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Baldwin becomes meddling newsman on ‘Law & Order’ Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He’s playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama. The network said Tuesday that Baldwin guest stars as a New York columnist on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” His character questions the motives of

police investigating a rape case as a possible hate crime.

The episode is directed by series star Mariska Hargitay and airs March 19.

NBC says Hargitay’s character, police Sgt. Olivia Benson, goes “head to head” with the writer played by Baldwin when his reporting interferes with the investigation.

Baldwin has had run-ins with photographers and said in a wide-ranging

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FILE, In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, producer and actor Alec Baldwin attends the HBO premiere of “Seduced and Abandoned” at The Time Warner Center in New York.

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United’s dip in quality exposed

by Olympiakos, says Keane

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Facing collapse, Ukraine a costly prize for West

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Volume of marine debris starts to diminish Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The volume of marine debris on Seminyak, Legian and Kuta (Samigita) Beach begins to decrease. If during the west wind the average volume of marine debris reached 10 tons per day, then a few days later, the volume diminished to 3-5 tons per day.

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs’ game change

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article for New York magazine that he despises the media and intends to reclaim his privacy.

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, Chris Hemsworth, left, and President of the Academy Cheryl Boone Isaacs pose at the 86th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif.

WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps

The Quick Response Unit (URC) team leader of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), I Made Gede Dwipayana, said on Tuesday (Feb 25) the volume of rubbish in the coastal area of Samigita within the past few days had been much reduced. It was estimated that Samigita would be back to normal conditions

in March.

Due to dwindling volume of marine debris, the Quick Response Unit had been withdrawn from the beach area to be deployed in a number of river areas. Currently, only 12 personnel remained to be in charge with 3 loaders alerted at the coastal region of Samigita to anticipate all possibili-

ties occurred.

He further explained the matter of marine debris was feared to damage the tourism image at the local costal area, especially when the volume was in the largest number. However, travelers who had frequently made a visit to Bali, the matter of rubbish was understandable. (kmb25)

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When Bette Davis became the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1941, it’s believed she was met with such opposition by the predominantly male organization that she resigned after two months. The motion picture academy has seen only two other women in the top post since then: writer-producer Fay Kanin in 1979 and now film executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who has also become the organization’s first black president.

Seven months into her new position, Isaacs is still adjusting to the excitement of her appointment and the weight it has within the film community. “It’s different being a minority in a majority space,” said Isaacs in her office at the Beverly Hills headquarters of the academy, long known as being predominantly white, male and over 50.

A poster of Oscar Micheaux’s 1931 film “The Exile” hangs on the red accent wall across from her desk. The words “Mighty Modern All Talking Epic of Negro Life” are emblazoned across the top of the placard. “My parent’s favorite phrase was ‘Just get above it’ and I must say that I have to put that into practice

here,” she said. “But it doesn’t stop your personal self-doubts.”

As the face now representing the 6,100member academy, Isaacs knows there’s a lot riding on her decisions and responses.

“I really try to get to the reality of a situation and have a conversation with myself and ask ‘Are you being reactive? Are you being defensive?’” said the 64-year-old, who became a member of the academy in 1988 after launching her career as a publicist at Columbia Pictures in 1977.

“There are things you can’t do,” she added. “You can’t get angry because then you are just an angry black woman. As women we do have that and then being a minority, there is this extra layer.”

As a teenager growing up in western Massachusetts in the 1960s, Isaacs looked up to her older brother Ashley, who worked as an advertising and publicity executive at United Artists in New York.

“He was hip and would come home with 16 mm films and screen them in the dining room,” she recalled, citing her brother, who died of cancer in 1994, as fostering her love of film. When Ashley moved to Los Angeles, Isaacs followed.

“I was living in San Francisco working as a stewardess for Pan American and I needed to get serious,” recalled the Whittier College graduate. “I knocked on doors and started at Columbia.”

In 1984, she became the director of publicity at Paramount Pictures and in 1997 she transitioned to New Line Cinema, becoming the studio’s first black president of theatrical marketing.

“The thing I like most is strategy,” said Isaacs, who ran the publicity campaigns for “Forrest Gump,” ‘’Braveheart” and “Rush Hour.” ‘’At New Line, I was involved with filmmakers that were diverse and it really gave a nice perspective.”

The volume of marine debris on Seminyak, Legian and Kuta (Samigita) Beach begins to decrease. If during the west wind the average volume of marine debris reached 10 tons per day, then a few days later, the volume diminished to 3-5 tons per day.

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TABANAN - Large number of traffic accidents and violation against traffic rules involving students of Junior High School (SMP) these days was very alarming. Some of them must die in vain on the highway or cause other people to die. Recently, a deadly accident killed two people on the highway of Lukluk, Mengwi, Badung, involving one of the junior high school students in Badung. we will assign the route because we are also still collecting students’ meeting point,” he said, Tuesday (Feb 25).

According to him, the model of the student transportation route was learned from one of the experiences at Bongan housing complex. “The residents even have subscribed for transport ser-

vices to deliver students to school for a month,” he explained.

Nevertheless, he admitted that the route would be given flexibility by still referring to the purpose of reaching the collecting points of students because the program also posed the first step for the implementation of Sarbagita bus feeder program later on.

Agus Harta Wiguna added that by considering a very dynamic development of Tabanan town due to the growth of residential housing, the program was still in trial program to get a future illustration. “Apart from reduc-

ing the number traffic accident involving students, the program can also save the parking lot at school,” he explained.

At separate location, the Traffic Operation Division Head of Tabanan Police, Bagus Astawa, also revealed similar idea because it led to safety riding implementation. “In the near future, we will also invite the headmaster of the SMPN 1, SMPN 2 and SMPN 3 junior high school including the Land Transportation Organization (Organda) and urban transportation owners to finalize this program,” he said. (kmb28)

Many constraints, drug inmates hard to be rehabilitated Bali Post

DENPASAR - Of the total number of inmates in Kerobokan Prison, 60 percent are getting involved in drug cases.

Various attempts have been made by the authority of the Bali’s largest prison to handle the inmates. Unfortunately, many constraints are faced such as there has been no warden having particular expertise in the rehabilitation of drug addicts.

It was revealed by the in-house doctor of the Kerobokan Prison (Denpasar Class IIA), AA Gede Hartawan, Tuesday (Feb 25) in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) about the Drug Addicts/Abusers Decriminalization and Depenalization in Positive Law in the office of the National Narcotics Agency, Denpasar.

According to Hartawan, to handle the inmates in prison his party implemented various efforts in cooperation with the wardens, the public and inmates. Aside from the absence of special education on the rehabilitation owned by the wardens, the humanitarian organizations were also still less maximal. Besides, the occupancy of inmates in the prison was beyond capacity so the environmental situation was not favorable. “Likewise, the background of case owned by each inmate is also different,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Head of BNN Bali, I Gusti Ketut Budiartha, said that to cope with the high rate of drug abuse the BNN Bali organized the discussion by involving law enforcement officers and related agencies. The subject matters discussed included the preventive measures and the mitigation of narcotics.

“Just imagine the number of drug abuse case in Bali has reached 50,533 people. Meanwhile, the national data indicate 4 million people. Each year, the increase reaches 2.2 percent,” added Budiartha.

Budiartha admitted the high number of drug addicts in Bali resulted in the greater supply of such forbidden goods. On that account, one of the measures to cope with it was by giving an understanding. In addition, the drug addicts and users were advisable to report the case to relevant agencies in order to get rehabilitation.

“If the addicts are arrested and prosecuted, this method

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Tabanan designs student transportation munication Agency, I Made Agus Harta Wiguna, explained the idea of the program was responding to the phenomenon where many junior high school students rode motorcycles, but they had not actually been permitted yet by the rules as considered to remain under age. “This program is just limited for trial session. Later on,

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Table top tsunami ready at Patra Jasa

To reduce traffic accident rate

Based on the incident, Tabanan Police and Tabanan Transportation Agency started to think of the urban transportation to be directed as student transportation. The trial program would be implemented on March 1, 2014.

The Head of Tabanan Transportation, Informatics and Com-

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KUTA - Recently, Patra Jasa Bali Resort and Spa, a five-star hotel that located near Ngurah Rai International Airport, participated in Table Top Tsunami Ready and Public Test Certification Disaster Preparedness which was held

by Regional Disaster Management Board of Bali Province.

Management of Patra Jasa Bali was very enthusiastic in joining this event. It is an honor for Patra Jasa Bali to have the opportunity to join this event and get positive response from Regional Disaster Management Board of Bali Province.

Calendar Event for January 1 through February 26, 2014 1 Jan Buda Kliwon Matal, Kajeng Kliwon And Tilem Sasih Kenam Pura Desa Sukawati Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Gelgel Bebetin Pura Maspahit Sesetan Pura Padharman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 11 Jan Tumpek Kandang Pura Desa Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

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The Kerobokan Prison does not resolve the problem. The addicts are sick people and pose a victim. As long as they are not a dealer, they do not need to be imprisoned. The measure is called decriminalization,” said the former Tourism Director of Bali Police.

So far, said Budiartha, the addicts or users did not dare to report themselves. As a result, their amount could not be

suppressed. Until now, only 990 addicts who had reported themselves and been recorded in Bali. “They are reluctant to report for fear of being punished. Actually, they are asked to report in order to be rehabilitated or treated. Therefore, we call for the addicts to immediately report themselves to the BNN Bali,” he affirmed. (rah)

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17 Jan Hari Bhatara Sri 21 Jan Anggara Kasih Prangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sidamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Gunung Pangsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Pura Hyang Haluh/Jenggala Besakih

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura jala Sidhi amerta Juanda Surabaya

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

19 Feb Buda Cemeng Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran ped Nusa Penida Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Kelungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kayangan Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Gunung Karangasem

30 Jan Tilem Sasih Kepitu Pura Buana Kawan Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih 31 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 5 Feb Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Kayangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Taro Tegalalang 6 Feb Pura Dalem Puri Besakih 14 Feb Purnama Sasih Kawulu Pura Dalem Batur Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Pasek Besakih Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen Karangasem Pura Buana Kawan Besakih 15 Feb Tumpek Wayang & Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Besakih

21 Feb Hari Bhatara Sri 25 Feb Anggara Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Krambitan Tabanan Pura Pucak Taman bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Gianyar 26 Feb Pura Agung Pasek gelgel Sibang Kaja Abian Semal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar

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

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

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

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

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

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Polio-like illnesses called a ‘rare phenomenon’

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Australia. But for some children, like Sofia Jarvis, 4, of Berkeley, rare doesn’t mean safe.

She first developed what looked like asthma two years ago, but then her left arm stopped moving, and has remained paralyzed ever since.

“You can imagine. We had two boys that are very healthy and Sofia was healthy until that point,” said her mother Jessica Tomei. “We did not realize what we were in store for. We did not realize her arm would be permanently paralyzed.”

Dr. Van Haren, who diagnosed Sofia, said polio vaccines do not protect children from the disease, but stressed that it is still important for children to receive that vaccine.

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Another murder suspect of U.S. citizen arrested

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DENPASAR - Pursuit against the murderer of the U.S. citizen, Paul Robb Latourell, 54, has ended. Two culprits identified as Multa Jamaulawi and Mirsa could have been arrested by joint forces of the Bali Police, Denpasar Police and East Denpasar Police. Previously, the suspect Jamaulawi was arrested in the area of East Denpasar, Saturday (Feb 22). Meanwhile, the suspect Mirsa was arrested in the area of Padanggalak, East Denpasar.

STANFORD, California — More than a dozen children in California have developed an extremely rare, polio-like syndrome within the past year that within days paralyzed one or more of the children’s arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say. The illness is still being investigated and appears to be very unusual, but Dr. Keith Van Haren at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University warned Monday that any child showing a sudden onset of weakness in their limbs or symptoms of paralysis should be immediately seen by a doctor.

“The disease resembles but is not the same as polio,” he said.

“But this is serious. Most of the children we’ve seen so far have not recovered use of their arm or their leg.”

But doctors are not sure if it’s a virus or something else, he said. Dr. Van Haren says he has studied five cases from Monterey up through the San Francisco Bay Area, including two who were identified with the disease enterovirus-68, which is from the same family as the polio viruses. He said there have been about 20 cases statewide.

“We want to temper the concern, because at the moment, it does not appear to represent a major epidemic but only a very rare phenomenon,” he said, noting similar outbreaks in Asia and

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In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Jeff Jarvis of Berkeley, Calif., holds his 4-year-old daughter, Sofia Jarvis, during a news conference at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif.

Group wants heart attack warning on testosterone Associated Press Writer

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FILE - This June 16, 2011 file photo shows boxes of Cheerios in a store in Akron, N.Y. Large food companies are trying to head off state-by-state efforts to enact mandatory labeling of genetically modified ingredients by proposing new voluntary labels nationwide.

WASHINGTON — A consumer advocacy group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to add a bold warning label to popular testosterone drugs for men in light of growing evidence that the hormone treatments can increase the risk of heart attack. The group Public Citizen says the agency should immediately add a “black box” warning — the most serious type — to all testosterone medications and require manufacturers to warn physicians about a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death with the treatments.

The FDA announced last month that it was reviewing the safety of drugs like the blockbuster testosterone gel, AndroGel, in light of two recent studies that showed higher rates of cardiovascular problems in men. The agency said its review was first prompted by a U.S. Veterans Affairs study published in November 2013 that showed a 30 percent increase in stroke, heart attack and death among older men taking testosterone.

In January, a federally funded study of 45,000 men suggested testosterone therapy could double the risk of heart attacks in men 65 and older. But Public Citizen says

studies published as early as 2010 should have prompted FDA action.

“It is quite clear that testosterone treatment increases the risks of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, of Public Citizen’s health group.

In his petition to the FDA, Wolfe points to an analysis of 27 testosterone trials published last April. The researchers found that while 13 studies funded by drug companies did not show an increase in heart problems, 14 nonindustry funded trials showed a two-fold increase in risk in heart problems.

In addition to the boxed warning, Public Citizen wants the agency to delay an approval decision on an experimental, long-acting testosterone injection called Aveed. The agency is scheduled to make a decision on the Endo Pharmaceuticals drug by Feb. 28.

Public Citizen’s petition comes amid a marketing blitz for testosterone gels, patches and injections targeting men who report fatigue, low sex drive or other symptoms commonly associated with aging. U.S. prescriptions for testosterone therapies have increased more than five-fold in recent years, with sales over $1.6 billion.

“Yes, we have arrested both suspects (Jamaulawi and Mirsa—Ed).

They are still undergoing intensive investigation in Denpasar Police,” said Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigator, Benny Murjayanto. He explained that based on the results of initial examination, the mastermind was the suspect Jamaulawi. For further development, his party was still elaborating the examination of both suspects. “We are still elaborating the examination,” he said.

Previously, Chief of Denpasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, said the suspect Jamaulawi was the mastermind who was getting involved in the brutal murder. However, after the suspect Jamaulawi was arrested, in fact he was touted to become the mastermind. However, to ascertain

that matter, the investigators continued to explore the examination.

“For the time being, the mastermind is Jamaulawi,” he said while affirming if the suspect was indeed not more than two people.

As information obtained, the suspect Jamaulawi was a student at one of the universities in Denpasar.

His major was in banking and still in the second semester. The murder against the victim staying on Jalan Banteng 2 E, Denpasar, was alleged to have been motivated by jealousy. “The motif was alleged to be jealousy,” said the source in police station on Tuesday. Besides, the source also explained that many wounds were found on the victim’s body because he gave resistance so the suspects crazily stabbed the victim for 65 times. (kmb21)

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Pursuit against the murderer of the U.S. citizen, Paul Robb Latourell, 54, has ended. Two culprits identified as Multa Jamaulawi and Mirsa could have been arrested by joint forces of the Bali Police, Denpasar Police and East Denpasar Police.

Chinese New Year celebration increased tourists to Bali Antara

DENPASAR - People in China love to celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year in Bali, and so the visits from China increased in January 2014, Bali tourism analyst stated.

“A number of tourists from China who visited Bali during the Lunar increased by 80.52 percent or reached 52,060 people,” tourism analyst Tjokorda Gde Agung said on Wednesday.

Based on the data from the Tourism Office of Bali, tourists in Bali reached 18.61 percent of the total foreign tourists who visited the island, which reached 279,671 people during January 2014. The maximum foreign tourists visiting Bali were from Australia, followed by China.

Gde Agung explained that the total number of foreign tourists visits in January increased. The main factors that attracted the tourists were infrastructure development in some areas, reduced pollution and the success of world leaders meeting on APEC 2013.

The functioning of the Bali Mandara Highway since September 2013

Celebrating Seclusion Day

Bali to shut airport for one day Antara

Chinese performed Barong Sai during the celebration of Chinese New Year recently. People in China love to celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year in Bali, and so the visits from China increased in January 2014, Bali tourism analyst stated. also had a positive impact on the tourism of Bali.

“The growth in the Australian income was also an important factor. With an income increase, many Australians visited Bali. In addition, the developing economic situation in Asia also contributed to the increase in the

number of foreign visitors,” he stated.

Gde Agung explained that the foreign tourists who visited Bali were still dominated by Australians, reaching 71,303 people or 25.50 percent. Malaysians, at 15,656 people, were at the third position, after the Chinese.

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has written to four relevant ministers notifying his plan to temporarily close Ngurah Rai International Airport in connection with the Hindu Day of Seclusion on March 31, 2014.

The letter was sent to Transportation Minister EE Mangindaan, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa, Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi and Communications and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring.

The copies of the letter was also extended to the director generals for land transportation, sea transportation and air transportation, besides to the chief of Bali’s Regional Legislative Assembly (DPRD) and all district heads and mayor in Bali.

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Potential of plantation commodities still promising

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SINGARAJA - The prospect of plantation commodities remains promising as indicated by high interest of farmers to develop their plantation business. It is experienced by farmers at Bongancina village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng County. A lot of farmers are still deeply involved in cultivating the plantation commodities remaining to become the local economic income.

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Anti-government protesters, left, stand behind a barricade during clashes with riot police in front of monuments to city founders in Kiev’s Independence Square, the epicenter of the country’s current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.

Facing collapse, Ukraine a costly prize for West

Coffee, one of the comodity develop in Buleleng regency

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Seaman certificate form vacant

Raper of Sweden tourist Fate of thousands of Balinese remains under pursuit cruise workers at risk Bali Post

DENPASAR - The raper named FF, 28, was previously informed to have been examined.

In fact, he remains under police pursuit. Meanwhile, the victim with initials SR, 26, was unable to give much information. She was still traumatized with the rape afflicting her in one of the rooms at Hotel Bali Sandat at Benesari, Kuta, Badung, Friday (Feb 21).

Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigator, Beny Murjayanto, said on Monday (Feb 24) the culprit FF from Jember, East Java, remained at large. The identity of the culprit was still made a secret. “If it is exposed, the culprit even escapes. The case is still under further investigation,” he said briefly.

Furthermore, said Beny, so far the information of SR was still elaborated by the Woman

and Child Protection Unit (PPA) of Denpasar Police. “The victim is still traumatized so the chronological event of the rape experienced by victim cannot be explained yet,” he said.

Beny said that FF and SR initially did know each other. Probably, prior to the rape the culprit and the victim had consumed alcoholic beverages. Afterward, around 2:30 a.m. both came into the hotel room number 324 and the rape incident occurred. “Allegedly, the culprit was under the influence of alcohol,” he said.

As reported earlier, the Swedish citizen with initials SR, 26, was raped in room No. 324 of the Hotel Bali Sandat, Benesari, Kuta, Friday (Feb 21). Allegedly the rape was committed by a man with the initials FF, 28, from Jember, East Java. As consequence, SR got injuries at her genitals and bruises on the right hand and arm. (nik/jay)

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DENPASAR - Thousands of migrant workers from Bali and throughout Indonesia are threatened to be unable to sail. It happens because the Seaman Skill Certificate issued by Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, remains empty.

According to the Head of Bali Indostar Wisata Internasional (BIWI) Marine Training Center, Ida Bagus Putu Astina, the certificate form had run out since four months ago.

Meanwhile, the limit of certificate submission was 6 months. “It remains two months to go. If the government is unable to resolve this problem, our sailors have to go home. Governor of Bali (Made Mangku Pastika) can urge the Director General of Sea Transportation to quickly print the certificate form,” said Astina from Tabanan.

According to him, the seaman book was very much needed by

sailors and obliged by the International Maritime Organization. The certificate was approved every 4 years. “If people do not have this certificate, do not expect to work on a cruise ship or other vessel.

They are definitely rejected,” said the former worker of cruise ship nicknamed Gus Biwi from Tabanan.

Therefore, Astina asked Governor Mangku Pastika to take prompt action in order the workers of cruise from Bali would not be idle. If the problem could not be resolved, it would add the problems on this Island of the Gods. “If the Bali government does not take action, then I am going to intervene. This issue will become a time bomb unless quickly addressed. Moreover, I am one of the candidates of the Bali Regional Representative. I am ready to fight for the fate of thousands of sailors,” he said.

According to the man claiming to have worked on cruise ship for 12

years and roamed around the world for five times, Bali was ranked first and became a mascot particularly on cruise ship. “Just imagine if the thousands of sailors cannot go to sea! Once again, I reiterate, if the Bali government does not take action, I will fight risking my local genius. I do this because I was a former sailor and it has something to do with livelihood,” said Astina.

He said to have often asked about the form to the Director General of Sea Transportation. However, Astina claimed to always get an answer if it was not available or had not been printed yet. “He hopes this issue can be resolved quickly so as not to become a boomerang in the future,” he said.

Aftermath of the problem, said Astina, about 600 students could not receive a diploma whereas they had been following the education for approximately 12 days. In addition, he was frequently complained by the agency of cruise workers. (rah)

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Ukraine may well be the geopolitical prize nobody can afford to win. As the country begins the delicate climb out of the chaos that saw yet another political turnover, the U.S. and the European Union have had a look at the Ukrainian government’s books. It’s a grim picture that is testing the political will and financial wherewithal of potential Western benefactors.

“The real question now is how much of the burden of dealing with Ukraine is going to be European and how much the Europeans are going to be able to slough off onto the American taxpayer,” said Wayne Merry, a scholar at the American Foreign Policy Council. Right now, he said, Ukraine is fairly low on Washington’s list of priorities amid bigger problems in Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Ukraine’s acting finance minister, Yuri Kobolov, says the country needs $35 billion to cover this year and next.

He is looking to Europe or the United States for help, hopefully within the next two weeks. Jonathan Adelman, professor of international relations at the University of Denver, said he sees little chance of the Washington coming through at a time of budgetary difficulties, highlighted this week when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed to shrink the U.S. Army to its smallest size since the 1940s.

“There’s going to be no enthusiasm here for the tens of billions of dollars it would take to bail Ukraine

out,” Adelman said. Ukraine has major debt repayments coming up in June but analysts indicate it will have difficulty making it that far without help. A rescue with outside lenders can’t be agreed until there’s a government, and the Ukrainian Parliament has postponed the formation of one until Thursday.

The crisis in Ukraine blew up when President Viktor Yanukovych, at the last minute late last year, backed out of an association deal with the European Union in favor of a promised $15 billion bailout from Russia. That angered Ukrainians from pro-European central and western regions. Russia’s bailout is now on hold after the Ukrainian parliament voted Saturday to remove Yanukovych, who fled the capital and went into hiding after months of protests against his government. The country has only gotten $3 billion of the money.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that the EU and its member nations are ready to help bridge Ukraine’s short-term financing needs until

a new government can negotiate a full-fledged assistance package with the International Monetary Fund. She said it was important that Russia also help out.

But James Collins, former U.S. ambassador to Moscow and diplomat in residence at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to stand back and let the situation in Ukraine play out for the time being.

Ukraine, a country of 46 million, is torn between its pro-European western regions and its Russianspeaking east and south. The tensions date back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s unexpected independence in 1991.

In the Crimean Peninsula, protesters rallied this week against the new authorities in Kiev and pleaded for protection from Moscow.

“A continuation of past policies pressing Ukraine to choose between East and West will almost certainly make this process more difficult and fraught,” Collins said. “An approach providing Ukraine with breathing room and time is more likely to create a favorable environment for a positive outcome from Ukraine’s next stage. Such a policy would serve the interests of Russia, the EU and the United States.”

Merry said the Europeans may not have understood what they had unleashed by courting Ukraine.

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Arizona governor returns home amid furor over bill

Associated Press Writer

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Dewa Made Darsana, 60, said that many people were still pursuing in the plantation business such as coffee, clove, cacao, fruit, mangosteen and durian commodity. Such commodities posed the main livelihood of the community to support their economic life.

Meanwhile, the price of each commodity highly depended on the consumer interest in the market. “Many people are involving in the plantation field as the main source of income. Crops of the plantation commodities are usually sold to collectors,” he said.

Plantation farmers at local village said that every commodity sold to collectors tended to get cheaper price compared to the commodities sold in urban areas. To farmers, it was not a significant problem as long as they could survive. They only expected in order the price of their commodities was not too cheap.

Based on the market condition within the past week, the price of plantation commodities sold by collectors were as follows: snake fruit at IDR 1,500 per kg, dried clove at IDR 125,000 per kg, dried cacao at IDR 15,000 per kg, dried coffee at IDR 20,000 per kg, raw coffee at IDR 3,000 per kg and mangosteen at IDR 11,000.

Another farmer, Putu Adri, 50, added that due to harvest season tended to vary and even turned uncertain, farmers typically took a second job other than gardening. “Today, the plantation harvest season is still uncertain, so many people are taking side jobs such as selling the oblation, becoming construction worker and developing plant nursery that can be sold,” he said. (dgk)

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PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is facing a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights. The Republican governor returned to Arizona on Tuesday after spending the last five days in Washington attending a national conference of state governors. She finds herself in a political climate that is much different from just a week ago.

The Arizona Legislature passed a bill last week allowing businesses whose owners cite sincerely held religious beliefs to deny service to gays. It allows any business, church or person to cite the law as a defense in any action brought by the government or individuals claiming discrimination.

The legislation has caused a national uproar. The chorus of opposition has grown each day, with Arizona’s business community, the state’s Super Bowl Committee and both Republican U.S. senators calling for a veto.

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was the latest prominent voice to weigh in and urge Brewer to veto the bill.

Business leaders are concerned that if the bill is approved it could

embarrass the state and adversely impact the state’s convention and tourism sector.

Similar religious protection legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, South Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma, but Arizona’s plan is the only one that has passed. The efforts are stalled in Idaho, Ohio and Kansas.

Brewer will likely spend the next day or more pondering Senate Bill 1062 before deciding whether to sign or veto the legislation.

There is widespread speculation that Brewer will veto the bill, but she has not said how she’ll act, as is her longtime practice with pending legislation. Political observers in Arizona cautioned that the governor is deliberate and not prone to act hastily, despite the growing calls from business, politicians of all stripes, and civil rights groups for a veto.

“She’s no rookie to these highprofile deals — she gives both sides their due,” said Doug Cole, a political consultant whose firm has run all of Brewer’s campaigns for decades.

“She’s going to get a very detailed briefing from her legal team, and give the proponents their best shot, and the opponents their best shot,” he said. “Everybody’s going to get their say, and they’ve giving it.”

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.

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Agence France-Presse

CHICAGO - General Motors on Tuesday significantly expanded the recall of vehicles found to have an ignition defect that can cause them to suddenly turn off, a problem linked to 13 deaths.

The defect stems from a weakness in the ignition switch that could allow a heavy set of keys to switch it into the ‘accessory’ or ‘off’ position, particularly if the vehicle experiences a sudden jolt.

GM said in the intial recall that the five crashes which claimed the lives of six people “occurred off-

road and at high speeds, where the probability of serious or fatal injuries was high regardless of airbag deployment.”

Further review raised the total to 31 crashes in which the defect may have stopped the airbags from deploying, and 13 deaths.

The recall now totals 1.4 mil-

lion vehicles in the United States, while nearly 236,000 were recalled in Canada and about 9,000 in Mexico.

The initial investigation was “not as robust as it should have been” and GM is determined to improve its handling of reported problems, GM North America President Alan Batey said in a statement.

“Ensuring our customers’ safety is our first order of business,” Batey said. “We are deeply sorry and we are working to address this issue as

quickly as we can.”

The company said it will aggressively seek out owners to alert them to the risk and get them to bring their vehicles into a dealership where the repairs will be performed free of charge.

The recall affects the following vehicles: model years 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalts, Pontiac G5 and Pontiac Pursuit; 2003-2007 Saturn Ions; 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHRs; and 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky models.

Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoin Associated Press

TOKYO — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it.

Prominent bitcoin supporters said the apparent collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt. Gox exchange was an isolated case of mismanagement that will weed out “bad actors.” But the setback raised serious questions about bitcoin’s tenuous status and even more tenuous future. At least one supporter said the blow could be fatal to bitcoin’s quest for acceptance by the public.

A coalition of virtual currency companies said Mt. Gox went under after secretly racking up catastrophic losses. The exchange had imposed a ban on withdrawals earlier this month.

By Tuesday, its website returned only a blank page. On Wednesday it displayed a notice to customers that said all transactions were closed “for the time being” to protect the site and customers. The collapse followed the resignation Sunday of CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking wider use of the exotic currency.

Mt. Gox’s origins are rooted in fantasy instead of finance. The service originally specialized in trading colorful cards featuring

mythical wizards and derives its name from a game. The initials stand for, “Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange.”

San Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase and Chinese exchange BTC China sought to shore up confidence in the currency by saying the Mt. Gox’s situation was isolated and the result of abusing users’ trust. They offered no details.

“As with any new industry, there are certain bad actors that need to be weeded out, and that is what we are seeing today,” the statement said.

Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin has become popular among tech enthusiasts, libertarians and risk-seeking investors because it allows people to make one-to-one transactions, buy goods and services and exchange money across borders without involving banks, credit card issuers or other third parties. Criminals like bitcoin for the same reasons.

For various technical reasons, it’s hard to know just how many people worldwide own bitcoins, but the currency attracted outsize media attention and the fascination of millions as an increasing number of large retailers such as Overstock.com began to accept it.

Speculative investors have jumped into the bitcoin fray, too, sending the currency’s value fluctuating wildly in recent months.

In December, the value of a single bitcoin hit an all-time high of $1,200. In the aftermath of the Mt. Gox collapse Tuesday, one bitcoin

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Ulun Danu Batur Temple:

A sanctum to worship Goddess Danu

GM expands deadly defect recall to 1.6 million vehicles The largest US automaker will now recall 1.6 million vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The original recall, issued about two weeks ago for nearly 780,000 vehicles, was linked to 22 crashes where the front seat airbags did not deploy, and six deaths.

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The Livestock and Fishery Agency (P2) of Bangli persistently made the efforts in order to gain international recognition for the Kintamanian dog. One of them was with the purification of the Kintamanian dog.

To gain international recognition

Bangli performs Kintamanian dog purification Bali Post

BANGLI - The Livestock and Fishery Agency (P2) of Bangli persistently made the efforts in order to gain international recognition for the Kintamanian dog. One of them was with the purification of the Kintamanian dog. Until now, a total of 38 dogs in Kintamani have been purified in the Bangli Livestock and Fishery Agency since 2011.

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This April 3, 2013 file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. The website of major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.

stood at around $470.

Central banks across the globe have been hesitant to recognize bitcoin as a form of money, and Tuesday’s vanishing act isn’t helping.

Japanese officials appeared reluctant to react, with the Finance Ministry and Financial Services Agency both saying Wednesday a virtual currency like bitcoin

was not under their jurisdiction.

Tokyo police declined comment.

Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, said the financial regulators are gathering information and “if necessary, I believe they will act on this.”

Documents purportedly leaked from Mt. Gox lay out the scale of the problem. An 11-page “crisis strategy draft” published on the

blog of entrepreneur and bitcoin enthusiast Ryan Selkis said that 740,000 bitcoins were missing from Mt. Gox. That represents roughly 6 percent of the estimated 12 million bitcoins that have been created so far, translating into hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of losses, although figures are fuzzy given the currency’s extreme volatility.

The Head of Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Alit Parwata, accompanied by the Race Dog Breeding Section Head, Agus Wirawan, explained on Tuesday (Feb 25) the purification activities was carried out by his party to get the appropriate Kintamanian puppies with the standard and its hallmark. The hallmark of the Kintamanian dog included the crescent-like ear, long and graceful neck feather, fox-like head and the other hallmarks. The purification efforts were also carried out to gain recognition for the Kintamanian dog as a native race dog clump to Indonesia.

So far, the existence of Kintamanian dog had been recognized as a purebred dog by the All Indonesia Kennel Club (Perkin) in 2006. Furthermore, in Febru-

ary 2012, the Kintamanian dog also received the recognition in the Asian region from the Asian Kennel Union (AKU). “In the next stage, we are still trying to get recognition from the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) as a dog breed in the world,” he said.

Agus Wirawan revealed that to get the recognition of the FCI was not easy. His party remained to face a number of obstacles all this time, namely related to the real population of the Kintamanian dog in the field that was not in accordance with the criteria set forth by the FCI and the matter of (genetic) authenticity of the Kintamanian dog. “That’s why we continue to work through the purification of the Kintamanian dog through breeding. We want to

get a dog that is really appropriate with the existing standards. Its puppies must all be original, do not resemble the genetic of other races,” he said.

He added if later on the Kintamanian dog had already gained worldwide recognition as a race dog, the economic value of the dog would increase. Not only that, the people of Bali especially the dog lovers would also feel proud because in terms of status, the Kintamanian dogs had increased.

So far, the population of Kintamanian dog in Bali reached 2,669 heads. Other than bred in Bali, this native dog to Sukawana village, Bangli, had also even been bred in Korea, Russia, Ukraine and other countries. “There, the quality of dog is also quite good,” he added. (ina)

BANGLI - If the Besakih Temple is known as Purusha, then the Ulun Danu Batur Temple belongs to Pradhana. In the Besakih Temple, God is worshiped to strengthen the people’s spirituality in the efforts to achieve spiritual happiness, while in the Batur Temple God is venerated to strengthen the spirituality in building the economic prosperity.

Spiritually peaceful and economically prosperous pose a universal desire of every human being on this mundane world. Why are they called Purusha and Pradhana? It is mentioned in the Usana Bali palm-leaf manuscript.

In the Usana Bali manuscript is mentioned that mythologically the Mount Mahameru in India was very high and almost touching the sky. If the sky was touched, the universe would be destroyed. Therefore, the Lord Pasupati took the summit of the Mount Mahameru in India by both hands. Chunks of the Mount Mahameru were then flown to Bali. The chunks were grasped with his right hand and then transformed into the Mount Agung, while the chunk on his left hand into the Mount Batur. On the Mount Agung was enthroned the Lord Putra Jaya (Lord Mahadeva), while on the Mount Batur was enthroned the Goddess Danu. Goddess Danu is no other than the consort of Lord Vishnu.

Lord Vishnu is the god of water for the prosperity of living beings.

The palm-leaf manuscripts mentioning the existence of the Batur Temple, among others, are the Usana Bali, Kusuma Dewa and Raja Purana Batur.

According to those manuscripts, the Batur Temple is the Sad Kahyangan Temple also belonging to Kahyangan Jagat or universal temple functioned to worship God as the Gods of Prosperity. Kahyangan Jagat is a sanctum used to worship God for all the Hindus.

The foundations to develop prosperity expressed in the Bhagavad-Gita are kris, goraksya and vanjyam meaning agriculture, livestock and trade. Such prosperity is not possible without water. It is due to the help of water the stavira (plants), janggama (animal) and human can develop their life.

One of the goals to establish the Sad Kahyangan is to motivate mankind to preserve Sad Kerti in building the inner and outer wellbeing. Danu Kerti and Wana Kerti are two of the six Sad Kerti elements. Ocean water evaporates into clouds. Then, the cloud falls in the form of rains. Ultimately, the rainwater passing through no vegetation will directly flow into the sea.

If there are vegetations on the highland forest like on the hills and mountains, the rain water will get absorbed well. Afterward, the water absorbed by forests will form a lake and river and flow endlessly. It is the natural law created by God. Such natural processes should be kept and maintained by human beings properly and sagaciously. Water, plants, groceries and wise words are three jewels on the earth according to Canakya Nitisastra. If water and plants are not managed by wise words, then they will bring in disaster to mankind and other living creatures on earth.

Venerating God as Goddess Danu, the consort of Lord Vishnu, is to nurture the establishment of the wise words in managing the natural process. If natural processes are managed by greed, it will even bring in disaster to mankind.

Combination of the Ulun Danu Batur Temple, Mount Batur, Lake Batur and Kintamani forests is a very stunning beauty. Hindu religious ceremonies and prayers in Ulun Danu Batur Temple should be directed to enlighten people in order to maintain such amazing beauty. (kmb)

Devotees are saying prayers in the Ulun Danu Temple.

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US couple strike $10 million gold-coin bonanza Associated Press Writer

Gunfire by night becomes new norm in downtown Bangkok

LOS ANGELES — A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.

Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, which recently authenticated them. Although the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to more than $28,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch nearly $1 million apiece.

“I don’t like to say once-in-a-lifetime for anything, but you don’t get an opportunity to handle this kind of material, a treasure like this, ever,” said veteran numismatist Don Kagin, who is representing the finders. “It’s like they found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” Kagin, whose family has been in the rare-coin business for 81 years, would say little about the couple other than that they are husband and wife, are middle-aged and have lived for several years on the rural property where the coins were found. They have no idea who put them there, Kagin said.

The pair are choosing to remain anonymous, Kagin said, in part to avoid a renewed gold rush to their property by modern-day prospectors armed with metal detectors.

They also don’t want to be treated any differently, said David McCarthy, chief numismatist for Kagin Inc. of Tiburon. “Their concern was this would change the way everyone else would look at them, and they’re pretty happy with the lifestyle they have today,” he said.

They plan to put most of the coins up for sale through Amazon while holding onto a few keepsakes. They’ll use the money to pay off bills and quietly donate to local charities, Kagin said.

Before they sell them, they are loaning some to the American Numismatic Association for its National Money Show, which opens Thursday in Atlanta.

BANGKOK - Shots fired by unknown gunmen on Wednesday rattled parts of the Thai capital where anti-government protesters have set up camp for weeks, with small but occasionally deadly bombs and gunfire fast becoming the new norm in the city. No one was wounded in the shootings in the central commercial area of Bangkok, although five people were killed in weekend violence in the city and the eastern province of Trat, four of them young children.

Missouri executes man in ‘89 rape, killing of teen

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Rice farmers rest by their tractors on a main highway where they spent a night in Ayutthaya province February 21, 2014.

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National security chief Paradorn Pattanathabutr said there had been no reported deaths or injuries in the incidents in the early hours of Wednesday. “As for the perpetrators, we still don’t know who they are,” he told Reuters. “Recently we have been seeing more incidents like this happening more frequently ... It is noticeable that there are incidents like this every day.”

The protesters, whose disruption of a general election this month left polarised Thailand in political paralysis, want to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and erase the influence of her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen by many as the real power in the country.

Occasional contact between the two sides, amid calls for an end to the violence, has so far led to nothing.

Bluesky TV, the protesters’ station, showed demonstrators pushing against the wrought iron gates of the national police headquarters in Bangkok, demanding the proper investigation of more

than 20 deaths since the beginning of the protests. They did not get into the compound and dispersed in the early afternoon.

The protesters have vilified the police as lackeys of Thaksin, a former police officer who went on to build a telecoms empire.

“We want the police to do their job honestly and straightforwardly,” said Anchalee Paireerak, a protest leader and former television news anchor. “We urge them to stop serving the Thaksin regime and join our movement.”

The protesters want to set up an unelected “people’s council” of the good and worthy to oversee vaguely defined political reforms, including a restructuring of the police force, before new elections are held.

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Charges of negligence are to brought against Yingluck on Thursday by Thailand’s anticorruption agency relating to a rice subsidy scheme that paid farmers above-market prices and

has proved financially ruinous.

Yingluck is in the northern city of Chiang Mai - her family’s home town - and is unlikely to attend the hearing in person.

Some Yingluck supporters have said they would camp outside the agency’s offices in Bangkok overnight to stop officials getting into work on Thursday.

The crisis flared up in November and the protesters have blocked several main intersections in the capital since mid-January.

Although their numbers have dwindled, they are still managing to disrupt government business, forcing some agencies or ministries to close.

This has taken a toll on confidence and the economy. Official figures on Tuesday showed a slump in trade in January.

Imports fell 15.5 percent from a year earlier, the biggest tumble since October 2009. Imports of computers and parts were down 19 percent, vehicle parts were off 31.8 percent and consumer goods down 5.3 percent. Exports dropped 2 percent.

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In this handout photo from the Missouri Correctional offices, Michael Anthony Taylor of Kansas City is shown.

BONNE TERRE, Missouri — A Missouri inmate has been executed for abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager nearly 25 years ago.

Michael Taylor was lethally injected just after midnight Wednesday. He was the fourth Missouri inmate executed by the state in as many months.

His attorneys had argued that the state’s execution drug, purchased from a compounding pharmacy, could have caused Taylor inhumane pain and suffering. But his last-minute appeals were denied by federal courts and the governor.

Authorities say 15-year-old Ann Harrison was waiting for her school bus on March 22, 1989, when she was abducted

by Taylor and Roderick Nunley. The men took the girl to a house where she was raped and stabbed to death. Nunley is also on death row.

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INDONESIA Russian firms to invest up to $6 billion in mining

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Russian firms plan to invest up to six billion dollars in Indonesia’s mining sector this year, Jakarta said Tuesday, despite its recent mineral export ban that has worried foreign investors.

Projects include a refinery on Borneo to process bauxite, an aluminium ore, and a railway on the island to transport coal to a port, said Indonesian Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa.

Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminium producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding to build the refinery with a local company.

“The investment potential this year is between five and six billion dollars,” Rajasa said.

The announcement, which came during a visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and a large business delegation to Jakarta, will be a boost following the ban on the export of some unprocessed

mineral ores which came into force last month.

It was aimed at transferring jobs and technology to Indonesia by forcing companies to build smelters in the archipelago.

But it has led to many companies halting exports, and delaying projects and investments.

Oleg Deripaska, the chief executive of Rusal, said in a statement: “We have long stated our desire to expand into this important Southeast Asian market given its increasing prominence on the global mining stage.”

Construction of the railway project will begin in 2016, the company behind it said.

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($2,585) promised by the migrants once they arrived in Australia, Warsidi said.

According to Kebumen police, the migrants left for the Australian territory of Christmas Island from West Java last Wednesday. Three days later, they arrived near the border but were intercepted by an Australian warship which blew up their wooden boat.

Australia bought unsinkable lifeboats as part of its policy to deter such boat journeys, but it has refused to confirm the boats’ use in sending asylum seekers back to Indonesia.

The orange lifeboat was equipped with television, navigation equipment, batteries and foods, police said.

It was the second lifeboat with turnedback asylum seekers stranded in Java’s southern coast this month.

Australian Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison’s office on Tuesday refused to comment on the latest lifeboat arrival. A statement cited a policy of keeping border protection activities secret.

Indonesia’s vast chain of islands is a popular transit point for people fleeing war-torn countries to reach Australia.

But Australia’s new government has instituted new policies and refuses to resettle even genuine refugees who arrive by boat, instead sending them to Papua New Guinea or Nauru in the South Pacific.

Migrants claim Australia sent them back on lifeboat JAKARTA — Two dozen asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia say Australian authorities blew up the boat that carried them toward Australia’s Christmas Island then sent them back in a lifeboat, Indonesian officials said Tuesday.

The Indonesia Search and Rescue Agency evacuated 26 migrants after the local navy found the lifeboat stranded Monday near Agropeni beach in Kebumen district of Central Java.

Australia’s new policy of using lifeboats to send back asylum seekers found in unseaworthy vessels has angered Indonesia, which sees it as a breach of sovereignty.

The migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Iran are being held at the local immigration office in the nearby district of Cilacap, said Imam Prawira, the office’s head of investigation and enforcement.

Prawira said, according a Pakistani migrant, they were rejected near the maritime border by Australia, which transferred them into the lifeboat.

Kebumen police Capt. Warsidi said two of three Indonesian crewmen were being questioned while another escaped. The crewmen claimed to have received just 10 million rupiah ($860) out of 30 million

Jakarta seeks to revive crumbling old town Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Once resplendent facades sagging in the tropical heat and empty shells of colonial-era buildings are depressing signs that the old town of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, once considered the “Jewel of Asia”, has suffered decades of neglect.

Palm trees grow through crumbling windows in what was once the centre of power for Indonesia’s Dutch colonial rulers, and many buildings that are still intact lie empty, stained grey by fumes from hordes of passing traffic.

But Jakarta’s popular governor Joko Widodo, who has energetically taken on the task of transforming one of the world’s most chaotic metropolises, has a new plan to overhaul the old town and attract more tourists.

“It has to be done, otherwise it is going to deteriorate,” said Goenawan Mohamad, a well-known Indonesian writer and member of the group set up to regenerate the old town.

“It’s about time.”

Nevertheless, there is much scepticism.

Other plans have failed and some fear that even if the latest makes progress, developers might transform the area into a “Disneyland” full of garish malls rather than a well-preserved heritage area.

The old town, in modern-day north Jakarta, was once a global trading centre, where merchants would arrive to buy and sell goods from across the Indonesian archipelago, particularly spices sought after in Europe.

With its whitewashed buildings and cobbled streets, the area for centuries made up almost the whole of Jakarta, then known as Batavia, and was called the “Jewel of Asia”

by European sailors arriving after long sea voyages.

Jakarta has expanded to become a city with a population of some 10 million, better known now for its traffic jams than historic buildings, and the old town has fallen into disrepair, out of favour with the city’s wellheeled residents.

Some small sections have been preserved.

Cobbled “Fatahillah” square, the heart of the old town and the most visited part, is in good condition and is packed out with vendors selling trinkets to the small number of passing tourists.

On the square, and also well-preserved, are the former city hall and a museum showcasing

Indonesian puppets.

But outside this small area most of the buildings are in a state of serious decay.

Widodo -- who was elected last year -- and his supporters hope their initiative might at last return some colonial splendour to Jakarta.

They believe their plan stands a better chance of success than previous ones as they have created an umbrella organisation with what they believe is the right mix of people to oversee the regeneration.

The consortium includes private firms, a former government minister and a heritage group.

Crucially they have the strong backing of the Jakarta authorities, who have pledged a 150 billion rupiah ($12.5 million) budget for the regeneration.

Previous attempts suffered either from a lack of coordination between numerous different players, or the opposite -- just one group but a lack of resources, said Lin Che Wei, chairman of the consortium’s board of advisors.

There are signs that work is under way on some buildings in the area, and a visitor centre and exhibition space for contemporary art are due to open next month.

The consortium intends to renovate 85 historic buildings over five years, a programme it says will create 11,400 jobs. However, some have expressed fears over-enthusiastic development might destroy the old town’s charms and transform it into an area full of ugly modern buildings and shopping malls.

“Kota Tua is a city, it’s not Disneyland,” said Ella Ubaidi, owner of a colonial-era building in the old town, using the Indonesian name to refer to the area.

Her apprehensiveness stems from the profile of the consortiums’ board of trustees, some of whom are from large Indonesian property companies. There is also a lack of enthusiasm among the public.

Some regard the old town, a district built by colonisers, as a symbol of repressive rule, and there has been little interest among Jakarta’s citizens in maintaining it since the Dutch left Indonesia in the late 1940s.

Nevertheless, the plan’s backers are optimistic. They believe they can attract more tourists to Jakarta, which lags behind other Southeast Asian capitals in numbers of foreign visitors, as they restore the old town to its former glory.

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released by Marakata King, the ancient omission complex is located at the Pakerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pakerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’.

The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount. There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra countryside.

The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century. It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess lead between the years of 1049 - 1077 M. Temple complex is consisted of 2 consecutions. The consecution in eastside Pakerisan River is consisted of 5 units and the consecution at west side of river is 5 units, in the north is 4 units and 1 unit is located far in south side separate from the others.

Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, California — Houston’s James Harden needed only three quarters to score a season-high 43 points and lead the Rockets to a 129-103 win over Sacramento on Tuesday, tightening the race for the NBA’s Southwest Division. Harden was able to sit out all of the last quarter as the Rockets moved within 1-1/2 games of San Antonio for the division lead.

Among the day’s other results, Portland had a win over Denver despite the ongoing absence of LaMarcus Aldridge, Eastern Conference leader Indiana comfortably beat the struggling Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota finished powerfully to overrun Phoenix. Harden helped Houston go ahead by 25 points in the first quarter, 31 in the second and 33 in the third. He shot 11 of 20 from the floor, made 15 of 16 free throws and added eight assists and three steals.

Dwight Howard left briefly after banging his right knee but returned to finish with 20 points and 11 rebounds

for the Rockets, who have won 10 of their past 11 games. DeMarcus Cousins had 16 points and six rebounds for the Kings before getting ejected for vehemently arguing with an official in the third quarter.

Portland won 100-95 at Denver, with Damian Lillard scoring 31 points to make up for the absence of fellow All-Star Aldridge. Lillard scored 12 in the third quarter when it looked as if the Blazers were headed for a blowout win, but he saved his biggest shots for late in the fourth after the Nuggets had trimmed an 18-point deficit to two.

Aldridge missed his fourth straight game with a strained left groin. But the Blazers had six players score in double figures, including Nicolas Batum’s 16 points.

Portland overcame a terrific performance by Denver’s J.J. Hickson, who pulled down a career-high 25 rebounds, including 15 on the offensive side.

Indiana’s Paul George scored 12 of his 20 points in the third quarter to set the Pacers up for a 118-98 win over the Lakers. The Lakers, who are the worst team in the Western Conference, stayed closer than expected through the first 2½ quarters and trailed just 59-58 early in the third.

But George then scored 10 points in a decisive 14-5 spurt that gave Indiana an 80-68 lead with 2:58 to go in the period. Evan Turner had 13 points in his Pacers debut. Kent Bazemore finished with a careerhigh 23 points for the Lakers.

Renault holding Toro Rosso back – Vergne

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Toro Rosso completed just 139 laps across the four days of the second test in Bahrain, with only Red Bull, Lotus and Marussia managing a lower total. On the final day Vergne was restricted to 19 laps due to a problem with the Renault engine, leaving the team on the back foot heading in to the final test this week.

Asked by Crash.net if it was a case of Renault holding Toro Rosso back so far, Vergne replied: “Yes.

“Sometimes it’s the engine and sometimes it’s ourselves. But the problem is when you stay in the garage so much. You see the problems with a new car when you drive, so that’s a bit of an issue.”

But Vergne said there was still progress being made by both Renault and Toro Rosso and that he was hopeful of a swift recovery.

“I will not talk negatively because I fell like it and everybody

knows it, so I don’t need to say anything else. I’m positive. We still have major problems and they were able to fix some of them. I know it’s going to take time, I knew arriving here that nothing would have been fixed [immediately].

“I have big faith in the people working in the team and also in the Renault people. They all know what the problems are and I am confident they can do something about it.”

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Jean Eric Vergne

Houston Rockets guard James Harden, left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014.

Mayweather set to face Maidana on May 3

Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather is scheduled to face WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana on May 3 in a bout to unify their 147-pound titles. WBC welterweight champion Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) is coming off year in which he had victories over Robert Guerrero and Canelo Alvarez. Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs), of Margarita, Argentina, defeated

Adrien Broner on Dec. 14, 2013 by unanimous decision.

“Marcos Maidana’s last performance immediately brought him to my attention,” Mayweather said in a statement. “He is an extremely skilled fighter who brings knockout danger to the ring. I think this is a great fight for me and he deserves the opportunity to see if he can do what 45 others have tried to do before him — beat me.”

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Reuters

Manchester United were exposed as mediocre on the European stage with manager David Moyes shocked at the evidence on display in a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Olympiakos Piraeus in the Champions League on Tuesday. The defeat in the first leg of their last 16, first leg tie had former United captain Roy Keane, now a television pundit, highlighting the quality of the Greek side and saying Moyes needed half a dozen top signings to rebuild his team.

“Criticise United all you want but Olympiakos were good. They were on the front foot and technically better than United tonight,” Keane, who helped United win the European Cup in 1999, said on ITV. “There is a lack of confidence and there are some players who just don’t have the quality. We’ve been brainwashed that the Premier League is the best in the world - nonsense,” he added. “It’s the best brand in the world but they have fallen behind, United more than most. They need six or seven players to rebuild the club.”

Moyes was stunned by the worst performance of a poor season in a competition which remains their only hope of a trophy. They need to turn the tie around at Old Trafford on March 19 because they have only the slimmest chance of returning to the Champions League next season via their Premier league position.

They are 11 points behind fourth-

placed arch-rivals Liverpool who occupy the final Champions league qualifying place with 11 matches remaining this season.

WORST PERFORMANCE

“That’s the worst we’ve played in Europe, we didn’t deserve to get anything. I’m surprised, I didn’t see that level of performance coming,” said Moyes days after an encouraging 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in the Premier League. “I take responsibility, it’s my team and we have to play better. There is a second game and we will do all we can to turn it around,” added Moyes, who has struggled with the team he inherited from the great Alex Ferguson nine months ago.

“There is undoubtedly talent at Manchester United but we didn’t show it tonight,” he said. “They have a very good home record so it wasn’t unexpected.” Olympiakos are runaway

leaders in the Greek league having won all 13 of their home games this season, but United beat them in their four previous meetings when the Old Trafford club were a force to be reckoned with in Europe.

United have not reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the last two seasons, having won their third title in 2008 and also reached the 2009 and 2011 finals under Ferguson.

They were undone on Tuesday by goals from two Latin American players, Argentine midfielder Alejandro Dominguez and Costa Rica striker Joel Campbell, neither of whom has been able to hold down a place in bigger teams.

Dominguez was back home two seasons ago on loan from Valencia helping River Plate recover from relegation but was discarded once they regained their top flight status and arrived in Greece via Madrid minnows Rayo Vallecano.

The 21-year-old Campbell, on loan from Arsenal, will relish the prospect of knocking out United as he prepares to face England in the group stage at the World Cup in Brazil in June.

Australia dump Neill for World Cup warmup

Reuters

MELBOURNE - Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has omitted long-serving captain Lucas Neill and a clutch of seasoned players from a 23-man squad for a World Cup warmup against Ecuador, underlining his intent to inject some new blood into the team. Under former coach Holger Osieck and 35-year-old skipper Neill, Australia booked their ticket to the Brazil finals after a stuttering last phase of Asian qualifying but were heavily criticised for their stodgy play.

With German Osieck sacked in October following back-to-back 6-0 friendly defeats to Brazil and France, his replacement

Postecoglou has been tasked with rejuvenating a demoralised team in time for the June 12-July 13 finals.

The 48-year-old coach signalled his intentions by bringing four uncapped players into the squad for the March 5 friendly at The Den in London, while snubbing 96-cap defender Neill, along with veteran midfielder Mark Bresciano and forward Brett Holman.

“The squad to face Ecuador represents the first steps in what I believe is the building of the next golden generation for Australian football acknowledging there is a need to balance experimentation and experience to achieve this,” Postecoglou said in a statement on Wednesday. “This squad reflects that direction... both in the short term and

AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

As Wayne Rooney looks on, Olympiakos’ Joel Campbell celebrates after scoring the second goal of his team against Manchester United during their Champions League, round of 16, first leg soccer match at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, in Piraeus port, near Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014.

the long term.”

Postecoglou also omitted 34-year-old defender Sasa Ognenovski but has not completely broken from the past, with forward Tim Cahill, also 34, retained and experienced defender Luke Wilkshire recalled for the team’s last international before a provisional 30-man World Cup squad is named in May. Cahill and Wilkshire are joined by fellow World Cup alumni, including midfielders Mile Jedinak and Mark Milligan, and Switzerland-based forward Dario Vidosic.

BARCELONA, Spain — The saga of Neymar’s transfer to Barcelona is threatening to disrupt the Spanish champion’s performances on the pitch. The Brazil forward’s transfer from Santos last June has led national authorities to charge the Spanish league club with tax fraud as the price of the deal has ballooned from 57.1 million euros ($74 million) to 100 million euros ($138 million).

Barcelona made a voluntary payment of 13.55 million euros to tax authorities on Monday to cover any eventual irregularities from a convoluted contract that has already cost former president Sandro Rosell his position. “I hope it doesn’t affect the team,” midfielder Andres Iniesta was quoted as saying Tuesday from a sponsor’s event. “It’s not good for the team or for him, all of this talk of things besides football.”

Barcelona followed up its Champions League win at Manchester City with a disappointing 3-1 loss at Real Sociedad last weekend, and there are questions whether the off-field circus accompanying perhaps world football’s most expensive transfer is affecting the squad.

“We can just hope that all of the noise surrounding Neymar’s case doesn’t last long,” Iniesta said. “His spirits are up. The most positive thing we can do is talk about our football.” But even that hasn’t been all too encouraging despite the 2-0 win at City one week ago.

Coach Gerardo Martino has guided the team into the Copa del Rey final and it only trails Real Madrid by three points in the La Liga standings. Yet, erratic play continues to follow the Argentine coach, who is finding it tough convincing the Catalan club in the follow-up to the Pep Guardiola-Tito Vilanova era. “We’re all responsible for our results,” Iniesta said. “(Sociedad) was a tough loss, but we’ll fight to the death for our coach. There’s no doubt there.”

Dortmund wins 4-2 at Zenit in Champions League Associated Press Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Borussia Dortmund took a big step toward the Champions League quarterfinals with a 4-2 victory at Zenit St. Petersburg on Tuesday. Losing finalists last year, Dortmund made a blistering start with Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring in the fourth minute and Marco Reus doubling the visitors’ lead a minute later.

Zenit, which hadn’t played a competitive game since Dec. 11 due to the Russian winter break, looked rusty, but pulled one back through Oleg Shatov in the 57th. Lewandowski replied four minutes later, after playing a one-two with Poland teammate Lukasz Piszczek. Then Piszczek conceded a

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FC Barcelona’s Neymar, from Brazil, reacts after scoring against Rayo Vallecano during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014.

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leave Dortmund firmly in control before the secondleg of the round-of-16 tie on March 19.

“We were close to optimal this evening,” Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said. “It was a great game, no question.” After more than two months without competitive football, the home side buckled early on under the visitors’ pressure and struggled to keep up with their quick passing game. The tactics quickly paid off for Dortmund when Reus ran at the Zenit defense, staying on his feet when he might have been awarded a penalty, before Mkhitaryan swept the loose ball past Yuri Lodygin.

The visiting fans were still celebrating when Kevin Grosskreutz knocked Mkhitaryan’s cross back for Reus to volley inside the right post. “We stayed compact. We wanted to pressure them to win back the ball. That was very important,” Dortmund captain Sebastian Kehl said. “We brought the game in the right direction and made Zenit uncertain.”

Zenit’s attacking midfielder Andrey Arshavin went off with what looked a hamstring injury in the 15th minute, and last-gasp defending from its captain Nicolas Lombaerts prevented Lewandowski from getting Dortmund’s third shortly afterward.

Zenit was let down by sloppy play and nervous defending, with Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, who came on for the injured Arshavin, giving the ball away cheaply to highlight his side’s travails. Hulk was fired up but his shot failed to trouble Roman Weidenfeller and his only reward for taking on three Dortmund defenders was a corner, which came to nothing.

Lodygin pulled off a good save to deny Lewandowski three minutes after the interval, before Zenit responded with a period of pressure. It finally paid off when Shatov scored in fortuitous fashion.

Marcel Schmelzer cleared Hulk’s effort off the line and Jose Rondon struck the post from the rebound, before the loose ball fell kindly for Shatov to blast home. Dortmund soon replied, with Lewandowski playing a one-two with Poland teammate Lukasz Piszczek and firing beyond Lodygin, who got a touch to the ball.

The home side was given a lifeline when Piszczek was adjudged to have fouled Viktor Fayzulin.

Hulk duly obliged with his penalty. But Lewandowski provided another immediate response after Tymoshchuk lost possession. Reus sent the ball into the Poland striker’s path and he fired inside the far corner for his sixth of the campaign.

“I don’t have the feeling that it was easy,” Klopp said in response to a question from a Russian journalist. “I think we had to work very hard.”

The game was played with the section normally occupied by Zenit’s ultra fans closed due to racist behavior, fireworks and crowd disturbances during a group stage loss at Austria Vienna on Dec. 11.

penalty and Hulk scored emphatiZenit’s Axel cally from theWitsel, spot in left, and Luis Neto, right, go for a header over Borussia’s Robert Lewandowski during the Champithe 69th.

Lewandowski ons League soccer responded by scoring his match between Zenit St.Petersburg and Borussia side’s fourthDortmund away goal at Petrovsky stadium in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, two minutes later to Feb. 25, 2014.

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Associated Press Writer

Reuters

Manchester United were exposed as mediocre on the European stage with manager David Moyes shocked at the evidence on display in a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Olympiakos Piraeus in the Champions League on Tuesday. The defeat in the first leg of their last 16, first leg tie had former United captain Roy Keane, now a television pundit, highlighting the quality of the Greek side and saying Moyes needed half a dozen top signings to rebuild his team.

“Criticise United all you want but Olympiakos were good. They were on the front foot and technically better than United tonight,” Keane, who helped United win the European Cup in 1999, said on ITV. “There is a lack of confidence and there are some players who just don’t have the quality. We’ve been brainwashed that the Premier League is the best in the world - nonsense,” he added. “It’s the best brand in the world but they have fallen behind, United more than most. They need six or seven players to rebuild the club.”

Moyes was stunned by the worst performance of a poor season in a competition which remains their only hope of a trophy. They need to turn the tie around at Old Trafford on March 19 because they have only the slimmest chance of returning to the Champions League next season via their Premier league position.

They are 11 points behind fourth-

placed arch-rivals Liverpool who occupy the final Champions league qualifying place with 11 matches remaining this season.

WORST PERFORMANCE

“That’s the worst we’ve played in Europe, we didn’t deserve to get anything. I’m surprised, I didn’t see that level of performance coming,” said Moyes days after an encouraging 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in the Premier League. “I take responsibility, it’s my team and we have to play better. There is a second game and we will do all we can to turn it around,” added Moyes, who has struggled with the team he inherited from the great Alex Ferguson nine months ago.

“There is undoubtedly talent at Manchester United but we didn’t show it tonight,” he said. “They have a very good home record so it wasn’t unexpected.” Olympiakos are runaway

leaders in the Greek league having won all 13 of their home games this season, but United beat them in their four previous meetings when the Old Trafford club were a force to be reckoned with in Europe.

United have not reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the last two seasons, having won their third title in 2008 and also reached the 2009 and 2011 finals under Ferguson.

They were undone on Tuesday by goals from two Latin American players, Argentine midfielder Alejandro Dominguez and Costa Rica striker Joel Campbell, neither of whom has been able to hold down a place in bigger teams.

Dominguez was back home two seasons ago on loan from Valencia helping River Plate recover from relegation but was discarded once they regained their top flight status and arrived in Greece via Madrid minnows Rayo Vallecano.

The 21-year-old Campbell, on loan from Arsenal, will relish the prospect of knocking out United as he prepares to face England in the group stage at the World Cup in Brazil in June.

Australia dump Neill for World Cup warmup

Reuters

MELBOURNE - Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has omitted long-serving captain Lucas Neill and a clutch of seasoned players from a 23-man squad for a World Cup warmup against Ecuador, underlining his intent to inject some new blood into the team. Under former coach Holger Osieck and 35-year-old skipper Neill, Australia booked their ticket to the Brazil finals after a stuttering last phase of Asian qualifying but were heavily criticised for their stodgy play.

With German Osieck sacked in October following back-to-back 6-0 friendly defeats to Brazil and France, his replacement

Postecoglou has been tasked with rejuvenating a demoralised team in time for the June 12-July 13 finals.

The 48-year-old coach signalled his intentions by bringing four uncapped players into the squad for the March 5 friendly at The Den in London, while snubbing 96-cap defender Neill, along with veteran midfielder Mark Bresciano and forward Brett Holman.

“The squad to face Ecuador represents the first steps in what I believe is the building of the next golden generation for Australian football acknowledging there is a need to balance experimentation and experience to achieve this,” Postecoglou said in a statement on Wednesday. “This squad reflects that direction... both in the short term and

AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

As Wayne Rooney looks on, Olympiakos’ Joel Campbell celebrates after scoring the second goal of his team against Manchester United during their Champions League, round of 16, first leg soccer match at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, in Piraeus port, near Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014.

the long term.”

Postecoglou also omitted 34-year-old defender Sasa Ognenovski but has not completely broken from the past, with forward Tim Cahill, also 34, retained and experienced defender Luke Wilkshire recalled for the team’s last international before a provisional 30-man World Cup squad is named in May. Cahill and Wilkshire are joined by fellow World Cup alumni, including midfielders Mile Jedinak and Mark Milligan, and Switzerland-based forward Dario Vidosic.

BARCELONA, Spain — The saga of Neymar’s transfer to Barcelona is threatening to disrupt the Spanish champion’s performances on the pitch. The Brazil forward’s transfer from Santos last June has led national authorities to charge the Spanish league club with tax fraud as the price of the deal has ballooned from 57.1 million euros ($74 million) to 100 million euros ($138 million).

Barcelona made a voluntary payment of 13.55 million euros to tax authorities on Monday to cover any eventual irregularities from a convoluted contract that has already cost former president Sandro Rosell his position. “I hope it doesn’t affect the team,” midfielder Andres Iniesta was quoted as saying Tuesday from a sponsor’s event. “It’s not good for the team or for him, all of this talk of things besides football.”

Barcelona followed up its Champions League win at Manchester City with a disappointing 3-1 loss at Real Sociedad last weekend, and there are questions whether the off-field circus accompanying perhaps world football’s most expensive transfer is affecting the squad.

“We can just hope that all of the noise surrounding Neymar’s case doesn’t last long,” Iniesta said. “His spirits are up. The most positive thing we can do is talk about our football.” But even that hasn’t been all too encouraging despite the 2-0 win at City one week ago.

Coach Gerardo Martino has guided the team into the Copa del Rey final and it only trails Real Madrid by three points in the La Liga standings. Yet, erratic play continues to follow the Argentine coach, who is finding it tough convincing the Catalan club in the follow-up to the Pep Guardiola-Tito Vilanova era. “We’re all responsible for our results,” Iniesta said. “(Sociedad) was a tough loss, but we’ll fight to the death for our coach. There’s no doubt there.”

Dortmund wins 4-2 at Zenit in Champions League Associated Press Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Borussia Dortmund took a big step toward the Champions League quarterfinals with a 4-2 victory at Zenit St. Petersburg on Tuesday. Losing finalists last year, Dortmund made a blistering start with Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring in the fourth minute and Marco Reus doubling the visitors’ lead a minute later.

Zenit, which hadn’t played a competitive game since Dec. 11 due to the Russian winter break, looked rusty, but pulled one back through Oleg Shatov in the 57th. Lewandowski replied four minutes later, after playing a one-two with Poland teammate Lukasz Piszczek. Then Piszczek conceded a

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Neymar, from Brazil, reacts after scoring against Rayo Vallecano during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014.

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leave Dortmund firmly in control before the secondleg of the round-of-16 tie on March 19.

“We were close to optimal this evening,” Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said. “It was a great game, no question.” After more than two months without competitive football, the home side buckled early on under the visitors’ pressure and struggled to keep up with their quick passing game. The tactics quickly paid off for Dortmund when Reus ran at the Zenit defense, staying on his feet when he might have been awarded a penalty, before Mkhitaryan swept the loose ball past Yuri Lodygin.

The visiting fans were still celebrating when Kevin Grosskreutz knocked Mkhitaryan’s cross back for Reus to volley inside the right post. “We stayed compact. We wanted to pressure them to win back the ball. That was very important,” Dortmund captain Sebastian Kehl said. “We brought the game in the right direction and made Zenit uncertain.”

Zenit’s attacking midfielder Andrey Arshavin went off with what looked a hamstring injury in the 15th minute, and last-gasp defending from its captain Nicolas Lombaerts prevented Lewandowski from getting Dortmund’s third shortly afterward.

Zenit was let down by sloppy play and nervous defending, with Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, who came on for the injured Arshavin, giving the ball away cheaply to highlight his side’s travails. Hulk was fired up but his shot failed to trouble Roman Weidenfeller and his only reward for taking on three Dortmund defenders was a corner, which came to nothing.

Lodygin pulled off a good save to deny Lewandowski three minutes after the interval, before Zenit responded with a period of pressure. It finally paid off when Shatov scored in fortuitous fashion.

Marcel Schmelzer cleared Hulk’s effort off the line and Jose Rondon struck the post from the rebound, before the loose ball fell kindly for Shatov to blast home. Dortmund soon replied, with Lewandowski playing a one-two with Poland teammate Lukasz Piszczek and firing beyond Lodygin, who got a touch to the ball.

The home side was given a lifeline when Piszczek was adjudged to have fouled Viktor Fayzulin.

Hulk duly obliged with his penalty. But Lewandowski provided another immediate response after Tymoshchuk lost possession. Reus sent the ball into the Poland striker’s path and he fired inside the far corner for his sixth of the campaign.

“I don’t have the feeling that it was easy,” Klopp said in response to a question from a Russian journalist. “I think we had to work very hard.”

The game was played with the section normally occupied by Zenit’s ultra fans closed due to racist behavior, fireworks and crowd disturbances during a group stage loss at Austria Vienna on Dec. 11.

penalty and Hulk scored emphatiZenit’s Axel cally from theWitsel, spot in left, and Luis Neto, right, go for a header over Borussia’s Robert Lewandowski during the Champithe 69th.

Lewandowski ons League soccer responded by scoring his match between Zenit St.Petersburg and Borussia side’s fourthDortmund away goal at Petrovsky stadium in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, two minutes later to Feb. 25, 2014.

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Harden power Rockets to win at Kings

Gunung Kawi IBP

Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Temple complex with old omission from the stone era located in Gianyar regency. Based on the inscription of Tengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinese calendar) which is released by Marakata King, the ancient omission complex is located at the Pakerisan River then it is called Katyangan Amarawati. Pakerisan River is also named by Jalu which is according to the inscription chiseled on the above of the biggest temple door sound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’.

The name of Gunung Kawi is the name given on the omission which is related to the complex of temples because the temple on this area is like the symbol from the mount. There are 3 temples which so called the name as Gunung Kawi in Bali those are Gunung Kawi in Sebatu countryside, Gunung Kawi Temple in Keliki countryside and Gunung Kawi Temple in Babitra countryside.

The ancient omission complex of Gunung Kawi is founded on 10 century. It is founded in the era of Udayana about 989 M. At the period of Marakata governance on 1023, the omission which is called Katyagan Amarawati is developed and continued by the governance of Anak Wungsu which is guess lead between the years of 1049 - 1077 M. Temple complex is consisted of 2 consecutions. The consecution in eastside Pakerisan River is consisted of 5 units and the consecution at west side of river is 5 units, in the north is 4 units and 1 unit is located far in south side separate from the others.

Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, California — Houston’s James Harden needed only three quarters to score a season-high 43 points and lead the Rockets to a 129-103 win over Sacramento on Tuesday, tightening the race for the NBA’s Southwest Division. Harden was able to sit out all of the last quarter as the Rockets moved within 1-1/2 games of San Antonio for the division lead.

Among the day’s other results, Portland had a win over Denver despite the ongoing absence of LaMarcus Aldridge, Eastern Conference leader Indiana comfortably beat the struggling Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota finished powerfully to overrun Phoenix. Harden helped Houston go ahead by 25 points in the first quarter, 31 in the second and 33 in the third. He shot 11 of 20 from the floor, made 15 of 16 free throws and added eight assists and three steals.

Dwight Howard left briefly after banging his right knee but returned to finish with 20 points and 11 rebounds

for the Rockets, who have won 10 of their past 11 games. DeMarcus Cousins had 16 points and six rebounds for the Kings before getting ejected for vehemently arguing with an official in the third quarter.

Portland won 100-95 at Denver, with Damian Lillard scoring 31 points to make up for the absence of fellow All-Star Aldridge. Lillard scored 12 in the third quarter when it looked as if the Blazers were headed for a blowout win, but he saved his biggest shots for late in the fourth after the Nuggets had trimmed an 18-point deficit to two.

Aldridge missed his fourth straight game with a strained left groin. But the Blazers had six players score in double figures, including Nicolas Batum’s 16 points.

Portland overcame a terrific performance by Denver’s J.J. Hickson, who pulled down a career-high 25 rebounds, including 15 on the offensive side.

Indiana’s Paul George scored 12 of his 20 points in the third quarter to set the Pacers up for a 118-98 win over the Lakers. The Lakers, who are the worst team in the Western Conference, stayed closer than expected through the first 2½ quarters and trailed just 59-58 early in the third.

But George then scored 10 points in a decisive 14-5 spurt that gave Indiana an 80-68 lead with 2:58 to go in the period. Evan Turner had 13 points in his Pacers debut. Kent Bazemore finished with a careerhigh 23 points for the Lakers.

Renault holding Toro Rosso back – Vergne

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Toro Rosso completed just 139 laps across the four days of the second test in Bahrain, with only Red Bull, Lotus and Marussia managing a lower total. On the final day Vergne was restricted to 19 laps due to a problem with the Renault engine, leaving the team on the back foot heading in to the final test this week.

Asked by Crash.net if it was a case of Renault holding Toro Rosso back so far, Vergne replied: “Yes.

“Sometimes it’s the engine and sometimes it’s ourselves. But the problem is when you stay in the garage so much. You see the problems with a new car when you drive, so that’s a bit of an issue.”

But Vergne said there was still progress being made by both Renault and Toro Rosso and that he was hopeful of a swift recovery.

“I will not talk negatively because I fell like it and everybody

knows it, so I don’t need to say anything else. I’m positive. We still have major problems and they were able to fix some of them. I know it’s going to take time, I knew arriving here that nothing would have been fixed [immediately].

“I have big faith in the people working in the team and also in the Renault people. They all know what the problems are and I am confident they can do something about it.”

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Houston Rockets guard James Harden, left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014.

Mayweather set to face Maidana on May 3

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LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather is scheduled to face WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana on May 3 in a bout to unify their 147-pound titles. WBC welterweight champion Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) is coming off year in which he had victories over Robert Guerrero and Canelo Alvarez. Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs), of Margarita, Argentina, defeated

Adrien Broner on Dec. 14, 2013 by unanimous decision.

“Marcos Maidana’s last performance immediately brought him to my attention,” Mayweather said in a statement. “He is an extremely skilled fighter who brings knockout danger to the ring. I think this is a great fight for me and he deserves the opportunity to see if he can do what 45 others have tried to do before him — beat me.”

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US couple strike $10 million gold-coin bonanza Associated Press Writer

Gunfire by night becomes new norm in downtown Bangkok

LOS ANGELES — A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.

Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, which recently authenticated them. Although the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to more than $28,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch nearly $1 million apiece.

“I don’t like to say once-in-a-lifetime for anything, but you don’t get an opportunity to handle this kind of material, a treasure like this, ever,” said veteran numismatist Don Kagin, who is representing the finders. “It’s like they found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” Kagin, whose family has been in the rare-coin business for 81 years, would say little about the couple other than that they are husband and wife, are middle-aged and have lived for several years on the rural property where the coins were found. They have no idea who put them there, Kagin said.

The pair are choosing to remain anonymous, Kagin said, in part to avoid a renewed gold rush to their property by modern-day prospectors armed with metal detectors.

They also don’t want to be treated any differently, said David McCarthy, chief numismatist for Kagin Inc. of Tiburon. “Their concern was this would change the way everyone else would look at them, and they’re pretty happy with the lifestyle they have today,” he said.

They plan to put most of the coins up for sale through Amazon while holding onto a few keepsakes. They’ll use the money to pay off bills and quietly donate to local charities, Kagin said.

Before they sell them, they are loaning some to the American Numismatic Association for its National Money Show, which opens Thursday in Atlanta.

BANGKOK - Shots fired by unknown gunmen on Wednesday rattled parts of the Thai capital where anti-government protesters have set up camp for weeks, with small but occasionally deadly bombs and gunfire fast becoming the new norm in the city. No one was wounded in the shootings in the central commercial area of Bangkok, although five people were killed in weekend violence in the city and the eastern province of Trat, four of them young children.

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Rice farmers rest by their tractors on a main highway where they spent a night in Ayutthaya province February 21, 2014.

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National security chief Paradorn Pattanathabutr said there had been no reported deaths or injuries in the incidents in the early hours of Wednesday. “As for the perpetrators, we still don’t know who they are,” he told Reuters. “Recently we have been seeing more incidents like this happening more frequently ... It is noticeable that there are incidents like this every day.”

The protesters, whose disruption of a general election this month left polarised Thailand in political paralysis, want to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and erase the influence of her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen by many as the real power in the country.

Occasional contact between the two sides, amid calls for an end to the violence, has so far led to nothing.

Bluesky TV, the protesters’ station, showed demonstrators pushing against the wrought iron gates of the national police headquarters in Bangkok, demanding the proper investigation of more

than 20 deaths since the beginning of the protests. They did not get into the compound and dispersed in the early afternoon.

The protesters have vilified the police as lackeys of Thaksin, a former police officer who went on to build a telecoms empire.

“We want the police to do their job honestly and straightforwardly,” said Anchalee Paireerak, a protest leader and former television news anchor. “We urge them to stop serving the Thaksin regime and join our movement.”

The protesters want to set up an unelected “people’s council” of the good and worthy to oversee vaguely defined political reforms, including a restructuring of the police force, before new elections are held.

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Charges of negligence are to brought against Yingluck on Thursday by Thailand’s anticorruption agency relating to a rice subsidy scheme that paid farmers above-market prices and

has proved financially ruinous.

Yingluck is in the northern city of Chiang Mai - her family’s home town - and is unlikely to attend the hearing in person.

Some Yingluck supporters have said they would camp outside the agency’s offices in Bangkok overnight to stop officials getting into work on Thursday.

The crisis flared up in November and the protesters have blocked several main intersections in the capital since mid-January.

Although their numbers have dwindled, they are still managing to disrupt government business, forcing some agencies or ministries to close.

This has taken a toll on confidence and the economy. Official figures on Tuesday showed a slump in trade in January.

Imports fell 15.5 percent from a year earlier, the biggest tumble since October 2009. Imports of computers and parts were down 19 percent, vehicle parts were off 31.8 percent and consumer goods down 5.3 percent. Exports dropped 2 percent.

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In this handout photo from the Missouri Correctional offices, Michael Anthony Taylor of Kansas City is shown.

BONNE TERRE, Missouri — A Missouri inmate has been executed for abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager nearly 25 years ago.

Michael Taylor was lethally injected just after midnight Wednesday. He was the fourth Missouri inmate executed by the state in as many months.

His attorneys had argued that the state’s execution drug, purchased from a compounding pharmacy, could have caused Taylor inhumane pain and suffering. But his last-minute appeals were denied by federal courts and the governor.

Authorities say 15-year-old Ann Harrison was waiting for her school bus on March 22, 1989, when she was abducted

by Taylor and Roderick Nunley. The men took the girl to a house where she was raped and stabbed to death. Nunley is also on death row.

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INDONESIA Russian firms to invest up to $6 billion in mining

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JAKARTA - Russian firms plan to invest up to six billion dollars in Indonesia’s mining sector this year, Jakarta said Tuesday, despite its recent mineral export ban that has worried foreign investors.

Projects include a refinery on Borneo to process bauxite, an aluminium ore, and a railway on the island to transport coal to a port, said Indonesian Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa.

Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminium producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding to build the refinery with a local company.

“The investment potential this year is between five and six billion dollars,” Rajasa said.

The announcement, which came during a visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and a large business delegation to Jakarta, will be a boost following the ban on the export of some unprocessed

mineral ores which came into force last month.

It was aimed at transferring jobs and technology to Indonesia by forcing companies to build smelters in the archipelago.

But it has led to many companies halting exports, and delaying projects and investments.

Oleg Deripaska, the chief executive of Rusal, said in a statement: “We have long stated our desire to expand into this important Southeast Asian market given its increasing prominence on the global mining stage.”

Construction of the railway project will begin in 2016, the company behind it said.

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($2,585) promised by the migrants once they arrived in Australia, Warsidi said.

According to Kebumen police, the migrants left for the Australian territory of Christmas Island from West Java last Wednesday. Three days later, they arrived near the border but were intercepted by an Australian warship which blew up their wooden boat.

Australia bought unsinkable lifeboats as part of its policy to deter such boat journeys, but it has refused to confirm the boats’ use in sending asylum seekers back to Indonesia.

The orange lifeboat was equipped with television, navigation equipment, batteries and foods, police said.

It was the second lifeboat with turnedback asylum seekers stranded in Java’s southern coast this month.

Australian Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison’s office on Tuesday refused to comment on the latest lifeboat arrival. A statement cited a policy of keeping border protection activities secret.

Indonesia’s vast chain of islands is a popular transit point for people fleeing war-torn countries to reach Australia.

But Australia’s new government has instituted new policies and refuses to resettle even genuine refugees who arrive by boat, instead sending them to Papua New Guinea or Nauru in the South Pacific.

Migrants claim Australia sent them back on lifeboat JAKARTA — Two dozen asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia say Australian authorities blew up the boat that carried them toward Australia’s Christmas Island then sent them back in a lifeboat, Indonesian officials said Tuesday.

The Indonesia Search and Rescue Agency evacuated 26 migrants after the local navy found the lifeboat stranded Monday near Agropeni beach in Kebumen district of Central Java.

Australia’s new policy of using lifeboats to send back asylum seekers found in unseaworthy vessels has angered Indonesia, which sees it as a breach of sovereignty.

The migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Iran are being held at the local immigration office in the nearby district of Cilacap, said Imam Prawira, the office’s head of investigation and enforcement.

Prawira said, according a Pakistani migrant, they were rejected near the maritime border by Australia, which transferred them into the lifeboat.

Kebumen police Capt. Warsidi said two of three Indonesian crewmen were being questioned while another escaped. The crewmen claimed to have received just 10 million rupiah ($860) out of 30 million

Jakarta seeks to revive crumbling old town Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Once resplendent facades sagging in the tropical heat and empty shells of colonial-era buildings are depressing signs that the old town of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, once considered the “Jewel of Asia”, has suffered decades of neglect.

Palm trees grow through crumbling windows in what was once the centre of power for Indonesia’s Dutch colonial rulers, and many buildings that are still intact lie empty, stained grey by fumes from hordes of passing traffic.

But Jakarta’s popular governor Joko Widodo, who has energetically taken on the task of transforming one of the world’s most chaotic metropolises, has a new plan to overhaul the old town and attract more tourists.

“It has to be done, otherwise it is going to deteriorate,” said Goenawan Mohamad, a well-known Indonesian writer and member of the group set up to regenerate the old town.

“It’s about time.”

Nevertheless, there is much scepticism.

Other plans have failed and some fear that even if the latest makes progress, developers might transform the area into a “Disneyland” full of garish malls rather than a well-preserved heritage area.

The old town, in modern-day north Jakarta, was once a global trading centre, where merchants would arrive to buy and sell goods from across the Indonesian archipelago, particularly spices sought after in Europe.

With its whitewashed buildings and cobbled streets, the area for centuries made up almost the whole of Jakarta, then known as Batavia, and was called the “Jewel of Asia”

by European sailors arriving after long sea voyages.

Jakarta has expanded to become a city with a population of some 10 million, better known now for its traffic jams than historic buildings, and the old town has fallen into disrepair, out of favour with the city’s wellheeled residents.

Some small sections have been preserved.

Cobbled “Fatahillah” square, the heart of the old town and the most visited part, is in good condition and is packed out with vendors selling trinkets to the small number of passing tourists.

On the square, and also well-preserved, are the former city hall and a museum showcasing

Indonesian puppets.

But outside this small area most of the buildings are in a state of serious decay.

Widodo -- who was elected last year -- and his supporters hope their initiative might at last return some colonial splendour to Jakarta.

They believe their plan stands a better chance of success than previous ones as they have created an umbrella organisation with what they believe is the right mix of people to oversee the regeneration.

The consortium includes private firms, a former government minister and a heritage group.

Crucially they have the strong backing of the Jakarta authorities, who have pledged a 150 billion rupiah ($12.5 million) budget for the regeneration.

Previous attempts suffered either from a lack of coordination between numerous different players, or the opposite -- just one group but a lack of resources, said Lin Che Wei, chairman of the consortium’s board of advisors.

There are signs that work is under way on some buildings in the area, and a visitor centre and exhibition space for contemporary art are due to open next month.

The consortium intends to renovate 85 historic buildings over five years, a programme it says will create 11,400 jobs. However, some have expressed fears over-enthusiastic development might destroy the old town’s charms and transform it into an area full of ugly modern buildings and shopping malls.

“Kota Tua is a city, it’s not Disneyland,” said Ella Ubaidi, owner of a colonial-era building in the old town, using the Indonesian name to refer to the area.

Her apprehensiveness stems from the profile of the consortiums’ board of trustees, some of whom are from large Indonesian property companies. There is also a lack of enthusiasm among the public.

Some regard the old town, a district built by colonisers, as a symbol of repressive rule, and there has been little interest among Jakarta’s citizens in maintaining it since the Dutch left Indonesia in the late 1940s.

Nevertheless, the plan’s backers are optimistic. They believe they can attract more tourists to Jakarta, which lags behind other Southeast Asian capitals in numbers of foreign visitors, as they restore the old town to its former glory.

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CHICAGO - General Motors on Tuesday significantly expanded the recall of vehicles found to have an ignition defect that can cause them to suddenly turn off, a problem linked to 13 deaths.

The defect stems from a weakness in the ignition switch that could allow a heavy set of keys to switch it into the ‘accessory’ or ‘off’ position, particularly if the vehicle experiences a sudden jolt.

GM said in the intial recall that the five crashes which claimed the lives of six people “occurred off-

road and at high speeds, where the probability of serious or fatal injuries was high regardless of airbag deployment.”

Further review raised the total to 31 crashes in which the defect may have stopped the airbags from deploying, and 13 deaths.

The recall now totals 1.4 mil-

lion vehicles in the United States, while nearly 236,000 were recalled in Canada and about 9,000 in Mexico.

The initial investigation was “not as robust as it should have been” and GM is determined to improve its handling of reported problems, GM North America President Alan Batey said in a statement.

“Ensuring our customers’ safety is our first order of business,” Batey said. “We are deeply sorry and we are working to address this issue as

quickly as we can.”

The company said it will aggressively seek out owners to alert them to the risk and get them to bring their vehicles into a dealership where the repairs will be performed free of charge.

The recall affects the following vehicles: model years 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalts, Pontiac G5 and Pontiac Pursuit; 2003-2007 Saturn Ions; 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHRs; and 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky models.

Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoin Associated Press

TOKYO — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it.

Prominent bitcoin supporters said the apparent collapse of the Tokyo-based Mt. Gox exchange was an isolated case of mismanagement that will weed out “bad actors.” But the setback raised serious questions about bitcoin’s tenuous status and even more tenuous future. At least one supporter said the blow could be fatal to bitcoin’s quest for acceptance by the public.

A coalition of virtual currency companies said Mt. Gox went under after secretly racking up catastrophic losses. The exchange had imposed a ban on withdrawals earlier this month.

By Tuesday, its website returned only a blank page. On Wednesday it displayed a notice to customers that said all transactions were closed “for the time being” to protect the site and customers. The collapse followed the resignation Sunday of CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking wider use of the exotic currency.

Mt. Gox’s origins are rooted in fantasy instead of finance. The service originally specialized in trading colorful cards featuring

mythical wizards and derives its name from a game. The initials stand for, “Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange.”

San Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase and Chinese exchange BTC China sought to shore up confidence in the currency by saying the Mt. Gox’s situation was isolated and the result of abusing users’ trust. They offered no details.

“As with any new industry, there are certain bad actors that need to be weeded out, and that is what we are seeing today,” the statement said.

Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin has become popular among tech enthusiasts, libertarians and risk-seeking investors because it allows people to make one-to-one transactions, buy goods and services and exchange money across borders without involving banks, credit card issuers or other third parties. Criminals like bitcoin for the same reasons.

For various technical reasons, it’s hard to know just how many people worldwide own bitcoins, but the currency attracted outsize media attention and the fascination of millions as an increasing number of large retailers such as Overstock.com began to accept it.

Speculative investors have jumped into the bitcoin fray, too, sending the currency’s value fluctuating wildly in recent months.

In December, the value of a single bitcoin hit an all-time high of $1,200. In the aftermath of the Mt. Gox collapse Tuesday, one bitcoin

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A sanctum to worship Goddess Danu

GM expands deadly defect recall to 1.6 million vehicles The largest US automaker will now recall 1.6 million vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The original recall, issued about two weeks ago for nearly 780,000 vehicles, was linked to 22 crashes where the front seat airbags did not deploy, and six deaths.

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The Livestock and Fishery Agency (P2) of Bangli persistently made the efforts in order to gain international recognition for the Kintamanian dog. One of them was with the purification of the Kintamanian dog.

To gain international recognition

Bangli performs Kintamanian dog purification Bali Post

BANGLI - The Livestock and Fishery Agency (P2) of Bangli persistently made the efforts in order to gain international recognition for the Kintamanian dog. One of them was with the purification of the Kintamanian dog. Until now, a total of 38 dogs in Kintamani have been purified in the Bangli Livestock and Fishery Agency since 2011.

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This April 3, 2013 file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. The website of major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.

stood at around $470.

Central banks across the globe have been hesitant to recognize bitcoin as a form of money, and Tuesday’s vanishing act isn’t helping.

Japanese officials appeared reluctant to react, with the Finance Ministry and Financial Services Agency both saying Wednesday a virtual currency like bitcoin

was not under their jurisdiction.

Tokyo police declined comment.

Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, said the financial regulators are gathering information and “if necessary, I believe they will act on this.”

Documents purportedly leaked from Mt. Gox lay out the scale of the problem. An 11-page “crisis strategy draft” published on the

blog of entrepreneur and bitcoin enthusiast Ryan Selkis said that 740,000 bitcoins were missing from Mt. Gox. That represents roughly 6 percent of the estimated 12 million bitcoins that have been created so far, translating into hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of losses, although figures are fuzzy given the currency’s extreme volatility.

The Head of Bangli Livestock and Fisheries Agency, Alit Parwata, accompanied by the Race Dog Breeding Section Head, Agus Wirawan, explained on Tuesday (Feb 25) the purification activities was carried out by his party to get the appropriate Kintamanian puppies with the standard and its hallmark. The hallmark of the Kintamanian dog included the crescent-like ear, long and graceful neck feather, fox-like head and the other hallmarks. The purification efforts were also carried out to gain recognition for the Kintamanian dog as a native race dog clump to Indonesia.

So far, the existence of Kintamanian dog had been recognized as a purebred dog by the All Indonesia Kennel Club (Perkin) in 2006. Furthermore, in Febru-

ary 2012, the Kintamanian dog also received the recognition in the Asian region from the Asian Kennel Union (AKU). “In the next stage, we are still trying to get recognition from the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) as a dog breed in the world,” he said.

Agus Wirawan revealed that to get the recognition of the FCI was not easy. His party remained to face a number of obstacles all this time, namely related to the real population of the Kintamanian dog in the field that was not in accordance with the criteria set forth by the FCI and the matter of (genetic) authenticity of the Kintamanian dog. “That’s why we continue to work through the purification of the Kintamanian dog through breeding. We want to

get a dog that is really appropriate with the existing standards. Its puppies must all be original, do not resemble the genetic of other races,” he said.

He added if later on the Kintamanian dog had already gained worldwide recognition as a race dog, the economic value of the dog would increase. Not only that, the people of Bali especially the dog lovers would also feel proud because in terms of status, the Kintamanian dogs had increased.

So far, the population of Kintamanian dog in Bali reached 2,669 heads. Other than bred in Bali, this native dog to Sukawana village, Bangli, had also even been bred in Korea, Russia, Ukraine and other countries. “There, the quality of dog is also quite good,” he added. (ina)

BANGLI - If the Besakih Temple is known as Purusha, then the Ulun Danu Batur Temple belongs to Pradhana. In the Besakih Temple, God is worshiped to strengthen the people’s spirituality in the efforts to achieve spiritual happiness, while in the Batur Temple God is venerated to strengthen the spirituality in building the economic prosperity.

Spiritually peaceful and economically prosperous pose a universal desire of every human being on this mundane world. Why are they called Purusha and Pradhana? It is mentioned in the Usana Bali palm-leaf manuscript.

In the Usana Bali manuscript is mentioned that mythologically the Mount Mahameru in India was very high and almost touching the sky. If the sky was touched, the universe would be destroyed. Therefore, the Lord Pasupati took the summit of the Mount Mahameru in India by both hands. Chunks of the Mount Mahameru were then flown to Bali. The chunks were grasped with his right hand and then transformed into the Mount Agung, while the chunk on his left hand into the Mount Batur. On the Mount Agung was enthroned the Lord Putra Jaya (Lord Mahadeva), while on the Mount Batur was enthroned the Goddess Danu. Goddess Danu is no other than the consort of Lord Vishnu.

Lord Vishnu is the god of water for the prosperity of living beings.

The palm-leaf manuscripts mentioning the existence of the Batur Temple, among others, are the Usana Bali, Kusuma Dewa and Raja Purana Batur.

According to those manuscripts, the Batur Temple is the Sad Kahyangan Temple also belonging to Kahyangan Jagat or universal temple functioned to worship God as the Gods of Prosperity. Kahyangan Jagat is a sanctum used to worship God for all the Hindus.

The foundations to develop prosperity expressed in the Bhagavad-Gita are kris, goraksya and vanjyam meaning agriculture, livestock and trade. Such prosperity is not possible without water. It is due to the help of water the stavira (plants), janggama (animal) and human can develop their life.

One of the goals to establish the Sad Kahyangan is to motivate mankind to preserve Sad Kerti in building the inner and outer wellbeing. Danu Kerti and Wana Kerti are two of the six Sad Kerti elements. Ocean water evaporates into clouds. Then, the cloud falls in the form of rains. Ultimately, the rainwater passing through no vegetation will directly flow into the sea.

If there are vegetations on the highland forest like on the hills and mountains, the rain water will get absorbed well. Afterward, the water absorbed by forests will form a lake and river and flow endlessly. It is the natural law created by God. Such natural processes should be kept and maintained by human beings properly and sagaciously. Water, plants, groceries and wise words are three jewels on the earth according to Canakya Nitisastra. If water and plants are not managed by wise words, then they will bring in disaster to mankind and other living creatures on earth.

Venerating God as Goddess Danu, the consort of Lord Vishnu, is to nurture the establishment of the wise words in managing the natural process. If natural processes are managed by greed, it will even bring in disaster to mankind.

Combination of the Ulun Danu Batur Temple, Mount Batur, Lake Batur and Kintamani forests is a very stunning beauty. Hindu religious ceremonies and prayers in Ulun Danu Batur Temple should be directed to enlighten people in order to maintain such amazing beauty. (kmb)

Devotees are saying prayers in the Ulun Danu Temple.

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SINGARAJA - The prospect of plantation commodities remains promising as indicated by high interest of farmers to develop their plantation business. It is experienced by farmers at Bongancina village, Busungbiu subdistrict, Buleleng County. A lot of farmers are still deeply involved in cultivating the plantation commodities remaining to become the local economic income.

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Anti-government protesters, left, stand behind a barricade during clashes with riot police in front of monuments to city founders in Kiev’s Independence Square, the epicenter of the country’s current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.

Facing collapse, Ukraine a costly prize for West

Coffee, one of the comodity develop in Buleleng regency

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Seaman certificate form vacant

Raper of Sweden tourist Fate of thousands of Balinese remains under pursuit cruise workers at risk Bali Post

DENPASAR - The raper named FF, 28, was previously informed to have been examined.

In fact, he remains under police pursuit. Meanwhile, the victim with initials SR, 26, was unable to give much information. She was still traumatized with the rape afflicting her in one of the rooms at Hotel Bali Sandat at Benesari, Kuta, Badung, Friday (Feb 21).

Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigator, Beny Murjayanto, said on Monday (Feb 24) the culprit FF from Jember, East Java, remained at large. The identity of the culprit was still made a secret. “If it is exposed, the culprit even escapes. The case is still under further investigation,” he said briefly.

Furthermore, said Beny, so far the information of SR was still elaborated by the Woman

and Child Protection Unit (PPA) of Denpasar Police. “The victim is still traumatized so the chronological event of the rape experienced by victim cannot be explained yet,” he said.

Beny said that FF and SR initially did know each other. Probably, prior to the rape the culprit and the victim had consumed alcoholic beverages. Afterward, around 2:30 a.m. both came into the hotel room number 324 and the rape incident occurred. “Allegedly, the culprit was under the influence of alcohol,” he said.

As reported earlier, the Swedish citizen with initials SR, 26, was raped in room No. 324 of the Hotel Bali Sandat, Benesari, Kuta, Friday (Feb 21). Allegedly the rape was committed by a man with the initials FF, 28, from Jember, East Java. As consequence, SR got injuries at her genitals and bruises on the right hand and arm. (nik/jay)

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DENPASAR - Thousands of migrant workers from Bali and throughout Indonesia are threatened to be unable to sail. It happens because the Seaman Skill Certificate issued by Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, remains empty.

According to the Head of Bali Indostar Wisata Internasional (BIWI) Marine Training Center, Ida Bagus Putu Astina, the certificate form had run out since four months ago.

Meanwhile, the limit of certificate submission was 6 months. “It remains two months to go. If the government is unable to resolve this problem, our sailors have to go home. Governor of Bali (Made Mangku Pastika) can urge the Director General of Sea Transportation to quickly print the certificate form,” said Astina from Tabanan.

According to him, the seaman book was very much needed by

sailors and obliged by the International Maritime Organization. The certificate was approved every 4 years. “If people do not have this certificate, do not expect to work on a cruise ship or other vessel.

They are definitely rejected,” said the former worker of cruise ship nicknamed Gus Biwi from Tabanan.

Therefore, Astina asked Governor Mangku Pastika to take prompt action in order the workers of cruise from Bali would not be idle. If the problem could not be resolved, it would add the problems on this Island of the Gods. “If the Bali government does not take action, then I am going to intervene. This issue will become a time bomb unless quickly addressed. Moreover, I am one of the candidates of the Bali Regional Representative. I am ready to fight for the fate of thousands of sailors,” he said.

According to the man claiming to have worked on cruise ship for 12

years and roamed around the world for five times, Bali was ranked first and became a mascot particularly on cruise ship. “Just imagine if the thousands of sailors cannot go to sea! Once again, I reiterate, if the Bali government does not take action, I will fight risking my local genius. I do this because I was a former sailor and it has something to do with livelihood,” said Astina.

He said to have often asked about the form to the Director General of Sea Transportation. However, Astina claimed to always get an answer if it was not available or had not been printed yet. “He hopes this issue can be resolved quickly so as not to become a boomerang in the future,” he said.

Aftermath of the problem, said Astina, about 600 students could not receive a diploma whereas they had been following the education for approximately 12 days. In addition, he was frequently complained by the agency of cruise workers. (rah)

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Ukraine may well be the geopolitical prize nobody can afford to win. As the country begins the delicate climb out of the chaos that saw yet another political turnover, the U.S. and the European Union have had a look at the Ukrainian government’s books. It’s a grim picture that is testing the political will and financial wherewithal of potential Western benefactors.

“The real question now is how much of the burden of dealing with Ukraine is going to be European and how much the Europeans are going to be able to slough off onto the American taxpayer,” said Wayne Merry, a scholar at the American Foreign Policy Council. Right now, he said, Ukraine is fairly low on Washington’s list of priorities amid bigger problems in Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Ukraine’s acting finance minister, Yuri Kobolov, says the country needs $35 billion to cover this year and next.

He is looking to Europe or the United States for help, hopefully within the next two weeks. Jonathan Adelman, professor of international relations at the University of Denver, said he sees little chance of the Washington coming through at a time of budgetary difficulties, highlighted this week when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed to shrink the U.S. Army to its smallest size since the 1940s.

“There’s going to be no enthusiasm here for the tens of billions of dollars it would take to bail Ukraine

out,” Adelman said. Ukraine has major debt repayments coming up in June but analysts indicate it will have difficulty making it that far without help. A rescue with outside lenders can’t be agreed until there’s a government, and the Ukrainian Parliament has postponed the formation of one until Thursday.

The crisis in Ukraine blew up when President Viktor Yanukovych, at the last minute late last year, backed out of an association deal with the European Union in favor of a promised $15 billion bailout from Russia. That angered Ukrainians from pro-European central and western regions. Russia’s bailout is now on hold after the Ukrainian parliament voted Saturday to remove Yanukovych, who fled the capital and went into hiding after months of protests against his government. The country has only gotten $3 billion of the money.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that the EU and its member nations are ready to help bridge Ukraine’s short-term financing needs until

a new government can negotiate a full-fledged assistance package with the International Monetary Fund. She said it was important that Russia also help out.

But James Collins, former U.S. ambassador to Moscow and diplomat in residence at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to stand back and let the situation in Ukraine play out for the time being.

Ukraine, a country of 46 million, is torn between its pro-European western regions and its Russianspeaking east and south. The tensions date back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s unexpected independence in 1991.

In the Crimean Peninsula, protesters rallied this week against the new authorities in Kiev and pleaded for protection from Moscow.

“A continuation of past policies pressing Ukraine to choose between East and West will almost certainly make this process more difficult and fraught,” Collins said. “An approach providing Ukraine with breathing room and time is more likely to create a favorable environment for a positive outcome from Ukraine’s next stage. Such a policy would serve the interests of Russia, the EU and the United States.”

Merry said the Europeans may not have understood what they had unleashed by courting Ukraine.

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Dewa Made Darsana, 60, said that many people were still pursuing in the plantation business such as coffee, clove, cacao, fruit, mangosteen and durian commodity. Such commodities posed the main livelihood of the community to support their economic life.

Meanwhile, the price of each commodity highly depended on the consumer interest in the market. “Many people are involving in the plantation field as the main source of income. Crops of the plantation commodities are usually sold to collectors,” he said.

Plantation farmers at local village said that every commodity sold to collectors tended to get cheaper price compared to the commodities sold in urban areas. To farmers, it was not a significant problem as long as they could survive. They only expected in order the price of their commodities was not too cheap.

Based on the market condition within the past week, the price of plantation commodities sold by collectors were as follows: snake fruit at IDR 1,500 per kg, dried clove at IDR 125,000 per kg, dried cacao at IDR 15,000 per kg, dried coffee at IDR 20,000 per kg, raw coffee at IDR 3,000 per kg and mangosteen at IDR 11,000.

Another farmer, Putu Adri, 50, added that due to harvest season tended to vary and even turned uncertain, farmers typically took a second job other than gardening. “Today, the plantation harvest season is still uncertain, so many people are taking side jobs such as selling the oblation, becoming construction worker and developing plant nursery that can be sold,” he said. (dgk)

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PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is facing a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights. The Republican governor returned to Arizona on Tuesday after spending the last five days in Washington attending a national conference of state governors. She finds herself in a political climate that is much different from just a week ago.

The Arizona Legislature passed a bill last week allowing businesses whose owners cite sincerely held religious beliefs to deny service to gays. It allows any business, church or person to cite the law as a defense in any action brought by the government or individuals claiming discrimination.

The legislation has caused a national uproar. The chorus of opposition has grown each day, with Arizona’s business community, the state’s Super Bowl Committee and both Republican U.S. senators calling for a veto.

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was the latest prominent voice to weigh in and urge Brewer to veto the bill.

Business leaders are concerned that if the bill is approved it could

embarrass the state and adversely impact the state’s convention and tourism sector.

Similar religious protection legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, South Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma, but Arizona’s plan is the only one that has passed. The efforts are stalled in Idaho, Ohio and Kansas.

Brewer will likely spend the next day or more pondering Senate Bill 1062 before deciding whether to sign or veto the legislation.

There is widespread speculation that Brewer will veto the bill, but she has not said how she’ll act, as is her longtime practice with pending legislation. Political observers in Arizona cautioned that the governor is deliberate and not prone to act hastily, despite the growing calls from business, politicians of all stripes, and civil rights groups for a veto.

“She’s no rookie to these highprofile deals — she gives both sides their due,” said Doug Cole, a political consultant whose firm has run all of Brewer’s campaigns for decades.

“She’s going to get a very detailed briefing from her legal team, and give the proponents their best shot, and the opponents their best shot,” he said. “Everybody’s going to get their say, and they’ve giving it.”

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.

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Australia. But for some children, like Sofia Jarvis, 4, of Berkeley, rare doesn’t mean safe.

She first developed what looked like asthma two years ago, but then her left arm stopped moving, and has remained paralyzed ever since.

“You can imagine. We had two boys that are very healthy and Sofia was healthy until that point,” said her mother Jessica Tomei. “We did not realize what we were in store for. We did not realize her arm would be permanently paralyzed.”

Dr. Van Haren, who diagnosed Sofia, said polio vaccines do not protect children from the disease, but stressed that it is still important for children to receive that vaccine.

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DENPASAR - Pursuit against the murderer of the U.S. citizen, Paul Robb Latourell, 54, has ended. Two culprits identified as Multa Jamaulawi and Mirsa could have been arrested by joint forces of the Bali Police, Denpasar Police and East Denpasar Police. Previously, the suspect Jamaulawi was arrested in the area of East Denpasar, Saturday (Feb 22). Meanwhile, the suspect Mirsa was arrested in the area of Padanggalak, East Denpasar.

STANFORD, California — More than a dozen children in California have developed an extremely rare, polio-like syndrome within the past year that within days paralyzed one or more of the children’s arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say. The illness is still being investigated and appears to be very unusual, but Dr. Keith Van Haren at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University warned Monday that any child showing a sudden onset of weakness in their limbs or symptoms of paralysis should be immediately seen by a doctor.

“The disease resembles but is not the same as polio,” he said.

“But this is serious. Most of the children we’ve seen so far have not recovered use of their arm or their leg.”

But doctors are not sure if it’s a virus or something else, he said. Dr. Van Haren says he has studied five cases from Monterey up through the San Francisco Bay Area, including two who were identified with the disease enterovirus-68, which is from the same family as the polio viruses. He said there have been about 20 cases statewide.

“We want to temper the concern, because at the moment, it does not appear to represent a major epidemic but only a very rare phenomenon,” he said, noting similar outbreaks in Asia and

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In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Jeff Jarvis of Berkeley, Calif., holds his 4-year-old daughter, Sofia Jarvis, during a news conference at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Palo Alto, Calif.

Group wants heart attack warning on testosterone Associated Press Writer

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FILE - This June 16, 2011 file photo shows boxes of Cheerios in a store in Akron, N.Y. Large food companies are trying to head off state-by-state efforts to enact mandatory labeling of genetically modified ingredients by proposing new voluntary labels nationwide.

WASHINGTON — A consumer advocacy group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to add a bold warning label to popular testosterone drugs for men in light of growing evidence that the hormone treatments can increase the risk of heart attack. The group Public Citizen says the agency should immediately add a “black box” warning — the most serious type — to all testosterone medications and require manufacturers to warn physicians about a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death with the treatments.

The FDA announced last month that it was reviewing the safety of drugs like the blockbuster testosterone gel, AndroGel, in light of two recent studies that showed higher rates of cardiovascular problems in men. The agency said its review was first prompted by a U.S. Veterans Affairs study published in November 2013 that showed a 30 percent increase in stroke, heart attack and death among older men taking testosterone.

In January, a federally funded study of 45,000 men suggested testosterone therapy could double the risk of heart attacks in men 65 and older. But Public Citizen says

studies published as early as 2010 should have prompted FDA action.

“It is quite clear that testosterone treatment increases the risks of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, of Public Citizen’s health group.

In his petition to the FDA, Wolfe points to an analysis of 27 testosterone trials published last April. The researchers found that while 13 studies funded by drug companies did not show an increase in heart problems, 14 nonindustry funded trials showed a two-fold increase in risk in heart problems.

In addition to the boxed warning, Public Citizen wants the agency to delay an approval decision on an experimental, long-acting testosterone injection called Aveed. The agency is scheduled to make a decision on the Endo Pharmaceuticals drug by Feb. 28.

Public Citizen’s petition comes amid a marketing blitz for testosterone gels, patches and injections targeting men who report fatigue, low sex drive or other symptoms commonly associated with aging. U.S. prescriptions for testosterone therapies have increased more than five-fold in recent years, with sales over $1.6 billion.

“Yes, we have arrested both suspects (Jamaulawi and Mirsa—Ed).

They are still undergoing intensive investigation in Denpasar Police,” said Chief of Denpasar Police Criminal Investigator, Benny Murjayanto. He explained that based on the results of initial examination, the mastermind was the suspect Jamaulawi. For further development, his party was still elaborating the examination of both suspects. “We are still elaborating the examination,” he said.

Previously, Chief of Denpasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, said the suspect Jamaulawi was the mastermind who was getting involved in the brutal murder. However, after the suspect Jamaulawi was arrested, in fact he was touted to become the mastermind. However, to ascertain

that matter, the investigators continued to explore the examination.

“For the time being, the mastermind is Jamaulawi,” he said while affirming if the suspect was indeed not more than two people.

As information obtained, the suspect Jamaulawi was a student at one of the universities in Denpasar.

His major was in banking and still in the second semester. The murder against the victim staying on Jalan Banteng 2 E, Denpasar, was alleged to have been motivated by jealousy. “The motif was alleged to be jealousy,” said the source in police station on Tuesday. Besides, the source also explained that many wounds were found on the victim’s body because he gave resistance so the suspects crazily stabbed the victim for 65 times. (kmb21)

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Pursuit against the murderer of the U.S. citizen, Paul Robb Latourell, 54, has ended. Two culprits identified as Multa Jamaulawi and Mirsa could have been arrested by joint forces of the Bali Police, Denpasar Police and East Denpasar Police.

Chinese New Year celebration increased tourists to Bali Antara

DENPASAR - People in China love to celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year in Bali, and so the visits from China increased in January 2014, Bali tourism analyst stated.

“A number of tourists from China who visited Bali during the Lunar increased by 80.52 percent or reached 52,060 people,” tourism analyst Tjokorda Gde Agung said on Wednesday.

Based on the data from the Tourism Office of Bali, tourists in Bali reached 18.61 percent of the total foreign tourists who visited the island, which reached 279,671 people during January 2014. The maximum foreign tourists visiting Bali were from Australia, followed by China.

Gde Agung explained that the total number of foreign tourists visits in January increased. The main factors that attracted the tourists were infrastructure development in some areas, reduced pollution and the success of world leaders meeting on APEC 2013.

The functioning of the Bali Mandara Highway since September 2013

Celebrating Seclusion Day

Bali to shut airport for one day Antara

Chinese performed Barong Sai during the celebration of Chinese New Year recently. People in China love to celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year in Bali, and so the visits from China increased in January 2014, Bali tourism analyst stated. also had a positive impact on the tourism of Bali.

“The growth in the Australian income was also an important factor. With an income increase, many Australians visited Bali. In addition, the developing economic situation in Asia also contributed to the increase in the

number of foreign visitors,” he stated.

Gde Agung explained that the foreign tourists who visited Bali were still dominated by Australians, reaching 71,303 people or 25.50 percent. Malaysians, at 15,656 people, were at the third position, after the Chinese.

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has written to four relevant ministers notifying his plan to temporarily close Ngurah Rai International Airport in connection with the Hindu Day of Seclusion on March 31, 2014.

The letter was sent to Transportation Minister EE Mangindaan, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa, Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi and Communications and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring.

The copies of the letter was also extended to the director generals for land transportation, sea transportation and air transportation, besides to the chief of Bali’s Regional Legislative Assembly (DPRD) and all district heads and mayor in Bali.

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TABANAN - Large number of traffic accidents and violation against traffic rules involving students of Junior High School (SMP) these days was very alarming. Some of them must die in vain on the highway or cause other people to die. Recently, a deadly accident killed two people on the highway of Lukluk, Mengwi, Badung, involving one of the junior high school students in Badung. we will assign the route because we are also still collecting students’ meeting point,” he said, Tuesday (Feb 25).

According to him, the model of the student transportation route was learned from one of the experiences at Bongan housing complex. “The residents even have subscribed for transport ser-

vices to deliver students to school for a month,” he explained.

Nevertheless, he admitted that the route would be given flexibility by still referring to the purpose of reaching the collecting points of students because the program also posed the first step for the implementation of Sarbagita bus feeder program later on.

Agus Harta Wiguna added that by considering a very dynamic development of Tabanan town due to the growth of residential housing, the program was still in trial program to get a future illustration. “Apart from reduc-

ing the number traffic accident involving students, the program can also save the parking lot at school,” he explained.

At separate location, the Traffic Operation Division Head of Tabanan Police, Bagus Astawa, also revealed similar idea because it led to safety riding implementation. “In the near future, we will also invite the headmaster of the SMPN 1, SMPN 2 and SMPN 3 junior high school including the Land Transportation Organization (Organda) and urban transportation owners to finalize this program,” he said. (kmb28)

Many constraints, drug inmates hard to be rehabilitated Bali Post

DENPASAR - Of the total number of inmates in Kerobokan Prison, 60 percent are getting involved in drug cases.

Various attempts have been made by the authority of the Bali’s largest prison to handle the inmates. Unfortunately, many constraints are faced such as there has been no warden having particular expertise in the rehabilitation of drug addicts.

It was revealed by the in-house doctor of the Kerobokan Prison (Denpasar Class IIA), AA Gede Hartawan, Tuesday (Feb 25) in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) about the Drug Addicts/Abusers Decriminalization and Depenalization in Positive Law in the office of the National Narcotics Agency, Denpasar.

According to Hartawan, to handle the inmates in prison his party implemented various efforts in cooperation with the wardens, the public and inmates. Aside from the absence of special education on the rehabilitation owned by the wardens, the humanitarian organizations were also still less maximal. Besides, the occupancy of inmates in the prison was beyond capacity so the environmental situation was not favorable. “Likewise, the background of case owned by each inmate is also different,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Head of BNN Bali, I Gusti Ketut Budiartha, said that to cope with the high rate of drug abuse the BNN Bali organized the discussion by involving law enforcement officers and related agencies. The subject matters discussed included the preventive measures and the mitigation of narcotics.

“Just imagine the number of drug abuse case in Bali has reached 50,533 people. Meanwhile, the national data indicate 4 million people. Each year, the increase reaches 2.2 percent,” added Budiartha.

Budiartha admitted the high number of drug addicts in Bali resulted in the greater supply of such forbidden goods. On that account, one of the measures to cope with it was by giving an understanding. In addition, the drug addicts and users were advisable to report the case to relevant agencies in order to get rehabilitation.

“If the addicts are arrested and prosecuted, this method

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Tabanan designs student transportation munication Agency, I Made Agus Harta Wiguna, explained the idea of the program was responding to the phenomenon where many junior high school students rode motorcycles, but they had not actually been permitted yet by the rules as considered to remain under age. “This program is just limited for trial session. Later on,

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Table top tsunami ready at Patra Jasa

To reduce traffic accident rate

Based on the incident, Tabanan Police and Tabanan Transportation Agency started to think of the urban transportation to be directed as student transportation. The trial program would be implemented on March 1, 2014.

The Head of Tabanan Transportation, Informatics and Com-

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KUTA - Recently, Patra Jasa Bali Resort and Spa, a five-star hotel that located near Ngurah Rai International Airport, participated in Table Top Tsunami Ready and Public Test Certification Disaster Preparedness which was held

by Regional Disaster Management Board of Bali Province.

Management of Patra Jasa Bali was very enthusiastic in joining this event. It is an honor for Patra Jasa Bali to have the opportunity to join this event and get positive response from Regional Disaster Management Board of Bali Province.

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The Kerobokan Prison does not resolve the problem. The addicts are sick people and pose a victim. As long as they are not a dealer, they do not need to be imprisoned. The measure is called decriminalization,” said the former Tourism Director of Bali Police.

So far, said Budiartha, the addicts or users did not dare to report themselves. As a result, their amount could not be

suppressed. Until now, only 990 addicts who had reported themselves and been recorded in Bali. “They are reluctant to report for fear of being punished. Actually, they are asked to report in order to be rehabilitated or treated. Therefore, we call for the addicts to immediately report themselves to the BNN Bali,” he affirmed. (rah)

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

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

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

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

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

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Baldwin becomes meddling newsman on ‘Law & Order’ Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He’s playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama. The network said Tuesday that Baldwin guest stars as a New York columnist on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” His character questions the motives of

police investigating a rape case as a possible hate crime.

The episode is directed by series star Mariska Hargitay and airs March 19.

NBC says Hargitay’s character, police Sgt. Olivia Benson, goes “head to head” with the writer played by Baldwin when his reporting interferes with the investigation.

Baldwin has had run-ins with photographers and said in a wide-ranging

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FILE, In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, producer and actor Alec Baldwin attends the HBO premiere of “Seduced and Abandoned” at The Time Warner Center in New York.

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Volume of marine debris starts to diminish Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The volume of marine debris on Seminyak, Legian and Kuta (Samigita) Beach begins to decrease. If during the west wind the average volume of marine debris reached 10 tons per day, then a few days later, the volume diminished to 3-5 tons per day.

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article for New York magazine that he despises the media and intends to reclaim his privacy.

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, Chris Hemsworth, left, and President of the Academy Cheryl Boone Isaacs pose at the 86th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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The Quick Response Unit (URC) team leader of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), I Made Gede Dwipayana, said on Tuesday (Feb 25) the volume of rubbish in the coastal area of Samigita within the past few days had been much reduced. It was estimated that Samigita would be back to normal conditions

in March.

Due to dwindling volume of marine debris, the Quick Response Unit had been withdrawn from the beach area to be deployed in a number of river areas. Currently, only 12 personnel remained to be in charge with 3 loaders alerted at the coastal region of Samigita to anticipate all possibili-

ties occurred.

He further explained the matter of marine debris was feared to damage the tourism image at the local costal area, especially when the volume was in the largest number. However, travelers who had frequently made a visit to Bali, the matter of rubbish was understandable. (kmb25)

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When Bette Davis became the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1941, it’s believed she was met with such opposition by the predominantly male organization that she resigned after two months. The motion picture academy has seen only two other women in the top post since then: writer-producer Fay Kanin in 1979 and now film executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who has also become the organization’s first black president.

Seven months into her new position, Isaacs is still adjusting to the excitement of her appointment and the weight it has within the film community. “It’s different being a minority in a majority space,” said Isaacs in her office at the Beverly Hills headquarters of the academy, long known as being predominantly white, male and over 50.

A poster of Oscar Micheaux’s 1931 film “The Exile” hangs on the red accent wall across from her desk. The words “Mighty Modern All Talking Epic of Negro Life” are emblazoned across the top of the placard. “My parent’s favorite phrase was ‘Just get above it’ and I must say that I have to put that into practice

here,” she said. “But it doesn’t stop your personal self-doubts.”

As the face now representing the 6,100member academy, Isaacs knows there’s a lot riding on her decisions and responses.

“I really try to get to the reality of a situation and have a conversation with myself and ask ‘Are you being reactive? Are you being defensive?’” said the 64-year-old, who became a member of the academy in 1988 after launching her career as a publicist at Columbia Pictures in 1977.

“There are things you can’t do,” she added. “You can’t get angry because then you are just an angry black woman. As women we do have that and then being a minority, there is this extra layer.”

As a teenager growing up in western Massachusetts in the 1960s, Isaacs looked up to her older brother Ashley, who worked as an advertising and publicity executive at United Artists in New York.

“He was hip and would come home with 16 mm films and screen them in the dining room,” she recalled, citing her brother, who died of cancer in 1994, as fostering her love of film. When Ashley moved to Los Angeles, Isaacs followed.

“I was living in San Francisco working as a stewardess for Pan American and I needed to get serious,” recalled the Whittier College graduate. “I knocked on doors and started at Columbia.”

In 1984, she became the director of publicity at Paramount Pictures and in 1997 she transitioned to New Line Cinema, becoming the studio’s first black president of theatrical marketing.

“The thing I like most is strategy,” said Isaacs, who ran the publicity campaigns for “Forrest Gump,” ‘’Braveheart” and “Rush Hour.” ‘’At New Line, I was involved with filmmakers that were diverse and it really gave a nice perspective.”

The volume of marine debris on Seminyak, Legian and Kuta (Samigita) Beach begins to decrease. If during the west wind the average volume of marine debris reached 10 tons per day, then a few days later, the volume diminished to 3-5 tons per day.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa