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“To Rome With Love” headlines indie box office

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LOS ANGELES - Art house audiences showed plenty of love for “To Rome With Love.” Woody Allen’s latest took in $379,371 from five screens in its debut, a whopping $75,874 per-screen average. The per-screen number for “To Rome” is the summer’s second-best, behind only “Moonrise Kingdom,” which opened in four theaters with a $130,749 average in May. Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg star in the Sony Classics film. Allen’s previous movie, “Midnight in Paris,” was released last summer and went on to gross $56 million, best-ever for an Allen film, and earn an Academy Award Best Picture nomination. “The Invisible War,” a documentary from Kirby Dick about rape in the U.S. military, made $4,900 on from four screens in its debut for Cinedigm.

“Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” continued as the summer’s biggest breakout indie hit in its eighth week, taking in $1.6 million from 741 screens, a $2,179 per-screen average. The John Maddendirected tale of Brit retirees in India is sure to cross $40 million in the U.S. now - it’s at $38.3 million - and could break $50 million.

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson star.

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Cast member Penelope Cruz poses at the premiere of “To Rome with Love” during the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles, California June 14, 2012.

Its worldwide gross is now over $120 million.

Focus Features’ “Moonrise Kingdom” expanded from 178 to 395 screens took in $3.4 million, a very-impressive $8,635 perscreen average for Wes Anderson’s tale of tween love. It’s overall U.S. gross stands at $11.6 million after five weeks.

Film District expanded “Safety Not Guaranteed” from 47 to 129 screens in its third weekend and rang up $482,000, a 63 percent increase from last week and a $3,736 per-screen average for the comedy, which has crossed the $1 million mark overall.

Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass star in the film about a magazine works who answer a time-travel ad. Colin Trevorrow directs.

IFC Films’ “Your Sister’s Sister” expanded from 13 to 47 screens in its second weekend and grossed $216,200 for a $4,600 per-screen average.

WEATHER FORECAST Dps 24 - 33

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NEW YORK — Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is making his Broadway debut in “Chicago.” The singer of “Achy Breaky Heart” and father of Miley Cyrus is detouring from his Nashville roots in taking on the role of criminal lawyer Billy Flynn for a seven-week engagement beginning Nov. 5.

Cyrus starred with his daughter in the hit TV series “Hannah Montana,” and has acted in TV movies on Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel. Cyrus has also hosted country music’s “Nashville Star” and was a competitor on “Dancing With The Stars.”

Other celebrities to join the “Chicago” cast have included Sofia Vergara, Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Ashlee Simpson, Usher, Huey Lewis, Michael C. Hall and Jerry Springer.

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Germany prepare to end Italy jinx in semis

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WARSAW - The four teams left in soccer’s European Championship took a welcome breather from match action on Monday, the first of two rest days ahead of a pair of intriguing semi-finals which pit familiar foes against one another.

Germany and holders Spain are favourites to reach next Sunday’s final but must overcome respectively the weight of history and the world’s most expensive player Cristiano Ronaldo to get there.

The Germans, whose exciting young side have won all their games so far, scoring nine goals along the way, have never beaten opponents Italy at a major tournament in seven attempts and are sweating on the fitness of playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger ahead of Thursday’s game in Warsaw.

However, ‘Schweini’ returned to training on Monday after two days on the sidelines and Germany are hopeful he will be able to shake off a nagging ankle problem in time to face the Italians.

Italy have their own injury headaches and coach Cesare Prandelli complained that the timing of the quarter-finals meant his opponents will have had two extra days to recover.

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Germany’s Philipp Lahm, left, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer shake hands at the end of the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012.

Jatiluwih’s farmers question UNESCO’s contribution Bali Post

TABANAN - Determination of the agricultural area at Jatiluwih, Penebel, as a world cultural heritage (WCH) by UNESCO has not made the local farmers happy. Instead, they question about the contribution obtained from such a prestigious award.

Until this moment, no single change is obtained by farmers.

Secretary of Subak Jatiluwih, Semarajaya, affirmed that farmers in his territory had not owned a certainty related to the contribution obtained from the determination of

WCH. “Until this moment, there is no certainty about the benefits obtained by farmers in relation to WCH. We are also still working as usual,” he explained, Monday (Jun

25). According to him, farmers did not know much about the Jatiluwih WCH from the UNESCO. On that account, many farmers looked indifferent to the award.

The man who fondly called Mr. Krishna explained that farmers simply expected the contributions of WCH because the farmland at Jatiluwih had something to do with the lives of residents. Total farmers in the region reached 395 people with an area of 303 hectares. Such amount was divided into 7 groups

of the subak. Since included in the WCH, the farmland of Jatiluwih was designated as sustainable agricultural land. In other words, farmers were prohibited from selling the land or building in the region.

“This is what we are questioning.

What is the concrete contribution?” questioned Semarajaya. If only the tax-free benefit, he said, local farmers could still pay it out because the tax in the area was relatively affordable.

According to Semarajaya, his

party had questioned to a number of related parties ranging from the Tabanan Regency and a team of experts posing the representatives of UNESCO regarding the assurance of its contributions. However, all of them could not provide definite answer. “The answer is always normative and global,” he said. This man expected there would be certain contributions to farmers after the determination of WCH issued by the UNESCO.

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PHYSICALLY, Dewi Sinta Hotel, Restaurant & Spa is not as grandiose as the hotels located in the premier tourist resorts of Nusa Dua, Sanur or Kuta. However, never misunderstand! The budget hotel located in the Tanah Lot tourist destination has its own uniqueness, both in terms of panorama or services extended. “Though it is a budget hotel, we provide services based on the standard of star-rated hotels,” said I Gusti Gde Aryadi, the owner of the hotel, last week.

Retail entrepreneurs coalesced into the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) of Bali complained about the increasingly uncontrollable modern stores in Badung Regency. It assessed the arrangements of modern stores in the tourism area tended to be increasingly in a shambles and sultry after seeing the uncontrollable modern stores in Badung area. purpose, the Denpasar Mayor then issued a Mayoral Decree No. 188.45/495/HK/2011, dated September 9, 2011, regarding the arrangement of modern stores.

One of the points in the decree governed about the restriction of products on sale in all the modern stores, both the networked and non-networked ones.

As a matter of fact, Denpasar Municipality had set about the existence of modern stores since 2009 through Mayoral Decree No. 9/2009 about the arrangement of traditional market, shopping malls and modern stores. Furthermore, it was then followed by the issuance of technical guidelines in the form of mayoral decree. Based on the latest data, there had been 295 modern stores consisting of 118 networked stores, while the remaining 177 stores belonged to individual. (kmb27)

Questioned, after one year project still not running

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The board sign of the project was already placed for one year without any action. one. From the five dusun (area) there are only three left to be fulfilled such as Dusun Kaleran, Bale Agung and Pasar. “None

Most importantly, continued Aryadi, he provided services for guests with friendliness, honesty and professionalism, so as to create impressive images for the only hotel in the favorite tourist area in Bali. Familiar and familial atmosphere was not only intended for the staff, but also became a priority for every single traveler. “We also give awards for the best employees as a way to encourage the morale of our workers in providing the best services,” added the pioneer of Tanah Lot tourist object calmly.

Dewi Sinta is the oldest hotel since the Tanah Lot was visited by many tourists. The entire building is designed by perfectly combining the traditional elements and stylish architecture to engender a convenient tourism sanctuary to unwind. Aura of the sanctity exuded by the Tanah Lot Temple, Enjung Galuh

Parking Lot at Subak Museum unsafe

of my people have been asking before. If there are, just demonstrate it,” Wadia stated in a high note. (kmb26)

Parking lot at Subak Museum situated at Sanggulan Hamlet, Banjar Anyar village, Kediri, sets to be unsafe. In fact, the property area belonging to the Bali Government is prone to thieves. As evidence, the helmet of visitors parking their motorcycle there was frequently stolen by thief. More sadly, those incidents precisely happen at noon.

As experienced by one of the visitors, Chairul Amri, 25, from Hamlet, Dauh Peken village, Tabanan, his luxurious helmet vanished when he made a visit to the museum on Sunday afternoon (Jun 24). At that time, the victim was having a promenade while enjoying the surrounding atmosphere of the museum building as well as watching Chess Championship. Before entering the location, he parked his motorcycle in the parking lot and locked it. Meanwhile, his newly helmet was also locked under the bike seat.

The victim was surprised when he wanted to go home. His helmet disappeared. Allegedly, the culprit dismantled the helmet by force and took it away.

Due to such incident, the victim suffered a loss of IDR 1.5 million. “Parking lot of Subak Museum sets to be unsafe. The locked helmet could have been taken away by culprit,” lamented the victim on Monday (Jun 25). The culprit took the helmet by breaking the lower body of the motorcycle.

According to the victim, his party did not dispute the price of his helmet.

However, the convenience of museum had been made unsafe by the thief.

“The other visitors should be careful when parking the motorcycle in the area of Subak Museum,” said the young man from Kerambitan. Despite losing out, the victim was reluctant to report the case to the authorities. He hoped the security of the museum located in heart of Tabanan could be made more stringent, especially when an activity was organized in the area.

Management of the Subak Museum was once highlighted by the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti. Even, this official had asked the Bali Government to hand over the property to Tabanan Regency. The regency government argued if it could totally refurbish the historical building. (kmb30)

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Temple and Pakendungan Temple give more profound tranquility. Meanwhile, the existing lush tropical gardens confer a typical countryside nuance.

There are 20 rooms consisting of 2 types on offer, namely standard and deluxe room with air conditioning, private bathroom with hot and cold water, IDD telephone, TV, and mini bar. In front of the hotel rooms stretches an enchanting terraced rice fields in combination with the verdant fairways of golf course and swimming pool. These added-value backdrops made this accommodation close to nature. Additionally, it is also equipped with spa treatment facilities featuring with Balinese therapies to blissfully pamper guests with freshness and fitness.

In the meantime, Dewi Sinta is also equipped with restaurant offering a va-

riety of menu choices such as Balinese, Indonesian, Chinese, Seafood and European cuisine. All delicacies are carefully prepared by well-experienced cooks.

Interestingly, breakfast, lunch and dinner are optionally served in a la carte or buffet style.

Other amenities equipping the hotel property are an open stage and a conference room with a capacity of 300 people.

Such facilities offer a dinner party with traditional cultural performances such as Kecak, Tektekan, Legong and shadow puppets. Best services, guaranteed security and good relationship with the surrounding communities led the hotel to achieve some outstanding achievements such as the Security Certificate from the Bali Police with gold predicate, bronze medal in THK Awards and the best taxpayer in Tabanan Regency.

Calendar Event for June 30 through July 25, 2012

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The Subak Museum located in Tabanan Regency

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The project of rehabilitation in some roads of Yehembang Village, Mendoyo caused questions for locals. It Is stated on the board, the rehabilitation sourced by the village infrastructure development (PPIP) with total budget IDR 245 million plus operational IDR 5 million and self collected IDR 3,230 million to be fulfilled in 65 days did not happen for months even almost a year up until now. “There hasn’t been any explanation to what will happen although that board is still staying there,” Dewa Kade Putra, a lotal, stated last Monday (25/6).

The 50 meters road is still damaged in the market village.

Head of Yehembang Village, I Ketut Wadia, confirmed that the project is still gong on only just it has steps to be fulfilled one by

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they have licensed, how can the relevant agency issue the permit?

Having known to be located close to the others, why was the agency still issue the permit? The permit of modern stores should not be issued blindly,” he said.

Nevertheless, the employers of violating modern stores, according to Dhordy, were the member of Aprindo Bali. Even, related to the violation, Dhordy admitted if his party had reported the case to Central Aprindo. Yet, without any support from the local government or the agency issuing the permit, Aprindo could not do much.

“So far, the local government never makes coordination with Aprindo prior to issuing the permit of modern stores,” he said.

Similar problem regarding the modern stores was also faced by Denpasar Municipality. For that

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Modern stores in Badung poorly organized “We do hope the Badung Government immediately takes concrete measures to the presence of modern stores. We see many modern stores are located close to one another. Even, there are modern stores located next to each other,” said Chairman of Aprindo Bali, I Gusti Made Dhordy, Monday (Jun 25).

According to him, the closest modern stores were located on Jalan Patih Jelantik, Legian, Jalan Kubu Anyar and Jalan Kediri, Tuban. Referring to the results of data collection, the Aprindo asked the relevant agencies in Badung Regency to immediately come down and make site inspection as well as discipline them.

“It was just a result of temporary data collection. We have confidence if the real number is more than we have mentioned. If

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Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Selatan.

Pura Agung Pasek Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Silamadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sengguan Singapadu.

Pura Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana.

Pura taman Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Br, Taro Kaje Tegalalang Pura dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Pura Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Pura Ida ratu Pande Besakih Mr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Pura Penataran Pande Kusamba Klungkung Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Desa Tulikup Gianyar.

1 Jul Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar.

3 Jul Purnama Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Gunung Kuripan Lombok.

Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Cinere Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa Apuan-Susut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru-Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Nuansa Udayana, Kori Nuansa Jimbaran Pura Tianyar Pikat, Dawan Klungkung 4 Jul Buda Wage Ukir Pura Pasar Agung Besakih

Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Pura Ibuwanasari Tegal Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Perancak Badung Pura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung.

Pura Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Jul Anggar Kasih Kulantir Pura Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Pura Dalem Lagan Bebalang Bangli Pura Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Gaduh Sanding Pura Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Pura Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 11 Jul Buda Umanis Kulantir.

Pura Pasek Tangkas kaler Tabanan.

Pura Gaduh Benoh Ubung Denpasar 15 Jul Redite Keliwon Tolu.

Pura Dalem Alas Harum Banjar Tegal Kepuh 16 Jul Soma Umanis Tolu Pura Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Pura Kawitan Sakula Gotra, Pasung Grigih Pura Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Pura Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Banjar Ceningan Kangin Pura Batu Madeg Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih.

18 Jul Buda Pon Tolu Pura Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 19 Jul Wraspati Wage Tolu Pura Peninjoan Besakih.

25 Jul Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Pura Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

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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‘War on drugs’ is fueling HIV epidemic: report

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Workers of Metro’s construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012.

Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece

Famed Galapagos tortoise autopsied Associated Press Writer

QUITO, Ecuador — Giant tortoise experts from near and far have begun an autopsy of Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to reproduce made him a symbol of disappearing species. The Galapagos Island reptile was the last of the Pinta island giant tortoise subspecies and he was found dead in his pen on Sunday.

He had become an ambassador of sorts for the archipelago off Ecuador’s coast whose unique flora and fauna helped inspire Charles Darwin’s ideas on evolution.

Galapagos conservation official Washington Llerena says scientists suspect Lonesome George died of a heart attack. His was believed to be about 100 years old, not especially old for a giant tortoise. Scientists from the U.S. were aiding in the autopsy by videoconference.

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THESSALONIKI, Greece — Archaeologists in Greece’s second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city’s main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. The marble-paved road was unearthed during excavations for Thessaloniki’s new subway system, which is due to be completed in four years. The road in the northern port city will be raised to be put on permanent display when the metro opens in 2016.

The excavation site was shown to the public on Monday, when details of the permanent display project were also announced. Several of the large marble paving stones were etched with children’s board games, while others were marked by horse-drawn cart wheels. Also discovered at the site were remains of tools and lamps, as well as the bases of marble columns.

Viki Tzanakouli, an archaeologist working on the project, told The Associated Press the Roman road

was about 1,800 years old, while remains of an older road built by the ancient Greeks 500 years earlier were found underneath it. “We have found roads on top of each other, revealing the city’s history over the centuries,” Tzanakouli said. “The ancient road, and side roads perpendicular to it appear to closely follow modern roads in the city today.”

About 7 meters (23 feet) below ground in the center of the city, the ancient road follows in roughly the

same direction as the city’s modern Egnatia Avenue. The subway works, started in 2006, present a rare opportunity for archaeologists to explore under the densely populated city — but have also caused years of delays for the project.

In 2008, workers on the Thessaloniki metro discovered more than 1,000 graves, some filled with treasure. The graves were of different shapes and sizes, and some contained jewelry, coins or other pieces of art.

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In this photo released by the Galapagos National Park Direction, DPNG, the body of the famed Galapagos giant tortoise Lonesome George is removed on stretcher from a corral at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

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Exorcism Rite to Avoid Temptation of Batara Kala

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A pressure group that includes six former presidents called Tuesday for the United Nations to acknowledge that “repressive drug law enforcement” was driving an HIV/AIDS pandemic. The global “war on drugs” was forcing users away from treatment and into environments where the risk of contracting HIV was high, the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) argued.

In a report published Tuesday, the panel urged the UN to “acknowledge and address the causal links between the war on drugs and the spread of HIV/AIDS and drug market violence”. It also presented evidence that aggressive law enforcement policies created barriers to HIV treatment.

“The public health implications of HIV treatment disruptions resulting from drug law enforcement tactics have not been appropriately recognized as a major impediment to efforts to control the global HIV/ AIDS pandemic,” it argued.

The GCDP is a panel of politicians, writers and businessmen that advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who “do no harm to others”.

Members of the GCDP include six former presidents, four of whom are from Latin America: Mexico’s Ernesto Zedillo, Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, Ricardo Lagos of Chile and Colombia’s Cesar Gaviria. It was Gaviria who led Colombia when police gunned down the notorious drug-runner Pablo Escobar in 1993.

Other supporters include the European Union’s former foreign policy chief Javier Solana and George Shultz, the who served as US secretary of state during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

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DENPASAR - School holiday packages offered by a number of travel agencies in Bali are considered not innovative. This happens because the human resources managing the tourist attraction have not been professional and innovative enough.

In accordance with the teachings of Hinduism in Balinese literature, if there are children born in the Wuku Wayang the Hindu community in Bali will certainly organize a shadow puppet play. By presenting the two-dimensional art, the Balinese have confidence if such performance can exorcize and maintain a child born in the wuku wayang from all temptations. Wuku Wayang lasts for a week according to pawukon calendar of Hindu community in Bali.

According to Jro Mangku Pasek Sekalan Marga, I Ketut Arthana, the life of children born in wuku wayang would always be tempted by Bhatara Kala with the permission of Lord Shiva. As the son of Lord Shiva, Bhatara Kala in a manifestation of big giant would try to tempt the children with a variety of efforts. Well, to avoid the interference of Bhatara Kala, the children should be given exorcism rite by presenting a shadow puppet.

The shadow puppet presented was not an ordinary one, but belonged to Wayang Sapuh Leger or Wayang Sudamala. Both types of shadow puppet were almost the same as the shadow puppet intended for evening entertainment. However, in the performance of shadow puppet for exorcism rite of children born in the wuku wayang would take special storyline and offerings. By and large, the story performed usually entitled Dewa Kala or Siwa Rare Kumara. Meanwhile, the Wayang Sudamala took the story Dewi Durga exorcised by Sahadeva.

Jero Mangku Arthana said that children born in the wuku wayang should get an exorcism rite to release them from any danger. Otherwise, behavior of those children would be influenced by demonic behavior filled with evil passions. “If family is unable to organize the shadow puppet show, they can only invoke the holy water to purify the children from any temptation,” he said.

The ritual was usually performed coinciding with the otonan after the child was 6 months old (210 days) according to the Balinese calendar. The ritual was held in the morning, while the shadow puppet show was held in the evening. Although functioning as a ritual puppet, in the performance the puppeteer remained to accentuate the quality.

Well, after the puppet show was over, the child was then given an exorcism rite.

Aside from functioning to exorcize children born in wuku wayang, the shadow puppet show was also held for other ceremonial events. For example, wayang lemah was presented to accompany some ceremonies (Deva Yajña, Rishi Yajña, Manushya Yajña, Pitri Yajña and Bhuta Yajña) that put more emphases on a sacrifice. The storyline presented was adjusted to the type of ceremony held.

Well, to distinguish the shadow puppet for ritual and entertainment, the Hindu community in Bali classified the shadow puppet show into three, namely the performance for wali (complementary ceremony), bebali (supporting the ceremony) and balih-balihan (entertainment). (BTN/015)

“We have not had the exact data, but I estimate there will be an increase in the domestic tourist visit up to 6 percent with the length of stay up to 4 days,” he said.

According to him, based on experience in the previous years, the increase in tourist arrivals especially school children would always be booming. However, the increase in domestic tourist visit would only have an impact on the occupancy of budget hotels to three-star hotels with an average occupancy rate reaching 65 percent.

Related to tourist attractions becoming the target of school children, according to him, would be Kintamani, Bedugul, Kuta and Tanah Lot, Tabanan.

“During school holidays, those destinations will be thoroughly favored by domestic tourists,” he said. (kmb27)

A shadow puppet master playing a show during the Wuku Wayang celebration. In accordance with the teachings of Hinduism in Balinese literature, if there are children born in the Wuku Wayang the Hindu community in Bali will certainly organize a shadow puppet play.

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Tourists sunbathing at Kuta Beach, Bali Island during holiday season. School holiday packages offered by a number of travel agencies in Bali are considered not innovative. This happens because the human resources managing the tourist attraction have not been professional and innovative enough.

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Deputy Chairman of Central ASITA, Bagus Sudibya, said that many tourist attractions such as Kintamani, Tanah Lot, Bedugul and Kuta remained to become favorite attraction, especially for domestic tourists whereas quite a lot of tourist attractions in Bali were worth visiting.

“There must be a common awareness among the government, communities and employers to manage a productive and profitable tourist attraction. In this regard, the government serves as regulator, the community as subject and the employers as users,” said Bagus Sudibya, Monday (Jun 25).

Bagus Sudibya admitted that a lot of tourist attractions were worth visiting. However, not all of them were managed professionally. They were only managed by local community without the

support from the government and businesspeople.

“There should be clear rules and adequate facilities so that tourists later on can visit those attractions that have been well managed,” said Bagus Sudibya.

He added when those tourist attractions had been indeed professionally managed, automatically a lot of tourism packages would be offered.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, previously stated the visit of domestic tourist, especially students, would happen until next August. The moment of school holidays was usually spent by visiting tourist places. Bali as a world tourist destination would surely get the small fraction of the visit.

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Australian death, investigator checks victim’s older brother Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The mysterious death of Mark Richard Ovenden (35) from Australia keep on producing new facts which investigators then also checked Richard’s older sibling, dr. Kellie Ovenden (36). From the investigation, it seemed that victim have a blood clot on the heart and depression so victim has to consume medicines. Head of Public Relation of Denpasar Police, APC IB Sarjana, stated last Monday (25/6) that there are 13 witnesses checked so far including the older sibling, friends and a masseuse that massaged victim.

From I Made Soreana, the masseuse, stated victim came for a massage on 19th June 2012 around 5 pm local time. Meanwhile from victim’s roommate, Daiman Harington, stated a day before coming to Indonesia (Bali, red) victim was fighting

with someone in a restaurant in Australia causing him having bruises on his body including on the eyes. “This is still being investigated further, the autopsy result hasn’t come out. This is why we’re not sure yet if victim was killed or was because of the illness he had as stated by his sister. For clarity, we are waiting for the autopsy result and will again be cross checked with witnesses,” Sarjana stated.

As told before, victim was found dead but unsure if he was killed or not even though Sanglah Hospital checking stated it was due to being killed. Police are having difficulties in revealing this cases as victim’s body was found at the grasses of Galian C, Banjar Kaja Jati, Kutuh, South Kuta, Badung and expected to be the second crime scene while he was killed somewhere else (first crime scene). (kmb21)

Paving materials disturbing street users

Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The plan to arrange Gajah Mada Street, Denapsar for its Sixth Step (tahap VI) includes a paving on the road to be done.

Some paving bricks have been placed yet ironically it is placed on the 800 meter road causing locals disturbed such as Wayan Purnada.

“This route is very crowded and with these materials fulfilling the left side of the road is causing even more traffic,” Purnada stated last Monday (25/6).

For that, Technician Officer (PPTK) also Head of Spatial Planning of the Spatial PLannig and Housing Agency (DTRP) for Denpasar, Cipta Sudewa, as permitted by Head of Agency, Made Kusuma Diputra, stated that this placing has been permitted by the Transportation Agency and police

as long as it is not over the road’s line. “There are no alternative place to put this much material. If it’s quite far it will cause difficulties for the workers,” Sudewa stated.

It is admitted this paving will be done after the ones in front of the shops which will have ceramics on it. It is predicted by July this ceramic placement will finish. The pavement will use paving conblock K 400 which its quality is the best and part of a project done by PT Alit Wirajaya with value IDR 2.5 billion with pagu IDR 3.1 billion. The pedestrian paving will start on the Sumatera Street-Gajah Mada Street crossroad up to the west point of Gajah Mada Street. “For that we apologies for the inconvenience although this is all for a better center of the city,” Sudewa clarified. (kmb12)

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The paving materials pilli up on the side of Gajah Mada Street.

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Ethnic Kachin people sit in the doorways of shelters at a temporary camp for people displaced by fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, outside the city of Myitkyina in the north of the country, February 22, 2012.

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China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report

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School children of Pesinggahan village, Dawan, Klungkung, scavenged oblation remnants on Goa Lawah Beach, Monday, June 25.

School children of Pesinggahan endanger life to amass oblation remnants SCHOOL holidays have arrived. Many school children take advantage of their school holidays with a variety of activities. On one side, some students fill in their holidays by learning and disporting themselves, while some others used it to search for fortune as carried out by children of Pesinggahan village, Dawan, Klungkung. To fill in their holidays, they scavenged the oblation remnants after people organized nyekah ritual on the beach near Goa Lawah Beach. What did their activity look like?

Most children took advantage of their holidays by disporting themselves, but students from Pesinggahan village did not. In fact, they intermingled with people organizing a ritual on the beach for scavenging sustenance. Understandably, the Goa Lawah itself has been known to residents as a place to perform nyegara gunung ritual (a procession after cremation). In performing the ritual, people who came to Goa Lawah Temple would bring a set of oblations. Such moment was surely taken advantage by children of Pesinggahan village.

Both students of primary school and secondary school filled in their holidays by looking for fortune.

Aside from helping their parents to trade, some children scavenged the oblation remnants. By doing so, they could take some usable contents

of the oblation such as perforated coins, live duck and chicken used in pekelem rituals as well as contents of pejati oblation like oil, eggs and rice disposed by residents after performing the ritual on Goa Lawah Beach.

Uniquely, in collecting those remnants they should mutually scramble. Even, they should endanger their life against the large waves of Goa Lawah Beach. To get the contents of oblation like duck and chicken after being used as pekelem, they had to swim out to the sea and chased the ducks. Not infrequently, they should also fight one another as performed by a child named Mudana. The student of SMPN 2 Dawan secondary school admitted if he only would like to help his parents to earn money.

“Yes, we just want to make money, sir, while helping my parents,” said

Mudana when met on Goa Lawah Beach, Monday (Jun 25).

To be able to get money, Mudana said it was not easy. He should scramble with his friends to get the ducks, chickens and perforated coins disposed by residents after performing the rituals. Even, on unlucky day, Mudana claimed to get nothing.

“The duck can be re-sold for IDR 30,000. But, I rarely get the duck as having to scramble,” he explained.

In line with Mudana, Wayan Yeni Artini, a student of the SDN 1 Pesinggahan elementary school, and Komang Ayu Nita also helped their parents earn money on Goa Lawah Beach while filling in school holidays. Yeni herself claimed to only collect the contents of oblation such as perforated coins and pejati oblation disposed to the sea by residents. According to her, the results obtained were pretty good. Yeni herself claimed to earn IDR 20,000 per day from collecting eggs, coconut, rice and perforated coins.

“Yes, everything will be given to my parents for purchasing rice,” she said briefly while scrambling to get perforated coins discarded by residents. (119)

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BEIJING - Chinese authorities are forcing back into Myanmar some of the ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled into China trying to escape civil war, and Beijing is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday.

Myanmar’s government is in talks with Kachin rebels, and more than a dozen armed or political groups, to try to end all its decadesold conflicts.

The Kachin conflict, which flared up in the middle of 2011 after a 17-year truce, has pushed up to 10,000 people to seek refuge across the border in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said many of these people have little access to proper sanitation, shelter, healthcare or schools for their children.

Others have been detained, refused entry to China or even forced back into the conflict zone in the former Burma, it said in a report.

“The Chinese government has generally tolerated Kachin refugees

staying in Yunnan, but now needs to meet its international legal obligations to ensure refugees are not returned and that their basic needs are met,” said Sophie Richardson, the human rights group’s China director.

“China has no legitimate reason to push them back to Burma or to leave them without food and shelter.”

Human Rights Watch said it had documented two cases involving some 300 people who were ordered to return to Myanmar, and others who were sent back into the conflict zone after being turned away at the border.

South Korea’s navy is to build an advance base on a frontline island to bolster defences near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea, officials said on Tuesday.

The navy has been given local government approval to reclaim 23,489 square metres (250,000 square feet) at Baengnyeong island to build the base, said an official at Incheon city, west of Seoul, which oversees the islands.

The defence ministry said the navy would build a dock for small warships but declined to give details.

Yonhap news agency said the new base would include barracks and a training ground and accommodate about 100 troops. It would be completed by the end of 2014 at a cost of 42.5 billion won ($36.6 million).

Baengnyeong is one of five South Korean islands near the boundary drawn by United Nations forces after the 1950-53 war. Pyongyang refuses to accept the line and insists it should be moved southwards.

The border was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999, 2002 and 2009. In November 2010 the North shelled one of the five islands, Yeonpyeong, and killed four South Koreans including two civilians.

The South has since strengthened manpower and weaponry on the islands to forestall any fresh attack. North Korea has reportedly completed a base for troop-carrying hovercraft at Koampo, 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of Baengnyeong.

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This file photo shows South Korean Marine amphibious vehicles moving down a street in a village on Baegnyeong island, in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea, in 2010.

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital: activists Reuters

BEIRUT - Clashes between state forces and rebels shook suburbs around the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday in what activists said was the heaviest fighting there since the uprising against President

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Bashar al-Assad began 15 months ago.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and armored vehicles stormed the neighborhood of Barzeh, an opposition foothold in the capital, and there were sounds of heavy

A member of the Syrian Free Army walks toward a destroyed building after they captured a government army base in Daret Azzah near Aleppo June 24, 2012.

gunfire.

The revolt against Assad’s rule has become increasingly violent in response to an army crackdown.

Fighting is now reported regularly in Damascus, once considered a bastion of Assad support.

The British-based observatory has a network of activists across Syria. It said explosions echoed through the suburbs of Dumar and Qudsiya on Tuesday.

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DENPASAR - Around 25 art teachers from Thailand are visiting the Indonesia Arts Institute (ISI) on Monday to observe teaching and learning methods in the institute.

“ISI rector Prof Dr I Wayan Rai received them and served his guests with Balinese traditional foods,” ISI spokesperson Ni Ketut Dewi Yulianti said here on Monday.

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Businessmen walk trough Madrid’s financial district, Monday, June 25, 2012.

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South Korea to suspend Iranian oil imports from July Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea said Tuesday it would be forced to halt imports of Iranian oil from July because of European Union sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons programme.

Imports would be suspended because the EU would stop offering any type of insurance on such shipments from July 1, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in a statement. A meeting of EU ministers ended Monday with no indication that South Korea would be exempted from the sanctions as it requested, the ministry said.

From the start of next month European

firms will be banned from insuring or reinsuring tankers transporting Iranian oil anywhere in the world. South Korea relies entirely on European companies for such insurance.

South Korea bought 9.4 percent, or about 87.2 million barrels, of all its crude needs from Iran last year, but has already reduced purchases in return for a waiver from sepa-

rate US sanctions.

The ministry said it would work hard to secure alternative sources of crude to minimise the effect on the country’s economy.

It said shipments from Iraq and elsewhere had already increased.

The government will also try to ease the impact of sanctions on exports to Iran, the ministry said. Iran is South Korea’s third largest market in the Middle East.

Exports to Iran were up 32 percent from a year earlier to $6.07 billion in 2011. They were worth $2.9 billion in the first five months of this year, a 40 percent rise on the same period last year.

Japan eyes tighter insider trading laws amid probe Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s banking minister said Tuesday that Tokyo may usher in tighter insider trading laws amid a widening criminal probe into the practice, which is commonplace in the nation’s finance sector.

“We want to consider necessary measures after reviewing and sorting out recurrent similar (insider trading) cases,” Tadahiro Matsushita told reporters, according to the online edition of the Nikkei business daily.

Matsushita, head of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, made the comments a day after prosecutors arrested former SMBC Nikko Securities executive Hiroyoshi Yoshioka and

three others on insider trading allegations.

Yoshioka, 50, is suspected of leaking material information to the head of a Japanese finance company and his son, with the trio reportedly netting more than 2.0 million yen ($25,000) from illegal trades.

Matsushita on Tuesday called the arrest “extremely regrettable,” signalling that the financial sector regulator would take strict action including possible fines on SMBC Nikko, one of Japan’s biggest asset managers.

In a statement released late Monday, the company apologised for the arrest, and promised to cooperate with authorities in their investigation.

Insider trading, which usually draws huge fines and jail time in the West, is

largely tolerated in Japan’s financial world with recent fines coming in at around just $1,500, while criminal convictions are few and far between.

But the probes have sparked renewed pressure to crack down on lax regulations and legal loopholes, which have dented Japan’s corporate governance image.

Earlier this month, Japan’s market watchdog called for a New York firm to be slapped with a 14.7 million yen penalty for trading on confidential information about a $6.3 billion share sale by Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) in 2010.

That was the agency’s first-ever action against a foreign company for insider trading.

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Spain and Cyprus request eurozone rescues

MADRID - Spain formally requested Monday a banking rescue of up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) and Cyprus also asked for a bailout, as a pivotal week for the eurozone’s future began.

With EU leaders under mounting pressure to take steps to deepen integration to finally get to grips with the debt crisis at a two-day summit beginning on Thursday, Cyprus becomes the fifth out of the bloc’s 17 members to seek assistance.

There was increasing uncertainty about the new Greek government, with the incoming finance minister resigning over health reasons and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras recovering from a detached retina, with a review of its bailout programme delayed.

Spain’s request provided no exact figure for the aid to be delivered to its banks, which are hobbled by huge, reckless loans that turned sour after a property bubble imploded in 2008.

Though a formality, it came at a key moment in the eurozone crisis after debt markets sent Spanish and Italian borrowing rates spiralling and raised concerns for the future of the currency union itself.

A full-blown bailout for Spain, the fourthlargest economy in the eurozone, would dwarf the rescues of Ireland, Greece and Portugal and strain the resources of the bloc to the limit.

“Whether Spain will also need full-fledged financial support beyond the bank programme will depend on its ability to retain market access,” said Antonio Garcia Pascual, analyst at Barclays Research.

“This in turn depends on both Spain’s policy commitments and, to a greater extent, on the speed with which Europe’s decisions evolve towards greater financial and fiscal integration in the coming days and weeks.”

European Union leaders are set to consider deepening economic and monetary union when they meet on Thursday and Friday to finally overcome the debt crisis that has wracked the eurozone for two years.

Markets were sceptical however that European leaders would overcome their differences to take significant steps.

European leaders also face demands from Greece’s new three-party coalition government for new terms on its bailout, including a two-year deadline extension on reforms.

But German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert warned that no decision would be taken until an international team of auditors had assessed the state of Greece’s economy.

Auditors from the European Union, IMF and European Central Bank postponed a visit to Greece originally set to begin Monday due to the health problems of Greek leaders. No new date has been set. The government in Nicosia has faced difficulties with public finances while the country’s banks took a major hit from the writedown of Greek bonds.

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The Thai teachers were also entertained with a Balinese traditional “gambus” dance music show which has recently been revitalized. One of the instruments in the show was a large bamboo flute called “gambuh”, after which the show is named.

Prof Rai explained the role of the musical instrument in the show.

“It takes a long inhaling exercise in order to be able to play the instrument,” she said.

Students from ISI played Balinese instrument. Around 25 art teachers from Thailand are visiting the Indonesia Arts Institute (ISI) on Monday to observe teaching and learning methods in the institute.

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Tattoo artists gathered in Bali recently during a tattoo competition in Denpasar on Bali island.

The competition is designed to promote tourism on the resort island.

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A security official stands in front of a burning section of The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on November 29, 2008. Indian police have arrested a key suspect accused of coordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, the government said Monday.

Indian police have arrested a key suspect accused of coordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, the government said Monday.

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Abu Hamza, also known as Sayed Zabiuddin, an Indian-born member of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was detained at Delhi international airport on June 21 when he arrived from the Middle East.

Hamza was allegedly one of the handlers based in the Pakistani city Karachi, who issued instructions by telephone to the 10 Islamist gunmen as they stormed two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre, a restaurant and a train station in Mumbai.

“The Delhi police has done a magnificent job. I am sure that the investigations will take place and we will wait till the investigations,” India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters.

Hamza, who has used a string of aliases, had been living in Saudi Arabia in recent years and is now being held in police custody in Delhi, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.

Indian media citing police sources said that Hamza was aged 30 and came from the western state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital.

Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only gunman caught alive during the 60-hour assault on Mumbai in November 2008, was handed down a death sentence by the Bombay High Court last year.

Lawyers prosecuting Kasab have said that Hamza taught the gunmen some Hindi and that his voice can be heard on taped conversations with the attackers during the carnage.

India blames the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit, which is banned in Pakistan, for training, equipping and financing the Mumbai gunmen with support from “elements” in the Pakistan military.

Pakistan has indicted seven alleged perpetrators over the attacks but their trial, which began in 2009,

has been beset by numerous delays triggering Indian accusations that the process is a sham.

The United States, which lost six citizens in the Mumbai attacks, said it had a “strong interest” in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the assault.

“We want to see all of them brought to justice,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.

Nuland declined comment on whether the United States assisted in Hamza’s arrest but said: “We have been doing what we can to share information and support the Indian efforts to bring folks to justice.”

The United States in April offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-eTaiba who lives openly in Pakistan and is accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks.

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Mumbai attacks ‘handler’ arrested in India Agence France Presse

Book bomber`s wife sentenced to two years in jail

NEW YORK - Donations to a fundraising website for a grandmother bullied by middle-school students on a bus reached $650,000 on Monday afternoon, a record for the website, after a video of the abuse topped 7 million views on YouTube.

Karen Klein, a 68-year-old bus monitor from Greece, New York, was bullied until she cried by Greece Middle School students in a video uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday.

Brian Klein, Karen’s son, said the support the family has received has been overwhelming, and that the family was grateful for it.

The fund on indiegogo.com, originally intended to send Klein on a vacation, will take donations until July 20, after which she will get the money minus deductions by the company.

A representative from indiegogo.com said Klein’s fundraiser is the fastest- and largest-grossing fundraiser in the website’s history. Previously, the website’s largest fund raised around $320,000.

Klein will receive 93 percent of the money donated to her. Four percent will go to indiegogo, and 3 percent will go toward credit card processing fees.

Aside from the money, Southwest Airlines has given Klein a three-night trip to Disneyland in California for her and her eight grandchildren.

She also has been given a free week-long vacation by the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort in Florida.

From page 1 So far, he described, the Subak Jatiluwih only got levies from the taking of pictures or movies on the site. Meanwhile, the tourist levies remained nil, whereas, added Semarajaya, the attraction sold at Jatiluwih was the activity of farmers. Currently, he said, his party was in need of irrigation channel improvement because several water channels had been damaged so they disrupted the water supply to paddy fields. “We have proposed the improvement. Hopefully, it can be approved,” he explained.

Determination of WCH by UNESCO continued to draw polemics in Tabanan. Previously, the Subak Soka located adjacent to Jatiluwih demanded to be included in the WCH. It argued the agricultural area was at the same route and had a complete spring, including the history of the subak temple.

Related to the WCH polemic, the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, instructed her staff to establish a team to ask for the explanation from UNESCO. (kmb30)

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“It’s a problem that UEFA must consider for the next European Championship,” he told a news conference on Monday. “To play a semi with this small gap does not help the spectacle.”

As in 2006, when Italy were eventually crowned world champions, the team came into the tournament with unwanted headlines at home due to a domestic match-fixing scandal. But the Azzurri have drawn praise for playing an attractive attacking game and they had 35 shots on goal in Sunday’s 0-0 draw with England in Kiev - the first game to go to extra time at the finals - before prevailing on penalties.

“Italy have been surprising at this tournament and they fully deserve to be in the last four,” Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil told reporters. “There was a lot of negative stuff written about them before the tournament but they have showed how good a team they are.”

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The tournament, being held in eastern Europe for the first time, has been the most closely-fought in years. But for Poland’s co-hosts Ukraine the successful staging of matches on the pitch has been marred by a diplomatic boycott due to the jailing of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

A Ukrainian court on Monday adjourned Tymoshenko’s tax evasion trial until mid-July, but that will do little to unfreeze talks on trade and other issues with the European Union, or persuade foreign leaders to attend the tournament final in Kiev. Spain and Portugal meet in the first semi-final in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, with the focus on the clash of Ronaldo and his team mates from La Liga champions Real Madrid.

Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso said Spain did not have a specific plan to counter the threat of the team’s third top scorer of all time.

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This handout photograph taken on June 24, 2012 and released by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry on June 25, 2012, shows one day old male baby Sumatran rhinoceros named Andatu (C) following his mother Ratu at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in Lampung located in Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

Rare baby Sumatra rhinoceros named a “gift from God” Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - A critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, which became Saturday only the fourth birth in captivity in more than a century, was named Monday a “gift from God”.

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said he had picked the name “Andatu” for the male calf, which was born at an Indonesian sanctuary, on the southern tip of Sumatra island.

“Andatu” combines parts of its parents’ name, Andalas the father and mother Ratu, and refers to “Anugerah Dari Tuhan”, or Gift from God in Indonesian, he jubilantly told a press conference.

“Andatu is the most appropriate choice” he said. “His birth is a milestone in the conservation of Sumatran rhinos and will build public confidence of rhino conservation efforts in our country,” he added.

Conservationist Widodo Ramono recalled the anxious moments before delivery.

“We were all watching it from the

CCTV, nobody made a sound. But the moment we saw the calf, everyone burst into screams. It was louder than seeing a player score a goal in a football match,” he said.

“We hope Ratu will eventually have five calves. For Andalas, we hope to mate him with other females,” Ramono said.

Ratu and Andalas were paired in 2009 at the sanctuary, two years after Andalas was brought from the United States at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio for a breeding programme.

Andalas was born in September 2001, making him the first Sumatran rhino delivered in captivity in 112 years.

Ratu grew up in the wild but wandered out of the forest and now lives at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in

Way Kambas National Park.

The 12-year-old lost her first pregnancy after two months and her second after less than a month. She gave birth after a 16-month pregnancy.

Before Andalas, the last Sumatran rhino born in captivity was in the Calcutta Zoo in India in 1889, according to the Rhino Resource Center, a British reference website.

Sumatran rhinos have suffered a 50 percent drop in population numbers over the past 20 years. There are now believed to be fewer than 200 alive in Southeast Asia.

They are victims of poaching and of the destruction of their habitat.

According to environmentalists, two million hectares (five million acres) of forests are lost every year in Indonesia.

JAKARTA - The wife of book-bomb convict Pepi Fernando was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday for withholding information about the terror plot.

The chief judge of the West Jakarta District Court, Moestofa, said Deni Carmelita had been found guilty of violating Article 16 in conjunction with Article 7 of the anti-terrorism law of 2003.

“Deni Carmelita has violated Article 13A by hiding information about a crime and Article 22A and 22C on prevention and obstruction of an investigation,” he said.

Though she has three young children, the incriminating factor is that she has kept secret information about her husband`s involvement in the bombing, Moestofa added.

The sentence was milder than the prosecutor`s demand for 2.6 years in jail. Deni, through her lawyer, Nural HN, accepted the verdict.

Pepi Fernando had earlier been sentenced to 18 years in jail though the prosecutor had demanded life in prison.

“Pepi Fernando has been found guilty of committing terrorism,” chief judge Moestofa had said when reading out the verdict in the West Jakarta District Court on March 5.

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Air Force (AU) and the United States Air Force (USAF) are organizing a joint exercise on Monday at South Terminal, Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase, East Jakarta.

The exercise will be held until Friday (June 29) under the name “Cope West”. Fifty soldiers from AU and 80 soldiers from USAF will attend the drill.

At the beginning of the exercise, at least 28 troops from Paskhas AU will take part in a static plunging military action by using two units of USAF type A Hercules C-130.

Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase Commander, Colonel Ardhi Tjahjoko, said the activities carried out on Monday included a parachute dropping static and personnel to the Air Force Detachment in Gorda Serang.

“We have also common practice for dropping logistics, powerful packing techniques for the benefit of dropping the logistics and personnel,as well as the exercise `Free-fall` and class discussions,” Ardhi said.

According to Ardhi, the joint exercises have been taking place since 2009.

“Most of the exercises held today have largely been implemented by the Air Force. The exercise is to expedite and hone existing skills,” said Ardhi.

USAF Cope West Detachment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rick Richard said co-operation with the Indonesian Air Force is considered very important to sharpen the ability of the USAF and the Air Force.

“Indonesia is a very strategic and important country. It`s fantastic and its air force is professional enough,” he said.

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Djokovic, Sharapova power into Wimbledon 2nd round Agence France Presse

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams suffered her worst All England Club defeat in 15 years, but draw cards Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova powered into the second round. Williams lost 6-1, 6-3 to 79th-ranked Russian Elena Vesnina in what was the 32-year-old’s first opening round loss since her 1997 debut.

Pulaki Temple IBP

Pulaki Temple or Pura Pulaki is a Hindu shrine located in the hill bank and in front of the beautiful beach in north part of Bali. It is one of the biggest Hindu temples in Bali situated in the coastal side west part of Singaraja town or 1 hour drive to the west from the town. This temple is set on the flat land with stone hill bank as a back drop meanwhile the blue ocean is just

in front of the temple.

Pulaki Temple is a famous temple among the Hindu people in Bali located in Singaraja regency, north part of Bali. There are the group of monkeys dwell the hill forest around the temple and it usually standing around the temple in the day time. The beautiful beach with black sand and calm seawater is one of the fascinations to visitor to come to this temple. We can find

the beautiful hill bank and beaches along the coastal road.

It is located in Pulaki Village, Seririt Sub District, Singaraja Regency, north part of Bali. It is just 3 hours drive from Bali’s International Airport or 1 hour drive from Singaraja town. It is strategically set in the main road from Singaraja to Gilimanuk with the group of monkeys as the identity for the traveler who wants to visit this temple.

But the former world number one -- the champion in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008 -- believes she can still compete at the top level despite her ranking having slipped to 58 after a six-month absence fighting serious illness. “There’s no way I will give up just because I have had a hard time in the first four or five friggin’ tournaments back.

That’s not me,” said a fiesty Williams at a post-match news conference.

When asked if she will play at Wimbledon in 2013, she was adamant. “Sure,” she said. “I don’t have time to be sorry for myself.” Monday’s defeat was just Williams’ fourth loss at the first round stage of a Grand Slam against 52 wins. Vesnina, who had lost in the first round of nine of her last 10 Grand Slam appearances, will next face Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska who enjoyed a 6-3, 6-3 win over AFP Photo/Leon Neal Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova.

While Williams was heading for the Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a forehand shot during his first round men’s singles victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero on the first day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships at the All exit, another crowd favourite, Kim CliEngland Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. jsters, was rolling back the years with

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Spoelstra gave Heat a trophy before ‘real’ trophy Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra has come full circle. When the Miami Heat won their first championship in 2006, it was then-coach Pat Riley giving histhen-assistant Spoelstra ties to wear and coming up with motivational wizardry to get the team through its playoff grind. Fast forward six years — now it’s Spoelstra as head coach, providing Riley with ties, plus commissioning a secret that became the battle cry on the Heat’s march to this year’s NBA title.

With Riley, it was about “15 Strong,” the phrase he coined to point out that every player on the roster had a job. With Spoelstra, it was 16 little lines, scribbled with gold marker on a black replica of the NBA championship trophy that became the unknown rallying point for the Heat throughout these playoffs.

Whatever works. When the Heat championship parade rolled Monday through downtown Miami, Spoelstra had a view from the front of a doubledecker bus, cap turned backwards, smile broad as can be, waving at the estimated crowd of 400,000 along with his 5½-year-old nephew. A month ago, many experts suggested his job was in

jeopardy.

Now, Spoelstra is a NBA champion coach — and his trophy suggests he’s a champion motivator as well. “It was a testament to one another,” said Heat forward LeBron James, the NBA Finals MVP. “And it had nothing to do with anyone else.”

Here’s the story: Before the playoffs started, Spoelstra had this black trophy with white lettering, a near perfect replica of the trophy presented to the NBA champions. Each player’s name and jersey number appeared on the trophy, and the phrases “All In” and “Together/Tough/Trust” were printed on the base.

Spoelstra told the team it was to serve as a symbol of what mattered in the playoffs. Each player signed the ball atop the trophy.

“We signed our names to guarantee we’d bring those things onto the table,” Spoelstra said. “And when we weren’t, that trophy would come out and we’d remind ourselves we signed our name and we’re not being true to that. That was a powerful exercise for us.” His team took it seriously. “I didn’t put my autograph on there,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “I put my signature.”

a 6-2, 6-4 win over Serbian 18th seed Jelena Jankovic. Clijsters, unseeded this year and playing her last Wimbledon before retirement, will face Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic.

The 29-year-old Belgian, playing just her second event since March, was untroubled against the error-plagued, former world number one Jankovic who lost in the first round for a second successive year. “When I saw the draw I knew it was going to be a tough one but at the same time I really looked forward to playing her,” said Clijsters, after her eighth win in nine meetings with Jankovic.

Sharapova, who completed a career Grand Slam with victory at the French Open, eased past Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-3. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, will face Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova, who reached the semi-finals in 2010. Top seed Djokovic, opening business on Centre Court, reached the second round with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 win over Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Lochte vs. Phelps, Part 2 set for US swim trials Associated Press Writer

Tuesday morning, with the 16 fastest qualifiers advancing to the evening semifinals. Lochte owns the upper hand in that event, having beaten Phelps at last year’s world championships in Shanghai.

Any butterflies two of the world’s best swimmers may have felt going into the eight-day meet should be gone since both quali-

fied for the London Games on the first night of the trials. Lochte OMAHA, Neb. — Ryan became the first swimmer to Lochte won Round 1 of his make the U.S. team with his win showdown with Michael Phelps over Phelps in the grueling 400 at the U.S. Olympic swimming individual medley on Monday. trials. Phelps won’t have to wait “I can sit down and take a long for a second chance to take deep breath and relax,” Lochte down his rival. said. “I can just do what I love to They’ll compete in the 200do and have fun and just race.” meter freestyle preliminaries on It was a three-man race between world champion Lochte, world record holder Phelps, and Tyler Clary, the fourth-fastest swimmer ever in the event. Each of them owned the lead at different points in the race — Phelps in the butterfly, Clary in the backstroke and Lochte in the breaststroke.

“All three of us were side by side by side and we were neck and neck,” Phelps said.

“You could hear the excitement of the crowd and that’s something that definitely AP Photo/David Phillip played a pretty big role in Ryan Lochte, left, and Michael Phelps look at the time after finishing giving me a little extra enin the men’s 400-meter individual medley final at the U.S. Olympic ergy the last 150. I was very pleased with that.” swimming trials, Monday, June 25, 2012, in Omaha, Neb.

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Pirlo transformed by Ancelotti masterstroke

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DONETSK - Andrea Pirlo’s midfield mastery played a major role in Italy’s win over England in the Euro 2012 quarter-finals with the 33-year-old showing the qualities that have made him one of the continent’s finest for the past decade. But Pirlo, whose cool chip in the 4-2 penalty shootout win following a goalless draw after extra time on Sunday will remain the most memorable incident of the night, is also a reminder of the ‘sliding doors’ that exist in a football career.

BACK-UP PLAYER

Milan signed Portuguese international Rui Costa from Fiorentina, at that time considered the best trequartista in Serie A and certainly a clear choice ahead of Pirlo. It was no surprise that Turkish coach Fatih Terim opted for Rui Costa, who he had worked with at Fiorentina, and Pirlo was left to feature only as a back-up player in his first season with the Rossoneri.

In the following pre-season Ancelotti was mixing up his formations in a warm-up match against a regional league team, and for a spell in the low-key game asked Pirlo to play in a deep playmaker role, sitting in front of the defence. Pirlo had, on occasion, played the role that Italians call the ‘regista’ under Carlo Maz-

zone at Brescia, but no-one at Inter or Milan had given serious thought to playing a system that allowed Pirlo to function in that position.

Ancelotti saw something in the game that sparked his curiosity and Pirlo was given a chance to start in the role against Juventus in the annual pre-season ‘Trofeo Berlusconi’’ He delivered the kind of composed and classy performance for which he is now widely known.

The Milan coach had stumbled across his famous ‘Christmas Tree’ midfield formation which led to Milan lifting the Italian Cup and Champions League titles in 2003 with Pirlo operating behind Clarence Seedorf and Gennaro Gattuso while Rui Costa played in the number ten role.

extra-time victory over Germany in the World Cup semi-final.

If the Azzurri are to produce a repeat performance against the Germans in Warsaw on Thursday it will require a similar masterclass from the quiet man who so nearly was cast aside.

GNIEWINO - Spain captain Iker Casillas can become the first player to notch up 100 victories in international football if his team beat Portugal in Wednesday’s Euro 2012 semi-final. To do so, on his 136th appearance for his country, the Real Madrid goalkeeper will have to thwart his club team mate and Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has three goals at the tournament and has been on scintillating form.

Eliminating the Portuguese, who have only beaten their Iberian neighbours once in seven competitive games, would give Spain a chance to become the first nation to win back-to-back continental titles with a World Cup in between. Casillas believes former World Player of the Year Ronaldo has still not quite reproduced the form that helped Real win La Liga for the first time in four years last season.

“His season at Madrid was incredible in terms of the way he played, the goals and the records,” the 31-year-old, known in Spain as “Saint Iker” thanks to his miraculous saves, was quoted as saying

in Monday’s Marca sports daily.

“I don’t think that right now he is at his best level,” he added.

A fired-up Ronaldo has been peppering opposition goals with shots in Portugal’s four Euro 2012 outings and Casillas said he will have to be wary of any deviation in the air due to the peculiar way Ronaldo strikes the ball. “The ball does something strange,” he told Marca, adding that those being used at Euro 2012 did not bend and swerve as much as the “Jabulani” used at the World Cup two years ago.

“It doesn’t quite reach those extremes but if you give it a good whack it always swerves in a deceptive way,” he said. “I’ll have to be on my guard.”

BORN GOALSCORER

Spain’s last competitive meeting with the Portuguese came at the 2010 World Cup, when they won a close encounter 1-0 thanks to a second-half David Villa strike.

Spain struggled to penetrate Portugal’s defence in that match in Cape Town but the introduction of towering striker Fernando Llorente early in the second half changed

the game.

Llorente, whose strength and height were too much for the Portuguese centre backs, could be an option on Wednesday if the game follows a similar pattern, defender Gerard Pique said. “He used his power in the air to great effect and fought like a lion,” Pique told Reuters in an interview at Spain’s training base in Gniewino, northern Poland on Monday.

“He could be an option for Wednesday and he is training very, very well,” added the 25year-old. “He is one of the players who has yet to feature but for sure he will get his chance and that could be against Portugal.” Pique knows Ronaldo and fellow winger Nani from his time at Manchester United and said it would be wrong for Spain to think Portugal were a one-man team.

“Nani is a player with a lot of quality in one-on-one situations,” he said. “He can pop up on the right or the left and is a born goalscorer with a powerful shot. “We will have to use all the weapons in our arsenal to stop him and Ronaldo.”

The winners of Wednesday’s game will meet Germany or Italy in Sunday’s final in Kiev.

Russian soccer chief resigns after Euro 2012 flop

BEST PLAYMAKER

The following year Milan won the Serie A title and by 2006 Pirlo was playing the same deep role in Marcello Lippi’s Italy team who won the World Cup and was widely considered the best playmaker in the world game. After his form at Milan began to fade and he was offered just a one-year deal, Pirlo moved to Juventus last season and quickly rediscovered his noted touch and feel for the game as he led the Turin club to the Serie A title.

Ancelotti, now with Paris St Germain, believes that while many are able to appreciate Pirlo’s ability to receive the ball from his defence and begin to prompt attacks, what is less evident is the way he understands the game. “There is always praise for his technique but his character and personality are undervalued,” he said recently.

“He is one of the few players that you need to say little or nothing to, he understands everything by himself. For me, he is the strongest central midfielder in the world,” he added.

One of the games in which Pirlo proved he is worthy of such praise was in Dortmund in 2006 where he was essential to Italy’s

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Casillas eyes 100th win in Portugal semi

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Had it not been for a pre-season experiment by then Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, Pirlo could well have become one of the many players who never made the step up from promising youngster to established international. After leaving his hometown club Brescia, where he made his debut at 16 years and two days old, Pirlo failed to become a regular starter for Inter Milan in the role assigned to him since youth the ‘trequartista’, creating behind the strikers.

The young Pirlo had many of the attributes which are still evident in his game today - a deft touch, ability to shield the ball from an opponent and the vision to pick out the right man for a pass. But what was missing from his game was above all the pace and dynamism required for turning midfield play into goalthreatening attacks and so he spent his time at Inter either on the bench or on loan.

For a brief moment, when AC Milan signed him in the summer of 2001 from their city rivals, it looked as though he might finally get his chance to show his worth with a big club but, within days, the door closed on him again.

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Italy’s Andrea Pirlo controls the ball during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between England and Italy in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

MOSCOW - Russian soccer chief Sergei Fursenko quit his post on Monday following Russia’s disappointing showing at Euro 2012. Fursenko, who also sits on the UEFA executive board, resigned after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I would like to apologise to our fans for such a result. I have taken a difficult decision - to step down as head of the Russian Football Union (RFU),” Fursenko told his close friend Putin, the Kremlin said.

Fursenko has been heavily criticised for the team’s poor showing at the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, where they failed to advance past the group stage following a 1-0 upset by unfancied Greece in their final Group A match. Fursenko, 58, was appointed as the RFU boss in February 2010 after working as the president of Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petesburg for four years.

He was largely responsible for hiring Dutchman Dick Advocaat as Russia coach in 2010 after deciding against extending a contract of fellow-Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who led the Russians to the Euro 2008 semi-finals.

The team then failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Fursenko’s resignation was greeted with mixed reviews from Russian soccer experts.

Former Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who now serves as chairman of Dynamo Moscow’s advisory board, said: “Fursenko’s exit was justified taking into account our result at Euro 2012.” However, honorary RFU chief Vyacheslav Koloskov criticised Fursenko for abandoning “the sinking ship”.

“I have a feeling there is more to his resignation,” long-time RFU boss and former FIFA vice-president Koloskov was quoted as saying by local media.

AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas deflects a ball during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Spain and France in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 23, 2012.

Germany hopeful of Schweinsteiger recovery Reuters

GDANSK - Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger should be able to shake off a nagging ankle injury in time to play in the Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy in Warsaw on Thursday, goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke said.

The influential Schweinsteiger, who suffered the injury in February, has missed the last two days of training.

“He does have a minor problem with his ankle. He did not train for two days and treated it intensively,” Koepke said on Monday. “Today however he is expected to return to training and should be ready to play on Thursday.”

Schweinsteiger, who has started all four of Germany’s games at the tournament, said the pain in his ankle had robbed him of some of his speed and movement. “It is about small movements and explosive power,” the player said this week. “To be honest it is worrying.”

It is unclear if he will be in the starting lineup on Thursday as Germany eye a spot in the tournament final on July 1 in Kiev and a shot at their first trophy since 1996.

“Bastian is a world class player and he is a leading player in our team,” said midfielder Mesut Ozil. “I hope he can be fit in time for the game.”

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Reuters

Pirlo transformed by Ancelotti masterstroke

Reuters

DONETSK - Andrea Pirlo’s midfield mastery played a major role in Italy’s win over England in the Euro 2012 quarter-finals with the 33-year-old showing the qualities that have made him one of the continent’s finest for the past decade. But Pirlo, whose cool chip in the 4-2 penalty shootout win following a goalless draw after extra time on Sunday will remain the most memorable incident of the night, is also a reminder of the ‘sliding doors’ that exist in a football career.

BACK-UP PLAYER

Milan signed Portuguese international Rui Costa from Fiorentina, at that time considered the best trequartista in Serie A and certainly a clear choice ahead of Pirlo. It was no surprise that Turkish coach Fatih Terim opted for Rui Costa, who he had worked with at Fiorentina, and Pirlo was left to feature only as a back-up player in his first season with the Rossoneri.

In the following pre-season Ancelotti was mixing up his formations in a warm-up match against a regional league team, and for a spell in the low-key game asked Pirlo to play in a deep playmaker role, sitting in front of the defence. Pirlo had, on occasion, played the role that Italians call the ‘regista’ under Carlo Maz-

zone at Brescia, but no-one at Inter or Milan had given serious thought to playing a system that allowed Pirlo to function in that position.

Ancelotti saw something in the game that sparked his curiosity and Pirlo was given a chance to start in the role against Juventus in the annual pre-season ‘Trofeo Berlusconi’’ He delivered the kind of composed and classy performance for which he is now widely known.

The Milan coach had stumbled across his famous ‘Christmas Tree’ midfield formation which led to Milan lifting the Italian Cup and Champions League titles in 2003 with Pirlo operating behind Clarence Seedorf and Gennaro Gattuso while Rui Costa played in the number ten role.

extra-time victory over Germany in the World Cup semi-final.

If the Azzurri are to produce a repeat performance against the Germans in Warsaw on Thursday it will require a similar masterclass from the quiet man who so nearly was cast aside.

GNIEWINO - Spain captain Iker Casillas can become the first player to notch up 100 victories in international football if his team beat Portugal in Wednesday’s Euro 2012 semi-final. To do so, on his 136th appearance for his country, the Real Madrid goalkeeper will have to thwart his club team mate and Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has three goals at the tournament and has been on scintillating form.

Eliminating the Portuguese, who have only beaten their Iberian neighbours once in seven competitive games, would give Spain a chance to become the first nation to win back-to-back continental titles with a World Cup in between. Casillas believes former World Player of the Year Ronaldo has still not quite reproduced the form that helped Real win La Liga for the first time in four years last season.

“His season at Madrid was incredible in terms of the way he played, the goals and the records,” the 31-year-old, known in Spain as “Saint Iker” thanks to his miraculous saves, was quoted as saying

in Monday’s Marca sports daily.

“I don’t think that right now he is at his best level,” he added.

A fired-up Ronaldo has been peppering opposition goals with shots in Portugal’s four Euro 2012 outings and Casillas said he will have to be wary of any deviation in the air due to the peculiar way Ronaldo strikes the ball. “The ball does something strange,” he told Marca, adding that those being used at Euro 2012 did not bend and swerve as much as the “Jabulani” used at the World Cup two years ago.

“It doesn’t quite reach those extremes but if you give it a good whack it always swerves in a deceptive way,” he said. “I’ll have to be on my guard.”

BORN GOALSCORER

Spain’s last competitive meeting with the Portuguese came at the 2010 World Cup, when they won a close encounter 1-0 thanks to a second-half David Villa strike.

Spain struggled to penetrate Portugal’s defence in that match in Cape Town but the introduction of towering striker Fernando Llorente early in the second half changed

the game.

Llorente, whose strength and height were too much for the Portuguese centre backs, could be an option on Wednesday if the game follows a similar pattern, defender Gerard Pique said. “He used his power in the air to great effect and fought like a lion,” Pique told Reuters in an interview at Spain’s training base in Gniewino, northern Poland on Monday.

“He could be an option for Wednesday and he is training very, very well,” added the 25year-old. “He is one of the players who has yet to feature but for sure he will get his chance and that could be against Portugal.” Pique knows Ronaldo and fellow winger Nani from his time at Manchester United and said it would be wrong for Spain to think Portugal were a one-man team.

“Nani is a player with a lot of quality in one-on-one situations,” he said. “He can pop up on the right or the left and is a born goalscorer with a powerful shot. “We will have to use all the weapons in our arsenal to stop him and Ronaldo.”

The winners of Wednesday’s game will meet Germany or Italy in Sunday’s final in Kiev.

Russian soccer chief resigns after Euro 2012 flop

BEST PLAYMAKER

The following year Milan won the Serie A title and by 2006 Pirlo was playing the same deep role in Marcello Lippi’s Italy team who won the World Cup and was widely considered the best playmaker in the world game. After his form at Milan began to fade and he was offered just a one-year deal, Pirlo moved to Juventus last season and quickly rediscovered his noted touch and feel for the game as he led the Turin club to the Serie A title.

Ancelotti, now with Paris St Germain, believes that while many are able to appreciate Pirlo’s ability to receive the ball from his defence and begin to prompt attacks, what is less evident is the way he understands the game. “There is always praise for his technique but his character and personality are undervalued,” he said recently.

“He is one of the few players that you need to say little or nothing to, he understands everything by himself. For me, he is the strongest central midfielder in the world,” he added.

One of the games in which Pirlo proved he is worthy of such praise was in Dortmund in 2006 where he was essential to Italy’s

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

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Casillas eyes 100th win in Portugal semi

Euro 2 12

Had it not been for a pre-season experiment by then Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, Pirlo could well have become one of the many players who never made the step up from promising youngster to established international. After leaving his hometown club Brescia, where he made his debut at 16 years and two days old, Pirlo failed to become a regular starter for Inter Milan in the role assigned to him since youth the ‘trequartista’, creating behind the strikers.

The young Pirlo had many of the attributes which are still evident in his game today - a deft touch, ability to shield the ball from an opponent and the vision to pick out the right man for a pass. But what was missing from his game was above all the pace and dynamism required for turning midfield play into goalthreatening attacks and so he spent his time at Inter either on the bench or on loan.

For a brief moment, when AC Milan signed him in the summer of 2001 from their city rivals, it looked as though he might finally get his chance to show his worth with a big club but, within days, the door closed on him again.

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AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

Italy’s Andrea Pirlo controls the ball during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between England and Italy in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

MOSCOW - Russian soccer chief Sergei Fursenko quit his post on Monday following Russia’s disappointing showing at Euro 2012. Fursenko, who also sits on the UEFA executive board, resigned after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I would like to apologise to our fans for such a result. I have taken a difficult decision - to step down as head of the Russian Football Union (RFU),” Fursenko told his close friend Putin, the Kremlin said.

Fursenko has been heavily criticised for the team’s poor showing at the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, where they failed to advance past the group stage following a 1-0 upset by unfancied Greece in their final Group A match. Fursenko, 58, was appointed as the RFU boss in February 2010 after working as the president of Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petesburg for four years.

He was largely responsible for hiring Dutchman Dick Advocaat as Russia coach in 2010 after deciding against extending a contract of fellow-Dutchman Guus Hiddink, who led the Russians to the Euro 2008 semi-finals.

The team then failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Fursenko’s resignation was greeted with mixed reviews from Russian soccer experts.

Former Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who now serves as chairman of Dynamo Moscow’s advisory board, said: “Fursenko’s exit was justified taking into account our result at Euro 2012.” However, honorary RFU chief Vyacheslav Koloskov criticised Fursenko for abandoning “the sinking ship”.

“I have a feeling there is more to his resignation,” long-time RFU boss and former FIFA vice-president Koloskov was quoted as saying by local media.

AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas deflects a ball during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Spain and France in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 23, 2012.

Germany hopeful of Schweinsteiger recovery Reuters

GDANSK - Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger should be able to shake off a nagging ankle injury in time to play in the Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy in Warsaw on Thursday, goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke said.

The influential Schweinsteiger, who suffered the injury in February, has missed the last two days of training.

“He does have a minor problem with his ankle. He did not train for two days and treated it intensively,” Koepke said on Monday. “Today however he is expected to return to training and should be ready to play on Thursday.”

Schweinsteiger, who has started all four of Germany’s games at the tournament, said the pain in his ankle had robbed him of some of his speed and movement. “It is about small movements and explosive power,” the player said this week. “To be honest it is worrying.”

It is unclear if he will be in the starting lineup on Thursday as Germany eye a spot in the tournament final on July 1 in Kiev and a shot at their first trophy since 1996.

“Bastian is a world class player and he is a leading player in our team,” said midfielder Mesut Ozil. “I hope he can be fit in time for the game.”

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Djokovic, Sharapova power into Wimbledon 2nd round Agence France Presse

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams suffered her worst All England Club defeat in 15 years, but draw cards Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova powered into the second round. Williams lost 6-1, 6-3 to 79th-ranked Russian Elena Vesnina in what was the 32-year-old’s first opening round loss since her 1997 debut.

Pulaki Temple IBP

Pulaki Temple or Pura Pulaki is a Hindu shrine located in the hill bank and in front of the beautiful beach in north part of Bali. It is one of the biggest Hindu temples in Bali situated in the coastal side west part of Singaraja town or 1 hour drive to the west from the town. This temple is set on the flat land with stone hill bank as a back drop meanwhile the blue ocean is just

in front of the temple.

Pulaki Temple is a famous temple among the Hindu people in Bali located in Singaraja regency, north part of Bali. There are the group of monkeys dwell the hill forest around the temple and it usually standing around the temple in the day time. The beautiful beach with black sand and calm seawater is one of the fascinations to visitor to come to this temple. We can find

the beautiful hill bank and beaches along the coastal road.

It is located in Pulaki Village, Seririt Sub District, Singaraja Regency, north part of Bali. It is just 3 hours drive from Bali’s International Airport or 1 hour drive from Singaraja town. It is strategically set in the main road from Singaraja to Gilimanuk with the group of monkeys as the identity for the traveler who wants to visit this temple.

But the former world number one -- the champion in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008 -- believes she can still compete at the top level despite her ranking having slipped to 58 after a six-month absence fighting serious illness. “There’s no way I will give up just because I have had a hard time in the first four or five friggin’ tournaments back.

That’s not me,” said a fiesty Williams at a post-match news conference.

When asked if she will play at Wimbledon in 2013, she was adamant. “Sure,” she said. “I don’t have time to be sorry for myself.” Monday’s defeat was just Williams’ fourth loss at the first round stage of a Grand Slam against 52 wins. Vesnina, who had lost in the first round of nine of her last 10 Grand Slam appearances, will next face Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska who enjoyed a 6-3, 6-3 win over AFP Photo/Leon Neal Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova.

While Williams was heading for the Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a forehand shot during his first round men’s singles victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero on the first day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships at the All exit, another crowd favourite, Kim CliEngland Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. jsters, was rolling back the years with

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Spoelstra gave Heat a trophy before ‘real’ trophy Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra has come full circle. When the Miami Heat won their first championship in 2006, it was then-coach Pat Riley giving histhen-assistant Spoelstra ties to wear and coming up with motivational wizardry to get the team through its playoff grind. Fast forward six years — now it’s Spoelstra as head coach, providing Riley with ties, plus commissioning a secret that became the battle cry on the Heat’s march to this year’s NBA title.

With Riley, it was about “15 Strong,” the phrase he coined to point out that every player on the roster had a job. With Spoelstra, it was 16 little lines, scribbled with gold marker on a black replica of the NBA championship trophy that became the unknown rallying point for the Heat throughout these playoffs.

Whatever works. When the Heat championship parade rolled Monday through downtown Miami, Spoelstra had a view from the front of a doubledecker bus, cap turned backwards, smile broad as can be, waving at the estimated crowd of 400,000 along with his 5½-year-old nephew. A month ago, many experts suggested his job was in

jeopardy.

Now, Spoelstra is a NBA champion coach — and his trophy suggests he’s a champion motivator as well. “It was a testament to one another,” said Heat forward LeBron James, the NBA Finals MVP. “And it had nothing to do with anyone else.”

Here’s the story: Before the playoffs started, Spoelstra had this black trophy with white lettering, a near perfect replica of the trophy presented to the NBA champions. Each player’s name and jersey number appeared on the trophy, and the phrases “All In” and “Together/Tough/Trust” were printed on the base.

Spoelstra told the team it was to serve as a symbol of what mattered in the playoffs. Each player signed the ball atop the trophy.

“We signed our names to guarantee we’d bring those things onto the table,” Spoelstra said. “And when we weren’t, that trophy would come out and we’d remind ourselves we signed our name and we’re not being true to that. That was a powerful exercise for us.” His team took it seriously. “I didn’t put my autograph on there,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “I put my signature.”

a 6-2, 6-4 win over Serbian 18th seed Jelena Jankovic. Clijsters, unseeded this year and playing her last Wimbledon before retirement, will face Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic.

The 29-year-old Belgian, playing just her second event since March, was untroubled against the error-plagued, former world number one Jankovic who lost in the first round for a second successive year. “When I saw the draw I knew it was going to be a tough one but at the same time I really looked forward to playing her,” said Clijsters, after her eighth win in nine meetings with Jankovic.

Sharapova, who completed a career Grand Slam with victory at the French Open, eased past Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-3. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, will face Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova, who reached the semi-finals in 2010. Top seed Djokovic, opening business on Centre Court, reached the second round with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 win over Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Lochte vs. Phelps, Part 2 set for US swim trials Associated Press Writer

Tuesday morning, with the 16 fastest qualifiers advancing to the evening semifinals. Lochte owns the upper hand in that event, having beaten Phelps at last year’s world championships in Shanghai.

Any butterflies two of the world’s best swimmers may have felt going into the eight-day meet should be gone since both quali-

fied for the London Games on the first night of the trials. Lochte OMAHA, Neb. — Ryan became the first swimmer to Lochte won Round 1 of his make the U.S. team with his win showdown with Michael Phelps over Phelps in the grueling 400 at the U.S. Olympic swimming individual medley on Monday. trials. Phelps won’t have to wait “I can sit down and take a long for a second chance to take deep breath and relax,” Lochte down his rival. said. “I can just do what I love to They’ll compete in the 200do and have fun and just race.” meter freestyle preliminaries on It was a three-man race between world champion Lochte, world record holder Phelps, and Tyler Clary, the fourth-fastest swimmer ever in the event. Each of them owned the lead at different points in the race — Phelps in the butterfly, Clary in the backstroke and Lochte in the breaststroke.

“All three of us were side by side by side and we were neck and neck,” Phelps said.

“You could hear the excitement of the crowd and that’s something that definitely AP Photo/David Phillip played a pretty big role in Ryan Lochte, left, and Michael Phelps look at the time after finishing giving me a little extra enin the men’s 400-meter individual medley final at the U.S. Olympic ergy the last 150. I was very pleased with that.” swimming trials, Monday, June 25, 2012, in Omaha, Neb.

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A security official stands in front of a burning section of The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on November 29, 2008. Indian police have arrested a key suspect accused of coordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, the government said Monday.

Indian police have arrested a key suspect accused of coordinating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, the government said Monday.

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Abu Hamza, also known as Sayed Zabiuddin, an Indian-born member of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was detained at Delhi international airport on June 21 when he arrived from the Middle East.

Hamza was allegedly one of the handlers based in the Pakistani city Karachi, who issued instructions by telephone to the 10 Islamist gunmen as they stormed two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre, a restaurant and a train station in Mumbai.

“The Delhi police has done a magnificent job. I am sure that the investigations will take place and we will wait till the investigations,” India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters.

Hamza, who has used a string of aliases, had been living in Saudi Arabia in recent years and is now being held in police custody in Delhi, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.

Indian media citing police sources said that Hamza was aged 30 and came from the western state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital.

Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only gunman caught alive during the 60-hour assault on Mumbai in November 2008, was handed down a death sentence by the Bombay High Court last year.

Lawyers prosecuting Kasab have said that Hamza taught the gunmen some Hindi and that his voice can be heard on taped conversations with the attackers during the carnage.

India blames the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit, which is banned in Pakistan, for training, equipping and financing the Mumbai gunmen with support from “elements” in the Pakistan military.

Pakistan has indicted seven alleged perpetrators over the attacks but their trial, which began in 2009,

has been beset by numerous delays triggering Indian accusations that the process is a sham.

The United States, which lost six citizens in the Mumbai attacks, said it had a “strong interest” in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the assault.

“We want to see all of them brought to justice,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.

Nuland declined comment on whether the United States assisted in Hamza’s arrest but said: “We have been doing what we can to share information and support the Indian efforts to bring folks to justice.”

The United States in April offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-eTaiba who lives openly in Pakistan and is accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks.

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Mumbai attacks ‘handler’ arrested in India Agence France Presse

Book bomber`s wife sentenced to two years in jail

NEW YORK - Donations to a fundraising website for a grandmother bullied by middle-school students on a bus reached $650,000 on Monday afternoon, a record for the website, after a video of the abuse topped 7 million views on YouTube.

Karen Klein, a 68-year-old bus monitor from Greece, New York, was bullied until she cried by Greece Middle School students in a video uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday.

Brian Klein, Karen’s son, said the support the family has received has been overwhelming, and that the family was grateful for it.

The fund on indiegogo.com, originally intended to send Klein on a vacation, will take donations until July 20, after which she will get the money minus deductions by the company.

A representative from indiegogo.com said Klein’s fundraiser is the fastest- and largest-grossing fundraiser in the website’s history. Previously, the website’s largest fund raised around $320,000.

Klein will receive 93 percent of the money donated to her. Four percent will go to indiegogo, and 3 percent will go toward credit card processing fees.

Aside from the money, Southwest Airlines has given Klein a three-night trip to Disneyland in California for her and her eight grandchildren.

She also has been given a free week-long vacation by the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort in Florida.

From page 1 So far, he described, the Subak Jatiluwih only got levies from the taking of pictures or movies on the site. Meanwhile, the tourist levies remained nil, whereas, added Semarajaya, the attraction sold at Jatiluwih was the activity of farmers. Currently, he said, his party was in need of irrigation channel improvement because several water channels had been damaged so they disrupted the water supply to paddy fields. “We have proposed the improvement. Hopefully, it can be approved,” he explained.

Determination of WCH by UNESCO continued to draw polemics in Tabanan. Previously, the Subak Soka located adjacent to Jatiluwih demanded to be included in the WCH. It argued the agricultural area was at the same route and had a complete spring, including the history of the subak temple.

Related to the WCH polemic, the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, instructed her staff to establish a team to ask for the explanation from UNESCO. (kmb30)

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“It’s a problem that UEFA must consider for the next European Championship,” he told a news conference on Monday. “To play a semi with this small gap does not help the spectacle.”

As in 2006, when Italy were eventually crowned world champions, the team came into the tournament with unwanted headlines at home due to a domestic match-fixing scandal. But the Azzurri have drawn praise for playing an attractive attacking game and they had 35 shots on goal in Sunday’s 0-0 draw with England in Kiev - the first game to go to extra time at the finals - before prevailing on penalties.

“Italy have been surprising at this tournament and they fully deserve to be in the last four,” Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil told reporters. “There was a lot of negative stuff written about them before the tournament but they have showed how good a team they are.”

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The tournament, being held in eastern Europe for the first time, has been the most closely-fought in years. But for Poland’s co-hosts Ukraine the successful staging of matches on the pitch has been marred by a diplomatic boycott due to the jailing of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

A Ukrainian court on Monday adjourned Tymoshenko’s tax evasion trial until mid-July, but that will do little to unfreeze talks on trade and other issues with the European Union, or persuade foreign leaders to attend the tournament final in Kiev. Spain and Portugal meet in the first semi-final in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, with the focus on the clash of Ronaldo and his team mates from La Liga champions Real Madrid.

Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso said Spain did not have a specific plan to counter the threat of the team’s third top scorer of all time.

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This handout photograph taken on June 24, 2012 and released by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry on June 25, 2012, shows one day old male baby Sumatran rhinoceros named Andatu (C) following his mother Ratu at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in Lampung located in Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

Rare baby Sumatra rhinoceros named a “gift from God” Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - A critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, which became Saturday only the fourth birth in captivity in more than a century, was named Monday a “gift from God”.

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said he had picked the name “Andatu” for the male calf, which was born at an Indonesian sanctuary, on the southern tip of Sumatra island.

“Andatu” combines parts of its parents’ name, Andalas the father and mother Ratu, and refers to “Anugerah Dari Tuhan”, or Gift from God in Indonesian, he jubilantly told a press conference.

“Andatu is the most appropriate choice” he said. “His birth is a milestone in the conservation of Sumatran rhinos and will build public confidence of rhino conservation efforts in our country,” he added.

Conservationist Widodo Ramono recalled the anxious moments before delivery.

“We were all watching it from the

CCTV, nobody made a sound. But the moment we saw the calf, everyone burst into screams. It was louder than seeing a player score a goal in a football match,” he said.

“We hope Ratu will eventually have five calves. For Andalas, we hope to mate him with other females,” Ramono said.

Ratu and Andalas were paired in 2009 at the sanctuary, two years after Andalas was brought from the United States at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio for a breeding programme.

Andalas was born in September 2001, making him the first Sumatran rhino delivered in captivity in 112 years.

Ratu grew up in the wild but wandered out of the forest and now lives at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in

Way Kambas National Park.

The 12-year-old lost her first pregnancy after two months and her second after less than a month. She gave birth after a 16-month pregnancy.

Before Andalas, the last Sumatran rhino born in captivity was in the Calcutta Zoo in India in 1889, according to the Rhino Resource Center, a British reference website.

Sumatran rhinos have suffered a 50 percent drop in population numbers over the past 20 years. There are now believed to be fewer than 200 alive in Southeast Asia.

They are victims of poaching and of the destruction of their habitat.

According to environmentalists, two million hectares (five million acres) of forests are lost every year in Indonesia.

JAKARTA - The wife of book-bomb convict Pepi Fernando was sentenced to two years in jail on Monday for withholding information about the terror plot.

The chief judge of the West Jakarta District Court, Moestofa, said Deni Carmelita had been found guilty of violating Article 16 in conjunction with Article 7 of the anti-terrorism law of 2003.

“Deni Carmelita has violated Article 13A by hiding information about a crime and Article 22A and 22C on prevention and obstruction of an investigation,” he said.

Though she has three young children, the incriminating factor is that she has kept secret information about her husband`s involvement in the bombing, Moestofa added.

The sentence was milder than the prosecutor`s demand for 2.6 years in jail. Deni, through her lawyer, Nural HN, accepted the verdict.

Pepi Fernando had earlier been sentenced to 18 years in jail though the prosecutor had demanded life in prison.

“Pepi Fernando has been found guilty of committing terrorism,” chief judge Moestofa had said when reading out the verdict in the West Jakarta District Court on March 5.

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Air Force (AU) and the United States Air Force (USAF) are organizing a joint exercise on Monday at South Terminal, Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase, East Jakarta.

The exercise will be held until Friday (June 29) under the name “Cope West”. Fifty soldiers from AU and 80 soldiers from USAF will attend the drill.

At the beginning of the exercise, at least 28 troops from Paskhas AU will take part in a static plunging military action by using two units of USAF type A Hercules C-130.

Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase Commander, Colonel Ardhi Tjahjoko, said the activities carried out on Monday included a parachute dropping static and personnel to the Air Force Detachment in Gorda Serang.

“We have also common practice for dropping logistics, powerful packing techniques for the benefit of dropping the logistics and personnel,as well as the exercise `Free-fall` and class discussions,” Ardhi said.

According to Ardhi, the joint exercises have been taking place since 2009.

“Most of the exercises held today have largely been implemented by the Air Force. The exercise is to expedite and hone existing skills,” said Ardhi.

USAF Cope West Detachment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rick Richard said co-operation with the Indonesian Air Force is considered very important to sharpen the ability of the USAF and the Air Force.

“Indonesia is a very strategic and important country. It`s fantastic and its air force is professional enough,” he said.

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DENPASAR - Around 25 art teachers from Thailand are visiting the Indonesia Arts Institute (ISI) on Monday to observe teaching and learning methods in the institute.

“ISI rector Prof Dr I Wayan Rai received them and served his guests with Balinese traditional foods,” ISI spokesperson Ni Ketut Dewi Yulianti said here on Monday.

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Businessmen walk trough Madrid’s financial district, Monday, June 25, 2012.

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South Korea to suspend Iranian oil imports from July Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea said Tuesday it would be forced to halt imports of Iranian oil from July because of European Union sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons programme.

Imports would be suspended because the EU would stop offering any type of insurance on such shipments from July 1, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in a statement. A meeting of EU ministers ended Monday with no indication that South Korea would be exempted from the sanctions as it requested, the ministry said.

From the start of next month European

firms will be banned from insuring or reinsuring tankers transporting Iranian oil anywhere in the world. South Korea relies entirely on European companies for such insurance.

South Korea bought 9.4 percent, or about 87.2 million barrels, of all its crude needs from Iran last year, but has already reduced purchases in return for a waiver from sepa-

rate US sanctions.

The ministry said it would work hard to secure alternative sources of crude to minimise the effect on the country’s economy.

It said shipments from Iraq and elsewhere had already increased.

The government will also try to ease the impact of sanctions on exports to Iran, the ministry said. Iran is South Korea’s third largest market in the Middle East.

Exports to Iran were up 32 percent from a year earlier to $6.07 billion in 2011. They were worth $2.9 billion in the first five months of this year, a 40 percent rise on the same period last year.

Japan eyes tighter insider trading laws amid probe Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s banking minister said Tuesday that Tokyo may usher in tighter insider trading laws amid a widening criminal probe into the practice, which is commonplace in the nation’s finance sector.

“We want to consider necessary measures after reviewing and sorting out recurrent similar (insider trading) cases,” Tadahiro Matsushita told reporters, according to the online edition of the Nikkei business daily.

Matsushita, head of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, made the comments a day after prosecutors arrested former SMBC Nikko Securities executive Hiroyoshi Yoshioka and

three others on insider trading allegations.

Yoshioka, 50, is suspected of leaking material information to the head of a Japanese finance company and his son, with the trio reportedly netting more than 2.0 million yen ($25,000) from illegal trades.

Matsushita on Tuesday called the arrest “extremely regrettable,” signalling that the financial sector regulator would take strict action including possible fines on SMBC Nikko, one of Japan’s biggest asset managers.

In a statement released late Monday, the company apologised for the arrest, and promised to cooperate with authorities in their investigation.

Insider trading, which usually draws huge fines and jail time in the West, is

largely tolerated in Japan’s financial world with recent fines coming in at around just $1,500, while criminal convictions are few and far between.

But the probes have sparked renewed pressure to crack down on lax regulations and legal loopholes, which have dented Japan’s corporate governance image.

Earlier this month, Japan’s market watchdog called for a New York firm to be slapped with a 14.7 million yen penalty for trading on confidential information about a $6.3 billion share sale by Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) in 2010.

That was the agency’s first-ever action against a foreign company for insider trading.

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Spain and Cyprus request eurozone rescues

MADRID - Spain formally requested Monday a banking rescue of up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) and Cyprus also asked for a bailout, as a pivotal week for the eurozone’s future began.

With EU leaders under mounting pressure to take steps to deepen integration to finally get to grips with the debt crisis at a two-day summit beginning on Thursday, Cyprus becomes the fifth out of the bloc’s 17 members to seek assistance.

There was increasing uncertainty about the new Greek government, with the incoming finance minister resigning over health reasons and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras recovering from a detached retina, with a review of its bailout programme delayed.

Spain’s request provided no exact figure for the aid to be delivered to its banks, which are hobbled by huge, reckless loans that turned sour after a property bubble imploded in 2008.

Though a formality, it came at a key moment in the eurozone crisis after debt markets sent Spanish and Italian borrowing rates spiralling and raised concerns for the future of the currency union itself.

A full-blown bailout for Spain, the fourthlargest economy in the eurozone, would dwarf the rescues of Ireland, Greece and Portugal and strain the resources of the bloc to the limit.

“Whether Spain will also need full-fledged financial support beyond the bank programme will depend on its ability to retain market access,” said Antonio Garcia Pascual, analyst at Barclays Research.

“This in turn depends on both Spain’s policy commitments and, to a greater extent, on the speed with which Europe’s decisions evolve towards greater financial and fiscal integration in the coming days and weeks.”

European Union leaders are set to consider deepening economic and monetary union when they meet on Thursday and Friday to finally overcome the debt crisis that has wracked the eurozone for two years.

Markets were sceptical however that European leaders would overcome their differences to take significant steps.

European leaders also face demands from Greece’s new three-party coalition government for new terms on its bailout, including a two-year deadline extension on reforms.

But German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert warned that no decision would be taken until an international team of auditors had assessed the state of Greece’s economy.

Auditors from the European Union, IMF and European Central Bank postponed a visit to Greece originally set to begin Monday due to the health problems of Greek leaders. No new date has been set. The government in Nicosia has faced difficulties with public finances while the country’s banks took a major hit from the writedown of Greek bonds.

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The Thai teachers were also entertained with a Balinese traditional “gambus” dance music show which has recently been revitalized. One of the instruments in the show was a large bamboo flute called “gambuh”, after which the show is named.

Prof Rai explained the role of the musical instrument in the show.

“It takes a long inhaling exercise in order to be able to play the instrument,” she said.

Students from ISI played Balinese instrument. Around 25 art teachers from Thailand are visiting the Indonesia Arts Institute (ISI) on Monday to observe teaching and learning methods in the institute.

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Tattoo artists gathered in Bali recently during a tattoo competition in Denpasar on Bali island.

The competition is designed to promote tourism on the resort island.

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Australian death, investigator checks victim’s older brother Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The mysterious death of Mark Richard Ovenden (35) from Australia keep on producing new facts which investigators then also checked Richard’s older sibling, dr. Kellie Ovenden (36). From the investigation, it seemed that victim have a blood clot on the heart and depression so victim has to consume medicines. Head of Public Relation of Denpasar Police, APC IB Sarjana, stated last Monday (25/6) that there are 13 witnesses checked so far including the older sibling, friends and a masseuse that massaged victim.

From I Made Soreana, the masseuse, stated victim came for a massage on 19th June 2012 around 5 pm local time. Meanwhile from victim’s roommate, Daiman Harington, stated a day before coming to Indonesia (Bali, red) victim was fighting

with someone in a restaurant in Australia causing him having bruises on his body including on the eyes. “This is still being investigated further, the autopsy result hasn’t come out. This is why we’re not sure yet if victim was killed or was because of the illness he had as stated by his sister. For clarity, we are waiting for the autopsy result and will again be cross checked with witnesses,” Sarjana stated.

As told before, victim was found dead but unsure if he was killed or not even though Sanglah Hospital checking stated it was due to being killed. Police are having difficulties in revealing this cases as victim’s body was found at the grasses of Galian C, Banjar Kaja Jati, Kutuh, South Kuta, Badung and expected to be the second crime scene while he was killed somewhere else (first crime scene). (kmb21)

Paving materials disturbing street users

Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The plan to arrange Gajah Mada Street, Denapsar for its Sixth Step (tahap VI) includes a paving on the road to be done.

Some paving bricks have been placed yet ironically it is placed on the 800 meter road causing locals disturbed such as Wayan Purnada.

“This route is very crowded and with these materials fulfilling the left side of the road is causing even more traffic,” Purnada stated last Monday (25/6).

For that, Technician Officer (PPTK) also Head of Spatial Planning of the Spatial PLannig and Housing Agency (DTRP) for Denpasar, Cipta Sudewa, as permitted by Head of Agency, Made Kusuma Diputra, stated that this placing has been permitted by the Transportation Agency and police

as long as it is not over the road’s line. “There are no alternative place to put this much material. If it’s quite far it will cause difficulties for the workers,” Sudewa stated.

It is admitted this paving will be done after the ones in front of the shops which will have ceramics on it. It is predicted by July this ceramic placement will finish. The pavement will use paving conblock K 400 which its quality is the best and part of a project done by PT Alit Wirajaya with value IDR 2.5 billion with pagu IDR 3.1 billion. The pedestrian paving will start on the Sumatera Street-Gajah Mada Street crossroad up to the west point of Gajah Mada Street. “For that we apologies for the inconvenience although this is all for a better center of the city,” Sudewa clarified. (kmb12)

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The paving materials pilli up on the side of Gajah Mada Street.

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Ethnic Kachin people sit in the doorways of shelters at a temporary camp for people displaced by fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, outside the city of Myitkyina in the north of the country, February 22, 2012.

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China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report

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School children of Pesinggahan village, Dawan, Klungkung, scavenged oblation remnants on Goa Lawah Beach, Monday, June 25.

School children of Pesinggahan endanger life to amass oblation remnants SCHOOL holidays have arrived. Many school children take advantage of their school holidays with a variety of activities. On one side, some students fill in their holidays by learning and disporting themselves, while some others used it to search for fortune as carried out by children of Pesinggahan village, Dawan, Klungkung. To fill in their holidays, they scavenged the oblation remnants after people organized nyekah ritual on the beach near Goa Lawah Beach. What did their activity look like?

Most children took advantage of their holidays by disporting themselves, but students from Pesinggahan village did not. In fact, they intermingled with people organizing a ritual on the beach for scavenging sustenance. Understandably, the Goa Lawah itself has been known to residents as a place to perform nyegara gunung ritual (a procession after cremation). In performing the ritual, people who came to Goa Lawah Temple would bring a set of oblations. Such moment was surely taken advantage by children of Pesinggahan village.

Both students of primary school and secondary school filled in their holidays by looking for fortune.

Aside from helping their parents to trade, some children scavenged the oblation remnants. By doing so, they could take some usable contents

of the oblation such as perforated coins, live duck and chicken used in pekelem rituals as well as contents of pejati oblation like oil, eggs and rice disposed by residents after performing the ritual on Goa Lawah Beach.

Uniquely, in collecting those remnants they should mutually scramble. Even, they should endanger their life against the large waves of Goa Lawah Beach. To get the contents of oblation like duck and chicken after being used as pekelem, they had to swim out to the sea and chased the ducks. Not infrequently, they should also fight one another as performed by a child named Mudana. The student of SMPN 2 Dawan secondary school admitted if he only would like to help his parents to earn money.

“Yes, we just want to make money, sir, while helping my parents,” said

Mudana when met on Goa Lawah Beach, Monday (Jun 25).

To be able to get money, Mudana said it was not easy. He should scramble with his friends to get the ducks, chickens and perforated coins disposed by residents after performing the rituals. Even, on unlucky day, Mudana claimed to get nothing.

“The duck can be re-sold for IDR 30,000. But, I rarely get the duck as having to scramble,” he explained.

In line with Mudana, Wayan Yeni Artini, a student of the SDN 1 Pesinggahan elementary school, and Komang Ayu Nita also helped their parents earn money on Goa Lawah Beach while filling in school holidays. Yeni herself claimed to only collect the contents of oblation such as perforated coins and pejati oblation disposed to the sea by residents. According to her, the results obtained were pretty good. Yeni herself claimed to earn IDR 20,000 per day from collecting eggs, coconut, rice and perforated coins.

“Yes, everything will be given to my parents for purchasing rice,” she said briefly while scrambling to get perforated coins discarded by residents. (119)

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BEIJING - Chinese authorities are forcing back into Myanmar some of the ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled into China trying to escape civil war, and Beijing is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday.

Myanmar’s government is in talks with Kachin rebels, and more than a dozen armed or political groups, to try to end all its decadesold conflicts.

The Kachin conflict, which flared up in the middle of 2011 after a 17-year truce, has pushed up to 10,000 people to seek refuge across the border in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said many of these people have little access to proper sanitation, shelter, healthcare or schools for their children.

Others have been detained, refused entry to China or even forced back into the conflict zone in the former Burma, it said in a report.

“The Chinese government has generally tolerated Kachin refugees

staying in Yunnan, but now needs to meet its international legal obligations to ensure refugees are not returned and that their basic needs are met,” said Sophie Richardson, the human rights group’s China director.

“China has no legitimate reason to push them back to Burma or to leave them without food and shelter.”

Human Rights Watch said it had documented two cases involving some 300 people who were ordered to return to Myanmar, and others who were sent back into the conflict zone after being turned away at the border.

South Korea’s navy is to build an advance base on a frontline island to bolster defences near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea, officials said on Tuesday.

The navy has been given local government approval to reclaim 23,489 square metres (250,000 square feet) at Baengnyeong island to build the base, said an official at Incheon city, west of Seoul, which oversees the islands.

The defence ministry said the navy would build a dock for small warships but declined to give details.

Yonhap news agency said the new base would include barracks and a training ground and accommodate about 100 troops. It would be completed by the end of 2014 at a cost of 42.5 billion won ($36.6 million).

Baengnyeong is one of five South Korean islands near the boundary drawn by United Nations forces after the 1950-53 war. Pyongyang refuses to accept the line and insists it should be moved southwards.

The border was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999, 2002 and 2009. In November 2010 the North shelled one of the five islands, Yeonpyeong, and killed four South Koreans including two civilians.

The South has since strengthened manpower and weaponry on the islands to forestall any fresh attack. North Korea has reportedly completed a base for troop-carrying hovercraft at Koampo, 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of Baengnyeong.

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This file photo shows South Korean Marine amphibious vehicles moving down a street in a village on Baegnyeong island, in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea, in 2010.

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital: activists Reuters

BEIRUT - Clashes between state forces and rebels shook suburbs around the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday in what activists said was the heaviest fighting there since the uprising against President

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Bashar al-Assad began 15 months ago.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and armored vehicles stormed the neighborhood of Barzeh, an opposition foothold in the capital, and there were sounds of heavy

A member of the Syrian Free Army walks toward a destroyed building after they captured a government army base in Daret Azzah near Aleppo June 24, 2012.

gunfire.

The revolt against Assad’s rule has become increasingly violent in response to an army crackdown.

Fighting is now reported regularly in Damascus, once considered a bastion of Assad support.

The British-based observatory has a network of activists across Syria. It said explosions echoed through the suburbs of Dumar and Qudsiya on Tuesday.

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‘War on drugs’ is fueling HIV epidemic: report

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Workers of Metro’s construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012.

Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece

Famed Galapagos tortoise autopsied Associated Press Writer

QUITO, Ecuador — Giant tortoise experts from near and far have begun an autopsy of Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to reproduce made him a symbol of disappearing species. The Galapagos Island reptile was the last of the Pinta island giant tortoise subspecies and he was found dead in his pen on Sunday.

He had become an ambassador of sorts for the archipelago off Ecuador’s coast whose unique flora and fauna helped inspire Charles Darwin’s ideas on evolution.

Galapagos conservation official Washington Llerena says scientists suspect Lonesome George died of a heart attack. His was believed to be about 100 years old, not especially old for a giant tortoise. Scientists from the U.S. were aiding in the autopsy by videoconference.

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THESSALONIKI, Greece — Archaeologists in Greece’s second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city’s main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. The marble-paved road was unearthed during excavations for Thessaloniki’s new subway system, which is due to be completed in four years. The road in the northern port city will be raised to be put on permanent display when the metro opens in 2016.

The excavation site was shown to the public on Monday, when details of the permanent display project were also announced. Several of the large marble paving stones were etched with children’s board games, while others were marked by horse-drawn cart wheels. Also discovered at the site were remains of tools and lamps, as well as the bases of marble columns.

Viki Tzanakouli, an archaeologist working on the project, told The Associated Press the Roman road

was about 1,800 years old, while remains of an older road built by the ancient Greeks 500 years earlier were found underneath it. “We have found roads on top of each other, revealing the city’s history over the centuries,” Tzanakouli said. “The ancient road, and side roads perpendicular to it appear to closely follow modern roads in the city today.”

About 7 meters (23 feet) below ground in the center of the city, the ancient road follows in roughly the

same direction as the city’s modern Egnatia Avenue. The subway works, started in 2006, present a rare opportunity for archaeologists to explore under the densely populated city — but have also caused years of delays for the project.

In 2008, workers on the Thessaloniki metro discovered more than 1,000 graves, some filled with treasure. The graves were of different shapes and sizes, and some contained jewelry, coins or other pieces of art.

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In this photo released by the Galapagos National Park Direction, DPNG, the body of the famed Galapagos giant tortoise Lonesome George is removed on stretcher from a corral at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

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Child Birth in Wuku Wayang

Exorcism Rite to Avoid Temptation of Batara Kala

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A pressure group that includes six former presidents called Tuesday for the United Nations to acknowledge that “repressive drug law enforcement” was driving an HIV/AIDS pandemic. The global “war on drugs” was forcing users away from treatment and into environments where the risk of contracting HIV was high, the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) argued.

In a report published Tuesday, the panel urged the UN to “acknowledge and address the causal links between the war on drugs and the spread of HIV/AIDS and drug market violence”. It also presented evidence that aggressive law enforcement policies created barriers to HIV treatment.

“The public health implications of HIV treatment disruptions resulting from drug law enforcement tactics have not been appropriately recognized as a major impediment to efforts to control the global HIV/ AIDS pandemic,” it argued.

The GCDP is a panel of politicians, writers and businessmen that advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who “do no harm to others”.

Members of the GCDP include six former presidents, four of whom are from Latin America: Mexico’s Ernesto Zedillo, Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, Ricardo Lagos of Chile and Colombia’s Cesar Gaviria. It was Gaviria who led Colombia when police gunned down the notorious drug-runner Pablo Escobar in 1993.

Other supporters include the European Union’s former foreign policy chief Javier Solana and George Shultz, the who served as US secretary of state during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

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DENPASAR - School holiday packages offered by a number of travel agencies in Bali are considered not innovative. This happens because the human resources managing the tourist attraction have not been professional and innovative enough.

In accordance with the teachings of Hinduism in Balinese literature, if there are children born in the Wuku Wayang the Hindu community in Bali will certainly organize a shadow puppet play. By presenting the two-dimensional art, the Balinese have confidence if such performance can exorcize and maintain a child born in the wuku wayang from all temptations. Wuku Wayang lasts for a week according to pawukon calendar of Hindu community in Bali.

According to Jro Mangku Pasek Sekalan Marga, I Ketut Arthana, the life of children born in wuku wayang would always be tempted by Bhatara Kala with the permission of Lord Shiva. As the son of Lord Shiva, Bhatara Kala in a manifestation of big giant would try to tempt the children with a variety of efforts. Well, to avoid the interference of Bhatara Kala, the children should be given exorcism rite by presenting a shadow puppet.

The shadow puppet presented was not an ordinary one, but belonged to Wayang Sapuh Leger or Wayang Sudamala. Both types of shadow puppet were almost the same as the shadow puppet intended for evening entertainment. However, in the performance of shadow puppet for exorcism rite of children born in the wuku wayang would take special storyline and offerings. By and large, the story performed usually entitled Dewa Kala or Siwa Rare Kumara. Meanwhile, the Wayang Sudamala took the story Dewi Durga exorcised by Sahadeva.

Jero Mangku Arthana said that children born in the wuku wayang should get an exorcism rite to release them from any danger. Otherwise, behavior of those children would be influenced by demonic behavior filled with evil passions. “If family is unable to organize the shadow puppet show, they can only invoke the holy water to purify the children from any temptation,” he said.

The ritual was usually performed coinciding with the otonan after the child was 6 months old (210 days) according to the Balinese calendar. The ritual was held in the morning, while the shadow puppet show was held in the evening. Although functioning as a ritual puppet, in the performance the puppeteer remained to accentuate the quality.

Well, after the puppet show was over, the child was then given an exorcism rite.

Aside from functioning to exorcize children born in wuku wayang, the shadow puppet show was also held for other ceremonial events. For example, wayang lemah was presented to accompany some ceremonies (Deva Yajña, Rishi Yajña, Manushya Yajña, Pitri Yajña and Bhuta Yajña) that put more emphases on a sacrifice. The storyline presented was adjusted to the type of ceremony held.

Well, to distinguish the shadow puppet for ritual and entertainment, the Hindu community in Bali classified the shadow puppet show into three, namely the performance for wali (complementary ceremony), bebali (supporting the ceremony) and balih-balihan (entertainment). (BTN/015)

“We have not had the exact data, but I estimate there will be an increase in the domestic tourist visit up to 6 percent with the length of stay up to 4 days,” he said.

According to him, based on experience in the previous years, the increase in tourist arrivals especially school children would always be booming. However, the increase in domestic tourist visit would only have an impact on the occupancy of budget hotels to three-star hotels with an average occupancy rate reaching 65 percent.

Related to tourist attractions becoming the target of school children, according to him, would be Kintamani, Bedugul, Kuta and Tanah Lot, Tabanan.

“During school holidays, those destinations will be thoroughly favored by domestic tourists,” he said. (kmb27)

A shadow puppet master playing a show during the Wuku Wayang celebration. In accordance with the teachings of Hinduism in Balinese literature, if there are children born in the Wuku Wayang the Hindu community in Bali will certainly organize a shadow puppet play.

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Tourists sunbathing at Kuta Beach, Bali Island during holiday season. School holiday packages offered by a number of travel agencies in Bali are considered not innovative. This happens because the human resources managing the tourist attraction have not been professional and innovative enough.

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Deputy Chairman of Central ASITA, Bagus Sudibya, said that many tourist attractions such as Kintamani, Tanah Lot, Bedugul and Kuta remained to become favorite attraction, especially for domestic tourists whereas quite a lot of tourist attractions in Bali were worth visiting.

“There must be a common awareness among the government, communities and employers to manage a productive and profitable tourist attraction. In this regard, the government serves as regulator, the community as subject and the employers as users,” said Bagus Sudibya, Monday (Jun 25).

Bagus Sudibya admitted that a lot of tourist attractions were worth visiting. However, not all of them were managed professionally. They were only managed by local community without the

support from the government and businesspeople.

“There should be clear rules and adequate facilities so that tourists later on can visit those attractions that have been well managed,” said Bagus Sudibya.

He added when those tourist attractions had been indeed professionally managed, automatically a lot of tourism packages would be offered.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, previously stated the visit of domestic tourist, especially students, would happen until next August. The moment of school holidays was usually spent by visiting tourist places. Bali as a world tourist destination would surely get the small fraction of the visit.

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PHYSICALLY, Dewi Sinta Hotel, Restaurant & Spa is not as grandiose as the hotels located in the premier tourist resorts of Nusa Dua, Sanur or Kuta. However, never misunderstand! The budget hotel located in the Tanah Lot tourist destination has its own uniqueness, both in terms of panorama or services extended. “Though it is a budget hotel, we provide services based on the standard of star-rated hotels,” said I Gusti Gde Aryadi, the owner of the hotel, last week.

Retail entrepreneurs coalesced into the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) of Bali complained about the increasingly uncontrollable modern stores in Badung Regency. It assessed the arrangements of modern stores in the tourism area tended to be increasingly in a shambles and sultry after seeing the uncontrollable modern stores in Badung area. purpose, the Denpasar Mayor then issued a Mayoral Decree No. 188.45/495/HK/2011, dated September 9, 2011, regarding the arrangement of modern stores.

One of the points in the decree governed about the restriction of products on sale in all the modern stores, both the networked and non-networked ones.

As a matter of fact, Denpasar Municipality had set about the existence of modern stores since 2009 through Mayoral Decree No. 9/2009 about the arrangement of traditional market, shopping malls and modern stores. Furthermore, it was then followed by the issuance of technical guidelines in the form of mayoral decree. Based on the latest data, there had been 295 modern stores consisting of 118 networked stores, while the remaining 177 stores belonged to individual. (kmb27)

Questioned, after one year project still not running

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The board sign of the project was already placed for one year without any action. one. From the five dusun (area) there are only three left to be fulfilled such as Dusun Kaleran, Bale Agung and Pasar. “None

Most importantly, continued Aryadi, he provided services for guests with friendliness, honesty and professionalism, so as to create impressive images for the only hotel in the favorite tourist area in Bali. Familiar and familial atmosphere was not only intended for the staff, but also became a priority for every single traveler. “We also give awards for the best employees as a way to encourage the morale of our workers in providing the best services,” added the pioneer of Tanah Lot tourist object calmly.

Dewi Sinta is the oldest hotel since the Tanah Lot was visited by many tourists. The entire building is designed by perfectly combining the traditional elements and stylish architecture to engender a convenient tourism sanctuary to unwind. Aura of the sanctity exuded by the Tanah Lot Temple, Enjung Galuh

Parking Lot at Subak Museum unsafe

of my people have been asking before. If there are, just demonstrate it,” Wadia stated in a high note. (kmb26)

Parking lot at Subak Museum situated at Sanggulan Hamlet, Banjar Anyar village, Kediri, sets to be unsafe. In fact, the property area belonging to the Bali Government is prone to thieves. As evidence, the helmet of visitors parking their motorcycle there was frequently stolen by thief. More sadly, those incidents precisely happen at noon.

As experienced by one of the visitors, Chairul Amri, 25, from Hamlet, Dauh Peken village, Tabanan, his luxurious helmet vanished when he made a visit to the museum on Sunday afternoon (Jun 24). At that time, the victim was having a promenade while enjoying the surrounding atmosphere of the museum building as well as watching Chess Championship. Before entering the location, he parked his motorcycle in the parking lot and locked it. Meanwhile, his newly helmet was also locked under the bike seat.

The victim was surprised when he wanted to go home. His helmet disappeared. Allegedly, the culprit dismantled the helmet by force and took it away.

Due to such incident, the victim suffered a loss of IDR 1.5 million. “Parking lot of Subak Museum sets to be unsafe. The locked helmet could have been taken away by culprit,” lamented the victim on Monday (Jun 25). The culprit took the helmet by breaking the lower body of the motorcycle.

According to the victim, his party did not dispute the price of his helmet.

However, the convenience of museum had been made unsafe by the thief.

“The other visitors should be careful when parking the motorcycle in the area of Subak Museum,” said the young man from Kerambitan. Despite losing out, the victim was reluctant to report the case to the authorities. He hoped the security of the museum located in heart of Tabanan could be made more stringent, especially when an activity was organized in the area.

Management of the Subak Museum was once highlighted by the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti. Even, this official had asked the Bali Government to hand over the property to Tabanan Regency. The regency government argued if it could totally refurbish the historical building. (kmb30)

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Temple and Pakendungan Temple give more profound tranquility. Meanwhile, the existing lush tropical gardens confer a typical countryside nuance.

There are 20 rooms consisting of 2 types on offer, namely standard and deluxe room with air conditioning, private bathroom with hot and cold water, IDD telephone, TV, and mini bar. In front of the hotel rooms stretches an enchanting terraced rice fields in combination with the verdant fairways of golf course and swimming pool. These added-value backdrops made this accommodation close to nature. Additionally, it is also equipped with spa treatment facilities featuring with Balinese therapies to blissfully pamper guests with freshness and fitness.

In the meantime, Dewi Sinta is also equipped with restaurant offering a va-

riety of menu choices such as Balinese, Indonesian, Chinese, Seafood and European cuisine. All delicacies are carefully prepared by well-experienced cooks.

Interestingly, breakfast, lunch and dinner are optionally served in a la carte or buffet style.

Other amenities equipping the hotel property are an open stage and a conference room with a capacity of 300 people.

Such facilities offer a dinner party with traditional cultural performances such as Kecak, Tektekan, Legong and shadow puppets. Best services, guaranteed security and good relationship with the surrounding communities led the hotel to achieve some outstanding achievements such as the Security Certificate from the Bali Police with gold predicate, bronze medal in THK Awards and the best taxpayer in Tabanan Regency.

Calendar Event for June 30 through July 25, 2012

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The Subak Museum located in Tabanan Regency

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The project of rehabilitation in some roads of Yehembang Village, Mendoyo caused questions for locals. It Is stated on the board, the rehabilitation sourced by the village infrastructure development (PPIP) with total budget IDR 245 million plus operational IDR 5 million and self collected IDR 3,230 million to be fulfilled in 65 days did not happen for months even almost a year up until now. “There hasn’t been any explanation to what will happen although that board is still staying there,” Dewa Kade Putra, a lotal, stated last Monday (25/6).

The 50 meters road is still damaged in the market village.

Head of Yehembang Village, I Ketut Wadia, confirmed that the project is still gong on only just it has steps to be fulfilled one by

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they have licensed, how can the relevant agency issue the permit?

Having known to be located close to the others, why was the agency still issue the permit? The permit of modern stores should not be issued blindly,” he said.

Nevertheless, the employers of violating modern stores, according to Dhordy, were the member of Aprindo Bali. Even, related to the violation, Dhordy admitted if his party had reported the case to Central Aprindo. Yet, without any support from the local government or the agency issuing the permit, Aprindo could not do much.

“So far, the local government never makes coordination with Aprindo prior to issuing the permit of modern stores,” he said.

Similar problem regarding the modern stores was also faced by Denpasar Municipality. For that

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Modern stores in Badung poorly organized “We do hope the Badung Government immediately takes concrete measures to the presence of modern stores. We see many modern stores are located close to one another. Even, there are modern stores located next to each other,” said Chairman of Aprindo Bali, I Gusti Made Dhordy, Monday (Jun 25).

According to him, the closest modern stores were located on Jalan Patih Jelantik, Legian, Jalan Kubu Anyar and Jalan Kediri, Tuban. Referring to the results of data collection, the Aprindo asked the relevant agencies in Badung Regency to immediately come down and make site inspection as well as discipline them.

“It was just a result of temporary data collection. We have confidence if the real number is more than we have mentioned. If

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Pura Pasek Gelgel Pedungan Denpasar Selatan.

Pura Agung Pasek Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Silamadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangkas Kediri Tabanan Pura Kerta Banyuning Barat Buleleng Pura Dalem Tenggaling Sengguan Singapadu.

Pura Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Pura Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana.

Pura taman Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Pura Dalem Pingit Br, Taro Kaje Tegalalang Pura dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Pura Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Pura Ida ratu Pande Besakih Mr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Pura Penataran Pande Kusamba Klungkung Pura Penataran Agung Pinatih Desa Tulikup Gianyar.

1 Jul Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar.

3 Jul Purnama Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Gunung Kuripan Lombok.

Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Cinere Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa Apuan-Susut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru-Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Nuansa Udayana, Kori Nuansa Jimbaran Pura Tianyar Pikat, Dawan Klungkung 4 Jul Buda Wage Ukir Pura Pasar Agung Besakih

Pura Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Pura Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Pura Ibuwanasari Tegal Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Perancak Badung Pura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung.

Pura Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Jul Anggar Kasih Kulantir Pura Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Pura Dalem Lagan Bebalang Bangli Pura Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Gaduh Sanding Pura Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Pura Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 11 Jul Buda Umanis Kulantir.

Pura Pasek Tangkas kaler Tabanan.

Pura Gaduh Benoh Ubung Denpasar 15 Jul Redite Keliwon Tolu.

Pura Dalem Alas Harum Banjar Tegal Kepuh 16 Jul Soma Umanis Tolu Pura Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Pura Kawitan Sakula Gotra, Pasung Grigih Pura Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Pura Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Banjar Ceningan Kangin Pura Batu Madeg Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih.

18 Jul Buda Pon Tolu Pura Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 19 Jul Wraspati Wage Tolu Pura Peninjoan Besakih.

25 Jul Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pura Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Pura Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

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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“To Rome With Love” headlines indie box office

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LOS ANGELES - Art house audiences showed plenty of love for “To Rome With Love.” Woody Allen’s latest took in $379,371 from five screens in its debut, a whopping $75,874 per-screen average. The per-screen number for “To Rome” is the summer’s second-best, behind only “Moonrise Kingdom,” which opened in four theaters with a $130,749 average in May. Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg star in the Sony Classics film. Allen’s previous movie, “Midnight in Paris,” was released last summer and went on to gross $56 million, best-ever for an Allen film, and earn an Academy Award Best Picture nomination. “The Invisible War,” a documentary from Kirby Dick about rape in the U.S. military, made $4,900 on from four screens in its debut for Cinedigm.

“Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” continued as the summer’s biggest breakout indie hit in its eighth week, taking in $1.6 million from 741 screens, a $2,179 per-screen average. The John Maddendirected tale of Brit retirees in India is sure to cross $40 million in the U.S. now - it’s at $38.3 million - and could break $50 million.

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson star.

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Cast member Penelope Cruz poses at the premiere of “To Rome with Love” during the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles, California June 14, 2012.

Its worldwide gross is now over $120 million.

Focus Features’ “Moonrise Kingdom” expanded from 178 to 395 screens took in $3.4 million, a very-impressive $8,635 perscreen average for Wes Anderson’s tale of tween love. It’s overall U.S. gross stands at $11.6 million after five weeks.

Film District expanded “Safety Not Guaranteed” from 47 to 129 screens in its third weekend and rang up $482,000, a 63 percent increase from last week and a $3,736 per-screen average for the comedy, which has crossed the $1 million mark overall.

Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass star in the film about a magazine works who answer a time-travel ad. Colin Trevorrow directs.

IFC Films’ “Your Sister’s Sister” expanded from 13 to 47 screens in its second weekend and grossed $216,200 for a $4,600 per-screen average.

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NEW YORK — Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is making his Broadway debut in “Chicago.” The singer of “Achy Breaky Heart” and father of Miley Cyrus is detouring from his Nashville roots in taking on the role of criminal lawyer Billy Flynn for a seven-week engagement beginning Nov. 5.

Cyrus starred with his daughter in the hit TV series “Hannah Montana,” and has acted in TV movies on Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel. Cyrus has also hosted country music’s “Nashville Star” and was a competitor on “Dancing With The Stars.”

Other celebrities to join the “Chicago” cast have included Sofia Vergara, Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Ashlee Simpson, Usher, Huey Lewis, Michael C. Hall and Jerry Springer.

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Germany prepare to end Italy jinx in semis

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WARSAW - The four teams left in soccer’s European Championship took a welcome breather from match action on Monday, the first of two rest days ahead of a pair of intriguing semi-finals which pit familiar foes against one another.

Germany and holders Spain are favourites to reach next Sunday’s final but must overcome respectively the weight of history and the world’s most expensive player Cristiano Ronaldo to get there.

The Germans, whose exciting young side have won all their games so far, scoring nine goals along the way, have never beaten opponents Italy at a major tournament in seven attempts and are sweating on the fitness of playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger ahead of Thursday’s game in Warsaw.

However, ‘Schweini’ returned to training on Monday after two days on the sidelines and Germany are hopeful he will be able to shake off a nagging ankle problem in time to face the Italians.

Italy have their own injury headaches and coach Cesare Prandelli complained that the timing of the quarter-finals meant his opponents will have had two extra days to recover.

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Germany’s Philipp Lahm, left, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer shake hands at the end of the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012.

Jatiluwih’s farmers question UNESCO’s contribution Bali Post

TABANAN - Determination of the agricultural area at Jatiluwih, Penebel, as a world cultural heritage (WCH) by UNESCO has not made the local farmers happy. Instead, they question about the contribution obtained from such a prestigious award.

Until this moment, no single change is obtained by farmers.

Secretary of Subak Jatiluwih, Semarajaya, affirmed that farmers in his territory had not owned a certainty related to the contribution obtained from the determination of

WCH. “Until this moment, there is no certainty about the benefits obtained by farmers in relation to WCH. We are also still working as usual,” he explained, Monday (Jun

25). According to him, farmers did not know much about the Jatiluwih WCH from the UNESCO. On that account, many farmers looked indifferent to the award.

The man who fondly called Mr. Krishna explained that farmers simply expected the contributions of WCH because the farmland at Jatiluwih had something to do with the lives of residents. Total farmers in the region reached 395 people with an area of 303 hectares. Such amount was divided into 7 groups

of the subak. Since included in the WCH, the farmland of Jatiluwih was designated as sustainable agricultural land. In other words, farmers were prohibited from selling the land or building in the region.

“This is what we are questioning.

What is the concrete contribution?” questioned Semarajaya. If only the tax-free benefit, he said, local farmers could still pay it out because the tax in the area was relatively affordable.

According to Semarajaya, his

party had questioned to a number of related parties ranging from the Tabanan Regency and a team of experts posing the representatives of UNESCO regarding the assurance of its contributions. However, all of them could not provide definite answer. “The answer is always normative and global,” he said. This man expected there would be certain contributions to farmers after the determination of WCH issued by the UNESCO.

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