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Will Smith enters a new phase, learns to ‘quiet the warrior’

LOS ANGELES — Things started to come into focus for Will Smith when “After Earth” bombed.

Once the biggest movie star in the world, his $130 million sci-fi spectacle “After Earth” opened in June 2013 to a lousy $27.5 million and would only go on to make up less than half of its production budget, domestically, by the end of its run.

For a man who once defined himself by his box office star power, the blow was crushing. “From the time I was in my early 20s, I had this goal that ‘I want to be the biggest movie star in the world,’” said Smith on a recent afternoon at a suburban Four Seasons Hotel, lowering his voice to a faux-macho level when he says the words “movie star.”

“And I set out for conquer,” he said. “Smash! Conquer!” he exclaimed animatedly.

For a while it worked. Smith has had four movies that have grossed over $200 million domestically, and 13 that have grossed over $100 million, most with him headlining.

Then “After Earth” happened and everything toppled.

“After the failure of “After Earth,” a thing got broken in my mind,” he had explained to a group of reporters at a press conference for his new film “Focus” a few minutes earlier.

“I was like, ‘oh wow, I’m still alive. Oh wow. I actually still am me even though the movie didn’t open at No. 1. Wait, I still can get hired on another movie?’ All of those things collapsed in my mind.

Mr. July! Big Willie weekend! No. 1! Eight in a row! All of that collapsed and I realized I still was a good person.”

“It’s a huge emotional shift for me,” said Smith, who has since appeared in smaller roles in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “Winter’s Tale.” “(Daughter) Willow in particular has helped me make a shift from winning and conquering to loving and connecting as a primary purpose for everything. She just

absolutely demands attention to her thoughts and feelings. It’s a huge lesson for me to quiet the warrior in me,” he said.

It’s fitting that Smith’s first outing in this new stage is actually called “Focus” (in theaters Friday), a sleek, intimate film from “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa about a smooth, seasoned con-man and his alluring and much younger protege, played by Australian actress Margot Robbie.

Smith and Robbie are meeting in the middle, in film and in life.

Smith, in a self-defined new phase, and Robbie right as she’s about to break out into the mainstream.

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” where Robbie caught the attention of a wider audience playing the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, hadn’t even come out when she was cast in “Focus.”

As she remembers it, “Focus” wrapped at 6 a.m. and she was attending the “Wolf” premiere that night. “We couldn’t be more opposite,” said Smith of his co-star, seated next to her in the hotel.

“I wasn’t expecting to get along with him as well as we did. We didn’t have anything in common.

He’s an ex-rapper. I’m from Australia,” added Robbie. “I, just like everyone, assumed he was really fun and funny. And he is really fun and funny. I wasn’t expecting him to be so intellectual and emotional and deep.”

Smith laughed.

“Ooooh. Intellectual, emotional and deep?” he said. “That should be your headline.”

The two have a smoldering chemistry in the film and a playful, giggly way around each other off screen, often finishing each other’s sentences when they’re not making the other keel over in laughter.

They bonded over endless hours of conversation, chess, eating and going out with the cast and crew in the various shooting locations from New Orleans to Buenos Aires. (ap)

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Actor Daniel Craig steps aout of a sports car during the shooting of the latest James Bond movie ‘Spectre’, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015.

007 gets licence to eat in Rome

ROME - Daniel Craig has been taking advantage of new James Bond movie “Spectre” being shot in Rome to sample the local cuisine in between high-speed car chases around the Eternal City.

The famously super-toned 007 star has reportedly been spotted in a number of the local eateries, whose menus rarely offer much succour to the diet conscious.

The British actor was snapped coming out of one of them, Dal Bolognese, with the button of his jacket apparently under some strain from a well-filled stomach, an image that helped win him praise from the Italian media for his “aBONDant” appetite.

On that occasion, Craig, 46, was joined by “Spectre” co-stars Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz for the trip to a Roman institution that specialises in the rich stuffed pasta dishes of Bologna.

Director Sam Mendes is due to spend just over two weeks shooting scenes in the Italian capital, including

KUTA - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I said the Ngurah Rai International Airport of Bali would be expanded with an investment of IDR3 trillion this year. The capacity of the terminal of the airport would be expanded, General Manajer of PT Angkasa Pura I branch for the Ngurah Rai airport Herry A.Y Sikado said.

Herry said the investment would be financed by the company with loan funds. The project will include expansion of domestic and international terminals, and apron, and construction of a general aviation

terminal specially for chartered flights or private jet terminal, the first in the country, he said.

He said part of the investment fund will also be used to build toll road access to the airport in coop-

eration with state owned toll road developer and operator Jasamarga, Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and state owned seaport operator Pelindo.

Meanwhile, Co-General Man-

ager of the branch of PT Angkasa Pura I, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita the domestic and international terminals would be doubled in size.

Currently, the international terminal is around 129,000 square meter in width and the domestic terminal is 68,000 square meters.

The expansion would increase the capacity of the terminals, Ardita said. “In 2014, we served 17.3 mil-

lion passengers or an increase of 11 percent from the previous year,” he said. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

several in which Bond’s silver Aston Martin DB10 races around at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour in pursuit of a villainous character played by Dave Bautista.

The Filipino-American wrestler and actor gets behind the wheel of a red Jaguar C-X75.

It has not all been plain sailing for Mendes, who is directing his second Bond film in what is the 24th instalment of the franchise based on the novels of Ian Fleming.

According to media reports, producers failed to anticipate how noisy it would be driving on Rome’s ancient cobblestones.

As a result, dialogue recorded from inside the Aston Martin as it whizzes past the Colosseum was inaudible and will have to be corrected in post-production. (afp)

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State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I said the Ngurah Rai International Airport of Bali would be expanded with an investment of IDR3 trillion this year.

The capacity of the terminal of the airport would be expanded, General Manajer of PT Angkasa Pura I branch for the Ngurah Rai airport Herry A.Y Sikado said.

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Process to GMBJ members speeded up

Allegedly abducted two children, Golpar reported to police

DENPASAR - Brutal action committed by the Geng Motor Bulu Jaum (GMBJ) has been processed

by Kuta Police. Meanwhile, the Chief of Denpasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, hoped the process could be speeded up considering they belonged to minors. Then, the nine gang members getting involved in the case of looting and indecent act were not arrested, but entrusted to their parents.

According to Djoko on Tuesday (Feb. 24), when they were arrested and combined with adult suspects, they were feared to be even plunged into misery. “The rules justify the criminals to be entrusted to their parents. In addition, there is a guarantee from their parents. However, the legal process still continues,” he said.

Police chief added the motorcycle gang was the impact of youth group. Appearance of motorcycle gang committing anarchist made police, particularly the Denpasar Police, give special attention. “We’ve had recorded motorcycle groups in Denpasar. Allegedly they lead to motorcycle gang. Together with the Denpasar municipality, we seek to

provide education so that they do not fall into negative things, especially drug abuse,” he added.

Related to the minor motorcycle gang members, said Djoko, the legal process could be accelerated. For the case handled by Kuta Police, it would still be processed according to prevailing laws. As preventive measures, police chief claimed to have done it, such as by deploying his personnel to become inspector of ceremony at schools on Mondays and a tour to Denpasar Police twice a week. In addition, the authority also conducted a creating condition operation, raids every Saturday night and collecting motorist groups suspected of belonging to motorcycle gang.

As has been known, the motor-

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cycle gangs in Bali continued to show off their brutal action. The GMBJ, for instance, pillaged goods at three outlets of Circle K and one Minimart along Jalan Raya Kuta and Jalan Legian, on Sunday morning (Feb. 21). Besides, they also committed indecent action to female visitor of the modern store.

After receiving the report on the case, the team of the Kuta Police Criminal Investigation unit immediately conducted an investigation. On Sunday afternoon to evening, police arrested nine suspects with an average age of 17 years old. They have the initials GA, BP, AS, AKP, OR, MW, GE aka TD, RA and PP. The suspects were from East Denpasar and Abiansemal, Badung. (kmb36)

SINGARAJA - A resident of French nationality named Stephaneimmanuel Leopold Golpar, 66, living at Babakan Kanginan hamlet, Kubutambahan, was reported to Buleleng Police by victim doubling as his wife, Riyanti Br. Pakpahan, 41. The culprit Golpar was alleged to abduct two small children. At the beginning, the culprit took both children to go out. After eight days, they did not go home and their position was unknown.

Based on information of the victim Riyanti to police officer, it began from the meeting of culprit Golpar around 12:00 a.m., Saturday (Feb. 14). He asked for permission to take out the children named Shyam Hari Lal Golpar and Soham Golpar. Without elaborating, the victim Riyanti agreed without any suspicion. At that time, the culprit Golpar promised to bring back both children on Sunday (Feb. 22). After waiting, both children did not come home and the victim began to worry.

The culprit Golpar once made his time to return home to the victim’s house on Jalan Jalak Putih Singaraja. Unfortunately, both children were asked to wait in the car. Ultimately, the victim could not meet her children.

When asked for his confirmation at his office, the Operations Division Head of the Buleleng Police, Michael R Risakotta, said on Tuesday (Feb. 24) to have received the report on the abduction of children. The case involving French citizen was still under investigation by the team of the Buleleng Police Criminal Investigation. “We are still investigating who owns the children. Regarding the nationality, children will determine whether they will follow the father or mother. Now, we do not know whether the marital status of the victim and the culprit is legitimate or not,” he said. (kmb34)

ICU at Tabanan Hospital fully occupied TABANAN - The problem faced

by Tabanan Hospital is not only related to restricted beds for general patients resulting in a queue but also the restricted beds in ICU for patients requiring intensive treatment. Although the bed capacity of ICU was initially six, it has been increased to seven beds, but was fully occupied. To overcome this problem, the Tabanan Hospital attempts to stabilize patients in Emergency Room (ER) while waiting for beds in the ICU and referred patients to other hospitals offering ICU services.

Director of Tabanan Hospital, Nyoman Susila, explained the fully occupied condition of the ICU room was in harmony with the booming public patients. In general, such condition was also experienced by other hospitals.

Surely it needed additional beds to meet the demand in the ICU. However, such addition could not be made due to limited space at the Tabanan Hospital.

As solution, the patients were referred to private hospitals providing similar ICU services. “We will train private hospitals that want to provide ICU services. When all have owned it, the

need can be satisfied,” he said.

Subdivision Head of Outpatient, Inpatient and ICU Services of Tabanan Hospital, Doddy Setiawan, added that ICU patients required longer treatment than public patients. On average, the patients were treated for 5-7 days depending on the condition and diagnosis. On that account, it was very difficult to determine when the ICU beds would be available and could be occupied by new patient. Currently, added Doddy, almost every day there were patients who required ICU treatment received in Emergency Room.

Since the bed was fully occupied, temporarily the Tabanan Hospital took step by stabilizing patients in Emergency Room until the bed was available.

Another step taken was by providing integrated treatment so that patient’s condition could rapidly improve and the time of hospitalization in ICU would be shorter. In addition, the Tabanan Hospital also made an observation room at Bougainville Room for postoperative patients. “So, the postoperative patients can be treated in this room,” he said. For patients

who were stable but could not be moved to a regular room, the Tabanan Hospital prepared HCU room with eight beds.

Though the ICU capacity had been increased, it remained fully occupied. “When the capacity

has been fully occupied, patients will be referred,” said Doddy.

However, to refer patients requiring intensive care should comply with procedures. Hospital becoming the destination of the referral should have an empty bed and

required equipment so that the patients could be immediately treated. To that end, before referring patients, the Tabanan Hospital always checked in advance the referral hospital via phone to ensure its readiness. (kmb24)

The Tabanan Hospital where the patients are fully occupying the rooms

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Harris Café serves “Chicken Rice a là Kedewatan”

KUTA - The love of local and international travelers to Balinese cuisines makes many restaurants feature traditional menus as their main menus. One of them is the Harris Café located at Harris Hotel Raya Kuta. The restaurant open to public is now presenting ‘Chicken Rice a là Kedewatan’ created by Executive Chef, Maleachi.

The man familiarly called Chef Male said the adoption of the word ‘Kedewatan’ because it was already known as a favorite area in Ubud to enjoy chicken, especially the betutu (steamed chicken). “We feature chicken rice that tastes exactly like that of Kedewatan. However, we create it in a hotel style,” he said during a presentation in a media gathering.

The menu included in the Chef’s Suggestion, said Chef Male, had the basic ingredients of chicken satay, (steamed) chicken betutu, Balinese assorted vegetables, chicken tum, dry fried chicken and boiled egg. The serving was combined with raw condiment, fried shallot, white rice and cerancam chicken soup. There were also additional raw vegetables consisting of tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage.

The menu presented at Harris Café came with the tagline ‘Healthy Lifestyle

Menu’ without MSG which was in line with the healthy lifestyle. Presenting menus with nutritional information was intended to control calories, where the food served was the result of cooperation with a nutritionist based in Indonesia. “Do not worry about the taste because every food has been adapted to local and foreign tongue,” he explained.

Now, chicken betutu is not only offered in Ubud, but has spread to almost all regions of Bali. In general, people usually prepare this menu when organizing a major holiday or ceremony. Seeing the development of tourism, the food can already be found whenever and it has even been appointed as a traditional menu in the diner at restaurant or café. (ocha)

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Balinese food suit for foreign tourists Roasted suckling pig cannot only be found in Gianyar. Apparently, at the B’Couple Bar & Grill, Kuta Paradiso Hotel is also available. Its name is Babi Guling by Pa’Tut. Even, it is the only one throughout the region.

Uniqueness of the roasted suckling pig of the Pa’Tut lay in the flavor that was not too spicy because it had been adjusted to the flavor of foreign tourists.

It is not wrong if the roasted pig offered at the restaurant is excellent and most popular among foreign tourists.

Executive Sous Chef, Ketut Wardama, said that his party offered three servings namely the Package Portion, Small Meat Portion and Large Meat Portion. “We offer Package Portion with some icons such as steamed white rice, cassava leaves, Balinese pork sausage, assorted vegetables with grated coconut spice, pork soup and pork crackers,” he explained.

He said the roasted suckling pig was made in traditional method to produce tender meat, good taste and crispy pork skin. “The menu we serve on special dish made of rattan called ingko. Then,

a sheet of banana leaf is used as base on the ingko,” he explained.

The roasted suckling pig, added Wardama, used complete spice a la B’Couple Bar & Grill. “We process the pork into crackers, mixed with cassava leaves, string bean lawar and Balinese sausage. The presentation is simple where all the icons are arranged in such

a way. Especially for the skin, we nicely pile it up on the menu. Then the soup is served separately,” he said. He said the menu was not only offered to the in-house guests, but also to the public.

The menu had been ready at 12:00 noon and could be taken away. This Balinese food was the most suitable for lunch and dinner. (kmb)

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Pill taken before, after sex Ngurah Rai Airport may prevent HIV: study installs double-decker air bridge to dock A380

LOS ANGELES - An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent, according to the results of a clinical trial released Tuesday.

Truvada contains HIV treatment drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, and is made by Gilead Sciences in California. In the study Truvada was taken up to one day before sex and the two days after.

The study, led by the French National HIV research agency ANRS, was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle.

Until now, Truvada as a preventive measure has been prescribed only as a once-a-day regimen, not one that could be effective if taken around the time of sex.

While the latest evidence on the technique known as preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is not enough to change guidelines,

it was welcomed as a novel approach to HIV prevention.

The study “provides the first evidence that an event-driven regimen is effective among highrisk MSM (men who have sex with men) with frequent sex,” said Jonathan Mermin, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS. Truvada was approved in 2012 by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first daily pill to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus in some high-risk groups.

The latest trial, called IPERGAY, was a randomized, placebo-controlled study that began in February 2012 and was halted in October 2014 when an independent data safety review

board found it had a high rate of effectiveness.

A total of 400 participants were enrolled.

Those in the trial were considered to be at high-risk of acquiring HIV because they were having sex an average of 10 times per month, and with eight partners every two months.

Some participants took a placebo, while others took Truvada two to 24 hours before sex, then again 24 and 48 hours later.

The research team “reported that PrEP reduced HIV risk among the MSM who were prescribed this regimen by an average of 86 percent,” according to a statement.

Previous research on Truvada to prevent HIV has found that those who took it regularly could

lower their risk of getting HIV by as much as 92 percent.

Most of the men in the study were taking Truvada four days a week, and it remains to be seen if the regimen would be as effective among men having sex less frequently.

Mermin cautioned that it remains unknown whether Truvada taken only in the hours before sex and the two days afterward could work in heterosexual men and women, or injection drug users, or outside a tightly controlled trial.

“CDC continues to recommend only daily use of PrEP, as approved by the FDA,” Mermin said.

“Daily, oral PrEP is recommended by CDC as an option for men who have sex with men, heterosexual men and women, and injection drug users.”

A second study released at CROI by the UK Medical Re-

search Council found that daily oral PrEP using Truvada reduced risk of HIV transmission among gay men by 86 percent.

A third study examined the use of a daily pill to prevent HIV among heterosexual couples in which one person is HIV positive and the other is not.

Led by the University of Washington, the trial underway in Kenya and Uganda is probing the efficacy of PrEP as a transitional strategy, to protect one partner from HIV while the HIV-positive partner gets his or her viral load under control through antiretroviral medication.

“Preliminary results show that this dual strategy reduced the risk of HIV infection by 96 percent,” Mermin said.

“These findings together provide encouraging additional evidence of the power of PrEP to reduce the risk of HIV infection.” (afp)

Tea’s benefits extend to old bones

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A girl drinks tea in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

Researchers in Japan say black tea could help treat osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting older people, but admit you need to drink an awful lot of it.

TOKYO - Researchers in Japan say black tea could help treat osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting older people, but admit you need to drink an awful lot of it.

Scientists say the humble brew contains an antioxidant that can prevent the loss of bone density commonly seen in old age that makes the elderly more vulnerable to fractures.

The news is the latest claim for a drink that is a staple of countries around the world, and one over which never-ending arguments rage about how to brew the perfect cup.

Researchers led by Keizo Nishikawa of Osaka University found that theaflavin-3 (TF-3), the antioxidant, works by inhibiting the function of an enzyme called DNA methyltransferase, which destroys bone tissue.

The research, published in the online edition of the US journal Nature Medicine on Monday, found that mice suffering from osteoporosis who were given TF-3 showed recovering levels of bone volume, similar to those of healthy mice.

But it might be a bit early to rush to put the kettle on -- the research found that a 60 kilogramme (130-pound) adult would have to drink 60 cups of tea over three days to see a noticeable difference, Jiji Press reported.

Osteoporosis particularly affects women in later life and is a growing problem in rapidly ageing societies such as Japan. (afp)

KUTA - The Ngurah Rai International Airport has installed a double-decker air bridge in a bid to serve Airbus 380 jets, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita, the airport’s Co-General Manager of Angkasa Pura I, stated Wednesday.

“The facility is provided in case the superjumbo plane has to make an emergency landing at the international airport,” he explained.

However, the A380 cannot land at the airport due to space constraints.

“The width of Ngurah Rai’s runway is 45 meters, while the A380 jet needs a 60-meter-wide runway,” Ngurah Ardita noted.

Nevertheless, the airport management will prepare the runway to handle any emergency landing of the A380 aircraft at Ngurah Rai. Meanwhile, the length of the runway,

which is three thousand meters long, is sufficient to accommodate the 600passenger aircraft.

According to Ngurah Ardita, the airport management has invested Rp3 trillion, or about US$232.6 million, in 2015 to build domestic and international terminals as well as aprons.

In addition, the management, in collaboration with the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Indonesia Port Corporations or Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will build access ways to and from the airport for connectivity to the Bali toll road.

A general aviation terminal for chartered flights will also be built and will be the first private jet terminal in Indonesia.

Currently, the international terminal has an area of 129 thousand square meters, and the domestic terminal has an area of 68 thousand square meters.

“In 2014, we have served 17.3 million passengers, or an increase of 11 percent as compared to that recorded in the same period in 2013,” Ngurah Ardita stated, adding that the airport is now able to accommodate 25 million passengers per year. (ant)

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Bali targets US$1.7 million form issuing foreign employee hiring permits DENPASAR - The administration of Bali province has set a target to earn IDR22 billion, or about US$1.7 million, in the form of taxes collected through the issuance of foreign employee hiring permits during 2015.

“We are optimistic that the target will be realized, and it is proper as the target is in accordance with the number of foreign employees in Bali,” Head of Bali Labor and Transmigration Agency I. Gusti Agung Ngurah Sudarsana stated on Wednesday.

According to him, the target was decided based on the assumption that there will be 1.8 thousand foreign employees working in Bali within a period of six months to a year.

Every person is charged US$100 per month, with an exchange rate of IDR10.5 thousand per US dollar.

“The administrative activities related to the issuance of the permits are being managed online,” Ngurah Sudarsana stated.

In addition, the office is coordinating with the immigration authority regarding the possibility of a tourist visa being misused for working in Bali.

In 2013, the provincial administration collected IDR30 billion, or about US$2.3 million, in the form of permit charges. (ant)

Reject to pay taxes, tourists’ luxury goods confiscated DENPASAR - The Customs Office at Ngurah Rai Airport Bali was forced to hold dozens of luxury goods belonging to foreign tourists vacationing in Bali. This action was taken because the concerned tourists rejected to pay taxes on luxury goods owned. Some luxury goods secured included iPhone 6, Rolex watch and bags worth IDR 400 million and other luxury products.

“In appropriate with provisions, it is not allowed to bring items costing over USD 250 because it will be taxed as they belong to luxury goods,” said Wayan Sapta Dharma, the Service

Section Chief of the Ngurah Rai International arrival terminal when met on Monday (Feb. 23).

According to him, within the past two months (January to February 2015), most tourists caught carrying luxury goods were Chinese citizens.

They brought along items whose price lay in the range of IDR 300 million to IDR 500 million.

“We secure the goods remaining in original packaging or in large quantities such as six pieces of iPhone 6.

When calculated, each costs about IDR 15 million,” he explained while adding the number of luggage was out

of the normal amount and still in original packaging or newly purchased.

Allegedly they would be resold in Bali, so that they were detrimental to the state in terms of tax side.

“There was an occurrence where a passenger was carrying jewelry worth IDR 450 million, so that after the tax is calculated, both VAT and income tax totally reached IDR 200 million.

Since the passenger did not want to pay taxes, its belongings were secured and will be returned when they leave for their home country, so it is not seized,” he said.

In addition to restrain luxury goods

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Tourists queued at Visa on Arrival counter at Ngurah Rai Airport during their arrival at Bali Island on Tuesday. The Customs Office at Ngurah Rai Airport Bali was forced to hold dozens of luxury goods belonging to foreign tourists vacationing in Bali. This action was taken because the concerned tourists rejected to pay taxes on luxury goods owned.

belonging to foreign tourists, the Customs Office of Ngurah Rai also secured cash brought by foreign tourist whose amount surpassed IDR 100 million. “However, we rarely found this kind of case. In most cases, the luxury goods were usually brought by Chinese tourists,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mandarin Division Head of the Bali Tourist Guide Association (HPI), Efendy, admitted that within the past two months Chinese tourist arrivals increased compared to previous months. The surge in the number of tourist visits was inseparable from the Chinese New Year celebration. “Chinese tourist visit increases due to Chinese New Year.

Probably, this will last until March 5 coinciding with the celebration of Cap Go Meh,” he said.

The Angkasa Pura I of Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport noted there were 34 additional flight services (extra flights) with an additional seat availability reaching 8,364 during the Chinese New Year 2566 celebration in Bali.

Based on the application of extra flight filed by flight carrier, Hong Kong Airlines added 14 flights to Hong Kong with a total of 3,962 additional seats. Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific with the same destination filed three additional flights (951 seats).

Aside from the destination to Hong Kong, some airlines also proposed similar additional flight to the mainland, among others, China Eastern (Beijing-Denpasar) for three times, China Southern to Shenzhen for two times and charter flight owned by China Eastern to Ningbo and Taiyuan

for seven times.

Other charter flights departed from Ngurah Rai Airport during the celebration of Chinese New Year holiday included the Xiamen Airlines to Xiamen (four flights) and Execujet to Sydney (four flights). Thus, they totally amounted to 34 extra flights with additional seat availability of 8,364. (kmb27)

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Dozens of Christians abducted by Islamic militants in Syria

Rice price soars due to scarcity

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Lake Batur. The brunt of strong wind hitting Bangli on Saturday (Feb. 21) caused fish farmers in Lake Batur Kintamani to suffer considerable losses. As a result, 13 tons of fish being ready to be harvested escaped from their floating net cages.

Strong wind, 13 tons of fish of farmers in Lake Batur escape

AMLAPURA - Since three days ago, the price of rice at Karangasem market has increased. At the Amlapura Timur market, the price of local super C4 rice reached IDR 12,000 per kilogram with an increase of IDR 3,000 from the previous price. The price increase was alleged to happen due to scarcity of rice in the market.

Traders at the Amlapura Timur market began to run out of rice stock due to empty rice stocks in several agent warehouses in Karangasem. On average, grocery traders in the market claimed to start running out of rice stock. Some traders even did not sell rice due to difficulty in obtaining supplies. “I have been looking for rice for two days everywhere but all rice warehouses are empty,” said a grocery trader at Amlapura Timur market, Ni Nyoman Rauh, from Bungaya village, Bebandem.

The recent price hike of rice, according to her, was caused by rice stock starting to be empty in agent warehouses. Actually those agents had become the place for traders to take rice.

Besides, the price increase was also caused by the price increase in the level of suppliers. Local C4 rice with super quality was sold for IDR 12,000 per kilogram. It increased as much as IDR 3,000 from the previous price at IDR 9,000. Furthermore, the C4 rice of second quality was sold for averagely IDR 11,000 per kilogram.

Another grocery trader, Ni Wayan Serinten, from Paye, Subagan, admitted to be difficult to get rice. It happened due to empty rice stock in a number of agents since the past three days. “Now, it is hard to get rice because the agent warehouses have no rice stocks. Today most rice is brought in from Java.

We just can get a sack because it must be divided equally,” she explained.

Chairman of the Business Development Service (BDS) of Karangasem, I Nyoman Sudarsana, affirmed the scarcity of rice in the market should be immediately responded by the Industry and Trade Agency and the Agriculture Agency. They should intervene so that people would not face starvation as the price of rice was rising up out of reach. “Supposedly the Industry and Trade Agency as well as Agriculture Agency come down to stabilize the price. Do not let people scream for not being able to buy rice,” he said. (dwa)

BANGLI - The brunt of strong wind hitting Bangli on Saturday (Feb. 21) caused fish farmers in Lake Batur Kintamani to suffer considerable losses. As a result, 13 tons of fish being ready to be harvested escaped from their floating net cages. Besides, 135 holes of floating net cage were also reported to have been badly damaged. As estimation, the losses suffered by fish farmers in Lake Batur almost reached billions of rupiahs.

The Head of the Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Nengah Sukartana, explained on Tuesday (Feb. 24) that based on the results of data collection made last Tuesday, the most severely hit area was Toya Bungkah, Songan and Trunyan. Of the three areas, a total of 135 holes of floating net cage owned by 10 fish farmer groups were reported to have severe damages. Meanwhile, approximately 150 floating net cages were displaced from its original position, but only suffered minor damages.

Aside from causing damage to floating net cages, the brunt of violent wind lasting from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. also caused 13 tons of fish ready to harvest with a size of 4-6 / kg to escape. Not only that, a total of 58,000 fish of medium size aged 3 months also escaped.

Sukartana added if it was calculated

the losses suffered by fish farmers in Lake Batur reached IDR 500 million more.

Sukartana said that based on the results of monitoring by field extension workers (PPL) in Lake Batur, after the disaster of violent winds, a number of fish farmers were seen to have started to restore their floating net cage to their original position.

The net cage drifting down to the Trunyan cemetery had been pulled independently by local community.

“Right now, fish farmers begin to pull the displaced floating net cage independently by using boat,” said Sukartana.

As reported previously, the brunt of violent wind caused a number of floating net cages belonging to fish farmers in the region of Lake Batur, Kintamani to be heavily damaged.

Even, due to big waves in the lake, most fish cages of fish farmers at

Songan village were drifted away to the cemetery of Trunyan village as recognized by one of the fish farmers at Songan village, Wayan Wirawan.

He said the brunt of the wind generated high waves reaching two meters high in the lake. When hit by violent wind, a number of fish cages owned by local farmers oscillated to badly damage. Some cages were also dragged down to the cemetery of Trunyan village.

The brunt of winds also caused a number of nets installed inside to be torn. As a result, thousands of fish escaped out of the cage, and some other fish died due to experiencing concussion in the cages. He estimated the damage to cage caused by the brunt of the winds reached 70 percent. Then to fix the cages, fish farmers had to spend up to IDR 20 million. (ina)

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BEIRUT — The Islamic State militants struck before dawn, staging house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages nestled along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria. They abducted at least 70 Christians — many of them women and children — while thousands of others fled to safer areas.

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A protestor carries a hanging mask of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto marked with the word in Spanish “Assassin” during a march in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Reform would let some foreign agents carry guns in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Pena Nieto on Tuesday proposed a reform that would allow some foreign agents to carry arms inside Mexico, a significant change in a country that has historically said the practice would violate its sovereignty. The bill, sent to Mexico’s Senate, would allow foreign customs and migration agents to carry guns in previously established zones. The main beneficiary would be the United States, which shares a long border with Mexico.

It would also allow foreign leaders or heads of state to enter the country with armed security details. Mexican law currently prohibits any foreign agent or official from carrying weapons inside the country or participating in operations to arrest criminals. Authorities have always denied media reports of U.S. agents directly taking part in anti-drug trafficking operations inside Mexico.

Permits would be limited to revolvers or semi-automatic pistols with a caliber less than .40 and be granted by Mexico’s national defense department. The initiative would demand reciprocity, implying that the foreign government would also allow Mexican agents to carry guns in its territory.

Officials say the presence of foreign agents in Mexico would speed up the joint inspection process and facilitate the flow of goods and people across borders. But they add that the foreign customs and migration agents may need guns to guarantee their security given the countries’ problems with drug and human traffickers.

Some analysts think the law, if passed, could open the door to eventually allowing other U.S. security agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, to send armed agents into Mexico. (ap)

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says dozens of people are feared dead in an avalanche that buried some 60 homes in the northeastern Panjshir Valley.

Acting Gov. Abdul Rahman Kabiri said at least 30 people were killed and that rescuers were using their bare hands and shovels to try to reach survivors.

Emergency officials could not immediately be reached to confirm the toll, which is expected to rise.

Large swathes of Afghanistan have been covered in snow over the past 24 hours as a major storm has interrupted an otherwise mild and dry winter. Avalanches are common in Afghanistan’s mountainous north. (ap)

The captives’ fate was unclear Tuesday, a day after they were seized, and relatives said mobile phone service was cut off and land lines also were not going through, adding to the fear and uncertainty about their loved ones. Heavy fighting was reported in the area.

The Islamic State group has a history of killing captives, including foreign journalists, Syrian soldiers and Kurdish militiamen. Most recently, militants in Libya affiliated with the extremist group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

The group’s bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq, where it seeks to form a self-styled caliphate, has repeatedly targeted religious minorities since it took control of a third of both countries. The United States and coalition of regional partners are conducting a campaign of airstrikes against the group.

The militants struck near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province, an area predominated by Assyrian Christians. Most of the captives came from Tal Shamiram and some from Tal Hurmiz.

Nuri Kino, the head of a group called A Demand For Action, said between 70 and 100 Assyrians were taken captive. About 3,000 people fled and have sought refuge in the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, he said, adding that his activist group based its information on conversations with villagers who fled the attack and their relatives. His group focuses on religious minorities in the Middle East.

“Have they been slaughtered?

Are they still alive? We’re searching for any news,” said an Assyrian Christian woman from Tal Shamiram who now lives in Beirut.

The woman said she has been trying to find out what has become of her parents, her brother and his wife and their children, but couldn’t reach anyone in the village.

“I feel so helpless, I cannot do anything for them but pray,” she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of endangering relatives believed to be held by the militants.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which also reported the abductions, put

the number of Christians held by the Islamic State group at 90. The Observatory relies on a network of activists inside Syria.

Both groups said that most of the captives come from Tal Shamiram, located some 85 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Qamishli, and nearby Tal Hurmiz. At least four civilians, including a 17-year-old, were killed in clashes later Monday, a relative of one of the victims said on condition of anonymity.

The extremists could use the Assyrian captives to try to arrange a prisoner swap with the Kurdish militias it is battling in northeastern Syria.

Last year, IS militants abducted more than 150 Kurdish boys and held them in a school in Aleppo province where they subjected them to daily instruction on militant ideology for five months before releasing them in batches. The group has also released Turkish truck drivers and diplomats after holding them for months. It was not known whether a prisoner deal was struck in those instances. (ap)

Dozens feared dead in Afghanistan avalanche

A woman is drying the rice.

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FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group’s flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq.

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International

Thursday, February 26, 2015

BUSINESS US bank earnings drop 7.3 percent in 4Q WASHINGTON — U.S. banks’ earnings dropped 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as a few big banks incurred increased costs to settle legal cases and the industry had declines in income from the mortgage business.

The data issued Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. showed a reversal of the trend of rising earnings as the industry has recovered from the financial crisis.

The FDIC reported that U.S. banks earned $36.9 billion in the October-December period, down from $39.8 billion in the final quarter of 2013.

Overall, growth in lending helped boost revenues at most banks.

But that was outweighed by the big banks’ costs for settling cases related to sales of risky mortgage securities before the crisis and the mortgage income declines, the FDIC said. (ap)

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Vendors sell toy sheep at a Lunar New Year market in Victoria Park of Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Hong Kong’s leadership Wednesday blamed months of pro-democracy protests as the economy fell well short of predicted growth in 2014, and said “prolonged political bickering” could do more damage to investor confidence.

Protests blamed as Hong Kong misses growth targets

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s leadership Wednesday blamed months of pro-democracy protests as the economy fell well short of predicted growth in 2014, and said “prolonged political bickering” could do more damage to investor confidence.

The growth rate was just 2.3 percent in 2014, down from 2.9 percent the previous year and far slower than the three to four percent predicted in last year’s budget speech.

Delivering his budget for 201516, finance secretary John Tsang said local industries had been damaged by the protests which began in late September last year and brought parts of the city to a standstill.

“Prolonged political bickering is detrimental to public administration and the international image of Hong Kong as a stable, law-abiding and efficient city,” he said.

“It may even dampen investors’ confidence in Hong Kong. Such self-inflicted harm does not serve the city well.”

Tsang announced one-off measures to support sectors he said had been hit by the protests.

“The Occupy movement affected tourism, hotel, catering, retail and transport industries,” he said, with relief measures including the waiving of licence fees for restaurants, hotels and travel agents as well as waiving administrative fees for taxis and buses.

Tsang predicted “even more vehement” disputes in the semiautonomous Chinese city as it grapples with how its next leader should be chosen.

Beijing has promised that the public will for the first time be able to vote for the next chief executive in 2017. But it says candidates must be vetted by a loyalist committee.

That decision sparked 79 days of street blockades in some areas by pro-democracy protesters.

The economy’s disappointing growth was also due to the weak eurozone and Japan’s recession, said Tsang, adding that it was the

third consecutive year that growth had fallen short of the annual average of 3.9 percent expansion over the past decade.

The year ahead would be “challenging” with predicted growth of one to three percent as expected US interest rate rises, volatile oil prices and uncertainties in Europe play a part.

He announced a raft of measures to boost public spending after slashing it last year, as the government comes under increasing pressure over social inequality -- frustrations which also fuelled last year’s mass rallies.

Measures include reductions to salaries tax and rent support for low-income families in public housing. However, there would still be a budget surplus of HK$63.8 billion ($8.2 billion) for the 2014-2015 period, Tsang said. (afp)

Spanish premier trumpets economy, upgrades growth forecast

MADRID — Spain’s economy will grow by more than previously thought this year, the prime minister said Tuesday, as he laid out the credentials of his conservative government prior to elections later this year.

Mariano Rajoy said Spain had moved from the edge of the abyss to being the eurozone country with the highest growth and job creation. He is predicting growth of 2.4 percent, up from the 2 percent prediction.

“Nobody expected that three years ago,” said Rajoy.

“It’s a nation that has come out of a nightmare. It has saved itself, recovered economic confidence, enjoys prestige and is once again attractive for investors,” Rajoy said at the opening of the annual two-day state-of-the-nation parliamentary debate.

But opposition parties accused the prime minister of being triumphalist and out of touch with reality.

Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez said Rajoy had promised 3 million new jobs prior to his election in 2011, but there were fewer people with jobs now. He said that Rajoy’s government was one of cutbacks and that more people were now threatened with poverty.

“What do you know about Spaniards? “Sanchez asked rhetorically. He called on Rajoy to “go out onto the street” and see the real Spain.

Despite the growth — Spain also grew 1.4 percent in 2014 — unemployment is still at 23.7 percent. Rajoy on Tuesday promised to create around 500,000 jobs this year, raising to 1 million the number created since taking office in 2011.

Spain’s economy began to fall apart in 2008 with the collapse of its bloated real-estate sector.

Government spending cuts and tax increases, along with wideranging economic reforms, have helped restore investor confidence and slash the country’s borrowing costs.

Rajoy has to call elections by the end of the year. Opinions polls predict his Popular Party will come first, but it won’t win enough to ensure the absolute majority it now has in parliament.

The prime minister said one of his administration’s biggest achievements was avoiding a public finances bailout like those for Portugal and Greece. But Spain, with Rajoy in charge, did take a bailout in 2012 to prop up ailing Spanish banks.

Rajoy said it was time to compensate Spaniards for their sacrifices, but made no major announcements beyond promises of minor adjustments in social welfare payment discounts for hiring permanent workers, facilities for families to pay debts and a widening of subsidies for single parents. (ap)

Bali News

International

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Dispirit, tourism village more publicized by tourism players

BANGLI - As one of the favorite tourist destinations in Bali, Bangli County retains the diversity of tourism spreading over four subdistricts. Tourism village has now become one of the alternative tourisms starting to draw the interest of travelers, especially foreign travelers. With the basis of potential nature, human resources and local wisdom, each tourism village offers different peculiarities.

Unfortunately, among the several tourism villages spreading across the Bangli County, only some few can be categorized to survive. Meanwhile, most of the others fall short to thrive whereas the tourist arrival continues to grow.

The Head of Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Adnyana, said on Wednesday (Feb 11) that so far there were 22 tourism villages in Bangli spreading across the four subdistricts. Among them, only 5 tourist attractions could contribute greatly to the Bangli government, namely Batur, Penglipuran, Kehen, Penulisan and Trunyan village. Meanwhile, the others were still belonging to startups. In 2014, the number of tourist visit to Batur reached

500,324 people, Penglipuran (64,692 people), Kehen (16,563 people), Penulisan (1,026 people) and Trunyan (15,184 people).

Related to the promotion of tourist object, Adnyana said it was carried out through website, dissemination of pamphlets and exhibition. “For promotion, we do it through website, expo and brochures,” he said.

Earlier, the Chief of the Undisan tourism village, Komang Adi Sutisna, recognized the promotion of tourism village by local government was minimal or virtually there was no promotion at all. All this time, the promotion of Undisan tourism village was carried out by individuals who engaged in the world of tourism. The attention of local government so far was just

in the form of improvement in the matter of human resource quality.

As for the tourism village development fund, he recognized it was mainly disbursed by central government. So far, the Undisan tourism village had received a funding worth IDR 170 million. It was used to increase the quality of human resources and improvement of tourist objects.

When asked about the regional budget in the promotion and helping tourism village, Adnyana did not convey its magnitude. He said the number of regional budget was tentative, namely by looking at the facilities needed by tourism village. “Magnitude of the regional budget is tentative depending on the facilities needed. More budgets will be allocated when needing

more facilities,” he explained.

On the other hand, related to facilities of tourism village, in fact, it was still inadequate. Penglipuran tourism village was one of them.

The tourist attraction that could give contribution to the region still faced with parking lot problem. When tourist visit increased, the existing parking lot was often not sufficient. In addition, public facility such as toilet was still lacking. Likewise, the environmental condition around the bamboo forest was destroyed. “Penglipuran tourism village still requires supporting facilities such as parking lot and toilet,” said the chief of Penglipuran tourism village management, I Nengah Moneng.

Moneng also explained that so far the government never gave any arrangement assistance for the tourist attraction. “We have never received any assistance,” he said. Other than Penglipuran, the tourism village startups including the Bayunggede village

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also experienced the same condition as Penglipuran. Headman of Bayunggede, I Wayan Suarjaya, explained the monthly tourist visit to Bayunggede already increased.

Unfortunately, the environmental arrangement had not been done optimally. He said that so far there was no pavement to the bamboo forest behind the village whereas it was the main attraction. Associated with the assistance of facilities, he revealed that his party once received toilet assistance, but did not last long as the toilet was broken.

Ultimately, it was repaired by the village with rural allocation fund.

Further, Suarjaya said the use of rural allocation fund for provision of tourism facilities was very much deplored. He hoped the rural allocation fund and village tourism management fund should be distinguished. “If possible, there must be special fund for procurement of tourism facilities, so that it will not take the rural allocation fund,” he said. (sos)

Luscious squid lawar from Kedonganan

KEDONGANAN - Without tasting the distinctive flavor of Balinese delicacy like lawar on spending holidays on the island seems incomplete. Lawar is a traditional food of Hindu society in Bali denoting a mixture of vegetables and meat filled with chopped herbs. When the Hindu community in Bali holds a ceremony, they always prepare lawar to be presented to God Almighty as an expression of gratitude. Lately, the lawar is widely on offer in restaurants and even in hotels.

Well, Bali becoming a tourist destination of the world encourages its people to be more creative, so that it has an impact on the development of the menus. Such condition is also promoted in Kedonganan tourist area, where the Bali Sea Café serves a squid lawar to its guests.

Ingredients used for making the lawar consist of squid, string beans, coconut, kaffir lime leaf, and oil for sautéing.

Meanwhile, the seasonings to be prepared are onion, garlic, chili, coriander, nutmeg, aromatic ginger, ginger, galangal, shrimp paste, salt and brown sugar.

How to prepare it? First of all, cut the string bean along ½ cm or to taste and boil. Bake the squid and coconut until smelling aromatic. Then, chop the squid and grate the coconut. Slice thinly the shallot, garlic as well as chili and fry. Meanwhile, ground finely or puree the other spices by blender and then fry.

Afterward, mix the squid, string beans with the spice paste. Sprinkle the batter with fried onions and kaffir lime leaf.

Ultimately, add some salt and seasonings to taste. Now, your squid lawar is ready to serve. (kmb)

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Supporters of ruling Awami League-led alliance and others pray in remembrance of those who died in violence Since Jan. 5, the one-year anniversary of the last election, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015.

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for exPrime Minister Khaleda Zia in two graft cases after she failed to appear in court for the fourth time. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadder issued the decision in the nation’s capital, Dhaka, after he refused a bail plea by the defense, which sought more time, saying Zia was sick and concerned over her security because of political unrest.

It was not clear immediately whether Zia will soon be arrested. The court order will go to a police station where the cases were registered. “The next measures will be taken by authorities in line with law,” said state counsel Mosharraf Hossain Kajol.

The charges involved an alleged illegal fund used to buy land for a charity named after Zia’s late husband, former President Ziaur Rahman.

Zia’s lawyers have rejected allegations that Zia illegally collected more than $1 million in donations for the charity, and say the charges are politically motivated, which authorities deny.

Early last year, Zia was indicted in the cases, but chaos broke out when she arrived at the court on Jan. 24, when her supporters

attacked police and clashed with ruling party activists. Authorities said the violence was an attempt was to derail the trial process but Zia’s supporters say ruling party activists started the attacks.

After that, Zia skipped four court hearings, including Wednesday, citing security concerns and sickness. “Today, we appealed to the court for more time for her appearance as she is sick. But the court rejected that and issued the arrest warrant,” defense lawyer Sanaullah Mia told reporters after the decision.

Bangladesh law requires Zia to appear in this court to seek bail to avoid arrest. Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman, the heir apparent to take over her Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a deeply rooted political dynasty, was also

indicted in the cases. Rahman lives in London.

On Wednesday, the court ordered Rahman to appear before the court on March 4, lawyers said.

Zia currently leads a 20-party opposition alliance, which has been enforcing a nonstop transportation blockade across the South Asian country since early January to demand the resignation of her arch-rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and that a new election be called.

About 100 people have died, mostly in firebomb attacks allegedly by Zia’s supporters and hired goons, since the blockade began after a year of relative calm following a general election in January 2014, which was boycotted by Zia’s party. (ap)

International

Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand’s seafood boats

SAMUT SAKHON — Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his thick, dark hair in agitation. He cannot walk and doesn’t remember his family or even his own name. He speaks mostly gibberish in broken Indonesian — a language he learned while working in the country as a slave aboard a Thai fishing boat.

Near death from a lack of proper food, he was rescued from a tiny island in Indonesia two months ago. He is just one of countless hidden casualties from the fishing industry in Thailand, the world’s third-largest seafood exporter.

A report released Wednesday by the British nonprofit Environmental Justice Foundation said that overfishing and the use of illegal and undocumented trawlers have ravaged Thailand’s marine ecosystems and depleted fish stocks. Boats are now catching about 85 percent less than what they brought in 50 years ago, making it “one of the most overfished regions on the planet,” the report said.

Shrinking fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea have, in turn, pushed Thai fishing boats farther and farther from home. The group estimates that up to half of all fish labeled a “product of Thailand” is sourced from outside its borders — mainly in Asia, but as far away as Africa.

The report, compiled from the group’s own research and the work of others, explains how Thailand’s vast seafood industry is almost wholly dependent on cheap migrant labor. Since few Thais are willing to take the dangerous, low-level jobs that can take them far from home, a sophisticated network of brokers and agents has emerged, regularly recruiting laborers from impoverished neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia, often through trickery and kidnapping.

Men — and sometimes children as young as 13 — are sold onto boats where they typically work 18- to 20-hour days with little food and often only boiled sea water to drink, enduring beatings and sometimes even death at the hands in their captains. Most are paid little or nothing. They can be trapped at sea for months or years at a time; transshipment vessels are routinely used to pick up catches and deliver supplies. (ap)

Residents in Czech town honor 8 killed in shooting

PRAGUE — Hundreds of residents of a small town in southeastern Czech Republic have gathered to honor the victims of the worst shooting attack in the country’s history.

Braving rain, they lit candles in front of the Druzba restaurant in Uhersky Brod on Wednesday, a day after the gunman opened fire during lunchtime, killing eight and seriously wounding a woman before he fatally shot himself.

Following surgery, the 37-year-old woman, who was shot in the chest, wasn’t in life-threatening condition Wednesday, said Dana Lipovska, spokesman for the hospital in nearby Uherske Hradiste.

Police identified the gunman as a 63-year-old local man who had no criminal record and had a gun license. A motive hasn’t yet been determined, but authorities ruled out terrorism. (ap)

Residents place a candle in front of a building where a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The gunman killed eight people and seriously wounding a waitress before he fatally shot himself, officials said.

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International

Thursday, February 26, 2015

INDONESIA State loses up to IDR65.1 trillion due to fake products

JAKARTA - Indonesia loses up to Rp65.1 trillion to distribution of fake products in 2014, according to a study by Indonesian Anti-Forgery Community (MIAP).

The loss is up compared to the result of MIAP survey in 2010 that estimated the loss to IDR43.2 trillion, MIAP secretary general Justisiari P Kusumah said on Wednesday.

“Nominally the number of forgery cases has risen 1.5 times with the last five years,” she said when presenting the result of a study on the impact of forgery on Indonesia’s economy in 2014.

The study carried out in cooperation with the economic faculty of state Universitas Indonesia revealed seven commodities that have often been recorded to suffer the most forgery are software, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, clothes, leather goods, food and beverages and printer ink.

She said forgery of printer ink reached 49.4 percent, clothes 38.90 percent, leather goods 37.20 percent, software products

33.50 percent, cosmetics 12.60 percent, food and beverages 8.50 percent.

Justisiari said the forgery of products has caused a loss on the economy especially on tax revenue reaching IDR424,856 million.

The loss caused by fake food and beverage products in tax terms was recorded at IDR155,147 million, clothes and leather goods IDR191,993 million, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics IDR42,079 million, software and ink products IDR35,639 million.

She said the state also suffered a loss of IDR3,395,887 million due to a loss of employment opportunities.

She said the MIAP study involved end consumers and consumers in between sellers and retail traders.

The research, she said, was focused on two consumers namely the ones who bought for personal use and the ones who bought products to be traded.

Adjunct Senior Commissioner Rusharyanto from the Sub-Directorate of Industry and Trade of the National Police Headquarters said his side had continued to conduct investigation and education against the use of brands illegally and fake products.

“We successfully confiscated fake lubricating oils from shops and automotive shopping centers in various parts in Jakarta recently,” he said.

He said the issue of fake products such as fake lubricating oil products was a serious one and had become the police’s focus because it did not only violate the rights of brand owners but also users. (ant)

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Trade ministry steps up efforts to combat rice mafia

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade, in cooperation with the Police and Military, is endeavoring to crack down on the rice mafia in a bid to control the fluctuating prices of rice, stated Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel.

“We are cooperating with the National Police chief and the Military chief to combat the rice mafia,” Gobel remarked at Jakarta’s State Logistics Agency (Bulog) building on Wednesday.

Gobel noted that he will take legal action and revoke the licenses of rice dealers found selling their stocks at inflated prices or involved in illegal stockpiling of rice allocated by the government for the poor.

“If they are found hoarding the government’s rice, or raising the prices of rice, we will take the strongest possible action against them,” the trade minister remarked.

Gobel revealed that in addition to curbing the rice mafia, the trade ministry will also conduct rice market operations in cooperation with Bulog.

“With Bulog, we will continue to conduct rice market operations to control the fluctuating prices,” the minister added. (ant)

Australia ‘very disappointed’ at Indonesia death row ruling SYDNEY - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday she was “very disappointed” at the failure of the latest bid to spare two Australians on death row in Indonesia, as Jakarta signalled that execution preparations were almost complete.

An Indonesian court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan to avoid execution by challenging President Joko Widodo’s rejection of their pleas for clemency.

The pair, ringleaders of the socalled “Bali Nine” drug smuggling gang, were arrested for trying to traffic heroin out of Indonesia in 2005 and sentenced to death the following year.

Their appeals for presidential clemency, typically the final chance of avoiding the firing squad, were recently rejected by Widodo.

“We are very disappointed that the appeal was lost at this point,” Bishop told the Nine Network.

“But I understand that the lawyers are considering a further legal avenue and they have about 14 days in which to do so.”

Lawyers for Sukumaran and Chan urged Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo to respect the rule of law and not execute the men pending an appeal.

“We live in a state based on law and this is part of the legal process,” lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis told reporters.

However, Prasetyo said later that preparations for a new round of executions, which would include the Australians, were “about 90 percent” complete and repeated the government’s tough line.

“Despite the pressure, we will go ahead... this is about being consistent in enforcing the law and secondly about the sovereignty of the state,” he said, without giving an exact date when the executions would take place.

Widodo insisted on Tuesday that foreign nations must not interfere in Indonesia’s right to use the death penalty.

Prasetyo said that 10 drug convicts would be included in the next round and the final step before the executions would be the transfer of convicts from several cities to Nusakambangan, an island off

Java where they will be put to death.

The Australians are among a group of foreigners, including a Frenchman and a Brazilian, who are facing imminent execution after their appeals for clemency were rejected.

Bishop said Canberra would continue to lobby Widodo to show forgiveness.

“We can only hope that they will see the value of these men’s lives, both men have been rehabilitated in the most remarkable way,” she said, adding that meeting Sukumaran’s mother recently was heartbreaking.

“She hugged me so tightly that I could hardly breathe and just begged me to do all I could to save the life of her son, whose own life had been rehabilitated in such an extraordinary way.”

The looming executions have dramatically heightened tensions between Australia and Indonesia, fraying ties that were only just recovering from a spying row.

Brazil and France have also been ramping up pressure on Jakarta, with Paris summoning In-

donesia’s envoy and the Brazilian president refusing to accept the credentials of the new Indonesian ambassador.

Jakarta responded angrily to the

snub, with Vice President Jusuf Kalla reportedly saying that he was re-evaluating the purchase of fighter jets and rocket launchers from Brazil. (afp)

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

Indonesian Muslim students hold up posters during a protest against Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Abbott has indicated that Indonesia will face diplomatic consequences if it executes two Australians on death row after being convicted of trafficking drugs.

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage. To reach the location, it will take visitors

approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle. When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce. Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and

hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples.

Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock,

precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects.

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Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation.

Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or self-purificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

PARIS - Gael Monfils was named on Tuesday in France’s Davis Cup team to play Germany in Frankfurt next month despite reports he had told captain Arnaud Clement he wanted a rest.

The tie will be a rematch of last year’s hard-fought world group quarter-final, with the Germans looking to end a 76-year losing streak against France who were runners-up to Switzerland in 2014.

French media had reported

that Monfils, the French number three and world number 19, had told Clement he did not want to take part in the tie. “Of course it’s complicated to play the Davis Cup,” Monfils told reporters during a conference call.

“The dates keep changing and we have periods of work, periods when we play less well, and when you want to give your all for the Davis Cup, well, it isn’t easy.”

Clement’s choice was already limited. Top-ranked Frenchman

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world No. 12, was out of the running with an arm injury and Julien Benneteau has a groin strain.

Gilles Simon, the world number 16, Richard Gasquet and Nicholas Mahut were also named in the team with Benneteau in reserve.

The first-round world group clash takes place on March 6-8 against a German team whose highest-ranked player is Philipp Kohlschreiber, the world number 25. (rtr)

Curry returns to lead Warriors to win at Washington

WASHINGTON — Golden State’s Stephen Curry returned from an injury absence to top score with 32 points and lead the Warriors to a 114-107 win at Washington on Tuesday, extending their overall NBA lead. The Warriors extended their Western Conference lead to 3-1/2 games over idle Memphis, and are now one game ahead of East leader Atlanta.

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Marquez quickest before crash at Sepang

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Marc Marquez went quickest in MotoGP testing at Sepang on Tuesday, despite a crash, while the new Ducati showed immediate strong pace. Extremely hot temperatures again meant that most of the fastest times came very early in the day, with Marquez’s 1m59.844s for Honda set on his 22nd lap of 63.

It put him 0.063 seconds ahead of Jorge Lorenzo on the best of the Yamahas, as the team continued work on its new fully seamless gearshift. Marquez fell at Turn 4 in the final hour, but was unhurt.

One rider who did improve in the late heat was Andrea Iannone, who jumped to third in the final minutes,

DAY TWO TIMES Pos Rider Team 1 Marc Marquez Honda 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 3 Andrea Iannone Ducati 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 5 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 7 Bradley Smith Tech 3 8 Cal Crutchlow LCR 9 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki 10 Pol Espargaro Tech 3

just ahead of Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

The two Italians were having their first proper run on the 2015 Ducati after reporting very positive initial impressions from a tentative first test on Monday. Dani Pedrosa was fifth for Honda ahead of Monday pacesetter Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha.

The top eight - completed by Britons Bradley Smith and Cal Crutchlow - was covered by under half a second, with the first 14 bikes all within 1.003s.

After putting Suzuki as high as fourth on Monday, Aleix Espargaro fell back to ninth on day two, followed by brother Pol, who crashed at Turn 12 without injury. (net) Gap - 0.058s 0.254s 0.406s 0.431s 0.464s 0.485s 0.489s 0.565s 0.845s

Time 1m59.844s 1m59.902s 2m00.098s 2m00.250s 2m00.275s 2m00.308s 2m00.329s 2m00.333s 2m00.409s 2m00.689s

Laps 63 71 58 58 57 61 50 61 57 44

In the day’s other key game, Dallas surged at the start of the fourth quarter to beat Toronto. Curry missed Sunday’s loss at Indiana with a sore right foot but showed little sign of discomfort at Washington, playing nearly 34 minutes and hitting 11 of 18 field goal attempts, including five of nine from 3-point range.

Klay Thompson added 17 more for Golden State, which has won five of its past six games. Paul Pierce had 25 points, with 18 coming in the second half, for the Wizards, who have lost four in a row.

Dallas hit seven of its first ten shots in the fourth quarter to set up a 99-92 victory over Toronto. Monta Ellis scored 20 points and Dirk Nowitzki had 18 for the Mavericks, whose third-straight win moved them within half a game of state rival Houston in the Western Conference playoff race.

DeMar DeRozan had 18 points for the Raptors.

Cleveland’s Kevin Love tied a career-best with eight 3-pointers for 24 points, helping the Cavaliers win 102-93 at Detroit.

Love fell just one short of teammate J.R. Smith’s record of nine 3-pointers against Detroit. Love missed both his two-point attempts. LeBron James added 19 points and 11 assists, and nearly achieved an odd tripledouble, turning the ball over nine times, one short of his career worst. The Cavaliers have won 17 of 19 and are only half a game behind Chicago for the Central Division lead.

Reggie Jackson had 22 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in his second game with Detroit.

Oklahoma City extended its winning streak to seven with a 105-92 victory over Indiana, with Russell Westbrook picking up his third triple-double of the season with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. (ap) Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) scores over Boston Celtics’ Gerald Wallace during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Oakland, Calif.

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi reacts after missing to score a penalty during the Champions League Round of 16 soccer match between Manchester City and Barcelona at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Barcelona won 2-1.

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UEFA punishes Steaua Bucharest for racist fans for 3rd time

NYON — UEFA has punished Romanian champion Steaua Bucharest for racist behavior by its fans for the third time this season. UEFA says Steaua must play its next two home matches in the Champions League or Europa League in an empty stadium.

Steaua leads the Romanian

league by seven points, and could enter next season’s Champions League in the second qualifying round. UEFA says Steaua fans showed a racist banner at a Europa League match against Dynamo Kiev at the National Stadium in Bucharest in December.

The club was fined 20,000 eu-

ros ($22,700), with other offenses included. Steaua was previously fined 64,500 euros for racism and other offenses in a Champions League playoff against Ludogorets Razgrad.

The first racist incidents were at a qualifying round match against Stromsgodset of Norway. (ap)

Tevez drops tantrums to find new lease of life at Juventus

Failed Messi penalty could be Barca’s ‘what if’ moment

MADRID - If Barcelona fail to secure their eighth consecutive Champions League quarterfinal appearance, Lionel Messi’s failed penalty at Manchester City on Tuesday could well prove their “what if” moment. Barca were leading 2-1 in the last 16, first leg at the Etihad Stadium thanks to a Luis Suarez brace when Messi stepped up to take an added-time spot kick.

City goalkeeper Joe Hart denied the Argentina captain and gave the Premier League side a much better chance of overturning the deficit in the second leg at the Nou Camp on March 18.

Messi has a penalty record any player would envy, with a success rate of around 90 percent,

but his fluffed effort brought back memories of a missed spot kick early in the second half of Barca’s semi-final, second leg at home to Chelsea in April 2012.

The teams were level at 2-2 on aggregate when Messi smashed his effort against the crossbar and a late Fernando Torres goal sealed

Chelsea’s progress to the final where they beat Bayern Munich after a shootout.

Despite Tuesday’s setback, Barca should have more than enough quality to see off City and midfielder Andres Iniesta said the 2-1 away success was a “very good” result for the La Liga giants, who

bounced back from a surprise defeat to Malaga at the weekend.

Barca won 2-0 at City at the same stage last season, before winning the return 2-1. “We should focus on the positive sensations we are taking away from the match,” Iniesta told reporters. “We dominated for a good length of time and the team did some great work,” added the Spain international.

“For the penalty, even if Messi had scored it the tie would in no way have been over. “The return leg will be an open game. When ev-

erything appears lost you are even more dangerous and we have to be on our guard at the Nou Camp.”

Barca, who still have a chance of repeating 2009’s treble of Spanish league and Cup and Champions League, have little time to relax, with four matches before City’s visit.

They host Granada in La Liga on Saturday, take a 3-1 lead to Villarreal for the second leg of their King’s Cup semi-final on March 4 and then have La Liga games against Rayo Vallecano and Eibar. (rtr)

In Group E, 2006 winner Jeonbuk Motors drew 0-0 with Kashiwa Reysol, while China’s Shandong Luneng won a five-goal thriller in Vietnam against Binh Duong. Substitute Yang Xu scored his second goal nine minutes from fulltime for the 3-2 win, as all the goals came in the second half.

Shandong Luneng’s Wang Yongpo opened the scoring two minutes into the second half, only to see striker Ganiyu Oseni equalizing for the home team within a minute.

Wang Qiang’s own goal four minutes before the hour mark earned Binh

Duong the lead, but after Yang hit back five minutes later for Shandong, the halftime substitute headed home to cap a slick move from the visitors, and claim all three points. In the western zone, 2014 semifinalist Al Ain had to share the points with Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab after a 0-0 draw.

Al Ain’s Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan, the leading scorer in last season’s ACL, had the better of the chances but couldn’t find a way past Al Shabab ‘keeper Waleed Abdullah.

Uzbekistan champion Pakhtakor opened with a 2-1 win over Naft Tehran to lead the group. (ap)

Guangzhou R&F wins on debut in Asian Champions League OSAKA, Japan — Guangzhou R&F made an ideal debut in the Asian Champions League with a 2-0 win over 2008 champion Gamba Osaka.

Striker Abderrazzaq Hamedallah scored in the 10th minute and Wang Song deflected in a free kick 10 minutes from time to give the Chinese Super League club the notable win on Tuesday.

Thai Premier League champion Buriram United beat Seongnam 2-1 in the other Group F match, with Prakit Deeprom and Gilberto Macena’s goals giving them a 2-0 lead by the 20th minute — Narubadin

Weerawatnodom’s own goal gave the South Korean club a late consolation.

Guangzhou R&F coach Cosmin Contra was impressed the defensive cohesion of his team, which earned a spot in the tournament through qualifying.

“We prepared well for this game and had a little bit of an advantage.

They are in the pre-season and we had played two official,” qualifiers, Contra said. “We scored on the first occasion we had and this changed the game. After that, we knew our defense is very good, and we made a very good defensive game, even if

our attack was not as inspirational.

“Maybe this can look like a surprise because we won over the champions of Japan. It is true we are the first Chinese team to beat Osaka here in Japan. They are a very, very good team and I think they are a favorite in the group.” Coach Kenta Hasegawa said his J-League champions would “get woken by this.”

“It was very disappointing to lose the game at home,” he said, but “since we still have five more games to play in the group, we’ll improve the quality of our game and collect points in order to get through.”

TURIN - Italian football has become something of a refuge for players who have fallen out of favour in other European leagues or are reaching the twilight of their careers. Players such as Kaka, Mario Balotelli, Patrice Evra, Ashley Cole, Nemanja Vidic, Fernando Torres, Rafael Marquez and Javier Saviola have all moved to Serie A in the last two years, to either revive their careers or squeeze a few more years out of them.

Many, such as Balotelli and Torres, struggle and quickly move on, but there has been one outstanding success story. Argentina forward Carlos Tevez, who led Juventus to a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday’s Champions League tie, has breathed new life into his career since joining the Serie A champions from Manchester City in June 2013.

Worn out after four eventful seasons at City, Tevez was also shunned by then Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella amid speculation that he was considered too much of a disruptive influence.

But it has all gone right at Juventus where the 31-year-old has not looked back since being given a rapturous reception by the supporters and handed the number 10 shirt.

“The number 10 will always belong to Alessandro Del Piero but I think of the badge on the front. That’s the biggest responsibility,” he told Tuttosport in a recent interview.

niors in his homenad after celebrating a goal against River Plate by flapping his arms to imitate a chicken, a reference to that fact Boca fans use “chickens” as a derogatory nickname for their arch-rivals.

Instead, his trademark celebration is to pull a baby’s dummy from his shorts and put it in his mouth, a tribute to his daughter. But the old verve and tenacity are still there, and combined with his speed, instinct for goal and skill make him a nightmare for defenders, as Borussia found on Tuesday.

He was too hot for the Bundesliga

side to handle and also started the move which led to Juve’s second goal just before halftime. This season, he has also struck up an excellent understanding with Spanish forward Alvaro Morata, signed from Real Madrid before the start of the season.

“We’ve been playing together more regularly and you can see that on the field,” he said after Tuesday’s game. Tevez has already made it clear that he will end his career back at Boca. “When I joined Juve I was very clear it’d be my last contract before returning Boca. But first I want to win everything here.” (rtr)

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Australia’s Bresciano quits internationals

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He scored 21 goals in his first season as Juventus won Serie A by a 17-point margin and is joint leading scorer in Serie A this term with 14 goals. In between, he has also been recalled by new Argentina coach Gerardo Martino, ending a threeyear exile which included last year’s World Cup. Juve have managed to tame the wilder instincts of a player who was once sent once sent off for Boca Ju-

Mark Breciano

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Juventus’ coach Massimiliano Allegri embraces Carlos Tevez (R) after defeating Borussia Dortmund during their Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match against Juventus at the Juventus stadium in Turin February 24, 2015. Juventus won 2-1.

MELBOURNE - Veteran Australia midfielder Mark Bresciano has called time on his international career after celebrating the Socceroos’ Asian Cup triumph on home soil last month. The 35year-old, who scored 13 goals in 84 ‘A’ internationals, represented Australia in three consecutive World Cup finals campaigns in 2006, 2010 and last year in Brazil.

Classy playmaker Bresciano, a fixture in Italy’s Serie A for a decade, made fewer starting appearances in the gold shirt of Australia in recent years but played important cameo roles to ensure the Socceroos kept their place at the World Cup table.

“It is with an element of sadness but a lot of pride that I have decided to retire from the Socceroos,” Bresciano said in a statement on Wednesday. “Playing for my country in the sport I love has been an amazing experience and something I have cherished but never taken for granted.

“I have been fortunate enough to wear the Socceroo shirt at every major football tournament, meet some tremendous people, shared the highs and lows with some great players, and capped it all off by helping us win the 2015 Asian Cup. “It has been an unforgettable journey with a lot of positive memories but I feel it is time to let this fantastic group of young players continue to take the Socceroos forward.”

The son of southern European parents, Melbourne-born Bresciano was an original member of the Socceroos ‘golden generation’, the core of players who helped end the team’s 32-year wait for a second World Cup appearance after their 1974 debut.

His retirement leaves forward Tim Cahill, the country’s most prolific goal-scorer, as the last active Socceroo to have played with the Australia team that made it to the knockout round at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. (ap)

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi reacts after missing to score a penalty during the Champions League Round of 16 soccer match between Manchester City and Barcelona at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Barcelona won 2-1.

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UEFA punishes Steaua Bucharest for racist fans for 3rd time

NYON — UEFA has punished Romanian champion Steaua Bucharest for racist behavior by its fans for the third time this season. UEFA says Steaua must play its next two home matches in the Champions League or Europa League in an empty stadium.

Steaua leads the Romanian

league by seven points, and could enter next season’s Champions League in the second qualifying round. UEFA says Steaua fans showed a racist banner at a Europa League match against Dynamo Kiev at the National Stadium in Bucharest in December.

The club was fined 20,000 eu-

ros ($22,700), with other offenses included. Steaua was previously fined 64,500 euros for racism and other offenses in a Champions League playoff against Ludogorets Razgrad.

The first racist incidents were at a qualifying round match against Stromsgodset of Norway. (ap)

Tevez drops tantrums to find new lease of life at Juventus

Failed Messi penalty could be Barca’s ‘what if’ moment

MADRID - If Barcelona fail to secure their eighth consecutive Champions League quarterfinal appearance, Lionel Messi’s failed penalty at Manchester City on Tuesday could well prove their “what if” moment. Barca were leading 2-1 in the last 16, first leg at the Etihad Stadium thanks to a Luis Suarez brace when Messi stepped up to take an added-time spot kick.

City goalkeeper Joe Hart denied the Argentina captain and gave the Premier League side a much better chance of overturning the deficit in the second leg at the Nou Camp on March 18.

Messi has a penalty record any player would envy, with a success rate of around 90 percent,

but his fluffed effort brought back memories of a missed spot kick early in the second half of Barca’s semi-final, second leg at home to Chelsea in April 2012.

The teams were level at 2-2 on aggregate when Messi smashed his effort against the crossbar and a late Fernando Torres goal sealed

Chelsea’s progress to the final where they beat Bayern Munich after a shootout.

Despite Tuesday’s setback, Barca should have more than enough quality to see off City and midfielder Andres Iniesta said the 2-1 away success was a “very good” result for the La Liga giants, who

bounced back from a surprise defeat to Malaga at the weekend.

Barca won 2-0 at City at the same stage last season, before winning the return 2-1. “We should focus on the positive sensations we are taking away from the match,” Iniesta told reporters. “We dominated for a good length of time and the team did some great work,” added the Spain international.

“For the penalty, even if Messi had scored it the tie would in no way have been over. “The return leg will be an open game. When ev-

erything appears lost you are even more dangerous and we have to be on our guard at the Nou Camp.”

Barca, who still have a chance of repeating 2009’s treble of Spanish league and Cup and Champions League, have little time to relax, with four matches before City’s visit.

They host Granada in La Liga on Saturday, take a 3-1 lead to Villarreal for the second leg of their King’s Cup semi-final on March 4 and then have La Liga games against Rayo Vallecano and Eibar. (rtr)

In Group E, 2006 winner Jeonbuk Motors drew 0-0 with Kashiwa Reysol, while China’s Shandong Luneng won a five-goal thriller in Vietnam against Binh Duong. Substitute Yang Xu scored his second goal nine minutes from fulltime for the 3-2 win, as all the goals came in the second half.

Shandong Luneng’s Wang Yongpo opened the scoring two minutes into the second half, only to see striker Ganiyu Oseni equalizing for the home team within a minute.

Wang Qiang’s own goal four minutes before the hour mark earned Binh

Duong the lead, but after Yang hit back five minutes later for Shandong, the halftime substitute headed home to cap a slick move from the visitors, and claim all three points. In the western zone, 2014 semifinalist Al Ain had to share the points with Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab after a 0-0 draw.

Al Ain’s Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan, the leading scorer in last season’s ACL, had the better of the chances but couldn’t find a way past Al Shabab ‘keeper Waleed Abdullah.

Uzbekistan champion Pakhtakor opened with a 2-1 win over Naft Tehran to lead the group. (ap)

Guangzhou R&F wins on debut in Asian Champions League OSAKA, Japan — Guangzhou R&F made an ideal debut in the Asian Champions League with a 2-0 win over 2008 champion Gamba Osaka.

Striker Abderrazzaq Hamedallah scored in the 10th minute and Wang Song deflected in a free kick 10 minutes from time to give the Chinese Super League club the notable win on Tuesday.

Thai Premier League champion Buriram United beat Seongnam 2-1 in the other Group F match, with Prakit Deeprom and Gilberto Macena’s goals giving them a 2-0 lead by the 20th minute — Narubadin

Weerawatnodom’s own goal gave the South Korean club a late consolation.

Guangzhou R&F coach Cosmin Contra was impressed the defensive cohesion of his team, which earned a spot in the tournament through qualifying.

“We prepared well for this game and had a little bit of an advantage.

They are in the pre-season and we had played two official,” qualifiers, Contra said. “We scored on the first occasion we had and this changed the game. After that, we knew our defense is very good, and we made a very good defensive game, even if

our attack was not as inspirational.

“Maybe this can look like a surprise because we won over the champions of Japan. It is true we are the first Chinese team to beat Osaka here in Japan. They are a very, very good team and I think they are a favorite in the group.” Coach Kenta Hasegawa said his J-League champions would “get woken by this.”

“It was very disappointing to lose the game at home,” he said, but “since we still have five more games to play in the group, we’ll improve the quality of our game and collect points in order to get through.”

TURIN - Italian football has become something of a refuge for players who have fallen out of favour in other European leagues or are reaching the twilight of their careers. Players such as Kaka, Mario Balotelli, Patrice Evra, Ashley Cole, Nemanja Vidic, Fernando Torres, Rafael Marquez and Javier Saviola have all moved to Serie A in the last two years, to either revive their careers or squeeze a few more years out of them.

Many, such as Balotelli and Torres, struggle and quickly move on, but there has been one outstanding success story. Argentina forward Carlos Tevez, who led Juventus to a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday’s Champions League tie, has breathed new life into his career since joining the Serie A champions from Manchester City in June 2013.

Worn out after four eventful seasons at City, Tevez was also shunned by then Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella amid speculation that he was considered too much of a disruptive influence.

But it has all gone right at Juventus where the 31-year-old has not looked back since being given a rapturous reception by the supporters and handed the number 10 shirt.

“The number 10 will always belong to Alessandro Del Piero but I think of the badge on the front. That’s the biggest responsibility,” he told Tuttosport in a recent interview.

niors in his homenad after celebrating a goal against River Plate by flapping his arms to imitate a chicken, a reference to that fact Boca fans use “chickens” as a derogatory nickname for their arch-rivals.

Instead, his trademark celebration is to pull a baby’s dummy from his shorts and put it in his mouth, a tribute to his daughter. But the old verve and tenacity are still there, and combined with his speed, instinct for goal and skill make him a nightmare for defenders, as Borussia found on Tuesday.

He was too hot for the Bundesliga

side to handle and also started the move which led to Juve’s second goal just before halftime. This season, he has also struck up an excellent understanding with Spanish forward Alvaro Morata, signed from Real Madrid before the start of the season.

“We’ve been playing together more regularly and you can see that on the field,” he said after Tuesday’s game. Tevez has already made it clear that he will end his career back at Boca. “When I joined Juve I was very clear it’d be my last contract before returning Boca. But first I want to win everything here.” (rtr)

IBP/rtr

Australia’s Bresciano quits internationals

END OF EXILE

He scored 21 goals in his first season as Juventus won Serie A by a 17-point margin and is joint leading scorer in Serie A this term with 14 goals. In between, he has also been recalled by new Argentina coach Gerardo Martino, ending a threeyear exile which included last year’s World Cup. Juve have managed to tame the wilder instincts of a player who was once sent once sent off for Boca Ju-

Mark Breciano

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

Juventus’ coach Massimiliano Allegri embraces Carlos Tevez (R) after defeating Borussia Dortmund during their Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match against Juventus at the Juventus stadium in Turin February 24, 2015. Juventus won 2-1.

MELBOURNE - Veteran Australia midfielder Mark Bresciano has called time on his international career after celebrating the Socceroos’ Asian Cup triumph on home soil last month. The 35year-old, who scored 13 goals in 84 ‘A’ internationals, represented Australia in three consecutive World Cup finals campaigns in 2006, 2010 and last year in Brazil.

Classy playmaker Bresciano, a fixture in Italy’s Serie A for a decade, made fewer starting appearances in the gold shirt of Australia in recent years but played important cameo roles to ensure the Socceroos kept their place at the World Cup table.

“It is with an element of sadness but a lot of pride that I have decided to retire from the Socceroos,” Bresciano said in a statement on Wednesday. “Playing for my country in the sport I love has been an amazing experience and something I have cherished but never taken for granted.

“I have been fortunate enough to wear the Socceroo shirt at every major football tournament, meet some tremendous people, shared the highs and lows with some great players, and capped it all off by helping us win the 2015 Asian Cup. “It has been an unforgettable journey with a lot of positive memories but I feel it is time to let this fantastic group of young players continue to take the Socceroos forward.”

The son of southern European parents, Melbourne-born Bresciano was an original member of the Socceroos ‘golden generation’, the core of players who helped end the team’s 32-year wait for a second World Cup appearance after their 1974 debut.

His retirement leaves forward Tim Cahill, the country’s most prolific goal-scorer, as the last active Socceroo to have played with the Australia team that made it to the knockout round at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. (ap)

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage. To reach the location, it will take visitors

approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle. When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce. Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and

hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples.

Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock,

precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects.

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France pick Monfils to face Germany in Davis Cup

Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation.

Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or self-purificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

PARIS - Gael Monfils was named on Tuesday in France’s Davis Cup team to play Germany in Frankfurt next month despite reports he had told captain Arnaud Clement he wanted a rest.

The tie will be a rematch of last year’s hard-fought world group quarter-final, with the Germans looking to end a 76-year losing streak against France who were runners-up to Switzerland in 2014.

French media had reported

that Monfils, the French number three and world number 19, had told Clement he did not want to take part in the tie. “Of course it’s complicated to play the Davis Cup,” Monfils told reporters during a conference call.

“The dates keep changing and we have periods of work, periods when we play less well, and when you want to give your all for the Davis Cup, well, it isn’t easy.”

Clement’s choice was already limited. Top-ranked Frenchman

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world No. 12, was out of the running with an arm injury and Julien Benneteau has a groin strain.

Gilles Simon, the world number 16, Richard Gasquet and Nicholas Mahut were also named in the team with Benneteau in reserve.

The first-round world group clash takes place on March 6-8 against a German team whose highest-ranked player is Philipp Kohlschreiber, the world number 25. (rtr)

Curry returns to lead Warriors to win at Washington

WASHINGTON — Golden State’s Stephen Curry returned from an injury absence to top score with 32 points and lead the Warriors to a 114-107 win at Washington on Tuesday, extending their overall NBA lead. The Warriors extended their Western Conference lead to 3-1/2 games over idle Memphis, and are now one game ahead of East leader Atlanta.

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Marquez quickest before crash at Sepang

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Marc Marquez went quickest in MotoGP testing at Sepang on Tuesday, despite a crash, while the new Ducati showed immediate strong pace. Extremely hot temperatures again meant that most of the fastest times came very early in the day, with Marquez’s 1m59.844s for Honda set on his 22nd lap of 63.

It put him 0.063 seconds ahead of Jorge Lorenzo on the best of the Yamahas, as the team continued work on its new fully seamless gearshift. Marquez fell at Turn 4 in the final hour, but was unhurt.

One rider who did improve in the late heat was Andrea Iannone, who jumped to third in the final minutes,

DAY TWO TIMES Pos Rider Team 1 Marc Marquez Honda 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 3 Andrea Iannone Ducati 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 5 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 7 Bradley Smith Tech 3 8 Cal Crutchlow LCR 9 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki 10 Pol Espargaro Tech 3

just ahead of Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

The two Italians were having their first proper run on the 2015 Ducati after reporting very positive initial impressions from a tentative first test on Monday. Dani Pedrosa was fifth for Honda ahead of Monday pacesetter Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha.

The top eight - completed by Britons Bradley Smith and Cal Crutchlow - was covered by under half a second, with the first 14 bikes all within 1.003s.

After putting Suzuki as high as fourth on Monday, Aleix Espargaro fell back to ninth on day two, followed by brother Pol, who crashed at Turn 12 without injury. (net) Gap - 0.058s 0.254s 0.406s 0.431s 0.464s 0.485s 0.489s 0.565s 0.845s

Time 1m59.844s 1m59.902s 2m00.098s 2m00.250s 2m00.275s 2m00.308s 2m00.329s 2m00.333s 2m00.409s 2m00.689s

Laps 63 71 58 58 57 61 50 61 57 44

In the day’s other key game, Dallas surged at the start of the fourth quarter to beat Toronto. Curry missed Sunday’s loss at Indiana with a sore right foot but showed little sign of discomfort at Washington, playing nearly 34 minutes and hitting 11 of 18 field goal attempts, including five of nine from 3-point range.

Klay Thompson added 17 more for Golden State, which has won five of its past six games. Paul Pierce had 25 points, with 18 coming in the second half, for the Wizards, who have lost four in a row.

Dallas hit seven of its first ten shots in the fourth quarter to set up a 99-92 victory over Toronto. Monta Ellis scored 20 points and Dirk Nowitzki had 18 for the Mavericks, whose third-straight win moved them within half a game of state rival Houston in the Western Conference playoff race.

DeMar DeRozan had 18 points for the Raptors.

Cleveland’s Kevin Love tied a career-best with eight 3-pointers for 24 points, helping the Cavaliers win 102-93 at Detroit.

Love fell just one short of teammate J.R. Smith’s record of nine 3-pointers against Detroit. Love missed both his two-point attempts. LeBron James added 19 points and 11 assists, and nearly achieved an odd tripledouble, turning the ball over nine times, one short of his career worst. The Cavaliers have won 17 of 19 and are only half a game behind Chicago for the Central Division lead.

Reggie Jackson had 22 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in his second game with Detroit.

Oklahoma City extended its winning streak to seven with a 105-92 victory over Indiana, with Russell Westbrook picking up his third triple-double of the season with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. (ap) Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) scores over Boston Celtics’ Gerald Wallace during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Oakland, Calif.

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Supporters of ruling Awami League-led alliance and others pray in remembrance of those who died in violence Since Jan. 5, the one-year anniversary of the last election, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015.

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for exPrime Minister Khaleda Zia in two graft cases after she failed to appear in court for the fourth time. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadder issued the decision in the nation’s capital, Dhaka, after he refused a bail plea by the defense, which sought more time, saying Zia was sick and concerned over her security because of political unrest.

It was not clear immediately whether Zia will soon be arrested. The court order will go to a police station where the cases were registered. “The next measures will be taken by authorities in line with law,” said state counsel Mosharraf Hossain Kajol.

The charges involved an alleged illegal fund used to buy land for a charity named after Zia’s late husband, former President Ziaur Rahman.

Zia’s lawyers have rejected allegations that Zia illegally collected more than $1 million in donations for the charity, and say the charges are politically motivated, which authorities deny.

Early last year, Zia was indicted in the cases, but chaos broke out when she arrived at the court on Jan. 24, when her supporters

attacked police and clashed with ruling party activists. Authorities said the violence was an attempt was to derail the trial process but Zia’s supporters say ruling party activists started the attacks.

After that, Zia skipped four court hearings, including Wednesday, citing security concerns and sickness. “Today, we appealed to the court for more time for her appearance as she is sick. But the court rejected that and issued the arrest warrant,” defense lawyer Sanaullah Mia told reporters after the decision.

Bangladesh law requires Zia to appear in this court to seek bail to avoid arrest. Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman, the heir apparent to take over her Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a deeply rooted political dynasty, was also

indicted in the cases. Rahman lives in London.

On Wednesday, the court ordered Rahman to appear before the court on March 4, lawyers said.

Zia currently leads a 20-party opposition alliance, which has been enforcing a nonstop transportation blockade across the South Asian country since early January to demand the resignation of her arch-rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and that a new election be called.

About 100 people have died, mostly in firebomb attacks allegedly by Zia’s supporters and hired goons, since the blockade began after a year of relative calm following a general election in January 2014, which was boycotted by Zia’s party. (ap)

International

Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand’s seafood boats

SAMUT SAKHON — Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his thick, dark hair in agitation. He cannot walk and doesn’t remember his family or even his own name. He speaks mostly gibberish in broken Indonesian — a language he learned while working in the country as a slave aboard a Thai fishing boat.

Near death from a lack of proper food, he was rescued from a tiny island in Indonesia two months ago. He is just one of countless hidden casualties from the fishing industry in Thailand, the world’s third-largest seafood exporter.

A report released Wednesday by the British nonprofit Environmental Justice Foundation said that overfishing and the use of illegal and undocumented trawlers have ravaged Thailand’s marine ecosystems and depleted fish stocks. Boats are now catching about 85 percent less than what they brought in 50 years ago, making it “one of the most overfished regions on the planet,” the report said.

Shrinking fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea have, in turn, pushed Thai fishing boats farther and farther from home. The group estimates that up to half of all fish labeled a “product of Thailand” is sourced from outside its borders — mainly in Asia, but as far away as Africa.

The report, compiled from the group’s own research and the work of others, explains how Thailand’s vast seafood industry is almost wholly dependent on cheap migrant labor. Since few Thais are willing to take the dangerous, low-level jobs that can take them far from home, a sophisticated network of brokers and agents has emerged, regularly recruiting laborers from impoverished neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia, often through trickery and kidnapping.

Men — and sometimes children as young as 13 — are sold onto boats where they typically work 18- to 20-hour days with little food and often only boiled sea water to drink, enduring beatings and sometimes even death at the hands in their captains. Most are paid little or nothing. They can be trapped at sea for months or years at a time; transshipment vessels are routinely used to pick up catches and deliver supplies. (ap)

Residents in Czech town honor 8 killed in shooting

PRAGUE — Hundreds of residents of a small town in southeastern Czech Republic have gathered to honor the victims of the worst shooting attack in the country’s history.

Braving rain, they lit candles in front of the Druzba restaurant in Uhersky Brod on Wednesday, a day after the gunman opened fire during lunchtime, killing eight and seriously wounding a woman before he fatally shot himself.

Following surgery, the 37-year-old woman, who was shot in the chest, wasn’t in life-threatening condition Wednesday, said Dana Lipovska, spokesman for the hospital in nearby Uherske Hradiste.

Police identified the gunman as a 63-year-old local man who had no criminal record and had a gun license. A motive hasn’t yet been determined, but authorities ruled out terrorism. (ap)

Residents place a candle in front of a building where a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The gunman killed eight people and seriously wounding a waitress before he fatally shot himself, officials said.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

INDONESIA State loses up to IDR65.1 trillion due to fake products

JAKARTA - Indonesia loses up to Rp65.1 trillion to distribution of fake products in 2014, according to a study by Indonesian Anti-Forgery Community (MIAP).

The loss is up compared to the result of MIAP survey in 2010 that estimated the loss to IDR43.2 trillion, MIAP secretary general Justisiari P Kusumah said on Wednesday.

“Nominally the number of forgery cases has risen 1.5 times with the last five years,” she said when presenting the result of a study on the impact of forgery on Indonesia’s economy in 2014.

The study carried out in cooperation with the economic faculty of state Universitas Indonesia revealed seven commodities that have often been recorded to suffer the most forgery are software, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, clothes, leather goods, food and beverages and printer ink.

She said forgery of printer ink reached 49.4 percent, clothes 38.90 percent, leather goods 37.20 percent, software products

33.50 percent, cosmetics 12.60 percent, food and beverages 8.50 percent.

Justisiari said the forgery of products has caused a loss on the economy especially on tax revenue reaching IDR424,856 million.

The loss caused by fake food and beverage products in tax terms was recorded at IDR155,147 million, clothes and leather goods IDR191,993 million, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics IDR42,079 million, software and ink products IDR35,639 million.

She said the state also suffered a loss of IDR3,395,887 million due to a loss of employment opportunities.

She said the MIAP study involved end consumers and consumers in between sellers and retail traders.

The research, she said, was focused on two consumers namely the ones who bought for personal use and the ones who bought products to be traded.

Adjunct Senior Commissioner Rusharyanto from the Sub-Directorate of Industry and Trade of the National Police Headquarters said his side had continued to conduct investigation and education against the use of brands illegally and fake products.

“We successfully confiscated fake lubricating oils from shops and automotive shopping centers in various parts in Jakarta recently,” he said.

He said the issue of fake products such as fake lubricating oil products was a serious one and had become the police’s focus because it did not only violate the rights of brand owners but also users. (ant)

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Trade ministry steps up efforts to combat rice mafia

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade, in cooperation with the Police and Military, is endeavoring to crack down on the rice mafia in a bid to control the fluctuating prices of rice, stated Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel.

“We are cooperating with the National Police chief and the Military chief to combat the rice mafia,” Gobel remarked at Jakarta’s State Logistics Agency (Bulog) building on Wednesday.

Gobel noted that he will take legal action and revoke the licenses of rice dealers found selling their stocks at inflated prices or involved in illegal stockpiling of rice allocated by the government for the poor.

“If they are found hoarding the government’s rice, or raising the prices of rice, we will take the strongest possible action against them,” the trade minister remarked.

Gobel revealed that in addition to curbing the rice mafia, the trade ministry will also conduct rice market operations in cooperation with Bulog.

“With Bulog, we will continue to conduct rice market operations to control the fluctuating prices,” the minister added. (ant)

Australia ‘very disappointed’ at Indonesia death row ruling SYDNEY - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday she was “very disappointed” at the failure of the latest bid to spare two Australians on death row in Indonesia, as Jakarta signalled that execution preparations were almost complete.

An Indonesian court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan to avoid execution by challenging President Joko Widodo’s rejection of their pleas for clemency.

The pair, ringleaders of the socalled “Bali Nine” drug smuggling gang, were arrested for trying to traffic heroin out of Indonesia in 2005 and sentenced to death the following year.

Their appeals for presidential clemency, typically the final chance of avoiding the firing squad, were recently rejected by Widodo.

“We are very disappointed that the appeal was lost at this point,” Bishop told the Nine Network.

“But I understand that the lawyers are considering a further legal avenue and they have about 14 days in which to do so.”

Lawyers for Sukumaran and Chan urged Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo to respect the rule of law and not execute the men pending an appeal.

“We live in a state based on law and this is part of the legal process,” lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis told reporters.

However, Prasetyo said later that preparations for a new round of executions, which would include the Australians, were “about 90 percent” complete and repeated the government’s tough line.

“Despite the pressure, we will go ahead... this is about being consistent in enforcing the law and secondly about the sovereignty of the state,” he said, without giving an exact date when the executions would take place.

Widodo insisted on Tuesday that foreign nations must not interfere in Indonesia’s right to use the death penalty.

Prasetyo said that 10 drug convicts would be included in the next round and the final step before the executions would be the transfer of convicts from several cities to Nusakambangan, an island off

Java where they will be put to death.

The Australians are among a group of foreigners, including a Frenchman and a Brazilian, who are facing imminent execution after their appeals for clemency were rejected.

Bishop said Canberra would continue to lobby Widodo to show forgiveness.

“We can only hope that they will see the value of these men’s lives, both men have been rehabilitated in the most remarkable way,” she said, adding that meeting Sukumaran’s mother recently was heartbreaking.

“She hugged me so tightly that I could hardly breathe and just begged me to do all I could to save the life of her son, whose own life had been rehabilitated in such an extraordinary way.”

The looming executions have dramatically heightened tensions between Australia and Indonesia, fraying ties that were only just recovering from a spying row.

Brazil and France have also been ramping up pressure on Jakarta, with Paris summoning In-

donesia’s envoy and the Brazilian president refusing to accept the credentials of the new Indonesian ambassador.

Jakarta responded angrily to the

snub, with Vice President Jusuf Kalla reportedly saying that he was re-evaluating the purchase of fighter jets and rocket launchers from Brazil. (afp)

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Indonesian Muslim students hold up posters during a protest against Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Abbott has indicated that Indonesia will face diplomatic consequences if it executes two Australians on death row after being convicted of trafficking drugs.

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BUSINESS US bank earnings drop 7.3 percent in 4Q WASHINGTON — U.S. banks’ earnings dropped 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as a few big banks incurred increased costs to settle legal cases and the industry had declines in income from the mortgage business.

The data issued Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. showed a reversal of the trend of rising earnings as the industry has recovered from the financial crisis.

The FDIC reported that U.S. banks earned $36.9 billion in the October-December period, down from $39.8 billion in the final quarter of 2013.

Overall, growth in lending helped boost revenues at most banks.

But that was outweighed by the big banks’ costs for settling cases related to sales of risky mortgage securities before the crisis and the mortgage income declines, the FDIC said. (ap)

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Vendors sell toy sheep at a Lunar New Year market in Victoria Park of Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Hong Kong’s leadership Wednesday blamed months of pro-democracy protests as the economy fell well short of predicted growth in 2014, and said “prolonged political bickering” could do more damage to investor confidence.

Protests blamed as Hong Kong misses growth targets

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s leadership Wednesday blamed months of pro-democracy protests as the economy fell well short of predicted growth in 2014, and said “prolonged political bickering” could do more damage to investor confidence.

The growth rate was just 2.3 percent in 2014, down from 2.9 percent the previous year and far slower than the three to four percent predicted in last year’s budget speech.

Delivering his budget for 201516, finance secretary John Tsang said local industries had been damaged by the protests which began in late September last year and brought parts of the city to a standstill.

“Prolonged political bickering is detrimental to public administration and the international image of Hong Kong as a stable, law-abiding and efficient city,” he said.

“It may even dampen investors’ confidence in Hong Kong. Such self-inflicted harm does not serve the city well.”

Tsang announced one-off measures to support sectors he said had been hit by the protests.

“The Occupy movement affected tourism, hotel, catering, retail and transport industries,” he said, with relief measures including the waiving of licence fees for restaurants, hotels and travel agents as well as waiving administrative fees for taxis and buses.

Tsang predicted “even more vehement” disputes in the semiautonomous Chinese city as it grapples with how its next leader should be chosen.

Beijing has promised that the public will for the first time be able to vote for the next chief executive in 2017. But it says candidates must be vetted by a loyalist committee.

That decision sparked 79 days of street blockades in some areas by pro-democracy protesters.

The economy’s disappointing growth was also due to the weak eurozone and Japan’s recession, said Tsang, adding that it was the

third consecutive year that growth had fallen short of the annual average of 3.9 percent expansion over the past decade.

The year ahead would be “challenging” with predicted growth of one to three percent as expected US interest rate rises, volatile oil prices and uncertainties in Europe play a part.

He announced a raft of measures to boost public spending after slashing it last year, as the government comes under increasing pressure over social inequality -- frustrations which also fuelled last year’s mass rallies.

Measures include reductions to salaries tax and rent support for low-income families in public housing. However, there would still be a budget surplus of HK$63.8 billion ($8.2 billion) for the 2014-2015 period, Tsang said. (afp)

Spanish premier trumpets economy, upgrades growth forecast

MADRID — Spain’s economy will grow by more than previously thought this year, the prime minister said Tuesday, as he laid out the credentials of his conservative government prior to elections later this year.

Mariano Rajoy said Spain had moved from the edge of the abyss to being the eurozone country with the highest growth and job creation. He is predicting growth of 2.4 percent, up from the 2 percent prediction.

“Nobody expected that three years ago,” said Rajoy.

“It’s a nation that has come out of a nightmare. It has saved itself, recovered economic confidence, enjoys prestige and is once again attractive for investors,” Rajoy said at the opening of the annual two-day state-of-the-nation parliamentary debate.

But opposition parties accused the prime minister of being triumphalist and out of touch with reality.

Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez said Rajoy had promised 3 million new jobs prior to his election in 2011, but there were fewer people with jobs now. He said that Rajoy’s government was one of cutbacks and that more people were now threatened with poverty.

“What do you know about Spaniards? “Sanchez asked rhetorically. He called on Rajoy to “go out onto the street” and see the real Spain.

Despite the growth — Spain also grew 1.4 percent in 2014 — unemployment is still at 23.7 percent. Rajoy on Tuesday promised to create around 500,000 jobs this year, raising to 1 million the number created since taking office in 2011.

Spain’s economy began to fall apart in 2008 with the collapse of its bloated real-estate sector.

Government spending cuts and tax increases, along with wideranging economic reforms, have helped restore investor confidence and slash the country’s borrowing costs.

Rajoy has to call elections by the end of the year. Opinions polls predict his Popular Party will come first, but it won’t win enough to ensure the absolute majority it now has in parliament.

The prime minister said one of his administration’s biggest achievements was avoiding a public finances bailout like those for Portugal and Greece. But Spain, with Rajoy in charge, did take a bailout in 2012 to prop up ailing Spanish banks.

Rajoy said it was time to compensate Spaniards for their sacrifices, but made no major announcements beyond promises of minor adjustments in social welfare payment discounts for hiring permanent workers, facilities for families to pay debts and a widening of subsidies for single parents. (ap)

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Dispirit, tourism village more publicized by tourism players

BANGLI - As one of the favorite tourist destinations in Bali, Bangli County retains the diversity of tourism spreading over four subdistricts. Tourism village has now become one of the alternative tourisms starting to draw the interest of travelers, especially foreign travelers. With the basis of potential nature, human resources and local wisdom, each tourism village offers different peculiarities.

Unfortunately, among the several tourism villages spreading across the Bangli County, only some few can be categorized to survive. Meanwhile, most of the others fall short to thrive whereas the tourist arrival continues to grow.

The Head of Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Adnyana, said on Wednesday (Feb 11) that so far there were 22 tourism villages in Bangli spreading across the four subdistricts. Among them, only 5 tourist attractions could contribute greatly to the Bangli government, namely Batur, Penglipuran, Kehen, Penulisan and Trunyan village. Meanwhile, the others were still belonging to startups. In 2014, the number of tourist visit to Batur reached

500,324 people, Penglipuran (64,692 people), Kehen (16,563 people), Penulisan (1,026 people) and Trunyan (15,184 people).

Related to the promotion of tourist object, Adnyana said it was carried out through website, dissemination of pamphlets and exhibition. “For promotion, we do it through website, expo and brochures,” he said.

Earlier, the Chief of the Undisan tourism village, Komang Adi Sutisna, recognized the promotion of tourism village by local government was minimal or virtually there was no promotion at all. All this time, the promotion of Undisan tourism village was carried out by individuals who engaged in the world of tourism. The attention of local government so far was just

in the form of improvement in the matter of human resource quality.

As for the tourism village development fund, he recognized it was mainly disbursed by central government. So far, the Undisan tourism village had received a funding worth IDR 170 million. It was used to increase the quality of human resources and improvement of tourist objects.

When asked about the regional budget in the promotion and helping tourism village, Adnyana did not convey its magnitude. He said the number of regional budget was tentative, namely by looking at the facilities needed by tourism village. “Magnitude of the regional budget is tentative depending on the facilities needed. More budgets will be allocated when needing

more facilities,” he explained.

On the other hand, related to facilities of tourism village, in fact, it was still inadequate. Penglipuran tourism village was one of them.

The tourist attraction that could give contribution to the region still faced with parking lot problem. When tourist visit increased, the existing parking lot was often not sufficient. In addition, public facility such as toilet was still lacking. Likewise, the environmental condition around the bamboo forest was destroyed. “Penglipuran tourism village still requires supporting facilities such as parking lot and toilet,” said the chief of Penglipuran tourism village management, I Nengah Moneng.

Moneng also explained that so far the government never gave any arrangement assistance for the tourist attraction. “We have never received any assistance,” he said. Other than Penglipuran, the tourism village startups including the Bayunggede village

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also experienced the same condition as Penglipuran. Headman of Bayunggede, I Wayan Suarjaya, explained the monthly tourist visit to Bayunggede already increased.

Unfortunately, the environmental arrangement had not been done optimally. He said that so far there was no pavement to the bamboo forest behind the village whereas it was the main attraction. Associated with the assistance of facilities, he revealed that his party once received toilet assistance, but did not last long as the toilet was broken.

Ultimately, it was repaired by the village with rural allocation fund.

Further, Suarjaya said the use of rural allocation fund for provision of tourism facilities was very much deplored. He hoped the rural allocation fund and village tourism management fund should be distinguished. “If possible, there must be special fund for procurement of tourism facilities, so that it will not take the rural allocation fund,” he said. (sos)

Luscious squid lawar from Kedonganan

KEDONGANAN - Without tasting the distinctive flavor of Balinese delicacy like lawar on spending holidays on the island seems incomplete. Lawar is a traditional food of Hindu society in Bali denoting a mixture of vegetables and meat filled with chopped herbs. When the Hindu community in Bali holds a ceremony, they always prepare lawar to be presented to God Almighty as an expression of gratitude. Lately, the lawar is widely on offer in restaurants and even in hotels.

Well, Bali becoming a tourist destination of the world encourages its people to be more creative, so that it has an impact on the development of the menus. Such condition is also promoted in Kedonganan tourist area, where the Bali Sea Café serves a squid lawar to its guests.

Ingredients used for making the lawar consist of squid, string beans, coconut, kaffir lime leaf, and oil for sautéing.

Meanwhile, the seasonings to be prepared are onion, garlic, chili, coriander, nutmeg, aromatic ginger, ginger, galangal, shrimp paste, salt and brown sugar.

How to prepare it? First of all, cut the string bean along ½ cm or to taste and boil. Bake the squid and coconut until smelling aromatic. Then, chop the squid and grate the coconut. Slice thinly the shallot, garlic as well as chili and fry. Meanwhile, ground finely or puree the other spices by blender and then fry.

Afterward, mix the squid, string beans with the spice paste. Sprinkle the batter with fried onions and kaffir lime leaf.

Ultimately, add some salt and seasonings to taste. Now, your squid lawar is ready to serve. (kmb)

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Dozens of Christians abducted by Islamic militants in Syria

Rice price soars due to scarcity

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Lake Batur. The brunt of strong wind hitting Bangli on Saturday (Feb. 21) caused fish farmers in Lake Batur Kintamani to suffer considerable losses. As a result, 13 tons of fish being ready to be harvested escaped from their floating net cages.

Strong wind, 13 tons of fish of farmers in Lake Batur escape

AMLAPURA - Since three days ago, the price of rice at Karangasem market has increased. At the Amlapura Timur market, the price of local super C4 rice reached IDR 12,000 per kilogram with an increase of IDR 3,000 from the previous price. The price increase was alleged to happen due to scarcity of rice in the market.

Traders at the Amlapura Timur market began to run out of rice stock due to empty rice stocks in several agent warehouses in Karangasem. On average, grocery traders in the market claimed to start running out of rice stock. Some traders even did not sell rice due to difficulty in obtaining supplies. “I have been looking for rice for two days everywhere but all rice warehouses are empty,” said a grocery trader at Amlapura Timur market, Ni Nyoman Rauh, from Bungaya village, Bebandem.

The recent price hike of rice, according to her, was caused by rice stock starting to be empty in agent warehouses. Actually those agents had become the place for traders to take rice.

Besides, the price increase was also caused by the price increase in the level of suppliers. Local C4 rice with super quality was sold for IDR 12,000 per kilogram. It increased as much as IDR 3,000 from the previous price at IDR 9,000. Furthermore, the C4 rice of second quality was sold for averagely IDR 11,000 per kilogram.

Another grocery trader, Ni Wayan Serinten, from Paye, Subagan, admitted to be difficult to get rice. It happened due to empty rice stock in a number of agents since the past three days. “Now, it is hard to get rice because the agent warehouses have no rice stocks. Today most rice is brought in from Java.

We just can get a sack because it must be divided equally,” she explained.

Chairman of the Business Development Service (BDS) of Karangasem, I Nyoman Sudarsana, affirmed the scarcity of rice in the market should be immediately responded by the Industry and Trade Agency and the Agriculture Agency. They should intervene so that people would not face starvation as the price of rice was rising up out of reach. “Supposedly the Industry and Trade Agency as well as Agriculture Agency come down to stabilize the price. Do not let people scream for not being able to buy rice,” he said. (dwa)

BANGLI - The brunt of strong wind hitting Bangli on Saturday (Feb. 21) caused fish farmers in Lake Batur Kintamani to suffer considerable losses. As a result, 13 tons of fish being ready to be harvested escaped from their floating net cages. Besides, 135 holes of floating net cage were also reported to have been badly damaged. As estimation, the losses suffered by fish farmers in Lake Batur almost reached billions of rupiahs.

The Head of the Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Nengah Sukartana, explained on Tuesday (Feb. 24) that based on the results of data collection made last Tuesday, the most severely hit area was Toya Bungkah, Songan and Trunyan. Of the three areas, a total of 135 holes of floating net cage owned by 10 fish farmer groups were reported to have severe damages. Meanwhile, approximately 150 floating net cages were displaced from its original position, but only suffered minor damages.

Aside from causing damage to floating net cages, the brunt of violent wind lasting from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. also caused 13 tons of fish ready to harvest with a size of 4-6 / kg to escape. Not only that, a total of 58,000 fish of medium size aged 3 months also escaped.

Sukartana added if it was calculated

the losses suffered by fish farmers in Lake Batur reached IDR 500 million more.

Sukartana said that based on the results of monitoring by field extension workers (PPL) in Lake Batur, after the disaster of violent winds, a number of fish farmers were seen to have started to restore their floating net cage to their original position.

The net cage drifting down to the Trunyan cemetery had been pulled independently by local community.

“Right now, fish farmers begin to pull the displaced floating net cage independently by using boat,” said Sukartana.

As reported previously, the brunt of violent wind caused a number of floating net cages belonging to fish farmers in the region of Lake Batur, Kintamani to be heavily damaged.

Even, due to big waves in the lake, most fish cages of fish farmers at

Songan village were drifted away to the cemetery of Trunyan village as recognized by one of the fish farmers at Songan village, Wayan Wirawan.

He said the brunt of the wind generated high waves reaching two meters high in the lake. When hit by violent wind, a number of fish cages owned by local farmers oscillated to badly damage. Some cages were also dragged down to the cemetery of Trunyan village.

The brunt of winds also caused a number of nets installed inside to be torn. As a result, thousands of fish escaped out of the cage, and some other fish died due to experiencing concussion in the cages. He estimated the damage to cage caused by the brunt of the winds reached 70 percent. Then to fix the cages, fish farmers had to spend up to IDR 20 million. (ina)

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BEIRUT — The Islamic State militants struck before dawn, staging house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages nestled along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria. They abducted at least 70 Christians — many of them women and children — while thousands of others fled to safer areas.

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A protestor carries a hanging mask of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto marked with the word in Spanish “Assassin” during a march in Mexico City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Reform would let some foreign agents carry guns in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Pena Nieto on Tuesday proposed a reform that would allow some foreign agents to carry arms inside Mexico, a significant change in a country that has historically said the practice would violate its sovereignty. The bill, sent to Mexico’s Senate, would allow foreign customs and migration agents to carry guns in previously established zones. The main beneficiary would be the United States, which shares a long border with Mexico.

It would also allow foreign leaders or heads of state to enter the country with armed security details. Mexican law currently prohibits any foreign agent or official from carrying weapons inside the country or participating in operations to arrest criminals. Authorities have always denied media reports of U.S. agents directly taking part in anti-drug trafficking operations inside Mexico.

Permits would be limited to revolvers or semi-automatic pistols with a caliber less than .40 and be granted by Mexico’s national defense department. The initiative would demand reciprocity, implying that the foreign government would also allow Mexican agents to carry guns in its territory.

Officials say the presence of foreign agents in Mexico would speed up the joint inspection process and facilitate the flow of goods and people across borders. But they add that the foreign customs and migration agents may need guns to guarantee their security given the countries’ problems with drug and human traffickers.

Some analysts think the law, if passed, could open the door to eventually allowing other U.S. security agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, to send armed agents into Mexico. (ap)

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says dozens of people are feared dead in an avalanche that buried some 60 homes in the northeastern Panjshir Valley.

Acting Gov. Abdul Rahman Kabiri said at least 30 people were killed and that rescuers were using their bare hands and shovels to try to reach survivors.

Emergency officials could not immediately be reached to confirm the toll, which is expected to rise.

Large swathes of Afghanistan have been covered in snow over the past 24 hours as a major storm has interrupted an otherwise mild and dry winter. Avalanches are common in Afghanistan’s mountainous north. (ap)

The captives’ fate was unclear Tuesday, a day after they were seized, and relatives said mobile phone service was cut off and land lines also were not going through, adding to the fear and uncertainty about their loved ones. Heavy fighting was reported in the area.

The Islamic State group has a history of killing captives, including foreign journalists, Syrian soldiers and Kurdish militiamen. Most recently, militants in Libya affiliated with the extremist group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

The group’s bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq, where it seeks to form a self-styled caliphate, has repeatedly targeted religious minorities since it took control of a third of both countries. The United States and coalition of regional partners are conducting a campaign of airstrikes against the group.

The militants struck near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province, an area predominated by Assyrian Christians. Most of the captives came from Tal Shamiram and some from Tal Hurmiz.

Nuri Kino, the head of a group called A Demand For Action, said between 70 and 100 Assyrians were taken captive. About 3,000 people fled and have sought refuge in the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, he said, adding that his activist group based its information on conversations with villagers who fled the attack and their relatives. His group focuses on religious minorities in the Middle East.

“Have they been slaughtered?

Are they still alive? We’re searching for any news,” said an Assyrian Christian woman from Tal Shamiram who now lives in Beirut.

The woman said she has been trying to find out what has become of her parents, her brother and his wife and their children, but couldn’t reach anyone in the village.

“I feel so helpless, I cannot do anything for them but pray,” she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of endangering relatives believed to be held by the militants.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which also reported the abductions, put

the number of Christians held by the Islamic State group at 90. The Observatory relies on a network of activists inside Syria.

Both groups said that most of the captives come from Tal Shamiram, located some 85 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Qamishli, and nearby Tal Hurmiz. At least four civilians, including a 17-year-old, were killed in clashes later Monday, a relative of one of the victims said on condition of anonymity.

The extremists could use the Assyrian captives to try to arrange a prisoner swap with the Kurdish militias it is battling in northeastern Syria.

Last year, IS militants abducted more than 150 Kurdish boys and held them in a school in Aleppo province where they subjected them to daily instruction on militant ideology for five months before releasing them in batches. The group has also released Turkish truck drivers and diplomats after holding them for months. It was not known whether a prisoner deal was struck in those instances. (ap)

Dozens feared dead in Afghanistan avalanche

A woman is drying the rice.

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FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group’s flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq.

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Pill taken before, after sex Ngurah Rai Airport may prevent HIV: study installs double-decker air bridge to dock A380

LOS ANGELES - An HIV prevention pill taken by gay men before and after sex reduced the risk of virus transmission by 86 percent, according to the results of a clinical trial released Tuesday.

Truvada contains HIV treatment drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, and is made by Gilead Sciences in California. In the study Truvada was taken up to one day before sex and the two days after.

The study, led by the French National HIV research agency ANRS, was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle.

Until now, Truvada as a preventive measure has been prescribed only as a once-a-day regimen, not one that could be effective if taken around the time of sex.

While the latest evidence on the technique known as preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is not enough to change guidelines,

it was welcomed as a novel approach to HIV prevention.

The study “provides the first evidence that an event-driven regimen is effective among highrisk MSM (men who have sex with men) with frequent sex,” said Jonathan Mermin, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS. Truvada was approved in 2012 by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first daily pill to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus in some high-risk groups.

The latest trial, called IPERGAY, was a randomized, placebo-controlled study that began in February 2012 and was halted in October 2014 when an independent data safety review

board found it had a high rate of effectiveness.

A total of 400 participants were enrolled.

Those in the trial were considered to be at high-risk of acquiring HIV because they were having sex an average of 10 times per month, and with eight partners every two months.

Some participants took a placebo, while others took Truvada two to 24 hours before sex, then again 24 and 48 hours later.

The research team “reported that PrEP reduced HIV risk among the MSM who were prescribed this regimen by an average of 86 percent,” according to a statement.

Previous research on Truvada to prevent HIV has found that those who took it regularly could

lower their risk of getting HIV by as much as 92 percent.

Most of the men in the study were taking Truvada four days a week, and it remains to be seen if the regimen would be as effective among men having sex less frequently.

Mermin cautioned that it remains unknown whether Truvada taken only in the hours before sex and the two days afterward could work in heterosexual men and women, or injection drug users, or outside a tightly controlled trial.

“CDC continues to recommend only daily use of PrEP, as approved by the FDA,” Mermin said.

“Daily, oral PrEP is recommended by CDC as an option for men who have sex with men, heterosexual men and women, and injection drug users.”

A second study released at CROI by the UK Medical Re-

search Council found that daily oral PrEP using Truvada reduced risk of HIV transmission among gay men by 86 percent.

A third study examined the use of a daily pill to prevent HIV among heterosexual couples in which one person is HIV positive and the other is not.

Led by the University of Washington, the trial underway in Kenya and Uganda is probing the efficacy of PrEP as a transitional strategy, to protect one partner from HIV while the HIV-positive partner gets his or her viral load under control through antiretroviral medication.

“Preliminary results show that this dual strategy reduced the risk of HIV infection by 96 percent,” Mermin said.

“These findings together provide encouraging additional evidence of the power of PrEP to reduce the risk of HIV infection.” (afp)

Tea’s benefits extend to old bones

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A girl drinks tea in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

Researchers in Japan say black tea could help treat osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting older people, but admit you need to drink an awful lot of it.

TOKYO - Researchers in Japan say black tea could help treat osteoporosis, a bone condition affecting older people, but admit you need to drink an awful lot of it.

Scientists say the humble brew contains an antioxidant that can prevent the loss of bone density commonly seen in old age that makes the elderly more vulnerable to fractures.

The news is the latest claim for a drink that is a staple of countries around the world, and one over which never-ending arguments rage about how to brew the perfect cup.

Researchers led by Keizo Nishikawa of Osaka University found that theaflavin-3 (TF-3), the antioxidant, works by inhibiting the function of an enzyme called DNA methyltransferase, which destroys bone tissue.

The research, published in the online edition of the US journal Nature Medicine on Monday, found that mice suffering from osteoporosis who were given TF-3 showed recovering levels of bone volume, similar to those of healthy mice.

But it might be a bit early to rush to put the kettle on -- the research found that a 60 kilogramme (130-pound) adult would have to drink 60 cups of tea over three days to see a noticeable difference, Jiji Press reported.

Osteoporosis particularly affects women in later life and is a growing problem in rapidly ageing societies such as Japan. (afp)

KUTA - The Ngurah Rai International Airport has installed a double-decker air bridge in a bid to serve Airbus 380 jets, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita, the airport’s Co-General Manager of Angkasa Pura I, stated Wednesday.

“The facility is provided in case the superjumbo plane has to make an emergency landing at the international airport,” he explained.

However, the A380 cannot land at the airport due to space constraints.

“The width of Ngurah Rai’s runway is 45 meters, while the A380 jet needs a 60-meter-wide runway,” Ngurah Ardita noted.

Nevertheless, the airport management will prepare the runway to handle any emergency landing of the A380 aircraft at Ngurah Rai. Meanwhile, the length of the runway,

which is three thousand meters long, is sufficient to accommodate the 600passenger aircraft.

According to Ngurah Ardita, the airport management has invested Rp3 trillion, or about US$232.6 million, in 2015 to build domestic and international terminals as well as aprons.

In addition, the management, in collaboration with the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Indonesia Port Corporations or Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will build access ways to and from the airport for connectivity to the Bali toll road.

A general aviation terminal for chartered flights will also be built and will be the first private jet terminal in Indonesia.

Currently, the international terminal has an area of 129 thousand square meters, and the domestic terminal has an area of 68 thousand square meters.

“In 2014, we have served 17.3 million passengers, or an increase of 11 percent as compared to that recorded in the same period in 2013,” Ngurah Ardita stated, adding that the airport is now able to accommodate 25 million passengers per year. (ant)

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Bali targets US$1.7 million form issuing foreign employee hiring permits DENPASAR - The administration of Bali province has set a target to earn IDR22 billion, or about US$1.7 million, in the form of taxes collected through the issuance of foreign employee hiring permits during 2015.

“We are optimistic that the target will be realized, and it is proper as the target is in accordance with the number of foreign employees in Bali,” Head of Bali Labor and Transmigration Agency I. Gusti Agung Ngurah Sudarsana stated on Wednesday.

According to him, the target was decided based on the assumption that there will be 1.8 thousand foreign employees working in Bali within a period of six months to a year.

Every person is charged US$100 per month, with an exchange rate of IDR10.5 thousand per US dollar.

“The administrative activities related to the issuance of the permits are being managed online,” Ngurah Sudarsana stated.

In addition, the office is coordinating with the immigration authority regarding the possibility of a tourist visa being misused for working in Bali.

In 2013, the provincial administration collected IDR30 billion, or about US$2.3 million, in the form of permit charges. (ant)

Reject to pay taxes, tourists’ luxury goods confiscated DENPASAR - The Customs Office at Ngurah Rai Airport Bali was forced to hold dozens of luxury goods belonging to foreign tourists vacationing in Bali. This action was taken because the concerned tourists rejected to pay taxes on luxury goods owned. Some luxury goods secured included iPhone 6, Rolex watch and bags worth IDR 400 million and other luxury products.

“In appropriate with provisions, it is not allowed to bring items costing over USD 250 because it will be taxed as they belong to luxury goods,” said Wayan Sapta Dharma, the Service

Section Chief of the Ngurah Rai International arrival terminal when met on Monday (Feb. 23).

According to him, within the past two months (January to February 2015), most tourists caught carrying luxury goods were Chinese citizens.

They brought along items whose price lay in the range of IDR 300 million to IDR 500 million.

“We secure the goods remaining in original packaging or in large quantities such as six pieces of iPhone 6.

When calculated, each costs about IDR 15 million,” he explained while adding the number of luggage was out

of the normal amount and still in original packaging or newly purchased.

Allegedly they would be resold in Bali, so that they were detrimental to the state in terms of tax side.

“There was an occurrence where a passenger was carrying jewelry worth IDR 450 million, so that after the tax is calculated, both VAT and income tax totally reached IDR 200 million.

Since the passenger did not want to pay taxes, its belongings were secured and will be returned when they leave for their home country, so it is not seized,” he said.

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Tourists queued at Visa on Arrival counter at Ngurah Rai Airport during their arrival at Bali Island on Tuesday. The Customs Office at Ngurah Rai Airport Bali was forced to hold dozens of luxury goods belonging to foreign tourists vacationing in Bali. This action was taken because the concerned tourists rejected to pay taxes on luxury goods owned.

belonging to foreign tourists, the Customs Office of Ngurah Rai also secured cash brought by foreign tourist whose amount surpassed IDR 100 million. “However, we rarely found this kind of case. In most cases, the luxury goods were usually brought by Chinese tourists,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mandarin Division Head of the Bali Tourist Guide Association (HPI), Efendy, admitted that within the past two months Chinese tourist arrivals increased compared to previous months. The surge in the number of tourist visits was inseparable from the Chinese New Year celebration. “Chinese tourist visit increases due to Chinese New Year.

Probably, this will last until March 5 coinciding with the celebration of Cap Go Meh,” he said.

The Angkasa Pura I of Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport noted there were 34 additional flight services (extra flights) with an additional seat availability reaching 8,364 during the Chinese New Year 2566 celebration in Bali.

Based on the application of extra flight filed by flight carrier, Hong Kong Airlines added 14 flights to Hong Kong with a total of 3,962 additional seats. Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific with the same destination filed three additional flights (951 seats).

Aside from the destination to Hong Kong, some airlines also proposed similar additional flight to the mainland, among others, China Eastern (Beijing-Denpasar) for three times, China Southern to Shenzhen for two times and charter flight owned by China Eastern to Ningbo and Taiyuan

for seven times.

Other charter flights departed from Ngurah Rai Airport during the celebration of Chinese New Year holiday included the Xiamen Airlines to Xiamen (four flights) and Execujet to Sydney (four flights). Thus, they totally amounted to 34 extra flights with additional seat availability of 8,364. (kmb27)

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Process to GMBJ members speeded up

Allegedly abducted two children, Golpar reported to police

DENPASAR - Brutal action committed by the Geng Motor Bulu Jaum (GMBJ) has been processed

by Kuta Police. Meanwhile, the Chief of Denpasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, hoped the process could be speeded up considering they belonged to minors. Then, the nine gang members getting involved in the case of looting and indecent act were not arrested, but entrusted to their parents.

According to Djoko on Tuesday (Feb. 24), when they were arrested and combined with adult suspects, they were feared to be even plunged into misery. “The rules justify the criminals to be entrusted to their parents. In addition, there is a guarantee from their parents. However, the legal process still continues,” he said.

Police chief added the motorcycle gang was the impact of youth group. Appearance of motorcycle gang committing anarchist made police, particularly the Denpasar Police, give special attention. “We’ve had recorded motorcycle groups in Denpasar. Allegedly they lead to motorcycle gang. Together with the Denpasar municipality, we seek to

provide education so that they do not fall into negative things, especially drug abuse,” he added.

Related to the minor motorcycle gang members, said Djoko, the legal process could be accelerated. For the case handled by Kuta Police, it would still be processed according to prevailing laws. As preventive measures, police chief claimed to have done it, such as by deploying his personnel to become inspector of ceremony at schools on Mondays and a tour to Denpasar Police twice a week. In addition, the authority also conducted a creating condition operation, raids every Saturday night and collecting motorist groups suspected of belonging to motorcycle gang.

As has been known, the motor-

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cycle gangs in Bali continued to show off their brutal action. The GMBJ, for instance, pillaged goods at three outlets of Circle K and one Minimart along Jalan Raya Kuta and Jalan Legian, on Sunday morning (Feb. 21). Besides, they also committed indecent action to female visitor of the modern store.

After receiving the report on the case, the team of the Kuta Police Criminal Investigation unit immediately conducted an investigation. On Sunday afternoon to evening, police arrested nine suspects with an average age of 17 years old. They have the initials GA, BP, AS, AKP, OR, MW, GE aka TD, RA and PP. The suspects were from East Denpasar and Abiansemal, Badung. (kmb36)

SINGARAJA - A resident of French nationality named Stephaneimmanuel Leopold Golpar, 66, living at Babakan Kanginan hamlet, Kubutambahan, was reported to Buleleng Police by victim doubling as his wife, Riyanti Br. Pakpahan, 41. The culprit Golpar was alleged to abduct two small children. At the beginning, the culprit took both children to go out. After eight days, they did not go home and their position was unknown.

Based on information of the victim Riyanti to police officer, it began from the meeting of culprit Golpar around 12:00 a.m., Saturday (Feb. 14). He asked for permission to take out the children named Shyam Hari Lal Golpar and Soham Golpar. Without elaborating, the victim Riyanti agreed without any suspicion. At that time, the culprit Golpar promised to bring back both children on Sunday (Feb. 22). After waiting, both children did not come home and the victim began to worry.

The culprit Golpar once made his time to return home to the victim’s house on Jalan Jalak Putih Singaraja. Unfortunately, both children were asked to wait in the car. Ultimately, the victim could not meet her children.

When asked for his confirmation at his office, the Operations Division Head of the Buleleng Police, Michael R Risakotta, said on Tuesday (Feb. 24) to have received the report on the abduction of children. The case involving French citizen was still under investigation by the team of the Buleleng Police Criminal Investigation. “We are still investigating who owns the children. Regarding the nationality, children will determine whether they will follow the father or mother. Now, we do not know whether the marital status of the victim and the culprit is legitimate or not,” he said. (kmb34)

ICU at Tabanan Hospital fully occupied TABANAN - The problem faced

by Tabanan Hospital is not only related to restricted beds for general patients resulting in a queue but also the restricted beds in ICU for patients requiring intensive treatment. Although the bed capacity of ICU was initially six, it has been increased to seven beds, but was fully occupied. To overcome this problem, the Tabanan Hospital attempts to stabilize patients in Emergency Room (ER) while waiting for beds in the ICU and referred patients to other hospitals offering ICU services.

Director of Tabanan Hospital, Nyoman Susila, explained the fully occupied condition of the ICU room was in harmony with the booming public patients. In general, such condition was also experienced by other hospitals.

Surely it needed additional beds to meet the demand in the ICU. However, such addition could not be made due to limited space at the Tabanan Hospital.

As solution, the patients were referred to private hospitals providing similar ICU services. “We will train private hospitals that want to provide ICU services. When all have owned it, the

need can be satisfied,” he said.

Subdivision Head of Outpatient, Inpatient and ICU Services of Tabanan Hospital, Doddy Setiawan, added that ICU patients required longer treatment than public patients. On average, the patients were treated for 5-7 days depending on the condition and diagnosis. On that account, it was very difficult to determine when the ICU beds would be available and could be occupied by new patient. Currently, added Doddy, almost every day there were patients who required ICU treatment received in Emergency Room.

Since the bed was fully occupied, temporarily the Tabanan Hospital took step by stabilizing patients in Emergency Room until the bed was available.

Another step taken was by providing integrated treatment so that patient’s condition could rapidly improve and the time of hospitalization in ICU would be shorter. In addition, the Tabanan Hospital also made an observation room at Bougainville Room for postoperative patients. “So, the postoperative patients can be treated in this room,” he said. For patients

who were stable but could not be moved to a regular room, the Tabanan Hospital prepared HCU room with eight beds.

Though the ICU capacity had been increased, it remained fully occupied. “When the capacity

has been fully occupied, patients will be referred,” said Doddy.

However, to refer patients requiring intensive care should comply with procedures. Hospital becoming the destination of the referral should have an empty bed and

required equipment so that the patients could be immediately treated. To that end, before referring patients, the Tabanan Hospital always checked in advance the referral hospital via phone to ensure its readiness. (kmb24)

The Tabanan Hospital where the patients are fully occupying the rooms

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Harris Café serves “Chicken Rice a là Kedewatan”

KUTA - The love of local and international travelers to Balinese cuisines makes many restaurants feature traditional menus as their main menus. One of them is the Harris Café located at Harris Hotel Raya Kuta. The restaurant open to public is now presenting ‘Chicken Rice a là Kedewatan’ created by Executive Chef, Maleachi.

The man familiarly called Chef Male said the adoption of the word ‘Kedewatan’ because it was already known as a favorite area in Ubud to enjoy chicken, especially the betutu (steamed chicken). “We feature chicken rice that tastes exactly like that of Kedewatan. However, we create it in a hotel style,” he said during a presentation in a media gathering.

The menu included in the Chef’s Suggestion, said Chef Male, had the basic ingredients of chicken satay, (steamed) chicken betutu, Balinese assorted vegetables, chicken tum, dry fried chicken and boiled egg. The serving was combined with raw condiment, fried shallot, white rice and cerancam chicken soup. There were also additional raw vegetables consisting of tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage.

The menu presented at Harris Café came with the tagline ‘Healthy Lifestyle

Menu’ without MSG which was in line with the healthy lifestyle. Presenting menus with nutritional information was intended to control calories, where the food served was the result of cooperation with a nutritionist based in Indonesia. “Do not worry about the taste because every food has been adapted to local and foreign tongue,” he explained.

Now, chicken betutu is not only offered in Ubud, but has spread to almost all regions of Bali. In general, people usually prepare this menu when organizing a major holiday or ceremony. Seeing the development of tourism, the food can already be found whenever and it has even been appointed as a traditional menu in the diner at restaurant or café. (ocha)

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Balinese food suit for foreign tourists Roasted suckling pig cannot only be found in Gianyar. Apparently, at the B’Couple Bar & Grill, Kuta Paradiso Hotel is also available. Its name is Babi Guling by Pa’Tut. Even, it is the only one throughout the region.

Uniqueness of the roasted suckling pig of the Pa’Tut lay in the flavor that was not too spicy because it had been adjusted to the flavor of foreign tourists.

It is not wrong if the roasted pig offered at the restaurant is excellent and most popular among foreign tourists.

Executive Sous Chef, Ketut Wardama, said that his party offered three servings namely the Package Portion, Small Meat Portion and Large Meat Portion. “We offer Package Portion with some icons such as steamed white rice, cassava leaves, Balinese pork sausage, assorted vegetables with grated coconut spice, pork soup and pork crackers,” he explained.

He said the roasted suckling pig was made in traditional method to produce tender meat, good taste and crispy pork skin. “The menu we serve on special dish made of rattan called ingko. Then,

a sheet of banana leaf is used as base on the ingko,” he explained.

The roasted suckling pig, added Wardama, used complete spice a la B’Couple Bar & Grill. “We process the pork into crackers, mixed with cassava leaves, string bean lawar and Balinese sausage. The presentation is simple where all the icons are arranged in such

a way. Especially for the skin, we nicely pile it up on the menu. Then the soup is served separately,” he said. He said the menu was not only offered to the in-house guests, but also to the public.

The menu had been ready at 12:00 noon and could be taken away. This Balinese food was the most suitable for lunch and dinner. (kmb)

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Will Smith enters a new phase, learns to ‘quiet the warrior’

LOS ANGELES — Things started to come into focus for Will Smith when “After Earth” bombed.

Once the biggest movie star in the world, his $130 million sci-fi spectacle “After Earth” opened in June 2013 to a lousy $27.5 million and would only go on to make up less than half of its production budget, domestically, by the end of its run.

For a man who once defined himself by his box office star power, the blow was crushing. “From the time I was in my early 20s, I had this goal that ‘I want to be the biggest movie star in the world,’” said Smith on a recent afternoon at a suburban Four Seasons Hotel, lowering his voice to a faux-macho level when he says the words “movie star.”

“And I set out for conquer,” he said. “Smash! Conquer!” he exclaimed animatedly.

For a while it worked. Smith has had four movies that have grossed over $200 million domestically, and 13 that have grossed over $100 million, most with him headlining.

Then “After Earth” happened and everything toppled.

“After the failure of “After Earth,” a thing got broken in my mind,” he had explained to a group of reporters at a press conference for his new film “Focus” a few minutes earlier.

“I was like, ‘oh wow, I’m still alive. Oh wow. I actually still am me even though the movie didn’t open at No. 1. Wait, I still can get hired on another movie?’ All of those things collapsed in my mind.

Mr. July! Big Willie weekend! No. 1! Eight in a row! All of that collapsed and I realized I still was a good person.”

“It’s a huge emotional shift for me,” said Smith, who has since appeared in smaller roles in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “Winter’s Tale.” “(Daughter) Willow in particular has helped me make a shift from winning and conquering to loving and connecting as a primary purpose for everything. She just

absolutely demands attention to her thoughts and feelings. It’s a huge lesson for me to quiet the warrior in me,” he said.

It’s fitting that Smith’s first outing in this new stage is actually called “Focus” (in theaters Friday), a sleek, intimate film from “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa about a smooth, seasoned con-man and his alluring and much younger protege, played by Australian actress Margot Robbie.

Smith and Robbie are meeting in the middle, in film and in life.

Smith, in a self-defined new phase, and Robbie right as she’s about to break out into the mainstream.

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” where Robbie caught the attention of a wider audience playing the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, hadn’t even come out when she was cast in “Focus.”

As she remembers it, “Focus” wrapped at 6 a.m. and she was attending the “Wolf” premiere that night. “We couldn’t be more opposite,” said Smith of his co-star, seated next to her in the hotel.

“I wasn’t expecting to get along with him as well as we did. We didn’t have anything in common.

He’s an ex-rapper. I’m from Australia,” added Robbie. “I, just like everyone, assumed he was really fun and funny. And he is really fun and funny. I wasn’t expecting him to be so intellectual and emotional and deep.”

Smith laughed.

“Ooooh. Intellectual, emotional and deep?” he said. “That should be your headline.”

The two have a smoldering chemistry in the film and a playful, giggly way around each other off screen, often finishing each other’s sentences when they’re not making the other keel over in laughter.

They bonded over endless hours of conversation, chess, eating and going out with the cast and crew in the various shooting locations from New Orleans to Buenos Aires. (ap)

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Actor Daniel Craig steps aout of a sports car during the shooting of the latest James Bond movie ‘Spectre’, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015.

007 gets licence to eat in Rome

ROME - Daniel Craig has been taking advantage of new James Bond movie “Spectre” being shot in Rome to sample the local cuisine in between high-speed car chases around the Eternal City.

The famously super-toned 007 star has reportedly been spotted in a number of the local eateries, whose menus rarely offer much succour to the diet conscious.

The British actor was snapped coming out of one of them, Dal Bolognese, with the button of his jacket apparently under some strain from a well-filled stomach, an image that helped win him praise from the Italian media for his “aBONDant” appetite.

On that occasion, Craig, 46, was joined by “Spectre” co-stars Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz for the trip to a Roman institution that specialises in the rich stuffed pasta dishes of Bologna.

Director Sam Mendes is due to spend just over two weeks shooting scenes in the Italian capital, including

KUTA - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I said the Ngurah Rai International Airport of Bali would be expanded with an investment of IDR3 trillion this year. The capacity of the terminal of the airport would be expanded, General Manajer of PT Angkasa Pura I branch for the Ngurah Rai airport Herry A.Y Sikado said.

Herry said the investment would be financed by the company with loan funds. The project will include expansion of domestic and international terminals, and apron, and construction of a general aviation

terminal specially for chartered flights or private jet terminal, the first in the country, he said.

He said part of the investment fund will also be used to build toll road access to the airport in coop-

eration with state owned toll road developer and operator Jasamarga, Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and state owned seaport operator Pelindo.

Meanwhile, Co-General Man-

ager of the branch of PT Angkasa Pura I, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita the domestic and international terminals would be doubled in size.

Currently, the international terminal is around 129,000 square meter in width and the domestic terminal is 68,000 square meters.

The expansion would increase the capacity of the terminals, Ardita said. “In 2014, we served 17.3 mil-

lion passengers or an increase of 11 percent from the previous year,” he said. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

several in which Bond’s silver Aston Martin DB10 races around at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour in pursuit of a villainous character played by Dave Bautista.

The Filipino-American wrestler and actor gets behind the wheel of a red Jaguar C-X75.

It has not all been plain sailing for Mendes, who is directing his second Bond film in what is the 24th instalment of the franchise based on the novels of Ian Fleming.

According to media reports, producers failed to anticipate how noisy it would be driving on Rome’s ancient cobblestones.

As a result, dialogue recorded from inside the Aston Martin as it whizzes past the Colosseum was inaudible and will have to be corrected in post-production. (afp)

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State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I said the Ngurah Rai International Airport of Bali would be expanded with an investment of IDR3 trillion this year.

The capacity of the terminal of the airport would be expanded, General Manajer of PT Angkasa Pura I branch for the Ngurah Rai airport Herry A.Y Sikado said.