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Backstreet Boy Nick Carter denies 2002 rape allegation

LOS ANGELES - Backstreet Boy singer Nick Carter on Wednesday denied an allegation that he raped a teen pop singer 15 years ago, saying he was “shocked and saddened” by the accusation.

Melissa Schuman, who was a member of girl group Dream in the late 1990s, claimed in a lengthy blog post earlier this month that Carter forced her to have oral sex and raped her in 2002 when she was 18 and he was 22.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm Schuman’s allegation.

“I am shocked and saddened by Ms. Schuman’s accusations,” Carter, now 37, said in a statement that was emailed to media outlets.

“Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual.

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“It is contrary to my nature and everything I hold dear to intentionally cause someone discomfort or harm,” he said in the statement.

Schuman could not immediately be reached for comment on Carter’s statement. She left Dream in 2002, and after the band made a brief comeback in 2015, it disbanded again in 2016.

She wrote on her blog in a Nov. 2 post titled “Melissa Explains It All” that she had decided to come forward after women made accusations against other prominent men in entertainment and politics, and the #MeToo social media movement.

The Backstreet Boys were one of the biggest boy bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with hits like “Quit Playing Games With My Heart.”

Carter and the band are currently playing a concert residency in Las Vegas that is scheduled to run through February 2018. (rtr)

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Nick Carter and Melissa Schuman

German police presents stolen diaries and other items belonging to former Beatle John Lennon that were recovered, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, 21 November 2017.

German police present stolen John Lennon diaries

BERLIN - German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow Yoko Ono in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin.

Police arrested a man in Berlin on Monday suspected of receiving the 86 stolen items, which include Lennon’s last diary that ended on the day he was shot and killed in New York on Dec. 8, 1980.

“This day contains the entry that on that morning John Lennon and Yoko Ono had an appointment with Annie Leibovitz to take a photo which I think is world famous,” Berlin prosecutor Michael von Hagen told a news conference.

The Leibovitz portrait of a naked Lennon curled up around Ono on their bed ran on the January 1981 cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Hagen rejected suggestions that Ono might have lent or given away the objects: “The diaries especially ... were also treated by Yoko Ono as something sacred. And the idea that she would have given away three original diaries, especially the one that ends on the very day Lennon died, can be completely ruled out.”

Carsten Pfohl, head of property crime for Berlin police, said investigators had found one of the pairs of glasses and a receipt in Lennon’s name hidden in the trunk of the car of the accused on Monday.

Police suspect that the items were stolen by Ono’s former driver and then taken to Turkey and were only brought to Berlin in 2013 or 2014. Another suspect lives in Turkey, they said. (rtr)

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Supporters of Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa await his arrival in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 22, 2017.

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Mugabe granted immunity, assured of safety in Zimbabwe -sources

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday. Mugabe, who had led Zimbabwe from independence in 1980, stepped down on Tuesday after the army seized power and the ruling party turned against him. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president sacked by Mugabe earlier this month, is set to be sworn in as president on Friday.

A government source said Mugabe, who is 93, told negotiators he wanted to die in Zimbabwe and had no plans to live in exile. “It was very emotional for him and he was forceful about it,” said the source, who is not authorised to speak on the details of the negotiated settlement. “For him it was very important that he be guaranteed security

to stay in the country...although that will not stop him from travelling abroad when he wants to or has to,” the source said.

Mugabe resigned on Tuesday as parliament began a process to impeach him, sparking wild celebrations in the streets. His rapid downfall after 37 years in power was triggered by a battle to succeed

him that pitted Mnangagwa against Mugabe’s much younger wife Grace. “The outgoing president is obviously aware of the public hostility to his wife, the anger in some circles about the manner in which she conducted herself and approached ZANU-PF party politics,” a second source said.

“In that regard, it became necessary to also assure him that his whole family, including the wife, would be safe and secure.” Mugabe had clung on to power for a week after the military intervened. He angered many Zimbabweans when he did not resign in a televised address on Sunday as many had anticipated.

The government source said the tipping point for him was the realisation that he would be impeached

and ousted in an undignified way.

“When the process started, he then realised he had lost the party,” the source said. Mugabe will receive a retirement package that includes a pension, housing, holiday and transport allowance, health insurance, limited air travel and security. The ageing former president was “rugged and drained” by events of the past week and may travel to Singapore for medical checks in the coming weeks, the source said. He had been due to leave for Singapore in mid-November before the military put him under house arrest.

Mugabe has maintained that he leads a frugal life and that he does not possess any wealth or properties outside Zimbabwe But last month a legal quarrel

between Grace and a Belgian-based businessman over a $1.3 million diamond ring lifted a veil on the wealthy lifestyle of Mugabe and his wife, nicknamed “Gucci Grace” for her reputed dedication to shopping.

In Zimbabwe, Mugabe runs a dairy business and the family has several farms while local and foreign media have reported that Grace has bought properties and luxury cars in South Africa.

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Mount Agung’s puff of smoke not expected to disturb tourism

DENPASAR —Grey smoke from Mount Agung caused by a phreatic eruption emerging from Mount Agung is not expected to interfere with tourism in Bali even though previous volcanic activity did lead to a decrease in the number of tourists arriving to Bali.

This was especially noticeable after the alert level for the highest mountain in Bali was raised to level IV warning. “There was a 15 percent decrease in tourist arrivals from August to September”, said the Head of Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, in Denpasar, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

According to Yuniartha, this decline in number was probably due to many tourists delaying their trip to Bali due to the threat of an eruption by Mount Agung. Delays, however are not the same as cancelations, he added. “Cancelling is not so easy and it means not getting a refund. So in my opinion, many tourists just delay their trip but it mean a decrease in the number of visitors”, he explained.

There was in fact a 25 percent increase in the number of visitors this September, said Yuniartha, compared to the previous year. All parties- including the mass media, are therefore being asked to be careful about how they approach this topic and not be excessive in their coverage. Ngurah Rai Airports flight activities also remain normal, he added. “Do not say ‘ the mountain erupted”, because our this has a bad effect on tourism. ‘ A cloud of smoke’ – say it like that.

It’s like a hot motorcycle engine. If exposed to water, it will surely emit smoke”, said Yuniartha.

Bali Tourism Hospitality has urged tourists not to panic following the appearance of a puff of smoke coming out of Mount Agung. Simply tell tourists what is really going on. Yuniartha said that he is optimistic that the target of 5. 5 million tourists by the end of the year will be reached and even exceeded – despite the alert level for Mount Agung. “As of October there have been 5 million more than the target of 5.5 million and there are still two months left in the year. On average there are 15,000 tourists who come to Bali every day, which is 450,000 a month -multiplied by two months, is 900,000. So, we may very well exceed the target”, he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of Bali, I Ketut Sudikerta, is appealing to the public to remain calm regarding the puffs of grey smoke. A volcanic eruption cannot be avoided and it is not known for sure when it will happen. “I therefore, invite everyone to remain calm an careful with regards to the alert levels for Mount Agung.

Our disaster team has been alerted and is monitoring progress at the location”, he said.

Regarding the possibility of people being evacuated again, Sudikerta admitted that he had coordinated with the Head of Logistics Agency, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bali and regent of Karangasem related to the availability of supplies and has scheduled direct monitoring of evacuation sites. (kmb32)

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following phreatic eruption of Mount Agung

Tourism Office announces that Badung is safe

(PUPR), Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, acknowledged that the budget for the PLN and telecommunication underground cable project has been included in the discussion of the Regional Budget (APBD) of Badung district for 2018.

“Well ... in the initial phase will be bury the wires along one kilometer in the area of ??Seminyak, Kuta. The width will be 1.8 meters multiplied by 2 meters along one kilometer with a box”, said Oka Permana, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

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MANGUPURA —The phreatic eruption of Mount Agung gave the Badung Tourism Office pause for thought as even the threat of an eruption has already affected the tourism sector in Badung. The Badung Tourism Office is eager to let people known that tourism in Bali –especially Badung is safe. Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, said that his office is trying to convince travel agencies overseas that the island is safe to visit. This information has also been sent to travel agencies in areas that are target markets fro tourism here.

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“We are informing travel agencies that there is no need to worry about the seismic activity. We will continue to provide up to date information to travel agencies overseas about the developments of Mount Agung letting them know that Baliincluding Badung are safe to visit”, said Made Badra, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

This bureaucrat from Kuta admitted that the Mount Agung’s volcanic activity of Mount Agung has caused some tourists to worry. Indian tourists for instance have been informed by travel agencies in India that it is safe to visit Bali. “We will continuously

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monitor the developments of Mount Agung’s volcanic activity as reported by the experts so that we can provide the latest information to tourists wanting to visit Badung” he said.

Badra added that there are still large numbers of European visitors coming to Badung and they are enthusiastically spending their holidays in Bali enjoying the island’s unique customs culture and beautiful natural environment.

“We hope there are no obstacles to reaching the targeted number of visitors this year due to natural disasters, criminal activity, terrorism, or other unexpected incidents. If remain as

they have been, I am confident that the target will be reached – especially considering additional direct flights to Bali are now available”, he said.

There are currently about 29 flights per hour to and from overseas destinations. This number may very well increase to 35 flights per hour as more people want to fly to Bali. Between January and October 31, 2017 there have been 4. 9 million foreign visitors to the Island of the Gods. “We are optimistic about reaching our target of 5.8 million visitors to Badung by the end of December”, concluded Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra. (kmb27)

Kuta’s sky free of cables in 2018 MANGUPURA —Electrical cables that currently cross the skies of Badung, will gradually be buried starting with a 1 kilometer stretch of Kuta that will start to be worked on in 2018. The program that has been mandated by Regional Regulation (Perda) No. 19/2016 Regarding Integrated Utilities is reportedly budgeted at IDR30,006,842,000.00 with a supervision budget of IDR 355,315,600.00. Division Head of Bina Marga at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency

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ues to be encouraged, so that when it is done it will be done properly.

“The project is only intended to bury PLN and telecommunication cables. There is a separate track for the municipality waterworks (PDAM) and Denpasar Sewerage Development Project (DSDP) pipes”, he said.

It is a well known fact that hanging cables have given Badung a messy appearance. The streets of Badung have also been frequently dug up for pipeline excavation. If the integrated utility network has

been completed, then all the utilities, wither government owned or privately owned will have to use the network. The legislative ranks in the Badung House of Representatives are therefore encouraging that all area of Badung be obliged to use the utility network, said I Wayan Mendra, member of the Badung House of Representatives, I Wayan Mendra.

Mendra, who is also Chairman of the Integrated Utility Network Special Committee in the Badung parliament said that it is time that all areas of Badung use the inte-

grated utility network. As a tourst area, Badung must be clean and neat and free of above-ground utility cables and pipes.

Currently many roads in Badung are strewn with PLN and telecomm cables as well as PDAM pipes.

In the future all utility cables and pipes will be integrated in one underground container. “ Hopefully all utility providers will be integrated in this way. For the initial stage, we hope that Kuta, Nusa Dua and Mengwi become the top priorities”, he concluded. (kmb27)

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Angels or demons? Politics in the air as Victoria’s Secret show hits China

SHANGHAI - Victoria’s Secret’s glitzy annual fashion show hit the stage in China for the first time on Monday, though without several of its “Angels” and star names who had been expected to attend, including model Gigi Hadid and pop singer Katy Perry.

At a packed Shanghai stadium, British singer Harry Styles opened a 45-minute show of singers, dancers and lighting theatrics - along with a line-up of models sporting the brand’s flamboyant and racy lingerie.

The run-up to the show, however, was dominated by Hadid’s withdrawal and reports about visas being denied over political sensitivities - a headache for the underwear brand as it looks to grow in China.

Perry and Hadid have both drawn criticism in China. At a 2015 concert, Perry appeared to show support for Taiwan, a self-governed

island that China considers a wayward province yet an integral part of its territory.

The issue has underscored a dilemma for global brands, sports franchises, moviemakers and performers looking to tap China’s big-spending consumers while keeping on the right side of often stringent rules about content and behaviour.

“Brands have to be much more aware of politically or morally sensitive topics here,” said Ben Cavender, Shanghai-based principal at China Market Research Group, adding the lure of the market meant

most people would nevertheless take risks.

“It’s a very different political environment than their home markets and we’re at a time when China is on a drive to clean up behaviour and push a sort of moral code.”

China has long kept tight control of performers it allows into the country. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Bjork and Bon Jovi are all banned over perceived bad behaviour or for broaching sensitive topics like Tibet or Taiwan.

“PAYBACK” Under President Xi Jinping, a push to reinforce socialist “core values” in cultural products from video games to music shows has also meant firms like game developer NetEase Inc and the producers of the Grammy Awards have had to

clean up their offerings.

Hadid tweeted last week that she was no longer attending Monday’s show. That followed a video posted online of her squinting her eyes while holding a small Buddha statue, which went down badly in China.

U.S. media reports said Perry was denied a visa due to her support for Taiwan. At her 2015 show, she draped a flag of the democratic island around her shoulders.

The Global Times, an influential state-run Chinese tabloid, wrote in an editorial ahead of the show that it was “logical” the two had been denied visas due to their past actions.

“Payback was unavoidable,” it said. “Those who are serious about developing careers in the Chinese market can draw lessons from this

case and learn to abide by the rules in China.”

Victoria’s Secret did not respond to requests for comment.

Asked whether or why Hadid and Perry had been banned from coming to China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he did not know the details of the situation, but that China welcomed foreigners for “normal” business, tourism and cultural activities and issues visas to those who meet its conditions.

“But, at the same time, I want to say that like all other countries, China as a sovereign state has the right to decide itself in accordance with its laws and policies whether or not to issue papers to foreign citizens,” Lu added.

Reuters could not reach Hadid for comment. Perry did not respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

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Mentally ill woman secured by police after making tourists in Ubud uneasy

GIANYAR — Gianyar’s Municipal Police secured a 60 yearol mentally ill woman named Jero Lasia on Tuesday (Nov. 21) after she had been rampaging around Ubud Palace making local residents and tourists uneasy. The mentally ill woman from Ubud Kelod attempted to resist the police’s efforts to secure her.

Operations officer of Gianyar Municipal Police, Wayan Nasta, explained that last Tuesday Jero Lasia left her house located to the south of the headman of Ubud’s office. She headed to the heart of Ubud, wandering around Ubud Palace. “Jero Lasia was carrying used clothes which she then spread out on the sidewalk annoying passing tourists”, said Nasta.

This is not the first time that Lasia has disturbed tourists in Ubud, explained, Officer Wayan Nasta. Occasionally she has been known to scream hysterically thus disturbing people in the heart of Ubud. “Her acts have disturbed public order. Moreover, she has done so near the Ubud Palace which is crowded with tourists”, he explained.

Having received information about Jero Lasia having disturbed tourists and residents around the Ubud Palace, the headman of Ubud reported the incident to the Gianyar Municipal Police. “After receiving the report, we went to Ubud to secure Mrs. Lasia”, said Officer Nasta.

Wayan Nasta, who is known for being gifted at dealing with mentally ill people, explained that when he first approached Jera Lasia she recoiled and then tried to fight back when the officers took her hand. “ She then ran amuck, but we gradually persuaded her to come with us”, he said.

While running amuck, Jero Lasia screamed hysterically ignoring her son who had joined the security team. Her son told the officers to ignore her screaming and they gradually persuaded her to get into the Gianyar Municipal Police vehicle.

The elderly widow was taken directly form Ubud to the Bangli Mental Hospital (RSJ) for treatment.

Wayan Nasta added that Jero Lasia had been secured by the Municipal Police last year due to similar disturbances. Lasia’s menatl illness he added was brought on after the death of her husband. “When her husband died, she immediately became very stressed”, explained Officer Nasta. (kmb35)

Komang Suwiantara

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Komang Suwiantara remains productive despite having leprosy NEGARA — Despite the suffering that 46 year old Komang Suwiantara experiences, his vivacity to keep working and being productive remains strong. This man from from Tengah hamlet, Tengah, Negara suffers from leprosy which causes his fingers to stiffen and both his legs are sore and injured making it impossible for him to walk.

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The mentally ill woman from Ubud Kelod attempted to resist the police’s efforts to secure her.

Suwiantara is the third child of seven, born to Nengah Sumendra and Ketut Sintang. When met at his home on Tuesday (Nov. 21), he explained that he has had this illness since junior high school.

At first his fingers became stiff, but over time the symptoms have gotten worse but he prefers to be treated at home where he can continue being active.

When Suwiantara was 17 years old, he started learning to make furniture like tables, chairs cuboards and the like. “ I used to be able to make big pieces like cupboards, but now that my condition has made me weaker I

just work on small products’ he explained.

The Social Agency provided Suwiantara with tools to work, however despite being quite talented, he does not have any capital, so he just works when he gets orders. “ I get my materials from other people and only receive a salary of what people pay, so the amount is uncertain”, he said.

Due to the economic constraints, he is unable to purchase medications or walking sticks.

Last Tuesday, however he was given walking sticks by humanitarian volunteers.

Accompanied by his parents,

Suwiantara said that he hopes to receive medical assistance at his home because he does not have a health insurance (KIS / BPJS) card and he cannot afford to pay for medical treatment. “I am not strong enough to walk”, he explained. His legs have wounds that need to be treated properly.

Hamlet chief of Tengah, Made Ardiana, who came to Suwiantara’s house to accompany the humanitarian volunteers, acknowledged the condition of his fellow hamlet resident saying that he proposed that Suwiantara get a KIS card so that he can receive optimal medical treatment. (kmb)

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In anticipation of volcanic ash

The villages that were observed to have experienced ash-fall include Ababi village in the district of Abang, Paye in the town of Karangasem as well as Selat, Sebudi and Bebandem.

“In the field, we ascertained that Mount Agung had in fact emitted volcanic ash that had rained down in nearby villages. Residents of Yeh Kori hamlet, Jungutan also smelled sulfur and many heard a roaring sound”, said Arimbawa.

Given that there has already been volcanic ash coming out of the volcano, people living with disasterprone area (KBR) III are being asked to prepare masks

and long-sleeved shirts to avoid exposure to ash that is anticipated. Volcanic ash is ver dangerous to human health if inhaled. Skin that is exposed to volcanic ash can become hot and itchy as a result of substances found in the ash. “ We are also asking that people in the area to have glasses, hats and such at the ready so as to avoid direct exposure to the ash will likely fall again soon”, explained Arimbawa.

BPBD Karangasem has masks at the ready and some residents of KBR III have already been given masks in anticipation of further eruption of Mount Agung. If there is a shortage we will acquire additional masks. “At the disaster post warehouse there are disaster preparedness bags that contain a raincoat, mask and flashlight that will be reserved for children, since they do not understand much about safety precautions”, explained Arimbawa.

Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG)’s Volcanic Subdivision Head for Eastern Region, Kamil Devy Syahbana, confirmed that there had in fact been ash coming out of Mount Agung. After receiving reports about the ash-fall, officers from the PVMBG went to see for themselves and found the reports ot be true. “There has in fact been volcanic ash-fall, but it remains to be quite converge on the ground”, Devy Syahbana. (kmb41)

The phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday.

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After phreatic eruption of Mount Agung

Number of evacuees in Bangli is constant

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People living with disaster-prone area (KBR) III are being asked to prepare masks and longsleeved shirts to avoid exposure to ash that is anticipated.

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PNG police order protesting asylum seekers out of Australian-run camp

Villagers asked to have masks on-hand

AMLAPURA — Following the phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday (Nov.21) when thick grey puffs of smoke mixed with volcanic ash were seen coming out of the crater, people living near the mountain are being asked to prepare tehmselves for possible ashfall. Chief Executive of BPBD Karangasem, Ida Bagus Arimbawa, said on Wednesday (Nov. 22) the Emergency Response Command Taskforce surveyed conditions on the ground and found that there had in fact been ash along with the grey smoke that came out of Mount Agung.

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BANGLI — The Mount Agung Disaster Relief Command in the district of Bangli District continuously collects data on the number of evacuees in Bangli. The latest data as of Wednesday (Nov. 22) showed that the number of evacuees in Bangli had not increased from the 124 that were there before the phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday (Nov 20).

Commander of the Bangli Mount Agung Disaster Response Post, Andy Pranoto, said that as of Wednesday: “no additional evacuees have arrived. The number of evacuees in Bangli remains at 124 people”, he explained.

Nevertheless, according to the results of meeting held with his ranks last Wednesday afternoon, they are still anticipatory measures in preparation of a possible surge in the number of evacuees. There are rooms at the Kubu evacuation post that are ready to receive evacuees even if they arrive at night. Signs have also been set up at important points along the route that evacuees may arrive from so that if there is an increase in the alert level of Mount Agung again people will be no confusion in Bangli about how to get to the Kubu and SKB posts.

“Each section will continue to follow developments of the situation through existing communication networks such as social media, so that we can respond quickly at anytime if needed”, he explained.

Evacuees who are already in Bangli continue to be served, said Pranoto, adding that the Kubu has enough stock to last for two weeks.

The Logistics Division continues to inventory the the stock of food and to make sure that food does not exceed expiry dates. “Amongst other things we have been applying the first in first out principle”, he explained.

The inventorying of medicines is also ongoing to make sure that necessary medicines are being procured, as this will become very important if the number of evacuees suddenly increases due to further volcanic activity from Mount Agung. Health officers at the Kubu post are only on duty from morning until noon for now, with afternoon service available on call or through the Kubu Health center. “Officers from all involved government agencies have had their duties adjusted for the sake of effectiveness and efficiency”, explained Pranoto. (kmb40)

SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea police sealed off an officially shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Thursday and ordered asylum seekers occupying it to leave as they confiscated food and water the men had stockpiled, asylum seekers told Reuters.

About 380 asylum seekers have shut themselves inside the Manus Island Centre for more than three weeks, defying attempts by Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to close it in a standoff the United Nations described as a “looming humanitarian crisis”.

“They destroyed our food and damaged our accommodation too, they destroyed our water tank,” one asylum-seeker said in a mobile telephone message from the camp.

Many of the men climbed onto rooftops and hid in toilets, he said.

Three other asylum seekers gave similar accounts of the police action.

A video shot by Sudanese refugee Abdul Aziz and posted on Facebook showed police using a megaphone to tell the asylum seek-

ers to leave because their stay at the camp, located on land used by the PNG navy, was illegal.

Footage he later posted on Twitter showed men boarding mini buses and buses. Tim Costello, chief advocate at the World Vision Australia aid group, told Reuters by phone from outside the camp that he had seen buses leaving.

Calls to PNG immigration and police were not returned.

The Manus island camp in PNG, and another on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, have been the cornerstones of Australia’s controversial immigration policy, which has been strongly criticized by the United Nations and rights groups.

Australia opened the camps in a bid to stem a flow of asylum seekers making dangerous voyages by boat to its shores.

Under its “sovereign borders” immigration policy, Australia refuses to land asylum seekers arriving by sea, instead sending them to the offshore camps. (rtr)

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Rohingya refugee children spend time drawing at a UNICEF centre in Balukhali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 22, 2017. Many of the children draw images of the attacks they have witnessed.

Myanmar, Bangladesh ink Rohingya return deal amid concern over army’s role

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an accord on Thursday over terms for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh, a government official said, amid concern that Myanmar’s powerful army could prove obstructive.

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Papua New Guinea-operated alternative accommodation and services, that have been provided to refugees and non-refugees in Manus Province following the closure of the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea November 20, 2017.

Rights groups have accused the military in mostly Buddhist Myanmar of carrying out mass rape and other atrocities during a counter-insurgency operation launched in late August in retaliation for attacks by Rohingya militants in Rakhine State.

On Wednesday, the United States said the military operation that drove 620,000 Rohingya to seek sanctuary in neighboring, largely Muslim Bangladesh, amounted to “ethnic cleansing”, echoing an accusation first leveled by top U.N. officials in the early days of the humanitarian crisis.

Myanmar is seeking to ease international pressure by striking an initial agreement on returns, while Dhaka wants to ensure overstretched refugee camps that have mushroomed in the Cox’s Bazar region don’t become permanent.

“We are ready to take them back as soon as possible after Bangladesh sends the forms back to us,” Myint Kyaing, a permanent secretary at Myanmar’s ministry of labor, immigration and population, told Reuters,

referring to forms the Rohingya must complete with personal details before repatriation.

The signing took place after a meeting between Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Bangladesh foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Naypyitaw.

Myint Kyaing said that the memorandum of understanding was based on the 1992-1993 repatriation agreement between the two countries which had been inked following a previous spasm of violence in Myanmar.

The forms that the refugees will have to fill include names of family members, their previous address in Myanmar, date of birth and a disclaimer that they are returning voluntarily, said Myint Kyaing.

He said that based on the 1992-1993 agreement, Myanmar would accept those who could present identification documents issued to the Rohingya by Myanmar governments in the past. Those include the currently distributed national verification cards, as well as now-withdrawn “white cards”, as well a s receipts the Rohingya received when returning their “white cards”, he said.

Diplomats and aid workers have said the key elements of the deal will be the criteria of return and the participation of the international community, such as the United Nations refugee agency, in the process. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Whether new dawn or another false one, euro zone economy is full of surprises

LONDON - The surprise economic star of 2017, when it wraps up next month, will have been the euro zone: growth looks set to come in at 2.2 percent compared with a forecast this time last year of just 1.4 percent. Combine this with four years of falling unemployment and inflation well out of the deflation-worry zone, and policymakers and politicians have something to crow about. But is something substantial going on, or this another false dawn for an economy that has managed less than 1.6 percent average annual growth in its 18-year history?

A sceptic might say it is all just cyclical, soon to reverse.

Or that it is simply the result of 2.2 trillion euros in alreadybeing-rolled-back European Central Bank stimulus forcing a famously sclerotic economy to budge.

Both have certainly played a role -- but although there are risks that does not mean the growth impetus is not different from previous upswings or that it will end quickly. The cyclical argument, for example, stems from the euro zone’s proclivity to lag the U.S. economy, tending to start a takeoff just as the latter is stalling. Indeed, the current euro zone cycle is four years behind the U.S. one.

With some signs the long U.S. economic recovery might be peaking -- recent surveys have been flat to lower, and bonds are giving warning signals -- the sceptic could claim that in typical fashion the euro zone has started just as the Top Gun has finished. But there are differences from, say, 2006 when after four years of lagging growth the euro zone surpassed the United States only to tumble as the financial crisis hurt both countries.

One, says Paola Subacchi, a senior fellow at Chatham House, is Europe’s acceptance that growth sometimes needs help. “There is now an understanding -- even in (fiscally hardline) Germany -- that demand needs to be supported,” she said. “Unlike 10 years ago, or even five years ago, there is an understanding that you can’t just sit and wait for growth.”

It is not that austerity measures introduced after the financial collapse have been dumped wholesale, rather that some

governments are more willing to add spending to the mix -especially after many voters deserted mainstream parties.

Germany, for example, has increased public spending on roads and bridges, faster internet and social housing -- turning state spending into one of the most important growth drivers in the euro zone’s economic powerhouse over the past two years.

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Some structural reforms have been undertaken after years of being called for in vain by central bankers, the International Monetary Fund and others. More flexible labour laws -- notably in Spain and Ireland -- have helped prompt growth, notes Florian Hense, European economist at Berenberg bank.

“What keeps things going are employment gains,” he said.

The argument here for a continuation of growth is that there is plenty of spare capacity in the work force. Although well off its mid-2013 high of 12.1 percent, the euro zone’s unemployment rate is still 8.9 percent -- enough, Hense reckons, for two more years before there is any labour shortage.

Attempts are also being made to keep such reform coming.

In France, President Emmanuel Macron has already signed decrees to cap payouts on unfair dismissals, while also giving companies greater freedom to hire and fire. The balance for euro zone reformers will be how to achieve their plans against a wave of anti-establishment sentiment among voters angry at being left out of the post-financial crisis recovery.

The euro zone’s new growth climate has also been fostered by the ECB’s stimulus, but its withdrawal may not be as damaging as it was in 2011-2012. Sarah Hewin, chief economist for Europe at Standard Bank, says the ECB pulled stimulus too early then and that its balance sheet -- the assets it holds -- was shrinking in 2012-2014, when the euro zone slipped into its second recession.

But that was also the height of the euro zone debt crisis, much of which has been patched up. The ECB’s recent decision to halve what it buys has caused little angst because it is moving slowly. Stimulus will continue -- balanced against growth -- and low interest rates are pretty much a euro zone fixture.

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So is everything rosy? No. Risks remain, including broad ones like a China-led global slowdown. The latest worry is the prospect of political disruption in Germany given Chancellor Angela Merkel’s failure to build a coalition government. Add to that possible electoral upheaval in Italy next year and you have the same kind of political uncertainty as at the beginning of 2017, when there were concern about anti-euro zone candidates winning in the Netherlands, France and Germany.

But for now, economists appear to see this as just noise, banking on the foundations of euro zone growth to call for just a gentle slowing next year after this year’s surprise. “It would require a major policy upset somewhere around the world (to end this),” Berenberg’s Hense said. (rtr)

rose 1.7 percent on the quarter and imports rose 0.9 percent, which translated in net trade contributing half of the quarterly growth reading of 0.8 percent. Business investments in machinery and equipment were up by 1.5 percent, contributing 0.1 percentage points to growth. Household spending fell by 0.1 percent and state expenditure was flat.

The figures highlight the resurgence of exports as a driver of growth in an economy that has been relying mainly on private consumption and state spending for a growth cycle also supported

by a booming construction sector and low interest rates.

“In the short term, the impact from the current political impasse on the German economy should be (close to) zero,” ING Diba economist Carsten Brzeski said. “The economy has plenty of positive momentum and the external environment, including low-interest rates and the weak euro, remains favourable enough to shield the economy against political uncertainty,” he said.

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Markit’s flash composite Pur-

chasing Managers’ Index, released Thursday, also illustrated an economy firing on all cylinders as factories churned out goods at the fastest pace in nearly seven years in November. “In the late stage of a growth cycle, rebounding investments are an elixir for survival: only through investments can the negative effects of multiplying bottlenecks in production and staff be alleviated,” said Andreas Scheuerle of Deka Bank.

He added: “If you take the first three quarters together, the German economy is in a glorious state.” The growth data showed investment in construction was

Mumbul Park attraction located at Sangeh village, Abiansemal, Badung, presents creative show. The fragmentary show entitled “Mystical Mumbul Water Park” was presented by Pancer Langiit Studio at Bali Creative Performance Parade in the series of Bali Mandara Nawanatya 2017 at Ksiraarnawa Building, Art Center Denpasar, Saturday (Nov. 18).

Young artists coalesced into the Pancer Langiit Studio came with innovative and maximal appearance. They did not only rely on a strong character of the dance flexibility, but was also supported by distinctive costumes designed very artistically. Besides, they utilized the property in order to create spectacular performances. All that creativities are inseparable from the creative art director, Agung Rahma Putra.

The ritual of Sangeh village community in glorifying water becomes interesting when transformed into dance movement looking esthetic, dynamic and rhythmic.

Presentation of the Pancer Langiit Studio is worth watching and filled with moral messages to improve awareness of the art lovers so as to be more concerned about environmental sustainability.

Sang Oman serving as the narrator delivered the opening dialogue

to describe the behavior of some Balinese people that do not care about the environment, so that it results in pollution everywhere.

Water as a source of life is not free from pollution due to human behavior using technology products unwisely. Facing such a reality, the Goddess of Water is weeping bitterly.

The next storyline moved into the past that described the contrary conditions. In the period was described where water was so glorified, guarded, preserved and exploited wisely. For example, the emergence of Mumbul Park at Sangeh village is closely associated with the development of Mengwi Kingdom. From the past to the present, the Mumbul Park is known to have the Mandala Tirtha concept becoming the center for Sangeh village community life.

READ Members of Subak Besikalung hold grand ngusabha, Apply Tri Hita Karana in agriculture This place is very much sanctified and sacred to keep the glory of the water itself. Preservation of such beautiful natural brings in a harmonious and natural beauty where the physical (sekala) and psychical (niskala) conditions are still well preserved for the sake of the realization of a prosperous life. (kmb)

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down 0.4 percent, resulting in the sector making no contribution to growth in the third quarter.

Economists said the fall in household spending was no reason for alarm. As companies increase investments to meet rising demand, including from a recovering euro zone, more jobs will be created, which bodes well for consumption.

“When investments pick up speed, the foundation for a selfsupporting expansion is laid,” said Thomas Gitzel of VP Bank. “This positive process is well underway in Germany. The upswing will continue robustly next year.” (rtr)

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Mystical Site of Mumbul Water Park Presented in a Show

A street vendor walks in front of Carige bank in Genoa, Italy, May 14, 2013.

Brimming German economy well placed to ride out political uncertainty

BERLIN - Exports and rising business investments were the main drivers of growth for the German economy in the third quarter, data showed on Thursday, signalling that the robust upswing in Europe’s largest economy will extend well into next year. This should allay concerns about risks for the economy linked to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s failure to form a coalition government after an election in September, which raised the possibility of a second vote that could boost the far-right.

Detailed gross domestic product (GDP) data showed that exports

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Taking Selfie at the Black Bamboo Tower

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Fog was descending on Wanagiri village, Sukasada, Buleleng, when we arrived and soon it started to drizzle and cool air swept in, even though it was high noon. Although the weather was not ideal for taking pictures, we were enthusiastic about taking selfies at the Black Bamboo Tower. This location is one of eight selfie attractions in the customary hamlet of Bhuana Sari, in Wanagiri Village. The iconic Black Bamboo Tower stands on the edge of a cliff by the side of the road with Lake Bunyan and verdant hills as a backdrop.

Operator of Bhuana Sari customary hamlet, Ketut Darma, said that bamboo belonging to the local customary village was used to make the iconic selfie attraction and that three security guards are on duty everyday to ensure the security of the increasing number of visitors who come to Black Bamboo Tower. “On a quiet day we get about 3040 visitors but on holidays there is a 80 percent increase in the number of people who come to take pictures here. According to the customary hamlet’s agreement, visitors are charged IDR 15,000 per person to take as many pictures as they want”, explained Darma.

Black Bamboo Tower is not the only selfie attraction at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet. There are four other selfie spots along 15 meters of this road each offering a different style and which support one and other. There are plans to build another one soon so that more visitors can be accommodated. “Security is guaranteed.

Yesterday, a sub-district police chief investigated the location and determined that it was safe”, said Darma.

Asah’s hamlet Panji, Ketut Suwena, said that all of

the selfie attractions that have been developed over th past 7 years in Wanagiri Village are actually located in protected forest areas.

However, the local villages submitted a request to the National Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) asking that they be allowed to utilize this area. So far, the BKSDA has granted one selfie tourist attraction per customary hamlet. Wanagiri village has 4 customary hamlets namely; Bhuana Sari, Yeh Ketipat, Asah Panji Kaja, and Asah Panji Kelod. “In short, of the eight selfie attractions in Wanagiri village, only the ones at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet have been granted permission by the BKSDA. The others have no agreement with the customary village’s selfie-site management group”, said Suwena.

According to Suwena, the BKSDA has limited the number of selfie-sites to four and has stipulated that such sites should not be managed by individuals or private groups as this could lead to jealousy. This limit is also meant to prevent a saturation of such sites as this could create chaos as lead to possible security risks. “Let the BKSDA determine the limits on such buildings including how far they can jut out off the cliff, how they should be designed and so forth. So far only Bhuana Sari has been given the ok from the BSKDA”, explained Suwena.

Division Head of Tourist Destinations for the Bali Tourism Office, Ida Bagus Adi Laksana, said he strongly supports local people creating selfie tourist attractions adding that management issues should be resolved through discussions. Each village should also have clear guidelines so as to prevent the mushrooming of such sites. “Hopefully such guidelines can be made clear by governing bodies that will be established under village authorities. Management groups should be involved”, he said. (kmb)

Jaja Lapis, a Delicious Fresh Cake

Perhaps due to having multiple layers (lapis) this cake is named Jaja Lapis. Besides, each layer also has different color that can make it more interesting. This belongs to fresh cake with a very nice flavor. In addition to having sweet taste, this fresh cake also has a very chewy texture. It is very easy to find, especially in traditional markets and pastry shops.

Due to application of different colors, it looks very interesting and

is liked best by children. If children want to enjoy this Jaja Lapis, they will take layer by layer and then consume it with joy. Understandably, each layer is very easily removed.

This is not a special kind of cake for offerings. It is commonly made for parties, such as for wedding receptions, tooth filing, mutual assistance or thanksgiving. When farmers in Bali are working in their paddy fields, whether plowing, transplanting rice seedlings or other

activities, this cake is often served.

Aside from being easy to make, this cake also uses eco-friendly ingredients. However, it cannot last long, more than a day. Making this cake does not necessarily require difficult ingredients and does not need to cost a lot.

Ingredients of this jaja lapis (layered cake) include white rice flour, sugar, salt, sago flour, coconut milk, fragrant pandan leaves and food coloring to taste. In the past, people

used use coloring from leaves, so it had a minimal color namely white and green only.

How to prepare it? Firstly, boil coconut milk with fragrant pandan leaves. Then, add with salt to taste and stir finely. At the same time, also prepare one tray and put rice flour, sago flour and mixed sugar into one. After that, pour boiled coconut milk into the flour mixture and then mix them well.

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and Sticky Cake To determine the color, it begins by dividing the dough into some portions according to the number of colors desired. After dividing, give color to each portion of dough and then stir to blend well. Preheat wide tray and put a layer of colored dough. After half-cooked, put the next colors repeatedly until all colors are finished. Once cooked, cut into pieces and the Jaja Lapis cakes are ready to serve on plate.

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Search for missing Argentine submarine reaches ‘critical phase’

MAR DEL PLATA - The search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic for one week reached a “critical phase” on Wednesday as the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said.

Dozens of planes and boats were searching for the ARA San Juan, a mission that has plunged relatives of the sailors into an anguished wait for news and transfixed the South American country of 44 million people.

If the German-built submarine, in service for more than three decades, had sunk or was otherwise unable to rise to the surface since it gave its last location on Nov. 15, it would be using up the last of its seven-day oxygen supply.

“We are in the critical phase...particularly with respect to oxygen,” navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters. “There has been no contact with anything that could be the San Juan submarine.”

Relatives of the crew members have gathered at a naval base in Mar del Plata, where the search is coordinated.

Their concern grew as the hours ticked by.

The craft was probably on the seabed because the mechanism to surface either failed or was not activated by a crew member, naval investigator Fernando Morales told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“If the captain stayed at the bottom because he thought it was more prudent to stay at the bottom, it’s one thing. But at this point we have to think that if he’s at the bottom, it’s because he could not emerge,” Morales said.

In an evening news conference, Balbi said an unusual noise was detected on Nov. 15, near where the submarine last reported its position. He declined to say if the sound indicated an explosion or emergency on the vessel. Data on the noise were being analyzed, he added. (rtr)

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Addressing a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday night, new leader Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was entering a new stage of democracy. Mnangagwa had returned to the country earlier in the day, having fled for his safety when Mugabe sacked him as vice president two weeks ago to smooth a path to the succession for Grace. “The people have spoken. The voice of the people is the voice of God,” Mnangagwa told thousands of supporters gathered outside the ruling ZANU-PF party’s offices in the capital.

The army appears to have engineered a trouble-free path to power for Mnangagwa, who was for decades a faithful lieutenant of Mugabe and member of his elite. His own human rights record also stirs hostility in many Zimbabweans. He was in charge of internal security when rights groups say 20,000 civilians were killed in the 1980s. Restoring the country’s fortunes and international standing will be a challenge.

Human rights abuses and flawed elections prompted many Western countries to impose sanctions in the early 2000s that further hurt the economy, even with Chinese investment to soften the blow.

Staging clean elections next year will be key to winning fresh funds.

In its first official comments since Mugabe resigned, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said it was cautiously optimistic that a Mnangagwa presidency would not “mimic and replicate the evil, corrupt, decadent and incompetent Mugabe regime”. Zimbabwe was once one of Africa’s most promising economies but suffered decades of decline as Mugabe pursued policies that included the violent seizure of white-owned commercial farms and money-printing that led to hyperinflation.

Most of its 13 million people remain poor and face currency shortages and sky-high unemployment, something Mnangagwa promised to address. A senior International Monetary Fund official said Zimbabwe’s economic situation remained “very difficult” as sustainable growth is threatened by high government spending, an untenable foreign exchange regime and inadequate reforms “Immediate action is critical to reduce the deficit to a sustainable level, accelerate structural reforms, and re-engage with the international community to access much needed financial support,” Gene Leon, IMF’s mission chief for Zimbabwe said. (rtr)

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Indonesian startup wages war on plastic with edible seaweed cups

JAKARTA - Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing away - they are made from seaweed and taste like jelly, in flavours from peppermint to green tea. Indonesian startup Evoware, which makes the cups, as well as other containers, from farmed seaweed free of chemicals, is relying on its biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging to reduce contamination of the environment.

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Ex-Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic reacts in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague, Netherlands.

Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic convicted of genocide, gets life in prison

“I too support this enviromentfriendly cause,” said vendor Ong, who uses Evoware’s Ello Jello container to serve ice cream, though he feels consumers may take time to adapt to the product that is pricier than current options.

Indonesia, which has some of the world’s filthiest rivers and once-pristine beaches littered with plastic waste, has joined a United Nations-led cleanup drive after being rated the second-biggest plastic marine polluter, behind China.

Evoware co-founder David Christian said the idea of sea-

weed-based edible packaging was spurred by his desire to fight an explosion in plastic waste over the last few years in his home city of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital of 10 million people. “I saw how much plastic waste is produced here, which takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade and contaminates everything,” Christian added.

From the first product it developed, the seaweed-based jelly cup, Evoware is expanding into other types of packaging, such as dissolvable sachets for coffee or seasonings. Indonesia produces

10 million tonnes of seaweed each year and targets 19 million tonnes by 2020, said Christian. But Evoware’s products, now made by hand, still have some way to go before they can compete with plastic on price.

The edible seaweed Ello Jello cone can be up to five times more expensive than ordinary crepe cones, Ong says. And it uses wrappings of plastic and paper to preserve its texture. “I hope in future the packaging could be better and not use plastic,” said one customer, Vince Lantang Helda.(rtr)

THE HAGUE - A U.N. tribunal on Wednesday convicted ex-Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres of Bosnian Muslims and ethnic cleansing campaigns to forge a “Greater Serbia”, and jailed him for life.

Mladic was hustled out of the court minutes before the verdict for angrily shouting, “This is all lies, you are all liars!” The outburst occurred after Mladic returned to the courtroom from what his lawyers described as a visit to the bathroom, then a blood pressure test which held up proceedings.

The U.N. Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found Mladic guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica and the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, in which more than 10,000 civilians were killed by shelling, mortar and sniper fire.

The killings in Srebrenica of men and boys after they were separated from women and taken away in buses or marched off to be shot amounted to Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two. “The crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind, and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity,” Presiding Judge Alphons Orie said in reading out a summary of the judg-

ment.

“Many of these men and boys were cursed, insulted, threatened, forced to sing Serb songs and beaten while awaiting their execution,” he said.

Mladic had pleaded not guilty to all charges. His legal team said he would appeal against the verdict.

Called the “Butcher of Bosnia” by survivors of his actions, Mladic was the most notorious of 163 ICTY indictees together with Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb nationalist leader and political mastermind of ethnic cleansing, and their patron, then-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

The tribunal found Mladic “significantly contributed” to genocide committed in Srebrenica with the goal of destroying its Muslim population, “personally directed” the bombardment of Sarajevo and was part of a “joint criminal enterprise” aimed at purging Bosnian Muslims and Catholic Croats from Bosnia.

“GREATER SERBIA” Prosecutors said the ultimate agenda of Mladic, Karadzic and

Milosevic was what came to be known worldwide as ethnic cleansing, to carve out an Orthodox “Greater Serbia” in the ashes of multinational federal Yugoslavia.

ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz called the verdict “a milestone” in holding Mladic accountable not just for massacres but the detention of tens of thousands of non-Serbs in camps where many were beaten and raped, and the forced displacement of over one million to remake Bosnia’s demographic map.

The Mladic case is the last major decision by the ICTY, which plans to close its doors soon after sentencing 83 Balkan war criminals since opening in 1993.

In Geneva, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein called Mladic the “epitome of evil” and said his conviction after 16 years as an indicted fugitive and five years of trial was a “momentous victory for justice”.

“Today’s verdict is a warning to the perpetrators of such crimes that they will not escape justice, no matter how powerful they may be nor how long it may take,” Zeid said in a statement. (rtr)

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Residents survey the damage to homes following a tornado in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia November 23, 2017.

Tornado in Indonesia injures 35, damages hundreds of homes JAKARTA - A tornado ripped through a densely populated area in Indonesia’s East Java province on Thursday, injuring 35 people and damaging more than 600 homes, the head of the local disaster mitigation official said.

The tornado, with wind speeds of 70 km per hour (45 miles per hour),

carved a path of destruction in the Sidoarjo area, lasting about five minutes, Dwidjo Prawito of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said by telephone.

A video posted on social media showed part of a roof being torn off a building as debris was hurled high into the air. Sidoarjo is south of Indonesia’s

second-biggest city of Surabaya.

Around 100 people were evacuated to an elementary school, while others had left to stay with family members, said Prawito.

In February, 166 houses were reported damaged when another tornado struck several villages in the same area.(rtr)

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An ice cream parlor attendant pours colored seaweed mix into cone molds to make Ellojello cones, a product of Indonesian seaweed-based plastic company Evoware, in a mall in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 10, 2017. Picture taken November 10, 2017.

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Sindhu Beach with it strategic location is very easy founded that is situated close with other famous surf points such as Padang Galak Beach, Biaung Beach, Matahari Terbit Beach, Sanur Beach, Segara Beach and Mertha Sari Beach.

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Todt unopposed for third term as FIA president REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Belgium captain Johan Van Herck, Steve Darcis, David Goffin, Arthur De Greef, Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore, France captain Yannick Noah, Lucas Pouille, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert pose with the trophy ahead of the final.

France’s strength in depth gives them the edge against Goffin’s Belgium

PARIS - France’s strength in depth makes them the favourites for this week’s Davis Cup final against Belgium, who will need David Goffin to be at his very best to stand a chance in the three-day showdown in Lille.

Belgium, seeking their first title, will be led by world number seven Goffin, who beat Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer at the ATP Finals last week, but nine-time champions France seem better armed.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille will spearhead the French challenge from Friday with the doubles pair for Saturday likely to be formed by specialists Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who won the doubles titles at the 2015 U.S. Open and at Wimbledon in 2016 with Mahut, has been suffering from back pains and could start as a replacement.

Steve Darcis and Goffin will play the singles for Belgium, with Ruben Bemelmans and Arthur De Greef set to play the doubles in the 27,500-seater Pierre Mauroy stadium.

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“I think the French team are the favourite,” Belgium captain Johan Van Herck said.

“They play at home so for me they are the favourites. But we are a good Davis Cup team, we are going to challenge them. I think it will be a very interesting tie but they will start as favourites.”

Belgium reached the final in 2015 but were beaten by Britain.

France lost the 2002, 2010 and 2014 finals -- the last time in the very same stadium against Switzerland -- but this time enter the event with the odds on their side.

“We’re looking to write our piece of history. As the French team, we’ve won before but it was a long time ago,” said captain Yannick Noah, who skippered his country to Davis Cup titles in 1991 and 1996.

“Now we’re preparing to do our own with this team. This is what we’re looking for.”

Tsonga and Pouille go into the event in fine form.

Pouille beat Tsonga in the Vienna Open final last month, after Tsonga won the Antwerp Open. (rtr)

LONDON - Jean Todt is sure to be re-elected for a third term as president of Formula One’s governing body after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Wednesday that no other candidates were standing.

The 71-year-old Frenchman took over from Max Mosley in 2009 and won a second four-year term in 2013.

The FIA said on its website (www.fia.com) that

the former Ferrari team boss was the only candidate whose electoral list had been received by the official deadline.

The vote will be held at the Annual General Assembly on Dec. 8 in Paris.

Formula One, with U.S.-based Liberty Media taking over the commercial rights last January, is entering a potentially turbulent period with team contracts expiring in 2020 and a new engine format to be agreed. (rtr)

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Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh

IOC bans four Russian skeleton athletes for life over Sochi doping

MOSCOW - Four Russian skeleton athletes, including Olympic champion Alexander Tretyakov, have been banned for life from the Olympics after being found guilty of doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.

Tretyakov, Sochi bronze-medal winner Elena Nikitina, Maria

Orlova and Olga Potylitsyna have been “found to have committed anti-doping rule violations,” the IOC said in a statement.

“The four athletes are declared ineligible to be accredited in any capacity for all editions of the Games of the Olympiad and the Olympic Winter Games subsequent to the Olympic Winter Games

Sochi 2014,” the IOC said.

The IOC added it had disqualified the athletes from Sochi, effectively stripping Tretyakov and Nikitina of their Olympic medals.

Orlova and Potylitsyna did not win medals in Sochi.

The IOC did not disclose the nature of the doping violations.

Earlier this month, the IOC

banned six cross-country skiers from the Olympics for violating anti-doping rules as part of an investigation into allegations of widespread doping among Russians and sample tampering by laboratory and security officials at the Sochi Games.

The IOC has been re-testing all Russian athletes’ samples from the

2014 Games following revelations by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow’s suspended anti-doping laboratory, of a scheme to cover up home competitors’ positive samples.

The IOC is set to decide next month on the participation of Russian competitors at the Pyeongchang winter Olympics in South Korea in February. (rtr)

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Sp rt Barca leave Messi on the bench and qualify with 0-0 draw

Talented Croatia seek to emulate class of 98

TURIN - Barcelona allowed themselves the luxury of starting with Lionel Messi on the bench and still held out for a 0-0 draw at Juventus to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona, who brought on Messi early in the second half, enjoyed long spells of possession but used it as a defensive tactic to stop Juventus attacking rather than creating chances themselves.

Juve were lacklustre, with forward Gonzalo Higuain barely getting a look-in as they failed to score in a home match for the first time since September last year.

The Turin side nearly snatched a win in stoppage time but Paulo Dybala’s low shot from the edge of the area was turned around the post by goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Even so, coach Massimiliano Allegri enjoyed the match. “It was a nice game from a tactical point of view, the lads worked hard to defend well,” he said.

“We were more interested in the performance than the result.” The Serie A side, who are second in Group D, will qualify for the last 16 unless they fail to beat Olympiakos away in their final game next month and Sporting win at Barcelona.

Sporting kept alive their own hopes by beating Olympiakos 3-1 in Lisbon in the other game with Bas Dost scoring twice.

Bruno Cesar was also on target for Sporting and Vadis OdjidjaOfoe scored a late consolation for the Greeks who were eliminated.

Barcelona, who played their second successive goalless draw in the group, have 11 points and are guaranteed to finish top. Juve are on eight, Sporting on seven and Olympiakos on one.

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said that Messi had needed a rest. “He had to take a break at some point... he’s been playing a lot of games,” he said. Barcelona were closest to a first-half goal when a long-range Ivan Rakitic free kick found its way through the penalty area, bounced off the post and fell to Paulinho, who was

unable to take advantage.

Paulinho’s other notable contribution was to be booked for diving in the penalty area while Luis Suarez was largely anonymous. Dybala had Juve’s best first-half effort when he dribbled around three defenders but he fired over from a difficult angle.

Messi’s entrance changed little although the Argentine came close when he curled a long-range free kick over the bar. Barcelona should have scored when Juan Cuadrado slipped and let in Lucas Digne but, instead of shooting, he tried to pass to Suarez and the Juve defence intercepted the ball. The most entertaining moment came after the final whistle when Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon took off his gloves and his shorts and threw them into the crowd.(rtr)

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte

Having reached the 2018 World Cup after a patchy campaign during which they sacked coach Ante Cacic, Croatia will head to the 32-team tournament in Russia hoping to emulate the Balkan nation’s 1998 success when they made the semi-finals.

The Croatians have reached 10 out of 12 major tournaments as an independent nation but have made little sustained impact as subsequent generations failed to match the 1998 team’s accomplishment.

They have not advanced to the World Cup knockout stages since and have made it out of the group stage at three European Championships in five attempts.

Croatia’s fifth World Cup finals appearance offers more cause for optimism after a talented side, led by captain Luka Modric and towering striker Mario Mandzukic, produced their best qualifying performances when they needed to most.

After slipping from first to third in the home straight of Europe’s Group I, Croatia squeezed into the playoffs with a 2-0 win at Ukraine in their final match after Zlatko Dalic took over from Cacic.

The Croatians then blew away Greece 4-1 in the first leg of their playoff and held on comfortably for a 0-0 draw in the return, with Dalic shuffling his squad to add zest and creativity lacking under his predecessor.

Dalic has plenty of quality to choose from up front and in midfield, but a lack of options at the back remains a concern with inconsistent central defender Dejan Lovren still a regular starter alongside Domagoj Vida.

Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Marcelo Brozovic give Croatia depth in midfield, while Andrej Kramaric and winger Ivan Perisic boost the attacking firepower in deeper roles behind Mandzukic.

As one of the eight second-seeded teams, Croatia should make the last 16 but past failures and a possibly tricky draw mean they will take nothing for granted.(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

Chelsea showing great character this season, says Conte

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi comes on as a substitute to replace Gerard Deulofeu

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is pleased with the way his side have reacted to setbacks this season and says the players have shown great character to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

Chelsea’s European campaign suffered a setback last month with a 3-0 defeat at AS Roma but they regained top spot in Group C after Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Qarabag in Azerbaijan. “This group is showing great character,” Conte told reporters after the match.

“From the start we faced a lot of problems this season. Our answer was positive, almost always positive. For sure, the second half against Roma was bad. “These players show me every day great commitment, great will, desire to fight.” Conte has questioned the lack of preparation time between domestic and European fixtures and raised the issue again as Chelsea turn their attention to Saturday’s Premier League trip to Liverpool.

“To have only one day to rest and only one day to prepare (for) this big game is not simple, is not easy. I think also it’s not right,” he said. “I don’t want to make excuses, but this is the reality.” Chelsea, third in the league, nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City, have won two and drawn three of their last five league games at Anfield.(rtr)

REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Real Madrid’s Luka Modric scores their first goal

Borussia Dortmund players look dejected as fans look on after the game

REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Ruhr derby is last-chance saloon for Dortmund’s Bosz

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund coach Peter Bosz arrived in Germany at the start of the season pledging attractive, attacking football but his time could run out as soon as Saturday if his side fail to beat bitter rivals Schalke 04 in the Ruhr valley derby. Dutchman Bosz initially lived up to his reputation when Dortmund raced to six wins in their first seven league matches. A quick passing game with even quicker counter-attacks sent Dortmund above champions Bayern Munich in the table.

But as soon as Bosz’s team started to stutter, results suffered. From first place only a few weeks ago, Dortmund have dropped to fifth, having lost four of their last five Bundesliga matches -along with their confidence -- and their last victory was back in September.

Dortmund top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has not netted in the Bundesliga since mid-October while the once solid backline is the very picture of inconsistency, with errors commonplace between defenders and keeper Roman Buerki.

Two of those gave Tottenham Hotspur the chance to come from a goal down to beat them 2-1 on Tuesday and eliminate the Germans from the Champions League. Finalists in 2013, Dortmund must now battle for a spot in the second-tier Europa League, but before that they have to face Schalke in the most fierce of the country’s football rivalries. “When you are at a big club like Dortmund then you have to win, and when you don’t for a longer period

of time, then pressure mounts,” Bosz, whose team have not won any of their five European matches so far, said after Tuesday’s loss. “That’s why this derby is very important. I think that the derby comes at just the right time for us in our current situation,” he said. “All the players, especially those who have

been here longer, know how important this derby is.” But he knows he has only a few days to pick his players up and lead them back to winning ways.

“We are lacking self-confidence at the moment and when you fail to win for such a long time then it is only normal,” Bosz said. (rtr)

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Friday, November 24, 2017

Sp rt Barca leave Messi on the bench and qualify with 0-0 draw

Talented Croatia seek to emulate class of 98

TURIN - Barcelona allowed themselves the luxury of starting with Lionel Messi on the bench and still held out for a 0-0 draw at Juventus to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona, who brought on Messi early in the second half, enjoyed long spells of possession but used it as a defensive tactic to stop Juventus attacking rather than creating chances themselves.

Juve were lacklustre, with forward Gonzalo Higuain barely getting a look-in as they failed to score in a home match for the first time since September last year.

The Turin side nearly snatched a win in stoppage time but Paulo Dybala’s low shot from the edge of the area was turned around the post by goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Even so, coach Massimiliano Allegri enjoyed the match. “It was a nice game from a tactical point of view, the lads worked hard to defend well,” he said.

“We were more interested in the performance than the result.” The Serie A side, who are second in Group D, will qualify for the last 16 unless they fail to beat Olympiakos away in their final game next month and Sporting win at Barcelona.

Sporting kept alive their own hopes by beating Olympiakos 3-1 in Lisbon in the other game with Bas Dost scoring twice.

Bruno Cesar was also on target for Sporting and Vadis OdjidjaOfoe scored a late consolation for the Greeks who were eliminated.

Barcelona, who played their second successive goalless draw in the group, have 11 points and are guaranteed to finish top. Juve are on eight, Sporting on seven and Olympiakos on one.

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said that Messi had needed a rest. “He had to take a break at some point... he’s been playing a lot of games,” he said. Barcelona were closest to a first-half goal when a long-range Ivan Rakitic free kick found its way through the penalty area, bounced off the post and fell to Paulinho, who was

unable to take advantage.

Paulinho’s other notable contribution was to be booked for diving in the penalty area while Luis Suarez was largely anonymous. Dybala had Juve’s best first-half effort when he dribbled around three defenders but he fired over from a difficult angle.

Messi’s entrance changed little although the Argentine came close when he curled a long-range free kick over the bar. Barcelona should have scored when Juan Cuadrado slipped and let in Lucas Digne but, instead of shooting, he tried to pass to Suarez and the Juve defence intercepted the ball. The most entertaining moment came after the final whistle when Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon took off his gloves and his shorts and threw them into the crowd.(rtr)

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte

Having reached the 2018 World Cup after a patchy campaign during which they sacked coach Ante Cacic, Croatia will head to the 32-team tournament in Russia hoping to emulate the Balkan nation’s 1998 success when they made the semi-finals.

The Croatians have reached 10 out of 12 major tournaments as an independent nation but have made little sustained impact as subsequent generations failed to match the 1998 team’s accomplishment.

They have not advanced to the World Cup knockout stages since and have made it out of the group stage at three European Championships in five attempts.

Croatia’s fifth World Cup finals appearance offers more cause for optimism after a talented side, led by captain Luka Modric and towering striker Mario Mandzukic, produced their best qualifying performances when they needed to most.

After slipping from first to third in the home straight of Europe’s Group I, Croatia squeezed into the playoffs with a 2-0 win at Ukraine in their final match after Zlatko Dalic took over from Cacic.

The Croatians then blew away Greece 4-1 in the first leg of their playoff and held on comfortably for a 0-0 draw in the return, with Dalic shuffling his squad to add zest and creativity lacking under his predecessor.

Dalic has plenty of quality to choose from up front and in midfield, but a lack of options at the back remains a concern with inconsistent central defender Dejan Lovren still a regular starter alongside Domagoj Vida.

Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Marcelo Brozovic give Croatia depth in midfield, while Andrej Kramaric and winger Ivan Perisic boost the attacking firepower in deeper roles behind Mandzukic.

As one of the eight second-seeded teams, Croatia should make the last 16 but past failures and a possibly tricky draw mean they will take nothing for granted.(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

Chelsea showing great character this season, says Conte

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi comes on as a substitute to replace Gerard Deulofeu

9

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is pleased with the way his side have reacted to setbacks this season and says the players have shown great character to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

Chelsea’s European campaign suffered a setback last month with a 3-0 defeat at AS Roma but they regained top spot in Group C after Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Qarabag in Azerbaijan. “This group is showing great character,” Conte told reporters after the match.

“From the start we faced a lot of problems this season. Our answer was positive, almost always positive. For sure, the second half against Roma was bad. “These players show me every day great commitment, great will, desire to fight.” Conte has questioned the lack of preparation time between domestic and European fixtures and raised the issue again as Chelsea turn their attention to Saturday’s Premier League trip to Liverpool.

“To have only one day to rest and only one day to prepare (for) this big game is not simple, is not easy. I think also it’s not right,” he said. “I don’t want to make excuses, but this is the reality.” Chelsea, third in the league, nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City, have won two and drawn three of their last five league games at Anfield.(rtr)

REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Real Madrid’s Luka Modric scores their first goal

Borussia Dortmund players look dejected as fans look on after the game

REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Ruhr derby is last-chance saloon for Dortmund’s Bosz

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund coach Peter Bosz arrived in Germany at the start of the season pledging attractive, attacking football but his time could run out as soon as Saturday if his side fail to beat bitter rivals Schalke 04 in the Ruhr valley derby. Dutchman Bosz initially lived up to his reputation when Dortmund raced to six wins in their first seven league matches. A quick passing game with even quicker counter-attacks sent Dortmund above champions Bayern Munich in the table.

But as soon as Bosz’s team started to stutter, results suffered. From first place only a few weeks ago, Dortmund have dropped to fifth, having lost four of their last five Bundesliga matches -along with their confidence -- and their last victory was back in September.

Dortmund top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has not netted in the Bundesliga since mid-October while the once solid backline is the very picture of inconsistency, with errors commonplace between defenders and keeper Roman Buerki.

Two of those gave Tottenham Hotspur the chance to come from a goal down to beat them 2-1 on Tuesday and eliminate the Germans from the Champions League. Finalists in 2013, Dortmund must now battle for a spot in the second-tier Europa League, but before that they have to face Schalke in the most fierce of the country’s football rivalries. “When you are at a big club like Dortmund then you have to win, and when you don’t for a longer period

of time, then pressure mounts,” Bosz, whose team have not won any of their five European matches so far, said after Tuesday’s loss. “That’s why this derby is very important. I think that the derby comes at just the right time for us in our current situation,” he said. “All the players, especially those who have

been here longer, know how important this derby is.” But he knows he has only a few days to pick his players up and lead them back to winning ways.

“We are lacking self-confidence at the moment and when you fail to win for such a long time then it is only normal,” Bosz said. (rtr)

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Todt unopposed for third term as FIA president REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Belgium captain Johan Van Herck, Steve Darcis, David Goffin, Arthur De Greef, Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore, France captain Yannick Noah, Lucas Pouille, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert pose with the trophy ahead of the final.

France’s strength in depth gives them the edge against Goffin’s Belgium

PARIS - France’s strength in depth makes them the favourites for this week’s Davis Cup final against Belgium, who will need David Goffin to be at his very best to stand a chance in the three-day showdown in Lille.

Belgium, seeking their first title, will be led by world number seven Goffin, who beat Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer at the ATP Finals last week, but nine-time champions France seem better armed.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille will spearhead the French challenge from Friday with the doubles pair for Saturday likely to be formed by specialists Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who won the doubles titles at the 2015 U.S. Open and at Wimbledon in 2016 with Mahut, has been suffering from back pains and could start as a replacement.

Steve Darcis and Goffin will play the singles for Belgium, with Ruben Bemelmans and Arthur De Greef set to play the doubles in the 27,500-seater Pierre Mauroy stadium.

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“I think the French team are the favourite,” Belgium captain Johan Van Herck said.

“They play at home so for me they are the favourites. But we are a good Davis Cup team, we are going to challenge them. I think it will be a very interesting tie but they will start as favourites.”

Belgium reached the final in 2015 but were beaten by Britain.

France lost the 2002, 2010 and 2014 finals -- the last time in the very same stadium against Switzerland -- but this time enter the event with the odds on their side.

“We’re looking to write our piece of history. As the French team, we’ve won before but it was a long time ago,” said captain Yannick Noah, who skippered his country to Davis Cup titles in 1991 and 1996.

“Now we’re preparing to do our own with this team. This is what we’re looking for.”

Tsonga and Pouille go into the event in fine form.

Pouille beat Tsonga in the Vienna Open final last month, after Tsonga won the Antwerp Open. (rtr)

LONDON - Jean Todt is sure to be re-elected for a third term as president of Formula One’s governing body after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Wednesday that no other candidates were standing.

The 71-year-old Frenchman took over from Max Mosley in 2009 and won a second four-year term in 2013.

The FIA said on its website (www.fia.com) that

the former Ferrari team boss was the only candidate whose electoral list had been received by the official deadline.

The vote will be held at the Annual General Assembly on Dec. 8 in Paris.

Formula One, with U.S.-based Liberty Media taking over the commercial rights last January, is entering a potentially turbulent period with team contracts expiring in 2020 and a new engine format to be agreed. (rtr)

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Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh

IOC bans four Russian skeleton athletes for life over Sochi doping

MOSCOW - Four Russian skeleton athletes, including Olympic champion Alexander Tretyakov, have been banned for life from the Olympics after being found guilty of doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.

Tretyakov, Sochi bronze-medal winner Elena Nikitina, Maria

Orlova and Olga Potylitsyna have been “found to have committed anti-doping rule violations,” the IOC said in a statement.

“The four athletes are declared ineligible to be accredited in any capacity for all editions of the Games of the Olympiad and the Olympic Winter Games subsequent to the Olympic Winter Games

Sochi 2014,” the IOC said.

The IOC added it had disqualified the athletes from Sochi, effectively stripping Tretyakov and Nikitina of their Olympic medals.

Orlova and Potylitsyna did not win medals in Sochi.

The IOC did not disclose the nature of the doping violations.

Earlier this month, the IOC

banned six cross-country skiers from the Olympics for violating anti-doping rules as part of an investigation into allegations of widespread doping among Russians and sample tampering by laboratory and security officials at the Sochi Games.

The IOC has been re-testing all Russian athletes’ samples from the

2014 Games following revelations by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow’s suspended anti-doping laboratory, of a scheme to cover up home competitors’ positive samples.

The IOC is set to decide next month on the participation of Russian competitors at the Pyeongchang winter Olympics in South Korea in February. (rtr)

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Search for missing Argentine submarine reaches ‘critical phase’

MAR DEL PLATA - The search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic for one week reached a “critical phase” on Wednesday as the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said.

Dozens of planes and boats were searching for the ARA San Juan, a mission that has plunged relatives of the sailors into an anguished wait for news and transfixed the South American country of 44 million people.

If the German-built submarine, in service for more than three decades, had sunk or was otherwise unable to rise to the surface since it gave its last location on Nov. 15, it would be using up the last of its seven-day oxygen supply.

“We are in the critical phase...particularly with respect to oxygen,” navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters. “There has been no contact with anything that could be the San Juan submarine.”

Relatives of the crew members have gathered at a naval base in Mar del Plata, where the search is coordinated.

Their concern grew as the hours ticked by.

The craft was probably on the seabed because the mechanism to surface either failed or was not activated by a crew member, naval investigator Fernando Morales told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“If the captain stayed at the bottom because he thought it was more prudent to stay at the bottom, it’s one thing. But at this point we have to think that if he’s at the bottom, it’s because he could not emerge,” Morales said.

In an evening news conference, Balbi said an unusual noise was detected on Nov. 15, near where the submarine last reported its position. He declined to say if the sound indicated an explosion or emergency on the vessel. Data on the noise were being analyzed, he added. (rtr)

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Addressing a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday night, new leader Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was entering a new stage of democracy. Mnangagwa had returned to the country earlier in the day, having fled for his safety when Mugabe sacked him as vice president two weeks ago to smooth a path to the succession for Grace. “The people have spoken. The voice of the people is the voice of God,” Mnangagwa told thousands of supporters gathered outside the ruling ZANU-PF party’s offices in the capital.

The army appears to have engineered a trouble-free path to power for Mnangagwa, who was for decades a faithful lieutenant of Mugabe and member of his elite. His own human rights record also stirs hostility in many Zimbabweans. He was in charge of internal security when rights groups say 20,000 civilians were killed in the 1980s. Restoring the country’s fortunes and international standing will be a challenge.

Human rights abuses and flawed elections prompted many Western countries to impose sanctions in the early 2000s that further hurt the economy, even with Chinese investment to soften the blow.

Staging clean elections next year will be key to winning fresh funds.

In its first official comments since Mugabe resigned, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said it was cautiously optimistic that a Mnangagwa presidency would not “mimic and replicate the evil, corrupt, decadent and incompetent Mugabe regime”. Zimbabwe was once one of Africa’s most promising economies but suffered decades of decline as Mugabe pursued policies that included the violent seizure of white-owned commercial farms and money-printing that led to hyperinflation.

Most of its 13 million people remain poor and face currency shortages and sky-high unemployment, something Mnangagwa promised to address. A senior International Monetary Fund official said Zimbabwe’s economic situation remained “very difficult” as sustainable growth is threatened by high government spending, an untenable foreign exchange regime and inadequate reforms “Immediate action is critical to reduce the deficit to a sustainable level, accelerate structural reforms, and re-engage with the international community to access much needed financial support,” Gene Leon, IMF’s mission chief for Zimbabwe said. (rtr)

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Indonesian startup wages war on plastic with edible seaweed cups

JAKARTA - Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing away - they are made from seaweed and taste like jelly, in flavours from peppermint to green tea. Indonesian startup Evoware, which makes the cups, as well as other containers, from farmed seaweed free of chemicals, is relying on its biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging to reduce contamination of the environment.

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Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic convicted of genocide, gets life in prison

“I too support this enviromentfriendly cause,” said vendor Ong, who uses Evoware’s Ello Jello container to serve ice cream, though he feels consumers may take time to adapt to the product that is pricier than current options.

Indonesia, which has some of the world’s filthiest rivers and once-pristine beaches littered with plastic waste, has joined a United Nations-led cleanup drive after being rated the second-biggest plastic marine polluter, behind China.

Evoware co-founder David Christian said the idea of sea-

weed-based edible packaging was spurred by his desire to fight an explosion in plastic waste over the last few years in his home city of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital of 10 million people. “I saw how much plastic waste is produced here, which takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade and contaminates everything,” Christian added.

From the first product it developed, the seaweed-based jelly cup, Evoware is expanding into other types of packaging, such as dissolvable sachets for coffee or seasonings. Indonesia produces

10 million tonnes of seaweed each year and targets 19 million tonnes by 2020, said Christian. But Evoware’s products, now made by hand, still have some way to go before they can compete with plastic on price.

The edible seaweed Ello Jello cone can be up to five times more expensive than ordinary crepe cones, Ong says. And it uses wrappings of plastic and paper to preserve its texture. “I hope in future the packaging could be better and not use plastic,” said one customer, Vince Lantang Helda.(rtr)

THE HAGUE - A U.N. tribunal on Wednesday convicted ex-Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres of Bosnian Muslims and ethnic cleansing campaigns to forge a “Greater Serbia”, and jailed him for life.

Mladic was hustled out of the court minutes before the verdict for angrily shouting, “This is all lies, you are all liars!” The outburst occurred after Mladic returned to the courtroom from what his lawyers described as a visit to the bathroom, then a blood pressure test which held up proceedings.

The U.N. Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found Mladic guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica and the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, in which more than 10,000 civilians were killed by shelling, mortar and sniper fire.

The killings in Srebrenica of men and boys after they were separated from women and taken away in buses or marched off to be shot amounted to Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two. “The crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind, and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity,” Presiding Judge Alphons Orie said in reading out a summary of the judg-

ment.

“Many of these men and boys were cursed, insulted, threatened, forced to sing Serb songs and beaten while awaiting their execution,” he said.

Mladic had pleaded not guilty to all charges. His legal team said he would appeal against the verdict.

Called the “Butcher of Bosnia” by survivors of his actions, Mladic was the most notorious of 163 ICTY indictees together with Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb nationalist leader and political mastermind of ethnic cleansing, and their patron, then-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

The tribunal found Mladic “significantly contributed” to genocide committed in Srebrenica with the goal of destroying its Muslim population, “personally directed” the bombardment of Sarajevo and was part of a “joint criminal enterprise” aimed at purging Bosnian Muslims and Catholic Croats from Bosnia.

“GREATER SERBIA” Prosecutors said the ultimate agenda of Mladic, Karadzic and

Milosevic was what came to be known worldwide as ethnic cleansing, to carve out an Orthodox “Greater Serbia” in the ashes of multinational federal Yugoslavia.

ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz called the verdict “a milestone” in holding Mladic accountable not just for massacres but the detention of tens of thousands of non-Serbs in camps where many were beaten and raped, and the forced displacement of over one million to remake Bosnia’s demographic map.

The Mladic case is the last major decision by the ICTY, which plans to close its doors soon after sentencing 83 Balkan war criminals since opening in 1993.

In Geneva, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein called Mladic the “epitome of evil” and said his conviction after 16 years as an indicted fugitive and five years of trial was a “momentous victory for justice”.

“Today’s verdict is a warning to the perpetrators of such crimes that they will not escape justice, no matter how powerful they may be nor how long it may take,” Zeid said in a statement. (rtr)

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Residents survey the damage to homes following a tornado in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia November 23, 2017.

Tornado in Indonesia injures 35, damages hundreds of homes JAKARTA - A tornado ripped through a densely populated area in Indonesia’s East Java province on Thursday, injuring 35 people and damaging more than 600 homes, the head of the local disaster mitigation official said.

The tornado, with wind speeds of 70 km per hour (45 miles per hour),

carved a path of destruction in the Sidoarjo area, lasting about five minutes, Dwidjo Prawito of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said by telephone.

A video posted on social media showed part of a roof being torn off a building as debris was hurled high into the air. Sidoarjo is south of Indonesia’s

second-biggest city of Surabaya.

Around 100 people were evacuated to an elementary school, while others had left to stay with family members, said Prawito.

In February, 166 houses were reported damaged when another tornado struck several villages in the same area.(rtr)

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In anticipation of volcanic ash

The villages that were observed to have experienced ash-fall include Ababi village in the district of Abang, Paye in the town of Karangasem as well as Selat, Sebudi and Bebandem.

“In the field, we ascertained that Mount Agung had in fact emitted volcanic ash that had rained down in nearby villages. Residents of Yeh Kori hamlet, Jungutan also smelled sulfur and many heard a roaring sound”, said Arimbawa.

Given that there has already been volcanic ash coming out of the volcano, people living with disasterprone area (KBR) III are being asked to prepare masks

and long-sleeved shirts to avoid exposure to ash that is anticipated. Volcanic ash is ver dangerous to human health if inhaled. Skin that is exposed to volcanic ash can become hot and itchy as a result of substances found in the ash. “ We are also asking that people in the area to have glasses, hats and such at the ready so as to avoid direct exposure to the ash will likely fall again soon”, explained Arimbawa.

BPBD Karangasem has masks at the ready and some residents of KBR III have already been given masks in anticipation of further eruption of Mount Agung. If there is a shortage we will acquire additional masks. “At the disaster post warehouse there are disaster preparedness bags that contain a raincoat, mask and flashlight that will be reserved for children, since they do not understand much about safety precautions”, explained Arimbawa.

Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG)’s Volcanic Subdivision Head for Eastern Region, Kamil Devy Syahbana, confirmed that there had in fact been ash coming out of Mount Agung. After receiving reports about the ash-fall, officers from the PVMBG went to see for themselves and found the reports ot be true. “There has in fact been volcanic ash-fall, but it remains to be quite converge on the ground”, Devy Syahbana. (kmb41)

The phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday.

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After phreatic eruption of Mount Agung

Number of evacuees in Bangli is constant

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People living with disaster-prone area (KBR) III are being asked to prepare masks and longsleeved shirts to avoid exposure to ash that is anticipated.

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PNG police order protesting asylum seekers out of Australian-run camp

Villagers asked to have masks on-hand

AMLAPURA — Following the phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday (Nov.21) when thick grey puffs of smoke mixed with volcanic ash were seen coming out of the crater, people living near the mountain are being asked to prepare tehmselves for possible ashfall. Chief Executive of BPBD Karangasem, Ida Bagus Arimbawa, said on Wednesday (Nov. 22) the Emergency Response Command Taskforce surveyed conditions on the ground and found that there had in fact been ash along with the grey smoke that came out of Mount Agung.

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BANGLI — The Mount Agung Disaster Relief Command in the district of Bangli District continuously collects data on the number of evacuees in Bangli. The latest data as of Wednesday (Nov. 22) showed that the number of evacuees in Bangli had not increased from the 124 that were there before the phreatic eruption of Mount Agung on Tuesday (Nov 20).

Commander of the Bangli Mount Agung Disaster Response Post, Andy Pranoto, said that as of Wednesday: “no additional evacuees have arrived. The number of evacuees in Bangli remains at 124 people”, he explained.

Nevertheless, according to the results of meeting held with his ranks last Wednesday afternoon, they are still anticipatory measures in preparation of a possible surge in the number of evacuees. There are rooms at the Kubu evacuation post that are ready to receive evacuees even if they arrive at night. Signs have also been set up at important points along the route that evacuees may arrive from so that if there is an increase in the alert level of Mount Agung again people will be no confusion in Bangli about how to get to the Kubu and SKB posts.

“Each section will continue to follow developments of the situation through existing communication networks such as social media, so that we can respond quickly at anytime if needed”, he explained.

Evacuees who are already in Bangli continue to be served, said Pranoto, adding that the Kubu has enough stock to last for two weeks.

The Logistics Division continues to inventory the the stock of food and to make sure that food does not exceed expiry dates. “Amongst other things we have been applying the first in first out principle”, he explained.

The inventorying of medicines is also ongoing to make sure that necessary medicines are being procured, as this will become very important if the number of evacuees suddenly increases due to further volcanic activity from Mount Agung. Health officers at the Kubu post are only on duty from morning until noon for now, with afternoon service available on call or through the Kubu Health center. “Officers from all involved government agencies have had their duties adjusted for the sake of effectiveness and efficiency”, explained Pranoto. (kmb40)

SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea police sealed off an officially shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Thursday and ordered asylum seekers occupying it to leave as they confiscated food and water the men had stockpiled, asylum seekers told Reuters.

About 380 asylum seekers have shut themselves inside the Manus Island Centre for more than three weeks, defying attempts by Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to close it in a standoff the United Nations described as a “looming humanitarian crisis”.

“They destroyed our food and damaged our accommodation too, they destroyed our water tank,” one asylum-seeker said in a mobile telephone message from the camp.

Many of the men climbed onto rooftops and hid in toilets, he said.

Three other asylum seekers gave similar accounts of the police action.

A video shot by Sudanese refugee Abdul Aziz and posted on Facebook showed police using a megaphone to tell the asylum seek-

ers to leave because their stay at the camp, located on land used by the PNG navy, was illegal.

Footage he later posted on Twitter showed men boarding mini buses and buses. Tim Costello, chief advocate at the World Vision Australia aid group, told Reuters by phone from outside the camp that he had seen buses leaving.

Calls to PNG immigration and police were not returned.

The Manus island camp in PNG, and another on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, have been the cornerstones of Australia’s controversial immigration policy, which has been strongly criticized by the United Nations and rights groups.

Australia opened the camps in a bid to stem a flow of asylum seekers making dangerous voyages by boat to its shores.

Under its “sovereign borders” immigration policy, Australia refuses to land asylum seekers arriving by sea, instead sending them to the offshore camps. (rtr)

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Rohingya refugee children spend time drawing at a UNICEF centre in Balukhali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 22, 2017. Many of the children draw images of the attacks they have witnessed.

Myanmar, Bangladesh ink Rohingya return deal amid concern over army’s role

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an accord on Thursday over terms for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh, a government official said, amid concern that Myanmar’s powerful army could prove obstructive.

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Papua New Guinea-operated alternative accommodation and services, that have been provided to refugees and non-refugees in Manus Province following the closure of the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea November 20, 2017.

Rights groups have accused the military in mostly Buddhist Myanmar of carrying out mass rape and other atrocities during a counter-insurgency operation launched in late August in retaliation for attacks by Rohingya militants in Rakhine State.

On Wednesday, the United States said the military operation that drove 620,000 Rohingya to seek sanctuary in neighboring, largely Muslim Bangladesh, amounted to “ethnic cleansing”, echoing an accusation first leveled by top U.N. officials in the early days of the humanitarian crisis.

Myanmar is seeking to ease international pressure by striking an initial agreement on returns, while Dhaka wants to ensure overstretched refugee camps that have mushroomed in the Cox’s Bazar region don’t become permanent.

“We are ready to take them back as soon as possible after Bangladesh sends the forms back to us,” Myint Kyaing, a permanent secretary at Myanmar’s ministry of labor, immigration and population, told Reuters,

referring to forms the Rohingya must complete with personal details before repatriation.

The signing took place after a meeting between Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Bangladesh foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Naypyitaw.

Myint Kyaing said that the memorandum of understanding was based on the 1992-1993 repatriation agreement between the two countries which had been inked following a previous spasm of violence in Myanmar.

The forms that the refugees will have to fill include names of family members, their previous address in Myanmar, date of birth and a disclaimer that they are returning voluntarily, said Myint Kyaing.

He said that based on the 1992-1993 agreement, Myanmar would accept those who could present identification documents issued to the Rohingya by Myanmar governments in the past. Those include the currently distributed national verification cards, as well as now-withdrawn “white cards”, as well a s receipts the Rohingya received when returning their “white cards”, he said.

Diplomats and aid workers have said the key elements of the deal will be the criteria of return and the participation of the international community, such as the United Nations refugee agency, in the process. (rtr)

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Angels or demons? Politics in the air as Victoria’s Secret show hits China

SHANGHAI - Victoria’s Secret’s glitzy annual fashion show hit the stage in China for the first time on Monday, though without several of its “Angels” and star names who had been expected to attend, including model Gigi Hadid and pop singer Katy Perry.

At a packed Shanghai stadium, British singer Harry Styles opened a 45-minute show of singers, dancers and lighting theatrics - along with a line-up of models sporting the brand’s flamboyant and racy lingerie.

The run-up to the show, however, was dominated by Hadid’s withdrawal and reports about visas being denied over political sensitivities - a headache for the underwear brand as it looks to grow in China.

Perry and Hadid have both drawn criticism in China. At a 2015 concert, Perry appeared to show support for Taiwan, a self-governed

island that China considers a wayward province yet an integral part of its territory.

The issue has underscored a dilemma for global brands, sports franchises, moviemakers and performers looking to tap China’s big-spending consumers while keeping on the right side of often stringent rules about content and behaviour.

“Brands have to be much more aware of politically or morally sensitive topics here,” said Ben Cavender, Shanghai-based principal at China Market Research Group, adding the lure of the market meant

most people would nevertheless take risks.

“It’s a very different political environment than their home markets and we’re at a time when China is on a drive to clean up behaviour and push a sort of moral code.”

China has long kept tight control of performers it allows into the country. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Bjork and Bon Jovi are all banned over perceived bad behaviour or for broaching sensitive topics like Tibet or Taiwan.

“PAYBACK” Under President Xi Jinping, a push to reinforce socialist “core values” in cultural products from video games to music shows has also meant firms like game developer NetEase Inc and the producers of the Grammy Awards have had to

clean up their offerings.

Hadid tweeted last week that she was no longer attending Monday’s show. That followed a video posted online of her squinting her eyes while holding a small Buddha statue, which went down badly in China.

U.S. media reports said Perry was denied a visa due to her support for Taiwan. At her 2015 show, she draped a flag of the democratic island around her shoulders.

The Global Times, an influential state-run Chinese tabloid, wrote in an editorial ahead of the show that it was “logical” the two had been denied visas due to their past actions.

“Payback was unavoidable,” it said. “Those who are serious about developing careers in the Chinese market can draw lessons from this

case and learn to abide by the rules in China.”

Victoria’s Secret did not respond to requests for comment.

Asked whether or why Hadid and Perry had been banned from coming to China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he did not know the details of the situation, but that China welcomed foreigners for “normal” business, tourism and cultural activities and issues visas to those who meet its conditions.

“But, at the same time, I want to say that like all other countries, China as a sovereign state has the right to decide itself in accordance with its laws and policies whether or not to issue papers to foreign citizens,” Lu added.

Reuters could not reach Hadid for comment. Perry did not respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

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Mentally ill woman secured by police after making tourists in Ubud uneasy

GIANYAR — Gianyar’s Municipal Police secured a 60 yearol mentally ill woman named Jero Lasia on Tuesday (Nov. 21) after she had been rampaging around Ubud Palace making local residents and tourists uneasy. The mentally ill woman from Ubud Kelod attempted to resist the police’s efforts to secure her.

Operations officer of Gianyar Municipal Police, Wayan Nasta, explained that last Tuesday Jero Lasia left her house located to the south of the headman of Ubud’s office. She headed to the heart of Ubud, wandering around Ubud Palace. “Jero Lasia was carrying used clothes which she then spread out on the sidewalk annoying passing tourists”, said Nasta.

This is not the first time that Lasia has disturbed tourists in Ubud, explained, Officer Wayan Nasta. Occasionally she has been known to scream hysterically thus disturbing people in the heart of Ubud. “Her acts have disturbed public order. Moreover, she has done so near the Ubud Palace which is crowded with tourists”, he explained.

Having received information about Jero Lasia having disturbed tourists and residents around the Ubud Palace, the headman of Ubud reported the incident to the Gianyar Municipal Police. “After receiving the report, we went to Ubud to secure Mrs. Lasia”, said Officer Nasta.

Wayan Nasta, who is known for being gifted at dealing with mentally ill people, explained that when he first approached Jera Lasia she recoiled and then tried to fight back when the officers took her hand. “ She then ran amuck, but we gradually persuaded her to come with us”, he said.

While running amuck, Jero Lasia screamed hysterically ignoring her son who had joined the security team. Her son told the officers to ignore her screaming and they gradually persuaded her to get into the Gianyar Municipal Police vehicle.

The elderly widow was taken directly form Ubud to the Bangli Mental Hospital (RSJ) for treatment.

Wayan Nasta added that Jero Lasia had been secured by the Municipal Police last year due to similar disturbances. Lasia’s menatl illness he added was brought on after the death of her husband. “When her husband died, she immediately became very stressed”, explained Officer Nasta. (kmb35)

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Komang Suwiantara remains productive despite having leprosy NEGARA — Despite the suffering that 46 year old Komang Suwiantara experiences, his vivacity to keep working and being productive remains strong. This man from from Tengah hamlet, Tengah, Negara suffers from leprosy which causes his fingers to stiffen and both his legs are sore and injured making it impossible for him to walk.

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The mentally ill woman from Ubud Kelod attempted to resist the police’s efforts to secure her.

Suwiantara is the third child of seven, born to Nengah Sumendra and Ketut Sintang. When met at his home on Tuesday (Nov. 21), he explained that he has had this illness since junior high school.

At first his fingers became stiff, but over time the symptoms have gotten worse but he prefers to be treated at home where he can continue being active.

When Suwiantara was 17 years old, he started learning to make furniture like tables, chairs cuboards and the like. “ I used to be able to make big pieces like cupboards, but now that my condition has made me weaker I

just work on small products’ he explained.

The Social Agency provided Suwiantara with tools to work, however despite being quite talented, he does not have any capital, so he just works when he gets orders. “ I get my materials from other people and only receive a salary of what people pay, so the amount is uncertain”, he said.

Due to the economic constraints, he is unable to purchase medications or walking sticks.

Last Tuesday, however he was given walking sticks by humanitarian volunteers.

Accompanied by his parents,

Suwiantara said that he hopes to receive medical assistance at his home because he does not have a health insurance (KIS / BPJS) card and he cannot afford to pay for medical treatment. “I am not strong enough to walk”, he explained. His legs have wounds that need to be treated properly.

Hamlet chief of Tengah, Made Ardiana, who came to Suwiantara’s house to accompany the humanitarian volunteers, acknowledged the condition of his fellow hamlet resident saying that he proposed that Suwiantara get a KIS card so that he can receive optimal medical treatment. (kmb)

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Mount Agung’s puff of smoke not expected to disturb tourism

DENPASAR —Grey smoke from Mount Agung caused by a phreatic eruption emerging from Mount Agung is not expected to interfere with tourism in Bali even though previous volcanic activity did lead to a decrease in the number of tourists arriving to Bali.

This was especially noticeable after the alert level for the highest mountain in Bali was raised to level IV warning. “There was a 15 percent decrease in tourist arrivals from August to September”, said the Head of Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, in Denpasar, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

According to Yuniartha, this decline in number was probably due to many tourists delaying their trip to Bali due to the threat of an eruption by Mount Agung. Delays, however are not the same as cancelations, he added. “Cancelling is not so easy and it means not getting a refund. So in my opinion, many tourists just delay their trip but it mean a decrease in the number of visitors”, he explained.

There was in fact a 25 percent increase in the number of visitors this September, said Yuniartha, compared to the previous year. All parties- including the mass media, are therefore being asked to be careful about how they approach this topic and not be excessive in their coverage. Ngurah Rai Airports flight activities also remain normal, he added. “Do not say ‘ the mountain erupted”, because our this has a bad effect on tourism. ‘ A cloud of smoke’ – say it like that.

It’s like a hot motorcycle engine. If exposed to water, it will surely emit smoke”, said Yuniartha.

Bali Tourism Hospitality has urged tourists not to panic following the appearance of a puff of smoke coming out of Mount Agung. Simply tell tourists what is really going on. Yuniartha said that he is optimistic that the target of 5. 5 million tourists by the end of the year will be reached and even exceeded – despite the alert level for Mount Agung. “As of October there have been 5 million more than the target of 5.5 million and there are still two months left in the year. On average there are 15,000 tourists who come to Bali every day, which is 450,000 a month -multiplied by two months, is 900,000. So, we may very well exceed the target”, he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of Bali, I Ketut Sudikerta, is appealing to the public to remain calm regarding the puffs of grey smoke. A volcanic eruption cannot be avoided and it is not known for sure when it will happen. “I therefore, invite everyone to remain calm an careful with regards to the alert levels for Mount Agung.

Our disaster team has been alerted and is monitoring progress at the location”, he said.

Regarding the possibility of people being evacuated again, Sudikerta admitted that he had coordinated with the Head of Logistics Agency, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bali and regent of Karangasem related to the availability of supplies and has scheduled direct monitoring of evacuation sites. (kmb32)

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Tourism Office announces that Badung is safe

(PUPR), Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, acknowledged that the budget for the PLN and telecommunication underground cable project has been included in the discussion of the Regional Budget (APBD) of Badung district for 2018.

“Well ... in the initial phase will be bury the wires along one kilometer in the area of ??Seminyak, Kuta. The width will be 1.8 meters multiplied by 2 meters along one kilometer with a box”, said Oka Permana, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

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MANGUPURA —The phreatic eruption of Mount Agung gave the Badung Tourism Office pause for thought as even the threat of an eruption has already affected the tourism sector in Badung. The Badung Tourism Office is eager to let people known that tourism in Bali –especially Badung is safe. Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, said that his office is trying to convince travel agencies overseas that the island is safe to visit. This information has also been sent to travel agencies in areas that are target markets fro tourism here.

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“We are informing travel agencies that there is no need to worry about the seismic activity. We will continue to provide up to date information to travel agencies overseas about the developments of Mount Agung letting them know that Baliincluding Badung are safe to visit”, said Made Badra, on Wednesday (Nov. 22).

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monitor the developments of Mount Agung’s volcanic activity as reported by the experts so that we can provide the latest information to tourists wanting to visit Badung” he said.

Badra added that there are still large numbers of European visitors coming to Badung and they are enthusiastically spending their holidays in Bali enjoying the island’s unique customs culture and beautiful natural environment.

“We hope there are no obstacles to reaching the targeted number of visitors this year due to natural disasters, criminal activity, terrorism, or other unexpected incidents. If remain as

they have been, I am confident that the target will be reached – especially considering additional direct flights to Bali are now available”, he said.

There are currently about 29 flights per hour to and from overseas destinations. This number may very well increase to 35 flights per hour as more people want to fly to Bali. Between January and October 31, 2017 there have been 4. 9 million foreign visitors to the Island of the Gods. “We are optimistic about reaching our target of 5.8 million visitors to Badung by the end of December”, concluded Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra. (kmb27)

Kuta’s sky free of cables in 2018 MANGUPURA —Electrical cables that currently cross the skies of Badung, will gradually be buried starting with a 1 kilometer stretch of Kuta that will start to be worked on in 2018. The program that has been mandated by Regional Regulation (Perda) No. 19/2016 Regarding Integrated Utilities is reportedly budgeted at IDR30,006,842,000.00 with a supervision budget of IDR 355,315,600.00. Division Head of Bina Marga at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency

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ues to be encouraged, so that when it is done it will be done properly.

“The project is only intended to bury PLN and telecommunication cables. There is a separate track for the municipality waterworks (PDAM) and Denpasar Sewerage Development Project (DSDP) pipes”, he said.

It is a well known fact that hanging cables have given Badung a messy appearance. The streets of Badung have also been frequently dug up for pipeline excavation. If the integrated utility network has

been completed, then all the utilities, wither government owned or privately owned will have to use the network. The legislative ranks in the Badung House of Representatives are therefore encouraging that all area of Badung be obliged to use the utility network, said I Wayan Mendra, member of the Badung House of Representatives, I Wayan Mendra.

Mendra, who is also Chairman of the Integrated Utility Network Special Committee in the Badung parliament said that it is time that all areas of Badung use the inte-

grated utility network. As a tourst area, Badung must be clean and neat and free of above-ground utility cables and pipes.

Currently many roads in Badung are strewn with PLN and telecomm cables as well as PDAM pipes.

In the future all utility cables and pipes will be integrated in one underground container. “ Hopefully all utility providers will be integrated in this way. For the initial stage, we hope that Kuta, Nusa Dua and Mengwi become the top priorities”, he concluded. (kmb27)

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Backstreet Boy Nick Carter denies 2002 rape allegation

LOS ANGELES - Backstreet Boy singer Nick Carter on Wednesday denied an allegation that he raped a teen pop singer 15 years ago, saying he was “shocked and saddened” by the accusation.

Melissa Schuman, who was a member of girl group Dream in the late 1990s, claimed in a lengthy blog post earlier this month that Carter forced her to have oral sex and raped her in 2002 when she was 18 and he was 22.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm Schuman’s allegation.

“I am shocked and saddened by Ms. Schuman’s accusations,” Carter, now 37, said in a statement that was emailed to media outlets.

“Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual.

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“It is contrary to my nature and everything I hold dear to intentionally cause someone discomfort or harm,” he said in the statement.

Schuman could not immediately be reached for comment on Carter’s statement. She left Dream in 2002, and after the band made a brief comeback in 2015, it disbanded again in 2016.

She wrote on her blog in a Nov. 2 post titled “Melissa Explains It All” that she had decided to come forward after women made accusations against other prominent men in entertainment and politics, and the #MeToo social media movement.

The Backstreet Boys were one of the biggest boy bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with hits like “Quit Playing Games With My Heart.”

Carter and the band are currently playing a concert residency in Las Vegas that is scheduled to run through February 2018. (rtr)

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German police presents stolen diaries and other items belonging to former Beatle John Lennon that were recovered, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, 21 November 2017.

German police present stolen John Lennon diaries

BERLIN - German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow Yoko Ono in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin.

Police arrested a man in Berlin on Monday suspected of receiving the 86 stolen items, which include Lennon’s last diary that ended on the day he was shot and killed in New York on Dec. 8, 1980.

“This day contains the entry that on that morning John Lennon and Yoko Ono had an appointment with Annie Leibovitz to take a photo which I think is world famous,” Berlin prosecutor Michael von Hagen told a news conference.

The Leibovitz portrait of a naked Lennon curled up around Ono on their bed ran on the January 1981 cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Hagen rejected suggestions that Ono might have lent or given away the objects: “The diaries especially ... were also treated by Yoko Ono as something sacred. And the idea that she would have given away three original diaries, especially the one that ends on the very day Lennon died, can be completely ruled out.”

Carsten Pfohl, head of property crime for Berlin police, said investigators had found one of the pairs of glasses and a receipt in Lennon’s name hidden in the trunk of the car of the accused on Monday.

Police suspect that the items were stolen by Ono’s former driver and then taken to Turkey and were only brought to Berlin in 2013 or 2014. Another suspect lives in Turkey, they said. (rtr)

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Mugabe granted immunity, assured of safety in Zimbabwe -sources

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday. Mugabe, who had led Zimbabwe from independence in 1980, stepped down on Tuesday after the army seized power and the ruling party turned against him. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president sacked by Mugabe earlier this month, is set to be sworn in as president on Friday.

A government source said Mugabe, who is 93, told negotiators he wanted to die in Zimbabwe and had no plans to live in exile. “It was very emotional for him and he was forceful about it,” said the source, who is not authorised to speak on the details of the negotiated settlement. “For him it was very important that he be guaranteed security

to stay in the country...although that will not stop him from travelling abroad when he wants to or has to,” the source said.

Mugabe resigned on Tuesday as parliament began a process to impeach him, sparking wild celebrations in the streets. His rapid downfall after 37 years in power was triggered by a battle to succeed

him that pitted Mnangagwa against Mugabe’s much younger wife Grace. “The outgoing president is obviously aware of the public hostility to his wife, the anger in some circles about the manner in which she conducted herself and approached ZANU-PF party politics,” a second source said.

“In that regard, it became necessary to also assure him that his whole family, including the wife, would be safe and secure.” Mugabe had clung on to power for a week after the military intervened. He angered many Zimbabweans when he did not resign in a televised address on Sunday as many had anticipated.

The government source said the tipping point for him was the realisation that he would be impeached

and ousted in an undignified way.

“When the process started, he then realised he had lost the party,” the source said. Mugabe will receive a retirement package that includes a pension, housing, holiday and transport allowance, health insurance, limited air travel and security. The ageing former president was “rugged and drained” by events of the past week and may travel to Singapore for medical checks in the coming weeks, the source said. He had been due to leave for Singapore in mid-November before the military put him under house arrest.

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In Zimbabwe, Mugabe runs a dairy business and the family has several farms while local and foreign media have reported that Grace has bought properties and luxury cars in South Africa.

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