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Indonesia hosts Non-Aligned Movement conference Agence France-Presse

NUSA DUA – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday warned of new strategic rivalries as the world deals with complex challenges including terrorism and religious conflict.

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The ex-general made the comments in a speech opening the 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, a 118-nation group he called the “largest movement for peace in history”.

“We must encourage the major powers to maintain stable and cooperative relations. We must help to ensure that the seismic power-shifts do not lead to new strategic tension,”Yudhoyono told the assembled foreign ministers.

“Where possible, we should encourage a constructive process of cooperative security so that enemies become friends, and friends become partners.”

Yudhoyono called for total nuclear disarmament and encouraged all nations to “resolve disputes and conflicts through dialogue, negotiations and other peaceful means”.

The Non-Aligned Movement had changed the course of history in the 20th century and would be a force for stability and peace in the decades ahead, he added.

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Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers his speech during the opening ceremony at the 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Nusa Dua, on Bali island, on May 25, 2011. Representatives from 118 developing countries will attend a ministerial conference and commemorative meeting from May 23-27.

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Balinese women parade during the Bali Art Festival opening.

DENPASAR - To overcome congestion frequently haunting the annual Bali Arts Festival (BAF), Bali Transportation Services is going to operate 24 shuttle buses especially for people who want to make a visit to Art Center, Denpasar, through two main route corridors, namely Ngurah Rai Stadium and Renon East Parking.

“In relation to this shuttle service, visitors will be provided with parking spaces, so if they want to go to the art center they will not be confused to find a parking space. Simply come to the main bus routes and the shuttle bus will deliver them to enjoy a variety of shows,” said the

Head of Bali Transportation Services, Made Santha, to Bali Post on Tuesday (May 24).

He said within the past 30 years of implementing the Bali Arts Festival, government persistently made improvement in all lines, ranging from the management to the contents of BAF. Now, it would be expanded to procurement of shuttle services. “We have seen so far that implementation of BAF is often graced by congestion due to volume of vehicles parking on the road body is quite high. So, we will improve it this year by setting up some representative parking spaces and we convey the community by bus,” he said.

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Sibetan prohibits catching fish by poison Population of river fish increases rapidly Ban to catch fish by poison or electrical shock is enforced by Sibetan customary village, Karangasem. The ban is set forth in the awig-awig or customary regulation and complied by all villagers. As a result, since the past few years the ban has been put into effect, population of various species of fish on the river of Sibetan region increases.

Denpasar vulnerable to fire disasters Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Before catching fish by poison or electrical shock on the river or pond at Sibetan village was banned, many people caught fish by damaging environment. Consequently, it was difficult to get fish, shrimp or crab. Recognizing it threatened the environment, local village apparatus was then setting forth a ban to catch fish by poison or other means in the awig-awig.

Sumardi, a local villager who is also the Head of Commission I of Karangasem House had the initiative and was supported by villagers. Lately, the river water is clear and population of fish and other river animals increases significantly. Seeing the condition, residents are pleased to angle on the river. Catching fish by fishhook is indeed allowed, but doing so by poison or electric shock will be imposed with sanction. Pursuant to customary laws of Sibetan village, whoever catches fish on the river by poison or destroys the environment is imposed with a fine equivalent to one

sack of rice and cleaning up the puseh temple for a week.

According to Sumardi, last year there were some people from outside Sibetan who caught fish at the village by illegal ways. Then, they were reported to village apparatus and caught red-handedly. In accordance with the prevail laws at the village, the perpetrators were punished by fines.

Another village figure, Made Kota from Tengah Hamlet, Sibetan, added that due to greatly supported by resolute village apparatus in enforcing the customary laws, there had been no longer offenders or destroyers of the environment. Aside from the ban to catch fish, shooting birds was also prohibited. Meanwhile, catching fish in any way was banned in the pond or Telaga Tista because it was sanctified and functioned as tourist attraction, especially for local residents on religious holidays. “Sibetan villagers were happy because their river water is clear, while population of fish is also increas-

ing. People are then easier to get fish though only intended as a hobby,” said Made Kota.

Sumardi added that environmental conservation was set forth in the customary regulations and it was supported by local villagers. As a result, it could be implemented easily and effectively. According to him, successful implementation of the environmental conservation through customary institution of Sibetan village known as the central producer of snakefruit could be adopted by other villages. “If there’s a will and policy of village apparatus for the common good, of course it would be supported by villagers. Habituation to keep the environment clean from trash is also included in the customary regulation as enforced at the customary village of Purwayu, Abang Subdistrict and Selumbung, Manggis Subdistrict.

Such implementation should be continued and supported by all villagers,” he said. (bud)

7.7 percent of school snacks contain rhodamine B Denpasar (Bali Post)—

From the test result of school snack samplings taken by Denpasar Agency for Food and Drug Control (BBPOM) was found some 7.7 percent contained textile dyes, in this regard rhodamine B. The samplings were taken from 33 primary schools, namely 14 primary schools in Denpasar and 16 primary schools in Gianyar comprising a total of 350 samples of snacks and Balinese cakes. Head of BBPOM Denpasar, Corry Panjaitan, accompanied by Division Head of Inspection and Investigation IGAAryapatni, described that the figure increased from the previous year.

The snack sampling test had been conducted by BBPOM Denpasar since 2007. At that time, it was conducted by taking 168 samples from 14 primary schools in Denpasar, where approximately 35.7 percent of them contained hazardous substances. In 2008 to 2010, the cases declined in the same number of samples where the content of dyes in school snacks was found

respectively at 25.6 percent (2008), 8.9 percent (2009) and 6.5 percent (2010).

However, the case rose again in 2011, where 7.7 percent of school snacks and Balinese cakes contained textile dyes, namely rhodamine B. Corry added there were three kinds of hazardous substances contained in the foods such as formaldehyde often used to preserve foodstuffs, rhodamine B used for food coloring and borax used to make food remain supple. The three substances, according to Corry, were often found in foods like tofu, meatball, syrup, candy, cracker, instant spices as well as Balinese cakes like steamed cake, renggina and matahari cake. “If the color is very flashy, especially red, it is suspected to contain rhodamine. Then, if tofu and meatballs feels suppler, it is suspected to contain borax,” she said.

From the results of sampling in the field, the food sellers got rhodamine B by purchasing from freelance traders directly coming from one home to another came. Admittedly, it was very

difficult to monitor the freelance traders.

To that end, she advised the public to purchase food coloring in grocery store. “Nowadays, people want something simpler and more practical, so if there is a direct seller coming home they will instantly purchase it. Possibly, the product is unsafe or unhealthy unlike the dyes recommended by government. On that account, I suggest them to buy it in store. Moreover, the price is not too expensive and not hazardous to health,” she explained. The three chemicals such as formaldehyde, borax and rhodamine B could lead to various diseases in organs like lungs and kidney damage.

Then, how to identify if a food contains rhodamine B? In this regards, Aryapatni described that when heated up the color of foods containing rhodamine B would not change and remained striking. Well, on the contrary, when a common coloring substance was heated up as a mixture of cakes, it would slightly change. (san)

Geographical, geological and hydrometeorological condition causes Denpasar to be potentially affected by disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, violent wind and fires. Therefore, Denpasar needs to have a comprehensive disaster management pattern to avoid casualties when disaster comes. Not only that, preparedness of the officers also becomes highly strategic in reducing the impact of disasters.

One of the protective measures taken by government is providing the knowledge on disaster relief pattern.

For that purpose, Denpasar Municipality through the Regional Disaster Management Agency of Denpasar (BPBD) conducted disaster training to civil servants who were estimated to be able to implement it in their daily social life. Such initial step was expected to provide information and jointly cope with the impact of disasters as well as minimize the property loss and casualties.

Expert staff in administrative affairs of Denpasar Regional Secretary, I Ketut Mardika, met on the sidelines of disaster training on Tuesday (May 24) said that erosion or coastal erosion and rising sea water were also categorized into disaster threat against the coastal city of Denpasar. Besides, the population condition of Denpasar greatly affected the probability of fire disasters. It was

indicated by 83 cases of fire occurred in 2010. In keeping with the population growth, the activities of community were also getting more complex, so the possibility of fire catastrophic was very high.

Based on data of BPBD Denpasar, the dominant disaster was fire. Therefore, in response to the problems all components of society were expected to jointly participate in the disaster management in the city of Denpasar.

It was said that disaster could not be predicted but could be anticipated in terms of the amount of losses due to disasters. Minimization of disaster impacts could be endeavored by providing a proper understanding in the face of disasters. “One of the most important responsibilities of local government in the implementation of disaster management is to reduce disaster risks in an effort to enhance regional and community resilience against the impacts of disaster,” he said.

Meanwhile, the technical executive of the training activities to increase the alertness and hazard prevention of Denpasar City, I Ketut Mudastra, in his report revealed that the purpose of disaster management training for civil servants was to provide a precaution to communities and agencies in tackling the disaster. Besides, it was also intended to yield reliable and professional cadres in disaster management. (kmb12)

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In Bali, 1,098 Commercial Sex Workers Infected by HIV/AIDS Denpasar (Bali Post)-

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The unorganized parking can be seen on Diponegoro Street, Singaraja

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100 Percent Increase on Parking Tariff Declined Singaraja (Bali Post)-

The silent Buleleng Government through Transportation Agency plan to increase 100 percent on side roads parking spaces have been declined by the House of Representatives. The prices to be IDR 1,000 for motorcycle, IDR 2,000 for cars, and bus for IDR 3,000 were thought to be burdening the public as it was revealed during a Buleleng House of Representatives Third Special Committee and Executive officials discussing the planned Regulation on Road Sides Parking Service Retribution at Commission C room last Tuesday (24/5).

On the draft, there was one section stating the unbelievable 100 percent increase and the fact it was an initiative that came up only from the executive side without being socialised to public first. Head of the Committee, H Mulyadi Putra, stated they should’ve socialised this first at least to public figures through discussions and seminars or if so the

increase shouldn’t be so drastic.

Head of Parking Section of Transportation Agency, Gede Widialisma, who attended the discussion admitted to have not socialise it yet he thinks it is essential with the increasing vehicles it will bring more regional income.

Besides that, they were also discussing in fixing parking spaces at

Buleleng. There should be a better control so it’s not a mess also having clear parking limits. Moreover if during religious ceremonies there should be retribution or not. “What’s need to be discussed was the suggestions of a number of House of Representatives in forming a Regional Parking Management,” Mulyadi concluded. (kmb15)

Beggars Enter Gianyar Gianyar (Bali Post)-

Beggarsthat have been disappearing lately 25 of them have hit Gianyar city as captured last Tuesday (24/5) by Gianyar Police Civil Service at Samplangan area also Gianyar market. It was found that most of them came from Pedahan Village, Karangasem as stated by Head of Peace and Order Operational, I Gede Daging, S.STP. This operation was done based on the Government Law No. 12 Year 1992 on Cleanliness and General Order. After captured the beg-

gars were then handover to Gianyar Social Agency to be given further guidance. Head of Gianyar Police Civil Service, Drs. Wayan Kujus Pawitra, S. Sos., MAP, stated this disciplinary is to create a secure and comfortable Gianyar also to create justice to the area. It is suggested to the public to not convince people to be beggars.

Non Residents

Besides beggars, Gianyar Police Civil Service also checks on non residents around Candibaru during early

morning. The raid was a continues raid of population administration disciplinary. From the result 119 non residents were managed caught without ID also not reporting. From that Kujus Pawitra stated that he did not forbid an Indonesian to find a job or living in Gianyar yet regulations have to be obeyed. If they are noted to have violated the rules, they will be recommended to the Justice team to be legally processed further.

Yet for those first time violators, they will be guided to follow the area’s population regulation. (kmb16)

Based on the Aids Management Commission (KPA) for Bali Province, the number of women who are HIV/AIDS infected commercial sex workers reached 1,089 people. In the research it was stated that 678 of them are direct commercial sex workers while other 411 are indirect. Also around 0,5-1,5 percent pregnant women in Bali are infected with HIV/AIDS. These facts were stated during a Refreshing Training Village AIDS Care at Wiswasabha Pratama Building in Bali Governor’s Office last Tuesday (24/5).

Secretary of KPA Bali, drh.

Made Suprapta, also explained that the increase from 1987 to April 2011, infected HIV/AIDS sufferers reached 4,399 people where AIDS attacked 2,183 and HIV 2,216 where 373 died from AIDS and 15 died from HIV. “As most HIV/AIDS were spread from commercial sex workers, it is reminded those men who likes to ‘walkabout’ to

places where they are to be careful and not let a moment joy to create a long live pain,” he reminded.

Until now Denpasar still is on the top for having the most sufferers with 1,949 people then Buleleng with 969 people, Badung with 719, Tabanan with 258, GIanyar with 205, Karangasem with 115, Jembrana with 75, Klungkung with 58 and Bangli with 51. It was said the majority happened in heterosexual partners with 3,183 people, injecting Drug User (IDU) with 768, homo/bisexual with 253, perinatal with 108 and other unknown caused with 87 cases. Until now it is still not found that was caused due to blood transfusion with majority aged 20-29 (1,958 cases) and aged 30-39 (1,546 cases).

The training opened by Head of Bali Province People Prosperity Bureau, IGP Yudi Arnawa, will be until Friday(27/5) and involved 200 villages in Bali.(kmb13)

Sangsit Harbour Weak Control Cargo Ship Also Carries Passengers Singaraja (Bali Post)-

The sinking Motor Ship (KLM) Mutiara Biru that was heading to Supekan Harbor, Madura, East Java from Sangsit Harbor, Sawan showed that the harbour or the route wasn’t controlled well as many cargo ships were also used for passengers.

According to information received from Sangsit Harbour last Tuesday (24/5) lately this route has been crowded and those cargos which has been carrying essentials bought in Buleleng sent to Madura also carried passengers when actually it clearly violated Law No. 17 Year 2008 on sailing where cargos who has general passengers could get fined heavily.

Besides that, it is also dangerous for passengers to be on cargos as if an accident happen, those passengers won’t get the protection as those passengers don’t have the ticket and insurance. “The control in this harbour is still weak as many cargos are allowed bringing passengers,” a resident at Sangsit explained.

Head of the Harbour, Gede Putrawan, did not decline the fact it happened yet he stated those people were not passengers, instead a ship follower as they did not buy a ticket also uninsured. According to Putrawan, he has reminded ABK not to bring people to avoid risks of sailing accidents.

“It is hard to make sure the rules are followed in such harbours moreover ABK couldn’t decline these followers as they are mostly their colleagues,” he explained.

Putrawan stated the KLM Mutiara Biru documents were found including its Sailing Permit which is still valid. From its age it is quite old (made 1993) yet its equipments are functioning well and so it is alright to sail. “There was information from Supekan that the ship to be stopped operating yet the owner has renewed it and so it is still operating,” he explained.

And so with forbidding it won’t stop them, he thinks that a general passenger ship service will be so potential also avoiding risks. (kmb/ole)

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NKorea’s Kim said to arrive in Beijing to meet Hu Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people.

Beijing is North Korea’s most vital diplomatic ally and economic supporter and is desperate to prevent a chaotic collapse of its hardline communist neighbor.

Kim rarely makes foreign trips and his third visit to China in just over a year underscores the alliance with China.

He arrived in Beijing at 9 a.m.

(0100 GMT) aboard his specially outfitted armored train and went directly to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, South Korea’s Yonhap News agency said.

The vast, high-security compound is where Kim stayed on his last visit in August. Yonhap and other South Korean media said Kim’s meeting with Hu was most

likely to take place Wednesday afternoon.

Secrecy over Kim’s whereabouts is routine, and Yonhap did not cite sources in its report. The Chinese state guesthouse would not comment and the North Korean Embassy said it had no information.

China’s Foreign Ministry has refused to confirm Kim’s presence in China, although Premier Wen Jiabao has said China invited him to study and hopefully adopt Beijing’s market-oriented reforms.

His previous stops during the trip that began Friday were said to be economically related.

Previous reform attempts have been abandoned by North Korea and it’s far from clear how much 69-year-old Kim — or his anointed successor, son Kim Jong Un — would be willing to change.

North Korea’s exchanges with China have grown even more important since South Korea’s conservative government halted unconditional food and fertilizer shipments in early 2008 and suspended almost all trade with the North.

US President Barack Obama (L) and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II raise their glasses during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, in central London, on May 24, 2011.

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UK palace goes all-out for Obama state dinner Associated Press Writer

LONDON – For President Barack Obama, a state dinner hosted by the British queen is much more than a chance to dine on Windsor lamb washed down with 50-year-old port. It’s also an opportunity to bask in the grandeur of Britain’s monarchy, still glowing from the success of a princely wedding watched around the world.

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Journalists are harassed by a policeman and plainclothes personel demanding to see their press credentials before telling them to leave the premises, near the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse as media await a sighting of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s convoy of vehicles in Beijing on May 25, 2011.

Large British and American flags lined the Mall, where, less than a month before, Prince William and his new bride, the Duchess of Cambridge, rode to Buckingham Palace.

The nearby Green Park still bore large bare patches where the world’s media had camped out for the marriage.

Inside the palace, the crimsoncarpeted ballroom was laid out with 19th-century silverware, Louis XVI

porcelain and fragrant floral arrangements more than 12 feet (four meters) tall. Every gilded ornament had its own rich history — the Rockingham dessert service, for example, was first used for Queen Victoria’s coronation in 1838.

The 170 or so guests joining the Obamas for dinner include Britain’s prime minister, senior royalty, ambassadors, business leaders, top brass, leading academics, promi-

nent nobility and even the archbishop of Canterbury — who officiated at William’s April 29 wedding.

No white-tie state dinner would be complete without a side helping of celebrity. Tom Hanks was on the guest list, as was Tim Burton, Kevin Spacey and Helena Bonham-Carter — who won plaudits for her recent portrayal of the queen’s mother in the Academy Award-winning movie “The King’s Speech.”

The menu, printed in French on dainty white cards, included sole, Windsor lamb with basil, green bean panache and Charlotte a la Vanille for dessert. Wines include Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2004 and Royal Vintage Port from 1963.

Netanyahu stands firm on peace with Palestinians Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers he would uproot settlements in a “generous” peace deal with Palestinians, but ruled out a return to the 1967 borders or sharing Jerusalem.

In his speech to a rare joint session of the US Congress, the Israeli leader broke no substantial new ground in his positions and rejected key calls from US President Barack Obama and the international community, who have been looking for ways to revive the comatose peace

process.

Netanyahu also ruled out any return to talks as long as the unity deal between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the Islamist movement Hamas holds, calling the Palestinians’ refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state the real stumbling block to peace.

“In any peace agreement that ends the conflict, some settlements will end up beyond Israel’s borders,” Netanyahu said. “We will be very generous on the size of a future Palestinian state.”

But Netanyahu, whose speech was frequently punctuated by warm

applause and at least 20 standing ovations from the US lawmakers, again ruled out any return to the borders that existed before the SixDay War or dividing the holy city of Jerusalem.

The Palestinians demand east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. “Jerusalem must never again be divided. Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel,” Netanyahu said.

The issue of accepting the 1967 borders as a starting point for negotiations has been at the core of an ongoing row between Netanyahu and Obama. Obama gave public

voice last week to the long-held view of the US and international communities that a Palestinian state should be created based on those lines.

Such a state would include the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and mostly Arab but Israel-annexed east Jerusalem, with some adjustments and land swaps so that Israel can maintain settlement blocs.

A senior Israeli official said taking such a strong stand against the proposal had been important. “We needed to stop the deluge. You have to find that critical issue and make a stand,” the official said.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Ground Breaking Whiz

To open in June 2012 IBP

Legian – Whiz Hotel will develop a new hotel in Bali. The second hotel is located in Legian with a strategic location. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PT. Intiwhiz International, Moedjianto Soesilo Tjahyono, said Wednesday, that the hotel which will be finished in June 2012 is targeting for 75% of occupancy rate.

According to Moedjianto, the development of the second hotel is targeting on the tourists who want to stay in the center of entertainment in Kuta. Legian has a tight competition especially for hotel business but it doesn’t make Intiwhiz withdraw from the competition.

“From the business side, Legian is a potential place and has a good prospect,” he added.

Meodjianto explained that Whiz Legian will have 4 stories and a basement. With the area of 2,600 square meters, in addition of hotel, there will be also commercial facilities. The hotel will have 165 rooms with 2 types, standard and deluxe, and will be design so the guest will feel comfortable. The room will be filled with first

class equipments such as bed and broadband internet access. The two star plus hotel will used up approximately 70 billion rupiah.

Moedjianto said that Whiz Legian will attract customers because the competitive price and the strategic location. Currently, the Whiz hotel in Yogyakarta has the occupancy rate of 80% and already gained name among tourists.

Most of them who have been staying in the hotel tend to choose Whiz as their hotel during their next visit.

Currently, the target market for the hotel is the domestic and foreign tourists who want a reasonable price with international quality.

Most of the visitors are on holiday and the rest is on business trip.

Moedjianto said that in addition to Bali, the hotel which is under development is in Semarang and will be done in November 2011.

“In total, there will be 8 hotels established in Indonesia and most of them will be finished next year,” he added. In the future, Whiz will also open 60 hotels in Indonesia as well as in other countries. (kmb18)

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011 25 May Buda Pon Tolu Catur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 26 May Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem 1 Jun Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh Guwang Village Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida 8 Jun Buda Paing Wariga Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli 11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/Pengatag Puseh / Village Temple Batuan Sukawati Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem 15 Jun Buda Wage Warigadean Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Badung Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan 17 Jun Sukra Umanis Warigadean Odalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - Karangasem Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih 19 Jun Redite Pon Julungwangi Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja 21 Jun Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit Buleleng Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Manik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem 22 Jun Buda Umanis Julungwangi Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Puncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - Badung Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja 30 Jun Wraspati Wage Sungsang Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem 6 Jul Buda Keliwon Dunggulan Wakika Temple Kupang, NTT Agung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTB Dukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Atambuananta Temple Kutamba NTT Webananta Temple Kupang, NTT Giripati Mulawarman Temple Pontianak Mustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur 7 Jul Wraspati Umanis Dunggulan Watukaru Temple Tabanan Lempuyang Luhur Temple Karangasem Kentel Gumi Temple Klungkung Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - Klungkung Merajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa 8 Jul Sukra Paing Dunggulan Ulun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - Badung Luhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - Gianyar Pasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

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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Two German airports shut as volcanic cloud drifts Reuters

LONDON – Two German airports halted flights on Wednesday as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted across northern Europe, with parts of Scandinavia also facing a risk of disruption.

The Grimsvotn volcano forced the cancellation of some 500 European flights on Tuesday, with Scotland especially hard hit.

Eurocontrol, the Brussels-based agency responsible for some of the world’s busiest air corridors, said the ash cloud may affect parts of Denmark, southern Norway and southwest Sweden on Wednesday.

In northern Germany, Hamburg and Bremen airports canceled takeoffs and landings, and German authorities said Berlin terminals could also face closure from 1000 GMT. “Currently there is no forecast when the restriction will be lifted,” Hamburg airport said on its website.

German airline Lufthansa advised passengers that tickets for canceled flights within Germany could be exchanged for rail vouchers.

The ash has caused far fewer problems than last year, when more than 10 million people were hit by a six-

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Passengers wait at the airport in Hamburg northern Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, after flights were canceled due to elevated levels of ash in the atmosphere stemming from an Icelandic volcano. day European airspace shutdown after another Icelandic volcano erupted.

Airlines put their revenue loss then at $1.7 billion.

But the latest episode has exposed disarray among the people who decide on aviation safety as they try to apply new rules to avoid another mass shutdown. Budget airline Ryanair was again vocal in its criticism on Tuesday, and airline association IATA said more coordination was needed.

Dutch airline KLM said it would cancel 19 flights on Wednesday to and from Britain, Norway, Sweden and Germany. It expected to operate all other flights as scheduled.

In Iceland, volcano experts had good news for airlines as they said the eruption was petering out.

President Olafur Grimsson told the BBC: “The volcano seems to be calming down. The eruption is gradually being diminished and the ash cloud is definitely smaller than it has been.”

Argentina: Hawaii doctor nabbed for billing fraud Associated Press Writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A psychiatrist who has spent a lifetime traveling the world, meeting famous people and giving spiritual awareness lectures has been arrested in Argentina on charges of falsely billing $1 million in health insurance claims in Hawaii, authorities said Tuesday.

Dr. Carlos Livio Warter, 61, was arrested Monday afternoon at his home in a wealthy Buenos Aires neighborhood, where he had been working as a psychiatrist and leading seminars based on his latest book, “Pathways to the Soul.”

He was hospitalized at the Fleni Clinic after fainting, said Osvaldo Magnoli, chief of fugitives investigations for Interpol in Argentina. His health was not at risk, and upon his release he would be detained in a federal prison to await extradition proceedings, Magnoli added.

A Chilean-born naturalized U.S. citizen, Warter traveled regularly between Argentina, Chile and Hawaii, FBI special agent Tom Simon said in

Honolulu.

Simon said FBI agents working out of the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires were coordinating with their Argentine counterparts on the extradition.

Warter says on his website that he has spent 30 years “journeying between the fields of western medicine and the deep exploration of spiritual practices from around the world,” doing his residency at Harvard University’s Children’s Hospital and later lecturing at Esalen Institute.

He has written dozens of books in Spanish and English, and his site shows photos of him meeting with world leaders from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II, Brazilian soccer legend Pele and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. The site says his nonprofit groups include the World Health Foundation for Development and Peace, Heartnet International and Gota de Miel (Drop of Honey), which aided orphanages in Latin America.

A federal grand jury indictment accuses Warter of knowingly send-

ing about $1 million in inflated bills to Medicaid, the Hawaii Medical Service Association and TRICARE, a federally funded program that provides care to military personnel. It alleges he overbilled for sessions that didn’t last as long as he claimed, and even billed for sessions when he wasn’t physically in the state of Hawaii, pocketing more than $530,000 that he wasn’t completely entitled to.

In addition to the federal indictment, Warter was charged in August 2009 with 37 state felonies accusing him of medicare fraud, each punishable by up to five years in prison. This February he voluntarily surrendered his medical license for failure to comply with professional conduct laws, said Connie Cabral, executive officer of the Hawaii Medical Board, which is attached to the State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Argentine police said Warter, who is married and has four children, has been living for more than a year in Argentina. A woman answering his phone in Buenos Aires refused to comment Tuesday.

Qantas pilots may stage first strike in 45 years Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – International pilots with Australia’s Qantas were Wednesday preparing to vote on whether to strike in what would be the first industrial action by the carrier’s long-haul crew in 45 years.

The pilots’ union has asked the government’s national workplace relations tribunal, Fair Work Australia, for permission to hold a ballot of its members on taking strike action.

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) said it wants job security for its members, and has warned Qantas against sending work offshore as the airline attempts to revive its non-performing international business.

“While our international competition flourishes, Qantas has been left to wither on the vine, while management eyes low-cost expansion in Asia,” association president Barry

Jackson told reporters in Sydney.

“Qantas is now left with an ageing fleet, a limited route network, and costs which have been cut to the point where it is affecting the product delivered.”

Jackson said any industrial action, which would be the first by Qantas’ long-haul international pilots since 1966, could include work stoppages of up to two days.

Pilots have been negotiating new wages and conditions for more than eight months and say the issue of job security is core to their claims. National carrier Qantas has admitted its international business is loss making and in need of a shake-up, but has refused to confirm it will build a new service out of Asia.

The airline is battling rising fuel costs, greater regional competition and a soaring Australian currency that is hurting holiday travel to longhaul destinations like Australia.

Indonesia...

From page 1 “But our good work is far from finished. And our movement is far from perfect. That is why, the best way for our movement to be relevant is to be pertinent to today?s challenges, and responsive to opportunities,” he said.

He said challenges facing the international community included economic imbalances, regional flashpoints such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, resources competition, terrorism and religious intolerance “including Islamophobia”.

Iranian media reported earlier this

month that Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi would meet his Egyptian counterpart, Nabil al-Arabi, during the NAM meeting on Bali island to discuss normalising bilateral relations.

Iran severed diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1980 in protest at Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel signed a year earlier, and the two states maintain only interests sections in each other’s capitals.

But the two Muslim countries have signalled they plan to mend ties in the wake of the February 11 fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

Transportation Services...

From page 1 It was emphasized that special program of shuttle bus service during the Bali Arts Festival did not mean to ban people around the art center to prepare a parking space.

He even kept on expecting the people living around the art center to do so at their respective home, but not on the road body and shoulder.

“We do not want if the space along the roadside will be used for parking space, moreover under the sign for parking restrictions. In front of the art center to the north must be empty, no parking at all,” he said.

As planned, each main route would be provided with 12 shuttle buses with interval of 15 minutes.

In other words, in every 15 minutes there would be shuttle bus coming to convey visitors pursuant to their respective route.

For the main route from Ngurah Rai Stadium, the shuttle would pass through the road sections like Jalan Kamboja-Angsoka-Melati-Hayam

Wuruk-Nusa Indah-WR Supratman. Meanwhile, another main route would be operated from Renon East Parking leading to Jalan Juanda-Cok Agung TresnaMerdeka-Hayam Wuruk-Nusa Indah-WR Supratman-KatranganHayam Wuruk-Muh YaminMerdeka-Renon East Parking.

To operate the shuttle service during the implementation of Bali Arts Festival, Bali Transportation Services teamed up with a number of agencies such as the Denpasar Transportation Services, Denpasar Metro Police, Land Transportation Organization (Organda) of Denpasar Chapter and PD Parkir.

“The public need not worry because the parking spaces at Ngurah Rai Stadium and Renon East Parking will be supervised by PD Parkir authority, so the security will be well maintained,” he said while adding the shuttle bus would operate from June 10 until the end of BAF. (bit)

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Government bans MA-60 aircraft from three airports Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Indonesia has banned Chinese-made MA-60 aircraft from using three airports for safety reasons, after one of the planes crashed and killed 25 people earlier this month, an official said Wednesday.

The turbo-prop plane operated by state-owned Merpati Nusantara airlines crashed into the sea as it approached an airport in Kaimana district of West Papua province during heavy rain on May 7.

Air transport director general

Herry Bhakti said authorities decided to ban the aircraft from landing at three airports with difficult approaches.

“The airports are in Ruteng in West Nusa Tenggara province, Ende and Waingapu in East Nusa

Tenggara. Those airports have high obstacle rates. They demand lot of manoeuvring to get there,” he said.

The official said the cause of the crash was still being investigated but it was already clear that Merpati pilots needed supplementary training on the MA-60s.

Simulators for the aircraft — manufactured by Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation — are not yet available in Indonesia, he added.

Indonesia’s aviation authorities

have insisted the aircraft are safe and have rejected calls from lawmakers to ban them altogether.

But President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered a review of the government’s decision to buy 15 of the MA-60s for some $220 million.

The deal has been shrouded in controversy amid allegations of kickbacks and questions about the planes’ air-worthiness.

Yudhoyono said on May 12 that the public needed “clear explana-

tions” from Merpati directors, the state-owned enterprises minister and the transport minister.

The vast Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport but the country has one of Asia’s worst air safety records.

The European Union banned Indonesian airlines from its airspace in June 2007 due to safety concerns, but lifted the ban for some carriers after two years. Merpati remains on the blacklist.

Indonesia’s technology black market here to stay Agence France-Presse

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Supporters of Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir shout slogans during a protest as the cleric leaves the court in Jakarta on May 25, 2011. Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges and accused the United States and liberal Muslims of trying to frame him.

Indonesia Islamist uses trial to blast U.S. influence Reuters

JAKARTA - Indonesian Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir used his final defense against charges of funding a militant group on Wednesday to denounce the United States for trying to stop Islamic preaching in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for the frail Bashir, 72, who delivered a speech in a piercing voice accusing the government of being under strong U.S. influence.

Bashir does not command widespread support in Indonesia, but the speech could inflame hardcore Islamists who have already vowed reprisal attacks following the U.S. killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Prosecutors said Bashir raised at least 350 million rupiah (25,000 pounds) from supporters and funneled some to a militant training

camp discovered last year in a remote mountainous part of Aceh, a province on the northern tip of Sumatra Island that observes sharia law.

“Prosecutors accused me of being behind Aceh and being its biggest financier — it is an accusation and slander, with the interests of the pharaoh U.S. for me to be diminished from Indonesian society,” Bashir told the South Jakarta court.

“Because my preaching is considered dangerous, and with this lifetime of jail, the dream of the pharaoh U.S. and its allies will come true.”

Copies of the 55-minute speech were being sold at the court for 20,000 rupiah, with a form attached to join Bashir’s group, Jema’ah Ansharut Tauhid, which has formally renounced violence but whose members have been involved in recent attacks including a suicide bombing at a police mosque on Java island.

Days prior to the trial, his followers invited people with text mes-

sages to attend “Bashir’s Islamic lecture” in court. Hundreds of men in skull caps and women in burqas arrived, filling the public gallery and spilling into the court car park to watch it on television.

With fists in the air, they shouted “Allahu akbar,” or God is greatest.”

Police, who have scored success in tackling terror groups in recent years, say militants at the Aceh camp were hatching several plots including an attack on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and hoped to turn Indonesia into an Islamic state.

As well as being the spiritual leader of JAT, Bashir was considered the spiritual leader of the outlawed and now-defunct Jemaah Islamiah, which police have blamed for several bombings including the country’s worst ever militant attack, the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. A verdict is not due until June.

JAKARTA – Research in Motion’s (RIM) PlayBook tablet is due to launch in Indonesia in August, news that should have set the country’s legions of BlackBerry fans alight with anticipation.

Instead the announcement was met with an indifferent shrug — PlayBooks have been available on the country’s thriving technology black market for weeks.

Vicky, a vendor at Mall Ambassador in Jakarta, a bustling hub for all things electronic, had stocks of the PlayBook in April, even ahead of the product’s global launch in New York.

“I’m not sure exactly where these are from. They come here on boats. We usually get stuff like this from Mexico or the US,” she told AFP. Analysts say the black market costs the government millions of dollars in unpaid consumption taxes, but it is happy to turn a blind eye to the illegal trade because telecommunications generate so much money in other ways.

“All those satellites and antennas you see on top of buildings, they are funded by the private sector. So the government is now sitting pretty collecting bandwidth money,” said Debnath Guharoy of Roy Morgan market research.

“They are issuing licenses worth millions of dollars which costs them nothing, really. I don’t think the black market is going away.”

Capitalizing on Indonesian technophiles who just cannot wait until August, Vicky jacked up the PlayBook’s retail price to 9.75 million rupiah ($975) compared to $699 for the most expensive version in the United States.

But come August, PlayBooks will be selling at slashed prices alongside cut-rate smartphones, netbooks and cameras.

Affluent Indonesians are already

lapping up cheap hand-held tablets.

The country’s latest sex scandal involved a conservative Muslim lawmaker who was busted watching pornography on his Samsung Galaxy tablet in parliament.

Suhanda Wijaya, of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said it was impossible to control shipments of illegal products into a huge country of 17,000 islands.

“Indonesia is very open because it is an archipelago. We can only really monitor five major gateways,” he said.

On top of evading the 10 percent luxury tax, suppliers and vendors can also ignore the five percent sales tax by trading solely in cash, making for significantly cheaper products.

“Smuggling goods into the country hurts the industry because it makes it very difficult for companies that want to do the right thing to compete with cheaper products,” Wijaya said.

It can be impossible to tell the difference between a smuggled product and an authorized one. The difference is only in the warranty card. An authorized product will have a manufacturer’s warranty, while a smuggled one will have a distributor’s warranty.

Gregory Wade, RIM’s Southeast Asia managing director, said the Canadian company which makes BlackBerry Smartphone was trying to educate consumers about the benefits of buying legitimate products.

“We’ve run a number of campaigns wrapped around the concept ‘peace of mind’ and the values and benefits of purchasing authorized products. We continue to support and invest very heavily into that,” he said.

But product developers like RIM can still turn a profit no matter how their goods arrived in Indonesia. They earn the same amount per unit regardless of where they were released.

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Bali Today BHA Boosts Surveillance Detection of Bali’s Hotel Industry Antara

JAKARTA - Bali Hotels Association boosts surveillance detection capabilities of Bali’s hotel industry.

“Prior to any attack, terrorists conduct surveillance,” Alexander Kesper, Senior CIM Advisor to the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on workshop on surveillance detection at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jimbaran, Bali.

During the surveillance phase, terrorists are most vulnerable to detection. So the aim of the workshop is to make it as hard as possible for terrorists to spy on us—to empower hotels to detect surveillance and to prevent becoming an easy target, workshop lecturer said.

More than 130 workshop participants, representing almost 100 of Bali’s star-rated hotels, learned about how to set up surveillance detection teams, discussed suspicious behavior and how to deal with it, as well as the special challenges of tropical hotel and resort environments. The lectures were complimented by practical exercises.

The workshop’s participants consisted of hotel representatives from different departments, not just secu-

rity managers.

“Nowadays security is everybody’s business,” Andrew Gall, BHA Security Director said.

“If we want to offer the highest standards—protection and resilience against any threat—we need to involve everybody, from room attendants to gardener to top management. What we promote is an integrated approach to security and safety,” he said.

The proceeds of the workshop will be used to purchase necessary equipment for Bali’s Integrated Police Radio Community (IPRC) another BHAsupported initiative that connects businesses island-wide via VHF radio with the police and each other.

The workshop was part of a series of regular security and safety initiatives by Bali Hotels Association. The association aims to enhance the preparedness of the islands hotel industry to deal with any negative challenges, also to boost and defend Bali’s image as the world’s best holiday island.

President Yudhoyono suggests reshuffle of UN Security Council Antara

NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his opening speech at the 16th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Conference on Wednesday suggests the need to reshuffle the membership position the UN Security Council.

“At the global level, NAM must sustain efforts of reforming governance, not only in the economic field, but also and especially in the security field. This means overhauling the UN Security Council, so that it reflects the reality of the world today, in which emerging powers have so much more to contribute to global peace and security,” said the president.

The president added that the UN and other international organizations must adjust themselves with the new world order and give the new emerg-

ing power countries a chance to contribute to global security.

President Yudhoyono opens the 16th Non Aligned Movement‘s Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali province, on Wednesday at 9 AM. On the occasion, the president is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa, Egypt‘s Foreign Minister Nabil Al-Araby and the UN‘s President of the 65th General Assembly Joseph Deiss.

The ministerial meeting is scheduled to take place starting from May 23 to 27, with the participation of representatives from 128 NAM members, 13 countries with observer status and 20 guest countries.

With the theme “Shared Vision on the Contribution of NAM in the Next 50 Years”, the Bali meeting is expected to formulate a future vision for the organization in order to remain relevant in facing global challenges.

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Two security officers inspect a taxi entering a hotel. Bali Hotels Association boosts surveillance detection capabilities of Bali’s hotel industry.

NAM not just moral force Antara

NUSA DUA - The NonAligned Movement (NAM) is not just a moral force but a tangible movement through its role in efforts to overcome various global issues, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said.

In his opening address of the 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement here on Wednesday, Yudhoyono said, “It is not enough for our Movement just to be a `moral force`. Our conscience must be a weapon, and we can effectively use it on a wide range of issues in the international agenda.”

The head of state said there should be a commitment to using a peaceful approach and win-win communication to overcome various problems.

Non-Aligned Movement, according to the president, should be part of the solution of every problem that occurred in the new world order at present.

“Every international organization must adapt to the global order,” President Yudhoyono said.

According to him, there were still various “hot spots” of problem on the face of the earth.

He said the problems were among others global political and economic imbalances, the Arab-Israel conflict which remained unsolved, growing trend of resources competition that may lead to resources conflict, ethnic disputes and religious intolerance including Islamophobia, and predictable rising cases of terrorism and trans-national crime.

On the nuclear issue, the president said the long-estab-

lished nuclear powers have taken meaningful steps toward nuclear disarmament.

“Doors have been opened to the cause of disarmament, a cause to which our Movement has been dedicated from the very start,” President Yudhoyono said.

Another lesson, according to the president, was that confrontation may work on some occasions, but there were times when engagement and cooperation could achieve much better results.

“Our Movement has always been about the struggle, but it is also about finding solutions.

And these days, solutions can best be found through engagement and international cooperation. We will need plenty of these lessons, as we navigate the brave new world ahead of us,” he said.

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Balinese Culture 15 companies take part in garbage management exhibition Antara

DENPASAR – Around 15 companies which involved in garbage management for Bali and Java take part in the exhibition and seminar about garbage management in Denpasar Cultural Park. The Head of Bali Environmental Department, Anak Agung Gede Alit Sastrawan, said that the event which is held for two days started on May 25, 2010 is exhibiting recycle product made from garbage.

After the opening ceremony, Alit hoped that the exhibition can give

information and experiences in handling garbage. He expected that the garbage problem can be handled properly so Bali can be free from plastics waste in 2013.

One of the participants is the Pulp Factory and Indonesian Industrial Department. The stands of the two participant’s exhibit many kinds of paper made from garbage recycle. The two departments are very important in the world of industry because the development of industry in Indonesia is leading toward the environment friendly industry.

The effort is considered important because by applying the environmental industry, the balance of nature can be maintained as well as controlling the industrial waste. The Termisi factory in Gianyar is proven can handle garbage to produce fertilizer and biogas that can be used y the people in the area.

In the event there is also a competition about writing articles about garbage which is joined by the students of senior high school in Bali.

The theme of the competition is “the role of school in promoting cleanliness”.

Lawar Ayam

(Green Bean Salad with Chicken) OVERVIEW: No big religious or private celebration would be held without serving this ritual dish. Only the eldest and most experienced men are allowed to mix the many ingredients. Many versions incorporate raw pounded meat and fresh blood in the dressing.

Chicken meat can be replaced with beef, pork, seafood, vegetables or young jackfruit.

INGREDIENTS: 3 cups blanched long bean cut in ½ cm slices ½ cups grated coconut, roasted 6 clove garlic, peeled, sliced and fried 6 - 8 shallots, peeled, sliced and fried 2 large red chilies, seeded and cut in fine strips 4 - 6 bird’s-eye chilies, finely sliced 3 tsp fried chili 2 tbsp chicken spice paste Fried shallots to garnish

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A particpant of the garbage management exhibiton in Denpasar

DRESSING: 250g boneless chicken, minced 2tbsp chicken spice paste 1tsp freshly squeezed limejuice 1tsp salt ½tsp black peppercorns, crushed Banana leaf cut in 30 cm (12 in) square PREPARATION: Combine beans, coconut, garlic, shallots, all the chilies and chicken spice paste in a large bowl and mix well.

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To prepare the dressing, combine chicken mince with 2 tbsp of chicken spice paste and mix well.

Place minced chicken lengthwise in center of banana leaf and roll up very tightly. Place banana leaf roll on aluminum foil and roll up again very tightly. Turn sides simultaneously in opposite directions to tighten the roll. Steam roll for 20 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and banana leaf; break up with fork to its original minced form.

Combine mince chicken with bean mixture; season to taste with salt pepper and limejuice.

Garnish with crispy fried shallot. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Kehen Temple IBP

Kehen Temple is a beautiful Hindu temple located in foothills, south part of Bangli Regency and it is about 45 Km from Denpasar town. Inside of this temple are, there is Panyimpenan Temple building keep 3 inscriptions which is relating to its contents and temple existence. It is strategically located in the high land, so we can see the beautiful view. It is a famous temple in Bali and many visitors from foreign country has visited it.

The existence of the inscription at Kehen Temple can be explained as follows: * Kehen Temple Inscription ‘A’ is mentioning the existence of 3 sanctums those are Hyang Api, Hyang Tanda, and Hyang Karimama * Kehen Temple Inscription ‘B’ from 11 century is mentioning the empire functionary that is the Senapati Kuturan pu Kandara and

it elaborate with the anathema words in oath * The Inscription from 13 century (year 1204 M) is mentioning Hyang Kehen and Hyang Wukir. At the moment Hyang Kehen is equal to Kehen Temple and Hyang Wukir is Puncak Bukit Bangli Temple. * It is one of Monarchic Temple, The temple under the aegis of king while ceremony execution and construction is delivered to local countryside custom * As a sanctum which is used as a altar (oath) for empire functionary who disloyal to his obligation will incur the Sapata or very horrible anathema. The function of Kehen Temple as sanctum in execution of oath ceremony is supported by the existence of a circumlocutory canister by 4 dragon tails which is called canister Sarpantaka. Nowadays, the canister is placed in a building in form of Gedong * Worshiping supremacy Siwa God in the form of Eka Dasa Rudra

utilizes to request the godsend to the good human life and universe for blessing of fertile life, secure, prosperous and peaceful.

The structure of Kehen Temple yard is arranged to have a terrace

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Piodalan Ceremony which is executed every 6 month, that is on Wednesday Keliwon Sinta (Balinese Calendar) and Ngusaba Ceremony which is executed every 5 years.

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BUSINESS Japan exports sag in April after tsunami Associated Press Writer

OECD sees growth firm, but risks abounding

TOKYO – Japan’s exports dropped in April, bearing the brunt of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which destroyed factories and caused massive production losses across the nation.

Reuters

Exports fell 12.5 percent year-onyear — the biggest drop in 18 months — to 5.16 trillion yen ($62.8 billion), the finance ministry said Wednesday.

Imports rose 8.9 percent to 5.62 trillion yen, resulting in a trade deficit for the first time in three months.

“Exports fell sharply as Japanese manufacturers simply could not produce goods due to severe supply shortages following the earthquake,” said Hiroshi Watanabe, an economist at the Daiwa Institute of Research.

The ministry said it was the first time in 31 years that Japan posted a trade deficit for the month of April.

The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 0.6 percent to 9,424.83.

Among Japanese exports, auto shipments took a beating, dropping a staggering 67 percent in April. Exports of semiconductors fell 19 percent.

The earthquake and tsunami killed more than 24,000 people and destroyed hundreds of factories in Japan’s coastal northeast, forcing manufacturers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Corp. to suspend production.

Toyota said the disaster will cost it production of 550,000 vehicles in Japan, and another 350,000 overseas by

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Containers are loaded onto a cargo ship at Tokyo port on May 25, 2011. Japan logged a trade deficit in April as exports tumbled at the fastest pace in 18 months on supply chain disruptions after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. the end of May. Honda Motor Co. said it has suffered a production loss of 58,500 vehicles in Japan due to the earthquake.

U.S.-bound auto shipments nosedived 73.5 percent in April, and Japan’s auto exports to China plunged 69.2 percent, the ministry said. Japanese auto exports dropped 69.9 percent in the month.

Faced with tumbling factory output and exports in the wake of the March disaster, the government said last week that Japan’s economy shrank at an annualized rate of 3.7 percent in the January-March period.

That was the second straight quarter of GDP contraction, send-

ing the world’s No. 3 economy back into recession.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report that the Japanese economy would be constrained by shortages of electricity and manufacturing parts for two more quarters but begin to recover strongly from the final quarter of 2011.

Among regions, Japan’s exports to the United States tumbled 23.3 percent, and Asia-bound shipments declined 6.6 percent in April.

Exports to China — Japan’s biggest trading partner — fell 6.8 percent, marking the first year-on-year decline in 18 months. Exports to the European Union were down 10.7 percent, the first fall in three months.

Toyota denies it will boost output to 90% in June Agence France-Presse

TOKYO – Japanese carmaker Toyota on Wednesday denied reports that it plans to return in June to about 90 percent of its prequake domestic production.

The reports had given a lift to Toyota’s share price on the Nikkei stock index, with the car giant ending Wednesday up 2.15 percent at 3,315 yen.

But spokesman Paul Nolasco told AFP: “We are making efforts to return to normal production as soon as possible but there is no change for now to Toyota’s pro-

duction plan announced earlier.”

The company said this month it expected to recover around 70 percent of normal levels by June.

The Nikkei daily said Wednesday, however, that the carmaker was planning to boost production to about 12,000 units per day next month at its 17 plants in Japan, as parts procurement had been recovering more smoothly than expected.

Before the quake disaster the firm had an estimated production of 13,000 in June and July, the paper said.

Toyota also aims to bring forward its schedule to be back to nor-

mal vehicle output by around November or December, the Nikkei said.

The March 11 earthquake and the resulting tsunami hammered production, shattered supply chains and crippled electricitygenerating facilities, including a nuclear power plant at the centre of an ongoing atomic emergency.

Amid power and parts shortages, Toyota had announced production disruptions domestically and in the United States, Europe, China and Australia because of the crisis, temporarily slowing output or shutting plants.

PARIS – Global economic recovery is on track, helped by a stronger United States, but threats ranging from high oil prices to European sovereign debt crises could yet combine to create a bout of stagflation, the OECD said on Wednesday.

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said the U.S. and euro area economies were growing faster than expected in forecasts six months ago, although Japan’s economy was set to contract after the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

As a result, it said the U.S. Federal Reserve should look to raise interest rates this year, while the European Central Bank could afford to pause its tightening cycle for a while and Japan faced no pressure to act.

In its twice-yearly Economic Outlook, the OECD forecast world growth would ease to 4.2 percent this year from 4.9 percent in 2010 before accelerating to 4.6 percent in 2012.

“This is a delicate moment for the global economy, and the crisis is not over until our economies are creating enough jobs again,” OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said.

“There is also some concern that if downside risks reinforce each other, their cumulative impact could weaken the recovery significantly, possibly triggering stagflation in some advanced economies,” he said.

The OECD raised its outlook for the United States from its last report in November, forecasting growth this year of 2.6 percent, compared with an estimate of 2.2 percent in November.

It was also slightly more

optimistic about the outlook for growth in the euro zone, forecasting the bloc’s economy would expand 2.0 percent in 2011, up from 1.7 percent in November.

But it slashed Japan’s forecasts after the country’s triple disaster in March. It estimated the country’s economy would contract 0.9 percent this year, having forecast growth of 1.7 percent in November.

The OECD also cited a slow recovery in Japan as a possible threat to its economic partners, especially if global supply chains remain disrupted as a result.

The effect would be all the more damaging if coupled with a bigger-than-expected slowdown in China, a spiraling sovereign debt crisis in Europe and/or persisting uncertainty over budget policies in the United States and Japan, the OECD warned.

If those risks coincided with a renewed surge in oil prices, then the major economies could see stagflation — the pernicious combination of stagnant growth and high inflation.

The situation was made all the more fragile by high levels of debt, with the average level of debt across the OECD expected to top 100 percent of output this year.

OECD chief economist Pier Carlo Padoan said major economies were not only strong enough to withstand fiscal tightening, but needed to get debt down to keep it from becoming a brake on growth.

“While in the short term there is a cost in terms of fiscal consolidation, there are big benefits in the medium term, both in terms of market response and especially (because) higher debt means lower growth,” he told Reuters Insider TV.

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Hollywood deal for film of bin Laden killing Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – US film giant Columbia Pictures has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow and journalist-turned screenwriter Mark Boal, who won Oscars for Iraq bomb squad movie “The Hurt Locker” in 2010, had already been working on a project about the Al-Qaeda chief’s capture or killing, before his death on May 2.

Immediately afterwards there were reports they were scrambling to decide what to do with the project, but Tuesday’s announcement by Amy Pascal of Columbia’s parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed the plans.

“Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film,” said a statement, adding that the film will focus on “the black ops mission to capture or kill” bin Laden.

Pascal added: “With the death of Osama bin Laden, this film could not be more relevant.

Kathryn and Mark have an out-

standing perspective on the team that was hunting the most wanted man in the world.

“Mark is second to none as an investigative journalist, and Kathryn will bring the same kind of compelling authenticity and urgency that distinguished The Hurt Locker and made that film so memorable and special.”

Boal and Bigelow will produce the as-yet unnamed movie with Annapurna Picture?s Megan Ellison, and executive producer Greg Shapiro. Filming will start in late summer, with the film to be released in the last quarter of 2012.

There is a long history of movies based on real events, from “JFK” to “Titanic,” or more recently “United 93” about the heroism of passengers who prevented a fourth plane from hitting its mark on 9/11.

Bigelow has built her career via movies notable for their macho characters, whether it’s bank-robbing surfers in “Point Break” to adrenaline-addicted bomb squads in “The Hurt Locker.”

She became the first woman to win the best director Oscar last year for “The Hurt Locker,” a nerve-jangling movie about a US Army bomb disposal squad in Baghdad.

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Members of the studio audience enter Harpo Studios before the final taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in Chicago, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The finale will air on Wednesday.

Finale of ‘Oprah Winfrey’ to air after 25-year run Associated Press

CHICAGO – Oprah Winfrey’s talk show ends Wednesday with an episode featuring only the talk show queen thanking her viewers and highlighting the lessons they have learned from one another over 25 years. Audience members who attended the Tuesday taping in Chicago of the final episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” said Winfrey was the only person on stage.

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US film giant Columbia Pictures has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (pictured).

“When she came out, her appearance, the way she stepped on stage and the message she brought about finding yourself, your purpose,” said Wanda Nash, 47, of Chicago, an executive assistant and foster parent. “It was all about Oprah.” Fans leaving Tuesday’s taping said Winfrey had tears in her eyes as the television icon said a final thank you.

Winfrey kissed and hugged her longtime partner, Stedman Graham, and made her way through the

halls of Harpo Studios, saying goodbye to her staff, audience members said. There was a single chair on the stage, but Winfrey stood most of the time, they said.

Winfrey announced in November 2009 that she would end her popular talk show after 25 years.

Tuesday’s taping came a week after Hollywood’s A-list and 13,000 fans bid Winfrey farewell during a double-episode extravaganza at Chicago’s United Center. The shows that aired Monday and Tues-

day included Aretha Franklin, Tom Cruise, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jordan and Madonna, among other stars of television, music and movies.

The bare-bones final taping had its share of celebrities in the audience including Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver, Suze Orman and Cicely Tyson, but none of them joined Winfrey on stage.

The finale of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has remained a secret, even as Harpo Studios hyped it as a television event.

‘Planet of Apes’ actress arrested in Los Angeles Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – “Planet of the Apes” actress and former model Estella Warren was arrested after a late-night crash that led to her allegedly assaulting a police officer then trying to flee from custody, officials said Tuesday.

Warren was driving down Harper Avenue near West Hollywood when she crashed into three

parked cars, Los Angeles police Officer Sarah Faden said.

Someone heard the noise of the crashes and came to see what was going on. That person called police then pursued Warren when it was clear she wasn’t going to stop and leave her information, Faden said.

The person then forced Warren to stop, though it was unclear how.

Police arrived and arrested Warren on suspicion of driving under

the influence, but she assaulted one of the officers, Faden said.

The 32-year-old actress was then immediately re-arrested for felony battery on an officer.

Police took Warren to Wilshire station, where she was detained in a holding room. Exactly how she managed it was unclear, but Faden said Warren slipped out her handcuffs then burst through a door to the police station and briefly escaped. She was imme-

diately recaptured and booked on a felony escape charge.

Warren was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. A call to Warren’s manager was not immediately returned.

This Nov. 18, 2009 photo shows actress Estella Warren arriving at the Samsung Behold II Launch party in Los Angeles.

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NASA hangs up on silent Mars rover Spirit Associated Press Writer

A Chinese farmer walks through his dried up field in Huangpi, central China’s Hubei province on May 9, 2011.

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Central China drought worst in over 50 years: reports Agence France Presse

BEIJING – Central China’s worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric output slows, state media said Wednesday.

Rainfall levels from January to April in the drainage basin of the Yangtze, China’s longest and most economically important river, have been 40 percent lower than average levels of the past 50 years, the China Daily said.

The national flood and drought control authority has ordered the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric project, to increase its discharge of water by 10 to 20 percent for the next two weeks.

The measure is aimed at sending badly needed water to the Yangtze’s middle and lower reaches for drinking and irrigation.

Water-marks in more than 1,300 reservoirs in Hubei province, where the dam is located, have dropped below allowable discharge levels for irrigation, the paper quoted Yuan Junguang, Hubei’s reservoir management director, as saying.

Rainfall in some areas is as much as 80 percent lower than usual while the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang along with Shanghai municipality are mired in their worst droughts since 1954.

“Without adequate water, we lost the spring planting season for rice,” Hubei farmer Zhou Xingtao was quoted as saying. It said many other

farmers in Hubei have lost their existing crops or given up on planting summer rice, fearing the emergency water supplies will be inadequate to sustain their fields, with more hot and dry weather forecast.

The agricultural impact is likely to further alarm officials already trying to tame high prices of key items such as food.China — and the Yangtze river region in particular — is prone to the alternating threats of crippling drought followed by devastating flooding.

Just last summer, sustained torrential rainfall across the region caused widespread flooding and even some concern over whether the giant Three Gorges Dam would be able to contain the deluge. More than 3,000 people were reported killed in the flooding and related landslides.

LOS ANGELES – Shortly after midnight, NASA sent one last plea to the rover Spirit, mired in a sand trap on the surface of Mars.

Please phone home.

With that, the space agency ended its efforts Wednesday to contact the workhorse robot geologist, which fell silent last year. Rather than spend time and money hanging onto faint hope, mission managers decided to turn their focus on Spirit’s healthy twin Opportunity and prepare for the upcoming launch of the next Mars mega-rover.

Orbiting spacecraft will continue to passively listen for Spirit until the end of May, but the chance of a response is slim.

“There’s a sadness that we have to say goodbye to Spirit,” said project manager John Callas of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which runs the twin rovers. But “we have to remember the great accomplishments and the blessings that we’ve received of having this rover operate for so long.”

NASA planned a televised farewell fete after the Memorial Day holiday that will be more of a celebration. Upon hearing the news, Spirit fans took to Twitter to express their sadness and thanked the rover for its hard work.

The solar-powered, six-wheel rovers parachuted to opposite sides of Mars in 2004 for what was supposed to be a three-month mission. Both defied expectations by surviving beyond their warranty.

Their greatest discovery was uncovering geologic evidence that Mars, now a dusty desert, was warmer and wetter billions of years ago — conditions that suggest the ancient Martian environment could have been favorable for primitive life. Spirit had always been the unluckier of the two.

Weeks after landing, engineers had to nurse it back to health after it sent back garbled data.

Unlike Opportunity, which landed in a geologic gold mine, Spirit’s landing site contained few signs of past water. It had to trek toward the hills to make discoveries.

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2004 photo provided

by NASA/ JPL of a photo shot by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.

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Opera Mini 6 released for Apple mobile devices OPERA mini 6Following its release on Android and Blackberry platforms a couple of months back, the latest version of the Opera mobile browser has come to Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Opera Mini 6 was released on Tuesday by the Norwegian company, offering what it describes on its website as “a different kind of browsing experience to complement the default iPad and iPhone browser.”

Speaking to the LA Times, Phillip Gronvold, a product manager at Opera, backed up the notion that Opera Mini 6 is less an enemy of Safari and more a friend. “We’re

not trying to get people to choose Opera Mini over Safari, we want people to use it in addition to Safari,” said Gronvold. He explained how the latest version of the mobile browser will be particularly useful when, for example, Internet connectivity over a 3G network becomes unbearably slow, or when heavy use of Wi-Fi slows things down, at places like airports.

“The iOS platform does not handle well connecting on a crowded Wi-Fi network,” he told the Times. “But with Opera Mini 6, that is our strong suit. That is where we excel. So, in the case where you

don’t get that quick page load on Safari as you might want, we can load pages for you faster than Safari can.”

Gronvold also explained how the navigation system for the latest version of Opera Mini has been overhauled to work in a similar way to how it does on Safari. “Opera Mini 5, sometimes it wouldn’t react how people expected because they were used to Safari and it didn’t feel like the same experience. We invested heavily to make the user experience the same, when you load a page, or pinch and zoom or interact with a page on Opera Mini 6, it’s the same way you’d do it with Safari.”

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FIFA investigates bin Hammam, Warner for bribery Associated Press Writer

ZURICH – FIFA is investigating allegations of bribery involving presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam and FIFA vice president Jack Warner.

FIFA says the pair will face an ethics investigation at FIFA headquarters on Sunday, three days before bin Hammam challenges incumbent Sepp Blatter in the presidential election.

FIFA says the probe “which include bribery allegations” relate to bin Hammam’s meeting with Caribbean soccer leaders on May 10-11 in Warner’s native Trinidad to lobby for support.

FIFA says United States official Chuck Blazer, Warner’s longtime ally and CONCACAF secretary general, reported the allegations to FIFA. Two other Caribbean Football Union officials are being investigated.

Seedorf extends Milan stay for a year Agence France Presse

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Manchester United’s English defender Gary Neville (C) receives gifts from Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (R) and chief executive David Gill before a testimonial football match between Manchester United and Juventus at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 24, 2011.

Man Utd have solution to Messi, says Ferguson

ROME – Dutch veteran Clarence Seedorf on Wednesday signed a one-year contract extension that will keep him at AC Milan until the end of next season.

In so doing the 35-year-old midfielder has joined fellow veterans Filippo Inzaghi, Alessandro Nesta, Mark van Bommel and Flavio Roma in extending his Milan stay for another year.

It is the latest move by Milan to sort out their playing staff for next season. Already they have signed defenders Philippe Mexes and Taye Taiwo while Brazilian centre-back Thiago Silva extended his contract to 2016 and Kevin-Prince Boateng was snapped up permanently from a part-ownership agreement with Genoa.

Only midfielder Andrea Pirlo, who was at the end of his contract and has now joined Juventus, and Greek centre-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos have been allowed to leave so far.

Seedorf’s deal will take his stay in Milan to 10 years, during which time he has won the Champions League and Serie A title twice each.

He is the only man ever to have won the Champions League with three different clubs — winning it four times in total — in three different countries while he also lifted league titles in Spain (with Real Madrid) and Holland (twice with Ajax).

The Surinam-born midfielder was capped 87 times by Holland, scoring 11 goals. He played in the 1998 World Cup and three European Championships.

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MANCHESTER, England – Sir Alex Ferguson said Manchester United would solve the problem of how to deal with Lionel Messi here Tuesday ahead of his Champions League final showdown with Barcelona.

Messi stole the show for Barcelona two years ago, when the Spanish giants outclassed favourites United to win the 2009 final in Rome.

Since then, the diminutive Argentinian has gone from strength to strength, firmly establishing himself as the world’s best footballer. Ferguson insisted however that United would not allow themselves to become obsessed with a gameplan to shackle the South American maestro.

“We have played against Barcelona three times with Messi in the team,” Ferguson told a press conference at United’s training ground. “But there is always a solution to every good player. Hopefully we can find one on Saturday. They have other

good players though, and so do we. That is why it is such an appealing game. “I am sure Barcelona are aware of that.”

United’s preparations for Saturday’s encounter have been jolted by the legal furore involving midfielder Ryan Giggs, named by a British MP as the footballer who had sought to prevent details of an alleged affair being published.

Married father-of-two Giggs was one of several first team players who did not attend United’s training session at Carrington, where a scrum of photographers awaited his arrival on Tuesday.

Ferguson gave a blunt response on Tuesday when asked to assess Giggs’ importance to

United. “All the players are important to us, every one of them,” he said. Ferguson meanwhile dismissed suggestions that Barcelona would carry a psychological advantage into the Wembley final after being installed as favourites by the bookmakers.

“There is no advantage,” Ferguson said. “It doesn’t matter.

We don’t decide those things. I know my players will be ready.”

Ferguson believes however that Barcelona are now a stronger side than the team which beat United in the Stadio Olimpico two years ago.

“I think they have more maturity about their team now. Winning that European Cup was a big step forward for them as a team,” he said.

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AC Milan Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf celebrates after the Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and AC Milan at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Saturday, May 7, 2011.

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Japan safe to host Olympic volleyball qualifiers Associated Press Writer

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Japan has been cleared to host two volleyball World Cup events that serve as qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics.

The International Volleyball Federation says it received “full assurances” from the Japanese government of the country’s recovery from the earthquake and tsunami in March, and ongoing nuclear power emergency.

The women’s World Cup will be played in seven venues from Nov. 4-18. The men will play Nov. 20-Dec. 4 in eight cities. Each 12-nation tournament will qualify three teams for the London lineup.

Japan has hosted all the quadrennial World Cups since they became Olympic qualifiers in 1991.

The events were confirmed after the FIVB met with Japanese volleyball and television officials.

Roger Federer moves into 3rd round at French Open Associated Press Writer AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Chicago Bulls’ Keith Bogans (6) and Miami Heat’s Joel Anthony (50) try to grab a loose ball that rolled under Anthony during the second half of during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals basketball series in Miami, Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

Heat top Bulls 101-93, move 1 win away from finals Associated Press Writer

MIAMI – The first 48 minutes of Dwyane Wade’s night were unremarkable. The five minutes of overtime changed all that. And Miami’s Big Three is one win away from playing for the NBA’s biggest prize. LeBron James scored 35 points, Chris Bosh added 22 and Wade perked up to block as many shots — two — as Chicago made in overtime, as the Heat topped the Bulls 10193 in a scintillating Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night.

Miami will go for the clincher Thursday in Chicago, where the Heat can wrap up their first finals trip since 2006. “It’s one game away,” James said. “We’re not taking anything for granted.”

Derrick Rose scored 23 points for the Bulls, who got 20 apiece from Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer. Chicago has lost three straight games for the first time this season, and afterward, the league’s reigning MVP pointed the finger of blame at himself.

“It’s not over,” said Rose, who shot 8 of 27 and turned the ball over seven times.

Still, some doubt may be creeping in. Chicago had its chances, and knew it, but was unable to take advantage of a largely off night by Wade. Rose was guarded in the game’s biggest minutes by James, and the MVP from 2009 and 2010 had the upper hand against this season’s

MVP. “It’s extremely hard,” Rose acknowledged, “when a 6-8 guy can easily defend you.”

The Heat were down by 11 early, led for only 4 1/2 minutes in the third and fourth quarters, and had Wade stuck on eight points from late in the second until past the midpoint of overtime.

Somehow, it wasn’t a problem.

A sleep-deprived Mike Miller — whose wife delivered a baby last week — scored 12 points and made plenty of key defensive plays to help Miami outscore Chicago by a whopping 36 points with him on the floor. Udonis Haslem missed all five of his shots, and he was still a plus-25 in his 33 minutes off the bench.

And the stars, well, were stars.

“We know offensively, at times, we have rough stretches,” James said. “But we give ourselves chances to win every game because we defend.”

James was 11 for 26 from the field and 13 of 13 — his best playoff showing ever — from the foul line. Bosh was aggressive again, making 10 of his 11 free throws.

Miami made its last 24 straight from the stripe, and the defense was again the biggest key of all.

“Defense is the reason that we’re here,” Bosh said. “Defense is the reason that we win every game. And defense is the reason why we have a chance of winning Game 5.” From the Miami perspective, this game will be remembered for how the Heat rallied around Wade — then watched him save his best for last. “We reminded him in one of the final huddles, this is his time,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

The 2006 NBA finals MVP was in the arena late Monday night, trying to work on some things in one of his customary playoff-after-dark sessions.

PARIS – Roger Federer ran off 13 straight games to beat French wild card Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 Wednesday in the second round of the French Open.

The 2009 champion at Roland Garros was broken once early in the first set. But after Teixeira held serve to make it 3-3, Federer dominated and didn’t lose another game until the Frenchman made it 4-1 in the third.

“It’s so difficult to come out and play on a big court when you are not used to it,” Federer said of his 22-year-old opponent. “I’m playing here for the 12th year and I’m very experienced.”

Also, 2010 French Open finalist Sam Stosur advanced to the third round by beating Simona Halep 6-0, 6-2. The eighth-seeded Stosur had 21 winners and broke her opponent six times before she served out the match at love.

Later Wednesday, Novak Djokovic will be back on court in the second round. Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki is also playing, along with defending champion Francesca Schiavone.

Federer was playing against a man who had won his first tour-level match in the first round, when he beat another French wild card. But Teixeira never really had a chance against the 16-time Grand Slam champion.

“I gave it all. I did what I could,” Teixeira said. “To play against Roger is an incredible experience. I’ll never forget it and it will be great memories.”

Federer will next face 29th-seeded Janko Tipsarevic, who beat Pere Riba of Spain 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. Tipsarevic took Federer to five sets in the third round of the 2008 Australian Open, eventually losing 10-8.

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer serves to France’s Maxime Teixeira during their Men’s second round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium, on May 25, 2011, in Paris.

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Mercedes admits it needs improvement Mercedes GP needs to bring bigger improvements to its car if it is going to launch a serious challenge against the frontrunning Red Bull Racing and McLaren teams later this year.

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Mercedes’ German driver Michael Schumacher is pushed in the pits during the qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix race at the Montmelo racetrack, in Montmelo, Spain, Saturday May 21, 2011.

Pirelli: Two stops feasible in Monaco PIRELLI motorsport boss Paul Hembery says two-stop strategies should be feasible in the Monaco Grand Prix, despite the use of the supersoft rubber. The Italian manufacturer is bringing the supersoft tyres to the Monte Carlo race, where the rubber will make its racing debut this year.

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A pit crew is moving the Pirelli trye.

Despite the high level of degradation seen in this year’s tyres, however, Hembery is hoping to see drivers stopping just twice during the race, playing down fears of a record number of pitstops this weekend.

“Monaco is one of those circuits where, if you have slip and wheelspin you are in difficulty,” Hembery told AUTOSPORT about Monaco’s strategy.

“That is often what you get in slow speed corners and you accelerate and get slip so you get a lot of grip from the tyre which is why we went super soft and soft, and pretty similar as to why we have gone that way for Canada.

“If you go with a tyre that is too hard and it is not giving you an advantage from the compound you do get wheelspin and you get excessive consumption of the tyre and that probably for the public is hard to understand as the hard is going to resist more, no matter what you do to it. “But it is more complex, it is also related to how much wheelspin you get.

“We would like to see a two-stop strategy and based on Melbourne that should certainly be feasible on a low-speed circuit, although

Melbourne doesn’t have the really tight corners that it has at Monaco, so it will all be related to how much wheelspin we get and we will only see what when we get there.”

Hembery also emphasised that drivers will need to nail their qualifying laps if they are going to extract the best from the tyres, as he admits its peak performance will last only one lap.

“The peak of performance is definitely one lap. It will have that characteristic of a qualifying tyre so you will want to put in your best lap straight away and it will be a fast-wearing tyre.

“That is part of the plan, but I have to wait and see what it does in Monaco as I don’t want to make a prediction because we have never been there with it. It is not going to be a 15-20 lap tyre for sure.”

And the Briton said he is not expecting drivers to save tyres by sacrificing their qualifying this time out.

“I think that won’t happen because they will be qualifying on the tyre they have less sets on, so that changes around,” he said. “The faster tyre has been the soft one so they want to preserve as many as possible as they have one set left.

That is the view of Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug, who thinks that although the outfit has struggled to consistently get the best out of its package, it must not ignore the fact that it needs to deliver a faster car.

“I think speed wise we should have a better potential I would say,” Haug told AUTOSPORT. “The positions were what we could achieve in Spain, and that is okay. But the speed needs to be improved.

“Our first job should be to check whether we extracted in Spain what was possible. I think there is more in the car, and there are specific race tracks, like in Turkey and in China particularly, where we looked very competitive compared to the competition.

“We were not fantastic but we were much closer, much better and I am not closing my eyes in front of the fact that we need to improve. We need to do that, and stick together as a team.

“These are not [just] words. Ross [Brawn] is such an experienced guy, and we have so many good and dedicated people in the team, they are working very hard, doing their best – but we need an upgraded technical package. That is what we are working on – and I think we have good possibilities to achieve that.”

Despite his feelings about the improvements Mercedes GP need to deliver, Haug has high hopes for a good performance in Monaco this weekend – where the short-wheelbase W02 could excel.

“We were seriously fast in Monaco last year,” he said. “Nico was first in Q2 with one attempt and the others tried two times.

Then we got into traffic in Q3 in the later stages, when you have to run.

“In hindsight we should probably have put more fuel in, because you just need to keep going to find a free lap. Hopefully we can do similar things this year, but I cannot promise, I cannot judge. There are lots of cars and the driver is very important there, but if the car gives you confidence then a driver can make a difference.”