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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe

MIAMI — Miss Colombia Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries. Vega, a 22year-old student of business administration, said she would wear the crown with “pride and excitement” as she heard the news that fans in Colombia had taken to the streets to celebrate.

Although she was far from home in Miami, Vega said she still felt the support from local Latinos. “It felt like home. I felt like I was in Colombia with my people,” she said, wearing a sparkling silver gown at a press conference after the competition.

Real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump, who owns the

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Miss Colombia Paulina Vega smiles as the the crown is placed on her head as she becomes Miss Universe during the Miss Universe pageant in Miami, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

pageant, said many predicted Vega would take the crown a few weeks ago when contestants first arrived for the festivities. “From the minute she walked in the building, people said, ‘She’s a star,’” Trump said.

Trump said Colombia was in the running to host next year’s pageant but noted China was also a strong candidate. Beauty pageants are big business in Latin America, where girls are groomed for the contests from a young age and where Vega said women find “a lot of pride” in representing their country.

Crowd favorite Miss Venezuela Migbelis Lynette Castellanos was

cut after the top 10. The Miami suburb of Doral, which was host to the women during their stay, is also known as “Doralzuela” for its many Venezuelan residents.

Pageants and performance run in Vega’s family. Her grandmother, Elvira Castillo, was Miss Atlántico 1953 (Colombia) and her grandfather is legendary tenor Gastón Vega.

But the contests leading up to Miss Universe were a first for Vega, who is one of eight children. She also said they would be her last, as she is eager to return to her studies, saying: “It gives me independence. I want to have my own company.”

After Sanchez, the 24-year-old Miss USA, the second runner-up was Miss Ukraine Diana Harkusha.

Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell and Miss Netherlands Yasmin Verheijen were also among the top five from the field of 88 contestants. (ap)

‘Birdman’ tops SAG Awards “Birdman” topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Oscar favorites Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons cemented their front-runner status Sunday in a ceremony that often serves as a kind of preview to the Academy Awards.

Keaton led the “Birdman” cast, including Emma Stone, Edward Norton and Zach Galifianakis, in accepting the top honor from the acting guild, calling the profession “the ultimate team sport.”

“Every time I turned around, I ran into another tremendous actor,” said Keaton.

Redmayne, who stars as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Every-

thing,” was the surprise winner in a category expected to go to Keaton for his career-capping performance as a Hollywood has-been trying to mount a comeback on Broadway. Redmayne dedicated his award to sufferers and victims of ALS. Moore, widely considered the best actress favorite, won most supporting actress for “Still Alice,” in which she plays an academic with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Accepting the award for most outstanding supporting actor for his performance as a domineering jazz teacher in “Whiplash,” Simmons thanked all 49 actors who appear in the drama.

“Boyhood” star Arquette added the latest in a string of awards, taking the supporting actress honor for her performance, filmed over the course of 12 years.

“I can’t tell you what this means

to me,” said Arquette. “I’m a fourthgeneration actor. My family has been committed to acting for over a century, through feast or famine.”

The show kicked off with a pair of wins for the Netflix prison series “Orange Is the New Black,” honoring it as best ensemble in a comedy and naming Uzo Aduba most outstanding actress in a comedy series. Best ensemble cast in a drama series went to “Downton Abbey,” the second time the series has won the category.

Because actors make up the largest portion of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the SAG Awards are also considered one of the most telling Oscar previews. Last year, the top four winners — Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o, Jared Leto — all went on to win Academy Awards after first scooping up SAG awards.(ap)

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Denpasar urges to design multifunctional drainage DENPASAR – Various different road projects, worked on by a number of government agencies have been very disturbing, especially for road users. To avoid such distrubances in the future, there has been a breakthrough idea, to create a multifunction pipeline that would serve the purpose of water drainage but would also become an integrated canal for power and telephone cables as well as water pipelines.

This concept was shared by A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra -member of Commission III of the Denpasar House, on Sunday (Jan 25).

The idea came to him after seeing so many projects disturbing traffic flow by digging up roads that quite often are not repaved very well.

“Given that there is a sufficiently large fund from central government, around IDR 200 billion, the money should be used for projects that are useful for society, such as a multifunctional pipeline” said Susruta. This Grenceng Palace politician added that to

avoid frequent digging activities, relevant parties were expected to conduct more profound studies on the matter.

“In other words, there should not just be more digging projects, without a first conducting a study on the possibility of a multifunction pipeline regardless of the cost involved in such a study. The lack of study on the matter is one of the reasons why Denpasar still suffers so much flooding in areas that already have drainage”, said Susruta.

Responding to this, the Head of

Denpasar Public Works Agency, I Ketut Winartha, said that his party could not make any determinations regarding the possibility of such a study, especially as it relates to drainage because the funds come from the central government.

“We just accept the money they provide. The amount of the budget and the technical matters are determined by the central government.

The workmanship will be handled by the National Road Agency for Region VIII (Bali)”, he said. However regarding said propsoal, this Badung official did add: “we will

try to deliver this suggestion to the National Road Agency”.

As reported earlier, national roads in the area of Region VIII, Denpasar City will be receiving attention and improvement this year from the National Road Agency, in the form of a maintenance program. This was reiterated by the Head of the National Region Agency Syaiful Anwar, when he met with the Regional Secretary of Denpasar, AAN Rai Iswara, in the office of the Denpasar Mayor, recently.

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The cast of “Birdman” (L-R) Andrea Riseborough, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Michael Keaton pose backstage with their award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015.

Different alternate projects worked on by a number of government agencies on the road are considered very disturbing, especially for road users.

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Ubud builds a central parking with capacity of 200 cars

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Increasing number of classroom in public schools worried private schools

One of the private school which is closed due to the lack of student in Jembrana.

GIANYAR - Congestion problem that occurs all this time in Ubud reaps many complaints so that Gianyar government in cooperation with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) performed a study on the development of transportation and ultimately it could only be resolved by the people of Ubud.

To overcome the chaotic traffic condition, Ubud eventually opened a central parking in Ubud.

The central parking located in the area of Batukaru Temple, Jalan Suweta, Ubud, can accommodate about 200 cars. On Saturday night, the central parking was inaugurated by Chief of the National Police Traffic Corps, Condro Kirono. Gianyar Regent, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata and staffs as well as community leaders of Ubud were also present on that occasion.

The central parking was built on the area of 2,200 square meters. Initially, the parking area was estimated to adequately accommodate about 165 cars. However, once tested, it could accommodate up to 200 cars. It was one of the solutions to maintain the comfort in Ubud which recently began to be complained as the highly jammed village. “The existence of this parking area can break the existing bottleneck,” said Cokorda Ngurah Suyadnya, management of the Ubud Central Parking

as well as the initiator of the central parking construction.

The parking area is located in the area of the Batukaru Temple. As patron of the temple, his party thought to utilize the site which indeed had been unproductive. Ultimately, he got an idea to make a parking area which was also at his own expense. “This initiative is purely a devotional work (ngayah) in offering something for Ubud. There is no economic aspect behind it,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chief of the National Police Traffic Corps, Condro Kirono, appreciated the establishment of the central parking. According to him, it reflected the togetherness of all parties, Gianyar government and community leaders in Ubud as an attempt to free it from congestion problem.

“This measure should be followed by other figures or businessman in Ubud.

Thus, there will be more parking space establishments later on,” he said.

Meanwhile, Regent A.A. Bharata revealed that county government continuously conducted a study in cooperation with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to find a solution in making Ubud a tourist area that was completely free from congestion. Development of the central parking had given him inspiration. (kmb16)

NEGARA - Increasing number of classroom and establishment of new public high school in Jembrana since the past two years has an impact on private schools. Of the eight private high schools in Jembrana, now only seven schools remain to survive. One of them is the SMA PGRI Pekutatan high school that since the last new academic year has not received new students or been closed.

It can be seen from the quiet condition of the school at Pangyangan village, Pekutatan subdistrict. Actually the school has begun to build a new building unit. Based on information, since the academic year 2012-2013, the number of high school students has reduced drastically.

So, in 2014 the school no longer received new students. Four buildings at the school are empty.

Meanwhile, its desks and chairs have also been evacuated to one of the buildings within the school area.

Chairman of the Association of Private School Princi-

pals (IKSS) of Jembrana, Ketut Permadi, said on Sunday (Jan 25) that his party had received information that from the academic year 2014 the SMA PGRI Pekutatan high school had been defunct. From the existing data, previously there were eight private high schools and five private vocational schools in Jembrana.

With the defunct condition of the high school, then only seven private high schools remained to survive.

Subdistrict Head of Pekutatan, Ketut Eko Susila, confirmed that one of the defunct high schools in Pekutatan was the SMA PGRI

Pekutatan. “I have got information that started in 2014 the remaining students were transferred to another private school,” he explained.

As has been known, the competition among schools, especially the junior high and high school in Jembrana is very tight.

Moreover, some of the favorite high schools and vocational schools have increased their classes. Moreover, there is construction of two new tourism and health vocational schools, namely the SMK Pariwisata in Pekutatan and SMK Kesehatan in Melaya. (kmb26)

The traffic jam in Ubud is worrying from time to time.

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Archipelago International earns prestigious GM’s certifications

JAKARTA – Archipelago International continues on its quest to be the first and only Indonesian hotel group that has all its Hotel General Managers officially certified by the American Hotel and Lodging Associations’ Education Institute (AHLEI) obtaining 18 more globally recognized CHA® certifications.

A five day workshop was held re-

cently at the favehotel LTC Glodok Jakarta where 18 of the groups most senior General Managers assisted by educators from the University of Central Florida and the American Hotel & Lodging Association labored intensively through more than 1200 pages of course materials and a 4 hour certification examine to obtain the “Certified Hotel Adminis-

trator - CHA® “accreditation.

CHA® is the most prestigious certification available to a hotel General Manager (GM) or Hospitality Executive. Globally recognized, the CHA® is a highly respected professional credential that validates a GMs advanced knowledge in the hospitality industry. It is an honor awarded to lodging professionals

whose leadership and managerial abilities are exemplary.

“We congratulate the recent graduates and plan to continue this significant effort until every one of our more than 120 hotel managers as gone through it and earned their CHA® certification. As a leading hotel operator with a growing network of more than 100 hotels and 11

brands it is our duty to advance the skills of our managers and bring international know how to Indonesia.

Owners entrust us with the management of multimillion dollar assets so we must equip our GMs with this high level of competence and a globally recognized professional status. ” said John Flood, President & CEO of Archipelago International. (r)

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I Komang Aryana

Cooking with heart

This man of Tabanan-born on June 4, 1975 is not only known for its cheery smile but also his important role in processing food. His name is I Komang Aryana, a Sous Chef of Aston Denpasar. “Cooking activity poses a unique culinary art to me because there are always new things to be created,” said the Sous Chef who loved to cook since his junior high school.

According to Aryana, the people considered professional in cooking when they upheld hygiene and sanitation in kitchen area, worked based on the Standard of Operations, processed ingredients properly and paid attention to simple things like setting the size of fire that would affect the cooking. “Cooking must also be carried out responsively and lived with a heart,” he said friendly.

The Sous Chef who liked jogging also revealed that when getting involved in the culinary world, the task was not only to cook but also to give satisfaction to guests, serve tasty and healthy food and create a different impression for the restaurant.

Creating new menus, said Aryana, such as Grilled Chicken Sandwich Yanchao, Middle East Green Salad, Pasta Bake and other menus were an experience in examining the self-capabilities in cooking. “Consume healthy foods that are free from preservatives and use the product of Indonesian spices,” he added. (ocha) IBP/kmb

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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Climate change brings world closer to ‘doomsday’

WASHINGTON - Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said Thursday.

Kennette Benedict, executive director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stands beside the old Doomsday Clock which showed five minutes until midnight during a news conference to announce the new clock reads three minutes until midnight, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Washington.

ice loss in west Antarctica has been reached, meaning the melt is now unstoppable.

The climate changes that human are driving “will harm millions of people and will threaten many key ecological systems on which civilization relies,” he said.

The scientists also called for dramatically reduced spending on nuclear weapons modernization programs, and a renewed focus on disarmament.

Benedict said that the world has about 16,300 nuclear weapons, which she described as “far too many.”

While the United States and Russia have far fewer weapons today than they did during the Cold War, the disarmament process has “ground to a halt,” said Sharon Squassoni, member, Science and Security Board, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and director of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Meanwhile, the United States has invested big money in modernizing its nuclear weapons systems, with some $355 billion planned for the next decade, and Russia is also upgrading its nuclear weapons, Squassoni said.

The United Kingdom has halved its nuclear arsenal stockpile since 2010 but continues to support its nuclear submarine program.

France is also building a next generation air-to-ground nuclear missile, while China is developing a new class of ballistic missile submarines, she said.

India has plans to expand its nuclear submarine fleet and Pakistan has started a third plutonium reactor and is developing a new short-range nuclear missile.

“Israel reportedly is also modernizing some of its undeclared nuclear forces and North Korea as we all know continues its nuclear program without any of the restraints previously applied under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” she told reporters.

She said that any post-nuclear optimism that arose at the end of Cold War “has essentially evaporated.” (afp)

MIAMI - The hand structure of early human ancestors who lived 3.2 million years ago suggests they had the ability to grasp and use tools, even if they hadn’t invented them yet, anthropologists said Thursday.

Until now, Australopithecus africanus, which lived two to three million years ago in what is now South Africa, were not believed to have made tools -- the first evidence of which dates back to 2.6 million

in australopiths and provide skeletal evidence that our early ancestors used human-like hand postures much earlier and more frequently than previously considered.”

The study also included researchers from University College London, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany and the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. (afp)

“It is now three minutes to midnight,” said Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as the group moved its symbolic “Doomsday Clock” two minutes forward.

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947. It has changed 18 times since then, ranging from two minutes to midnight in 1953 to 17 minutes before midnight in 1991.

The clock has been at five minutes to midnight since 2012 and the last time it was three minutes to midnight was in 1983, during the Cold War

between the United States and the Soviet Union.

“Today, unchecked climate change and a nuclear arms race resulting from modernization of huge arsenals pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity,” Benedict said.

“And world leaders have failed to act with the speed or on the scale required to protect citizens from potential catastrophe.”

The scientists called on people to demand action from their leaders to curb fossil fuel pollution and to

stop developing ever more modern nuclear weapons that are endangering the planet.

“We are not saying it is too late to take action, but the window for action is closing rapidly. The world needs to be awakened from its lethargy and start making changes,” Benedict said.

Such actions should cap greenhouse gas emissions at levels sufficient to keep average global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the group said.

“Efforts at reducing global emis-

sions of heat-trapping gases have so far been entirely insufficient,” said Richard Somerville, a member of the Science and Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and a distinguished professor emeritus and research professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.

“Unless much greater emissions reductions occur very soon, the countries of the world will have emitted enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by the end of this century to profoundly transform the Earth’s climate,” he said, noting that 2014 was the hottest on record and that the tipping point of

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Three-million-year-old ancestor had human-like hands years ago -- but their hands suggest otherwise, according to a study in the journal Science.

A creature with an ape-like face and long arms, but that had a large brain and walked upright on two feet, Australopithecus africanus appears to have descended from the trees, gained hand dexterity and became capable of fine motor movements.

The new findings are based on a new study of the internal spongy

structure of bone, called trabeculae, which can reveal how the bones were used while the individuals were alive.

For instance, trabecular bones look very different in humans and chimpanzees, which cannot mimic the way a human hand can grip forcefully using thumb and fingers.

Neanderthal fossils, however, more closely resemble modern human hands in this regard. Neander-

thals had the dexterity to use tools and make cave paintings.

Australopithecus, too, had “human-like trabecular bone pattern in the bones of the thumb and palm (the metacarpals) consistent with forceful opposition of the thumb and fingers typically adopted during tool use,” the University of Kent said in a statement.

“These results support previously published archaeological evidence for stone tool use

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Fuel price downs again

BI predicts it will kindle deflation

DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia predicted the decline in commodity prices would occur following the government’s policy lowering back fuel prices. The government set the price of Premium at IDR 6,600 per liter, while in Bali was set at IDR 7,000 and diesel fuel at IDR 6,400 per liter throughout Indonesia from the previous price of IDR 7,250 per liter.

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Motorist buy fuel at one of fuel re-sellers in Denpasar. Bank Indonesia predicted the decline in commodity prices would occur following the government’s policy lowering back fuel prices.

“Based on the simulation of calculations that we have made, the decrease in fuel prices is estimated to contribute a deflation to consumer price index (CPI) in January 2015, especially in Denpasar at 1.25 percent and in Singaraja at 0.84 percent,” said Chief Representative of BI for Bali Region, Dewi Setyowati, in Denpasar.

She expected the policy could encourage the achievement of inflation at the target set nationally in 2015 namely in the range of 4 percent ± 1 percent. Moreover, it was also coupled with the decline in the 12-kg LPG commodity price to IDR 129,000 per canister and cement downing as much as IDR 3,000 per sack.

“It will contribute to deflation of 1.37 percent in Denpasar and 1.03 percent in Singaraja.

Achievement of low and stable inflation is expected to persist in relatively long time so as to accelerate the economic growth,” she explained.

Bank Indonesia also estimated the adjustment policy to subsidized fuel in the banking business would definitely affect the better quality of non-performing loan (NPL). In particular, it would happened to bank debtors having

a sizable share of transportation cost or fuel costs of the total operating costs, so that it would affect the quality of loan repayment from respective debtor.

“Indirectly, the decrease in fuel price is also followed by a decline in the level of operating expenses to operating income.

This immediate efficiency occurs because this adjustment does not necessarily affect the operating profit of the business although there is a slight decrease in fuel-based operating costs,” she explained.

Meanwhile, the Dean of Economics and Business Faculty of Undiknas University, Prof. Dr. I.B. Raka Suardana, assessed that one thing that should get the concern related to the decline in fuel price was the decrease in the price of various products such as food and transportation costs. “Will it be followed by the decrease in commodity prices?

Moreover, the rainy season will surely have impact on the crop,” he said.

Nevertheless, the government’s decision to lower the price of subsidized fuel was considered very appropriate because the previous increase in fuel prices had caused high inflation. (kmb27)

Indians celebrate Republic Day in Bali

DENPASAR - The members of the Indian community in Bali, together with their Balinese friends of India, celebrated the Republic Day of India at their Consulate in Renon, Denpasar, with traditional gaiety and fervor. Over 150 Indians, persons of Indian origin and friends of India, along with 40 school students from two Indian schools – GMIS and Taman Ram School – attended.

The Consul General, A.S. Takhi, hoisted the Indian national flag, following which the Indian community and friends of India together sang the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana, written by noble laureate and noted poet Rabindranath Tagore. The teachers and students from GMIS & Taman Rama School as well as Balinese students of Hindi language rendered patriotic songs. GMIS teachers & students sang ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindosta Hamara’ while Balinese students of Taman Rama School sang a devotional song dear to Mahatma Gandhi ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’. The Balinese students currently learning Hindi at the Consulate beautifully sang the patriotic song ‘Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara’, promoting patriotism and nationalism.

Consul General read out the Address of the President of India,

Mr. Pranab Mukherjee delivered on the eve of the Republic Day. Congratulating the Indians, the President highlighted that the Indian Constitution adopted on 26 January 1950 made ‘democracy, freedom of faith, gender-equality and an economic upsurge for those trapped in the course of dire poverty’ obligatory. He also highlighted that the legislature should enact ‘progressive legislation using civilized dialogue’.

‘Indian Constitution has celebrated pluralism, advocated tolerance and promoted goodwill between diverse communities. He hoped that positive key economic indicators point to an early reversion to the high growth trajectory of 7 to 8% for the country.

He urged for attaining highest quality in the educational institution and to lay special stress on the culture of books and reading while stating that the youth of the country must lead

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The members of the Indian community in Bali, together with their Balinese friends of India, celebrated the Republic Day of India at their Consulate in Renon, Denpasar, with traditional gaiety and fervor.

the way to mastery of technology and communication in the universe.

He laid emphasis on cleanliness and cited example from Gandhiji’s own life in keeping our surroundings neat and clean. The Consul General and eminent members of the Indian community handed out certificates to the six Balinese students who successfully completed their basic course in learning the Hindi language. The occasion also marked the launching of the Indian Association in Bali (IAB), providing a common platform to all the members of Indian & Indian-origin community as well as Balinese people to come together and work for strengthening centuries-old linkages and friendship between the two countries. The guests also included representatives of sociocultural organizations in Bali as well as Indians and Indonesians on short-term visits to Bali. The attendees thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and Indian delicacies.

The Consulate organized live streaming of Republic Day Parade at historic Rajpath in Delhi telecast on Doordarshan for the Indian community. The Consul General briefed the Indian community on the Festival of India in Indonesia launched with the slogan ‘Sahabat India’. The Festival

would run from January to May 2015 and would project Indian art & culture and bring the vibrancy and vigour of India’s social, economic and cultural engagement with the friendly country of Indonesia to a new level. The music, video and logo of the Festival of India was also shown to the gathering. A sumptuous feast of Indian delicacies was served to the guests. (r)

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Geopark art market useless

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BANGLI - The new Geopark art market in Penelokan, Kintamani is considered to be useless. Despite billions of rupiah that were poured into the construction of the market, until now, there have yet to be any merchants using the space. The Bangli government of Bangli has yet to resolve the issue of rental prices for the 14 merchants who are now selling in front of the market.

The geopark art market in Bangli.

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The government’s plan was to relocate the merchants to the Geopark art market before January 1rst, 2015, and transform the area in front of the market into a parking lot. However these plans have failed to materialize because despite numerous discussions regarding the Geopark, the merchants and the government have been unable to agree on a fair price for cost of renting space in the new market.

One of the kiosk owners, Wayan Sumerta who is still selling outside of the Geopark art market said on Sunday (Jan 25) that the government has not invited him and the other merchants to discuss the matter of rental prices again, since their last meeting on November 14, 2014.

Although that discussion was the fourth meeting between the merchants and the Industry and Trade Agency, Bangli Revenue Services (Dispenda) and the Culture and Tourism Agency, Sumerta disclosed that the meeting did not result in any kind of agreement. The local government insisted on setting the rental price at IDR 2.7 million per year in accordance with the regional bylaw (Perda) while the merchants persisted with their request be given waivers.

Sumerta explained that the request to have the rental cost waived was based on the historical condition of the kiosks that they occupy which had been swapped for their private land.“I’d just like to ask for the promise of the government related to the existence of our kiosks to be honored. Hopefully, there can be a government policy put into place to ensure the waivers for the kiosk rental price”, he said. (ina)

High, interests of Bangli residents to be overseas worker

BANGLI - The Head of the Bangli Social, Manpower and Resettlement Agency, I Nengah Sukarta, is aiming for a 20-percent increase in migrant workers (TKI) from Bangli Regency.

In 2013 there were 81 migrant workers from Bangli. This number jumped to 250 migrant workers in 2014, indicating that there is a high level of public interest in becoming migrant workers particularly amongst men, who made up the vast majority of people leaving Bangli. “Indeed most of the migrant workers are men,” said Sukarta, Sunday (Jan 25).

He went on to say that most of the migrants prefer to work in E-U countries, the UK and the Middle East.

However, in 2014, there were 135 migrant workers from Bangli who went to work in the United States. “Almost all of them work in the field of tourism and the home industry”, he said.

Apart from becoming migrant workers, to date, 12 Bangli residents have registered to participate in an apprenticeship program in Japan.

They apprenticed in the fields of agriculture, livestock husbandry, tourism and the home industry. It is expected that the number of participants in this program -that aims to create skilled

workers and reduce unemployment, will increase from year to year. The apprenticeship program that works in collaboration with the official employment agency has been running for 6 years.

Sukarta described that as of 2014, there have yet to be any cases of migrant workers being deported which is one of the reason that Bangli residents still want to work oversea. “Fortunately, up until now, our overseas migrant workers have never had any problems,” he said.

On the other hand, Sukarta did admit that: “we suspect that some workers depart through unofficial agencies” and added that he would try to record the number of these unregistered workers. He also said that the Bangli Social, Manpower and Resettlement Agency was still faced a shortage of spa therapists.

Every year Turkey, Dubai and other countries in the Middle East required approximately 150 spa therapists to meet their market demands.

When asked how he would address this demand, Sukarta said that his party would put out a call to the public by involving official employment agencies. (sos)

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US President Barack Obama participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Raj Ghat Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Obama’s arrival Sunday morning in the bustling capital of New Delhi marked the first time an American leader has visited India twice during his presidency.

Obama, Modi declare era of ‘new trust’ in US-India relations NEW DELHI — President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared an era of “new trust” in the often fraught relationship between their nations as the U.S. leader opened a three-day visit to New Delhi. Standing side by side at the stately Hyderabad House, Obama and Modi cited progress toward putting in place a landmark civil nuclear agreement, as well as advances on climate change and defense ties.

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The pier for small boat build in Lovina Beach is not being used properly. The pier is made to give easier access to the tourists to get on to the boat and develop tourism in the area.

But from the start, the day was more about putting their personal bond on display. Modi broke with protocol and wrapped Obama in an enthusiastic hug after Obama got off Air Force One. Obama later told reporters that Modi’s “strong personal commitment to the U.S.-India relationship gives us an opportunity to further energize these efforts.”

Modi was as effusive. He called Obama by his first name and said “the chemistry that has brought Barack and me closer has also brought Washington and Delhi closer.”

The centerpiece of Obama’s visit was Monday’s annual Republic Day festivities, which got underway on a foggy, rain-soaked morning in New Delhi. The crowd erupted in cheers as Obama, along with first lady Michelle Obama, emerged

from his armored black limousine and took his seat next to Modi on a viewing stand overlooking the parade route.

Republic Day marks the anniversary of India’s democratic constitution going into force. The parade, which weaves its way past the imposing India Gate monument and a memorial to the unknown soldier, is part Soviet-style display of India’s military hardware, part Macy’s Thanksgiving Day-type parade with floats highlighting India’s cultural diversity. Obama’s presence would have been unlikely only a few years ago.

Relations between the U.S. and India hit a low in 2013 after an Indian diplomat was arrested and strip-searched in New York over allegations that she lied on visa forms

to bring her maid to the U.S. while paying the woman a pittance. The official’s treatment caused outrage in New Delhi, and India retaliated against U.S. diplomats.

The U.S. and India also were at an impasse over implementing the civil nuclear agreement signed in 2008.

The U.S. insisted on tracking fissile material it supplied to India. Also, Washington was frustrated by Indian legal liability provisions that have discouraged U.S. companies from capitalizing on new energy development in India because of concerns about their legal responsibilities in the event of a nuclear power plant accident On Sunday, Obama said he and Modi had reached a “breakthrough understanding” on those areas of disagreements. Details on an accord were sparse.

Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, said only that India “moved sufficiently on these issues to give us assurances that the issues are resolved.” U.S. Ambassador Richard Verma said the agreement would not require new legislation. (ap)

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Extreme right party headed for 3rd place in Greek election

ATHENS, Greece — The specter of Neo-Nazism is no longer haunting Greece. It looks like it is here to stay. The extreme right, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, which has Nazi roots, appears headed for a third-place finish in Sunday’s election. Its showing comes despite the fact that the party’s leader and most of its lawmakers are behind bars, facing charges of participating in a “criminal organization” accused of murders, brutal attacks on migrants and others, extortion and arson.

With more than 90 percent of the voting precincts reporting, Golden Dawn was receiving 6.3 percent of the vote, narrowly leading the centrist Potami (“River”) with 6.04 percent. Both parties exceeded the 3 percent minimum required to gain seats in the 300member parliament — with each forecast to win 17 seats.

Its share of the vote doesn’t match the 9.39 percent it received in last June’s European Parliament election in which Golden Dawn also finished third. It also trails the 6.92 percent won in the previous national election, in June 2012.

But considering the exposure of a series of crimes allegedly committed by its members, including the Sept. 2013 murder of a leftist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, the

result obtained Sunday may be even more significant. This is no longer merely an angry protest vote, a one-off voters’ tiff with “corrupt politicians.” This is an established vote and a hardened electorate. “They can no longer plead ignorance. They have dipped their hands in blood,” Communist lawmaker Liana Kanelli commented on Sunday’s result.

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Mihaloliakos and his top lieutenants were not free to campaign ahead of the election, since they were behind bars. They were free to stand as candidates because they have not yet gone to trial. Some of them, including Mihaloliakos, may soon be set free when their 18-month maximum pre-trial detention limit is reached. In a taped statement Sunday, Mihaloliakos celebrated his party’s performance.

“We achieved this great victory despite the fact that we could not be guaranteed an equal and so-called democratic election as the regime likes to call it, shunned by all (media), facing mudslinging and slander from all sides ... having to campaign through a payphone. We have a fresh mandate ... everyone fought to keep Golden Dawn away and they lost. Golden Dawn won,” Mihalioliakos said in his taped message. (ap)

UN Security Council faces Ukraine, Yemen emergency meetings

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats say the U.N. Security Council will hold emergency meetings Monday on the crises in Yemen and Ukraine. Council member Lithuania said Sunday that it had requested the open meeting on Ukraine. Both countries are former Soviet republics.

Russia blocked a council statement Saturday that would have condemned the shelling that day in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 90.

The council has met about 30 times during the Ukraine crisis but has failed to take action because permanent council member Russia almost certainly would use its veto power.

Britain says council members will be briefed Monday morning on Yemen, where the Westernbacked president resigned last week after Shiite rebels who occupy the capital surrounded

his house. The country remains leaderless. (ap)

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File-This Sept. 26, 2012, file photo shows Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of Yemen, as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters.

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In this Oct. 18, 2014 photo, workers walk on the containers on a cargo ship at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record 12.8 trillion yen ($109 billion) last year as a weakening yen pushed the cost of imports higher despite a moderate recovery in exports.

Japan logs record trade deficit in 2014 on weakening yen TOKYO — Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record 12.8 trillion yen ($109 billion) last year as a weakening yen pushed the cost of imports higher despite a moderate recovery in exports.

Preliminary data from the Finance Ministry released Monday showed Japan’s exports rose 4.8 percent to 73.1 trillion yen ($620 billion) in 2014 while imports climbed 5.7 percent to 85.9 trillion yen ($763.7 billion). The trade deficit rose by 11.4 percent from the 11.5 trillion yen ($97.7 billion) gap in 2013.

The data show exports from the world’s third-largest economy rising nearly twice as fast in the latter half of the year than in the first half, while the increase in imports fell sharply, suggesting the deficit will narrow in coming months.

The Japanese yen has weakened over the past year to about 117 yen to the dollar compared with about 100 yen in early 2014. That raises the value of Japan’s exports in yen terms. But it also pushes up costs for imports of fuel and food.

Japan ran trade surpluses for decades until its nuclear reactors were idled following a disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant in March 2011. Imports of oil and gas rose to compensate for the lost nuclear power capacity.

The more than 60 percent plunge in oil prices is a boon to

Japanese businesses that have been pinched by rising energy costs. But the impact was not fully reflected in the most recent data, said Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics.

“Lower energy prices may briefly return the trade balance to surplus in coming months, before a weaker yen and a rebound in the oil price push it back into deficit,” Thieliant said in a commentary.

But Thielient also said exports may slow in coming months.

Japan’s exports of vehicles, a major component of its total overseas business, fell 1.4 percent in volume terms in 2014 from a year earlier, though the value rose nearly 5 percent to 10.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion).

Electrical machinery exports rose 5 percent and exports of other machinery such as power generating equipment increased 6.4 percent, accounting for more than a quarter of total exports last year.

Exports to China rose 15 percent last year but are expected to slow as the economy of Japan’s neighbor cools after three decades of torrid growth. Japan’s exports to the United States, its biggest single export market, rose 5.6 percent last year to 13.6 trillion yen ($115.5 billion) while imports jumped nearly 11 percent to 7.5 trillion yen ($63.7 billion). The resulting trade surplus was nearly level with that of 2013, at 6.1 trillion yen ($51.8 billion). (ap)

Potential for Rice Barns to be part of cultural tourism packages

SINGARAJA – Much like the many palm-leaf manuscripts that remain in the hands of local residents, a number of old buildings also remain the property of individuals in Buleleng, such as jineng or rice barns. These buildings, which functioned as mini warehouses in the past can now serve as tourist attractions for foreign travelers wishing to learn about the history, function and traditional rituals –the relationship that the people of Bali have with these buildings.

The large Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan village, (Sawan), still own a number of these wooden jineng. Despite tbeing old, only a few wooden parts have become porous with age. Each of the jineng buildings owned by the Telaga Waja clan has six beams. It is said, that the number of wooden beam in a Balinese jineng indicates the level of prosperity of the family that owns it. Six beams, therefore indicates that this family was in fact quite wealthy at the time that the jineng was built.

One of the administrators of the Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan, said the exact history of the rice barns was not known.

“They have been here since I was a child and my parents said that they were quite old”. He himself has long desired to know about the history of the buildings owned by his ancestors, so that the next generation would be familiar with their heritage and

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Jineng or rice barn is easy to find and still belonging to individual property in Buleleng. The building functioned to store possessions in the past can also attract foreign travelers wishing to learn about the history, function and traditional ritual made by Balinese people for the building.

Oil prices down in Asia

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asia Monday after the anti-austerity party Syriza swept to victory in Greece’s general elections, dealing a further blow to the struggling euro, analysts said.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery plunged by as much as 2.7 percent to $44.35 a barrel in New York, and Brent crude for March tumbled by up to 1.9 percent in London.

Both contracts regained some ground and in afternoon trade in Asia, WTI was trading at $45.02, down 57 cents, or 1.25 percent, and Brent was at $48.31, off 48 cents or 0.98 percent.

“Oil prices plunged just when they opened. We believe that the initial drop was sparked by the Greek elections,” said Daniel Ang, an investment analyst with Phillip Futures in Singapore.

“We even saw a glimpse of panic selling once the market opened.

However, prices did rebound shortly after it dropped,” he told AFP. The victory by the Syriza Party, whose anti-austerity policies have sparked fears Greece could exit the eurozone, sent the euro plunging to fresh 11-year lows against the US dollar.

Analysts say this makes dollarpriced oil more expensive, denting demand and adding further downward pressure on oil prices.

Syriza wants to renegotiate the terms of Greece’s 240-billioneuro ($269 billion) bailout deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund which the party says is stifling any chance Greece has of economic recovery.

Singapore’s DBS Bank said “markets will be worried over the new government’s take on the reform agenda and austerity measures”.

Oil has lost more than half its value since June last year when the commodity was sitting at more than $100 a barrel due to a supply glut, boosted largely by robust US production, and weak global demand.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, last November decided to keep output levels despite the oversupply.

“Oil prices for the rest of the week is expected to move rangebound again,” Ang said. (afp)

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seek to preserve it.

The potential of theses ancient buildings, to support the development of tourism in the area, has been followed up by the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency. Last week, the Head of the agency, Gede Suyasa, was received by the local clan board so that he could have a closer look at the buildings belonging to the Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan .

Suyasa explained that upon closer inspection, damage to the roof and wooden frame of the building was apparent, with one beam so badly skewed that it threatened to collapse. The grounds around the old building also showed neglect.

Based on the condition of the building, the former Head of the Buleleng Development Planning Board (Bappeda) suggested that the owner that he do a better job at maintaining this heritage building. The

owner was also advised to provide some history about the building as well as its present function as this information is important in the context of cultural tourism. Travelers are not so much interested in the physical design of a building, as they are in its history and function, particularly those aspects that are associated with the particular site and the culture of the people there.

Suyasa concluded that government assistance for the preservation and promotion of this building was not possible at present.

He did however add that starting in the fiscal year of 2015, his paty would draft a program designed to help preserve heritage buildings in the community. “I think this is a good idea, because there are other families who have similar heritage rice barns. It would be a shame for them to disappear from our community by being sold off to foreigners.

Hopefully, families can preserve their rice barn legacies”, he said. Furthermore, apart from rice barns, there are other traditional buildings that could also serve to promote cultural tourism development in North Bali instead of having all these heritage buildings simply sold off. (kmb38)

GIANYAR - Masceti Temple at Medahan village, Blahbatuh, holds the status of a dang kahyangan temple, or a temple established for venerating ancient Hindu sages. The government of Gianyar stating plans to build a twostorey subak museum near the temple, with the purpose of educating your people on the importance of subak conservation.

In the press release, Chairman of the Masceti Temple Committee, I Nyoman Soma Wirawan, is also one of the subak chiefs, revealed that the creation of the subak museum had good intentions from the start. Land conversions that are occurring all over Bali but especially in Gianyar have made farmers uneasy so it was necessary to have a good look at the planned museum before further steps could be taken.

A total of 20 subak chiefs who support the Masceti Temple are well aware of the reality of globalization and its effects. For that reason, they agreed to submit a proposal for the development of a subak museum as a medium for educating the younger generation about the importance of preserving the subak as a traditional institution that has been handed down for centuries.

With the help of the government of Gianyar, the proposal sent to the central government. “We greatly appreciate the great care and concern shown by the government of Gianyar towards farmers in the region, and especially toward subak organizations. Faciliating the construction of the subak museum is one example”, he said.

Wirawan, said that the subak museum development process involved discussions with experts from the fields of agriculture, art, culture as well as architecture. “Local residents were informed about the intention of the museum to serve as means to educate, develop and preserve subak and also has the potential of becoming a tourist destination for Masceti village and received the full support of all concerned parties”, he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Gianyar Culture Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Wijana, explained that the subak museum development began with the implementation of a workshop at Masceti Temple in 2010. This workshop took the form of a discussion about eh importance of preserving the subak through the development of a subak museum. The workshop was attended by the Masceti Temple commity, all the subak chiefs, as well as by headmen of Medahan and chief of Keramas customary village.

After the workshop, the Masceti Temple committee followed up by submitting proposal for the development of subak museum and Lebih Beach tourist destination to the government of Gianyar who forwarded the proposal to the central government. The proposal was approved and the central government provided for financial assistance worth IDR 5 billion in the budget amendment of 2012. Because there was not enough time for the workmanship involved, the money was returned. “In 2014, the central government issued IDR 2 billion for the construction of the subak museum” said Wijana. (kmb16)

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Japan seeks Jordan’s help on gaining hostage’s release

TOKYO — Japan sought help from Jordan and other countries Monday in its race to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group, with no signs of progress on securing his release. The chief government spokesman refused direct comment on the contents of talks with Jordan, where a Japanese envoy is coordinating regional efforts to save hostage Kenji Goto.

The Islamic State group said in an online video on Jan. 20 that it had two Japanese hostages and would kill them within 72 hours unless it paid $200 million.

Over the weekend, a new, unverified video showed a still photo of Goto, a 47-year-old journalist, holding a picture of what appears to be the body of fellow hostage Haruna Yukawa. It included a recording of a voice claiming to be Goto, saying his captors want a prisoner exchange instead of ransom.

Asked if the latest demand, which brings Jordan into the picture, makes the situation more complex, Yoshihide Suga avoided a straight answer. But he said, “Naturally, Jordan has its own thoughts.” “The government is doing its utmost as the situation is still developing,” he told reporters. “We are seeking cooperation from every possible party toward a release (of

the remaining hostage).”

Japanese officials have indicated they are treating the video released over the weekend as authentic and thus accepting the likelihood that Yukawa, a 42-year-old adventurer captured in Syria last summer, was killed. “It was an extremely dastardly act,” Suga said.

In Amman, Yasuhide Nakayama, the Japanese deputy foreign minister in charge of the crisis, emerged from meetings with no fresh progress to report. “Due to the nature of is problem, please understand why I cannot disclose information such as with whom I had meetings,” he said. Nakayama vowed to “absolutely not give up until the end.”

The Associated Press could not verify the contents of the weekend video message, which differed from earlier videos released by the Islamic State group, which now

holds a third of both Syria and Iraq. News of the likely killing of Yukawa drew international condemnation, and outrage in Japan.

Goto is thought to have been seized in late October after going there to try to rescue him.

Some in Japan are critical of the two men for taking such risks.

Some Japanese also are criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for pursuing a more assertive foreign policy, saying it may have contributed to the crisis.

Abe has pushed to expand the role for Japan’s troops — one that has remained strictly confined to self-defense under the pacifist constitution adopted after the nation’s defeat in World War II. While on a visit to the Middle East earlier this month, Abe announced $200 million in humanitarian aid to the nations fighting the militants. (ap)

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PARIS — Ten people including a famed French photographer are going on trial, accused of swindling millions of euros in cash and artwork from France’s richest woman.

The trial in Bordeaux is part of the complex politico-financial scandal dubbed the “Bettencourt Affair.”

Photographer Francois-Marie Banier and others are accused of taking advantage of the frail state of 92-yearold Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics fortune.

Philippine police clash with Muslim rebels in south, at least 30 dead

MANILA - At least 30 people were killed in heavy fighting between police and Muslim rebels in the Philippines on Sunday, military and local officials said, threatening a year-old peace agreement and shattering a ceasefire that held for three years. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest rebel group in the Philippine south, accepted an autonomy offer in March 2014 from the government, ending 45 years of conflict in which 120,000 people were killed and 2 million displaced.

Under the deal, brokered by Malaysia, the Moro rebels were to surrender their weapons and disband after the government had set up a new autonomous government in the south and granted the Muslim minority wider economic and political power.

But Sunday’s clashes, which lasted nearly 12 hours near Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, are likely to be a major setback in the implementation of the deal as Philippine Congress deliberates a new law on Muslim autonomy.

Army sources said police had entered a Muslim community where MILF and its rival faction, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, are believed to be operating. The

Philippine National Police did not give any statement. Zacaria Guma, a MILF commander, in a statement said the police did not coordinate with a joint government and rebel ceasefire panel.

Police had wanted to arrest Zulkifli bin Hir, a Malaysian bomb expert who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. State Department, an army spokesman said. Local officials in Mamasapano said 27 police officers and five rebels were killed. Seven more police officers were unaccounted for and a further eight captured by Muslim rebels.

The death toll could reach 50 people, most of them from the police, the army sources said. Colonel Restituto Padilla said no army unit was involved but they were helping recover police casualties in the area. Nine had been retrieved. Government and rebel peace panels are now holding informal talks to defuse tension and prevent the incident from escalating and spilling out and threaten the entire peace process.

The last time the MILF clashed with security force was in November 2011 when troops raided a supposed Islamist militants lair. The peace talks with MILF nearly collapsed then. (ap)

“In 2014 the National Road Agency provided road maintenance for Region VIII in Denpasar. This year the agency will provide maintenance to the nationally owned roads of the city of Denpasar”, said Anwar.

He added that the eight road maintenance activities valued at approximately IDR 215 billion include improvements the road around Jalan Cokroaminoto and around Tohpati as well as periodic maintenance on Jalan Cokroaminoto, Jalan Sutomo, Jalan Setiabudi, Jalan Wahidin and Jalan Thamrin. This amount will also be used for improvement of the Western Ring Road (WRR) between Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat and Jalan Gunung Soputan as well as periodic road maintenance and rehabilitation around Kuta and Pesanggaran. (kmb12)

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Deputy of Indonesia’s anti-graft body to resign

The complex saga also ensnared former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but he was cleared in 2013 of preliminary charges that he had taken advantage of Bettencourt’s condition by accepting tens of thousands of euros in illegal campaign contributions on the way to his 2007 election victory.

Sarkozy’s then-campaign treasurer Eric Woerth is among the 10 people going on trial in Bordeaux Monday. (ap)

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JAKARTA - The deputy chief of Indonesia’s anti-graft agency submit his resignation letter on Monday, days after the police named him a suspect in a false testimony case.

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to speed up and simplify investment licensing services in Indonesia through the implementation of the one-door integrated service (PTSP).

President urges for speedy, simplified investment licensing services

JAKARTA - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to speed up and simplify investment licensing services in Indonesia through the implementation of the one-door integrated service (PTSP).

“The BKPM launching the PTSP is just an initial step. Next, I will order to simplify and speed it up, so it will not be complicated,” the president stated on Monday while launching the PTSP. He pointed out that in the past, an investor keen on building a power plant would need 52 permits, and the process would take 930 days.

“For me, it is unacceptable. It has to be corrected, so that the electricity problem in cities and districts could be solved,” the head of state noted.

He also urged the BKPM to optimize the use of information technology, so that the licensing process could become transparent, and investors could follow the process.

Investment is expected to help the country achieve an economic growth rate of over seven percent within the next three years.

“This year, the economic growth of other countries will decrease, while we will grow at 5.1 percent.

Our target is 5.6-5.8 percent, and the key is the realization of the state budget (APBN) and investment, among other things,” he affirmed.

Among those present during the PTSP launch ceremony were Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, Coordinating Minister for Culture and Human Development Puan Maharani, and Deputy Finance Minister Mardiasmo.

The BKPM in its statement earlier said the PTSP was established in keeping with President Jokowi’s directive to help investors skip the lengthy process of bureaucracy.

BKPM Chairman Franky Sibarani stated that his office and other ministries/institutions are ready to serve the licensing process for all kinds of businesses.

“Investors needing licenses will be served better, as they do not have to tour Jakarta and visit several ministries/institutions for that purpose,” Sibarani remarked, adding that investors just need to visit the BKPM office.

Coordination has been carried out by 22 relevant ministries/ institutions, which will delegate their authorities in issuing licenses to the BKPM and assigning their personnel to help run the service. (ant)

Police on Friday detained and questioned Bambang Widjojanto, deputy chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), for a case dating from 2010, fuelling tension between two law enforcement bodies that have long had strained relations.

“Bambang will submit his resignation letter today,” Johan Budi, KPK’s deputy for corruption prevention, told Reuters.

Widjojanto, who told domestic media on Saturday he was considering resigning, was not immediately

available for comment.

The head of the KPK, Abraham Samad, told domestic news website Detik.com on Saturday that he would not accept a resignation letter from Widjojanto, who is one of four KPK commissioners.

KPK supporters believe Widjojanto was named a police suspect in retaliation for the agency’s decision to declare police general Budi Gunawan a bribery suspect on Jan. 13. That announcement led President Joko Widodo to delay Gunawan’s appointment as the next

police chief.

The police said its actions against Widjojanto were not linked to the agency.

The apparent tit-for-tat actions reignite a rivalry between the graft-tainted police and the independent agency, popular among ordinary Indonesians for being a thorn in the side of the establishment.

Resolving the situation will prove an early test for Widodo, who took office in October, pledging a clean government. (rtr)

Indonesia allows US miner to continue exports after smelter pledge J A K A RTA - I n d o n e s i a will allow US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan to continue exporting minerals for at least another six months after it agreed to build a smelter costing $2.3 billion, government officials said Sunday.

On Tuesday officials had threatened to suspend Freeport’s export licence, with the energy minister accusing it of failing to uphold its end of a bargain with the government.

“The export permit continues. It is for six month and then it will be evaluated,” said R. Sukhyar, the directorgeneral for coal and mineral resources.

The evaluation will take into account significant progress in the smelter development, which is due to be com-

pleted in 2017, he added.

Indonesia is flexing its muscles as it seek bigger profits from its mineral wealth from miners such as Freeport, whose Grasberg copper and gold mine in Papua province is one of the world’s largest.

Freeport and the Indonesian government will also hold talks over the next six months to discuss an extension of its contract to run Grasberg after the existing agreement expires in 2021.

The US company, which has operated in Indonesia for more than 40 years, proposed a 20-year extension, and pledged that it would invest another $15 billion to build underground mines beneath the depleted Grasberg openpit mine.

“We have expectations going forward that we are going to continue to mine for the life of the mine. The partnership between the government and Freeport, this partnership is forever,” the firm’s chairman James R. Moffett told a press conference in Jakarta.

The government of new President Joko Widodo, however, said it wanted more if it were to allow Freeport to stay longer.

“In the negotiation process to extend Freeport’s contract, the government wants Freeport’s presence to be able to make a more significant contribution to development in Papua,” Sudirman Said, the energy and mineral resources minister, told the press conference. (afp)

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Petulu Village GIANYAR - When having a closer look at white heron, our mind will immediately refer to a quiet and cool village. It is the Petulu village located in Ubud subdistrict, Gianyar, or about 25 km from Denpasar.

The village is a breeding place of the white

heron. Thousands of white herons live and mingle with local people amicably.

The birds are never afraid of the behavior of local people. They live freely as if they have become a part of the local community.

They look for food at the space in front of

the house, yard, and fields as well as play on the branches or twigs of tree. Interestingly, people also feel comfortable and do not dare expel, let alone kill them.

Foreign tourists love intimacy. Even, a few of those tourists come specifically to watch and immortalize them through electronic media. Moreover, it is accompanied with the life story on the white heron at Petulu categorized to be unique and unbelievable.

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Unlike during May to August, they are only perching on the trees because they are going out to look for food and come back in the afternoon. Their existence will be different in September and October. At that time, those herons are estimated to have a desire, so that they should go out to the beach and marshes.

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Millsap, Horford lead Hawks to 16th straight win

ATLANTA — Paul Millsap scored 20 points and Al Horford added 19 as Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-100 on Sunday, extending the Hawks’ club record with their 16th straight win. Jeff Teague finished with 15 points and seven of Atlanta’s 30 assists as the Hawks won for the 30th time in 32 games.

Thaddeus Young had 26 points and Mo Williams added 20 for Minnesota. The Timberwolves, who are last in the Western Conference, have lost four straight and 20 of 22.

In Cleveland, LeBron James scored 34 points, including the first eight in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-98 for their sixth straight win.

James made a pair of 3-pointers and a nasty fade-away jumper to give the Cavs a 91-80 lead. Later, the four-time MVP fed Kevin Love for a 3-pointer with 3:38 left that put the Thunder away. The Cavs are 6-1 since James returned after missing eight games with a strained back and knee.

Kevin Durant scored 32 and Russell Westbrook had 22 for the Thunder, who went 3-2 on their longest road trip this season. Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a teamrecord and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help the Heat

beat the Chicago Bulls 96-84.

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, Chris Bosh finished with 20 and Luol Deng scored 15 in his return to Chicago. Pau Gasol had 13 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, giving him 50 over the past three games.

Derrick Rose scored 19 for Chicago, but missed all six 3-pointers.

The Indiana Pacers defeated the Orlando Magic 106-99 to end a seven-game losing streak after David West scored 20 points and reserve Damjan Rudez added a career-high 18, while Blake Griffin and Chris Paul scored 23 points each to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Phoenix Suns 120-100.

In other games, the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-106, the Golden State Warriors downed the Boston Celtics 114-111, the Washington Wizards edged the Denver Nuggets 117115 in overtime and the Houston Rockets were 99-87 winners over the Los Angeles Lakers. (ap)

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“Someone in the crowd said ‘come on Serena, use spin,’” Williams said in a courtside interview.

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Minnesota Timberwolves’ Glenn Robinson III, center, puts up a layup to score against the defense of Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap, left, and Pero Antic, right of Macedonia, in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Atlanta.

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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Garbine Muguruza of Spain in their women’s singles fourth round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 26, 2015.

the advice had hit home. “I was like, ‘you’re right. I’m trying to do that anyway, but I wasn’t doing it’.

“It’s been really great. I hear my name throughout the whole stadium like 360 (degrees). I don’t get that everywhere. It feels good.”

Williams has started slowly in all her matches at Melbourne Park before rallying and did so again against 21-year-old Muguruza, who showed she has the shots to trouble the world’s top players.

The American needed her everreliable serve to get her out of a number of jams and saved six break points in a fiercely contested second game of the decisive set.

The tough hold helped Williams zero in on the finish line and the American 18-times grand slam champion was bullet-proof from there on, though Muguruza scrapped hard until the final ball.

A fan may have woken Williams up, but her regular coach Patrick Mouratoglou was given most of the credit for keeping her at the top of the heap at the age of 33.

“I think Patrick has brought a lot more than one or two things,” said Williams. “I think he’s brought a lot of consistency to my game, a lot of motivation, a lot of strategy.

I go into a match knowing exactly what to expect, what to do. “It makes my life a lot easier. The motivation is really unbelievable that he has. We’re a lot alike. He’s a perfectionist. I’m a perfectionist.

So when I’m not where I need to be, he is there.

“He’s like, ‘you have to be better. There’s no other option but to be better’. If I want to continue to play, we’re working on new things.” Williams was ecstatic with the win, having failed to get past the fourth round at any of the three slams apart from the U.S. Open last year.

She will play last year’s losing finalist Dominika Cibulkova for a place in the semi-finals, after the pint-sized Slovakian dumped out two-time champion Victoria Azarenka with an impressive display of clean hitting. (rtr)

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Sp rt PSG wins 1-0 at Saint-Etienne to stay 4 points behind Lyon

PARIS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored for the first time in five league games, blasting home a penalty as Paris Saint-Germain secured a scrappy 1-0 win at Saint-Etienne to stay four points behind leader Lyon, which beat 10-man Metz 2-0 in Sunday’s earlier game with top scorer Alexandre Lacazette limping off shortly after scoring.

The win moves PSG up to second place, level on points and on goal difference with bitter rival Marseille, while Saint-Etienne remains in fourth spot.

“The whole team did well and we’re starting to play the right away again. The team spirit’s improved and we’ve won four (games in a row),” PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi said. “We’re still within touching distance and that’s a good thing, because it’s very important not to let Lyon get too far ahead of us.

We’ve beaten Saint-Etienne three times this season, so that shows that PSG’s not finished.”

Ibrahimovic was kept quiet until the second half, when his 60th-minute spot-kick finally broke Saint-Etienne’s stubborn resistance. It was awarded after midfielder Jeremy Clement was adjudged to have handled the ball, with replays showing it struck him just at the top of his right arm.

As he was preparing to take the

kick, Ibrahimovic removed some debris thrown onto the pitch and composed himself before shooting hard to the left of goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier, who almost got his fingers to the ball. Moments earlier, Ruffier saved with his legs after Ibrahimovic latched on to a fine pass from midfielder Marco Verratti and tried to clip the ball over him.

Ibrahimovic, who scored the winning goal away to SaintEtienne in the League Cup quarterfinals two weeks ago, missed a chance to make it 2-0 in the 70th when he rushed his shot and his strike partner Edinson Cavani hit the crossbar with a neat lob five minutes later.

However, Ibrahimovic was lucky not to be sent off in injury time for going in late and high on Romain Hamouma with a wild and dangerous lunge, escaping with a yellow card. Saint-Etienne lamented the penalty decision but failed to hit the target once.

Earlier, Lacazette scored his

league-leading 21st goal of the season to put Lyon ahead in the 31st minute — his 13th goal in the past nine games — and then hurt his right hamstring two minutes later as he stretched for a high ball. Lyon coach Hubert Fournier expects him to miss at least next Sunday’s trip to fifthplace Monaco, with Lyon hosting PSG the following weekend.

“Alex has probably pulled a muscle,” Fournier said. “It’s the only negative point of the afternoon.” Midfielder Corentin Tolisso — one of eight homegrown players in the side — added the other goal with a fine dipping strike in the 84th. Argentine defender Guidi Milan was sent off as the last man when he fouled Rachid Ghezzal, who went over under slight contact.

Also, Evian beat fellow struggler Toulouse 1-0; Caen moved above Lens and into 18th place after a morale-boosting 4-1 win at Rennes, and Lens drew 0-0 at Reims. (ap)

The tables were turned when Parejo was adjudged to have fouled Figueiras inside the penalty box and Carlos Bacca beat keeper Diego Alves with his spot-kick for Sevilla in the 37th minute. Alves was soon showing off his ability to block the ball when he denied Bacca a second goal from the penalty spot five minutes before break after Joao Cancelo brought down Vitolo. A Javi Fuego long-range drive following the restart sealed the victory.

Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo praised Alves, who has built up a reputation for penalty saves and has now stopped four out of five spot-kicks against Sevilla. “It is incredible and really helps the team. He wins us points by blocking penalties and I would just like to challenge him to keep going and continue to do this,” he told a news conference.

“The team worked hard and I am happy with the result but I do think that we could have scored more.” Seventhplaced Malaga drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao after Javi Guerra’s 78th minute strike followed Mikel San Jose’s earlier effort for the Basque side.

A brace from Christian Stuani and another goal from Felipe Caicedo gave Espanyol, in ninth place, a 3-0 win over Almeria. (rtr)

LISBON - Porto’s title hopes suffered a blow when they squandered a bucketful of chances and suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at Maritimo in the Portuguese championship on Sunday. Brazilian midfielder Bruno Gallo scored the only goal for the Madeira team, who were reduced to 10 men late on, when he hooked a spectacular effort into the top corner after the Porto defence failed to properly clear the ball in the 32nd minute.

Apart from that, it was all Porto but they were thwarted by some desperate last-ditch defending and their own poor finishing in the second half. Maritimo goalkeeper Romain Salin made a superb double save in the 51st minute, blocking a close-range effort from Casemiro and also stopping Bruno Martins Indi’s weak effort from the rebound.

In another Porto attack, Cristian Tello hit the post, Ricardo Quaresma’s effort

from the rebound was saved by Salin and then another Tello effort was turned away for a corner. Second-placed Porto were denied again when Ruben Ferreira headed Ruben Neves’s goalbound effort off the line. Maritimo played the last 13 minutes with 10 men after Raul was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Porto (40 points) stayed six points behind leaders Benfica, who could extend their lead when they visit Pacos de Ferreira on Monday. “When you miss so many clear chances and concede a goal from the opponents’ first chance, it gets complicated,” said Porto coach Julen Lopetegui. “We were not efficient. “We are not throwing in the towel. There is still the whole of the second half of the championship to play.” Third-placed Sporting are one point behind Porto after Joao Mario’s second-half goal gave them a 1-0 win over Academica. (rtr)

Wasteful Porto suffer shock defeat at Maritimo

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Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic prepares to kick the ball during their French League One soccer match against Saint-Etienne, in Saint-Etienne, central France, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

Juventus beats Chievo 2-0 to move 7 points clear

Valencia go fourth in La Liga with Sevilla win BARCELONA - Dani Parejo hit a double as Valencia beat Sevilla 3-1 in a highly-charged clash and moved above them into fourth place in La Liga on Sunday. Both teams have their sights set on the final Champions League place and in a stormy match, with three penalties awarded in the first half, Valencia came out on top and have 41 points, two more than their rivals who have a game in hand.

“It was a great result against a team that is also looking to finish fourth. We knew that we would have to fight to the end and that there wouldn’t be much between the teams,” Parejo told reporters. “We had the right intensity and motivation that has helped us all season. We know that there is still a long way to go and I think the team can still get better.”

With the top three teams all winning on Saturday, Real Madrid lead the standings with 48 points, one more than Barcelona and four clear of champions Atletico Madrid. Parejo sent keeper Beto the wrong way after 18 minutes from the penalty spot following a foul by Diogo Figueiras on Alvaro Negredo, and he then finished clinically after 32 minutes having been found by Enzo Perez on a Valencia counter-attack.

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Equatorial Guinea’s Pablo Ganet Comitre, left, with teammates celebrates after winning their African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match against Gabon in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

Eq. Guinea, Rep. of Congo reach African Cup quarterfinals

BATA, Equatorial Guinea — Host Equatorial Guinea is into the quarterfinals at the African Cup of Nations, and so is one of the big outsiders in Republic of Congo. Equatorial Guinea eliminated Gabon with a second-half surge to take its place in the knockout stages of its home tournament on Sunday as Javier Balboa and Iban Edu scored in a 2-0 win in the last round of games in Group A. The victory caused wild celebrations by the home fans at Bata Stadium, who roared, stamped their feet down on the metal floors of the stadium, and even caused riot police to be scrambled around the field at the very end just in case the wild celebrations got out of hand. “It’s magnificent,” Equatorial Guinea’s Argentine coach Esteban Becker said. He put it down to “the passion” of his young team.

Republic of Congo’s progress — as winner of the group — was more surprising as the team had not even qualified for the African championship in 15 years, and last won a game at the African Cup in 1974. Now, the team has won twice in four days. Republic of Congo followed up its 1-0 win over Gabon with a 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso in Ebebiyin to seal a spot in the quarters.

Fabrice N’Guessi grabbed the Congolese winner with a header three minutes from the end, and a minute after Burkina Faso had equalized, to further improve French coach Claude Le Roy’s outstanding record at the Cup of Nations. Le Roy is coaching in a record eighth African Cup. In Bata, the host had to ride its luck as Gabon strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frederic Bulot had gilt-edged chances in the first half but were denied by outstanding Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Felipe Ovono.

The game changed in the second when Javier Balboa won and converted a penalty for Equatorial Guinea in the 55th minute, emptying the bench as the entire squad raced out to celebrate with him. As Gabon pushed desperately for an equalizer that would have sent it through instead, it left holes at the back. Iban Edu pounced with four minutes to go to make sure of the victory, and the place in the quarters.

While the country celebrated, a bitterly disappointed Gabon coach Jorge Costa and captain Aubameyang lamented referee Doue Noumandiez’s decision to give the penalty that led to the first goal. “There you go. It’s football,” Aubameyang said. (ap)

MILAN — Paul Pogba showed why the top European teams are interested in him as he orchestrated a 2-0 win for Juventus against Chievo Verona, sending the defending champion seven points clear atop the Serie A table on Sunday as Roma drew 1-1 at Fiorentina. Pogba scored a stunning opener on the hour mark and was instrumental in his team’s second, netted by Stephan Lichtsteiner.

“Paul scored an extraordinary goal and pulled the ball down brilliantly for the second,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “He is an intelligent, calm and level-headed lad who always wants to improve. ... The club has to decide (whether to sell him) but it’s not a problem to consider right now. It is difficult to replace world class players, but football goes on.”

Former Fiorentina forward Adem Ljajic cancelled out Mario Gomez’s strike as Roma drew its third successive league match.

“We had a great second half, there was a good reaction,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. “I saw an ambitious team which is capable of scoring. With this spirit we will win many matches.

“We’ll continue on our path without looking at the others. We have to be more clinical for the entire 90 minutes.” Meanwhile, there will be further debate about goal-line technology after Palermo had a goal ruled out in a 1-1 draw at Sampdoria, with the home side’s new signing Samuel Eto’o in attendance.

A stoppage-time goal gave Torino a 1-0 win at Inter Milan, its first since 1988, while a late Alejandro Rodriguez strike also saw Cesena beat Parma 2-1 in a relegation battle between the two bottom sides. Hellas Verona beat Atalanta 1-0, with Javier Saviola scoring his first Serie A goal.

Juventus struggled to break down Chievo although Giorgio Chiellini nodded just over from a couple of corners, and had another header from a corner deflected over the bar by goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri. It took a moment of magic to break the deadlock as Pogba skipped past two Chievo players before unleashing a powerful 20-yard strike into the bottom corner for his fourth goal in as many games.

Pogba almost claimed the second too as he brought down a cross with his foot before hitting it on the volley, forcing a great save from Bizzarri, only for Lichsteiner to slot in the rebound.

Roma knew it couldn’t afford another slip after draws against Lazio and Palermo but Mario Gomez redirected David Pizarro’s long-range strike for his third goal in two matches after scoring twice in the Italian Cup midweek. Roma looked a different side after the break and leveled after four minutes. Juan Iturbe did well to bring down Francesco Totti’s long ball and hold off the defenders before squaring for Ljajic, who did not celebrate his goal.

There was further bad news for Roma as Kevin Strootman went off as a precaution after taking a knock to the knee he had surgery on back in March.

In Genoa, all eyes were on the stands, where club president Massimo Ferrero sat with a smiling Eto’o and fellow new signing Luis Muriel, with all three wearing Sampdoria scarves. Eto’o underwent a successful medical this weekend and Everton said it expected the deal to be finalized in the next 24 hours.

Samp got off to the perfect start when Eder ran on to Roberto Soriano’s through ball and fired across to give his side the lead in the sixth minute.

The home side should have increased its advantage before Palermo levelled at the start of the second half with Franco Vazquez smashing in Edgar Barreto’s pass. Palermo was denied a winner when Michel Morganella’s effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar before bouncing off the ground and out. Replays showed the ball had crossed the line but the referee ignored Palermo’s protests.

Sampdoria moved level on points with third-placed Lazio, a point clear of Napoli, which hosts Genoa on Monday.

At San Siro, Emiliano Moretti scored in the dying seconds as Inter fell to its first defeat in six matches. Maxi Lopez headed a corner across to Moretti, who nodded in from point-blank range in the fourth minute of stoppage time. (ap)

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Juventus’ Paul Pogba celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Chievo Verona at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

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Sp rt PSG wins 1-0 at Saint-Etienne to stay 4 points behind Lyon

PARIS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored for the first time in five league games, blasting home a penalty as Paris Saint-Germain secured a scrappy 1-0 win at Saint-Etienne to stay four points behind leader Lyon, which beat 10-man Metz 2-0 in Sunday’s earlier game with top scorer Alexandre Lacazette limping off shortly after scoring.

The win moves PSG up to second place, level on points and on goal difference with bitter rival Marseille, while Saint-Etienne remains in fourth spot.

“The whole team did well and we’re starting to play the right away again. The team spirit’s improved and we’ve won four (games in a row),” PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi said. “We’re still within touching distance and that’s a good thing, because it’s very important not to let Lyon get too far ahead of us.

We’ve beaten Saint-Etienne three times this season, so that shows that PSG’s not finished.”

Ibrahimovic was kept quiet until the second half, when his 60th-minute spot-kick finally broke Saint-Etienne’s stubborn resistance. It was awarded after midfielder Jeremy Clement was adjudged to have handled the ball, with replays showing it struck him just at the top of his right arm.

As he was preparing to take the

kick, Ibrahimovic removed some debris thrown onto the pitch and composed himself before shooting hard to the left of goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier, who almost got his fingers to the ball. Moments earlier, Ruffier saved with his legs after Ibrahimovic latched on to a fine pass from midfielder Marco Verratti and tried to clip the ball over him.

Ibrahimovic, who scored the winning goal away to SaintEtienne in the League Cup quarterfinals two weeks ago, missed a chance to make it 2-0 in the 70th when he rushed his shot and his strike partner Edinson Cavani hit the crossbar with a neat lob five minutes later.

However, Ibrahimovic was lucky not to be sent off in injury time for going in late and high on Romain Hamouma with a wild and dangerous lunge, escaping with a yellow card. Saint-Etienne lamented the penalty decision but failed to hit the target once.

Earlier, Lacazette scored his

league-leading 21st goal of the season to put Lyon ahead in the 31st minute — his 13th goal in the past nine games — and then hurt his right hamstring two minutes later as he stretched for a high ball. Lyon coach Hubert Fournier expects him to miss at least next Sunday’s trip to fifthplace Monaco, with Lyon hosting PSG the following weekend.

“Alex has probably pulled a muscle,” Fournier said. “It’s the only negative point of the afternoon.” Midfielder Corentin Tolisso — one of eight homegrown players in the side — added the other goal with a fine dipping strike in the 84th. Argentine defender Guidi Milan was sent off as the last man when he fouled Rachid Ghezzal, who went over under slight contact.

Also, Evian beat fellow struggler Toulouse 1-0; Caen moved above Lens and into 18th place after a morale-boosting 4-1 win at Rennes, and Lens drew 0-0 at Reims. (ap)

The tables were turned when Parejo was adjudged to have fouled Figueiras inside the penalty box and Carlos Bacca beat keeper Diego Alves with his spot-kick for Sevilla in the 37th minute. Alves was soon showing off his ability to block the ball when he denied Bacca a second goal from the penalty spot five minutes before break after Joao Cancelo brought down Vitolo. A Javi Fuego long-range drive following the restart sealed the victory.

Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo praised Alves, who has built up a reputation for penalty saves and has now stopped four out of five spot-kicks against Sevilla. “It is incredible and really helps the team. He wins us points by blocking penalties and I would just like to challenge him to keep going and continue to do this,” he told a news conference.

“The team worked hard and I am happy with the result but I do think that we could have scored more.” Seventhplaced Malaga drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao after Javi Guerra’s 78th minute strike followed Mikel San Jose’s earlier effort for the Basque side.

A brace from Christian Stuani and another goal from Felipe Caicedo gave Espanyol, in ninth place, a 3-0 win over Almeria. (rtr)

LISBON - Porto’s title hopes suffered a blow when they squandered a bucketful of chances and suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at Maritimo in the Portuguese championship on Sunday. Brazilian midfielder Bruno Gallo scored the only goal for the Madeira team, who were reduced to 10 men late on, when he hooked a spectacular effort into the top corner after the Porto defence failed to properly clear the ball in the 32nd minute.

Apart from that, it was all Porto but they were thwarted by some desperate last-ditch defending and their own poor finishing in the second half. Maritimo goalkeeper Romain Salin made a superb double save in the 51st minute, blocking a close-range effort from Casemiro and also stopping Bruno Martins Indi’s weak effort from the rebound.

In another Porto attack, Cristian Tello hit the post, Ricardo Quaresma’s effort

from the rebound was saved by Salin and then another Tello effort was turned away for a corner. Second-placed Porto were denied again when Ruben Ferreira headed Ruben Neves’s goalbound effort off the line. Maritimo played the last 13 minutes with 10 men after Raul was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Porto (40 points) stayed six points behind leaders Benfica, who could extend their lead when they visit Pacos de Ferreira on Monday. “When you miss so many clear chances and concede a goal from the opponents’ first chance, it gets complicated,” said Porto coach Julen Lopetegui. “We were not efficient. “We are not throwing in the towel. There is still the whole of the second half of the championship to play.” Third-placed Sporting are one point behind Porto after Joao Mario’s second-half goal gave them a 1-0 win over Academica. (rtr)

Wasteful Porto suffer shock defeat at Maritimo

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Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic prepares to kick the ball during their French League One soccer match against Saint-Etienne, in Saint-Etienne, central France, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

Juventus beats Chievo 2-0 to move 7 points clear

Valencia go fourth in La Liga with Sevilla win BARCELONA - Dani Parejo hit a double as Valencia beat Sevilla 3-1 in a highly-charged clash and moved above them into fourth place in La Liga on Sunday. Both teams have their sights set on the final Champions League place and in a stormy match, with three penalties awarded in the first half, Valencia came out on top and have 41 points, two more than their rivals who have a game in hand.

“It was a great result against a team that is also looking to finish fourth. We knew that we would have to fight to the end and that there wouldn’t be much between the teams,” Parejo told reporters. “We had the right intensity and motivation that has helped us all season. We know that there is still a long way to go and I think the team can still get better.”

With the top three teams all winning on Saturday, Real Madrid lead the standings with 48 points, one more than Barcelona and four clear of champions Atletico Madrid. Parejo sent keeper Beto the wrong way after 18 minutes from the penalty spot following a foul by Diogo Figueiras on Alvaro Negredo, and he then finished clinically after 32 minutes having been found by Enzo Perez on a Valencia counter-attack.

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Equatorial Guinea’s Pablo Ganet Comitre, left, with teammates celebrates after winning their African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match against Gabon in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

Eq. Guinea, Rep. of Congo reach African Cup quarterfinals

BATA, Equatorial Guinea — Host Equatorial Guinea is into the quarterfinals at the African Cup of Nations, and so is one of the big outsiders in Republic of Congo. Equatorial Guinea eliminated Gabon with a second-half surge to take its place in the knockout stages of its home tournament on Sunday as Javier Balboa and Iban Edu scored in a 2-0 win in the last round of games in Group A. The victory caused wild celebrations by the home fans at Bata Stadium, who roared, stamped their feet down on the metal floors of the stadium, and even caused riot police to be scrambled around the field at the very end just in case the wild celebrations got out of hand. “It’s magnificent,” Equatorial Guinea’s Argentine coach Esteban Becker said. He put it down to “the passion” of his young team.

Republic of Congo’s progress — as winner of the group — was more surprising as the team had not even qualified for the African championship in 15 years, and last won a game at the African Cup in 1974. Now, the team has won twice in four days. Republic of Congo followed up its 1-0 win over Gabon with a 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso in Ebebiyin to seal a spot in the quarters.

Fabrice N’Guessi grabbed the Congolese winner with a header three minutes from the end, and a minute after Burkina Faso had equalized, to further improve French coach Claude Le Roy’s outstanding record at the Cup of Nations. Le Roy is coaching in a record eighth African Cup. In Bata, the host had to ride its luck as Gabon strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frederic Bulot had gilt-edged chances in the first half but were denied by outstanding Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Felipe Ovono.

The game changed in the second when Javier Balboa won and converted a penalty for Equatorial Guinea in the 55th minute, emptying the bench as the entire squad raced out to celebrate with him. As Gabon pushed desperately for an equalizer that would have sent it through instead, it left holes at the back. Iban Edu pounced with four minutes to go to make sure of the victory, and the place in the quarters.

While the country celebrated, a bitterly disappointed Gabon coach Jorge Costa and captain Aubameyang lamented referee Doue Noumandiez’s decision to give the penalty that led to the first goal. “There you go. It’s football,” Aubameyang said. (ap)

MILAN — Paul Pogba showed why the top European teams are interested in him as he orchestrated a 2-0 win for Juventus against Chievo Verona, sending the defending champion seven points clear atop the Serie A table on Sunday as Roma drew 1-1 at Fiorentina. Pogba scored a stunning opener on the hour mark and was instrumental in his team’s second, netted by Stephan Lichtsteiner.

“Paul scored an extraordinary goal and pulled the ball down brilliantly for the second,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “He is an intelligent, calm and level-headed lad who always wants to improve. ... The club has to decide (whether to sell him) but it’s not a problem to consider right now. It is difficult to replace world class players, but football goes on.”

Former Fiorentina forward Adem Ljajic cancelled out Mario Gomez’s strike as Roma drew its third successive league match.

“We had a great second half, there was a good reaction,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. “I saw an ambitious team which is capable of scoring. With this spirit we will win many matches.

“We’ll continue on our path without looking at the others. We have to be more clinical for the entire 90 minutes.” Meanwhile, there will be further debate about goal-line technology after Palermo had a goal ruled out in a 1-1 draw at Sampdoria, with the home side’s new signing Samuel Eto’o in attendance.

A stoppage-time goal gave Torino a 1-0 win at Inter Milan, its first since 1988, while a late Alejandro Rodriguez strike also saw Cesena beat Parma 2-1 in a relegation battle between the two bottom sides. Hellas Verona beat Atalanta 1-0, with Javier Saviola scoring his first Serie A goal.

Juventus struggled to break down Chievo although Giorgio Chiellini nodded just over from a couple of corners, and had another header from a corner deflected over the bar by goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri. It took a moment of magic to break the deadlock as Pogba skipped past two Chievo players before unleashing a powerful 20-yard strike into the bottom corner for his fourth goal in as many games.

Pogba almost claimed the second too as he brought down a cross with his foot before hitting it on the volley, forcing a great save from Bizzarri, only for Lichsteiner to slot in the rebound.

Roma knew it couldn’t afford another slip after draws against Lazio and Palermo but Mario Gomez redirected David Pizarro’s long-range strike for his third goal in two matches after scoring twice in the Italian Cup midweek. Roma looked a different side after the break and leveled after four minutes. Juan Iturbe did well to bring down Francesco Totti’s long ball and hold off the defenders before squaring for Ljajic, who did not celebrate his goal.

There was further bad news for Roma as Kevin Strootman went off as a precaution after taking a knock to the knee he had surgery on back in March.

In Genoa, all eyes were on the stands, where club president Massimo Ferrero sat with a smiling Eto’o and fellow new signing Luis Muriel, with all three wearing Sampdoria scarves. Eto’o underwent a successful medical this weekend and Everton said it expected the deal to be finalized in the next 24 hours.

Samp got off to the perfect start when Eder ran on to Roberto Soriano’s through ball and fired across to give his side the lead in the sixth minute.

The home side should have increased its advantage before Palermo levelled at the start of the second half with Franco Vazquez smashing in Edgar Barreto’s pass. Palermo was denied a winner when Michel Morganella’s effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar before bouncing off the ground and out. Replays showed the ball had crossed the line but the referee ignored Palermo’s protests.

Sampdoria moved level on points with third-placed Lazio, a point clear of Napoli, which hosts Genoa on Monday.

At San Siro, Emiliano Moretti scored in the dying seconds as Inter fell to its first defeat in six matches. Maxi Lopez headed a corner across to Moretti, who nodded in from point-blank range in the fourth minute of stoppage time. (ap)

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Juventus’ Paul Pogba celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Chievo Verona at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

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Petulu Village GIANYAR - When having a closer look at white heron, our mind will immediately refer to a quiet and cool village. It is the Petulu village located in Ubud subdistrict, Gianyar, or about 25 km from Denpasar.

The village is a breeding place of the white

heron. Thousands of white herons live and mingle with local people amicably.

The birds are never afraid of the behavior of local people. They live freely as if they have become a part of the local community.

They look for food at the space in front of

the house, yard, and fields as well as play on the branches or twigs of tree. Interestingly, people also feel comfortable and do not dare expel, let alone kill them.

Foreign tourists love intimacy. Even, a few of those tourists come specifically to watch and immortalize them through electronic media. Moreover, it is accompanied with the life story on the white heron at Petulu categorized to be unique and unbelievable.

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International The visit should be made in November, December, January and April because in these months the herons will be crowded.

Unlike during May to August, they are only perching on the trees because they are going out to look for food and come back in the afternoon. Their existence will be different in September and October. At that time, those herons are estimated to have a desire, so that they should go out to the beach and marshes.

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Millsap, Horford lead Hawks to 16th straight win

ATLANTA — Paul Millsap scored 20 points and Al Horford added 19 as Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-100 on Sunday, extending the Hawks’ club record with their 16th straight win. Jeff Teague finished with 15 points and seven of Atlanta’s 30 assists as the Hawks won for the 30th time in 32 games.

Thaddeus Young had 26 points and Mo Williams added 20 for Minnesota. The Timberwolves, who are last in the Western Conference, have lost four straight and 20 of 22.

In Cleveland, LeBron James scored 34 points, including the first eight in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-98 for their sixth straight win.

James made a pair of 3-pointers and a nasty fade-away jumper to give the Cavs a 91-80 lead. Later, the four-time MVP fed Kevin Love for a 3-pointer with 3:38 left that put the Thunder away. The Cavs are 6-1 since James returned after missing eight games with a strained back and knee.

Kevin Durant scored 32 and Russell Westbrook had 22 for the Thunder, who went 3-2 on their longest road trip this season. Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a teamrecord and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help the Heat

beat the Chicago Bulls 96-84.

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, Chris Bosh finished with 20 and Luol Deng scored 15 in his return to Chicago. Pau Gasol had 13 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, giving him 50 over the past three games.

Derrick Rose scored 19 for Chicago, but missed all six 3-pointers.

The Indiana Pacers defeated the Orlando Magic 106-99 to end a seven-game losing streak after David West scored 20 points and reserve Damjan Rudez added a career-high 18, while Blake Griffin and Chris Paul scored 23 points each to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Phoenix Suns 120-100.

In other games, the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-106, the Golden State Warriors downed the Boston Celtics 114-111, the Washington Wizards edged the Denver Nuggets 117115 in overtime and the Houston Rockets were 99-87 winners over the Los Angeles Lakers. (ap)

‘Fan coach’ helps Serena focus on way to quarters

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Minnesota Timberwolves’ Glenn Robinson III, center, puts up a layup to score against the defense of Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap, left, and Pero Antic, right of Macedonia, in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Atlanta.

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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Garbine Muguruza of Spain in their women’s singles fourth round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 26, 2015.

the advice had hit home. “I was like, ‘you’re right. I’m trying to do that anyway, but I wasn’t doing it’.

“It’s been really great. I hear my name throughout the whole stadium like 360 (degrees). I don’t get that everywhere. It feels good.”

Williams has started slowly in all her matches at Melbourne Park before rallying and did so again against 21-year-old Muguruza, who showed she has the shots to trouble the world’s top players.

The American needed her everreliable serve to get her out of a number of jams and saved six break points in a fiercely contested second game of the decisive set.

The tough hold helped Williams zero in on the finish line and the American 18-times grand slam champion was bullet-proof from there on, though Muguruza scrapped hard until the final ball.

A fan may have woken Williams up, but her regular coach Patrick Mouratoglou was given most of the credit for keeping her at the top of the heap at the age of 33.

“I think Patrick has brought a lot more than one or two things,” said Williams. “I think he’s brought a lot of consistency to my game, a lot of motivation, a lot of strategy.

I go into a match knowing exactly what to expect, what to do. “It makes my life a lot easier. The motivation is really unbelievable that he has. We’re a lot alike. He’s a perfectionist. I’m a perfectionist.

So when I’m not where I need to be, he is there.

“He’s like, ‘you have to be better. There’s no other option but to be better’. If I want to continue to play, we’re working on new things.” Williams was ecstatic with the win, having failed to get past the fourth round at any of the three slams apart from the U.S. Open last year.

She will play last year’s losing finalist Dominika Cibulkova for a place in the semi-finals, after the pint-sized Slovakian dumped out two-time champion Victoria Azarenka with an impressive display of clean hitting. (rtr)

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Japan seeks Jordan’s help on gaining hostage’s release

TOKYO — Japan sought help from Jordan and other countries Monday in its race to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group, with no signs of progress on securing his release. The chief government spokesman refused direct comment on the contents of talks with Jordan, where a Japanese envoy is coordinating regional efforts to save hostage Kenji Goto.

The Islamic State group said in an online video on Jan. 20 that it had two Japanese hostages and would kill them within 72 hours unless it paid $200 million.

Over the weekend, a new, unverified video showed a still photo of Goto, a 47-year-old journalist, holding a picture of what appears to be the body of fellow hostage Haruna Yukawa. It included a recording of a voice claiming to be Goto, saying his captors want a prisoner exchange instead of ransom.

Asked if the latest demand, which brings Jordan into the picture, makes the situation more complex, Yoshihide Suga avoided a straight answer. But he said, “Naturally, Jordan has its own thoughts.” “The government is doing its utmost as the situation is still developing,” he told reporters. “We are seeking cooperation from every possible party toward a release (of

the remaining hostage).”

Japanese officials have indicated they are treating the video released over the weekend as authentic and thus accepting the likelihood that Yukawa, a 42-year-old adventurer captured in Syria last summer, was killed. “It was an extremely dastardly act,” Suga said.

In Amman, Yasuhide Nakayama, the Japanese deputy foreign minister in charge of the crisis, emerged from meetings with no fresh progress to report. “Due to the nature of is problem, please understand why I cannot disclose information such as with whom I had meetings,” he said. Nakayama vowed to “absolutely not give up until the end.”

The Associated Press could not verify the contents of the weekend video message, which differed from earlier videos released by the Islamic State group, which now

holds a third of both Syria and Iraq. News of the likely killing of Yukawa drew international condemnation, and outrage in Japan.

Goto is thought to have been seized in late October after going there to try to rescue him.

Some in Japan are critical of the two men for taking such risks.

Some Japanese also are criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for pursuing a more assertive foreign policy, saying it may have contributed to the crisis.

Abe has pushed to expand the role for Japan’s troops — one that has remained strictly confined to self-defense under the pacifist constitution adopted after the nation’s defeat in World War II. While on a visit to the Middle East earlier this month, Abe announced $200 million in humanitarian aid to the nations fighting the militants. (ap)

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PARIS — Ten people including a famed French photographer are going on trial, accused of swindling millions of euros in cash and artwork from France’s richest woman.

The trial in Bordeaux is part of the complex politico-financial scandal dubbed the “Bettencourt Affair.”

Photographer Francois-Marie Banier and others are accused of taking advantage of the frail state of 92-yearold Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics fortune.

Philippine police clash with Muslim rebels in south, at least 30 dead

MANILA - At least 30 people were killed in heavy fighting between police and Muslim rebels in the Philippines on Sunday, military and local officials said, threatening a year-old peace agreement and shattering a ceasefire that held for three years. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest rebel group in the Philippine south, accepted an autonomy offer in March 2014 from the government, ending 45 years of conflict in which 120,000 people were killed and 2 million displaced.

Under the deal, brokered by Malaysia, the Moro rebels were to surrender their weapons and disband after the government had set up a new autonomous government in the south and granted the Muslim minority wider economic and political power.

But Sunday’s clashes, which lasted nearly 12 hours near Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, are likely to be a major setback in the implementation of the deal as Philippine Congress deliberates a new law on Muslim autonomy.

Army sources said police had entered a Muslim community where MILF and its rival faction, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, are believed to be operating. The

Philippine National Police did not give any statement. Zacaria Guma, a MILF commander, in a statement said the police did not coordinate with a joint government and rebel ceasefire panel.

Police had wanted to arrest Zulkifli bin Hir, a Malaysian bomb expert who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. State Department, an army spokesman said. Local officials in Mamasapano said 27 police officers and five rebels were killed. Seven more police officers were unaccounted for and a further eight captured by Muslim rebels.

The death toll could reach 50 people, most of them from the police, the army sources said. Colonel Restituto Padilla said no army unit was involved but they were helping recover police casualties in the area. Nine had been retrieved. Government and rebel peace panels are now holding informal talks to defuse tension and prevent the incident from escalating and spilling out and threaten the entire peace process.

The last time the MILF clashed with security force was in November 2011 when troops raided a supposed Islamist militants lair. The peace talks with MILF nearly collapsed then. (ap)

“In 2014 the National Road Agency provided road maintenance for Region VIII in Denpasar. This year the agency will provide maintenance to the nationally owned roads of the city of Denpasar”, said Anwar.

He added that the eight road maintenance activities valued at approximately IDR 215 billion include improvements the road around Jalan Cokroaminoto and around Tohpati as well as periodic maintenance on Jalan Cokroaminoto, Jalan Sutomo, Jalan Setiabudi, Jalan Wahidin and Jalan Thamrin. This amount will also be used for improvement of the Western Ring Road (WRR) between Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat and Jalan Gunung Soputan as well as periodic road maintenance and rehabilitation around Kuta and Pesanggaran. (kmb12)

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Deputy of Indonesia’s anti-graft body to resign

The complex saga also ensnared former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but he was cleared in 2013 of preliminary charges that he had taken advantage of Bettencourt’s condition by accepting tens of thousands of euros in illegal campaign contributions on the way to his 2007 election victory.

Sarkozy’s then-campaign treasurer Eric Woerth is among the 10 people going on trial in Bordeaux Monday. (ap)

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An anti-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe protester attends a rally with a sign in front of Abe’s official residence in Tokyo Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

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JAKARTA - The deputy chief of Indonesia’s anti-graft agency submit his resignation letter on Monday, days after the police named him a suspect in a false testimony case.

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to speed up and simplify investment licensing services in Indonesia through the implementation of the one-door integrated service (PTSP).

President urges for speedy, simplified investment licensing services

JAKARTA - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to speed up and simplify investment licensing services in Indonesia through the implementation of the one-door integrated service (PTSP).

“The BKPM launching the PTSP is just an initial step. Next, I will order to simplify and speed it up, so it will not be complicated,” the president stated on Monday while launching the PTSP. He pointed out that in the past, an investor keen on building a power plant would need 52 permits, and the process would take 930 days.

“For me, it is unacceptable. It has to be corrected, so that the electricity problem in cities and districts could be solved,” the head of state noted.

He also urged the BKPM to optimize the use of information technology, so that the licensing process could become transparent, and investors could follow the process.

Investment is expected to help the country achieve an economic growth rate of over seven percent within the next three years.

“This year, the economic growth of other countries will decrease, while we will grow at 5.1 percent.

Our target is 5.6-5.8 percent, and the key is the realization of the state budget (APBN) and investment, among other things,” he affirmed.

Among those present during the PTSP launch ceremony were Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, Coordinating Minister for Culture and Human Development Puan Maharani, and Deputy Finance Minister Mardiasmo.

The BKPM in its statement earlier said the PTSP was established in keeping with President Jokowi’s directive to help investors skip the lengthy process of bureaucracy.

BKPM Chairman Franky Sibarani stated that his office and other ministries/institutions are ready to serve the licensing process for all kinds of businesses.

“Investors needing licenses will be served better, as they do not have to tour Jakarta and visit several ministries/institutions for that purpose,” Sibarani remarked, adding that investors just need to visit the BKPM office.

Coordination has been carried out by 22 relevant ministries/ institutions, which will delegate their authorities in issuing licenses to the BKPM and assigning their personnel to help run the service. (ant)

Police on Friday detained and questioned Bambang Widjojanto, deputy chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), for a case dating from 2010, fuelling tension between two law enforcement bodies that have long had strained relations.

“Bambang will submit his resignation letter today,” Johan Budi, KPK’s deputy for corruption prevention, told Reuters.

Widjojanto, who told domestic media on Saturday he was considering resigning, was not immediately

available for comment.

The head of the KPK, Abraham Samad, told domestic news website Detik.com on Saturday that he would not accept a resignation letter from Widjojanto, who is one of four KPK commissioners.

KPK supporters believe Widjojanto was named a police suspect in retaliation for the agency’s decision to declare police general Budi Gunawan a bribery suspect on Jan. 13. That announcement led President Joko Widodo to delay Gunawan’s appointment as the next

police chief.

The police said its actions against Widjojanto were not linked to the agency.

The apparent tit-for-tat actions reignite a rivalry between the graft-tainted police and the independent agency, popular among ordinary Indonesians for being a thorn in the side of the establishment.

Resolving the situation will prove an early test for Widodo, who took office in October, pledging a clean government. (rtr)

Indonesia allows US miner to continue exports after smelter pledge J A K A RTA - I n d o n e s i a will allow US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan to continue exporting minerals for at least another six months after it agreed to build a smelter costing $2.3 billion, government officials said Sunday.

On Tuesday officials had threatened to suspend Freeport’s export licence, with the energy minister accusing it of failing to uphold its end of a bargain with the government.

“The export permit continues. It is for six month and then it will be evaluated,” said R. Sukhyar, the directorgeneral for coal and mineral resources.

The evaluation will take into account significant progress in the smelter development, which is due to be com-

pleted in 2017, he added.

Indonesia is flexing its muscles as it seek bigger profits from its mineral wealth from miners such as Freeport, whose Grasberg copper and gold mine in Papua province is one of the world’s largest.

Freeport and the Indonesian government will also hold talks over the next six months to discuss an extension of its contract to run Grasberg after the existing agreement expires in 2021.

The US company, which has operated in Indonesia for more than 40 years, proposed a 20-year extension, and pledged that it would invest another $15 billion to build underground mines beneath the depleted Grasberg openpit mine.

“We have expectations going forward that we are going to continue to mine for the life of the mine. The partnership between the government and Freeport, this partnership is forever,” the firm’s chairman James R. Moffett told a press conference in Jakarta.

The government of new President Joko Widodo, however, said it wanted more if it were to allow Freeport to stay longer.

“In the negotiation process to extend Freeport’s contract, the government wants Freeport’s presence to be able to make a more significant contribution to development in Papua,” Sudirman Said, the energy and mineral resources minister, told the press conference. (afp)

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In this Oct. 18, 2014 photo, workers walk on the containers on a cargo ship at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record 12.8 trillion yen ($109 billion) last year as a weakening yen pushed the cost of imports higher despite a moderate recovery in exports.

Japan logs record trade deficit in 2014 on weakening yen TOKYO — Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record 12.8 trillion yen ($109 billion) last year as a weakening yen pushed the cost of imports higher despite a moderate recovery in exports.

Preliminary data from the Finance Ministry released Monday showed Japan’s exports rose 4.8 percent to 73.1 trillion yen ($620 billion) in 2014 while imports climbed 5.7 percent to 85.9 trillion yen ($763.7 billion). The trade deficit rose by 11.4 percent from the 11.5 trillion yen ($97.7 billion) gap in 2013.

The data show exports from the world’s third-largest economy rising nearly twice as fast in the latter half of the year than in the first half, while the increase in imports fell sharply, suggesting the deficit will narrow in coming months.

The Japanese yen has weakened over the past year to about 117 yen to the dollar compared with about 100 yen in early 2014. That raises the value of Japan’s exports in yen terms. But it also pushes up costs for imports of fuel and food.

Japan ran trade surpluses for decades until its nuclear reactors were idled following a disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant in March 2011. Imports of oil and gas rose to compensate for the lost nuclear power capacity.

The more than 60 percent plunge in oil prices is a boon to

Japanese businesses that have been pinched by rising energy costs. But the impact was not fully reflected in the most recent data, said Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics.

“Lower energy prices may briefly return the trade balance to surplus in coming months, before a weaker yen and a rebound in the oil price push it back into deficit,” Thieliant said in a commentary.

But Thielient also said exports may slow in coming months.

Japan’s exports of vehicles, a major component of its total overseas business, fell 1.4 percent in volume terms in 2014 from a year earlier, though the value rose nearly 5 percent to 10.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion).

Electrical machinery exports rose 5 percent and exports of other machinery such as power generating equipment increased 6.4 percent, accounting for more than a quarter of total exports last year.

Exports to China rose 15 percent last year but are expected to slow as the economy of Japan’s neighbor cools after three decades of torrid growth. Japan’s exports to the United States, its biggest single export market, rose 5.6 percent last year to 13.6 trillion yen ($115.5 billion) while imports jumped nearly 11 percent to 7.5 trillion yen ($63.7 billion). The resulting trade surplus was nearly level with that of 2013, at 6.1 trillion yen ($51.8 billion). (ap)

Potential for Rice Barns to be part of cultural tourism packages

SINGARAJA – Much like the many palm-leaf manuscripts that remain in the hands of local residents, a number of old buildings also remain the property of individuals in Buleleng, such as jineng or rice barns. These buildings, which functioned as mini warehouses in the past can now serve as tourist attractions for foreign travelers wishing to learn about the history, function and traditional rituals –the relationship that the people of Bali have with these buildings.

The large Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan village, (Sawan), still own a number of these wooden jineng. Despite tbeing old, only a few wooden parts have become porous with age. Each of the jineng buildings owned by the Telaga Waja clan has six beams. It is said, that the number of wooden beam in a Balinese jineng indicates the level of prosperity of the family that owns it. Six beams, therefore indicates that this family was in fact quite wealthy at the time that the jineng was built.

One of the administrators of the Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan, said the exact history of the rice barns was not known.

“They have been here since I was a child and my parents said that they were quite old”. He himself has long desired to know about the history of the buildings owned by his ancestors, so that the next generation would be familiar with their heritage and

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Jineng or rice barn is easy to find and still belonging to individual property in Buleleng. The building functioned to store possessions in the past can also attract foreign travelers wishing to learn about the history, function and traditional ritual made by Balinese people for the building.

Oil prices down in Asia

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asia Monday after the anti-austerity party Syriza swept to victory in Greece’s general elections, dealing a further blow to the struggling euro, analysts said.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery plunged by as much as 2.7 percent to $44.35 a barrel in New York, and Brent crude for March tumbled by up to 1.9 percent in London.

Both contracts regained some ground and in afternoon trade in Asia, WTI was trading at $45.02, down 57 cents, or 1.25 percent, and Brent was at $48.31, off 48 cents or 0.98 percent.

“Oil prices plunged just when they opened. We believe that the initial drop was sparked by the Greek elections,” said Daniel Ang, an investment analyst with Phillip Futures in Singapore.

“We even saw a glimpse of panic selling once the market opened.

However, prices did rebound shortly after it dropped,” he told AFP. The victory by the Syriza Party, whose anti-austerity policies have sparked fears Greece could exit the eurozone, sent the euro plunging to fresh 11-year lows against the US dollar.

Analysts say this makes dollarpriced oil more expensive, denting demand and adding further downward pressure on oil prices.

Syriza wants to renegotiate the terms of Greece’s 240-billioneuro ($269 billion) bailout deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund which the party says is stifling any chance Greece has of economic recovery.

Singapore’s DBS Bank said “markets will be worried over the new government’s take on the reform agenda and austerity measures”.

Oil has lost more than half its value since June last year when the commodity was sitting at more than $100 a barrel due to a supply glut, boosted largely by robust US production, and weak global demand.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, last November decided to keep output levels despite the oversupply.

“Oil prices for the rest of the week is expected to move rangebound again,” Ang said. (afp)

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seek to preserve it.

The potential of theses ancient buildings, to support the development of tourism in the area, has been followed up by the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency. Last week, the Head of the agency, Gede Suyasa, was received by the local clan board so that he could have a closer look at the buildings belonging to the Telaga Waja clan of Kerobokan .

Suyasa explained that upon closer inspection, damage to the roof and wooden frame of the building was apparent, with one beam so badly skewed that it threatened to collapse. The grounds around the old building also showed neglect.

Based on the condition of the building, the former Head of the Buleleng Development Planning Board (Bappeda) suggested that the owner that he do a better job at maintaining this heritage building. The

owner was also advised to provide some history about the building as well as its present function as this information is important in the context of cultural tourism. Travelers are not so much interested in the physical design of a building, as they are in its history and function, particularly those aspects that are associated with the particular site and the culture of the people there.

Suyasa concluded that government assistance for the preservation and promotion of this building was not possible at present.

He did however add that starting in the fiscal year of 2015, his paty would draft a program designed to help preserve heritage buildings in the community. “I think this is a good idea, because there are other families who have similar heritage rice barns. It would be a shame for them to disappear from our community by being sold off to foreigners.

Hopefully, families can preserve their rice barn legacies”, he said. Furthermore, apart from rice barns, there are other traditional buildings that could also serve to promote cultural tourism development in North Bali instead of having all these heritage buildings simply sold off. (kmb38)

GIANYAR - Masceti Temple at Medahan village, Blahbatuh, holds the status of a dang kahyangan temple, or a temple established for venerating ancient Hindu sages. The government of Gianyar stating plans to build a twostorey subak museum near the temple, with the purpose of educating your people on the importance of subak conservation.

In the press release, Chairman of the Masceti Temple Committee, I Nyoman Soma Wirawan, is also one of the subak chiefs, revealed that the creation of the subak museum had good intentions from the start. Land conversions that are occurring all over Bali but especially in Gianyar have made farmers uneasy so it was necessary to have a good look at the planned museum before further steps could be taken.

A total of 20 subak chiefs who support the Masceti Temple are well aware of the reality of globalization and its effects. For that reason, they agreed to submit a proposal for the development of a subak museum as a medium for educating the younger generation about the importance of preserving the subak as a traditional institution that has been handed down for centuries.

With the help of the government of Gianyar, the proposal sent to the central government. “We greatly appreciate the great care and concern shown by the government of Gianyar towards farmers in the region, and especially toward subak organizations. Faciliating the construction of the subak museum is one example”, he said.

Wirawan, said that the subak museum development process involved discussions with experts from the fields of agriculture, art, culture as well as architecture. “Local residents were informed about the intention of the museum to serve as means to educate, develop and preserve subak and also has the potential of becoming a tourist destination for Masceti village and received the full support of all concerned parties”, he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Gianyar Culture Agency, I Gusti Ngurah Wijana, explained that the subak museum development began with the implementation of a workshop at Masceti Temple in 2010. This workshop took the form of a discussion about eh importance of preserving the subak through the development of a subak museum. The workshop was attended by the Masceti Temple commity, all the subak chiefs, as well as by headmen of Medahan and chief of Keramas customary village.

After the workshop, the Masceti Temple committee followed up by submitting proposal for the development of subak museum and Lebih Beach tourist destination to the government of Gianyar who forwarded the proposal to the central government. The proposal was approved and the central government provided for financial assistance worth IDR 5 billion in the budget amendment of 2012. Because there was not enough time for the workmanship involved, the money was returned. “In 2014, the central government issued IDR 2 billion for the construction of the subak museum” said Wijana. (kmb16)

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BANGLI - The new Geopark art market in Penelokan, Kintamani is considered to be useless. Despite billions of rupiah that were poured into the construction of the market, until now, there have yet to be any merchants using the space. The Bangli government of Bangli has yet to resolve the issue of rental prices for the 14 merchants who are now selling in front of the market.

The geopark art market in Bangli.

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The government’s plan was to relocate the merchants to the Geopark art market before January 1rst, 2015, and transform the area in front of the market into a parking lot. However these plans have failed to materialize because despite numerous discussions regarding the Geopark, the merchants and the government have been unable to agree on a fair price for cost of renting space in the new market.

One of the kiosk owners, Wayan Sumerta who is still selling outside of the Geopark art market said on Sunday (Jan 25) that the government has not invited him and the other merchants to discuss the matter of rental prices again, since their last meeting on November 14, 2014.

Although that discussion was the fourth meeting between the merchants and the Industry and Trade Agency, Bangli Revenue Services (Dispenda) and the Culture and Tourism Agency, Sumerta disclosed that the meeting did not result in any kind of agreement. The local government insisted on setting the rental price at IDR 2.7 million per year in accordance with the regional bylaw (Perda) while the merchants persisted with their request be given waivers.

Sumerta explained that the request to have the rental cost waived was based on the historical condition of the kiosks that they occupy which had been swapped for their private land.“I’d just like to ask for the promise of the government related to the existence of our kiosks to be honored. Hopefully, there can be a government policy put into place to ensure the waivers for the kiosk rental price”, he said. (ina)

High, interests of Bangli residents to be overseas worker

BANGLI - The Head of the Bangli Social, Manpower and Resettlement Agency, I Nengah Sukarta, is aiming for a 20-percent increase in migrant workers (TKI) from Bangli Regency.

In 2013 there were 81 migrant workers from Bangli. This number jumped to 250 migrant workers in 2014, indicating that there is a high level of public interest in becoming migrant workers particularly amongst men, who made up the vast majority of people leaving Bangli. “Indeed most of the migrant workers are men,” said Sukarta, Sunday (Jan 25).

He went on to say that most of the migrants prefer to work in E-U countries, the UK and the Middle East.

However, in 2014, there were 135 migrant workers from Bangli who went to work in the United States. “Almost all of them work in the field of tourism and the home industry”, he said.

Apart from becoming migrant workers, to date, 12 Bangli residents have registered to participate in an apprenticeship program in Japan.

They apprenticed in the fields of agriculture, livestock husbandry, tourism and the home industry. It is expected that the number of participants in this program -that aims to create skilled

workers and reduce unemployment, will increase from year to year. The apprenticeship program that works in collaboration with the official employment agency has been running for 6 years.

Sukarta described that as of 2014, there have yet to be any cases of migrant workers being deported which is one of the reason that Bangli residents still want to work oversea. “Fortunately, up until now, our overseas migrant workers have never had any problems,” he said.

On the other hand, Sukarta did admit that: “we suspect that some workers depart through unofficial agencies” and added that he would try to record the number of these unregistered workers. He also said that the Bangli Social, Manpower and Resettlement Agency was still faced a shortage of spa therapists.

Every year Turkey, Dubai and other countries in the Middle East required approximately 150 spa therapists to meet their market demands.

When asked how he would address this demand, Sukarta said that his party would put out a call to the public by involving official employment agencies. (sos)

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US President Barack Obama participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Raj Ghat Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Obama’s arrival Sunday morning in the bustling capital of New Delhi marked the first time an American leader has visited India twice during his presidency.

Obama, Modi declare era of ‘new trust’ in US-India relations NEW DELHI — President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared an era of “new trust” in the often fraught relationship between their nations as the U.S. leader opened a three-day visit to New Delhi. Standing side by side at the stately Hyderabad House, Obama and Modi cited progress toward putting in place a landmark civil nuclear agreement, as well as advances on climate change and defense ties.

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The pier for small boat build in Lovina Beach is not being used properly. The pier is made to give easier access to the tourists to get on to the boat and develop tourism in the area.

But from the start, the day was more about putting their personal bond on display. Modi broke with protocol and wrapped Obama in an enthusiastic hug after Obama got off Air Force One. Obama later told reporters that Modi’s “strong personal commitment to the U.S.-India relationship gives us an opportunity to further energize these efforts.”

Modi was as effusive. He called Obama by his first name and said “the chemistry that has brought Barack and me closer has also brought Washington and Delhi closer.”

The centerpiece of Obama’s visit was Monday’s annual Republic Day festivities, which got underway on a foggy, rain-soaked morning in New Delhi. The crowd erupted in cheers as Obama, along with first lady Michelle Obama, emerged

from his armored black limousine and took his seat next to Modi on a viewing stand overlooking the parade route.

Republic Day marks the anniversary of India’s democratic constitution going into force. The parade, which weaves its way past the imposing India Gate monument and a memorial to the unknown soldier, is part Soviet-style display of India’s military hardware, part Macy’s Thanksgiving Day-type parade with floats highlighting India’s cultural diversity. Obama’s presence would have been unlikely only a few years ago.

Relations between the U.S. and India hit a low in 2013 after an Indian diplomat was arrested and strip-searched in New York over allegations that she lied on visa forms

to bring her maid to the U.S. while paying the woman a pittance. The official’s treatment caused outrage in New Delhi, and India retaliated against U.S. diplomats.

The U.S. and India also were at an impasse over implementing the civil nuclear agreement signed in 2008.

The U.S. insisted on tracking fissile material it supplied to India. Also, Washington was frustrated by Indian legal liability provisions that have discouraged U.S. companies from capitalizing on new energy development in India because of concerns about their legal responsibilities in the event of a nuclear power plant accident On Sunday, Obama said he and Modi had reached a “breakthrough understanding” on those areas of disagreements. Details on an accord were sparse.

Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, said only that India “moved sufficiently on these issues to give us assurances that the issues are resolved.” U.S. Ambassador Richard Verma said the agreement would not require new legislation. (ap)

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Extreme right party headed for 3rd place in Greek election

ATHENS, Greece — The specter of Neo-Nazism is no longer haunting Greece. It looks like it is here to stay. The extreme right, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, which has Nazi roots, appears headed for a third-place finish in Sunday’s election. Its showing comes despite the fact that the party’s leader and most of its lawmakers are behind bars, facing charges of participating in a “criminal organization” accused of murders, brutal attacks on migrants and others, extortion and arson.

With more than 90 percent of the voting precincts reporting, Golden Dawn was receiving 6.3 percent of the vote, narrowly leading the centrist Potami (“River”) with 6.04 percent. Both parties exceeded the 3 percent minimum required to gain seats in the 300member parliament — with each forecast to win 17 seats.

Its share of the vote doesn’t match the 9.39 percent it received in last June’s European Parliament election in which Golden Dawn also finished third. It also trails the 6.92 percent won in the previous national election, in June 2012.

But considering the exposure of a series of crimes allegedly committed by its members, including the Sept. 2013 murder of a leftist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, the

result obtained Sunday may be even more significant. This is no longer merely an angry protest vote, a one-off voters’ tiff with “corrupt politicians.” This is an established vote and a hardened electorate. “They can no longer plead ignorance. They have dipped their hands in blood,” Communist lawmaker Liana Kanelli commented on Sunday’s result.

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Mihaloliakos and his top lieutenants were not free to campaign ahead of the election, since they were behind bars. They were free to stand as candidates because they have not yet gone to trial. Some of them, including Mihaloliakos, may soon be set free when their 18-month maximum pre-trial detention limit is reached. In a taped statement Sunday, Mihaloliakos celebrated his party’s performance.

“We achieved this great victory despite the fact that we could not be guaranteed an equal and so-called democratic election as the regime likes to call it, shunned by all (media), facing mudslinging and slander from all sides ... having to campaign through a payphone. We have a fresh mandate ... everyone fought to keep Golden Dawn away and they lost. Golden Dawn won,” Mihalioliakos said in his taped message. (ap)

UN Security Council faces Ukraine, Yemen emergency meetings

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats say the U.N. Security Council will hold emergency meetings Monday on the crises in Yemen and Ukraine. Council member Lithuania said Sunday that it had requested the open meeting on Ukraine. Both countries are former Soviet republics.

Russia blocked a council statement Saturday that would have condemned the shelling that day in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 90.

The council has met about 30 times during the Ukraine crisis but has failed to take action because permanent council member Russia almost certainly would use its veto power.

Britain says council members will be briefed Monday morning on Yemen, where the Westernbacked president resigned last week after Shiite rebels who occupy the capital surrounded

his house. The country remains leaderless. (ap)

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File-This Sept. 26, 2012, file photo shows Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of Yemen, as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters.

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WASHINGTON - Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said Thursday.

Kennette Benedict, executive director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stands beside the old Doomsday Clock which showed five minutes until midnight during a news conference to announce the new clock reads three minutes until midnight, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Washington.

ice loss in west Antarctica has been reached, meaning the melt is now unstoppable.

The climate changes that human are driving “will harm millions of people and will threaten many key ecological systems on which civilization relies,” he said.

The scientists also called for dramatically reduced spending on nuclear weapons modernization programs, and a renewed focus on disarmament.

Benedict said that the world has about 16,300 nuclear weapons, which she described as “far too many.”

While the United States and Russia have far fewer weapons today than they did during the Cold War, the disarmament process has “ground to a halt,” said Sharon Squassoni, member, Science and Security Board, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and director of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Meanwhile, the United States has invested big money in modernizing its nuclear weapons systems, with some $355 billion planned for the next decade, and Russia is also upgrading its nuclear weapons, Squassoni said.

The United Kingdom has halved its nuclear arsenal stockpile since 2010 but continues to support its nuclear submarine program.

France is also building a next generation air-to-ground nuclear missile, while China is developing a new class of ballistic missile submarines, she said.

India has plans to expand its nuclear submarine fleet and Pakistan has started a third plutonium reactor and is developing a new short-range nuclear missile.

“Israel reportedly is also modernizing some of its undeclared nuclear forces and North Korea as we all know continues its nuclear program without any of the restraints previously applied under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” she told reporters.

She said that any post-nuclear optimism that arose at the end of Cold War “has essentially evaporated.” (afp)

MIAMI - The hand structure of early human ancestors who lived 3.2 million years ago suggests they had the ability to grasp and use tools, even if they hadn’t invented them yet, anthropologists said Thursday.

Until now, Australopithecus africanus, which lived two to three million years ago in what is now South Africa, were not believed to have made tools -- the first evidence of which dates back to 2.6 million

in australopiths and provide skeletal evidence that our early ancestors used human-like hand postures much earlier and more frequently than previously considered.”

The study also included researchers from University College London, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany and the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. (afp)

“It is now three minutes to midnight,” said Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as the group moved its symbolic “Doomsday Clock” two minutes forward.

The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947. It has changed 18 times since then, ranging from two minutes to midnight in 1953 to 17 minutes before midnight in 1991.

The clock has been at five minutes to midnight since 2012 and the last time it was three minutes to midnight was in 1983, during the Cold War

between the United States and the Soviet Union.

“Today, unchecked climate change and a nuclear arms race resulting from modernization of huge arsenals pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity,” Benedict said.

“And world leaders have failed to act with the speed or on the scale required to protect citizens from potential catastrophe.”

The scientists called on people to demand action from their leaders to curb fossil fuel pollution and to

stop developing ever more modern nuclear weapons that are endangering the planet.

“We are not saying it is too late to take action, but the window for action is closing rapidly. The world needs to be awakened from its lethargy and start making changes,” Benedict said.

Such actions should cap greenhouse gas emissions at levels sufficient to keep average global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the group said.

“Efforts at reducing global emis-

sions of heat-trapping gases have so far been entirely insufficient,” said Richard Somerville, a member of the Science and Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and a distinguished professor emeritus and research professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.

“Unless much greater emissions reductions occur very soon, the countries of the world will have emitted enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by the end of this century to profoundly transform the Earth’s climate,” he said, noting that 2014 was the hottest on record and that the tipping point of

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Three-million-year-old ancestor had human-like hands years ago -- but their hands suggest otherwise, according to a study in the journal Science.

A creature with an ape-like face and long arms, but that had a large brain and walked upright on two feet, Australopithecus africanus appears to have descended from the trees, gained hand dexterity and became capable of fine motor movements.

The new findings are based on a new study of the internal spongy

structure of bone, called trabeculae, which can reveal how the bones were used while the individuals were alive.

For instance, trabecular bones look very different in humans and chimpanzees, which cannot mimic the way a human hand can grip forcefully using thumb and fingers.

Neanderthal fossils, however, more closely resemble modern human hands in this regard. Neander-

thals had the dexterity to use tools and make cave paintings.

Australopithecus, too, had “human-like trabecular bone pattern in the bones of the thumb and palm (the metacarpals) consistent with forceful opposition of the thumb and fingers typically adopted during tool use,” the University of Kent said in a statement.

“These results support previously published archaeological evidence for stone tool use

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Fuel price downs again

BI predicts it will kindle deflation

DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia predicted the decline in commodity prices would occur following the government’s policy lowering back fuel prices. The government set the price of Premium at IDR 6,600 per liter, while in Bali was set at IDR 7,000 and diesel fuel at IDR 6,400 per liter throughout Indonesia from the previous price of IDR 7,250 per liter.

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Motorist buy fuel at one of fuel re-sellers in Denpasar. Bank Indonesia predicted the decline in commodity prices would occur following the government’s policy lowering back fuel prices.

“Based on the simulation of calculations that we have made, the decrease in fuel prices is estimated to contribute a deflation to consumer price index (CPI) in January 2015, especially in Denpasar at 1.25 percent and in Singaraja at 0.84 percent,” said Chief Representative of BI for Bali Region, Dewi Setyowati, in Denpasar.

She expected the policy could encourage the achievement of inflation at the target set nationally in 2015 namely in the range of 4 percent ± 1 percent. Moreover, it was also coupled with the decline in the 12-kg LPG commodity price to IDR 129,000 per canister and cement downing as much as IDR 3,000 per sack.

“It will contribute to deflation of 1.37 percent in Denpasar and 1.03 percent in Singaraja.

Achievement of low and stable inflation is expected to persist in relatively long time so as to accelerate the economic growth,” she explained.

Bank Indonesia also estimated the adjustment policy to subsidized fuel in the banking business would definitely affect the better quality of non-performing loan (NPL). In particular, it would happened to bank debtors having

a sizable share of transportation cost or fuel costs of the total operating costs, so that it would affect the quality of loan repayment from respective debtor.

“Indirectly, the decrease in fuel price is also followed by a decline in the level of operating expenses to operating income.

This immediate efficiency occurs because this adjustment does not necessarily affect the operating profit of the business although there is a slight decrease in fuel-based operating costs,” she explained.

Meanwhile, the Dean of Economics and Business Faculty of Undiknas University, Prof. Dr. I.B. Raka Suardana, assessed that one thing that should get the concern related to the decline in fuel price was the decrease in the price of various products such as food and transportation costs. “Will it be followed by the decrease in commodity prices?

Moreover, the rainy season will surely have impact on the crop,” he said.

Nevertheless, the government’s decision to lower the price of subsidized fuel was considered very appropriate because the previous increase in fuel prices had caused high inflation. (kmb27)

Indians celebrate Republic Day in Bali

DENPASAR - The members of the Indian community in Bali, together with their Balinese friends of India, celebrated the Republic Day of India at their Consulate in Renon, Denpasar, with traditional gaiety and fervor. Over 150 Indians, persons of Indian origin and friends of India, along with 40 school students from two Indian schools – GMIS and Taman Ram School – attended.

The Consul General, A.S. Takhi, hoisted the Indian national flag, following which the Indian community and friends of India together sang the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana, written by noble laureate and noted poet Rabindranath Tagore. The teachers and students from GMIS & Taman Rama School as well as Balinese students of Hindi language rendered patriotic songs. GMIS teachers & students sang ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindosta Hamara’ while Balinese students of Taman Rama School sang a devotional song dear to Mahatma Gandhi ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’. The Balinese students currently learning Hindi at the Consulate beautifully sang the patriotic song ‘Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara’, promoting patriotism and nationalism.

Consul General read out the Address of the President of India,

Mr. Pranab Mukherjee delivered on the eve of the Republic Day. Congratulating the Indians, the President highlighted that the Indian Constitution adopted on 26 January 1950 made ‘democracy, freedom of faith, gender-equality and an economic upsurge for those trapped in the course of dire poverty’ obligatory. He also highlighted that the legislature should enact ‘progressive legislation using civilized dialogue’.

‘Indian Constitution has celebrated pluralism, advocated tolerance and promoted goodwill between diverse communities. He hoped that positive key economic indicators point to an early reversion to the high growth trajectory of 7 to 8% for the country.

He urged for attaining highest quality in the educational institution and to lay special stress on the culture of books and reading while stating that the youth of the country must lead

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The members of the Indian community in Bali, together with their Balinese friends of India, celebrated the Republic Day of India at their Consulate in Renon, Denpasar, with traditional gaiety and fervor.

the way to mastery of technology and communication in the universe.

He laid emphasis on cleanliness and cited example from Gandhiji’s own life in keeping our surroundings neat and clean. The Consul General and eminent members of the Indian community handed out certificates to the six Balinese students who successfully completed their basic course in learning the Hindi language. The occasion also marked the launching of the Indian Association in Bali (IAB), providing a common platform to all the members of Indian & Indian-origin community as well as Balinese people to come together and work for strengthening centuries-old linkages and friendship between the two countries. The guests also included representatives of sociocultural organizations in Bali as well as Indians and Indonesians on short-term visits to Bali. The attendees thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and Indian delicacies.

The Consulate organized live streaming of Republic Day Parade at historic Rajpath in Delhi telecast on Doordarshan for the Indian community. The Consul General briefed the Indian community on the Festival of India in Indonesia launched with the slogan ‘Sahabat India’. The Festival

would run from January to May 2015 and would project Indian art & culture and bring the vibrancy and vigour of India’s social, economic and cultural engagement with the friendly country of Indonesia to a new level. The music, video and logo of the Festival of India was also shown to the gathering. A sumptuous feast of Indian delicacies was served to the guests. (r)

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Increasing number of classroom in public schools worried private schools

One of the private school which is closed due to the lack of student in Jembrana.

GIANYAR - Congestion problem that occurs all this time in Ubud reaps many complaints so that Gianyar government in cooperation with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) performed a study on the development of transportation and ultimately it could only be resolved by the people of Ubud.

To overcome the chaotic traffic condition, Ubud eventually opened a central parking in Ubud.

The central parking located in the area of Batukaru Temple, Jalan Suweta, Ubud, can accommodate about 200 cars. On Saturday night, the central parking was inaugurated by Chief of the National Police Traffic Corps, Condro Kirono. Gianyar Regent, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata and staffs as well as community leaders of Ubud were also present on that occasion.

The central parking was built on the area of 2,200 square meters. Initially, the parking area was estimated to adequately accommodate about 165 cars. However, once tested, it could accommodate up to 200 cars. It was one of the solutions to maintain the comfort in Ubud which recently began to be complained as the highly jammed village. “The existence of this parking area can break the existing bottleneck,” said Cokorda Ngurah Suyadnya, management of the Ubud Central Parking

as well as the initiator of the central parking construction.

The parking area is located in the area of the Batukaru Temple. As patron of the temple, his party thought to utilize the site which indeed had been unproductive. Ultimately, he got an idea to make a parking area which was also at his own expense. “This initiative is purely a devotional work (ngayah) in offering something for Ubud. There is no economic aspect behind it,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chief of the National Police Traffic Corps, Condro Kirono, appreciated the establishment of the central parking. According to him, it reflected the togetherness of all parties, Gianyar government and community leaders in Ubud as an attempt to free it from congestion problem.

“This measure should be followed by other figures or businessman in Ubud.

Thus, there will be more parking space establishments later on,” he said.

Meanwhile, Regent A.A. Bharata revealed that county government continuously conducted a study in cooperation with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to find a solution in making Ubud a tourist area that was completely free from congestion. Development of the central parking had given him inspiration. (kmb16)

NEGARA - Increasing number of classroom and establishment of new public high school in Jembrana since the past two years has an impact on private schools. Of the eight private high schools in Jembrana, now only seven schools remain to survive. One of them is the SMA PGRI Pekutatan high school that since the last new academic year has not received new students or been closed.

It can be seen from the quiet condition of the school at Pangyangan village, Pekutatan subdistrict. Actually the school has begun to build a new building unit. Based on information, since the academic year 2012-2013, the number of high school students has reduced drastically.

So, in 2014 the school no longer received new students. Four buildings at the school are empty.

Meanwhile, its desks and chairs have also been evacuated to one of the buildings within the school area.

Chairman of the Association of Private School Princi-

pals (IKSS) of Jembrana, Ketut Permadi, said on Sunday (Jan 25) that his party had received information that from the academic year 2014 the SMA PGRI Pekutatan high school had been defunct. From the existing data, previously there were eight private high schools and five private vocational schools in Jembrana.

With the defunct condition of the high school, then only seven private high schools remained to survive.

Subdistrict Head of Pekutatan, Ketut Eko Susila, confirmed that one of the defunct high schools in Pekutatan was the SMA PGRI

Pekutatan. “I have got information that started in 2014 the remaining students were transferred to another private school,” he explained.

As has been known, the competition among schools, especially the junior high and high school in Jembrana is very tight.

Moreover, some of the favorite high schools and vocational schools have increased their classes. Moreover, there is construction of two new tourism and health vocational schools, namely the SMK Pariwisata in Pekutatan and SMK Kesehatan in Melaya. (kmb26)

The traffic jam in Ubud is worrying from time to time.

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Archipelago International earns prestigious GM’s certifications

JAKARTA – Archipelago International continues on its quest to be the first and only Indonesian hotel group that has all its Hotel General Managers officially certified by the American Hotel and Lodging Associations’ Education Institute (AHLEI) obtaining 18 more globally recognized CHA® certifications.

A five day workshop was held re-

cently at the favehotel LTC Glodok Jakarta where 18 of the groups most senior General Managers assisted by educators from the University of Central Florida and the American Hotel & Lodging Association labored intensively through more than 1200 pages of course materials and a 4 hour certification examine to obtain the “Certified Hotel Adminis-

trator - CHA® “accreditation.

CHA® is the most prestigious certification available to a hotel General Manager (GM) or Hospitality Executive. Globally recognized, the CHA® is a highly respected professional credential that validates a GMs advanced knowledge in the hospitality industry. It is an honor awarded to lodging professionals

whose leadership and managerial abilities are exemplary.

“We congratulate the recent graduates and plan to continue this significant effort until every one of our more than 120 hotel managers as gone through it and earned their CHA® certification. As a leading hotel operator with a growing network of more than 100 hotels and 11

brands it is our duty to advance the skills of our managers and bring international know how to Indonesia.

Owners entrust us with the management of multimillion dollar assets so we must equip our GMs with this high level of competence and a globally recognized professional status. ” said John Flood, President & CEO of Archipelago International. (r)

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I Komang Aryana

Cooking with heart

This man of Tabanan-born on June 4, 1975 is not only known for its cheery smile but also his important role in processing food. His name is I Komang Aryana, a Sous Chef of Aston Denpasar. “Cooking activity poses a unique culinary art to me because there are always new things to be created,” said the Sous Chef who loved to cook since his junior high school.

According to Aryana, the people considered professional in cooking when they upheld hygiene and sanitation in kitchen area, worked based on the Standard of Operations, processed ingredients properly and paid attention to simple things like setting the size of fire that would affect the cooking. “Cooking must also be carried out responsively and lived with a heart,” he said friendly.

The Sous Chef who liked jogging also revealed that when getting involved in the culinary world, the task was not only to cook but also to give satisfaction to guests, serve tasty and healthy food and create a different impression for the restaurant.

Creating new menus, said Aryana, such as Grilled Chicken Sandwich Yanchao, Middle East Green Salad, Pasta Bake and other menus were an experience in examining the self-capabilities in cooking. “Consume healthy foods that are free from preservatives and use the product of Indonesian spices,” he added. (ocha) IBP/kmb

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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe

MIAMI — Miss Colombia Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries. Vega, a 22year-old student of business administration, said she would wear the crown with “pride and excitement” as she heard the news that fans in Colombia had taken to the streets to celebrate.

Although she was far from home in Miami, Vega said she still felt the support from local Latinos. “It felt like home. I felt like I was in Colombia with my people,” she said, wearing a sparkling silver gown at a press conference after the competition.

Real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump, who owns the

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Miss Colombia Paulina Vega smiles as the the crown is placed on her head as she becomes Miss Universe during the Miss Universe pageant in Miami, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

pageant, said many predicted Vega would take the crown a few weeks ago when contestants first arrived for the festivities. “From the minute she walked in the building, people said, ‘She’s a star,’” Trump said.

Trump said Colombia was in the running to host next year’s pageant but noted China was also a strong candidate. Beauty pageants are big business in Latin America, where girls are groomed for the contests from a young age and where Vega said women find “a lot of pride” in representing their country.

Crowd favorite Miss Venezuela Migbelis Lynette Castellanos was

cut after the top 10. The Miami suburb of Doral, which was host to the women during their stay, is also known as “Doralzuela” for its many Venezuelan residents.

Pageants and performance run in Vega’s family. Her grandmother, Elvira Castillo, was Miss Atlántico 1953 (Colombia) and her grandfather is legendary tenor Gastón Vega.

But the contests leading up to Miss Universe were a first for Vega, who is one of eight children. She also said they would be her last, as she is eager to return to her studies, saying: “It gives me independence. I want to have my own company.”

After Sanchez, the 24-year-old Miss USA, the second runner-up was Miss Ukraine Diana Harkusha.

Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell and Miss Netherlands Yasmin Verheijen were also among the top five from the field of 88 contestants. (ap)

‘Birdman’ tops SAG Awards “Birdman” topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Oscar favorites Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons cemented their front-runner status Sunday in a ceremony that often serves as a kind of preview to the Academy Awards.

Keaton led the “Birdman” cast, including Emma Stone, Edward Norton and Zach Galifianakis, in accepting the top honor from the acting guild, calling the profession “the ultimate team sport.”

“Every time I turned around, I ran into another tremendous actor,” said Keaton.

Redmayne, who stars as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Every-

thing,” was the surprise winner in a category expected to go to Keaton for his career-capping performance as a Hollywood has-been trying to mount a comeback on Broadway. Redmayne dedicated his award to sufferers and victims of ALS. Moore, widely considered the best actress favorite, won most supporting actress for “Still Alice,” in which she plays an academic with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Accepting the award for most outstanding supporting actor for his performance as a domineering jazz teacher in “Whiplash,” Simmons thanked all 49 actors who appear in the drama.

“Boyhood” star Arquette added the latest in a string of awards, taking the supporting actress honor for her performance, filmed over the course of 12 years.

“I can’t tell you what this means

to me,” said Arquette. “I’m a fourthgeneration actor. My family has been committed to acting for over a century, through feast or famine.”

The show kicked off with a pair of wins for the Netflix prison series “Orange Is the New Black,” honoring it as best ensemble in a comedy and naming Uzo Aduba most outstanding actress in a comedy series. Best ensemble cast in a drama series went to “Downton Abbey,” the second time the series has won the category.

Because actors make up the largest portion of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the SAG Awards are also considered one of the most telling Oscar previews. Last year, the top four winners — Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o, Jared Leto — all went on to win Academy Awards after first scooping up SAG awards.(ap)

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Denpasar urges to design multifunctional drainage DENPASAR – Various different road projects, worked on by a number of government agencies have been very disturbing, especially for road users. To avoid such distrubances in the future, there has been a breakthrough idea, to create a multifunction pipeline that would serve the purpose of water drainage but would also become an integrated canal for power and telephone cables as well as water pipelines.

This concept was shared by A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra -member of Commission III of the Denpasar House, on Sunday (Jan 25).

The idea came to him after seeing so many projects disturbing traffic flow by digging up roads that quite often are not repaved very well.

“Given that there is a sufficiently large fund from central government, around IDR 200 billion, the money should be used for projects that are useful for society, such as a multifunctional pipeline” said Susruta. This Grenceng Palace politician added that to

avoid frequent digging activities, relevant parties were expected to conduct more profound studies on the matter.

“In other words, there should not just be more digging projects, without a first conducting a study on the possibility of a multifunction pipeline regardless of the cost involved in such a study. The lack of study on the matter is one of the reasons why Denpasar still suffers so much flooding in areas that already have drainage”, said Susruta.

Responding to this, the Head of

Denpasar Public Works Agency, I Ketut Winartha, said that his party could not make any determinations regarding the possibility of such a study, especially as it relates to drainage because the funds come from the central government.

“We just accept the money they provide. The amount of the budget and the technical matters are determined by the central government.

The workmanship will be handled by the National Road Agency for Region VIII (Bali)”, he said. However regarding said propsoal, this Badung official did add: “we will

try to deliver this suggestion to the National Road Agency”.

As reported earlier, national roads in the area of Region VIII, Denpasar City will be receiving attention and improvement this year from the National Road Agency, in the form of a maintenance program. This was reiterated by the Head of the National Region Agency Syaiful Anwar, when he met with the Regional Secretary of Denpasar, AAN Rai Iswara, in the office of the Denpasar Mayor, recently.

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The cast of “Birdman” (L-R) Andrea Riseborough, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Michael Keaton pose backstage with their award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015.

Different alternate projects worked on by a number of government agencies on the road are considered very disturbing, especially for road users.

News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http://ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali IBP/Wawan