire-ravaged energy heartland have lifted evacuation orders on Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude oil sites after rain and cold weather helped dampen the flames.

Municipal authorities in the oil town of Fort McMurray lifted the mandatory evacuation orders on Suncor’s base plant and Syncrude’s Mildred Lake facility, as well as nearby camps that house oil workers, late on Friday.

Suncor said on Facebook that a limited number of staff will be back at some of its sites on Monday at the earliest and that all will return “in a phased manner over the next few weeks,” but it is unclear when it will restart production. A Suncor spokeswoman said on Saturday that the plans posted on Facebook had not changed.

Syncrude, majority-owned by Suncor, is still monitoring the situa-

tion and does not yet have a timeline for restarting production, although it does have skeleton crews at its sites, a spokesman said.

Fort McMurray itself still sits largely empty, after its entire population of nearly 90,000 was evacuated in the northern Alberta fire that has blackened more than 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) since it began earlier this month.

The fire also triggered a prolonged shutdown that has cut Canadian oil output by a million barrels a day.

The blaze forced the evacuation of Suncor and Syncrude facilities and nearby camps after it jumped a critical firebreak late Monday, mov-

ing north of Fort McMurray into oil sand camp areas. Some 8,000 workers were evacuated.

Producers have since signaled a gradual increase in operations.

The fire has “waned” since Friday, though it remains the same size Saturday morning, said Alberta wildfire information officer Laura Stewart.

She said the fire has not had additional impact on oil facilities and is not expected to grow in size over the weekend.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which oversees Fort McMurray, tweeted the area received 2 mm (0.079 inches) of rain overnight.

Some of the evacuees from Fort McMurray may be allowed to return as soon as June 1, if air quality improves and other safety conditions are met. (rtr)

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At 3:12 a.m., the plane passed over the Greek island of Kasos before heading into the eastern Mediterranean, according to flight data maintained by FlightRadar24.

Less than 15 minutes later, about midway between Greece and Egypt, a sensor detected smoke in a lavatory and a fault in two of the plane’s cockpit windows, according to leaked flight data published by The Aviation Herald.

Messages like these “generally mean the start of a fire,” said Sebastien Barthe, a spokesman for

France’s air accident investigation agency. But he warned against inferring too much more from the reading. “Everything else is pure conjecture.”

At 3:27 a.m. Greek time, air traffic controllers in Athens attempted to contact the plane to hand over monitoring of the flight from Greek to Egyptian authorities, according to Greek officials. There was no response from the plane despite repeated calls, including on the emergency frequency. At the same time, a sensor detected that smoke had reached the aircraft’s avionics, the network of computers and wires that control the plane, according to

the leaked flight data.

Two minutes later, the aircraft reached Egyptian airspace. Alarms went off warning about the plane’s autopilot and wing control systems, suggesting serious structural problems. Within seconds, the plane fell off the radar (about 2:30 a.m. Egyptian time, which is behind Greek summer time). Air traffic controllers in Cairo sought assistance from the Egyptian air force to track the missing plane — to no avail.

David Learmount, a widely respected aviation expert and editor of the authoritative Flightglobal magazine, said Aviation Herald’s reported

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A car is seen under water on a flooded road in Wellampitiya , Sri Lanka May 21, 2016.

73 dead, scores missing in weeklong Sri Lanka storms

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s government on Saturday raised the death toll from landslides and heavy flooding around the island nation to 73, as soldiers continued searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck hill country several days ago.

In the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs, thousands of homes remained inundated, though there were signs that the waters were receding. About 243,000 people remained in temporary shelters nationwide.

Soldiers looked for bodies among thick mud deposits in the central district of Kegalle, where landslides swallowed up three villages on Tuesday.

Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe, who is coordinating the search, said one body and parts of another were found Saturday. Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead from the landslides in the three villages and 123 others

readings from the plane’s Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, suggested a quick-spreading fire.

On his website, Learmount wrote: “The question now is whether the fire that caused the smoke was the result of an electrical fault — for example a short-circuit caused by damaged wiring — or whether some form of explosive or incendiary device was used.”

In the absence of a claim of responsibility, it’s still unclear whether the crash was the result of a fault or an attack, Learmount wrote. Egyptian aviation expert Hossam Elhamy Shaker said the presence of smoke

are missing.

Ranasinghe said that another part of the same mountain crashed down Saturday, but that there were no casualties because residents had been evacuated after the first landslides.

As civilians volunteered to provide cooked food and clothing to the affected people, foreign assistance was arriving after an appeal by Sri Lanka’s foreign minister.

India and Japan sent relief items including medicine, tents, tarpaulin sheets, generators and water purifiers.

Japan will also send disaster management experts to help expedite relief efforts and look at ways to reduce landslide risks, the Japanese Embassy in Colombo said.

The United States has announced a three-year project to help Sri Lanka maintain supplies of safe drinking water even during times of drought and flooding. (ap)

on board alone does not solve the mystery.

“It just leads us into an area where smoke is a major contributor to the incident, either by destroying the aircraft’s equipment or suffocating the pilots,” he said. Baum was skeptical that a fire alone was the reason the plane went down.

“Fires happen aboard aircraft, but they don’t usually result in the destruction of the aircraft in three minutes,” he said.

Some have wondered at the lack of a mayday signal, but Baum said that could make sense if the crew were unconscious or struggling to regain control of the aircraft. (ap)

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NEW DELHI — Apple CEO Tim Cook laid out his company’s plans for the vast Indian market in a meeting Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in turn sought Apple’s support for his “Digital India” initiative focusing on e-education, health and increasing farmers’ incomes.

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In this photo released by the Press Information Bureau of India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets Apple CEO Tim Cook, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

decisions.

The prime minister explained his Digital India initiative to Cook, identifying its three key objectives as e-education, health and increasing farmers’ incomes, the statement said, adding that Modi sought support from Apple in furthering the objectives.

Digital India, a flagship program of Modi’s government, attempts to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy through the use of information technology.

Cook told Modi that he appreciated the breadth of young talent in India, and that the country’s youth have significant skills that Apple would like to tap, according to the statement.

He also elaborated on the Map Development Centre that Apple Inc. is setting up in the southern city of Hyderabad, one of India’s information technology hubs.

Cook also said he appreciated Modi’s initiatives for renewable energy. He said Apple runs on 93 percent renewable energy, and spoke of plans to move Apple’s entire supply chain to renewable energy.(ap)

Sugar shortage leads Coca-Cola to halt Venezuela production CARACAS — Coca-Cola is halting production in Venezuela of its namesake beverage due to a sugar shortage brought on by the country’s grinding economic crisis.

The Atlanta-based company said in an emailed statement Friday said that its production of sugar-sweetened beverages will be suspended in the coming days after local suppliers reported they had run out of the raw material. Sugar-free beverages are not affected and the company said its offices and distribution centers remain open in Venezuela.

The move comes as Venezuela’s economy is teetering on the edge of collapse with widespread food shortages and inflation forecast to surpass 700 percent. Last month, Empresas Polar, Venezuela’s largest food and beverage company, stopped production of beer because of a lack of imported barley.(ap) The Coca-Cola booth is set up in the exhibit hall of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. April 30, 2016.

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Home ministry denies ordering cancellation of bylaws banning liquor

Apple CEO Cook, Indian Prime Minister Modi meet in New Delhi Modi and Cook also discussed cybersecurity and data encryption at their meeting in New Delhi, a government statement said. Modi suggested that Cook help the global community cope with the challenges of cybercrime.

Cook, who arrived in India on Tuesday and is winding down his trip, spoke of the potential for the manufacturing and retailing of Apple products in India, and the possibilities for app development in the country, the statement said.

Apple has just a 2 percent share of the smartphone market in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone markets.

Cook spoke about his visits to the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kanpur and his meetings with business leaders, young people and Bollywood actors. In particular, he mentioned his visit to the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai, and the cricket match he saw in the northern city of Kanpur, the statement said.

Modi said that in India, “seeing is believing,” and that Cook’s experiences on his trip would help steer his business

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Indonesian soldiers carry people’s belongings during an evacuation following the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Gamber village, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, May 22, 2016. The volcano in western Indonesian unleashed hot clouds of ash on Saturday, killing several villagers, officals said.

Seven killed after being hit by hot smoke from Mt Sinabung

JAKARTA - Seven people were killed after they were hit by hot smoke coming out from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra on Saturday. “The avalanche of hot smoke from Mount Sinabung has again claimed lives,” the head of public relations and information data center of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, informed in a press release received here on Saturday.

Based on initial data from the local disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), seven people were affected by the hot smoke, of which three died and four others were in a critical condition.

The search and rescue team was able to evacuate the victims to the hospital.

Several homes were gutted due to the hot smoke.

Sutopo said efforts would continue on Sunday morning to look for any more victims, depending upon how active the mountain is.

The victims are villagers of Gamber in the sub-district of Simpang Empat, Karo District, who were caught unawares while working in the field.

The village is located within a four kilometer radius from the top of the mountain and was supposed to be uninhabited and left vacant as it falls in the red zone (danger

zone). Most Gamber villagers had evacuated a long time ago and were resettled at a new location.

For the time being, the villagers were given land on rent for farming and also rented houses to stay to prevent them from conducting farming activities in their former village. However, some of them ignored the ban and braved danger to conduct farming in the danger zone, Sutopo explained.

Sutopo pointed out that the chief of the BNPB, Willem Rampangilei, has ordered the BNPBs quick reaction team to immediately leave for Karo to accompany the local officials and deal with the emergency situation.

“The chief of the Karo district military command, as the commander of the emergency response team, must coordinate the search and rescue efforts, tighten surveil-

lance and patrolling so that the red zone is really clear of any activity,” he elaborated.

Mount Sinabung was currently displaying intense activity after it spewed hot smoke at 14.28 hours pm, 15.08, 16.39 and 16.48p as far as 4.5 kilometers away reaching Lao Borus river westward.

The volcanic ash billowed up to three thousand meters high and the mountain is still under an alert status with eruption potential remained high and could happen at any time.

People living along the rivers that come from Sinabung must be alert against possible lava flows, Sutopo said.

“People and visitors/tourists are not allowed to conduct any activity within a radius of three kilometers from the mountains top. People living in the south and southeast sector are also prohibited to get as near as seven kilometers from the mountains top while those in north and northeast sectors are prohibited to get as near as four kilometers from the mountains top,” he added. (ant)

SEMARANG - Indonesias Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo denied on Saturday that his ministry has ordered the cancellation of bylaws banning liquor.

He rather reiterated that all regions need to have such bylaws on the ground that the circulation of liquor endangers the public, particularly the younger generations.

“I am ready to relinquish my position as home affairs minister if I have prohibited any bylaws banning liquor. The news is slanderous,” he countered. He underlined that his denial is also intended to clarify growing rumors that the ministry has revoked the bylaws banning liquor.

In principle, the bylaws must be enforced in all regions consistently and properly. Besides, liquor triggers criminal offenses, he argued.

In fact, the ministry supports the

Papuan governors policy to enforce such bylaws consistently, he reiterated.

He clarified that many bylaws that included a ban on liquor actually overlapped and, therefore, the ministry had asked various concerned regions to synchronize them.

Earlier in the day, the Surabaya city executive board of Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) lodged a protest against the ministry over the revocation of bylaws banning liquor, saying the move ran counter to the religious affairs ministers regulation.

“It also violates religious teachings that liquor is a source of all kinds of criminal offenses, such as murder, sexual crimes, accidents and drug abuse,” a spokesman for the NUs city executive board, Dr. Achmad Muhibbin Zuhri, M.Ag., protested.(ant)

Indonesia rejects statement of Solomon Islands` PM on MSG JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has refuted the statement of Solomon Islands prime minister that the country has joined the Melanesian Spearhead Group merely to protect its own interests.

“We firmly reject the statement of the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, that appeared on the website of the prime ministers press secretariat on May 17, 2016,” the Indonesian foreign affairs ministrys director general for Asia Pacific and Africa, Desra Percaya, stated in a press statement received here on Saturday.

The prime minister of Solomon Islands, in the statement on the aforesaid website, had posited, “The extension of full membership status to the United Liberation for West Papua (ULMWP) in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) could be justified because Indonesia has also sought to seek a membership status in the regional grouping to protect its own interest rather than seeking to be involved in a dialogue about serious human rights issues in West Papua.”

Responding to Prime Minister Sogavares statement, Desra Percaya made it clear that the statement was against the basic principles of sovereignty and non-interference as included in the agreement for the establishment of MSG in 2007.

Desra underlined that the worlds third biggest democracy, Indonesia considers respect for human rights an important principle. In view of that, he recalled, Indonesia has ratified eight out of nine of the main human rights instruments of the UN

and cooperates in various human rights mechanisms.

“Indonesia hails the concept of human rights and is ready to share its experience with regard to promoting and protecting human rights with other countries, including Solomon Islands. That is why Indonesia has always welcomed the participation of Solomon Islands in the Bali Democracy Forum,” he elaborated.

Desra reiterated that Indonesia has long been committed to overcoming the issue of human rights violations through the establishment of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) representative office in Papua.

He reminded that Komnas HAM offices at the national and regional level have continued to work to resolve any alleged cases of human rights violations in Papua.

As part of the Pacific region, Indonesia has also partnered with several key countries in the region to forge strong and productive bilateral relations, he added.

It has also actively participated in various regional groupings, such as the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) since 1980 and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum since 1989. Also, it has been active in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) since 2001 and the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PDIF) since 2014.

“So, it is rather myopic for Prime Minister Sogavare to speculate that Indonesias agenda in the Pacific, moreover regarding MSG, is solely Papua-centric,” he argued. (ant)

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Land conversion in Badung threatens food security

FARMLAND conversion is a scourge for the agricultural sector. As the latest data, the area of paddy fields in Badung spreading across five subdistricts reaches 10,144 hectares, where a total of 160 hectares (1.5 percent) of the land were converted in 2014.

This condition has an impact on food security due to shrinking land area. Unavoidably, this sector continues to be left out by society.

Farmland conversion is a scourge for the agricultural sector.

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Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) of Badung, I Nyoman Sujastra, said that other than suffering losses due to the cheap price of grain, farmers in Badung were also besieged by land conversion.

“In addition to land conversion, the interest of younger generation to cultivate agricultural sector is increasingly diminishing. If this continues, it will affect the food situation,” he said.

According to him, food security must be grown because as a tourist area it is visited by domestic and foreign tourists.

To that end, amid the limited lands the productivity must be increased so that the people will have an interest in working on their farms any longer.

Farmers in the Badung district also expected the local government to subsidize the price of grain dropping at the farm level. This condition indeed makes people unwilling to farm and prefer to be a construction worker.

“The price of grain slumps after the harvest, so that the government should help farmers. Moreover, with the revenue reaching IDR 3 trillion the government of Badung is not wrong to subsidize the price of grain of the farmers,” he said.

In the meantime, the Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, confirmed that the government of Badung has a very strong commitment to maintain food sovereignty in region. The success of Badung in jointly maintaining food

Obama, bound for Vietnam, seeks to turn old foe into new partner

sovereignty will have implications on the level of farmer’s welfare. Here it is required an integrated development program by involving all the relevant agencies in the government of Badung.

“Responding to the current conditions, I’d like to ask the relevant agencies to make evaluation and calculate in designing a program, so that it will be able to raise the dignity of farmers towards independent and prosperous farmers. Ultimately, they can be proud as a farmer,” he said.

It is said that in order to realize the food security in Badung, the county government will enable and encourage people to rebuild granary in the countryside.

Regent Giri Prasta also stated that in the context of implementing the national programs of the overall development plans, civil apparatuses as state civil servants and the individuals having a very important and strategic role in supporting the implementation of governmental functions, development and social activities that will essentially become evidence that the government is always present in the society.

“On that account, I’d like to reiterate that the government of Badung will continue to focus on the efforts to fulfill the basic needs of Badung society either in terms of food, clothing, shelter, education and health as well as provide comprehensive social protection for Badung residents,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Beekeeping at Gadungan village

High demands, limited production

TABANAN - Tabanan has potential of nature in the form of quite promising beekeeping. Due to having extensive subak abian (non-irrigated field organization), the areas such as Selemadeg Raya, Pupuan and Baturiti are promising for the development of this honey beekeeping. One of the groups beginning to develop this is the Pondok Madu forest farmers group at Pondok Kaja hamlet, Gadungan, East Selemadeg.

The group consisting of 22 people can averagely produce 211 bottles of honey containing 600 ml and each bottle is sold for IDR 300,000. Thus, the annual income of the group can achieve IDR 60 million. Because it is still limited, the honey demand coming directly to farmers could not be fulfilled.

Group leader of the Pondok Madu forest farmers, I Nyoman Wika, 47, described that the farmer group was established in 2012. Because it was not known at the time, the marketing was quite difficult. If it was offered outside, people still

thought if the honey they produced was false. In 2014, farmers received coaching from the government of Tabanan through the program known as harmonious food development movement. In addition to getting help in the form of beekeeper box, farmers also received training assistance and tools to process the honeycomb into honey and the marketing. “Currently, having been known by many people, our honey is even sought after here and does not need to be sold outside the village,” he said.

He continued that to get the bee colony, they used traditional technique by putting wooden beekeeper box in trees. After the honeycomb is formed and having a bee queen, the bee hive is transferred into the existing beekeeper box having been equipped with frames or modern techniques. With the modern technique, farmers only aim to take honey without destroying the honeycomb. “In traditional techniques, taking the honey is done by squeezing honeycomb so

that it cannot be used again,” he said. The unused honeycombs are the usually sold for side dish or steamed dish.

Since the modern technique does not damage the honeycomb, the harvest can be faster namely 15 days. Traditional techniques take place once a month because bees have to make honeycomb from the beginning again.

In developing the beekeeping, according to Wika, he hoped there will be more helps from the government in the form beekeeper box. With more beekeeper boxes, more honey can be produced. “The demand for honey is actually a lot but cannot be met because the production is limited,” he said.

The Head of the Tabanan Forestry and Plantation Agency, Roemi Liestyowati, explained that East Selemadeg is one of the potential regions for the development of honey bee. It is enabled because the region has quite extensive subak abian and has not been touched by pollution.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi during a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Suu Kyi calls for “space” as Kerry presses her on Myanmar’s Rohingya

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given “enough space” to address the plight of her country’s Rohingya Muslim population, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed the Nobel laureate to promote respect for human rights.

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Tabanan has potential of nature in the form of quite promising beekeeping.

Roemi added that there are curPromotion and development of rently 24 honey bee farmer groups the beekeeping is one of the ways having received coaching from the carried out by the government to district government. Besides, they suppress land conversion. “Bee is have received assistance from the indicator of pollution. So, if there program of harmonious develop- is pollution bees will be unable to ment movement (gerbang serasi). live,” he said. (kmb24)

Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar remain displaced and face severe travel restrictions in camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine State between the country’s Buddhists and Muslims in 2012.

Thousands have fled persecution and poverty.

The United States has long supported Suu Kyi’s role in championing democratic change in Myanmar, but was surprised this month when she suggested to the new U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel to refrain from using the term Rohingya for the persecuted Muslim minority.

“Emotive terms make it very difficult for us to find a peaceful and sensible resolution to our problems,” Suu Kyi told reporters at a joint news conference with Kerry in Naypyitaw on Sunday.

“All that we are asking is that people should be aware of the difficulties we are facing and to give us enough space to solve all our

problems.”

Kerry said he had discussed the Rohingya issue with Suu Kyi during their meeting, describing it as “very sensitive” and “divisive.”

“I know it arises strong passions here,” Kerry said. “What is critical to focus on is solving the problem... which is improving the situation on the ground, to promote development, promote respect for human rights and benefit all of those that live in Rakhine and throughout Myanmar.”

Last month hundreds of demonstrators protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Yangon in objection to the use of the term Rohingya in a statement issued by the embassy.

Speaking out for the group would carry a political cost for Suu Kyi, who took on the newly created role of state counsellor in April following the first-democratically elected government in some five

decades.

The Rohingya are widely disliked in Myanmar, including by some within Suu Kyi’s party and its supporters. She risks losing support by taking up the cause of the beleaguered minority.

The Rohingya, most of whom live in apartheid-like conditions, are seen by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and referred to by many as Bengalis.

Ambassador Marciel has said he would keep using the term Rohingya because it is Washington’s policy to do so.

“What we want to do is avoid any terms that just add fuel to the fire,” Suu Kyi said in response to a question on her comments about the Rohingya.

“I wasn’t talking about one particular term, I was talking about all the terms that are incendiary and which create greater divisions in the Rakhine and of course elsewhere too.”

Kerry was on a brief stop in the capital Naypyitaw before he joins President Barack Obama in Vietnam on Monday. (rtr)

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, a trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an old enemy into a new partner to help counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

Four decades after the Vietnam War, Obama - the first U.S. leader to come of age after a conflict that bitterly divided America - will seek to deepen defense and economic ties with the country’s communist government while also prodding them on human rights, aides say.

Pressure has mounted for Obama to use his landmark visit, which begins on Monday, to roll back a 32-year-old arms embargo on Hanoi, one of the last vestiges of wartime animosity.

Lifting the ban - something Vietnam has long sought - would anger Beijing, which resents U.S. efforts to forge stronger military bonds with its smaller neighbors at a time of rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea. But there was no immediate word of a final U.S. decision on the issue.

Vietnam’s poor human rights record remains a possible sticking point, but the Obama administration appears increasingly swayed toward giving Hanoi some leeway to build its deterrent against China.

“Nobody has any illusions,” said Evan Medeiros, Obama’s former top Asia adviser. “This trip sends important signals to China about U.S. activism in the region and

growing U.S. concern about Chinese behavior.”

Closer military cooperation with allies and partners has been a major thrust of Obama’s strategic “rebalance” toward the Asia-Pacific region, a centerpiece of his foreign policy.

Obama’s Vietnam visit comes just days after Chinese fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance plane in the South China Sea. Beijing is pursuing territorial claims there that conflict with those of Vietnam and several other countries.

Obama will be the third consecutive U.S. president to visit Vietnam since diplomatic relations were restored in 1995.

“What we want to demonstrate with this visit is a significant upgrade in the relationship between the United States and Vietnam ... even as we have areas of difference,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser.

Washington wants Vietnam to open up more on the economic front and also move closer militarily, including increased port visits by U.S. warships, possibly with access to the strategic harbor at Cam Ranh Bay, U.S. officials say.

But even as the two sides look forward, there will be reminders of the past. Obama will be accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry, who after a tour in Vietnam as a young Navy officer burst onto the scene as an antiwar protester in the 1970s. (rtr)

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Vietnam’s General Secretary of the Communist Party and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong casts his vote for members of the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at a polling station in Hanoi, Vietnam May 22, 2016.

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Space shuttle tank completes trek to Los Angeles museum

LOS ANGELES — A colossal space shuttle fuel tank completed its 19-hour trek through the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center.

The 33-ton, 154-foot-long external propellant tank began moving a few minutes after midnight from coastal Marina del Rey, where it arrived by barge Wednesday. It reached the museum at Exposition Park just after 7 p.m. following a carefully-coordinated journey down 16 ½ miles of streets.

The orange-brown, sausageshaped tank — the last of its kind — traveled by truck at about 5 mph. It was escorted by police, a fire truck, and several city officials and astronauts while crews trimmed a few trees and unbolted stoplight poles so they wouldn’t hit the towering tank.

Freeway drivers got a shock as the tank rolled by on a bridge over Interstate 405, an artery west of

downtown that was busy even on Saturday morning.

Along the route, people lined the sidewalks with their cellphones, trying to capture the perfect shot — and a selfie.

“When you look at the people who are out here, it’s little kids, it’s older folks, it’s white folks, it’s black folks, it’s Latino folks,” said Shelly Arsneault, 49, of Whittier. “It’s everybody. It’s cool. It’s LA.” Children, a few wearing homemade space helmets, were enthralled.

Cindy Hernandez, 11, of Inglewood, said the tank was “amazing.”

“It will be a memory for me,” she said.

“It’s this next generation of explorers. These kids are going to remember today their whole lives.

And they’re going to think about it when they choose their career paths. They’re going to study harder in school. And it’s going to

make us happy,” astronaut Mike Fincke, who flew on the Endeavour’s final flight in 2011, told the Los Angeles Times.

“It really makes me feel that a lot of people appreciate what our space program is doing,” said Sandy Magnus, another astronaut.

“Days like this I think are days that bring us all together.”

The tank will be displayed upright along with the shuttle and two solid-rocket boosters, as if ready for takeoff.

The trek drew smaller crowds than the journey of the 122-footlong Endeavour. With a wingspan of 78 feet, the orbiter was similarly hauled 12 miles to the center from Los Angeles International Airport.

Extensive preparations for Endeavour’s trek included removing trees, street posts and other obstacles, but that journey still took about 17 hours longer than planned.

Although longer, the external tank is much narrower than the shuttle, with a diameter of 27.5

feet.

The tank was shipped to California by barge from a NASA facility in Louisiana. The tank traveled through the Panama Canal to the Pacific and arrived at Marina del Rey, a yacht harbor on the Los Angeles County coast where it was offloaded to await the weekend move.

The move Saturday began with a bit of fanfare. A New Orleans-style jazz band played “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and some people waved handkerchiefs to wish the tank bon voyage.

Known as ET-94, it was NASA’s last flight-qualified external tank, but it was never used before the shuttle program came to an end.

External tanks not only carried propellant for space shuttles’ main engines, they were the backbone of the launch system. An orbiter and two solid rocket boosters would be attached to the tank for the fiery ascent into space.

Inside ET-94 are two internal

tanks for millions of pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as well as other equipment.

The tank’s surface is covered with a layer of foam to keep the propellants at the proper temperature, reduce the formation of ice and to provide protection from heat as it sped through the atmosphere.

External tanks used on shuttle missions would be destroyed, burning up as they fell back through the atmosphere after being discarded by the orbiter.

ET-94 was built for use by the shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated over Texas as it was returning from a mission. The investigation found that foam fell off that mission’s external tank during launch and punched a hole into a wing, allowing hot gases of the fiery re-entry inside the structure. Investigators used many pieces of foam from ET-94 in tests to come to the conclusion. (AP)

SEMARAPURA - Tourism development in Nusa Lembongan, in fact, is not supported by the creativity development of the human resources. As a result, this condition makes travelers from various countries very difficult to find out souvenirs for a keepsake after visiting Nusa Lembongan.

On the other hand, a number of people on the Island of Lembongan are selling products of nature such as corals collected from the coast.

Made Nerming, 40, can become an example of the communities of Klatak hamlet, Jungut Batu, Nusa Lembongan Island.

The impact of tourism at Klatak hamlet is still minimal compared to other regions of Nusa Lembongan. This area only becomes a passing area from mangrove forest to the yellow bridge.

This woman having two children previously worked as seaweed farmers on the beach of Klatak hamlet. More than 25 families are working as seaweed farmers in the area. However, since last year many farmers stopped farming. The price of seaweed at IDR 3,000 per kg is not comparable to their hard work.

Seeing the high number of tourist visits, she and the other housewives are determined to sell souvenirs. She also hawks various types of dead rocks collected from the coast. In addition, she

also sells handicrafts bought from Sukawati, Gianyar. She admitted to have no typical crafts of Nusa Lembongan. From a number of merchandise sold, just rocks and other coral species are genuine souvenirs of Nusa Lembongan.

The rocks are sold at the price of IDR15,000 to IDR 50,000 depending on their size and condition. Made Nerming admitted that her earnings from selling souvenir is higher than the results of seaweed farming. The income from the sales of souvenirs at Klatak hamlet can reach IDR 200,000 per day, while from seaweed farming she could only produce IDR 300,000 a month.

“I only have 1,000 square meters of land so that my harvest is a little, not to mention the passing boat can affect the growth of seaweed,” she explained while peddling her merchandise, Friday (May 20).

Her stall is very simple, just made from material of trees.

She deeply wanted to be able to make handicrafts for sale as souvenirs. However, no one wants to teach us. To communicate with foreign travelers, Made Nerming can only speak the price. “I am learning from my granddaughter having attended primary school. When forgetting the English expression, I just communicate with the number of fingers,” she said while laughing. (dwa)

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A number of people on the Island of Lembongan are selling products of nature such as corals collected from the coast.

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When entering dry season this year, several villages in Buleleng start experiencing clean water crisis.

On entering drought

Residents start to face clean water crisis

SINGARAJA - When entering dry season this year, several villages in Buleleng start experiencing clean water crisis. This condition cannot be avoided because water discharge of some springs at several villages in this area begins to decrease. On the contrary, the need for clean water continues to grow in line with population growth.

One of the villages facing clean water crisis is the Kembang Sari hamlet, Pangkung Paruk, Seririt.

Since the beginning of dry season, the supply of clean water to this village only flows for three hours a day. As a result, residents have to queue since early morning in order to get clean water for cooking in the kitchen. Otherwise, people will certainly not get water supply because they must wait for the supply of clean water the next morning.

Moreover, when entering the peak of dry season local residents in this area are accustomed not to getting clean water for one to three days in succession.

Every day men and women come to the reservoir of clean water at the center of local hamlet from 06:00 local time. In addition to carrying water stored in jerry cans or large buckets, some people also transport clean water by using motorcycle.

A local resident, Komang Ardika, when queuing to fetch water last Saturday said that every dry season the water crisis regularly hits the territory. Against this condition, he must make his time to take clean water so

as to meet the needs for cooking in the kitchen. In one day Ardika could accommodate maximally four jerry cans of clean water. The water accommodated is just enough to meet the kitchen needs. This happens because the water containers in the area have small capacity, so that they are not enough to meet all the needs of the residents. Moreover, the current water discharge from the springs located about seven kilometers from the location of reservoir is not adequate. For bathing or washing purposes of his family, he is forced to take advantage of well water or water of the river in the vicinity.

“Since the water flow from the springs is very small while many people need it, in each queue he can only get up to four jerry cans for drinking, washing dishes and cooking. Then, for bathing and washing clothes he must ask to his neighbor having a well,” he said.

Hamlet chief of Kembang Sari, Made Merta, said that the clean water problems have occurred in the region since decades ago. The clean water network with gravity technique was built with self-financing. To support

the monthly operations, each family is charged a mandatory fee of IDR 10,000. During rainy season, the water supply remains sufficient. In dry season from July to December the water supply decreases so that it does not meet the needs of all residents. With this condition, the water in the reservoir is just opened for three hours each day. After that, it is refilled so that the water can be taken the next day.

“Since the small discharge during dry season like today the water is insufficient for the needs. The water is only open for three hours a day and after that it is closed to be refilled so that it can be taken by residents the following day,” he said.

To resolve the water problem in the region, Merta hoped that local government could help increase the volume of water from the source by installing larger pipelines than the current ones. In addition, he expected the help of government or other parties to add new water sources.

This addition can be carried out by making artesian wells at particular locations, so that the water supply will become sufficient for the needs of the entire residents.

“If possible, we could be assisted by adding the existing pipeline network. Alternatively, we hope there will be addition of new water sources to increase the water supply,” he said. (kmb38)

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COVER STORY Drug...

From page 1 Besides, based on the disclosure of police, narcotics in circulation belong to various kinds. However, they are dominated by crystal meth.

This powder narcotic is the most commonly found in circulation among the arrested suspects.

Based on the data of the Tabanan Police Narcotic Investigation Unit, in 2014 there were a total of 43 narcotic cases consisting of 14 narcotic cases with 17 suspects and in 2015 there were 11 cases. “In 2016 through the shining operations, we are also managed to catch the perpetrators of drug abuse,” he said.

He said that pursuant to the law the pure drug users can actually undergo rehabilitation and do not serve their sentence in a prison with some requirements. If the users report themselves voluntarily, they can immediately undergo rehabilitation. The case will be different if the users are caught using and having drugs. They cannot directly undergo rehabilitation, but must undergo a legal process first.

“The users are still afraid of coming forward voluntarily and being

arrested,” he said.

Actually, if they voluntarily report themselves as users, they are given assurance not to be arrested but will be directed to undergo rehabilitation.

Various ways have also been made by police to reduce the number of drug users, distributors and storage, especially among the younger generation. One of the ideas or breakthroughs for disseminating the matters is through the installation of billboards carried out by police ranks of Baturiti. Chief of Baturiti Police, Heri Supriawan, said that two billboards have been installed on the roadside in front of the Baturiti Police station.

“Both billboards contain insistence or invitation to citizens to always orderly traffic on highway with the theme “Heading for orderly and unified Indonesia, safety is number 1” and another billboard contains message on public order and security, especially intended for younger generation to stay away from drugs. The theme is “The world is beautiful without drugs, SAY NO TO DRUGS. Together we fight against drug for the sake of strong, smart and successful generation of the nation,”

he explained.

Deputy Regent of Tabanan, Komang Gede Sanjaya, has ever confirmed that his rank will also fight against the drug hazards.

Sanjaya even ‘challenged’ the BNN Bali to hold urine test in

Tabanan simultaneously. “Tabanan is very prepared, if necessary it can become a pilot project,” he said recently.

He explained that a drug test is very important for state officials and it is impossible for the bureau-

The police is showing evidences from a drug bust

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HIGH drug case in Denpasar draws the attention of a number of agencies in the Denpasar municipality. Moreover, Denpasar becoming a metropolitan city has an impact on the increasing social problems, crimes and other security threats. One of them, the drug user is getting more and more. Allegedly this condition also occurred due to rampant cafés mushrooming to the corners of the city. will team up with the BNN Denpasar to perform various actions.

Firstly, it can be done through counseling. Then, it is resumed with coaching and if there are indications of legal cases, such as drug abuse, it will become the authority of law enforcement agencies.

Previously, the Denpasar municipality through the Education Agency will also make a breakthrough in the efforts to anticipate the spread of drugs among teenagers. As the measure, it will enforce a drug-free certificate to be used as requirements to continue the education to higher school or vocational school and colleges in the city of Denpasar. This is done to anticipate the students from falling into drug cases.

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cratic process and public services to run smoothly if the officers are drug addicts. “If necessary, the urine test alone should not only be held to regional leaders, but must also be made to civil bureaucrats to legislators,” he concluded. (kmb)

To minimize drug cases, Denpasar govt teams up with BNN Responding to this condition, the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Wayan Gunawan, said that the existence of café in Denpasar can be seen from two categories. There are licensed and unlicensed cafés.

Especially for café, actually it has no separate license and is even included in the permit of restaurant.

In order to obtain a permit, there are several requirements to be met, he said. Related to the unlicensed café, it actually happens due to non-fulfillment of some existing criteria. However, after there is cooperation of three ministries, a small business like it can submit permission of the SMEs in the subdistrict government.

To suppress the number of drug trafficking in Denpasar, his agency

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The Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, highly appreciated the program. According to him, the drug-free certificate as a requirement to enroll at higher education both at schools and universities is very effective to anticipate and reduce drug use by community. Other than anticipating people from using drugs, Rai Mantra asked to establish drug-free school movement.

On the other hand, Gunawan added that until 2015 the tourist facilities in Denpasar amounted to 33 star hotels, 246 non-star hotels, 36 cottages and 16 villas. In addition, there are also 450 restaurants, 11 karaoke houses (including four family karaoke houses) and 13 spa outlets. (kmb12)

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Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel has `rigorous ethical’ programme, retailer says

MUMBAI - Ivy Park, the sportswear brand that is a joint venture between singer Beyonce and Topshop tycoon Philip Green, has defended itself against a Sun newspaper report that says its supplier in Sri Lanka uses “sweatshop slaves” to produce the clothing.

Workers making some of the clothes at MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka earn just 4.30 pounds ($6.30) a day, the tabloid reported on Sunday. Most of the “poverty-stricken seamstresses” are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs, it said.

“Ivy Park has a rigorous ethical trading programme. We are proud of our sustained efforts in terms of factory inspections and audits, and our teams worldwide work very closely with our suppliers and their

factories to ensure compliance,” Ivy Park said in a statement emailed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“We expect our suppliers to meet our code of conduct and we support them in achieving these requirements,” it said.

South Asian garment manufacturers have come under increasing scrutiny since the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh in 2013, in which more than 1,100 factory workers died.

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The wages that the Sun reports are paid to Topshop’s Sri Lankan factory workers are well above the minimum wage in South Asia, where minimum salaries in the garment industry range from $68 a month in Bangladesh to $71 in Sri Lanka and $120 in Pakistan, according to the World Bank.

Working conditions in Sri Lanka’s garment industry, which is largely organised, are “generally better” than in the rest of South Asia, the World Bank said in a report last month. Sri Lanka’s garment exports, which are worth about $4.4 billion a year, are largely “higher-value, niche products”, made by workers who are better educated and more skilled than their peers in the region, the report said.

However, while companies generally comply with the minimum-wage levels set by governments in Asia, these wages “fall far below a wage a person could live on”, according to lobby group Clean Clothes Campaign. It estimates that in Sri Lanka the minimum monthly wage is about a fifth of the country’s living wage.

Annanya Bhattacharjee of the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) said the garment workers in Sri Lanka were probably working longer than eight-hour days and not being paid overtime.

“They often don’t have the option of saying ‘no’ as they may lose their jobs if they do, and also because of economic coercion. So this is a form of forced labour; they’re bound to the employer,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. (rtr)

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Young generation prone to be infiltrated with drugs

TABANAN - High number of drug cases makes the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) prioritize two districts in Bali for the establishment of the District National Narcotics Agency (BNNK) in 2017.

One of them is in the Tabanan District.

Chief of the Tabanan Police Narcotic Investigation Unit, I Made Maha Atmaja, said that narcotics generally circulate among the youth. It is based on the fact that the majority of narcotic consumers secured by police consist of young people and groups of employees. “Generally, those having got income are often targeted by traffickers,” he said.

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Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic end for EgyptAir plane

CAIRO — Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as alarms on the Airbus 320 screeched one after another.

Officials caution it’s still too early to say what happened to the aircraft — France’s foreign minister said Saturday that “all the hypotheses are being examined” — but mounting evidence points to a sudden, dramatic catastrophe that led to its crash into the eastern Mediterranean early Thursday.

The Egyptian military on Saturday released the first images of aircraft debris plucked from the sea, including personal items and

damaged seats. Egypt is leading a multi-nation effort to search for the plane’s black boxes — the flight data and cockpit voice recorders — and other clues that could help explain its sudden plunge into the sea.

“If they lost the aircraft within three minutes that’s very, very quick,” said aviation security expert Philip Baum. “They were dealing with an extremely serious incident.”

Authorities say the plane lurched left, then right, spun all the way

around and plummeted 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) into the sea — never issuing a distress call.

The Facebook page of the chief spokesman for Egypt’s military showed the first photographs of debris from the plane, shredded remains of plane seats, life jackets — one seemingly undamaged — and a scrap of cloth that might be part of a baby’s purple-and-pink blanket.

The spokesman, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Samir, later posted a video showing what appeared to be a piece of blue carpet, seat belts, a shoe and a white handbag. The clip opened with aerial footage of an unidentified navy ship followed by a speedboat heading toward float-

ing debris.

Flight 804 left from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport on Wednesday night en route to Cairo with 66 people aboard. The first available audio from the doomed flight indicates that all was routine as the pilot checked in with air traffic controllers in Zurich, Switzerland, around midnight, before being handed over to Italian air traffic controllers in Padua (Padova): Pilot — “This is 0-7-2-5 Padova control. (Unintelligible) 8-0-4. Thank you so much.

Good day er good night.”

The communication, taken from liveatc.net which provides live air traffic control broadcasts from around the world, occurred about 2

½ hours before Greek air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane.

Greek officials say at 2:24 a.m. local time the flight entered the Athens sector of Greek airspace. Twenty-four minutes later, controllers chatted with the pilot, who appeared to be in good spirits. In Greek, the pilot quipped: “Thank you.”

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