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Natalie Portman says backed out of prize over Netanyahu

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman said she was backing out of a Jerusalem ceremony where she was to receive a $2 million prize to protest against the policies of Israel’s prime minister. “I chose not to attend because I did not want to appear as endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu, who was to be giving a speech at the ceremony,” Portman said in a statement posted late Friday on Instagram.

She also denied accusations by Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev who on Friday said Portman subscribed to the ideology of the antiIsrael Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “I am not part of the BDS movement and do not endorse it,” the Oscar-winning USIsraeli actress said.

“Like many Israelis and Jews around the world, I can be critical of the leadership in Israel without wanting to boycott the entire nation,” she said. Netanyahu’s Likud party hit back on Saturday, accusing Portman of “hypocrisy”.

It blasted Portman for “talking about human rights but participating in festivals in countries that censor films and whose respect for human rights is much worse than that of Israel”. On Friday the Genesis Prize Foundation said that Portman had cancelled her participation in a Jerusalem ceremony slated for the end of June.

One of Portman’s representatives informed the foundation that she was troubled by “recent events” in Israel and “does not feel comfortable participating in any public event in Israel,” the foundation said. The foundation did not say which events distressed Portman.

Portman said her decision to stay away from the award ceremony had been “mischaracterised”, insisting that she wanted to set the record straight and “speak for myself”. “Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today’s atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values,” she said. “Because I care about Israel, I must stand against violence, corruption, inequality and abuse of power,” Portman added.

Portman did not go into details, but her decision came amid a series of controversies for Netanyahu and his government. The army has come under scrutiny over its use of live fire over the past three weeks during protests and clashes along the blockaded Gaza Strip’s border with the Jewish state. In

a fourth straight Friday of mass demonstrations, four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces, bringing the total death toll since March 30 to 38.

Netanyahu also recently reversed a controversial deal with the UN refugee agency aimed at avoiding the forced deportations of thousands of African migrants. The Israeli premier is also the subject of a series of corruption investigations.

Police in February recommended he be indicted in two of the cases and a third is ongoing.

The Genesis prize, launched in 2013, is

awarded to “extraordinary individuals who serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews,” according to foundation’s website.

Recipients contribute their winnings to causes of their choice, and Portman has said she intended to dedicate the money to programmes advancing women’s equality.

Born in Jerusalem to a doctor father and an artist mother, 36-year-old Portman won a best actress Oscar for 2010’s psychological ballet thriller “Black Swan”. (afp)

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FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018 actress Natalie Portman arrives for the premiere of “Annihilation” in Los Angeles. Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has cancelled her participation in a Jerusalem ceremony where she was to receive a $2 million (1.6 million euro) prize, saying she was troubled by “recent events” in Israel, organisers said. The Genesis prize, launched in 2013, is awarded to “extraordinary individuals who serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews,” according to their website.

Kate Middleton Gives Birth to Baby No. 3 With Prince William: It’s a Boy! Welcome to the world, royal baby No. 3! Kate Middleton and Prince William have welcomed a third baby into the royal lineage. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to son on Monday, Kensington Palace confirmed. In the early hours of the morning, Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess had gone into early labor.

“Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz,” Kensington Palace announced on Twitter. “The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.”

The wee one was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and joins brother Prince George of Cambridge, 4, and sister Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, 2.

“The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the new,” Kensington Palace further announced.

The royal couple’s child automatically becomes fifth in line to the British throne, behind grandpa Prince Charles, papa William and Prince George, and Princess Charlotte. (Yes, the new baby jumps uncle Prince Harry in the succession.) The child’s name is set to be announced soon.

The baby birth’s comes just a few weeks ahead of Princess Charlotte’s third birthday, which is on May 2, and a few months ahead of Prince George’s fifth birthday, which is on July 22. (afp)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Van plows into Toronto crowd in ‘deliberate’ act, leaving 10 dead

Finch Ave. after a van plowed into pedestrians on A tarp covers an unidentiified body on Yonge St. at ct is in custody after a white van collided with mulApril 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A suspe tiple pedestrians killing nine and injuring at least 16.

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At least 10 people died after a man plowed a rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in Canada’s biggest city Toronto on Monday, in what police dubbed a deliberate attack. The incident took place in broad daylight around 16 kilometers (10 miles) from a conference center hosting a meeting of G7 ministers, but officials said they had no evidence of a link to the event.

“The actions definitely looked deliberate,” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told journalists.

Ralph Goodale, the minister of public security, added that “on the basis of all available information at the present time, there would appear to be no national security connection to this particular incident.”

“Horrible day in Toronto,” he had posted earlier on Twitter. “Senseless violence takes heavy toll.”

Police arrested a suspect at the scene -- who police identified later as 25-year-old Alek Minassian from a northern Toronto suburb -- of the attack, whose initial death

toll of nine jumped to 10 after one person succumbed to injuries. Fifteen people remained in hospitals throughout the city, Saunders said, adding that local, provincial and federal investigators were probing the case.

Two South Koreans were among the dead, a Seoul foreign ministry official told AFP, with another of its citizens seriously injured.At the scene, at least three bodies could be seen under orange sheets and a long stretch of road was sealed off with police incident tape. The suspect and a police officer faced off, their guns drawn. The suspect

eventually surrendered his weapon and was taken into custody.

Vehicle attacks have been carried out to deadly effect by extremists in a number of capitals and major cities, including London, Paris, New York and Nice. Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the G7 meeting would continue as planned into Tuesday, with officials discussing ways to secure democratic societies from foreign interference. “The work of the ministers obviously goes on. This is a very sad day for the people of Toronto and the people of Canada,” she said.

per was stopped on the sidewalk of a major intersection, surrounded by police vehicles. “He was going really fast,” witness Alex Shaker told CTV television. “All I could see was just people one by one getting knocked out, knocked out, one by one,” Shaker said. “There are so many people lying down on the streets.”

Another witness, Jamie Eopni, told local Toronto television station CP24: “It was crashing into everything. It destroyed a bench.

If anybody was on that street, they would have been hit on the sidewalk.”

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- ‘Deliberate’ but no terror link -

Officers were called to the scene -- on Yonge Street at the corner with Finch Avenue -- around 1:30 pm (1730 GMT), police said. A white rental van with a dented front bum-

Though the act seemed “deliberate,” officials did not identify a terror link. Canada has only rarely been the scene of terror attacks. In October, a man stabbed a police

officer in the western city of Edmonton before slamming his van into a group of pedestrians, hurting four people.

And in Quebec in October 2014, a Canadian man ran over two soldiers in a parking lot with his car, killing one of them. The driver was shot dead by police when he attacked them with a knife. In March 2016, a Canadian who claimed to have radical Islamist sympathies attacked two soldiers at a military recruitment center in Toronto.(afp) 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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To track waste source, DLHK will use colored fluids

MANGUPURA —Related to waste discharged through the water sewer in front of the St. Regis Hotel, Nusa Dua, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to deploy its team as a form of rapid response. To ensure the source of the waste discharged, the DLHK team will use colored liquid when checking it.

Head of the DLHK Badung, I Putu Eka Merthawan, said on Monday (Apr. 23) his agency will continue to take anticipatory measure. As planned, his team came down to location on Tuesday along with the Public Works and Housing Agency to dismantle the manhole of the drainage. “We will make sure the source of waste and will be done by using colored liquid,” he concluded.

Technically, for example, in the waste treatment plant from company A will be mixed with a

Open the document in a new window Australian police were Tuesday investigating how a 12-year-old boy managed to fly alone to the Indonesian island of Bali and spend four days at a resort using his parents’ credit card. The boy ran away from his Sydney home after a row with his mother, flying first to the Western Australian city of Perth on budget airline Jetstar and then on to Bali, according to commercial broadcaster Channel Nine.

“He just doesn’t like the word ‘no’, and that’s what I got, a kid in Indonesia,” his mother, Emma, told Channel Nine in a programme that aired late Monday. “It’s too easy, it’s way too easy. There’s a problem in our system,” she said, calling for tighter controls on air travel by young people. The family had previously visited Bali on holiday and Emma said her son had already tried to book flights there on his own but had been knocked back by airlines because he did not have a letter from her.

“We screamed, we begged for help (from Australian authorities) for weeks on end,” Emma added. “When the first attempt to Indonesia took place, we were told his passport was going to be flagged.” The boy, who “wanted to go on an adventure”, said he was told by airline staff this time that he did not need permission from his parents to board the flights.

He spent four days in Bali, where he said he checked into a hotel, hired

a scooter and drank beer before a friend alerted his mother to a geotagged video of himself playing in a swimming pool. The holiday cost his parents Aus$8,000 (US$6,100), according to Channel Nine.

The Australian Federal Police said they were first notified that the boy might try to leave the country on March 8, before being told he might be in Bali on March 17. The boy was found by Indonesian police the following day. His parents then flew to Bali to take him home.

The federal police said an alert to prevent international travel had not been placed on the boy, and it did not have the power to cancel or request the cancellation of a passport if there were no suspicions of crimes committed.

“The AFP will work with partner agencies to review the circumstances of this matter and current operating procedures, to ensure this type of incident does not occur again,” an AFP spokeswoman said in a statement.

Jetstar told Channel Nine the airline had since changed its procedures to prevent children over 12 from travelling without parental permission.

In general, Australian airlines do not allow children younger than five to travel alone. Children between five and 11 must be booked on an unaccompanied minor ticket while those from 12-15 are required to have a permission slip from their parent or guardian.

red liquid, while in that of company B mixed with blue liquid and so on for other companies with different colored liquid. After that, it will be seen in downstream through its outlet pipe. If one of the colors came out, then it can be ascertained if the company is the culprit. “This cannot be underestimated, we will continuously search for the source and the perpetrators,” he affirmed.

Furthermore, apart from involving other agencies, his agency is also going to involve

the parliament. However, since it remains in the investigation stage, it will be done by the Environment and Sanitation Agency first. If the source has been found and the perpetrator has been summoned to have discussion on the policy, it will involve the Badung People’s House of Representatives. “At this time, let our team work first. Later on, we will invite the parliament for the discussion related to the policy and the rules,” he concluded. (kmb23)

Being a leading commodity, Buleleng boosts tobacco production

BULELENG district is one of the regions in Bali having long been a producer of Virginia tobacco. Since the emergence, the tobacco cultivation has been run by farmers in partnership with the company. In line with the development, tobacco cultivation in North Bali experiences high fluctuations. This happens due to weather condition and operating costs, especially LPG for drying up tobacco.

The data collected from the Buleleng Agriculture Agency mentioned the total area of planting season for tobacco cultivation in North Bali reaches 610 hectares. Farmers that cultivate the land of such area are in cooperation with two companies namely PT. Gudang Garam in the area of 350 hectares and Bringin Bali across the area of 200 hectares.

When compared to planting season in 2017 with the cultivated land area of 436 hectares, this year shows an increase in terms of land acreage namely as much as 174 hectares.

Tobacco cultivation in this area experiences the development of varieties. Nevertheless, the variety of Virginia tobacco since the beginning of the cultivation has always dominated. Meanwhile, other varieties such as White Burly tobacco and chopped tobacco shoots are still relatively few. As evidence, this year the cultivation area of chopped tobacco just reaches 60 hectares.

Head of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Genep, accompanied by acting Estate Division Head Agung Adnyana said the current development of tobacco cultivation remains in early process. Farmer groups

are still preparing their land and seedling of tobacco to be planted. For land preparation, farmers usually look for leased land. The potential land is located in some villages of Sukasada, Buleleng and Sawan sub-district.

The land is leased per hectare and the lease price depends on the land and the irrigation availability. “We have set the tobacco land cultivation, and now we are in early preparations. Usually after the paddy harvest, we survey the land, cultivate and plant the seeds,” he said.

Genep added that the government has not confirmed the target of tobacco production yielded by farmers in the harvest season. This happens because the production depends on the weather condition in the field. He pointed out that a few years earlier, the production of Buleleng tobacco dropped due to unfavorable weather. This triggered farmers to lose money to hundreds of millions of rupiahs. However, the season in 2017 when the weather was favorable, the tobacco production jumped again and farmers got maximal profits.

In the middle of that risk, Genap reminded farmers to keep considering the weather before starting to cultivate. “Tobacco cultivation is risky, but if the weather supports, farmers can get profit as expected. Through coaching provided by Field Agricultural Extension officer (PPL) we reminded the farmers to consider well, especially the weather, so that farming having become the leading effort can bring in profits to farmers,” said Genep. (mud)

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Robot helps seriously ill Everton fan make history Lack of chicken supply that occurred lately is caused by reduced day old chicken (DOC)

One of the DOC producers not operating

Meet AV1 The world’s first telepresence robot.

LIVERPOOL - A seriously ill teenage Everton fan made history on Monday by becoming the world’s first ‘virtual matchday mascot’ ahead of his beloved team’s home Premier League match with Newcastle United.

Jack McLinden, a 14-year-old who suffers from multiple health conditions and is wheelchair bound, was able to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime mascot experience through the Norwegiandesigned telepresence robot, AV1.

It was the first time a child has been able to perform matchday

mascot duties remotely, with the robot’s integrated camera, microphone, and speaker enabling the virtual experience of going onto the pitch.

Everton team captain Phil Jagielka carried the robot as he led his team out with the AV1 connected to McLinden’s iPad at

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home -- allowing him to see and hear the experience in real-time through the telepresence robot avatar.

“We are thrilled to have had the chance to do this for Jack and we hope it has provided him with a memory he will always treasure,” said Scott McLeod, Head of En-

gagement at Everton Football Club.

AV1 is designed to help combat loneliness in children and young adults with long-term illnesses, by allowing them to attend school and social occasions through the device’s connection to a smartphone or tablet, allowing them to see, hear and communicate with others.

Colin Dyer, chief executive of Wellchild, the national charity for seriously ill children and their families, said the technology could

help alleviate the sense of isolation.

“We think the little robot could be a massive boon for children with complex needs, whose conditions mean that they cannot be everywhere they want to be in person,” said Dyer.

“There is a growing population of families who are caring for a seriously ill child at home. We know that feelings of isolation are a common issue for many children and families in this situation.” (afp)

Alpha Jetman blows the doors of possibility wide open

Yves Rossy created a winged jetpack that enables him to take to the sky with the freedom of a bird.

DUBAI - Yves Rossy created a winged jetpack that enables him to take to the sky with the freedom of a bird, awarding him the accurate moniker of Jet Man. And let me tell you, seeing a human body flying right next to full metal jets has completely shaken up what’s possible!

Yves Rossy is just one of those great people who must never have heard “it can’t be done”. We thank both Airborne Films–Jetman (what beautiful work) and XDubai (leading out on the edges) for bringing us some of the Jetman story in the videos below!

The marvel of this leap in aviation is incalculable. I’m not sorry to admit that my sense of possibility was expanded by watching this and that I shed a little tear. Just imagine the thoughts running through the minds of those jet pilots flying in formation, watching JetMan and his friend crisscross the sky above them!

I was going to leave it there, but I had so many questions.

I’m not sure the following video answered many of them, but the pure wonder and spectacle of this next video bring an entirely different kind of awe. (net)

Production decreases 30 percent

DENPASAR — Lack of chicken supply that occurred lately is caused by reduced day old chicken (DOC). The reduction happens because one of the DOC producers does not produce.

Division Head of Breeding and Livestock Production at Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, IKG Nata Kusuma, said the needs for broiler DOC in Bali is supplied by three units of breeding farm production in Bali. The three units produce 6 million DOCs. In addition, Bali also receives 950,000

DOCs from outside Bali. So, there is 6.95 million DOCs in Bali per month. “The total DOC production from breeding farm reaches about 6 million if the capacity of the three units is running,” he said on Monday (Apr. 23).

However, one breeding farm is not operating so the DOC sup-

ply reduces by 30 percent as each hatchery produces 30 percent of DOC or about 2 million. Non operation of one of the breeding farms happens because it has not comply with the requirements as a poultry slaughterhouse.

In the meantime, DOC needed in Bali reaches 5 million. The excess

of about 1.95 million is distributed to outside Bali like to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). “If the needs here increase, it is impossible to be sold outside,” he said.

A total of 6 million DOCs are generated from 160,000 parent stock per unit per month. This parent stock produces 2.5 million eggs.

The 2.5 million eggs can produce around 2 million DOCs. The 6 million DOCs can produce

5,940 tons of carcasses and 4,752 tons of pure meat. If multiplied by a year, the chicken meat production in Bali amounts to 57,024 tons.

Meanwhile, the need for chicken meat in Bali amounts to 25,275 tons per year based on Bali Food Resilience Agency Data 2017.

With the stability of such demand and supply, he hoped there will be price stability and can be afforded by general public. (kmb42)

Residents of Munduk Ranti complain about fly attack NEGARA — A number of residents at Munduk Ranti hamlet, Tukadaya, Melaya, complained about flies attacking to their residence. Due to such many flies, people feel uncomfortable, and it even disrupts people’s daily activities. Though some efforts to eradicate flies have been made by residents, the attack continues to occur. Allegedly, the flies are the impact of chicken coop around the residences.

Some residents who met on Monday (Apr. 23) revealed that about four days ago the chicken coop was harvested, so the attack of flies is very much. Yesterday seemed to have reduced, but remained to exist. Almost all residents around the location

are attacked by flies. The mostly affected is people having a food business. Mrs. Agus, a grocer at Munduk Ranti, admitted that her house is also attacked by flies.

However, this time it has begun to decrease. Mrs. Agus showed the boxes of merchandise also attacked by a lot of flies. To overcome it temporarily, she installed fly glue but has now been discarded.

In addition, a stall owner admitting to sell food claimed not dare to put food outside to avoid the impact on the buyers. Not only outside, flies also rushed up indoors. More seriously, people are also made uncomfortable as flies also attack during people sleep. So it’s very annoying.

Some residents have tried to spray with poison, but do not succeed in expelling because it continues to grow. People hoped that relevant parties can ensure the environmental impacts caused to the local residents. Moreover, the chicken coop is located close to people’s residences. People said the flies always appear during harvest season at the chicken coop. “The attack of flies has been taking place within this week,” explained one of local residents.

Meanwhile, from observation in one of the chicken coops at Munduk Ranti, a cage seemed to have been harvested. However, sacks of chicken droppings were stacked around the coop. Although the floor of the coop has

been plastered and chicken droppings cleaned, the flies seemed to still scatter over the coop. The coop owner of Putu Sumarna, 39, at his home admitted to have also been affected by the flies.

However, Sumarma denied if the flies came from his coop. “We are also surprised and this is the first time of flies attacking in this amount,” he said.

According to him, before 35 days, there should be no flies. The area under the coop has already been handled. The concreted floor is kept dry all the times. He also ensured there are no larvae of flies in the coop because the area has been sprayed and handled properly. He suspected the flies come from other similar coops.

According to him, there are several coops in the Tukadaya region including at Pangkung Jajang.

However, he admitted the closest coop at Munduk Ranti belongs to him. He suspected the attack of flies is caused by chicken harvest carried out almost coincidently.

His coop has been sprayed with pesticides so the growth of flies not to mature.

Meanwhile, headman of Tukadaya, Made Budi Utama, when asked for his confirmation claimed to have an affair to Pulukan. “I have not got any information about the attack the flies.

Let me check first next. Now, I am still going to Pulukan village for the matter of rural forest,” he explained. (kmb26)

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After dragging foreigner, recidivist grabber beaten up by people

MANGUPURA - The grabbing case in Kuta targeting foreign citizens has not been able to be suppressed. The victim, Margaretha Den Ouden, 76, from the Netherlands, was dragged on Jalan Braban, Seminyak Kuta, last Thursday (Apr. 12). After the incident, police arrived at the scene and hunted the perpetrator, Made Roy, 44. Finally, the perpetrator was arrested at the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan Sunset Road, Seminyak. People seeing the perpetrator immediately beat up making him black and blue.

“The perpetrator is recidivist grabber and was once arrested by Kuta Police in 2015,” said Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Wirajaya, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit Ario Seno Wiboko on Monday (Apr. 23).

The disclosure of this case began on Thursday at 20:00 where criminal investigation team led by Mobile Detective Unit Chief Putu Budi Artama with security guard of Seminyak was conducting patrol in the area to anticipate grabbing crimes. Based on public information, the perpetrator is often wandering in the Seminyak area by riding Honda Vario Techno motorcycle. He has the characteristics of wearing fullface helmets, jackets, masks and carrying backpacks.

When passing on Jalan Kunti, Seminyak, police officer saw a man with the characteristics similar to the grabber. Police immediately pursued and could arrest him in the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan

Sunset Road, Seminyak.

“At that time, the perpetrator fought while throwing the evidence to roadside. After being checked, in fact the discarded goods are some foreign banknotes alleged to be the results of a crime,” he said.

In addition, police found iPhone 7 under the seat of his motorcycle. Police immediately crippled the perpetrator’s neck and immediately took him to Basangkasa police post in Seminyak. When being interrogated, many people came and immediately ganged up the perpetrator. As the number of masses increased, the perpetrator was taken away. Due to getting severe injuries, the perpetrator was rushed to Bhayangkara Hospital of Bali Police on Jalan Trijata, East Denpasar.

“The evidence we have secured includes clothing and motorcycles, two pieces of Vietnamese banknotes worth VND 2,000, a piece of VND 1,000, two pieces of Singaporean currency worth SGD 50, three pieces of Indian currency with respective denomination of INR10, INR 50, IDR 100 and IND 2,000,” he said.

Police also arrested another grabbing perpetrator, I Putu Agus Kurniawan, 34, from Jembrana. He took action on Jalan Mataram near the pharmacy, Kuta and his victim is Rezky Cahyaningrun, 21, last Thursday (Apr. 19). The victim was snatched while heading for her boarding house on Jalan Mataram Gang Arjuna, Kuta.

“The perpetrator is also sadistic. The victim even fell down from the motorcycle and was dragged. As a result, the victim suffered a blister. We commit to combat the grabbing perpetrators taking action in Kuta,” he said. (kmb36)

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The perpetrator was arrested at the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan Sunset Road, Seminyak.

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Pakistan Pashtun rights movement grows, defying military

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In addition to offering natural panoramas, Badung district government through the Tourism Office also sells camel ride tours.

Tourism Office sells camel tourism to Dubai

MANGUPURA - All the efforts are made by the district government of Badung to attract tourists to visit the region. In addition to offering natural panoramas, Badung district government through the Tourism Office also sells camel ride tours.

One of the tourist attractions, said the Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, is intended for tourists originating from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This bureaucrat from Kuta said the camel ride attraction got enthusiastic responses from buyers in Dubai.

“In addition to camel ride tours along the coast in the Southern Badung region, we also convey a special halal culinary attractions for Arabian tourists, equipped with tourist information on Jahana Street entertainment having become a favorite to millennial Arabian tourists on Jalan Legian Kuta-Bali,” said Made Badra, on Monday (Apr. 23).

According to him, all the tourism potential of Badung is presented in Table Top activities during the promotion to Dubai. This activity aims to provide the latest information about Badung and the tour operators in Dubai are expected to send their tourists to Badung, Bali.

“The buyers are given a number of door prizes in the form of two free tickets from Singapore Air-

line with free accommodation in a number of hotels in Badung-Bali,” he said.

He explained the tourist visit from the UAE coming to Bali in 2017 indeed did not include in the top 20 countries visiting Bali.

However, the growth of tourists from the UAE has had an impact on the hotel occupancy rate in Badung.

The number of tourist arrivals from the United Arab Emirates in 2017 amounted to 1,803 people.

“In 2018, the foreign tourists visit from the UAE is expected to reach 2,810 or an increase of 64.16 percent from the previous year,” he said.

Overall, the number of tourist visit from the Middle East, explained Made Badra, reached 61,113 people. The amount of Middle Eastern tourist spending can be said to be higher than other tourist spending which amounted to USD 1,750 per day with a length of stay for seven days.

“The promotion trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates is conducted by the tourism promotion team of Badung district government on April 18-24, 2018. This activity is the second time by involving industry consisting of entrepreneurs or leaders of starrated hotels, travel agencies and the airlines,” he concluded. (kmb27)

PESHAWAR - Pakistan’s powerful military, long accused by outsiders of backing Islamist militant groups, is facing an unexpected challenge -- a charismatic young Pashtun man who won’t keep quiet.

Fellow Pashtuns have rallied behind Manzoor Pashteen in a dramatic outpouring of frustration over accusations of discrimination and extrajudicial killings at the hands of men in uniform.

Hundreds of thousands of them have had to leave their homes near the border with Afghanistan in the last decade, fleeing fighting that erupted when the army began what the Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM) says was a selective clampdown on the militants that took refuge there after the 2001 US-led ousting of the Taliban.

Echoing accusations by Washington and Kabul, PTM activists say the military continues to allow these extremists a safe haven from which to launch attacks in Afghanistan, while targeting insurgents that have turned their guns on Pakistan.

“This policy... it’s very dangerous for us,” Pashteen, the movement’s 26-year-old leader, told AFP during a recent interview.

The strategy, he says, has upend-

ed traditional Pashtun tribal society, as civilians are harassed, killed or abducted by security forces and insurgents in the ensuing crossfire.

Pashteen’s movement poses a unique challenge to the military’s narrative about its war on militants, says analyst Michael Semple, because it has given a voice to previously marginal accounts.

“It remains one of the weak points of the double game approach -- real people live there and see what you’re doing,” said Semple, a professor at Queen’s University Belfast.

“This movement is spilling the beans.”

At a rally on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, thousands came to chant the PTM slogan: “The uniforms are behind the terrorists”.

It was a remarkable scene, with such accusations against the security establishment viewed as a dangerous red line that few have dared to cross.

The Lahore rally was held in defiance of local authorities, who had denied the PTM formal permission to stage the protest and detained some of its supporters. (afp)

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This April 23, 2018 picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 24, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) speaking to an injured Chinese tourist at a hospital during a visit with Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Li Jinjun (L), at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Kim’s ‘bitter sorrow’ as N. Korea bus crash kills 32 Chinese

BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed his “bitter sorrow” after dozens of Chinese tourists were killed when a bus they were travelling in plunged off a bridge.

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In this picture taken on April 8, 2018, Pakistani demonstrators from the tribal Pashtun Protection Movement (PPM) shout slogans during a rally in Peshawar. Pakistan’s powerful military, long accused by outsiders of backing Islamist militant groups, is facing an unexpected challenge -- a charismatic young Pashtun man who won’t keep quiet.

Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans perished in the accident south of Pyongyang Sunday night, Chinese officials and state media said. Two other Chinese nationals were injured.

In a rare admission of negative news from North Korea’s tightly controlled propaganda network, the KCNA news agency on Tuesday said Kim met personally with the Chinese ambassador in Pyongyang and later visited survivors in hospital.

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling party, carried a front-page on Kim’s actions, including pictures of him in a doctor’s white coat, holding the two survivors’ hands as they lay in their hospital beds.

Although such a move might be unsurprising in other countries, it is an unusual portrayal of Kim, who is usually shown presiding over formal meetings or visiting work or army units.

Kim “said that the unexpected accident brought bitter sorrow to his heart and that he couldn’t control his grief at the thought of the bereaved families who lost their blood relatives,” KCNA reported.

The North Korean leader said his people “take the tragic accident as their own misfortune”, it added.

The fulsomeness of Kim’s comments reflects the importance of China -- and its tourists -- to his country and economy.

Beijing is Pyongyang’s sole major ally, providing an important economic and political buffer against international opprobrium.

Their relationship was forged in the blood of the Korean War, and while it has soured more recently, with China increasingly exasperated by the North’s nuclear antics and enforcing UN Security Council sanctions against it, there has been an improvement in recent weeks.

Last month, Kim embarked on his first overseas trip since inheriting power in 2011 to finally pay his respects to Chinese President Xi Jinping, and was warmly welcomed in Beijing.

China is by far the biggest source of tourists for the North, with direct flights and a long land border connecting the neighbour, and tens of thousands are believed to visit every year, many crossing via train through the Chinese border city of Dandong.

For some, North Korea provides a window into what Communist China may have looked like decades ago.

In contrast Western visitors to the North once averaged around 5,000 a year, but numbers have been hit recently by a US travel ban –- Americans accounted for around 20 percent of the market –- and official warnings from other countries. (afp)

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BUSINESS Qatar Airways to expand despite ‘large loss’: chief

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Qatar Airways will continue to expand even as it prepares to announce “large” annual losses due to a blockade by neighbours, the airline’s chief executive said on Monday. Akbar alBaker said the Gulf carrier remained a “very robust company” despite being heavily affected by a regional diplomatic dispute that has seen it lose access to routes across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

“Yes, it will be a large loss.

When I say we will be declaring a large loss, for me, after making profit, then even if I lost only 10

million, it’s a large loss,” Baker told a press conference.

But he said that the national carrier is not in danger of a collapse.

“You can see although that we are predicting a loss, we are still expanding, we are still investing, we are still buying airplanes.”We will keep on expanding, keep on recruiting not firing people, not parking airplanes, (and) shrinking the network, doing exactly the opposite.”

Barring Qatar Airways from using its neighbours’ airspace has increased costs for the company during the 10 months since the

crisis erupted. The airline made a profit of $540 million last year and new results will be announced in June. Qatar Airways has a fleet of around 200 aircraft and over 100 more on firm orders.

The outspoken Baker accused neighbouring former allies of “bullying” Qatar after they cut all ties with the emirate last June. Taking a swipe at American carriers, he said they hide behind US bankruptcy

protection laws whereas Qatar Airways does not enjoy this benefit.

Baker also confirmed that plans to expand Doha’s Hamad International Airport in time for the 2022 World Cup would go ahead. But he denied recent claims in Norwegian media about labour abuse at the airport, run by Qatar Airways. “As far as the welfare of employees is concerned, we are really a role model,” he said. (afp)

India’s TCS crosses $100-bln market value

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the first Indian company in a decade to breach the $100-billion market value barrier after stocks in the IT giant soared on Monday.

Shares in India’s largest software exporter rose more than 4 percent following positive earnings results to hit a high of 3,557 rupees ($53.53) on the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex index.

The surge propelled the firm’s market capitalisation value to 681 trillion rupees, above $100 billion, as TCS became just the second Indian company in history to cross the symbolic mark.

Reliance Industries, the energy-to-telecoms conglomerate owned

by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, was the first Indian group to breach the $100-billion marker, back in 2008.

“It is an important milestone, which not only gives us something to cheer but also changes the perspective and sentiment toward other Indian software makers,” Gaurang Shah, head investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services Ltd. in Mumbai, told Bloomberg News.

The shares were spurred by a TCS earnings report released on Thursday which showed that the technology company had enjoyed a 4.4 per cent rise in consolidated net profit year-onyear for the quarter ending March. TCS recorded net profits of 69.04 billion rupees, beating many analysts’ expectations. The IT services exporter has also been boosted by a weakening rupee.

TCS was at the forefront of India becoming a back office to the world as companies -- largely in developed nations -subcontracted work, taking advantage of the country’s skilled English-speaking workforce.

The flagship industry has made India a top business destination by offering software development and information technology, engineering and design and other services. (afp)

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Black Roasted Suckling Pig, Have You Ever Tried?

Foodies of Balinese delicacies have certainly been familiar with the name of the roasted suckling pig. One of the culinary centers of roasted suckling pig can be found in Kerambitan subdistrict, Tabanan. Unfortunately, to date the basic ingredient of this roasted suckling pig is not the black Bali pig posing typical Balinese pig.

Most culinary entrepreneurs tend to prefer landrace due to faster harvest whereas the taste is much different. What are the steps of preservation of the black Balinese pig suspected of getting rarer?. Black pig (local pig of Bali) is provided with organic feed, so the texture of the meat is very chewy. Indeed, it requires longer raising period than landrace pigs.

Unfortunately this black pig is now getting very rare, even almost extinct. The desire to preserve Balinese black pig population eventually emerged from the Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada. He wanted in the Kerambitan Festival IV to be held next October; the cuisine of Balinese black pig can be enjoyed by foodies of roasted suckling pig in particular.

“Earlier, we invite a number of foodies of roasted suckling pig to enjoy the taste of black pork that we name free event,” said I Gede Sukanada amid the event of black roasted suckling pig at Mandung hamlet, Sembung Gede, Kerambitan, Sunday (Apr. 8).

Through this event he would like to get some inputs so the taste of black roasted suckling pig can be accepted by the tongue of foodies. The efforts to preserve Balinese black pigs will be initiated by giving black piglets to the poor whose funding source is supported by UPK funds (formerly PNPM). “Next month, we are going to launch black pig breeding to the poor and the piglets are ready,” he explained.

Provision of Balinese pig breeding in May is expected to support the Kerambitan Festival IV to be held in October. “On the one hand, we give the piglets.

After growing bigger, we plan to make a bazaar in October that will serve the black Balinese roasted suckling pig. Meanwhile, the benefits of this activity will be allocated for the conservation of Tyto Alba owl population at Timpag village,” he said.

As understood, Timpag village keeps trying to maintain the population of Tyto Alba owls.

The owl is taken advantage to prevent the occurrence of rodent pests. Indeed it is very good. Besides, it does not harm the natural potential, and can overcome the pest attack of rats with owls. At the same time, it also maintains the balance of nature itself. One of the most urgent things is the intention to build the home to the owl breeding because this owl is not proficient in looking for a place to stay. (kmb)

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Traditional Games, an Application of Hindu Teachings

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Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground. Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude. In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha. “When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature. Meanwhile, if learning from cultural

theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily. They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement. Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before. “It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarong-barongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment. “Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

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Armenia celebrates as veteran leader quits amid protests YEREVAN - Armenia’s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on Monday after mass protests against his election as prime minister with sweeping powers, sparking celebrations across the impoverished country.

Last week lawmakers voted for Sarkisian as prime minister after he served a decade as Armenia’s president, triggering political turmoil in the Moscow-allied nation of 2.9 million people.

The opposition said the move was designed to extend his chokehold on power under a new parliamentary system of government, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of the capital Yerevan and other cities in recent days in largely peaceful protests.

On Monday evening the health ministry said one demonstrator, a 36-year-old man, died of heart failure after a celebratory rally in Yerevan.

“Our velvet revolution has won but this is only the first step,” protest leader Nikol Pashinyan told supporters at the rally in Yerevan’s Republic Square.

“Our revolution cannot stop halfway and I am hoping that you will persevere until the final victory.”

The 42-year-old leader of the Civil Contract party said he would meet with the acting head of government, Karen Karapetyan, on Wednesday to discuss the transfer of power.

Pashinyan -- who was hurt in the protests last week and sported a bandaged hand -- said parliament would have to elect a new prime minister “within a week” and new parliamentary elections were also in the cards.

Earlier in the day the 63-year-old Sarkisian -- who previously refused to step down -- stunned the country by saying he was in the wrong and resigning.

“I am leaving the post of the country’s leader,” Sarkisian was quoted as saying by his office.

“Nikol Pashinyan was right,” he said. “I was wrong.”

Sarkisian implied that there were several ways to resolve the crisis and that he could have used force to break up protests but chose not to.

“This is not in my nature,” he added.

Sarkisian quit after a number of serving and former soldiers joined the protests. His resignation came as a major surprise, with analysts saying just last week that the opposition did not have enough resources to force the veteran leader to quit. (afp)

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Lack of teachers poses serious problem: Minister

MALANG - Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendi said a lack of teachers in several parts of Indonesia posed a serious problem to the national education. “Every year tens of thousands of teachers are retired so a lack of teachers has increasingly become more serious,” he said here on Sunday.

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This undated handout photo obtained April 23, 2018 courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine shows the medical team (L-R) Drs. Richard Redett,Trinity Bivalacqua, Brandacher Gerald, Arthur Bud Burnett and W.P. Andrew Lee(R), professor and director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine standing near a mannequin.

World’s first penis, scrotum transplant done in US

WASHINGTON - Doctors at Johns Hopkins University said Monday they have performed the world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant on a US military serviceman who was wounded in Afghanistan.

People celebrate Armenian prime minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation in downtown Yerevan on April 23, 2018. Armenia’s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on April 23, 2018 after mass protests against his election as prime minister, sparking jubilant celebrations across the impoverished country.

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The 14-hour operation took place on March 26, and was performed by a team of nine plastic surgeons and two urologic surgeons.

“We are optimistic that he will regain near-normal urinary and sexual functions following a full recovery,” W.P. Andrew Lee, professor and director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told reporters on a conference call.

The patient was severely injured by a blast from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan several years ago, Lee said.

The entire penis, scrotum without testicles and partial abdominal wall came from a deceased donor.

“It’s a real mind-boggling injury to suffer; it is not an easy one to accept,” said a statement from the recipient, who asked to remain anonymous.

“When I first woke up, I felt

finally more normal.”

He is now up and walking around, and is expected to be released from hospital this week.

The man lost his testicles in the explosion and did not get them restored as part of his transplant.

“The testicles were not transplanted because we had made a decision early in the program to not transplant germline tissue, that is to say not transplant tissue that generates sperm because this would raise a number of ethical questions,” said JHU plastic surgeon Damon Cooney.

“In particular, the ability of the recipient of the transplant to have children would result in genetic material being transmitted from the donor of the transplanted tissue to the recipient’s offspring,” Cooney added.

“And we just felt there were too many unanswered ethical questions with that.”

Doctors said they are hopeful

he will be able to urinate with his penis in the coming weeks, and that he will eventually regain enough sensation to achieve an erection.

The patient retained his prostate gland in the blast, but since he lost his testicles, he will not be able to ejaculate.

The extent of his sexual function will not be known for about six months, doctors said.

The first penis transplant in the world took place in China in 2006, but it was later removed due to “a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife,” doctors said.

Only four penis transplants have ever been done successfully, including the one announced Monday, doctors said.

Two have been done in South Africa, the nation that achieved the first such successful surgery in 2015. The United States performed its first successful penis transplant in 2016. (afp)

Although their exact number has not been approved, the government plans to recruit some 100 thousand teachers every year to cover the shortage of teachers, he said. The shortage of teachers could be dealt with at least in seven years` time, he said.

The Education and Culture Ministry is paying special attention to the development of the educational sector in outermost, frontline and disadvantaged regions in the country in accordance with President Joko Widodo`s directives, he said.

To catch up with other countries, the minister called on all stakeholders to understand the importance of upgrading educational standards by calibrating the capability of teachers and improving the assessment of students` learning. “The standard we use to teach our students are below that of other countries which have good system in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment). We must improve our standards, regardless of whether we like it or not,” he said.(ant)

Jokowi visits factory workers in Purbalingga

PURBALINGGA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) made an impromptu visit to a wigs factory of PT Boyang Industrial in Purbalingga in order to meet the workers. The president visited the wigs factory of PT Boyang Industrial in Purbalingga on Monday during his working visit to Central Java. President Jokowi, at the invitation of Head of Purbalingga District Tasdi, visited the Boyang wigs factory in Purbalingga at 11:20 a.m. local time.

Earlier, the head of state had reviewed the JB Soedirman Airport development plan in Wirasaba, Purbalingga. The factory workers, mostly women, were surprised to see President Jokowi at the factory, established with a South Korean investment cooperation. A 21-year-old worker named Fatimah from Kalibagor, Banyumas, stated that she did not expect to see the president directly.

“I did not know that the president was here suddenly. I am very happy to meet him,” she

noted. President Jokowi, who was accompanied by the head of Banyumas District, held a dialog and sat among the workers at the factory.

Some of them urged to take a selfie with the president. “International singer named Madonna also wears the wig from this factory, Sir,” one of the workers remarked while sitting near the president.

Jokowi admitted to have always wanted to visit and review the factory that hired more than 66 thousand workers. “It has been a long time since I wanted to come here,” he conveyed.

Furthermore, he was in the factory area for some 30 minutes to then continue the visit to review the impact of the earthquake in Kalibening, Banjarnegara.

However, not all workers were happy with the brief visit paid by the president, as he only interacted with the workers in the front row, which left their counterparts in the back row feeling disappointed.(afp)

Population of Sumatran tigers reaches 400 RIAU - The population of Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) reaches 400 across Sumatran forests, according to the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry. Sumatran tigers could be found in Ulu Masen National Park, Kerumutan sanctuary, Rimbang Baling, Bukit Tiga Puluh, and up to Lampung, Wiratno, director general for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Affairs of the ministry said here, recently.

Panthera tigris sumatrae, one of the six remaining tiger species in the world, is currently in the brink of extinction due to conversion of Sumatran forests, he remarked.

He called for protection of the tiger habitats and food cycles in their habitats on Sumatra Island.

“There is a drastic change of

forest function in Sumatra,” he stated. In Riau Province, some 190 Sumatran tigers exist, or one third of the total tiger population on Sumatra Island. The tiger habitat in Riau is located in Kerumutan forest sanctuary, which was also the habitat of Bonita.

Bonita, four years old tigress, which had roamed around in human settlements and plantations since January 2018, had killed one woman and one man. On April 20, Bonita was capture alive, after being shot twice with tranquilizer, Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency head Suharyono said in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru on Saturday. Bonita is currently being kept in an animal rehabilitation center owned by Arsari Djojohadikusumo Foundation, for observation.(ant)

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Tangkup waterfall, Water source flows from five springs The Tangkup waterfall attraction located at Undisan Kelod hamlet, Undisan, Tembuku, Bangli, has yet to be known to many people as it has only been operating as a tourist attraction for about a year and a half. Since it opened to the public, both local and foreign tourists have been coming to enjoy the crystal clear waterfall and to do purification rites.

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The water fall is fed by five separate springs: the Kibul, Besi, Belatuk, purificatory site of Bathara Pucak Sari and the Getar spring.

Originally the waterfall was Belegiding Tangkup waterfall but they decided to shorten it to Tangkup waterfall to make it easier to remember. “So, word belegiding in Balinese means ‘high and slippery cliff’ ”, he said.

Sunarta also explained that this tourist attraction is managed by the local ‘tourism awareness group” (Porkdawis). Before that the waterfall attraction had been managed by the Undisan Kelod customary youth club. Because so many local youths have left the village for either work or further education, the management of the waterfall was taken over by the Pordawis.

The funds generated from the entrance tickets, are used to construct supporting structures such

as a guard post, toilets and changing rooms fro visitors who come to melukat (purification rite). As of yet, the changing room is still quite rudimentary, but Sunarta explained that once they have enough funds, they will make further improvements, including creating a concrete guard post, instead of the bamboo one that stands there now. He added that

he hopes to have government assistance for enlarging the road to the waterfall so that cars will be able to pass through it. “Hopefully, the government will be able to provide assistance so that the road can be widened. With access to cars, there will be more visitors. Many people complain that the road is too narrow” concluded Sunarta. (kmb)

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LOS ANGELES - James Harden scored 36 points as the Houston Rockets moved to the brink of a Western Conference first round playoff series victory with a 119-100 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.

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The governing body said that, with 91 percent of the sport’s more than 220,000 athletes aged under 12, “child safety is the highest priority”.

Gymnastics Australia (GA) chief Kitty Chiller told national broadcaster ABC the new National Child Safety Commitment Statement would be added to existing guidelines.

“What we are doing now is formalising practices that have already been in place,” Chiller said, adding that the sport did not have ongoing issues with child abuse.

“This is obviously very much in the media and the public space, it’s had a lot more exposure in the last recent months because of the Larry Nassar case.”

A once highly-regarded US gymnastics national team doctor, Nassar was accused of abusing more than 260 athletes over two decades and was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in January.

The commitment statement pledges that national, state and ter-

ritory bodies will take a “zero tolerance approach” to any child abuse.

It promises to go beyond policies and procedures to create a “culture of safety” that allows all members to feel comfortable when reporting inappropriate behaviour.

The new child safety coordinator Phoebe Pownall, who will also serve in a similar role for the state body Gymnastics Victoria, said part of her job will be to educate clubs, coaches, parents and gymnasts about what constituted abuse.

“I don’t think people in the community are really aware of what abuse is. We tend to think it is on the margins of society. It is not,” Pownall told The Australian newspaper Tuesday.

“It is prevalent everywhere. It is about teaching people that it is a risk and empowering them to make a change and make it safe for kids.”

A royal commission established in 2012 by Canberra to investigate institutional child sex abuse said in its final report released last year that more than 4,000 institutions were accused of abuse.

The findings said 408 survivors reported child sex abuse in sport and recreation settings, with 344 sport and recreation institutions across the nation identified by the victims. (afp)

Harden underscored his status as front-runner for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award after leading a stunning third quarter performance that saw the Rockets explode for an astonishing 50 points.

That devastating burst of scoring -- a franchise record -- included 22 points from Harden as the Rockets transformed what had been a one-point contest at half-time into a comfortable victory.

“We hit the switch that we’ve been trying to hit since the beginning of the playoffs, at both ends of the court,” a satisfied Harden said afterwards.

“It’s pretty scary what we’re capable of when we’re locked in defensively like that and when we get rolling offensively.”

The win gave Houston a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, giving the Western Conference leaders a chance

to book their place in the second round of the playoffs with a victory at home in game five on Wednesday.

The smart money will be on Houston to wrap up the series quickly after Monday’s demolition job at Minnesota’s Target Center arena.

“It was a great (third) quarter for us,” Harden said.

“It gave us the belief. Now we go back to the crib and try to finish it off.”

While Harden’s virtuoso third quarter performance ultimately decided the contest, the Rockets will also take heart from an offensive display that saw five players finish with double-digit points tallies.

Point guard Chris Paul weighed in with 25 points -- including 15 in the lop-sided third quarter -- while Eric Gordon had 18 and Trevor Ariza 15.

Center Clint Capela finished with 14 points, and also pulled down 17 rebounds during his 31 minutes on court.

The Timberwolves’ scoring was led by KarlAnthony Towns with 22 points, while Jimmy Butler (19) and Derrick Rose (17) also made significant contributions. (afp)

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Derrick Rose #25 of the Minnesota Timberwolves goes to the basket against the Houston Rockets in Game Four of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Unstoppable Ronaldo the sole survivor of Real’s ‘BBC’ Reunions aplenty as Bayern and Real clash in Champions League semis

Two of Europe’s greatest clubs will go head to head in the Champions League on Wednesday as Bayern Munich host Real Madrid in the first leg of their semi-final. These star-studded teams are hardly strangers to the latter stages of Europe’s premier tournament and there are four men who know how it feels to represent both the white of Real and the red of Bayern.

Here we look at their experiences at both clubs.

Jupp Heynckes Heynckes secured a place in the hearts of Real Madrid fans by leading Los Blancos to their seventh European Cup in 1998, and their first in 32 years, with a 1-0 victory over a Juventus side that included Zinedine Zidane. Fifteen years later, Heynckes was a European champion again as coach of Bayern, who also won the Bundesliga and the German Cup under his stewardship that season.

It remains Bayern’s only treble in the club’s history, although Heynckes could still repeat the feat this term, before he retires -- for a second time -- in the close season.

Arjen Robben Robben moved to Real from Chelsea as one of the deadliest attackers in the world but his time in the Spanish capital is remembered more for the injuries he accumulated than the goals. After scoring only 11 times in 50 league games for Real, he found his rhythm again at Bayern, whom he joined in 2009.

The Dutchman has won seven Bundesliga titles with the German giants, as well as the Champions League in 2013, and recently followed Franck Ribery in signing a contract extension until 2019.

Toni Kroos Kroos began in Bayern’s youth set-up as a teenager and was the youngest player to make his debut for the club when the German played aged 17. He went on to win three Bundesliga titles and the Champions League at Bayern, but a contract dispute in 2014 opened the door to a surprise switch to Real.

Forming a strong partnership alongside Luka Modric in midfield, Bayern’s loss has been Real’s gain, as Kroos has clinched two European triumphs since, as well as the Spanish title last year.

James Rodriguez When James lit up the 2014 World Cup with a stunning volley for Colombia against Uruguay, it seemed almost inevitable Real would come calling. But the Colombian struggled to live up to his huge price tag and issues off the field began to chime with his disappointing performances on it. Moving to Bayern on loan this season has revitalised James though, and all the indications are Bayern plan to take up their option to sign him permanently for 42 million euros ($51.3 million).(afp) Bayern Munich’s German head coach Jupp Heynckes reacts during the German football Cup DFB Pokal semifinal match Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich in Leverkusen, western Germany, on April 17, 2018.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema were once the untouchable trio, but only one of Real Madrid’s feted “BBC” can be sure of their place against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Ronaldo has dragged Real into the Champions League semi-finals with, even by his standards, an astonishing goal glut that includes 22 in 12 games, and at least one in each of his last 11 matches in Europe.

“It’s impossible to completely stifle Ronaldo, we can only stop him as a team,” Bayern defender Jerome Boateng said on Monday. “An attacker can not be more complete than him -- left foot, right foot, head, he controls everything and in front of the goal, he’s a machine”.

But while Ronaldo has enjoyed a fresh spurt in his new role of predatorial centre-forward, his two partners have found their responsiblities reduced ahead of the first leg at the Allianz Arena. Bale’s decline began first.

After returning from injury earlier this year, he was on the bench for both legs against Paris Saint-Germain and the first leg against Juventus.

In the second leg, he did start, only to endure the humiliation of being taken off at half-time. Benzema’s fall has been more surprising given the striker had been Zinedine Zidane’s preferred partner for Ronaldo, his work rate and supply highly valued despite the Frenchman’s lack of goals.

But Benzema’s link-up play has slackened, thrusting that dry patch -- one goal in 10 games and only four in 24 -- more clearly into view.

- ‘A little blip’ “He does suffer a little bit, when he misses chances he suffers but the solution is easy,” Zidane said. “He has to keep working. It is just a little blip he is in at the moment.” Bale and Benzema’s dip has coincided with Ronaldo’s golden run, a parallel that may not be entirely coincidental.

Ronaldo in a Real team centred on playing to his strengths is nothing new, but as the Portugese has grown narrower in his scope, perhaps his team-mates have had to sharpen their focus in providing service to him.

Zidane has often deployed 4-4-2 in the biggest games this season, with Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio preferred on the flanks for their defensive discipline and willingness to send crosses into the box.

Bale is not viewed as conscientious enough in the wide midfielder role while Benzema’s key selling point was his link-up play. When that broke down, his appeal diminished.

“I don’t see anyone looking sad,” Zidane said. “I said to the pair of them the other day, they would both like to score more goals but everyone is working well. “It is always going to happen in a side like ours, there are players in good form and in the team and playing well.”

Even if Isco is selected, it means Real are likely to line up

with one of their more modest-looking attacks for a crunch Champions League tie.

“I’m not worried,” Zidane said last week. “It’s true that in the last two games we have had chances and we have not taken them but now we are going to have a game on Wednesday away from home.

“We are going to try to score and what we have to do is to think positively and realise that this is football anything can happen, no matter who is playing on the pitch.”(afp)

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Walcott downs Newcastle to boost under-fire Allardyce

Theo Walcott did his best to boost Sam Allardyce’s approval rating as the Everton winger clinched a 1-0 win against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Monday.

Allardyce has been under fire for Everton’s dour style of play since he was hired in November and fans called for his dismissal following a draw at struggling Swansea City in their previous match.

The pressure on the former England manager was increased by his own club last week when Everton took the curious decision to send a survey to a group of supporters asking them to rate his performance on a scale of zero to 10. Toffees chairman Bill Kenwright apologised for a gaffe that added to the perception Allardyce is on borrowed time with Everton.

Against that troubled backdrop, Allardyce -- who has lifted Everton away from the relegation zone in his brief reign -- couldn’t afford to see his side’s winless run extend to four matches against the club that

sacked him 10 years ago.

Walcott ensured Allardyce wouldn’t hear a chorus of disapproval for one night at least as the former Arsenal star netted in the second half at Goodison Park to lift Everton into eighth place.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for Allardyce, who had to endure a banner reading “Our survey says..get out of our club” being unfurled before kick-off.

But he came out fighting after the match, saying: “What was wrong with our style today? We dominated the game. You have to be patent. “You can’t knock our football. You can knock some of the passing that goes astray but you can’t knock me for that, I don’t pass the ball. “I think eighth in the league compared to fifth from bottom tells you we’re getting better.”

Rafael Benitez’s 100th match as Newcastle boss marked the end of their four-game winning run as the Magpies remain in mid-table. Al-

lardyce’s team could have taken the lead when Michael Keane guided Wayne Rooney’s cross towards the far post, but Phil Jagielka couldn’t keep his lunging effort on target.

Ayoze Perez was having a night to forget and after he shot wide from a good position early in the second half, Everton made the breakthrough in the 51st minute.

Yannick Bolasie swung a cross to the far post and when Newcastle failed to clear, Walcott pounced on a fortuitous deflection and smashed into the roof of the net for his first goal since January.

Islam Slimani was anonymous in his first league start since joining on loan from Leicester and the Newcastle striker was replaced by Dwight Gayle, who should have snatched an equaliser moments after coming on. Jamaal Lascelles headed down and Gayle was in position to strike from close range, but instead fired over as Benitez shook his head in frustration.(afp)

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Everton’s English striker Theo Walcott attempts to keep the ball in play during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Newcastle United at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on April 23, 2018.

Argentine Biglia’s World Cup in doubt after back injury

AC Milan midfielder Lucas Biglia could miss the World Cup this summer with Argentina after suffering a severe back injury during the Italian club’s defeat to Benevento at the weekend. The 32-year-old was forced off the pitch after 72 minutes in Milan’s shock defeat to 10-man Benevento and the club confirmed Biglia has fractured two vertebrae in his back.

“AC Milan inform that Lucas Biglia reported a severe lumbar trauma due to an injury during Saturday’s match against Benevento,” the club said in a statement. “The player has undergone medical examinations that highlighted a fracture of the transverse processes of the first two lumbar vertebrae. A detailed prognosis will be issued in the coming days upon completion of all medical tests.” The former Anderlecht midfielder moved to the San Siro this season on a 17-million-euro deal after four years with Serie A rivals Lazio.(afp)

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Unstoppable Ronaldo the sole survivor of Real’s ‘BBC’ Reunions aplenty as Bayern and Real clash in Champions League semis

Two of Europe’s greatest clubs will go head to head in the Champions League on Wednesday as Bayern Munich host Real Madrid in the first leg of their semi-final. These star-studded teams are hardly strangers to the latter stages of Europe’s premier tournament and there are four men who know how it feels to represent both the white of Real and the red of Bayern.

Here we look at their experiences at both clubs.

Jupp Heynckes Heynckes secured a place in the hearts of Real Madrid fans by leading Los Blancos to their seventh European Cup in 1998, and their first in 32 years, with a 1-0 victory over a Juventus side that included Zinedine Zidane. Fifteen years later, Heynckes was a European champion again as coach of Bayern, who also won the Bundesliga and the German Cup under his stewardship that season.

It remains Bayern’s only treble in the club’s history, although Heynckes could still repeat the feat this term, before he retires -- for a second time -- in the close season.

Arjen Robben Robben moved to Real from Chelsea as one of the deadliest attackers in the world but his time in the Spanish capital is remembered more for the injuries he accumulated than the goals. After scoring only 11 times in 50 league games for Real, he found his rhythm again at Bayern, whom he joined in 2009.

The Dutchman has won seven Bundesliga titles with the German giants, as well as the Champions League in 2013, and recently followed Franck Ribery in signing a contract extension until 2019.

Toni Kroos Kroos began in Bayern’s youth set-up as a teenager and was the youngest player to make his debut for the club when the German played aged 17. He went on to win three Bundesliga titles and the Champions League at Bayern, but a contract dispute in 2014 opened the door to a surprise switch to Real.

Forming a strong partnership alongside Luka Modric in midfield, Bayern’s loss has been Real’s gain, as Kroos has clinched two European triumphs since, as well as the Spanish title last year.

James Rodriguez When James lit up the 2014 World Cup with a stunning volley for Colombia against Uruguay, it seemed almost inevitable Real would come calling. But the Colombian struggled to live up to his huge price tag and issues off the field began to chime with his disappointing performances on it. Moving to Bayern on loan this season has revitalised James though, and all the indications are Bayern plan to take up their option to sign him permanently for 42 million euros ($51.3 million).(afp) Bayern Munich’s German head coach Jupp Heynckes reacts during the German football Cup DFB Pokal semifinal match Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich in Leverkusen, western Germany, on April 17, 2018.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema were once the untouchable trio, but only one of Real Madrid’s feted “BBC” can be sure of their place against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Ronaldo has dragged Real into the Champions League semi-finals with, even by his standards, an astonishing goal glut that includes 22 in 12 games, and at least one in each of his last 11 matches in Europe.

“It’s impossible to completely stifle Ronaldo, we can only stop him as a team,” Bayern defender Jerome Boateng said on Monday. “An attacker can not be more complete than him -- left foot, right foot, head, he controls everything and in front of the goal, he’s a machine”.

But while Ronaldo has enjoyed a fresh spurt in his new role of predatorial centre-forward, his two partners have found their responsiblities reduced ahead of the first leg at the Allianz Arena. Bale’s decline began first.

After returning from injury earlier this year, he was on the bench for both legs against Paris Saint-Germain and the first leg against Juventus.

In the second leg, he did start, only to endure the humiliation of being taken off at half-time. Benzema’s fall has been more surprising given the striker had been Zinedine Zidane’s preferred partner for Ronaldo, his work rate and supply highly valued despite the Frenchman’s lack of goals.

But Benzema’s link-up play has slackened, thrusting that dry patch -- one goal in 10 games and only four in 24 -- more clearly into view.

- ‘A little blip’ “He does suffer a little bit, when he misses chances he suffers but the solution is easy,” Zidane said. “He has to keep working. It is just a little blip he is in at the moment.” Bale and Benzema’s dip has coincided with Ronaldo’s golden run, a parallel that may not be entirely coincidental.

Ronaldo in a Real team centred on playing to his strengths is nothing new, but as the Portugese has grown narrower in his scope, perhaps his team-mates have had to sharpen their focus in providing service to him.

Zidane has often deployed 4-4-2 in the biggest games this season, with Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio preferred on the flanks for their defensive discipline and willingness to send crosses into the box.

Bale is not viewed as conscientious enough in the wide midfielder role while Benzema’s key selling point was his link-up play. When that broke down, his appeal diminished.

“I don’t see anyone looking sad,” Zidane said. “I said to the pair of them the other day, they would both like to score more goals but everyone is working well. “It is always going to happen in a side like ours, there are players in good form and in the team and playing well.”

Even if Isco is selected, it means Real are likely to line up

with one of their more modest-looking attacks for a crunch Champions League tie.

“I’m not worried,” Zidane said last week. “It’s true that in the last two games we have had chances and we have not taken them but now we are going to have a game on Wednesday away from home.

“We are going to try to score and what we have to do is to think positively and realise that this is football anything can happen, no matter who is playing on the pitch.”(afp)

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Walcott downs Newcastle to boost under-fire Allardyce

Theo Walcott did his best to boost Sam Allardyce’s approval rating as the Everton winger clinched a 1-0 win against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Monday.

Allardyce has been under fire for Everton’s dour style of play since he was hired in November and fans called for his dismissal following a draw at struggling Swansea City in their previous match.

The pressure on the former England manager was increased by his own club last week when Everton took the curious decision to send a survey to a group of supporters asking them to rate his performance on a scale of zero to 10. Toffees chairman Bill Kenwright apologised for a gaffe that added to the perception Allardyce is on borrowed time with Everton.

Against that troubled backdrop, Allardyce -- who has lifted Everton away from the relegation zone in his brief reign -- couldn’t afford to see his side’s winless run extend to four matches against the club that

sacked him 10 years ago.

Walcott ensured Allardyce wouldn’t hear a chorus of disapproval for one night at least as the former Arsenal star netted in the second half at Goodison Park to lift Everton into eighth place.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for Allardyce, who had to endure a banner reading “Our survey says..get out of our club” being unfurled before kick-off.

But he came out fighting after the match, saying: “What was wrong with our style today? We dominated the game. You have to be patent. “You can’t knock our football. You can knock some of the passing that goes astray but you can’t knock me for that, I don’t pass the ball. “I think eighth in the league compared to fifth from bottom tells you we’re getting better.”

Rafael Benitez’s 100th match as Newcastle boss marked the end of their four-game winning run as the Magpies remain in mid-table. Al-

lardyce’s team could have taken the lead when Michael Keane guided Wayne Rooney’s cross towards the far post, but Phil Jagielka couldn’t keep his lunging effort on target.

Ayoze Perez was having a night to forget and after he shot wide from a good position early in the second half, Everton made the breakthrough in the 51st minute.

Yannick Bolasie swung a cross to the far post and when Newcastle failed to clear, Walcott pounced on a fortuitous deflection and smashed into the roof of the net for his first goal since January.

Islam Slimani was anonymous in his first league start since joining on loan from Leicester and the Newcastle striker was replaced by Dwight Gayle, who should have snatched an equaliser moments after coming on. Jamaal Lascelles headed down and Gayle was in position to strike from close range, but instead fired over as Benitez shook his head in frustration.(afp)

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Everton’s English striker Theo Walcott attempts to keep the ball in play during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Newcastle United at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on April 23, 2018.

Argentine Biglia’s World Cup in doubt after back injury

AC Milan midfielder Lucas Biglia could miss the World Cup this summer with Argentina after suffering a severe back injury during the Italian club’s defeat to Benevento at the weekend. The 32-year-old was forced off the pitch after 72 minutes in Milan’s shock defeat to 10-man Benevento and the club confirmed Biglia has fractured two vertebrae in his back.

“AC Milan inform that Lucas Biglia reported a severe lumbar trauma due to an injury during Saturday’s match against Benevento,” the club said in a statement. “The player has undergone medical examinations that highlighted a fracture of the transverse processes of the first two lumbar vertebrae. A detailed prognosis will be issued in the coming days upon completion of all medical tests.” The former Anderlecht midfielder moved to the San Siro this season on a 17-million-euro deal after four years with Serie A rivals Lazio.(afp)

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Tangkup waterfall, Water source flows from five springs The Tangkup waterfall attraction located at Undisan Kelod hamlet, Undisan, Tembuku, Bangli, has yet to be known to many people as it has only been operating as a tourist attraction for about a year and a half. Since it opened to the public, both local and foreign tourists have been coming to enjoy the crystal clear waterfall and to do purification rites.

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Attendant of Tangkup waterfall, I Made Sunarta, accompanied by colleague, I Wayan Gentos, said on Saturday (May 13) that the waterfall that has only been open to the public for a year and a half, continues to be promoted and have improvements made to it so that people will keep coming in the future. “This tourist attraction officially opened to the public on August 17, 2015”, said Sunarta.

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day but on religious holidays like Galungan and Kuningan there can be hundreds of visitors a day” said Sunarta adding that the entrance fee is IDR 5,000 for locals and IDR 10,000 for foreigners.

The water fall is fed by five separate springs: the Kibul, Besi, Belatuk, purificatory site of Bathara Pucak Sari and the Getar spring.

Originally the waterfall was Belegiding Tangkup waterfall but they decided to shorten it to Tangkup waterfall to make it easier to remember. “So, word belegiding in Balinese means ‘high and slippery cliff’ ”, he said.

Sunarta also explained that this tourist attraction is managed by the local ‘tourism awareness group” (Porkdawis). Before that the waterfall attraction had been managed by the Undisan Kelod customary youth club. Because so many local youths have left the village for either work or further education, the management of the waterfall was taken over by the Pordawis.

The funds generated from the entrance tickets, are used to construct supporting structures such

as a guard post, toilets and changing rooms fro visitors who come to melukat (purification rite). As of yet, the changing room is still quite rudimentary, but Sunarta explained that once they have enough funds, they will make further improvements, including creating a concrete guard post, instead of the bamboo one that stands there now. He added that

he hopes to have government assistance for enlarging the road to the waterfall so that cars will be able to pass through it. “Hopefully, the government will be able to provide assistance so that the road can be widened. With access to cars, there will be more visitors. Many people complain that the road is too narrow” concluded Sunarta. (kmb)

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SYDNEY - Gymnastics Australia on Tuesday unveiled new child safety guidelines and appointed its first coordinator to educate those involved in the sport about appropriate behaviour, in the wake of the US abuse scandal.

The governing body said that, with 91 percent of the sport’s more than 220,000 athletes aged under 12, “child safety is the highest priority”.

Gymnastics Australia (GA) chief Kitty Chiller told national broadcaster ABC the new National Child Safety Commitment Statement would be added to existing guidelines.

“What we are doing now is formalising practices that have already been in place,” Chiller said, adding that the sport did not have ongoing issues with child abuse.

“This is obviously very much in the media and the public space, it’s had a lot more exposure in the last recent months because of the Larry Nassar case.”

A once highly-regarded US gymnastics national team doctor, Nassar was accused of abusing more than 260 athletes over two decades and was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in January.

The commitment statement pledges that national, state and ter-

ritory bodies will take a “zero tolerance approach” to any child abuse.

It promises to go beyond policies and procedures to create a “culture of safety” that allows all members to feel comfortable when reporting inappropriate behaviour.

The new child safety coordinator Phoebe Pownall, who will also serve in a similar role for the state body Gymnastics Victoria, said part of her job will be to educate clubs, coaches, parents and gymnasts about what constituted abuse.

“I don’t think people in the community are really aware of what abuse is. We tend to think it is on the margins of society. It is not,” Pownall told The Australian newspaper Tuesday.

“It is prevalent everywhere. It is about teaching people that it is a risk and empowering them to make a change and make it safe for kids.”

A royal commission established in 2012 by Canberra to investigate institutional child sex abuse said in its final report released last year that more than 4,000 institutions were accused of abuse.

The findings said 408 survivors reported child sex abuse in sport and recreation settings, with 344 sport and recreation institutions across the nation identified by the victims. (afp)

Harden underscored his status as front-runner for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award after leading a stunning third quarter performance that saw the Rockets explode for an astonishing 50 points.

That devastating burst of scoring -- a franchise record -- included 22 points from Harden as the Rockets transformed what had been a one-point contest at half-time into a comfortable victory.

“We hit the switch that we’ve been trying to hit since the beginning of the playoffs, at both ends of the court,” a satisfied Harden said afterwards.

“It’s pretty scary what we’re capable of when we’re locked in defensively like that and when we get rolling offensively.”

The win gave Houston a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, giving the Western Conference leaders a chance

to book their place in the second round of the playoffs with a victory at home in game five on Wednesday.

The smart money will be on Houston to wrap up the series quickly after Monday’s demolition job at Minnesota’s Target Center arena.

“It was a great (third) quarter for us,” Harden said.

“It gave us the belief. Now we go back to the crib and try to finish it off.”

While Harden’s virtuoso third quarter performance ultimately decided the contest, the Rockets will also take heart from an offensive display that saw five players finish with double-digit points tallies.

Point guard Chris Paul weighed in with 25 points -- including 15 in the lop-sided third quarter -- while Eric Gordon had 18 and Trevor Ariza 15.

Center Clint Capela finished with 14 points, and also pulled down 17 rebounds during his 31 minutes on court.

The Timberwolves’ scoring was led by KarlAnthony Towns with 22 points, while Jimmy Butler (19) and Derrick Rose (17) also made significant contributions. (afp)

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Derrick Rose #25 of the Minnesota Timberwolves goes to the basket against the Houston Rockets in Game Four of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Armenia celebrates as veteran leader quits amid protests YEREVAN - Armenia’s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on Monday after mass protests against his election as prime minister with sweeping powers, sparking celebrations across the impoverished country.

Last week lawmakers voted for Sarkisian as prime minister after he served a decade as Armenia’s president, triggering political turmoil in the Moscow-allied nation of 2.9 million people.

The opposition said the move was designed to extend his chokehold on power under a new parliamentary system of government, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of the capital Yerevan and other cities in recent days in largely peaceful protests.

On Monday evening the health ministry said one demonstrator, a 36-year-old man, died of heart failure after a celebratory rally in Yerevan.

“Our velvet revolution has won but this is only the first step,” protest leader Nikol Pashinyan told supporters at the rally in Yerevan’s Republic Square.

“Our revolution cannot stop halfway and I am hoping that you will persevere until the final victory.”

The 42-year-old leader of the Civil Contract party said he would meet with the acting head of government, Karen Karapetyan, on Wednesday to discuss the transfer of power.

Pashinyan -- who was hurt in the protests last week and sported a bandaged hand -- said parliament would have to elect a new prime minister “within a week” and new parliamentary elections were also in the cards.

Earlier in the day the 63-year-old Sarkisian -- who previously refused to step down -- stunned the country by saying he was in the wrong and resigning.

“I am leaving the post of the country’s leader,” Sarkisian was quoted as saying by his office.

“Nikol Pashinyan was right,” he said. “I was wrong.”

Sarkisian implied that there were several ways to resolve the crisis and that he could have used force to break up protests but chose not to.

“This is not in my nature,” he added.

Sarkisian quit after a number of serving and former soldiers joined the protests. His resignation came as a major surprise, with analysts saying just last week that the opposition did not have enough resources to force the veteran leader to quit. (afp)

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Lack of teachers poses serious problem: Minister

MALANG - Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendi said a lack of teachers in several parts of Indonesia posed a serious problem to the national education. “Every year tens of thousands of teachers are retired so a lack of teachers has increasingly become more serious,” he said here on Sunday.

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This undated handout photo obtained April 23, 2018 courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine shows the medical team (L-R) Drs. Richard Redett,Trinity Bivalacqua, Brandacher Gerald, Arthur Bud Burnett and W.P. Andrew Lee(R), professor and director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine standing near a mannequin.

World’s first penis, scrotum transplant done in US

WASHINGTON - Doctors at Johns Hopkins University said Monday they have performed the world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant on a US military serviceman who was wounded in Afghanistan.

People celebrate Armenian prime minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation in downtown Yerevan on April 23, 2018. Armenia’s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on April 23, 2018 after mass protests against his election as prime minister, sparking jubilant celebrations across the impoverished country.

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The 14-hour operation took place on March 26, and was performed by a team of nine plastic surgeons and two urologic surgeons.

“We are optimistic that he will regain near-normal urinary and sexual functions following a full recovery,” W.P. Andrew Lee, professor and director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told reporters on a conference call.

The patient was severely injured by a blast from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan several years ago, Lee said.

The entire penis, scrotum without testicles and partial abdominal wall came from a deceased donor.

“It’s a real mind-boggling injury to suffer; it is not an easy one to accept,” said a statement from the recipient, who asked to remain anonymous.

“When I first woke up, I felt

finally more normal.”

He is now up and walking around, and is expected to be released from hospital this week.

The man lost his testicles in the explosion and did not get them restored as part of his transplant.

“The testicles were not transplanted because we had made a decision early in the program to not transplant germline tissue, that is to say not transplant tissue that generates sperm because this would raise a number of ethical questions,” said JHU plastic surgeon Damon Cooney.

“In particular, the ability of the recipient of the transplant to have children would result in genetic material being transmitted from the donor of the transplanted tissue to the recipient’s offspring,” Cooney added.

“And we just felt there were too many unanswered ethical questions with that.”

Doctors said they are hopeful

he will be able to urinate with his penis in the coming weeks, and that he will eventually regain enough sensation to achieve an erection.

The patient retained his prostate gland in the blast, but since he lost his testicles, he will not be able to ejaculate.

The extent of his sexual function will not be known for about six months, doctors said.

The first penis transplant in the world took place in China in 2006, but it was later removed due to “a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife,” doctors said.

Only four penis transplants have ever been done successfully, including the one announced Monday, doctors said.

Two have been done in South Africa, the nation that achieved the first such successful surgery in 2015. The United States performed its first successful penis transplant in 2016. (afp)

Although their exact number has not been approved, the government plans to recruit some 100 thousand teachers every year to cover the shortage of teachers, he said. The shortage of teachers could be dealt with at least in seven years` time, he said.

The Education and Culture Ministry is paying special attention to the development of the educational sector in outermost, frontline and disadvantaged regions in the country in accordance with President Joko Widodo`s directives, he said.

To catch up with other countries, the minister called on all stakeholders to understand the importance of upgrading educational standards by calibrating the capability of teachers and improving the assessment of students` learning. “The standard we use to teach our students are below that of other countries which have good system in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment). We must improve our standards, regardless of whether we like it or not,” he said.(ant)

Jokowi visits factory workers in Purbalingga

PURBALINGGA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) made an impromptu visit to a wigs factory of PT Boyang Industrial in Purbalingga in order to meet the workers. The president visited the wigs factory of PT Boyang Industrial in Purbalingga on Monday during his working visit to Central Java. President Jokowi, at the invitation of Head of Purbalingga District Tasdi, visited the Boyang wigs factory in Purbalingga at 11:20 a.m. local time.

Earlier, the head of state had reviewed the JB Soedirman Airport development plan in Wirasaba, Purbalingga. The factory workers, mostly women, were surprised to see President Jokowi at the factory, established with a South Korean investment cooperation. A 21-year-old worker named Fatimah from Kalibagor, Banyumas, stated that she did not expect to see the president directly.

“I did not know that the president was here suddenly. I am very happy to meet him,” she

noted. President Jokowi, who was accompanied by the head of Banyumas District, held a dialog and sat among the workers at the factory.

Some of them urged to take a selfie with the president. “International singer named Madonna also wears the wig from this factory, Sir,” one of the workers remarked while sitting near the president.

Jokowi admitted to have always wanted to visit and review the factory that hired more than 66 thousand workers. “It has been a long time since I wanted to come here,” he conveyed.

Furthermore, he was in the factory area for some 30 minutes to then continue the visit to review the impact of the earthquake in Kalibening, Banjarnegara.

However, not all workers were happy with the brief visit paid by the president, as he only interacted with the workers in the front row, which left their counterparts in the back row feeling disappointed.(afp)

Population of Sumatran tigers reaches 400 RIAU - The population of Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) reaches 400 across Sumatran forests, according to the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry. Sumatran tigers could be found in Ulu Masen National Park, Kerumutan sanctuary, Rimbang Baling, Bukit Tiga Puluh, and up to Lampung, Wiratno, director general for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Affairs of the ministry said here, recently.

Panthera tigris sumatrae, one of the six remaining tiger species in the world, is currently in the brink of extinction due to conversion of Sumatran forests, he remarked.

He called for protection of the tiger habitats and food cycles in their habitats on Sumatra Island.

“There is a drastic change of

forest function in Sumatra,” he stated. In Riau Province, some 190 Sumatran tigers exist, or one third of the total tiger population on Sumatra Island. The tiger habitat in Riau is located in Kerumutan forest sanctuary, which was also the habitat of Bonita.

Bonita, four years old tigress, which had roamed around in human settlements and plantations since January 2018, had killed one woman and one man. On April 20, Bonita was capture alive, after being shot twice with tranquilizer, Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency head Suharyono said in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru on Saturday. Bonita is currently being kept in an animal rehabilitation center owned by Arsari Djojohadikusumo Foundation, for observation.(ant)

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BUSINESS Qatar Airways to expand despite ‘large loss’: chief

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Qatar Airways will continue to expand even as it prepares to announce “large” annual losses due to a blockade by neighbours, the airline’s chief executive said on Monday. Akbar alBaker said the Gulf carrier remained a “very robust company” despite being heavily affected by a regional diplomatic dispute that has seen it lose access to routes across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

“Yes, it will be a large loss.

When I say we will be declaring a large loss, for me, after making profit, then even if I lost only 10

million, it’s a large loss,” Baker told a press conference.

But he said that the national carrier is not in danger of a collapse.

“You can see although that we are predicting a loss, we are still expanding, we are still investing, we are still buying airplanes.”We will keep on expanding, keep on recruiting not firing people, not parking airplanes, (and) shrinking the network, doing exactly the opposite.”

Barring Qatar Airways from using its neighbours’ airspace has increased costs for the company during the 10 months since the

crisis erupted. The airline made a profit of $540 million last year and new results will be announced in June. Qatar Airways has a fleet of around 200 aircraft and over 100 more on firm orders.

The outspoken Baker accused neighbouring former allies of “bullying” Qatar after they cut all ties with the emirate last June. Taking a swipe at American carriers, he said they hide behind US bankruptcy

protection laws whereas Qatar Airways does not enjoy this benefit.

Baker also confirmed that plans to expand Doha’s Hamad International Airport in time for the 2022 World Cup would go ahead. But he denied recent claims in Norwegian media about labour abuse at the airport, run by Qatar Airways. “As far as the welfare of employees is concerned, we are really a role model,” he said. (afp)

India’s TCS crosses $100-bln market value

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the first Indian company in a decade to breach the $100-billion market value barrier after stocks in the IT giant soared on Monday.

Shares in India’s largest software exporter rose more than 4 percent following positive earnings results to hit a high of 3,557 rupees ($53.53) on the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex index.

The surge propelled the firm’s market capitalisation value to 681 trillion rupees, above $100 billion, as TCS became just the second Indian company in history to cross the symbolic mark.

Reliance Industries, the energy-to-telecoms conglomerate owned

by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, was the first Indian group to breach the $100-billion marker, back in 2008.

“It is an important milestone, which not only gives us something to cheer but also changes the perspective and sentiment toward other Indian software makers,” Gaurang Shah, head investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services Ltd. in Mumbai, told Bloomberg News.

The shares were spurred by a TCS earnings report released on Thursday which showed that the technology company had enjoyed a 4.4 per cent rise in consolidated net profit year-onyear for the quarter ending March. TCS recorded net profits of 69.04 billion rupees, beating many analysts’ expectations. The IT services exporter has also been boosted by a weakening rupee.

TCS was at the forefront of India becoming a back office to the world as companies -- largely in developed nations -subcontracted work, taking advantage of the country’s skilled English-speaking workforce.

The flagship industry has made India a top business destination by offering software development and information technology, engineering and design and other services. (afp)

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Black Roasted Suckling Pig, Have You Ever Tried?

Foodies of Balinese delicacies have certainly been familiar with the name of the roasted suckling pig. One of the culinary centers of roasted suckling pig can be found in Kerambitan subdistrict, Tabanan. Unfortunately, to date the basic ingredient of this roasted suckling pig is not the black Bali pig posing typical Balinese pig.

Most culinary entrepreneurs tend to prefer landrace due to faster harvest whereas the taste is much different. What are the steps of preservation of the black Balinese pig suspected of getting rarer?. Black pig (local pig of Bali) is provided with organic feed, so the texture of the meat is very chewy. Indeed, it requires longer raising period than landrace pigs.

Unfortunately this black pig is now getting very rare, even almost extinct. The desire to preserve Balinese black pig population eventually emerged from the Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada. He wanted in the Kerambitan Festival IV to be held next October; the cuisine of Balinese black pig can be enjoyed by foodies of roasted suckling pig in particular.

“Earlier, we invite a number of foodies of roasted suckling pig to enjoy the taste of black pork that we name free event,” said I Gede Sukanada amid the event of black roasted suckling pig at Mandung hamlet, Sembung Gede, Kerambitan, Sunday (Apr. 8).

Through this event he would like to get some inputs so the taste of black roasted suckling pig can be accepted by the tongue of foodies. The efforts to preserve Balinese black pigs will be initiated by giving black piglets to the poor whose funding source is supported by UPK funds (formerly PNPM). “Next month, we are going to launch black pig breeding to the poor and the piglets are ready,” he explained.

Provision of Balinese pig breeding in May is expected to support the Kerambitan Festival IV to be held in October. “On the one hand, we give the piglets.

After growing bigger, we plan to make a bazaar in October that will serve the black Balinese roasted suckling pig. Meanwhile, the benefits of this activity will be allocated for the conservation of Tyto Alba owl population at Timpag village,” he said.

As understood, Timpag village keeps trying to maintain the population of Tyto Alba owls.

The owl is taken advantage to prevent the occurrence of rodent pests. Indeed it is very good. Besides, it does not harm the natural potential, and can overcome the pest attack of rats with owls. At the same time, it also maintains the balance of nature itself. One of the most urgent things is the intention to build the home to the owl breeding because this owl is not proficient in looking for a place to stay. (kmb)

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Traditional Games, an Application of Hindu Teachings

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Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground. Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude. In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha. “When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature. Meanwhile, if learning from cultural

theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily. They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement. Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before. “It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarong-barongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment. “Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

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After dragging foreigner, recidivist grabber beaten up by people

MANGUPURA - The grabbing case in Kuta targeting foreign citizens has not been able to be suppressed. The victim, Margaretha Den Ouden, 76, from the Netherlands, was dragged on Jalan Braban, Seminyak Kuta, last Thursday (Apr. 12). After the incident, police arrived at the scene and hunted the perpetrator, Made Roy, 44. Finally, the perpetrator was arrested at the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan Sunset Road, Seminyak. People seeing the perpetrator immediately beat up making him black and blue.

“The perpetrator is recidivist grabber and was once arrested by Kuta Police in 2015,” said Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Wirajaya, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit Ario Seno Wiboko on Monday (Apr. 23).

The disclosure of this case began on Thursday at 20:00 where criminal investigation team led by Mobile Detective Unit Chief Putu Budi Artama with security guard of Seminyak was conducting patrol in the area to anticipate grabbing crimes. Based on public information, the perpetrator is often wandering in the Seminyak area by riding Honda Vario Techno motorcycle. He has the characteristics of wearing fullface helmets, jackets, masks and carrying backpacks.

When passing on Jalan Kunti, Seminyak, police officer saw a man with the characteristics similar to the grabber. Police immediately pursued and could arrest him in the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan

Sunset Road, Seminyak.

“At that time, the perpetrator fought while throwing the evidence to roadside. After being checked, in fact the discarded goods are some foreign banknotes alleged to be the results of a crime,” he said.

In addition, police found iPhone 7 under the seat of his motorcycle. Police immediately crippled the perpetrator’s neck and immediately took him to Basangkasa police post in Seminyak. When being interrogated, many people came and immediately ganged up the perpetrator. As the number of masses increased, the perpetrator was taken away. Due to getting severe injuries, the perpetrator was rushed to Bhayangkara Hospital of Bali Police on Jalan Trijata, East Denpasar.

“The evidence we have secured includes clothing and motorcycles, two pieces of Vietnamese banknotes worth VND 2,000, a piece of VND 1,000, two pieces of Singaporean currency worth SGD 50, three pieces of Indian currency with respective denomination of INR10, INR 50, IDR 100 and IND 2,000,” he said.

Police also arrested another grabbing perpetrator, I Putu Agus Kurniawan, 34, from Jembrana. He took action on Jalan Mataram near the pharmacy, Kuta and his victim is Rezky Cahyaningrun, 21, last Thursday (Apr. 19). The victim was snatched while heading for her boarding house on Jalan Mataram Gang Arjuna, Kuta.

“The perpetrator is also sadistic. The victim even fell down from the motorcycle and was dragged. As a result, the victim suffered a blister. We commit to combat the grabbing perpetrators taking action in Kuta,” he said. (kmb36)

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The perpetrator was arrested at the intersection of Jalan Kunti and Jalan Sunset Road, Seminyak.

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Pakistan Pashtun rights movement grows, defying military

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In addition to offering natural panoramas, Badung district government through the Tourism Office also sells camel ride tours.

Tourism Office sells camel tourism to Dubai

MANGUPURA - All the efforts are made by the district government of Badung to attract tourists to visit the region. In addition to offering natural panoramas, Badung district government through the Tourism Office also sells camel ride tours.

One of the tourist attractions, said the Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, is intended for tourists originating from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This bureaucrat from Kuta said the camel ride attraction got enthusiastic responses from buyers in Dubai.

“In addition to camel ride tours along the coast in the Southern Badung region, we also convey a special halal culinary attractions for Arabian tourists, equipped with tourist information on Jahana Street entertainment having become a favorite to millennial Arabian tourists on Jalan Legian Kuta-Bali,” said Made Badra, on Monday (Apr. 23).

According to him, all the tourism potential of Badung is presented in Table Top activities during the promotion to Dubai. This activity aims to provide the latest information about Badung and the tour operators in Dubai are expected to send their tourists to Badung, Bali.

“The buyers are given a number of door prizes in the form of two free tickets from Singapore Air-

line with free accommodation in a number of hotels in Badung-Bali,” he said.

He explained the tourist visit from the UAE coming to Bali in 2017 indeed did not include in the top 20 countries visiting Bali.

However, the growth of tourists from the UAE has had an impact on the hotel occupancy rate in Badung.

The number of tourist arrivals from the United Arab Emirates in 2017 amounted to 1,803 people.

“In 2018, the foreign tourists visit from the UAE is expected to reach 2,810 or an increase of 64.16 percent from the previous year,” he said.

Overall, the number of tourist visit from the Middle East, explained Made Badra, reached 61,113 people. The amount of Middle Eastern tourist spending can be said to be higher than other tourist spending which amounted to USD 1,750 per day with a length of stay for seven days.

“The promotion trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates is conducted by the tourism promotion team of Badung district government on April 18-24, 2018. This activity is the second time by involving industry consisting of entrepreneurs or leaders of starrated hotels, travel agencies and the airlines,” he concluded. (kmb27)

PESHAWAR - Pakistan’s powerful military, long accused by outsiders of backing Islamist militant groups, is facing an unexpected challenge -- a charismatic young Pashtun man who won’t keep quiet.

Fellow Pashtuns have rallied behind Manzoor Pashteen in a dramatic outpouring of frustration over accusations of discrimination and extrajudicial killings at the hands of men in uniform.

Hundreds of thousands of them have had to leave their homes near the border with Afghanistan in the last decade, fleeing fighting that erupted when the army began what the Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM) says was a selective clampdown on the militants that took refuge there after the 2001 US-led ousting of the Taliban.

Echoing accusations by Washington and Kabul, PTM activists say the military continues to allow these extremists a safe haven from which to launch attacks in Afghanistan, while targeting insurgents that have turned their guns on Pakistan.

“This policy... it’s very dangerous for us,” Pashteen, the movement’s 26-year-old leader, told AFP during a recent interview.

The strategy, he says, has upend-

ed traditional Pashtun tribal society, as civilians are harassed, killed or abducted by security forces and insurgents in the ensuing crossfire.

Pashteen’s movement poses a unique challenge to the military’s narrative about its war on militants, says analyst Michael Semple, because it has given a voice to previously marginal accounts.

“It remains one of the weak points of the double game approach -- real people live there and see what you’re doing,” said Semple, a professor at Queen’s University Belfast.

“This movement is spilling the beans.”

At a rally on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, thousands came to chant the PTM slogan: “The uniforms are behind the terrorists”.

It was a remarkable scene, with such accusations against the security establishment viewed as a dangerous red line that few have dared to cross.

The Lahore rally was held in defiance of local authorities, who had denied the PTM formal permission to stage the protest and detained some of its supporters. (afp)

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This April 23, 2018 picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 24, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) speaking to an injured Chinese tourist at a hospital during a visit with Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Li Jinjun (L), at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Kim’s ‘bitter sorrow’ as N. Korea bus crash kills 32 Chinese

BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed his “bitter sorrow” after dozens of Chinese tourists were killed when a bus they were travelling in plunged off a bridge.

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In this picture taken on April 8, 2018, Pakistani demonstrators from the tribal Pashtun Protection Movement (PPM) shout slogans during a rally in Peshawar. Pakistan’s powerful military, long accused by outsiders of backing Islamist militant groups, is facing an unexpected challenge -- a charismatic young Pashtun man who won’t keep quiet.

Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans perished in the accident south of Pyongyang Sunday night, Chinese officials and state media said. Two other Chinese nationals were injured.

In a rare admission of negative news from North Korea’s tightly controlled propaganda network, the KCNA news agency on Tuesday said Kim met personally with the Chinese ambassador in Pyongyang and later visited survivors in hospital.

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling party, carried a front-page on Kim’s actions, including pictures of him in a doctor’s white coat, holding the two survivors’ hands as they lay in their hospital beds.

Although such a move might be unsurprising in other countries, it is an unusual portrayal of Kim, who is usually shown presiding over formal meetings or visiting work or army units.

Kim “said that the unexpected accident brought bitter sorrow to his heart and that he couldn’t control his grief at the thought of the bereaved families who lost their blood relatives,” KCNA reported.

The North Korean leader said his people “take the tragic accident as their own misfortune”, it added.

The fulsomeness of Kim’s comments reflects the importance of China -- and its tourists -- to his country and economy.

Beijing is Pyongyang’s sole major ally, providing an important economic and political buffer against international opprobrium.

Their relationship was forged in the blood of the Korean War, and while it has soured more recently, with China increasingly exasperated by the North’s nuclear antics and enforcing UN Security Council sanctions against it, there has been an improvement in recent weeks.

Last month, Kim embarked on his first overseas trip since inheriting power in 2011 to finally pay his respects to Chinese President Xi Jinping, and was warmly welcomed in Beijing.

China is by far the biggest source of tourists for the North, with direct flights and a long land border connecting the neighbour, and tens of thousands are believed to visit every year, many crossing via train through the Chinese border city of Dandong.

For some, North Korea provides a window into what Communist China may have looked like decades ago.

In contrast Western visitors to the North once averaged around 5,000 a year, but numbers have been hit recently by a US travel ban –- Americans accounted for around 20 percent of the market –- and official warnings from other countries. (afp)

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Robot helps seriously ill Everton fan make history Lack of chicken supply that occurred lately is caused by reduced day old chicken (DOC)

One of the DOC producers not operating

Meet AV1 The world’s first telepresence robot.

LIVERPOOL - A seriously ill teenage Everton fan made history on Monday by becoming the world’s first ‘virtual matchday mascot’ ahead of his beloved team’s home Premier League match with Newcastle United.

Jack McLinden, a 14-year-old who suffers from multiple health conditions and is wheelchair bound, was able to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime mascot experience through the Norwegiandesigned telepresence robot, AV1.

It was the first time a child has been able to perform matchday

mascot duties remotely, with the robot’s integrated camera, microphone, and speaker enabling the virtual experience of going onto the pitch.

Everton team captain Phil Jagielka carried the robot as he led his team out with the AV1 connected to McLinden’s iPad at

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home -- allowing him to see and hear the experience in real-time through the telepresence robot avatar.

“We are thrilled to have had the chance to do this for Jack and we hope it has provided him with a memory he will always treasure,” said Scott McLeod, Head of En-

gagement at Everton Football Club.

AV1 is designed to help combat loneliness in children and young adults with long-term illnesses, by allowing them to attend school and social occasions through the device’s connection to a smartphone or tablet, allowing them to see, hear and communicate with others.

Colin Dyer, chief executive of Wellchild, the national charity for seriously ill children and their families, said the technology could

help alleviate the sense of isolation.

“We think the little robot could be a massive boon for children with complex needs, whose conditions mean that they cannot be everywhere they want to be in person,” said Dyer.

“There is a growing population of families who are caring for a seriously ill child at home. We know that feelings of isolation are a common issue for many children and families in this situation.” (afp)

Alpha Jetman blows the doors of possibility wide open

Yves Rossy created a winged jetpack that enables him to take to the sky with the freedom of a bird.

DUBAI - Yves Rossy created a winged jetpack that enables him to take to the sky with the freedom of a bird, awarding him the accurate moniker of Jet Man. And let me tell you, seeing a human body flying right next to full metal jets has completely shaken up what’s possible!

Yves Rossy is just one of those great people who must never have heard “it can’t be done”. We thank both Airborne Films–Jetman (what beautiful work) and XDubai (leading out on the edges) for bringing us some of the Jetman story in the videos below!

The marvel of this leap in aviation is incalculable. I’m not sorry to admit that my sense of possibility was expanded by watching this and that I shed a little tear. Just imagine the thoughts running through the minds of those jet pilots flying in formation, watching JetMan and his friend crisscross the sky above them!

I was going to leave it there, but I had so many questions.

I’m not sure the following video answered many of them, but the pure wonder and spectacle of this next video bring an entirely different kind of awe. (net)

Production decreases 30 percent

DENPASAR — Lack of chicken supply that occurred lately is caused by reduced day old chicken (DOC). The reduction happens because one of the DOC producers does not produce.

Division Head of Breeding and Livestock Production at Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, IKG Nata Kusuma, said the needs for broiler DOC in Bali is supplied by three units of breeding farm production in Bali. The three units produce 6 million DOCs. In addition, Bali also receives 950,000

DOCs from outside Bali. So, there is 6.95 million DOCs in Bali per month. “The total DOC production from breeding farm reaches about 6 million if the capacity of the three units is running,” he said on Monday (Apr. 23).

However, one breeding farm is not operating so the DOC sup-

ply reduces by 30 percent as each hatchery produces 30 percent of DOC or about 2 million. Non operation of one of the breeding farms happens because it has not comply with the requirements as a poultry slaughterhouse.

In the meantime, DOC needed in Bali reaches 5 million. The excess

of about 1.95 million is distributed to outside Bali like to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). “If the needs here increase, it is impossible to be sold outside,” he said.

A total of 6 million DOCs are generated from 160,000 parent stock per unit per month. This parent stock produces 2.5 million eggs.

The 2.5 million eggs can produce around 2 million DOCs. The 6 million DOCs can produce

5,940 tons of carcasses and 4,752 tons of pure meat. If multiplied by a year, the chicken meat production in Bali amounts to 57,024 tons.

Meanwhile, the need for chicken meat in Bali amounts to 25,275 tons per year based on Bali Food Resilience Agency Data 2017.

With the stability of such demand and supply, he hoped there will be price stability and can be afforded by general public. (kmb42)

Residents of Munduk Ranti complain about fly attack NEGARA — A number of residents at Munduk Ranti hamlet, Tukadaya, Melaya, complained about flies attacking to their residence. Due to such many flies, people feel uncomfortable, and it even disrupts people’s daily activities. Though some efforts to eradicate flies have been made by residents, the attack continues to occur. Allegedly, the flies are the impact of chicken coop around the residences.

Some residents who met on Monday (Apr. 23) revealed that about four days ago the chicken coop was harvested, so the attack of flies is very much. Yesterday seemed to have reduced, but remained to exist. Almost all residents around the location

are attacked by flies. The mostly affected is people having a food business. Mrs. Agus, a grocer at Munduk Ranti, admitted that her house is also attacked by flies.

However, this time it has begun to decrease. Mrs. Agus showed the boxes of merchandise also attacked by a lot of flies. To overcome it temporarily, she installed fly glue but has now been discarded.

In addition, a stall owner admitting to sell food claimed not dare to put food outside to avoid the impact on the buyers. Not only outside, flies also rushed up indoors. More seriously, people are also made uncomfortable as flies also attack during people sleep. So it’s very annoying.

Some residents have tried to spray with poison, but do not succeed in expelling because it continues to grow. People hoped that relevant parties can ensure the environmental impacts caused to the local residents. Moreover, the chicken coop is located close to people’s residences. People said the flies always appear during harvest season at the chicken coop. “The attack of flies has been taking place within this week,” explained one of local residents.

Meanwhile, from observation in one of the chicken coops at Munduk Ranti, a cage seemed to have been harvested. However, sacks of chicken droppings were stacked around the coop. Although the floor of the coop has

been plastered and chicken droppings cleaned, the flies seemed to still scatter over the coop. The coop owner of Putu Sumarna, 39, at his home admitted to have also been affected by the flies.

However, Sumarma denied if the flies came from his coop. “We are also surprised and this is the first time of flies attacking in this amount,” he said.

According to him, before 35 days, there should be no flies. The area under the coop has already been handled. The concreted floor is kept dry all the times. He also ensured there are no larvae of flies in the coop because the area has been sprayed and handled properly. He suspected the flies come from other similar coops.

According to him, there are several coops in the Tukadaya region including at Pangkung Jajang.

However, he admitted the closest coop at Munduk Ranti belongs to him. He suspected the attack of flies is caused by chicken harvest carried out almost coincidently.

His coop has been sprayed with pesticides so the growth of flies not to mature.

Meanwhile, headman of Tukadaya, Made Budi Utama, when asked for his confirmation claimed to have an affair to Pulukan. “I have not got any information about the attack the flies.

Let me check first next. Now, I am still going to Pulukan village for the matter of rural forest,” he explained. (kmb26)

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To track waste source, DLHK will use colored fluids

MANGUPURA —Related to waste discharged through the water sewer in front of the St. Regis Hotel, Nusa Dua, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to deploy its team as a form of rapid response. To ensure the source of the waste discharged, the DLHK team will use colored liquid when checking it.

Head of the DLHK Badung, I Putu Eka Merthawan, said on Monday (Apr. 23) his agency will continue to take anticipatory measure. As planned, his team came down to location on Tuesday along with the Public Works and Housing Agency to dismantle the manhole of the drainage. “We will make sure the source of waste and will be done by using colored liquid,” he concluded.

Technically, for example, in the waste treatment plant from company A will be mixed with a

Open the document in a new window Australian police were Tuesday investigating how a 12-year-old boy managed to fly alone to the Indonesian island of Bali and spend four days at a resort using his parents’ credit card. The boy ran away from his Sydney home after a row with his mother, flying first to the Western Australian city of Perth on budget airline Jetstar and then on to Bali, according to commercial broadcaster Channel Nine.

“He just doesn’t like the word ‘no’, and that’s what I got, a kid in Indonesia,” his mother, Emma, told Channel Nine in a programme that aired late Monday. “It’s too easy, it’s way too easy. There’s a problem in our system,” she said, calling for tighter controls on air travel by young people. The family had previously visited Bali on holiday and Emma said her son had already tried to book flights there on his own but had been knocked back by airlines because he did not have a letter from her.

“We screamed, we begged for help (from Australian authorities) for weeks on end,” Emma added. “When the first attempt to Indonesia took place, we were told his passport was going to be flagged.” The boy, who “wanted to go on an adventure”, said he was told by airline staff this time that he did not need permission from his parents to board the flights.

He spent four days in Bali, where he said he checked into a hotel, hired

a scooter and drank beer before a friend alerted his mother to a geotagged video of himself playing in a swimming pool. The holiday cost his parents Aus$8,000 (US$6,100), according to Channel Nine.

The Australian Federal Police said they were first notified that the boy might try to leave the country on March 8, before being told he might be in Bali on March 17. The boy was found by Indonesian police the following day. His parents then flew to Bali to take him home.

The federal police said an alert to prevent international travel had not been placed on the boy, and it did not have the power to cancel or request the cancellation of a passport if there were no suspicions of crimes committed.

“The AFP will work with partner agencies to review the circumstances of this matter and current operating procedures, to ensure this type of incident does not occur again,” an AFP spokeswoman said in a statement.

Jetstar told Channel Nine the airline had since changed its procedures to prevent children over 12 from travelling without parental permission.

In general, Australian airlines do not allow children younger than five to travel alone. Children between five and 11 must be booked on an unaccompanied minor ticket while those from 12-15 are required to have a permission slip from their parent or guardian.

red liquid, while in that of company B mixed with blue liquid and so on for other companies with different colored liquid. After that, it will be seen in downstream through its outlet pipe. If one of the colors came out, then it can be ascertained if the company is the culprit. “This cannot be underestimated, we will continuously search for the source and the perpetrators,” he affirmed.

Furthermore, apart from involving other agencies, his agency is also going to involve

the parliament. However, since it remains in the investigation stage, it will be done by the Environment and Sanitation Agency first. If the source has been found and the perpetrator has been summoned to have discussion on the policy, it will involve the Badung People’s House of Representatives. “At this time, let our team work first. Later on, we will invite the parliament for the discussion related to the policy and the rules,” he concluded. (kmb23)

Being a leading commodity, Buleleng boosts tobacco production

BULELENG district is one of the regions in Bali having long been a producer of Virginia tobacco. Since the emergence, the tobacco cultivation has been run by farmers in partnership with the company. In line with the development, tobacco cultivation in North Bali experiences high fluctuations. This happens due to weather condition and operating costs, especially LPG for drying up tobacco.

The data collected from the Buleleng Agriculture Agency mentioned the total area of planting season for tobacco cultivation in North Bali reaches 610 hectares. Farmers that cultivate the land of such area are in cooperation with two companies namely PT. Gudang Garam in the area of 350 hectares and Bringin Bali across the area of 200 hectares.

When compared to planting season in 2017 with the cultivated land area of 436 hectares, this year shows an increase in terms of land acreage namely as much as 174 hectares.

Tobacco cultivation in this area experiences the development of varieties. Nevertheless, the variety of Virginia tobacco since the beginning of the cultivation has always dominated. Meanwhile, other varieties such as White Burly tobacco and chopped tobacco shoots are still relatively few. As evidence, this year the cultivation area of chopped tobacco just reaches 60 hectares.

Head of the Buleleng Agriculture Agency, Nyoman Genep, accompanied by acting Estate Division Head Agung Adnyana said the current development of tobacco cultivation remains in early process. Farmer groups

are still preparing their land and seedling of tobacco to be planted. For land preparation, farmers usually look for leased land. The potential land is located in some villages of Sukasada, Buleleng and Sawan sub-district.

The land is leased per hectare and the lease price depends on the land and the irrigation availability. “We have set the tobacco land cultivation, and now we are in early preparations. Usually after the paddy harvest, we survey the land, cultivate and plant the seeds,” he said.

Genep added that the government has not confirmed the target of tobacco production yielded by farmers in the harvest season. This happens because the production depends on the weather condition in the field. He pointed out that a few years earlier, the production of Buleleng tobacco dropped due to unfavorable weather. This triggered farmers to lose money to hundreds of millions of rupiahs. However, the season in 2017 when the weather was favorable, the tobacco production jumped again and farmers got maximal profits.

In the middle of that risk, Genap reminded farmers to keep considering the weather before starting to cultivate. “Tobacco cultivation is risky, but if the weather supports, farmers can get profit as expected. Through coaching provided by Field Agricultural Extension officer (PPL) we reminded the farmers to consider well, especially the weather, so that farming having become the leading effort can bring in profits to farmers,” said Genep. (mud)

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Natalie Portman says backed out of prize over Netanyahu

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman said she was backing out of a Jerusalem ceremony where she was to receive a $2 million prize to protest against the policies of Israel’s prime minister. “I chose not to attend because I did not want to appear as endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu, who was to be giving a speech at the ceremony,” Portman said in a statement posted late Friday on Instagram.

She also denied accusations by Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev who on Friday said Portman subscribed to the ideology of the antiIsrael Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “I am not part of the BDS movement and do not endorse it,” the Oscar-winning USIsraeli actress said.

“Like many Israelis and Jews around the world, I can be critical of the leadership in Israel without wanting to boycott the entire nation,” she said. Netanyahu’s Likud party hit back on Saturday, accusing Portman of “hypocrisy”.

It blasted Portman for “talking about human rights but participating in festivals in countries that censor films and whose respect for human rights is much worse than that of Israel”. On Friday the Genesis Prize Foundation said that Portman had cancelled her participation in a Jerusalem ceremony slated for the end of June.

One of Portman’s representatives informed the foundation that she was troubled by “recent events” in Israel and “does not feel comfortable participating in any public event in Israel,” the foundation said. The foundation did not say which events distressed Portman.

Portman said her decision to stay away from the award ceremony had been “mischaracterised”, insisting that she wanted to set the record straight and “speak for myself”. “Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today’s atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values,” she said. “Because I care about Israel, I must stand against violence, corruption, inequality and abuse of power,” Portman added.

Portman did not go into details, but her decision came amid a series of controversies for Netanyahu and his government. The army has come under scrutiny over its use of live fire over the past three weeks during protests and clashes along the blockaded Gaza Strip’s border with the Jewish state. In

a fourth straight Friday of mass demonstrations, four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces, bringing the total death toll since March 30 to 38.

Netanyahu also recently reversed a controversial deal with the UN refugee agency aimed at avoiding the forced deportations of thousands of African migrants. The Israeli premier is also the subject of a series of corruption investigations.

Police in February recommended he be indicted in two of the cases and a third is ongoing.

The Genesis prize, launched in 2013, is

awarded to “extraordinary individuals who serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews,” according to foundation’s website.

Recipients contribute their winnings to causes of their choice, and Portman has said she intended to dedicate the money to programmes advancing women’s equality.

Born in Jerusalem to a doctor father and an artist mother, 36-year-old Portman won a best actress Oscar for 2010’s psychological ballet thriller “Black Swan”. (afp)

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FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018 actress Natalie Portman arrives for the premiere of “Annihilation” in Los Angeles. Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has cancelled her participation in a Jerusalem ceremony where she was to receive a $2 million (1.6 million euro) prize, saying she was troubled by “recent events” in Israel, organisers said. The Genesis prize, launched in 2013, is awarded to “extraordinary individuals who serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews,” according to their website.

Kate Middleton Gives Birth to Baby No. 3 With Prince William: It’s a Boy! Welcome to the world, royal baby No. 3! Kate Middleton and Prince William have welcomed a third baby into the royal lineage. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to son on Monday, Kensington Palace confirmed. In the early hours of the morning, Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess had gone into early labor.

“Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz,” Kensington Palace announced on Twitter. “The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.”

The wee one was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and joins brother Prince George of Cambridge, 4, and sister Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, 2.

“The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the new,” Kensington Palace further announced.

The royal couple’s child automatically becomes fifth in line to the British throne, behind grandpa Prince Charles, papa William and Prince George, and Princess Charlotte. (Yes, the new baby jumps uncle Prince Harry in the succession.) The child’s name is set to be announced soon.

The baby birth’s comes just a few weeks ahead of Princess Charlotte’s third birthday, which is on May 2, and a few months ahead of Prince George’s fifth birthday, which is on July 22. (afp)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Van plows into Toronto crowd in ‘deliberate’ act, leaving 10 dead

Finch Ave. after a van plowed into pedestrians on A tarp covers an unidentiified body on Yonge St. at ct is in custody after a white van collided with mulApril 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A suspe tiple pedestrians killing nine and injuring at least 16.

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At least 10 people died after a man plowed a rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in Canada’s biggest city Toronto on Monday, in what police dubbed a deliberate attack. The incident took place in broad daylight around 16 kilometers (10 miles) from a conference center hosting a meeting of G7 ministers, but officials said they had no evidence of a link to the event.

“The actions definitely looked deliberate,” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told journalists.

Ralph Goodale, the minister of public security, added that “on the basis of all available information at the present time, there would appear to be no national security connection to this particular incident.”

“Horrible day in Toronto,” he had posted earlier on Twitter. “Senseless violence takes heavy toll.”

Police arrested a suspect at the scene -- who police identified later as 25-year-old Alek Minassian from a northern Toronto suburb -- of the attack, whose initial death

toll of nine jumped to 10 after one person succumbed to injuries. Fifteen people remained in hospitals throughout the city, Saunders said, adding that local, provincial and federal investigators were probing the case.

Two South Koreans were among the dead, a Seoul foreign ministry official told AFP, with another of its citizens seriously injured.At the scene, at least three bodies could be seen under orange sheets and a long stretch of road was sealed off with police incident tape. The suspect and a police officer faced off, their guns drawn. The suspect

eventually surrendered his weapon and was taken into custody.

Vehicle attacks have been carried out to deadly effect by extremists in a number of capitals and major cities, including London, Paris, New York and Nice. Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the G7 meeting would continue as planned into Tuesday, with officials discussing ways to secure democratic societies from foreign interference. “The work of the ministers obviously goes on. This is a very sad day for the people of Toronto and the people of Canada,” she said.

per was stopped on the sidewalk of a major intersection, surrounded by police vehicles. “He was going really fast,” witness Alex Shaker told CTV television. “All I could see was just people one by one getting knocked out, knocked out, one by one,” Shaker said. “There are so many people lying down on the streets.”

Another witness, Jamie Eopni, told local Toronto television station CP24: “It was crashing into everything. It destroyed a bench.

If anybody was on that street, they would have been hit on the sidewalk.”

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Officers were called to the scene -- on Yonge Street at the corner with Finch Avenue -- around 1:30 pm (1730 GMT), police said. A white rental van with a dented front bum-

Though the act seemed “deliberate,” officials did not identify a terror link. Canada has only rarely been the scene of terror attacks. In October, a man stabbed a police

officer in the western city of Edmonton before slamming his van into a group of pedestrians, hurting four people.

And in Quebec in October 2014, a Canadian man ran over two soldiers in a parking lot with his car, killing one of them. The driver was shot dead by police when he attacked them with a knife. In March 2016, a Canadian who claimed to have radical Islamist sympathies attacked two soldiers at a military recruitment center in Toronto.(afp) 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.