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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Kris Jenner files to divorce Bruce Jenner Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Kris Jenner is ending her 22-year year marriage to Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” matriarch filed for divorce on Monday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences.

The pair’s relationship and its troubles have been featured prominently on the reality show that focuses heavily on Kris Jenner’s daughters from a previous marriage, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian. The women and their brother Rob were born during Kris Jenner’s previous marriage to Los Angeles attorney Robert Kardashian, whom she divorced in 1991.

Kris and Bruce Jenner have two children together, daughters Kendall and Kylie. The divorce petition seeks joint custody of 17-year-old Kylie Jenner.

Bruce Jenner won the gold medal for men’s decathlon in the 1976 Olympics.

Court filings say he and Kris Jenner separated on June 1. The filings do not provide any additional details or how the former couple will split their assets.

This April 5, 2009 file photo shows Kris Jenner, left, and her husband Bruce Jenner at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Kris Jenner filed for divorce Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Los Angeles, from estranged husband, Bruce Jenner, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Batman prequel ‘Gotham’ premieres on US TV Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The backstory of Batman’s many villains came to life Monday in a new US television drama series that Fox hopes will help lift its prime-time ratings out of the doldrums.

“Gotham” stars David Mazouz as a 12year-old Bruce Wayne who witnesses the cold-blooded murder of his parents on the grim nocturnal backstreets of contemporary

New York.

But the plot centers on the rookie detective James Gordon, played by Ben McKenzie, the character who would become the Commissioner when Wayne grows up to become the Caped Crusader.

“I promise you, I will find the man who did this,” Gordon promises a shattered, vulnerable Wayne at the scene of the crime.

Taking turns sowing evil over the course of the 16-episode series will be

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Ben McKenzie arrive at “Gotham” series premiere event at the New York Library on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 in New York.

Catwoman, who opened the premiere as a fresh-faced punkette in a leather biker jacket, and Penguin, who Gordon pretends to shoot by the East River, thus assuring his return.

New to the Batman fable, and never seen in the original DC Comics incarnation, is brutal nightclub boss Fish Mooney, played

by Jada Pinkett Smith, best known for her work in the “Matrix” movie franchise.

Created by Bruno Heller, the mastermind behind the CBS police procedural “The Mentalist,” “Gotham” is a centerpiece of Fox’s campaign to bolster its ratings, which have been sagging in recent years, particularly in the coveted 18-49 age bracket, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Clearly, we’ve some ratings headwinds on the entertainment side” of the network, a keystone in media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s global empire, the business daily -- also owned by Murdoch -- quoted 21st Century Fox chief operating officer Chase Carey as saying.

Television prequels of iconic American comic book tales is nothing new: “Smallville,” a telling of Superman’s boyhood in small-town Kansas, ran for 10 seasons and 218 episodes before its finale in 2011 on the CW network.

Pending initial viewership figures, “Gotham” rode the Twitter top-10 trending list throughout its hour-long east-coast telecast, with some of its stars patting each other on the back amid a flurry of positive tweets from hardcore Batman enthusiasts.

“Congrats@ben_mckenzie you may have a hit on your hands,” tweeted Pinkett Smith at one point during the show.

To which McKenzie replied: “I think we do Jada, I think we do :)”

Land conversion rampant

Wetland shrinks, food self-sufficiency threatened

Bali Post

NEGARA - Agricultural land is diminishing greatly in Bali. Such phenomenon also happens in Jembrana. The land in the northern part of Bali increasingly diminishes each year due to rapid land conversion.

This condition draws the concerns of the Jembrana House. Necessarily, the land protection should be prioritized through the protection of grain price and other production subsidies. All this time, the materialized protection is only for grain price through bailouts to a number of rural cooperatives (KUD).

When the agricultural land continues to decrease, it will threaten the breakdown of food self-sufficiency. A legislator of the Jembrana House of the Golkar Party, I Komang Dekritasa, told that the food self-sufficiency was not enough

by the protection against the grain price of farmers and fertilizer subsidy only. Most importantly, farmers needed the protection of the agricultural land along with the subsidies in rice production facilities.

Reduction in the agricultural land should become a concern amidst the today’s rampant land conversion. Dekritasa assessed if the land conversion was not braked it would threatened the agricultural production. All this time, central government could just give fertilizer subsidy and the protection of grain price.

Even in some cases, the fertilizer distributed was not appropriate with the agricultural land cultivated by farmers.

The tripartite grain protection program should also get supervision. It should also prevent any misappropriation in the matter of funds such as in the saving and loan. Similar expectation was revealed by the Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency.

The Head of Agriculture Agency, I Ketut Wiratma, recently said that though Jembrana had already reached the self-sufficiency

in food, it was still threatened by the decline in farmland area.

Within the past ten years, for instance, the decline in the land area happened due to farmland conversion. According to him, it occurred on the average of four hectares of farmland each year. As per the latest data, the productive farmland in Jembrana totally reached 6,878.40 hectares whereas a few years ago it still amounted to 10,000 hectares. According to him, the acreage was based on the land area planted as the report of subak members.

Of the five subdistricts in Jembrana County, the most expansive productive land existed in Mendoyo approximately reaching 2,238.54 hectares. Then, it was followed

by Negara (1,837.60 hectares) and Melaya (1,263 hectares), Jembrana (921.26 hectares) and Pekutatan (588 hectares). He said that in 2014 there was additional land area at Manistutu village from 45 hectares to 65 hectares.

According to him, the land was formerly dry but had been irrigated. (kmb26)

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Coral reef conservationist receives an award in San Francisco Bali Post

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the residents of Abang Songan in Kintamani must wait for days to get water. The condition is becuase the long drought which happen in the area

Impact of drought

Residents willing to queue water for days

Bali Post

BANGLI - Prolonged drought occurred since the past few months have been causing residents in several regions of Bali to face clean water crisis. One of them is experienced by the residents of Abang Songan village, Kintamani. Residents at the foot of Mount Batur must now be willing to scramble and stand in line for days to get a jerry can of water.

All this time the Abang Songan village only has a source of clean water scrambled by thousands of residents from three hamlets. Amidst such condition, the water discharge from the Kayehan spring of Abang Songan village even shrinks. As a result, to get a jerry can of water, local residents must be willing to queue for hours at the spring.

Even, some people are forced to queue for days.

Hamlet chief of Bias Kelod, Nengah Wijaya, confirmed that local residents were willing to queue up to a week to get a jerry can of water. Moreover, due to current dry season the flow

of water at the spring turned smaller.

Meanwhile, most other residents were forced to buy clean water for daily use at the price of hundreds of thousands of rupiahs.

This condition caused people to increasingly scream because they had to add their household expenses with an average of ten thousand rupiahs per day just to buy clean water as recognized by Nengah Murni, a housewife at local village. “During this drought, we are hard to get water. I am forced to buy water. The price of a jerry can is IDR 3,500, while each tank truck is sold for IDR 200,000,” she explained.

On average, she needed three jerry cans of water per day for cooking purposes. When calculated, the cost needed to get clean water reached about IDR 10,000 per day. According to her, it was quite burdensome because she also had other expenses to buy rice and other kitchen needs.

All this time, the residents of Abang Songan village had only relied on the clean water by taking advantage of rainwater. With the current drought condition, local residents hoped the government could pay attention by giving assistance in the form of clean water supply. (ina)

SINGARAJA - The highest international award in the field of coral reef conservation, the Coral Conservation Prize, was successfully achieved by one of the Buleleng residents, namely Nyoman Sugiarta, for his active measures and coral reef conservation efforts in Buleleng. The award was received in person in San Francisco, the USA, accompanied by the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana and the Section Head of Marine and Coastal Spatial Plan, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Abdul Manaf.

A number of competitors could have been set aside by Sugiarta including, Mr. Jim Coon (the USA), Tommy Holter (Zanzibar), Jaime Kawas (Honduras), Abdul Manaf (Indonesia), Sara Peck (the USA) and Ratu Peni Rasigare (Fiji). On that occasion, Sugiarta was also accompanied by Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Sharif Cicip Sutarjo and Director General of Catch Fisheries of the RI. He was entitled

to receive a special award in the form of crystal trophy designed and donated by Tiffany & Co. as well as to earn development fund valued at USD 20,000.

Seven nominations were contested by coral reef activists from six countries. Buleleng Regent, Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng County could achieve the award from three coral reef conservation programs because his party could create quality and beautiful reef without damaging.

It could successfully apply the concepts like the Biorock (accelerating the reef growth up to 6-8 times faster by electromagnetic flow), Hexadome (coral reef transplantation) and table system (setting the growth of coral reef). He said that Buleleng County also helped promote the plan of Double B (Bali-Buleleng) World Diving Festival at the end of 2015.

“We promote the international diving event. Later, this event will become a beautiful introduction to the world that Northern Bali has a panoramic exoticism of coral reef for divers,” he said. (kmb34)

Salt production rises in dry season

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - During dry season, the production of salt farmers at Kusamba shows a quite high increase.

In general, the production of super quality salt only reaches 10 kg for two days, but nowadays they can produce up to 20 kg of salt on just one day. Such increasing salt production can support the economy of farmers in that coastal village.

The increase in production has been already felt by salt farmers at the edge of the Tribuana Beach, Kusamba when the sun has started blazing since last August. A farmer from Rame hamlet, Kusamba village, Nyoman Ngendu, 52, claimed to be able to produce up to 20 kg of salt each day. According to him, the recent weather strongly supported the salt production remaining to be worked on traditionally.

He admitted to use three lots of sand area covering 1,300 square meters to produce salt. With the help of the sun, the salt-making process could be accomplished in single day. “Now, the weather is sunny so the salt-making

process can be easily carried out just within a single day,” he said.

According to him, if the weather was as usual, the salt-making process could take up to two days. Even, when it was cloudy the salt-making process could take up to three days. “If the sun is not blazing, the salt production also decreases reaching only 10 kg for two days,” he added.

The Kusamba salt has been very famous among travelers because it had super quality and remains to be processed traditionally. Nyoman Ngendu admitted that he sold the salt product for IDR 15,000 per kg. It meant that during dry season he could earn up to IDR 300,000 per day.

He claimed that many travelers came to his salt-making hut to see the process of making salt and purchased it. Averagely the travelers making a visit were from France, Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany. In addition, the distribution of salt belonging to local farmers was sent to numerous hotels in Badung.

“There are also customers purchasing our salt to be imported into France, Canada and Japan,” he said. (dwa)

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Aston arrives in Semarang

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s pioneering hotel management company, Archipelago International, is once again expanding its successful Aston brand. The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center which is the first Aston hotel in Semarang, Central Java.

The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is conveniently located on Jalan MT Haryono, right in the heart of Semarang and close to the historic Kota Lama (Old City) and Pecinan (Chinatown). Nearby, guests can also enjoy easy access to Semarang’s business district, shopping mall, train station and airport, making it a perfect spot for meetings and social activities alike.

Semarang is the capital and largest city of the Central Java province. It’s a bustling, mid-sized city with a population of 1.5 million and its own charm of contrasting architecture. Mid-rise buildings merge with Dutch colonial architecture and culturally-rich Chinatown just against small “kampongs”.

The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is a luxurious 4-star business and conference hotel offering 157 guest rooms and suites. The hotel also boasts an all-day restaurant, Jade Café & Resto on third floor, the elegant Mezzanine Lounge and Bar as well as recreational facilities including an outdoor swimming pool, a well-equipped gym and a full service spa. For business guests, the hotel’s modern conference center features a ballroom that can accommodate up to 900 guests alongside 8 auxiliary meeting rooms.

“We are very excited to expand our Aston brand to Semarang after the successful introduction of our other hotels, Quest Hotel Semarang and Hotel NEO Candi Semarang. Semarang is a beautiful destination and a real up-and-coming tourist haven. Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is now ready to accommodate both business travelers and leisure tourists alike, whether they are visiting Semarang for a MICE event or to explore this exciting city.” Said Norbert Vas, Archipelago International’s VP Sales & Marketing.

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Calendar Event for September 28 through October 28, 2014 8 Sep Kajeng Kliwon Pamelastali/ Watu Gunung Runtuh Pura Penataran Agung Maha Gotra Tirta Harum Sri Srengga Nyalian Banjarrangkan Klungkung 30 Sep Paid-Paidan Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Marga Tabanan 1 Oct Urip 2 Oct Patetegan 3 Oct Pengeradanan

4 Oct Hari Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abian Semal Pura Watu Gunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawa Mangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemekasan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Mambal Abiansemal 5 Oct Banyu Pinaruh

6 Oct Soma Ribek Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batu Gaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Surabaya Pura Desa Lingga Wana Abang Karangasem 7 Oct Sabuh Mas

8 Oct Pagerwesi Dan Purnama Sasih Kapat Pura Labang SinduJiwa Ubud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wira Bhuana Magelang

Jawa Tengah Pura Padang Sakti Denpasar Timur Pura Payogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati Gianyar Pura Gaduh Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Masceti Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Ularan Tatasan Kaja Denpasar Pura Siwa Tohjiwa Penebel Tabanan Pura Luhur Giri Slaka Alas Purwo Banyuwangi Pura Sada Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Puseh Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dalem Cemara Serangan Denpasar Pura penataran Agung Bhatara Tiga Sakti Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Bangli Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Gunung Lebah Ubud Pura Thirta Negari Karangasem Pura Thirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Agung Tegalalang Pura Luhuring Akasa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Desa Denjalan Batuyang Batubulan Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Sulawesi Utara Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Bumi Agung TMII Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Songan Batur Kintamani Pura Agung Surya Bhuana Jaya Pura Papua Pura Gumang Bugbug Karangasem Pura Taman Sari Busung Biu Busung Biu Buleleng

Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Pura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sangguan Singapadu Pura Kawitan Arya Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bujangga Waisnawa Jembrana Pura Taman Bubuan Seririt Singaraja Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Tegalalang Pura Ida Ratu Pande Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar Pura Kumuda Saraswati Ubud Pura Batur Arya Sudimara Tabanan Pura Dalem Majapahit Marga Tabanan Pura Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati

13 Oct Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

18 Oct Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Sidakarya Denpasar

23 Oct Tilem Sasih Kapat

19 Oct Redite Umanis Ukir Pura Sanggah Gede Dukuh Sagening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 22 Oct Buda Cemeng Ukir Pura Pajenengan kawitan Arya Tauman Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gde Gunung Agung Munggu Badung

24 Oct Hari Bhatara Sri 28 Oct Anggara Kasih Kulantir dan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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International Technology Samsung may launch first Tizen phone in India Associated Press

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People look at new Samsung products at the IFA, one of the world’s largest trade fairs for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept.

3, 2014. Samsung Electronics Co., which faces a slowdown in emerging market smartphone sales, will release its long-delayed Tizen-powered handset in India before the end of this year, a report said Monday.

BlackBerry sets new phone launch in revival bid

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co., which faces a slowdown in emerging market smartphone sales, will release its long-delayed Tizen-powered handset in India before the end of this year, a report said Monday.

Samsung’s first Tizen-based device will be launched in November in India, said Tarun Malik, director of Samsung’s Media Solutions Center in Southwest Asia, in an interview with Economic Times.

The Tizen mobile platform is Samsung’s effort to build its own mobile ecosystem akin to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Samsung is the world’s biggest smartphone supplier claiming nearly one third of the global sales, most of its smartphones are powered by Google’s Android system.

That reliance means Samsung phone users tied to Google’s services can easily switch to other Android devices from Samsung’s Galaxy lineup.

The Tizen device to be released in India “will coexist with the Android devices,” Malik said in the report. Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul said it had no comment.

Samsung faces rising threats from local brands in China and India, which have hurt its sales

Ways to hide, secure data on phones

Agence France-Presse

Associated Press

MONTREAL - BlackBerry is set to unveil its latest smartphone Wednesday, in a move aimed at reviving the fortunes of the struggling Canadian tech group.

NEW YORK — Apple got a lot of attention last week when it released a new privacy policy along with a declaration that police can’t get to your password-protected data.

Essentially, your photos, messages and other documents are automatically encrypted when you set up a passcode, with or without a fingerprint ID to unlock the phone. Apple says it cannot bypass that passcode, even if law enforcement asks.

Google says it will also encrypt data by default in an upcoming Android update.

The option has been there, but many people don’t know about it or bother to turn it on.

Apple, Google and other

The BlackBerry Passport with a square 4.5-inch screen and physical keyboard will be priced at $599 without a contract in the United States, chief executive John Chen told the Wall Street Journal.

The price is slightly below the contract-free price of Apple’s new iPhone and high-end smartphones from Samsung.

It will be launched at events in Dubai, London and Toronto, before launching in stores 15 days later, he said.

The Passport launch follows the failure of devices on the BlackBerry 10 platform to gain traction, and a management shake-up last year aimed at stemming massive losses.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company helped create a culture of mobile users glued to smartphones, but lost its luster as many moved to iPhones or devices using Google’s Android software.

Last December, BlackBerry unveiled a manufacturing partnership with Taiwan-based Foxconn and a revamped organizational structure.

The deal transfers to Foxconn the manufacturing and inventory management and allows BlackBerry to focus on software and services.

The company is scheduled to release its second quarter results on Friday, which are expected to show

the company slowly climbing back from the brink.

In May, BlackBerry launched a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, in the hope it will take off in emerging markets and stem a decline in the smartphone maker’s fortunes.

The touchscreen Z3, the first to be produced from the Canadian firm’s partnership with Foxconn, is aimed mainly at Asian markets and especially Indonesia, where the company maintains a loyal following, thanks in part to the popularity of its BBM messaging service. The device was launched at a price of under $200 without a contract.

of cheap handsets. The maker of Galaxy smartphones and tablets was beaten by Xiaomi in smartphone sales in China during the second quarter according to Canalys, a market research firm.

In India, Samsung was overtaken by Micromax in mobile handset sales during the second quarter, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research, a Hong Kong-based market research firm.

Samsung earlier this year shelved plans to start selling its Tizen-based Samsung Z phone in Russia during the third quarter.

It said it needed to enhance the Tizen “ecosystem” which apparently lacked sufficient developers and apps.

It was not clear if the upcoming Tizen smartphone in India would be the Samsung Z. Announced in June at a developer conference in San Francisco, the Samsung Z featured a 4.8-inch high-definition display, a fingerprint sensor for security and a slim, angular design.

Though smartphones based on Tizen are yet to be seen in the market, Samsung has introduced Tizen in a camera and smartwatches. The company seeks to expand the platform to other consumer durable goods, including TVs and refrigerators.

tech companies have been trying to depict themselves as trustworthy stewards of personal information following revelations that the National Security Agency has been snooping on emails and other communications as part of an effort to identify terrorists.

Apple is also trying to reassure customers about its commitment to security and privacy after hackers broke into online accounts of celebrities who had personal photos stored on Apple’s iCloud service.

Beyond setting up passcodes, some phones have additional tools for hiding or securing sensitive photos and documents stored on the phone, particularly if you need to lend or show your phone to someone.

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Travel association target 15 thousand at TIF

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MANGUPURA - The Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel (Asita), Bali, has set a target to attract 15 thousand foreign tourists during the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) 2014 in Kelan beach, Badung district, Bali, on November 9-15, 2014.

“We have been communicating with several travel agents to invite their guests to visit the Indonesian Timeless Festival,” Chairman of Bali’s Asita, I. Ketut Ardana, noted on Monday.

The Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 is being held for the

first time in the island and has a unique concept as compared to the other festivals.

The festival will showcase numerous artistic creations, special foods, and unique souvenirs of the seven provinces in Indonesia.

Committee Chairman of the Indonesian Timeless Festival Karlinda Syaha stated that the festival is a gateway to promote the tourism potential of Indonesia, since the event has the participation of seven provinces such as East Kalimantan, West

Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra, North Sulawesi, East Java, South Sulawesi, and Bali.

“We chose Bali as the venue for the festival because the number of foreign tourists visiting the island continues to increase from time to time,” she stated, adding that Bali is considered to be the gateway for international tourists visiting Indonesia.

In the meantime, the committee of Kelan customary village promotion, Kadek Andi

Asmara Jaya, has welcomed the event as it will help to promote the tourism potential of the village.

“The festival will attract the people to visit the K-land beach as the event is uniquely different from other events,” he pointed out.

He was optimistic that the Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 will promote K-land beach as the new tourism destination in Bali.

Fishermen catched fish using traditional boat at Kelan Beach. The Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel (Asita), Bali, has set a target to attract 15 thousand foreign tourists during the Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 in Kelan beach, Badung district, Bali, on November 9-15, 2014.

Foreign investors in stock market triggers capital flight Bali Post

DENPASAR - The presence of foreign investors dominating the Indonesian stock exchange should be addressed. Other than bringing most of the company’s profits to overseas, the Indonesian economy will also be driven by foreign parties.

“When foreign investors have major shares in the companies of Indonesia traded in the stock exchange, the Indonesia’s economy will depend largely on foreign investors. Profit of the companies will also be taken out of the country,” said the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Warmadewa University, I Gusti Ngurah Sanjaya, recently.

Such condition, according to Sanjaya, was very apprehensive because the control of the national economy lay in foreign hands, not in the hands of Indonesia itself.

On that account, the government as a regulator through relevant

agencies should make a rule that limited the foreign ownership in the Indonesia’s companies existing in the sector.

“As a regulator, the government must make clear and firm restrictions on foreign ownership of the Indonesia’s companies. Do not be regretted after the Indonesia’s companies are owned by foreigners,” he said.

According to him, the government should create a regulation that gave more spaces to domestic investors. So far, foreign investors still dominated the market share in Indonesia up to 58 percent.

The Office of Stock Exchange Information Center (PIPM) had released that 63 percent of the Indonesian capital market was dominated by foreign investors. So, Indonesia only had a share of 37 percent or less than one percent of the population of Indonesia.

Director of the PIPM Denpasar, IGA Alit Nityaryana, said there were many foreign investors in the

sector because they considered Indonesia one of the potentially profitable countries. So far, not many Indonesian people were working in the field of capital market. “Quantitatively, Indonesia is still superior, but the value is still very low when compared to that of foreign investors,” he said.

He argued that Indonesian traders and investors could actually compete against, and even exceeded the foreign investors. Unfortunately, the promising investment facilities were not taken advantage properly by the people of Indonesia.

“Approximately within the past 20 years, the capital market of Indonesia continued to increase though having been hit by global crises. This is the reason why foreign investors remain keen to spend their money in the Indonesian capital market. Despite price fluctuations, the condition of capital markets in Indonesia continues to show rising tendency,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Eartquake jolted Bali Antara

DENPASAR - An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale jolted Bali Island, Tuesday, at 5.05 am local time.

The quake’s epicenter was located 22 kilometers northeast of Klungkung, 8.68 degrees southern latitude, 115.75 degrees eastern longitude, and at a depth of some 195 kilometers.

The tremor was felt in almost every region in Bali, such as Kuta, Nusa Dua in Badung District, Gianyar, and Denpasar.

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Vocalist of Secondhand Serenade, John Vasely performed at Garuda Wisnu Kencana during the celebration of SMA 1 Denpasar anniversary on Saturday. This band from USA performed their song, like Fall for You, Fix You, and Vulnerable.

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Joint prayer of Ngentegang Jagat 108 Bajra Bali Post

DENPASAR - On the upcoming Thursday (Sep 25), it will be held a joint prayer of Ngentegang Jagat 108 Bajra.

This joint prayer will be centered at Pucak Gunung Kutul Temple at Pucak Sari village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng.

However, a rumor arose because the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali Chapter was mentioned not to support the common prayer.

“Earlier (Monday—Ed), we have come to the PHDI office because in the lower level as if we are not supported by the PHDI. We dismiss the assumption if the PHDI does not support us. So, we want to clarify to devotees that we have commitment that everything must refer to the scriptures, rules, tradition, custom as well as desa kala patra (location, time and condition) concept and it has become our commitment,” said Chairman of the 108 Bajra Committee, Dewa Ketut Puja Suradnya, Monday (Sep 22).

He added the joint prayer having been prepared since 8 months ago was held based on Roga Sengara Bumi palm-leaf manuscript. Meanwhile, the Ngenteg 108 was based on the Vedas because the figure 108 was the highest and used by all devotees. As planned, the joint prayers would be participated by 108 Hindu priests, 108 Hindu priest assistants, 9 Buddhist monks, 108 Buddhist prayers as well as 108 singers of Gayatri mantram. However, due to

such unsavory rumors, added Dewa Ketut Puja, a number of Hindu priests who had confirmed their participation ultimately cancelled.

“Due to some pressures, primarily the growing rumors that the priests were not allowed to support the 108-Bajra event, we decided to come to the PHDI. So far, the participants drastically reduced. Hopefully, the awareness will emerge that it is a joint work. Meanwhile, we in the committee will never think about what happens on September 25, but we must follow up the stages one by one as well as possible.

The September 25 is the will of God,” he explained while adding that it was the fourth meeting with the PHDI. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of 108 Bajra Trustees, AA Gde Agung Sutedja, added that the preparation of common prayer was said to have completed. They included the making of temporary shelter, while the inscription made of silver, gold and diamonds, and monuments was given pasupati ritual on Tuesday. Then, it was also organized a pecaruan or exorcism rite at the Gunung Kutul Temple. In terms of the invitee, the Consul General of Timor Leste was confirmed to attend the event.

“As conclusion, we do not need to respond to the polemics, but we must concentrate on completing this grandiose ritual with various efforts having been made since 8 months ago. Give a positive meaning with the permission and grace of God,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

Gooseweed farmers protest

The French travelers who were commited credit card fraud are arrested by the police

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Two French travelers commit Visa debit card fraud

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Two French travelers, namely Phill Carter, 30, and Sune Bastian, 34, were arrested by Kuta Police officers, Saturday (Sep 20). They were arrested as alleged to have committed a fraud of Kiwi Bank Visa debit card owned by Lindrova Petra, 25, from Czech.

“As a result of the act of the two suspects, the victim suffered a loss worth IDR 6 million,” said the Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Sebudi, Monday (Sep 22).

Sebudi asserted that the victim reported the loss of a Kiwi Bank Visa debit card, Wednesday (Sep 17). When reporting the case, the victim said if her card was used by someone to make transaction at some stores at Beach Walk, Kuta. It was just known to the victim after obtaining evidence in the form of print-out sheets of the transaction.

Based on the report, police officers with the victim made an

investigation into some stores where the card was used to do shopping. When checking at the Quicksilver store at Beach Walk, there were two men of foreign citizens recorded in the CCTV. “One of the foreigners made transaction by using the Visa debit card on behalf of the victim,” said the former police chief of Mengwi.

Having seen the CCTV footage, the victim knew one of the men and was known to stay at one of the hotels on Jalan Popies I, Kuta. Armed with the CCTV footage, police arrested the two suspects at their accommodation. As the results of

the search into the room of the suspects, police could secure the evidences included the Kiwi Bank Visa debit card belonging to the victim, 4 pieces of Lacoste T-shirt, a piece of Quicksilver singlet, a piece of Quicksilver T-shirt and a pair of Everbest sandals.

“The debit card was stolen while the victim was swimming.

Both the suspects were then immediately taken to police station and processed according to the prevailing procedures,” said Chief of Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Dewa Tagel, while accompanying the subdistrict police chief. (kmb36)

Violate bylaw, their plants sprayed with herbicide Bali Post

NEGARA - A number of farmers at Yehembang Kangin planting gooseweed (gondo) protested because their crops were eradicated by the local subak by spraying. Subak was forced to take such decisive action because the farmers did not comply with the subak bylaw prohibiting the cultivation of vegetables.

On Friday (Sep 19), those farmers were deeply disappointed with the action because their gooseweed were sprayed with herbicide. Ketut Sumadi, one of the farmers, admitted that farmers violated the bylaw predetermined by the subak organization. However, his party hoped the subak should not take action arbitrarily and had to notify in advance. Thus, the farmers who had planted the seedlings could move their plants to other subak area. If subak took action directly as such, farmers suffered total losses.

According to him, the subak apparatus did the extermination some time ago. Sumadi dared to plant gooseweed because the bylaw prohibiting the gooseweed cultivation was made in a sudden. Previously, the prohibition only included the cucumber plant. Farmers

around the Rambutsiwi Rest Area admitted to deliberately plant gooseweed in the area of paddy field because it was not the time for planting rice. So, they would like to take advantage of the wasted water.

Therefore, he had confidence the crops would not disturb the other plants.

According to him, the planting was even beneficial for farmers because their land was leased. Sumadi with other growers hoped that in the future when the subak would impose a ban from planting gooseweed should notify farmers first.

By that way, farmers had time to pull out the seedlings and move it.

On the other hand, Chief of Subak Yehembang, I Ketut Renem, when asked for his confirmation justified that the Subak Yehembang applied the bylaw that prohibited the cultivation of gooseweed before the subak drained water into the entire paddy fields. The bylaw was made based on the meeting of subak members. So, if the bylaw was violated, subak would take decisive action. He asserted that all the subak members had already known the bylaw enforced through the meeting of subak members. (kmb26)

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US, partners begin airstrikes in Syria

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in eastern Syria, and the U.S. undertook a separate, unilateral air attack on what it called an al-Qaida affiliate elsewhere in Syria.

Several hours after the Pentagon announced the airstrikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. Central Command said American warplanes launched eight airstrikes “to disrupt the imminent attack plotting against the United States and Western interests” by a network of “seasoned al-Qaida veterans” — sometimes known as the Khorasan Group — who have established a haven in Syria. It provided no details on the plotting.

Central Command said that separate bombing mission was undertaken solely by U.S. aircraft and took place west of the Syrian city of Aleppo. It said targets included training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command and control facilities.

The airstrikes against Islamic State targets were carried out in the city of Raqqa and other areas in eastern Syria by a mix of manned aircraft — fighter jets and bombers — plus Tomahawk cruise missiles and drone aircraft. The strikes were part of the expanded military campaign that President Barack Obama authorized nearly two weeks ago in order to disrupt and destroy the Islamic State militants, who have slaughtered thousands of people, beheaded Westerners — including two American journalists — and captured large swaths of Syria and northern and western Iraq.

In its written statement detailing the operation, Central Command said the airstrikes, which officials said began around 8:30 p.m. EDT, were conducted by the U.S., Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. It said the five Arab partner countries “participated in or supported” the airstrikes against Islamic State targets. It was not more specific.

Central Command said the U.S. fired 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles from aboard the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea, operating from international waters in the Red Sea and the northern Persian Gulf. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fighter jets, drones and bombers also participated. The first wave of strikes finished about 90 minutes later, but the operation was expected to continue for several

more hours, according to one U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly by name about an ongoing mission.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. informed Syria’s envoy to the U.N. that “strikes will be launched against the terrorist Daesh group in Raqqa.” The statement used an Arabic name to refer to the Islamic State group.

At a conference on Sept. 11 with Secretary of State John Kerry, key Arab allies promised they would “do their share” to fight the Islamic State militants. The Obama administration, which at a NATO meeting in Wales earlier this month also got commitments from European allies as well as Canada and Australia, has insisted that the fight against the Islamic State militants could not be the United States’ fight alone.

Russia’s foreign ministry warned Tuesday that what it called “unilateral” air strikes would destabilize the region.

“The fight against terrorists in the Middle East and northern Africa requires coordinated efforts of the entire global community under the auspices of the U.N.,” the ministry statement said. Activists said the airstrikes hit targets in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa and the province with the same name. Raqqa is the Islamic State group’s self-declared capital in Syria.

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told The Associated Press, “There is confirmed information that there are casualties among Islamic State group members.” He added that missiles also targeted the towns of Tabqa, Ein Issa and Tel Abyad, as well as the village of Kfar Derian, which is a base for the al-Qaidalinked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group.

Another activist, Mohammed al-Dughaim, based in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, confirmed that several airstrikes hit Kfar Derian in the early hours of Tuesday. He said there were civilians among the casualties.

An amateur video posted online Tuesday shows explosions going off at night in an open area, blasts that are said to be from coalition airstrikes. The narrator in the video is heard saying that the

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In this undated image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria.

footage shows the “bombardment of the Kfar Derian village.”

The head of the main Westernbacked Syrian opposition group, Hadi Bahra, welcomed the commencement of airstrikes in Syria.

“We have called for airstrikes such as those that commenced

tonight with a heavy heart and deep concern, as these strikes begin in our own homeland,” he said in a statement. “We insist that utmost care is taken to avoid civilian casualties.”

In a speech Sept. 10, Obama vowed to go after the Islamic

State militants wherever they may be. And his military and defense leaders told Congress last week that airstrikes within Syria are meant to disrupt the group’s momentum and provide time for the U.S. and allies to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels.

Details of mission against militants in Syria Associated Press

The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in eastern Syria. Some facts about the military action, as provided by U.S. Central Command: — Countries participating: U.S., Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates.

— Targets: Islamic State fighters, training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks and armed vehicles in the vicinity of Raqqa, Dayr az Zawr, Al-Hasakah and Abu Kamal.

— U.S. missiles: 47 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched from the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea, operating from international waters in the Red Sea and North Arabian Gulf.

— U.S. aircraft: Air Force B-1 bombers, F-15E attack planes, F-16 fighters and F-22 fighters; Navy F/A-18 fighters; two types of drone aircraft.

— Other strikes: The U.S. alone also conducted eight strikes against the al-Qaida-affiliated Khorasan Group west of Aleppo, including training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command-and-control facilities.

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Jack Ma of Alibaba becomes China’s richest person

In this Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, file photo, a flock of geese fly past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan. Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses to pollute.

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Businesses and investors pressing for green policy Associated Press

NEW YORK — Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.

The idea, long advocated by policymakers, economists and environmental activists, is that the world can’t hope to slow the heating of the planet until its cost is incorporated into the everyday activities that contribute to it, such as using gas- or coal-generated electricity, driving a car, shipping a package or flying around the globe.

Business leaders representing trillions of dollars in revenue and retirement savings say they worry that global warming threatens the long-term value of their investments, and they want world leaders to adopt policies that would provide a financial incentive to people to clean up their act.

That could include a tax on carbon emissions, a cap or some other mechanism.

“There’s a market failure that needs to be fixed,” said Anne Simpson, senior portfolio manager and director of global governance at the $300 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the U.S. Despite a broad consensus that something needs to be done, it has been impossible so far for global leaders to agree on how to implement what amounts to a price on

pollution, because energy is so important for economic growth.

“It may be easier to get large businesses to agree that something should be done than to get them to coalesce around specific policy measures,” said Michael Levi, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

At Tuesday’s U.N. summit, 120 world leaders will try to summon some of the considerable political will required if a new climate treaty is to be reached at international negotiations next year in Paris.

The one-day summit is part of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s push to help world leaders to reach a goal they set in 2009: prevent Earth’s temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) from where it is now.

Ahead of the summit, business leaders such as Apple’s Tim Cook renewed or expanded pledges to help the planet by running their businesses more efficiently, investing in renewable energy or pulling their investments from fossil fuel companies.

Last week, CalPERS and other big asset-holders such as the insurance and financial firms

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Allianz, BlackRock and AXA Group called for a “meaningful” price on carbon emissions. The World Bank said Monday that 73 countries and more than 1,000 companies have expressed their support for a price on carbon.

Also on Monday, a parade of business and political leaders tried to rally support in a series of speeches in New York.

“It doesn’t cost more to deal with climate change; it costs more to ignore it,” said Secretary of State John Kerry.

Cook said customers care about the planet and will “vote with their dollars” for sustainably produced products. He outlined the steps Apple is taking to reduce the carbon emissions of its products and its supply chain, and called for broader action.

While many insist a transition to a cleaner economy can boost economic growth or at least not harm it, many worry it would slow the global economy and make it more difficult for people in developing nations to get access to even basic electricity and transportation. Even those who agree that the transition must take place can’t agree on how to do it.

T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E n e rg y Agency estimates that $1 trillion per year must be invested through 2050 in clean energy in order to keep global temperatures from rising past a level that scientists consider especially dangerous.

SHANGHAI - The largest stock offer in history has made Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, China’s richest person with a fortune of $25 billion, an annual wealth ranking in the world’s second largest economy showed Tuesday.

“It has been an amazing year for China’s best tycoons despite the jitters about the Chinese economy,” said China-based luxury magazine publisher Hurun Report in its annual rich list.

Ma reaped more than $800 million selling shares in the company he set up 15 years ago as Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, based on company filings, with the value of his remaining stake of 7.8 percent surging to more than $17 billion

by Monday.

Last year, the estimated wealth of the former English teacher turned Internet entrepreneur was just over $4.0 billion, which did not even place him in the top 20.

Alibaba’s listing raised a total of $25 billion.

But only one other Alibaba co-founder, now vice president of its China investment team Simon Xie, made the rich list, Hurun Report said.

Property tycoon Wang Jianlin, whose Wanda company bought US cinema chain AMC Entertain-

ment, dropped to second place from first last year with a fortune of $24.2 billion as the deflating of China’s real estate bubble chased most developers out of the top 10.

A new face, Li Hejun of renewable energy firm Hanergy, tied for third place with $20.8 billion, alongside beverage magnate Zong Qinghou of Wahaha.

Completing the top five was Pony Ma of Tencent, operator of China’s most popular instant messaging application WeChat, with $18.1 billion.

Technology commanded half of the top 10. Robin Li of China’s dominant search engine Baidu was sixth; Richard Liu of Alibaba competitor JD.com took ninth, and Lei Jun of upstart mobile phone producer Xiaomi was 10th.

Rounding out the top 10 were father and son team Yan Jiehe and Yan Hao of road-builder China Pacific Construction in seventh position and another real estate mogul, Yan Bin of Reignwood in eighth.

China’s real estate and infrastructure industries have been hit by the slowing economy. The economy grew an annual 7.7 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012 -- which was the slowest rate of expansion since 1999. Gross domestic product growth was 7.5 in the second quarter this year.

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Jack Ma, center, founder of Alibaba, raises a ceremonial mallet before striking a bell during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in New York. The stock is to start trading Friday under the ticker “BABA.”

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An Indonesian man carries a bucket of water next to railway tracks where he lives, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept 22, 2014. The squatters were evicted from the government-owned land recently.

Militants claim slaying of ‘police informant’ Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - An Indonesian militant group led by the country’s most wanted Islamic extremist has claimed responsibility for the brutal murder of a farmer accused of being a police informant.

The Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen, led by an extremist known as Santoso, said they had killed Fadli -- a 50-year-old who like many Indonesians goes by one name -- on the central island of Sulawesi, a known hotbed of militant activity.

According to the police, five men, some of them wearing balaclavas, dragged the victim out of his house on Thursday night and hacked at his neck, almost decapitating him. Police are still hunting the attackers.

“We have slaughtered a villager,” the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen said in a statement released to Islamist websites in recent days.

The killing was “due to his infidel act of providing information

to the cursed Detachment 88 (an elite police anti-terror unit) that resulted in an attack against us, killing two of our brothers,” said the statement.

It was not clear which attack they were referring to, although police regularly carry out raids against suspected militants on Sulawesi.

National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said Monday that authorities could not confirm if Fadli was murdered by militants, but he added: “This is the usual modus operandi of terror groups.”

Santoso’s group has been blamed for a series of attacks on security forces in the area in recent years.

The killing came just days

after four foreign men, identified by police as being from China’s mostly-Muslim Uighur minority, were detained in Sulawesi as they allegedly sought to meet Santoso and receive militant training.

Police are investigating whether the four have links to the Islamic State group that has seized control of swathes of Iraq and Syria. Santoso has also reportedly sworn allegiance to IS. Indonesia is home to the world’s biggest Muslim population of about 225 million and has long struggled with terrorism.

A series of high-profile attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, prompted a crackdown that has been largely successful in weakening the most dangerous networks.

JAKARTA - The Papua province has offered to promote Ugimba Village in Intan Jaya District and Carstensz Pyramid as tourist destinations in a bid to empower the local communities.

Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Mari Elka Pangestu launched the two tourist sites in Jakarta on Tuesday as the leading tourism destinations in the province.

“These leading destinations were expected to empower the communities around the tourist attractions that play an important role in the implementation of the sustainable tourism program,” the minister affirmed.

According to Pangestu, the establishment of the two destinations was part of the ministry’s program to increase the contribution of tourism to boost social welfare, particularly for those living in the villages.

“The establishment of Ugimba Village as a tourism destination will play a key role in empowering the communities and conserving the Carstensz Pyramid, which is well-known as the only area in the tropical region to be covered in snow

throughout the year,” she stated.

Regent of Intan Jaya Natalis Taboni, who was also present during the launch event, noted that the common climbing track of Carstensz, which comprises the Sugapa-Ugimba-Carstensz route, allows the climbers to visit Ugimba before they commence to conquer the peak.

It is expected that it will encourage the development of facilities for the Ugimba residents, he stated.

“All this time, Ugimba residents have helped tourists from all over the world such as the United States, Russia, and Germany to climb the Carstensz Mountain,” he remarked.

He promised to encourage the development of Ugimba as a tourist destination.

The establishment of Ugimba Village as a tourist site was initiated by the local residents with the contribution of the Somatua Foundation, which submitted the demand to the government.

Ugimba offers spectacular views of its surroundings such as the Kemabu River, Nabu River, and several endemic species of animals and plants such as Dingisco and local orchids.

Thick haze covers Riau

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PEKANBARU - Thick haze has engulfed most of Riau province’s capital city, Pekanbaru, since Tuesday morning. As of Tuesday noon, the haze was still covering the city, thereby reducing visibility for motorcyclists and other vehicle users on the road.

“This haze is very disturbing,” stated Ardiawan, a 34-year-old local resident, on Tuesday.

Ardiawan, who works at a delivery service company, expressed concern that the haze could be harmful to his health.

The Riau government itself had allocated a budget of Rp10 billion to anticipate the effects of haze in the area.

Riau’s Deputy Governor, Kasiarudin, noted that the local government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to stop forest fires that cause thick haze.

“We have established a local disaster mitigation agency, which reports to the governor and related authorities on a daily basis,” Kasiarudin remarked.

In the meantime, the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) reported that it had allocated Rp350 billion to deal with land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands, stated the agency’s spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

Most of the budget was spent on leasing airplanes and helicopters, which were deployed for water bombing and cloud seeding operations to extinguish the forest and bush fires, Sutopo affirmed.

The airplanes used in the operation were Casa 212, Camov, Sikorsky, Bolco, Mi-8, and C-130, he explained.

“The C-130 Hercules aircraft were not available, so we have chartered other aircraft,” he pointed out.

About Rp50 billion of the allocated funds have been utilized to deal with the drought in several areas in the country.

The forest and bush fires in certain parts of Indonesia have caused haze, which has reduced the level of air quality index in the country and its neighbors, such as Singapore and Malaysia.

With regard to water bombing, he explained that the government had chartered some airplanes with the help of which the BNPB, along with nine local governments, the military, and the police, has carried out the operation.

“A thorough effort is absolutely necessary to handle the situation.

We will not only extinguish the fires but also prevent anyone from carrying out slash-and-burn activities to ensure that the disaster does not occur again,” he added.

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Uighur scholar in China gets life sentence

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BEIJING — A Chinese court imposed a life sentence Tuesday on a moderate scholar who championed the country’s Uighur minority, the most severe penalty in a decade for anyone in China convicted of illegal political speech. The Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court handed down the sentence after convicting Ilham Tohti of separatism in a two-day trial, lawyer Li Fangping said by telephone from outside the courthouse. The court didn’t answer calls seeking information about the trial.

Li said the court also ordered the confiscation of all of Ilham Tohti’s possessions. The 44-yearold defendant was calm during the session but shouted “I don’t accept this!” when the sentence was read, Li said.

He is known as a moderate voice with ties to both the country’s Han Chinese establishment and the Muslim Uighur ethnic group, which has long complained of harsh treatment by the government in the far western Xinjiang region. A Communist Party member and professor at Beijing’s Minzu University, Ilham Tohti ran a website, Uighur

Online, that highlighted issues affecting the ethnic group. Chinese authorities detained the scholar in January along with seven of his students.

“Of course, this life sentence is too much,” Li said. “But he has said that no matter what the result, this should not lead to hatred. He has always said he wants to create a dialogue with the Han Chinese.”

The life sentence will leave Ilham Tohti’s wife, Guzulnur, with no means to take care of their two young children, Li said.

The court ruled that Ilham Tohti had “bewitched and coerced”

day, Iham Tohti denied that he had encouraged separatism while addressing Xinjiang’s cultural and legal challenges, Li said.

The European Union condemned the sentence, calling it “completely unjustified,” and urged that he be released immediately. “The EU

deplores that the due process of law was not respected, in particular with regard to the right to a proper defense,” it said in a statement.

After his arrest, Ilham Tohti was held for about eight months without being able to meet with his family or lawyers.

students into working for the website and had “built a criminal syndicate,” according to the government’s official Xinhua News Agency. “Tohti organized this group to write, edit, translate and reprint articles seeking Xinjiang’s separation from China,” Xinhua said. “Through online instigation, Tohti encouraged his fellow Uygurs to use violence.”

During the trial, prosecutors cited Ilham Tohti’s lectures and online writings, including his discussion of the different roots of the Han Chinese and Uighur peoples.

Speaking in his own defense Thurs-

Together at Asian Games, Koreas still far apart

Associated Press

INCHEON, South Korea — When the first world record fell at the Asian Games — to a North Korean weightlifter — elated South Korean fans pounded drums and stood to cheer. Away from the stadiums, however, South Korean activists were launching balloons laden with anti-North Korea leaflets over the demilitarized zone and the North’s state-run media was churning out tirades against the South’s “puppet” rulers and their unforgivable crimes.

So much for sports diplomacy. Despite the generally warm welcome its athletes are getting in Incheon, North Korea’s participation in South Korea at Asia’s biggest sporting event isn’t making much of a dent in the two countries’ deep-rooted animosity toward each other — which appears to be just fine with the people running the show.

“It’s hard to imagine the North Korean participation at the Asian Games contributing to trustbuilding between the two Koreas in any meaningful way,” said Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korea expert at Dongguk University in Seoul. “South Korea has rarely used sports as a tool for its political relations with the North.” Seoul has bigger fish to fry. Hosting the region’s version of the Olympics, with or without the North, is another way to show off its affluence and diplomatic pull.

For Pyongyang, on the other hand, the South is merely a backdrop — deliberately kept as vague as possible. The real prize is being won back home, on the propaganda front. Having athletes winning gold on the world stage and singing the praises of leader Kim Jong Un is great for the domestic audience.

And sing the leader’s praises they have, without fail, after each gold medal.

“The respected marshal told us that if we come to the games with ideology, we could crack a stone with an egg,” Om Yun Chol, the North Korean weightlifter who set the world record on the games’ opening day, told a news conference Tuesday that was attended by a large gathering of South Korean media. “The great care of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un has given us the ability to be champions today,” added teammate Kim Un Guk, who emerged with two world records in weightlifting on Sunday.

Both athletes — and every other North Korean who has appeared before reporters — studiously avoided making any comment about their impressions of South Korea before being hustled out of the news conference, which was scheduled to last an hour but was cut short after only 20 minutes. Before leaving, however, Kim summed up very nicely the North’s inward-looking attitude toward the event.

“We don’t want anything from anybody,” he said.

“What we want is to give pleasure and happiness to our people and to our Marshal Kim Jong Un.” Back in North Korea, their accomplishments have been hailed as proof the isolated nation is a strong country armed — as Om said — with an ideological purity that makes it superior to the South, which Pyongyang ceaselessly portrays as a morally bankrupt flunky of the United States. South Korea’s political games have gone on unabated as well.

Along with lofting anti-government propaganda over the DMZ during the games, South Korean activists used their balloons in July to bombard their neighbors with 10,000 “choco pies,” a delectable, if not terribly healthy, South Korean snack that has become highly coveted, and reportedly highly valuable, north of the border.

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In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China’s Uighur minority, gestures as he speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China.

Tiger kills man who climbed into moat Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A white tiger killed a young man who climbed over a fence at the New Delhi zoo and jumped into the animal’s enclosure Tuesday, a spokesman said.

Despite repeated warnings that he shouldn’t get too close to the outdoor enclosure, the man eventually climbed over a knee-high fence, through some small hedges, then jumped down 18 feet into a protective moat, said National Zoological Park spokesman Riyaz Ahmed Khan.

The tiger, which lives on a grassy tree-filled island, grabbed the man from the moat. Footage broadcast on NDTV showed the tiger carrying the man around the island.

Authorities eventually frightened the tiger into a small cage inside the

enclosure. The man, whose body remained in the outdoor enclosure two hours after the attack, was dead by the time help reached him, Khan said.

“The tiger was just being a tiger,” said Belinda Wright, who has spent years working to protect India’s dwindling numbers of wild tigers. “An unusual object fell into his domain. ... He’s a wild animal in captivity. It is certainly not the tiger’s fault.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police M.S. Randhawa identified the man only as Maqsood and said he was thought to be about 20 years old.

Further details about him and the tiger were not immediately available.

The zoo remained open Tuesday afternoon, though authorities eventually roped off the tiger enclosure.

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France to host Switzerland on clay in Davis Cup Associated Press

PARIS — France will play the Davis Cup final against Switzerland on indoor clay in a bid to thwart Roger Federer’s quest for a first win in the team competition.

The final will be held at the 27,000-capacity Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille from Nov. 21-23, under a retractable roof.

France is third on the list of alltime winners and bidding for a 10th Davis Cup title. Switzerland is looking for its first.

With the best-of-five series scheduled five days after the ATP finals, France’s decision Monday looks like a strategic move because Stan Wawrinka and Federer, who are expected to play at the hardcourt tourna-

Japanese Cave

ment, could struggle to adapt to clay.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion and Wawrinka, who won Olympic gold together in doubles, are favorites to win the trophy. But they will face a strong France team including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet. Both Tsonga and Gasquet have beaten Federer on clay.

“It won’t have a big impact on the result,” the 12th-ranked Tsonga said of the surface. “All the players that will be involved are capable of playing well on all surfaces.”

Switzerland reached the final only once before, losing in 1992 against a United States team of Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras.

AP Photo/Kathy Willens, FILE

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SEMARAPURA - Japanese Cave consisting of 16 openings was made on the cliff wall alongside the Semarapura- Denpasar road section, right over the Bubuh River. The cave located at the Northern and Southern tip are standing alone caves. Meanwhile, the 14 other caves are interconnected one another by a hallway. Interestingly,

FILE - In this April 29, 2014, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses a news conference in New York. Silver says his league will “take a fresh look” at its domestic violence procedures following the rash of cases in the NFL.

these very strategic Japanese caves are memorabilia of colonial era. In front of them, people can see attractive scenery with the flowing sound of Bubuh River. Location of the Japanese Cave can be reached easily because it is situated alongside the DenpasarSemarapura road section, precisely at Koripan Hamlet, Banjarangkan Village, Banjarangkan Subdistrict.

Silver: NBA will review domestic violence policies

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NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday his league will “take a fresh look” at its domestic violence procedures in the wake of the NFL’s rash of incidents. Silver said during a community service event in Staten Island that the league has been discussing with the NBA Players Association ways to further educate players and provide programs to them and their families.

AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini

Roger Federer is seen during the Davis Cup World Group Semifinal between Switzerland and Italy, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014.

“We learn from other leagues’ experiences,” Silver said. “We’re studying everything that’s been happening in the NFL. We’re working with our players’ association. We’ve been talking for several weeks and we’re going to take a fresh look at everything we do.”

The NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell have been criticized for punishments that were too slow or lenient for Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and other players involved in recent domestic violence cases.

Goodell said last week the NFL wants to implement new personal conduct policies by the Super Bowl.

The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement calls for a minimum 10game suspension for a first offense of a player convicted of a violent felony.

“We have in place the appropriate mechanisms for discipline, although we’ll take a fresh look at those as well,” Silver said. “But

most importantly, it’s education, and it’s not just the players, but it’s the players’ families. That’s what we’re learning, too.

“We have to take these programs directly to the players’ spouses, directly to their partners so that they’re aware of places they can go to express concerns, whether they’re anonymous hotlines, team executives, league executives. And we’re consulting experts. There’s a lot to be learned here. It’s a societal problem; it’s not one that’s unique to sports.”

Silver spoke at the opening of a refurbished Staten Island playground and basketball court in an area damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

He was joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Knicks and Nets officials in announcing community efforts throughout New York, which will host the 2015 All-Star weekend. Silver said the goal of the programs is to directly reach 500,000 children.

New union executive director Michele Roberts also took part in what was her first official day in her new position. However, Silver said discussions with her started before Monday.

“We do have in place, unlike the NFL, a penalty scale, and to the extent it needs any tweaking, then we’ll talk about tweaking it,” Roberts said. “What I hope we’re going to do as well is figure out ways to prevent any occurrence like that on our side. It’s one thing to know how to react in the event it happens; it’s a lot smarter to try to make sure it doesn’t happen in the first instance.”

Silver noted that the NBA has had its own difficulties with issues off the court, saying the aftermath of former Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks means “everyone understands the high standard that we are living under now in the NBA.” The NFL’s issues just accelerated the need to look for improvements.

“It’s been going on, but the whole world is focused right now on what’s happening around the NFL,” Silver said, “so it’d be foolish for us not to try to learn from everything that’s happening with that league as well.”

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Sp rt Qatar adamant it will host 2022 World Cup despite doubts

Australia ‘interested’ in joining Asian Games Reuters

REUTERS/Darren Staples

Manchester United’s Angel Di Maria (L) celebrates with team-mate Radamel Falcao after scoring a goal against Leicester City during their English Premier League soccer match at the King Power stadium in Leicester, northern England September 21, 2014.

United need massive investment on new players

Reuters

LONDON - Manchester United, who spent 150 million pounds ($245.18 million) on new players in the summer, might need to spend another 100 million pounds before they can compete for the Premier League title, according to former defender Phil Neville.

United’s defenders have been savaged in the media after squandering a 3-1 lead to lose 5-3 at Leicester City on Sunday but Neville, who won six Premier League titles with United, said he was not surprised at what happened.

“I know United have spent 150 million pounds,” Neville told BBC Radio 5 live. “I think there’s another two transfer windows of similar amounts of money needed -- maybe 100 million -- before they can even think about winning the title.

“There are still key positions in the team that need filling. “I think the centre-back position is obviously the key area,” Neville added. “Holding midfield or centre midfield needs addressing too.”

The imbalance in the United team was glaringly obvious on Sunday with Robin van Persie, Angel di Maria, Ander Herrera, Radamel Falcao and Wayne Rooney looking dangerous going forward.

But United’s defending was shambolic, leaving new coach Louis van Gaal needing to fix the

problems urgently if United are going to launch any kind of bid for the top four positions, never mind the title, this season.

To add to his problems, Jonny Evans went off injured leaving the ground on crutches and with his foot in a protective boot, while young defender Tyler Blackett, who has played in all five league matches at centre-half was sent off and will be suspended from Saturday’s game against West Ham at Old Trafford.

United signed forward Di Maria, midfielder Herrera, defenders Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind in the summer but did not sign a top-class centre back to replace the departed Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic.

Neville, who was on the coaching staff at United last season, said there was a good reason for that. “That squad needed quality, not just run-ofthe-mill players, they needed world-class players, and there were no world-class centre-backs out there,” he said.

“I think that’s why in the next two transfer windows, United

might still be looking for that world-class defender. “I am certain Chris Smalling will come good and I have full faith in Phil Jones as well. They’ve bought a lot of foreign players, you don’t get rid of your English spine.”

United have made a worse start to this season than they did a year ago when David Moyes was starting his short-lived stint as manager.

After five games last season United had seven points and were eighth in the table, five points off the lead.

They are currently 12th with five points and one win from five games, leaving them eight points behind early pace-setters Chelsea.

If that was not bad enough, they also crashed to one of their most humiliating defeats when League Two (third tier) side Milton Keynes Dons defeated a team containing David de Gea, Evans, Adnan Januzaj, Anderson and the now departed Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez 4-0 in the Capital One (League Cup) a month ago.

INCHEON, South Korea - Australia has welcomed the idea of possibly competing at the Asian Games after Asian Olympic officials agreed to let Oceania nations join them in smaller multi-sports events. While there are no firm plans as yet to allow Oceania countries to compete at the main Asian Games, which are second in size only to the Olympics, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has now opened the door. The OCA general assembly, meeting on the sidelines of the 17th Asian Games in South Korea, voted over the weekend to allow Oceania countries to compete at the next Asian Indoor Games, to be held in 2017.

The OCA president, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, said the two regions were taking things slowly but the OCA had not ruled out the prospect of allowing Oceania nations to compete at bigger multi-sports events in Asia in the future. “I think we have an opportunity,” said Sheikh Ahmad.

“But we don’t want to go directly for everything. “Let’s do it step-by-step.

Indoor will be good. Then we will think more.”

The news was welcomed in Australia, which has long entertained the idea of forging closer ties with Asia to

Dynamo beats Torpedo to retake 2nd place in Russia

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Dynamo Moscow scored twice in the last 10 minutes Monday to beat Torpedo Moscow 3-1 and retake second place in the Russian league. Dynamo’s win keeps the Moscow club within six points of rampant Russian Premier League leader Zenit St. Petersburg, which routed FC Rostov 5-0 on Saturday.

Former Zenit midfielder Alexei Ionov scored twice for Dynamo, netting the opener after 10 minutes before Alexander Katsalapov responded for Torpedo within seconds of the kickoff.

With Dynamo heading for a 1-1 draw, Ionov struck again in the 82nd with a shot from the edge of the box.

Hungarian winger Balazs Dzsudzsak made sure of the points seven minutes later. Dynamo lost 3-2 to Zenit last week and Andre Villas-Boas’ team has won all eight of its league games this season.

Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon scored a hat trick against struggling Rostov, who sit one place

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expose their athletes to stiffer competition from the likes of China, Japan and South Korea. Australia sent a team to the 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka and in 2006, Australia’s national soccer body left Oceania to join the Asian Football Confederation, a move that has helped trigger unprecedented success and interest in the game Down Under.

Australia qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and will host the 2015 Asian Cup and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said the country was open to participating in other events. “We would definitely be interested in competing in the Asian Games,” AOC spokesman Mike Tancred told Reuters.

While Oceania’s participation in the summer Asian Games is likely to be years away, Sheikh Ahmad said OCA’s next step might be to invite the region to compete at the Asian Winter Games.

Australia, in particular, has been investing heavily in their winter sports programme, winning medals at each of the last six Olympics, including two silvers and a bronze in Sochi earlier this year.

above the relegation zone in 14th and contributed to Zenit’s victory with two own goals.

The St. Petersburg club sits top on a maximum 24 points, six ahead of a chasing pack that includes Dynamo, reigning champion CSKA Moscow and surprise package FC Kuban.

CSKA won its third game in a row with a 2-1 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday, a day after Kuban, the only unbeaten team in the league bar Zenit, earned its fifth win of the season, seeing off Rubin Kazan 2-1.

Spartak Moscow continued to struggle with a 1-1 draw at home to Terek Grozny which left the team fifth, eight points behind Zenit, Spartak’s next opponent Saturday.

In other results, FC Krasnodar rose to seventh Monday with a 2-1 win over Amkar Perm. Saturday saw relegationthreatened Ural Yekaterinburg pick up its first win of the season, beating FC Ufa 1-0, after Mordovia Saransk beat Arsenal Tula by the same score in a battle between two newly-promoted clubs.

BERLIN - Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 soccer World Cup despite a FIFA Executive Committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would have to move because of scorching temperatures. “The only question now is when, not if,” Qatar 2022 communications director Nasser Al Khater said in a statement. “Summer or winter, we will be ready.”

Theo Zwanziger, the former German football association (DFB) chief who now sits on the executive committee of world soccer’s governing body, had said earlier that he felt the tournament would have to be held elsewhere. “I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” he told Sport Bild. “Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions.”

FIFA awarded the tournament

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to the tiny Middle Eastern country in a controversial decision in 2010, with the understanding that it would be held in the summer despite the searing heat.

Although oil and gas-rich Qatar has insisted that timetable is viable thanks to cooling technologies being developed for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of players and visiting fans. “They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be coming and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an investigation by a state prosecutor. “That is not something that FIFA Exco members want to answer for.”

Personal Opinion FIFA officials, contacted by Reuters, said Zwanziger was not giving the view of the all powerful Executive Committee. “He

is expressing a personal opinion and he explicitly says so,” FIFA spokewoman Delia Fischer said.

“We will not comment on a personal opinion.” Qatar organisers said they have already proved that cooling technologies that would be used at the World Cup work.

“We have proven that a FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the summer is possible with state-of-theart cooling technology,” said Al Khater. “We have demonstrated that our cooling works in outdoor areas beyond stadiums. This summer we welcomed fans in Doha to an open-air Brazil 2014 Fan Zone with temperatures cooled to a comfortable 22 degrees Celsius.

“The evolution of environmentally-friendly cooling technologies is an important legacy for our nation, region and for countries with similar climates - promising to expand the reach of hosting major sporting events to countries where it was never thought possible before.”

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Valencia up to second thanks to 3-0 win at Getafe Reuters

MADRID - Valencia continued their solid start to La Liga and climbed to second when recent Spain recruit Paco Alcacer set them on their way to a 3-0 win at Getafe on Monday.

Forward Alcacer, who scored on his competitive Spain debut in this month’s 5-1 Euro 2016 qualification victory against Macedonia, fired Valencia ahead in the seventh minute at Getafe’s Coliseum stadium in the Madrid suburbs. Midfielder Andre Gomes made it 2-0 in the 20th minute.

Striker Rodrigo had an eventful second half when he netted a 72ndminute penalty before earning a second yellow card and getting sent off a minute later.

The victory lifted Valencia into second place after four matches, level on 10 points with Sevilla and two behind early leaders Barcelona, the only team with a perfect record.

Four-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi starred as Barca scored a thumping 5-0 win at Levante on Sunday, while champions Atletico Madrid have eight points in fourth following Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo.

Real Madrid are seventh on six points after they hammered hapless Deportivo La Coruna 8-2 on Saturday to help the stuttering European champions put consecutive La Liga defeats behind them.

Hopes are high at Valencia, who failed to qualify for Europe last season, that a takeover by Singapore billionaire Peter Lim will help the club put years of financial woes behind them and transform them into genuine challengers in domestic and continental competition.

Lim’s purchase of the club is close to completion, although reports in Spain have said talks with Valencia’s main creditor Bankia have broken down.

REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous/Files

Secretary-General Hassan Al-Thawadi (3rd L) of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the nation’s 2022 World Cup organising committee, speaks during a news conference to announce the start of work on the Al-Khor Stadium in Al-Khor, in this June 21, 2014 file picture.

West Ham’s Kouyate out for six weeks

Reuters

LONDON - West Ham United could be without midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate for up to six weeks after he suffered an injury in the Premier League win against Liverpool at the weekend, the London club’s co-owner David Gold said on Monday.

The powerful 24-year-old Senegal international was injured towards the end of his side’s

impressive 3-1 home win against last season’s league runners-up on Saturday but was forced to stay on the pitch because manager Sam Allardyce had used all three of his substitutes.

British media reports said Kouyate underwent scans on Monday to determine the extent of a groin injury. “Bad news.

C.Kouyate will be out for 6 weeks.

He will probably miss 5 games and might be available for Aston Villa

at home 8 Nov,” Gold said on his official Twitter account. The club was yet to confirm the injury.

Kouyate moved to the club from Anderlect for a reported seven million pounds ($11.45 million) in July and has so far impressed in his five league outings with a series of dynamic performances from the centre of midfield. West Ham are eighth in the league and visit Manchester United on Saturday.

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Australia ‘interested’ in joining Asian Games Reuters

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Manchester United’s Angel Di Maria (L) celebrates with team-mate Radamel Falcao after scoring a goal against Leicester City during their English Premier League soccer match at the King Power stadium in Leicester, northern England September 21, 2014.

United need massive investment on new players

Reuters

LONDON - Manchester United, who spent 150 million pounds ($245.18 million) on new players in the summer, might need to spend another 100 million pounds before they can compete for the Premier League title, according to former defender Phil Neville.

United’s defenders have been savaged in the media after squandering a 3-1 lead to lose 5-3 at Leicester City on Sunday but Neville, who won six Premier League titles with United, said he was not surprised at what happened.

“I know United have spent 150 million pounds,” Neville told BBC Radio 5 live. “I think there’s another two transfer windows of similar amounts of money needed -- maybe 100 million -- before they can even think about winning the title.

“There are still key positions in the team that need filling. “I think the centre-back position is obviously the key area,” Neville added. “Holding midfield or centre midfield needs addressing too.”

The imbalance in the United team was glaringly obvious on Sunday with Robin van Persie, Angel di Maria, Ander Herrera, Radamel Falcao and Wayne Rooney looking dangerous going forward.

But United’s defending was shambolic, leaving new coach Louis van Gaal needing to fix the

problems urgently if United are going to launch any kind of bid for the top four positions, never mind the title, this season.

To add to his problems, Jonny Evans went off injured leaving the ground on crutches and with his foot in a protective boot, while young defender Tyler Blackett, who has played in all five league matches at centre-half was sent off and will be suspended from Saturday’s game against West Ham at Old Trafford.

United signed forward Di Maria, midfielder Herrera, defenders Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind in the summer but did not sign a top-class centre back to replace the departed Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic.

Neville, who was on the coaching staff at United last season, said there was a good reason for that. “That squad needed quality, not just run-ofthe-mill players, they needed world-class players, and there were no world-class centre-backs out there,” he said.

“I think that’s why in the next two transfer windows, United

might still be looking for that world-class defender. “I am certain Chris Smalling will come good and I have full faith in Phil Jones as well. They’ve bought a lot of foreign players, you don’t get rid of your English spine.”

United have made a worse start to this season than they did a year ago when David Moyes was starting his short-lived stint as manager.

After five games last season United had seven points and were eighth in the table, five points off the lead.

They are currently 12th with five points and one win from five games, leaving them eight points behind early pace-setters Chelsea.

If that was not bad enough, they also crashed to one of their most humiliating defeats when League Two (third tier) side Milton Keynes Dons defeated a team containing David de Gea, Evans, Adnan Januzaj, Anderson and the now departed Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez 4-0 in the Capital One (League Cup) a month ago.

INCHEON, South Korea - Australia has welcomed the idea of possibly competing at the Asian Games after Asian Olympic officials agreed to let Oceania nations join them in smaller multi-sports events. While there are no firm plans as yet to allow Oceania countries to compete at the main Asian Games, which are second in size only to the Olympics, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has now opened the door. The OCA general assembly, meeting on the sidelines of the 17th Asian Games in South Korea, voted over the weekend to allow Oceania countries to compete at the next Asian Indoor Games, to be held in 2017.

The OCA president, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, said the two regions were taking things slowly but the OCA had not ruled out the prospect of allowing Oceania nations to compete at bigger multi-sports events in Asia in the future. “I think we have an opportunity,” said Sheikh Ahmad.

“But we don’t want to go directly for everything. “Let’s do it step-by-step.

Indoor will be good. Then we will think more.”

The news was welcomed in Australia, which has long entertained the idea of forging closer ties with Asia to

Dynamo beats Torpedo to retake 2nd place in Russia

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Dynamo Moscow scored twice in the last 10 minutes Monday to beat Torpedo Moscow 3-1 and retake second place in the Russian league. Dynamo’s win keeps the Moscow club within six points of rampant Russian Premier League leader Zenit St. Petersburg, which routed FC Rostov 5-0 on Saturday.

Former Zenit midfielder Alexei Ionov scored twice for Dynamo, netting the opener after 10 minutes before Alexander Katsalapov responded for Torpedo within seconds of the kickoff.

With Dynamo heading for a 1-1 draw, Ionov struck again in the 82nd with a shot from the edge of the box.

Hungarian winger Balazs Dzsudzsak made sure of the points seven minutes later. Dynamo lost 3-2 to Zenit last week and Andre Villas-Boas’ team has won all eight of its league games this season.

Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon scored a hat trick against struggling Rostov, who sit one place

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expose their athletes to stiffer competition from the likes of China, Japan and South Korea. Australia sent a team to the 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka and in 2006, Australia’s national soccer body left Oceania to join the Asian Football Confederation, a move that has helped trigger unprecedented success and interest in the game Down Under.

Australia qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and will host the 2015 Asian Cup and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said the country was open to participating in other events. “We would definitely be interested in competing in the Asian Games,” AOC spokesman Mike Tancred told Reuters.

While Oceania’s participation in the summer Asian Games is likely to be years away, Sheikh Ahmad said OCA’s next step might be to invite the region to compete at the Asian Winter Games.

Australia, in particular, has been investing heavily in their winter sports programme, winning medals at each of the last six Olympics, including two silvers and a bronze in Sochi earlier this year.

above the relegation zone in 14th and contributed to Zenit’s victory with two own goals.

The St. Petersburg club sits top on a maximum 24 points, six ahead of a chasing pack that includes Dynamo, reigning champion CSKA Moscow and surprise package FC Kuban.

CSKA won its third game in a row with a 2-1 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday, a day after Kuban, the only unbeaten team in the league bar Zenit, earned its fifth win of the season, seeing off Rubin Kazan 2-1.

Spartak Moscow continued to struggle with a 1-1 draw at home to Terek Grozny which left the team fifth, eight points behind Zenit, Spartak’s next opponent Saturday.

In other results, FC Krasnodar rose to seventh Monday with a 2-1 win over Amkar Perm. Saturday saw relegationthreatened Ural Yekaterinburg pick up its first win of the season, beating FC Ufa 1-0, after Mordovia Saransk beat Arsenal Tula by the same score in a battle between two newly-promoted clubs.

BERLIN - Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 soccer World Cup despite a FIFA Executive Committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would have to move because of scorching temperatures. “The only question now is when, not if,” Qatar 2022 communications director Nasser Al Khater said in a statement. “Summer or winter, we will be ready.”

Theo Zwanziger, the former German football association (DFB) chief who now sits on the executive committee of world soccer’s governing body, had said earlier that he felt the tournament would have to be held elsewhere. “I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” he told Sport Bild. “Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions.”

FIFA awarded the tournament

Paco Alcacer

to the tiny Middle Eastern country in a controversial decision in 2010, with the understanding that it would be held in the summer despite the searing heat.

Although oil and gas-rich Qatar has insisted that timetable is viable thanks to cooling technologies being developed for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of players and visiting fans. “They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be coming and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an investigation by a state prosecutor. “That is not something that FIFA Exco members want to answer for.”

Personal Opinion FIFA officials, contacted by Reuters, said Zwanziger was not giving the view of the all powerful Executive Committee. “He

is expressing a personal opinion and he explicitly says so,” FIFA spokewoman Delia Fischer said.

“We will not comment on a personal opinion.” Qatar organisers said they have already proved that cooling technologies that would be used at the World Cup work.

“We have proven that a FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the summer is possible with state-of-theart cooling technology,” said Al Khater. “We have demonstrated that our cooling works in outdoor areas beyond stadiums. This summer we welcomed fans in Doha to an open-air Brazil 2014 Fan Zone with temperatures cooled to a comfortable 22 degrees Celsius.

“The evolution of environmentally-friendly cooling technologies is an important legacy for our nation, region and for countries with similar climates - promising to expand the reach of hosting major sporting events to countries where it was never thought possible before.”

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Valencia up to second thanks to 3-0 win at Getafe Reuters

MADRID - Valencia continued their solid start to La Liga and climbed to second when recent Spain recruit Paco Alcacer set them on their way to a 3-0 win at Getafe on Monday.

Forward Alcacer, who scored on his competitive Spain debut in this month’s 5-1 Euro 2016 qualification victory against Macedonia, fired Valencia ahead in the seventh minute at Getafe’s Coliseum stadium in the Madrid suburbs. Midfielder Andre Gomes made it 2-0 in the 20th minute.

Striker Rodrigo had an eventful second half when he netted a 72ndminute penalty before earning a second yellow card and getting sent off a minute later.

The victory lifted Valencia into second place after four matches, level on 10 points with Sevilla and two behind early leaders Barcelona, the only team with a perfect record.

Four-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi starred as Barca scored a thumping 5-0 win at Levante on Sunday, while champions Atletico Madrid have eight points in fourth following Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo.

Real Madrid are seventh on six points after they hammered hapless Deportivo La Coruna 8-2 on Saturday to help the stuttering European champions put consecutive La Liga defeats behind them.

Hopes are high at Valencia, who failed to qualify for Europe last season, that a takeover by Singapore billionaire Peter Lim will help the club put years of financial woes behind them and transform them into genuine challengers in domestic and continental competition.

Lim’s purchase of the club is close to completion, although reports in Spain have said talks with Valencia’s main creditor Bankia have broken down.

REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous/Files

Secretary-General Hassan Al-Thawadi (3rd L) of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the nation’s 2022 World Cup organising committee, speaks during a news conference to announce the start of work on the Al-Khor Stadium in Al-Khor, in this June 21, 2014 file picture.

West Ham’s Kouyate out for six weeks

Reuters

LONDON - West Ham United could be without midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate for up to six weeks after he suffered an injury in the Premier League win against Liverpool at the weekend, the London club’s co-owner David Gold said on Monday.

The powerful 24-year-old Senegal international was injured towards the end of his side’s

impressive 3-1 home win against last season’s league runners-up on Saturday but was forced to stay on the pitch because manager Sam Allardyce had used all three of his substitutes.

British media reports said Kouyate underwent scans on Monday to determine the extent of a groin injury. “Bad news.

C.Kouyate will be out for 6 weeks.

He will probably miss 5 games and might be available for Aston Villa

at home 8 Nov,” Gold said on his official Twitter account. The club was yet to confirm the injury.

Kouyate moved to the club from Anderlect for a reported seven million pounds ($11.45 million) in July and has so far impressed in his five league outings with a series of dynamic performances from the centre of midfield. West Ham are eighth in the league and visit Manchester United on Saturday.

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France to host Switzerland on clay in Davis Cup Associated Press

PARIS — France will play the Davis Cup final against Switzerland on indoor clay in a bid to thwart Roger Federer’s quest for a first win in the team competition.

The final will be held at the 27,000-capacity Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille from Nov. 21-23, under a retractable roof.

France is third on the list of alltime winners and bidding for a 10th Davis Cup title. Switzerland is looking for its first.

With the best-of-five series scheduled five days after the ATP finals, France’s decision Monday looks like a strategic move because Stan Wawrinka and Federer, who are expected to play at the hardcourt tourna-

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ment, could struggle to adapt to clay.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion and Wawrinka, who won Olympic gold together in doubles, are favorites to win the trophy. But they will face a strong France team including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet. Both Tsonga and Gasquet have beaten Federer on clay.

“It won’t have a big impact on the result,” the 12th-ranked Tsonga said of the surface. “All the players that will be involved are capable of playing well on all surfaces.”

Switzerland reached the final only once before, losing in 1992 against a United States team of Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras.

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SEMARAPURA - Japanese Cave consisting of 16 openings was made on the cliff wall alongside the Semarapura- Denpasar road section, right over the Bubuh River. The cave located at the Northern and Southern tip are standing alone caves. Meanwhile, the 14 other caves are interconnected one another by a hallway. Interestingly,

FILE - In this April 29, 2014, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses a news conference in New York. Silver says his league will “take a fresh look” at its domestic violence procedures following the rash of cases in the NFL.

these very strategic Japanese caves are memorabilia of colonial era. In front of them, people can see attractive scenery with the flowing sound of Bubuh River. Location of the Japanese Cave can be reached easily because it is situated alongside the DenpasarSemarapura road section, precisely at Koripan Hamlet, Banjarangkan Village, Banjarangkan Subdistrict.

Silver: NBA will review domestic violence policies

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NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday his league will “take a fresh look” at its domestic violence procedures in the wake of the NFL’s rash of incidents. Silver said during a community service event in Staten Island that the league has been discussing with the NBA Players Association ways to further educate players and provide programs to them and their families.

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Roger Federer is seen during the Davis Cup World Group Semifinal between Switzerland and Italy, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014.

“We learn from other leagues’ experiences,” Silver said. “We’re studying everything that’s been happening in the NFL. We’re working with our players’ association. We’ve been talking for several weeks and we’re going to take a fresh look at everything we do.”

The NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell have been criticized for punishments that were too slow or lenient for Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and other players involved in recent domestic violence cases.

Goodell said last week the NFL wants to implement new personal conduct policies by the Super Bowl.

The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement calls for a minimum 10game suspension for a first offense of a player convicted of a violent felony.

“We have in place the appropriate mechanisms for discipline, although we’ll take a fresh look at those as well,” Silver said. “But

most importantly, it’s education, and it’s not just the players, but it’s the players’ families. That’s what we’re learning, too.

“We have to take these programs directly to the players’ spouses, directly to their partners so that they’re aware of places they can go to express concerns, whether they’re anonymous hotlines, team executives, league executives. And we’re consulting experts. There’s a lot to be learned here. It’s a societal problem; it’s not one that’s unique to sports.”

Silver spoke at the opening of a refurbished Staten Island playground and basketball court in an area damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

He was joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Knicks and Nets officials in announcing community efforts throughout New York, which will host the 2015 All-Star weekend. Silver said the goal of the programs is to directly reach 500,000 children.

New union executive director Michele Roberts also took part in what was her first official day in her new position. However, Silver said discussions with her started before Monday.

“We do have in place, unlike the NFL, a penalty scale, and to the extent it needs any tweaking, then we’ll talk about tweaking it,” Roberts said. “What I hope we’re going to do as well is figure out ways to prevent any occurrence like that on our side. It’s one thing to know how to react in the event it happens; it’s a lot smarter to try to make sure it doesn’t happen in the first instance.”

Silver noted that the NBA has had its own difficulties with issues off the court, saying the aftermath of former Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks means “everyone understands the high standard that we are living under now in the NBA.” The NFL’s issues just accelerated the need to look for improvements.

“It’s been going on, but the whole world is focused right now on what’s happening around the NFL,” Silver said, “so it’d be foolish for us not to try to learn from everything that’s happening with that league as well.”

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BEIJING — A Chinese court imposed a life sentence Tuesday on a moderate scholar who championed the country’s Uighur minority, the most severe penalty in a decade for anyone in China convicted of illegal political speech. The Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court handed down the sentence after convicting Ilham Tohti of separatism in a two-day trial, lawyer Li Fangping said by telephone from outside the courthouse. The court didn’t answer calls seeking information about the trial.

Li said the court also ordered the confiscation of all of Ilham Tohti’s possessions. The 44-yearold defendant was calm during the session but shouted “I don’t accept this!” when the sentence was read, Li said.

He is known as a moderate voice with ties to both the country’s Han Chinese establishment and the Muslim Uighur ethnic group, which has long complained of harsh treatment by the government in the far western Xinjiang region. A Communist Party member and professor at Beijing’s Minzu University, Ilham Tohti ran a website, Uighur

Online, that highlighted issues affecting the ethnic group. Chinese authorities detained the scholar in January along with seven of his students.

“Of course, this life sentence is too much,” Li said. “But he has said that no matter what the result, this should not lead to hatred. He has always said he wants to create a dialogue with the Han Chinese.”

The life sentence will leave Ilham Tohti’s wife, Guzulnur, with no means to take care of their two young children, Li said.

The court ruled that Ilham Tohti had “bewitched and coerced”

day, Iham Tohti denied that he had encouraged separatism while addressing Xinjiang’s cultural and legal challenges, Li said.

The European Union condemned the sentence, calling it “completely unjustified,” and urged that he be released immediately. “The EU

deplores that the due process of law was not respected, in particular with regard to the right to a proper defense,” it said in a statement.

After his arrest, Ilham Tohti was held for about eight months without being able to meet with his family or lawyers.

students into working for the website and had “built a criminal syndicate,” according to the government’s official Xinhua News Agency. “Tohti organized this group to write, edit, translate and reprint articles seeking Xinjiang’s separation from China,” Xinhua said. “Through online instigation, Tohti encouraged his fellow Uygurs to use violence.”

During the trial, prosecutors cited Ilham Tohti’s lectures and online writings, including his discussion of the different roots of the Han Chinese and Uighur peoples.

Speaking in his own defense Thurs-

Together at Asian Games, Koreas still far apart

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INCHEON, South Korea — When the first world record fell at the Asian Games — to a North Korean weightlifter — elated South Korean fans pounded drums and stood to cheer. Away from the stadiums, however, South Korean activists were launching balloons laden with anti-North Korea leaflets over the demilitarized zone and the North’s state-run media was churning out tirades against the South’s “puppet” rulers and their unforgivable crimes.

So much for sports diplomacy. Despite the generally warm welcome its athletes are getting in Incheon, North Korea’s participation in South Korea at Asia’s biggest sporting event isn’t making much of a dent in the two countries’ deep-rooted animosity toward each other — which appears to be just fine with the people running the show.

“It’s hard to imagine the North Korean participation at the Asian Games contributing to trustbuilding between the two Koreas in any meaningful way,” said Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korea expert at Dongguk University in Seoul. “South Korea has rarely used sports as a tool for its political relations with the North.” Seoul has bigger fish to fry. Hosting the region’s version of the Olympics, with or without the North, is another way to show off its affluence and diplomatic pull.

For Pyongyang, on the other hand, the South is merely a backdrop — deliberately kept as vague as possible. The real prize is being won back home, on the propaganda front. Having athletes winning gold on the world stage and singing the praises of leader Kim Jong Un is great for the domestic audience.

And sing the leader’s praises they have, without fail, after each gold medal.

“The respected marshal told us that if we come to the games with ideology, we could crack a stone with an egg,” Om Yun Chol, the North Korean weightlifter who set the world record on the games’ opening day, told a news conference Tuesday that was attended by a large gathering of South Korean media. “The great care of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un has given us the ability to be champions today,” added teammate Kim Un Guk, who emerged with two world records in weightlifting on Sunday.

Both athletes — and every other North Korean who has appeared before reporters — studiously avoided making any comment about their impressions of South Korea before being hustled out of the news conference, which was scheduled to last an hour but was cut short after only 20 minutes. Before leaving, however, Kim summed up very nicely the North’s inward-looking attitude toward the event.

“We don’t want anything from anybody,” he said.

“What we want is to give pleasure and happiness to our people and to our Marshal Kim Jong Un.” Back in North Korea, their accomplishments have been hailed as proof the isolated nation is a strong country armed — as Om said — with an ideological purity that makes it superior to the South, which Pyongyang ceaselessly portrays as a morally bankrupt flunky of the United States. South Korea’s political games have gone on unabated as well.

Along with lofting anti-government propaganda over the DMZ during the games, South Korean activists used their balloons in July to bombard their neighbors with 10,000 “choco pies,” a delectable, if not terribly healthy, South Korean snack that has become highly coveted, and reportedly highly valuable, north of the border.

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In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China’s Uighur minority, gestures as he speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China.

Tiger kills man who climbed into moat Associated Press

NEW DELHI — A white tiger killed a young man who climbed over a fence at the New Delhi zoo and jumped into the animal’s enclosure Tuesday, a spokesman said.

Despite repeated warnings that he shouldn’t get too close to the outdoor enclosure, the man eventually climbed over a knee-high fence, through some small hedges, then jumped down 18 feet into a protective moat, said National Zoological Park spokesman Riyaz Ahmed Khan.

The tiger, which lives on a grassy tree-filled island, grabbed the man from the moat. Footage broadcast on NDTV showed the tiger carrying the man around the island.

Authorities eventually frightened the tiger into a small cage inside the

enclosure. The man, whose body remained in the outdoor enclosure two hours after the attack, was dead by the time help reached him, Khan said.

“The tiger was just being a tiger,” said Belinda Wright, who has spent years working to protect India’s dwindling numbers of wild tigers. “An unusual object fell into his domain. ... He’s a wild animal in captivity. It is certainly not the tiger’s fault.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police M.S. Randhawa identified the man only as Maqsood and said he was thought to be about 20 years old.

Further details about him and the tiger were not immediately available.

The zoo remained open Tuesday afternoon, though authorities eventually roped off the tiger enclosure.

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Jack Ma of Alibaba becomes China’s richest person

In this Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, file photo, a flock of geese fly past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan. Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses to pollute.

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NEW YORK — Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.

The idea, long advocated by policymakers, economists and environmental activists, is that the world can’t hope to slow the heating of the planet until its cost is incorporated into the everyday activities that contribute to it, such as using gas- or coal-generated electricity, driving a car, shipping a package or flying around the globe.

Business leaders representing trillions of dollars in revenue and retirement savings say they worry that global warming threatens the long-term value of their investments, and they want world leaders to adopt policies that would provide a financial incentive to people to clean up their act.

That could include a tax on carbon emissions, a cap or some other mechanism.

“There’s a market failure that needs to be fixed,” said Anne Simpson, senior portfolio manager and director of global governance at the $300 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the U.S. Despite a broad consensus that something needs to be done, it has been impossible so far for global leaders to agree on how to implement what amounts to a price on

pollution, because energy is so important for economic growth.

“It may be easier to get large businesses to agree that something should be done than to get them to coalesce around specific policy measures,” said Michael Levi, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

At Tuesday’s U.N. summit, 120 world leaders will try to summon some of the considerable political will required if a new climate treaty is to be reached at international negotiations next year in Paris.

The one-day summit is part of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s push to help world leaders to reach a goal they set in 2009: prevent Earth’s temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) from where it is now.

Ahead of the summit, business leaders such as Apple’s Tim Cook renewed or expanded pledges to help the planet by running their businesses more efficiently, investing in renewable energy or pulling their investments from fossil fuel companies.

Last week, CalPERS and other big asset-holders such as the insurance and financial firms

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Allianz, BlackRock and AXA Group called for a “meaningful” price on carbon emissions. The World Bank said Monday that 73 countries and more than 1,000 companies have expressed their support for a price on carbon.

Also on Monday, a parade of business and political leaders tried to rally support in a series of speeches in New York.

“It doesn’t cost more to deal with climate change; it costs more to ignore it,” said Secretary of State John Kerry.

Cook said customers care about the planet and will “vote with their dollars” for sustainably produced products. He outlined the steps Apple is taking to reduce the carbon emissions of its products and its supply chain, and called for broader action.

While many insist a transition to a cleaner economy can boost economic growth or at least not harm it, many worry it would slow the global economy and make it more difficult for people in developing nations to get access to even basic electricity and transportation. Even those who agree that the transition must take place can’t agree on how to do it.

T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E n e rg y Agency estimates that $1 trillion per year must be invested through 2050 in clean energy in order to keep global temperatures from rising past a level that scientists consider especially dangerous.

SHANGHAI - The largest stock offer in history has made Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, China’s richest person with a fortune of $25 billion, an annual wealth ranking in the world’s second largest economy showed Tuesday.

“It has been an amazing year for China’s best tycoons despite the jitters about the Chinese economy,” said China-based luxury magazine publisher Hurun Report in its annual rich list.

Ma reaped more than $800 million selling shares in the company he set up 15 years ago as Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, based on company filings, with the value of his remaining stake of 7.8 percent surging to more than $17 billion

by Monday.

Last year, the estimated wealth of the former English teacher turned Internet entrepreneur was just over $4.0 billion, which did not even place him in the top 20.

Alibaba’s listing raised a total of $25 billion.

But only one other Alibaba co-founder, now vice president of its China investment team Simon Xie, made the rich list, Hurun Report said.

Property tycoon Wang Jianlin, whose Wanda company bought US cinema chain AMC Entertain-

ment, dropped to second place from first last year with a fortune of $24.2 billion as the deflating of China’s real estate bubble chased most developers out of the top 10.

A new face, Li Hejun of renewable energy firm Hanergy, tied for third place with $20.8 billion, alongside beverage magnate Zong Qinghou of Wahaha.

Completing the top five was Pony Ma of Tencent, operator of China’s most popular instant messaging application WeChat, with $18.1 billion.

Technology commanded half of the top 10. Robin Li of China’s dominant search engine Baidu was sixth; Richard Liu of Alibaba competitor JD.com took ninth, and Lei Jun of upstart mobile phone producer Xiaomi was 10th.

Rounding out the top 10 were father and son team Yan Jiehe and Yan Hao of road-builder China Pacific Construction in seventh position and another real estate mogul, Yan Bin of Reignwood in eighth.

China’s real estate and infrastructure industries have been hit by the slowing economy. The economy grew an annual 7.7 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012 -- which was the slowest rate of expansion since 1999. Gross domestic product growth was 7.5 in the second quarter this year.

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Jack Ma, center, founder of Alibaba, raises a ceremonial mallet before striking a bell during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 in New York. The stock is to start trading Friday under the ticker “BABA.”

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An Indonesian man carries a bucket of water next to railway tracks where he lives, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept 22, 2014. The squatters were evicted from the government-owned land recently.

Militants claim slaying of ‘police informant’ Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - An Indonesian militant group led by the country’s most wanted Islamic extremist has claimed responsibility for the brutal murder of a farmer accused of being a police informant.

The Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen, led by an extremist known as Santoso, said they had killed Fadli -- a 50-year-old who like many Indonesians goes by one name -- on the central island of Sulawesi, a known hotbed of militant activity.

According to the police, five men, some of them wearing balaclavas, dragged the victim out of his house on Thursday night and hacked at his neck, almost decapitating him. Police are still hunting the attackers.

“We have slaughtered a villager,” the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen said in a statement released to Islamist websites in recent days.

The killing was “due to his infidel act of providing information

to the cursed Detachment 88 (an elite police anti-terror unit) that resulted in an attack against us, killing two of our brothers,” said the statement.

It was not clear which attack they were referring to, although police regularly carry out raids against suspected militants on Sulawesi.

National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said Monday that authorities could not confirm if Fadli was murdered by militants, but he added: “This is the usual modus operandi of terror groups.”

Santoso’s group has been blamed for a series of attacks on security forces in the area in recent years.

The killing came just days

after four foreign men, identified by police as being from China’s mostly-Muslim Uighur minority, were detained in Sulawesi as they allegedly sought to meet Santoso and receive militant training.

Police are investigating whether the four have links to the Islamic State group that has seized control of swathes of Iraq and Syria. Santoso has also reportedly sworn allegiance to IS. Indonesia is home to the world’s biggest Muslim population of about 225 million and has long struggled with terrorism.

A series of high-profile attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, prompted a crackdown that has been largely successful in weakening the most dangerous networks.

JAKARTA - The Papua province has offered to promote Ugimba Village in Intan Jaya District and Carstensz Pyramid as tourist destinations in a bid to empower the local communities.

Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Mari Elka Pangestu launched the two tourist sites in Jakarta on Tuesday as the leading tourism destinations in the province.

“These leading destinations were expected to empower the communities around the tourist attractions that play an important role in the implementation of the sustainable tourism program,” the minister affirmed.

According to Pangestu, the establishment of the two destinations was part of the ministry’s program to increase the contribution of tourism to boost social welfare, particularly for those living in the villages.

“The establishment of Ugimba Village as a tourism destination will play a key role in empowering the communities and conserving the Carstensz Pyramid, which is well-known as the only area in the tropical region to be covered in snow

throughout the year,” she stated.

Regent of Intan Jaya Natalis Taboni, who was also present during the launch event, noted that the common climbing track of Carstensz, which comprises the Sugapa-Ugimba-Carstensz route, allows the climbers to visit Ugimba before they commence to conquer the peak.

It is expected that it will encourage the development of facilities for the Ugimba residents, he stated.

“All this time, Ugimba residents have helped tourists from all over the world such as the United States, Russia, and Germany to climb the Carstensz Mountain,” he remarked.

He promised to encourage the development of Ugimba as a tourist destination.

The establishment of Ugimba Village as a tourist site was initiated by the local residents with the contribution of the Somatua Foundation, which submitted the demand to the government.

Ugimba offers spectacular views of its surroundings such as the Kemabu River, Nabu River, and several endemic species of animals and plants such as Dingisco and local orchids.

Thick haze covers Riau

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PEKANBARU - Thick haze has engulfed most of Riau province’s capital city, Pekanbaru, since Tuesday morning. As of Tuesday noon, the haze was still covering the city, thereby reducing visibility for motorcyclists and other vehicle users on the road.

“This haze is very disturbing,” stated Ardiawan, a 34-year-old local resident, on Tuesday.

Ardiawan, who works at a delivery service company, expressed concern that the haze could be harmful to his health.

The Riau government itself had allocated a budget of Rp10 billion to anticipate the effects of haze in the area.

Riau’s Deputy Governor, Kasiarudin, noted that the local government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to stop forest fires that cause thick haze.

“We have established a local disaster mitigation agency, which reports to the governor and related authorities on a daily basis,” Kasiarudin remarked.

In the meantime, the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) reported that it had allocated Rp350 billion to deal with land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands, stated the agency’s spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

Most of the budget was spent on leasing airplanes and helicopters, which were deployed for water bombing and cloud seeding operations to extinguish the forest and bush fires, Sutopo affirmed.

The airplanes used in the operation were Casa 212, Camov, Sikorsky, Bolco, Mi-8, and C-130, he explained.

“The C-130 Hercules aircraft were not available, so we have chartered other aircraft,” he pointed out.

About Rp50 billion of the allocated funds have been utilized to deal with the drought in several areas in the country.

The forest and bush fires in certain parts of Indonesia have caused haze, which has reduced the level of air quality index in the country and its neighbors, such as Singapore and Malaysia.

With regard to water bombing, he explained that the government had chartered some airplanes with the help of which the BNPB, along with nine local governments, the military, and the police, has carried out the operation.

“A thorough effort is absolutely necessary to handle the situation.

We will not only extinguish the fires but also prevent anyone from carrying out slash-and-burn activities to ensure that the disaster does not occur again,” he added.

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Joint prayer of Ngentegang Jagat 108 Bajra Bali Post

DENPASAR - On the upcoming Thursday (Sep 25), it will be held a joint prayer of Ngentegang Jagat 108 Bajra.

This joint prayer will be centered at Pucak Gunung Kutul Temple at Pucak Sari village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng.

However, a rumor arose because the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali Chapter was mentioned not to support the common prayer.

“Earlier (Monday—Ed), we have come to the PHDI office because in the lower level as if we are not supported by the PHDI. We dismiss the assumption if the PHDI does not support us. So, we want to clarify to devotees that we have commitment that everything must refer to the scriptures, rules, tradition, custom as well as desa kala patra (location, time and condition) concept and it has become our commitment,” said Chairman of the 108 Bajra Committee, Dewa Ketut Puja Suradnya, Monday (Sep 22).

He added the joint prayer having been prepared since 8 months ago was held based on Roga Sengara Bumi palm-leaf manuscript. Meanwhile, the Ngenteg 108 was based on the Vedas because the figure 108 was the highest and used by all devotees. As planned, the joint prayers would be participated by 108 Hindu priests, 108 Hindu priest assistants, 9 Buddhist monks, 108 Buddhist prayers as well as 108 singers of Gayatri mantram. However, due to

such unsavory rumors, added Dewa Ketut Puja, a number of Hindu priests who had confirmed their participation ultimately cancelled.

“Due to some pressures, primarily the growing rumors that the priests were not allowed to support the 108-Bajra event, we decided to come to the PHDI. So far, the participants drastically reduced. Hopefully, the awareness will emerge that it is a joint work. Meanwhile, we in the committee will never think about what happens on September 25, but we must follow up the stages one by one as well as possible.

The September 25 is the will of God,” he explained while adding that it was the fourth meeting with the PHDI. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of 108 Bajra Trustees, AA Gde Agung Sutedja, added that the preparation of common prayer was said to have completed. They included the making of temporary shelter, while the inscription made of silver, gold and diamonds, and monuments was given pasupati ritual on Tuesday. Then, it was also organized a pecaruan or exorcism rite at the Gunung Kutul Temple. In terms of the invitee, the Consul General of Timor Leste was confirmed to attend the event.

“As conclusion, we do not need to respond to the polemics, but we must concentrate on completing this grandiose ritual with various efforts having been made since 8 months ago. Give a positive meaning with the permission and grace of God,” he affirmed. (kmb32)

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The French travelers who were commited credit card fraud are arrested by the police

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Two French travelers commit Visa debit card fraud

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DENPASAR - Two French travelers, namely Phill Carter, 30, and Sune Bastian, 34, were arrested by Kuta Police officers, Saturday (Sep 20). They were arrested as alleged to have committed a fraud of Kiwi Bank Visa debit card owned by Lindrova Petra, 25, from Czech.

“As a result of the act of the two suspects, the victim suffered a loss worth IDR 6 million,” said the Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Sebudi, Monday (Sep 22).

Sebudi asserted that the victim reported the loss of a Kiwi Bank Visa debit card, Wednesday (Sep 17). When reporting the case, the victim said if her card was used by someone to make transaction at some stores at Beach Walk, Kuta. It was just known to the victim after obtaining evidence in the form of print-out sheets of the transaction.

Based on the report, police officers with the victim made an

investigation into some stores where the card was used to do shopping. When checking at the Quicksilver store at Beach Walk, there were two men of foreign citizens recorded in the CCTV. “One of the foreigners made transaction by using the Visa debit card on behalf of the victim,” said the former police chief of Mengwi.

Having seen the CCTV footage, the victim knew one of the men and was known to stay at one of the hotels on Jalan Popies I, Kuta. Armed with the CCTV footage, police arrested the two suspects at their accommodation. As the results of

the search into the room of the suspects, police could secure the evidences included the Kiwi Bank Visa debit card belonging to the victim, 4 pieces of Lacoste T-shirt, a piece of Quicksilver singlet, a piece of Quicksilver T-shirt and a pair of Everbest sandals.

“The debit card was stolen while the victim was swimming.

Both the suspects were then immediately taken to police station and processed according to the prevailing procedures,” said Chief of Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Dewa Tagel, while accompanying the subdistrict police chief. (kmb36)

Violate bylaw, their plants sprayed with herbicide Bali Post

NEGARA - A number of farmers at Yehembang Kangin planting gooseweed (gondo) protested because their crops were eradicated by the local subak by spraying. Subak was forced to take such decisive action because the farmers did not comply with the subak bylaw prohibiting the cultivation of vegetables.

On Friday (Sep 19), those farmers were deeply disappointed with the action because their gooseweed were sprayed with herbicide. Ketut Sumadi, one of the farmers, admitted that farmers violated the bylaw predetermined by the subak organization. However, his party hoped the subak should not take action arbitrarily and had to notify in advance. Thus, the farmers who had planted the seedlings could move their plants to other subak area. If subak took action directly as such, farmers suffered total losses.

According to him, the subak apparatus did the extermination some time ago. Sumadi dared to plant gooseweed because the bylaw prohibiting the gooseweed cultivation was made in a sudden. Previously, the prohibition only included the cucumber plant. Farmers

around the Rambutsiwi Rest Area admitted to deliberately plant gooseweed in the area of paddy field because it was not the time for planting rice. So, they would like to take advantage of the wasted water.

Therefore, he had confidence the crops would not disturb the other plants.

According to him, the planting was even beneficial for farmers because their land was leased. Sumadi with other growers hoped that in the future when the subak would impose a ban from planting gooseweed should notify farmers first.

By that way, farmers had time to pull out the seedlings and move it.

On the other hand, Chief of Subak Yehembang, I Ketut Renem, when asked for his confirmation justified that the Subak Yehembang applied the bylaw that prohibited the cultivation of gooseweed before the subak drained water into the entire paddy fields. The bylaw was made based on the meeting of subak members. So, if the bylaw was violated, subak would take decisive action. He asserted that all the subak members had already known the bylaw enforced through the meeting of subak members. (kmb26)

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US, partners begin airstrikes in Syria

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in eastern Syria, and the U.S. undertook a separate, unilateral air attack on what it called an al-Qaida affiliate elsewhere in Syria.

Several hours after the Pentagon announced the airstrikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. Central Command said American warplanes launched eight airstrikes “to disrupt the imminent attack plotting against the United States and Western interests” by a network of “seasoned al-Qaida veterans” — sometimes known as the Khorasan Group — who have established a haven in Syria. It provided no details on the plotting.

Central Command said that separate bombing mission was undertaken solely by U.S. aircraft and took place west of the Syrian city of Aleppo. It said targets included training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command and control facilities.

The airstrikes against Islamic State targets were carried out in the city of Raqqa and other areas in eastern Syria by a mix of manned aircraft — fighter jets and bombers — plus Tomahawk cruise missiles and drone aircraft. The strikes were part of the expanded military campaign that President Barack Obama authorized nearly two weeks ago in order to disrupt and destroy the Islamic State militants, who have slaughtered thousands of people, beheaded Westerners — including two American journalists — and captured large swaths of Syria and northern and western Iraq.

In its written statement detailing the operation, Central Command said the airstrikes, which officials said began around 8:30 p.m. EDT, were conducted by the U.S., Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. It said the five Arab partner countries “participated in or supported” the airstrikes against Islamic State targets. It was not more specific.

Central Command said the U.S. fired 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles from aboard the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea, operating from international waters in the Red Sea and the northern Persian Gulf. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fighter jets, drones and bombers also participated. The first wave of strikes finished about 90 minutes later, but the operation was expected to continue for several

more hours, according to one U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly by name about an ongoing mission.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. informed Syria’s envoy to the U.N. that “strikes will be launched against the terrorist Daesh group in Raqqa.” The statement used an Arabic name to refer to the Islamic State group.

At a conference on Sept. 11 with Secretary of State John Kerry, key Arab allies promised they would “do their share” to fight the Islamic State militants. The Obama administration, which at a NATO meeting in Wales earlier this month also got commitments from European allies as well as Canada and Australia, has insisted that the fight against the Islamic State militants could not be the United States’ fight alone.

Russia’s foreign ministry warned Tuesday that what it called “unilateral” air strikes would destabilize the region.

“The fight against terrorists in the Middle East and northern Africa requires coordinated efforts of the entire global community under the auspices of the U.N.,” the ministry statement said. Activists said the airstrikes hit targets in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa and the province with the same name. Raqqa is the Islamic State group’s self-declared capital in Syria.

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told The Associated Press, “There is confirmed information that there are casualties among Islamic State group members.” He added that missiles also targeted the towns of Tabqa, Ein Issa and Tel Abyad, as well as the village of Kfar Derian, which is a base for the al-Qaidalinked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group.

Another activist, Mohammed al-Dughaim, based in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, confirmed that several airstrikes hit Kfar Derian in the early hours of Tuesday. He said there were civilians among the casualties.

An amateur video posted online Tuesday shows explosions going off at night in an open area, blasts that are said to be from coalition airstrikes. The narrator in the video is heard saying that the

AP Photo/File

In this undated image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria.

footage shows the “bombardment of the Kfar Derian village.”

The head of the main Westernbacked Syrian opposition group, Hadi Bahra, welcomed the commencement of airstrikes in Syria.

“We have called for airstrikes such as those that commenced

tonight with a heavy heart and deep concern, as these strikes begin in our own homeland,” he said in a statement. “We insist that utmost care is taken to avoid civilian casualties.”

In a speech Sept. 10, Obama vowed to go after the Islamic

State militants wherever they may be. And his military and defense leaders told Congress last week that airstrikes within Syria are meant to disrupt the group’s momentum and provide time for the U.S. and allies to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels.

Details of mission against militants in Syria Associated Press

The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in eastern Syria. Some facts about the military action, as provided by U.S. Central Command: — Countries participating: U.S., Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates.

— Targets: Islamic State fighters, training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks and armed vehicles in the vicinity of Raqqa, Dayr az Zawr, Al-Hasakah and Abu Kamal.

— U.S. missiles: 47 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched from the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea, operating from international waters in the Red Sea and North Arabian Gulf.

— U.S. aircraft: Air Force B-1 bombers, F-15E attack planes, F-16 fighters and F-22 fighters; Navy F/A-18 fighters; two types of drone aircraft.

— Other strikes: The U.S. alone also conducted eight strikes against the al-Qaida-affiliated Khorasan Group west of Aleppo, including training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command-and-control facilities.

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International Technology Samsung may launch first Tizen phone in India Associated Press

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People look at new Samsung products at the IFA, one of the world’s largest trade fairs for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept.

3, 2014. Samsung Electronics Co., which faces a slowdown in emerging market smartphone sales, will release its long-delayed Tizen-powered handset in India before the end of this year, a report said Monday.

BlackBerry sets new phone launch in revival bid

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co., which faces a slowdown in emerging market smartphone sales, will release its long-delayed Tizen-powered handset in India before the end of this year, a report said Monday.

Samsung’s first Tizen-based device will be launched in November in India, said Tarun Malik, director of Samsung’s Media Solutions Center in Southwest Asia, in an interview with Economic Times.

The Tizen mobile platform is Samsung’s effort to build its own mobile ecosystem akin to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Samsung is the world’s biggest smartphone supplier claiming nearly one third of the global sales, most of its smartphones are powered by Google’s Android system.

That reliance means Samsung phone users tied to Google’s services can easily switch to other Android devices from Samsung’s Galaxy lineup.

The Tizen device to be released in India “will coexist with the Android devices,” Malik said in the report. Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul said it had no comment.

Samsung faces rising threats from local brands in China and India, which have hurt its sales

Ways to hide, secure data on phones

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MONTREAL - BlackBerry is set to unveil its latest smartphone Wednesday, in a move aimed at reviving the fortunes of the struggling Canadian tech group.

NEW YORK — Apple got a lot of attention last week when it released a new privacy policy along with a declaration that police can’t get to your password-protected data.

Essentially, your photos, messages and other documents are automatically encrypted when you set up a passcode, with or without a fingerprint ID to unlock the phone. Apple says it cannot bypass that passcode, even if law enforcement asks.

Google says it will also encrypt data by default in an upcoming Android update.

The option has been there, but many people don’t know about it or bother to turn it on.

Apple, Google and other

The BlackBerry Passport with a square 4.5-inch screen and physical keyboard will be priced at $599 without a contract in the United States, chief executive John Chen told the Wall Street Journal.

The price is slightly below the contract-free price of Apple’s new iPhone and high-end smartphones from Samsung.

It will be launched at events in Dubai, London and Toronto, before launching in stores 15 days later, he said.

The Passport launch follows the failure of devices on the BlackBerry 10 platform to gain traction, and a management shake-up last year aimed at stemming massive losses.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company helped create a culture of mobile users glued to smartphones, but lost its luster as many moved to iPhones or devices using Google’s Android software.

Last December, BlackBerry unveiled a manufacturing partnership with Taiwan-based Foxconn and a revamped organizational structure.

The deal transfers to Foxconn the manufacturing and inventory management and allows BlackBerry to focus on software and services.

The company is scheduled to release its second quarter results on Friday, which are expected to show

the company slowly climbing back from the brink.

In May, BlackBerry launched a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, in the hope it will take off in emerging markets and stem a decline in the smartphone maker’s fortunes.

The touchscreen Z3, the first to be produced from the Canadian firm’s partnership with Foxconn, is aimed mainly at Asian markets and especially Indonesia, where the company maintains a loyal following, thanks in part to the popularity of its BBM messaging service. The device was launched at a price of under $200 without a contract.

of cheap handsets. The maker of Galaxy smartphones and tablets was beaten by Xiaomi in smartphone sales in China during the second quarter according to Canalys, a market research firm.

In India, Samsung was overtaken by Micromax in mobile handset sales during the second quarter, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research, a Hong Kong-based market research firm.

Samsung earlier this year shelved plans to start selling its Tizen-based Samsung Z phone in Russia during the third quarter.

It said it needed to enhance the Tizen “ecosystem” which apparently lacked sufficient developers and apps.

It was not clear if the upcoming Tizen smartphone in India would be the Samsung Z. Announced in June at a developer conference in San Francisco, the Samsung Z featured a 4.8-inch high-definition display, a fingerprint sensor for security and a slim, angular design.

Though smartphones based on Tizen are yet to be seen in the market, Samsung has introduced Tizen in a camera and smartwatches. The company seeks to expand the platform to other consumer durable goods, including TVs and refrigerators.

tech companies have been trying to depict themselves as trustworthy stewards of personal information following revelations that the National Security Agency has been snooping on emails and other communications as part of an effort to identify terrorists.

Apple is also trying to reassure customers about its commitment to security and privacy after hackers broke into online accounts of celebrities who had personal photos stored on Apple’s iCloud service.

Beyond setting up passcodes, some phones have additional tools for hiding or securing sensitive photos and documents stored on the phone, particularly if you need to lend or show your phone to someone.

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Travel association target 15 thousand at TIF

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MANGUPURA - The Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel (Asita), Bali, has set a target to attract 15 thousand foreign tourists during the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) 2014 in Kelan beach, Badung district, Bali, on November 9-15, 2014.

“We have been communicating with several travel agents to invite their guests to visit the Indonesian Timeless Festival,” Chairman of Bali’s Asita, I. Ketut Ardana, noted on Monday.

The Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 is being held for the

first time in the island and has a unique concept as compared to the other festivals.

The festival will showcase numerous artistic creations, special foods, and unique souvenirs of the seven provinces in Indonesia.

Committee Chairman of the Indonesian Timeless Festival Karlinda Syaha stated that the festival is a gateway to promote the tourism potential of Indonesia, since the event has the participation of seven provinces such as East Kalimantan, West

Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra, North Sulawesi, East Java, South Sulawesi, and Bali.

“We chose Bali as the venue for the festival because the number of foreign tourists visiting the island continues to increase from time to time,” she stated, adding that Bali is considered to be the gateway for international tourists visiting Indonesia.

In the meantime, the committee of Kelan customary village promotion, Kadek Andi

Asmara Jaya, has welcomed the event as it will help to promote the tourism potential of the village.

“The festival will attract the people to visit the K-land beach as the event is uniquely different from other events,” he pointed out.

He was optimistic that the Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 will promote K-land beach as the new tourism destination in Bali.

Fishermen catched fish using traditional boat at Kelan Beach. The Association of Indonesian Tours and Travel (Asita), Bali, has set a target to attract 15 thousand foreign tourists during the Timeless Indonesia Festival 2014 in Kelan beach, Badung district, Bali, on November 9-15, 2014.

Foreign investors in stock market triggers capital flight Bali Post

DENPASAR - The presence of foreign investors dominating the Indonesian stock exchange should be addressed. Other than bringing most of the company’s profits to overseas, the Indonesian economy will also be driven by foreign parties.

“When foreign investors have major shares in the companies of Indonesia traded in the stock exchange, the Indonesia’s economy will depend largely on foreign investors. Profit of the companies will also be taken out of the country,” said the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Warmadewa University, I Gusti Ngurah Sanjaya, recently.

Such condition, according to Sanjaya, was very apprehensive because the control of the national economy lay in foreign hands, not in the hands of Indonesia itself.

On that account, the government as a regulator through relevant

agencies should make a rule that limited the foreign ownership in the Indonesia’s companies existing in the sector.

“As a regulator, the government must make clear and firm restrictions on foreign ownership of the Indonesia’s companies. Do not be regretted after the Indonesia’s companies are owned by foreigners,” he said.

According to him, the government should create a regulation that gave more spaces to domestic investors. So far, foreign investors still dominated the market share in Indonesia up to 58 percent.

The Office of Stock Exchange Information Center (PIPM) had released that 63 percent of the Indonesian capital market was dominated by foreign investors. So, Indonesia only had a share of 37 percent or less than one percent of the population of Indonesia.

Director of the PIPM Denpasar, IGA Alit Nityaryana, said there were many foreign investors in the

sector because they considered Indonesia one of the potentially profitable countries. So far, not many Indonesian people were working in the field of capital market. “Quantitatively, Indonesia is still superior, but the value is still very low when compared to that of foreign investors,” he said.

He argued that Indonesian traders and investors could actually compete against, and even exceeded the foreign investors. Unfortunately, the promising investment facilities were not taken advantage properly by the people of Indonesia.

“Approximately within the past 20 years, the capital market of Indonesia continued to increase though having been hit by global crises. This is the reason why foreign investors remain keen to spend their money in the Indonesian capital market. Despite price fluctuations, the condition of capital markets in Indonesia continues to show rising tendency,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Eartquake jolted Bali Antara

DENPASAR - An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale jolted Bali Island, Tuesday, at 5.05 am local time.

The quake’s epicenter was located 22 kilometers northeast of Klungkung, 8.68 degrees southern latitude, 115.75 degrees eastern longitude, and at a depth of some 195 kilometers.

The tremor was felt in almost every region in Bali, such as Kuta, Nusa Dua in Badung District, Gianyar, and Denpasar.

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Vocalist of Secondhand Serenade, John Vasely performed at Garuda Wisnu Kencana during the celebration of SMA 1 Denpasar anniversary on Saturday. This band from USA performed their song, like Fall for You, Fix You, and Vulnerable.

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Coral reef conservationist receives an award in San Francisco Bali Post

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the residents of Abang Songan in Kintamani must wait for days to get water. The condition is becuase the long drought which happen in the area

Impact of drought

Residents willing to queue water for days

Bali Post

BANGLI - Prolonged drought occurred since the past few months have been causing residents in several regions of Bali to face clean water crisis. One of them is experienced by the residents of Abang Songan village, Kintamani. Residents at the foot of Mount Batur must now be willing to scramble and stand in line for days to get a jerry can of water.

All this time the Abang Songan village only has a source of clean water scrambled by thousands of residents from three hamlets. Amidst such condition, the water discharge from the Kayehan spring of Abang Songan village even shrinks. As a result, to get a jerry can of water, local residents must be willing to queue for hours at the spring.

Even, some people are forced to queue for days.

Hamlet chief of Bias Kelod, Nengah Wijaya, confirmed that local residents were willing to queue up to a week to get a jerry can of water. Moreover, due to current dry season the flow

of water at the spring turned smaller.

Meanwhile, most other residents were forced to buy clean water for daily use at the price of hundreds of thousands of rupiahs.

This condition caused people to increasingly scream because they had to add their household expenses with an average of ten thousand rupiahs per day just to buy clean water as recognized by Nengah Murni, a housewife at local village. “During this drought, we are hard to get water. I am forced to buy water. The price of a jerry can is IDR 3,500, while each tank truck is sold for IDR 200,000,” she explained.

On average, she needed three jerry cans of water per day for cooking purposes. When calculated, the cost needed to get clean water reached about IDR 10,000 per day. According to her, it was quite burdensome because she also had other expenses to buy rice and other kitchen needs.

All this time, the residents of Abang Songan village had only relied on the clean water by taking advantage of rainwater. With the current drought condition, local residents hoped the government could pay attention by giving assistance in the form of clean water supply. (ina)

SINGARAJA - The highest international award in the field of coral reef conservation, the Coral Conservation Prize, was successfully achieved by one of the Buleleng residents, namely Nyoman Sugiarta, for his active measures and coral reef conservation efforts in Buleleng. The award was received in person in San Francisco, the USA, accompanied by the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana and the Section Head of Marine and Coastal Spatial Plan, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Abdul Manaf.

A number of competitors could have been set aside by Sugiarta including, Mr. Jim Coon (the USA), Tommy Holter (Zanzibar), Jaime Kawas (Honduras), Abdul Manaf (Indonesia), Sara Peck (the USA) and Ratu Peni Rasigare (Fiji). On that occasion, Sugiarta was also accompanied by Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Sharif Cicip Sutarjo and Director General of Catch Fisheries of the RI. He was entitled

to receive a special award in the form of crystal trophy designed and donated by Tiffany & Co. as well as to earn development fund valued at USD 20,000.

Seven nominations were contested by coral reef activists from six countries. Buleleng Regent, Agus Suradnyana, said that Buleleng County could achieve the award from three coral reef conservation programs because his party could create quality and beautiful reef without damaging.

It could successfully apply the concepts like the Biorock (accelerating the reef growth up to 6-8 times faster by electromagnetic flow), Hexadome (coral reef transplantation) and table system (setting the growth of coral reef). He said that Buleleng County also helped promote the plan of Double B (Bali-Buleleng) World Diving Festival at the end of 2015.

“We promote the international diving event. Later, this event will become a beautiful introduction to the world that Northern Bali has a panoramic exoticism of coral reef for divers,” he said. (kmb34)

Salt production rises in dry season

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - During dry season, the production of salt farmers at Kusamba shows a quite high increase.

In general, the production of super quality salt only reaches 10 kg for two days, but nowadays they can produce up to 20 kg of salt on just one day. Such increasing salt production can support the economy of farmers in that coastal village.

The increase in production has been already felt by salt farmers at the edge of the Tribuana Beach, Kusamba when the sun has started blazing since last August. A farmer from Rame hamlet, Kusamba village, Nyoman Ngendu, 52, claimed to be able to produce up to 20 kg of salt each day. According to him, the recent weather strongly supported the salt production remaining to be worked on traditionally.

He admitted to use three lots of sand area covering 1,300 square meters to produce salt. With the help of the sun, the salt-making process could be accomplished in single day. “Now, the weather is sunny so the salt-making

process can be easily carried out just within a single day,” he said.

According to him, if the weather was as usual, the salt-making process could take up to two days. Even, when it was cloudy the salt-making process could take up to three days. “If the sun is not blazing, the salt production also decreases reaching only 10 kg for two days,” he added.

The Kusamba salt has been very famous among travelers because it had super quality and remains to be processed traditionally. Nyoman Ngendu admitted that he sold the salt product for IDR 15,000 per kg. It meant that during dry season he could earn up to IDR 300,000 per day.

He claimed that many travelers came to his salt-making hut to see the process of making salt and purchased it. Averagely the travelers making a visit were from France, Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany. In addition, the distribution of salt belonging to local farmers was sent to numerous hotels in Badung.

“There are also customers purchasing our salt to be imported into France, Canada and Japan,” he said. (dwa)

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Aston arrives in Semarang

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s pioneering hotel management company, Archipelago International, is once again expanding its successful Aston brand. The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center which is the first Aston hotel in Semarang, Central Java.

The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is conveniently located on Jalan MT Haryono, right in the heart of Semarang and close to the historic Kota Lama (Old City) and Pecinan (Chinatown). Nearby, guests can also enjoy easy access to Semarang’s business district, shopping mall, train station and airport, making it a perfect spot for meetings and social activities alike.

Semarang is the capital and largest city of the Central Java province. It’s a bustling, mid-sized city with a population of 1.5 million and its own charm of contrasting architecture. Mid-rise buildings merge with Dutch colonial architecture and culturally-rich Chinatown just against small “kampongs”.

The Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is a luxurious 4-star business and conference hotel offering 157 guest rooms and suites. The hotel also boasts an all-day restaurant, Jade Café & Resto on third floor, the elegant Mezzanine Lounge and Bar as well as recreational facilities including an outdoor swimming pool, a well-equipped gym and a full service spa. For business guests, the hotel’s modern conference center features a ballroom that can accommodate up to 900 guests alongside 8 auxiliary meeting rooms.

“We are very excited to expand our Aston brand to Semarang after the successful introduction of our other hotels, Quest Hotel Semarang and Hotel NEO Candi Semarang. Semarang is a beautiful destination and a real up-and-coming tourist haven. Aston Semarang Hotel & Convention Center is now ready to accommodate both business travelers and leisure tourists alike, whether they are visiting Semarang for a MICE event or to explore this exciting city.” Said Norbert Vas, Archipelago International’s VP Sales & Marketing.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Kris Jenner files to divorce Bruce Jenner Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Kris Jenner is ending her 22-year year marriage to Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” matriarch filed for divorce on Monday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences.

The pair’s relationship and its troubles have been featured prominently on the reality show that focuses heavily on Kris Jenner’s daughters from a previous marriage, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian. The women and their brother Rob were born during Kris Jenner’s previous marriage to Los Angeles attorney Robert Kardashian, whom she divorced in 1991.

Kris and Bruce Jenner have two children together, daughters Kendall and Kylie. The divorce petition seeks joint custody of 17-year-old Kylie Jenner.

Bruce Jenner won the gold medal for men’s decathlon in the 1976 Olympics.

Court filings say he and Kris Jenner separated on June 1. The filings do not provide any additional details or how the former couple will split their assets.

This April 5, 2009 file photo shows Kris Jenner, left, and her husband Bruce Jenner at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Kris Jenner filed for divorce Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Los Angeles, from estranged husband, Bruce Jenner, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Batman prequel ‘Gotham’ premieres on US TV Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The backstory of Batman’s many villains came to life Monday in a new US television drama series that Fox hopes will help lift its prime-time ratings out of the doldrums.

“Gotham” stars David Mazouz as a 12year-old Bruce Wayne who witnesses the cold-blooded murder of his parents on the grim nocturnal backstreets of contemporary

New York.

But the plot centers on the rookie detective James Gordon, played by Ben McKenzie, the character who would become the Commissioner when Wayne grows up to become the Caped Crusader.

“I promise you, I will find the man who did this,” Gordon promises a shattered, vulnerable Wayne at the scene of the crime.

Taking turns sowing evil over the course of the 16-episode series will be

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Ben McKenzie arrive at “Gotham” series premiere event at the New York Library on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 in New York.

Catwoman, who opened the premiere as a fresh-faced punkette in a leather biker jacket, and Penguin, who Gordon pretends to shoot by the East River, thus assuring his return.

New to the Batman fable, and never seen in the original DC Comics incarnation, is brutal nightclub boss Fish Mooney, played

by Jada Pinkett Smith, best known for her work in the “Matrix” movie franchise.

Created by Bruno Heller, the mastermind behind the CBS police procedural “The Mentalist,” “Gotham” is a centerpiece of Fox’s campaign to bolster its ratings, which have been sagging in recent years, particularly in the coveted 18-49 age bracket, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Clearly, we’ve some ratings headwinds on the entertainment side” of the network, a keystone in media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s global empire, the business daily -- also owned by Murdoch -- quoted 21st Century Fox chief operating officer Chase Carey as saying.

Television prequels of iconic American comic book tales is nothing new: “Smallville,” a telling of Superman’s boyhood in small-town Kansas, ran for 10 seasons and 218 episodes before its finale in 2011 on the CW network.

Pending initial viewership figures, “Gotham” rode the Twitter top-10 trending list throughout its hour-long east-coast telecast, with some of its stars patting each other on the back amid a flurry of positive tweets from hardcore Batman enthusiasts.

“Congrats@ben_mckenzie you may have a hit on your hands,” tweeted Pinkett Smith at one point during the show.

To which McKenzie replied: “I think we do Jada, I think we do :)”

Land conversion rampant

Wetland shrinks, food self-sufficiency threatened

Bali Post

NEGARA - Agricultural land is diminishing greatly in Bali. Such phenomenon also happens in Jembrana. The land in the northern part of Bali increasingly diminishes each year due to rapid land conversion.

This condition draws the concerns of the Jembrana House. Necessarily, the land protection should be prioritized through the protection of grain price and other production subsidies. All this time, the materialized protection is only for grain price through bailouts to a number of rural cooperatives (KUD).

When the agricultural land continues to decrease, it will threaten the breakdown of food self-sufficiency. A legislator of the Jembrana House of the Golkar Party, I Komang Dekritasa, told that the food self-sufficiency was not enough

by the protection against the grain price of farmers and fertilizer subsidy only. Most importantly, farmers needed the protection of the agricultural land along with the subsidies in rice production facilities.

Reduction in the agricultural land should become a concern amidst the today’s rampant land conversion. Dekritasa assessed if the land conversion was not braked it would threatened the agricultural production. All this time, central government could just give fertilizer subsidy and the protection of grain price.

Even in some cases, the fertilizer distributed was not appropriate with the agricultural land cultivated by farmers.

The tripartite grain protection program should also get supervision. It should also prevent any misappropriation in the matter of funds such as in the saving and loan. Similar expectation was revealed by the Jembrana Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock Agency.

The Head of Agriculture Agency, I Ketut Wiratma, recently said that though Jembrana had already reached the self-sufficiency

in food, it was still threatened by the decline in farmland area.

Within the past ten years, for instance, the decline in the land area happened due to farmland conversion. According to him, it occurred on the average of four hectares of farmland each year. As per the latest data, the productive farmland in Jembrana totally reached 6,878.40 hectares whereas a few years ago it still amounted to 10,000 hectares. According to him, the acreage was based on the land area planted as the report of subak members.

Of the five subdistricts in Jembrana County, the most expansive productive land existed in Mendoyo approximately reaching 2,238.54 hectares. Then, it was followed

by Negara (1,837.60 hectares) and Melaya (1,263 hectares), Jembrana (921.26 hectares) and Pekutatan (588 hectares). He said that in 2014 there was additional land area at Manistutu village from 45 hectares to 65 hectares.

According to him, the land was formerly dry but had been irrigated. (kmb26)