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Prince cremated; family, friends honor him at ceremony in Minnesota

CHANHASSEN - Prince’s remains have been cremated and his family and friends attended a private ceremony on Saturday to pay their respects to the late pop superstar at the studio complex where he died in a suburb of Minneapolis, a Prince spokeswoman said.

Among those seen entering the Paisley Park Studios complex, where Prince lived in Chanhassen, Minnesota, were his sister, Tyka Nelson, musician and former collaborator Sheila E., his former bass player Larry Graham and model Damaris Lewis.

The service came two days after Prince, whose hits included “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead in an elevator at the complex at age 57. His death shocked millions of fans around the world and prompted glowing tributes from fellow musicians and public figures, including President Barack Obama.

“Prince was celebrated by a small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians,

in a private, beautiful ceremony to say a loving goodbye,” Prince publicist Anna Meacham said in a statement.

Meacham said Prince’s remains have been cremated and their final resting place will remain private.

Plans are under way for a musical celebration of Prince, with details to be announced later, she said.

On Saturday, Graham stood at a gate of Paisley Park Studios and thanked some of the hundreds of fans gathered on the lawn outside to show their admiration of Prince, a seven-time Grammy winner whose music blended rock, funk, R&B, jazz and disco.

“Prince made us all better musicians and spiritually is the most important thing, but as musician

he pushed us and he made us better and we listened deeply,” Graham told the fans.

Participants in the ceremony handed some fans outside gift boxes that contained items such as Princethemed apparel and a compact disc of music.

An autopsy on Prince was conducted on Friday and authorities are investigating his death.

Police said on Friday no signs of suicide or obvious trauma were found in Prince’s death. The local medical examiner’s office said it could take weeks before autopsy and toxicology results reveal how the groundbreaking performer died.

Prince had been on a U.S. tour as recently as last week.

But he was briefly hospitalized a week ago, suffering from what his representative told celebrity news website TMZ was the flu, after his plane made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois. (rtr)

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Prayers and Amulets For Leicester Title Hopes

LONDON - Their latest draw against West Ham and a red card for star striker Jamie Vardy have made Leicester City’s hopes of achieving Premier League glory significantly more challenging. But while there are nail-biting days ahead, the club’s fans can rest assured there is a powerful force still behind them.

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In this Nov. 22, 2015 file photo, Prince presents the award for favorite album - soul/R&B at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon hosted SNL’s episode Saturday, April 23, which featured clips of Prince performing on the comedy show over the past four decades and skits with Fred Armisen, another SNL alum, portraying the artist. The 57-year-old Prince died Thursday at his Paisley Park compound in suburban Minneapolis.

Beyonce releases surprise album “Lemonade” as much-anticipated TV special airs

Beyonce (C) and Destiny’s Child perform during the half-time show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3, 2013.

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CALIFORNIA - Beyonce cemented her status as the queen of surprise releases on Saturday, releasing a completely new album and videos called “Lemonade” via a widely anticipated one-hour special on cable network HBO. During the show, which ignited social media as fans breathlessly enthused about, and debated, the program and its content, Beyoncé appeared to address long-standing rumors of trouble in her marriage with rapper Jay Z. After leveling accusations in her song lyrics about being cheated on, Beyonce made clear in the last tracks of the new album that she has decided to reconcile with him and continue in the marriage.

In a preview earlier this week, the singer teased fans with a snippet promoting the show, mysteriously intoning “The past and the present merge to meet us here. What are you hiding? Why can’t you see me?

You’re the love of my life.”

Fans, who wondered if Saturday’s show was to be a concept video with new music from the R&B star, found out on Saturday that was pretty much the case, with chapters carrying titles that riffed on the grieving process stages such as

anger, denial and forgiveness.

Before the end of the program, which featured a compilation of music videos, vignettes, vintage, home-movie style footage and poetry, Beyonce, 34, had dropped “Lemonade” onto the Tidal streaming service. The film was also available via Tidal.

Videos also featured appearances by the mothers of two black men, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, whose shooting deaths, in Brown’s case by a Missouri police officer, have trained a spotlight on U.S. racial tensions.

Fans posting on social media such as Twitter were especially engaged with speculation about the content of the show and songs as they related to Beyonce and Jay Z, making references in postings about “women scorned” and the singer “dropping” both an album and a divorce, seemingly at the same time.

Beyonce previewed work from the new album just before his Super Bowl appearance this year when she debuted her single, “Formation.”

Beyonce’s last album, in 2013, was also marked by a surprise release. She kicks off her new tour this week in Miami. (rtr)

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Leicester banner featuring Gary Lineker inside the stadium before the game.

Six-thousand miles away, on the other side of the world, is the Wat Traimit temple in Bangkok.

Inside, draped in saffron robes, sits Phra Prommangkalachan – the palms of his hands pressed together, deep in prayer for the team known here in Thailand as ‘the Siamese Foxes’.

He told Sky News: “Leicester City is a determined club with good intentions to win the league.

“The coach has good intentions, the players too. “My prayers are part of that - I help them prosper and provide encouragement to them.

“We try to manage the team by using the power of Buddhism, the power of Dhamma and the power of the Sangha.” The monk has been channelling spiritual blessings for Leicester since being brought into the fold by billionaire Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha when he bought the club in 2010.

“Before Mr Vichai contacted me, I’d never known anything about football. The first time I watched a football game was when I was invited to pray for the Leicester City team.” That invitation led Phra Prommangkalachan, along with a retinue of fellow Thai monks, to make the first of a number of visits to the King Power stadium to bless the pitch and offer lucky amulets to the players.

They also gave out special talismans - flags bearing the clubs logo, adorned with ancient Buddhist script, believed to convey protective powers to the lucky owner.

Two such talismans now hang in pride of place at his shrine in Bangkok, alongside hundreds of Buddha statues, incense, flower offerings and ceremonial elephant tusks.

Given Phra Prommangkalachan also goes by the name of Chao Khun Thongchai – a title that translates to ‘honourable bearer of the flag of victory’ – the omens should be good for the club. But with Leicester City needing eight points from their next four games to win the title, the monk is well aware it will take a lot more than luck.

“The game is still the game. It’s a sport competition. “We have to understand the varieties of the system, rules and management. “The duty of the Buddhist monk like me is to encourage everyone in the team to do the right things by the rules and encourage good Karma.”

For all his modesty, superstitions and a belief in the spiritual powers of the good karma that monks can deliver are widespread in Thai culture.

In the grounds of the temple, worshipper Arthit Noppakaonuntasit was buying lucky amulets.

Until recently, Mr Noppakaonuntasit had been a Manchester United supporter, but this season he switched his allegiance to Leicester.

For him, there was little doubt that Phra Prommangkalachan could help his new club do what was once unthinkable, and top the table. “Oh yes, I am very confident that the good works of Chao Khun Thongchai can bring about great victory.”(rtr) 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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Discourse on prison relocation may not fade

D E N PA S A R Another clash occurred again at the Kerobokan Prison so that it got the attention of the Bali House of Representatives. Chairman of Commission I, Ketut Tama Tenaya,

affirmed that Kerobokan Prison has been overcapacity. Besides, the hostility occurred between the inmates of different mass organizations has disturbed conduciveness of the prison.

“They have already got involved in hostility, it’s hard. Except for they are not placed

at the prison for a while because the revenge condition remains to exist. Definitely it is the trigger,” he confirmed.

Tama asked the government to relocate the Kerobokan Prison to a more representative location. Currently the condition of prison is considered to have been full of inmates. Not

to mention they are also divided into many groups or gangs. In the meantime, the number of officers is very inadequate so that it is overwhelmed in terms of security.

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Bali Safari & Marine Park’s annual celebration of Earth Daywas marked this year with a visit from the children of the Eben Haezer Orphange in Bali. In a day packed with fun activities organized across the 40-hectare Park, the Bali Safari Educational Team created events intended to instill a concern and love for the natural environment.

Among the interesting activities organized for the visiting children were lessons in making water retention wells or bio-pores; creating useful items from recyclable materials; and witnessing how the Park’s

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Safari Rangers make recycled paper from elephant manure (“Poo Paper”). These activities reflect the “green commitment” of Bali Safari and its deep concern for the planet earth.

The “Green Safari” organized for the children hosted by the Park represent just one aspect of a much wider commitment to educate the public on the importance of environmental protection and share practical steps to create a greener world. By sharing simple, practical steps that can be performed by the public, such as teaching kids how

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The flood which happen on Mahodara Street. It is happening eventhough there is no rain in the area.

Road access to Kamasan tourism village highlighted

It regularly hit by floods

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From page 1 “For the short term, the prison authority must request police assistance to maintain the security condition. Later on we also evaluate the prison because the discourse on the relocation has faded,” he said.

A member of Commission I, Dewa Nyoman Rai, said the prison clashes should receive more serious attention from the prosecutor’s office. It is not only the Denpasar Prosecutor’s Office but also the Bali Prosecutor’s Office. Such clashes originated from the transfer of the nine suspects getting involved in the intermass organization clashes on Jalan Teuku Umar by the Denpasar Prosecutor’s Office.

“From the beginning, it has been suggested by the chief of Kerobokan Prison and police authority not to bring the suspects to the prison due to overcapacity. In addition, the atmosphere was also too tense, why was it forced?” he accused.

Dewa Rai asked the prosecutor’s office to always make coordination with police authority. Whatever the advice given by police authority, it should be considered because police are the institution that knows much more about security.

In the meantime, Deputy Governor of Bali, Ketut Sudikerta, stated that he has not known about the follow-up on the relocation of Kerobokan Prison having previously put into discourse by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

The government of Bali has offered the land owned by the provincial government in the area of the Suwung landfill as destination of the relocation. While waiting for the continuation of the relocation, he requested the prison authority to pay attention to all the activities for the sake of security.

“People armed with sharp weapons and came with illicit goods may not be allowed to get in. Thus, the key lies in prison authority whether they have moral, ethics, honesty and sincerity in managing the prison,” he said.

Sudikerta added that guidance to the inmates is also important to do. On that account, the inmates having been released can become a better person and not even worse. The repeated clashes showed off their failures in the development effort against the prison occupants. (kmb32)

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Road access to Kamasan tourism village in Klungkung is really apprehensive. It is seen from the crossroads of Tojan village, precisely on Jalan Mahodara. Condition of the road in the southern part of Galiran Market is regularly hit by floods. Actually it did not rain in Klungkung. But in reality, the area is submerged in water along 100 meters.

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One of the Tojan villagers, Ketut Sugiana, complained about this condition. Moreover, the flood in the region does not occur only once, but frequently. “Approximately the area has been hit by floods for about four years. But there is no solution so far,” said Sugiana last Saturday.

According to this former chief of village representatives (BPD) of Tojan, the floods occurred at the intersection of the Galiran Market is alleged to have been caused by narrow drain.

Besides, the drain is also estimated to have been filled with trash. Thus, when the drain is clogged, the water overflows and submerges the body of Jalan Mahodara. However, he deplored because relevant agency seems indifferent to address the floods in the region. “If the condition persists, then

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who should be responsible for that?” he asked.

Similar thing was also revealed by a member of Commission B of the Klungkung House of Representatives, Wayan Buda Parwata.

He highlighted the recent floods hitting the region. He hoped that relevant agencies could repair it immediately considering the Kamasan village is also included in the city tour package to be launched on April 29, 2016. “We expect the relevant agencies to address it soon.

Otherwise, it will not look nice.

Moreover, this road leads to Kamasan village included in the city tour package,” said this politician from Timuhun village.

As seen in the field, condition of the floods on Jalan Mahodara becomes a spectacle of residents.

Not a few passing people must carefully move when crossing paths with other vehicles for fear of being sprayed by water. Moreover, the water soaking the region reached the height of adult’s knee.

Strangely, no single officer of the Klungkung Public Works or the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency was seen at the location handling the floods until noon. The passing garbage truck even seemed ignorant to the condition of waste clogging the quite small Hee River.

In the meantime, the Head of the Klungkung Public Works Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Supartana, could not yet be confirmed associated with the problem. When contacted through his mobile phone on Saturday afternoon, there was no response. (119)

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to make bio pore retention wells, the Park hopes to become agents of change in the community.

By sharing with the coming generation how to create bio-pores or retention wells,Bali Safari and Marine Park hopes that the children will take this know-how back to their home communities. Biopores can be easily constructed and have been proven highly effective in helping to capture and return rainwater to the water table. By filling these wells with organic waste rich sources of compost are also created that will help enrich

the soil.

The general manager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park, William Santoso, said such activities are very worthwhile in increasing environmental awareness and are in keeping with the Park’s mission statement: “A Green Safari is a Cleaner Bali.” Continuing, Santoso said: “The celebration of Earth Day is one of the most important days on the calendar and demands the participation of everyone. We all share a responsibility to take a role in safeguarding the place we call ‘home’ or Mother Earth. We

hope that programs such as these will make a meaningful contribution to Bali’s natural environment.

By remaining active in all ‘Green Living’ initiatives we hope to make Bali - the home of our animals, our staff and their families a healthier place to live.”

Earth Day is marked annually every April 22nd in 192 countries around the world with activities designed to raise awareness of the need to protect the delicate world environment. This globally important day was first commemorated on April 22, 1970.

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Type of collection and information in subak museum

Dubai to open Marvel, Cartoon Network-branded theme park DUBAI — Dubai will soon have a one-stop destination for families whose tastes run from Spider-Man to velociraptors to the Powerpuff Girls.

Local developer Ilyas and

Mustafa Galadari Group said Sunday its new 1.5 million square-foot (139,355 square meter) indoor amusement park on the city’s desert outskirts will open on August 15.

The $1 billion IMG Worlds of Adventure park includes one section centered on Marvel Comics and another branded

by Cartoon Network. Another zone is dedicated to dinosaurs

and features a roller coaster to whisk thrill-seekers outside and back into the air-conditioned complex.

Dubai is increasingly looking to amusement parks to cement

GIANYAR - The type of collection, layout and information that will be presented at the Gianyar Subak Museum began to be formulated. On Friday (Apr. 22) was held a focus group discussion (FGD) in the meeting room of the Bappeda Gianyar to get feedback regarding a number of key points in the study on the concept of the museum.

“This FGD is intended to get a study on the Gianyar Subak Museum for the preparation of storyline, selection of collection, the information to be presented and layout of showcase at the Subak Museum later on,” said the Division Head of Customs and Traditions at Gianyar Cultural Office, I Wayan Sudha.

According to him, subak (Balinese irrigation cooperative) is the customary law community with socio-religio-agrarian nature that has historically existed since long time ago and continues to grow as an organization of land cultivation for paddy field. Currently, the subak has been designated as a World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO so that the effort of conserving the subak should be carried out in terms of various aspects.

“It is the basic consideration and the purpose of establishing subak museum located in the area of Masceti Beach,” said Sudha.

In the meantime, the regent of Gianyar through the Head of the Transportation and Infocom Agency, Cokorda Gde Rai Widiarsa, said that the existence of subak museum in the future is expected to become one of the triggers in the development of cultural tourism and educational tourism in Gianyar. This happens because subak is a cultural heritage that must be preserved. “In addition, subak also poses the implementation of the Tri Hita Karana philosophy,” he explained.

He added the establishment of the museum by the government is also intended to maintain the existence of subak in particular and agricultural land in general. As is known, the phenomenon of farmland conversion into industrial and residential area is very rife. (kmb25)

its standing as a tourist haven.

Another company is building a massive complex elsewhere in the 2020 World Expo host city that will include Legoland and Six Flags parks. (ap)

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Seishun no Matsuri II Festival

AFTER achieving great success in 2015, International Bali Tourism Institute (STPBI) will held Japanese Festival. The festival entitled “Seishun no Matsuri II” on May 1st, 2016 in STPBI Campus on Kecak Street on 12, Gatot Subroto Timur, Denpasar.

This year, many cosplayer will take part such as Angie from Malaysia, Konnichi dan Jeanice from Indonesia. The “Seishun no Matsuri II” will also filled with many events such as band performance, dance cover, Bon Odori and other fun games. One of the most exciting event is the cosplay competition and Japan song competition.

There will be also many stands such as food and beverages that can be visited during the event. For further information, you can visit the fan page of Seishun no Matsuri and IG seishunnomatsuri or can directly go to the ticket box in first floor in STPBI Campus which is opened from Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. (kmb)

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Aci tatebahan tradition of Bugbug village

Aci tatebahan tradition of Bugbug village

Repelling disaster and expressing of gratitude KARANGASEM - Balinese people have many ways of expressing their gratitude for God’s blessings. In customary villages, rituals to express gratitude are passed down from generation to generation so these traditions are continuously practiced. The people of Bugbug Customary Village in Karangasem have their own special traditional ritual for expressing their gratitude for the abundant crops, known as tatebahan that was performed last Tuesday (Apr. 19). This unique ritual involves having the villagers beat one and other with banana leaf stocks until the stock is destroyed.

The Tatebahan ritual is held once a year on Beteng (second three day week) of the full moon of the eleventh month of the Balinese calendar. Chief of Bugbug Customary Village, Wayan Mas Suyasa, explains that the procession of the tatebahan ritual is performed by men -both young and old. All of the ritual activities take place in the morning at the Desa and Bale Agung temple.

Everyone in the village prepares the necessaries for the ritual that include of course the banana leaf stalks (that are tied together in bunches of five), but also include firewood, coconut, cassava, vegetables, beans and other things needed for preparing gibungan (communal meal). Ginungan con-

sists of cassave as a substitute for rice, vegetables, urap, nuts, and other traditional dishes. None of the foods prepared for this ritual of gratitude for the abundant crops include rice.

The supplies are taken to each of the 12 customary hamlets in Bugbug village; Bancingah, Madya, Puseh, Garia, Segaa, Baruna, Dukuh Tengah, Dharma Laksana, Celuk Kangin, Celuk Kauh, Asah, and Samuh. The male villages perform ngayah (devotional work), by making all the preperations.

Once everything has been prepared, the food is first presented as an offering before the community comes together to enjoy these traditional foods in a communal meal.

“Interestingly, none of the food contains rice nor meat but instead only potato, vegetables and string bean lawar. This tradition seems to reflect the simplicity of our society” said Mas Suyasa.

After all the villagers proceed to the Bale Agung Temple where the tatebahan will take place, the village authorities prepare the banana leaf stocks to be used in the ritual.

The two men who will beat each other are given the ritual equipment and the fighting starts. The ritual fight takes place in a fair manner with each man taking his turn at beating the other to the sound of the gamelan and only the back and neck

may be struck. Before the ritual beating starts, the two men, dressed in nothing but a sarong and udeng, are sprinkled with holy water.

This ritual that is performed as an expression of gratitude for the harvest also serves to avert disaster and repel disease. This year the ritual was all the more relevant as so many people on the island have been infected with dengue. It is also believed that being struck by the banana leaf stocks can cure people of disease. Also, this ritual, explained chief Suyasa, indirectly fosters a sense of brotherhood amongst the villagers. It is understood that those who are beaten with the banana leaf stock should not hold a grudge or desire revenge. “In expressing gratitude one cannot have thoughts of revenge. It does not hurt and the body that is struck will even be in good shape afterwards” said Bugbug resident, Komang Purna.

In addition to the yearly tatebahan, this ritual is also carried out as part of other larger ceremonies in Bugbug Customary Village. Aci Gumang, for instance, involves people from the four villages of Bugbug, Jasri, Bebandem, and Ngis (Manggis) who have a historical relationship. Tatebahan is also conducted in Usaba Kaja and involves the communities of Datah and is meant to establish a sense of brotherhood. (kmb31)

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Non-irrigated subak in Tabanan applies closed irrigation

TABANAN - Irrigation systems are inseparable from wetland agriculture and in Bali they are most often used for paddy fields. However, even non-irrigated fields, locally known as subak abian, also depend on irrigation systems to secure water availability for the crops -especially during the dry season. Some subak abian organisations in Tabanan have therefore have created a closed irrigation system by installing a gravity fed pipeline.

Head of the Tabanan Forestry and Plantation Agency, Roemi Liestyowati, said on Wednesday (Apr. 20) that the closed irrigation system has been applied since 2007 but only five different subak abian have being applying this system. “Unfortunately, due to limited funds, this irrigation system cannot be applied to all the subak abian in the area”, she said.

The equipment required for creating a closed irrigation system costs approximately IDR 400 million. That amount does not include the cost of surveying for water sources nor installation of the sytem, both of which are carried out by the community themselves. Roemi explained that closed irrigation systems cannot be implemented without first surveying where water culmination points are during rainy season, during the dry season and without calculating the average amount of water involved. Also, the water discharge per second must be calculated in order to know how many square kilometers can be irrigated. “Such surveying takes a year or two”, said Liestyowati.

Once a survey has been conducted, a water catchment system is created to hold water gathered from rivers or other water sources.

This water is then drained ot the fields using gravity and in order to save on the cost of pipe, the water supplied to each plot of land can be distributed using a hose. Water from closed irrigation systems can be used as drinking water for livestock as well as for irrigating fields during the dry season.

Roemi explained that the creation of closed irrigation systems is funded by the central government, but since 2014 this funding has been suspended because the central government is focused on providing food self-sufficiency. But since 2014, this assistance is suspended because the central government is focusing on improving food self-sufficiency. (kmb24)

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Irrigation systems are inseparable from wetland agriculture and in Bali they are most often used for paddy fields.

Marine tourism grows rapidly, regulation unclear

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Raja Ampat or ‘Four Kings’ offers the world’s best marine sights.

LOMBOK - Marine tourism grows so rapidly.

Similarly, the trend of marine tourism has gone worldwide. However, the regulation of marine tourism is not yet clear. Actually Indonesia has so great marine potential like the Raja Ampat, Lombok, Bali, Komodo Island and Banyuwangi.

“The government does not give a complete device and the permit is unclear which one is the authority of the district, provincial or central government.

They all consider themselves to have an authority,” said the marine tourism entrepreneur and the owner of Bounty Cruise, I Gede Wirata, Friday (Apr. 23).

According to him, the inter-provincial trip is definitely the authority of central government, while the inter-district trip belongs to the authority of provincial government. “Benoa Harbor, for instance, may be considered to belong to the authority of the mayor.

No, it is the inter-provincial authority. Indeed, the harbor sits at Benoa but since the destination to Gili Trawangan, it should belong to central government.

The government does not understand how we can

follow it,” he said.

In addition to the regulatory authority, there is also a problem of too high maritime tourism tax reaching 80 percent. “For example, the price of the vessel is IDR 1 trillion, the tax charge is IDR 800 billion,” he explained. The tourism potential is not supported with facilities such as on Gili Trawangan in the matter of electricity, water, and garbage.

If the marine tourism is well managed with the existing potentials, he estimated that in next 10 years the marine tourism will remain to survive.

Approximately 8,000 people enjoy marine tourism at Tanjung Benoa each day. It shows a high public interest in marine tourism, there is business value, and the interest is also high.

In low season, the Bounty Cruise takes approximately 1,500-2,000 passengers per day. Moreover, during high session like in July it can take up to 5,000 passengers per day. “If we calculate, almost 40 percent travel by air, while the remaining 60 percent by sea using fast boat from Bali, Padangbai, Sanur, Benoa and Serangan,” he said. (kmb42)

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There’s no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone

CHERNOBYL - Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

Maria Lozbin was one of tens of thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986, but returned with her family six years ago, to live off the land inside a 30 km (19 mile) exclusion zone where the risk of radiation poisoning remains.

A 69-year-old with a ready laugh and a green shawl wrapped round her, Lobzin said the village to which she had been evacuated was full of drunks and drug addicts.

The house into which she was moved was so shoddily constructed, with a huge crack running from the roof to the basement, that she was afraid of being killed or maimed by a falling object.

“Living there was like waiting for death,” she said.

Now she lives with her son and his family back in Chernobyl, in a zone that can only be reached by

crossing a checkpoint and where guides accompany curious tourists with radiation meters.

By contrast, a deathly silence hangs over the nearby abandoned town of Prypyat, where a rusting fairground wheel, and a kindergarten with toys, dolls and small beds are a grim testimony to the scale and speed of the disaster.

Lozbin keeps chickens, geese and ducks, grows potatoes and tomatoes, and goes foraging for mushrooms in nearby woods.

“There is no radiation here. I’m not afraid of anything,” she said.

“And when it’s time for me to die, it won’t happen because of radiation.”

Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine, caused by a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the atomic plant that sent clouds of nuclear material across

much of Europe.

The disaster and the government’s handling of it -- the evacuation order only came 36 hours after the accident -- highlighted the shortcomings of the Soviet system with its unaccountable bureaucrats and entrenched culture of secrecy.

Mikhail Gorbachev has since said he considered Chernobyl one of the main nails in the coffin of the Soviet Union which eventually collapsed in 1991.

The accident killed 31 right away and forced tens of thousands to flee.

The final death toll of those killed by radiation-related illnesses such as cancer is subject to debate.

A Greenpeace report ahead of the anniversary cites a Belarusian study estimating the total cancer deaths from the disaster at 115,000, in contrast to the World Health Organisation’s estimate of 9,000.

The Greenpeace study also said people living in the area continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels. (rtr)

ISLAMABAD - P akistani opposition politician Imran Khan is leading a party rally on Sunday to rail against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seizing on the Panama Papers leak linking Sharif’s family with offshore wealth as a second chance to unseat the leader.

Former cricket hero Khan, who staged protests in Islamabad for months in 2014 over alleged electoral fraud, has threatened to call new demonstrations for Sharif’s resignation, saying this month the prime minister has lost the “moral authority to rule”.

Khan aides insist the government is wobbling and it is time to strike.

Critics, however, say Khan may be overplaying his hand for the second time.

“We demand the resignation of the prime minister on moral grounds,” said Shafqat Mahmood, a senior leader of Khan’s party.

This month, leaked documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama showed Sharif’s sons Hassan and Hussain, and daughter Maryam, owned at least three offshore holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which studied the papers, said those companies had engaged in at least $25 million in property and acquisition deals.

Sharif said his children have done nothing wrong - he gave in to opposition demands for a Supreme Court appointed inquiry commission on Friday and said he would resign if it found wrongdoing - but opponents accuse the family of using the tax haven to launder stolen money and dodge taxes.

The ruling party has dismissed Khan’s threat of fresh protests and says the 2014 demonstrations against electoral rigging had also damaged

Khan’s credibility after election tribunals ruled that the 2013 poll was largely free and fair.

“Imran is just really desperate for any kind of shortcut to becoming prime minister and with these leaks he thinks he’s hit the jackpot,” Muhammad Zubair, minister for privatisation and a member of the prime minister’s media team, told Reuters.

“But it would be a big mistake to launch any movement right now ...

The public is just tired of his agitational politics.”

Sharif was left weakened by Khan’s previous protests, which the army helped Sharif ride out in exchange for control of security and foreign policy, areas Pakistan’s generals have long considered to be their domain.

Khan, who captained Pakistan to its only cricket World Cup victory in 1992, is expected to draw tens of thousands to an Islamabad park later on Sunday.

But to have any realistic chance of displacing Sharif, he will have to have the backing of the powerful military.

The army has not commented publicly on Khan’s new threat of protests, but on Tuesday, the army chief, arguably the country’s most powerful man, spoke out against corruption in general.

“Across the board accountability is necessary for the solidarity, integrity and prosperity of Pakistan,” General Raheel Sharif said while addressing a military function.

But while the military may have seen Khan as useful in the previous protests, by putting pressure on the civilian government and enabling the army to convince it to fall into line with its wishes, the generals also see him as a nuisance for seeking to end the fight against the Pakistani Taliban and negotiate peace. (rtr)

AP Photo/M.A. Malik

Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Khan called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign, saying documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm indicate his sons own several offshore companies.

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Monday, April 25, 2016

BUSINESS French government says it supports UK nuclear plant project PARIS — France’s economy minister has confirmed the government supports French energy company EDF’s nuclear power plant project in southwest England.

Emmanuel Macron told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper on Sunday that the final investment decision “may be confirmed next September.”

The decision was expected in May but EDF, which is majorityowned by the French government,

decided Friday to take more time to consult with the company’s unions.

Some of them have expressed concerns about the financing of the 24 billion euro ($27 billion) project.

Macron insisted the project must not be further delayed.

The Hinkley Point nuclear power plant could ultimately produce 7 percent of British electricity and create 25,000 jobs, according to EDF. It had been due to start producing electricity in 2023.(ap)

US stock indexes end mixed as investors size up earnings A rebound in the price of oil and natural gas helped drive sharp gains for energy and financial companies, nudging U.S. stocks mostly higher Friday. That offset a slide in the technology sector following disappointing earnings from Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and other big names.

The Dow Jones industrial average eked out a tiny gain, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed essentially flat. Both ended the week higher. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell short on both counts.

“The Nasdaq took a hit today,” said Erik Davidson, chief investment officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank.

The Dow rose 21.23 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,003.75. The S&P 500 index added 0.10 points to 2,091. The Nasdaq composite index lost 39.66 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4,906.23.

Trading was listless for much of the

day, with the Dow and S&P 500 wavering between small gains and losses as the Nasdaq stayed in the red.

As was the case much of the week, investors were mostly focused on company earnings and energy prices.

The latter helped lift several oil and gas companies.

Southwestern Energy notched the biggest gain in the S&P 500. The stock vaulted $1.60, or 15 percent, to $12.27. Range Resources jumped $2.58, or about 7 percent, to $39.75, while Chesapeake Energy climbed 36 cents, or 5.8 percent, to $6.55.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose 55 cents, or 1.3 percent, to close at $43.73 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 58 cents, or 1.3 percent, to close at $45.11 a barrel in London. Natural gas gained 7 cents, or 3.5 percent, to close at $2.14 per 1,000 cubic feet.(ap)

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, the statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall faces the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock indexes moved mostly higher in early trading Tuesday, April 19, 2016, as investors pored through the latest batch of company earnings.

Thousands of demonstrators protest against the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, ahead of the visit of United States President Barack Obama in Hannover, Germany, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

Trans-Atlantic trade deal in focus when Obama visits Germany AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

BERLIN — When President Barack Obama opens the world’s largest industrial fair in the northern German city of Hannover on Sunday, he’ll be leading a delegation of American companies hoping to conquer new markets abroad. He’ll also be trying to complete one of his presidency’s main pieces of unfinished business — a trans-Atlantic trade pact.

Officials in Washington and Brussels are trying to clinch key parts of the deal before the end of the year, after which a new U.S. president and election campaigns in major European countries could complicate negotiations.

Proponents of the agreement — known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP — argue that lowering tariffs and harmonizing rules would give a muchneeded boost to businesses at a time of global economic uncertainty. Or as Obama put it when the talks launched three years ago: “New growth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.” But this rosy view of TTIP hasn’t caught the public’s imagination, particularly in Germany.More than 100,000 people protested in Berlin in November against the proposed pact. On Saturday, police estimated some 35,000 marched against it in Hannover, carrying placards with slogans such as “Yes We Can — Stop TTIP!” Organizers put the turnout at 90,000.

Trade unions, nationalists and green groups have lobbied hard against the deal, claiming that it will drive down wages, erode consumer protection and environmental standards.

The discussions, due to resume on Monday in New York, have come under criticism for the secretive manner in which they’ve been conducted.

National lawmakers are only allowed to view draft documents in special reading rooms and are forbidden from talking about the documents with experts, the media or their constituents.

Proposals to create dispute settlement tribunals have also stoked fears.

EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom envisages special investment courts that would rule in disputes between governments and companies that feel they face undue legal hurdles to their business.

Critics say such courts could place the interests of corporations above those of democratically elected governments, citing a recent case where tobacco giant Philip Morris sued Uruguay over a law requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packages.

Alfred de Zayas, an American law professor and U.N. human rights expert, argues that such courts are unnecessary in countries that abide by the rule of law, such as the United States or the EU’s 28 nations.

Backers of the special courts say they would prevent cases from being

heard by American jurors who don’t understand the complexities of international trade law, and ensure that U.S. companies don’t face discrimination in European countries with high rates of corruption.

Juergen Hardt, a German lawmaker and the government’s coordinator for trans-Atlantic cooperation, believes some of those leading the fight against TTIP “have other motivations” beyond trade. “They also want to incite antiAmerican feelings,” he said.

The EU’s executive branch is trying to promote the benefits of a deal. On its website, it suggests that TTIP will boost demand for European delicacies like cheese, hams, wine, olive oil, spirits, and chocolate.

“High tariffs at U.S. customs — up to 30 percent — make some of these hard for Americans to afford — and difficult for European farmers and firms to export,” it says.

TTIP’s backers hope images of Obama in Europe — where his popularity remains high — will counter those of tens of thousands protesting the deal.

“One of the main misunderstandings is that we’d be doing the Americans a big favor,” said Hardt. “As an export nation, where more jobs depend on export than in any other country, Germany has the greatest interest in free trade. So I think the Americans would be doing us more of a favor agreeing to such a pact than the other way around.”(ap)

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Thousands flee their flooded homes in Karawang KARAWANG - Thousands of people fled their flooded homes in five villages in Karawang district, West Java, on Friday.

“The floods struck on Thursday (April 21). Some 1,053 residents or 438 families evacuated to higher ground after the flood water inundated their houses,” secretary of the Karawang District Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) Supriatna said.

The evacuees hail from the five villages of Karangligar, Parungsari, Tanjungmekar, Karawang Kulon and Tanjungpura.

He said the floods hit hardest the Karangligar village where 187 houses were inundated and 606 residents evacuated to higher ground.

The flood inundated 25 houses at Parungsari village, forcing 68 residents to flee their flooded houses.In Karawang Kulon village, 132 houses were flooded, forcing 227 residents to take refuge.(ant) An Indonesian woman wades through a flooded street in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 22, 2016.

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President Jokowi has stopover in abu Dhabi

ABU Dhabi - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his entourage had a stopover in Abu Dhabi on the way back to Jakarta on Saturday morning local time.

The president is on his way home to Indonesia after completing a five-day state visit to Germany, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands that started on April 17, 2016.

On board special presidential aircraft RI-1, President Jokowi and his entourage

Earthquake jolts Mentawai Islands

left the Amsterdams Schiphol International Airport at 6.30 pm local time on Friday, and arrived at the Abu Dhabi International Airport at 4 am local time on Saturday.

The Indonesian head of state had a stopover for two hours at Abu Dhabi Airport in the United Arab Emirates, and after refueling, the RI-1 will leave for Jakarta and is estimated to arrive at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at 6 pm local time on Saturday

JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra early Saturday morning, but there was no report of any damage or casualty.

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 4.47 degrees Southern Latitude and 94.30 Eastern Longitude at a depth of 10 km, some 615 km southwest of Mentawai Islands.

Indonesias more than 17 thousand islands

are scattered along a belt of volcanic and seismic activity, known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, and that the area is one of the most quake-prone places on Earth.

Earlier on Monday evening an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Ngada district in East Nusa Tenggara province.

The quake which struck at 03.39 p.m. local time was centered 9.51 degrees southern latitude and 121.04 degrees eastern longitude or 85 km southeast of Ngada at a depth of 54 km, BMKG said.(ant)

Gov`t focuses on expanding electricity access to six provinces

MAYBRAT - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource is prioritizing the development of power infrastructure in six eastern provinces through the “Indonesia Terang” Program or PIT. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resource Sudirman Said said here on Friday that the six provinces where electrification ratio is too low

currently are Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Papua and West Papua.

“We have allocated Rp441 billion to produce 9.4 megawatt of electricity in those six provinces,” the minister said.

Within the next five years, the government wants to bring 12,659

remote villages under electrification. Of these, 2,519 villages are still outside the pale of the electric grid.

“You can imagine that such off-the-grid villages would have remained underdeveloped, with little access to any sources of information and a low standard of life,” he said.

The electricity infrastructure in these regions will have to be built through different approaches, such as decentralization and island-based infrastructure as well as by harnessing the renewable energy potential there.

The government estimated that at least Rp100 trillion of investment is needed to develop infrastructure under this program, 80 percent of

which will be funded by the corporation while the rest will come from the State Budget.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of West Papua, Irine Maribuy, expected that access to electricity will greatly impact the life of the people of Papua. “Electricity is the backbone of development,” Irine said.(ant)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016.

North Korea says submarine ballistic missile test ‘great success’

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Death toll from Ecuador earthquake surpasses 650 QUITO - The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people, the country’s emergency management authority said on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured around 16,600 people and left 58 missing along the country’s ravaged Pacific coast. One hundred and thirteen people were rescued from damaged buildings.

“These have been sad days for the homeland,” President Rafael Correa said during his weekly television broadcast earlier on Saturday. “The country is in crisis.”

Several strong tremors and more than 700 aftershocks have continued to shake the country since the major quake, sparking momentary panic but little additional damage. Tremors are expected to continue for several weeks.

With close to 7,000 buildings destroyed, more than 25,000 people were living in shelters. Some 14,000 security personnel were keeping order in quake-hit areas, with only sporadic looting reported.

Survivors in the quake zone were receiving food, water and medicine from the government and scores of foreign aid workers, although Correa has acknowledged that bad roads delayed aid reaching some communities.

Correa’s leftist government, facing mammoth rebuilding at a time of greatly reduced oil revenues for the OPEC country, has said it would temporarily increase some taxes, offer assets for sale and possibly issue bonds abroad to fund reconstruction. Congress will begin debate on the tax proposal on Tuesday.

Correa has estimated damage at $2 billion to $3 bi llion. Lower oil revenue has already left the country of 16 million people facing near-zero growth and lower investment.

The country’s private banking association said on Saturday its member banks would defer payments on credit cards, loans and mortgages for clients in the quake zone for three months, to help reconstruction efforts. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a “great success” that provided “one more means for powerful nuclear attack”.

The launch is the latest in a recent string of North Korean demonstrations of military might that began in January with its fourth nuclear test and included the launch of a long-range rocket the next month.

The tests have increased tension on the Korean peninsula, angered ally China and triggered new U.N. sanctions. Analysts say the tests could be part of a bid

by Kim to bolster his position in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress in May. Concern has been growing that North Korea could soon conduct another nuclear test.

North Korea fired the missile from a submarine off its east coast on Saturday and it flew for about 30 km (18 miles), a South Korean Defence Ministry official said late on Saturday.

South Korea was trying to determine whether the launch may

have been a failure, for unspecified reasons, the official said.

The North’s official news agency KCNA said the test-firing was “another great success,” without disclosing the date and place of the launch, which it said was guided by leader Kim. “The successful test-fire would help remarkably bolster the underwater operational capability of the KPA navy, he said, adding that it is now capable of hitting the heads of the South Korean puppet forces and the U.S. imperialists any time as it pleases,” it said, citing Kim. KPA refers to the North’s military.

North Korean state media published a photograph of Kim watching the missile breaching the sea. A second showed the missile flying into the air.

The missile was powered by a solid fuel engine, KCNA said, which if true would mark a sig-

nificant advance in North Korea’s submarine-launched missile technology, and be a “huge leap in ambition”, according to Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected and tracked the launch and it did not pose a threat to North America.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said launches using ballistic missile technology were “a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.”

North Korea is banned from nuclear tests and activities that use such technology under U.N. sanctions dating to 2006 and most recently adopted in March. But it has pushed ahead with work to miniaturise a nuclear warhead and develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). (rtr)

REUTERS/Henry Romero

Children are pictured under a tent which is used as a shelter, after being evacuated from their homes, in Pedernales, after an earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, April 23, 2016.

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International

Pupuan Rice Terrace

TABANAN - Pupuan Rice Terrace is beautiful rice terrace located in the western part of Bali, a place to fill your eyes with awesome memories of great landscape accompanied by no one other than the friendly local farmers. Pupuan Rice Terrace is best enjoyed early in the morning or late in the afternoon on a clear day. When rainy, fog usually follows the rain and obscures the whole village. With the arrival of the planting season, the local cultivators start plowing their fields adding traditional culture to the scenery.

The cultivators have retained their old way of cultivating their land with the help of buffalo. As padi grows profusely in the area, a deep green covers the landscape, resembling a vast emerald rug laid on the slopes of the hills. The cultivators of these crops share an intimate relationship with nature. At harvest time, the cultivators cut the paddy with traditional equipment called anggapan. Standing in rows, they sing while they glean their harvest. (IBP/net)

Monday, April 25, 2016

International

Nadal races into final as he chases Vilas record

BARCELONA - Rafael Nadal, bidding for a record 49th claycourt crown, reached the final of the Barcelona Open for the ninth time by beating German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-3 on Saturday.

The world number five from Spain next meets defending champion Kei Nishikori after the Japanese ousted Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2.

Nadal will equal former Argentine great Guillermo Vilas’ record of 49 titles on clay if he wins on Sunday.

“Today I played my worst game of the tournament.

I don’t like the way I played because I committed too many errors,” said the former world number one.

“I messed up my backhands but it was also important I only conceded one break point in the whole game, that’s the most positive thing.”

Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters crown last week and said the accumulation of games affected his performance against Kohlschreiber.

“I’ve been competing for two weeks in a row and it’s normal for me to have a bad day. I hope that tomorrow I can do better,” he added.

“This means I’m doing well and that every day I have found solutions to keep winning.”

Nadal has won the Barcelona Open eight times since 2005, last lifting the trophy in 2013.

Nishikori has triumphed in the last two editions and the Spaniard said the world number six would put him to the test on Sunday. “He’s having a good year,” said Nadal. “He’s a fast player and will be very difficult to beat, he gives you no time to react and is one of the best in the world.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber from Germany during the Barcelona open tennis tournament in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

Frenchman Mahinmi has career game for Pacers

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The 29-year-old center overcame a wonky back with the performance of his career to push the Indiana Pacers into a 2-2 tie in their first-round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors.

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Mahinmi played just 17 minutes in the series opener, 22 minutes in Game Two and 24 minutes in Game Three. But he played 33 minutes in the home win on Saturday, “It’s not the best right now,” Mihinmi said when asked about his back. “There are times where I feel 100 percent, there are times less. I’m fine.”

Mahinmi was born in Roeun in northern France to immigrant parents, his father from Benin and mother from Jamaica.

He was chosen 28th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs, where he played only 32 games before moving to the Dallas Mavericks in 2010.

He helped the Mavericks win the 201011 NBA championship in a supporting role and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with the Pacers in 2013 and 2014.

“It’s been a long journey for me,” he said. “It’s not over. I’ve worked a lot. Today, to be able to help my team in that type of performance, it’s a good feeling.” (rtr)

Toronto Raptors forward guard Kyle Lowry (7) passes the ball to center Jonas Valanciunas (17) against Indiana Pacers center Ian Mahinmi (28) during the second half in game four of the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

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Suarez nets 4 more for Barca, Bale leads Madrid comeback

Martial scores late to send Man United into FA Cup final

BARCELONA — Luis Suarez continued his goal splurge by scoring four times to help Barcelona stay atop the Spanish league on Saturday, while Real Madrid needed a stellar performance from Gareth Bale to remain in the title hunt.

Suarez scored his eighth goal in four days to fuel a 6-0 rout of Sporting Gijon, following another four-goal outing in an 8-0 destruction of Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday. The Spanish league said Suarez was the first player to ever score four goals in back-to-back matches.

While Bale managed only half as many, his two goals were critical to lead a 3-2 fightback at Rayo Vallecano in a match that Madrid entered without Cristiano Ronaldo and finished without Karim Benzema due to leg injuries.

Barcelona stayed level on points with Atletico Madrid, which ground out another no-nonsense win, 1-0 over Malaga following the sending off of coach Diego Simeone at halftime.

Madrid remained a point behind in third place with three rounds left. Barcelona holds tiebreakers against both challengers and will get more rest while Atletico and Madrid appear in the Champions League semifinals.

With back-to-back wins by a combined score of 14-0, Barcelona has reestablished its command of a competition it looked set to win easily before a stunning run of four rounds without a win threw the race open.

“We have turned around a very negative dynamic,” Barcelona manager Luis Enrique said.

“Of the three title candidates, we are in the best position, but we have no margin for error.” Suarez’s goals at Camp Nou, which all came in the second half and twice from the penalty spot, took him to the top of the league scorers’ list with 34, moving past Ronaldo’s 31.

“I had never done this, not even in practice,” Suarez said. “I am not obsessed with scoring goals, but they are more than welcomed if they help the team toward its goal of the league title.”

Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona, while Neymar added a third penalty against an error-prone Sporting that remained in the relegation zone.

Suarez, who surpassed his 31 for Liverpool that led the English Premier League in 2013-14, gave credit to Messi and Andres Iniesta, who combined to set him up for his first goal in the 63rd.

“Leo is the one who knows what the team needs at all times,” Suarez said. “And Andres’ magic is always there.”

Penalties committed by three different Sporting players let Suarez and Neymar make it a blowout before Ognjen Vranjes left Sporting a man down after receiving his second booking. Suarez fired in his fourth off the post in the 88th to take his overall tally to 53 goals this campaign.

Under steady rain in the capital, Rayo stunned Madrid with goals by Adrian Embarba and Ladislao “Miku” Fedor by the 14th minute, and winger Bebe created several occasions for the modest hosts to add another.

But Bale’s header pulled one back before Benzema went off with a leg injury and was replaced

by Lucas Vazquez. The reserve forward, however, came through with a headed goal of his own in the 52nd.

Just when Madrid’s rally was sputtering, Bale intercepted a pass and raced forward to score the

81st-minute winner. “Being the hero isn’t important, winning and keeping up the fight for La Liga is,” Bale said. “It was difficult, but we showed great character and spirit to get the three points.”

Thrilled with his team’s comeback, coach Zinedine Zidane was also concerned about Benzema with their Champions League semifinal first-leg at Manchester City on Tuesday. “We will have to see if (Benzema) can play at City,” he said. “It is a blow.”

While Madrid looks to England, Atletico will focus on Bayern Munich’s visit in the other Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. Atletico was unfazed by Simeone being banished to watch the second half from the stands as a punishment for a ball being thrown onto the pitch from the dugout.

Malaga defended well until substitute Angel Correa went on.

Five minutes later the attacking midfielder struck a long ball that took a deflection to bend around goalie Guillermo Ochoa for the 62nd-minute winner.

“Correa ignited the team,” Simeone said. “He put us on our way to victory at a very important moment, letting us stay in the race until the end.” Also, Eibar drew at home with Deportivo La Coruna 1-1.(ap)

Scolari feels pressure in China Since Guangzhou Evergrande started the new wave of spending in Chinese soccer in 2010, the club has enjoyed constant success - until now. The title-holders were last week dumped out of the Asian Champions League with a game still remaining in the group stage.

Guangzhou has spent over $200 million on players and coaches in the past five years including almost $50 million in January on Colombian striker Jackson Martinez from Atletico Madrid.

The club has not only won the past five Chinese Super League titles, it has, under World Cup winning managers Marcello Lippi and Luiz Felipe Scolari, won two of the past three continental crowns.

Two points from the first four group games this season meant that

the 2-0 midweek win at South Korea’s Pohang Steelers could not prevent the early exit. For the first time since arriving in China in June 2015, Scolari finds himself under pressure from the media.

“It has been a difficult week for us,” Scolari admitted on Saturday.

“We obviously had ambitions in Asia but now we have to focus on winning the Chinese Super League. The standard is getting higher and we face a challenge every week.”

Guangzhou is going well in the domestic league and captain and two-time Asian Player of the Year Zheng Zhi has wants to ensure that Guangzhou qualifies for next year’s Champions League.

“Unfortunately, we failed to get to the second round for many reasons,” said Zheng. “We now have to face

the reality and start thinking about the league and FA Cup. We want to be champions and then get into Asia once again.” Guangzhou has long identified its stature with Asian success. In its four previous appearances, the club reached the semifinal and quarterfinal as well as its two wins.

In December, then Guangzhou president Liu Yongzhou told The Associated Press how important the competition is to the club.

“For Guangzhou, we have won the trophy two times now and it is important for the club to win it again and make it three,” said Liu. “We will do everything we can to defend the trophy we won.”

Liu was relieved of his duties earlier this month partly, according to Chinese media speculation, because of the poor results in Asia. To makes

matter worse, Guangzhou has had to watch as domestic rival Shanghai SIPG progressed to the second round, helped by two of Guangzhou’s former stars.

In January, Guangzhou surprisingly sold striker Elkeson for around $22 million to the 2015 Chinese Super League runner-up. The Brazilian scored 16 goals in the Asian Champions League in 26 starts in three successful seasons with Guangzhou, including the only goal of the 2015 final.

The more expensive Martinez has yet to score in Asia. It has not gone unnoticed by Guangzhou fans that Elkeson scored his fourth goal of the current continental competition on Tuesday to help Shanghai win and progress to the second round with a game to spare.

“He (Elkeson) is a top-class striker and scores consistently,” said Shanghai manager Sven-Goran

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REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Luis Suarez celebrates a goal against Sporting Gijon.

Eriksson, who was delighted at securing a place in the last 16.

“Last year Shanghai were dreaming about winning the AFC Champions League title and up till now we’ve been doing pretty good. Everyone at the club and all the fans are all very happy.”

Dario Conca, who starred for Guangzhou in its 2013 Asian triumph before returning to South America and then signing with Shanghai, also scored.

Perhaps almost as pleasing for Eriksson is that he has often ended up as second best in past meetings with Scolari. The Brazilian knocked Eriksson’s England out of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup and the 2004 European Championships, all at the quarterfinal stage.

Scolari also triumphed in the 2015 Chinese Super League, finishing first above Eriksson’s Shanghai in second.(ap)

LONDON — Anthony Martial darted through the Everton defense, slotted in Manchester United’s winner and continued his run past the Wembley Stadium stewards before launching himself into the crowd.

It was a flash of pure elation after being so cool under pressure to score in the third minute of stoppage time and send United into its first FA Cup final in nine years with a 2-1 victory over Everton.

Martial created Marouane Fellaini’s first-half opener but that was canceled out by Chris Smalling’s own goal and the semi final was heading to extra time.

Martial’s match-winning moment demonstrated why United was willing to commit up to 80 million euros ($90 million) last year on acquiring a largely unproven teenager who is now 20 and a France international forward.

“When you see the joy in the eyes of the players, that is fantastic to see,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. Winning soccer’s oldest knockout competition could yet provide Van Gaal with a glorious end to another underwhelming season.

The Dutchman could deliver on May 21 the club’s first major trophy since Alex Ferguson retired.

United faces either Crystal Palace or Watford, who meet on Sunday.

Ferguson’s last act as United manager after 26 years was to deliver a 20th English title but the team has not come close to No. 21 since then — first under David Moyes and for the last two years with Van Gaal at the helm.

United is struggling even to finish in the top four and secure lucrative Champions League qualification, with Arsenal four points ahead in fourth place.

Ultimately, snatching fourth place is more significant for United’s prestige than winning a domestic cup, whose status has diminished with many teams sending out weakened lineups in earlier rounds. “It’s not for me to judge, it’s for the board of Manchester United,” Van Gaal said.

And United has not challenged the accuracy of months of reports that Van Gaal is heading for the Old Trafford exit before entering the final season of his contract, with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho being lined up as a replacement.

“I am not looking beyond this competition, the FA Cup, because we live in the present,” Van Gaal said. “And for the future I will

discuss that with my board and not with you.”

Everton counterpart Roberto Martinez could also be having conversations with the Merseyside club’s board about his future. “I share the drive the club has, which is getting into the Champions League and situations where we can win silverware,” said Martinez, who succeeded United-bound Moyes in 2013.

“Every season we are developing and reaching certain signs where I feel we can please our fans and bring the silverware they deserve.”

Discontent has been growing around Goodison Park as Everton has slipped to 11th place, remaining without a win in any competition since Romelu Lukaku’s goals booked a place in this semifinal by beating Chelsea more than a month ago.

Lukaku had two early chances to put Everton in front against United. He rounded De Gea but was denied by Wayne Rooney’s goal-line clearance, and then had a shot blocked by the goalkeeper’s right leg after another long ball breached the United defense.

United was deployed in midfield beyond Marcus Rashford, the 18-year-old forward who has been the breakthrough sensation of their season.

When United’s FA Cup campaign started in January, Rashford was still in the academy. A tame shot was blocked by goalkeeper Joel Robles but soon he was the creator of the 34th-minute opener.

Martial received the ball from Rashford, and waltzed through the defense before providing a cutback for Fellaini, who clipped in a shot.

It was the first goal Everton conceded in almost 400 minutes of football in the FA Cup. Everton was handed a lifeline early in the second half when Timothy Fosu-Mensah was brought down by Ross Barkley, but Lukaku’s penalty was saved by De Gea. Their spirits weren’t dampened. With 15 minutes remaining, Gerard Deulofeu’s cross was inadvertently turned into his own net by Smalling.

But the Toffees couldn’t beat De Gea again, and they were stunned just as they prepared for extra time.

Martial linked up with Rashford on the left flank and played another one-two with Ander Herrera before guiding his shot past Robles. “It’s as cruel as football can be,” Martinez said.(ap)

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Di Maria scores winner as PSG beats Lille to win League Cup PARIS — Angel Di Maria scored with his side down to 10 men as Paris Saint-Germain beat Lille 2-1 to win the French League Cup for the third straight time on Saturday and remain on course to defend its domestic treble.

French champion PSG can repeat the treble by beating bitter rival Marseille in the French Cup final on May 21.

“Even down to 10 players my players want to win. Maybe the team that dealt better with the pressure won,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. “We can still have a great season. I hope my players keep their concentration in the weeks to come.”

They were made to work hard by a Lille team that had won its past six games and dominated much of the second half, only to be undone by Di Maria’s 75th-minute goal.

“We were expecting it to be a difficult match against an athletic Lille team that plays much the same way we do,” Blanc said. “I said to my players, ‘get used to winning and hate losing.’ I’ve been here for three years and this team has a lot of pride.”

PSG was on the back foot after midfielder Adrien Rabiot was sent

off in the 70th, but Lille dealt poorly with a long clearance and Di Maria intercepted the ball as it was headed back carelessly from midfield by center half Ibrahim Amadou. Although Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama rushed out to pressure him, Di Maria calmly curled the ball past him with the outside of his left foot from some 40 meters out and watched with glee as it rolled over the line before defender Marko Basa could reach it.

Di Maria made amends for missing a great chance after just 20 seconds of the game, shooting straight at Enyeama after Zlatan Ibrahimovic set him up.

PSG took the lead in the 40th thanks to a shot from Javier Pastore from the edge of the penalty area that took a slight deflection before beating Enyeama, who was remonstrating for offside as a PSG player was stood on the line.

Playing in its first League Cup final, Lille equalized just after halftime through defender Djibril Sidibe’s curling free kick, and then took command, pressuring PSG’s midfield and forcing Rabiot to over-commit with a wild lunge on winger Sofiane Boufal.

But PSG’s individual brilliance

made the difference as Di Maria helped the club extend its record to six League Cups since winning the first competition in 1995.

The win will go a little way to easing the recent disappointment of PSG’s elimination from the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where it was knocked out by Manchester City.

In the French league’s only game, midfielder Corentin Tolisso scored five minutes from time as Lyon beat relegation-threatened Toulouse 3-2 to secure a vital win in its chase for second place.

In a frantic finish, striker Alexandre Lacazette put the visitors 2-1 up in the 80th minute — his eighth goal in the past seven games — only for Toulouse striker Wissam Ben Yedder to equalize two minutes later. But Tolisso was left unmarked at the far post to turn in a deflected cross from substitute Nabil Fekir.

Lyon’s sixth win in eight games moved it provisionally into second place, one point ahead of Monaco — which plays on Sunday — and two ahead of fourth-place Nice, which beat struggling Reims 2-0 on Friday.(ap)

REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Paris St Germain’s players celebrate with their trophy after winning their French League Cup final soccer match against Lille

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Suarez nets 4 more for Barca, Bale leads Madrid comeback

Martial scores late to send Man United into FA Cup final

BARCELONA — Luis Suarez continued his goal splurge by scoring four times to help Barcelona stay atop the Spanish league on Saturday, while Real Madrid needed a stellar performance from Gareth Bale to remain in the title hunt.

Suarez scored his eighth goal in four days to fuel a 6-0 rout of Sporting Gijon, following another four-goal outing in an 8-0 destruction of Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday. The Spanish league said Suarez was the first player to ever score four goals in back-to-back matches.

While Bale managed only half as many, his two goals were critical to lead a 3-2 fightback at Rayo Vallecano in a match that Madrid entered without Cristiano Ronaldo and finished without Karim Benzema due to leg injuries.

Barcelona stayed level on points with Atletico Madrid, which ground out another no-nonsense win, 1-0 over Malaga following the sending off of coach Diego Simeone at halftime.

Madrid remained a point behind in third place with three rounds left. Barcelona holds tiebreakers against both challengers and will get more rest while Atletico and Madrid appear in the Champions League semifinals.

With back-to-back wins by a combined score of 14-0, Barcelona has reestablished its command of a competition it looked set to win easily before a stunning run of four rounds without a win threw the race open.

“We have turned around a very negative dynamic,” Barcelona manager Luis Enrique said.

“Of the three title candidates, we are in the best position, but we have no margin for error.” Suarez’s goals at Camp Nou, which all came in the second half and twice from the penalty spot, took him to the top of the league scorers’ list with 34, moving past Ronaldo’s 31.

“I had never done this, not even in practice,” Suarez said. “I am not obsessed with scoring goals, but they are more than welcomed if they help the team toward its goal of the league title.”

Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona, while Neymar added a third penalty against an error-prone Sporting that remained in the relegation zone.

Suarez, who surpassed his 31 for Liverpool that led the English Premier League in 2013-14, gave credit to Messi and Andres Iniesta, who combined to set him up for his first goal in the 63rd.

“Leo is the one who knows what the team needs at all times,” Suarez said. “And Andres’ magic is always there.”

Penalties committed by three different Sporting players let Suarez and Neymar make it a blowout before Ognjen Vranjes left Sporting a man down after receiving his second booking. Suarez fired in his fourth off the post in the 88th to take his overall tally to 53 goals this campaign.

Under steady rain in the capital, Rayo stunned Madrid with goals by Adrian Embarba and Ladislao “Miku” Fedor by the 14th minute, and winger Bebe created several occasions for the modest hosts to add another.

But Bale’s header pulled one back before Benzema went off with a leg injury and was replaced

by Lucas Vazquez. The reserve forward, however, came through with a headed goal of his own in the 52nd.

Just when Madrid’s rally was sputtering, Bale intercepted a pass and raced forward to score the

81st-minute winner. “Being the hero isn’t important, winning and keeping up the fight for La Liga is,” Bale said. “It was difficult, but we showed great character and spirit to get the three points.”

Thrilled with his team’s comeback, coach Zinedine Zidane was also concerned about Benzema with their Champions League semifinal first-leg at Manchester City on Tuesday. “We will have to see if (Benzema) can play at City,” he said. “It is a blow.”

While Madrid looks to England, Atletico will focus on Bayern Munich’s visit in the other Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. Atletico was unfazed by Simeone being banished to watch the second half from the stands as a punishment for a ball being thrown onto the pitch from the dugout.

Malaga defended well until substitute Angel Correa went on.

Five minutes later the attacking midfielder struck a long ball that took a deflection to bend around goalie Guillermo Ochoa for the 62nd-minute winner.

“Correa ignited the team,” Simeone said. “He put us on our way to victory at a very important moment, letting us stay in the race until the end.” Also, Eibar drew at home with Deportivo La Coruna 1-1.(ap)

Scolari feels pressure in China Since Guangzhou Evergrande started the new wave of spending in Chinese soccer in 2010, the club has enjoyed constant success - until now. The title-holders were last week dumped out of the Asian Champions League with a game still remaining in the group stage.

Guangzhou has spent over $200 million on players and coaches in the past five years including almost $50 million in January on Colombian striker Jackson Martinez from Atletico Madrid.

The club has not only won the past five Chinese Super League titles, it has, under World Cup winning managers Marcello Lippi and Luiz Felipe Scolari, won two of the past three continental crowns.

Two points from the first four group games this season meant that

the 2-0 midweek win at South Korea’s Pohang Steelers could not prevent the early exit. For the first time since arriving in China in June 2015, Scolari finds himself under pressure from the media.

“It has been a difficult week for us,” Scolari admitted on Saturday.

“We obviously had ambitions in Asia but now we have to focus on winning the Chinese Super League. The standard is getting higher and we face a challenge every week.”

Guangzhou is going well in the domestic league and captain and two-time Asian Player of the Year Zheng Zhi has wants to ensure that Guangzhou qualifies for next year’s Champions League.

“Unfortunately, we failed to get to the second round for many reasons,” said Zheng. “We now have to face

the reality and start thinking about the league and FA Cup. We want to be champions and then get into Asia once again.” Guangzhou has long identified its stature with Asian success. In its four previous appearances, the club reached the semifinal and quarterfinal as well as its two wins.

In December, then Guangzhou president Liu Yongzhou told The Associated Press how important the competition is to the club.

“For Guangzhou, we have won the trophy two times now and it is important for the club to win it again and make it three,” said Liu. “We will do everything we can to defend the trophy we won.”

Liu was relieved of his duties earlier this month partly, according to Chinese media speculation, because of the poor results in Asia. To makes

matter worse, Guangzhou has had to watch as domestic rival Shanghai SIPG progressed to the second round, helped by two of Guangzhou’s former stars.

In January, Guangzhou surprisingly sold striker Elkeson for around $22 million to the 2015 Chinese Super League runner-up. The Brazilian scored 16 goals in the Asian Champions League in 26 starts in three successful seasons with Guangzhou, including the only goal of the 2015 final.

The more expensive Martinez has yet to score in Asia. It has not gone unnoticed by Guangzhou fans that Elkeson scored his fourth goal of the current continental competition on Tuesday to help Shanghai win and progress to the second round with a game to spare.

“He (Elkeson) is a top-class striker and scores consistently,” said Shanghai manager Sven-Goran

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REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Luis Suarez celebrates a goal against Sporting Gijon.

Eriksson, who was delighted at securing a place in the last 16.

“Last year Shanghai were dreaming about winning the AFC Champions League title and up till now we’ve been doing pretty good. Everyone at the club and all the fans are all very happy.”

Dario Conca, who starred for Guangzhou in its 2013 Asian triumph before returning to South America and then signing with Shanghai, also scored.

Perhaps almost as pleasing for Eriksson is that he has often ended up as second best in past meetings with Scolari. The Brazilian knocked Eriksson’s England out of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup and the 2004 European Championships, all at the quarterfinal stage.

Scolari also triumphed in the 2015 Chinese Super League, finishing first above Eriksson’s Shanghai in second.(ap)

LONDON — Anthony Martial darted through the Everton defense, slotted in Manchester United’s winner and continued his run past the Wembley Stadium stewards before launching himself into the crowd.

It was a flash of pure elation after being so cool under pressure to score in the third minute of stoppage time and send United into its first FA Cup final in nine years with a 2-1 victory over Everton.

Martial created Marouane Fellaini’s first-half opener but that was canceled out by Chris Smalling’s own goal and the semi final was heading to extra time.

Martial’s match-winning moment demonstrated why United was willing to commit up to 80 million euros ($90 million) last year on acquiring a largely unproven teenager who is now 20 and a France international forward.

“When you see the joy in the eyes of the players, that is fantastic to see,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. Winning soccer’s oldest knockout competition could yet provide Van Gaal with a glorious end to another underwhelming season.

The Dutchman could deliver on May 21 the club’s first major trophy since Alex Ferguson retired.

United faces either Crystal Palace or Watford, who meet on Sunday.

Ferguson’s last act as United manager after 26 years was to deliver a 20th English title but the team has not come close to No. 21 since then — first under David Moyes and for the last two years with Van Gaal at the helm.

United is struggling even to finish in the top four and secure lucrative Champions League qualification, with Arsenal four points ahead in fourth place.

Ultimately, snatching fourth place is more significant for United’s prestige than winning a domestic cup, whose status has diminished with many teams sending out weakened lineups in earlier rounds. “It’s not for me to judge, it’s for the board of Manchester United,” Van Gaal said.

And United has not challenged the accuracy of months of reports that Van Gaal is heading for the Old Trafford exit before entering the final season of his contract, with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho being lined up as a replacement.

“I am not looking beyond this competition, the FA Cup, because we live in the present,” Van Gaal said. “And for the future I will

discuss that with my board and not with you.”

Everton counterpart Roberto Martinez could also be having conversations with the Merseyside club’s board about his future. “I share the drive the club has, which is getting into the Champions League and situations where we can win silverware,” said Martinez, who succeeded United-bound Moyes in 2013.

“Every season we are developing and reaching certain signs where I feel we can please our fans and bring the silverware they deserve.”

Discontent has been growing around Goodison Park as Everton has slipped to 11th place, remaining without a win in any competition since Romelu Lukaku’s goals booked a place in this semifinal by beating Chelsea more than a month ago.

Lukaku had two early chances to put Everton in front against United. He rounded De Gea but was denied by Wayne Rooney’s goal-line clearance, and then had a shot blocked by the goalkeeper’s right leg after another long ball breached the United defense.

United was deployed in midfield beyond Marcus Rashford, the 18-year-old forward who has been the breakthrough sensation of their season.

When United’s FA Cup campaign started in January, Rashford was still in the academy. A tame shot was blocked by goalkeeper Joel Robles but soon he was the creator of the 34th-minute opener.

Martial received the ball from Rashford, and waltzed through the defense before providing a cutback for Fellaini, who clipped in a shot.

It was the first goal Everton conceded in almost 400 minutes of football in the FA Cup. Everton was handed a lifeline early in the second half when Timothy Fosu-Mensah was brought down by Ross Barkley, but Lukaku’s penalty was saved by De Gea. Their spirits weren’t dampened. With 15 minutes remaining, Gerard Deulofeu’s cross was inadvertently turned into his own net by Smalling.

But the Toffees couldn’t beat De Gea again, and they were stunned just as they prepared for extra time.

Martial linked up with Rashford on the left flank and played another one-two with Ander Herrera before guiding his shot past Robles. “It’s as cruel as football can be,” Martinez said.(ap)

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Di Maria scores winner as PSG beats Lille to win League Cup PARIS — Angel Di Maria scored with his side down to 10 men as Paris Saint-Germain beat Lille 2-1 to win the French League Cup for the third straight time on Saturday and remain on course to defend its domestic treble.

French champion PSG can repeat the treble by beating bitter rival Marseille in the French Cup final on May 21.

“Even down to 10 players my players want to win. Maybe the team that dealt better with the pressure won,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. “We can still have a great season. I hope my players keep their concentration in the weeks to come.”

They were made to work hard by a Lille team that had won its past six games and dominated much of the second half, only to be undone by Di Maria’s 75th-minute goal.

“We were expecting it to be a difficult match against an athletic Lille team that plays much the same way we do,” Blanc said. “I said to my players, ‘get used to winning and hate losing.’ I’ve been here for three years and this team has a lot of pride.”

PSG was on the back foot after midfielder Adrien Rabiot was sent

off in the 70th, but Lille dealt poorly with a long clearance and Di Maria intercepted the ball as it was headed back carelessly from midfield by center half Ibrahim Amadou. Although Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama rushed out to pressure him, Di Maria calmly curled the ball past him with the outside of his left foot from some 40 meters out and watched with glee as it rolled over the line before defender Marko Basa could reach it.

Di Maria made amends for missing a great chance after just 20 seconds of the game, shooting straight at Enyeama after Zlatan Ibrahimovic set him up.

PSG took the lead in the 40th thanks to a shot from Javier Pastore from the edge of the penalty area that took a slight deflection before beating Enyeama, who was remonstrating for offside as a PSG player was stood on the line.

Playing in its first League Cup final, Lille equalized just after halftime through defender Djibril Sidibe’s curling free kick, and then took command, pressuring PSG’s midfield and forcing Rabiot to over-commit with a wild lunge on winger Sofiane Boufal.

But PSG’s individual brilliance

made the difference as Di Maria helped the club extend its record to six League Cups since winning the first competition in 1995.

The win will go a little way to easing the recent disappointment of PSG’s elimination from the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where it was knocked out by Manchester City.

In the French league’s only game, midfielder Corentin Tolisso scored five minutes from time as Lyon beat relegation-threatened Toulouse 3-2 to secure a vital win in its chase for second place.

In a frantic finish, striker Alexandre Lacazette put the visitors 2-1 up in the 80th minute — his eighth goal in the past seven games — only for Toulouse striker Wissam Ben Yedder to equalize two minutes later. But Tolisso was left unmarked at the far post to turn in a deflected cross from substitute Nabil Fekir.

Lyon’s sixth win in eight games moved it provisionally into second place, one point ahead of Monaco — which plays on Sunday — and two ahead of fourth-place Nice, which beat struggling Reims 2-0 on Friday.(ap)

REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Paris St Germain’s players celebrate with their trophy after winning their French League Cup final soccer match against Lille

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Monday, April 25, 2016

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Pupuan Rice Terrace

TABANAN - Pupuan Rice Terrace is beautiful rice terrace located in the western part of Bali, a place to fill your eyes with awesome memories of great landscape accompanied by no one other than the friendly local farmers. Pupuan Rice Terrace is best enjoyed early in the morning or late in the afternoon on a clear day. When rainy, fog usually follows the rain and obscures the whole village. With the arrival of the planting season, the local cultivators start plowing their fields adding traditional culture to the scenery.

The cultivators have retained their old way of cultivating their land with the help of buffalo. As padi grows profusely in the area, a deep green covers the landscape, resembling a vast emerald rug laid on the slopes of the hills. The cultivators of these crops share an intimate relationship with nature. At harvest time, the cultivators cut the paddy with traditional equipment called anggapan. Standing in rows, they sing while they glean their harvest. (IBP/net)

Monday, April 25, 2016

International

Nadal races into final as he chases Vilas record

BARCELONA - Rafael Nadal, bidding for a record 49th claycourt crown, reached the final of the Barcelona Open for the ninth time by beating German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-3 on Saturday.

The world number five from Spain next meets defending champion Kei Nishikori after the Japanese ousted Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2.

Nadal will equal former Argentine great Guillermo Vilas’ record of 49 titles on clay if he wins on Sunday.

“Today I played my worst game of the tournament.

I don’t like the way I played because I committed too many errors,” said the former world number one.

“I messed up my backhands but it was also important I only conceded one break point in the whole game, that’s the most positive thing.”

Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters crown last week and said the accumulation of games affected his performance against Kohlschreiber.

“I’ve been competing for two weeks in a row and it’s normal for me to have a bad day. I hope that tomorrow I can do better,” he added.

“This means I’m doing well and that every day I have found solutions to keep winning.”

Nadal has won the Barcelona Open eight times since 2005, last lifting the trophy in 2013.

Nishikori has triumphed in the last two editions and the Spaniard said the world number six would put him to the test on Sunday. “He’s having a good year,” said Nadal. “He’s a fast player and will be very difficult to beat, he gives you no time to react and is one of the best in the world.” (rtr)

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber from Germany during the Barcelona open tennis tournament in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

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Mahinmi played just 17 minutes in the series opener, 22 minutes in Game Two and 24 minutes in Game Three. But he played 33 minutes in the home win on Saturday, “It’s not the best right now,” Mihinmi said when asked about his back. “There are times where I feel 100 percent, there are times less. I’m fine.”

Mahinmi was born in Roeun in northern France to immigrant parents, his father from Benin and mother from Jamaica.

He was chosen 28th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs, where he played only 32 games before moving to the Dallas Mavericks in 2010.

He helped the Mavericks win the 201011 NBA championship in a supporting role and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with the Pacers in 2013 and 2014.

“It’s been a long journey for me,” he said. “It’s not over. I’ve worked a lot. Today, to be able to help my team in that type of performance, it’s a good feeling.” (rtr)

Toronto Raptors forward guard Kyle Lowry (7) passes the ball to center Jonas Valanciunas (17) against Indiana Pacers center Ian Mahinmi (28) during the second half in game four of the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

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Death toll from Ecuador earthquake surpasses 650 QUITO - The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people, the country’s emergency management authority said on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured around 16,600 people and left 58 missing along the country’s ravaged Pacific coast. One hundred and thirteen people were rescued from damaged buildings.

“These have been sad days for the homeland,” President Rafael Correa said during his weekly television broadcast earlier on Saturday. “The country is in crisis.”

Several strong tremors and more than 700 aftershocks have continued to shake the country since the major quake, sparking momentary panic but little additional damage. Tremors are expected to continue for several weeks.

With close to 7,000 buildings destroyed, more than 25,000 people were living in shelters. Some 14,000 security personnel were keeping order in quake-hit areas, with only sporadic looting reported.

Survivors in the quake zone were receiving food, water and medicine from the government and scores of foreign aid workers, although Correa has acknowledged that bad roads delayed aid reaching some communities.

Correa’s leftist government, facing mammoth rebuilding at a time of greatly reduced oil revenues for the OPEC country, has said it would temporarily increase some taxes, offer assets for sale and possibly issue bonds abroad to fund reconstruction. Congress will begin debate on the tax proposal on Tuesday.

Correa has estimated damage at $2 billion to $3 bi llion. Lower oil revenue has already left the country of 16 million people facing near-zero growth and lower investment.

The country’s private banking association said on Saturday its member banks would defer payments on credit cards, loans and mortgages for clients in the quake zone for three months, to help reconstruction efforts. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a “great success” that provided “one more means for powerful nuclear attack”.

The launch is the latest in a recent string of North Korean demonstrations of military might that began in January with its fourth nuclear test and included the launch of a long-range rocket the next month.

The tests have increased tension on the Korean peninsula, angered ally China and triggered new U.N. sanctions. Analysts say the tests could be part of a bid

by Kim to bolster his position in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress in May. Concern has been growing that North Korea could soon conduct another nuclear test.

North Korea fired the missile from a submarine off its east coast on Saturday and it flew for about 30 km (18 miles), a South Korean Defence Ministry official said late on Saturday.

South Korea was trying to determine whether the launch may

have been a failure, for unspecified reasons, the official said.

The North’s official news agency KCNA said the test-firing was “another great success,” without disclosing the date and place of the launch, which it said was guided by leader Kim. “The successful test-fire would help remarkably bolster the underwater operational capability of the KPA navy, he said, adding that it is now capable of hitting the heads of the South Korean puppet forces and the U.S. imperialists any time as it pleases,” it said, citing Kim. KPA refers to the North’s military.

North Korean state media published a photograph of Kim watching the missile breaching the sea. A second showed the missile flying into the air.

The missile was powered by a solid fuel engine, KCNA said, which if true would mark a sig-

nificant advance in North Korea’s submarine-launched missile technology, and be a “huge leap in ambition”, according to Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected and tracked the launch and it did not pose a threat to North America.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said launches using ballistic missile technology were “a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.”

North Korea is banned from nuclear tests and activities that use such technology under U.N. sanctions dating to 2006 and most recently adopted in March. But it has pushed ahead with work to miniaturise a nuclear warhead and develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). (rtr)

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Children are pictured under a tent which is used as a shelter, after being evacuated from their homes, in Pedernales, after an earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, April 23, 2016.

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BUSINESS French government says it supports UK nuclear plant project PARIS — France’s economy minister has confirmed the government supports French energy company EDF’s nuclear power plant project in southwest England.

Emmanuel Macron told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper on Sunday that the final investment decision “may be confirmed next September.”

The decision was expected in May but EDF, which is majorityowned by the French government,

decided Friday to take more time to consult with the company’s unions.

Some of them have expressed concerns about the financing of the 24 billion euro ($27 billion) project.

Macron insisted the project must not be further delayed.

The Hinkley Point nuclear power plant could ultimately produce 7 percent of British electricity and create 25,000 jobs, according to EDF. It had been due to start producing electricity in 2023.(ap)

US stock indexes end mixed as investors size up earnings A rebound in the price of oil and natural gas helped drive sharp gains for energy and financial companies, nudging U.S. stocks mostly higher Friday. That offset a slide in the technology sector following disappointing earnings from Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and other big names.

The Dow Jones industrial average eked out a tiny gain, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed essentially flat. Both ended the week higher. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell short on both counts.

“The Nasdaq took a hit today,” said Erik Davidson, chief investment officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank.

The Dow rose 21.23 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,003.75. The S&P 500 index added 0.10 points to 2,091. The Nasdaq composite index lost 39.66 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4,906.23.

Trading was listless for much of the

day, with the Dow and S&P 500 wavering between small gains and losses as the Nasdaq stayed in the red.

As was the case much of the week, investors were mostly focused on company earnings and energy prices.

The latter helped lift several oil and gas companies.

Southwestern Energy notched the biggest gain in the S&P 500. The stock vaulted $1.60, or 15 percent, to $12.27. Range Resources jumped $2.58, or about 7 percent, to $39.75, while Chesapeake Energy climbed 36 cents, or 5.8 percent, to $6.55.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose 55 cents, or 1.3 percent, to close at $43.73 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 58 cents, or 1.3 percent, to close at $45.11 a barrel in London. Natural gas gained 7 cents, or 3.5 percent, to close at $2.14 per 1,000 cubic feet.(ap)

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, the statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall faces the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock indexes moved mostly higher in early trading Tuesday, April 19, 2016, as investors pored through the latest batch of company earnings.

Thousands of demonstrators protest against the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, ahead of the visit of United States President Barack Obama in Hannover, Germany, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

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BERLIN — When President Barack Obama opens the world’s largest industrial fair in the northern German city of Hannover on Sunday, he’ll be leading a delegation of American companies hoping to conquer new markets abroad. He’ll also be trying to complete one of his presidency’s main pieces of unfinished business — a trans-Atlantic trade pact.

Officials in Washington and Brussels are trying to clinch key parts of the deal before the end of the year, after which a new U.S. president and election campaigns in major European countries could complicate negotiations.

Proponents of the agreement — known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP — argue that lowering tariffs and harmonizing rules would give a muchneeded boost to businesses at a time of global economic uncertainty. Or as Obama put it when the talks launched three years ago: “New growth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.” But this rosy view of TTIP hasn’t caught the public’s imagination, particularly in Germany.More than 100,000 people protested in Berlin in November against the proposed pact. On Saturday, police estimated some 35,000 marched against it in Hannover, carrying placards with slogans such as “Yes We Can — Stop TTIP!” Organizers put the turnout at 90,000.

Trade unions, nationalists and green groups have lobbied hard against the deal, claiming that it will drive down wages, erode consumer protection and environmental standards.

The discussions, due to resume on Monday in New York, have come under criticism for the secretive manner in which they’ve been conducted.

National lawmakers are only allowed to view draft documents in special reading rooms and are forbidden from talking about the documents with experts, the media or their constituents.

Proposals to create dispute settlement tribunals have also stoked fears.

EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom envisages special investment courts that would rule in disputes between governments and companies that feel they face undue legal hurdles to their business.

Critics say such courts could place the interests of corporations above those of democratically elected governments, citing a recent case where tobacco giant Philip Morris sued Uruguay over a law requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packages.

Alfred de Zayas, an American law professor and U.N. human rights expert, argues that such courts are unnecessary in countries that abide by the rule of law, such as the United States or the EU’s 28 nations.

Backers of the special courts say they would prevent cases from being

heard by American jurors who don’t understand the complexities of international trade law, and ensure that U.S. companies don’t face discrimination in European countries with high rates of corruption.

Juergen Hardt, a German lawmaker and the government’s coordinator for trans-Atlantic cooperation, believes some of those leading the fight against TTIP “have other motivations” beyond trade. “They also want to incite antiAmerican feelings,” he said.

The EU’s executive branch is trying to promote the benefits of a deal. On its website, it suggests that TTIP will boost demand for European delicacies like cheese, hams, wine, olive oil, spirits, and chocolate.

“High tariffs at U.S. customs — up to 30 percent — make some of these hard for Americans to afford — and difficult for European farmers and firms to export,” it says.

TTIP’s backers hope images of Obama in Europe — where his popularity remains high — will counter those of tens of thousands protesting the deal.

“One of the main misunderstandings is that we’d be doing the Americans a big favor,” said Hardt. “As an export nation, where more jobs depend on export than in any other country, Germany has the greatest interest in free trade. So I think the Americans would be doing us more of a favor agreeing to such a pact than the other way around.”(ap)

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Thousands flee their flooded homes in Karawang KARAWANG - Thousands of people fled their flooded homes in five villages in Karawang district, West Java, on Friday.

“The floods struck on Thursday (April 21). Some 1,053 residents or 438 families evacuated to higher ground after the flood water inundated their houses,” secretary of the Karawang District Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) Supriatna said.

The evacuees hail from the five villages of Karangligar, Parungsari, Tanjungmekar, Karawang Kulon and Tanjungpura.

He said the floods hit hardest the Karangligar village where 187 houses were inundated and 606 residents evacuated to higher ground.

The flood inundated 25 houses at Parungsari village, forcing 68 residents to flee their flooded houses.In Karawang Kulon village, 132 houses were flooded, forcing 227 residents to take refuge.(ant) An Indonesian woman wades through a flooded street in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 22, 2016.

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President Jokowi has stopover in abu Dhabi

ABU Dhabi - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his entourage had a stopover in Abu Dhabi on the way back to Jakarta on Saturday morning local time.

The president is on his way home to Indonesia after completing a five-day state visit to Germany, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands that started on April 17, 2016.

On board special presidential aircraft RI-1, President Jokowi and his entourage

Earthquake jolts Mentawai Islands

left the Amsterdams Schiphol International Airport at 6.30 pm local time on Friday, and arrived at the Abu Dhabi International Airport at 4 am local time on Saturday.

The Indonesian head of state had a stopover for two hours at Abu Dhabi Airport in the United Arab Emirates, and after refueling, the RI-1 will leave for Jakarta and is estimated to arrive at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at 6 pm local time on Saturday

JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra early Saturday morning, but there was no report of any damage or casualty.

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 4.47 degrees Southern Latitude and 94.30 Eastern Longitude at a depth of 10 km, some 615 km southwest of Mentawai Islands.

Indonesias more than 17 thousand islands

are scattered along a belt of volcanic and seismic activity, known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, and that the area is one of the most quake-prone places on Earth.

Earlier on Monday evening an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Ngada district in East Nusa Tenggara province.

The quake which struck at 03.39 p.m. local time was centered 9.51 degrees southern latitude and 121.04 degrees eastern longitude or 85 km southeast of Ngada at a depth of 54 km, BMKG said.(ant)

Gov`t focuses on expanding electricity access to six provinces

MAYBRAT - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource is prioritizing the development of power infrastructure in six eastern provinces through the “Indonesia Terang” Program or PIT. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resource Sudirman Said said here on Friday that the six provinces where electrification ratio is too low

currently are Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Papua and West Papua.

“We have allocated Rp441 billion to produce 9.4 megawatt of electricity in those six provinces,” the minister said.

Within the next five years, the government wants to bring 12,659

remote villages under electrification. Of these, 2,519 villages are still outside the pale of the electric grid.

“You can imagine that such off-the-grid villages would have remained underdeveloped, with little access to any sources of information and a low standard of life,” he said.

The electricity infrastructure in these regions will have to be built through different approaches, such as decentralization and island-based infrastructure as well as by harnessing the renewable energy potential there.

The government estimated that at least Rp100 trillion of investment is needed to develop infrastructure under this program, 80 percent of

which will be funded by the corporation while the rest will come from the State Budget.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of West Papua, Irine Maribuy, expected that access to electricity will greatly impact the life of the people of Papua. “Electricity is the backbone of development,” Irine said.(ant)

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Non-irrigated subak in Tabanan applies closed irrigation

TABANAN - Irrigation systems are inseparable from wetland agriculture and in Bali they are most often used for paddy fields. However, even non-irrigated fields, locally known as subak abian, also depend on irrigation systems to secure water availability for the crops -especially during the dry season. Some subak abian organisations in Tabanan have therefore have created a closed irrigation system by installing a gravity fed pipeline.

Head of the Tabanan Forestry and Plantation Agency, Roemi Liestyowati, said on Wednesday (Apr. 20) that the closed irrigation system has been applied since 2007 but only five different subak abian have being applying this system. “Unfortunately, due to limited funds, this irrigation system cannot be applied to all the subak abian in the area”, she said.

The equipment required for creating a closed irrigation system costs approximately IDR 400 million. That amount does not include the cost of surveying for water sources nor installation of the sytem, both of which are carried out by the community themselves. Roemi explained that closed irrigation systems cannot be implemented without first surveying where water culmination points are during rainy season, during the dry season and without calculating the average amount of water involved. Also, the water discharge per second must be calculated in order to know how many square kilometers can be irrigated. “Such surveying takes a year or two”, said Liestyowati.

Once a survey has been conducted, a water catchment system is created to hold water gathered from rivers or other water sources.

This water is then drained ot the fields using gravity and in order to save on the cost of pipe, the water supplied to each plot of land can be distributed using a hose. Water from closed irrigation systems can be used as drinking water for livestock as well as for irrigating fields during the dry season.

Roemi explained that the creation of closed irrigation systems is funded by the central government, but since 2014 this funding has been suspended because the central government is focused on providing food self-sufficiency. But since 2014, this assistance is suspended because the central government is focusing on improving food self-sufficiency. (kmb24)

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Irrigation systems are inseparable from wetland agriculture and in Bali they are most often used for paddy fields.

Marine tourism grows rapidly, regulation unclear

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Raja Ampat or ‘Four Kings’ offers the world’s best marine sights.

LOMBOK - Marine tourism grows so rapidly.

Similarly, the trend of marine tourism has gone worldwide. However, the regulation of marine tourism is not yet clear. Actually Indonesia has so great marine potential like the Raja Ampat, Lombok, Bali, Komodo Island and Banyuwangi.

“The government does not give a complete device and the permit is unclear which one is the authority of the district, provincial or central government.

They all consider themselves to have an authority,” said the marine tourism entrepreneur and the owner of Bounty Cruise, I Gede Wirata, Friday (Apr. 23).

According to him, the inter-provincial trip is definitely the authority of central government, while the inter-district trip belongs to the authority of provincial government. “Benoa Harbor, for instance, may be considered to belong to the authority of the mayor.

No, it is the inter-provincial authority. Indeed, the harbor sits at Benoa but since the destination to Gili Trawangan, it should belong to central government.

The government does not understand how we can

follow it,” he said.

In addition to the regulatory authority, there is also a problem of too high maritime tourism tax reaching 80 percent. “For example, the price of the vessel is IDR 1 trillion, the tax charge is IDR 800 billion,” he explained. The tourism potential is not supported with facilities such as on Gili Trawangan in the matter of electricity, water, and garbage.

If the marine tourism is well managed with the existing potentials, he estimated that in next 10 years the marine tourism will remain to survive.

Approximately 8,000 people enjoy marine tourism at Tanjung Benoa each day. It shows a high public interest in marine tourism, there is business value, and the interest is also high.

In low season, the Bounty Cruise takes approximately 1,500-2,000 passengers per day. Moreover, during high session like in July it can take up to 5,000 passengers per day. “If we calculate, almost 40 percent travel by air, while the remaining 60 percent by sea using fast boat from Bali, Padangbai, Sanur, Benoa and Serangan,” he said. (kmb42)

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There’s no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone

CHERNOBYL - Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

Maria Lozbin was one of tens of thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986, but returned with her family six years ago, to live off the land inside a 30 km (19 mile) exclusion zone where the risk of radiation poisoning remains.

A 69-year-old with a ready laugh and a green shawl wrapped round her, Lobzin said the village to which she had been evacuated was full of drunks and drug addicts.

The house into which she was moved was so shoddily constructed, with a huge crack running from the roof to the basement, that she was afraid of being killed or maimed by a falling object.

“Living there was like waiting for death,” she said.

Now she lives with her son and his family back in Chernobyl, in a zone that can only be reached by

crossing a checkpoint and where guides accompany curious tourists with radiation meters.

By contrast, a deathly silence hangs over the nearby abandoned town of Prypyat, where a rusting fairground wheel, and a kindergarten with toys, dolls and small beds are a grim testimony to the scale and speed of the disaster.

Lozbin keeps chickens, geese and ducks, grows potatoes and tomatoes, and goes foraging for mushrooms in nearby woods.

“There is no radiation here. I’m not afraid of anything,” she said.

“And when it’s time for me to die, it won’t happen because of radiation.”

Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine, caused by a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the atomic plant that sent clouds of nuclear material across

much of Europe.

The disaster and the government’s handling of it -- the evacuation order only came 36 hours after the accident -- highlighted the shortcomings of the Soviet system with its unaccountable bureaucrats and entrenched culture of secrecy.

Mikhail Gorbachev has since said he considered Chernobyl one of the main nails in the coffin of the Soviet Union which eventually collapsed in 1991.

The accident killed 31 right away and forced tens of thousands to flee.

The final death toll of those killed by radiation-related illnesses such as cancer is subject to debate.

A Greenpeace report ahead of the anniversary cites a Belarusian study estimating the total cancer deaths from the disaster at 115,000, in contrast to the World Health Organisation’s estimate of 9,000.

The Greenpeace study also said people living in the area continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels. (rtr)

ISLAMABAD - P akistani opposition politician Imran Khan is leading a party rally on Sunday to rail against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seizing on the Panama Papers leak linking Sharif’s family with offshore wealth as a second chance to unseat the leader.

Former cricket hero Khan, who staged protests in Islamabad for months in 2014 over alleged electoral fraud, has threatened to call new demonstrations for Sharif’s resignation, saying this month the prime minister has lost the “moral authority to rule”.

Khan aides insist the government is wobbling and it is time to strike.

Critics, however, say Khan may be overplaying his hand for the second time.

“We demand the resignation of the prime minister on moral grounds,” said Shafqat Mahmood, a senior leader of Khan’s party.

This month, leaked documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama showed Sharif’s sons Hassan and Hussain, and daughter Maryam, owned at least three offshore holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which studied the papers, said those companies had engaged in at least $25 million in property and acquisition deals.

Sharif said his children have done nothing wrong - he gave in to opposition demands for a Supreme Court appointed inquiry commission on Friday and said he would resign if it found wrongdoing - but opponents accuse the family of using the tax haven to launder stolen money and dodge taxes.

The ruling party has dismissed Khan’s threat of fresh protests and says the 2014 demonstrations against electoral rigging had also damaged

Khan’s credibility after election tribunals ruled that the 2013 poll was largely free and fair.

“Imran is just really desperate for any kind of shortcut to becoming prime minister and with these leaks he thinks he’s hit the jackpot,” Muhammad Zubair, minister for privatisation and a member of the prime minister’s media team, told Reuters.

“But it would be a big mistake to launch any movement right now ...

The public is just tired of his agitational politics.”

Sharif was left weakened by Khan’s previous protests, which the army helped Sharif ride out in exchange for control of security and foreign policy, areas Pakistan’s generals have long considered to be their domain.

Khan, who captained Pakistan to its only cricket World Cup victory in 1992, is expected to draw tens of thousands to an Islamabad park later on Sunday.

But to have any realistic chance of displacing Sharif, he will have to have the backing of the powerful military.

The army has not commented publicly on Khan’s new threat of protests, but on Tuesday, the army chief, arguably the country’s most powerful man, spoke out against corruption in general.

“Across the board accountability is necessary for the solidarity, integrity and prosperity of Pakistan,” General Raheel Sharif said while addressing a military function.

But while the military may have seen Khan as useful in the previous protests, by putting pressure on the civilian government and enabling the army to convince it to fall into line with its wishes, the generals also see him as a nuisance for seeking to end the fight against the Pakistani Taliban and negotiate peace. (rtr)

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Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Khan called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign, saying documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm indicate his sons own several offshore companies.

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Dubai to open Marvel, Cartoon Network-branded theme park DUBAI — Dubai will soon have a one-stop destination for families whose tastes run from Spider-Man to velociraptors to the Powerpuff Girls.

Local developer Ilyas and

Mustafa Galadari Group said Sunday its new 1.5 million square-foot (139,355 square meter) indoor amusement park on the city’s desert outskirts will open on August 15.

The $1 billion IMG Worlds of Adventure park includes one section centered on Marvel Comics and another branded

by Cartoon Network. Another zone is dedicated to dinosaurs

and features a roller coaster to whisk thrill-seekers outside and back into the air-conditioned complex.

Dubai is increasingly looking to amusement parks to cement

GIANYAR - The type of collection, layout and information that will be presented at the Gianyar Subak Museum began to be formulated. On Friday (Apr. 22) was held a focus group discussion (FGD) in the meeting room of the Bappeda Gianyar to get feedback regarding a number of key points in the study on the concept of the museum.

“This FGD is intended to get a study on the Gianyar Subak Museum for the preparation of storyline, selection of collection, the information to be presented and layout of showcase at the Subak Museum later on,” said the Division Head of Customs and Traditions at Gianyar Cultural Office, I Wayan Sudha.

According to him, subak (Balinese irrigation cooperative) is the customary law community with socio-religio-agrarian nature that has historically existed since long time ago and continues to grow as an organization of land cultivation for paddy field. Currently, the subak has been designated as a World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO so that the effort of conserving the subak should be carried out in terms of various aspects.

“It is the basic consideration and the purpose of establishing subak museum located in the area of Masceti Beach,” said Sudha.

In the meantime, the regent of Gianyar through the Head of the Transportation and Infocom Agency, Cokorda Gde Rai Widiarsa, said that the existence of subak museum in the future is expected to become one of the triggers in the development of cultural tourism and educational tourism in Gianyar. This happens because subak is a cultural heritage that must be preserved. “In addition, subak also poses the implementation of the Tri Hita Karana philosophy,” he explained.

He added the establishment of the museum by the government is also intended to maintain the existence of subak in particular and agricultural land in general. As is known, the phenomenon of farmland conversion into industrial and residential area is very rife. (kmb25)

its standing as a tourist haven.

Another company is building a massive complex elsewhere in the 2020 World Expo host city that will include Legoland and Six Flags parks. (ap)

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STPBI Campus on Kecak Street on 12, Gatot Subroto Timur, Denpasar.

Seishun no Matsuri II Festival

AFTER achieving great success in 2015, International Bali Tourism Institute (STPBI) will held Japanese Festival. The festival entitled “Seishun no Matsuri II” on May 1st, 2016 in STPBI Campus on Kecak Street on 12, Gatot Subroto Timur, Denpasar.

This year, many cosplayer will take part such as Angie from Malaysia, Konnichi dan Jeanice from Indonesia. The “Seishun no Matsuri II” will also filled with many events such as band performance, dance cover, Bon Odori and other fun games. One of the most exciting event is the cosplay competition and Japan song competition.

There will be also many stands such as food and beverages that can be visited during the event. For further information, you can visit the fan page of Seishun no Matsuri and IG seishunnomatsuri or can directly go to the ticket box in first floor in STPBI Campus which is opened from Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. (kmb)

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Aci tatebahan tradition of Bugbug village

Aci tatebahan tradition of Bugbug village

Repelling disaster and expressing of gratitude KARANGASEM - Balinese people have many ways of expressing their gratitude for God’s blessings. In customary villages, rituals to express gratitude are passed down from generation to generation so these traditions are continuously practiced. The people of Bugbug Customary Village in Karangasem have their own special traditional ritual for expressing their gratitude for the abundant crops, known as tatebahan that was performed last Tuesday (Apr. 19). This unique ritual involves having the villagers beat one and other with banana leaf stocks until the stock is destroyed.

The Tatebahan ritual is held once a year on Beteng (second three day week) of the full moon of the eleventh month of the Balinese calendar. Chief of Bugbug Customary Village, Wayan Mas Suyasa, explains that the procession of the tatebahan ritual is performed by men -both young and old. All of the ritual activities take place in the morning at the Desa and Bale Agung temple.

Everyone in the village prepares the necessaries for the ritual that include of course the banana leaf stalks (that are tied together in bunches of five), but also include firewood, coconut, cassava, vegetables, beans and other things needed for preparing gibungan (communal meal). Ginungan con-

sists of cassave as a substitute for rice, vegetables, urap, nuts, and other traditional dishes. None of the foods prepared for this ritual of gratitude for the abundant crops include rice.

The supplies are taken to each of the 12 customary hamlets in Bugbug village; Bancingah, Madya, Puseh, Garia, Segaa, Baruna, Dukuh Tengah, Dharma Laksana, Celuk Kangin, Celuk Kauh, Asah, and Samuh. The male villages perform ngayah (devotional work), by making all the preperations.

Once everything has been prepared, the food is first presented as an offering before the community comes together to enjoy these traditional foods in a communal meal.

“Interestingly, none of the food contains rice nor meat but instead only potato, vegetables and string bean lawar. This tradition seems to reflect the simplicity of our society” said Mas Suyasa.

After all the villagers proceed to the Bale Agung Temple where the tatebahan will take place, the village authorities prepare the banana leaf stocks to be used in the ritual.

The two men who will beat each other are given the ritual equipment and the fighting starts. The ritual fight takes place in a fair manner with each man taking his turn at beating the other to the sound of the gamelan and only the back and neck

may be struck. Before the ritual beating starts, the two men, dressed in nothing but a sarong and udeng, are sprinkled with holy water.

This ritual that is performed as an expression of gratitude for the harvest also serves to avert disaster and repel disease. This year the ritual was all the more relevant as so many people on the island have been infected with dengue. It is also believed that being struck by the banana leaf stocks can cure people of disease. Also, this ritual, explained chief Suyasa, indirectly fosters a sense of brotherhood amongst the villagers. It is understood that those who are beaten with the banana leaf stock should not hold a grudge or desire revenge. “In expressing gratitude one cannot have thoughts of revenge. It does not hurt and the body that is struck will even be in good shape afterwards” said Bugbug resident, Komang Purna.

In addition to the yearly tatebahan, this ritual is also carried out as part of other larger ceremonies in Bugbug Customary Village. Aci Gumang, for instance, involves people from the four villages of Bugbug, Jasri, Bebandem, and Ngis (Manggis) who have a historical relationship. Tatebahan is also conducted in Usaba Kaja and involves the communities of Datah and is meant to establish a sense of brotherhood. (kmb31)

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Bali Safari & Marine Park’s annual celebration of Earth Daywas marked this year with a visit from the children of the Eben Haezer Orphange in Bali. In a day packed with fun activities organized across the 40-hectare Park, the Bali Safari Educational Team created events intended to instill a concern and love for the natural environment.

Among the interesting activities organized for the visiting children were lessons in making water retention wells or bio-pores; creating useful items from recyclable materials; and witnessing how the Park’s

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Safari Rangers make recycled paper from elephant manure (“Poo Paper”). These activities reflect the “green commitment” of Bali Safari and its deep concern for the planet earth.

The “Green Safari” organized for the children hosted by the Park represent just one aspect of a much wider commitment to educate the public on the importance of environmental protection and share practical steps to create a greener world. By sharing simple, practical steps that can be performed by the public, such as teaching kids how

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The flood which happen on Mahodara Street. It is happening eventhough there is no rain in the area.

Road access to Kamasan tourism village highlighted

It regularly hit by floods

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From page 1 “For the short term, the prison authority must request police assistance to maintain the security condition. Later on we also evaluate the prison because the discourse on the relocation has faded,” he said.

A member of Commission I, Dewa Nyoman Rai, said the prison clashes should receive more serious attention from the prosecutor’s office. It is not only the Denpasar Prosecutor’s Office but also the Bali Prosecutor’s Office. Such clashes originated from the transfer of the nine suspects getting involved in the intermass organization clashes on Jalan Teuku Umar by the Denpasar Prosecutor’s Office.

“From the beginning, it has been suggested by the chief of Kerobokan Prison and police authority not to bring the suspects to the prison due to overcapacity. In addition, the atmosphere was also too tense, why was it forced?” he accused.

Dewa Rai asked the prosecutor’s office to always make coordination with police authority. Whatever the advice given by police authority, it should be considered because police are the institution that knows much more about security.

In the meantime, Deputy Governor of Bali, Ketut Sudikerta, stated that he has not known about the follow-up on the relocation of Kerobokan Prison having previously put into discourse by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

The government of Bali has offered the land owned by the provincial government in the area of the Suwung landfill as destination of the relocation. While waiting for the continuation of the relocation, he requested the prison authority to pay attention to all the activities for the sake of security.

“People armed with sharp weapons and came with illicit goods may not be allowed to get in. Thus, the key lies in prison authority whether they have moral, ethics, honesty and sincerity in managing the prison,” he said.

Sudikerta added that guidance to the inmates is also important to do. On that account, the inmates having been released can become a better person and not even worse. The repeated clashes showed off their failures in the development effort against the prison occupants. (kmb32)

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Road access to Kamasan tourism village in Klungkung is really apprehensive. It is seen from the crossroads of Tojan village, precisely on Jalan Mahodara. Condition of the road in the southern part of Galiran Market is regularly hit by floods. Actually it did not rain in Klungkung. But in reality, the area is submerged in water along 100 meters.

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One of the Tojan villagers, Ketut Sugiana, complained about this condition. Moreover, the flood in the region does not occur only once, but frequently. “Approximately the area has been hit by floods for about four years. But there is no solution so far,” said Sugiana last Saturday.

According to this former chief of village representatives (BPD) of Tojan, the floods occurred at the intersection of the Galiran Market is alleged to have been caused by narrow drain.

Besides, the drain is also estimated to have been filled with trash. Thus, when the drain is clogged, the water overflows and submerges the body of Jalan Mahodara. However, he deplored because relevant agency seems indifferent to address the floods in the region. “If the condition persists, then

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who should be responsible for that?” he asked.

Similar thing was also revealed by a member of Commission B of the Klungkung House of Representatives, Wayan Buda Parwata.

He highlighted the recent floods hitting the region. He hoped that relevant agencies could repair it immediately considering the Kamasan village is also included in the city tour package to be launched on April 29, 2016. “We expect the relevant agencies to address it soon.

Otherwise, it will not look nice.

Moreover, this road leads to Kamasan village included in the city tour package,” said this politician from Timuhun village.

As seen in the field, condition of the floods on Jalan Mahodara becomes a spectacle of residents.

Not a few passing people must carefully move when crossing paths with other vehicles for fear of being sprayed by water. Moreover, the water soaking the region reached the height of adult’s knee.

Strangely, no single officer of the Klungkung Public Works or the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency was seen at the location handling the floods until noon. The passing garbage truck even seemed ignorant to the condition of waste clogging the quite small Hee River.

In the meantime, the Head of the Klungkung Public Works Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Supartana, could not yet be confirmed associated with the problem. When contacted through his mobile phone on Saturday afternoon, there was no response. (119)

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to make bio pore retention wells, the Park hopes to become agents of change in the community.

By sharing with the coming generation how to create bio-pores or retention wells,Bali Safari and Marine Park hopes that the children will take this know-how back to their home communities. Biopores can be easily constructed and have been proven highly effective in helping to capture and return rainwater to the water table. By filling these wells with organic waste rich sources of compost are also created that will help enrich

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The general manager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park, William Santoso, said such activities are very worthwhile in increasing environmental awareness and are in keeping with the Park’s mission statement: “A Green Safari is a Cleaner Bali.” Continuing, Santoso said: “The celebration of Earth Day is one of the most important days on the calendar and demands the participation of everyone. We all share a responsibility to take a role in safeguarding the place we call ‘home’ or Mother Earth. We

hope that programs such as these will make a meaningful contribution to Bali’s natural environment.

By remaining active in all ‘Green Living’ initiatives we hope to make Bali - the home of our animals, our staff and their families a healthier place to live.”

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Prince cremated; family, friends honor him at ceremony in Minnesota

CHANHASSEN - Prince’s remains have been cremated and his family and friends attended a private ceremony on Saturday to pay their respects to the late pop superstar at the studio complex where he died in a suburb of Minneapolis, a Prince spokeswoman said.

Among those seen entering the Paisley Park Studios complex, where Prince lived in Chanhassen, Minnesota, were his sister, Tyka Nelson, musician and former collaborator Sheila E., his former bass player Larry Graham and model Damaris Lewis.

The service came two days after Prince, whose hits included “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead in an elevator at the complex at age 57. His death shocked millions of fans around the world and prompted glowing tributes from fellow musicians and public figures, including President Barack Obama.

“Prince was celebrated by a small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians,

in a private, beautiful ceremony to say a loving goodbye,” Prince publicist Anna Meacham said in a statement.

Meacham said Prince’s remains have been cremated and their final resting place will remain private.

Plans are under way for a musical celebration of Prince, with details to be announced later, she said.

On Saturday, Graham stood at a gate of Paisley Park Studios and thanked some of the hundreds of fans gathered on the lawn outside to show their admiration of Prince, a seven-time Grammy winner whose music blended rock, funk, R&B, jazz and disco.

“Prince made us all better musicians and spiritually is the most important thing, but as musician

he pushed us and he made us better and we listened deeply,” Graham told the fans.

Participants in the ceremony handed some fans outside gift boxes that contained items such as Princethemed apparel and a compact disc of music.

An autopsy on Prince was conducted on Friday and authorities are investigating his death.

Police said on Friday no signs of suicide or obvious trauma were found in Prince’s death. The local medical examiner’s office said it could take weeks before autopsy and toxicology results reveal how the groundbreaking performer died.

Prince had been on a U.S. tour as recently as last week.

But he was briefly hospitalized a week ago, suffering from what his representative told celebrity news website TMZ was the flu, after his plane made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois. (rtr)

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In this Nov. 22, 2015 file photo, Prince presents the award for favorite album - soul/R&B at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon hosted SNL’s episode Saturday, April 23, which featured clips of Prince performing on the comedy show over the past four decades and skits with Fred Armisen, another SNL alum, portraying the artist. The 57-year-old Prince died Thursday at his Paisley Park compound in suburban Minneapolis.

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CALIFORNIA - Beyonce cemented her status as the queen of surprise releases on Saturday, releasing a completely new album and videos called “Lemonade” via a widely anticipated one-hour special on cable network HBO. During the show, which ignited social media as fans breathlessly enthused about, and debated, the program and its content, Beyoncé appeared to address long-standing rumors of trouble in her marriage with rapper Jay Z. After leveling accusations in her song lyrics about being cheated on, Beyonce made clear in the last tracks of the new album that she has decided to reconcile with him and continue in the marriage.

In a preview earlier this week, the singer teased fans with a snippet promoting the show, mysteriously intoning “The past and the present merge to meet us here. What are you hiding? Why can’t you see me?

You’re the love of my life.”

Fans, who wondered if Saturday’s show was to be a concept video with new music from the R&B star, found out on Saturday that was pretty much the case, with chapters carrying titles that riffed on the grieving process stages such as

anger, denial and forgiveness.

Before the end of the program, which featured a compilation of music videos, vignettes, vintage, home-movie style footage and poetry, Beyonce, 34, had dropped “Lemonade” onto the Tidal streaming service. The film was also available via Tidal.

Videos also featured appearances by the mothers of two black men, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, whose shooting deaths, in Brown’s case by a Missouri police officer, have trained a spotlight on U.S. racial tensions.

Fans posting on social media such as Twitter were especially engaged with speculation about the content of the show and songs as they related to Beyonce and Jay Z, making references in postings about “women scorned” and the singer “dropping” both an album and a divorce, seemingly at the same time.

Beyonce previewed work from the new album just before his Super Bowl appearance this year when she debuted her single, “Formation.”

Beyonce’s last album, in 2013, was also marked by a surprise release. She kicks off her new tour this week in Miami. (rtr)

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Leicester banner featuring Gary Lineker inside the stadium before the game.

Six-thousand miles away, on the other side of the world, is the Wat Traimit temple in Bangkok.

Inside, draped in saffron robes, sits Phra Prommangkalachan – the palms of his hands pressed together, deep in prayer for the team known here in Thailand as ‘the Siamese Foxes’.

He told Sky News: “Leicester City is a determined club with good intentions to win the league.

“The coach has good intentions, the players too. “My prayers are part of that - I help them prosper and provide encouragement to them.

“We try to manage the team by using the power of Buddhism, the power of Dhamma and the power of the Sangha.” The monk has been channelling spiritual blessings for Leicester since being brought into the fold by billionaire Thai owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha when he bought the club in 2010.

“Before Mr Vichai contacted me, I’d never known anything about football. The first time I watched a football game was when I was invited to pray for the Leicester City team.” That invitation led Phra Prommangkalachan, along with a retinue of fellow Thai monks, to make the first of a number of visits to the King Power stadium to bless the pitch and offer lucky amulets to the players.

They also gave out special talismans - flags bearing the clubs logo, adorned with ancient Buddhist script, believed to convey protective powers to the lucky owner.

Two such talismans now hang in pride of place at his shrine in Bangkok, alongside hundreds of Buddha statues, incense, flower offerings and ceremonial elephant tusks.

Given Phra Prommangkalachan also goes by the name of Chao Khun Thongchai – a title that translates to ‘honourable bearer of the flag of victory’ – the omens should be good for the club. But with Leicester City needing eight points from their next four games to win the title, the monk is well aware it will take a lot more than luck.

“The game is still the game. It’s a sport competition. “We have to understand the varieties of the system, rules and management. “The duty of the Buddhist monk like me is to encourage everyone in the team to do the right things by the rules and encourage good Karma.”

For all his modesty, superstitions and a belief in the spiritual powers of the good karma that monks can deliver are widespread in Thai culture.

In the grounds of the temple, worshipper Arthit Noppakaonuntasit was buying lucky amulets.

Until recently, Mr Noppakaonuntasit had been a Manchester United supporter, but this season he switched his allegiance to Leicester.

For him, there was little doubt that Phra Prommangkalachan could help his new club do what was once unthinkable, and top the table. “Oh yes, I am very confident that the good works of Chao Khun Thongchai can bring about great victory.”(rtr) 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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Discourse on prison relocation may not fade

D E N PA S A R Another clash occurred again at the Kerobokan Prison so that it got the attention of the Bali House of Representatives. Chairman of Commission I, Ketut Tama Tenaya,

affirmed that Kerobokan Prison has been overcapacity. Besides, the hostility occurred between the inmates of different mass organizations has disturbed conduciveness of the prison.

“They have already got involved in hostility, it’s hard. Except for they are not placed

at the prison for a while because the revenge condition remains to exist. Definitely it is the trigger,” he confirmed.

Tama asked the government to relocate the Kerobokan Prison to a more representative location. Currently the condition of prison is considered to have been full of inmates. Not

to mention they are also divided into many groups or gangs. In the meantime, the number of officers is very inadequate so that it is overwhelmed in terms of security.

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