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Despite Grammy performance snafu, Adele regains Billboard top spot

LOS ANGELES- Adele may have cried all day after her shaky Grammy performance last week, but the British songstress reclaimed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Monday as demand for her hit album “25” remained strong three months after its release.

Adele’s “25” climbed from No. 2 after clocking a further 151,000 units across album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album has sold a total of 8.3 million copies in the United States.

It features the song “All I Ask,” which Adele sang last week at the televised Grammy awards. But her performance was marred by technical issues when a microphone fell on the piano’s strings and the singer uncharacteristically hit sharp and flat notes.

Later in the week, Adele appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show and performed a flawless rendition of the song, accompanied

by a candid interview in which she said she was “so embarrassed” and “cried pretty much all day” after the Grammys.

Other Grammy performers that saw a boost in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts included Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, who won his first Grammy award and climbed three spots to No. 2 with his album “Purpose.”

Country musician Chris Stapleton, who picked up four Grammy awards, saw his “Traveller” album climb to No. 5 from No. 11; R&B star The Weeknd, who won two Grammys, had his “Beauty Behind the Madness” climb six spots to No. 6; while Taylor Swift, who won the coveted album of the year Grammy

Award, saw her “1989” record climb 12 spots to No. 8.

The only new entry to crack into the top 10 this week was “Hymns” at No. 4 by husband-and-wife country music duo Joey + Rory.

On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, Flo Rida’s “My House” held the top spot for a second week with 135,000 copies sold. (rtr)

Singer Adele performs “All I Ask” on stage at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California in this February 15, 2016 file photo.

British superstar Adele said she cried all day after what was supposed to be a triumphant return to the Grammys stage turned into a shaky live performance in which she sang off-key.

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Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses during a photocall for the film “Grimsby” (Grimsby: Agent trop special) in Paris, France, February 16, 2016.

cret Service” actor Mark Strong.

The action comedy has sparked some controversy over how it paints the town. In a tongue-in-cheek answer, Cohen as Nobby said that he was more concerned about the film’s rating.

“You know, a lot of them (Grimsby residents) are very upset because it’s got rated a 15, so that means almost 80 percent of the mothers aren’t old enough to see it,” he said.

“But you know we’re going to show the film there and I think, you know, probably people will be throwing stuff at the screens, screaming, literally chucking bricks at the cinema. And if they don’t like the film then it’s going to be

chaos.”

Director Louis Leterrier said he was hopeful Grimsby residents would enjoy the movie.

“I think they will love it,” he said.

“I think, you know, Grimsby is an idea. There is a Grimsby in every country, there are many Grimsbys in England, there are many types of Grimsbys in France or in America ... It bashes people of London more than it bashes people of Grimsby.”

“Grimsby”, which also stars Cohen’s wife Isla Fisher, Australian comedienne Rebel Wilson and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, is released in the UK on Feb. 24, and in U.S. cinemas as “The Brothers Grimsby” on March 11. (rtr)

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Donald Trump grabs 3rd straight win in Nevada caucuses

LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses for his third straight victory Tuesday as his two main rivals, senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, battled for second place in an increasingly urgent effort to slam the brakes on the Trump juggernaut.

Sacha Baron Cohen unveils new alter-ego Nobby in “Grimsby” LONDON - British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen unveiled his latest fictional alter-ego at the premiere of “Grimsby” on Monday night, an English beer-drinking soccer fan called Nobby.

Cohen, known for his satirical characters Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat and Austrian fashionista Bruno, walked the chilly London red carpet as Nobby drinking from a beer can and without trousers -- just a polo neck and underwear.

In the film, Nobby, a resident of the northern English town Grimsby, is caught up in a world-saving mission when he reconnects with his long lost brother Sebastian, a spy portrayed by “Kingsman: The Se-

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

The billionaire businessman now can claim victories in the West, the South and Northeast — a testament to his broad appeal among the madas-hell voters making their voices heard in the 2016 presidential race.

His rivals are running out of time to stop him.

“We’re winning, winning, winning the country,” Trump declared.

“Soon, the country is going to start winning, winning, winning.”

Ticking off a list of upcoming primary states where he’s leading in preference polls, Trump predicted he’ll soon be able to claim the Republican presidential nomination.

“It’s going to be an amazing two months,” he told a raucous crowd at a Las Vegas casino. “We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest.”

Entrance polls captured the sentiment propelling Trump’s insurgent campaign: Six in 10 caucus goers said they were angry with the way the government is working, and Trump got about half of them.

After winning in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, Trump has built up momentum heading into March 1, or Super Tuesday, when Republicans hold nominating contests in a dozen states.

In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton was looking for a commanding victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Saturday’s South Carolina primary to give her a boost heading into Super Tuesday.

Polls show the former secretary of state with a huge advantage among African-Americans which bodes

well for her prospects in South Carolina and then the Southern states which vote on Super Tuesday where blacks make up a large segment of the Democratic primary electorate.

Nevada was a critical test for Rubio and Cruz, who are battling to emerge as the clear alternative to Trump. Rubio was out to prove he can build on recent momentum, while Cruz was looking for a spark to help him recover from a particularly rocky stretch in his campaign.

Lagging far behind the two senators in the Nevada vote were Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Rubio, already campaigning in Michigan as caucus results rolled in, was projecting confidence that he can consolidate the non-Trump voters who have been splintering among an assortment of Republican candidates, saying, “we have incredible room to grow.” Rubio and Cruz have been attacking each other viciously in recent days, an indication they know Trump can be stopped only if one of them is eliminated.

But after finishing third in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire and second in South Carolina, Rubio needs a win soon to support the idea he can beat Trump. Republican establishment heavyweights have been flooding to Rubio in recent days, including several senators and governors, but that might not help win over an angry Republican base looking for a political outsider like Trump.

Cruz, a fiery conservative popular among voters on the Republican right, finished a disappointing third

in South Carolina after spending much of the past two weeks denying charges of dishonest campaign tactics and defending his integrity.

Another disappointing finish in Nevada would raise new questions about his viability heading into a crucial batch of Super Tuesday states on March 1.

In a more muted address, Cruz gave Trump his due for winning in Nevada and then pressed the argument that he’s the only candidate who can stop the real estate mogul.

Harking back to own win in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, Cruz told supporters “the only campaign that has defeated Donald Trump is this campaign.”

Then, looking for opportunities that lie ahead in his home state of Texas and elsewhere, he added: “One week from today will be the most important night of this campaign: Super Tuesday.”

The election calendar suggests that if Trump’s rivals don’t slow him by mid-March, they may not ever.

Trump swept all of South Carolina’s 50 delegates, giving him a total of 67 compared to Cruz and Rubio who have 11 and 10, respectively. There were 30 delegates at stake in Nevada, and a whopping 595 available one week later on Super Tuesday bonanza. Nevada’s caucusing played out in schools, community centers and places of worship across the state — a process that’s been chaotic in the past.(ap) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, arrives with his son Eric during a caucus night rally Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Eradication movement fails

Dengue cases in Bali sharply increase

DENPASAR - Dengue fever cases in Bali rose sharply. In 2011 was found only 2,883 dengue cases, in 2012 (2,649 cases), in 2013 (7,077 cases), in 2014 (8,629 cases) and in 2015 (10,704 cases). Then, until February 4, 2016, it has been recorded 1,811 cases.

After the Denpasar municipality successfully reduced the number of dengue cases, Gianyar district now occupies the highest number of dengue cases. Based on data in 2015, dengue cases in Gianyar reached 2,198 cases, Badung (2,178 cases), Buleleng (2,007 cases), and Denpasar (1,576 cases), so the total dengue cases in 2015 reached 10,704 cases. Then, in 2016, as of February 4, the highest cases occurred in Buleleng reaching 267 cases, Gianyar (245 cases), Tabanan (104 cases), Karangasem (95 cases), and Denpasar (only 19 cases).

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The highest mortality rate due to dengue cases occurred in Denpasar. In 2015, the mortality rate in Denpasar amounted to 13 people, Gianyar (6 people), Badung (6 people) and Buleleng (3 people), so that the total death in 2015 reached 28 cases, higher than in 2014 reaching 17 people. But up to February, 4, 2016, the death due to dengue cases amounted to five persons, respectively two persons in Buleleng, one person in Jembrana, one person in Denpasar and another in Gianyar.

In response to the high mortality rate due to dengue cases in 2015, Chief of the Denpasar Health Agency, Ni Luh Sri Armini, said the death was likely due to taking late to health care facility. “Maybe it happened due to taking late to health care facilities,” he said,

Tuesday (Feb. 23).

According to the Director of the Public Health Sciences at the Udayana University, I Made Ady Wirawan, Ph.D., the handling of dengue cases could be made by strengthening the network of partnerships so that the treatment will be more comprehensive and working together to find a solution or creative and innovative countermeasures.

The eradication movement (3M) is an effective way to prevent dengue cases and very well implemented. The movement includes sealing the bathtub so that mosquitoes do not enter and nest in it. Bathtub water must be drained at least once a week, and finally hoard empty cans or others containing water so as not to become a nesting place of mosquitoes. “Most importantly is community empowerment model that is able to mobilize the community to carry out the movement.

But, this measure is unsuccessful,”

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The Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Health at the Bali Health Agency, Gde Wira Sunetra, appealed to people not to allow puddles in rainy season. “Source of water must be given abate and larvicides to eliminate mosquito larva. In addition, the program of one home one larvae monitoring officer can play a role in checking the presence of larvae in bath-tub or a reservoir of water each day using a flashlight. If there are, rub the larvae to die,” he said. (kmb42) Dengue cases in Bali Year Number of Cases 2011 2,883 2012 2,649 2013 7,077 2014 8,629 2015 10,704 2016 (per Feb. 4) 1,811

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Fogging is one of the efforts by the government to reduce the spread of dengue fever

Chili perishes due to rainy season Agriculture Agency recommends spraying

SEMARAPURA - Chili farmers at Subak Cau, Celepik hamlet, Tojan, complained because their chili plants are damaged during this rainy season. Many of the chili fruits perish whereas the leaves grow flourishingly.

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A farmer is showing the chili plant which was dying due to the lack of water. However, now the plant is also treathen by the increasing number of water from the rain.

Related to this, the Klungkung Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency responded to the complaints of chili farmers by coming down to the field, Tuesday (Feb. 23). As the observation of the officer, the problems faced by chili farmers are due to the influence of rainy season.

The officer of the Agriculture Agency is the Section Head of Plant Protection and Control, Putu Mahardika, and Klungkung subdistrict plant pest organisms (POPT) directly came down to Celepik hamlet on Tuesday around 10:00. After the checking, they found the chili crop of farmers at Subak Cau was damaged.

Putu Mahardika revealed if the damage happened to chili plant when farmers plant during rainy season. According to him, during rainy season chili plants are indeed vulnerable to disease attack. This condition occurred in almost every region.

To that end, it needs to be addressed by spraying fungicide so that chilies fruits can be stronger against the disease. “Based on the information of farmers, we can do the first step to make early prevention,” he said.

He explained that in rainy season chili tends to contain higher level of nitrogen

so that the leaves grow thicker. “If it contains more phosphorus, it can produce more fruits and when containing more lime substance, it will have an impact on the roots,” he said while adding the right time to plant chili is in October.

The Head of the Klungkung Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency, I Wayan Durma, said that his agency has sought to minimize the disease on agricultural land. As happened to paddy plants, at least the percentage of pest and virus attack in paddy plants can be reduced by 46 percent. Nevertheless, he still expected the great participation of community in dealing with the pests.

In Klungkung district there are 10 types of diseases frequently attacking paddy plants such as tungro, stem borers, bacterial blight, rat, rice blast, white-backed leafhopper, fake white pests, golden snails, rice ear bug, rotten neck and brown leafhopper. In 2014, approximately 449 hectares of totally 5,000 hectares of paddy field in Klungkung district were attacked by the diseases. Then in 2015, only 269 hectares of paddy plants were attacked.

To anticipate the occurrence of similar attack, his agency will remain to come down to the field and provide briefing for farmers. (dwa)

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HARRIS Hotel Seminyak Offers Exciting New F&B Specials

Big announcement to all nationwide and international foodies! HARRIS Hotel Seminyak Bali is inviting all food lovers to savor on the exciting new selections of sumptuous F&B creations made of only the fresh ingredients from local growers.

Beginning with COCKTAILICIOUS – the hotel’s seasoned bartender concocts truly refreshing cocktails to beat the scorching days, then paired with MOCKTAILICIOUS – a well-balanced combo that cares for your health, continued with SANDWICH GALORE – enjoy a ‘foodgasm’ experience tasting a variety of fla-

vorful fillings including ham and cheese, Cajun chicken breast and also roasted beef and last but never least, NEW SUB PIZZA – pick your own French baguette and favorite toppings.

All creates a sensational culinary experience! “Best way to unwind from all your daily stress is by putting yourself on holiday mode and enjoy the sumptuous food and refreshing drinks in a relaxing atmosphere. We’ve made sure that each menu is crafted especially to suit your palate and appetite,” said Hengky Tambayong, General Manager of HARRIS Hotel Seminyak.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars,

tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Proving Zika guilty: A long and painstaking task

LONDON - Evidence is building for the theory that Zika can cause newborn brain defects and the World Health Organization is promising more answers in weeks, but nailing a definitive link will be neither simple nor swift.

Picking apart numerous potential connections between mothers who show evidence of infection with the mosquito-borne virus and babies born with microcephaly, in which the head is abnormally small, will require precision and patience, specialists say.

In the case of rubella, another similar virus that is now known to cause congenital defects, it was a decade before the matter was finally settled.

Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), says the timing of any conclusion “depends on how definitive you want to be”.

“The absolute definitive proof will come from case-controlled studies, and those usually take months,” he said.

The current outbreak of Zika started in 2015 in Brazil and has since spread to over 20 countries in the Americas, leading the WHO to declare the virus and its suspected links to birth defects and neurological problems a global emergency.

Brazil has confirmed more than 500 microcephaly cases in the last few months and officials believe most are Zika-related. Authorities are investigating another 3,900 suspected cases.

Ian MacKay, a virus specialist at Australia’s University of Queensland, has no doubts that proving or disproving a causative Zika-microcephaly link will take “a long time”.

“Even then there may not be any single ‘smoking gun’,” he told Reuters.

Among criteria used by experts

seeking to prove whether or not a pathogen is causing disease are a group of tests known as “Koch’s postulates”. Developed in the 19th century, they were used in 1984 to show that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. Albert Ko, a tropical disease expert at Yale University and at Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation,

a government research institute, said these criteria would take some time to fulfil.

“We need to do rigorous science, and doing rigorous science helps us understand better how to treat the disease,” he said.

POSSIBLE SUSPECTS

Part of the challenge is the difficulty of ruling other things out.

Microcephaly is known to be linked to some parasitic and bacterial diseases, as well as rubella, herpes, HIV, exposure to chemicals

such as arsenic, mercury and alcohol, and radiation.

To be certain that Zika is also a culprit, scientists must test for links with these known suspects, and also be sure not to ignore unknown possibilities.

“It’s a huge amount of work, but a powerful study would be one lasting a year or more that enlists a cohort of mums-to-be months before becoming pregnant and intensively monitors them until the delivery of their baby,” said MacKay. Which is exactly what scientists

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Jackeline, 26, holds her son who is 4-months old and born with microcephaly, in front of their house in Olinda, near Recife, Brazil, in this February 11, 2016 file photo. Evidence is building for the theory that Zika can cause newborn brain defects, and the World Health Organization is promising more answers in weeks, but nailing a definitive link will be neither simple nor swift. Picking apart numerous potential connections between mothers who show evidence of infection with the mosquito-borne virus and babies born with microcephaly, in which the head is abnormally small, will require precision and patience, specialists say.

in Brazil are aiming to do. Various research projects are in the works already, including a retrospective study in the northeastern state of Paraiba, and studies led by Ko’s team in Salvador, on Brazil’s east coast.

In Recife in Pernambuco State on the eastern tip of Brazil, a team led by Laura Rodrigues, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, plans three studies.

In the first, researchers will interview mothers of babies born with microcephaly about Zika exposure during pregnancy, collect blood samples, measure head circumferences and conduct infant CT scans.

They will also do the same with a comparative group of mothers and babies with no microcephaly.

For a second study, pregnant women who get the kind of rash associated with Zika will be recruited and tested for Zika, as well as dengue and chikungunya, two other mosquito-borne viruses.

“Then we follow them to establish what proportion will have a miscarriage or a stillbirth, and what proportion have a baby with microcephaly or other malformations,” Rodrigues said. “That will tell us how common microcephaly really is and how it is affected by the trimester in which the mother becomes infected.”

The third study will track potential developmental delays by looking at factors such as whether babies have convulsions, and how they interact and make eye contact.

Rodrigues, whose team is working with closely with local hospitals and with the Pernambuco state health department, says there is “a sense of urgency”, but full answers will take some months to emerge. (rtr)

J&J must pay $72 million for cancer death linked to talcum powder: lawyers

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Women with their faces covered in talcum powder pose for a photo during “El Dia de los Polvos” (Powder Day) festival in Tolox, near Malaga, southern Spain, February 9, 2016. During the carnival, it is traditional, especially for young people, to hurl talcum powder at each other until they are completely covered with it.

MISSOURI - Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Missouri state jury to pay $72 million of damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company’s talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades. In a verdict announced late Monday night, jurors in the circuit court of St. Louis awarded the family of Jacqueline Fox $10 million of actual damages and $62 million of punitive damages, according to the family’s lawyers and court records. (rtr)

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Kuta Central Parking actually has a very good function to reduce congestion frequently occurring in the attractions of Kuta, Legian and Seminyak.

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Central parking transformed into square

Expected to be ”parking garden”

DENPASAR — Kuta Central Parking actually has a very good function to reduce congestion frequently occurring in the attractions of Kuta, Legian and Seminyak. But lately, the condition of Kuta Central Parking is not functioning properly.

Therefore, the government of Badung plans to transform some of the lands at the Kuta Central Parking into a square of urban park with the aims to make the appearance of Kuta Central Parking more organized.

To transform some lands of the Kuta Central Parking into square must be comprehensively reviewed through academic studies considering before the Kuta Central Parking set a few years ago as the center for parking has got a good review, so that it deserves to be a central parking in Kuta with the concept of setting up a transport or shuttle bus. Thus, the vehicles making a visit to tourist attraction in Kuta, either from Bali or outside Bali will not cause congestion in Kuta and surrounding areas.

“Therefore, there should be reliable academic studies if half the land of Kuta Central Parking will

be changed into a square. Having been done, the consequences such as congestion and saturation of visitors must be met,” said the spatial observer from the Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, Monday (Feb. 22).

In terms of logics and statistics, he said the congestion in Bali in general and in Badung in particular will continue to increase, considering that Badung is the largest tourist destination in Bali. On that account, it is expected the government of Badung really studies it academically, although the condition is not functioning effectively. His

institution also expected the management of Kuta Central Parking to be more optimized, so that the Kuta Central Parking can function more effectively.

Further, he said, if half land of the Kuta Central Parking will be transformed into a square in the form of urban park, the function of Kuta Central Parking must be superimposed into a public space of the park, so that it becomes an urban park. Then, the development of the Kuta Central Parking should not be done horizontally, but it can be made into storied-central parking by applying hydraulic system as in Japan. Thus, the parking space can be made effective.

“If wishing to combine both without losing, I propose the central parking into the parking garden, namely in the form of the central parking garden. Thus, it will not be a half used for square in the form of garden and the other half for central parking. The design is integrated, so that it becomes a parking garden

functioning for the public. So, the interest of the city in the future in public space is filled, green urban space is filled, and utilization for parking will not reduce because the urban parking is getting harder and absorption of water must remain capable of absorbing water,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Scholars Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom, said that he strongly agreed to the program of the government of Badung that will partially turn the land of the Kuta Central Parking into a square in the form of the garden. Badung, especially Kuta and South Kuta should have a green space for beauty. Described, in tourism there are three philosophies in the way of thinking where one of them is beauty.

“Related to the central parking, the arrangement is still poor while the utilization is ineffective. Thus, I think the plan of the Badung district is good, namely some lands can be used for parking space while the

remaining for square of the urban park,” said a member of Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Badung.

As a district having developed in the field of tourism, Badung must have an urban park, not only in Kuta, but also in each subdistrict of Badung must have an urban park to be used as a playground and refreshing site. On the other hand, he said that Badung is also observant and alert in preparing land for parking, so that visitors will not park vehicles haphazardly that can cause congestion. Today, tourist arrival is booming so that it is required extensive parking space.

Therefore, shuttle bus should be reactivated because without a shuttle bus the government of Badung cannot regulate parking in Kuta. “Thus, the government of Badung must rigorously enforce the discipline of parking. Otherwise there will be saturation due to uncomfortable condition,” he hoped. (win)

Parliament urges retailers to apply paid plastic bag

DENPASAR — The government policy through the Ministry of Environment enforces a policy of paid plastic bags for retail businesses in Indonesia got appreciation from the Denpasar House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the policy has not been enforced in Denpasar.

Seeing the positive impact of the policy, especially in the efforts to reduce plastic waste, it is deemed necessary to implement it in the cultured city. Therefore, the parlia-

ment urged retailers in Denpasar to soon enforce the policy.

This was revealed by a member of Commission III of the Denpasar House of Representatives, I Wayan Suadi Putra, at his office, Monday (Feb. 22). Accompanied by several other members, such as A.A. Alit Putra, Ketut Beji and others, he said the program launched by the Ministry of Environment (KLH) must actually be responded positively by all components of society. All

this time, the use of plastic bags is quite alarming. Virtually all the products purchased are wrapped in plastic bags. After using it, plastic bags will become garbage.

“This must be understood by the public. Plastic waste is very difficult to decompose. If it can, it takes a long time in contrast to the ecofriendly materials. Therefore, from now on, we should be concerned with the environment around us.

One of the ways that can be applied

is by reducing the use of plastic bags,” said this PDI-P politician.

He said what to do is a form of caring for the environment. Business players must now be demanded to reduce the use of plastic bags. Therefore, the government has imposed this policy. “We are very supportive when retail businesses actively participate in this policy,” he said.

One of the retail businessmen in Denpasar, A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra, said that before the government policy

is issued, he has implemented the use of eco-friendly plastic bags. “We already use 100 percent degradable materials.

Plastic bags like this using Oxium and Ecoplas technology in its manufacture.

This material will be destroyed within 1 to 1.5 years,” he said.

Susruta said that so far the procurement cost of plastic bags reached IDR 1 billion more per year for its three outlets. This large enough amount of fund is used to buy plastic bags. (kmb12)

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Visitors without customary attires criticized Goa Lawah budgets to install CCTV

SEMARAPURA - Goa Lawah that is never deserted of visitors becomes a favorite tourist destination in the district of Klungkung. Unfortunately, a number of visitors entering the temple without the use of customary attires cause people angry. Management of the Goa Lawah Temple will allocate CCTV installation to prevent visitors from entering the temple without using sarong.

Chief of Goa Lawah management, Putu Juliadi, revealed that all this time the management enforces strict rules to visitors coming into the Goa Lawah Temple. According to him, every visitor is required to wear sarong and shawl before entering the temple. In addition, the women getting their period are not allowed to enter into the temple area. “I often reject visitors that do not want to obey the rules,” he said, Monday (Feb. 22).

He explained there are six officers in charge of the innermost courtyard of the Goa Lawah Temple. In addition, two officers are in charge of ticket counter and five others are local tour guides. These officers have the task to provide information for travelers in the temple area, including the rules to be obeyed. When encountering visitors coming without sarong, the officers will reprimand and ask them to go to ticket counter. “At the ticket counter, we’ve been providing sarong. All this time we strictly implement the rules,” he said.

Related to the presence of visitors wandering in the temple area

without using sarong, they possibly do no enter through ticket counter.

He explained, other than the entrance next to the ticket counter, there is main entrance in the south of the temple opened for pilgrims carrying out the Nyegara-Gunung ceremony. “We are now alerting officers so that visitors coming to Goa Lawah Temple pass through the existing counter in the west,” he added.

To anticipate visitors entering without sarong, the management will immediately install CCTV to monitor the temple. It will apply the rules so that visitors taking pictures inside the temple area without using sarong to immediately delete their photos. Besides, on the piodalan alit or small temple anniversary at the Goa Lawah Temple on March 1-4, visitors are not allowed to enter the innermost courtyard of the temple.

It is applied so that visitors will not interrupt the prayers. “During the pedudusan alit ritual takes place at the Goa Lawah, visitors are only allowed to make a visit to middle courtyard,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Goa Lawah that is never deserted of visitors becomes a favorite tourist destination in the district of Klungkung. Unfortunately, a number of visitors entering the temple without the use of customary attires cause people angry.

Bathing place heritage of King of Buleleng alarming Around the bathing place was built ponds to accommodate clear water before it flowed into each shower. The wall is equipped with a typical decoration of Buleleng, thus it adds uniqueness of the bathing place in the heart of royal palace then. On those days, people called it ‘the shower of the village.’

After the kingdom era ended, the bathing place was still being used by common people in the town of Singaraja. At that time, the water source totally stopped and was replaced with the water supply from the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) Buleleng. Local government at the time has also performed maintenance by adding ornament of dragon statue in the northern and southern border of the bathing place.

Unfortunately, the arrangement

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Obama makes last attempt to persuade Congress to close Guantanamo

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite strong opposition from lawmakers who do not want detainees transferred to the United States.

Untouched by preservation THERE seem historical heritages of Buleleng Kingdom having not preserved yet. Actually, the heritages can become a pride and educational material for young people including supporting the tourism in the region. In reality, the historical heritages are even left as such in place so that the condition is alarming.

One of the heritages of the Buleleng Kingdom having not been touched by conservation efforts is the bathing place at Liligundi village, Singaraja or exactly in the east of the Sasana Budaya art studio.

The public bathing place was built during the reign of King Buleleng, A.A Putu Djelantik. Built on approximately one hundred square meters of land, it is divided into two chambers, one for men and another for women. Each chamber has several showers.

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by local government did not continue. The royal heritage of bathing place is now neglected. In addition to no longer be functioned, the building of bathing place is in badly damaged condition. Statues and border wall was toppled over

by Singapore cherry tree growing in the vicinity. Moreover, the damage of statue happened due to hit by passing vehicle. This situation is aggravated by the placement of a dump truck to accommodate waste right in front of the bathing place. Not surprisingly, it looks poor and more similar to landfills.

One of the royal families, A.A. Agung Gede Ngurah, when met at his residence on Tuesday (Feb. 23) said the bathing place has unclear status whether it has been submitted to the government or still belongs to royal family. He

only knows that local government previously performed maintenance. Other than installing statue, the government at that time also installed waterworks connection so that it can still be functioned.

In addition, the bathing place was equipped with public toilets in the north. However, since recent years it is no longer functioned. The building is neglected and the damage is getting worse. The situation grew slovenly and the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) even puts a disposal bin at the former royal bathing place.

“We do not know about the status of the building whether it still belongs to royal palace or has been submitted to the government.

Besides, there is no evidence in the forms of document. In the past, it was arranged by local government but now it does not. Dragon statue

and the collapsed wall are not repaired,” he explained.

As a royal family, Gede Agung expected the royal assets can still be preserved as a heritage to younger generations. Royal heritage like the bathing place in town should be maintained in order not to experience severe damage. Regular maintenance, even though cannot be functioned as bathing place, will enable the historical heritage to be functioned as public place that can be visited by tourists.

“We do hope it will not be left as it is today because it is one of the evidences of royal history and in the north has been built the statue of Panji Sakti, in the east follows the Kanginan Palace and in the south follows the Buleleng Palace.

If these can be preserved, it will be great and can be visited by tourists,” said Gede Agung. (mud)

The president, a Democrat, pressed the Republican-led legislature to give his proposal a “fair hearing” and said he did not want to pass the issue to his successor in January.

The Pentagon-authored plan proposes 13 potential sites on U.S. soil to hold some 30-60 detainees in maximum-security prisons but does not identify the facilities.

U.S. law bars transfers to the United States, and lawmakers are unlikely to lift those restrictions, especially in an election year. “ We ’ l l r e v i e w P r e s i d e n t O b a m a ’s p l a n , ” R e p u b l i c a n Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “But since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should know that the bipartisan will of Congress has already been expressed against that proposal.”

Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, said Obama had yet to convince Americans that moving the prisoners to the United States was smart or safe.

Obama is considering taking executive action to close the facility, situated in a U.S. naval station in southeast Cuba, if

Congress does not change its position. The White House declined to rule out a unilateral option on Tuesday.

Republicans oppose any executive order, and issuing one would almost certainly generate legal challenges.

The Guantanamo prisoners were rounded up overseas when the United States became embroiled in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan following the Sept.

11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. The facility came to symbolize aggressive detention practices that opened the United States to accusations of torture. Most detainees have been held without trial for more than a decade.

“Let us go ahead and close this chapter,” Obama said at the White House. “I don’t want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it is. And if, as a nation, we don’t deal with this now, when will we deal with it?”

Obama pledged as a presidential candidate in 2008 to close Guantanamo. Doing so would fulfill that pledge and boost his legacy during his final year in office. Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016

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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area while watched by U.S. military police at the temporary Camp X-Ray, which was later closed and replaced by Camp Delta, inside Guantanamo Bay naval base in a January 11, 2002 file photo. President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers, opposed to rehousing detainees in the United States, declared his plan a non-starter. presidential campaign.

“Not only are we not going to close Guantanamo - when I am

president, if we capture a terrorist alive, they are ... going to Guantanamo and we are going to

find out everything they know,” said Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. (rtr)

Zika may have been sexually transmitted in 14 cases -U.S. CDC

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Miriam Araujo, 25, caresses Lucas, her 4-months old child born with microcephaly as he sleeps on a hammock inside their house, in Sao Jose dos Cordeiros, Brazil February 16, 2016. Picture taken on February 16, 2016.

U.S. health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.

In two of the suspected cases, the infection has been confirmed in women whose only known risk factor was sexual contact with an infected male partner who had recently traveled to an area with active Zika transmission through mosquito bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Most experts had believed that sexual transmission of Zika was rare, but the new alert suggests sexual transmission of Zika may

be more of a factor than previously thought.

“We think mosquito-borne spread is the most common route of transmission, but we want to make people aware that sexual transmission is also a risk,” Jennifer McQuiston, deputy incident manager for CDC’s Zika response, said in a telephone interview.

McQuiston said the CDC is investigating the new reports of sexual transmission with the help of state public health departments.

In addition to the confirmed cases, the CDC has preliminary test results on four women and the remaining eight cases are in varying degrees of investigation.

All of the newly reported cases of sexual transmission have occurred within the United States. So

far, there have been no reports of women transmitting Zika to male sex partners. In a recent study, British researchers reported evidence of the Zika virus in semen of a 68year-old as long as 62 days after he was first infected.

Zika virus infection generally causes mild symptoms, but it may be linked to thousands of cases of birth defects in Brazil known as microcephaly, which is marked by undersized heads and underdeveloped brains. There is no cure or treatment for Zika infection.

For pregnant women, the CDC recommends that if a male partner has traveled to an area of active Zika transmission that couples use a condom correctly and consistently for the duration of the pregnancy, or to abstain from sex entirely. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Hong Kong finance chief says political turmoil hurts economy

HONG KONG — Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures Wednesday to counter the impact of global weakness.

Financial Secretary John Tsang’s blunt comments in his annual budget speech highlight simmering tensions in Hong Kong, which has been increasingly polarized following the unsatisfactory resolution of pro-democracy street protests in late 2014.

“Acute social conflicts will add uncertainties to the already adverse economic environment” in Hong Kong, he said.

Tsang said tensions would remain high as Hong Kong prepares for Legislative Council elections later this year and a by-election in four days, which will pit pro-democracy candidates against Beijing supporters for seats in the former British colony’s legislature.

“We anticipate that political disputes will only intensify over the coming months,” he said. “Politics and economics are closely intertwined.

Political volatility will unavoidably impact on our economy.”

To bolster flagging growth, Tsang rolled out 38.8 billion Hong Kong dollars ($5 billion) in relief measures for businesses and tax cuts.

Tsang said he was “shocked” by a riot during the Lunar New Year holiday earlier this month which left 130 people hurt, including 90 police officers. There were 72 arrests from the confrontation, with activists’ angry over authorities’ attempts to crack down on holiday food vendors selling fishballs and other local delicacies. Protesters viewed the clampdown as an assault on local culture and evidence of Beijing’s tightening hold on the city.

“Many of us feel suffocated by and, indeed, helpless with the tiresome confrontations day in and day out,” Tsang said. “Confrontations have not eased, and worse still, our society has become even more polarized. Political disputes are spreading both inside and outside the Council Chambers, setting off a spiral of intensifying struggle between rival factions.” He warned that if the problems are not resolved, there will be “greater chaos, and our future generations will grow up in the midst of hatred and malice.”

Tsang said the city’s economy expanded 2.4 percent last year, its fourth straight year of below-average growth, weighed down by a slowdown in mainland China, weak global conditions and rocky financial markets. He forecast that Hong Kong’s economy, a major hub for trade with China, would grow 1-2 percent in 2016, which would be the lowest rate since 2012, when it expanded by 1.7 percent.(ap)

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A woman walks on a bridge near the Central district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures Wednesday to counter the impact of global weakness.

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In this Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 photo, Palestinian women sift through used clothing at the weekly flea market in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

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Secondhand clothes from Israel popular at Gaza flea market

NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP — The clothes were faded and worn out, and came from an unlikely place: Israel. But that didn’t bother the Palestinian women rummaging through piles of tattered jeans, shirts, jackets and baby clothing at the weekly flea market in a refugee camp in central Gaza.

Demand for the garments has become a barometer for the economic situation in Gaza, where after nearly a decade of rule by the Hamas militant group, poverty and unemployment levels are higher than ever, and the market for used clothing is buoyant.

Hamas, an Islamic group committed to Israel’s destruction, has been hit hard by several factors.

It has fought three painful wars against Israel since it seized control of Gaza from the rival Fatah movement in 2007, and a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt has stifled the economy by barring movement of goods and people in and out of the territory. Israel and Egypt say the blockade is a needed security measure to prevent weapons smuggling.

On Monday morning at the outdoor market in Nusseirat, vendors stacked clothes on blue tent fabric. Dozens of women, most of them donning black Islamic outfits that covered their faces, eagerly

inspected the clothes and set aside pieces they liked.

Holding a one-piece baby pajama in one hand, a woman who identified herself as Um Khalil fished around the piles for more.

Although the clothes were worn out, she said the price was too good to pass up.

“A new shirt could cost 100 Shekels (about $25) at stores. I buy for all five of my children from here for 20 shekels,” she said. As for buying clothes once worn by Israelis? Not a problem, she said.

“The price is affordable; we wash them and put our trust in God.” Like nearly half of all Gazans, Um Khalil’s husband is jobless these days. A tile setter, his work has dried up in recent years as Egypt closed down most of the cross-border smuggling tunnels that brought in cement and other construction material.

A few years ago, the tunnels served as Gaza’s economic lifeline, and Hamas collected mil-

lions of dollars monthly taxing the smuggled goods. Back then, Hamas sought to restrict the imports of used Israeli clothes.

But the 2013 overthrow of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a Hamas patron, and a devastating 50-day war with Israel in 2014 forced the group to reconsider. Egypt’s current president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has destroyed nearly all of the tunnels and has cool relations with Hamas, which he accuses of working with militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Tareq Lubbad, spokesman for the Hamas-run National Economy Ministry, said Gaza was forced to increase imports after the 2014 war because many of its factories were damaged. Now, he added, the secondhand clothes “are wanted very much by the Palestinian citizen.”

Every month, local merchant Fayez Miqdad brings in 20 tons of clothing through Kerem Shalom, the only commercial crossing with Israel, and sells them at weekly markets throughout the Gaza Strip.

Due to new taxes introduced by Hamas last year, the clothes cost him 4,000 shekels per ton, up from 3,000 shekels.(ap)

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Cranes are seen at a construction site inside Jakarta’s business district, Indonesia February 23, 2016. The business center is increasing in number in the capitol but it also makes more people packed Jakarta.

50% of narcotics circulated in prisons: President Jokowi

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has estimated that about 50 percent illegal drugs in Indonesia are circulated through correctional institutes.

“I think about 50 percent of narcotics circulation take place there,” the President said while opening a limited meeting on elimination of narcotics and a rehabilitation program for drug victims at the Presidential Office here Wednesday.

Therefore, Jokowi, who is a former governor of Jakarta, asked officials in charge to tighten control on penitentiaries across the country. Extra-tight supervision should be carried out on narcotics convicts correctional institutes in various places.

“Particularly, prisons which host narcotics convicts, supervision should really be carried out tightly. Probably under a military backup it should be checked through impromptu inspections once or twice a month by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN),” the President said.

“Rehabilitation of the addicts and narcotics victims should run effectively,” noted the Head of State.

The matter is very important to really eliminate the circulation of illegal drugs,

Jokowi said. The meeting was attended by ministers and leaders of relevant institutions such Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan, National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti, and Indonesian National Defence Forces chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, in addition to BNN head Budi Waseso, Minister/ State Secretary Pratikno, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaita, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.

In the meantime, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), has said earlier it will use the money laundering law to charge drug trafficking suspects. “All drug trafficking suspects would be charged with money laundering,”

BNN Chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said here Wednesday.

The use of the money laundering law against drug traffickers is in a bid to stamp out drug trafficking from the country, Budi said. All drug traffickers are members of international syndicates, and they still could control the illegal drug trade even from their prison cells as they have a lot of money, he said.

Therefore, the money laundering law is needed to charge drug suspects, he added. “All their assets should be confiscated so that they have no power to control trade outside their prison cells,” he said.

Meanwhile, a woman suspect, identified, as SL, told her investigators that she received an order from a drug convict, a Nigerian, who is serving a jail term in a Jakarta prison to carry out the illicit trade. SL and her two friends were arrested in Pinang, Kota Tangerang in possession of 13.7 kilograms of methamphetamine.(ant)

MAKASAR - At least 50 Japanese people who joined the “Nihonjinkai” community and are living in several districts of South Sulawesi Province, have learnt the culture of the region.

“The Japanese community Nihonjinkai comprises 50 people living in several districts and cities in South Sulawesi,” Chairman of the Japanese Committee Harisal Lolo stated here on Wednesday.

The members of Nihonjinkai hold a gathering to celebrate New Year. The members of Nihonjinkai comprise Japanese citizens and Indonesians who got to married Japanese people. Yosuke Kojima, one of the members of Nihonjinkai, said he lives in Makassar and works as a computer teacher at the Kartika XX-1 Wirabuana Vocational School.

Another member Abe Haruka works as lecturer at the Makassar Tourism Polytechnic School. The Nihonjinkai and Japan Lovers Community organized the Nippon Day event in Makassar on February 20-21, 2016, which featured a theater competition, Japanese culinary arts, manga competition, and acoustic performance.

The community also invited several parties, such as the Japanese consular and JICA. Indonesia and Japan continue to cooperate in various sectors, including the social and cultural sector.

Earlier, the Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) had cooperated with the Japanese government to conduct a joint assessment and to apply technology to develop anti-malarial and anti-amoeba drug compounds.

The representatives of BPPT and the Japanese government had met at the “Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Project by Utilizing Diversity of Indonesia Bioresources (SLeCAMA)” at the BPPT office, which aimed at finding a drug that will be useful in dealing with a broad range of tropical diseases, including malaria.

The joint program named SATREPS, which will be implemented for a five-year period, aims to produce two compounds of anti-malarial and anti-amoeba drugs that can clear the preclinical trials.(ant)

Some 19 hotspots detected on Sumatra island

PEKANBARU - A total of 19 hotspots were detected in three provinces on Sumatra Island on Wednesday, according to data released by the Pekanbaru Meteorology, Geophysics

and Climatology Agency (BMKG).

Of the 19 hotspots, 11 were found in Aceh Province, spokesman of the Pekanbaru BMKG Slamet Riyadi stated here on Wednesday.

North Sumatra has six hotspots and Riau has two, he revealed.

In Riau, the hotspots were detected in the districts of Bengkalis and Pelalawan. Earlier, Riau also

had two hotspots respectively in the districts of Siak and Indragiri.

He, however, noted that the hotspots did not always develop into forest fires in the current rainy

season as the province had experienced low to moderate intensity rain. The agency has forecast that the rainy season would peak in March and April.(ap)

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REFILE - Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy stand guard in the Spratly Islands, known in China as the Nansha Islands, February 10, 2016.

China gearing up for East Asia dominance -U.S. commander

WASHINGTON - China is “changing the operational landscape” in the South China Sea by deploying missiles and radar as part of an effort to militarily dominate East Asia, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.

China is “clearly militarizing the South China (Sea),” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, adding: “You’d have to believe in a flat Earth to think otherwise.”

Harris said he believed China’s deployment of surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the South China Sea’s Paracel chain, new radars on Cuarteron Reef in the Spratlys and its building of airstrips were “actions that are changing in my opinion the operational land-

scape in the South China Sea.” Soon after he spoke, U.S. government sources confirmed that China recently deployed fighter jets to Woody Island. It was not the first time Beijing sent jets there but it raised new questions about its intentions.

U.S. Navy Captain Darryn James, spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command, said China’s repeated deployment of advanced fighter aircraft to Woody Island continued a disturbing trend.

“These destabilizing actions are inconsistent with the commitment by China and all claimants to exercise restraint from actions that could escalate disputes,” he said. “That’s why we’ve called for all claimants to stop land reclamation, stop construction and stop militarization in the South China Sea.” But U.S. and Chinese foreign ministers signaled that despite disagreements over the South China Sea, they were near agreement on a U.N. resolution against North Korea for its recent nuclear and missile tests and stressed their cooperation on economic and other issues. (rtr)

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Thousands of apps running Baidu code collect, leak personal data - research

SINGAPORE - Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say.

The apps have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times.

The researchers at Canada-based Citizen Lab said they found the problems in an Android software development kit developed by Baidu. These affected Baidu’s mobile browser and apps developed

by Baidu and other firms using the same kit. Baidu’s Windows browser was also affected, they said.

The same researchers last year highlighted similar problems with unsecured personal data in Alibaba’s UC Browser, another mobile browser widely used in the world’s biggest Internet market.

Alibaba fixed those vulnerabilities, and Baidu told Reuters it would be fixing the encryption holes in its kits, but would still collect data for commercial use, some of which it said it shares with third parties. Baidu said it “only provides what data is lawfully requested by duly constituted law enforcement agencies.”

The unencrypted information that has been collected includes a user’s location, search terms and website visits, Jeffrey Knockel, chief researcher at Citizen Lab, told Reuters ahead of publication of the research on Wednesday.

The problem highlights how difficult it is for users to know just what data their phone collects and transmits, and the risk that personal data might leak because of poor or no encryption. It also highlights how many different groups might be interested in accessing such data.

“It’s either shoddy design or it’s surveillance by design,” said Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert.

Citizen Lab said Baidu - which reports quarterly earnings in New York on Thursday - had fixed some of the problems since it brought them to the company’s attention in November, but the Android browser still sends sensitive data such as the device ID in an easily decryptable format.

Baidu told Reuters its interest in the data was just commercial, but declined to say who else might have access.

Data security and privacy issues have been highlighted in the United States, where Apple is in a stand-off with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over requests to unlock an iPhone owned by one of those who went on a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California in December.

Citizen Lab said its research into Alibaba’s UC Browser last year was prompted by documents from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden showing Western intelligence agencies had used holes in the browser to spy on users. (rtr)

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A smartphone with an Android operating system and the Baidu Browser application is seen in this picture illustration taken February 22, 2016. Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say. Picture taken February 22.

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Jamaican diver hoping to make splash for diversity

JAMAICA - Tall Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom hopes he has inspired others to break down barriers and banish stereotypes after becoming the first male diver from the Caribbean island to qualify for the Olympics.

The British-born university undergraduate stands 190 cm tall and weighs 90 kg, an uncharacteristically large frame for a sport dominated by diminutive Chinese athletes at the 2012 London Games.

The 20-year-old, whose father is Jamaican and mother from Barbados, hoped his personal best efforts in the individual three-metre springboard at a World Cup test event in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend would open the sport up to all.

“I think that it should inspire people to try new things. Don’t be limited to what is normal and what is safe. Don’t be afraid to go against the odds,” he told Jamaica’s The Gleaner newspaper.

“I am a 190 cm tall, 90 kg heavy, black diver. Watch a diving event and that is not something you will see very often.

“I’ve gone against the odds, with the faith and support of my family, coaches and team mates, and I’ve succeeded.

“I think the history of it will really sink in during the Games. Right now I’m... still worrying about the

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Waterfalls are sharp drops along the course of a river, actually it’s a very nice place to stay because green and nature plantation surrounding.

You’ll pay a small entry fee and you won’t have this place all to yourself but it’s not very crowded at all. And you’re all here to do the same thing anyway - stare in awe at this force of nature and swim and frolic beneath its waters. (IBP/net)

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Knight-Wisdom said Jamaica had only once previously had a diver compete at the Olympics, Betsy Sullivan, who took part at the 1972 Games in Munich.

The Leeds Beckett University student said he took up the sport after watching the diving competition at the 2004 Athens Games.

Attempts to make the British team failed and his coach advised to look into representing Jamaica or Barbados.

Perseverance paid off and Knight-Wisdom said he burst into tears upon securing the semi-final slot in Rio on the weekend that ensured he would return to the Brazilian city for the Aug. 5-21 Games.

“This process, especially in the last four years, has required much sacrifice, particularly of my socialising time, lots of commitment and discipline,” he said. (rtr)

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Feb 19, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Boston Celtics forward Jonas Jerebko (8) defends against the shot of Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) during the first half at Vivint Smart Home Arena.

UTAH - After being one of the hottest teams in the NBA before the All-Star break, the Utah Jazz were in danger of losing more ground in the playoff race Tuesday night.

Despite a hot-shooting performance, the Jazz lost a double-digit lead and came close to dropping 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings.

Instead, the second-least-experienced team in the NBA did something it has struggled to do for years: winning a close game.

Houston guard James Harden led all scorers with 42 points, but forward Gordon Hayward and the Jazz spoiled his big night with an important 117-114 overtime victory over the Rockets.

“This was not like a real pretty game by any means, but it’s a game that we won,” Utah coach Quin Snyder said.

“We got a group that’s learning how to do that.”

Hayward scored 28 points despite

only taking seven shots from the field (and making six). He went 13-for-15 from the foul line and hit three of four 3-pointers. He also had seven rebounds and five assists.

Hayward returned to action after being poked in the eye in the fourth quarter.

“It was just hard to focus, honestly, just blurry for a good 10 minutes,” he said. “I had to get back in the game, though, and had to do what I could to get back. ... (I’m) proud of this win. We needed it.”

Power forward Derrick Favors contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds for Utah. Favors made a key put-back bucket late in overtime, and the Rockets missed two game-tying 3-point attempts in the final seconds.

The Jazz desperately needed to win after losing three of four games, including a tough 115-111 defeat at Portland on Sunday. Utah (28-28) replaced Houston (28-29) in the West’s eighth and final playoff position. (rtr)

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Sp rt Juventus comes back to draw 2-2 against Bayern in CL last 16

TURIN — Juventus came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 match on Tuesday. Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben scored either side of halftime for Bayern but Paulo Dybala reduced the deficit with his first Champions League goal shortly after the hour.

AP Photo/Massimo Pinca

Bayern’s Arjen Robben is tackled by Juventus’ Patrice Evra during the Champions League, round of 16, first-leg soccer match between Juventus and Bayern Munich at the Juventus stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

That seemed to inspire Juventus, which almost leveled shortly afterward, before substitute Stefano Sturaro grabbed the equalizer 14 minutes from time.

“We need to build on the second half in which the lads played brilliantly,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “We need to improve from the first half but don’t forget that Bayern is a great team, you just need to see how they pass the ball. And we didn’t give them too many chances.

“They dropped a bit in the second half and we got braver. That’s what we need. In Europe you need a lot more courage because what we are doing in the league is not enough.” Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was mainly a spectator in the first period, when he was often the only player in his half, cutting a lonely figure as far up the pitch as around the center circle.

“It was a good Champions League match between two great teams,” said Bayern coach Pep Guardiola. “We had a really great performance. We can’t forget who we played against: last year’s finalists, champions of Italy the past four years, just won 15 games in a row ... I’m a bit disappointed by how we played not to have won but that’s football.” Barcelona won 2-0 at Arsenal in Tuesday’s other match. There were some familiar faces for Juventus and Bayern Munich.

Arturo Vidal joined Bayern from Juventus last summer and his name was applauded by the Bianconeri fans when the teams were read out. Another former Juventus player, Kingsley Coman, was on the bench.

Former Bayern forward Mario Mandzukic returned for Juventus, following a month out injured, and had a couple of early chances against his old team, but Neuer made a comfortable save in the opening minute and Mand-

zukic fired wide of the right upright following a great cross from Dybala.

Otherwise it was all Bayern.

Vidal was the first player to test the goalkeeper and Gianluigi Buffon did well to palm away a volley from his former teammate in the fourth minute.

Bayern should have taken the lead in the 14th when Leonardo Bonucci allowed Robert Lewandowski through and he pulled back for Mueller, who seemed certain to score from three yards out but Bonucci atoned for his error by running in to clear away the German’s tame shot.

Mueller was not going to miss twice, however, and the World Cup winner put Bayern ahead on the stroke of halftime. Robben’s cross was put back in by Douglas Costa and Andrea Barzagli’s attempted clearance was straight at Mueller, who slotted into the bottom right corner. Juventus seemed content to sit back in the opening period but appeared more determined after the break.

But it went from bad to worse 10 minutes into the second half when Lewandowski picked out Robben and he cut inside the penalty area before curling into the far side of the net to finish off a counterattack.

Bayern appeared headed for a fourth successive win against Juventus but the hosts kept attacking and got one back in the 63rd when Mandzukic took advantage of Joshua Kimmich’s poor clearance to send Dybala clear and the Argentina slotted past Neuer.

Juventus almost leveled immediately after but Juan Cuadrado’s effort was parried by Neuer and Paul Pogba curled narrowly over the bar. The equalizer came from an unlikely source as Alvaro Morata nodded on Mandzukic’s pass to Sturaro, who fired into the roof of the net. (ap)

Messi scores 2 as Arsenal beaten by Barcelona strike force

LONDON — Barcelona’s strike force proved too hot for Arsenal to handle as Lionel Messi scored both goals for the titleholders in a convincing 2-0 victory in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.

Messi provided a clinical finish to a breakaway move that featured strike partners Luis Suarez and Neymar in the 71st minute, and then scored an 83rd minute penalty to seal a tense first-leg match at Emirates Stadium.

The five-time world player of the year decided a game that Barcelona had dominated, even without taking all the chances that came the way of its prolific forward line.

Arsenal created opportunities in both halves, but was mainly engaged in a damage limitation exercise against a side that the club’s own manager Arsene Wenger described before the game as “super favorites.” It’s a tag that Barcelona certainly has now.

With two away goals and home advantage to come, Barcelona will be confident of reaching the quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season after the second leg on March 16 at the Nou Camp.

“I liked everything about Barcelona today, everything from the very beginning,” the Catalan club’s coach Luis Enrique said.

“My players individually performed perfectly and I think we are deserved winners of this game. The score is very good, but nothing is decided yet. We will have to play really well in front of our crowd in order to be in the next round.”

Barcelona had beaten Arsenal in both their previous meetings in the knockout stages, in 2010 and 2011, along with the 2006 final in Paris. Its second-half performance on Tuesday, which combined possession with dangerous counterattacks, was a potent reminder of that track record and another source of frustration for Wenger.

“They are better than us, and I believe everybody knows that. But I think we could have won the game tonight if we had kept the discipline until the end,” said the Frenchman.

“Barcelona masters all aspects of the game, and as soon as you’re in a bad position with one or two players you can get punished.”

Wenger accepted that his side’s chance of advancing hung by a thread, but he said he does not plan to field a weakened side in Spain.

“Barcelona is through at 95 percent certainly, but we want to go there and play,” he said. “We are Arsenal football club.” (ap)

Mikel wants Hiddink to reconsider Chelsea exit

Midfielder John Obi Mikel wants interim manager Guus Hiddink to extend his stay at Chelsea beyond the current season, despite the Dutchman confirming his intention to leave the club in May. Hiddink replaced Jose Mourinho

in December and has lost just once in 13 games in all competitions with the same squad that suffered their worst start to a league season since 1978 under the Portuguese.

“Obviously, definitely I want him to stay,” Mikel, who has

featured in 11 games for Hiddink after falling out of favour under Mourinho, told British media.

“It is the choice of the owner, the club and the board... but if you speak to the players, 98 or 99 percent of them want him to stay.”

Hiddink, 69, said on Friday that he would leave as planned after the current campaign but Mikel feels there is a chance he may stay on.

“It depends on the board and it depends on Guus if he wants to

continue. He has said that he is here until the end of the season but you never know, he might change his mind,” the 28-year-old Nigerian added. “If the club want to appoint him, fair enough. His record speaks for itself.” (rtr)

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AP Photo/Frank Augstein

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, left, celebrates after he scored the second goal during the soccer Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Barcelona at the Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

Lars Poulsen, POLFOTO via AP

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal signs an autograph after arriving at Karup Airport, Denmark on Wednesday, Feb. 17 2016. United will play Danish team FC Midtjylland in a Europa League soccer match on Thursday.

Man United looks to avoid embarrassing Europa League exit

MANCHESTER — Louis van Gaal was signing autographs after Manchester United’s victory in the FA Cup on Monday when one voice from a group of mostly young fans wished the Dutchman the best of luck for the rest of the season.

“We need that,” Van Gaal replied straight-faced, without looking up to the well-wisher.

“Otherwise, I shall be sacked.”

Barely a day goes by without fevered discussion about Van Gaal’s future at Old Trafford, and it could be on even more shaky ground if United is eliminated by little-known Danish club FC Midtjylland after the second leg of the Europa League’s first knockout round on Thursday.

United lost the first leg 2-1 in arguably the lowest point in Van Gaal’s tenure.

Elimination would restrict the chances of United qualifying for next season’s Champions League, with a place on offer for winning the Europa League.

The only other route for United would be to finish in the Premier League’s top four and the team is in fifth place, six points adrift of fourth.

Being in the Champions League is likely a minimum requirement for Van Gaal if he is to stay on for a third season at United.

Anthony Martial’s away goal at Midtjylland, which won the

Danish league title for the first time last season, has given United a good chance of advancing to the last 16. But an injury list currently containing 14 players, including captain Wayne Rooney, is proving a problem for Van Gaal with United playing three games in six days this week.

Title contender Arsenal visits Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday, and Van Gaal risks leaving his team fatigued for that match if he fields a fullstrength lineup on Thursday. He may, though, have little choice given the injury concerns.

In dominating the second half of the first leg, Midtjylland — founded in 1999, the year United won the Champions LeaguePremier League-FA Cup treble during its glory days under Alex Ferguson — showed it will be no pushover.

“Midtjylland are very wellorganized, we have seen that in the away game,” said Van Gaal, whose team was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League. “But still everything is possible.”

TENSIONS IN MOSCOW

Lokomotiv Moscow’s game against Fenerbahce could see unrest in the stands because of the political tension between Russia and Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian jet by

Turkey in November.

While there was no violence in the first leg in Istanbul, which Fenerbahce won 2-0, some Turkish fans were angered when Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov displayed a T-shirt featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the game.

Russia’s Interior Ministry, which controls the police, has appealed for Lokomotiv fans to remain calm during the game.

“We are counting on you being able to express not only respectful support for the players in their struggle against the opposition, but also to behave in a law-abiding and appropriate manner, and to properly represent a Russian club and your country,” the ministry said in an address reported by the Interfax news agency.

STRONG SPAIN

Spanish clubs have a strong record in the Europa League and there’s a good chance all four of this season’s representatives could make it through to the last 16.

Defending champion Sevilla travels to Molde protecting a 3-0 lead from the first leg, Valencia has a 6-0 lead over Rapid Vienna, Villarreal heads to Italy with a 1-0 lead against Napoli, and Athletic Bilbao is ahead 1-0 against Marseille. (ap)

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Sp rt Juventus comes back to draw 2-2 against Bayern in CL last 16

TURIN — Juventus came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 match on Tuesday. Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben scored either side of halftime for Bayern but Paulo Dybala reduced the deficit with his first Champions League goal shortly after the hour.

AP Photo/Massimo Pinca

Bayern’s Arjen Robben is tackled by Juventus’ Patrice Evra during the Champions League, round of 16, first-leg soccer match between Juventus and Bayern Munich at the Juventus stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

That seemed to inspire Juventus, which almost leveled shortly afterward, before substitute Stefano Sturaro grabbed the equalizer 14 minutes from time.

“We need to build on the second half in which the lads played brilliantly,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “We need to improve from the first half but don’t forget that Bayern is a great team, you just need to see how they pass the ball. And we didn’t give them too many chances.

“They dropped a bit in the second half and we got braver. That’s what we need. In Europe you need a lot more courage because what we are doing in the league is not enough.” Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was mainly a spectator in the first period, when he was often the only player in his half, cutting a lonely figure as far up the pitch as around the center circle.

“It was a good Champions League match between two great teams,” said Bayern coach Pep Guardiola. “We had a really great performance. We can’t forget who we played against: last year’s finalists, champions of Italy the past four years, just won 15 games in a row ... I’m a bit disappointed by how we played not to have won but that’s football.” Barcelona won 2-0 at Arsenal in Tuesday’s other match. There were some familiar faces for Juventus and Bayern Munich.

Arturo Vidal joined Bayern from Juventus last summer and his name was applauded by the Bianconeri fans when the teams were read out. Another former Juventus player, Kingsley Coman, was on the bench.

Former Bayern forward Mario Mandzukic returned for Juventus, following a month out injured, and had a couple of early chances against his old team, but Neuer made a comfortable save in the opening minute and Mand-

zukic fired wide of the right upright following a great cross from Dybala.

Otherwise it was all Bayern.

Vidal was the first player to test the goalkeeper and Gianluigi Buffon did well to palm away a volley from his former teammate in the fourth minute.

Bayern should have taken the lead in the 14th when Leonardo Bonucci allowed Robert Lewandowski through and he pulled back for Mueller, who seemed certain to score from three yards out but Bonucci atoned for his error by running in to clear away the German’s tame shot.

Mueller was not going to miss twice, however, and the World Cup winner put Bayern ahead on the stroke of halftime. Robben’s cross was put back in by Douglas Costa and Andrea Barzagli’s attempted clearance was straight at Mueller, who slotted into the bottom right corner. Juventus seemed content to sit back in the opening period but appeared more determined after the break.

But it went from bad to worse 10 minutes into the second half when Lewandowski picked out Robben and he cut inside the penalty area before curling into the far side of the net to finish off a counterattack.

Bayern appeared headed for a fourth successive win against Juventus but the hosts kept attacking and got one back in the 63rd when Mandzukic took advantage of Joshua Kimmich’s poor clearance to send Dybala clear and the Argentina slotted past Neuer.

Juventus almost leveled immediately after but Juan Cuadrado’s effort was parried by Neuer and Paul Pogba curled narrowly over the bar. The equalizer came from an unlikely source as Alvaro Morata nodded on Mandzukic’s pass to Sturaro, who fired into the roof of the net. (ap)

Messi scores 2 as Arsenal beaten by Barcelona strike force

LONDON — Barcelona’s strike force proved too hot for Arsenal to handle as Lionel Messi scored both goals for the titleholders in a convincing 2-0 victory in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.

Messi provided a clinical finish to a breakaway move that featured strike partners Luis Suarez and Neymar in the 71st minute, and then scored an 83rd minute penalty to seal a tense first-leg match at Emirates Stadium.

The five-time world player of the year decided a game that Barcelona had dominated, even without taking all the chances that came the way of its prolific forward line.

Arsenal created opportunities in both halves, but was mainly engaged in a damage limitation exercise against a side that the club’s own manager Arsene Wenger described before the game as “super favorites.” It’s a tag that Barcelona certainly has now.

With two away goals and home advantage to come, Barcelona will be confident of reaching the quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season after the second leg on March 16 at the Nou Camp.

“I liked everything about Barcelona today, everything from the very beginning,” the Catalan club’s coach Luis Enrique said.

“My players individually performed perfectly and I think we are deserved winners of this game. The score is very good, but nothing is decided yet. We will have to play really well in front of our crowd in order to be in the next round.”

Barcelona had beaten Arsenal in both their previous meetings in the knockout stages, in 2010 and 2011, along with the 2006 final in Paris. Its second-half performance on Tuesday, which combined possession with dangerous counterattacks, was a potent reminder of that track record and another source of frustration for Wenger.

“They are better than us, and I believe everybody knows that. But I think we could have won the game tonight if we had kept the discipline until the end,” said the Frenchman.

“Barcelona masters all aspects of the game, and as soon as you’re in a bad position with one or two players you can get punished.”

Wenger accepted that his side’s chance of advancing hung by a thread, but he said he does not plan to field a weakened side in Spain.

“Barcelona is through at 95 percent certainly, but we want to go there and play,” he said. “We are Arsenal football club.” (ap)

Mikel wants Hiddink to reconsider Chelsea exit

Midfielder John Obi Mikel wants interim manager Guus Hiddink to extend his stay at Chelsea beyond the current season, despite the Dutchman confirming his intention to leave the club in May. Hiddink replaced Jose Mourinho

in December and has lost just once in 13 games in all competitions with the same squad that suffered their worst start to a league season since 1978 under the Portuguese.

“Obviously, definitely I want him to stay,” Mikel, who has

featured in 11 games for Hiddink after falling out of favour under Mourinho, told British media.

“It is the choice of the owner, the club and the board... but if you speak to the players, 98 or 99 percent of them want him to stay.”

Hiddink, 69, said on Friday that he would leave as planned after the current campaign but Mikel feels there is a chance he may stay on.

“It depends on the board and it depends on Guus if he wants to

continue. He has said that he is here until the end of the season but you never know, he might change his mind,” the 28-year-old Nigerian added. “If the club want to appoint him, fair enough. His record speaks for itself.” (rtr)

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AP Photo/Frank Augstein

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, left, celebrates after he scored the second goal during the soccer Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Barcelona at the Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

Lars Poulsen, POLFOTO via AP

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal signs an autograph after arriving at Karup Airport, Denmark on Wednesday, Feb. 17 2016. United will play Danish team FC Midtjylland in a Europa League soccer match on Thursday.

Man United looks to avoid embarrassing Europa League exit

MANCHESTER — Louis van Gaal was signing autographs after Manchester United’s victory in the FA Cup on Monday when one voice from a group of mostly young fans wished the Dutchman the best of luck for the rest of the season.

“We need that,” Van Gaal replied straight-faced, without looking up to the well-wisher.

“Otherwise, I shall be sacked.”

Barely a day goes by without fevered discussion about Van Gaal’s future at Old Trafford, and it could be on even more shaky ground if United is eliminated by little-known Danish club FC Midtjylland after the second leg of the Europa League’s first knockout round on Thursday.

United lost the first leg 2-1 in arguably the lowest point in Van Gaal’s tenure.

Elimination would restrict the chances of United qualifying for next season’s Champions League, with a place on offer for winning the Europa League.

The only other route for United would be to finish in the Premier League’s top four and the team is in fifth place, six points adrift of fourth.

Being in the Champions League is likely a minimum requirement for Van Gaal if he is to stay on for a third season at United.

Anthony Martial’s away goal at Midtjylland, which won the

Danish league title for the first time last season, has given United a good chance of advancing to the last 16. But an injury list currently containing 14 players, including captain Wayne Rooney, is proving a problem for Van Gaal with United playing three games in six days this week.

Title contender Arsenal visits Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday, and Van Gaal risks leaving his team fatigued for that match if he fields a fullstrength lineup on Thursday. He may, though, have little choice given the injury concerns.

In dominating the second half of the first leg, Midtjylland — founded in 1999, the year United won the Champions LeaguePremier League-FA Cup treble during its glory days under Alex Ferguson — showed it will be no pushover.

“Midtjylland are very wellorganized, we have seen that in the away game,” said Van Gaal, whose team was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League. “But still everything is possible.”

TENSIONS IN MOSCOW

Lokomotiv Moscow’s game against Fenerbahce could see unrest in the stands because of the political tension between Russia and Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian jet by

Turkey in November.

While there was no violence in the first leg in Istanbul, which Fenerbahce won 2-0, some Turkish fans were angered when Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov displayed a T-shirt featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the game.

Russia’s Interior Ministry, which controls the police, has appealed for Lokomotiv fans to remain calm during the game.

“We are counting on you being able to express not only respectful support for the players in their struggle against the opposition, but also to behave in a law-abiding and appropriate manner, and to properly represent a Russian club and your country,” the ministry said in an address reported by the Interfax news agency.

STRONG SPAIN

Spanish clubs have a strong record in the Europa League and there’s a good chance all four of this season’s representatives could make it through to the last 16.

Defending champion Sevilla travels to Molde protecting a 3-0 lead from the first leg, Valencia has a 6-0 lead over Rapid Vienna, Villarreal heads to Italy with a 1-0 lead against Napoli, and Athletic Bilbao is ahead 1-0 against Marseille. (ap)

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International

Jamaican diver hoping to make splash for diversity

JAMAICA - Tall Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom hopes he has inspired others to break down barriers and banish stereotypes after becoming the first male diver from the Caribbean island to qualify for the Olympics.

The British-born university undergraduate stands 190 cm tall and weighs 90 kg, an uncharacteristically large frame for a sport dominated by diminutive Chinese athletes at the 2012 London Games.

The 20-year-old, whose father is Jamaican and mother from Barbados, hoped his personal best efforts in the individual three-metre springboard at a World Cup test event in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend would open the sport up to all.

“I think that it should inspire people to try new things. Don’t be limited to what is normal and what is safe. Don’t be afraid to go against the odds,” he told Jamaica’s The Gleaner newspaper.

“I am a 190 cm tall, 90 kg heavy, black diver. Watch a diving event and that is not something you will see very often.

“I’ve gone against the odds, with the faith and support of my family, coaches and team mates, and I’ve succeeded.

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Knight-Wisdom said Jamaica had only once previously had a diver compete at the Olympics, Betsy Sullivan, who took part at the 1972 Games in Munich.

The Leeds Beckett University student said he took up the sport after watching the diving competition at the 2004 Athens Games.

Attempts to make the British team failed and his coach advised to look into representing Jamaica or Barbados.

Perseverance paid off and Knight-Wisdom said he burst into tears upon securing the semi-final slot in Rio on the weekend that ensured he would return to the Brazilian city for the Aug. 5-21 Games.

“This process, especially in the last four years, has required much sacrifice, particularly of my socialising time, lots of commitment and discipline,” he said. (rtr)

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UTAH - After being one of the hottest teams in the NBA before the All-Star break, the Utah Jazz were in danger of losing more ground in the playoff race Tuesday night.

Despite a hot-shooting performance, the Jazz lost a double-digit lead and came close to dropping 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings.

Instead, the second-least-experienced team in the NBA did something it has struggled to do for years: winning a close game.

Houston guard James Harden led all scorers with 42 points, but forward Gordon Hayward and the Jazz spoiled his big night with an important 117-114 overtime victory over the Rockets.

“This was not like a real pretty game by any means, but it’s a game that we won,” Utah coach Quin Snyder said.

“We got a group that’s learning how to do that.”

Hayward scored 28 points despite

only taking seven shots from the field (and making six). He went 13-for-15 from the foul line and hit three of four 3-pointers. He also had seven rebounds and five assists.

Hayward returned to action after being poked in the eye in the fourth quarter.

“It was just hard to focus, honestly, just blurry for a good 10 minutes,” he said. “I had to get back in the game, though, and had to do what I could to get back. ... (I’m) proud of this win. We needed it.”

Power forward Derrick Favors contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds for Utah. Favors made a key put-back bucket late in overtime, and the Rockets missed two game-tying 3-point attempts in the final seconds.

The Jazz desperately needed to win after losing three of four games, including a tough 115-111 defeat at Portland on Sunday. Utah (28-28) replaced Houston (28-29) in the West’s eighth and final playoff position. (rtr)

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REFILE - Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy stand guard in the Spratly Islands, known in China as the Nansha Islands, February 10, 2016.

China gearing up for East Asia dominance -U.S. commander

WASHINGTON - China is “changing the operational landscape” in the South China Sea by deploying missiles and radar as part of an effort to militarily dominate East Asia, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.

China is “clearly militarizing the South China (Sea),” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, adding: “You’d have to believe in a flat Earth to think otherwise.”

Harris said he believed China’s deployment of surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the South China Sea’s Paracel chain, new radars on Cuarteron Reef in the Spratlys and its building of airstrips were “actions that are changing in my opinion the operational land-

scape in the South China Sea.” Soon after he spoke, U.S. government sources confirmed that China recently deployed fighter jets to Woody Island. It was not the first time Beijing sent jets there but it raised new questions about its intentions.

U.S. Navy Captain Darryn James, spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command, said China’s repeated deployment of advanced fighter aircraft to Woody Island continued a disturbing trend.

“These destabilizing actions are inconsistent with the commitment by China and all claimants to exercise restraint from actions that could escalate disputes,” he said. “That’s why we’ve called for all claimants to stop land reclamation, stop construction and stop militarization in the South China Sea.” But U.S. and Chinese foreign ministers signaled that despite disagreements over the South China Sea, they were near agreement on a U.N. resolution against North Korea for its recent nuclear and missile tests and stressed their cooperation on economic and other issues. (rtr)

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Thousands of apps running Baidu code collect, leak personal data - research

SINGAPORE - Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say.

The apps have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times.

The researchers at Canada-based Citizen Lab said they found the problems in an Android software development kit developed by Baidu. These affected Baidu’s mobile browser and apps developed

by Baidu and other firms using the same kit. Baidu’s Windows browser was also affected, they said.

The same researchers last year highlighted similar problems with unsecured personal data in Alibaba’s UC Browser, another mobile browser widely used in the world’s biggest Internet market.

Alibaba fixed those vulnerabilities, and Baidu told Reuters it would be fixing the encryption holes in its kits, but would still collect data for commercial use, some of which it said it shares with third parties. Baidu said it “only provides what data is lawfully requested by duly constituted law enforcement agencies.”

The unencrypted information that has been collected includes a user’s location, search terms and website visits, Jeffrey Knockel, chief researcher at Citizen Lab, told Reuters ahead of publication of the research on Wednesday.

The problem highlights how difficult it is for users to know just what data their phone collects and transmits, and the risk that personal data might leak because of poor or no encryption. It also highlights how many different groups might be interested in accessing such data.

“It’s either shoddy design or it’s surveillance by design,” said Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert.

Citizen Lab said Baidu - which reports quarterly earnings in New York on Thursday - had fixed some of the problems since it brought them to the company’s attention in November, but the Android browser still sends sensitive data such as the device ID in an easily decryptable format.

Baidu told Reuters its interest in the data was just commercial, but declined to say who else might have access.

Data security and privacy issues have been highlighted in the United States, where Apple is in a stand-off with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over requests to unlock an iPhone owned by one of those who went on a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California in December.

Citizen Lab said its research into Alibaba’s UC Browser last year was prompted by documents from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden showing Western intelligence agencies had used holes in the browser to spy on users. (rtr)

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A smartphone with an Android operating system and the Baidu Browser application is seen in this picture illustration taken February 22, 2016. Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say. Picture taken February 22.

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BUSINESS Hong Kong finance chief says political turmoil hurts economy

HONG KONG — Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures Wednesday to counter the impact of global weakness.

Financial Secretary John Tsang’s blunt comments in his annual budget speech highlight simmering tensions in Hong Kong, which has been increasingly polarized following the unsatisfactory resolution of pro-democracy street protests in late 2014.

“Acute social conflicts will add uncertainties to the already adverse economic environment” in Hong Kong, he said.

Tsang said tensions would remain high as Hong Kong prepares for Legislative Council elections later this year and a by-election in four days, which will pit pro-democracy candidates against Beijing supporters for seats in the former British colony’s legislature.

“We anticipate that political disputes will only intensify over the coming months,” he said. “Politics and economics are closely intertwined.

Political volatility will unavoidably impact on our economy.”

To bolster flagging growth, Tsang rolled out 38.8 billion Hong Kong dollars ($5 billion) in relief measures for businesses and tax cuts.

Tsang said he was “shocked” by a riot during the Lunar New Year holiday earlier this month which left 130 people hurt, including 90 police officers. There were 72 arrests from the confrontation, with activists’ angry over authorities’ attempts to crack down on holiday food vendors selling fishballs and other local delicacies. Protesters viewed the clampdown as an assault on local culture and evidence of Beijing’s tightening hold on the city.

“Many of us feel suffocated by and, indeed, helpless with the tiresome confrontations day in and day out,” Tsang said. “Confrontations have not eased, and worse still, our society has become even more polarized. Political disputes are spreading both inside and outside the Council Chambers, setting off a spiral of intensifying struggle between rival factions.” He warned that if the problems are not resolved, there will be “greater chaos, and our future generations will grow up in the midst of hatred and malice.”

Tsang said the city’s economy expanded 2.4 percent last year, its fourth straight year of below-average growth, weighed down by a slowdown in mainland China, weak global conditions and rocky financial markets. He forecast that Hong Kong’s economy, a major hub for trade with China, would grow 1-2 percent in 2016, which would be the lowest rate since 2012, when it expanded by 1.7 percent.(ap)

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A woman walks on a bridge near the Central district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures Wednesday to counter the impact of global weakness.

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In this Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 photo, Palestinian women sift through used clothing at the weekly flea market in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

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Secondhand clothes from Israel popular at Gaza flea market

NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP — The clothes were faded and worn out, and came from an unlikely place: Israel. But that didn’t bother the Palestinian women rummaging through piles of tattered jeans, shirts, jackets and baby clothing at the weekly flea market in a refugee camp in central Gaza.

Demand for the garments has become a barometer for the economic situation in Gaza, where after nearly a decade of rule by the Hamas militant group, poverty and unemployment levels are higher than ever, and the market for used clothing is buoyant.

Hamas, an Islamic group committed to Israel’s destruction, has been hit hard by several factors.

It has fought three painful wars against Israel since it seized control of Gaza from the rival Fatah movement in 2007, and a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt has stifled the economy by barring movement of goods and people in and out of the territory. Israel and Egypt say the blockade is a needed security measure to prevent weapons smuggling.

On Monday morning at the outdoor market in Nusseirat, vendors stacked clothes on blue tent fabric. Dozens of women, most of them donning black Islamic outfits that covered their faces, eagerly

inspected the clothes and set aside pieces they liked.

Holding a one-piece baby pajama in one hand, a woman who identified herself as Um Khalil fished around the piles for more.

Although the clothes were worn out, she said the price was too good to pass up.

“A new shirt could cost 100 Shekels (about $25) at stores. I buy for all five of my children from here for 20 shekels,” she said. As for buying clothes once worn by Israelis? Not a problem, she said.

“The price is affordable; we wash them and put our trust in God.” Like nearly half of all Gazans, Um Khalil’s husband is jobless these days. A tile setter, his work has dried up in recent years as Egypt closed down most of the cross-border smuggling tunnels that brought in cement and other construction material.

A few years ago, the tunnels served as Gaza’s economic lifeline, and Hamas collected mil-

lions of dollars monthly taxing the smuggled goods. Back then, Hamas sought to restrict the imports of used Israeli clothes.

But the 2013 overthrow of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a Hamas patron, and a devastating 50-day war with Israel in 2014 forced the group to reconsider. Egypt’s current president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has destroyed nearly all of the tunnels and has cool relations with Hamas, which he accuses of working with militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Tareq Lubbad, spokesman for the Hamas-run National Economy Ministry, said Gaza was forced to increase imports after the 2014 war because many of its factories were damaged. Now, he added, the secondhand clothes “are wanted very much by the Palestinian citizen.”

Every month, local merchant Fayez Miqdad brings in 20 tons of clothing through Kerem Shalom, the only commercial crossing with Israel, and sells them at weekly markets throughout the Gaza Strip.

Due to new taxes introduced by Hamas last year, the clothes cost him 4,000 shekels per ton, up from 3,000 shekels.(ap)

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Cranes are seen at a construction site inside Jakarta’s business district, Indonesia February 23, 2016. The business center is increasing in number in the capitol but it also makes more people packed Jakarta.

50% of narcotics circulated in prisons: President Jokowi

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has estimated that about 50 percent illegal drugs in Indonesia are circulated through correctional institutes.

“I think about 50 percent of narcotics circulation take place there,” the President said while opening a limited meeting on elimination of narcotics and a rehabilitation program for drug victims at the Presidential Office here Wednesday.

Therefore, Jokowi, who is a former governor of Jakarta, asked officials in charge to tighten control on penitentiaries across the country. Extra-tight supervision should be carried out on narcotics convicts correctional institutes in various places.

“Particularly, prisons which host narcotics convicts, supervision should really be carried out tightly. Probably under a military backup it should be checked through impromptu inspections once or twice a month by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN),” the President said.

“Rehabilitation of the addicts and narcotics victims should run effectively,” noted the Head of State.

The matter is very important to really eliminate the circulation of illegal drugs,

Jokowi said. The meeting was attended by ministers and leaders of relevant institutions such Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan, National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti, and Indonesian National Defence Forces chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, in addition to BNN head Budi Waseso, Minister/ State Secretary Pratikno, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaita, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.

In the meantime, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), has said earlier it will use the money laundering law to charge drug trafficking suspects. “All drug trafficking suspects would be charged with money laundering,”

BNN Chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said here Wednesday.

The use of the money laundering law against drug traffickers is in a bid to stamp out drug trafficking from the country, Budi said. All drug traffickers are members of international syndicates, and they still could control the illegal drug trade even from their prison cells as they have a lot of money, he said.

Therefore, the money laundering law is needed to charge drug suspects, he added. “All their assets should be confiscated so that they have no power to control trade outside their prison cells,” he said.

Meanwhile, a woman suspect, identified, as SL, told her investigators that she received an order from a drug convict, a Nigerian, who is serving a jail term in a Jakarta prison to carry out the illicit trade. SL and her two friends were arrested in Pinang, Kota Tangerang in possession of 13.7 kilograms of methamphetamine.(ant)

MAKASAR - At least 50 Japanese people who joined the “Nihonjinkai” community and are living in several districts of South Sulawesi Province, have learnt the culture of the region.

“The Japanese community Nihonjinkai comprises 50 people living in several districts and cities in South Sulawesi,” Chairman of the Japanese Committee Harisal Lolo stated here on Wednesday.

The members of Nihonjinkai hold a gathering to celebrate New Year. The members of Nihonjinkai comprise Japanese citizens and Indonesians who got to married Japanese people. Yosuke Kojima, one of the members of Nihonjinkai, said he lives in Makassar and works as a computer teacher at the Kartika XX-1 Wirabuana Vocational School.

Another member Abe Haruka works as lecturer at the Makassar Tourism Polytechnic School. The Nihonjinkai and Japan Lovers Community organized the Nippon Day event in Makassar on February 20-21, 2016, which featured a theater competition, Japanese culinary arts, manga competition, and acoustic performance.

The community also invited several parties, such as the Japanese consular and JICA. Indonesia and Japan continue to cooperate in various sectors, including the social and cultural sector.

Earlier, the Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) had cooperated with the Japanese government to conduct a joint assessment and to apply technology to develop anti-malarial and anti-amoeba drug compounds.

The representatives of BPPT and the Japanese government had met at the “Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Project by Utilizing Diversity of Indonesia Bioresources (SLeCAMA)” at the BPPT office, which aimed at finding a drug that will be useful in dealing with a broad range of tropical diseases, including malaria.

The joint program named SATREPS, which will be implemented for a five-year period, aims to produce two compounds of anti-malarial and anti-amoeba drugs that can clear the preclinical trials.(ant)

Some 19 hotspots detected on Sumatra island

PEKANBARU - A total of 19 hotspots were detected in three provinces on Sumatra Island on Wednesday, according to data released by the Pekanbaru Meteorology, Geophysics

and Climatology Agency (BMKG).

Of the 19 hotspots, 11 were found in Aceh Province, spokesman of the Pekanbaru BMKG Slamet Riyadi stated here on Wednesday.

North Sumatra has six hotspots and Riau has two, he revealed.

In Riau, the hotspots were detected in the districts of Bengkalis and Pelalawan. Earlier, Riau also

had two hotspots respectively in the districts of Siak and Indragiri.

He, however, noted that the hotspots did not always develop into forest fires in the current rainy

season as the province had experienced low to moderate intensity rain. The agency has forecast that the rainy season would peak in March and April.(ap)

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Visitors without customary attires criticized Goa Lawah budgets to install CCTV

SEMARAPURA - Goa Lawah that is never deserted of visitors becomes a favorite tourist destination in the district of Klungkung. Unfortunately, a number of visitors entering the temple without the use of customary attires cause people angry. Management of the Goa Lawah Temple will allocate CCTV installation to prevent visitors from entering the temple without using sarong.

Chief of Goa Lawah management, Putu Juliadi, revealed that all this time the management enforces strict rules to visitors coming into the Goa Lawah Temple. According to him, every visitor is required to wear sarong and shawl before entering the temple. In addition, the women getting their period are not allowed to enter into the temple area. “I often reject visitors that do not want to obey the rules,” he said, Monday (Feb. 22).

He explained there are six officers in charge of the innermost courtyard of the Goa Lawah Temple. In addition, two officers are in charge of ticket counter and five others are local tour guides. These officers have the task to provide information for travelers in the temple area, including the rules to be obeyed. When encountering visitors coming without sarong, the officers will reprimand and ask them to go to ticket counter. “At the ticket counter, we’ve been providing sarong. All this time we strictly implement the rules,” he said.

Related to the presence of visitors wandering in the temple area

without using sarong, they possibly do no enter through ticket counter.

He explained, other than the entrance next to the ticket counter, there is main entrance in the south of the temple opened for pilgrims carrying out the Nyegara-Gunung ceremony. “We are now alerting officers so that visitors coming to Goa Lawah Temple pass through the existing counter in the west,” he added.

To anticipate visitors entering without sarong, the management will immediately install CCTV to monitor the temple. It will apply the rules so that visitors taking pictures inside the temple area without using sarong to immediately delete their photos. Besides, on the piodalan alit or small temple anniversary at the Goa Lawah Temple on March 1-4, visitors are not allowed to enter the innermost courtyard of the temple.

It is applied so that visitors will not interrupt the prayers. “During the pedudusan alit ritual takes place at the Goa Lawah, visitors are only allowed to make a visit to middle courtyard,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Goa Lawah that is never deserted of visitors becomes a favorite tourist destination in the district of Klungkung. Unfortunately, a number of visitors entering the temple without the use of customary attires cause people angry.

Bathing place heritage of King of Buleleng alarming Around the bathing place was built ponds to accommodate clear water before it flowed into each shower. The wall is equipped with a typical decoration of Buleleng, thus it adds uniqueness of the bathing place in the heart of royal palace then. On those days, people called it ‘the shower of the village.’

After the kingdom era ended, the bathing place was still being used by common people in the town of Singaraja. At that time, the water source totally stopped and was replaced with the water supply from the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) Buleleng. Local government at the time has also performed maintenance by adding ornament of dragon statue in the northern and southern border of the bathing place.

Unfortunately, the arrangement

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Obama makes last attempt to persuade Congress to close Guantanamo

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite strong opposition from lawmakers who do not want detainees transferred to the United States.

Untouched by preservation THERE seem historical heritages of Buleleng Kingdom having not preserved yet. Actually, the heritages can become a pride and educational material for young people including supporting the tourism in the region. In reality, the historical heritages are even left as such in place so that the condition is alarming.

One of the heritages of the Buleleng Kingdom having not been touched by conservation efforts is the bathing place at Liligundi village, Singaraja or exactly in the east of the Sasana Budaya art studio.

The public bathing place was built during the reign of King Buleleng, A.A Putu Djelantik. Built on approximately one hundred square meters of land, it is divided into two chambers, one for men and another for women. Each chamber has several showers.

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by local government did not continue. The royal heritage of bathing place is now neglected. In addition to no longer be functioned, the building of bathing place is in badly damaged condition. Statues and border wall was toppled over

by Singapore cherry tree growing in the vicinity. Moreover, the damage of statue happened due to hit by passing vehicle. This situation is aggravated by the placement of a dump truck to accommodate waste right in front of the bathing place. Not surprisingly, it looks poor and more similar to landfills.

One of the royal families, A.A. Agung Gede Ngurah, when met at his residence on Tuesday (Feb. 23) said the bathing place has unclear status whether it has been submitted to the government or still belongs to royal family. He

only knows that local government previously performed maintenance. Other than installing statue, the government at that time also installed waterworks connection so that it can still be functioned.

In addition, the bathing place was equipped with public toilets in the north. However, since recent years it is no longer functioned. The building is neglected and the damage is getting worse. The situation grew slovenly and the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) even puts a disposal bin at the former royal bathing place.

“We do not know about the status of the building whether it still belongs to royal palace or has been submitted to the government.

Besides, there is no evidence in the forms of document. In the past, it was arranged by local government but now it does not. Dragon statue

and the collapsed wall are not repaired,” he explained.

As a royal family, Gede Agung expected the royal assets can still be preserved as a heritage to younger generations. Royal heritage like the bathing place in town should be maintained in order not to experience severe damage. Regular maintenance, even though cannot be functioned as bathing place, will enable the historical heritage to be functioned as public place that can be visited by tourists.

“We do hope it will not be left as it is today because it is one of the evidences of royal history and in the north has been built the statue of Panji Sakti, in the east follows the Kanginan Palace and in the south follows the Buleleng Palace.

If these can be preserved, it will be great and can be visited by tourists,” said Gede Agung. (mud)

The president, a Democrat, pressed the Republican-led legislature to give his proposal a “fair hearing” and said he did not want to pass the issue to his successor in January.

The Pentagon-authored plan proposes 13 potential sites on U.S. soil to hold some 30-60 detainees in maximum-security prisons but does not identify the facilities.

U.S. law bars transfers to the United States, and lawmakers are unlikely to lift those restrictions, especially in an election year. “ We ’ l l r e v i e w P r e s i d e n t O b a m a ’s p l a n , ” R e p u b l i c a n Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “But since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should know that the bipartisan will of Congress has already been expressed against that proposal.”

Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, said Obama had yet to convince Americans that moving the prisoners to the United States was smart or safe.

Obama is considering taking executive action to close the facility, situated in a U.S. naval station in southeast Cuba, if

Congress does not change its position. The White House declined to rule out a unilateral option on Tuesday.

Republicans oppose any executive order, and issuing one would almost certainly generate legal challenges.

The Guantanamo prisoners were rounded up overseas when the United States became embroiled in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan following the Sept.

11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. The facility came to symbolize aggressive detention practices that opened the United States to accusations of torture. Most detainees have been held without trial for more than a decade.

“Let us go ahead and close this chapter,” Obama said at the White House. “I don’t want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it is. And if, as a nation, we don’t deal with this now, when will we deal with it?”

Obama pledged as a presidential candidate in 2008 to close Guantanamo. Doing so would fulfill that pledge and boost his legacy during his final year in office. Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016

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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area while watched by U.S. military police at the temporary Camp X-Ray, which was later closed and replaced by Camp Delta, inside Guantanamo Bay naval base in a January 11, 2002 file photo. President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers, opposed to rehousing detainees in the United States, declared his plan a non-starter. presidential campaign.

“Not only are we not going to close Guantanamo - when I am

president, if we capture a terrorist alive, they are ... going to Guantanamo and we are going to

find out everything they know,” said Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. (rtr)

Zika may have been sexually transmitted in 14 cases -U.S. CDC

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Miriam Araujo, 25, caresses Lucas, her 4-months old child born with microcephaly as he sleeps on a hammock inside their house, in Sao Jose dos Cordeiros, Brazil February 16, 2016. Picture taken on February 16, 2016.

U.S. health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.

In two of the suspected cases, the infection has been confirmed in women whose only known risk factor was sexual contact with an infected male partner who had recently traveled to an area with active Zika transmission through mosquito bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Most experts had believed that sexual transmission of Zika was rare, but the new alert suggests sexual transmission of Zika may

be more of a factor than previously thought.

“We think mosquito-borne spread is the most common route of transmission, but we want to make people aware that sexual transmission is also a risk,” Jennifer McQuiston, deputy incident manager for CDC’s Zika response, said in a telephone interview.

McQuiston said the CDC is investigating the new reports of sexual transmission with the help of state public health departments.

In addition to the confirmed cases, the CDC has preliminary test results on four women and the remaining eight cases are in varying degrees of investigation.

All of the newly reported cases of sexual transmission have occurred within the United States. So

far, there have been no reports of women transmitting Zika to male sex partners. In a recent study, British researchers reported evidence of the Zika virus in semen of a 68year-old as long as 62 days after he was first infected.

Zika virus infection generally causes mild symptoms, but it may be linked to thousands of cases of birth defects in Brazil known as microcephaly, which is marked by undersized heads and underdeveloped brains. There is no cure or treatment for Zika infection.

For pregnant women, the CDC recommends that if a male partner has traveled to an area of active Zika transmission that couples use a condom correctly and consistently for the duration of the pregnancy, or to abstain from sex entirely. (rtr)

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Proving Zika guilty: A long and painstaking task

LONDON - Evidence is building for the theory that Zika can cause newborn brain defects and the World Health Organization is promising more answers in weeks, but nailing a definitive link will be neither simple nor swift.

Picking apart numerous potential connections between mothers who show evidence of infection with the mosquito-borne virus and babies born with microcephaly, in which the head is abnormally small, will require precision and patience, specialists say.

In the case of rubella, another similar virus that is now known to cause congenital defects, it was a decade before the matter was finally settled.

Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), says the timing of any conclusion “depends on how definitive you want to be”.

“The absolute definitive proof will come from case-controlled studies, and those usually take months,” he said.

The current outbreak of Zika started in 2015 in Brazil and has since spread to over 20 countries in the Americas, leading the WHO to declare the virus and its suspected links to birth defects and neurological problems a global emergency.

Brazil has confirmed more than 500 microcephaly cases in the last few months and officials believe most are Zika-related. Authorities are investigating another 3,900 suspected cases.

Ian MacKay, a virus specialist at Australia’s University of Queensland, has no doubts that proving or disproving a causative Zika-microcephaly link will take “a long time”.

“Even then there may not be any single ‘smoking gun’,” he told Reuters.

Among criteria used by experts

seeking to prove whether or not a pathogen is causing disease are a group of tests known as “Koch’s postulates”. Developed in the 19th century, they were used in 1984 to show that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. Albert Ko, a tropical disease expert at Yale University and at Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation,

a government research institute, said these criteria would take some time to fulfil.

“We need to do rigorous science, and doing rigorous science helps us understand better how to treat the disease,” he said.

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Part of the challenge is the difficulty of ruling other things out.

Microcephaly is known to be linked to some parasitic and bacterial diseases, as well as rubella, herpes, HIV, exposure to chemicals

such as arsenic, mercury and alcohol, and radiation.

To be certain that Zika is also a culprit, scientists must test for links with these known suspects, and also be sure not to ignore unknown possibilities.

“It’s a huge amount of work, but a powerful study would be one lasting a year or more that enlists a cohort of mums-to-be months before becoming pregnant and intensively monitors them until the delivery of their baby,” said MacKay. Which is exactly what scientists

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Jackeline, 26, holds her son who is 4-months old and born with microcephaly, in front of their house in Olinda, near Recife, Brazil, in this February 11, 2016 file photo. Evidence is building for the theory that Zika can cause newborn brain defects, and the World Health Organization is promising more answers in weeks, but nailing a definitive link will be neither simple nor swift. Picking apart numerous potential connections between mothers who show evidence of infection with the mosquito-borne virus and babies born with microcephaly, in which the head is abnormally small, will require precision and patience, specialists say.

in Brazil are aiming to do. Various research projects are in the works already, including a retrospective study in the northeastern state of Paraiba, and studies led by Ko’s team in Salvador, on Brazil’s east coast.

In Recife in Pernambuco State on the eastern tip of Brazil, a team led by Laura Rodrigues, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, plans three studies.

In the first, researchers will interview mothers of babies born with microcephaly about Zika exposure during pregnancy, collect blood samples, measure head circumferences and conduct infant CT scans.

They will also do the same with a comparative group of mothers and babies with no microcephaly.

For a second study, pregnant women who get the kind of rash associated with Zika will be recruited and tested for Zika, as well as dengue and chikungunya, two other mosquito-borne viruses.

“Then we follow them to establish what proportion will have a miscarriage or a stillbirth, and what proportion have a baby with microcephaly or other malformations,” Rodrigues said. “That will tell us how common microcephaly really is and how it is affected by the trimester in which the mother becomes infected.”

The third study will track potential developmental delays by looking at factors such as whether babies have convulsions, and how they interact and make eye contact.

Rodrigues, whose team is working with closely with local hospitals and with the Pernambuco state health department, says there is “a sense of urgency”, but full answers will take some months to emerge. (rtr)

J&J must pay $72 million for cancer death linked to talcum powder: lawyers

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Women with their faces covered in talcum powder pose for a photo during “El Dia de los Polvos” (Powder Day) festival in Tolox, near Malaga, southern Spain, February 9, 2016. During the carnival, it is traditional, especially for young people, to hurl talcum powder at each other until they are completely covered with it.

MISSOURI - Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Missouri state jury to pay $72 million of damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company’s talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades. In a verdict announced late Monday night, jurors in the circuit court of St. Louis awarded the family of Jacqueline Fox $10 million of actual damages and $62 million of punitive damages, according to the family’s lawyers and court records. (rtr)

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Kuta Central Parking actually has a very good function to reduce congestion frequently occurring in the attractions of Kuta, Legian and Seminyak.

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Central parking transformed into square

Expected to be ”parking garden”

DENPASAR — Kuta Central Parking actually has a very good function to reduce congestion frequently occurring in the attractions of Kuta, Legian and Seminyak. But lately, the condition of Kuta Central Parking is not functioning properly.

Therefore, the government of Badung plans to transform some of the lands at the Kuta Central Parking into a square of urban park with the aims to make the appearance of Kuta Central Parking more organized.

To transform some lands of the Kuta Central Parking into square must be comprehensively reviewed through academic studies considering before the Kuta Central Parking set a few years ago as the center for parking has got a good review, so that it deserves to be a central parking in Kuta with the concept of setting up a transport or shuttle bus. Thus, the vehicles making a visit to tourist attraction in Kuta, either from Bali or outside Bali will not cause congestion in Kuta and surrounding areas.

“Therefore, there should be reliable academic studies if half the land of Kuta Central Parking will

be changed into a square. Having been done, the consequences such as congestion and saturation of visitors must be met,” said the spatial observer from the Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, Monday (Feb. 22).

In terms of logics and statistics, he said the congestion in Bali in general and in Badung in particular will continue to increase, considering that Badung is the largest tourist destination in Bali. On that account, it is expected the government of Badung really studies it academically, although the condition is not functioning effectively. His

institution also expected the management of Kuta Central Parking to be more optimized, so that the Kuta Central Parking can function more effectively.

Further, he said, if half land of the Kuta Central Parking will be transformed into a square in the form of urban park, the function of Kuta Central Parking must be superimposed into a public space of the park, so that it becomes an urban park. Then, the development of the Kuta Central Parking should not be done horizontally, but it can be made into storied-central parking by applying hydraulic system as in Japan. Thus, the parking space can be made effective.

“If wishing to combine both without losing, I propose the central parking into the parking garden, namely in the form of the central parking garden. Thus, it will not be a half used for square in the form of garden and the other half for central parking. The design is integrated, so that it becomes a parking garden

functioning for the public. So, the interest of the city in the future in public space is filled, green urban space is filled, and utilization for parking will not reduce because the urban parking is getting harder and absorption of water must remain capable of absorbing water,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Scholars Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom, said that he strongly agreed to the program of the government of Badung that will partially turn the land of the Kuta Central Parking into a square in the form of the garden. Badung, especially Kuta and South Kuta should have a green space for beauty. Described, in tourism there are three philosophies in the way of thinking where one of them is beauty.

“Related to the central parking, the arrangement is still poor while the utilization is ineffective. Thus, I think the plan of the Badung district is good, namely some lands can be used for parking space while the

remaining for square of the urban park,” said a member of Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Badung.

As a district having developed in the field of tourism, Badung must have an urban park, not only in Kuta, but also in each subdistrict of Badung must have an urban park to be used as a playground and refreshing site. On the other hand, he said that Badung is also observant and alert in preparing land for parking, so that visitors will not park vehicles haphazardly that can cause congestion. Today, tourist arrival is booming so that it is required extensive parking space.

Therefore, shuttle bus should be reactivated because without a shuttle bus the government of Badung cannot regulate parking in Kuta. “Thus, the government of Badung must rigorously enforce the discipline of parking. Otherwise there will be saturation due to uncomfortable condition,” he hoped. (win)

Parliament urges retailers to apply paid plastic bag

DENPASAR — The government policy through the Ministry of Environment enforces a policy of paid plastic bags for retail businesses in Indonesia got appreciation from the Denpasar House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the policy has not been enforced in Denpasar.

Seeing the positive impact of the policy, especially in the efforts to reduce plastic waste, it is deemed necessary to implement it in the cultured city. Therefore, the parlia-

ment urged retailers in Denpasar to soon enforce the policy.

This was revealed by a member of Commission III of the Denpasar House of Representatives, I Wayan Suadi Putra, at his office, Monday (Feb. 22). Accompanied by several other members, such as A.A. Alit Putra, Ketut Beji and others, he said the program launched by the Ministry of Environment (KLH) must actually be responded positively by all components of society. All

this time, the use of plastic bags is quite alarming. Virtually all the products purchased are wrapped in plastic bags. After using it, plastic bags will become garbage.

“This must be understood by the public. Plastic waste is very difficult to decompose. If it can, it takes a long time in contrast to the ecofriendly materials. Therefore, from now on, we should be concerned with the environment around us.

One of the ways that can be applied

is by reducing the use of plastic bags,” said this PDI-P politician.

He said what to do is a form of caring for the environment. Business players must now be demanded to reduce the use of plastic bags. Therefore, the government has imposed this policy. “We are very supportive when retail businesses actively participate in this policy,” he said.

One of the retail businessmen in Denpasar, A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra, said that before the government policy

is issued, he has implemented the use of eco-friendly plastic bags. “We already use 100 percent degradable materials.

Plastic bags like this using Oxium and Ecoplas technology in its manufacture.

This material will be destroyed within 1 to 1.5 years,” he said.

Susruta said that so far the procurement cost of plastic bags reached IDR 1 billion more per year for its three outlets. This large enough amount of fund is used to buy plastic bags. (kmb12)

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The highest mortality rate due to dengue cases occurred in Denpasar. In 2015, the mortality rate in Denpasar amounted to 13 people, Gianyar (6 people), Badung (6 people) and Buleleng (3 people), so that the total death in 2015 reached 28 cases, higher than in 2014 reaching 17 people. But up to February, 4, 2016, the death due to dengue cases amounted to five persons, respectively two persons in Buleleng, one person in Jembrana, one person in Denpasar and another in Gianyar.

In response to the high mortality rate due to dengue cases in 2015, Chief of the Denpasar Health Agency, Ni Luh Sri Armini, said the death was likely due to taking late to health care facility. “Maybe it happened due to taking late to health care facilities,” he said,

Tuesday (Feb. 23).

According to the Director of the Public Health Sciences at the Udayana University, I Made Ady Wirawan, Ph.D., the handling of dengue cases could be made by strengthening the network of partnerships so that the treatment will be more comprehensive and working together to find a solution or creative and innovative countermeasures.

The eradication movement (3M) is an effective way to prevent dengue cases and very well implemented. The movement includes sealing the bathtub so that mosquitoes do not enter and nest in it. Bathtub water must be drained at least once a week, and finally hoard empty cans or others containing water so as not to become a nesting place of mosquitoes. “Most importantly is community empowerment model that is able to mobilize the community to carry out the movement.

But, this measure is unsuccessful,”

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she said.

The Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Health at the Bali Health Agency, Gde Wira Sunetra, appealed to people not to allow puddles in rainy season. “Source of water must be given abate and larvicides to eliminate mosquito larva. In addition, the program of one home one larvae monitoring officer can play a role in checking the presence of larvae in bath-tub or a reservoir of water each day using a flashlight. If there are, rub the larvae to die,” he said. (kmb42) Dengue cases in Bali Year Number of Cases 2011 2,883 2012 2,649 2013 7,077 2014 8,629 2015 10,704 2016 (per Feb. 4) 1,811

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Fogging is one of the efforts by the government to reduce the spread of dengue fever

Chili perishes due to rainy season Agriculture Agency recommends spraying

SEMARAPURA - Chili farmers at Subak Cau, Celepik hamlet, Tojan, complained because their chili plants are damaged during this rainy season. Many of the chili fruits perish whereas the leaves grow flourishingly.

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A farmer is showing the chili plant which was dying due to the lack of water. However, now the plant is also treathen by the increasing number of water from the rain.

Related to this, the Klungkung Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency responded to the complaints of chili farmers by coming down to the field, Tuesday (Feb. 23). As the observation of the officer, the problems faced by chili farmers are due to the influence of rainy season.

The officer of the Agriculture Agency is the Section Head of Plant Protection and Control, Putu Mahardika, and Klungkung subdistrict plant pest organisms (POPT) directly came down to Celepik hamlet on Tuesday around 10:00. After the checking, they found the chili crop of farmers at Subak Cau was damaged.

Putu Mahardika revealed if the damage happened to chili plant when farmers plant during rainy season. According to him, during rainy season chili plants are indeed vulnerable to disease attack. This condition occurred in almost every region.

To that end, it needs to be addressed by spraying fungicide so that chilies fruits can be stronger against the disease. “Based on the information of farmers, we can do the first step to make early prevention,” he said.

He explained that in rainy season chili tends to contain higher level of nitrogen

so that the leaves grow thicker. “If it contains more phosphorus, it can produce more fruits and when containing more lime substance, it will have an impact on the roots,” he said while adding the right time to plant chili is in October.

The Head of the Klungkung Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Agency, I Wayan Durma, said that his agency has sought to minimize the disease on agricultural land. As happened to paddy plants, at least the percentage of pest and virus attack in paddy plants can be reduced by 46 percent. Nevertheless, he still expected the great participation of community in dealing with the pests.

In Klungkung district there are 10 types of diseases frequently attacking paddy plants such as tungro, stem borers, bacterial blight, rat, rice blast, white-backed leafhopper, fake white pests, golden snails, rice ear bug, rotten neck and brown leafhopper. In 2014, approximately 449 hectares of totally 5,000 hectares of paddy field in Klungkung district were attacked by the diseases. Then in 2015, only 269 hectares of paddy plants were attacked.

To anticipate the occurrence of similar attack, his agency will remain to come down to the field and provide briefing for farmers. (dwa)

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HARRIS Hotel Seminyak Offers Exciting New F&B Specials

Big announcement to all nationwide and international foodies! HARRIS Hotel Seminyak Bali is inviting all food lovers to savor on the exciting new selections of sumptuous F&B creations made of only the fresh ingredients from local growers.

Beginning with COCKTAILICIOUS – the hotel’s seasoned bartender concocts truly refreshing cocktails to beat the scorching days, then paired with MOCKTAILICIOUS – a well-balanced combo that cares for your health, continued with SANDWICH GALORE – enjoy a ‘foodgasm’ experience tasting a variety of fla-

vorful fillings including ham and cheese, Cajun chicken breast and also roasted beef and last but never least, NEW SUB PIZZA – pick your own French baguette and favorite toppings.

All creates a sensational culinary experience! “Best way to unwind from all your daily stress is by putting yourself on holiday mode and enjoy the sumptuous food and refreshing drinks in a relaxing atmosphere. We’ve made sure that each menu is crafted especially to suit your palate and appetite,” said Hengky Tambayong, General Manager of HARRIS Hotel Seminyak.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars,

tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Despite Grammy performance snafu, Adele regains Billboard top spot

LOS ANGELES- Adele may have cried all day after her shaky Grammy performance last week, but the British songstress reclaimed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Monday as demand for her hit album “25” remained strong three months after its release.

Adele’s “25” climbed from No. 2 after clocking a further 151,000 units across album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album has sold a total of 8.3 million copies in the United States.

It features the song “All I Ask,” which Adele sang last week at the televised Grammy awards. But her performance was marred by technical issues when a microphone fell on the piano’s strings and the singer uncharacteristically hit sharp and flat notes.

Later in the week, Adele appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show and performed a flawless rendition of the song, accompanied

by a candid interview in which she said she was “so embarrassed” and “cried pretty much all day” after the Grammys.

Other Grammy performers that saw a boost in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts included Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, who won his first Grammy award and climbed three spots to No. 2 with his album “Purpose.”

Country musician Chris Stapleton, who picked up four Grammy awards, saw his “Traveller” album climb to No. 5 from No. 11; R&B star The Weeknd, who won two Grammys, had his “Beauty Behind the Madness” climb six spots to No. 6; while Taylor Swift, who won the coveted album of the year Grammy

Award, saw her “1989” record climb 12 spots to No. 8.

The only new entry to crack into the top 10 this week was “Hymns” at No. 4 by husband-and-wife country music duo Joey + Rory.

On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, Flo Rida’s “My House” held the top spot for a second week with 135,000 copies sold. (rtr)

Singer Adele performs “All I Ask” on stage at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California in this February 15, 2016 file photo.

British superstar Adele said she cried all day after what was supposed to be a triumphant return to the Grammys stage turned into a shaky live performance in which she sang off-key.

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Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses during a photocall for the film “Grimsby” (Grimsby: Agent trop special) in Paris, France, February 16, 2016.

cret Service” actor Mark Strong.

The action comedy has sparked some controversy over how it paints the town. In a tongue-in-cheek answer, Cohen as Nobby said that he was more concerned about the film’s rating.

“You know, a lot of them (Grimsby residents) are very upset because it’s got rated a 15, so that means almost 80 percent of the mothers aren’t old enough to see it,” he said.

“But you know we’re going to show the film there and I think, you know, probably people will be throwing stuff at the screens, screaming, literally chucking bricks at the cinema. And if they don’t like the film then it’s going to be

chaos.”

Director Louis Leterrier said he was hopeful Grimsby residents would enjoy the movie.

“I think they will love it,” he said.

“I think, you know, Grimsby is an idea. There is a Grimsby in every country, there are many Grimsbys in England, there are many types of Grimsbys in France or in America ... It bashes people of London more than it bashes people of Grimsby.”

“Grimsby”, which also stars Cohen’s wife Isla Fisher, Australian comedienne Rebel Wilson and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, is released in the UK on Feb. 24, and in U.S. cinemas as “The Brothers Grimsby” on March 11. (rtr)

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Donald Trump grabs 3rd straight win in Nevada caucuses

LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses for his third straight victory Tuesday as his two main rivals, senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, battled for second place in an increasingly urgent effort to slam the brakes on the Trump juggernaut.

Sacha Baron Cohen unveils new alter-ego Nobby in “Grimsby” LONDON - British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen unveiled his latest fictional alter-ego at the premiere of “Grimsby” on Monday night, an English beer-drinking soccer fan called Nobby.

Cohen, known for his satirical characters Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat and Austrian fashionista Bruno, walked the chilly London red carpet as Nobby drinking from a beer can and without trousers -- just a polo neck and underwear.

In the film, Nobby, a resident of the northern English town Grimsby, is caught up in a world-saving mission when he reconnects with his long lost brother Sebastian, a spy portrayed by “Kingsman: The Se-

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

The billionaire businessman now can claim victories in the West, the South and Northeast — a testament to his broad appeal among the madas-hell voters making their voices heard in the 2016 presidential race.

His rivals are running out of time to stop him.

“We’re winning, winning, winning the country,” Trump declared.

“Soon, the country is going to start winning, winning, winning.”

Ticking off a list of upcoming primary states where he’s leading in preference polls, Trump predicted he’ll soon be able to claim the Republican presidential nomination.

“It’s going to be an amazing two months,” he told a raucous crowd at a Las Vegas casino. “We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest.”

Entrance polls captured the sentiment propelling Trump’s insurgent campaign: Six in 10 caucus goers said they were angry with the way the government is working, and Trump got about half of them.

After winning in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, Trump has built up momentum heading into March 1, or Super Tuesday, when Republicans hold nominating contests in a dozen states.

In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton was looking for a commanding victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Saturday’s South Carolina primary to give her a boost heading into Super Tuesday.

Polls show the former secretary of state with a huge advantage among African-Americans which bodes

well for her prospects in South Carolina and then the Southern states which vote on Super Tuesday where blacks make up a large segment of the Democratic primary electorate.

Nevada was a critical test for Rubio and Cruz, who are battling to emerge as the clear alternative to Trump. Rubio was out to prove he can build on recent momentum, while Cruz was looking for a spark to help him recover from a particularly rocky stretch in his campaign.

Lagging far behind the two senators in the Nevada vote were Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Rubio, already campaigning in Michigan as caucus results rolled in, was projecting confidence that he can consolidate the non-Trump voters who have been splintering among an assortment of Republican candidates, saying, “we have incredible room to grow.” Rubio and Cruz have been attacking each other viciously in recent days, an indication they know Trump can be stopped only if one of them is eliminated.

But after finishing third in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire and second in South Carolina, Rubio needs a win soon to support the idea he can beat Trump. Republican establishment heavyweights have been flooding to Rubio in recent days, including several senators and governors, but that might not help win over an angry Republican base looking for a political outsider like Trump.

Cruz, a fiery conservative popular among voters on the Republican right, finished a disappointing third

in South Carolina after spending much of the past two weeks denying charges of dishonest campaign tactics and defending his integrity.

Another disappointing finish in Nevada would raise new questions about his viability heading into a crucial batch of Super Tuesday states on March 1.

In a more muted address, Cruz gave Trump his due for winning in Nevada and then pressed the argument that he’s the only candidate who can stop the real estate mogul.

Harking back to own win in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, Cruz told supporters “the only campaign that has defeated Donald Trump is this campaign.”

Then, looking for opportunities that lie ahead in his home state of Texas and elsewhere, he added: “One week from today will be the most important night of this campaign: Super Tuesday.”

The election calendar suggests that if Trump’s rivals don’t slow him by mid-March, they may not ever.

Trump swept all of South Carolina’s 50 delegates, giving him a total of 67 compared to Cruz and Rubio who have 11 and 10, respectively. There were 30 delegates at stake in Nevada, and a whopping 595 available one week later on Super Tuesday bonanza. Nevada’s caucusing played out in schools, community centers and places of worship across the state — a process that’s been chaotic in the past.(ap) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, arrives with his son Eric during a caucus night rally Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Eradication movement fails

Dengue cases in Bali sharply increase

DENPASAR - Dengue fever cases in Bali rose sharply. In 2011 was found only 2,883 dengue cases, in 2012 (2,649 cases), in 2013 (7,077 cases), in 2014 (8,629 cases) and in 2015 (10,704 cases). Then, until February 4, 2016, it has been recorded 1,811 cases.

After the Denpasar municipality successfully reduced the number of dengue cases, Gianyar district now occupies the highest number of dengue cases. Based on data in 2015, dengue cases in Gianyar reached 2,198 cases, Badung (2,178 cases), Buleleng (2,007 cases), and Denpasar (1,576 cases), so the total dengue cases in 2015 reached 10,704 cases. Then, in 2016, as of February 4, the highest cases occurred in Buleleng reaching 267 cases, Gianyar (245 cases), Tabanan (104 cases), Karangasem (95 cases), and Denpasar (only 19 cases).

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