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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, leader of the Australian Labor Party waves to the crowd during her post election speech in Melbourne, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010.

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Suspense as Britain bids to save silent Hitchcock thrillers PAGE 12

Australia in political limbo after voters punish PM Agence France Presse

SYDNEY - Australia’s major parties raced Sunday to woo independent lawmakers as the nation faced its first hung parliament in 70 years after voters punished Prime Minister Julia Gillard for ousting her predecessor. The country’s first woman prime minister and opposition leader Tony Abbott scrambled to broker deals to form a coalition government and break the limbo left when electors Saturday stripped Gillard of her right to rule alone.

Gillard, who toppled predecessor Kevin Rudd in a brutal party coup just two months ago, was lagging behind

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her challenger by 70 seats to 72, with 78 percent of the ballots counted, the ABC network said.With 76 seats needed

to form a government, Australia’s balance of power now lies in the hands of five men — four independent MPs and

a newly elected Greens politician.

But the stunning fall from grace of the centre-left Labor Party government has left Abbott’s conservative Liberal/National alliance poised on the brink of power, if he can cobble together a coalition government. “The Labor Party has definitely lost its majority,” Abbott told jubilant supporters late Saturday.

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Tens of thousands evacuated after floods in China, N.Korea Agence France Presse

BEIJING - More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following serious floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea. Heavy summer downpours have dangerously swollen the Yalu river, which forms the border between the two countries, and forecasters are warning of yet more torrential rain to come.

China’s civil affairs ministry said late Saturday that 127,000 people had been evacuated in Liaoning

province in just three days due to the rains, as the nation struggles with its worst floods in a decade.

In Dandong city alone, which borders North Korea, more than 94,000 residents were evacuated and some power and transport links were cut off, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

A couple in their 70s and a mother and son died in Kuandian county, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Dandong, when flash floods swept away their homes, Xinhua said, citing a local flood control official.

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AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Jianfeng

This photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency shows the bird’s-eye view of a damaged village after flood in Dandong, northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Sunday Aug. 22, 2010.

Flooding has forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Bali News Bali to be MICE destination until 2014 Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Bali is estimated to become a destination of meeting, incentive, conference and exhibition (MICE) tourism until 2014 to come. This opportunity is discernible from the bidding or requests for MICE continuing to grow until the next four years.

Chairman of the Society of Indonesian Professional Convention Organizers (SIPCO) of Bali Chapter, Putu Juarez R Putra, stated that most of MICE participants would fill out their time to enjoy the beauty and culture of Bali before and after the scheduled agenda of MICE. “For the next few years, I think Bali remains to be considered by several multinational companies as the venue for MICE. This condition will indirectly affect the economy of our society,” said Putu Juarez in Denpasar, last Thursday (Aug 19).

According to him, MICE tourists had money spending far greater than other types of tourists. Because, MICE guests spent five times more than individual or group tourists. Moreover, the backpacker class only spent under IDR l million per day.

“MICE activities until the end of 2010 are estimated to reach hundreds of event. On entering the month of Ramadan, the MICE events especially in Indonesia tended to decline

slightly. However, we are optimistic that MICE tours within this year will continue to grow until its peak in November,” he said.

It was said that tourists organizing MICE event in Bali every year reached an average of 10 per cent of the total tourist arrivals. MICE tourists had tight schedule during their stay in Bali. However, some of them would certainly take some excursions, too.

“Government’s efforts to make a convention center having a large capacity will be very supportive for MICE activities. Because, all this time the unavailability of sufficient venues becomes obstacle in the development of MICE,” he said.

According to Putu Juarez, organizers handling the MICE tourists required professionalism so that the implementation of MICE activities could run better and improve the imaging of Bali in the eyes of foreign tourists.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Government Tourism Office

(Disparda) Ida Bagus Subhiksu explained that MICE tourism over the 2010 sufficiently supported the growth of Bali tourism. Clear and visible indication until recently was that every single implementation of convention tourism in Bali could draw abundant participants, up to two times higher than elsewhere.

“Bali is very potential to develop MICE tourism because it has adequate facilities and infrastructure.

It is proven by the number of international conferences held in Bali.

Our natural and cultural resources also shore up the convention tourism in Bali,” he said.

According to him, Bali was always ready to host any international events. Serious attention of Bali Provincial Government to work on the MICE market was shown by the initiative of establishing a representative convention center.

“Australia, Japan, China, Korea and Russia are the countries that often organized international meetings in Bali,” he added. (par)

Stop construction of low cost hotel and condotel as inflicting slum tourism Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Rampant development of hotel and condotel in Badung implementing the concept of low cost drew the concern among the circle of Badung House.

The legislative considered that the concept of development minimizing the open land would gradually trigger slum tourism image for Badung and Bali in general. Badung Regency Government was also urged not to issue licenses to investors using such a concept.

Chairman of Commission B of Badung House, I Putu Parwata, last Friday (Aug 20), said the concept of low cost was defined as physical development paying less attention to open land. Investors established physical building in a narrow area so that their investment could be minimized.

“As a matter of fact, this is clearly detrimental especially in terms of environmental aspect. In the long run, the

environment can turn slum because it pays less attention to the surrounding environment. As consequence, our tourism can be getting slum,” said Chairman of the Special Committee on the Badung Regional Spatial Layout Plan (RTRW). Parwata added that such a concept was also violating the rules of the Basic Building Coefficient (KDB) where 60 percent was allocated for open space and the remaining 40 percent allocated for buildings. “Right now, most properties allocate 80 percent up to 90 percent of their land space for buildings,” he asserted.

On that account, the committee of RTRW Badung urged Regency Government not to issue any permits for investors implementing the low cost investment. The Special Committee would ask the executive to review the proposal on the development of hotel and condotel implementing the low cost concept, so that development would not

result in any problems later on.

For green open spaces, continued Parwata, Special Committee of RTRW Badung also gave particular attention.

Badung Regency Government should ensure its availability, for example, by opening up agricultural land as compensation for existing development.

Parwata said, ideally Badung had a green open space amounting to 25 percent of the total area namely 418.52 kilometers. Its potential green land that could be secured located in the area of Canggu, Kerobokan, North Kuta, Mengwi, Abiansemal and Petang.

Aside from proposing to open agricultural land as extensive as possible, Special Committee of RTRW Badung also proposed the use of derelict land.

For this purpose, in the later discussion of the Special Committee, the Badung House would ask the National Land Agency (BPN) to provide the data of derelict land. (ded)

After Vaccination, Elimination Takes Turn Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Denpasar Husbandry, Fishery and Sea Agency activity to minimal the number of rabies case continues.

After vaccinations to rabies carrier animals at Ubung Kaja Village on Thursday (19/8), it continued with elimination. Tens of wild dogs in the area were eliminated by Husbandry Agency.

Head of the Agency, Ir. Dewa Made Ngurah joined by Kasi P2H Ida Ayu Sri Martini, stated the program is a routine program to avoid the rabies case to spread. Besides that the elimination was also the residents’ request.

It was said, before it, they have done vaccination on rabies carrier animals to at least 190 dogs owned by residents in 12 banjar at Ubung Kaja Village, “The problem is there is not enough workers that can provide service to this kind of huge area.”

Meanwhile the elimination happened in some of the banjar in that village such as Br. Liligandi, Br.

Pohgading, Batu Makeem, Merta Gangga and Br. Darma Santi. “Approximately each banjar has 25 wild dogs and also some pet ones were asked to be eliminated,” Sri Martini explained.

The elimination program doesn’t only happen in this village. The next target is Tonja Village. This has been a routine program since rabies case started to increase in Denpasar. “Our target is to make rabies cases to be zero again,” Dewa Ngurah mentioned.

Before, the area to have rabies epidemic covered some villages in the four Denpasar sub districts. For North Denpasar covers Ubung Village and Peguyangan, South Denpasar covers Sanur and Sesetan, East Denpasar covers Penatih and West Denpasar covers Padangsambian, “Every time we’re going to do an activity we send letters to each village and banjar officials so it will be messaged to its residents.” (kmb12)

Boeleleng in the past

From Slaves Papua Until Ox contest Buleleng who had witnessed the photo exhibition “Boeleleng Tempo Doeloe” Patra Bhuwana Square Gardens, 13 to 27 August, partly to show his face in surprise and some were smiling knot. Of course, because the photographs were displayed in the exhibition that gives them a surprising knowledge or knowledge that is ridiculous about the condition of Buleleng in the past.

The exhibition was on display as many as 70 photographs depicting the human activities and natural scenery Bulelemng beginning in 1890 until the year 1949. Among other collections of pictures of slaves in Buleleng authorities that one of them displaying anxious faces of slaves from Papua and the local slave grim face of Bali. In addition, there are also photographs that depict the beauty of the villages in remote Buleleng, like the Village and Village Munduk Jagaraga. The images provide sufficient knowledge of cultural arts and social development, among other photos that depict the existence of fighting bulls that are now known as cow grumbungan attractions. Then there are also photographs depicting the simplicity of the village when a cock.

In the picture is also evident how the buildings and architecture in the

past that are still preserved and still identified with the well until now.

Also in economic activities in the customs of Buleleng, in addition to photographs, describing the characters who remembered Buleleng residents until now.

The exhibition itself was initiated by young children who joined in Buleleng Community collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism. Community One frontman Buleleng, Indra Prayogi, said the exhibition was held as an expression of feeling proud of Buleleng which has a history of art, culture, social and politics long enough. To share the pride that they exhibit the photographs of Buleleng past with the hope other young children in Buleleng also stirred feelings to love at the same time preserving their cultural arts.

The photos were collected from about a year ago with two colleagues, Nyoman Gustiyana and Arie Monayasa, who is assisted by the artists and figures from Buleleng such as Dr. Soegianto Sastrodiwiryo, Prof. Dr.Putu Sutisna and sastarawan Putu Wijaya and Alex Candra. The photos were taken from the internet and most borrowed from private collections of several Buleleng residents who are still loyal to save old photographs. (Ole)

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Bali is a place to produce methamphetamine Methamphetamine investigating team received AFP Award Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Bali is not only worried to be the place of the methamphetamine distribution transiting place, yet also a place to produce those demon pills. And for that Republic of Indonesia Police (Polri) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) joint work need to be better.

Vice Head of Bali Police Department, Police Brigadier General Komang Udayana, stated during an award ceremony on Thursday (19/8) given from the AFP to the Methamphetamine Investigating Team of Bali Police Department who’s noticeable to have been successful in revealing methamphetamine cases.

Udayana joint by Methamphetamine Investigator Director, Intellectual Director and Public Relation Board of Bali Police Department, then stated, with an award or no award from the AFP will not stop Indonesian Police to fight against methamphetamine especially in Bali where it is no longer the substances transits,

“Bali now is said to be the place to produce methamphetamine. So the joint work with AFP has to be increased.”

Revealing such case needs a professional skill as no victim every reported a methamphetamine case to the police. For that Udayana thinks sharing information is needed to wipe out wrongly used illegal drugs.

Meanwhile the award signed by Assistant Commissioner, Kevin Zuccato, was given by AFP Representative in Bali, Mr. Terry Nunn.

Bali Police Department has showed its significant success. The members who got the award are Adjunct Police Commissioner Agung Buwono, First Adjunct Inspector R.

Reni Agus Harjono, Head Police Brigadier I Made Sudiarsa, Head Police Brigadier Nengah Seven Sampeyana, First Police Brigadier Gede Suparta and First Police Brigadier I Nyoman Pica which have given AFP support.

Terry Nunn explained, this operation is one part of a huge investigation which involved Northern Territory Police, The Australian Customs & Border Protection Service and Australian Crime Commission. The supervision done together with Methamphetamine Investigator Director Bali Police Department started November 2009 to April 2010. AFP realised this supervision is allocating significant sources. (jep)

Klungkung Land Pier Controversial or Phenomenal The main purpose of building the bridging pier in Klungkung was to ease Nusa Penida residents’ economic and social activities. Now with the Nusa Penida pier done, it’s waiting for Klungkung’s. There are two things that could happen, it’s finished or not at all finished. These possibilities could cause problems so it needs a neat finishing. In Indonesia, this pier is one of the piers made in the mouth of a river or maybe the only one.

Usually if it’s the mouth of the river used, it’s a huge and deep one. Yet this one is far in the land so it’s safe from nature disasters and more. “So if this is done and has no problems, this pier will be phenomenal,” Unud academic, Tjok. Bagus Oka stated.

Since the beginning, the pier construction placed in Agung Mountain frozen lava (previously C Gunaksa digging), have caused debates. It was suggested to be allocated at Tribuana although a consultant from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) insists that huge waves can be solved by break water which is specially constructed so it minimise negative impacts to the environ-

ment such as abrasion on the beach etc. Klungkung Regence Government also wanted the pier in Gunaksa to use the previous Digging C and to be a tourist destination in Klungkung.

Because the allocation moving can’t be done, then it was suggested to have its construction changed by making a bay so the waves breaks at the back yet this was denied as it worries to cause silting at the mouth of the bay that could distract the pier’s existence. Now there’s opposite opinions between public figures that cares of this Klungkung Pier completion, “If we draw a conclusion, there are two opinions.

The pier construction to be stopped or its location to be moved and continued its construction there instead.”

From the first opinion, the main thing clarifies that this pier construction at Gunaksa is against the environment as it has huge waves and also ignoring Agung Mountain’s eruption cycle. Looking at the construction now, first opinion also worries that this pier will not be finished as planned, “The question is, if the pier construction is stopped or moved, will central government give more funds? Will they not ask if this new place will finish the pier con-

struction after all?”

The other opinion mentioned to have the construction still in the same place because this pier is very needed by the people especially Nusa Penida residents.

They still believe the consultant explanation and assume the pier can be completed without thinking its operation budget which will be high.

If the pier can be operated, the management has to prepare high budget as the huge water flow and waves will hit the break water. If break water’s damaged, ships will have difficulties landing due to huge waves and the pier will can’t be used if it’s not fixed yet, “Yes, the fixing here of course needs funds and quite some time. If it’s taking from the Region Budgets and Expenses, it will take a long process.”

Before, some Klungkung Region House of Representatives members commented strictly on a Bali Province House of Representatives member from Klungkung, Ngakan Samudra.

As the people’s representative, Ngakan questions and doubts the Klungkung land pier completion with the hope the people will give a certainty on the completion. (bal)

Monday, August 23, 2010

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Vinegar Detects Cervical Cancer Mothers or women who had intimate relationship and have had children of course know about pap smear.

Yes, pap smear is a simple technique to detect cervical cancer or cervix cancer.

Although with the developing era, now it has been founded a new way to detect it. The new method is by using 25 percent vinegar. “The vinegar used by mothers to make rujak (fruit salad with spicy dressing) can be used to detect cervical cancer,” Prof. Dr. dr.

Ketut Suwiyoga, SpOG(K) stated in a Cervix Cancer Early Detection One Day Seminar celebrating Unud 48th Dies Natalis (Anniversary) last Saturday (21/8).

It’s quite easy according to Suwiyoga. Dissolve the vinegar with water so it becomes 5 percent. The ratio will be 1:5. For example dissolve 10 cc of vinegar with 40 cc water. The accuracy of this method is 85 percent same as pap smear method.

But what’s its surplus? This early detection using vinegar is much cheaper than the pap smear method.

Pap smear needs around IDR 150 thousand to 400 thousand while the vinegar method only needs IDR 5 thousand.

As it is cheaper and has the same accuracy, this technique was more preferred the past five years. Yet pap smear or vinegar methods can’t be done by ourselves, it still has to be done by medics, “So the cotton is dipped to the dissolved vinegar. Then stick it to the cervix, leave it for a minute. If in the cervix seen white signs, then it means it’s a cancer candidate. To do this, it needs medics help.” If found no white signs as a cancer sign, then the next step is

using crayo technique or freezing for seven minutes. The result, the HPV virus will die. Crayo technique in Bali is available in Community Health Centres (puskesmas) even hospitals. The vinegar or the pap smear method is suggested to women who has intimate relationships. Many asked if their children can have the pap smear test?

Suwiyoga mentioned a virgin child shouldn’t have pap smear or vinegar test, “A pap smear checking involves inserting a tool to the vagina. If it’s used to a virgin child, of course the virginity wall has to be holed first so the tool can get in. If it’s seen from the girl’s “self esteem” it can be a problem in the future.”

The Human Papiloma or HPV virus infection is the causer to the cervix cancer and it is potentially infecting the cervix by sexual intercourse. So a girl who never done it will avoid this cancer. Is it 100 percent avoided? It turns out it’s not. According to Suwiyoga, the number of virgin children had cervical cancer is around 2,5 percent caused genetically. It means, if a mother has the cancer then there’s a 2,5 percent chance goes down to their children as well. To avoid this, there’s a vaccination for it.

Although he admitted, the cost for this is still expensive around IDR 800 thousand yet it 100 percent avoids it to happen. The rule to this vaccination is approximately can be given to 10 years old girls yet it doesn’t mean older woman can’t have it. The vaccine approximately given to 10 years old girls to 50 years old women, “Early avoiding and detection of this cancer is very important to be done. If it’s too late, it can cause death.” (san)

Water tank collapsed

Three workers buried dead, while two others survive Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Surprising incident happened at one of the projects located on Jalan Nakula, Denpasar, last Friday (Aug 20) afternoon. Three workers of the project respectively named Fikri, 28, from Lombok, Ismaeni, 50, from Banyuwangi and Suari, 30, from Banyuwangi, were struck down by water reservoir (water tank). The three victims were buried dead. Meanwhile, two other workers named Ramiyadi and Bansori were safe from the death.

Information obtained on the crime scene said the tragic incident occurred at 2:00 pm Local Time. Unexpectedly, the tank of clean water around the projects suddenly collapsed and hit three workers underneath. “The three workers were buried alive,” said one of the witnesses, Dani who happened to live behind the project.Dani said, before it was known to have been collapsed, there was a roar coming from the location of the project. Once checked, in fact it was a collapsed water tank. Unfortunately, there were three project workers buried and presumably they were dead instantly. “After the collapse, many people come,” he said when met at the scene last Friday.

Meanwhile, the local project workers admitted to have not known for sure

why the water tank collapsed. However, allegedly its foundation was not strong enough to resist the load. Its back eventually collapsed and struck down the three victims.

“I do not know for sure about the cause of the collapse of such water tank.

Obviously, the depth of the concrete reaches two meters and depth of the water tank inside is 3.5 to 4 meters,” said one of the workers whose name asked to be made secret.

It was said at the project would be built an office complex and involved dozens of workers. The workers handling the project were from Lombok and East Java. The project located in front of the Denpasar Center for Quarantine Office had been done since a few months ago.

In the meantime, Romiyadi, one of the survivors explained in truth there were five workers, including him working under the water tank that was digging the ground. “Concrete in use collapsed. Basori and I quickly saved ourselves,” he said to reporters last Friday.

Unfortunately, the three victims could not save themselves and were buried under the rubbles. When knowing such incident, Romiyadi said he could not do anything. “I panicked because it happened so fast,” he said. (kmb21)

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Monday, August 23, 2010

International

Iran’s Ahmadinejad unveils new ‘bomber’ drone Agence France Presse

TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled on Sunday a new long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed, state television reported. Television footage showed the president applauding as a blue cloth which had been covering the drone was pulled back to reveal a short aircraft painted in military-green with the words “Bomber jet” written on its side.

Images were then broadcast on television showing the aircraft flying, while Fars news agency quoted Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying the drone had a flight range of up to 1,000 kilometres (621 miles). “This jet, before it heralds death for enemies, is the messenger of salvation and dignity for humanity,” Ahmadinejad said in his speech marking the unveiling of the drone in a hall at Tehran’s Malek Ashtar university.

The launch of the aircraft comes as Iran marks on Sunday its annual Defence Industry Day. State television’s website reported that the drone has “different capabilities, including carrying bombs to destroy targets.” It said the plane can fly for a “long range at high speed.”

The website cited Vahidi as saying that the Karar is a “symbol of

the versatility and advancement of Iran’s defence industries.” The unveiling of Karar, the nickname of Imam Ali, the first Shiite imam, comes two days after Iran test fired a domestically built surface-to-surface missile, Qiam (Rising).

Over the next few days Iran is expected to make series of further military announcements as the nation marks the annual government week, a period used by Tehran to tout its achievements.

In this period Iran is also expected to test fire a third generation Fateh 110 (Conqueror) missile. Iran has previously paraded a version of Fateh 110 which has a travel range of 150 to 200 kilometres (90 to 125 miles). Also during government week, the production lines of two missile-carrying speedboats, Seraj (Lamp) and Zolfaqar (named after Imam Ali’s sword) are due to be inaugurated.

The unveiling of Karar comes days after Iran took delivery of four new mini-submarines of the homeproduced Ghadir class. Weighing 120 tonnes, the “stealth” submarines are aimed at operations in shallow waters, notably in the Gulf. Iranian officials regularly boast about Tehran’s military capabilities and the latest declarations coincide with warnings by local officials against any attack on the Islamic republic.

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This undated photo released on August 22, 2010, by the Iranian Defense Ministry, claims to show the launch of the long-range drone, dubbed Karar by the Iranian armed forces, at an undisclosed location.

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Pakistanis are seen in a tent camp for families displaced by floods in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010.

Pakistan evacuates thousands in flooded south Agence France Presse

KARACHI - Pakistani authorities Sunday evacuated tens of thousands from flood-threatened areas in the south but insisted that the 2.5 million people of Hyderabad were safe from the nation’s worst-ever inundation.

The weak civilian government has faced an outpouring of fury over sluggish relief efforts, while officials are warning the country faces ruinous economic losses of up to 43 billion dollars, ahead of IMF talks this week.

The month-long floods have killed 1,500 people and affected up to 20 million nationwide, according to official tallies, with the threat of disease ever-present in the miserable camps sheltering penniless survivors.

“We are right now trying to protect Shahdadkot town, which is threatened by the rising floodwaters,” Sindh provincial irrigation minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo told AFP. He said an embankment built to protect the city was under pressure from the waters and “we are trying to save the city from the unprecedented flood”.

Dharejo said the Sindh government had already escorted most of

Shahdadkot’s 100,000 population to safety. “But there are still some people stranded in these villages (around Shahdadkot) and we are making efforts to rescue them,” he added. Dharejo, however, stressed there was no threat to Hyderabad, the second-largest city in Sindh and Pakistan’s sixth biggest overall. “There is nothing of the sort...

Hyderabad is so far safe despite the growing pressure from floodwaters. We have strengthened embankments around the city,” the official said.

Streets were deserted and all markets shut in Shahdadkot town and a group of people were seen loading their belongings into a private ve-

hicle before leaving their homes, an AFP photographer in the town said.

“People have migrated to safer places as they are afraid that the floodwater may inundate this town,” a local farmer, Mehram Ali told AFP. He said that majority of people have gone to Larkana or Sukkur towns, adding he had come back to Shahdadkot from Larkana to see if “my town is safe”.

Asghar Ali, who owns a grocery store in Shahdadkot, was hurriedly packing up his luggage to leave the area. “I cannot believe my eyes when I look at the empty town, which used to hum with activity just until a few days ago,” he told AFP.

One killed, hostages released in Rio hotel shootout Agence France Presse

RIO DE JANEIRO - Gunmen took 35 people hostage at an upscale hotel Saturday after a blazing shoot-out with police that left one person dead, dramatizing the security challenges that face the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.

The hostages later were released unharmed after police cornered the gunmen inside the hotel kitchen.

But a woman was killed and seven people, including four police officers, were wounded by gunfire as the violence spilled from the streets of Rio into the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel. Nine suspects were arrested,

police said. “Unfortunately in Rio we have drug traffickers with barbaric tendencies, and when they run into the police these things happen,” said Jose Mariano Beltrame, head of Public Safety for the state of Rio de Janeiro.

The incident began when officers on patrol early Saturday ran into “criminals” in vehicles and motorcycles heading toward Rocinha, the city’s most populous ‘favela,’ or shanty town, police spokesman Colonel Lima Castro told CBN radio. “There was a shootout, and two police officers were slightly wounded,” Castro said.

Amateur images of the incident taken from nearby buildings and broadcast on local TV showed scores of people running down the street

screaming, some fleeing and others waving their weapons and firing. A woman was killed in the hail of bullets. Witnesses said she was struck by a stray bullet, but police later said she was a gang member.

TV images showed the woman’s lifeless body covered with a black cloth on the ground outside the hotel. Some of the gunmen fled the scene, but witnesses said about 20 others ran into the Intercontinental Hotel, where police said they took 35 people hostage, including guests and hotel workers.

Brandishing weapons, the bandits took over the reception desk and then fled to the kitchen, hotel manager Michel Chertouh said.

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Tactical police stand by in front of the Intercontinental Hotel, in Sao Conrado Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 21, 2010. A group of heavily armed criminals exchanged gunfire with police outside the Intercontinental Hotel, then burst into the building.

Hotel Activities

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Ramada Resort showing environment and social awareness IBP

LEGIAN – Ramada Resort Camakila, a hip and trendy resort situated in Legian, start its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) internal program. CSR is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.

Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would monitor and ensure its support to law, ethical standards, and international norms. Consequently, business would embrace responsibility for the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere.

Furthermore, CSR-focused businesses would proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. Essentially, CSR is the deliberate inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making, and the honoring of a triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profit.

This is the idea behind the activity that conducted by Human Resources Department in Ramada Resort Camakila, which gathered associates from every department, such as House Keeping Department, Engineering Department, Accounting Department, Food & Beverage Department, and Sales & Marketing Department.

As her first agenda, Human Resources Manager, Ruth Tryana Ginting and teams, started this activity by cleaning hotel area in every essential part of the hotel. She said, “by build a better environment for all the associates, being comfortable with the place we worked, it will make us happy to deliver genuine service to the guests”.

It also aims to grow awareness for environment and community, in this nature friendly program that will be scheduled twice a month. Hotel parking area, and Beachfront area, are the first concerns for this activity which started at 10am.

Together all of the

IMIGRATION Australian Consulate General Jalan Tantular 32 Renon Denpasar Phone: +62 361 241118 Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Ramada Resort Camakila’s staff, separate recycled rubbishes from non-recycled rubbish. They also managed to keep some reusable irons that they found in each area.

This way, it could reduce the amount of filth that will endanger our envi-

ronment for a long term situation.

Environment issues are close with our daily life, and this internal effort is consider stimulating hospitality industry into eco-friendly business. And being related to these issues is not our first attempt on CSR program.

Honorary Consulate of Spain Komplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. Jalan Patih Jelantik Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.769 286 USA Consulate Agency Jalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.222 426

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070

Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628

The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465

Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601

France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485

Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735

The Federal Republic of Germany Jalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.288 535 The Republic of Hungary Jalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.287 701 Italian Consulate Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 005 Honorary Consulate of Mexico Jalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.223 266 Honorary Consulate of The Netherlands Jalan Raya Kuta 127, Bali Phone +62.361.761 506

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Joined Sanur Beach Cleaning IBP

SANUR - This year’s Sanur Village Festival is started by an environment-based activity, beach cleaning held on Saturday (31/7) along the beach of Sanur.

The activity involved students, workers of some hotels, as well as restaurants surround Sanur area. Mercure Resort Sanur is proud to take part of this ecofriendly activity, which is in line with our commitment to continuously support environment conservation initiatives.

Mercure Resort Sanur, features 189 guestrooms in 41 Balinese cottages with thatch roof, located just 20 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport, the hotel is tucked into peaceful corner of Sanur. The resort has direct access to a to a white sand tree lined beach where you can swim in the clear blue sea protected by a natural coral reef barrier.

HOSPITAL Denpasar There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners Denpasar General Hospital (RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Its facilities have improved since the emergency ward had been built in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become a problem anymore since it has complete equipments. It is located on Jl. Kesehatan Selatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with : Phone : 227 911 – 15 Fax : 226 363

Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters for less serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, anemia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equipped to care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit) Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.

Phone : 222 142.

Embassy of India Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.241 978 Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf Finland Segara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.282 223 Honorary Consulate of Malaysia Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.752 520

TAXIS Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090 Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111 Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724 Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366 Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

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AFP PHOTO/AMR NABIL

(FILES)—An Egyptian looks on March 03 1998, at one of the 30 so-called Fayyum portraits on display at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum of Modern Art in Cairo. Security cameras and alarms at the museum in Cairo from where a Van Gogh painting valued at more than 50 million dollars was stolen had been out of order “for a long time,” an official said on August 22, 2010.

A 60-year-old man was also missing in Kuandian after his house collapsed in a rain-triggered landslide.

According to the state-run Beijing Times, the floods in Dandong are the second most serious since 1949. Photos showed people being airlifted from damaged rooftops by helicopters as grey water swirled around buildings.

China’s national meteorological centre warned Sunday that new downpours were expected in parts of Liaoning, including Dandong, for another 24 hours at least.

In neighbouring North Korea, more than 5,000 people have been moved to safety after parts of Sinuiju city and rural communities near the border were “completely inundated”, the official Korean Central News Agency said. Traffic in downtown Sinuiju was “paralysed” and flood victims were stranded on rooftops and on hills, prompting the North’s leader Kim Jong-Il to order an emergency military rescue operation, it added.

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Egypt steps up hunt for stolen Van Gogh painting Agence France Presse

CAIRO - Egypt has stepped up the search for a Van Gogh painting valued at more than 50 million dollars stolen from a Cairo museum, an official said Sunday, as two Italians arrested over the theft were released. Police were focusing their search on the country’s air and sea ports and working with the help of museum staff, the security official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that the public prosecutor had launched a parallel investigation.

The work identified as “Poppy Flowers” and valued at more than 50 million dollars (39 million euros), was stolen from Cairo’s Mahmoud Khalil museum on Saturday, after it was cut out of its frame. The official said security cameras and alarms at the museum had been out of order for a long time prior to the theft.

“The cameras had not been working for a long time, and neither had the alarm system,” he said. “The museum officials said they were looking for spare parts (for the security system) but hadn’t managed to find them,” by the time the theft took place, he added.

Culture Minister Farouq Hosni announced on Saturday evening that two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport trying to smuggle the painting out of the country.

But he later backtracked on the

claim, publicly admitting that the authorities were still working to retrieve the picture and blaming a subordinate for giving “inaccurate” information. The security official confirmed on Sunday that the Italians had been arrested and later released.

Mohsen Shaalan, the official who had said the painting was in the possession of police at Cairo airport, switched off his cellphone on Saturday evening and could not be reached for comment. Security officials had also refused to comment on Hosni’s statement. One official described the incident as “embarrassing and chaotic.”

Hosni had earlier said the museum, located in the middle and upperclass district of Dokki on the Nile and which also has works by Monet, Renoir and Degas, was visited by only 10 people on Satur-

day. Italy’s domestic ANSA news agency, citing what it called “information gathered at the scene,” said the two Italians were young and that they had visited the museum with a group of Spanish and Russian tourists.

The painting of the yellow and red flowers in a vase had been stolen before, in 1977, but was found the following year and returned to the museum.

Van Gogh paintings have been the target of thieves in other museums. In 2008, a painting by Van Gogh and three by other artists were stolen from a Swiss museum in a 130-million-dollar heist.

Trade in artefacts is a lucrative business in heritage-rich Egypt. A police official had earlier said the thieves would probably try to smuggle the painting out of the country.

The impoverished state has been hit by widespread flooding this summer, which has washed away homes, roads, railways and farmland, causing an unspecified number of deaths, according to state media reports from Pyongyang.

After decades of deforestation, North Korea is particularly vulnerable to flooding. In 2007, it reported at least 600 people dead or missing from devastating floods.

Nearly 3,900 Chinese have been killed or left missing this year in flood-related incidents, official figures show.

In the northwestern province of Gansu, a torrent of mud on August 7 slammed into homes in the remote town of Zhouqu, leaving at least 1,434 people dead and another 331 missing.

In the southwestern province of Yunnan, rescuers are searching for 69 people who went missing in rain-triggered mudslides in a remote, mountainous area. Twentythree people have been confirmed dead, Xinhua said.

“What that means is that the government has lost its legitimacy. And I say that (it) will never be able to govern effectively in a minority,” he told the cheering crowd in Sydney. It is an extraordinary reverse for Labor, which swept to power in a 2007 landslide under Rudd but then enraged voters by dumping the then-prime minister in June, after his approval ratings slumped.

Gillard quickly called elections, hoping for a honeymoon with voters, but ran a chaotic, leak-plagued campaign which failed to capitalise on Labor’s big achievement — helping Australia avoid a recession during the financial crisis.

Former lawyer Gillard, 48, conceded her party would not be able to govern alone after a massive 5.5 percent swing against Labor, especially in Rudd’s home state of Queensland and in New South Wales. “The people have spoken, but it’s going to take a little while to determine exactly what they have said,” Gillard told supporters in Melbourne, warning of “anxious days ahead”.

Labor was expected to take 72 seats in total against 73 for Abbott’s alliance in the 150-seat parliament, leaving independents such as Tony Windsor in the unaccustomed role of kingmaker.

“I’ve had two very kind phone calls — one from the prime minister early in the evening just to congratulate me, and then about 1:15 am the leader of the opposition rang to congratulate me as well,” Windsor said.

Windsor and fellow independents Rob Oakshotte and Bob Katter were once members of the

conservative National Party, which is teamed up with Abbott’s Liberal Party.

Andrew Wilkie, a fourth independent who looked likely to win in Tasmania, and new Greens MP Adam Bandt from Melbourne are seen as leaning to Labor. But it was unclear whose political career the five would ultimately salvage.

The suddenly popular independents were expected to talk later Sunday and said they would meet as early as Monday to decide their positions, but warned it would take some time to reach a decision. “I want stable government and I want a parliament that can deliver outcomes,” said Oakeshott. “I will look for the best outcome for my electorate and the best outcome for the country.”

Analysts said the government could be deadlocked for up to two weeks as parties horse-trade for leadership of the lower house. The electoral upset that robbed Labor of its majority was “a referendum on the political execution of a prime minister”, Abbott said Saturday.

Voters were also incensed by Labor ’s decision to shelve an emissions trading scheme, the centrepiece of its drive against climate change, after failing to push it through parliament.

Gillard, who was born in Wales, had pledged better education and healthcare and played up Labor’s handling of the economy during the crisis. Abbott, a 52year-old religious conservative who has doubts about mankind’s role in climate change, targeted fears over illegal immigration and questioned Labor ’s spending record, as well as Gillard’s knifing of Rudd.

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Indonesia palm oil giant defends record Agence France-Presse

AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

In this photograph taken on July 6, 2010 during an aerial survey organized by Greenpeace, show concession managed by Indonesia’s biggest palm oil producer Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART), part of the Sinar Mas group is cleared for palm oil plantation in Kapuas Hulu district in West Kalimantan on Borneo island.

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s biggest palm oil producer Friday rejected fresh allegations of illegal forest clearing after foreign auditors suggested it had misrepresented the findings of an independent investigation.

Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART), part of the Sinar Mas group, has been struggling to repair its image after a Greenpeace name-and-shame campaign led several foreign buyers to cancel major contracts.

Its credibility took another blow Thursday when British auditors the BSI Group complained that elements of an independent probe which SMART commissioned to verify the legality of its activities had been misrepresented to the public.

SMART had trumpeted the auditors’ report as evidence that Greenpeace’s allegations were false, but BSI said the probe’s “key findings” included that the company had violated Indonesian law on forest management.

It also found that the company had launched operations on almost 38,000

hectares (94,000 acres) of land on Borneo before mandatory environmental studies had been completed.

The company was also found to have planted palm oil crops in highvalue deep peatland, but not to the extent claimed by Greenpeace.

SMART president director Daud Dharsono rejected any suggestion it was trying to dodge the findings of its own audit or mislead shareholders.

“We’ve always emphasised that the independent verification exercise report be shared in an open and transparent manner and that is exactly what we have done,” Dharsono said, adding it was published in full on the firm’s website.

“Palm oil is a strategic economic product for the alleviation of poverty in Indonesia. We care for our people, the environment and all biodiversity including the important orangutan.”

Peat forests are massive stores of carbon and their destruction for timber or agriculture is a major contributor to emissions of gases blamed for global warming. Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, used in everything from soap to cosmetics.

Magnitude 5.0 quake jolts Yogyakarta Antara

Yogyakarta - A magnitude 5 earthquake shook Yogyakarta in central Java at around 6.41pm on Saturday but it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

The epicenter of the quake was located 115 kilometers southeast of Bantul district, south of the city, at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophyisics Agency.

People in the districts of Gunung Kidul, Bantul, Sleman and

Yogyakarta city felt the tremors which were quite strong but lasted only a few seconds.

Two houses damaged

The magnitude 5.0 earthquake that rocked Bantul district on Saturday evening damaged at least two

houses but there was no immediate report of casualties.

The quake caused damage to the roofs and walls of the houses at Giriloyo hamlet in Bantul district, spokesman of the Bantul quick reaction team Harjito said. ‘’Based on a preliminary report from the Bantul branch of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) the two houses belong to Kasiyati and Mahmudi,” he said.

He said the team had sent any of its members to check the damaged

houses. The quake also broke one of the glass doors of the Wirosaban regional general hospital in Yogyakarta and caused two of its plasterboards to fall.

The temblor also prompted panic-stricken patients at the hospital to rush outdoors. “They were panic after they strongly felt the quake. Some of them ran while the others were taken out of wards on wheeled beds,” hospital spokesman Subarjo said.

No injuries were reported at the

hospital following the quake.

“The patients returned to the wards after the condition gradually returned to normal,” he said.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said earlier the undersea quake was centered 15 km southeast of Bantul at a depth of 10 km. But the agency said the quake was not significant enough to cause a tsunami. The quake was also strongly felt by people living in neighboring Gunung Kidul district for a few seconds.

Indonesia must not criminalise Police hunt killers of Sun TV journalist peaceful rallies: Amnesty Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Amnesty International criticised Indonesia on Friday for persecuting political activists including those who display separatist symbols in restive areas such as Maluku.

The human rights group called for the release of at least 22 activists charged with “rebellion” for planning a peaceful rally and possessing the outlawed South Maluku Republic (RMS) flag and membership cards.

They face a maximum penalty of life in prison under Indonesia’s harsh laws against sedition.

Local sources said the activists had material on alleged human rights violations in Maluku and had planned to demonstrate during a visit to the area by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono earlier this month.

The arrests highlight the “failure of the

Indonesian government to distinguish between armed groups and peaceful political activists”, Amnesty said in a statement.

“Amnesty International urges the Indonesian government to release immediately and unconditionally the activists, who are all men, if they have been arrested solely for their peaceful political activities,” it said.

Indonesia has fought numerous separatist insurgencies throughout the sprawling archipelago and remains sensitive to breakaway movements.

Jakarta crushed the RMS shortly after its declaration of independence in 1950 but the movement was revived following the fall of authoritarian president Suharto in 1998.

More than 20 Maluku activists are serving jail sentences of between seven years and life for unfurling the rebel flag in front of Yudhoyono during a visit to the eastern region in 2007.

Antara

AMBON - Police in Maluku are hunting men who had killed Sun TV journalist Ridwan Salamun in Kota Tua Saturday morning.

The chief of the Maluku regional police command, Brigadier General Totoy Herawan Indra told ANTARA after Ridwan‘s burial in Batumerah, Ambon, the police would investigate the case.

“We will investigate after collecting evidence and finding witnesses, we will go after the suspects,” he said.

He called on all people particularly Ridwan‘s family to be able to accept his death.

Ridwan is survived by a wife and a twoyear old son. He was killed while covering a clash between youths from Banda Ali complex and Mangun hamlet, Fiditan, Tual, at around 8.30am local time on Saturday.

Ridwan himself is a resident of Banda Ali. While he was just shooting pictures some people from one of the groups suddenly attacked him with machetes.

Ridwan died of machete wounds on several parts of his body.

The clash itself happened after residents of Banda Ali warned a youth from Mangun who passed the complex with a motorbike that caused a noise Friday night while the residents there were holding fasting month evening prayers.

Unable to accept the admonition the youth returned to his village and later the brawl between the groups of the two areas flared up.

Totoy said he had sent a company of Mobile Brigade members to the border separating the two areas to avoid further clashes.

According to a policeman who would not mention his name the police in Tual had already arrested two youths who were involved in the incident that led to Ridwan‘s death.

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Bali Today Bali‘s exports to China, Hong Kong constantly increasing Antara

DENPASAR Bali province‘s handicraft and other non-oil/non-gas exports to China and Hong Kong have been increasing continuously reaching an average value of US$ 3.5 million per month or a total of US$ 17.1 million in the January-May period in 2010.

The head of the Bank Indonesia (BI) branch office in Denpasar, Jeffrey Kairupan, in a report on Bali‘s economic performance, said on Friday the region‘s handicraft and other non-oil/ non-gas exports to China had shown a steady upward trend.

Although China was actually a competitor to Bali in export markets, handicraft goods from Indonesia‘s premier resort island had bright marketing potentials in China, he said.

Apart from handicraft goods, Bali was also exporting agricultural products, fresh and canned fish to China and Hong Kong.

Bali‘s handicraft exports to Hong Kong , in particular, were on the rise as the goods were also popular among foreign tourists visiting Hong Kong.

Made Sudana, a Bali handicraft exporter in Denpasar, hoped the government would step up Indonesia-China economic cooperation so that Bali‘s businessmen‘s foreign exchange earnings could increase.

The Indonesian and Chinese governments should constantly develop their bilateral trade cooperation because China had great economic potentials and was becoming an important economic partner to many other countries, he said.

Sudana, who took part in a small industry trade expo in China years ago, said China was engaged in massive economic development and thus in need of many goods

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A vendor explaining to buyers about the jewelry products that made for export. Bali province‘s handicraft and other non-oil/ non-gas exports to China and Hong Kong have been increasing continuously reaching an average value of US$ 3.5 million per month or a total of US$ 17.1 million in the January-May period in 2010. from other countries, including Bali.

Export to Europe

Bali province in the first five months of 2010 earned US$83.1 million from exporting non-oil/nongas commodities to Europe, up 20.5 percent from a year earlier, a local trade official said.

France was listed as the biggest importer of Bali’s non-oil/non-gas commodities particularly handicraft goods in the year to May 2010 with a value of US$21.2 million, a 37 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Head of the Export Section at the Bali Provincial Industry and Trade Office Putu Bagiada said.

Italy came in second with a value of US$15.4 million, an increase of

15 percent from the same period last year, he said.

Trailing in the third place was Spain with a value of US$10.7 million, up 26 percent from the year before, he said.

Meanwhile, Bali’s non-oil/nongas exports to Britain and The Netherlands in the January-May 2010 period were valued at US$8 million and US$4.6 million respectively, he said.

He said the increasing number of European tourists visiting Bali would no doubt encourage them to put orders for Balinese handicraft goods for resale in their respective countries.

As a result, Bali’s non-oil/nongas exports to the continent would increase, he said.

Mayadanawa: Feeling Superiority Results in Destruction When penjors paraphernalia are erected throughout the island, they epitomize that Galungan festivity has come. Every single devotee is in blooming heart welcoming it with joy. This six monthly celebration in Balinese calendar encourages people to make earnest preparation whole day and night. It’s time to glorify God and ancestors.

Based on the mythology, Galungan delineates the triumph of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). According to Tatwa Mayadanawa transliterated by Made Gambar said that Bedaulu kingdom in Bali was once ruled by Mayadanawa. He was very powerful and proud of his power and feels to have more sovereign power than that of gods.

This arrogance until forbids all subjects to worship God together with the celebration to glorify all God’s manifestations. The non-existence of freedom to worship and other religious activities caused many subjects greatly suffered where diseases spread and harvests failed. Seeing this condition, Lord Mahadeva in heaven feels disappointed. Having organized an assembly session with other gods, it is decided to attack Mayadanawa. Under the leadership of Lord Indra, the target can be timely destroyed. In short, the troops of the gods won the battle. This does not only stand for the triumph of the gods, but also of the whole mankind on earth.

Afterwards, Galungan then can be re-celebrated after the triumph of Indra.

Many subjects felt to regain their enlightenment as they were able to practice their religious life. This festivity lasts for ten days and ends in the day called Kuningan. Aside from paying homage at village temple, it is also intended to appreciate the ancestors at family shrine. Similarly, devotees thank for the prosperity bestowed and maintain the relationship with their ancestors. Though they have left for the beyond, hopefully they could illuminate their descendants.

Another version about Galungan is mentioned by the manuscript Jaya Kasunu. It is said that the king Jaya Kasunu (AD 1204), meditated (held dewa sraya) to invoke guidance. His problem was that not one of his predecessors could rule longer. Through his solemn meditation he was inspired that he should re-organize religious activities, such as Galungan.

No matter what the version is, the essence of these mythologies implies that a devotee or creation should maintain their persistent contact to his Creator. The âtman dwelling within the human self should maintain his contact to Brahman, the Creator. By doing so, humans can continuously obtain the illumination to walk in the path of dharma.

As manifestation of gratitude, devotees express it through worship at temples, garden, rice field and so forth. Everything that has given prosperity is also offered an oblation, including the means of transportation.

If you happen to take an excursion on that day you of course will rub up against many cars affixed with young coconut paraphernalia.

Hopefully, the festivity does not come to an end at the vibrant fiesta marked with grandiose oblation, assorted delicious food or luxurious paraphernalia. All the times it should help the spiritual development. Anything achieved in this life either tangible or intangible entities, should not make us arrogant. Sometimes, when having abundance of wealth or higher educational background, a human feels superior or more powerful than others. Even, it is not employed as a milestone to improve his devotion to God. It’s here where the achievement drags human to sluggish condition or gorge of destruction. Like Mayadanawa, he forgot that there is a vast sky above him. His power has led him to his dissolution. If we do not want to become the next Mayadanawa, consistent devotion must be established. (BTN/punia)

Australian students introduce Australian sport IBP

DENPASAR - Students from Southern Christian College in Tasmania arrived in Indonesia yesterday to visit their Indonesian partner school, SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar, as part of the BRIDGE Australia-Indonesia Schools Partnership program.

The visit is an opportunity for the Australian students to practice their Indonesian language skills

in an Indonesian community setting, in support of their school language program. One of the visiting teachers from Southern Christian College, Scott Ambrose, said “The BRIDGE project enables us to re-connect with Indonesia and continue giving our students direct exposure to different cultures to create mutual understanding and respect for difference. We hope to make our visit to Indonesia and particularly our BRIDGE partner school an annual event”.

The group includes two teachers and five high-school students who will visit Bali and Sumba until 3 September 2010. During their visit the Australian teachers and students are keen to introduce Australian sports (cricket and Australian Rules football) to students, as well as be involved in teaching English in the classroom.

“One way to strengthen the Australia-Indonesia relationship is through sport. My students and

I are excited to play cricket and (Australian Rules) football with our Australian friends”, said Abdul Hakim, Principal of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar.

The BRIDGE project commenced in 2008 and was implemented by the Australia-Indonesia Institute in partnership with the Asia Education Foundation.

Funding support has been provided by the Myer Foundation and the Australian aid program.

Until now, 91 teachers from 47

Indonesian schools in 7 provinces have visited Australia under the BRIDGE project as a way of forging ongoing relationships between schools in both countries. The participating Indonesian schools, located in Jakarta, South Sumatra, Bali, East Java, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and West Kalimantan, have included several funded through the AustraliaIndonesia Partnership project to build 2000 junior secondary colleges in Indonesia. *

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Balinese Culture Socialization of Travel Service Business Law enforcement related to violations committed by travel business people can now be dealt with firmly. This is related to the enforcement of Regional Regulation No. 1/ 2010 concerning with on Travel Services Business (UJPW).

It was announced by Vice Chairman of Organizational Research and Development and Human Resources of the Association of the Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter, I Ketut Ardana, when opening the socialization of the Regional Regulation No. 1/2010 related to Travel Business Service in Denpasar not long ago.

The socialization was followed by the members of ASITA, other related tourism associations and agencies. On that occasion, three resource persons were presented namely the Head of Bali Government Tourism Office, Bali Provincial Legal Bureau and the Integrated Licensing Office (KPPT) providing guidance based on their respective field.

With the enactment of Regional Regulation on the UJPW, Ardana continued, his party hoped that Bali could be cleaned from illegal business practices, so the negative image of Bali due to illegal business practices without ethics could be restored. Right now, he said, travel agents (BPW) included in the ASITA Bali consisted of 347 members of the business, where 147 of them had licensed but did not become the member of ASITA and hundreds of other businesses without a clear license.

Through the socialization of UJPW regulation, ASITA members

Special Mussels:

Dissolved in Tenderness of Coconut Milk While boring with the ordinary servings, simply try a delightful flavor of seafood. For instance, with a combination of mussel ingredient and Balinese tuber spices, it could pamper the appetite of foodies or culinary adventurers. Tender coconut milk will enhance the flavor of mussel.

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Tourists sunbathing at Nusa Dua Beach on Bali Island. Law enforcement related to violations committed by travel businesspeople can now be dealt with firmly. This is related to the enforcement of Regional Regulation No. 1/2010 concerning with on Travel Services Business (UJPW). were expected to understand well about the matters of restriction mentioned in the legislation. After the enactment of the regulation, all travel agents from other regions or overseas running their business in Bali should be subject to the provisions of the UJPW regulation. “We also need to remind the travel agents that existence of the regulation will not only bring beneficial prospect, but also many obligations that should be implemented by travel agents,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Government Tourism Office (Diparda) represented by Division

Head of Tourism Business Control, Nyoman Andriani, explained that based on such regulation all travel agents (BPW) in Bali operating without licenses were threatened by fines amounting to IDR 50 million or minimally IDR 30 million with corporeal punishment for six months in jail .

He also explained, in the regulation, travel agents and tour operators were required to provide protection to tourists, employ a licensed tour guide, provide optimal service, and adhere to moral values, ethics and cultural values available within the Balinese community. (BTN/015)

Ingredient: 250g mussel, a cup of coconut milk Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 4 cloves garlic, 1 large chili, 2 small chilies, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice kencur (aromatic ginger), 1 slice ginger, 1 pc salam leaf, 2 pcs kaffir lime leaf, ½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper, ½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp of lime juice and 2 tbsp palm oil Method: · Cleanse the mussels and drain. Give lime juice to remove its odor. · All spices are ground finely, except for kaffir lime leaf, salam leaf, pepper, salt and coriander. · Stir fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Pour the mussel into the spices on the frying pan and stir for a while. Add coconut milk while pouring salt, pepper, coriander. Wait for a while until the coconut milk turns a little dry. Take out and it is ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

Teep Beans:

Lazing while Enjoying Slow Snack Among the delicacy of Balinese food with hot spices, in fact, Balinese community also retains easypeasy snack but sometimes a bit harder. One of them is the bean of teep. Its tree resembles to that of breadfruit. However, its beans are far smaller compared to that of breadfruit. When its fruits have turned ripe, they usually attract the presence of civet.

Actually, this nocturnal cat is only interested to eat the flesh of fruit. Similar thing also happens to coffee beans. Since the skin of beans is hard it cannot digest them so civet could only enjoy the flesh. On the next day, those seeds could be found at the feces of civet.

All seeds remain intact. However, if people see the ripe fruits first, they will not need to wait the coming of civet to pick them.

To process the beans, they are first cleansed thoroughly and dry under the sun. Afterward, they should be fried without oil but sand. When they have been finely cooked they can be enjoyed while relaxing or lazing. As the shell and beans are slightly hard, it may take a bit long time to open and chew them.

However, if they are indeed dry enough and cooked well they must be easy to open and crispy. They are good to consume as slow snack while chatting or watching TV. (BTN/punia)

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Taman Ayun Temple IBP

Taman Ayun Temple is a Royal Temple of Mengwi Empire and it is located in Mengwi Village, Mengwi sub district, Badung regency and about 18 Km north side of Denpasar town. It is strategically located beside of major roadway between Denpasar to Singaraja. It is set on the land which is surrounded by the big fish pond and look like a drift on the water. It owns the beautiful temple building with multistoried roof and Balinese Architecture. The wide beautiful landscape garden in front courtyard to welcome all visitors who come and visit this temple.

It is a beautiful place to visit on your vacation in Bali.

Pursuant to Papyrus Chronicle of the Mengwi (Lontar Babad Mengwi), the temple which is now referred by Taman Ayun Temple that it had been newly sanctified in the year 1634 M and it is named with Taman Ahyun Temple. The word of Ahyun is coming from from the root word Hyun meaning a temple is founded in the park (pool with the beautiful garden) which can fulfill the desire. The word Ahyun is then

changed into Ayun word. Taman Ayun Temple is one of Hindu Temples in Bali become tourist destination which has been visited by many tourists from local and foreign. This temple is usually visited by tourist once having a set tour to Tanah Lot Temple due to this temple is the same route of the Tanah Lot Temple Tour.

The function of Taman Ayun Temple is a place to pray the god in their manifestation. It is according to the content of Babad Mengwi and the existence of temple building structure, especially the temple that is located in third area (Jeroan). According to Astadewata, the special God is worshiped in Taman Ayun Temple is the God in manifestation as a Wisnu God which his palace located in top of Mangu mount. In papyrus of Usana Bali mentioning that one of Dewa Catur Lokapalas carry through its worship is Meru Pucak Pangelengan that is a temple building with 9 multistoried roofs.

Pitara God is a holy soul deity of ancestor who is also referred as the other names of Hyang Pitara or Dewa Hyang. Pitara God is obliged

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BUSINESS Japan considering new stimulus to revive recovery

Regulators shut down big Chicago bank, 7 others

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TOKYO - Japan’s economy may get another lifeline soon. Faced with meager growth and a strong yen, the country’s leaders are moving toward injecting more stimulus measures to fight a sharp slowdown in momentum. A new package would set Japan apart from the rest of the developed world, which is winding down stimulus steps even as worries grow about a cooling global economy.

WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down a big community bank based in Chicago that has been known for its social activism but racked by financial troubles in recent months. A consortium funded by several of the biggest U.S. financial firms is buying its assets and pledging to operate the new bank by the same principles.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over ShoreBank, with $2.16 billion in assets and $1.54 billion in deposits. Urban Partnership Bank, the newly chartered financial institution, agreed to assume ShoreBank’s deposits and nearly all its assets.

The FDIC also seized seven other banks Friday, bringing to 118 the number of U.S. bank failures this year amid the recession and mounting loan defaults.

In an unusual move, the FDIC allowed some of ShoreBank’s executives to continue running the restructured bank. Executives who joined ShoreBank recently, as the bank struggled to raise capital, will manage Urban Partnership Bank. These managers “did not contribute to the bank’s problems,” the FDIC said.

The FDIC and Urban Partnership Bank also agreed to share losses on $1.41 billion of ShoreBank’s loans and other assets.

ShoreBank’s failure is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $367.7 million.

The FDIC also took over Community National Bank at Bartow, in Bartow, Fla.; Independent National Bank of Ocala, Fla.; Imperial Savings and Loan Association of Martinsville, Va.; and four California banks: Butte Community Bank, based in Chico; Pacific State Bank, based in Stockton; Los Padres Bank, in Solvang; and Sonoma Valley Bank, in Sonoma.

The four closures in California boosted to 10 the number of bank failures in the state so far this year.

ShoreBank lost $39.5 million in the second quarter amid soured real estate loans. The bank had been under a so-called

Gross domestic product data earlier this week showed Japan grew at an annualized rate of just 0.4 percent in the April-June period, down from 4.4 percent the previous quarter. As a result, the country lost its place to China as the world’s No. 2 economy.

But it will be a tricky task for Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also juggling a promise to reduce the country’s massive debt and a possible challenge for leadership of the Democratic Party next month.

Kan has asked his Cabinet for ideas that limit new spending, suggesting tax and regulatory reforms as potential alternatives.

“Of course we have to consider fresh fiscal spending,” Kan told reporters, according to Kyodo news agency. But “it seems possible to boost demand or stimulate the

economy without depending on fiscal spending.”

Separately, the country’s finance minister indicated a cautious stance on taking on more debt, which is almost double the size of GDP. “It is our mission to both stimulate the economy and restore public finances,” Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said. “As for whether we need to issue new government bonds (to finance the stimulus), this is something we should determine while closely monitoring economic movements.”

Kan is aiming to compile and approve new measures by the end of September, according to the Nikkei financial daily. The government could tap into a reserve fund in this year’s budget as well as a surplus from last year, which total 1.7 tril-

lion yen ($20 billion), said Masaaki Kanno, chief economist at JPMorgan Securities Japan, in a report.

Japan had posted solid growth numbers since emerging from recession last year. Robust demand in China and elsewhere in Asia have fueled exports, production and corporate profits. The sudden deceleration in the second quarter, which stemmed from weak domestic demand, came as an unnerving surprise to economists and government officials.

Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo, said the government also needs to consider cutting corporate taxes and extend its “eco-point” program for energy efficient appliances, set to expire in December.

Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid program Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration’s flagship mortgagerelief program have fallen out.

The program is intended to help those at risk of foreclosure by lowering their monthly mortgage payments. Friday’s report from the Treasury Department suggests the $75 billion government effort is failing to slow the tide of foreclosures in the United States, economists say.

More than 2.3 million homes have been repossessed by lenders since the recession began in December 2007, according to foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac Inc. Economists expect the number of foreclosures to grow well into next year.

“The government program as currently structured is petering out. It is taking in fewer homeowners, more are dropping out and fewer people are ending up in permanent modifications,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Besides forcing people from their homes, foreclosures and distressed

home sales have pushed down on home values and crippled the broader housing industry. They have made it difficult for homebuilders to compete with the depressed prices and discouraged potential sellers from putting their homes on the market.

Approximately 630,000 people who had tried to get their monthly mortgage payments lowered through the government program have been cut loose through July, according to the Treasury report. That’s about 48 percent of the those who had enrolled since March 2009. And it is up from more than 40 percent through June.

Another 421,804, or roughly 32 percent of those who started the program, have received permanent loan modifications and are making their payments on time.

RealtyTrac reported that the number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July to 92,858 properties, up 9 percent from June. The pace of repossessions has been increasing and the nation is now on track to having more than 1 million homes lost to foreclosure by the end of the year. That would eclipse the more

than 900,000 homes repossessed in 2009, the firm says.

Lenders have historically taken over about 100,000 homes a year, according to RealtyTrac.

Zandi predicts another 1.5 million foreclosures or short sales in 2011.

“We still have a lot more foreclosures to come and further home price declines,” Zandi said. He said home prices, which have already fallen 30 percent since the peak of the housing boom, would drop by another 5 percent by next spring.

Many borrowers have complained that the government program is a bureaucratic nightmare.

They say banks often lose their documents and then claim borrowers did not send back the necessary paperwork.

The banking industry said borrowers weren’t sending back their paperwork. They also have accused the Obama administration of initially pressuring them to sign up borrowers without insisting first on proof of their income. When banks later moved to collect the information, many troubled homeowners were disqualified or dropped out.

cease and desist order from the FDIC for more than a year, requiring it to boost its capital reserves. ShoreBank was able to raise more than $146 million in capital this spring from several big Wall Street institutions. It was unable, however, to secure federal bailout funds it sought from the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Investors in Urban Partnership Bank read like an all-star roster of U.S. finance, including American Express Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., GE Capital Equity Inv e s t m e n t s I n c . , M o rg a n Stanley, Northern Trust Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. The Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation also are investors.

ShoreBank was founded in 1973 with the aid of several dozen institutional backers.

The bank has been known for promoting redevelopment, minority business and environmentally responsible lending, and serving low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in Chicago. It was the nation’s first community development and environmental bank, branching out from its roots on Chicago’s South side to Cleveland, Detroit, the Pacific Northwest and 40 foreign countries.

ShoreBank had indirect ties to a few members of the Obama administration — one of them, presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, was on the board of a Chicago civic organization led by a ShoreBank director — and powerful supporters, including former top federal banking regulators Ellen Seidman and Eugene Ludwig.

The new bank’s chairman will be David Vitale, a former president of First National Bank of Chicago and an adviser to Arne Duncan, now the U.S. Education Secretary, when he headed the Chicago school system.

He said the bank will continue the mission of serving low- and moderate-income and minority communities, and to support energy efficiency and environmentally constructive development.

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Suspense as Britain bids to save silent Hitchcock thrillers Agence France Presse

BERKHAMSTED, England - Examining buckled film reels under a microscope, technicians pore over each precious original frame of Alfred Hitchcock’s early movies as Britain bids to salvage the master’s magic.

The delicate nitrate reel — brown, brittle and shrunken — is handled with extreme care as they scrutinise the opening credits of the 1927 film “The Lodger” for every minuscule scratch, blotch and speck.

The British Film Institute is undertaking a mammoth project to restore Hitchcock’s silent movies to their former glory. In a painstaking process, they are cleaning up and restoring his first films, creating a perfect-as-possible digital version to thrill audiences again. The BFI reckons viewers will be stunned by their clarity.

Hitchcock is renowned as one of the greatest ever movie directors, thanks to masterpieces like “Vertigo” (1958), “Psycho” (1960) and “The Birds” (1963).

Long before his Hollywood career though, the Londoner made his name in British silent cinema, with cleverly-crafted black-and-white tales of suspense and mystery, hon-

ing the trademarks cherished in later classics.

However, those fragile 1920s analogue film reels will only deteriorate further and the BFI wants to revive them in digital form before it is too late. “We are bringing in all the best and most original copies from around the world, cleaning them up, eliminating every possible glitch to produce a version as close to the original as possible,” BFI archive spokesman Brian Robinson told AFP. “This is the Rolls-Royce of film restoration. It will look like it was filmed yesterday. “We want to make copies that will last for future generations. These will be the definitive versions that will be seen in cinemas

across the world and on new DVD releases. We’re bringing Hitchcock into the digital age.”

The institute is restoring the nine films at its archive base in Berkhamsted, northwest of London.

The former farm contains immense vaults, where some 200,000 film reels stacked to the ceiling are stored at five degrees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit) in a cavernous 12-metre (40-foot) high building.

In the lab, technical project officer Kieron Webb, wearing a white coat and gloves, is comparing various prints of “The Lodger” — considered the first true ‘Hitchcock’ film — to an original reel from the vault, one frame at a time. “Until you gather all the copies in one place, you can’t tell. There might be extra frames, different versions,” he told AFP. “What people have seen is not as close as we can get to the original.”

He said the state of the 1920s reels was “a crying shame”, but to work with them was hugely satisfying.

Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean’s run for president Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world’s attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates. Within a few seconds at a hastily called news conference Friday night, Jean was barred from running for president in Haiti, presumably

because he didn’t meet the residency requirements.

The 40-year-old singersongwriter says he will stay involved, though in “a different role than I had anticipated it to be,” according to his statement Friday.

But the question is, how? Will he support one of the 19 candidates on the ballot? And will he help with the reconstruction of the earthquake-torn country?

Jean said little Saturday as he at-

AFP PHOTO/THONY BELIZAIRE

(FILES) Dated 6, 2010 filed photo shows Haitian hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean (L), with his wife Cladinette, speaks to journalists in Port-au-Prince, before he leaves Haiti for the United States.

tended a church service in Croix des Bouquets, the small town northeast of Port-au-Prince where he was born. He was preparing to fly back to the United States where his wife and daughter live later in the day.

“It’s been a hard couple of weeks,” he told The Associated Press. “Right now, I just want to go with my family and relax.” Jean said he believed that he had filed the necessary paperwork regarding his residency, adding, “Somehow we got overruled.”

Haiti’s electoral council did not say why it had disqualified Jean, but the singer had faced a challenge to his candidacy because he has not lived in Haiti for the past five years as required.

Jean’s five-paragraph statement Friday said he disagreed with the council’s ruling but “respectfully” accepted its decision. “I want to assure my countrymen that I will continue to work for Haiti’s renewal; though the board has determined that I am not a resident of Haiti, home is where the heart is — and my heart has and will always be in Haiti,” he wrote.

The winner of the November vote will take charge of recovery from the Jan. 12 earthquake, coordinating billions of aid dollars in a country with a history of political turmoil and corruption. The quake killed an estimated 300,000 people and left the capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins.

There was little evidence in Portau-Prince on Saturday of protests or unrest due to the electoral council’s decision. Still, both Jean and U.N. peacekeepers called for calm after the release of the candidates list.

AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal

In a picture taken on July 23, 2010 a close-up view of a selection of copies of “The Lodger” are shown at the BFI (British Film Institute) film archive in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Examining buckled film reels under a microscope, technicians pore over each precious original frame of Alfred Hitchcock’s early movies as Britain bids to salvage the master’s magic.

Jackie Chan wants kung fu as Olympic sport Agence France Presse

BEIJING - Hollywood martial arts star Jackie Chan has called for wushu, better known outside China as kung fu, to be recognised as an official Olympic sport, state media reported Sunday. “I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games,” Chan, who was in Beijing to record a theme song for an upcoming combat event, was quoted as saying by the official China Daily newspaper.

The International Olympic Committee recognises wushu as a sport but has not included it as an official event in the Games, unlike other Asian martial arts such as taekwondo and judo that are now part of the global sports gathering.

However, the IOC allowed China to organise an international wushu tournament at the same time as the 2008 Beijing Games to showcase the sport — an event that was attended by Jet Li, another Hollywood actor and kung fu star.

Chan explained that wushu’s many styles of fighting and different schools could have hindered its inclusion as an official Olympic sport, the report said.

“This makes it difficult for wushu to make a unified impression to international audiences,” he said.

Chan, who has put his martial arts skills to use in several blockbuster films, began practising wushu as a child and says he still works on his moves daily, the report said.

Hong Kong and Hollywood martial arts film star Jackie Chan greets the media as he arrives to record a theme song for an upcoming combat event in Beijing on August 20, 2010.

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(FILES) This file handout photo taken and released on August 21, 2010 by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation shows people lifting a surviving beached pilot whale into a vehicle at Karikari beach, in the far north of New Zealand.

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NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach Associated Press Writer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days. Indigenous Maori elders chanted prayers over the carcasses before bulldozers stripped open a trench above the waterline to bury the mammals, which died despite efforts by more than 200 rescuers.

The rescuers refloated 13 of the beached whales Saturday after a mass stranding of 58 of them on remote Karikari Beach. Four of the 13 survivors later were euthanized after they beached again, bringing the overall death toll to 49.

The survivors had headed out to sea Saturday afternoon and were monitored to ensure they did not return to the beach, Conservation Department spokeswoman Carolyn Smith said. But within an hour four of them became stranded again,

Smith said.

Rescuers spent two hours trying to help them, but as darkness fell officials decided to kill the distressed whales to prevent the nine survivors from being lured back by their distress calls. The remaining nine were later observed swimming strongly and steadily back out to sea.

The full pod of pilot whales that beached Thursday night on the storm-tossed Karikari Beach were stranded for up to 12 hours before they were discovered — the reason

so many died, Smith said.

On Friday, conservation department workers and trained volunteers from the Far North Whale Rescue group struggled unsuccessfully to refloat the survivors, hindered by heavy seas and wind. On Saturday they used a crane and body sling to lift and then transport them half a mile (a kilometer) to Matai Bay, a sheltered location with calmer waters.

A pod of 101 pilot whales was stranded on the same beach in 2007.

New Zealand has one of the world’s highest rates of whale strandings, mainly during their migration to and from Antarctic waters.

Since 1840, the Department of Conservation has recorded more than 5,000 strandings of whales and dolphins around the New Zealand coast. Scientists have not been able to determine why whales become stranded.

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Study: Astronauts as weak as 80-year-olds in space Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station, according to a new study that raises serious health concerns as NASA contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars. Marquette University biologist Robert Fitts, who led the study, stresses that the accelerated space aging is temporary: Astronauts’ muscles recover after a few months back on Earth.

But what if a crew needed to make an emergency landing here on the home planet and rush from a burning spacecraft? What if after arriving at Mars, an urgent spacewalk was needed for repairs?

Would the Mars men and women even be able to muster the strength for routine work? “I’d be concerned,” Fitts said this week in an interview with The Associated Press.

Astronauts can avoid becoming weaklings, however, with more research and the right equipment for hitting the space gym, Fitts observed. “I really think this is all preventable,” he said.

Fitts bases his findings on calf muscle biopsies that his team collected on nine U.S. and Russian

space station residents from 2002 to 2005. It’s the first muscle study of long-flying astronauts that gets down to the cellular level, with actual biopsies conducted.

Each astronaut spent six months aboard the orbiting lab, and submitted to a biopsy before rocketing away and immediately upon returning to Earth. The researchers discovered that the astronauts had lost more than 40 percent of the power in the slow-twitch fibers of their calf muscles. Those are the muscles so crucial for balance and posture, and seem to take more of a spacebeating than other parts of the body.

Fitts said the muscle decline in the 40-something space station astronauts was equivalent to that of a person twice as old. It didn’t matter how musclebound someone was going into the mission. Fitts said the strongest weightlifting astronauts suffered the greatest muscle atrophy in orbit.

This considerable deterioration of the calf muscles occurred even though the astronauts devoted one to two hours a day to exercise.

NASA has long realized the importance of weightless workouts, and the space station is equipped with treadmills, stationary cycles, and resistive-exercise machines for leg squats and calf raises.

AP Photo/NASA

FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 image provided by NASA shows astronaut Alan Poindexter exercising on a bicycle ergometer on the space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

Recession hits smart-phone makers in the chips Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File

FILE - This file photo made March 23, 2010, shows the HTC EVO 4G smart phone during the CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas.

NEW YORK – The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can’t build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production last year are now scrambling to play catch-up.

The chip shortage means Apple Inc.’s rivals are having trouble making enough phones to compete with the iPhone, a problem expected to persist through the holidays. It’s also affecting wireless carriers, some of which are seeing delays in improving their networks, and it could even raise computer prices.

There isn’t an across-the-board

shortage of chips, but rather problems with certain components here and there. If just one of the 20 to 30 critical chips that go into a smart phone is unavailable, the whole production line screeches to a halt.

Sprint Nextel Corp., for instance, couldn’t satisfy demand for HTC Corp.’s EVO 4G, the first phone to use a faster “4G” network, in parts of the country. Motorola Inc. said shortages of a wide range of chips, from memory to camera sensors to touch-screen controllers, are contributing to problems supplying enough of the new Droid X phones to Verizon Wireless. The carrier’s online store reports a two-week wait for shipping orders.

The chips that go into smart

phones compete for production capacity with other chips at the gigantic factories run by contract manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp. Makers of a vast array of electronics, from TVs to data center switches, also depend on the factories.

The chip-making industry had a tough start to 2009. February sales were only $14.2 billion, down 30 percent from the year before, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Although sales sprang back later in the year, manufacturers were spooked and reined in investment in chip factories. Capital spending plunged 41 percent to $25.9 billion in 2009, after dropping

31 percent the year before, according to research firm Gartner Inc. Total chip production capacity shrank.

Now the factories are having trouble scaling up production fast enough. The chip factories, or “foundries,” are running at 96 percent capacity, up from 56 percent at the depth of the recession, according to the SIA. “The semiconductor guys are really continuing to operate on all cylinders,” said Linley Gwennap, president of research firm The Linley Group.

Gartner predicts worldwide investment in the chip industry zooming 84 percent this year to $47.5 billion. That forecast is up from March, when it looked for a 56 percent increase.

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Chelsea extend flying start Agence France Presse

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan players celebrate at the end of the Italian Super Cup final match against AS Roma at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Inter Milan picked up right where it left off from last season, winning another trophy with a 3-1 victory over AS Roma in the Italian Super Cup.

Inter trophy run continues with Supercup Agence France Presse

ROME - Inter Milan won their fourth trophy of the year as they added the Italian Supercup to their Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup triumphs with a 3-1 win over AS Roma on Saturday. Inter may have changed coaches in the summer with Rafael Benitez replacing Jose Mourinho but there was no change to their results as Roma, runners-up in the league and cup last season, finished bridesmaids once again.

Samuel Eto’o scored a brace as the treble winners hit back from a 1-0 deficit at the San Siro in Milan. Benitez praised his team’s reaction to falling behind.

“I’m happy because we conceded a goal and then showed character,” he said. “This is a trophy for our fans and for the club, we did really well. “It’s the first offical game for us and it was too hot, it wasn’t easy.

“For me (the main thing) was the team’s reaction after conceding a goal, it was a good reaction.” Roma’s Claudio Ranieri was annoyed with his team for gifting Inter a route back when leading 1-0. “When we led 1-0 we gifted them the equaliser, until (Vucinic) did that things were going well, the 3-1 was not a fair reflection,” he said.

“We’re working hard but it’s not easy adapting to new systems and players, I was expecting more from everyone.” Roma made a bright start and could have been a couple of goals to the good before they finally did take the lead.

Mirko Vucinic had the first opportunity when he took advantage of a high Inter defensive

line, running onto a sublime pass from Francesco Totti to home in on goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

Vucinic, however, shot straight at Cesar who stood up big to make the block on 11 minutes.

Four minutes later, Jeremy Menez scampered away down the right before cutting inside, beating Walter Samuel with consummate ease before curling the ball wide of the far post. But on 21 minutes, Roma got the goal their domination deserved. Totti was again the architect as he took a pass from David Pizarro and then slipped a perfectly weighted ball in behind the defence for the marauding John-Arne Riise to hold off Javier Zanetti and finish first-time from the edge of the box.

Roma seemed to be cruising to a half-time lead until a shocking error from Vucinic handed Inter an equaliser four minutes before the break.

The Montenegro striker picked up the ball deep in the corner in Roma’s half but played an inaccurate pass straight back into his own area. Brazilian centre-back Juan could not reach it allowing Goran Pandev to pounce from

eight yards out to beat Bogdan Lobont in the Roma goal.

Roma were back on top after the break as Menez, in inspired form, lashed a stunning volley from wide right just past the far post.

Cesar then had to be alert to beat out a vicious Riise free-kick. Inter should have been in front on 64 minutes when Esteban Cambiasso played Eto’o in behind the defence and he crossed for Diego Milito to tap home from close range.

A linesman’s flag ruled that out but TV replays suggested the decision was wrong. However, there was no error on 70 minutes when Eto’o bagged the winner. Lucio burst forward between two halfhearted tackles and spread the ball wide to Milito who had peeled away to the right. His cross to the near post was inch perfect to find the Cameroon forward making a diagonal run across the box to prod home.

Eto’o grabbed his second, and the decisive third, after another Roma defensive horror show. Substitute Rodrigo Taddei tried to run the ball out of defence and Eto’o dispossesed him before playing a one-two with Wesley Sneijder and firing home at Lobont’s near post.

WIGAN - Doubles from Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou helped Chelsea continue their flying start to their Premier League title defence with a 6-0 thrashing of Wigan at the DW Stadium on Saturday. Florent Malouda and Yossi Benayoun were also on target as Carlo Ancelotti’s men followed up their opening day defeat of West Brom by the same scoreline.

Anelka, who was banned this week from representing France for 18 internationals in the wake of his behaviour at the World Cup, showed no signs of sulking as he struck twice in four second half minutes to killoff the home side’s stubborn resistance and help Chelsea continue their remarkable run of form.

Florent Malouda broke the stalemate in the 34th minute before Anelka added his brace, with substitute Kalou adding two and Benayoun one more to take Chelsea’s tally of goals to 29 in their last four league matches. They have also failed to concede one in almost 500 minutes of play.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez had responded to his side’s opening day humbling by Blackpool by recalling Charles N’Zogbia to his starting line-up.

The French international had been overlooked last weekend in the wake of a training ground dispute between him and Martinez amid suggestions he wanted to leave the club.

There was also a league debut for Dutch defender Ronnie Stam, while Chelsea recalled Branislav Ivanovic at the expense of Paulo Ferreira.

Home supporters would have turned up for this game fearing the worst considering what happened seven days ago and the fact Chelsea put eight past them on the final afternoon of last season.

Yet it seemed the harsh words Martinez had spoken on the training field had sunk in as Wigan made the brighter start and, more importantly,

appeared resolute and organised at the back.

Mauro Boselli just failed to connect with a dangerous cross from Hugo Rodallega inside six minutes before Petr Cech was forced to parry a blistering drive from Maynor Figueroa.

Chelsea, meanwhile, struggled to put Chris Kirkland under any pressure in the Wigan goal with just a hopeful strike from Michael Essien all they had to show for the opening 30 minutes, in which time they had been second best by some distance.

Yet despite finding themselves under pressure Ancelotti’s side somehow managed to engineer the game’s opening goal against the run of play in the 34th minute. It was their first meaningful attack but worth the wait as Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole combined superbly down the left flank to find Frank Lampard in a strong shooting position.

Lampard seemed destined to score only to see his effort superbly kept out, but the loose ball fell kindly to Malouda, who duly dispatched it into an open goal.

Wigan needed to score the next goal to make this a contest but it went to Anelka, who charged onto John Obi Mikel’s raking pass before guiding a diagonal drive past Kirkland and into the bottom corner in the 48th minute.

He then made it 3-0 just four minutes later, finishing from close range following good work from Malouda and Drogba. Drogba, who picked up the man of the match award, also provided the final passes for both of Kalou’s goals — a tap-in and a glancing header — before Benayoun swept a low shot past Kirkland in the 90th minute.

To increase the misery for Wigan, who have now conceded ten goals in successive home defeats, they saw Figueroa stretchered off in the dying minutes with what looked like a serious knee injury.

(AP Photo/Jon Super)

Chelsea’s Salamon Kalou, left, scores past Wigan Athletic’s goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, right, during their English Premier League soccer match at The DW Stadium, Wigan, England, Saturday Aug. 21, 2010.

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Swiss Federer hopes to feast on unseeded Fish Agence France Presse

CINCINNATI - Mardy Fish reached the championship of the Cincinnati Masters event by rallying to beat American compatriot Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 on Saturday. The unseeded Fish was able to regroup during a third rain delay and upset the former world number one in the semi-final match.

Roddick led 5-2 in the second set when the players briefly went to the locker room. Fish was in top form when they returned. “I was just lucky to get out of it,” Fish said. In Sunday’s final, Fish will play Swiss superstar Roger Federer who easily beat unseeded Marcos Baghdatis 64, 6-3.

“It wasn’t long at all,” Fish said of the break. “It was only a couple minutes that we were back there, so I just changed (clothes). It was only a couple of minutes.”

The beginning of the match was delayed 50 minutes by heavy rain.

Another cloudburst during the first set resulted in a one-hour delay.

Roddick was up 5-4 coming out of the delay. Fish dumped three forehands into the net while Roddick captured the set.

Roddick built a 5-2 lead in the second set when another shower forced a brief break. “The first one really helped, the second one obviously didn’t,” Roddick said. “That’s

the thing with rain delays. The momentum can shift really fast.”

Fish knew he was in deep trouble when he came back on the court.

“You don’t want to be in that spot at all,” Fish said. This time, Fish was better when they returned to the hardcourt stadium. He broke Roddick’s serve for the first time in the match to keep it going, then won the tiebreaker when Roddick began missing easy shots.

Roddick fell behind 3-0 in the third set, becoming so upset that he took extra swings at balls between points and slammed his racket into the ground.

Roddick downplayed his on court antics in the US Open tune-up event.

“I feel OK,” Roddick said. “You know, to be honest, I came here and I had no expectations. For me to get in five really tough matches is more than I could’ve asked for going into the Open. Honestly, when I came here I was thinking maybe two matches and we’ll see. I hadn’t re-

ally put too much time in.”

Federer broke Baghdatis to close out the first set and never faced a break point. Federer, who is seeking his fourth Cincinnati title, also broke Baghdatis to take a 5-3 lead in the second set.

“I got kind of lucky in this tournament,” Federer said. “I hardly had to play the first two matches. Things are working out for me here.”

And it just keeps getting better because now Federer goes against unseeded Fish who Federer has a commanding 5-1 career record against.

Roger Federer, from Switzerland, reacts after defeating Nikolay Davydenko, from Russia, in a quarterfinal match at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, in Mason, Ohio.

Federer won 6-4, 7-5.

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Delonte West suspended Barca thrash Sevilla to land 10 games after guilty plea Spanish Super Cup Associated Press Writer

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(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

FILE - In this March 1, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West (13) drives past New York Knicks’ Eddie House in an NBA basketball game in Cleveland.

NEW YORK – Free agent guard Delonte West was suspended without pay for 10 games Friday after pleading guilty last month to weapons charges.

Maryland authorities said he was carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while speeding on a three-wheel motorcycle on the Capital Beltway last September.

West played for the Cleveland Cavaliers last season. The Minnesota Timberwolves waived him Aug. 3 after acquiring West in a trade.

West received a home detention sentence that includes flexibility to travel to games. If he signs with a team, his suspension will begin with the first game of the regular season for which he is eligible and physically able to play. The 27-yearold West has averaged 9.9 points in six NBA seasons.

He has battled bipolar disorder during his career.

BARCELONA - Inspired by a Leo Messi hattrick, Barcelona landed the Spanish Super Cup on Saturday in thrashing Sevilla 4-0 to win the battle between Ligta and Spanish King’s Cup winners 5-3 on aggregate.

The Catalan club dominated the

encounter at the Nou Camp once Abdoulay Konko had put through his own net on 13 minutes in attempting to clear a Pedro cross.

Messi then took over as he netted on 24, 43 and 90 minutes - Xavi setting up the first with some astute dribbling - to clinch the win and erase the memory of a poor first-leg

showing.

Argentine star Messi’s finishing masterclass left new signing from Valencia and Spanish World Cupwinning striker David Villa somewhat in the shade - though he did help to create the fourth goal in the final seconds as Barca received an ovation from the 67,000 crowd.

(AP Photo/David Ramos)

FC Barcelona players celebrate with the trophy after beating Sevilla to win the Spanish Supercup soccer match final at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010.

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McLaren seeks to unlock potential McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh says he is hopeful that the team will unlock additional performance from the MP4-25 ‘sooner rather than later. as the F1 season prepares to get back underway at Spa next weekend. The team introduced a number of upgrades prior to the summer break, most notably a blown diffuser, but appeared to fall behind Red Bull and Ferrari in the races in Germany and Hungary.

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VALENTINO RossiDucati is hoping that Yamaha will allow Valentino Rossi to test for his new employer before the end of the year. Rossi’s Yamaha deal runs until beyond the end of the season, meaning he will still be contracted to the Japanese manufacturer for the traditional end of season test on the three days after the Valencia finale.

Yamaha’s Masao Furusawa has stated only that Rossi will be “wearing blue until the end of the year”, implying that he will not be released for the test.

But Ducati team boss Filipo Preziosi expects Rossi to take part in the test with Ducati. “We will grant any of Furusawa’s wishes, we’ll even paint the bike blue,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport. “I don’t want to believe that [Yamaha won’t allow Rossi to test] and it would be bad - last time that happened [Honda in 2003] it didn’t bring much luck.”

Even though Rossi will be at Ducati next year, Preziosi reckons Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha will still be the title favourite.

“Lorenzo will not change bikes so he will be super favourite next year, it will be on equal footing in 2012,” he added. “It’s tough, but we’ve done the right thing.”

Valentino Rossi of Italy wheelies his Yamaha during a free practice session of the MotoGP in Czech Grand Prix in Brno on August 14, 2010 ahead of the grand prix on August 15.

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Ducati hopeful Yamaha will let Rossi test

While the summer shutdown limited the time available to work on the car prior to Spa, McLaren has worked hard to make additional improvements to aid Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in their championship challenge and Whitmarsh said he hoped that he drivers would see the benefit sooner rather than later.

“The summer break was extremely welcome for a number of reasons,” he said. “Firstly, it provided the whole team with a much-needed rest period after some particularly relentless races; secondly, it gave our engineers time for consideration and thought ahead of the closing run of races; and, finally, the downtime proved very useful in enabling us to carry out some maintenance work to our wind-tunnel, which should improve its correlation.

“After a disappointing Hungarian Grand Prix, we are pushing hard to

regain the performance relative to our rivals that we had enjoyed earlier this season. While we believe our recent upgrades have given us a downforce improvement, it appears that the package hasn’t yet delivered to its full potential, particularly in terms of providing the drivers with a consistent, confidence-delivering platform.

“We were able to carry out some useful evaluative tests during practice in Hungary, which provided us with some useful data and avenues for experimentation. And we’ll take that programme further in Spa, running floor rakes during practice to supply us with more information.

“As we’ve always stated, we believe there are some large areas of performance locked within the car and its recent upgrade, and we are confident that our solid-engineering approach will enable us to fully unlock them sooner rather than later.”