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Ubud farmers on the verge of extinction

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Violinist Stirling says new album “Brave Enough” therapeutic

NEW YORK - American violinist Lindsey Stirling deals with love and loss in new album “Brave Enough”, with overcoming adversity the backdrop for her latest work following a year that included her best friend’s death and a cancer diagnosis for her father.

The title track was the first the 29-year-old wrote after her friend Jason Gaviati died in 2015. She also penned “Gavi’s Song” to honour their friendship.

“I couldn’t write about these

things until I dealt with them. My music at first was just really sad and depressing as I started to go back and write again and I was like, this is not helping me at all to write in this way,” she told Reuters.

“And so I started dealing with the emotions, I went home, I spent time with my family, I did some therapy and then it became a very therapeutic experience to write about these emotions.” Stirling gained fame after making a name for herself through social media. Her YouTube channel has over 8 million subscribers and more than 1 billion views. The 14track “Brave Enough” is her third studio album. (rtr)

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GIANYAR - In the past, the agriculture of Ubud both the activities of farmers and the beauty of paddy fields was often immortalized in the medium of painting. Beauty of the painting has become one of the starting points that promoted the reputation of Ubud to international community. But unluckily, after the rapid tourism development, farmers in Ubud are now actually on the verge of extinction.

This condition is recognized by the chief of Wos Kajanan river dam, Gede Nyoman Sudariasta. He revealed that currently the number of native residents to Ubud who are still willing to farm can be counted on fingers. “Now, virtually no landowners in Ubud want to cultivate their land. If they do, the number can be counted only reaching three or five people,” he said when contacted by telephone.

An Indian Air Force official drops relief materials to people affected by floods in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Heavy rains in many parts of northern India with two major rivers, Ganges and Yamuna flowing over danger mark, have resulted in flooding and submerging of many low lying areas.

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Over 300 dead in India as floods force villagers into relief camps

NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR - A t least 300 people have died in eastern and central India and more than six million others have been affected by floods that have submerged villages, washed away crops, destroyed roads and disrupted power and phone lines, officials said on Tuesday.

Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers, including the mighty Ganges and its tributaries, to burst their banks forcing people into relief camps in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

Government officials in Bihar, which has seen some of the worst flooding this year with almost 120 dead and more than five million affected, said the situation was serious.

“The flood waters have engulfed

low-lying areas, homes and fields of crops,” said Zafar Rakib, a district magistrate of Katihar, one of 24 districts out of Bihar’s 38 districts which have been hit by the deluge.

“We have shifted people to higher ground and they are being provided with cooked rice, clean drinking water, polythene sheets,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, where 43 people have died and over one million are affected, schools

were closed in the cities of Varanasi and Allahabad as both the Ganges and Yamuna rivers crossed danger levels and flood waters continued to rise.

The holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindus flock daily, was also forced to halt cremations along the banks of sacred Ganges river -- forcing families to cremate their relatives on the terrace roofs of nearby houses, officials said.

Television pictures showed villagers wading waist deep in floodwaters with their livestock, mud-and-brick homes collapsing and people climbing into wooden boats to get to relief camps.

“We are all worried about what

we should do. For the last four days we have living like this. We don’t even have any food to eat,” 42year-old villager Doda Yadav told the NDTV news station from Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

In the central state of Madhya Pradesh, where at least 70 have died since the onset of the monsoons in June and more than 40,000 homes partially or fully destroyed, almost 20,000 people have been evacuated to relief camps.

Officials said villagers would return home when water levels receded, although the Indian Meteorological Department has forecast more rains for central India over the next two days.

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This man overseeing 20 subak organizations at Ubud village said that the remaining active agricultural areas in Ubud are dominantly contracted and sharecropped by migrants. In the meantime, the native residents to Ubud prefer to indulge in the field of tourism, ranging from tourism service providers to tourism players due to promising much greater incomes.

“Almost no residents of Ubud want to wait for water in the paddy fields, let alone come down and grow rice. Probably, it happens because farming faces many challenges like the threat of pest to uncertain climate. Thus, people prefer to work in tourism sector causing

them to look cleaner and the results are clear,” said the man who is also the chief of Subak Semujaan.

He admitted that land conversion into accommodation facility such as villas and hotels, also continues to tease the Ubud community. Moreover, based on the information the land price in this area almost reaches IDR 2 billion rupiahs per 100 square meters. “Of the 20 subak areas in Ubud, the land conversion mostly happens in Subak Nyuh Kuning, Subak Bua and Subak Padang Tegal, including Subak Semujaan,” he explained.

When asked about the government attention to farmers in Ubud, Nyoman Sudariasta said the government has provided some assistance to farmers. Moreover,

the regent of Gianyar promised an incentive for farmers that want to maintain their paddy fields. “The

government has much helped and it is never too late. However, the community has preferred to live

from tourism sector, so that we do not dare to force,” he said. (kmb35)

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The farmer is working in his ricefield.

There is disconnected link

Hotel unable to directly buy commodities from farmers

DENPASAR - Quality and consistency have become a kind of ‘requirement’ so that agricultural commodities can penetrate the tourism sector. However, not all farmers in Bali are able to produce a quality product accompanied with consistency in the production.

As a result, the tourism players still have to meet their needs from outside Bali because the agricultural production in Bali has not been able to meet the needs.

“Actually, we’ve seen all the agricultural products meeting the standards have been taken by hotels such as fruits, vegetables and other products like flowers. But so far, our farmers have not been able to provide them all. It means we must take some of the products from outside Bali,” said the Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI)

Bali, Perry Markus, in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug. 23).

Perry did not deny if there are farmers protesting because their quality products have not been absorbed in tourism. The gap happens because hotels and restaurants do not directly buy the agricultural products from farmers. Likewise, farmers do not directly sell their commodities to tourism actors.

“So, there is supplier or a third party here. Farmers sell their products through this third party and the third party then sells to hotel.

Here, there is a link. Probably it

happens due to disconnected link there. As the name implies, supplier will think anyway I have to prepare whatever the hotels and restaurants have requested. If this farmer cannot provide, I will take from the other farmers,” he explained.

Related to this matter, Perry encouraged farmers to form a cooperative. Thus, hotels and restaurants can come to the cooperatives to purchase the agricultural commodities. In addition, farmers are also required to maintain the consistency and quality of their products.

“With such a measure, if they have established an organization, actually hotels can directly get in touch with the organization. Well, we want this kind of quality, this commodity needs to be planted

now and so forth,” he said.

When interviewed separately, Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, said that over the years there are farmers plant haphazardly. As a result, when the harvest comes no market receives their agricultural products. Here is the essential role of the government to see what should be grown by farmers in accordance with the market demands. Similarly, it must pay attention to the matter of fertilizer, seed and pesticides used by farmers.

“In most cases, when farmers need fertilizer, it is not available or rare. Similar thing also happens to pesticide or it is rarely available.

More sadly, they are sometimes faced with fake pesticides like

the recent vaccine case. From the beginning, the agriculture was also faced with fake seeds and fake pesticides,” said the former regent of Tabanan.

Wiryatama claimed to have tried a brand of fake pesticide to eradicate ants. In fact, it could not kill the ants because it seemed to have been mixed with mud. Then, there is fake rice seed put into a bucket containing water, in fact it floats.

“No genuine seed is floating because it has been well sorted.

Theoretically, it is like that, but in reality it is different. These are the ‘diseases’ faced by farmers, there are fake seed, fake fertilizer and fake pesticide, so that it needs a joint supervision because essentially the agriculture needs intensification,” he said. (kmb32)

Municipal police raid open stage construction at Tanah Lot

TABANAN - In the area of Tanah Lot precisely at the land property of Pekendungan Temple is still being constructed an open stage or outdoor stage to be used for kecak dance performance. In addition to the open stage, the workers are building a house to be functioned as a dressing room and change room for the dancers. At the construction signpost mounted on the side of the project,

the open stage will be equipped with restaurant and banquet facilities. However, this construction is apparently complained because allegedly it has not owned permission. To that end, the Tabanan municipal police conducted a raid on Tuesday (Aug. 23).

The officers arrived around 14:15 and asked the workers as well as the project coordinator.

Based on information compiled,

the land used to build the open stage and the house is contracted from the property of Pekendungan Temple.

Chief of the Tabanan Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba, when asked for his confirmation explained that his staff has met the person in charge of the project and when asked about the permit, he was not able to present it. “To that end, we will summon the project owner

next Thursday,” said Sarba.

His institution will also check whether the land of the building can be built or not. “If it is allowed, the project coordinator must be able to show the building permit. Otherwise, the project would be stopped first until the permit is submitted,” said Sarba.

If the checking later on indicates if the land may not be built, surely the project development will be

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In the meantime, Operations Manager of the Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Toya Adnyana, explained that so far his management has not got information and coordination regarding the development of the open stage. “Moreover, the land is not included in the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. So far, there is no coordination about it,” he said. (kmb24)

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Bali Safari and Marine Parks Salutes International Orangutan Day and International Elephant Day

Bali Safari & Marine Park held a joint celebration in honor ofInternational Orangutan Day and International Elephant Dayon Friday, August 19, 2016.

In keeping with a long-established tradition at The Park, 50 children from the Yayasan Pelangi Anak Negeri – a foster home for orphaned or abandoned children, were invited to spend a fun-filled day with the large herd of Sumatran elephants and families of orangutans who make the 40-hectare nature park their home.

Among the activities prepared in anticipation of the children’sarrival were visits to the Park’s headline Animal show, Tiger Show andElephant Show,together with special interactive sessions with the elephants and orangutans.

To foster an understanding and appreciation of the animal kingdom, the Park’s educators also created challenging games that were enthusiastically received by the kids from PelangiAnakNegeri. Each child also went home with a useful set of school supplies.

William Santoso, General Manager of the Bali Safari & Marine Park, commenting on the visit and International Elephant Day and International Orangutan Day, said: “The commemoration of Orangutan Day and Elephant Day is intended

to remind both the visitors to the Bali Safari & Marine Park and the world at large of the increasing threat of extinction faced by the Asian and African Elephants, and the Asian Orangutan. The future existence of these animals depends on those steps we put in place today.

On this occasion, we hope those who care for the world’s wildlife will recommit to the international campaign to protect and preserve elephants and orangutans. On each of the many days set aside in support of international wildlife conservation held at the Bali Safari & Marine Park, we always invite groups representing the younger generation to share with them the need to be concerned and care for wildlife.”

The International Union for the Conservation of Nation (IUCN) (Red List IUCN 2006/IUCN Red List 2007)has classified the Borneo Orangutan as an “endangered species,” meanwhile the Sumatran Orangutan is at even greater threat and classified as “critically endangered.”

In January 2012, IUCN classified elephants in Indonesia “critically endangered,” just one level below extinction. The number of Sumatran Elephants is now half of the 5,000 found in the wild in 1985, with experts estimating only 2,400 – 2,800 elephants remaining

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In keeping with the days set aside on the calendar to honor the individual species found in the wild kingdom, World Elephant Day and World Orangutan Day are designated to draw world attention to the plight of these endangered

species. It is clear that mankind at once poses the greatest threat to the world’s wildlife and, at the same time, mankind remains wildlife’s only hope for continuing survival.

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Chile issues health alert after faults found in condoms

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SANTIAGO - Chile’s health authorities on Tuesday issued an alert and said they were investigating reported problems with Chinese-made condoms distributed for free in family health centers nationwide.

Chilean authorities are issuing a health alert, saying they distributed defective condoms.

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The public health institute ordered that three batches of approximately 1.7 million Kaiju condoms be withheld from distribution while it investigated reports that they broke during use and were too small.

“This is a preventative measure to avoid any problem with users of the product and to show vigilance,” said health official Jaime Burrows.

The problems may be related to incorrect storage, said public health institute director Alex Figueroa, adding that people were being asked not to use those already distributed.

Kaiju said on its Facebook page that the product had arrived in Chile in 2014 and 2015 and had been fully tested without problems. (rtr)

Gum disease linked to heart disease

THE HAGUE - A report from The Netherlands adds to the evidence tying chronic gum disease to heart disease and stroke.

In a study of more than 60,000 dental patients, those with gum disease were twice as likely to have had a heart attack, stroke or severe chest pain.

Previous studies have linked periodontitis and clogged arteries, but this is the first to investigate the link in a group of people this large, the researchers say.

At the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, the largest dental school in the Netherlands, investigators reviewed the medical records of 60,174 patients age 35 and older, looking for an association between periodontal gum disease and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases such as angina, heart attack and stroke.

About 4 percent of patients with periodontitis had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, compared to 2 percent without periodontitis, the researchers found.

Even after taking other risk factors for cardiovascular disease into account, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking, those with periodontal disease were still 59 percent more likely to have a history of heart problems, according to a report in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

In periodontal disease, the advanced stage of the gum disease gingivitis, the gums pull away

from the teeth and create pockets that can become infected. Periodontitis has also been tied to other conditions such as skin disease and dementia.

“It’s clear that periodontitis is associated with chronic inflammation, so it makes sense biologically that if you have a heavy infection in your mouth, you also have a level

of inflammation that will contribute to heart conditions,” said Panos Papapanou of Columbia University in New York, who has studied the association between gum disease and heart disease but wasn’t involved in the current study.

The research team suggests that gum disease develops first and may promote heart disease through

Take care of your oral health for oral health itself.

chronic infection and bacteria in the circulatory system.

Dr. Bruno Loos, the senior author of the new report, said by email that “plausible mechanisms to explain the relationship” may include a common genetic background for the way the body handles inflammation, oral bacteria and immune responses.

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Still, this kind of observational study can’t prove that gum disease causes heart problems.

“The association … does not provide proof (of causation), even when the results from our study corroborate findings from previous similar research,” study coauthor Geert van der Heijden said by email.

Papapanou told Reuters Health that while the new findings are from patients with a relatively high socioeconomic status, “we’re repeatedly seeing the same conclusion.”

“It seems all over the globe we have to consider this relationship,” Loos said.

In the U.S., heart disease is the leading cause of death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each year, more than 600,000 people die from heart disease, which accounts for one in four deaths.

Dr. Frank Scannapieco, chairman of the Department of Oral Biology at the University at Buffalo in New York, who wasn’t involved with the study, commented to Reuters Health that while the association of periodontitis and coronary disease is “robust,” the strength of the link is “moderate compared to traditional risk factors such as hypertension.”

Papapanou advises: “Take care of your oral health for oral health itself. If you know there’s a positive association between oral health and other diseases, would you ignore it?

I wouldn’t.” (rtr)

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The Tanah Ampo Pier

Less comprehensive

Planning of Tanah Ampo harbor potentially harms the state

DENPASAR - So far, the Tanah Ampo harbor in Karangasem is never operated. Actually, physical construction of the harbor is already completed in 2009. Likewise, the harbor building was finished in 2012. The budget disbursed to finance has even reached IDR 100 billion.

Planning of this project is even questioned because it potentially harms the state. “You see, the planning was indeed good. At least, it is good for tourist destination diversification. We always kick up a row and are asked to not only build in South Bali. So, it was then built in Karangasem. But a stagnant budgeting occurred from central government,” said Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug. 23).

According to Pastika, it has been agreed that the construction of the pier is worked on by central government, while the harbor or terminal buildings by provincial government and the road by district government. When the terminal and the road have been completed, in fact the central government just partially constructed the pier namely along 150 meters. Then, the budget to extend the pier is stagnant.

“Suppose that the pier can be extended to approximately 200 meters, it can surely be moored by

cruise ships and will have an impact on all,” he added. Pastika added that the inadequate length has made the cruise ships difficult to dock at the pier. From the trial results, cruise ships finally anchored in the middle of the sea so that visitors wishing to go ashore should be transported by barge.

“Surely, it is quite annoying, while visitors mostly consist of the elders, not young people. They are the elders but wealthy,” he explained.

Apart from the pier issue, added Pastika, there is still a problem who will manage the harbor. Provincial government itself does not have the capability to manage because it requires tremendous expertise considering the cruise ships do not only dock there. Passengers dropping off also need logistics such as clean water, fish, meat and vegetables.

“Has the logistics been available? Passengers need clean water, where is the water from? They need many things, so that it is not the

matter of anchoring, not at all. So, this requires tremendous expertise.

Perhaps, the planning is less comprehensive,” he explained.

Secretary of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, considered the Tanah Ampo is just a project for the interests of certain parties so that there were funds coming down from central government. Besides, it is not feasible in terms of detailed engineering design or DED. Evidently, until now the Tanah Ampo harbor cannot be used in accordance with the initial planning as the main cruise ship dock.

“So, please be careful when making a planning. No matter what project it is, the planning must be good. When it is not good or without a planning, it will result in losses to the state both in the national budget and regional budget,” he said.

Luckily, added Kariyasa, the project still gets the allocation of fund from provincial government of Bali for the operations reaching IDR 18 million per year although there is no any activity at the harbor. However, if there is no operating budget, the Tanah Ampo harbor can be considered as

dormant project.

“If having been dormant, it means the planning is not good.

The operating cost is only a little namely IDR 18 million per year, just for the operating cost. Actually, no activities at all are carried out there and it is only taken advantage as a fishing ground,” he explained.

Related to the trial, Kariyasa said there are different perceptions. Based on the results of the inspection by the Commission III to the harbor, the Harbor Authority (KSOP) of Bali representative stated if the Tanah Ampo pier has never been tested.

In addition, the pier length currently reaching 150 meters should actually have been able to be moored by cruise ships with the length of 150-200 meters. Not to mention the former Minister of Transport, Ignatius Jonan, in his working visit stated if the Tanah Ampo harbor is not feasible so that it is not suitable to continue.

“It is the recognition of KSOP so that it can only be used for a short period, for yachts only. It means it does not correspond to the original purpose. There should be an in-depth investigation whether the project simply drew the funds

for specific purposes or it was indeed really intended for the sake of cruise,” he said.

Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba, claimed to immediately ask for the continuation of the Tanah Ampo project to central government. If indeed there is a problem it can be revealed clearly.

He also requested the relevant agency namely the Transportation Agency and KSOP to accompany his commission to Jakarta to meet the ministry of transportation.

“Such opinion is confusing, some tell that the pier length is inadequate, the pier is rocking and it has been never tested. Why are such things not responded from 2012? We must pursue this information,” he said.

Tamba would also investigate the project from the planning, including who had prepared the DED. As planned, Commission III and relevant agencies will be leaving next week. “We would like to get the correct information, why such big waves could pass the making of the pier at the location.

Moreover, there is a building maintenance budget allocated at IDR 18 million,” he said. (kmb32)

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The Manda procession during Ngusaba Dangsil in Karangasem Regency

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Manda tradition in a series of usaba dangsil

When song wrongly chanted, procession repeated until the morning

USABA dangsil is implemented in various stages. Prior to the summit of the usaba dangsil, boy and girl (truna daha) will perform manda ritual at the Bale Agung temple. This ritual is quite historic telling about the pilgrimage of Rishi Markandeya with his troops from Mount Raung in East Java to Mount Agung in Bali, passing through thick forests. Moreover, if there is song wrongly chanted in the procession, the implementation can continue over and over again from the night until the morning.

Manda is implemented as a series of different dances. Movements of the dance are considered very sacred and will not be found elsewhere. In the context of pilgrimage made by the troops of Rishi Markandeya, before meeting with De Kebayan, their pilgrimage is said to be very far after passing through some jungles. Then, there are some terms like clearing forest in a series of their pilgrimage before arriving at Bungaya customary village. “During the pilgrimage, the troops were released in some groups of four. To get through this,

the journey was very long,” said the secretary of usaba dangsil ritual 2016, I Gede Adi Krisna Widana, recently.

Procession of the manda ritual is quite long. During the implementation, girls are wearing a bun, clothes and yellow belt, while boys are wearing teluki, melelenter amput, mesaput tartar, melamak, meoncer, maselibeh geringsing and affixed with kris dagger. In the procession of pandayan daha truna on August 27 around 16:30, when the process of matengeran Ida Batara Bagus Selonding, Me-

kel Truna Wayahan and Mekel Truna Nyomanan, the secretary of Manda procession released the participants from south to north of the Bale Agung temple.

The manda procession is accompanied by various gending semara of Selonding instrument, such as when performing the masolah pendet, gulung wangsul, makebit and ngampat paku. Each movement of the dance shows the difficulty encountered by the troops where they must break through the jungle. After the boys and girls, they are followed by temple priests from the north, while singing the Anda Sahat song, the girl dance Anda Sahat, followed

by Truna Nyomanan and Daha Nyomanan released simultaneously in the group of four accompanied with Calong song.

After completing this procession, it is resumed with Pandayan Ageng at Bale Agung temple. Daha Truna with the priest, De Kebayan,

De Baan Istri do Nyepi procession for three times in front of Ida Batara Bagus Selonding. “When De Mekel Daha is holding burning incense, no pilgrims may speak and all the lights are turned off,” he said.

This procession will continue by rotating for three times accompanied with the chanting of Gending Papulang and then with Gending Kale. The songs are very sacred. After the rotating procession is made for nine times, the song is changed again with the accompaniment of Gending Anda Sahat, followed by Gending Kale, replaced again with Gending Ngebit and returned to be accompanied with Gending Kale.

The procession is done for nine times. “During this procession, when the song is wrongly chanted, the procession will be repeated. If the mistake happens again, it must be repeated again. As the implementation in the past, it could last from the evening until the morn-

ing,” said chief of Bungaya customary village, De Salah Sukata.

The girls then go aside, while boys are walking and unsheathing a kris dagger around the Bale Agung temple for three times accompanied with Gending Landung Loncong.

After the implementation of this manda, boys are back to Penataran Temple to look for the missing pemuit and then turning back to the Bale Agung. Manda procession will once again be held the next day on August 28 at the same venue and procession.

Secretary of the local customary youth club, Ketut Sugata, said that the procession will be done by all members of the Truna Daha Wayanan and Truna Daha Nyomanan. Recently, the total number has reached more than 820 people.

For the smooth procession, the entire Truna Daha has been organizing general rehearsal since Saturday (Aug. 20). (kmb31)

North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan

SEOUL - North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions.

Having the ability to fire a missile from a submarine could help North Korea evade a new anti-missile system planned for South Korea and pose a threat even if nuclear-armed North Korea’s land-based arsenal was destroyed, experts said.

The ballistic missile was fired at around 5:30 a.m. (2030 GMT) from near the coastal city of Sinpo, where a submarine base is located, officials at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Ministry told Reuters.

The projectile reached Japan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) for the first time, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a briefing, referring to an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security.

The missile was fired at a high angle, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported, an indication that its full range would be 1,000

km (620 miles) at an ordinary trajectory. The distance indicated the North’s push to develop a submarine-launched missile system was paying off, officials and experts said.

North Korea’s “SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) technology appears to have progressed,” a South Korean military official told Reuters.

Jeffrey Lewis of the Californiabased Middlebury Institute of International Studies said the test appeared to be a success.

“We don’t know the full range, but 500 km is either full range or a full range on a lofted trajectory.

Either way, that missile works.”

The launch came two days after rival South Korea and the United States began annual military exercises in the South that North Korea condemns as a preparation for invasion, and has threatened

retaliation.

Beijing is Pyongyang’s main ally but has joined past U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North. It has been angered by what it views as provocative moves by the United States and South Korea, including their July decision to base the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) anti-missile system in South Korea.

China opposes North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme as well as any words or deeds that cause tension on the Korean peninsula, its foreign minister, Wang Yi, said on Wednesday at previously scheduled meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo.

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry condemned the launch and warned of more sanctions and isolation for its rival that “will only speed up its self-destruction.”

“This poses a grave threat to Japan’s security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters, adding that Japan had lodged a stern protest. (rtr)

BANGKOK - Thailand’s military government said on Wednesday there was no connection between two bombings overnight that killed one person in the southern town of Pattani and a wave of deadly attacks on popular tourist spots in the south this month.

One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on Tuesday at the Southern View Hotel in the coastal town of Pattani, less than two weeks after a wave of as yet unexplained bombings hit seven provinces in the south.

No group has claimed responsibility for those bombings, which killed four and wounded dozens, including foreign tourists. Some security experts noted at the time that southern insurgent groups have a track record of carrying out coordinated bombing attacks.

Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan however quickly ruled out any link between those attacks and the twin bombs in Pattani.

“I am sure that the incident in Pattani last night has nothing to do with the seven provinces attacks,” Prawit told reporters at Bangkok’s Government House, without giving any further details.

Police said the first explosion in a carpark at the back of the hotel in Pattani caused no casualties. However, the second blast outside the hotel entrance appeared to have been a bomb placed in a stolen hospital pick-up truck that had been mistaken for an ambulance.

Since 2004, a low-intensity but brutal war between government troops and insurgents has killed more than 6,500 people in the three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat that border Malaysia.

Peace talks between the government and a handful of insurgent groups began in 2013 under the civilian government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, but have stalled since the military overthrew her in 2014.

Prawit said the military government would not enter talks with separatist groups until there was peace in the region.

“It has to be peaceful first and then we can discuss,” Prawit told reporters.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said after his weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday there were “no quick fixes in the south”.

Still, the military insists that security in the south has improved and has said it would reduce the number of soldiers posted there from October.

Some 60,000 troops will be stationed in the south this year, down from 70,000 in 2011, said Colonel Yutthanam Petchmuang, deputy spokesman for the military’s Internal Security Operations Command.

“When we see the situation constantly improving ... we gradually remove soldiers,” Yutthanam said.

There is deep distrust between Muslims and authorities in the region, which rights groups say is partly due to a culture of impunity among military officials operating in the south.

The three provinces soundly rejected a referendum earlier this month on a new military-backed constitution, which passed convincingly in most of the rest of Thailand. (rtr)

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Thai soldiers inspect the scene of a car bomb blast outside a hotel in the southern province of Pattani, Thailand August 24, 2016.

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A ger, a traditional Mongolian tent, stands near a busy street in downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 22, 2013.

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Mongolians scrabble for dollars after local currency’s plunge

ULAANBAATAR - Making money amid Mongolia’s deepening economic crisis, currency dealers thronging the black markets of Ulaanbaatar wave wads of American dollars and Chinese yuan, warning desperate customers that foreign banknotes are becoming scarcer by the day.

The Naiman Sharga market, close to the Mongolian capital’s cluttered and impoverished “ger” or tent districts, has become a daily destination for residents panicked by a precipitous decline in the currency, the tugrik.

“Now I can’t find any more dollars,” said Ganbold, a currency trader, sporting a white, brimmed hat and galloping-horse belt buckle.

Ganbold has traded currency since the fall of communism in 1990 and up until now he’s been able to rely on the network of traders whenever he needed more cash.

But if a shipment of dollars doesn’t arrive from overseas as he hopes, Ganbold will have to close shop until more arrives.

Mongolia’s government, elected in a landslide at the end of June, has been plunged into turmoil after years of collapsing foreign investment, unsustainable fiscal expansion and a decline in demand for commodities like coal and copper.

Last week, the central bank hiked interest rates by 450 basis points to a record 15 percent, stabilising a currency whose 9 percent fall against the dollar from the start of August made it the world’s worst performer.

Dollar supplies have dwindled, and commercial banks were severely restricting currency transactions, with one bank refusing to convert any dollars, Ganbold told Reuters as frustrated buyers milled around him.

Finance Minister Battogtokh Choijilsuren said earlier this month that the central bank’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $1.3 billion.

But, he added that after stripping out a 15 billion yuan currency swap agreement with China, reserves would show a deficit of $46 million.

An International Monetary Fund team was in town last week to meet members of Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat’s new government, but some analysts suspect Mongolia might turn to China for another swap agreement rather resort to the IMF. “There is a good chance China asserts its regional influence and offers Mongolia a bigger and better deal than the IMF in a bailout,” Nick Cousyn, chief operating officer of brokerage BDSec in Ulaanbaatar, commented.

“Mongolia is highly strategic for China, given Mongolia’s vast natural resources and potential as an economic corridor with Russia.” (rtr)

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An employees walks in Hungarian oil and gas group MOL’s main Danube refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, March 22, 2016.

Housing sector lifts U.S., European stocks; oil pares gains REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

NEW YORK - Homebuilders provided a modest lift to both U.S. and European stock markets on Tuesday, while oil prices got a brief boost from Iran’s positive signals on an output freeze.

On Wall Street, technology companies led the Nasdaq to a record intraday high and robust housing market data strengthened the case for a firming economy.

Housing stocks jumped 2 percent after the Commerce Department reported new U.S. single-family home sales soared unexpectedly in July to near nine-year highs.

European equities rose 0.9 percent, led by mining stocks, after data pointed to continuing gradual improvement in the region’s economy.

Shares of the region’s homebuilders also gained following a solid update from UK homebuilder Persimmon, which closed 4.2 percent higher and was the biggest riser on the blue-chip FTSE 100.

The index closed at its highest level since the UK voted to leave the European Union.

The housing data helped traders fill the gap as markets await further clues on whether the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest rates this year. Global central bankers

gather in the mountains of Wyoming later this week and investors are focused on a speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Friday.

“If we continue to keep getting strong economic data it will become hard for the Fed to rationalize not hiking rates,” said Erik Wytenus, global investment specialist at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Palm Beach Florida.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.88 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,547.3, the S&P 500 gained 4.26 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,186.9 and the Nasdaq Composite added 15.48 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,260.08.

Big gains in oil prices, which had jumped as much as 2 percent on signals from Iran, were squeezed in post-settlement trading after data showed a surprise build-up in U.S. crude stocks.

The American Petroleum Institute reported that crude inventories rose by 4.5 million barrels in the week to Aug. 19, to 524.2 million.

Analysts had expected a decrease of 455,000 barrels.

After settling much higher, brent crude was still trading up about 37 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $49.53 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 69 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $48.10.

The bump in new home sales helped the U.S. dollar trim losses.

But having hit a five-day high of 94.958 against a currency basket on Monday, the greenback was flat at 94.533 late in the day.

New Zealand’s dollar, meanwhile, rose 0.47 percent to $0.7302 after the country’s central bank forecast another 35 basis points in possible rate cuts, less than many investors had wagered on.

“The (U.S.) dollar is weakening... due to the general anticipation around Jackson Hole on Friday,” said Saxo bank’s head of FX strategy John Hardy.

“There is also a general reach for yield happening. That was one of the things we saw with (New Zealand central bank Governor Graeme) Wheeler waving the white flag that he is not going to use easing to try and weaken the currency.” (rtr)

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Pertamina to invest US$1.5 billion in Mahakam Block in 2017

Jakarta - PT Pertamina (Persero) is preparing to invest US$1.5 billion in the Mahakam Block in 2017.

President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero or State Own) Dwi Soetjipto stated after a meeting at the Office of the Ministry for Maritime Affairs here on Tuesday that early investment was intended to maintain oil and gas production in the working area prior to it becoming fully operational in 2018.

“It is estimated that an investment of $1.5 billion will be required for the post-2017 production,” he remarked.

Dwi explained that investment

is required to maintain oil and gas production for the drilling and maintenance of 19 wells in the oil and gas block in East Kalimantan.

“The 19 wells will become operational in the second quarter of 2017,” he noted.

In case no one joins, the investment cost will be borne by Persero that is tasked with managing the Mahakam Block.

“That is an estimate, and the investment could be made by anyone who later joins the group (managers of the Mahakam Block). If the others do not join in, yes (the investment will come from) Pertamina,” he revealed.

Despite every effort to ensure

no significant decline in production, Dwi did not elaborate on the production target for the Mahakam Block when the transition takes place later.

Dwi noted that if Persero does not undertake any efforts, a sharp decline in oil and gas production will certainly occur.

“However, if we do (undertake efforts), we will be able to reduce the decline (in production),” he stated.

Dwi also pointed out that Persero could not calculate the percentage drop in production as maintenance was being carried out in the Mahakam Block, which is already developed and operational. (ant)

Jakarta - Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among teenagers.

People start smoking due to varying reasons, and once they get into the habit, it can be difficult to stop, as smoking is both physically and mentally addictive.

A person trying to forego the habit should know that quitting smoking can be as difficult as giving up other types of drug addiction.

Rarely does one hear of smokers who successfully stopped smoking on their own. On the other hand, a good treatment plan that addresses the physical and psychological aspects of addiction can go a long way in helping a smoker give up the habit for good.

Several economic studies have documented that cigarette tax and price hikes can significantly reduce the number of young adult and child smokers.

Hence, the government of Indonesia has planned to significantly hike cigarette prices in the near future to reduce the number of smokers, among other things.

Vice Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Osman Sapta Odang has positively welcomed the governments plan to increase the prices of cigarettes.

“The plan to increase cigarette prices is a good strategy to restrict teenagers from getting into the habit of smoking,” he noted in a written statement received here on Monday.

The MPR vice chairman believes that by raising cigarette prices, teenagers, especially from middle-class families, who want to start smoking, will think twice whether they can afford them.

According to Sapta, the policy to hike cigarette prices is expected to reduce the number of new smokers among teenagers in future.

He pointed out that the increase in cigarette prices would also impact the rising price of tobacco that can benefit farmers and improve their livelihood.

In the meantime, House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin said the governments discourse to raise cigarette prices by two folds will help the state budget as it has the potential to increase state revenues.

“If the cigarette prices are raised, state revenues from the excise sector will automatically increase and help our state budget to become healthier in future,” the house speaker remarked.

In addition, Komarudin stated that the governments proposal related to increasing cigarette prices would also reduce the societys consumptive behaviors towards smoking.

The politician with the Golkar Party stated that hiking the prices of cigarettes will also reduce the number of smokers in society.

Komarudin believed that the higher cigarette prices will not significantly impact the cigarette industry, including the sustainability of the tobacco farmers. (ant)

Offices and houses linked to corruption case of SE Sulawesi governor raided

Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has raided the office of Southeast Sulawesi governor and houses linked to the corruption case with the governor as a suspect.

KPK has charged Governor Nur Alam with corruption in the process of licensing PT AHB (Anugerah Harisma Barakah) for nickel explorations in the regencies of Buton and Bombana during his previous term of 2009-2014.

“Today KPK raided a number of places including the governors

office in Kendari, the office of the Law Bureau of the provincial administration in Kendari,the office of the region energy and mineral resource service in Kendari and a number of houses in Kendari and Jakarta linked to the case,” KPK deputy chairman Laode M Syarif said here on Tuesday.

“All those places are believed to have connections with the case that KPK investigators decided that the raids are necessary. This is not a caught-red-handed case, therefore, KPK has asked for an approval from

the court,” Laode said.

He said he could not yet give the results of the raids, adding the investigators have not reported the results.

Nur Alam could be imprisoned for up to 20 years if found guilty with a fine of up to Rp1 billion.

Laode said KPK now gives special attentions to corruption cases in the mining sector in addition to taxation cases.

“Hopefully this will serve a lesson to other regional leaders as well as officials of higher level agencies,” he said. (ant)

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Rescuers work following an earthquake that hit Amatrice, central Italy, August 24, 2016.

Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed killed

ACCUMOLI - An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing.

The quake struck in the early hours of the morning when most people were asleep, razing homes and buckling roads in a cluster of towns and villages some 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome.

The emergency services released an aerial photograph showing whole areas of the town of Amatrice flattened, while debris filled the streets of nearby Accumoli.

“Now that daylight has come, we see that the situation is even more dreadful than we feared, with buildings collapsed, people trapped under the rubble and no sound of life,” said Accumoli mayor Stefano Petrucci.

Wide cracks appeared like open wounds on the buildings that were still standing.

Residents sifted through the rubble with their bare hands before emergency services arrived with earth-moving equipment and sniffer dogs.

The quake hit during the summer when the populations of the communities in the area, normally low during the rest of the year, are swelled by vacationers.

Officials said six people were known to have died in Accumoli and a further six were reported dead in Amatrice. Sky Italia television said 10 had died in the nearby village of Pescara del Tronto. Some 100 people were still unaccounted for in the village of Arquata del Tronto.

“Three quarters of the town is not there anymore,” Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi told state

broadcaster RAI. “The aim now is to save as many lives as possible. There are voices under the rubble, we have to save the people there.”

A Reuters reporter said the town’s hospital had been badly damaged by the quake, with patients moved into the streets. RAI reported that two Afghan girls, believed to be asylum-seekers, were also missing in the town.

The earthquake caused damage to towns in three regions - Umbria, Lazio and Marche.

The U.S. Geological Survey, which measured the quake at 6.2 magnitude, said it struck near the Umbrian city of Norcia, while Italy’s earthquake institute INGV registered it at 6.0 and put the epicentre further south, closer to Accumoli and Amatrice.

The damage was made more severe because the epicentre was at a relatively shallow 4 km below the surface of the earth. (rtr)

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Forces (NDRF) have been deployed to the five states, rescuing more than 33,000 people stranded in remote villages. The NDRF have also distributed relief and provided medical assistance to over 9,000 survivors.

The devastation prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to offer additional support from the federal government.

“I pray for the safety and wellbeing of those in areas affected by floods,” said Modi in a statement.

“The Centre assures total support in the rescue and relief operations.”

Aid agencies responding in Bihar

and Uttar Pradesh said it was critical to be better prepared to minimise the deaths, displacement and devastation which is caused every year.

“Nowadays, floods are seen as a chronic problem and are viewed quite differently from other emergencies - so they often no longer attract adequate attention from either the media or donors,” said Thomas Chandy, CEO of Save the Children in India.

“In such a scenario, therefore, it is critical that we develop better, more effective, long-term solutions to cater to the plight of people and children in preparedness for floods.” (rtr)

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But in many states across the country, the rains frequently cause landslides and flooding that devastate crops, destroy homes and expose people to diseases such as diarrhoea.

Officials said the fast-flowing waters had breached embankments and eroded dykes in some areas, leaving some roads inaccessible, compounding efforts to rescue marooned villagers.

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Turkish military, U.S.-led coalition launch operation to sweep Islamic State from Syria town

ISTANBUL - Turkish special forces units and jets supported by warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition launched an operation in northern Syria on Wednesday to wipe out Islamic State militants along the border with Turkey, Turkish officials said.

The Turkish army began firing artillery rounds into the Syrian border town of Jarablus at around 0100 GMT and Turkish and U.S. warplanes pounded Islamic State targets with air strikes as part of the operation, Turkish military sources said.

It was the first time warplanes from NATO member Turkey have struck in Syria since November, when Turkey downed a Russian jet near the border, and the first significant incursion by Turkish special forces since a brief operation to relocate the tomb of Suleyman Shah, a revered Ottoman figure, in February 2015.

Turkey and the United States hope that by sweeping Islamic State from the border, they can deprive it of a smuggling route which long saw its ranks swollen with foreign fighters and its coffers boosted by illicit trade.

White and grey plumes of smoke rose from atop the hills of Jarablus, visible from the Turkish town of Karkamis across the border. The boom of artillery fire was audible as tanks opened fire from just inside Turkish territory.

Turkish military sources said a ground incursion had yet to start, but a group of Turkish special forces had entered Syria while Turkish

and U.S.-led coalition jets hit four Islamic State targets and Turkish artillery struck more than 60 targets. Tanks were being positioned to secure the border, they said.

“The aim of the operation is to ensure border security and Syria’s territorial integrity while supporting the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State,” one military source said, adding work to open a passage for ground forces was underway.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is due in Turkey later on Wednesday, the most senior U.S. official to visit since a failed July 15 coup shook confidence in the ability of the NATO member to step up the fight against Islamic State.

Turkey had vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people at a Kurdish wedding in the southeastern city of Gaziantep.

Military sources said the air strikes hit 12 Islamic State targets, while artillery fire hit 70 targets. Counter-terrorism police launched dawn raids targeting Islamic State members across Istanbul on Wednesday, the Dogan news agency said.

Turkey is also concerned about the growing influence of Syrian Kurdish militant groups along its border, where they have captured large areas of territory since the start of the Syrian war in 2011. Ankara sees them as tied to the Kurdish militants fighting an insurgency in Turkey. (rtr)

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A Turkish army tank and an armoured vehicle are stationed near the Turkish-Syrian border in Karkamis in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 23, 2016. Picture taken August 23, 2016.

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Tamba Waras Temple

TABANAN - Tamba Waras Temple a place to ask for health inner self and outer world. Geographically, this temple is located in the south of the slope of Mount Batukaru, exactly at Sangketan village, Penebel, Tabanan. Tamba Waras Temple which is on the same line with Luhur Batukaru Temple lies around 725 m above the sea level. It is about 22 km from Tabanan city. Structurally, Tamba Waras or Tambo Waras is a place to store the universe pharmacy.

It’s proven with various important ingredients to be used as medicine, besides closely related to the history that king had been healed by taking prayer at a place used to be known as a forest of Batukaru. Tamba Waras Temple was built around 12th century. According to some history record, The King of Tabanan Cokorda Tabanan suffered from severe illness while no medicine worked for him.

The royal servant tried searching medicine according to the magic clue they had received, there they saw smoke billowing from a coconut on the ground in a bamboo forest. After beseeching at that place, finally they found medicine there. The medicine was then given to the King that helped him heal from the disease. At that place was finally built a temple named Tamba Waras Temple. Tamba Waras was derived from the word ‘tamba’ + ‘waras’. ‘Tamba’ means medicine, ‘waras’ means back to normal.

Luhur Tamba Waras Temple means worshiping the power of the Supreme God in His manifestation as pharmacy store of the universe. The main purpose of worshiping this temple is to ask for health, wisdom for the realization of welfare. This temple is one of Catur Angga Temples, with status as ‘Sad Kahyangan Jagad Bali’. Luhur Tamba Waras temple includes among the chain temples to built strength. (rtr)

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The International Weightlifting Federation says the 11 tested positive for a range of banned substances in the latest scandal to shake the sport, which is already processing retests which caught numerous medalists from the 2008 and 2012 games. They are all provisionally suspended until the doping cases are resolved.

The IWF said in a statement on its website Wednesday that Chinese gold medalists Cao Lei, Liu Chunhong and Chen Xiexia all tested positive for GHRP-2, which stimulates growth hormone production, while Liu also tested positive for the stimulant sibutramine.

The other eight medalists include current world record holder Andrei Rybakou of Belarus, who won silver in 2008. All tested positive for various anabolic steroids, according to the IWF. The other medalists are Anastasia Novikova of Belarus, Kazakhstan’s Maria Grabovetskaya and Irina Nekrasova, Russia’s Khadzhimurat Akkaev and Dmitry Lapikov, and Ukraine’s Natalya Davydova and Olha Korobka.

Four other weightlifters from Beijing 20008 who did not win medals were also named as having failed tests. They include Kazakhstan’s Maiya Maneza and Belarus’ Iryna Kulesha, both of whom won medals in 2012 but not 2008 and are already suspended over retests from 2012.

A further 10 lifters who competed at the 2008 Olympics, including five medalists, had already been suspended in June and July after failing an earlier wave of retests. One medal, the silver won by Turkey’s Sibel Ozkan in the women’s 48-kilogram class, has already been stripped.

The retests are part of an ongoing process led by the International Olympic Committee.

Weightlifting at this month’s Rio Olympics has also been marred by doping, with Kyrgyzstan’s Izzat Artykov losing his bronze medal after testing positive. (ap)

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BUDAPEST — Three Olympic champion weightlifters from China and eight other medalists stand to be stripped of their titles after failing retests of their doping samples from the 2008 Olympics.

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In this Aug. 9, 2008, file photo, China’s Chen Xiexia holds up 90kg in the snatch of the women’s 48kg category of the weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The International Weightlifting Federation on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, said that 11 2008 Olympic athletes tested positive in retests, including Chen, for a range of banned substances in the latest scandal to shake the sport, which is already processing retests which caught numerous medalists from the 2008 and 2012 games.

Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo, host of next Summer Games TOKYO — The Olympic flag has arrived in Tokyo, host of the next Summer Games.

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike held the flag aloft as she got off an All Nippon Airways plane and walked down a stairway to the tarmac at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Wednesday.

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Preparations are underway for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Construction of the main stadium is slated to start toward the end of this year. Japan’s capital also hosted the Olympics in 1964.

Koike is a newly elected governor of Tokyo who has pledged to examine the spiraling costs to avoid saddling taxpayers with debt and building white elephants. (ap)

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds the Olympic flag on the stairways of a plane upon arrival at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo, host of the next 2020 Summer Games.

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Sp rt 9-man Roma misses out on Champions League after Porto loss

MILAN — Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday.

Roma had drawn the first leg 1-1 after Thomas Vermaelen was sent off and it was again made to pay for poor discipline as Daniele De Rossi was dismissed in the 39th minute and Emerson Palmieri, followed him five minutes after halftime.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, Roma pushed hard but could not cancel out Felipe Augusto’s early opener and two goals in as many minutes from Miguel Layun and Jesus Corona sealed matters.

“We had prepared for it well, but we started badly,” Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman said. “We played one game in 10 and the other in nine. It could be a mental problem because physically we are fine. We knew what we had to do on the pitch, but we didn’t do it. We didn’t play well and I don’t know why.”

Though Roma tried to turn the game around, Strootman pinpointed Layun’s strike as the definitive blow.

“Even with nine men we tried everything,” he said. “But when we went 2-0 down it was all over.

Now it’s difficult to get back up, we are all angry. But we have to think about the league because we have to do better. No one is to blame, we lost together.”

Monaco beat Villarreal 1-0 to advance to the 32-team groupstage draw in Monaco on Thursday

following a 3-1 aggregate victory. Celtic also squeezed through despite a 2-0 loss to Champions League newcomer Hapoel Beer Sheva, after winning the first leg 5-2.

There was no fairytale for Irish side Dundalk after a 1-1 draw at 10-man Legia Warsaw, which progressed 3-1 on aggregate to reach the group stage for the first time in 21 years. Ludogorets Razgrad drew 2-2 at Viktoria Plzen to advance 4-2 on aggregate.

Italian clubs have failed in the playoffs for five of the last six seasons, typically leaving Serie A with only two representatives among Europe’s elite. Roma was looking to end that streak but went behind after less than eight minutes as Felipe was left unmarked at the back post to head in Otavio’s free kick.

Roma’s chances of progressing diminished when De Rossi, who was being played in defense, was sent off for a rash tackle on Maxi Pereira. Coach Luciano Spalletti took off Leandro Paredes to introduce Emerson but the Brazilian was also shown a straight red card for a horrendous challenge on Corona.

Roma upped the pressure but goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny gifted Porto its second of the night in the 73rd minute. Caught out in no-man’s land on a Porto counter-

attack, Layun rounded him far out from his goal before firing across into the empty net.

Corona scored the third moments later, when he blasted past Szczesny at the near post. Villarreal was hoping to overturn a 2-1 first-leg defeat and ensure Spain once again had five teams in the group-stage draw.

But Monaco dominated and Fabinho scored from the spot after Mateo Musacchio handled the ball in the area.

Celtic had lost in the playoff round for the past two seasons and the perennial Scottish champion almost threw away the tie despite a commanding first-leg advantage.

Saidy Janko tripped Ovidiu Hoban to concede a penalty in the 15th minute, although television replays indicated that the foul was outside the area. Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon saved Maharan Radi’s spot-kick but swiftly went from hero to villain.

Six minutes later Gordon, and defender Kieran Tierney got in each other’s way, allowing Ben Sahar’s header to squeeze past them into the net.

Another defensive mix-up three minutes after the break, this time between Gordon and Janko, led to the ball spilling out of the goalkeeper’s hands and allowing Hoban a tap-in. The blunder ensured a nervy 42 minutes for Celtic. The losing teams go into the Europa League group stage. (ap)

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Roma’s Radja Nainggolan lies on the pitch at the end of a Champions League, play-off, returnleg soccer match between Roma and Porto, at the Rome Olympic stadium Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Roma lost 0-3.

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West Ham trying to sign Bony from Manchester City, says Bilic

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed the club are trying to sign striker Wilfried Bony from Premier League rivals Manchester City.

The Hammers have been seeking to bring in another forward all summer, a search that has been intensified by injuries to £20 million ($26.44 million) record signing Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll.

Reuters / Darren Staples

Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring their second goal with Adam Lallana

Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea advance in English League Cup

Watford and West Bromwich Albion were beaten by third-tier opposition in the English League Cup on Tuesday, while fellow Premier League sides Liverpool and Everton enjoyed big wins in the second round.

Chelsea was pushed hard by third-tier Bristol Rovers before also advancing to the third round with a 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge.

Watford lost 2-1 to Gillingham after extra time and West Brom was beaten 4-3 on penalties by Northampton after they finished 2-2 after 120 minutes.

Northampton famously ousted Liverpool in the 2010-11 competition, but the Reds easily avoided a so-called “giant-killing” this time round by thrashing Burton Albion 5-0. Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to score two goals and wrap up victory over the second-tier side managed by former Liverpool forward Nigel Clough. Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino also scored for a full-strength Liverpool team, and there was an own goal.

“Very serious, very professional performance by my side,” said Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, who added that second-half injuries to Emre Can and Origi were not serious.

Everton also had a substitute striker scoring a late double, with Arouna Kone’s goals sealing a 4-0 home win over fourth-tier Yeovil.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s decision to field a team largely made up of reserve players nearly backfired. Belgium striker BatshuayiMichy Batshuayi scored two first-half goals as Chelsea took a 3-1 lead into halftime, before Rovers scored a 48th-minute penalty and struck the crossbar as they went in search of an equalizer.

Devoid of European football this season, Liverpool and Chelsea will likely take the League Cup seriously. They are two of the most successful clubs in the competition’s history, having won it 13 times between them.

Stoke, Swansea, Hull and Crystal Palace were the other Premier League teams to progress to the third round, when clubs involved in Europe enter the draw that takes place Wednesday.

Peter Crouch scored a hat trick — including one goal from a scissor kick — in Stoke’s 4-0 win at Stevenage, Oliver McBurnie scored twice on his debut for Swansea in a 3-1 win at Peterborough, Hull beat Exeter 3-1 away and Palace was a 2-0 winner at home to Blackpool.

Palace gave a debut to new record-signing Christian Benteke, who played the first half before being substituted. Derby beat Carlisle 14-13 on penalties to equal the most goals scored in a shootout in the competition’s history. (ap)

“We have a couple of players we are going to try and do a deal (for),” said Bilic, who has also been linked with a move for Juventus striker Simon Zaza by the British media.

“Bony is an option because he plays in the position we are looking for. I leave negotiations to the chairman and (recruitment head) Tony Henry.

“We were linked with him (Zaza) last year and he is a top player. We were in contact with him last year and will see what happens.”

Bony, 27, has been a bit-part player at City since signing from Swansea City in January 2015. He has also been linked with a move to the Chinese Super League by local media. (rtr)

Bravo lands in Manchester to tie up move to Man City

MANCHESTER — Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has arrived in England to conclude a move to Manchester City.

Pictures on social media on Tuesday showed the Chile international at Manchester airport.

Barcelona said Saturday that the club had a “deal in principle” with

City for the 33-year-old player.

Speaking earlier Tuesday at a news conference ahead of City’s match against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League playoffs, City manager Pep Guardiola said “I cannot deny what everybody knows. Barcelona were the first ones who announced contact with

Manchester City but, sorry, the deal is not complete.”

Bravo’s imminent arrival puts the future of long-time City goalkeeper Joe Hart in more jeopardy.

Hart has been dropped by Guardiola for City’s first three games of the season, preferring Willy Caballero. (ap)

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo holds a ball during a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic during the press conference

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Sp rt 9-man Roma misses out on Champions League after Porto loss

MILAN — Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday.

Roma had drawn the first leg 1-1 after Thomas Vermaelen was sent off and it was again made to pay for poor discipline as Daniele De Rossi was dismissed in the 39th minute and Emerson Palmieri, followed him five minutes after halftime.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, Roma pushed hard but could not cancel out Felipe Augusto’s early opener and two goals in as many minutes from Miguel Layun and Jesus Corona sealed matters.

“We had prepared for it well, but we started badly,” Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman said. “We played one game in 10 and the other in nine. It could be a mental problem because physically we are fine. We knew what we had to do on the pitch, but we didn’t do it. We didn’t play well and I don’t know why.”

Though Roma tried to turn the game around, Strootman pinpointed Layun’s strike as the definitive blow.

“Even with nine men we tried everything,” he said. “But when we went 2-0 down it was all over.

Now it’s difficult to get back up, we are all angry. But we have to think about the league because we have to do better. No one is to blame, we lost together.”

Monaco beat Villarreal 1-0 to advance to the 32-team groupstage draw in Monaco on Thursday

following a 3-1 aggregate victory. Celtic also squeezed through despite a 2-0 loss to Champions League newcomer Hapoel Beer Sheva, after winning the first leg 5-2.

There was no fairytale for Irish side Dundalk after a 1-1 draw at 10-man Legia Warsaw, which progressed 3-1 on aggregate to reach the group stage for the first time in 21 years. Ludogorets Razgrad drew 2-2 at Viktoria Plzen to advance 4-2 on aggregate.

Italian clubs have failed in the playoffs for five of the last six seasons, typically leaving Serie A with only two representatives among Europe’s elite. Roma was looking to end that streak but went behind after less than eight minutes as Felipe was left unmarked at the back post to head in Otavio’s free kick.

Roma’s chances of progressing diminished when De Rossi, who was being played in defense, was sent off for a rash tackle on Maxi Pereira. Coach Luciano Spalletti took off Leandro Paredes to introduce Emerson but the Brazilian was also shown a straight red card for a horrendous challenge on Corona.

Roma upped the pressure but goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny gifted Porto its second of the night in the 73rd minute. Caught out in no-man’s land on a Porto counter-

attack, Layun rounded him far out from his goal before firing across into the empty net.

Corona scored the third moments later, when he blasted past Szczesny at the near post. Villarreal was hoping to overturn a 2-1 first-leg defeat and ensure Spain once again had five teams in the group-stage draw.

But Monaco dominated and Fabinho scored from the spot after Mateo Musacchio handled the ball in the area.

Celtic had lost in the playoff round for the past two seasons and the perennial Scottish champion almost threw away the tie despite a commanding first-leg advantage.

Saidy Janko tripped Ovidiu Hoban to concede a penalty in the 15th minute, although television replays indicated that the foul was outside the area. Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon saved Maharan Radi’s spot-kick but swiftly went from hero to villain.

Six minutes later Gordon, and defender Kieran Tierney got in each other’s way, allowing Ben Sahar’s header to squeeze past them into the net.

Another defensive mix-up three minutes after the break, this time between Gordon and Janko, led to the ball spilling out of the goalkeeper’s hands and allowing Hoban a tap-in. The blunder ensured a nervy 42 minutes for Celtic. The losing teams go into the Europa League group stage. (ap)

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Roma’s Radja Nainggolan lies on the pitch at the end of a Champions League, play-off, returnleg soccer match between Roma and Porto, at the Rome Olympic stadium Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Roma lost 0-3.

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West Ham trying to sign Bony from Manchester City, says Bilic

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed the club are trying to sign striker Wilfried Bony from Premier League rivals Manchester City.

The Hammers have been seeking to bring in another forward all summer, a search that has been intensified by injuries to £20 million ($26.44 million) record signing Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll.

Reuters / Darren Staples

Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring their second goal with Adam Lallana

Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea advance in English League Cup

Watford and West Bromwich Albion were beaten by third-tier opposition in the English League Cup on Tuesday, while fellow Premier League sides Liverpool and Everton enjoyed big wins in the second round.

Chelsea was pushed hard by third-tier Bristol Rovers before also advancing to the third round with a 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge.

Watford lost 2-1 to Gillingham after extra time and West Brom was beaten 4-3 on penalties by Northampton after they finished 2-2 after 120 minutes.

Northampton famously ousted Liverpool in the 2010-11 competition, but the Reds easily avoided a so-called “giant-killing” this time round by thrashing Burton Albion 5-0. Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to score two goals and wrap up victory over the second-tier side managed by former Liverpool forward Nigel Clough. Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino also scored for a full-strength Liverpool team, and there was an own goal.

“Very serious, very professional performance by my side,” said Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, who added that second-half injuries to Emre Can and Origi were not serious.

Everton also had a substitute striker scoring a late double, with Arouna Kone’s goals sealing a 4-0 home win over fourth-tier Yeovil.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s decision to field a team largely made up of reserve players nearly backfired. Belgium striker BatshuayiMichy Batshuayi scored two first-half goals as Chelsea took a 3-1 lead into halftime, before Rovers scored a 48th-minute penalty and struck the crossbar as they went in search of an equalizer.

Devoid of European football this season, Liverpool and Chelsea will likely take the League Cup seriously. They are two of the most successful clubs in the competition’s history, having won it 13 times between them.

Stoke, Swansea, Hull and Crystal Palace were the other Premier League teams to progress to the third round, when clubs involved in Europe enter the draw that takes place Wednesday.

Peter Crouch scored a hat trick — including one goal from a scissor kick — in Stoke’s 4-0 win at Stevenage, Oliver McBurnie scored twice on his debut for Swansea in a 3-1 win at Peterborough, Hull beat Exeter 3-1 away and Palace was a 2-0 winner at home to Blackpool.

Palace gave a debut to new record-signing Christian Benteke, who played the first half before being substituted. Derby beat Carlisle 14-13 on penalties to equal the most goals scored in a shootout in the competition’s history. (ap)

“We have a couple of players we are going to try and do a deal (for),” said Bilic, who has also been linked with a move for Juventus striker Simon Zaza by the British media.

“Bony is an option because he plays in the position we are looking for. I leave negotiations to the chairman and (recruitment head) Tony Henry.

“We were linked with him (Zaza) last year and he is a top player. We were in contact with him last year and will see what happens.”

Bony, 27, has been a bit-part player at City since signing from Swansea City in January 2015. He has also been linked with a move to the Chinese Super League by local media. (rtr)

Bravo lands in Manchester to tie up move to Man City

MANCHESTER — Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has arrived in England to conclude a move to Manchester City.

Pictures on social media on Tuesday showed the Chile international at Manchester airport.

Barcelona said Saturday that the club had a “deal in principle” with

City for the 33-year-old player.

Speaking earlier Tuesday at a news conference ahead of City’s match against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League playoffs, City manager Pep Guardiola said “I cannot deny what everybody knows. Barcelona were the first ones who announced contact with

Manchester City but, sorry, the deal is not complete.”

Bravo’s imminent arrival puts the future of long-time City goalkeeper Joe Hart in more jeopardy.

Hart has been dropped by Guardiola for City’s first three games of the season, preferring Willy Caballero. (ap)

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo holds a ball during a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic during the press conference

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Tamba Waras Temple

TABANAN - Tamba Waras Temple a place to ask for health inner self and outer world. Geographically, this temple is located in the south of the slope of Mount Batukaru, exactly at Sangketan village, Penebel, Tabanan. Tamba Waras Temple which is on the same line with Luhur Batukaru Temple lies around 725 m above the sea level. It is about 22 km from Tabanan city. Structurally, Tamba Waras or Tambo Waras is a place to store the universe pharmacy.

It’s proven with various important ingredients to be used as medicine, besides closely related to the history that king had been healed by taking prayer at a place used to be known as a forest of Batukaru. Tamba Waras Temple was built around 12th century. According to some history record, The King of Tabanan Cokorda Tabanan suffered from severe illness while no medicine worked for him.

The royal servant tried searching medicine according to the magic clue they had received, there they saw smoke billowing from a coconut on the ground in a bamboo forest. After beseeching at that place, finally they found medicine there. The medicine was then given to the King that helped him heal from the disease. At that place was finally built a temple named Tamba Waras Temple. Tamba Waras was derived from the word ‘tamba’ + ‘waras’. ‘Tamba’ means medicine, ‘waras’ means back to normal.

Luhur Tamba Waras Temple means worshiping the power of the Supreme God in His manifestation as pharmacy store of the universe. The main purpose of worshiping this temple is to ask for health, wisdom for the realization of welfare. This temple is one of Catur Angga Temples, with status as ‘Sad Kahyangan Jagad Bali’. Luhur Tamba Waras temple includes among the chain temples to built strength. (rtr)

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The International Weightlifting Federation says the 11 tested positive for a range of banned substances in the latest scandal to shake the sport, which is already processing retests which caught numerous medalists from the 2008 and 2012 games. They are all provisionally suspended until the doping cases are resolved.

The IWF said in a statement on its website Wednesday that Chinese gold medalists Cao Lei, Liu Chunhong and Chen Xiexia all tested positive for GHRP-2, which stimulates growth hormone production, while Liu also tested positive for the stimulant sibutramine.

The other eight medalists include current world record holder Andrei Rybakou of Belarus, who won silver in 2008. All tested positive for various anabolic steroids, according to the IWF. The other medalists are Anastasia Novikova of Belarus, Kazakhstan’s Maria Grabovetskaya and Irina Nekrasova, Russia’s Khadzhimurat Akkaev and Dmitry Lapikov, and Ukraine’s Natalya Davydova and Olha Korobka.

Four other weightlifters from Beijing 20008 who did not win medals were also named as having failed tests. They include Kazakhstan’s Maiya Maneza and Belarus’ Iryna Kulesha, both of whom won medals in 2012 but not 2008 and are already suspended over retests from 2012.

A further 10 lifters who competed at the 2008 Olympics, including five medalists, had already been suspended in June and July after failing an earlier wave of retests. One medal, the silver won by Turkey’s Sibel Ozkan in the women’s 48-kilogram class, has already been stripped.

The retests are part of an ongoing process led by the International Olympic Committee.

Weightlifting at this month’s Rio Olympics has also been marred by doping, with Kyrgyzstan’s Izzat Artykov losing his bronze medal after testing positive. (ap)

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3 Olympic weightlifting gold medalists fail doping retests

BUDAPEST — Three Olympic champion weightlifters from China and eight other medalists stand to be stripped of their titles after failing retests of their doping samples from the 2008 Olympics.

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In this Aug. 9, 2008, file photo, China’s Chen Xiexia holds up 90kg in the snatch of the women’s 48kg category of the weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The International Weightlifting Federation on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, said that 11 2008 Olympic athletes tested positive in retests, including Chen, for a range of banned substances in the latest scandal to shake the sport, which is already processing retests which caught numerous medalists from the 2008 and 2012 games.

Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo, host of next Summer Games TOKYO — The Olympic flag has arrived in Tokyo, host of the next Summer Games.

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike held the flag aloft as she got off an All Nippon Airways plane and walked down a stairway to the tarmac at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Wednesday.

Koike received the flag at Sunday’s closing ceremonies of the Rio Games from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and International Olympic Com-

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Preparations are underway for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Construction of the main stadium is slated to start toward the end of this year. Japan’s capital also hosted the Olympics in 1964.

Koike is a newly elected governor of Tokyo who has pledged to examine the spiraling costs to avoid saddling taxpayers with debt and building white elephants. (ap)

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds the Olympic flag on the stairways of a plane upon arrival at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo, host of the next 2020 Summer Games.

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Rescuers work following an earthquake that hit Amatrice, central Italy, August 24, 2016.

Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed killed

ACCUMOLI - An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing.

The quake struck in the early hours of the morning when most people were asleep, razing homes and buckling roads in a cluster of towns and villages some 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome.

The emergency services released an aerial photograph showing whole areas of the town of Amatrice flattened, while debris filled the streets of nearby Accumoli.

“Now that daylight has come, we see that the situation is even more dreadful than we feared, with buildings collapsed, people trapped under the rubble and no sound of life,” said Accumoli mayor Stefano Petrucci.

Wide cracks appeared like open wounds on the buildings that were still standing.

Residents sifted through the rubble with their bare hands before emergency services arrived with earth-moving equipment and sniffer dogs.

The quake hit during the summer when the populations of the communities in the area, normally low during the rest of the year, are swelled by vacationers.

Officials said six people were known to have died in Accumoli and a further six were reported dead in Amatrice. Sky Italia television said 10 had died in the nearby village of Pescara del Tronto. Some 100 people were still unaccounted for in the village of Arquata del Tronto.

“Three quarters of the town is not there anymore,” Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi told state

broadcaster RAI. “The aim now is to save as many lives as possible. There are voices under the rubble, we have to save the people there.”

A Reuters reporter said the town’s hospital had been badly damaged by the quake, with patients moved into the streets. RAI reported that two Afghan girls, believed to be asylum-seekers, were also missing in the town.

The earthquake caused damage to towns in three regions - Umbria, Lazio and Marche.

The U.S. Geological Survey, which measured the quake at 6.2 magnitude, said it struck near the Umbrian city of Norcia, while Italy’s earthquake institute INGV registered it at 6.0 and put the epicentre further south, closer to Accumoli and Amatrice.

The damage was made more severe because the epicentre was at a relatively shallow 4 km below the surface of the earth. (rtr)

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Forces (NDRF) have been deployed to the five states, rescuing more than 33,000 people stranded in remote villages. The NDRF have also distributed relief and provided medical assistance to over 9,000 survivors.

The devastation prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to offer additional support from the federal government.

“I pray for the safety and wellbeing of those in areas affected by floods,” said Modi in a statement.

“The Centre assures total support in the rescue and relief operations.”

Aid agencies responding in Bihar

and Uttar Pradesh said it was critical to be better prepared to minimise the deaths, displacement and devastation which is caused every year.

“Nowadays, floods are seen as a chronic problem and are viewed quite differently from other emergencies - so they often no longer attract adequate attention from either the media or donors,” said Thomas Chandy, CEO of Save the Children in India.

“In such a scenario, therefore, it is critical that we develop better, more effective, long-term solutions to cater to the plight of people and children in preparedness for floods.” (rtr)

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But in many states across the country, the rains frequently cause landslides and flooding that devastate crops, destroy homes and expose people to diseases such as diarrhoea.

Officials said the fast-flowing waters had breached embankments and eroded dykes in some areas, leaving some roads inaccessible, compounding efforts to rescue marooned villagers.

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Turkish military, U.S.-led coalition launch operation to sweep Islamic State from Syria town

ISTANBUL - Turkish special forces units and jets supported by warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition launched an operation in northern Syria on Wednesday to wipe out Islamic State militants along the border with Turkey, Turkish officials said.

The Turkish army began firing artillery rounds into the Syrian border town of Jarablus at around 0100 GMT and Turkish and U.S. warplanes pounded Islamic State targets with air strikes as part of the operation, Turkish military sources said.

It was the first time warplanes from NATO member Turkey have struck in Syria since November, when Turkey downed a Russian jet near the border, and the first significant incursion by Turkish special forces since a brief operation to relocate the tomb of Suleyman Shah, a revered Ottoman figure, in February 2015.

Turkey and the United States hope that by sweeping Islamic State from the border, they can deprive it of a smuggling route which long saw its ranks swollen with foreign fighters and its coffers boosted by illicit trade.

White and grey plumes of smoke rose from atop the hills of Jarablus, visible from the Turkish town of Karkamis across the border. The boom of artillery fire was audible as tanks opened fire from just inside Turkish territory.

Turkish military sources said a ground incursion had yet to start, but a group of Turkish special forces had entered Syria while Turkish

and U.S.-led coalition jets hit four Islamic State targets and Turkish artillery struck more than 60 targets. Tanks were being positioned to secure the border, they said.

“The aim of the operation is to ensure border security and Syria’s territorial integrity while supporting the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State,” one military source said, adding work to open a passage for ground forces was underway.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is due in Turkey later on Wednesday, the most senior U.S. official to visit since a failed July 15 coup shook confidence in the ability of the NATO member to step up the fight against Islamic State.

Turkey had vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people at a Kurdish wedding in the southeastern city of Gaziantep.

Military sources said the air strikes hit 12 Islamic State targets, while artillery fire hit 70 targets. Counter-terrorism police launched dawn raids targeting Islamic State members across Istanbul on Wednesday, the Dogan news agency said.

Turkey is also concerned about the growing influence of Syrian Kurdish militant groups along its border, where they have captured large areas of territory since the start of the Syrian war in 2011. Ankara sees them as tied to the Kurdish militants fighting an insurgency in Turkey. (rtr)

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A Turkish army tank and an armoured vehicle are stationed near the Turkish-Syrian border in Karkamis in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 23, 2016. Picture taken August 23, 2016.

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A ger, a traditional Mongolian tent, stands near a busy street in downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 22, 2013.

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Mongolians scrabble for dollars after local currency’s plunge

ULAANBAATAR - Making money amid Mongolia’s deepening economic crisis, currency dealers thronging the black markets of Ulaanbaatar wave wads of American dollars and Chinese yuan, warning desperate customers that foreign banknotes are becoming scarcer by the day.

The Naiman Sharga market, close to the Mongolian capital’s cluttered and impoverished “ger” or tent districts, has become a daily destination for residents panicked by a precipitous decline in the currency, the tugrik.

“Now I can’t find any more dollars,” said Ganbold, a currency trader, sporting a white, brimmed hat and galloping-horse belt buckle.

Ganbold has traded currency since the fall of communism in 1990 and up until now he’s been able to rely on the network of traders whenever he needed more cash.

But if a shipment of dollars doesn’t arrive from overseas as he hopes, Ganbold will have to close shop until more arrives.

Mongolia’s government, elected in a landslide at the end of June, has been plunged into turmoil after years of collapsing foreign investment, unsustainable fiscal expansion and a decline in demand for commodities like coal and copper.

Last week, the central bank hiked interest rates by 450 basis points to a record 15 percent, stabilising a currency whose 9 percent fall against the dollar from the start of August made it the world’s worst performer.

Dollar supplies have dwindled, and commercial banks were severely restricting currency transactions, with one bank refusing to convert any dollars, Ganbold told Reuters as frustrated buyers milled around him.

Finance Minister Battogtokh Choijilsuren said earlier this month that the central bank’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $1.3 billion.

But, he added that after stripping out a 15 billion yuan currency swap agreement with China, reserves would show a deficit of $46 million.

An International Monetary Fund team was in town last week to meet members of Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat’s new government, but some analysts suspect Mongolia might turn to China for another swap agreement rather resort to the IMF. “There is a good chance China asserts its regional influence and offers Mongolia a bigger and better deal than the IMF in a bailout,” Nick Cousyn, chief operating officer of brokerage BDSec in Ulaanbaatar, commented.

“Mongolia is highly strategic for China, given Mongolia’s vast natural resources and potential as an economic corridor with Russia.” (rtr)

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An employees walks in Hungarian oil and gas group MOL’s main Danube refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, March 22, 2016.

Housing sector lifts U.S., European stocks; oil pares gains REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

NEW YORK - Homebuilders provided a modest lift to both U.S. and European stock markets on Tuesday, while oil prices got a brief boost from Iran’s positive signals on an output freeze.

On Wall Street, technology companies led the Nasdaq to a record intraday high and robust housing market data strengthened the case for a firming economy.

Housing stocks jumped 2 percent after the Commerce Department reported new U.S. single-family home sales soared unexpectedly in July to near nine-year highs.

European equities rose 0.9 percent, led by mining stocks, after data pointed to continuing gradual improvement in the region’s economy.

Shares of the region’s homebuilders also gained following a solid update from UK homebuilder Persimmon, which closed 4.2 percent higher and was the biggest riser on the blue-chip FTSE 100.

The index closed at its highest level since the UK voted to leave the European Union.

The housing data helped traders fill the gap as markets await further clues on whether the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest rates this year. Global central bankers

gather in the mountains of Wyoming later this week and investors are focused on a speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Friday.

“If we continue to keep getting strong economic data it will become hard for the Fed to rationalize not hiking rates,” said Erik Wytenus, global investment specialist at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Palm Beach Florida.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.88 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,547.3, the S&P 500 gained 4.26 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,186.9 and the Nasdaq Composite added 15.48 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,260.08.

Big gains in oil prices, which had jumped as much as 2 percent on signals from Iran, were squeezed in post-settlement trading after data showed a surprise build-up in U.S. crude stocks.

The American Petroleum Institute reported that crude inventories rose by 4.5 million barrels in the week to Aug. 19, to 524.2 million.

Analysts had expected a decrease of 455,000 barrels.

After settling much higher, brent crude was still trading up about 37 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $49.53 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 69 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $48.10.

The bump in new home sales helped the U.S. dollar trim losses.

But having hit a five-day high of 94.958 against a currency basket on Monday, the greenback was flat at 94.533 late in the day.

New Zealand’s dollar, meanwhile, rose 0.47 percent to $0.7302 after the country’s central bank forecast another 35 basis points in possible rate cuts, less than many investors had wagered on.

“The (U.S.) dollar is weakening... due to the general anticipation around Jackson Hole on Friday,” said Saxo bank’s head of FX strategy John Hardy.

“There is also a general reach for yield happening. That was one of the things we saw with (New Zealand central bank Governor Graeme) Wheeler waving the white flag that he is not going to use easing to try and weaken the currency.” (rtr)

Dwi Soetjipto

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Pertamina to invest US$1.5 billion in Mahakam Block in 2017

Jakarta - PT Pertamina (Persero) is preparing to invest US$1.5 billion in the Mahakam Block in 2017.

President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero or State Own) Dwi Soetjipto stated after a meeting at the Office of the Ministry for Maritime Affairs here on Tuesday that early investment was intended to maintain oil and gas production in the working area prior to it becoming fully operational in 2018.

“It is estimated that an investment of $1.5 billion will be required for the post-2017 production,” he remarked.

Dwi explained that investment

is required to maintain oil and gas production for the drilling and maintenance of 19 wells in the oil and gas block in East Kalimantan.

“The 19 wells will become operational in the second quarter of 2017,” he noted.

In case no one joins, the investment cost will be borne by Persero that is tasked with managing the Mahakam Block.

“That is an estimate, and the investment could be made by anyone who later joins the group (managers of the Mahakam Block). If the others do not join in, yes (the investment will come from) Pertamina,” he revealed.

Despite every effort to ensure

no significant decline in production, Dwi did not elaborate on the production target for the Mahakam Block when the transition takes place later.

Dwi noted that if Persero does not undertake any efforts, a sharp decline in oil and gas production will certainly occur.

“However, if we do (undertake efforts), we will be able to reduce the decline (in production),” he stated.

Dwi also pointed out that Persero could not calculate the percentage drop in production as maintenance was being carried out in the Mahakam Block, which is already developed and operational. (ant)

Jakarta - Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among teenagers.

People start smoking due to varying reasons, and once they get into the habit, it can be difficult to stop, as smoking is both physically and mentally addictive.

A person trying to forego the habit should know that quitting smoking can be as difficult as giving up other types of drug addiction.

Rarely does one hear of smokers who successfully stopped smoking on their own. On the other hand, a good treatment plan that addresses the physical and psychological aspects of addiction can go a long way in helping a smoker give up the habit for good.

Several economic studies have documented that cigarette tax and price hikes can significantly reduce the number of young adult and child smokers.

Hence, the government of Indonesia has planned to significantly hike cigarette prices in the near future to reduce the number of smokers, among other things.

Vice Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Osman Sapta Odang has positively welcomed the governments plan to increase the prices of cigarettes.

“The plan to increase cigarette prices is a good strategy to restrict teenagers from getting into the habit of smoking,” he noted in a written statement received here on Monday.

The MPR vice chairman believes that by raising cigarette prices, teenagers, especially from middle-class families, who want to start smoking, will think twice whether they can afford them.

According to Sapta, the policy to hike cigarette prices is expected to reduce the number of new smokers among teenagers in future.

He pointed out that the increase in cigarette prices would also impact the rising price of tobacco that can benefit farmers and improve their livelihood.

In the meantime, House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin said the governments discourse to raise cigarette prices by two folds will help the state budget as it has the potential to increase state revenues.

“If the cigarette prices are raised, state revenues from the excise sector will automatically increase and help our state budget to become healthier in future,” the house speaker remarked.

In addition, Komarudin stated that the governments proposal related to increasing cigarette prices would also reduce the societys consumptive behaviors towards smoking.

The politician with the Golkar Party stated that hiking the prices of cigarettes will also reduce the number of smokers in society.

Komarudin believed that the higher cigarette prices will not significantly impact the cigarette industry, including the sustainability of the tobacco farmers. (ant)

Offices and houses linked to corruption case of SE Sulawesi governor raided

Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has raided the office of Southeast Sulawesi governor and houses linked to the corruption case with the governor as a suspect.

KPK has charged Governor Nur Alam with corruption in the process of licensing PT AHB (Anugerah Harisma Barakah) for nickel explorations in the regencies of Buton and Bombana during his previous term of 2009-2014.

“Today KPK raided a number of places including the governors

office in Kendari, the office of the Law Bureau of the provincial administration in Kendari,the office of the region energy and mineral resource service in Kendari and a number of houses in Kendari and Jakarta linked to the case,” KPK deputy chairman Laode M Syarif said here on Tuesday.

“All those places are believed to have connections with the case that KPK investigators decided that the raids are necessary. This is not a caught-red-handed case, therefore, KPK has asked for an approval from

the court,” Laode said.

He said he could not yet give the results of the raids, adding the investigators have not reported the results.

Nur Alam could be imprisoned for up to 20 years if found guilty with a fine of up to Rp1 billion.

Laode said KPK now gives special attentions to corruption cases in the mining sector in addition to taxation cases.

“Hopefully this will serve a lesson to other regional leaders as well as officials of higher level agencies,” he said. (ant)

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Thai junta rules out link between latest bombings and earlier deadly attacks

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An underwater test-firing of a strategic submarine ballistic missile is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016.

The Manda procession during Ngusaba Dangsil in Karangasem Regency

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Manda tradition in a series of usaba dangsil

When song wrongly chanted, procession repeated until the morning

USABA dangsil is implemented in various stages. Prior to the summit of the usaba dangsil, boy and girl (truna daha) will perform manda ritual at the Bale Agung temple. This ritual is quite historic telling about the pilgrimage of Rishi Markandeya with his troops from Mount Raung in East Java to Mount Agung in Bali, passing through thick forests. Moreover, if there is song wrongly chanted in the procession, the implementation can continue over and over again from the night until the morning.

Manda is implemented as a series of different dances. Movements of the dance are considered very sacred and will not be found elsewhere. In the context of pilgrimage made by the troops of Rishi Markandeya, before meeting with De Kebayan, their pilgrimage is said to be very far after passing through some jungles. Then, there are some terms like clearing forest in a series of their pilgrimage before arriving at Bungaya customary village. “During the pilgrimage, the troops were released in some groups of four. To get through this,

the journey was very long,” said the secretary of usaba dangsil ritual 2016, I Gede Adi Krisna Widana, recently.

Procession of the manda ritual is quite long. During the implementation, girls are wearing a bun, clothes and yellow belt, while boys are wearing teluki, melelenter amput, mesaput tartar, melamak, meoncer, maselibeh geringsing and affixed with kris dagger. In the procession of pandayan daha truna on August 27 around 16:30, when the process of matengeran Ida Batara Bagus Selonding, Me-

kel Truna Wayahan and Mekel Truna Nyomanan, the secretary of Manda procession released the participants from south to north of the Bale Agung temple.

The manda procession is accompanied by various gending semara of Selonding instrument, such as when performing the masolah pendet, gulung wangsul, makebit and ngampat paku. Each movement of the dance shows the difficulty encountered by the troops where they must break through the jungle. After the boys and girls, they are followed by temple priests from the north, while singing the Anda Sahat song, the girl dance Anda Sahat, followed

by Truna Nyomanan and Daha Nyomanan released simultaneously in the group of four accompanied with Calong song.

After completing this procession, it is resumed with Pandayan Ageng at Bale Agung temple. Daha Truna with the priest, De Kebayan,

De Baan Istri do Nyepi procession for three times in front of Ida Batara Bagus Selonding. “When De Mekel Daha is holding burning incense, no pilgrims may speak and all the lights are turned off,” he said.

This procession will continue by rotating for three times accompanied with the chanting of Gending Papulang and then with Gending Kale. The songs are very sacred. After the rotating procession is made for nine times, the song is changed again with the accompaniment of Gending Anda Sahat, followed by Gending Kale, replaced again with Gending Ngebit and returned to be accompanied with Gending Kale.

The procession is done for nine times. “During this procession, when the song is wrongly chanted, the procession will be repeated. If the mistake happens again, it must be repeated again. As the implementation in the past, it could last from the evening until the morn-

ing,” said chief of Bungaya customary village, De Salah Sukata.

The girls then go aside, while boys are walking and unsheathing a kris dagger around the Bale Agung temple for three times accompanied with Gending Landung Loncong.

After the implementation of this manda, boys are back to Penataran Temple to look for the missing pemuit and then turning back to the Bale Agung. Manda procession will once again be held the next day on August 28 at the same venue and procession.

Secretary of the local customary youth club, Ketut Sugata, said that the procession will be done by all members of the Truna Daha Wayanan and Truna Daha Nyomanan. Recently, the total number has reached more than 820 people.

For the smooth procession, the entire Truna Daha has been organizing general rehearsal since Saturday (Aug. 20). (kmb31)

North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan

SEOUL - North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN sanctions.

Having the ability to fire a missile from a submarine could help North Korea evade a new anti-missile system planned for South Korea and pose a threat even if nuclear-armed North Korea’s land-based arsenal was destroyed, experts said.

The ballistic missile was fired at around 5:30 a.m. (2030 GMT) from near the coastal city of Sinpo, where a submarine base is located, officials at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Ministry told Reuters.

The projectile reached Japan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) for the first time, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a briefing, referring to an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security.

The missile was fired at a high angle, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported, an indication that its full range would be 1,000

km (620 miles) at an ordinary trajectory. The distance indicated the North’s push to develop a submarine-launched missile system was paying off, officials and experts said.

North Korea’s “SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) technology appears to have progressed,” a South Korean military official told Reuters.

Jeffrey Lewis of the Californiabased Middlebury Institute of International Studies said the test appeared to be a success.

“We don’t know the full range, but 500 km is either full range or a full range on a lofted trajectory.

Either way, that missile works.”

The launch came two days after rival South Korea and the United States began annual military exercises in the South that North Korea condemns as a preparation for invasion, and has threatened

retaliation.

Beijing is Pyongyang’s main ally but has joined past U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North. It has been angered by what it views as provocative moves by the United States and South Korea, including their July decision to base the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) anti-missile system in South Korea.

China opposes North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme as well as any words or deeds that cause tension on the Korean peninsula, its foreign minister, Wang Yi, said on Wednesday at previously scheduled meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo.

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry condemned the launch and warned of more sanctions and isolation for its rival that “will only speed up its self-destruction.”

“This poses a grave threat to Japan’s security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters, adding that Japan had lodged a stern protest. (rtr)

BANGKOK - Thailand’s military government said on Wednesday there was no connection between two bombings overnight that killed one person in the southern town of Pattani and a wave of deadly attacks on popular tourist spots in the south this month.

One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on Tuesday at the Southern View Hotel in the coastal town of Pattani, less than two weeks after a wave of as yet unexplained bombings hit seven provinces in the south.

No group has claimed responsibility for those bombings, which killed four and wounded dozens, including foreign tourists. Some security experts noted at the time that southern insurgent groups have a track record of carrying out coordinated bombing attacks.

Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan however quickly ruled out any link between those attacks and the twin bombs in Pattani.

“I am sure that the incident in Pattani last night has nothing to do with the seven provinces attacks,” Prawit told reporters at Bangkok’s Government House, without giving any further details.

Police said the first explosion in a carpark at the back of the hotel in Pattani caused no casualties. However, the second blast outside the hotel entrance appeared to have been a bomb placed in a stolen hospital pick-up truck that had been mistaken for an ambulance.

Since 2004, a low-intensity but brutal war between government troops and insurgents has killed more than 6,500 people in the three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat that border Malaysia.

Peace talks between the government and a handful of insurgent groups began in 2013 under the civilian government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, but have stalled since the military overthrew her in 2014.

Prawit said the military government would not enter talks with separatist groups until there was peace in the region.

“It has to be peaceful first and then we can discuss,” Prawit told reporters.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said after his weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday there were “no quick fixes in the south”.

Still, the military insists that security in the south has improved and has said it would reduce the number of soldiers posted there from October.

Some 60,000 troops will be stationed in the south this year, down from 70,000 in 2011, said Colonel Yutthanam Petchmuang, deputy spokesman for the military’s Internal Security Operations Command.

“When we see the situation constantly improving ... we gradually remove soldiers,” Yutthanam said.

There is deep distrust between Muslims and authorities in the region, which rights groups say is partly due to a culture of impunity among military officials operating in the south.

The three provinces soundly rejected a referendum earlier this month on a new military-backed constitution, which passed convincingly in most of the rest of Thailand. (rtr)

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Thai soldiers inspect the scene of a car bomb blast outside a hotel in the southern province of Pattani, Thailand August 24, 2016.

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SANTIAGO - Chile’s health authorities on Tuesday issued an alert and said they were investigating reported problems with Chinese-made condoms distributed for free in family health centers nationwide.

Chilean authorities are issuing a health alert, saying they distributed defective condoms.

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The public health institute ordered that three batches of approximately 1.7 million Kaiju condoms be withheld from distribution while it investigated reports that they broke during use and were too small.

“This is a preventative measure to avoid any problem with users of the product and to show vigilance,” said health official Jaime Burrows.

The problems may be related to incorrect storage, said public health institute director Alex Figueroa, adding that people were being asked not to use those already distributed.

Kaiju said on its Facebook page that the product had arrived in Chile in 2014 and 2015 and had been fully tested without problems. (rtr)

Gum disease linked to heart disease

THE HAGUE - A report from The Netherlands adds to the evidence tying chronic gum disease to heart disease and stroke.

In a study of more than 60,000 dental patients, those with gum disease were twice as likely to have had a heart attack, stroke or severe chest pain.

Previous studies have linked periodontitis and clogged arteries, but this is the first to investigate the link in a group of people this large, the researchers say.

At the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, the largest dental school in the Netherlands, investigators reviewed the medical records of 60,174 patients age 35 and older, looking for an association between periodontal gum disease and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases such as angina, heart attack and stroke.

About 4 percent of patients with periodontitis had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, compared to 2 percent without periodontitis, the researchers found.

Even after taking other risk factors for cardiovascular disease into account, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking, those with periodontal disease were still 59 percent more likely to have a history of heart problems, according to a report in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

In periodontal disease, the advanced stage of the gum disease gingivitis, the gums pull away

from the teeth and create pockets that can become infected. Periodontitis has also been tied to other conditions such as skin disease and dementia.

“It’s clear that periodontitis is associated with chronic inflammation, so it makes sense biologically that if you have a heavy infection in your mouth, you also have a level

of inflammation that will contribute to heart conditions,” said Panos Papapanou of Columbia University in New York, who has studied the association between gum disease and heart disease but wasn’t involved in the current study.

The research team suggests that gum disease develops first and may promote heart disease through

Take care of your oral health for oral health itself.

chronic infection and bacteria in the circulatory system.

Dr. Bruno Loos, the senior author of the new report, said by email that “plausible mechanisms to explain the relationship” may include a common genetic background for the way the body handles inflammation, oral bacteria and immune responses.

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Still, this kind of observational study can’t prove that gum disease causes heart problems.

“The association … does not provide proof (of causation), even when the results from our study corroborate findings from previous similar research,” study coauthor Geert van der Heijden said by email.

Papapanou told Reuters Health that while the new findings are from patients with a relatively high socioeconomic status, “we’re repeatedly seeing the same conclusion.”

“It seems all over the globe we have to consider this relationship,” Loos said.

In the U.S., heart disease is the leading cause of death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each year, more than 600,000 people die from heart disease, which accounts for one in four deaths.

Dr. Frank Scannapieco, chairman of the Department of Oral Biology at the University at Buffalo in New York, who wasn’t involved with the study, commented to Reuters Health that while the association of periodontitis and coronary disease is “robust,” the strength of the link is “moderate compared to traditional risk factors such as hypertension.”

Papapanou advises: “Take care of your oral health for oral health itself. If you know there’s a positive association between oral health and other diseases, would you ignore it?

I wouldn’t.” (rtr)

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The Tanah Ampo Pier

Less comprehensive

Planning of Tanah Ampo harbor potentially harms the state

DENPASAR - So far, the Tanah Ampo harbor in Karangasem is never operated. Actually, physical construction of the harbor is already completed in 2009. Likewise, the harbor building was finished in 2012. The budget disbursed to finance has even reached IDR 100 billion.

Planning of this project is even questioned because it potentially harms the state. “You see, the planning was indeed good. At least, it is good for tourist destination diversification. We always kick up a row and are asked to not only build in South Bali. So, it was then built in Karangasem. But a stagnant budgeting occurred from central government,” said Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug. 23).

According to Pastika, it has been agreed that the construction of the pier is worked on by central government, while the harbor or terminal buildings by provincial government and the road by district government. When the terminal and the road have been completed, in fact the central government just partially constructed the pier namely along 150 meters. Then, the budget to extend the pier is stagnant.

“Suppose that the pier can be extended to approximately 200 meters, it can surely be moored by

cruise ships and will have an impact on all,” he added. Pastika added that the inadequate length has made the cruise ships difficult to dock at the pier. From the trial results, cruise ships finally anchored in the middle of the sea so that visitors wishing to go ashore should be transported by barge.

“Surely, it is quite annoying, while visitors mostly consist of the elders, not young people. They are the elders but wealthy,” he explained.

Apart from the pier issue, added Pastika, there is still a problem who will manage the harbor. Provincial government itself does not have the capability to manage because it requires tremendous expertise considering the cruise ships do not only dock there. Passengers dropping off also need logistics such as clean water, fish, meat and vegetables.

“Has the logistics been available? Passengers need clean water, where is the water from? They need many things, so that it is not the

matter of anchoring, not at all. So, this requires tremendous expertise.

Perhaps, the planning is less comprehensive,” he explained.

Secretary of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, considered the Tanah Ampo is just a project for the interests of certain parties so that there were funds coming down from central government. Besides, it is not feasible in terms of detailed engineering design or DED. Evidently, until now the Tanah Ampo harbor cannot be used in accordance with the initial planning as the main cruise ship dock.

“So, please be careful when making a planning. No matter what project it is, the planning must be good. When it is not good or without a planning, it will result in losses to the state both in the national budget and regional budget,” he said.

Luckily, added Kariyasa, the project still gets the allocation of fund from provincial government of Bali for the operations reaching IDR 18 million per year although there is no any activity at the harbor. However, if there is no operating budget, the Tanah Ampo harbor can be considered as

dormant project.

“If having been dormant, it means the planning is not good.

The operating cost is only a little namely IDR 18 million per year, just for the operating cost. Actually, no activities at all are carried out there and it is only taken advantage as a fishing ground,” he explained.

Related to the trial, Kariyasa said there are different perceptions. Based on the results of the inspection by the Commission III to the harbor, the Harbor Authority (KSOP) of Bali representative stated if the Tanah Ampo pier has never been tested.

In addition, the pier length currently reaching 150 meters should actually have been able to be moored by cruise ships with the length of 150-200 meters. Not to mention the former Minister of Transport, Ignatius Jonan, in his working visit stated if the Tanah Ampo harbor is not feasible so that it is not suitable to continue.

“It is the recognition of KSOP so that it can only be used for a short period, for yachts only. It means it does not correspond to the original purpose. There should be an in-depth investigation whether the project simply drew the funds

for specific purposes or it was indeed really intended for the sake of cruise,” he said.

Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba, claimed to immediately ask for the continuation of the Tanah Ampo project to central government. If indeed there is a problem it can be revealed clearly.

He also requested the relevant agency namely the Transportation Agency and KSOP to accompany his commission to Jakarta to meet the ministry of transportation.

“Such opinion is confusing, some tell that the pier length is inadequate, the pier is rocking and it has been never tested. Why are such things not responded from 2012? We must pursue this information,” he said.

Tamba would also investigate the project from the planning, including who had prepared the DED. As planned, Commission III and relevant agencies will be leaving next week. “We would like to get the correct information, why such big waves could pass the making of the pier at the location.

Moreover, there is a building maintenance budget allocated at IDR 18 million,” he said. (kmb32)

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This man overseeing 20 subak organizations at Ubud village said that the remaining active agricultural areas in Ubud are dominantly contracted and sharecropped by migrants. In the meantime, the native residents to Ubud prefer to indulge in the field of tourism, ranging from tourism service providers to tourism players due to promising much greater incomes.

“Almost no residents of Ubud want to wait for water in the paddy fields, let alone come down and grow rice. Probably, it happens because farming faces many challenges like the threat of pest to uncertain climate. Thus, people prefer to work in tourism sector causing

them to look cleaner and the results are clear,” said the man who is also the chief of Subak Semujaan.

He admitted that land conversion into accommodation facility such as villas and hotels, also continues to tease the Ubud community. Moreover, based on the information the land price in this area almost reaches IDR 2 billion rupiahs per 100 square meters. “Of the 20 subak areas in Ubud, the land conversion mostly happens in Subak Nyuh Kuning, Subak Bua and Subak Padang Tegal, including Subak Semujaan,” he explained.

When asked about the government attention to farmers in Ubud, Nyoman Sudariasta said the government has provided some assistance to farmers. Moreover,

the regent of Gianyar promised an incentive for farmers that want to maintain their paddy fields. “The

government has much helped and it is never too late. However, the community has preferred to live

from tourism sector, so that we do not dare to force,” he said. (kmb35)

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The farmer is working in his ricefield.

There is disconnected link

Hotel unable to directly buy commodities from farmers

DENPASAR - Quality and consistency have become a kind of ‘requirement’ so that agricultural commodities can penetrate the tourism sector. However, not all farmers in Bali are able to produce a quality product accompanied with consistency in the production.

As a result, the tourism players still have to meet their needs from outside Bali because the agricultural production in Bali has not been able to meet the needs.

“Actually, we’ve seen all the agricultural products meeting the standards have been taken by hotels such as fruits, vegetables and other products like flowers. But so far, our farmers have not been able to provide them all. It means we must take some of the products from outside Bali,” said the Secretary General of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI)

Bali, Perry Markus, in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug. 23).

Perry did not deny if there are farmers protesting because their quality products have not been absorbed in tourism. The gap happens because hotels and restaurants do not directly buy the agricultural products from farmers. Likewise, farmers do not directly sell their commodities to tourism actors.

“So, there is supplier or a third party here. Farmers sell their products through this third party and the third party then sells to hotel.

Here, there is a link. Probably it

happens due to disconnected link there. As the name implies, supplier will think anyway I have to prepare whatever the hotels and restaurants have requested. If this farmer cannot provide, I will take from the other farmers,” he explained.

Related to this matter, Perry encouraged farmers to form a cooperative. Thus, hotels and restaurants can come to the cooperatives to purchase the agricultural commodities. In addition, farmers are also required to maintain the consistency and quality of their products.

“With such a measure, if they have established an organization, actually hotels can directly get in touch with the organization. Well, we want this kind of quality, this commodity needs to be planted

now and so forth,” he said.

When interviewed separately, Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, said that over the years there are farmers plant haphazardly. As a result, when the harvest comes no market receives their agricultural products. Here is the essential role of the government to see what should be grown by farmers in accordance with the market demands. Similarly, it must pay attention to the matter of fertilizer, seed and pesticides used by farmers.

“In most cases, when farmers need fertilizer, it is not available or rare. Similar thing also happens to pesticide or it is rarely available.

More sadly, they are sometimes faced with fake pesticides like

the recent vaccine case. From the beginning, the agriculture was also faced with fake seeds and fake pesticides,” said the former regent of Tabanan.

Wiryatama claimed to have tried a brand of fake pesticide to eradicate ants. In fact, it could not kill the ants because it seemed to have been mixed with mud. Then, there is fake rice seed put into a bucket containing water, in fact it floats.

“No genuine seed is floating because it has been well sorted.

Theoretically, it is like that, but in reality it is different. These are the ‘diseases’ faced by farmers, there are fake seed, fake fertilizer and fake pesticide, so that it needs a joint supervision because essentially the agriculture needs intensification,” he said. (kmb32)

Municipal police raid open stage construction at Tanah Lot

TABANAN - In the area of Tanah Lot precisely at the land property of Pekendungan Temple is still being constructed an open stage or outdoor stage to be used for kecak dance performance. In addition to the open stage, the workers are building a house to be functioned as a dressing room and change room for the dancers. At the construction signpost mounted on the side of the project,

the open stage will be equipped with restaurant and banquet facilities. However, this construction is apparently complained because allegedly it has not owned permission. To that end, the Tabanan municipal police conducted a raid on Tuesday (Aug. 23).

The officers arrived around 14:15 and asked the workers as well as the project coordinator.

Based on information compiled,

the land used to build the open stage and the house is contracted from the property of Pekendungan Temple.

Chief of the Tabanan Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba, when asked for his confirmation explained that his staff has met the person in charge of the project and when asked about the permit, he was not able to present it. “To that end, we will summon the project owner

next Thursday,” said Sarba.

His institution will also check whether the land of the building can be built or not. “If it is allowed, the project coordinator must be able to show the building permit. Otherwise, the project would be stopped first until the permit is submitted,” said Sarba.

If the checking later on indicates if the land may not be built, surely the project development will be

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In the meantime, Operations Manager of the Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Toya Adnyana, explained that so far his management has not got information and coordination regarding the development of the open stage. “Moreover, the land is not included in the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. So far, there is no coordination about it,” he said. (kmb24)

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Bali Safari and Marine Parks Salutes International Orangutan Day and International Elephant Day

Bali Safari & Marine Park held a joint celebration in honor ofInternational Orangutan Day and International Elephant Dayon Friday, August 19, 2016.

In keeping with a long-established tradition at The Park, 50 children from the Yayasan Pelangi Anak Negeri – a foster home for orphaned or abandoned children, were invited to spend a fun-filled day with the large herd of Sumatran elephants and families of orangutans who make the 40-hectare nature park their home.

Among the activities prepared in anticipation of the children’sarrival were visits to the Park’s headline Animal show, Tiger Show andElephant Show,together with special interactive sessions with the elephants and orangutans.

To foster an understanding and appreciation of the animal kingdom, the Park’s educators also created challenging games that were enthusiastically received by the kids from PelangiAnakNegeri. Each child also went home with a useful set of school supplies.

William Santoso, General Manager of the Bali Safari & Marine Park, commenting on the visit and International Elephant Day and International Orangutan Day, said: “The commemoration of Orangutan Day and Elephant Day is intended

to remind both the visitors to the Bali Safari & Marine Park and the world at large of the increasing threat of extinction faced by the Asian and African Elephants, and the Asian Orangutan. The future existence of these animals depends on those steps we put in place today.

On this occasion, we hope those who care for the world’s wildlife will recommit to the international campaign to protect and preserve elephants and orangutans. On each of the many days set aside in support of international wildlife conservation held at the Bali Safari & Marine Park, we always invite groups representing the younger generation to share with them the need to be concerned and care for wildlife.”

The International Union for the Conservation of Nation (IUCN) (Red List IUCN 2006/IUCN Red List 2007)has classified the Borneo Orangutan as an “endangered species,” meanwhile the Sumatran Orangutan is at even greater threat and classified as “critically endangered.”

In January 2012, IUCN classified elephants in Indonesia “critically endangered,” just one level below extinction. The number of Sumatran Elephants is now half of the 5,000 found in the wild in 1985, with experts estimating only 2,400 – 2,800 elephants remaining

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In keeping with the days set aside on the calendar to honor the individual species found in the wild kingdom, World Elephant Day and World Orangutan Day are designated to draw world attention to the plight of these endangered

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The title track was the first the 29-year-old wrote after her friend Jason Gaviati died in 2015. She also penned “Gavi’s Song” to honour their friendship.

“I couldn’t write about these

things until I dealt with them. My music at first was just really sad and depressing as I started to go back and write again and I was like, this is not helping me at all to write in this way,” she told Reuters.

“And so I started dealing with the emotions, I went home, I spent time with my family, I did some therapy and then it became a very therapeutic experience to write about these emotions.” Stirling gained fame after making a name for herself through social media. Her YouTube channel has over 8 million subscribers and more than 1 billion views. The 14track “Brave Enough” is her third studio album. (rtr)

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This condition is recognized by the chief of Wos Kajanan river dam, Gede Nyoman Sudariasta. He revealed that currently the number of native residents to Ubud who are still willing to farm can be counted on fingers. “Now, virtually no landowners in Ubud want to cultivate their land. If they do, the number can be counted only reaching three or five people,” he said when contacted by telephone.

An Indian Air Force official drops relief materials to people affected by floods in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Heavy rains in many parts of northern India with two major rivers, Ganges and Yamuna flowing over danger mark, have resulted in flooding and submerging of many low lying areas.

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Over 300 dead in India as floods force villagers into relief camps

NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR - A t least 300 people have died in eastern and central India and more than six million others have been affected by floods that have submerged villages, washed away crops, destroyed roads and disrupted power and phone lines, officials said on Tuesday.

Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers, including the mighty Ganges and its tributaries, to burst their banks forcing people into relief camps in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

Government officials in Bihar, which has seen some of the worst flooding this year with almost 120 dead and more than five million affected, said the situation was serious.

“The flood waters have engulfed

low-lying areas, homes and fields of crops,” said Zafar Rakib, a district magistrate of Katihar, one of 24 districts out of Bihar’s 38 districts which have been hit by the deluge.

“We have shifted people to higher ground and they are being provided with cooked rice, clean drinking water, polythene sheets,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, where 43 people have died and over one million are affected, schools

were closed in the cities of Varanasi and Allahabad as both the Ganges and Yamuna rivers crossed danger levels and flood waters continued to rise.

The holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindus flock daily, was also forced to halt cremations along the banks of sacred Ganges river -- forcing families to cremate their relatives on the terrace roofs of nearby houses, officials said.

Television pictures showed villagers wading waist deep in floodwaters with their livestock, mud-and-brick homes collapsing and people climbing into wooden boats to get to relief camps.

“We are all worried about what

we should do. For the last four days we have living like this. We don’t even have any food to eat,” 42year-old villager Doda Yadav told the NDTV news station from Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

In the central state of Madhya Pradesh, where at least 70 have died since the onset of the monsoons in June and more than 40,000 homes partially or fully destroyed, almost 20,000 people have been evacuated to relief camps.

Officials said villagers would return home when water levels receded, although the Indian Meteorological Department has forecast more rains for central India over the next two days.

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