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Enrique Iglesias sues Universal over streaming royalties Singer Elton John

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Goodbye yellow brick tours; Elton John announces farewell world concerts NEW YORK - Elton John on Wednesday announced a three-year farewell world tour, saying he would quit traveling afterward to focus on life with his family. The 70-year-old singer, one of the best-selling recording artists in the world over a 50-year career, told a news conference in New York that his priorities have changed after becoming a parent to two children with his husband David Furnish. “I love them so much. I don’t want to miss them and I don’t want them to miss me,” he said. “I’ve had a good run.” He said his last tour, called “Farewell Yellow Brick Road,” would start in September 2018 in the United States and would last through 2021, taking him all around the world. “It will be a wonderful way to thank people,” he said. “It’s a way of going out with a bang. I’m not the kind of guy to go out with a whimper.” John made the announcement after a live performance of his hits “Tiny Dancer” and “I’m Still Standing.” With a penchant for flamboyant stage costumes and an ear for piano rockers and ballads, John has dominated the pop industry for decades with hits like “Your Song” and “Candle in the Wind.” On Wednesday, he denied British

media reports that he was quitting touring because of ill health. But he said he had been on the road since he was 17, adding; “I can’t physically do the traveling anymore. I want to be home with my children more.” John and Furnish married in 2014 and the couple are raising two sons, Zachary, 7, and Elijah, 5, who were born through a surrogate mother. “I never thought that I could love anything as much as I love my sons... I never thought I could be a father, I thought I’m too selfish, too set in my ways,” he said. John is due to perform at the Grammy Awards in New York on Sunday. On Jan 30, musicians including Miley Cyrus, John Legend, Chris Martin and Sam Smith will pay tribute to his music and career at a previously announced concert in New York. John, who has Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards for his work in film and theater including “The Lion King” and “Billy Elliott,” said he planned to remain creative but said that after the tour he would likely take 2 or 3 years off from writing music. Once a hard-partying rock star with a voracious appetite for cocaine and alcohol, John has achieved the kind of long-lasting fame enjoyed by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. (rtr)

CALIFORNIA - The Latin pop star and actor Enrique Iglesias on Wednesday sued Universal Music Group in the United States, claiming that his former label short-changed him out of millions of dollars of streaming royalties. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Iglesias said Universal had paid only a “small fraction” of the 50 percent royalty rate for streamed music that he said his contract required. His lawyer said Universal had wrongly insisted that recording artists be paid for streams in the same way they are paid for album sales, despite the absence of similar costs for production, distribution and other overhead. The lawsuit seeks to recoup unpaid royalties, following an inspection of Universal’s books. It was filed against a Netherlands-based affiliate, Universal International Music BV. Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Iglesias, 42, whose father is Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, began his recording career in 1995, and according to the complaint has sold more than 100 million albums and generated billions of streams. Universal became Enrique Iglesias’ home label in 1999, and he remained there until departing

for Sony Music in 2015. Though streaming did not exist in 1999, Iglesias said his contract, which was modified in 2010, called for the 50 percent royalty rate “for any type of use not specifically covered” by its terms. In a statement, Iglesias’ lawyer James Sammataro accused Universal of distorting the c o n t r a c t ’s meaning so that “it alone” could reap the

savings from digital streams. “This is not what Enrique’s contract, or the contracts of many other artists, call for,” Sammataro said. “Artists, producers and songwriters should benefit from the reduced costs of streaming.” (rtr)

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Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys

LONDON - Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the door to copying humans.

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, two identical long-tailed macaques, were born eight and six weeks ago, making them the first primates -- the order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and humans -- to be cloned from a non-embryonic cell. It was achieved through a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which involves transferring the nucleus of a cell, which includes its DNA, into an egg which has had its nucleus removed. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai said their work should be a boon to medical research by making it possible to study diseases in populations of genetically uniform monkeys. But it also brings the feasibility of cloning to the doorstep of our own species. “Humans are primates. So (for) the cloning of primate species, including humans, the technical barrier is now broken,” Muming Poo, who helped supervise the programme at the institute, told reporters in a conference call. “The reason ... we broke this barrier is to produce animal models that are useful for medicine, for human health. There is no intention to apply this method to humans.” Genetically identical animals are useful in research because confounding factors caused by genetic variability in non-cloned animals can complicate experiments. They could be used to test new drugs for a range of diseases before clinical use. The two newborns are now being bottle fed and are growing normally. The researchers said they expect more macaque clones to be born over the coming months. Since Dolly - cloning’s poster child - was born in Scotland in 1996, scientists have successfully used SCNT to clone more than 20 other species, including cows, pigs, dogs, rabbits, rats and mice. Similar work in primates, however, had always failed, leading some experts to wonder if primates were resistant. The new research, published on Wednesday in the journal Cell, shows that is not the case. The Chinese team succeeded, after many attempts, by using modulators to switch on or off certain genes that were inhibiting embryo development. Even so, their success rate was extremely low and the technique worked only when nuclei were transferred from foetal cells, rather than adult ones, as was the case with Dolly. In all, it took 127 eggs to produce two live macaque births. “It remains a very inefficient and hazardous procedure,” said Robin Lovell-Badge, a cloning expert at the Francis Crick Institute in London, who was not involved in the Chinese work. “The work in this paper is not a stepping-stone to establishing methods for obtaining live born human clones. This clearly remains a very foolish thing to attempt.” The research underscores China’s increasingly important role at the cutting-edge of biosciences, where its scientists have at times pushed ethical boundaries. Three years ago, for example, researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou caused a furore when they reported carrying out the first experiment to edit the DNA of human embryos, although similar work has now been done in the United States. Scientists at the Shanghai institute said they followed international guidelines for animal research set by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, but called for a debate on what should or should not be acceptable practice in primate cloning. (rtr)

Qiang Sun and Mu-ming Poo, Chinese Academy of Sciences handout from Cell/ via REUTERS

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Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, two cloned long tailed macaque monkeys are seen at the Non-Primate facility at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China January 10, 2018. Picture taken January 10, 2018.

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Bali as hideout of international criminals

Interpol’s fugitive arrested at airport

DENPASAR - Bali as a famous tourist destination is strongly alleged of being a hideout for international criminals. This is confirmed by the arrest of two Interpol’s fugitives in the Kuta area some time ago. Both fugitives, namely Balmus Petru from Romania and Xiao Xiaofei from China, were arrested for fraud case in their country. The arrests were conducted by a joint team of Directorate of Vital Object Security, Sub Directorate IV of the General Criminal Investigation and Sub Directorate IV of Bali Police Intelligence Security. This was conveyed by Deputy Directorate of Bali Police General Criminal Investigation, Sugeng Sudarso, on Wednesday (Jan. 24). “On that account, there is possibility for Bali as a tourism area to be taken advantage as a hiding place by foreign criminals as evidenced by the data of the perpetrators that we revealed,” he said. He said that based on the data collected in 2016, there was one German citizen arrested, while in 2017 a total of 12 international criminals were arrested while traveling to Bali. In terms of percentage, there is a significant increase of up to 1,200 percent. To anticipate this, his authority will tighten the supervision against foreigners visiting Bali. “We are always coordinating with immigration office, hotel and hotelier associations to better register all the guests coming to Bali. Structurally, we will continuously communicate with International Relations and Interpol Division,” said Sugeng Sudarso. Related to the arrest of the fugitives, Balmus was arrested while at the international arrival terminal of Ngurah Rai Airport, Tuban, on Tuesday (Jan. 16) around 21:00 local time. The suspect just arrived from Malaysia. “Initially, we received a letter of request from the government of Moldova through Chief of International Relations Division to arrest the perpetrator (Balmus— Ed),” said Sugeng Sudarso. Sugeng revealed the suspect Balmus involved in fraud case in Moldova. However, he did not explain in more details about the case of the suspect. According to him, his authority just arrested and detained him for 20 days while waiting for the extradition request from Moldovan government. Meanwhile, the suspect Xiao Xiaofei was arrested in one of the hotels in Tuban, Kuta, Badung, on Sunday (Jan. 21) at 01:00 local time. The mode of crime committed by the perpetrator is financial product

fraud in China by collecting funds illegally. He lured the victims by offering 6-12 percent interest in a year. In this action, the perpetrator managed to raise funds around USD 21.5 million or equivalent to IDR 280 billion. “The perpetrator fled from Macau and headed for Bali,” he said. The perpetrator arrived in Bali on January 18, 2018.

Then, he stayed at one of the hotels on Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, and was arrested on January 21. After receiving a request for extradition from China, the suspect was deported on Thursday (Jan. 25) at 01:00. “This fugitive will be handed over to the PRC police at Ngurah Rai Airport and repatriated through the deportation process,” he said. (kmb36)

Weddings Dreams At Alaya Resort Ubud

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The Deputy Directorate of Bali Police General Criminal Investigation, Sugeng Sudarso, in a press confrence

Urban floods

Parliament criticizes bad drainage system

DENPASAR - The floods occurred in urban areas such as Denpasar indicate the poor drainage system and so is in the dense tourism areas like Seminyak and Legian in Badung district. Provincial and district / municipal governments should work together to improve the drainage system as a whole. “All this time, floods occur every year. This shows that the

existing drainage in Denpasar in particular is not good because so far it is made unplanned,” said Secretary of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, when confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 24). According Kariyasa, drainage is the main thing in city governance. However, the sewer of drainage is often covered up with sidewalks

just for aesthetics. Based on observation, there is no regular drainage improvement. Therefore, floods always happen when heavy rainy season arrives. Besides, there is possibility of seawater intrusion that can disrupt the flow of water. “Drainage must be completely repaired. Governor and regents / mayor must establish integrated and inter-connected drainage chan-

nels. The drainage can also be used for underground cables, drains and waste disposal,” explained this PDI-P politician. Kariyasa added that improvement of drainage should not just be patchwork. Moreover, the current floods occurred in Bali have been highlighted by foreign media. This will affect the image of Bali as an international tourist destination.

Meanwhile, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that floods are annual problem that are never resolved. What causes it should be learned soon. Besides, it also happened because the recent rainfall was indeed extraordinarily high. “Later, I instruct to find out why and what solution to take. For example, there must be a pump installation,” he said. (kmb32)

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Jean Paul Gaultier gets into swing of the 60s on Paris catwalk

PARIS - Psychedelic swirls, Beatles-style bobs in vibrant colours and plenty of swishing fringes filled Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway on Wednesday, in a celebration of the 1960s designed in homage to avant-garde French couturier Pierre Cardin.

Black-and-white stripped dresses - ingeniously cut to float down the catwalk from the front while revealing a cinched silhouette from behind - mingled with bold pink or yellow pant suits in the collection, unveiled during Haute Couture week. Fringes on boots, trousers, dresses and sleeves twisted and turned to the 1960-inspired soundtrack as models strutted down the runway. Some struck over-the-top poses as they went, like model Coco Rocha, who had spectators swooning as she took to the catwalk with her two-year-old daughter, dressed identically in an asymetric baby-blue gown. Ninety-five-year-old Cardin, who gave the self-styled bad boy of fashion Gaultier his first stint as an apprentice in 1970, surveyed the show from the front row, with actress Marion Cotillard and singer Paloma Faith also in attendance. “It’s my beginning. Why not come back to that funny period that was the 1960s,” Gaultier told reporters after the show, adding

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After floods in Legian, puddles still seen on the road

that he had been in awe of Cardin’s futuristic, geometric designs when he was still a teenager. “Even before I started with him I was looking at magazines, at TV programmes on what he was doing.” “I was very frightened when he arrived (at the show), I wondered, ‘What will he tell me?’” Gaultier added. “I was like a little student of fashion.” Gaultier, 65, stopped producing ready-to-wear collections in 2014 to focus on his haute couture line and perfumes. His brand is owned by Spanish perfume group Puig. The couturier, known for his irreverent and playful style, is preparing a musical stage production, the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show, which is billed as a pop extravaganza showcasing eccentric characters and episodes from his life. The show, which will run from October to December at the Folies Bergeres music hall in Paris, will feature new Gaultier designs as well as some referencing his most famed creations, such a conical bra worn by singer Madonna on tour in 1990. (rtr)

MANGUPURA — After being hit by floods last Tuesday, the condition of Tukad Mati flow began to look normal on Wednesday (Jan. 24). Nevertheless, some puddles are still seen at a number of points in the area of Legian. Jalan Campuhan and Jalan Dewi Sri in Legian are still seen to be inundated. Residents around Legian looked to do cleanup.

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Fishermen stand idle during bad weather MANGUPURA — High waves hitting the waters of Bali within the past few days have caused a number of fishermen to stand idle. They chose to repair their fishing gear while waiting for the weather to improve. The Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Bali Chapter, Nengah Manumudhita, admitted that a number of fishermen chose not to go to sea due to the unfavorable weather conditions. “Yeah ... some fishermen do not go to sea because of this weather. To fill in their spare time, they repair their nets and other fishing gears,” said Nengah Manumudhita, on Wednesday (Jan. 24). Based on data of the National Weather Service (BBMKG) for Region III Denpasar, the height of sea waves on January 23 – 25, 2018 is forecast to range from 0.5 to 2.0 meters, Southern Bali waters (0.75 to 3.0 meters), the waters in the Bali Strait (0.5 to 3.0 meters) and the waters in Lombok Strait (0.5 to 3.0 meters). “Indeed, there are some fishermen going to sea in the middle of this weather condition. However, they know well when is the right time to go to sea or not,” he said.

In the meantime, the Head of the Badung Fishery Agency, Putu Oka Swadiana, urged fishermen not to go to sea. “We have deployed officers in the sub-district to encourage fishermen to carefully go to sea, if possible they should not,” he said. According to him, the high waves usually occurred early in the year. This condition is estimated to be taking place until the end of February. “Commonly, the west season will just run out at the end of February. However, fishermen must see the situation. I am sure they already know when to go to sea and not to go,” he said. Nevertheless, bad weather will not affect the supply of fish to some markets, as some fishermen have cool storage to anticipate when fish supply is sluggish. “No problem (bad weather—Ed), they have stocks put in cold storage, let alone the fish consumption is low,” he said. Per capita fish consumption of Badung society, said Oka Swadiana, is still relatively low, namely just 33 kilogram / capita / year. This is very far from national expectations and targets announced reaching 47 kilogram / capita / year. (kmb27)

“Today, there are still some puddles, just the small ones. It can be seen on Jalan Campuhan and some points on Jalan Dewi,” said Headman of Legian, Made Madia Suryanatha, when confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 24). Suryanatha said there are indeed no damages to buildings or other facilities due to flooding. However, there are a number of items having been damaged by the flood such as vehicles or cars. “From what I see when making a site inspection, there are nine cars inundated, while at people’s home only motorcycles are submerged,” he said. At the time of incident, continued Suryanatha, indeed there are a number of tourists trapped, both at their villa and on the street when passing. Nevertheless, he asserted that related to tourist visits, currently it has not been affected. “When flooding, indeed many tourists were evacuated. When evacuated, some happened to check-out. So far, tourist visit remains normal,” he continued. He estimated the flood happened due to the presence

of overflowing seawater and excessive sedimentation in the Tukad Mati streams. As a result of the sedimentation, the groove of Tukad Mati that should be able to accommodate more water becomes less maximal. To anticipate, in the future his agency will appeal to the community and entrepreneurs around Legian to stay vigilant especially against extreme weather. Additionally, they must also keep their environment. When doing the clean up, the PUPR found a lot of garbage on the drainage channel at some points. “We hope the community and businessmen to care about the environment,” he hoped. He regretted that long time ago his agency had proposed to do normalization or dredging in the flow of Tukad Mati. According to him, the sedimentation of mud in the Tukad Mati will pile up and increase each year due to winding path. “All this time, it has been regularly normalized, but it cannot target entirely,” he explained. This year, there will be indeed an arrangement in the upstream and downstream areas carried out by the Bali-Penida River Agency. However, the Legian area has not been allocated for the arrangement. To that end, he requested the flow of Tukad Mati in the area of Legian to be considered immediately. Otherwise, the Legian area will surely remain to get exposed to flooding. “The arrangement will indeed be done in the downstream area namely in the estuary of Patasari and upstream area,” he concluded. (kmb23)

Some puddles are still seen at a number of points in the area of Legian.

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At underpass project at Ngurah Rai statue intersection

Affected buildings start to be dismantled

U.N. alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya’s Benghazi

MANGUPURA — Workmanship of the Ngurah Rai Statue underpass project is indeed divided into four zones. Zone one is in the roundabout, zone two on the southern side, zone three on the northern side and zone four is for road widening at Jimbaran intersection. Commitment Making Authority (PPK) 11 of the Denpasar Metropolitan National Road Agency, I Nyoman Yasmara, confirmed on Wednesday (Jan. 24) that zone one to zone three are still being worked on. Meanwhile, the affected buildings at zone three has started to be dismantled since early January. The demolition was done after the settlement of payment by Badung district government to the landowners. “The affected buildings are totally on both east and west sides of the road owned by 20 families,” he said. Yasmara disclosed that before the demolition, it has been preceded with oral and written dissemination by the Badung Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR) to the landowners. The demolition took place over 14 days starting on January 1. “Indeed, the demolition has mostly been done, while some are still in demolition stage. The currently being demolished is located on the east side of the highway,” he said. Aside from the demolition of the buildings belonging to affected residents, continued Yasmara, the project-affected utilities of PLN’s pole and fiber optic are being re-arranged. Meanwhile, the PLN’s pole and billboard will be relocated to the eastern side of the road. Within this week, his agency begins to work on the western side to move a number of other facilities. “Aside from buildings owned by residents, there are also other facilities such as billboard and traffic signs,” he added. In the meantime, the workmanship on zone four located at Jimbaran intersection is currently still awaiting the decision of the District Court (PN) for the acquisition of community-owned land. The workmanship will be done soon after the decision of the court. He hoped it could be resolved by the court this February. As is known, the process of land acquisition of 600 square meters was hampered because landowners that have not agreed with the price set by the appraisal team at IDR 10 million per square meter or IDR 1 billion per 100 square meters. Landowners rejected because the price is half the price of the affected land area at the same project in Tuban namely IDR 20 million per square meter or IDR 2 billion per 100 square meters. (kmb23)

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A Palestinian demonstrator stands by a fence during a protest calling on Egypt to open Rafah border crossing, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 24, 2018.

The affected buildings at zone three has started to be dismantled since early January.

Waves of Kuta Beach most dangerous

MANGUPURA — Kuta Beach with the beauty becoming the tourist attraction, in fact, has the most dangerous waves compared to the entire beaches stretching along 80

kilometers in Badung district. It happens because Kuta Beach has a very strong backflow and many sea troughs at some points. According to the Chief of Ba-

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Kuta Beach with the beauty becoming the tourist attraction, in fact, has the most dangerous waves compared to the entire beaches stretching along 80 kilometers in Badung district.

dung Lifeguard Agency (Balawista), I Made Suparka, in addition to having the most dangerous waves, many people were dragged by the waves. According to him, a total of 100 people were dragged by waves throughout 2017. Nine of them died while the remaining survived. Compared to 2016, the number of death is indeed more, where in 2016 six people died. Nevertheless, overall, the number of incidents in 2017 has decreased, compared to 2016 which only reached 148 people. “Until January 22, 2018, there have been 30 incidents to visitors being dragged by waves, but from the incidents, there are no dead casualties,” he said. Seeing these conditions, Suparka revealed it is very necessary to have a reliable lifeguard. Moreover, currently the Lifeguard of Badung continues to train its members and look for new generations. He described the current number reaches totally 180 people. Hundreds of members spread from Tanjung

Benoa to Munggu Beach and have 26 guard posts. Nevertheless, the current number of lifeguards is considered to remain inadequate. As planned, there will be recruitment of new members this year in harmony with the establishment of new guard posts. “At all times, the beaches in Badung continue to be visited by tourists. The beach previously unvisited is now mostly visited. This year, there will be six new guard posts added,” he added. The obstacle faced is the rescue equipment. Although procurements of equipments are made every year, they are still considered inadequate. Each year there are additions, but at the same time there are also damages of rust due to exposure to seawater. “The most vulnerable point is Kuta Beach. Hence, there is lifeguard on duty every 500 meters on Kuta Beach. The closest guard is on Kuta Beach. It is dangerous because it has many backflow points.

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There are numerous and dangerous sea troughs. Moreover, thousands of people are swimming on Kuta Beach every day. In addition to the shortage of personnel, we also lack of equipment,” said Suparka amid the delivery of donation of lifeguard safety equipment in the form of ATV motorcycles, binoculars, and beach umbrella through Safe Steps First Aid program by Prudential Life Assurance management on Kuta Beach. According to Executive Director of Prudence Foundation, Marc Fancy, the Safe Steps First Aid is the Asia’s first community service initiative aimed at raising awareness and first-aid knowledge. Since the beach is one of the most important parts of Bali, and to support the coast guard in carrying out its duties, we believe this donation is an appropriate first step in our efforts to activate the Safe Steps in Indonesia, especially in Kuta so as to be able to protect the public,” he said. (kmb23)

Aid groups slam U.S. for withholding Palestinian refugee funds

WASHINGTON - The leaders of 21 humanitarian aid groups wrote to the Trump administration on Wednesday to object “in the strongest terms” to a decision to withhold $65 million in planned U.S. contributions to the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. The U.S. State Department said last week that Washington would withhold $65 million it had planned to pay the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), saying it needed to make unspecified reforms. The leaders of the aid groups warned of “dire consequences” if the cut was maintained, according to the letter, a copy of which was given to Reuters. “We are deeply concerned by the humanitarian consequences of this decision on life-sustaining assistance to children, women and men in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” the letter said. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Thursday denied the move was to punish Palestinians, who have been sharply critical of President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that he would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. She repeated the U.S. view that

UNRWA needs reform, saying there are a lot more refugees in the program than previously, and that “money coming in from other countries needs to increase as well to continue paying for all those refugees.” Eric Schwartz, president of Refugees International and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, said the comments by Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, was aimed at punishing Palestinian political leaders and forcing them to make political concessions. “But it is wrong to punish political leaders by denying lifesustaining aid to civilians. This is a dangerous and striking departure from U.S. policy on international humanitarian assistance which conflicts starkly with values that U.S. administrations and the American people have embraced,” Schwartz said in the letter. The State Department also said on Thursday that the United States

would not provide a separate $45 million in food aid for Palestinians that it pledged last month as part of the West Bank/Gaza Emergency Appeal led by UNRWA. Nauert said the United States had made clear to UNRWA that the $45 million was a pledge aimed at helping the agency with “forecasting,” but it was not a guarantee. Trump said in a Twitter post on Jan. 2 that the United States gives the Palestinians hundreds of millions of dollars a year, “but get no appreciation or respect.” The decisions to curb funding are likely to compound the difficulty of reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as well as further undermine Arabs’ faith that the United States can act as an impartial arbitrator. The last talks collapsed in 2014, partly due to Israel’s opposition to an attempted unity pact between the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, and because of Israeli settlement building on occupied land that Palestinians seek for a state, among other factors. (rtr)

TUNIS - The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, after pictures emerged appearing to show at least nine people being shot dead at the site of a twin car bombing. The U.N. Libya mission, UNSMIL, suggested in a tweet that the gunman was Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a special forces commander wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly carrying out a number of similar killings. “(The U.N.) demands the handing over of Mahmoud al-Werfalli immediately to (the ICC) as it documented at least 5 similar cases, in 2017 alone, carried out or ordered by al-Werfalli,” UNSMIL said on its Twitter account. “Those responsible for committing or ordering summary executions are criminally liable under international law.” Reuters could not independently confirm the gunman’s identity. The photos, which were posted on social media and in local media, appear to show executions in front of Benghazi’s Bayaat al-Radwan mosque, where a twin car bombing on Tuesday left at least 35 people dead. One of the pictures shows a gunman dressed in military camouflage, pointing a weapon at the head of the first of a row of blindfolded men kneeling in blue jumpsuits in front of damaged mosque gates. Another photo shows all but three of the people slumped forward on the road as the gunman makes his way along the line. It was unclear who the men were. Al-Werfalli is from an elite unit attached to Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls Benghazi and battled Islamists and other opponents in the city until late last year. After the ICC said it was seeking al-Werfalli’s arrest in August, the LNA announced that it was investigating him and had detained him, though his whereabouts were unclear. The special forces dismissed the ICC warrant. A spokesman for the LNA could not immediately be reached for comment on the pictures. The pictures were posted as U.N. Libya envoy Ghassan Salame visited Benghazi on Wednesday, meeting Haftar at a military compound near the city and expressing condemnation of the car bombing. Haftar, a divisive figure in Libya, has increasingly been courted by the international community as he has gained power on the ground. He is considered a likely candidate in elections that the U.N. has said it hopes can be organised by the end of 2018. (rtr)

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People walk near a puddle of water mixed with blood at the site of twin car bombs in Benghazi, Libya, January 24, 2018.

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Giant’s Bamboo Jegog Instrument

Dollar smarts from Mnuchin’s comments, hits 3-yr low; euro awaits ECB test

TOKYO - The dollar skidded to a three-year low against its peers on Thursday after caving on comments by U.S. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin that he welcomed a weaker currency, while the euro was firm ahead of the European Central Bank’s policy decision. The single currency extended its overnight rally to $1.2425 , up 0.15 percent and going as high as $1.2428, its strongest since December 2014. The dollar slumped after Mnuchin told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday that “obviously a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities.” His comments were seen by markets as a departure from traditional U.S. currency policy. U.S. treasury secretaries have been repeating that the strong dollar is in the national interest since the late 1990s, when Robert Rubin held the job in the Clinton administration. The greenback had already been on the defensive on trade protectionism worries fanned by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels earlier in the week. “Last week the dollar was under pressure on expectations towards the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan normalising monetary policy, but the bear trend has entered an entirely new phase after Mnuchin’s comments,” said Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo. The U.S. currency was 0.1 percent lower at 109.105 yen , after sinking 1 percent the previous day to a four-month trough of 108.965. The dollar index against a basket of six major currencies stretched overnight losses to plumb 89.064, lowest since December 2014. The immediate focus was on the ECB’s policy setting meeting later in the global day as markets look for any signs that the central bank is worried about the rapidly appreciating euro. The euro zone economy may be roaring ahead though the expectation is that a rapidly strengthening euro may see ECB President Mario Draghi pour cold water on the view the bank is speeding towards an interest rate hike. “The ECB could curb euro strength if it downplays the prospect of early monetary policy normalisation and warns against a rising currency,” said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief forex strategist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo. “Such a stance by the ECB could be seen as a joint effort to verbally intervene after the BOJ made it clear earlier that it does not intend to normalise policy any time soon.” The BOJ kept monetary settings unchanged as expected on Tuesday and Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hosed down market speculation of a shift away from ultra-easy policy later this year. Kuroda’s comments, however, did little to arrest the yen’s appreciation against a beleaguered dollar. “Some players are likely to lighten their long euro positions if the ECB shows concern about the currency’s strength. But even such comments probably won’t be enough to halt ongoing dollar weakness,” Ishizuki at Daiwa Securities said. The Australian dollar traded at $0.8054 advanced to a four-month high of $0.8086. The Canadian dollar reached C$1.2316 per dollar, its strongest since late September. A rally in crude oil prices has given an extra lift to commodity-linked currencies like the Australian and Canadian dollars. The New Zealand dollar was 0.55 percent higher at $0.7381 , but off a five-month peak of $0.7437 after data showed the country’s consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter. Upbeat UK employment data, on the other hand, helped lift the pound to $1.4275, a fresh 1-1/2-year top. (rtr)

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Cranes are on display at the ‘Bauma’ Trade Fair for Construction, Building Material and Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles and Equipment in Munich, southern Germany, April 11, 2016.

German business morale jumps back to match historic high

BERLIN - German business confidence rose unexpectedly in January to match a record high reached in November, a survey showed on Thursday, suggesting that Europe’s biggest economy continued to fire on all cylinders at the beginning of 2018. The surprisingly bullish figures, released by the Ifo economic institute, bode well for future growth and give Chancellor Angela Merkel a tailwind as she tries to form a coalition government with the centre-left Social Democrats. The Munich-based Ifo economic institute said its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 firms, rose to 117.6 in January from 117.2 in December. The January reading beat expectations in a Reuters consensus forecast of analysts who had forecast a dip to 117.1. “The German economy made a dynamic start to the year,” Ifo chief Clemens Fuest said in a statement. The overall improvement was driven by managers taking a stronger view of their current business situation, with the respective sub-index hitting a record high, the survey showed. Business expectations for the next six months were slightly scaled back, while remaining at an overall high

level. A sector breakdown of the Ifo figures showed the main support came from manufacturing - where the mood among managers hit a record high - and wholesaling, while sentiment deteriorated in construction and retailing. “Back to historic high, the euphoric hype of superlatives continues,” said Alexander Krueger, economist at Bankhaus Lampe. “It’s interesting to see that the political impasse regarding the formation of a government is apparently perceived by companies as hardly disturbing,” Krueger added. The Ifo figures chimed with data released earlier on Thursday that showed German consumer morale rose heading into February to its highest level since 2001, lifted by shoppers’ perceptions of a boom in Europe’s largest economy. Household spending has become the main source of economic expansion in Germany as consumers benefit from record-high employment, in-

creased job security, rising real wages and low borrowing costs. The consumer-led upswing has been reinforced by a rebound in exports, propelling German economic growth to a calendar-adjusted 2.5 percent in 2017. For this year, the Ifo institute expects an economic expansion of 2.6 percent. In another positive sign for more growth to come, a survey among purchasing managers showed on Wednesday that Germany’s private sector continued to grow robustly in January, propelled by both factories and services activity. “For the next government, the tailwind could hardly be better to put Germany on a stable foundation in the long term,” KfW chief economist Joerg Zeuner said, adding more investments were needed, especially in education and digitization. “France and the other partners are ready to develop the EU - this is a huge opportunity for our strong exportoriented country,” Zeuner said. (rtr)

Jegog is a form of gamelan music indigenous to Bali, Indonesia, played on instruments made of bamboo. The tradition of jegog is centered in Jembrana, a region in Western Bali. In recent years jegog has started to become popular in other regions of Bali with a few groups being established in central Bali to entertain tourists. International interest has been spread by tourists visiting Bali and by recordings. There are virtually no ensembles outside of Bali with the exception of at least two groups in Japan (Sekar Sakura and GeinohYamashirogumi, the latter’s having been used in 4 of the tracks in their score for the film Akira as well as on the final track of EcophonyRinne ), one in the United States (Sekar Jaya) and one in Germany. Jegog music is very fast, loud, rhythmic and precise. Pieces last from a few minutes to as long as thirty minutes. We invited a very special talent teacher directly from Jembrana for 3 years, from how to build a Jegog and how to play it till becomes a group of Jegog’s orchestra. Instrument Jegog instruments have a four-note scale that roughly corresponds to the four pitches of a dominant 7th chord in Western music. All instruments have eight bamboo keys. Some instruments have two keys for each pitch slightly detuned so that the pitches beat when they are played together. Other instruments have a two octave range with four pitches in a low octave and the same four pitches anoctave higher. In this case the instrument will be paired with another instrument that is slightly detuned. Taken together the ensemble has a range of five octaves. Most Jegog ensembles have instruments that have keys that are made of bamboo that are split at one end and then half of the tube is removed. The other end remains intact and functions as a resonator for the split part. The keys are suspended on a wooden frame and struck with mallets (called pangguls), made out of

wood or rubber. There are also Jegog ensembles with instruments called JegogTingklik. These smaller instruments are used primarily with children. The keys are made of bamboo slats mounted above a resonatorbox. Jegog The lowest instrument in a Jegog ensemble is also called a Jegog. The ensemble gets its name from this instrument. The keys of the Jegog instrument are as long as 3 meters in length and a pitch as low as 60 hertz. The instrument is so large, and the mallets are so heavy that it takes two people to play it. The players crouch on a platform on the top of the instrument and alternate playing the keys. The Jegog instrument has the lowest octave of the ensemble. Each pair of pitches are detuned by as much as 7 hertz. In this octave, that is almost a whole tone. The keys are arranged 1’ 2’ 3’ 4’ 1 2 3 4, one being the lowest pitch and

4 being the highest. The four keys on the left are the higher pitches of the detuned pairs and the four on the right are the lower ones. Melody Instruments One octave higher than the Jegog is an instrument called the Undir, and an octave above that is the Kuntung. The instruments are small enough to be played by one person each. The Undir is still big enough that the player needs to crouch on a platform on the top of it to play it. There are two Undir and two Kuntung. The Undir and Kuntung have the same arrangement of keys as the Jegog. These five instruments together play the melody (called the bun). Some ensembles have a high pitch flute called a suling that also plays the melody. Kotekan instruments Each of the remaining 9 instruments span two octaves and are arranged 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 where 5 through 8 is an octave above 1 to 4. The lowest of these instruments, called the Barangan, span the same octaves as the Undir and the Kuntung. The next higher is the Kancil which begins with the octave of the Kuntung and extends an octave higher. The next higher—the highest in the ensemble— is the Suir, likewise, extending one octave higher. There are three Barangan, three Kancil, and three suir. The Barangan play the melody twice as fast as the other melody instruments. Since this is often very fast, the players alternate playing the notes. The Kancil and Suir play interlocking patterns called Kotekan, sometimes the Barangan play these patterns as well. The Barangan are the front line of the ensemble. The center of the three Barangan is the leader of the ensemble. Other players watch the leader for cues and tempo changes. (kmb)

Yeh Mekoos, Spiritual Attraction at Soka Village

Once upon a time, try visiting Yeh Mekoos (springs with a loud voice) located at Soka customary village, Penebel, Tabanan. It is very close to Jatiluwih tourist attraction or about 50 km and about 1.5 hours’ drive from Denpasar. This tourist attraction exudes a positive aura, so it is often chosen as a spiritual destination. The object is located on the southern side, the edge of paddy field of the village. The landscape is very beautiful, consisting of stretches of rice terraces like Jatiluwih. The air is cool because it is

rich with plants, so that exuding a lot of oxygen. This spiritual venue is right under the Soka’s parking lot approximately 50 meters from the village road. Unfortunately, the road to the object has not got any attention, so the terrain is quite difficult and steep. It is called Yeh Mekoos because it has a very loud voice over the sound of another river. Sometimes, the sounds are heard from long distance due to being swift and fast. So, the surrounding people call it Yeh Mekoos. Its large and clear water is not only used to irrigate paddy

fields, but is also used to meet the clean water need of the community through the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) in Tabanan. Yeh Mekoos is taken advantage as a place to melukat (physical and spiritual purificatory rite) by the Hindu community. Apart from the people of Tabanan, they are also often used by people from Badung, Denpasar and Buleleng. Yeh Mekoos is believed to have the quality of curing all kinds of diseases, mainly broken bones. Therefore, when bathing, people will always put offerings. “Yeh Mekoos is also

a beji (place to purify sanctified effigies) for the people of Soka village,” said Ni Nyoman Surini, the owner and operator. Surini admitted that Yeh Mekoos has not become a tourist attraction visited by many guests. So far, visitors are only people wishing to invoke healing that often take a bath or pray at this spring. As the means, people just bring along some offerings in the form of canang sari and pejati to do the purificatory rite. “People that are going to have purificatory rite or invoke a healing are not charged. They just put

canang sari with unspecified sincere donation,” she added. On holy days such as kliwon, full moon, new moon and tumpek, Yeh Mekoos is crowded with people. The atmosphere will become more crowded on the piodalan or temple anniversary falling every six months precisely on Sunday (Redite Ukir), the day after Tumpek Landep. “Honestly, I have not seen any foreign tourists doing purificatory rite here. So far, they are only local people that usually come alone or with family and friends,” concluded Surini. (kmb)

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Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. “I’m looking forward to it, actually,” Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said of an interview with Mueller, a former FBI director. “I would do it under oath.” Although Trump has pledged cooperation with Mueller’s probe before, Trump made his assertion as the White House and allies in Congress have stepped up attacks on the investigation’s credibility and Trump himself has hedged on whether he would answer questions. Trump’s attorneys have been talking to Mueller’s team about an interview, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation. “I would like to do it as soon as possible,” Trump said. Trump said, however, that setting a date certain for an interview would be “subject to my lawyers and all of that.” Asked whether he thought Mueller would treat him fairly, Trump replied: “We’re going to find out.” Ty Cobb, the lawyer in charge of the White House response to Mueller’s probe, said in a statement that Trump was speaking hurriedly to reporters before departing on his trip to Davos, Switzerland. Cobb said Trump emphasized that he remained committed to

cooperating with the investigation and looked forward to speaking with Mueller. Cobb said Mueller’s team and Trump’s personal lawyers were working out the arrangements for a meeting. Sources told Reuters earlier on Wednesday that senior U.S. intelligence officers including CIA Director Mike Pompeo had been questioned by the special counsel’s team about whether Trump tried to obstruct justice in the Russia probe. Such questioning is further indication that Mueller’s criminal investigation into purported Russian interference in the election and potential collusion by Trump’s campaign includes examining the president’s actions around the probe. In his remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Trump repeated past statements that there was no collusion between the campaign and Russia and “there’s no obstruction whatsoever.” The Kremlin has denied conclusions by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the election campaign using hacking and propaganda to try to tilt the race in Trump’s favor. Trump on Wednesday denied a Washington Post report that last year he had asked then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe whom he had voted for in 2016, which according to reports, left McCabe concerned about civil servants being interrogated about their political leanings. “I don’t think so. I don’t think I did. I don’t know what’s the big deal with that, because I would ask you,” Trump said to reporters. (rtr)

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U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for travel to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 24, 2017.

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People celebrate after a Brazilian appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 24, 2018.

Lula’s Brazil presidential run in doubt after conviction upheld

PORTO ALEGRE - A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and added to his sentence, a major blow to the popular politician’s plans to run again for the presidency this year. All three appellate court judges voted to uphold Lula’s convictions on taking bribes and money laundering. They also added 2-1/2 years to his sentence, condemning him to 12 years in prison. Lula, Brazil’s first working-class leader, so far remains free pending future appeals. Lula, 72, could now be ineligible to stand for election under Brazil’s “Ficha Limpa” or “Clean Record” law, which bans political candidates whose convictions have been upheld by an appellate court. Lula’s exclusion from the October election would radically alter the political landscape ahead of a campaign in which he is the early favorite, with 36 percent of voter preferences according to pollster Datafolha. That is double the percentage of his nearest rival, the far-right congressman and former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, who has been energized by anti-Lula sentiment. But Lula still has options. An electoral court must make the final ruling on a candidacy, and would only do so once a candidate had registered. Lula can appeal Wednesday’s decision by the appeals court in Porto Alegre to Brazil’s top appeals

court or to the Supreme Court to delay a final ruling, possibly avoiding jail and stringing the process out long enough to register his candidacy by the Aug. 15 deadline. At a nighttime rally in a central Sao Paulo plaza, Lula stood atop a sound truck and rallied supporters, blasting the ruling as a “lie”, and strongly maintained his innocence. Lula said that if the three judges could “show me the crime I committed, I would give up trying to be a candidate.” “I want the judges to know that I am not worried like they think I should be,” Lula said. “They cannot jail ideas or hope.” Opponents of Lula, meanwhile, celebrated on Sao Paulo’s main avenue with a giant blown-up figure of the ex-president dressed as a prison convict. Brazil’s benchmark Bovespa stock index hit a new intraday high of 83,635 points on news of the ruling. It closed 3.32 percent higher on investor expectations his exclusion from the 2018 race will clear the way for a more market-friendly candidate who can stick to Brazil’s austerity agenda. Brazil’s currency, the real, firmed 3 percent against the U.S. dollar, leading gains in Latin America. “The ruling takes off the table the worst possible scenario for the market, the biggest downside possible in terms of the election,” said Roberto Campos, a partner at Sao Paulo-based Absolute Investimentos. “The guy who was completely not market-friendly is out.” (rtr)

JAKARTA/NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Six Southeast Asian nations launched an intelligence pact on Thursday aimed at combating Islamist militants and improving co-operation on security threats, overcoming what analysts described as a high level of distrust.

Under the “Our Eyes” initiative, senior defence officials will meet every two weeks to swap information on militant groups and develop a common database of violent extremists. The intelligence sharing arrangement comes after insurgents aligned to Islamic State laid siege to the southern Philippine city of Marawi last year. Dozens of foreigners - most notably Indonesians and Malaysians - were among hundreds of militants who seized large parts of Marawi and engaged in a ferocious battle with Philippine forces that left much of the city in ruins and more than 1,100 people dead, according to government figures. Some of the foreign fighters are believed to have travelled to Marawi via the porous maritime borders of the Sulu Sea, next to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. “This is something that seems so simple, but the effect is extraordinary,” said Indonesian Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu at the “soft launch” in Bali. Ryacudu said intelligence sharing would help ensure another incident like Marawi did not occur and prevent the region from “becoming like the Middle East”. He added that the intelligence sharing was “specifically for (combating) terrorism and radicalism”. While led by military forces, the intelligence sharing would “involve all parties”, including police, he said. Along with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei - all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - have signed up to the pact. “It’s a significant development,” said John Blaxland, an intelligence analyst from the Australian National University. “ASEAN has long struggled with getting beyond superficiality when it comes to collaboration on security matters.” Blaxland said relations among ASEAN states had been bedevilled by a “high level of distrust” around intelligence cooperations. “Operational imperatives are overcoming that and you are seeing that come to fruition with this mechanism.” Another security analyst, who declined to be named,

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana, along with their entourage, landed at the Colombo International Airport in Sri Lanka for a state visit, Wednesday. Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media of the Presidential Secretariat

said a “pact was better than not having a pact” but added that entrenched mistrust between nations, and between different counter-terrorism agencies within nations, had to be overcome for it to be effective. Ryacudu said other nations could be invited to join the “Our Eyes” intelligence network, whose name is inspired by the Five Eyes long-standing intelligence pact between the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As well as other ASEAN nations, Ryacudu identified

the United States, Australia and Japan as possible future members. “Before joining, they will monitor first,” he said. Ryacudu asked for assistance when he met U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday in Jakarta. “General Mattis said that he would help,” he said. “I am very glad because, after all, the U.S. has more sophisticated equipment.” Bali itself was the target of Islamist militant bombings in 2002 in which 202 people were killed, including 88 Australians. (rtr)

The opening of “Our Eyes” meeting in Nusa Dua

President arrives in Sri Lanka

Bey Machmudin stated in a press release that after a flight journey lasting four hours and 10 minutes aboard the Presidential Jet Indonesia-1, the president and his entourage arrived at 12:05 p.m. local time. Indonesian Ambassador to Sri Lanka I Gusti Ngurah Ardiyasa

and Head of State Protocol of Sri Lanka Hasan Rizvi welcomed the president and first lady on descending the aircraft stairway. Sri Lankan foreign minister greeted the president and first lady by offering betel leaves, flower necklaces, and bouquets.

The first lady then handed out souvenirs to a Sri Lankan boy and girl as an expression of her gratitude. The president and first lady then walked through an honorary human barrier, followed by an introduction to several Sri Lankan officials by

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the head of the country`s protocol. Before leaving the airport, President Widodo signed a Golden Book that had been prepared earlier. The president and first lady then continued their journey and headed to the place where they would be staying overnight in Colombo. (rtr)

Friday, January 26, 2018

Matekap, a farming activity made into tourist attraction

TABANAN - For the people of the Island of Gods, matekap (plowing) by cattle may be an ordinary activity. However, it becomes a tremendous attraction for foreign tourists. They are not only satisfied with capturing through photos, but they also scramble to try it. They are willing to get in touch with mud when trying with local farmers. Well, this is the atmosphere of plowing with foreign tourists at Baru village, Marga, Tabanan. In the green paddy field area, tourists can join in the plowing activities to

experience the activities of farmers in Bali. When doing it, they are guided by a farmer, so that the cow can pull in accordance with the track. “I do not let them plow alone,” said Ni Putu Supasti, a women farmer offering the plowing attraction. Tourists wishing to get involved in the plowing activities are firstly invited to sit relaxingly in a simple field hut. Subsequently, they are served with a stamina enhancer drink made of roasted young coconut mixed with egg. They are

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International Tina Weirather (L), Lindsey Vonn (C) and Jacqueline Wiles celebrate on the podium.

then given an explanation of the purpose, tools and methods of plowing. After that, tourists are given bamboo steamer-like hat. At first, the cows are directed to the edge of paddy field, so that tourists can ride on the wooden plow. After sitting, Ni Putu Supasti then tells her cows to walk. The cows walk around the fields. Ni Putu Supasti who follows just keeps talking (sort of sign language) to her cows so as to keep going on the track. In mid-track, the cows stop based on the order of Ni Putu

Supasti. Tourists are given the opportunity to capture the moment with their camera. With her husband I Made Suparta (Mr. Risa), she has a specialty to turn tourists into a farmer of her own way. After plowing, tourists are invited to start transplanting paddy traditionally. They are introduced how to the process making paddy grain into rice. Similarly, they are invited to catch fish in small pond, climbing coconut trees and picking fruits in paddy field. Ultimately, tourists are taken to

visit organic ornamental plants and Rumah Desa, a community activity of ancient Bali, such as ngelawar (preparing Balinese cuisine) and others. According to Supasti, in a day there are always tourists taking the plowing activity. Yet their amount is uncertain depending on the tourism condition. “There are always tourists wishing to plow every day. They are mostly European tourists as well as those from other countries. Of course, they come with tour guide,” said this mother of two sons. (kmb)

U.S. send gold-laden Alpine team to Pyeongchang CALIFORNIA - Olympic gold medallists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Ted Ligety were named to join a host of promising young athletes at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month, U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced on Wednesday. “We have a good mix of veterans, Olympic champions who know what it takes to win at the highest level, and new, younger talent,” Alpine director Patrick Riml said in a press release. The Games in South Korea are expected to be the last for the 33year-old Vonn, the most successful World Cup female skier of all time

who won gold in downhill in Vancouver in 2010 but missed the Sochi Games in 2014 due to injury. “I’m incredibly excited to be going to my fourth Olympics. I’ve been waiting for these Games since I was injured, before Sochi,” she said. “I’m very proud to represent America, I’m proud to be on

this team with so many amazing athletes, and I look forward to competing.” The spotlight will also be on 22year-old Shiffrin, who is currently poised to win her second consecutive World Cup overall title. She will be a favorite to add several medals to the gold she won in slalom in Sochi when she

competes slalom, giant slalom, Alpine combined and super-G in South Korea. “This has already been a wonderful season, and going to the Games is almost like the cherry on top of the cake,” she said. “I will be taking it one event at a time, exactly as I do in the World Cup events.” Two-time gold medalist Ligety, known as “Mr. GS” for his success in giant slalom, will look to defend his gold medal from Sochi at the

Yongpyong Alpine Centre, where he won his first World Cup race in 2006. “To be able to go to an Olympics where I actually had my first World Cup win ever, it’s really fun to be able to revisit that hill,” he said. The team will also include veteran speed specialist Steven Nyman, who is battling back from a knee injury, two-time medalist Andrew Weibrecht, and promising first-time Olympians Bryce Bennett and Jared Goldberg. (rtr)

Wozniacki survives scare to reach maiden Melbourne final

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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates winning against Elise Mertens of Belgium.

MELBOURNE - Caroline Wozniacki came through a late bout of nerves to reach the Australian Open final for a first time with a 6-3 7-6(2) victory over Belgian Elise Mertens on Thursday, giving herself another shot at winning a maiden grand slam title. The Dane, who has fallen at the final hurdle at the 2009 U.S. Open and again in 2014, will meet top seed Simona Halep in Saturday’s final, with both the title and the world number one ranking going to the winner. Following last year’s U.S. Open title match between champion Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys, the Melbourne Park decider will be the second consecutive grand slam final featuring two players bidding

for their first major trophy. However, it will be the first time it has happened in Australia since Hana Mandlikova won her maiden slam against home hope Wendy Turnbull back in 1980. Wozniacki dominated her second Melbourne Park semi-final until she was 5-4, 30-0 up and serving for the match against Mertens but suddenly faltered with a pair of double-faults to allow her 22year-old opponent back into the contest. Mertens, playing only her fifth grand slam, took full advantage and, unleashing a string of winners, broke the former world number one and even racked up two set points. Unlike in her 2011 semi-final

against Li Na, when she blew a match point, Wozniacki was able to recover her composure and saved them both on the back of a couple of booming serves. After four deuces, the 27-yearold held with a thumping forehand then raced away with the ensuing tiebreak. It was a relief for the Dane, who admitted to being haunted for years by her semi-final loss against China’s Li. “I mean, we’re seven years on and it’s still there,” she told reporters with a wry smile. “I think that’s the one that’s been most disappointing to me throughout my career... That’s one of the ones that hurt extra because it was going into the finals of a grand slam.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Angry Zidane talks of “fiasco” as Real hit new low

MADRID - Real Madrid’s troubled season lurched further into crisis as coach Zinedine Zidane described their elimination from the King’s Cup by humble neighbours Leganes as a “fiasco”.

It is almost a year ago to the day that Madrid’s record 40-game unbeaten run in all competitions ended as they swept all before them, but this season has been a tale of woe for the La Liga and European champions. “It’s a fiasco. My worst moment as a coach,” Zidane told a news conference. “I don’t regret anything I did in the game, though. I take responsibility for what I do. Winning 1-0 from the first leg to start tonight’s tie in the manner we did it’s really bad. For that I’m angry. I don’t understand what’s going on.” Madrid, who lost 2-1 to Leganes to exit the competition on away goals, have slipped to fourth in the La Liga standings, trailing leaders and arch-rivals Barcelona by 19 points. In 18 games in all competitions at the Bernabeu stadium this season they have won just times, losing four and drawing five including two 2-2 draws

Axe-wielding Hollerbach Roma coach says mistakes hoping to cut Hamburg losses continue despite VAR BERLIN - Former Hamburg SV defender Bernd Hollerbach will need to live up to his nickname of “Holleraxe” if he is to whip the Bundesliga club back into shape and help them avoid relegation as they prepare to face RB Leipzig on Saturday. Hollerbach, a trained butcher who was known for his no-nonsense approach during a seven-year playing stint at Hamburg, took over from sacked coach Markus Gisdol this week with a clear mandate of maintaining the club’s 100 percent Bundesliga record. Hamburg are the only side to have played every season in the top division since its creation in 1963 but the former champions have been involved in two relegation playoffs in the last four seasons and narrowly escaped another one in the last campaign. It has not been much different this season after they opened with

in the Cup against third tier opposition in previous rounds. However, Cup elimination by a side who had never won at the Bernabeu in their history after taking a 1-0 lead into the second leg was a new low. Despite lifting eight major trophies in just over two years in charge, the pressure is mounting on Zidane to turn things around or face the fate of so many of his predecessors. The Frenchman admitted Real’s season boils down to next month’s Champions League last-16 meeting with in-form Paris St Germain. “Yes, that’s clear,” he said when asked if his future depended on the European tie. “I’m responsible for this, I’m the boss. I have to find the solutions. We’ve found some of them but not consistently enough. I need to take responsibility and I’ll always fight.” (rtr)

two straight wins before slipping into an all-too-familiar slump. They managed just two more victories in their next 17 matches before club bosses showed Gisdol the door with the former European champions languishing in 17th place on 15 points. “The very first thing we need to do is to present ourselves as a unit so that we have order and stability in our game,” Hollerbach told reporters. “We will try to do that this week. I am having a lot of talks. I feel the team is a bit insecure.” Hollerbach is no stranger to difficult missions, having taken Wuerzburger Kickers, with the lowest budget in the fourth division, up to the second division in consecutive seasons from 2015. He had earlier won the Bundesliga as Felix Magath’s assistant at VfL Wolfsburg in 2009 and

then followed the same coach to Schalke. Hard-working and rugged -earning 95 yellow cards in his 222 Bundesliga matches according to league records -- Hollerbach desperately needs to plug a leaky defence that has conceded 28 goals in 19 games. “What is now important is to be compact and not make it easy for opponents to score,” Hollerbach said, with third-placed RB Leipzig boasting the league’s third best strike force with 31 goals. “I think (my arrival) may help some players release the energy we need right now.” At the other end of the table, leaders Bayern Munich are cruising towards their record-extending sixth consecutive Bundesliga title, having already carved out a 16-point advantage as they prepare to host Hoffenheim on Saturday. (rtr)

Australia go Dutch for World Cup with van Marwijk appointment SYDNEY - Bert van Marwijk, who led his native Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup final, will coach Australia at this year’s tournament in Russia, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Thursday. The 65-year-old most recently guided Saudi Arabia to World Cup qualification for the first time since 2006 and has coached club sides Feyenoord, Borussia Dortmund and SV Hamburg in addition to his four-year spell as Netherlands boss. He fell out with the Saudis after qualification and replaces Ange Postecoglou, who took Australia to their 2015 Asian Cup triumph but stood down for personal reasons after seeing the Socceroos through two playoffs to qualify for Russia. “This is a great result for Australian football, Bert van Marwijk is world class,” FFA chief Stephen Lowy said in a statement. “He took the Netherlands to the World Cup final in 2010, he led the Saudi Arabian team to qualify directly for this year’s Finals and most importantly, he knows a lot about our team and how they play because he studied them closely as an opposition manager in the same group. “These experiences make him a compelling choice.” Australian Postecoglou took up the post ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil on a wave of nationalism in national coaching appointments but in Van Marwijk, the FFA have reverted to the Dutch leadership they enjoyed in 2006 and 2010. Guus Hiddink led the Socceroos to the knockout round in Germany 12 years ago, while Pim Verbeek was in charge when Australia played in South Africa four years later. Australia’s Asian Cup defence takes place in the United Arab Emirates next January but van Marwijk’s appointment is for the World Cup only and a permanent replacement for Postecoglou will be announced “in the near future”, the FFA said. Van Marwijk inherits a team that struggled at times during the qualification campaign and is still heavily reliant on the goals of Tim Cahill, who turned 38 last month. “I know a lot about the players and how the team has been playing

after coaching against them for the two World Cup qualifiers, in 2016 and in June last year,” Van Marwijk said in a statement. “I have also been impressed by the national team set-up that the FFA has developed over the past few years. We are not going to Russia just to be competitive. I want to win our matches.” Australia will play France, Denmark and Peru in the pool stage at the June 14 to July 15 finals, their fourth successive appearance at the World Cup. (rtr)

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MILAN - Serie A referees are still making wrong decisions despite having the video replay system (VAR) to help them, AS Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco said after his side drew 1-1 with Sampdoria on Wednesday. Sampdoria scored their goal from a penalty awarded for handball by Aleksandar Kolarov, a decision the referee made after reviewing the incident on a pitchside video screen. However, Roma believe they should have been awarded a free kick for obstruction on Kevin Strootman in the build-up. “The VAR system should protect the teams, but it needs to be the same for everyone,” Di Francesco told reporters. “My verdict? There are fewer protests and fewer sendings-off but (referees) are continuing to make mistakes, so from that point of view, I’m not in favour.” Di Francesco became the latest coach to question they use of VAR

which is being tested in Serie A this season as well as other leagues around the world. Soccer’s rule-making body IFAB is due to decide in March whether to approve its use on a permanent basis and global soccer body FIFA wants to use it at the World Cup in Russia. “We fell behind in the first half following a situation that I don’t think was right, You have to assess everything in these cases,” Di Francesco added. “In football that’s called obstruction. If you show no interest to get the ball, it’s a foul. The worst thing is that the linesman raised his flag and he was ignored. If that wasn’t obstruction, I don’t know what is.” Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi has said that VAR is taking the enjoyment out of the sport and Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri commented that matches could last three or four hours if referees did not change the way they used it. (rtr)

Friday, January 26, 2018

Sp rt Angry Zidane talks of “fiasco” as Real hit new low

MADRID - Real Madrid’s troubled season lurched further into crisis as coach Zinedine Zidane described their elimination from the King’s Cup by humble neighbours Leganes as a “fiasco”.

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Southeast Asian states launch intelligence pact to counter Islamist threat

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People celebrate after a Brazilian appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 24, 2018.

Lula’s Brazil presidential run in doubt after conviction upheld

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U.N. alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya’s Benghazi

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A Palestinian demonstrator stands by a fence during a protest calling on Egypt to open Rafah border crossing, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 24, 2018.

The affected buildings at zone three has started to be dismantled since early January.

Waves of Kuta Beach most dangerous

MANGUPURA — Kuta Beach with the beauty becoming the tourist attraction, in fact, has the most dangerous waves compared to the entire beaches stretching along 80

kilometers in Badung district. It happens because Kuta Beach has a very strong backflow and many sea troughs at some points. According to the Chief of Ba-

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Aid groups slam U.S. for withholding Palestinian refugee funds

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People walk near a puddle of water mixed with blood at the site of twin car bombs in Benghazi, Libya, January 24, 2018.

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Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys

LONDON - Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the door to copying humans.

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