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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Bruce Springsteen performs during The River Tour at the LA Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on March 17, 2016.

Bruce Springsteen says the “new resistance” against Trump has begun

SYDNEY - American rock star Bruce Springsteen, who supported Hillary Clinton during the recent presidential election campaign, said on Sunday his band joins a global “new resistance” against U.S. President Donald Trump.

“It feels a long ways away, but our hearts and our spirits are with all the millions of people that marched yesterday, and the E Street Band, we are part of the new resistance,” Springsteen told reporters in Perth, at the beginning of his Australian tour.

Trump’s inauguration on Friday and his defiant pledge to end

“American carnage” was followed by a weekend of mass protests across the United States and internationally.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Washington and other capitals around the world on Saturday for “sister marches,” mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inau-

guration.

Speaking before a 3.5 hour set at Perth Arena, Springsteen described Trump as a “demagogue”, but added he hoped Trump’s infrastructure programme succeeds in bringing jobs to places where layoffs have hit hard.

Since his inauguration, the Trump administration has reiterated plans to abandon an ambitious Asia-Pacific trade pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and renegotiate other trade deals. (rtr)

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A scarecrow for wild birds is seen near ducks in a field in Bourriot Bergonce, southwestern France, January 7, 2017, after France ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month.

New bird flu virus type confirmed on German turkey farm

HAMBURG - A bird flu outbreak in north Germany this week was of a new subtype called H5N5, the first time the strain has been confirmed on a German farm, the country’s national animal disease centre said on Tuesday.

also spread in Asia in recent weeks leading to the slaughter of millions of birds in South Korea and Japan, and some human infections in China.

The H5N5 strain was found on a turkey farm in Germany in Steinburg in the northern state of SchleswigHolstein, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute said. The H5N5 strain has been found previously in wild birds in the Netherlands, Italy, Montenegro and Italy and Croatia, the institute said. It has also been found in wild birds in Germany this week.

The institute is not changing its bird flu risk assessment, it said.

There have been no recorded cases of H5N5 spreading to humans, it added. The contagious H5N8 bird flu strain has been found in hundreds of wild birds in Germany in recent weeks and isolated outbreaks

Epidemic The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to monitor closely outbreaks of deadly avian influenza in birds and poultry and to report promptly any human cases that could signal the start of a flu pandemic.

on farms have been occurring despite tougher hygiene rules and orders to keep poultry indoors in high-risk areas.

But German outbreaks are at a much lower level than in France, where a mass culling of around 800,000 ducks was undertaken after bird flu hit southwest France, the country’s main foie gras producing region.

A series of European countries as well as Israel have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in the past few weeks and some ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors to prevent the disease spreading.

Different bird flu strains have

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Regeneration of Bali’s leader

Political parties must accommodate people’s aspiration

NEW round of Bali’s new leadership will roll out in 2018. Mapping out of potential and threats of Bali will surely become a major indicator to be parsed by the leader of Bali. This becomes a very strategic discourse for Balinese people to get an ideal leader for Bali. At least, the next leader of Bali must be clean, bold and visionary as well as takes side in the Bali’s interest. Assuredly, such terms are not enough because there are many other indicators to be met.

Considering the significant leadership role in determining the fate of Bali’s civilization in the future, contribution and thought of all components must be heard.

Political parties as a mandate holder for proposing candidates should not be obtrude. Aspirations of Balinese people must

Dr. I Gusti Kade Sutawa

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be the major benchmarks.

In this context, the thought and contribution of many people need to be heard in maintaining civilization of Bali. Preserving Bali is not enough just by taking power, but the power must be accountable to Balinese people This idea was submitted by a political analyst from Undiksha Prof. Dr. Wayan Lasmawan, and Chairman of the Bali Tourism Society Alliance Dr. I Gusti Kade Sutawa on Monday (Jan. 23). Prof Lasmawan said that Bali’s next leader must be a figure with positive track record in defending the interests of Bali. In this context, Bali’s future leader must be free and clean so that it can take decisive measures in managing bureaucrats.

“Requirements of Bali’s leader must be certainly honest and having ethics that reflects Hindu customs and traditions. It is important to be made into requirements considering that comprehension of Bali’s leader for the territory and the people chaired should also be clear,” he said.

He also reminded the people of Bali to consider social investment of the candidates. In this case, the interaction of candidates with their constituents and the people of Bali should be clear. “The figures that only appear when struggling for power must be necessarily alerted.

Their motive to become a leader must also be questioned,” he said.

Lasmawan said that socio-cultural investment of the candidates can become the strength in moving the development of Bali. In this case, the development cer-

tainly does not just pursue the economic growth and investment but must also be capable of guarding Balinese culture and local wisdom. “Social investment, control of territorial and social interaction of the candidates in maintaining and guarding Balinese culture must become primary consideration. Escorting civilization of Bali amid the strengthening of threat should become an identity of the Bali’s leader. “Bali’s leader may not have identity crisis due to various cases afflicting him or her,” he said.

Then, I Gusti Kade Sutawa said that Bali’s leader should be honest, brave enough and visionary. Being brave and having a party are not enough. The candidates must pass the test in the community.

“Being honest, courageous and ethical will become an important thing to be considered,” he said.

This tourism practitioner also reminded the candidates to make introspection.

They may not be over self-confident and then do political approach by any ways.

“Candidates should not only aim at the lullabying power but must also measure their potential,” he said.

Sutawa underlined that visionary in the leadership of Bali must be interpreted into real actions to overcome the classic problems of Bali. Congestion, environmental, abrasion, litter and potential of water crisis problem must be analyzed by the leader of Bali.

“If people do not have a solution to overcome the problems, they should not be aiming for the position of Bali’s governor,” he said.

Besides, the threat of marginalization and erosion of Balinese humans and their culture should also become a strategic requirement. “Candidates that do not support the commitment of Balinese people to maintaining their nature should be

disqualified from the beginning. Those having no understanding on the interests of Bali will only become a burden to Bali,” he said.

In this context, political parties must be sensitive in recommending their candidates. “Courage to reject any investments that potentially harm the nature of Bali must become the candidate’s identity.

To us as tourism players, this becomes an important requirement if Bali wants to have an ideal leader in the future,” he concluded. (dir)

ous areas like Baturiti and Pupuan, dengue cases are also found.

Data of the Tabanan Health Agency in 2016 indicate there are a total of 918 cases, where 16 of which occurred in Baturiti and 24 other cases occurred in Pupuan.

Division Head of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Health (P2MPL) at the Tabanan Health Agency, Ketut Nariana said on Monday (Jan. 23) that not all the patients of dengue cases in Baturiti

and Pupuan get the disease while at tropical area.

“In the past, dengue cases were found in mountainous areas if people had visited endemic areas.

But now, some people are getting a virus infection without ever going to the endemic areas. In other words, they get infection at their home,” said Nariana.

From these cases can be known if Aedes aegypti serves as the vector of dengue that is able to adapt

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in mountainous areas supported by climate change. On that account, the existence of dengue can no longer be limited by cold or tropical region, thus prevention of the virus transmission should be conducted simultaneously in all the regions.

Nariana continued that in 2017 the prevention of dengue will be made through fogging and ULV. However, the most important thing to be done by people is the movement of eradicating mosquito nests. “Fogging and

ULV only last for an hour and kill adult mosquitoes. Its larvae remain to live and without the eradication of mosquito nests it will develop into adult mosquito,” he said.

In 2016, the most dengue cases are recorded in Kediri (285) and then followed by Tabanan (230), Kerambitan (118), Penebel (78), Marga (64), East Selemadeg (55), West Selemadeg (28), Pupuan (24), Selemadeg (20) and Baturiti (16). (kmb24)

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Climate change, dengue vector mosquito can live in mountains

TABANAN - Vector of dengue fever is Aedes aegypti mosquito. In the past, this mosquito could only live in tropical area and cannot breed in cold mountainous region.

So far, the presence of dengue is identical to tropical area. However, apparently there is a climate change where mountainous area like in Bali is no longer as cold as before, where mosquitoes can survive and transmit dengue. This can be seen from the data where in mountain-

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Electric-power EZ10 minibuses

PARIS — In a city hit by chronic pollution and traffic problems, Paris officials are experimenting with a self-driving shuttle linking two train stations in the French capital.

Two electric-power EZ10 minibuses, which can carry up to six seated passengers, were put into service Monday and will be tested until early April between the Lyon and Austerlitz stations in Paris. The GPS-guided vehicle is free and will be running seven days a week.

“To respond to the pollution emergency in big urban

zones it is urgent to innovate with new transportation systems that are more environmentally friendly,” said Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, head of the local district where the test is taking place.

Jean-Louis Missika, a Paris deputy mayor in charge of innovation, said self-driving vehicles “will change the urban landscape in a spectacular fashion” within the next 20 years.

Conceived by the French company Easymile, the EZ10 will also be tested between two main green spaces in southern Paris later this year. The company said fleets of the small shuttle are already operating in several countries across the

world including the United States.

“Let’s see how people will adopt them, how they will react in a vehicle without a driving wheel and no driver,” Missika said.

With a commercial speed of 15 kph (9 mph), the shuttle has been designed for public transportation to cover short distances. Equipped with a system detecting objects, the EZ10 can adjust its trajectory to avoid obstacles and does not need heavy infrastructure to be operated.

On the Charles de Gaulle bridge linking the two train stations, the shuttles are running on separate lanes and don’t mix with other vehicles in traffic. (ap)

Pokemon Go unleashed on game-mad South Korea six months late

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Smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears.

SEOUL - Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.

The popularity of augmentedreality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and other public places as users search for monsters to train, but with temperatures well below freezing, there was no sudden, noticeable buzz on the streets of Seoul.

“We have waited very long and worked very hard to launch Pokemon Go in South Korea,” said Lim Jae Boem, chief executive of Pokemon Korea.

The game was jointly developed

by Nintendo and Niantic Inc. Pokemon Go relies on Google

Maps to work. But in most of South Korea those functions have been limited by the government, which is technically still at war with North Korea, for national security reasons.

Neither Niantic nor Pokemon Korea specified how they managed to work around the Google Maps challenge.

“We used various publicly accessible data sources,” said Dennis Hwang, art director of Niantic Inc. There was a slight hitch in the morning when the game was unavailable for download, but that was soon cleared up.

One group of people had their eyes fixed to their smartphones near Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun Square where Pokemons are said to appear often.

“It was sad that it came to Korea

a bit late but I’m glad that I can play the fun game translated into Korean,” said Kim Ga-on, 10, who was playing separately with his mother and sister.

“It’s good exercise and it’s fun to catch Pokemons.”

South Korea is the world’s fourth-biggest gaming market after China, the United States and Japan, according to Amsterdam-based research firm Newzoo.

In July, some impatient Pokemon fans rushed to Sokcho, a city close to the border with North Korea - an area where the game can be played as it has not been classified as South Korean territory in Google Maps data.

Nintendo’s stock closed down 1 percent on Tuesday. Hysonic Co Ltd, the company in charge of the game release, rose 30 percent. (rtr)

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Fight against drugs, prioritize role of customary village

BASED on the result of joint research carried out by the National Narcotic Agency (BNN) and the Center for Health Research of the University of Indonesia (UI) in 2015, the number of drug abuser in Bali Province reached 61,353 people. The increase in non-injecting addicts amounted to 1,414 people driven by the development in the use of narcotics belonging to crystal meth.

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“In 2017, we hope the number of users can continuously be minimized and the disclosures can be increased. Moreover, there are many communities and travelers, so that the market share of drugs in Bali is quite good. These conditions must be recognized and addressed by selffortification so as not to be affected or getting in touch with drugs,” said the Head of the Bali Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP), Putu Gede Suastawa, at an exclusive interview with BaliTV and Bali Post on Monday (Jan. 23).

Suastawa deplored that during 2016, the awareness of drug addicts to report themselves was still low. Pursuant to the reports of the BNNP Bali, there were 172 people of voluntary addicts following the rehabilitation program and 802 people undergoing prosecution.

“They are self-reporting not based on their own accord, but taken by their parents, relatives or friends.

So, the addicts having self-report remain low. Strangely, the reporting by family happens because they are overwhelmed by family members who use drugs,” he said.

This month, the BNNP arrested eight suspects and the investigation is being processed. On that account, there is an increase when compared to January 2016 with zero arrest.

“There has been an action. The phenomenon shows if the BNNP performance increases,” he said.

The effort of mapping out the prone areas and drug-untouched areas has been already implemented.

Besides, preventive anticipation is also intensively conducted. More-

over, the development and shifting of territory in the drug trafficking continue to occur. To that end, synergy with customary village is intensively conducted. Moreover, in 2016 when his agency proposed a larger budget for the activities in customary village, it was immediately agreed. “There are any group and any rank in customary village. Therefore, we are prioritizing the role of customary village,” concluded this one-star general from Mengwi.

Currently, it has been inaugurated the pecalang (customary security guard) serving as volunteer for drug prevention, abuse and illicit traf-

ficking (P4GN) by the Head of BNN, Budi Waseso. A total of 1,300 personnel of pecalang have been inaugurated, while the number of pecalang across Bali reaches 5,000 people.

“The remaining 3,700 personnel will be inaugurated later gradually. We will train them in terms of preventive measures such as by providing information and knowledge on the P4GN. At least, it is the information for each pecalang first.

All this time, we involve pecalang in the raid because they know every inch of the territory and migrants.

It is very effective, let alone all the customary villages must have pecalang,” he said.

In addition, the role of customary village is intensified by establishing a drug-free hamlet. Kertapala hamlet at Penatih, East Denpasar, has been inaugurated as a drug-free hamlet.

In addition, a village in Klungkung has made perarem (appendix to

customary village bylaw) related to the efforts if the residents are getting involved in such illicit goods.

“If all the customary hamlets and villages can be like that, we do believe drug trafficking can be minimized. Moreover, there is collaboration between the government and customary villages,” he said.

Toughest challenge in the future is the matter related to the application of P4GN Integrated Curriculum for junior high school, high school and vocational school. Materials on narcotics for junior high school will be inserted into the subjects like religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesia, social sciences and physical and health education. Then, for high school and vocational school it will be inserted into the subject of religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesian, history as well as physical and health education. Earlier this year, it should have been done optimally in order to handle the upstream.

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The effort of mapping out the prone areas and drug-untouched areas has been already implemented. Besides, preventive anticipation is also intensively conducted.

Students must be implanted with anti-drug mindset early. Therefore, his agency continues to coordinate with the Education Agency so that the curriculum can be realized according to expectations.

“Urine test is important to be carried out every 6 months as a control effort. Hopefully, the urine test will make employees or officers more scared so that they will not dare to try,” said this father of two sons.

He hoped the construction of narcotic rehabilitation center in Bali could be realized this year. Governor of Bali lends an area of 1.5 hectares near Bangli Mental Hospital. “We want to improve synergy and collaboration with all parties. If only relying on the BNNP, the results will not be optimal. The role of society is very much expected,” said Suastawa.

According to him, the addicts cannot think healthily and the healing process to get totally recovered will take a long time. They can relapse when they fall back into their communities.

In order to realize the golden generation, namely healthy generation without drugs, all the Indonesian people must work together and earnestly and fight against drugs, especially from the life of younger generation as the successor to the nation. They are expected to be the successor to lead this nation and bring progress and triumph for Indonesia. To realize the golden generation, education in family is the major key by providing the understanding on importance of healthy lifestyle without drugs.

“At the moment, teenagers need to be protected and fortified, especially those with the status as students. They are succeeding generation and becoming the assets of the nation. Do not let Indonesia lose its generation,” said Suastawa. (rah)

Badung realizes command center

MANGUPURA - Heading for a smart city, the government of Badung in the regional budget 2017 is going to realize a command center. Three-tiered control room will be built in the area of Badung civic center with a budget of around IDR 50 billion.

Head of the Badung Infocom Agency, Wayan Weda Darmaja, said that physical development of the project will be worked on by relevant agency, in this case the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (PUPR).

“The entire equipment in the command

room will be prepared by Infocom Agency with a budget of around IDR 23 billion, including the provision of facilities such as computer, monitor, network, operator and others,” said Weda Darmaja on Monday (Jan. 23).

According to him, the control center will display all the analysis results of the digital monitoring data of Badung. No less important, the collected data will be used as a basis for decision making.

“Tasks of the Infocom Agency are currently heavier because it serves the entire agencies, the community as well as manages public communications, including the

information on the programs of Badung regent that touches people. The entire statistical data in Badung are hosted by our agency,” he explained.

Badung district, said Weda Darmaja, also builds a fiber optic network to increase internet capacity so as to support Internet access in Badung, installation of CCTV at strategic points in Badung and installation of free Wi-Fi at strategic points.

“We have developed software such as the development of smart city application based on the data of human resources, population and specific data. There are 84 applications

that we have developed heading for the smart city,” he said.

For development of human resources, his agency will establish a regional information technology council. The team is composed of the elements of government, educational institutions, community leaders and business people.

“Formation of the coordination team for information and communication technology application will comprise the representatives of each district agency so that its implementation can be effective,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Backfilling of paddy field at Lelateng complained

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NEGARA - Backfilling of land in the south and the right side of concrete road in the area of productive paddy field at Lelateng, Negara, reaped complaints from a number of parties. Farmers and residents complained on Sunday (Jan. 22) about the backfilling of land that will be used for housing development.

“Productive land like this is allowed to be backfilled and built.

After a long time, it will affect the paddy fields here in particular pollution of the fields,” said a farmer in the area of Lelateng.

A sharecropper, Wayan Sudiarsa, said that a housing complex and tofu factory in the upstream of paddy fields have an impact on the quality of rice and development of paddy plants. Now, the acreage is converted again. “If carried out to non-productive land, it actually does not matter.

However, the paddy field here is still productive,” he said.

In the meantime, as seen on the project signboard mounted in the paddy field backfilled, it will be plotted. A substantial number of subak members in the subdistrict of Jembrana and Negara who met recently admitted the temptation to agricultural land conversion is very tantalizing.

However, some subak areas apply awig-awig (bylaw) on the limitation of paddy field area so as not to be converted like the Subak Mertasari, at Loloan Timur, that has already been besieged by settlement. Subak (irrigation cooperative) hoped there is a policy to terminate the sale of

agricultural land for conversion.

Subak does not make it a problem as long as the land sold remains to be functioned for agricultural purposes, not converted into concrete area.

In the meantime, a member of Commission B of the Jembrana House of Representatives, Ketut Catur, recently said that farmland in Jembrana is threatened by land conversion so that he hoped this can get a concern. Moreover, in 2015 it was already issued the Regional Bylaw No.5/2015 on the Protection of Agricultural Land for Sustainable Food (PLP2B).

This bylaw sets forth the area of agricultural land, so that it just needs to be implemented the guarantee farmers.

He hoped the bylaw is not just limited to regulations on paper without implementation.

Hopefully, the establishment of sustainable food agricultural land could slow down the rapid land conversion. Likewise, the control of agricultural land is also shored up for the sake of productivity of farmers. Though currently the region has been self-sufficient in rice, they are hoped not to be complacency. Optimization of agricultural land also needs to

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Backfilling of land in the south and the right side of concrete road in the area of productive paddy field at Lelateng, Negara, reaped complaints from a number of parties. be promoted through farmland intensification, diversification and extensification.

The bylaw stipulates that the area of Agricultural Land for Sustainable Food in accordance with Spatial Plan and Area reaches 7,498.12 hectares spreading across five subdistricts. Details of the core area consist of Melaya subdistrict (1,201.56 hectares), Negara (1,508.49 hectares), Jembrana (1,304.14 hectares), Mendoyo (2,641.50 hectares) and Pekutatan (842.43 hectares).

Head of the Jembrana Agriculture and Plantation Agency, Ketut Wiratma, said that land conversion is very influential in the development of subak and indeed affects rice production. However, it should be attempted to increase the index of agriculture by cropping patterns so as to be able to meet the local rice needs.

His agency also suggested subak to participate in supervising the land use. “Hopefully, the land use is not carried out blindly,” he said.

In the meantime, the data in the Agriculture and Plantation Agency indicated that rice production of Jembrana in 2016 was one of the highest in Bali other than Tabanan. Planting Index (IP) in a year in Jembrana reached 1.4 percent. This means that in a year the paddy planting has an average of two times. The remaining 0.60 percent is planted with crops.

With the rice needs for the society of Jembrana reaching 33,000 tons per year, Jembrana has reached a surplus. (kmb)

Order declines, some sokasi crafters complain

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Crafters of sokasi (bamboo basket) in Bangli district are quite a lot. Such number of crafter automatically makes competition tighter in the marketing of handicrafts they produce.

BANGLI - Crafters of sokasi (bamboo basket) in Bangli district are quite a lot. Such number of crafter automatically makes competition tighter in the marketing of handicrafts they produce. It greatly impacts the number of orders received by the crafters.

A crafter of sokasi from Bangklet hamlet, Kayubihi, Ni Wayan Deni, recently admitted that her orders from wholesalers decrease.

“Sokasi orders from wholesalers decline. I do not know what causes it. Probably, sluggish economic condition causes the decline in the orders from wholesalers,” she said on Monday (Jan. 23).

Aside from the orders from wholesalers, her daily direct sales

also experience a significant decline. Sometimes, she cannot sell a single sokasi of her work in a day.

“Sometimes I can only sell a piece of sokasi. On unlucky day, we cannot sell,” she said.

Deni explained that she gets bamboo raw materials by purchasing at IDR 40,000 per stalk. And it is also adjusted to the quality of bamboo purchased. “If belonging to super quality, it is more expensive because the bamboo has been well selected,” said Deni.

According to Deni, a piece of large-sized sokasi will take her quite long time because the workmanship starting from slicing bamboo to painting is still worked on manually by hand and brush. In the current

rainy season, she has trouble in drying out. If it rains like this, it takes a long time to dry out the paint because there is no sunlight.

“If the bamboo is not dry at all, the results will not be good in the finishing process. So it should be absolutely dry before being woven. A sokasi can be completed maximally in three days because the process is quite complicated.

A small-sized sokasi can be completed in a day, but a larger one in three days,” she added.

She explained that the selling price depends on the size of sokasi. A small one is sold for IDR 20,000 to IDR 40,000, while a larger one is sold for IDR 70,000 to IDR100,000. (kmb41)

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China says will protect South China Sea sovereignty

BEIJING - China said on Tuesday it had “irrefutable” sovereignty over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the White House vowed to defend “international territories” in the strategic waterway.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer in his comments on Monday signaled a sharp departure from years of cautious U.S. handling of China’s assertive pursuit of territorial claims in Asia.

“The U.S. is going to make sure that we protect our interests there,” Spicer said when asked if Trump agreed with comments by his secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson. On Jan. 11, Tillerson said China should not be allowed access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea. “It’s a question of if those islands are in fact in international waters and not part of China proper, then yeah, we’re going to make sure that we defend international territories from being taken over by one country,” he said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing on Tuesday “the United States is not a party to the South China Sea dispute”.

China claims most of the South China Sea, while Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei claims parts of the sea that

commands strategic sealanes and has rich fishing grounds along with oil and gas deposits.

China’s sovereignty over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea was “irrefutable” Hua said. But China was also dedicated to protecting freedom of navigation and wants talks with nations directly involved to find a peaceful solution.

“We urge the United States to respect the facts, speak and act cautiously to avoid harming the peace and stability of the South China Sea,” Hua said.

“Our actions in the South China Sea are reasonable and fair. No matter what changes happen in other countries, what they say or what they want to do, China’s resolve to protect its sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea will not change,” she added.

BAR ACCESS TO ISLANDS Tillerson’s remarks at his Senate confirmation hearing prompted Chinese state media to say at the time that the United States would need to “wage war” to bar China’s access to the islands, where it has

built military-length air strips and installed weapons systems.

Tillerson was asked at the hearing whether he supported a more aggressive posture toward China and said: “We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.”

The former Exxon Mobil Corp chairman and chief executive did not elaborate on what might be done to deny China access to the islands.

But analysts said his comments, like those of Spicer, suggested the possibility of U.S. military action, or even a naval blockade. Such action would risk an armed confrontation with China, an increasingly formidable nuclear-armed military power. It is also the world’s secondlargest economy and the target of Trump accusations it is stealing American jobs.

Spicer declined to elaborate when asked how the United States could enforce such a move against China, except to say: “I think, as we develop further, we’ll have more information on it.”

Tillerson narrowly won approval from a Senate committee on Monday and is expected to win confirmation from the full Senate. (rtr)

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain’s exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a chance to amend or hinder them.

By a majority of eight to three, the Supreme Court decided May could not use executive powers known as “royal prerogative” to invoke Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty and begin two years of divorce talks.

“The Supreme Court today rules that the government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so,” said Supreme Court President David Neuberger.

However, the judges did remove one major potential obstacle, saying May did not need the approval of the UK’s devolved assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland before triggering Brexit.

May has said she intends to invoke Article 50 before the end of March but the ruling means she must bring legislation before parliament before she can go ahead.

That opens up the Brexit process to scrutiny from lawmakers, the majority of whom had wanted to stay in the EU. However, the main opposition Labour Party said it would not block Brexit although it would try to amend the legislation.

“Labour will seek to build in the principles of full, tariff-free access to the single market and maintenance of workers’ rights and social and environmental protections,” said party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Attorney General Jeremy Wright, the government’s top lawyer who argued its case, said ministers would implement the court’s ruling.

“Of course the government is disappointed with the outcome,” Wright said outside the Supreme Court. “The government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that is necessary to implement it.”

May said the decision did nothing to change the path of Brexit.

“The British people voted to leave the EU, and the government will deliver on their verdict - triggering Article 50, as planned, by the end of March,” her spokesman said.

Last week May set out her stall for negotiations, promising a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc as part of a 12-point plan to focus on global free trade deals, setting a course for a so-called “hard Brexit”.

Some investors and those who backed the “remain” campaign hope that lawmakers, most of whom wanted to stay in the EU, will force May to seek a deal which prioritises access to the European single market of 500 million people, or potentially even block Brexit altogether.

Sterling initially rose on the news that the government had lost its appeal, but it then fell over half a cent to hit day’s lows against the dollar and euro after the ruling that the devolved assemblies did not need to give their assent. By 1022 GMT it had trimmed some of those losses and stood at $1.2485, down 0.4 percent on the day. (rtr)

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Prime Minister Theresa May holds a regional cabinet meeting in Runcorn, Cheshire, as she launched her industrial strategy for post-Brexit Britain with a promise the Government will “step up” and take an active role in backing business, Britain, January 23, 2017

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Trump pulls U.S. out of Pacific trade deal, loosening Asia ties

U.S. President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, distancing America from its Asian allies as China’s influence in the region rises. Fulfilling a campaign pledge to end American involvement in the 2015 pact, Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office pulling the United States from the 12-nation TPP. “Great thing for the American worker,” Trump said as he signed the order on his third full day in office. The Republican says the trade deal would have damaged U.S. manufacturing.

The accord, backed heavily by U.S. business, was negotiated by former President Barack Obama’s administration but never approved

by Congress. It had been the main economic pillar of the Obama administration’s “pivot” to the AsiaPacific region to counter China.

Trump has sparked worries in Japan and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific with his opposition to the TPP and his campaign demands for U.S. allies to pay more for their security.

Harry Kazianis, Director of Defense Studies at the Center for the National Interest think tank in Washington, said Trump must now

find an alternative way to reassure allies in Asia. “This could include multiple bilateral trade agreements.

Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam should be approached first as they are key to any new Asia strategy that President Trump will enact,” he said.

U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS The new president also met with a dozen American manufacturers at the White House on Monday, pledging to slash regulations and cut corporate taxes, but warning them he would take action on trade deals he felt were unfair.

Trump, who took office on Friday, has promised to bring manufacturing plants back to the United States - an issue he said helped him win the Nov. 8 election. He has not hesitated to call out by name companies that he thinks should bring

outsourced production back home.

He said those businesses that choose to move factories outside the country would pay a price. “We are going to be imposing a very major border tax on the product when it comes in,” Trump said.

Trump asked the group of chief executives from companies including Ford, Dell Technologies, Tesla and others to make recommendations in 30 days to stimulate manufacturing, Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris told reporters.

Liveris said the CEOs discussed the border tax “quite a bit” with Trump, explaining “the sorts of industry that might be helped or hurt by that.” “Look: I would take the president at his word here. He’s not going to do anything to harm competitiveness. He’s going to actually make us all more competitive,” Liveris said.

At a portion of the meeting observed by reporters, Trump provided no details on how the border tax would work. The U.S. dollar fell to a seven-week low against a basket of key world currencies on Monday and global stock markets

declined amid investor concerns about Trump’s protectionist rhetoric.

“A company that wants to fire all of its people in the United States, and build some factory someplace else, and then thinks that that product is going to just flow across the border into the United States - that’s not going to happen,” he said.

CUT TAXES AND REGULATIONS The president told the CEOs he would like to cut corporate taxes to the 15 percent to 20 percent range, down from current statutory levels of 35 percent - a pledge that will require cooperation from the Republican-led U.S. Congress.

But he said business leaders have told him that reducing regulations is even more important.

“We think we can cut regulations by 75 percent. Maybe more,” Trump told business leaders. “When you want to expand your plant, or when Mark wants to come in and build a big massive plant, or when Dell wants to come in and do something monstrous and special – you’re

going to have your approvals really fast,” Trump said, referring to Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, who sat around the boardroom-style table in the Roosevelt Room. Fields said he was encouraged by the tone of the meeting.

“I know I come out with a lot of confidence that the president is very, very serious on making sure that the United States economy is going to be strong and have policies - tax, regulatory or trade - to drive that,” he said.

Trump told the executives that companies were welcome to negotiate with governors to move production between states, but Trump was scheduled to hold a meeting later on Monday with labor leaders and U.S. workers, the White House said.

Between winning the presidential election in November and taking office, Trump hosted a number of U.S. CEOs in meetings in New York, including business leaders from defense, technology and other sectors. He also met with leaders of several labor unions, including the AFL-CIO.

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The haze which was caused by forest fire is thickening in Riau Province.

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Fire-prone Indonesian province declares early emergency to combat “haze”

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s fire-prone Riau province declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said, after President Joko Widodo urged regional authorities to avoid a repeat of fires that smothered Southeast Asia in smog in 2015.

Indonesia faces global pressure to put an end to slash-and-burn land clearances for palm and pulp plantations which send clouds of toxic smoke over the region each year. Tuesday’s move is intended to help Riau, which sits a stone’s throw across the Malacca Strait from wealthy city-state Singapore, to begin taking preventive steps as dryer weather is expected in 2017

than in 2016.

“The province of Riau today declared emergency status for forest and land fires for 96 days,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho told Reuters.

The 2015 fires were among the worst on record, straining ties with neighbours, and costing Indonesia an estimated 220 trillion rupiah

($16.5 billion) in economic losses, or about 1.9 percent of gross domestic product, Widodo’s office has said. Every year, Indonesia faces criticism from its neighbours Singapore and Malaysia over the smog, euphemistically known as “haze”, and its failure to stop the fires from being lit.

Data from the state weather agency shows dryer weather in store for Indonesia this year, which authorities fear could spark more fires.

“We hope that at the beginning of this year there is planning and quick action (so) we can prevent

forest and land fires in 2017,” Widodo said. He called for preventive measures, tougher law enforcement, more community involvement and better governance of private land and concessions.

“Check preparations for aerial operations, air patrols, rain making and water bombing. These have to move quickly from the start,” the president said.

Widodo thanked community stakeholders and authorities for efforts to prevent and douse fires in 2016, when hotspots were reduced by 83 percent. “The reduction was drastic,” he added.(rtr)

JAKARTA - Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (TNI) General Mulyono expressed hope that the US-made Apache helicopter ordered by the TNI would be displayed at its 72nd anniversary on Oct 5.

“I hope on that day the helicopter can be brought in physically and be displayed as part of the armys programs that should be carried out,” Mulyono stated at the Army Headquarters, Central Jakarta, on Monday. The TNI has signed a contract worth US$295.8 million to purchase eight Apache helicopters. The procurement process of the helicopters is still underway.

“It is a lengthy process. We are communicating intensively with the manufacturer, so the helicopters can be immediately delivered in the country,” Mulyono noted.

Eight units of the Apache AH64E Guardian, ordered from the US manufacturer Boeing, were expected to be delivered gradually between 2016 and 2018.

The upgraded specifications of the Boeing Apache AH-64E helicopter include improved digital connectivity, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, and a more powerful T700-GE-701D machine, with face gear transmission to accommodate more power.

Boeing claims that the AH64 Apache is the worlds most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defense forces.

Boeing has delivered more than 2,200 Apache helicopters to customers around the world since the aircraft entered production.(ant)

UN investigates alleged arms smuggling attempt by Indonesian peacekeepers

JAKARTA - Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arrmanatha Nasir said here on Monday that the United Nations is investigating an alleged attempt by Indonesian Police belonging to the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid), Sudan, to smuggle arms.

“We have received information on the arms smuggling that has happened in Sudan. The UN is conducting an investi-

gation,” Nasir said in a statement received here on Monday.

It was reported that the local authority of North Darfur arrested Indonesian police belonging to the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur for smuggling arms through El-Fasher airport on Friday (Jan 20) local time.

The information from Sudanese Media Center stated that the weapons and am-

munition seized were concealed in dust and stones.

The customs unit seized several weapons such as 29 Kalashnikovs, four guns, six GM3 guns and 61 pistols.

However, there is yet any confirmation on the involvement of Indonesian police in the arms smuggling attempt, Nasir stated.

“According to the initial report we re-

ceived from the Indonesian police personnel, the smuggled stuff does not belong to the Indonesian Police troops,” Nasir added.

Indonesias Ambassador to Sudan has met the police troops in order to provide assistance.

“A team of National Police will soon depart to provide legal aid and seek clarity regarding this matter,” Nasir remarked. (ant)

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Rescue helicopter crashes near Italy avalanche disaster site

ROME - A rescue helicopter carrying six people has crashed in Italy near the site of the Abruzzo hotel avalanche disaster, Italian media reports. Reports say it came down near the Campo Felice ski station.

It had been sent to rescue an injured skier from pistes close to the epicentres of the recent earthquakes and last week’s deadly avalanche.

It is not thought the helicopter was linked to the ongoing rescue operation at the Rigopiano hotel. Six more bodies have been found in the ruins of the hotel, which was engulfed in snow and ice.The known death toll now stands at 14 and rescuers say hopes are fading of finding alive any of the other 15 people still missing.

Rescue crews’ spirits were raised on Monday when three of the Hotel Rigopiano’s resident puppies were found alive. But they were found in a boiler room a long way from where the missing are thought to be.

The latest bodies to be discovered were found in the snow-covered bar and kitchen area after excavators were used to dig a pathway through the ice and

rubble. Firefighter spokesman Alberto Maiolo said: “Logically, hopes fade as time passes, but we are continuing to search and trying to do it as quickly as possible.”

Rescuers who have been working around the clock have not completely ruled out finding more survivors.

They believe some rooms they are trying to reach by tunnelling through thick stone walls may be almost intact, so people could still be alive if they have managed to stay warm. Nine people, including four children, were found alive on Friday.

They were dug out of the snow and ice two days after the avalanche engulfed the remote hotel. Prosecutors have opened a preliminary manslaughter investigation into the disaster.

They are looking into whether environmental risks were properly taken into account during the building and subsequent renovation of the hotel.

The four-star hotel and spa facility, where George Clooney once stayed, was built into a hillside high on the eastern slopes of Monte Gran Sasso. The first two funerals have been held for victims of the disaster. (rtr)

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Rescue workers work with excavator at the site of the avalanche-buried Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, central Italy, hit by an avalanche, in this undated picture released on January 24, 2017 provided by Alpine and Speleological Rescue Team.

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Different strains of bird flu have been spreading across Europe and Asia since late last year, leading to large-scale slaughtering of poultry in certain countries and some human deaths in China. Experts fear the virus could mutate to spread more easily among people.

Nearly 40 countries have reported new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or wild birds since November, according to the WHO.

“The rapidly expanding geographical distribution of these outbreaks and the number of virus strains currently co-circulating have put WHO on high alert,” Margaret Chan told the start of the U.N. agency’s executive board.

The world is better prepared for the next influenza pandemic - following the H1N1 “mild” pandemic in 2009-2010 - “but not at all well enough”, she said.

Chan said that under an agreement with drug makers, in return for countries sharing virus samples from which a pandemic vaccine

would be derived, WHO is promised 350 million doses of vaccine for distribution.

“We cannot allow so many countries to be without tools,” Chan later told Reuters. “Remember, it takes four to six months to get the vaccine.”

China has had a “sudden and steep increase” in human cases of H7N9 since December and the WHO has not been able to rule out limited human-to-human spread in two clusters of cases although no sustained spread has been detected thus far, she said.

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Buildings destroyed during previous clashes are seen as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq January 23, 2017.

Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul, 100 days after the start of their U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State militants from the city.

The deputy parliament speaker announced the capture of the east of the city, Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq, after a meeting with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

“We completed the total liberation of the left bank of Mosul and this is a gift to the Iraqi people,” said Sheikh Humam Hamoudi in a statement, quoting Abadi at the meeting.

The army on Sunday entered Rashidiya, the last district under the control of the militants on the east bank of the Tigris, said military spokesman Brigadier-General Yahya Rasool.

Mopping-up operations were still under way on Monday to flush

out remaining militants in a pocket in this northeastern district, he said in a statement.

A resident of Rashidiya said the army had stormed the area after air strikes destroyed a tank and car bomb the militants had been preparing to attack the advancing forces.

A resident of Zanjali, a district on the west side of Mosul, said Islamic State fighters “have arrived from the left bank and are trying to find houses on the right bank”, fleeing from the government forces’ advance.

The resident asked not to identified as the militants kill those caught speaking with the outside world.

Iraqi forces launched a campaign on Oct. 17 to retake Mosul from the hardline Sunni group, which captured the city in 2014, declaring from its Grand Mosque a “caliphate” that also spanned parts of Syria, ruled by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (rtr)

Under the International Health Regulations, WHO’s 194 member states are required to detect and report human cases promptly, Chan said, adding: “We cannot afford to miss the early signals.”

China’s delegation, led by Zhang Yang of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told the meeting China would carry out its obligations on communicating and responding to any outbreaks.

“Currently H7N9 overall statistics remain the same,” Zhang said.

“China will continue to strengthen its cooperation and exchange with

WHO in this regard.”

David Nabarro, an international public health expert and one of six candidates to succeed Chan in the top WHO post, said that addressing the threat of avian flu jumping the barrier to pose a serious threat to humans was a “central priority”.

“This group of viruses are persistent in moving between wild birds and poultry. We should always have a good high guard and never be complacent,” Nabarro, a former U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza, told Reuters. (rtr)

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Traveler Likes Best Souvenirs of Tanah Lot

TABANAN - High domestic and foreign tourist visit to Tanah Lot attraction has an impact on souvenir merchants. Other than enjoying the natural beauty of the beach and magical aura of the attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, travelers can also purchase nice souvenirs.

Thus, travelers can go home with souvenir as a memento.

At the beginning of 2017, the souvenir merchants at Tanah Lot look happy because there are a lot of visitors. From the number of tourist visits, most stop at souvenir stalls, so there are always merchandises that can be sold. Indeed, Tanah Lot is not only a favorite tourist attraction, but also famous for various souvenirs. “Travelers think that it is incomplete if they do not bring home the souvenirs of Tanah Lot,” said Wayan Mudita, a tourist guide from Denpasar.

Various souvenirs on offer include clothes, slippers, fans, headdresses, bags, bracelets, wallets, hats, key chains, postcards and other beach sarongs. The best seller souvenirs are hats and T-shirts with the wording of Tanah Lot and Bali. Headdress is also bought by

many domestic travelers. Moreover, school students when making a visit in a series of their study tour averagely purchase headdress which they wear directly.

In the meantime, bracelet, necklace and ring have little demand.

During summer, travelers usually purchase a hat. “Foreign travelers rarely purchase souvenirs. They mostly purchase drink and food. It is different from domestic travelers who often buy T-shirts in large numbers. Especially in holiday seasons, almost all merchants earn fortunes,” said Mrs. Krishna, a souvenir merchant at Tanah Lot. Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, said that kiosks at Tanah Lot offer a variety of souvenirs. Some are hawkers selling fruit as well as food and beverages. Their existence spreads in the main area and parking area. And the no less interesting is klepon cake that is also bought by many travelers. “Various souvenirs become alternative tourist attraction at Tanah Lot because many tourists are happy after getting souvenirs.

It is also a form of our services to tourists,” he said. (kmb)

Ecclestone exit sets F1 on a new course

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MELBOURNE - Four-times champion Roger Federer took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1 7-5 6-2 with a clinical display of allcourt tennis to reach his 13th Australian Open semi-final in 92 minutes on Tuesday.

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Chasing an 18th grand slam title, and first since 2012, the 35-year-old Federer neutered his left-handed German opponent’s serve-volley game to set up a lastfour meeting with fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

Looking in form as imperious as in his heyday of a decade ago despite missing the back end of last season after knee surgery, Federer is now one match away from a potential final against his old rival Rafa Nadal.

Wawrinka, the 2014 champion, will want to have a say about that as will Nadal’s quarter-final opponent, Milos Raonic.

But with both Williams sisters also still standing in the women’s draw, it would be easy to imagine it was 2007 not 2017 at Melbourne Park.

Zverev’s serve-and-volley game is a throwback to an even earlier era and the world number 50 contributed fully to an entertaining, if

short, contest with his fine volleying and net play.

The unorthodox game helped the left-hander beat world number one Murray on Sunday, one of two stunning upsets along with the early exit of Novak Djokovic that have opened up the draw for Federer and Nadal.

Against Federer, though, it took Zverev 15 minutes to hold serve and get on the scoreboard and by that stage he was already 5-0 down in the opening set.

The Swiss needed just four more minutes to wrap up the set with a leaping backhand at the net but Zverev gradually found his touch and broke for 3-1 in the second set.

Federer broke straight back but Zverev, who admitted after beating Murray that he had no Plan B, continued to charge to the net to greater and greater effect.

The Swiss bided his time, though, and couple of brilliant

backhand passes gave him another break before he served out the set with less than an hour on the clock.

A third set riddled with deft shot-making went with serve until another Federer backhand gave him a break for 5-2 and a rasping crosscourt winner, his 65th of the match, sent him into a 41st grand slam semi-final.

“I never thought I would get this far and here I am, still standing,” Federer said.

“A semi-final against Stan, it couldn’t be cooler.”

Federer has been such an extraordinary player that he has all but lost the ability to shock with his feats on court.

Andy Roddick, who was inducted into the tennis Hall of Fame on Tuesday and lost a Melbourne semi-final to Federer a decade ago, offered some welcome perspective.

“Everyone here is going to talk about it in every story they write for the rest of this tournament, and I still don’t know if that’s enough,” the American told reporters. “It’s pretty amazing.” (rtr)

LONDON - Bernie Ecclestone’s ousting as Formula One supremo will take the sport in a different, digital direction under new American owners Liberty Media but there is much work to be done in the months and years ahead.

“F1 has huge potential with multiple untapped opportunities,” said new chief executive Chase Carey after ending 86-year-old Ecclestone’s 40-year reign on Monday.

“We will work...to enhance the racing experience and add new dimensions to the sport and we look forward to sharing these plans over time.”

Carey, appointed Formula One chairman in September after serving as vice-chairman of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, and Liberty Media’s chief executive Greg Maffei have both said there is a lot they want to do differently.

Maffei has spoken of more races in Latin America, Asia and the United States while Carey has indicated that Liberty wants to safeguard the sport’s historic venues in Europe, ramp up marketing efforts and engage the fans more.

There has been talk of treating every race like a Super Bowl, creating a buzz that extends far beyond the racetrack, but without ‘Americanising’ the sport’s fundamentals or alienating the purists.

Liberty Media has plenty of experience and resources, with interests in the Atlanta Braves baseball team, satellite radio service Sirius XM, entertainment group Live Nation and minority interests in Time Warner and Viacom.

Where Ecclestone’s business model was based on television rights and ever-increasing hosting fees that have left circuits with little chance of making a profit, Liberty have emphasised a shift towards sustainability and new revenue streams.

“Less than one percent of revenues are from digital,” Maffei said in September after Liberty agreed to acquire the commercial rights from CVC Capital Parthers.

“They really have no organised digital effort. I think there’s a lot of things that can be done around gaming, VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality).

“There’s an enormous amount of video feed and data about the races that we are already capturing that we are not in any way processing incrementally for the dedicated fan,” he added.

Where Ecclestone was often at odds with the teams, adopting a divide and rule approach, Carey has sounded more collegiate and inclusive with talk of cost controls and ensuring a fairer share of the spoils.

That will be easier said than done, with the likes of glamour team Ferrari in particular handsomely rewarded for historic performances while smaller teams struggle to survive.

The appointment of Ross Brawn in a management role overseeing motorsport activities has also raised hopes among fans and participants preparing for the first race in Australia in two months’ time. (rtr)

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Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone arrives in court in Munich April 24, 2014.

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Bilic predicts bright future for fit-again Carroll

West Ham United striker Andy Carroll is poised to enter the best stretch of his career if he can stay fit, according to manager Slaven Bilic. Carroll’s career has been plagued by injury problems and the 28-year-old missed more than four months of the current season, from mid-August to December, with West Ham winning just three of 12 league games in that period.

Since his return to the team on Dec. 3, West Ham have won five of 10 in the league and drawn one, with Carroll’s contribution of five goals helping them move away from the relegation zone and up to

10th in the table.

“He is at a great age, he is happy, he’s smiling, he’s settled down,” Bilic told West Ham’s website. (www.whufc.com) “He’s happy with us and there’s no reason why he shouldn’t enter five years of his best football now.

“He is 100 percent fit now. He has been training for a couple of months, and there is no reason to think the best period of his career won’t come now.”

Carroll, who has been in unstoppable form in recent weeks, scored twice in Saturday’s 3-1 league win at Middlesbrough, and Bilic praised the striker’s ability to dominate de-

fences with his aerial prowess.

“When I was playing at centre back I always felt it was up to me rather than down to the centre forward when the ball comes in,” added the manager, whose own playing career included spells at West Ham and Everton. “With Andy it’s different, whoever plays centre back it’s more up to Andy.

It’s unbelievable.

“Now he looks fit, he’s training.

Of course we are managing him, but we are not nursing him like maybe before. He is training as much as possible, without going over the line. For me it’s the only way to stay fit, by training.” (rtr)

Tunisia advance, Algeria exit at Nations Cup

AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

FILE - The Dec, 6, 2013 file photo shows the groups on the screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil.

FIFA going to Kremlin for World Cup draw in December

ZURICH — The 2018 World Cup draw will be staged on Dec. 1 at a Kremlin concert hall in Moscow. The draw will take place at the 6,000-capacity State Kremlin Palace, a grand structure built inside the Kremlin walls in the Soviet era to hold Communist Party conferences. Nowadays, the venue usually plays host to veteran Russian pop stars, ballerinas and awards shows.

In what is billed by Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko as “a serious event” during a government

meeting on Monday, the draw at State Kremlin Palace is expected to attract the coaches of the 32 teams

which qualify. Those teams will then be sorted into eight groups for the World Cup.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been allowing FIFA to use high-profile venues for World Cup ceremonies.

In July 2015, the qualifying program draw was made on the grounds of one of Putin’s official residences, Konstantin Palace near

with Shanghai SIPG buying Brazil midfielder Oscar from Chelsea for 60 million euros ($64.46 million).

Their rivals Shanghai Shenhua signed Argentine striker Carlos Tevez for a reported 84 million euros, but Toure said money was not everything to him.

“Do you play football because you love football or do you play

because you want to make money?

Me, I just want to play football because I enjoy it,” he told British media.

“Some people have the mentality that they want to do that (go to China) - to try something different.

But for me, my feeling is that I want to play more football.

“Look at my friend Ibrahimovic.

He’s 35 and he’s going to play for maybe three more years? He’s got the same mentality as me. He’s a big player, a champion who loves football. It’s football first. Anything after that is a bonus.”

Toure, who is out of contract in June, was frozen out of City’s squad earlier this season following a spat between the manager Pep

Cameroon when Tunisia are in the Gabonese capital to face Burkina Faso in the opening game of the knockout phase. Tunisia’s four goals came in a rampant first half as Naim Sliti, Youssef Msakni, Yassine Khenessi and Wahbi Khazri, with a penalty, put Zimbabwe to the sword.

Zimbabwe needed a win to advance but were behind after 10 minutes as Tunisia came out with a lightening attack and, although Knowledge Musona and Tendai Ndoro found the net, they departed the tournament with just one point.

“We have learnt here that we

St. Petersburg. The summer home was built at the direction of Peter the Great.

The World Cup in Russia kicks off on June 14, 2018 at Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital, and returns there for the final on July 15. (ap)

Toure criticises players who swap top leagues for China cash

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has criticised fellow footballers who have traded Europe for China, saying he would prefer to follow Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s example and stay in a competitive league.

Chinese Super League clubs have made a number of highprofile recent signings recently,

LIBREVILLE - The African Nations Cup burst into life as Tunisia joined Senegal in the quarter-finals and Algeria, among the pre-tournament favourites, were eliminated after 10 goals were scored at the conclusion of Group B on Monday.

Senegal, who had already secured top place, rested key players as they drew 2-2 with Algeria in Franceville, while Tunisia, who needed just one point to take second spot, comfortably beat Zimbabwe 4-2 in Libreville.

Senegal stay in Franceville for Saturday’s quarter-final against

Guardiola and the player’s agent, but returned to the team in November after making a public apology.

He has featured regularly ever since, but there is no official word yet on whether he will be offered a new contract at City. His agent revealed last week that he had turned down a 520,000 pounds ($648,900) a week offer to play in China. (rtr)

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lack a little experience at this top level,” said captain Willard Katsande. Islam Slimani’s 10th minute strike put Algeria ahead but Pape Diop’s volleyed equaliser came just before halftime.

By then Algeria’s slim hopes had dissipated with Tunisia’s handy advantage in the other game but they did regain the lead in untidy fashion after 52 minutes. Riyad Mahrez found Slimani with a cross to the back post and his scuffed shot looped over the goalkeeper.

But 90 seconds later Senegal equalised again as Moussa Sow drilled the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

The future of Algeria coach George Leekens will now be the subject of much speculation, just two months after he took the job.

Algeria were celebrated after they reached the knockout phase of the last World Cup but have had a dramatic slip in form since their exploits in Brazil.

All four teams in Group C have a chance to qualify on Tuesday when the Democratic Republic of Congo (four points) meet Togo (one point), while Morocco (three points) face holders Ivory Coast (two points). (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith

West Ham United’s Andy Carroll celebrates scoring their second goal

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Bilic predicts bright future for fit-again Carroll

West Ham United striker Andy Carroll is poised to enter the best stretch of his career if he can stay fit, according to manager Slaven Bilic. Carroll’s career has been plagued by injury problems and the 28-year-old missed more than four months of the current season, from mid-August to December, with West Ham winning just three of 12 league games in that period.

Since his return to the team on Dec. 3, West Ham have won five of 10 in the league and drawn one, with Carroll’s contribution of five goals helping them move away from the relegation zone and up to

10th in the table.

“He is at a great age, he is happy, he’s smiling, he’s settled down,” Bilic told West Ham’s website. (www.whufc.com) “He’s happy with us and there’s no reason why he shouldn’t enter five years of his best football now.

“He is 100 percent fit now. He has been training for a couple of months, and there is no reason to think the best period of his career won’t come now.”

Carroll, who has been in unstoppable form in recent weeks, scored twice in Saturday’s 3-1 league win at Middlesbrough, and Bilic praised the striker’s ability to dominate de-

fences with his aerial prowess.

“When I was playing at centre back I always felt it was up to me rather than down to the centre forward when the ball comes in,” added the manager, whose own playing career included spells at West Ham and Everton. “With Andy it’s different, whoever plays centre back it’s more up to Andy.

It’s unbelievable.

“Now he looks fit, he’s training.

Of course we are managing him, but we are not nursing him like maybe before. He is training as much as possible, without going over the line. For me it’s the only way to stay fit, by training.” (rtr)

Tunisia advance, Algeria exit at Nations Cup

AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

FILE - The Dec, 6, 2013 file photo shows the groups on the screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil.

FIFA going to Kremlin for World Cup draw in December

ZURICH — The 2018 World Cup draw will be staged on Dec. 1 at a Kremlin concert hall in Moscow. The draw will take place at the 6,000-capacity State Kremlin Palace, a grand structure built inside the Kremlin walls in the Soviet era to hold Communist Party conferences. Nowadays, the venue usually plays host to veteran Russian pop stars, ballerinas and awards shows.

In what is billed by Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko as “a serious event” during a government

meeting on Monday, the draw at State Kremlin Palace is expected to attract the coaches of the 32 teams

which qualify. Those teams will then be sorted into eight groups for the World Cup.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been allowing FIFA to use high-profile venues for World Cup ceremonies.

In July 2015, the qualifying program draw was made on the grounds of one of Putin’s official residences, Konstantin Palace near

with Shanghai SIPG buying Brazil midfielder Oscar from Chelsea for 60 million euros ($64.46 million).

Their rivals Shanghai Shenhua signed Argentine striker Carlos Tevez for a reported 84 million euros, but Toure said money was not everything to him.

“Do you play football because you love football or do you play

because you want to make money?

Me, I just want to play football because I enjoy it,” he told British media.

“Some people have the mentality that they want to do that (go to China) - to try something different.

But for me, my feeling is that I want to play more football.

“Look at my friend Ibrahimovic.

He’s 35 and he’s going to play for maybe three more years? He’s got the same mentality as me. He’s a big player, a champion who loves football. It’s football first. Anything after that is a bonus.”

Toure, who is out of contract in June, was frozen out of City’s squad earlier this season following a spat between the manager Pep

Cameroon when Tunisia are in the Gabonese capital to face Burkina Faso in the opening game of the knockout phase. Tunisia’s four goals came in a rampant first half as Naim Sliti, Youssef Msakni, Yassine Khenessi and Wahbi Khazri, with a penalty, put Zimbabwe to the sword.

Zimbabwe needed a win to advance but were behind after 10 minutes as Tunisia came out with a lightening attack and, although Knowledge Musona and Tendai Ndoro found the net, they departed the tournament with just one point.

“We have learnt here that we

St. Petersburg. The summer home was built at the direction of Peter the Great.

The World Cup in Russia kicks off on June 14, 2018 at Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital, and returns there for the final on July 15. (ap)

Toure criticises players who swap top leagues for China cash

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has criticised fellow footballers who have traded Europe for China, saying he would prefer to follow Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s example and stay in a competitive league.

Chinese Super League clubs have made a number of highprofile recent signings recently,

LIBREVILLE - The African Nations Cup burst into life as Tunisia joined Senegal in the quarter-finals and Algeria, among the pre-tournament favourites, were eliminated after 10 goals were scored at the conclusion of Group B on Monday.

Senegal, who had already secured top place, rested key players as they drew 2-2 with Algeria in Franceville, while Tunisia, who needed just one point to take second spot, comfortably beat Zimbabwe 4-2 in Libreville.

Senegal stay in Franceville for Saturday’s quarter-final against

Guardiola and the player’s agent, but returned to the team in November after making a public apology.

He has featured regularly ever since, but there is no official word yet on whether he will be offered a new contract at City. His agent revealed last week that he had turned down a 520,000 pounds ($648,900) a week offer to play in China. (rtr)

Pape Diop

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lack a little experience at this top level,” said captain Willard Katsande. Islam Slimani’s 10th minute strike put Algeria ahead but Pape Diop’s volleyed equaliser came just before halftime.

By then Algeria’s slim hopes had dissipated with Tunisia’s handy advantage in the other game but they did regain the lead in untidy fashion after 52 minutes. Riyad Mahrez found Slimani with a cross to the back post and his scuffed shot looped over the goalkeeper.

But 90 seconds later Senegal equalised again as Moussa Sow drilled the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

The future of Algeria coach George Leekens will now be the subject of much speculation, just two months after he took the job.

Algeria were celebrated after they reached the knockout phase of the last World Cup but have had a dramatic slip in form since their exploits in Brazil.

All four teams in Group C have a chance to qualify on Tuesday when the Democratic Republic of Congo (four points) meet Togo (one point), while Morocco (three points) face holders Ivory Coast (two points). (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith

West Ham United’s Andy Carroll celebrates scoring their second goal

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Traveler Likes Best Souvenirs of Tanah Lot

TABANAN - High domestic and foreign tourist visit to Tanah Lot attraction has an impact on souvenir merchants. Other than enjoying the natural beauty of the beach and magical aura of the attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, travelers can also purchase nice souvenirs.

Thus, travelers can go home with souvenir as a memento.

At the beginning of 2017, the souvenir merchants at Tanah Lot look happy because there are a lot of visitors. From the number of tourist visits, most stop at souvenir stalls, so there are always merchandises that can be sold. Indeed, Tanah Lot is not only a favorite tourist attraction, but also famous for various souvenirs. “Travelers think that it is incomplete if they do not bring home the souvenirs of Tanah Lot,” said Wayan Mudita, a tourist guide from Denpasar.

Various souvenirs on offer include clothes, slippers, fans, headdresses, bags, bracelets, wallets, hats, key chains, postcards and other beach sarongs. The best seller souvenirs are hats and T-shirts with the wording of Tanah Lot and Bali. Headdress is also bought by

many domestic travelers. Moreover, school students when making a visit in a series of their study tour averagely purchase headdress which they wear directly.

In the meantime, bracelet, necklace and ring have little demand.

During summer, travelers usually purchase a hat. “Foreign travelers rarely purchase souvenirs. They mostly purchase drink and food. It is different from domestic travelers who often buy T-shirts in large numbers. Especially in holiday seasons, almost all merchants earn fortunes,” said Mrs. Krishna, a souvenir merchant at Tanah Lot. Operations Manager of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, said that kiosks at Tanah Lot offer a variety of souvenirs. Some are hawkers selling fruit as well as food and beverages. Their existence spreads in the main area and parking area. And the no less interesting is klepon cake that is also bought by many travelers. “Various souvenirs become alternative tourist attraction at Tanah Lot because many tourists are happy after getting souvenirs.

It is also a form of our services to tourists,” he said. (kmb)

Ecclestone exit sets F1 on a new course

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Federer celebrates winning his Men’s singles quarter-final match against Germany’s Mischa Zverev.

Back to the future as Federer storms into Melbourne semis

MELBOURNE - Four-times champion Roger Federer took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1 7-5 6-2 with a clinical display of allcourt tennis to reach his 13th Australian Open semi-final in 92 minutes on Tuesday.

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Chasing an 18th grand slam title, and first since 2012, the 35-year-old Federer neutered his left-handed German opponent’s serve-volley game to set up a lastfour meeting with fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

Looking in form as imperious as in his heyday of a decade ago despite missing the back end of last season after knee surgery, Federer is now one match away from a potential final against his old rival Rafa Nadal.

Wawrinka, the 2014 champion, will want to have a say about that as will Nadal’s quarter-final opponent, Milos Raonic.

But with both Williams sisters also still standing in the women’s draw, it would be easy to imagine it was 2007 not 2017 at Melbourne Park.

Zverev’s serve-and-volley game is a throwback to an even earlier era and the world number 50 contributed fully to an entertaining, if

short, contest with his fine volleying and net play.

The unorthodox game helped the left-hander beat world number one Murray on Sunday, one of two stunning upsets along with the early exit of Novak Djokovic that have opened up the draw for Federer and Nadal.

Against Federer, though, it took Zverev 15 minutes to hold serve and get on the scoreboard and by that stage he was already 5-0 down in the opening set.

The Swiss needed just four more minutes to wrap up the set with a leaping backhand at the net but Zverev gradually found his touch and broke for 3-1 in the second set.

Federer broke straight back but Zverev, who admitted after beating Murray that he had no Plan B, continued to charge to the net to greater and greater effect.

The Swiss bided his time, though, and couple of brilliant

backhand passes gave him another break before he served out the set with less than an hour on the clock.

A third set riddled with deft shot-making went with serve until another Federer backhand gave him a break for 5-2 and a rasping crosscourt winner, his 65th of the match, sent him into a 41st grand slam semi-final.

“I never thought I would get this far and here I am, still standing,” Federer said.

“A semi-final against Stan, it couldn’t be cooler.”

Federer has been such an extraordinary player that he has all but lost the ability to shock with his feats on court.

Andy Roddick, who was inducted into the tennis Hall of Fame on Tuesday and lost a Melbourne semi-final to Federer a decade ago, offered some welcome perspective.

“Everyone here is going to talk about it in every story they write for the rest of this tournament, and I still don’t know if that’s enough,” the American told reporters. “It’s pretty amazing.” (rtr)

LONDON - Bernie Ecclestone’s ousting as Formula One supremo will take the sport in a different, digital direction under new American owners Liberty Media but there is much work to be done in the months and years ahead.

“F1 has huge potential with multiple untapped opportunities,” said new chief executive Chase Carey after ending 86-year-old Ecclestone’s 40-year reign on Monday.

“We will work...to enhance the racing experience and add new dimensions to the sport and we look forward to sharing these plans over time.”

Carey, appointed Formula One chairman in September after serving as vice-chairman of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, and Liberty Media’s chief executive Greg Maffei have both said there is a lot they want to do differently.

Maffei has spoken of more races in Latin America, Asia and the United States while Carey has indicated that Liberty wants to safeguard the sport’s historic venues in Europe, ramp up marketing efforts and engage the fans more.

There has been talk of treating every race like a Super Bowl, creating a buzz that extends far beyond the racetrack, but without ‘Americanising’ the sport’s fundamentals or alienating the purists.

Liberty Media has plenty of experience and resources, with interests in the Atlanta Braves baseball team, satellite radio service Sirius XM, entertainment group Live Nation and minority interests in Time Warner and Viacom.

Where Ecclestone’s business model was based on television rights and ever-increasing hosting fees that have left circuits with little chance of making a profit, Liberty have emphasised a shift towards sustainability and new revenue streams.

“Less than one percent of revenues are from digital,” Maffei said in September after Liberty agreed to acquire the commercial rights from CVC Capital Parthers.

“They really have no organised digital effort. I think there’s a lot of things that can be done around gaming, VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality).

“There’s an enormous amount of video feed and data about the races that we are already capturing that we are not in any way processing incrementally for the dedicated fan,” he added.

Where Ecclestone was often at odds with the teams, adopting a divide and rule approach, Carey has sounded more collegiate and inclusive with talk of cost controls and ensuring a fairer share of the spoils.

That will be easier said than done, with the likes of glamour team Ferrari in particular handsomely rewarded for historic performances while smaller teams struggle to survive.

The appointment of Ross Brawn in a management role overseeing motorsport activities has also raised hopes among fans and participants preparing for the first race in Australia in two months’ time. (rtr)

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Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone arrives in court in Munich April 24, 2014.

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Rescue helicopter crashes near Italy avalanche disaster site

ROME - A rescue helicopter carrying six people has crashed in Italy near the site of the Abruzzo hotel avalanche disaster, Italian media reports. Reports say it came down near the Campo Felice ski station.

It had been sent to rescue an injured skier from pistes close to the epicentres of the recent earthquakes and last week’s deadly avalanche.

It is not thought the helicopter was linked to the ongoing rescue operation at the Rigopiano hotel. Six more bodies have been found in the ruins of the hotel, which was engulfed in snow and ice.The known death toll now stands at 14 and rescuers say hopes are fading of finding alive any of the other 15 people still missing.

Rescue crews’ spirits were raised on Monday when three of the Hotel Rigopiano’s resident puppies were found alive. But they were found in a boiler room a long way from where the missing are thought to be.

The latest bodies to be discovered were found in the snow-covered bar and kitchen area after excavators were used to dig a pathway through the ice and

rubble. Firefighter spokesman Alberto Maiolo said: “Logically, hopes fade as time passes, but we are continuing to search and trying to do it as quickly as possible.”

Rescuers who have been working around the clock have not completely ruled out finding more survivors.

They believe some rooms they are trying to reach by tunnelling through thick stone walls may be almost intact, so people could still be alive if they have managed to stay warm. Nine people, including four children, were found alive on Friday.

They were dug out of the snow and ice two days after the avalanche engulfed the remote hotel. Prosecutors have opened a preliminary manslaughter investigation into the disaster.

They are looking into whether environmental risks were properly taken into account during the building and subsequent renovation of the hotel.

The four-star hotel and spa facility, where George Clooney once stayed, was built into a hillside high on the eastern slopes of Monte Gran Sasso. The first two funerals have been held for victims of the disaster. (rtr)

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Rescue workers work with excavator at the site of the avalanche-buried Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, central Italy, hit by an avalanche, in this undated picture released on January 24, 2017 provided by Alpine and Speleological Rescue Team.

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Different strains of bird flu have been spreading across Europe and Asia since late last year, leading to large-scale slaughtering of poultry in certain countries and some human deaths in China. Experts fear the virus could mutate to spread more easily among people.

Nearly 40 countries have reported new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or wild birds since November, according to the WHO.

“The rapidly expanding geographical distribution of these outbreaks and the number of virus strains currently co-circulating have put WHO on high alert,” Margaret Chan told the start of the U.N. agency’s executive board.

The world is better prepared for the next influenza pandemic - following the H1N1 “mild” pandemic in 2009-2010 - “but not at all well enough”, she said.

Chan said that under an agreement with drug makers, in return for countries sharing virus samples from which a pandemic vaccine

would be derived, WHO is promised 350 million doses of vaccine for distribution.

“We cannot allow so many countries to be without tools,” Chan later told Reuters. “Remember, it takes four to six months to get the vaccine.”

China has had a “sudden and steep increase” in human cases of H7N9 since December and the WHO has not been able to rule out limited human-to-human spread in two clusters of cases although no sustained spread has been detected thus far, she said.

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Buildings destroyed during previous clashes are seen as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq January 23, 2017.

Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul, 100 days after the start of their U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State militants from the city.

The deputy parliament speaker announced the capture of the east of the city, Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq, after a meeting with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

“We completed the total liberation of the left bank of Mosul and this is a gift to the Iraqi people,” said Sheikh Humam Hamoudi in a statement, quoting Abadi at the meeting.

The army on Sunday entered Rashidiya, the last district under the control of the militants on the east bank of the Tigris, said military spokesman Brigadier-General Yahya Rasool.

Mopping-up operations were still under way on Monday to flush

out remaining militants in a pocket in this northeastern district, he said in a statement.

A resident of Rashidiya said the army had stormed the area after air strikes destroyed a tank and car bomb the militants had been preparing to attack the advancing forces.

A resident of Zanjali, a district on the west side of Mosul, said Islamic State fighters “have arrived from the left bank and are trying to find houses on the right bank”, fleeing from the government forces’ advance.

The resident asked not to identified as the militants kill those caught speaking with the outside world.

Iraqi forces launched a campaign on Oct. 17 to retake Mosul from the hardline Sunni group, which captured the city in 2014, declaring from its Grand Mosque a “caliphate” that also spanned parts of Syria, ruled by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (rtr)

Under the International Health Regulations, WHO’s 194 member states are required to detect and report human cases promptly, Chan said, adding: “We cannot afford to miss the early signals.”

China’s delegation, led by Zhang Yang of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told the meeting China would carry out its obligations on communicating and responding to any outbreaks.

“Currently H7N9 overall statistics remain the same,” Zhang said.

“China will continue to strengthen its cooperation and exchange with

WHO in this regard.”

David Nabarro, an international public health expert and one of six candidates to succeed Chan in the top WHO post, said that addressing the threat of avian flu jumping the barrier to pose a serious threat to humans was a “central priority”.

“This group of viruses are persistent in moving between wild birds and poultry. We should always have a good high guard and never be complacent,” Nabarro, a former U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza, told Reuters. (rtr)

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Trump pulls U.S. out of Pacific trade deal, loosening Asia ties

U.S. President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, distancing America from its Asian allies as China’s influence in the region rises. Fulfilling a campaign pledge to end American involvement in the 2015 pact, Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office pulling the United States from the 12-nation TPP. “Great thing for the American worker,” Trump said as he signed the order on his third full day in office. The Republican says the trade deal would have damaged U.S. manufacturing.

The accord, backed heavily by U.S. business, was negotiated by former President Barack Obama’s administration but never approved

by Congress. It had been the main economic pillar of the Obama administration’s “pivot” to the AsiaPacific region to counter China.

Trump has sparked worries in Japan and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific with his opposition to the TPP and his campaign demands for U.S. allies to pay more for their security.

Harry Kazianis, Director of Defense Studies at the Center for the National Interest think tank in Washington, said Trump must now

find an alternative way to reassure allies in Asia. “This could include multiple bilateral trade agreements.

Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam should be approached first as they are key to any new Asia strategy that President Trump will enact,” he said.

U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS The new president also met with a dozen American manufacturers at the White House on Monday, pledging to slash regulations and cut corporate taxes, but warning them he would take action on trade deals he felt were unfair.

Trump, who took office on Friday, has promised to bring manufacturing plants back to the United States - an issue he said helped him win the Nov. 8 election. He has not hesitated to call out by name companies that he thinks should bring

outsourced production back home.

He said those businesses that choose to move factories outside the country would pay a price. “We are going to be imposing a very major border tax on the product when it comes in,” Trump said.

Trump asked the group of chief executives from companies including Ford, Dell Technologies, Tesla and others to make recommendations in 30 days to stimulate manufacturing, Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris told reporters.

Liveris said the CEOs discussed the border tax “quite a bit” with Trump, explaining “the sorts of industry that might be helped or hurt by that.” “Look: I would take the president at his word here. He’s not going to do anything to harm competitiveness. He’s going to actually make us all more competitive,” Liveris said.

At a portion of the meeting observed by reporters, Trump provided no details on how the border tax would work. The U.S. dollar fell to a seven-week low against a basket of key world currencies on Monday and global stock markets

declined amid investor concerns about Trump’s protectionist rhetoric.

“A company that wants to fire all of its people in the United States, and build some factory someplace else, and then thinks that that product is going to just flow across the border into the United States - that’s not going to happen,” he said.

CUT TAXES AND REGULATIONS The president told the CEOs he would like to cut corporate taxes to the 15 percent to 20 percent range, down from current statutory levels of 35 percent - a pledge that will require cooperation from the Republican-led U.S. Congress.

But he said business leaders have told him that reducing regulations is even more important.

“We think we can cut regulations by 75 percent. Maybe more,” Trump told business leaders. “When you want to expand your plant, or when Mark wants to come in and build a big massive plant, or when Dell wants to come in and do something monstrous and special – you’re

going to have your approvals really fast,” Trump said, referring to Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, who sat around the boardroom-style table in the Roosevelt Room. Fields said he was encouraged by the tone of the meeting.

“I know I come out with a lot of confidence that the president is very, very serious on making sure that the United States economy is going to be strong and have policies - tax, regulatory or trade - to drive that,” he said.

Trump told the executives that companies were welcome to negotiate with governors to move production between states, but Trump was scheduled to hold a meeting later on Monday with labor leaders and U.S. workers, the White House said.

Between winning the presidential election in November and taking office, Trump hosted a number of U.S. CEOs in meetings in New York, including business leaders from defense, technology and other sectors. He also met with leaders of several labor unions, including the AFL-CIO.

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The haze which was caused by forest fire is thickening in Riau Province.

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Fire-prone Indonesian province declares early emergency to combat “haze”

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s fire-prone Riau province declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said, after President Joko Widodo urged regional authorities to avoid a repeat of fires that smothered Southeast Asia in smog in 2015.

Indonesia faces global pressure to put an end to slash-and-burn land clearances for palm and pulp plantations which send clouds of toxic smoke over the region each year. Tuesday’s move is intended to help Riau, which sits a stone’s throw across the Malacca Strait from wealthy city-state Singapore, to begin taking preventive steps as dryer weather is expected in 2017

than in 2016.

“The province of Riau today declared emergency status for forest and land fires for 96 days,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho told Reuters.

The 2015 fires were among the worst on record, straining ties with neighbours, and costing Indonesia an estimated 220 trillion rupiah

($16.5 billion) in economic losses, or about 1.9 percent of gross domestic product, Widodo’s office has said. Every year, Indonesia faces criticism from its neighbours Singapore and Malaysia over the smog, euphemistically known as “haze”, and its failure to stop the fires from being lit.

Data from the state weather agency shows dryer weather in store for Indonesia this year, which authorities fear could spark more fires.

“We hope that at the beginning of this year there is planning and quick action (so) we can prevent

forest and land fires in 2017,” Widodo said. He called for preventive measures, tougher law enforcement, more community involvement and better governance of private land and concessions.

“Check preparations for aerial operations, air patrols, rain making and water bombing. These have to move quickly from the start,” the president said.

Widodo thanked community stakeholders and authorities for efforts to prevent and douse fires in 2016, when hotspots were reduced by 83 percent. “The reduction was drastic,” he added.(rtr)

JAKARTA - Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (TNI) General Mulyono expressed hope that the US-made Apache helicopter ordered by the TNI would be displayed at its 72nd anniversary on Oct 5.

“I hope on that day the helicopter can be brought in physically and be displayed as part of the armys programs that should be carried out,” Mulyono stated at the Army Headquarters, Central Jakarta, on Monday. The TNI has signed a contract worth US$295.8 million to purchase eight Apache helicopters. The procurement process of the helicopters is still underway.

“It is a lengthy process. We are communicating intensively with the manufacturer, so the helicopters can be immediately delivered in the country,” Mulyono noted.

Eight units of the Apache AH64E Guardian, ordered from the US manufacturer Boeing, were expected to be delivered gradually between 2016 and 2018.

The upgraded specifications of the Boeing Apache AH-64E helicopter include improved digital connectivity, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, and a more powerful T700-GE-701D machine, with face gear transmission to accommodate more power.

Boeing claims that the AH64 Apache is the worlds most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defense forces.

Boeing has delivered more than 2,200 Apache helicopters to customers around the world since the aircraft entered production.(ant)

UN investigates alleged arms smuggling attempt by Indonesian peacekeepers

JAKARTA - Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arrmanatha Nasir said here on Monday that the United Nations is investigating an alleged attempt by Indonesian Police belonging to the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid), Sudan, to smuggle arms.

“We have received information on the arms smuggling that has happened in Sudan. The UN is conducting an investi-

gation,” Nasir said in a statement received here on Monday.

It was reported that the local authority of North Darfur arrested Indonesian police belonging to the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur for smuggling arms through El-Fasher airport on Friday (Jan 20) local time.

The information from Sudanese Media Center stated that the weapons and am-

munition seized were concealed in dust and stones.

The customs unit seized several weapons such as 29 Kalashnikovs, four guns, six GM3 guns and 61 pistols.

However, there is yet any confirmation on the involvement of Indonesian police in the arms smuggling attempt, Nasir stated.

“According to the initial report we re-

ceived from the Indonesian police personnel, the smuggled stuff does not belong to the Indonesian Police troops,” Nasir added.

Indonesias Ambassador to Sudan has met the police troops in order to provide assistance.

“A team of National Police will soon depart to provide legal aid and seek clarity regarding this matter,” Nasir remarked. (ant)

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Backfilling of paddy field at Lelateng complained

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NEGARA - Backfilling of land in the south and the right side of concrete road in the area of productive paddy field at Lelateng, Negara, reaped complaints from a number of parties. Farmers and residents complained on Sunday (Jan. 22) about the backfilling of land that will be used for housing development.

“Productive land like this is allowed to be backfilled and built.

After a long time, it will affect the paddy fields here in particular pollution of the fields,” said a farmer in the area of Lelateng.

A sharecropper, Wayan Sudiarsa, said that a housing complex and tofu factory in the upstream of paddy fields have an impact on the quality of rice and development of paddy plants. Now, the acreage is converted again. “If carried out to non-productive land, it actually does not matter.

However, the paddy field here is still productive,” he said.

In the meantime, as seen on the project signboard mounted in the paddy field backfilled, it will be plotted. A substantial number of subak members in the subdistrict of Jembrana and Negara who met recently admitted the temptation to agricultural land conversion is very tantalizing.

However, some subak areas apply awig-awig (bylaw) on the limitation of paddy field area so as not to be converted like the Subak Mertasari, at Loloan Timur, that has already been besieged by settlement. Subak (irrigation cooperative) hoped there is a policy to terminate the sale of

agricultural land for conversion.

Subak does not make it a problem as long as the land sold remains to be functioned for agricultural purposes, not converted into concrete area.

In the meantime, a member of Commission B of the Jembrana House of Representatives, Ketut Catur, recently said that farmland in Jembrana is threatened by land conversion so that he hoped this can get a concern. Moreover, in 2015 it was already issued the Regional Bylaw No.5/2015 on the Protection of Agricultural Land for Sustainable Food (PLP2B).

This bylaw sets forth the area of agricultural land, so that it just needs to be implemented the guarantee farmers.

He hoped the bylaw is not just limited to regulations on paper without implementation.

Hopefully, the establishment of sustainable food agricultural land could slow down the rapid land conversion. Likewise, the control of agricultural land is also shored up for the sake of productivity of farmers. Though currently the region has been self-sufficient in rice, they are hoped not to be complacency. Optimization of agricultural land also needs to

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Backfilling of land in the south and the right side of concrete road in the area of productive paddy field at Lelateng, Negara, reaped complaints from a number of parties. be promoted through farmland intensification, diversification and extensification.

The bylaw stipulates that the area of Agricultural Land for Sustainable Food in accordance with Spatial Plan and Area reaches 7,498.12 hectares spreading across five subdistricts. Details of the core area consist of Melaya subdistrict (1,201.56 hectares), Negara (1,508.49 hectares), Jembrana (1,304.14 hectares), Mendoyo (2,641.50 hectares) and Pekutatan (842.43 hectares).

Head of the Jembrana Agriculture and Plantation Agency, Ketut Wiratma, said that land conversion is very influential in the development of subak and indeed affects rice production. However, it should be attempted to increase the index of agriculture by cropping patterns so as to be able to meet the local rice needs.

His agency also suggested subak to participate in supervising the land use. “Hopefully, the land use is not carried out blindly,” he said.

In the meantime, the data in the Agriculture and Plantation Agency indicated that rice production of Jembrana in 2016 was one of the highest in Bali other than Tabanan. Planting Index (IP) in a year in Jembrana reached 1.4 percent. This means that in a year the paddy planting has an average of two times. The remaining 0.60 percent is planted with crops.

With the rice needs for the society of Jembrana reaching 33,000 tons per year, Jembrana has reached a surplus. (kmb)

Order declines, some sokasi crafters complain

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Crafters of sokasi (bamboo basket) in Bangli district are quite a lot. Such number of crafter automatically makes competition tighter in the marketing of handicrafts they produce.

BANGLI - Crafters of sokasi (bamboo basket) in Bangli district are quite a lot. Such number of crafter automatically makes competition tighter in the marketing of handicrafts they produce. It greatly impacts the number of orders received by the crafters.

A crafter of sokasi from Bangklet hamlet, Kayubihi, Ni Wayan Deni, recently admitted that her orders from wholesalers decrease.

“Sokasi orders from wholesalers decline. I do not know what causes it. Probably, sluggish economic condition causes the decline in the orders from wholesalers,” she said on Monday (Jan. 23).

Aside from the orders from wholesalers, her daily direct sales

also experience a significant decline. Sometimes, she cannot sell a single sokasi of her work in a day.

“Sometimes I can only sell a piece of sokasi. On unlucky day, we cannot sell,” she said.

Deni explained that she gets bamboo raw materials by purchasing at IDR 40,000 per stalk. And it is also adjusted to the quality of bamboo purchased. “If belonging to super quality, it is more expensive because the bamboo has been well selected,” said Deni.

According to Deni, a piece of large-sized sokasi will take her quite long time because the workmanship starting from slicing bamboo to painting is still worked on manually by hand and brush. In the current

rainy season, she has trouble in drying out. If it rains like this, it takes a long time to dry out the paint because there is no sunlight.

“If the bamboo is not dry at all, the results will not be good in the finishing process. So it should be absolutely dry before being woven. A sokasi can be completed maximally in three days because the process is quite complicated.

A small-sized sokasi can be completed in a day, but a larger one in three days,” she added.

She explained that the selling price depends on the size of sokasi. A small one is sold for IDR 20,000 to IDR 40,000, while a larger one is sold for IDR 70,000 to IDR100,000. (kmb41)

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China says will protect South China Sea sovereignty

BEIJING - China said on Tuesday it had “irrefutable” sovereignty over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the White House vowed to defend “international territories” in the strategic waterway.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer in his comments on Monday signaled a sharp departure from years of cautious U.S. handling of China’s assertive pursuit of territorial claims in Asia.

“The U.S. is going to make sure that we protect our interests there,” Spicer said when asked if Trump agreed with comments by his secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson. On Jan. 11, Tillerson said China should not be allowed access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea. “It’s a question of if those islands are in fact in international waters and not part of China proper, then yeah, we’re going to make sure that we defend international territories from being taken over by one country,” he said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing on Tuesday “the United States is not a party to the South China Sea dispute”.

China claims most of the South China Sea, while Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei claims parts of the sea that

commands strategic sealanes and has rich fishing grounds along with oil and gas deposits.

China’s sovereignty over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea was “irrefutable” Hua said. But China was also dedicated to protecting freedom of navigation and wants talks with nations directly involved to find a peaceful solution.

“We urge the United States to respect the facts, speak and act cautiously to avoid harming the peace and stability of the South China Sea,” Hua said.

“Our actions in the South China Sea are reasonable and fair. No matter what changes happen in other countries, what they say or what they want to do, China’s resolve to protect its sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea will not change,” she added.

BAR ACCESS TO ISLANDS Tillerson’s remarks at his Senate confirmation hearing prompted Chinese state media to say at the time that the United States would need to “wage war” to bar China’s access to the islands, where it has

built military-length air strips and installed weapons systems.

Tillerson was asked at the hearing whether he supported a more aggressive posture toward China and said: “We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.”

The former Exxon Mobil Corp chairman and chief executive did not elaborate on what might be done to deny China access to the islands.

But analysts said his comments, like those of Spicer, suggested the possibility of U.S. military action, or even a naval blockade. Such action would risk an armed confrontation with China, an increasingly formidable nuclear-armed military power. It is also the world’s secondlargest economy and the target of Trump accusations it is stealing American jobs.

Spicer declined to elaborate when asked how the United States could enforce such a move against China, except to say: “I think, as we develop further, we’ll have more information on it.”

Tillerson narrowly won approval from a Senate committee on Monday and is expected to win confirmation from the full Senate. (rtr)

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain’s exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a chance to amend or hinder them.

By a majority of eight to three, the Supreme Court decided May could not use executive powers known as “royal prerogative” to invoke Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty and begin two years of divorce talks.

“The Supreme Court today rules that the government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so,” said Supreme Court President David Neuberger.

However, the judges did remove one major potential obstacle, saying May did not need the approval of the UK’s devolved assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland before triggering Brexit.

May has said she intends to invoke Article 50 before the end of March but the ruling means she must bring legislation before parliament before she can go ahead.

That opens up the Brexit process to scrutiny from lawmakers, the majority of whom had wanted to stay in the EU. However, the main opposition Labour Party said it would not block Brexit although it would try to amend the legislation.

“Labour will seek to build in the principles of full, tariff-free access to the single market and maintenance of workers’ rights and social and environmental protections,” said party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Attorney General Jeremy Wright, the government’s top lawyer who argued its case, said ministers would implement the court’s ruling.

“Of course the government is disappointed with the outcome,” Wright said outside the Supreme Court. “The government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that is necessary to implement it.”

May said the decision did nothing to change the path of Brexit.

“The British people voted to leave the EU, and the government will deliver on their verdict - triggering Article 50, as planned, by the end of March,” her spokesman said.

Last week May set out her stall for negotiations, promising a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc as part of a 12-point plan to focus on global free trade deals, setting a course for a so-called “hard Brexit”.

Some investors and those who backed the “remain” campaign hope that lawmakers, most of whom wanted to stay in the EU, will force May to seek a deal which prioritises access to the European single market of 500 million people, or potentially even block Brexit altogether.

Sterling initially rose on the news that the government had lost its appeal, but it then fell over half a cent to hit day’s lows against the dollar and euro after the ruling that the devolved assemblies did not need to give their assent. By 1022 GMT it had trimmed some of those losses and stood at $1.2485, down 0.4 percent on the day. (rtr)

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Prime Minister Theresa May holds a regional cabinet meeting in Runcorn, Cheshire, as she launched her industrial strategy for post-Brexit Britain with a promise the Government will “step up” and take an active role in backing business, Britain, January 23, 2017

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Electric-power EZ10 minibuses

PARIS — In a city hit by chronic pollution and traffic problems, Paris officials are experimenting with a self-driving shuttle linking two train stations in the French capital.

Two electric-power EZ10 minibuses, which can carry up to six seated passengers, were put into service Monday and will be tested until early April between the Lyon and Austerlitz stations in Paris. The GPS-guided vehicle is free and will be running seven days a week.

“To respond to the pollution emergency in big urban

zones it is urgent to innovate with new transportation systems that are more environmentally friendly,” said Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, head of the local district where the test is taking place.

Jean-Louis Missika, a Paris deputy mayor in charge of innovation, said self-driving vehicles “will change the urban landscape in a spectacular fashion” within the next 20 years.

Conceived by the French company Easymile, the EZ10 will also be tested between two main green spaces in southern Paris later this year. The company said fleets of the small shuttle are already operating in several countries across the

world including the United States.

“Let’s see how people will adopt them, how they will react in a vehicle without a driving wheel and no driver,” Missika said.

With a commercial speed of 15 kph (9 mph), the shuttle has been designed for public transportation to cover short distances. Equipped with a system detecting objects, the EZ10 can adjust its trajectory to avoid obstacles and does not need heavy infrastructure to be operated.

On the Charles de Gaulle bridge linking the two train stations, the shuttles are running on separate lanes and don’t mix with other vehicles in traffic. (ap)

Pokemon Go unleashed on game-mad South Korea six months late

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Smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears.

SEOUL - Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.

The popularity of augmentedreality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and other public places as users search for monsters to train, but with temperatures well below freezing, there was no sudden, noticeable buzz on the streets of Seoul.

“We have waited very long and worked very hard to launch Pokemon Go in South Korea,” said Lim Jae Boem, chief executive of Pokemon Korea.

The game was jointly developed

by Nintendo and Niantic Inc. Pokemon Go relies on Google

Maps to work. But in most of South Korea those functions have been limited by the government, which is technically still at war with North Korea, for national security reasons.

Neither Niantic nor Pokemon Korea specified how they managed to work around the Google Maps challenge.

“We used various publicly accessible data sources,” said Dennis Hwang, art director of Niantic Inc. There was a slight hitch in the morning when the game was unavailable for download, but that was soon cleared up.

One group of people had their eyes fixed to their smartphones near Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun Square where Pokemons are said to appear often.

“It was sad that it came to Korea

a bit late but I’m glad that I can play the fun game translated into Korean,” said Kim Ga-on, 10, who was playing separately with his mother and sister.

“It’s good exercise and it’s fun to catch Pokemons.”

South Korea is the world’s fourth-biggest gaming market after China, the United States and Japan, according to Amsterdam-based research firm Newzoo.

In July, some impatient Pokemon fans rushed to Sokcho, a city close to the border with North Korea - an area where the game can be played as it has not been classified as South Korean territory in Google Maps data.

Nintendo’s stock closed down 1 percent on Tuesday. Hysonic Co Ltd, the company in charge of the game release, rose 30 percent. (rtr)

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Fight against drugs, prioritize role of customary village

BASED on the result of joint research carried out by the National Narcotic Agency (BNN) and the Center for Health Research of the University of Indonesia (UI) in 2015, the number of drug abuser in Bali Province reached 61,353 people. The increase in non-injecting addicts amounted to 1,414 people driven by the development in the use of narcotics belonging to crystal meth.

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“In 2017, we hope the number of users can continuously be minimized and the disclosures can be increased. Moreover, there are many communities and travelers, so that the market share of drugs in Bali is quite good. These conditions must be recognized and addressed by selffortification so as not to be affected or getting in touch with drugs,” said the Head of the Bali Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP), Putu Gede Suastawa, at an exclusive interview with BaliTV and Bali Post on Monday (Jan. 23).

Suastawa deplored that during 2016, the awareness of drug addicts to report themselves was still low. Pursuant to the reports of the BNNP Bali, there were 172 people of voluntary addicts following the rehabilitation program and 802 people undergoing prosecution.

“They are self-reporting not based on their own accord, but taken by their parents, relatives or friends.

So, the addicts having self-report remain low. Strangely, the reporting by family happens because they are overwhelmed by family members who use drugs,” he said.

This month, the BNNP arrested eight suspects and the investigation is being processed. On that account, there is an increase when compared to January 2016 with zero arrest.

“There has been an action. The phenomenon shows if the BNNP performance increases,” he said.

The effort of mapping out the prone areas and drug-untouched areas has been already implemented.

Besides, preventive anticipation is also intensively conducted. More-

over, the development and shifting of territory in the drug trafficking continue to occur. To that end, synergy with customary village is intensively conducted. Moreover, in 2016 when his agency proposed a larger budget for the activities in customary village, it was immediately agreed. “There are any group and any rank in customary village. Therefore, we are prioritizing the role of customary village,” concluded this one-star general from Mengwi.

Currently, it has been inaugurated the pecalang (customary security guard) serving as volunteer for drug prevention, abuse and illicit traf-

ficking (P4GN) by the Head of BNN, Budi Waseso. A total of 1,300 personnel of pecalang have been inaugurated, while the number of pecalang across Bali reaches 5,000 people.

“The remaining 3,700 personnel will be inaugurated later gradually. We will train them in terms of preventive measures such as by providing information and knowledge on the P4GN. At least, it is the information for each pecalang first.

All this time, we involve pecalang in the raid because they know every inch of the territory and migrants.

It is very effective, let alone all the customary villages must have pecalang,” he said.

In addition, the role of customary village is intensified by establishing a drug-free hamlet. Kertapala hamlet at Penatih, East Denpasar, has been inaugurated as a drug-free hamlet.

In addition, a village in Klungkung has made perarem (appendix to

customary village bylaw) related to the efforts if the residents are getting involved in such illicit goods.

“If all the customary hamlets and villages can be like that, we do believe drug trafficking can be minimized. Moreover, there is collaboration between the government and customary villages,” he said.

Toughest challenge in the future is the matter related to the application of P4GN Integrated Curriculum for junior high school, high school and vocational school. Materials on narcotics for junior high school will be inserted into the subjects like religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesia, social sciences and physical and health education. Then, for high school and vocational school it will be inserted into the subject of religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesian, history as well as physical and health education. Earlier this year, it should have been done optimally in order to handle the upstream.

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The effort of mapping out the prone areas and drug-untouched areas has been already implemented. Besides, preventive anticipation is also intensively conducted.

Students must be implanted with anti-drug mindset early. Therefore, his agency continues to coordinate with the Education Agency so that the curriculum can be realized according to expectations.

“Urine test is important to be carried out every 6 months as a control effort. Hopefully, the urine test will make employees or officers more scared so that they will not dare to try,” said this father of two sons.

He hoped the construction of narcotic rehabilitation center in Bali could be realized this year. Governor of Bali lends an area of 1.5 hectares near Bangli Mental Hospital. “We want to improve synergy and collaboration with all parties. If only relying on the BNNP, the results will not be optimal. The role of society is very much expected,” said Suastawa.

According to him, the addicts cannot think healthily and the healing process to get totally recovered will take a long time. They can relapse when they fall back into their communities.

In order to realize the golden generation, namely healthy generation without drugs, all the Indonesian people must work together and earnestly and fight against drugs, especially from the life of younger generation as the successor to the nation. They are expected to be the successor to lead this nation and bring progress and triumph for Indonesia. To realize the golden generation, education in family is the major key by providing the understanding on importance of healthy lifestyle without drugs.

“At the moment, teenagers need to be protected and fortified, especially those with the status as students. They are succeeding generation and becoming the assets of the nation. Do not let Indonesia lose its generation,” said Suastawa. (rah)

Badung realizes command center

MANGUPURA - Heading for a smart city, the government of Badung in the regional budget 2017 is going to realize a command center. Three-tiered control room will be built in the area of Badung civic center with a budget of around IDR 50 billion.

Head of the Badung Infocom Agency, Wayan Weda Darmaja, said that physical development of the project will be worked on by relevant agency, in this case the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency (PUPR).

“The entire equipment in the command

room will be prepared by Infocom Agency with a budget of around IDR 23 billion, including the provision of facilities such as computer, monitor, network, operator and others,” said Weda Darmaja on Monday (Jan. 23).

According to him, the control center will display all the analysis results of the digital monitoring data of Badung. No less important, the collected data will be used as a basis for decision making.

“Tasks of the Infocom Agency are currently heavier because it serves the entire agencies, the community as well as manages public communications, including the

information on the programs of Badung regent that touches people. The entire statistical data in Badung are hosted by our agency,” he explained.

Badung district, said Weda Darmaja, also builds a fiber optic network to increase internet capacity so as to support Internet access in Badung, installation of CCTV at strategic points in Badung and installation of free Wi-Fi at strategic points.

“We have developed software such as the development of smart city application based on the data of human resources, population and specific data. There are 84 applications

that we have developed heading for the smart city,” he said.

For development of human resources, his agency will establish a regional information technology council. The team is composed of the elements of government, educational institutions, community leaders and business people.

“Formation of the coordination team for information and communication technology application will comprise the representatives of each district agency so that its implementation can be effective,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Regeneration of Bali’s leader

Political parties must accommodate people’s aspiration

NEW round of Bali’s new leadership will roll out in 2018. Mapping out of potential and threats of Bali will surely become a major indicator to be parsed by the leader of Bali. This becomes a very strategic discourse for Balinese people to get an ideal leader for Bali. At least, the next leader of Bali must be clean, bold and visionary as well as takes side in the Bali’s interest. Assuredly, such terms are not enough because there are many other indicators to be met.

Considering the significant leadership role in determining the fate of Bali’s civilization in the future, contribution and thought of all components must be heard.

Political parties as a mandate holder for proposing candidates should not be obtrude. Aspirations of Balinese people must

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be the major benchmarks.

In this context, the thought and contribution of many people need to be heard in maintaining civilization of Bali. Preserving Bali is not enough just by taking power, but the power must be accountable to Balinese people This idea was submitted by a political analyst from Undiksha Prof. Dr. Wayan Lasmawan, and Chairman of the Bali Tourism Society Alliance Dr. I Gusti Kade Sutawa on Monday (Jan. 23). Prof Lasmawan said that Bali’s next leader must be a figure with positive track record in defending the interests of Bali. In this context, Bali’s future leader must be free and clean so that it can take decisive measures in managing bureaucrats.

“Requirements of Bali’s leader must be certainly honest and having ethics that reflects Hindu customs and traditions. It is important to be made into requirements considering that comprehension of Bali’s leader for the territory and the people chaired should also be clear,” he said.

He also reminded the people of Bali to consider social investment of the candidates. In this case, the interaction of candidates with their constituents and the people of Bali should be clear. “The figures that only appear when struggling for power must be necessarily alerted.

Their motive to become a leader must also be questioned,” he said.

Lasmawan said that socio-cultural investment of the candidates can become the strength in moving the development of Bali. In this case, the development cer-

tainly does not just pursue the economic growth and investment but must also be capable of guarding Balinese culture and local wisdom. “Social investment, control of territorial and social interaction of the candidates in maintaining and guarding Balinese culture must become primary consideration. Escorting civilization of Bali amid the strengthening of threat should become an identity of the Bali’s leader. “Bali’s leader may not have identity crisis due to various cases afflicting him or her,” he said.

Then, I Gusti Kade Sutawa said that Bali’s leader should be honest, brave enough and visionary. Being brave and having a party are not enough. The candidates must pass the test in the community.

“Being honest, courageous and ethical will become an important thing to be considered,” he said.

This tourism practitioner also reminded the candidates to make introspection.

They may not be over self-confident and then do political approach by any ways.

“Candidates should not only aim at the lullabying power but must also measure their potential,” he said.

Sutawa underlined that visionary in the leadership of Bali must be interpreted into real actions to overcome the classic problems of Bali. Congestion, environmental, abrasion, litter and potential of water crisis problem must be analyzed by the leader of Bali.

“If people do not have a solution to overcome the problems, they should not be aiming for the position of Bali’s governor,” he said.

Besides, the threat of marginalization and erosion of Balinese humans and their culture should also become a strategic requirement. “Candidates that do not support the commitment of Balinese people to maintaining their nature should be

disqualified from the beginning. Those having no understanding on the interests of Bali will only become a burden to Bali,” he said.

In this context, political parties must be sensitive in recommending their candidates. “Courage to reject any investments that potentially harm the nature of Bali must become the candidate’s identity.

To us as tourism players, this becomes an important requirement if Bali wants to have an ideal leader in the future,” he concluded. (dir)

ous areas like Baturiti and Pupuan, dengue cases are also found.

Data of the Tabanan Health Agency in 2016 indicate there are a total of 918 cases, where 16 of which occurred in Baturiti and 24 other cases occurred in Pupuan.

Division Head of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Health (P2MPL) at the Tabanan Health Agency, Ketut Nariana said on Monday (Jan. 23) that not all the patients of dengue cases in Baturiti

and Pupuan get the disease while at tropical area.

“In the past, dengue cases were found in mountainous areas if people had visited endemic areas.

But now, some people are getting a virus infection without ever going to the endemic areas. In other words, they get infection at their home,” said Nariana.

From these cases can be known if Aedes aegypti serves as the vector of dengue that is able to adapt

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in mountainous areas supported by climate change. On that account, the existence of dengue can no longer be limited by cold or tropical region, thus prevention of the virus transmission should be conducted simultaneously in all the regions.

Nariana continued that in 2017 the prevention of dengue will be made through fogging and ULV. However, the most important thing to be done by people is the movement of eradicating mosquito nests. “Fogging and

ULV only last for an hour and kill adult mosquitoes. Its larvae remain to live and without the eradication of mosquito nests it will develop into adult mosquito,” he said.

In 2016, the most dengue cases are recorded in Kediri (285) and then followed by Tabanan (230), Kerambitan (118), Penebel (78), Marga (64), East Selemadeg (55), West Selemadeg (28), Pupuan (24), Selemadeg (20) and Baturiti (16). (kmb24)

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Bruce Springsteen performs during The River Tour at the LA Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on March 17, 2016.

Bruce Springsteen says the “new resistance” against Trump has begun

SYDNEY - American rock star Bruce Springsteen, who supported Hillary Clinton during the recent presidential election campaign, said on Sunday his band joins a global “new resistance” against U.S. President Donald Trump.

“It feels a long ways away, but our hearts and our spirits are with all the millions of people that marched yesterday, and the E Street Band, we are part of the new resistance,” Springsteen told reporters in Perth, at the beginning of his Australian tour.

Trump’s inauguration on Friday and his defiant pledge to end

“American carnage” was followed by a weekend of mass protests across the United States and internationally.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Washington and other capitals around the world on Saturday for “sister marches,” mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inau-

guration.

Speaking before a 3.5 hour set at Perth Arena, Springsteen described Trump as a “demagogue”, but added he hoped Trump’s infrastructure programme succeeds in bringing jobs to places where layoffs have hit hard.

Since his inauguration, the Trump administration has reiterated plans to abandon an ambitious Asia-Pacific trade pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and renegotiate other trade deals. (rtr)

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A scarecrow for wild birds is seen near ducks in a field in Bourriot Bergonce, southwestern France, January 7, 2017, after France ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month.

New bird flu virus type confirmed on German turkey farm

HAMBURG - A bird flu outbreak in north Germany this week was of a new subtype called H5N5, the first time the strain has been confirmed on a German farm, the country’s national animal disease centre said on Tuesday.

also spread in Asia in recent weeks leading to the slaughter of millions of birds in South Korea and Japan, and some human infections in China.

The H5N5 strain was found on a turkey farm in Germany in Steinburg in the northern state of SchleswigHolstein, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute said. The H5N5 strain has been found previously in wild birds in the Netherlands, Italy, Montenegro and Italy and Croatia, the institute said. It has also been found in wild birds in Germany this week.

The institute is not changing its bird flu risk assessment, it said.

There have been no recorded cases of H5N5 spreading to humans, it added. The contagious H5N8 bird flu strain has been found in hundreds of wild birds in Germany in recent weeks and isolated outbreaks

Epidemic The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to monitor closely outbreaks of deadly avian influenza in birds and poultry and to report promptly any human cases that could signal the start of a flu pandemic.

on farms have been occurring despite tougher hygiene rules and orders to keep poultry indoors in high-risk areas.

But German outbreaks are at a much lower level than in France, where a mass culling of around 800,000 ducks was undertaken after bird flu hit southwest France, the country’s main foie gras producing region.

A series of European countries as well as Israel have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in the past few weeks and some ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors to prevent the disease spreading.

Different bird flu strains have

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