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‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Modern Family’ dominate Emmys

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LOS ANGELES - Cult TV drama series “Breaking Bad” and comedy hit “Modern Family” were the big winners Monday at the annual Emmys, which also paid tribute to late Hollywood icon Robin Williams.

Royal feud saga “Game of Thrones,” which had garnered the most nominations, went home with none of the big prizes from the 66th Primetime Emmys, television’s equivalent of the Oscars.

Other highlights of the show included a passionate on-stage kiss between Bryan Cranston and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a bizarre segment in which curvy Colombian actress Sofia Vergara rotated on a platform.

“This is... a wonderful time to be working in television,” said “Breaking Bad” director Vince Gilligan, accepting the top prize -- best drama -- at the climax of the three-hour show in Los Angeles.

“Breaking Bad,” about chemistry teacher-turned-drugs-kingpin Walter White, also took the best drama actor award for Cranston, and the best supporting prizes for Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn.

The 66th Primetime Emmys show Drama series : “Breaking Bad” Comedy series : “Modern Family” Television movie : “The Normal Heart” Actor in a drama series : Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Actress in a drama series : Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” Supporting actor in a drama series : Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” Supporting actress in a drama series : Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad” Lead actress in a comedy series : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Lead actor in a comedy series : Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” Supporting actor in a comedy series : Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” Supporting actress in a comedy series : Allison Janney, “Mom”

“Modern Family” meanwhile won best comedy series for the fifth year in a row, equaling a record set by “Frasier” between 1994 and 1998.

The evening’s big loser was “Game of Thrones,” which was shortlisted in 19 categories.

The show -- already renewed for a fifth and sixth season -- is produced by cable TV service Home Box Office, which had a total of 99 nominations, compared to 31 for online streaming giant Netflix.

In the end “Game” left with only relatively minor prizes.

The ceremony took a serious turn when honoring Hollywood great Robin Williams, who died in an apparent suicide on August 11 death at age 63, rocking the entertainment world.

With emotions still raw, his friend and fellow actor-comedian Billy Crystal paid tribute to the Oscar winner during the “in memoriam” part of the primetime program.

“He made us laugh. I spent many happy hours onstage with Robin. His brilliance was stunning, the relentless energy breathtaking,” said Crystal, adding Williams’ star remained undimmed.

Miley Cyrus: ‘I’m in constant gratitude of life’ Associated Press

accept her award for video of the year.

“I think what I realized after my last performance at the NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus said when she stole the night VMAs, I didn’t realize my platform, I didn’t realize my power at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, she didn’t realize her and I didn’t realize my voice and how loud it is,” Cyrus said in impact and influence. Now, the singer says she wants to use an interview Monday. “And I thought, you know, rather than her powers for good. sit here and talk about, ‘Oh, on every news cover, every time The 21-year-old is assisting the Hollywood homeless center you go to AOL or wherever you go everybody’s sitting there My Friend’s Place by launching a Prizeo campaign, urging her talking about me,’ instead of using it as a negative, how can I feverish fans to donate to the cause assisting homeless youth. use it as a positive? If I’m going to be speaking this loud, what Cyrus brought a member of the center as her date to Sunday’s am I trying to scream at the world? And this is it. It’s kind of VMAs at The Forum in Inglewood, California, letting him a wake-up (call), which is what I had to do.”

Cyrus said the high of winning awards and memorable performances doesn’t last long, unlike her charity work.

“This fills you up and it feels good for a long time. ...

I feel incredible today. I feel like I have a jet strapped to me and I am ready to take off from this,” she said. “I feel like there’s a way that I can incorporate everything I do in the future around youth homelessness. ... It just gives me more of a purpose. I tell everybody, I mean, dying a pop star is not what I want to have on my tombstone.”

For the campaign, Cyrus is asking fans to donate $5 through Sept. 21, which will enter them in a raffle.

Winners will meet Cyrus at her Sept. 28 concert in Rio de Janeiro.

Cyrus had a breakthrough year when she released “Bangerz” in 2013, which achieved platinum status and featured the hits “Wrecking Ball” and “We Can’t Stop.”

The former Disney star said she’s working on new music with the Flaming Lips, but said she’s not pressuring herself to match her previous success or rush out new Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP material to build momentum.

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Bryan Cranston, winner of the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work in “Breaking Bad,” poses in the press room at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Media roles in democracy acknowledged ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Budhiana

Indonesian minister for communication and information technology, Tifatul Sembiring (middle) during the opening of Media Global Forum at Nusa Dua on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

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NUSA DUA - The strengthening of democracy in Indonesia, including the process of the country’s latest presidential election this year, has been remarkably supported by the role of the media, a minister has said. “Indonesia, as the third largest democracy country in the world is characterized, among others, by its media environment and dynamism,” Indonesian minister for communication and information technology, Tifatul Sembiring, said when opening a global media forum on Tuesday.

The forum is attended by some 300 international media representatives, journalists, government officials and academicians. The three-day event that will last until Friday is a collaboration between the Indonesian government and the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Jakarta office, taking the theme “The role of media in realizing the future we want for all.”

Minister Sembiring said Indonesia has just gone through a peaceful democratic leadership transition.

“The entire process has been worrying and I must honestly say disturbing as well, but at the same time it has been encouraging because the people have spoken.”

The pros and cons and dynamics of information voiced out by the media especially the social media that have been truly remarkable. Everybody can say and participate in the process disregard of the right or wrong opinions they had voiced out.

“In this country, like in many democratic nations, the result is not as important as the participatory principle. Let the people speak and be heard. In the end, they will understand whatever the outcome will be,” Sembiring pointed out.

Giving an idea on the strong role

played by the media on the strengthening of democracy, Sembiring added Indonesia has thousands of conventional media including broadcasting, print and millions of ICT and social media. “Television ownership, tv and radio stations, including the print media are still growing incrementally,” he said.

On print media, Minister Sembiring emphasized it is still playing significant roles particularly towards a more literate public.

Media penetration in Indonesia, as follows: penetration almost reach 95%, radio 47%, internet 29%, newspaper 25% and magazine 13.

Media, particularly broadcasting and ICT based in unlike any other enterprises can only operate and

function because the public give free space and their time. In other word, the public pays the media with their space and time.

The minister further said, the most remarkable media environment particularly in relations to the media and democracy has been the key. This is really apparent in three major aspects of democratic communication. The first aspect is the freedom of speech and press. The second aspect is the participation of the people and the third aspect is the open government or a government official who is always willing to listen to its people, transparent and empowering the people to lead the democratic process peacefully.

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Tourism stakeholders complained on Kintamani tourist attraction Troop rally for VVIP’s UNAOC Conference

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DENPASAR - Troop rally for VVIP security in the framework of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Conference was held at the Nusa Dua Lagoon Square, Monday (Aug 25).

It involved the personnel of the IX/ Udayana Military Regional Command, Bali Police and others.

Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, acting as chief of the rally read the mandate of the Command of the IX/ Udayana Military Regional Commander Wisnu Bawa Tenaya. In the mandate was delivered that Indonesia was the first country in Asia selected to host the international forum. Implementation of the UNAOC Conference would take place for two days namely on August 29-30, 2014.

The 6th UNAOC Conference whose membership was not restricted by national or political boundaries took the theme ‘Unity in

Diversity’ or Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. The theme taken from the motto of Indonesia was very suitable as a means to share experiences on pluralism in various countries. “The participants scheduled to present at the conference, among others, will include the UN Secretary General, the president of the RI and several international youth delegates,” he said.

He explained that pluralism did not make a difference, but rather served as a means to achieve peace.

That was why all the members of the conference agreed with the theme ‘Unity in Diversity’ meaning to be different but was still one, too.

“Since this conference is so important and strategic in bringing about world peace, so the implementation should be successful. In other words, the whole series of activities can run maximally,” he said.

As one of the efforts, he added, it was implemented the VVIP security to all participants. The VVIP Security Operations Com-

mand included various taskforces by involving personnel of the three forces and defense equipment namely the Regional Security Task Force (IX /Udayana Military Regional Command), VVIP Security Task Force (Presidential Detail), VIP Bali Police Security Task Force, Naval Task Force (East Regional Naval Combat), Air Task Force (Air Force Operations Command II), Air Defense Task Force, Intelligence Task Force, Communications and Electronic Task Force and Information Task Force of the National Army (TNI) as well as the entire troops.

The rally was attended by the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Chief of Staff, Inspector of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, the Assistant to the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Chief of Staff and related elements, the ranks of Bali Police and Bali Leadership Coordination Forum and other invitees. (kmb21)

Lack of repair shop at rural areas, in urban areas even proliferates

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BANGLI - Bangli is now increasingly highlighted. After the public facilities in the area of Penelokan deemed slum, it is now the turn of safety facility namely repair shop considered to inadequately spread in Bangli, especially in rural areas leading to the Penelokan area. Lacking of repair shops especially those for motorcycle in Bangli is often complained by motorcyclists, where Bangli has various tourist areas often visited by foreign and local travelers riding a motorcycle.

It was justified by a motorcyclist who wanted to visit the Penelokan tourist area, I Gede Bagiarta, 26, from Gianyar. He said there were only a few repair shops in the area

of Bangli especially at road section leading to Penelokan tourist area.

According to him, it was widely available in urban areas, but very rare in rural areas. The presence of repair shop was judged so important considering the main road to the tourist area was far enough from the town. “Yeah, I saw very few repair shops in rural areas around here. Maybe there is only one or two units, but a lot can be found in Bangli town,” he said, Friday (Aug 22).

When monitored in the urban areas of Bangli, many motorcycle repair shops could be found, but only a few in rural areas. It was justified by the owner of a repair shop located in the urban area of Bangli, namely on Jalan Erlangga Cempaga Bangli, Kadek

Kembar Asih, 42. She confirmed the existence of repair shop in the rural area of Bangli was still limited, but many could be found in urban areas. “Indeed only a few repair shops can be found in rural areas, but many in urban areas.

Probably, it happens because in the past there used to be many customers so that the others then followed,” explained a housewife who had been getting involved in the business for 24 years with her husband.

Bagiarta hoped the repair shop business could also spread in rural areas at strategic locations, especially on the road section to tourist area. It was for the sake of ensuring the safety and comfort of the society both for travelers and local community. (oka)

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DENPASAR - Condition of the tourist area of Penelokan, Kintamani, got criticism from tourism businesspeople. Other than looking poorly maintained, the tourist object offering the panoramic attraction of the Mount Batur and Lake Batur also looks dirty and smelly.

“What happens today? When travelers stop at Penelokan, they will witness incredibly contradictory view. Magnificent panorama must be adjacent to the very chaotic, poorly arranged and vile scenery around the stop point. As a result, enjoying the view becomes something inconvenient,” complained Chairman of the Association of the Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter, Ketut Ardana, in Denpasar.

According to him, previously the sidewalk along the Penelokan had been good enough as arranged openly. Thus, travelers who stopped at the location could freely enjoy the panoramic view and take pictures of Mount Batur or Lake Batur from any angle. “However, when we make a visit these days and stop at the location, other than finding the sidewalk filled with concrete bench, the southern side of sidewalk is also made a barrier or fenced with concrete. As a result, the sidewalk previously being open and very convenient then turned narrower, chaotic and dirty,” he said.

Not to mention, he said the market previously located near the Museum of Volcanology was relocated to the sidewalk. Although the market was open every three days, the pile of wooden tables, bamboo tables, tarp tents and others

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placed haphazardly had made Penelokan look very chaotic. “It is not appropriate if Kintamani is referred to as one of the tourism icons of Bali, if the condition is like that,” he said.

Not only that, the caves on the southern side of the road could actually become a point of interest for travelers. Unluckily, they were stacked with sales equipment by market traders. As a result, it increasingly made Penelokan shambles.

“Tourism industry commonly escorting travelers to Kintamani begins to shout. So, please do not wait until the domestic and foreign tour operators recommend not to visit Kintamani. Of course it is very distressing and detrimental for the tourism industry, local communities and tax collection,” he explained.

He mentioned, Penelokan denoting a tourist destination was also criticized related to souvenir hawkers that made some travelers feel disturbed and uncomfortable despite the condition was getting better. Besides, the buildings of restaurant on the cliff edge towards the view of Mount Batur and Lake Batur also tended to proliferate where the buildings averagely used concrete piles.

Definitely, this condition hampered the sights of travelers who passed through the road.

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Greenhouse from Sembilan Restaurant

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SENGANAN - Sembilan Restaurant is a definite Modern Balinese Dining Venue where classism cultural meets the contemporary times, using the Balinese roots with today’s composition and presentation which includes the history of the island, local culture, and organic supply.

As part of Sembilan Restaurant actions for sustainable development, Sembilan adopts the principle of social and eco-friendly operations embodied by the 100 MILES concept. The 100 MILES concept represents a lesser foot carbon print, working with 100% local product, and applying agricultural eco-friendly approach on their soil by using only bio component.

The 100 miles concept allows Sembilan to work with the farmer, fisherman, from 100 MILES or 160 kilometers from the point of Sembilan Restaurant is situated. Senganan, which in Southern part of Bali has been chosen as product supplier for Sembilan Restaurant. Not just by having the product, Sembilan has committed to collect 3% of the restaurant’s benefit for Senganan farmers’ welfare. It is a long-time commitment that a restaurant could have.

After more than a year commitment, Sembilan Restaurant has managed to collect the contribution to Senganan farmers for them to build a greenhouse where the products will be used for Sembilan Restaurant and Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana with lesser pesticides and any other chemical. Sembilan believes that this program could create healthier living for the costumers, better environment, and by having a 100% local product, Sembilan works for a sustainable culture in a hope that the social economy of these farmers and fishermen will be better.

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Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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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Mobile use bad for school test scores

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TOKYO - Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform significantly worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes, a Japanese government survey has found.

Among the nearly one-in-nine 14 and 15-year-olds who use their handheld device for at least four hours daily, grade scores suffer an average 14 percentage points across all subjects.

The deficit rises to more than 18 points in mathematics, figures from Japan’s education ministry showed.

Nearly half of all third-year junior high school students questioned spend more than an hour a day on their phones, browsing websites, sending e-mails and playing games. Less than a quarter of those in the age group do not have a mobile.

Smartphone use is also prevalent among 11-year-olds, the survey found, with 54 percent of those in their final year of elementary school having a phone of their own.

Fifteen percent of them spend at least one hour on their device every day.

The results of the survey, which is the first of its kind by the educa-

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President Yudhoyono to open UNAOC Global Forum

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tion ministry, have sparked fears that schoolchildren are neglecting their books for the allure of the small screen.

Kazuo Takeuchi, who has studied the way youngsters use mobiles, told Jiji Press that children with the devices tend to lack confidence in their academic ability, and urged parents to set limits on their usage.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open the Sixth Global Forum of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, on August 29, 2014.

The objective of the Global Forum is to bridge inter-civilization communication across the world, Teuku Faizasyah, a presidential special staff in charge of international relations noted in a statement.

“UNAOC is aimed at promoting ‘Harmony among Civilizations’ and to bridge the gap between Islam and the West. Furthermore, UNAOC

The Sept. 20, 2013 file photo shows a customer configuring the fingerprint scanner technology built into iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing.

Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform significantly worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes, a Japanese government survey has found.

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endorses the common political will and aims to mobilize common actions against prejudice, misperception, and to eliminate extremism in societies,” he emphasized.

The UNAOC was initiated by the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on July 14, 2005, and was co-sponsored by the former prime minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodreg-

uez Zapatero and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The first UNAOC Global Forum was held in Madrid, Spain, in 2008 to jointly condemn extremist actions, such as bomb attacks in Bali, Madrid, Egypt, Istanbul, and London.

The Bali Forum will be attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, UN High Representative of the UN-

AOC Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, and prominent speakers from government and non-government organizations.

The meeting will be preceded by the UNAOC Youth Forum bringing together around 200 youth delegates from across the world, on August 28, 2014.

On the sidelines of the Global Forum, President Yudhoyono is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings respectively with Ban Ki-Moon, OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani, and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, according to Faizasyah.

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in Diversity” is focusing on four pillars: Education, Youth, Media, and Migration. The theme is based on Indonesia’s national motto of “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” or “Unity in Diversity.” The motto reflects the outlook of Indonesia’s founding fathers and embraces the wealth of Indonesia’s cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity.

The Sixth UNAOC Global Forum, which will be organized in Bali, on August 29-30, 2014, will be attended by 114 members of UNAOC’s Group of Friends (GoF) and 20 ministeriallevel officials.

Jokowi to meet with President Yudhoyono today

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LG bets on pricey OLED technology as future of TVs Associated Press

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Models pose with LG Electronics’ 77-inch Ultra organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV during a press unveiling in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

SEOUL — LG Electronics Inc. announced two new giant OLED TVs with ultra-high definition screens Monday, sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology.

The South Korean company said it will ship 65inch OLED TVs starting September in South Korea, Europe and North America. A 77-inch model will hit shelves later this year.

While major TV makers are pushing to make ultra HD TVs mainstream, they use LCD screens. The super-high resolution picture, also known as 4K, packs four times more pixels than regular HD televisions.

Making ultra HD quality TVs with OLED screens remain costly. LG’s 65-inch model will cost 12 million won ($11,765). Other types of ultra HD televisions sell for less than $3,000.

OLED features deeper color saturation and a sharper image quality than LCD. But for years, its cost and high production error rate prevented the technology from catching on among mainstream consumers.

LG said it is committed to OLED because the cost will come down and its advanced screen will eventually replace LCD screens. It forecasts that OLED TV sales will overtake LCD TV sales “within a few years.”

“OLED is where we must head next,” said Ha Hyun-hwoi, head of LG’s TV business. “It is a matter of time.”

LG’s aggressive bet on OLED TVs is in contrast with its rival Samsung Electronics Co. After rolling out a 55-inch curved TV that uses an OLED display last year, Samsung has not announced an upgrade to its OLED TV for this year. Samsung uses OLED technology mostly for small devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to meet President-elect Joko Widodo in Bali on Wednesday, his spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said.

Pasha said that the meeting would take place after Yudhoyono’s state visit to Timor Leste from August 25 to 27, 2014.

“The meeting is planned in Bali on August 27, 2014. Yudhoyono

will receive President-elect Joko Widodo on August 27, 2014,” the presidential spokesman said.

He said that the president was visiting Timor Leste until August 27 and after completing his agenda in Dili, he will fly directly to Bali.

“The meeting will be conducted at the initiative of President Yudhoyono and is expected to serve as a historic event in transitional political leadership in Indonesia,” he added.

Tourism sector contributes revenue worth IDR 100 trillion

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DENPASAR - Tourism sector plays an important role in the Indonesia’s economy as having contributed foreign exchanges up to USD 10 billion or equivalent to IDR 100 trillion. “Last year, the tourism sector occupied the fourth position as contributor of foreign exchange after oil, coal, and oil palm,” said Chairman of the Indonesian Exhibition Companies Association (ASPERAPI), Effi Setiabudi.

Apart from contributing a large enough of foreign exchange, said Effi, tourism sector could also absorb 10 million workers. On that account, the tourism and creative economy needed to be built seriously so as to become the backbone of the national economy as well as replace oil and coal whose existence increasingly shrunk.

To increasingly boost the foreign exchange gain, Effi said that tourism required professional handling.

“The impact of tourism is felt by

almost all walks of life. Its multiplier effect is very broad. It does not only involve hoteliers, restaurateurs and transportation businessmen, but also artisans and hawkers. Even, the players of creative industry such as artists are also affected,” said Effi.

On that account, Effi judged it was required a professional figure to deal with tourism sector and creative economy as the sector involved the lives of the public at large. She pointed out how the people of Bali had enjoyed the progress of tourism with its multiplier effect.

In the same place, the President of South East Asia Tourist Guide Associations (SEATGA) and Chairman of the Indonesian Tourist Guides Association (HPI), I Nyoman Kandia, said the current tourism growth was still relatively slow whereas the potential of tourism in Indonesia was quite large. To that end, it was required to make a new breakthrough that could enhance tourism to grow faster. (010)

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The security personnel doing excercised to secure the Sixth Global Forum of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open UNAOC at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, on August 29, 2014.

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Diesel turns scarce, fire brigade confused Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Scarcity of diesel fuel on Monday (Aug 25) occurred in Klungkung. Almost all petrol stations in Klungkung ran out of diesel stock. As a result, a number of diesel-fueled trucks lined up to get diesel. It was unclear what caused the diesel stock scarcity in Klungkung. However, some truck drivers estimated if the diesel scarcity occurred because there would be price increase for diesel.

Interestingly, a number of sand trucks should hang out at petrol station to get diesel followed by the government-owned vehicles like the fire trucks. From observation at petrol station on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, it was known there were eight sand trucks parked at petrol station because they ran out of diesel.

All the trucks had started parking at the petrol station from 8 o’clock in the morning. Unfortunately, they had not got any diesel until Monday noon.

Even, as waiting for the arrival of diesel so long, one of them was forced to ask for some amount of diesel to other truck driver so that his truck would not break down on the way.

One of the truck drivers, Muhamad Ali, when met at the petrol station said that he had parked his truck from 9 o’clock at the petrol station. It was done because almost all the petrol stations he got in along the Jalan Bypass IB Mantra were out of diesel stock. Similarly,

he did not know about the cause of the diesel scarcity. However, he estimated the diesel scarcity happened because the government would increase the price of diesel.

Ali himself claimed to come from Padanggalak and was about to take sand in Karangasem. But if he did not get diesel in Klungkung, he admitted to be back to Padanggalak. “Incidentally, I still have a bit of diesel. So, after waiting for so long without getting diesel, I will be back,” he said.

Meanwhile, one of the firefighters, Astika, said that the fire truck of Klungkung had been hanging out from the morning to get diesel.

He also hoped the petrol stations in Klungkung soon got diesel supply. Otherwise, it would result in long congestion at a number of road sections in front of the petrol station. “We in the fire brigade also worry. Should there be any fire, our trucks will be unable to go,” he said. (119)

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ST. LOUIS — Mourners gathered to remember Michael Brown in an emotional service that consecrated the killing of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer as another in the long history of the civil rights movement, and implored black Americans to change their protest chants into law. The crowd of more than 4,500 people Monday included the parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old African-American fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, along with a cousin of Emmitt Till, a 14-year-old murdered by several white men while visiting Mississippi in 1955. Till’s killing galvanized the civil rights movement.

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Pocari Sweat Management opened public library IBP

The Management of PT Amerta Indah Otsuka (AIO) which produces Pocari Sweat, assisted and donated public library in Banjar Kelakah, Pipid, Karangasem on Tuesday, August 26. The event was attended by The Vice Regent of Karangasem I Made Sukerana, S.H and the Head of Abang District Drs. I Wayan Ardika itu, and Corporate Affair Director PT AIO Pratiwi Juniarsih.

In the event, Pratiwi said that the donation is the form of concern of the company to the society especially the children in the area. There is great hope that by the existence of the library, they can be smarter and have a brighter future.

She added that it is also one of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the company. The new library is named ‘’Satu Hati Cerdaskan Bangsa” which means one heart, unity to make the nation smarter.

Pratiwi said that since the establishment of PT AIO, it has the commitment to care for the health IBP/Budana The Vice Regent of Karangasem I Made Sukerana, second left, is taking picture along with the Manage- of the society by promoting healthy ment of PT AOI during the opening of the publci library in Pipid, Karangasem. life style. In addition to urge the

society to maintain their health, the company is also aware on the importance of education to produce high quality human resources.

She also thinks that the nation needs the best resources to become a great nation in the future. “The key to develop education is to increase the reading habit of the youth,” she added.

For that reason, the company builds a library with more than 400 books. It also did similar action in other provinces, in total, there are 27 libraries with more than 120,000 books throughout Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the Head of Anak Indonesia Foundation, Lautan Yusuf, the ideal number of libraries in Indonesia is around 700. It can become the source os science because by reading, the science and knowledge can be gained.

The Government Officers present in the event expressed their gratitude on the action by PT AOI. Sukarena urged the people to regularly come to the library to read books. The opening of the library was filled with dance performances and local tradition such as “Genjek”. It is a form of singing while sitting down.

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Mourners urge black Americans to take action Associated Press

A sign that says diesel fuel runst out is seen in one of the gas station

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The casket of Michael Brown is seen at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, before his funeral. Brown, who is black, was unarmed when he was shot in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 9 by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white.

“Show up at the voting booths.

Let your voices be heard, and let everyone know that we have had enough of all of this,” said Eric Davis, one of Brown’s cousins. Also in attendance were several White House aides, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, moviemaker Spike Lee, entertainer Sean Combs and some children of the Rev. Martin Luther King.

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton showed up at the funeral to call for a movement that seeks to clean up police forces and the communities they serve. “We’re not anti-police. We respect police. But those police that are wrong need to be dealt with just like those in our community that are wrong need to be dealt with,” Sharpton said.

Two uncles remembered how Brown had once predicted that someday the whole world would know his name. “He did not know he was offering up a divine prophecy,” Bernard Ewing said. The service at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis at times seemed like a cross between a gospel revival and a rock concert.

It began with upbeat music punctuated by clapping. Some people danced in place.

The Rev. Charles Ewing, the uncle who delivered the eulogy, said Brown “prophetically spoke his demise.” And now his blood is “crying from the ground. Crying for vengeance. Crying for justice.”

Poster-size photos of Brown, wearing headphones, were on each side of the casket, which had a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap atop it.

Large projection screens showed a photo of him clutching his high school diploma while wearing a

cap and gown. Two days after his death, he had been scheduled to start training to become a heating and air-conditioning technician.

Brown, who was to be buried in a St. Louis cemetery, was unarmed when he was killed. A grand jury is considering evidence in the case, and a federal investigation is also underway.

Police have said a scuffle broke out Aug. 9 after officer Darren Wilson told Brown and a friend to move out of the street and onto a sidewalk in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Police said Wilson was pushed into his squad car and physically assaulted. Some witnesses have reported seeing Brown’s arms in the air in an act of surrender. An autopsy found he was shot at least six times.

Relatives denounced a video released by police, who say it shows Brown snatching cigars from a convenience store just before he was killed. In the video, the person said to be Brown grabs a clerk by the shirt and forcefully pushes him into a display rack. Sharpton also took the black community to task, saying it should be as upset about black-on-black crime as it is about police violence: “We have to be outraged by our disrespect for each other.” “Blackness,” he added, “has never been about being a gangster or a thug.” Money and possessions mean little, he said, “if we can’t protect a child walking down the street in Ferguson” and bring justice.

Brown’s death fueled nearly two weeks of sometimes-violent street protests in Ferguson. His father, Michael Brown Sr., asked protesters to observe a “day of silence” Monday to let the family grieve.

Afghan presidential contender threatens boycott

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KABUL — An adviser to a leading Afghan presidential contender, Abdullah Abdullah, says the candidate is threatening to boycott the country’s ballot audit, which has been mired in obstacles.

The complicated, U.N.-supervised audit of the 8 million votes from the June presidential runoff has been underway in Kabul for weeks.

The process followed allegations of vote fraud on both sides and is meant to decide whether Abdullah, a former foreign minister, or former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will replace President Hamid Karzai.

Fazel Ahmad Manawi told reporters on Tuesday that if Abdullah’s concerns are not addressed by Wednesday morning, he would pull out of the audit.

Manawi said the election commission ignored their complaints about fraudulent ballots.

If the recount is halted, it would create another major political stalemate for Afghanistan.

Afghan election commission workers sort ballots for an audit of the presidential run-off votes at an election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

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Euro sinks again as Germany insists on austerity Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK - The euro fell again against major currencies Monday as Germany reiterated its insistence on austerity and reform in trying to revive the eurozone economy.

The euro sank below $1.32 against the dollar, falling to its lowest level since early September 2013. As recently as May it was above $1.39.

The euro also dropped against the British pound and Japanese yen, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Madrid’s austerity drive during a visit to Spain and

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gave her powerful backing to the country’s economy minister in his bid to lead the Eurogroup forum of eurozone finance ministers.

Meanwhile France’s cabinet was reshuffled amid a fight between pro-stimulus and pro-austerity politicians that had weakened the government under President Francois Hollande.

Also weighing on the common currency were the comments Friday by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, who strongly suggested that the ECB would take more measures to fight deflation and strengthen growth.

Germany earlier this month snubbed a request from Hollande for an EU-wide shift of economic policy in order to encourage growth.

Since the start of the eurozone debt crisis in 2010, Germany has faced accusations that by failing to use its standing as Europe’s biggest economy to do more to kickstart

growth, it is leaving struggling partners in the lurch.

But European markets and bonds shrugged off the upheaval in France, boosted by comments last week from ECB chief Mario Draghi who suggested recent monetary policy measures would get the eurozone back on its feet.

Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi have been especially vocal in calling for an easing of the fiscal austerity imposed by Germany.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister,

WA S H I N G TO N — F ew e r Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery.

The Commerce Department said Monday that new-home sales fell 2.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000. The report also revised up the June sales rate to 422,000 from 406,000.

New-home sales plunged 30.8 percent in the Northeast, followed by smaller drop-offs in the Midwest and West. Purchases were up 8.1 percent in the South, a region that usually accounts for more than half of all new-home sales.

Inventory of new homes on the market rose to six months, a level last reached in October 2011. The median price of a new home last month was $269,800, up 2.9 percent over the past 12 months.

But the steady rebound in construction coming out of the Great Recession has stalled. Sales lost much of their momentum beginning last October, derailed by modest wage growth, a bump in mortgage rates and many builders focusing more on rental apartments and high-end homes for wealthier buyers.

The monthly sales data can be extremely volatile, yet the trend line shows that the market for new homes is “running in place,” said

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Save mangrove, reject Benoa Bay reclamation Bali Post

NEGARA - The action rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation is increasingly widespread in Jembrana. It is not only limited to the installation of billboard. Even, dozens of young people coalesced into the Jembrana Youth Movement (GPJ) made an action by planting mangrove seedling in the coastal areas of Tuwed, Melaya.

waded into the debate on Monday, saying in an interview that Germany should play a bigger role in propelling economic recovery in Europe.

“What I think is very important for Germany is to participate in the recovery movement in a very intense way. It has the means to do so,” she told Swiss public broadcaster RTS. “We have seen a process of very strong budget tightening over the past three years,” she said, adding that “fortunately, in 2014 and 2015, this budget tightening is much weaker”.

Sales of US new homes fall in July Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial.

“The sales rate basically has not budged over the past ten months,” Moody said.

The Monday sales data dampened enthusiasm over other recent reports that the pace of buying has recently improved.

“This is a softer report than expected and suggests housing demand has stabilized in recent quarters, as opposed to improving,” said Michael Gapen, an analyst at the bank Barclays.

Sales of existing homes rose 2.4 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.15 million, the National Association of Realtors reported last week. That’s the fourth consecutive monthly increase and the highest annual rate since September of last year.

The report showed that “distressed” sales are making up a lower share of purchases. Sales are distressed when they are the result of foreclosures or involve homes for which the seller owed more on the mortgage than the home was worth.

Distressed sales accounted for 9 percent of the purchases in July — the lowest share since the association began tracking the figure in October 2008. Distressed sales, which tend to drag down neighborhood prices, accounted for 36 percent of sales in 2009.

Separately, construction starts climbed 15.7 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.1 million homes, the government

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Dozens of young people coalesced into the Jembrana Youth Movement (GPJ) made an action by planting mangrove seedling in the coastal areas of Tuwed, Melaya.

The peaceful action planting mangrove seedlings involved around 70 youths from various villages in Jembrana. A similar action was also previously undertaken in the mangrove forest of Perancak. GPJ Coordinator, I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, said if the action was spontaneously initiated and carried out as a form of environmental care. “It poses our real measure to take care of the nature of Bali we love,” he said.

From the morning to midday on Sunday (Aug 24), the young men planted about 2,000 mangrove seedlings. The movement named ‘save mangrove, reject Benoa Bay reclamation’ was also filled with spreading banner on

the rejection against the reclamation around the mangroves. “This is the second action. Previously, we also did greening in mangrove forests of Perancak. Hopefully, this effort continues rolling until the government realizes and responds to the public rejection,” added the man from Dauhwaru.

Meanwhile, the billboards on the rejection against the reclamation were also increasingly installed by community groups and youth groups in various regions in Jembrana. One by one of the billboards containing the rejection against the reclamation appeared and they were mounted at the corner of the village and on the edge of the DenpasarGilimanuk road section. (olo)

Customary villagers of Penatahan hold Nyenuk ritual

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This May 14, 2014 file photo shows a new home for sale in the Winthrop subdivision in Riverview, Fla. The Commerce Department on new home sales in July on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

said. Applications for building permits, a gauge of future activity, also rose last month.

But much of the construction gains came from the apartments sector, which experienced a 33 percent increase last month. By contrast, single-family home construction rose 8.3 percent.

Also, the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo’s index of builder sentiment rose in August to 55, up two points from a revised 53 for July. Readings above 50 indicate more builders view sales conditions as improving.

At the same time, price gains have started to slow and mortgage

rates have dropped since the start of 2014. That could eventually help boost sales.

And the average rate for a 30year mortgage fell to 4.1 percent this week, the lowest level this year, according to Freddie Mac. At the beginning of the year, the average rate was 4.53 percent.

BANGLI - Coinciding with Soma Umanis Bala, Monday (Aug 25), the Penatahan customary village, Susut village, Susut subdistrict, implemented Nyenuk ceremony. The ceremony was held in a series of teh Karya Agung Pamungkah, Mukpuk Pedagingan and Melasti to Dalem Pemuhun Temple, Penatahan customary village whose peak had been implemented on Anggara Kasih Perangbakat, Tuesday (Aug 19).

Chief of Penatahan customary village, I Nyoman Sudiarta, said the ceremonies consisting of Karya Agung Pamungkah, Mukpuk Pedagingan and Melasti posed the continuation of the development of the Pemuhun Temple whose construction was carried out gradually starting in 2010 and was completed in mid-2013. Total cost of the temple construction reached IDR 3 billion with the funds sourced from 319 families as supporting devotees of the temple, donation assistance from the government and from the public.

Further, he explained that with the completion of the temple construction and decision made through several meetings, it was finally agreed to organize the ritual. The series of such grandiose ritual was started on Buda Paing Kuningan, Wednesday (May

28) with notification ritual about the ceremony, the making platform and sacred cakes. It was resumed with the inauguration ceremony of the temple building and installation of bamboo pole flute (sunari) on Redite Pon Tambir (Jul 13), invocation of holy water and further procession on Sukra Wage Uye (Aug 8), Labuh Gentuh, burying foundation, inauguration of shrine and ritual establishment on Wraspati Pon Menail (Aug 14), Melasti or purificatory rite for sanctified effigies of the venerated deities to Watuklotok Beach on Redite Pon Perangbakat (Aug 17), Mapepada Agung (ritual for sacrificial animals) on Soma Wage Perangbakat (Aug 18), while peak of the ritual fall on Anggara Kasih Perangbakat (Aug 19) and the ritual would be closed on Sukra Pon Bala (Aug 29).

Five sacrificial animals in use include buffalo, calf, goat, turtle, geese, duck and chicken. Implementation of the ritual was officiated over by Ida Pedanda Yajamana from Griya Losan Bukit (Bangli), Ida Pedanda Budha from Griya Nongan (Karangasem) and Rsi Bujangga from Griya Angkling (Gianyar). Meanwhile, the Nyenuk procession held last Monday was commenced by mepeed followed by Pasek clan family, cakes and crops arrangement as well as awakening of Ida Bagus Sidekarya

Coinciding with Soma Umanis Bala, Monday (Aug 25), the Penatahan customary village, Susut village, Susut subdistrict, implemented Nyenuk ceremony.

accompanied with Rejang Dance, Pendet Dance, Baris Dance, Wayan Gedong and Deeng Payas Agung.

The ritual was officiated over by Ida Pedanda Yajamana from Griya Losan Bukit (Bangli).

According to Nyoman Sudiarta,

the ritual was intended to purify the macrocosm and microcosm from negative aura and appeal to deities abiding at Dalem Pemuhun Temple in order that Penatahan customary villagers could still be endowed with safety and prosperity as well

as kept away from any danger. “We do hope with the implementation of sincere ritual the deities abiding at the Dalem Pemuhun Temple could provide salvation for us as well as strengthen the kinship among villagers,” he hoped. (ina)

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US: Bin Laden son-in-law must get life in prison

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In this Aug. 12, 2014 photo, Kevin Fan poses for a photo at Asian Glories restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fan is grappling with the job of running two Rotterdam restaurants that were owned by his parents, who, along with his grandmother, were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine.

Even if attacked, airline could be liable in crash

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Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting to sort through the long process of gaining compensation for their loss. Officials in the Netherlands, where the majority of Flight 17 victims lived, say that Malaysia Airlines has been making $50,000 payments to the families without admitting any wrongdoing in the crash.

Such payments may create goodwill, lawyers say, but they are not likely to discourage some families from seeking more than the amount promised under an international treaty — about $174,000.

Since the early days of commercial aviation, international agreements have governed compensation for crash victims. It is a no-fault system — the airline pays a standard compensation even if is blameless.

Under a treaty called the Montreal Convention, families can sue for more if the airline or another party was negligent.

Aviation-accident lawyers say it would be almost impossible to collect damages from Russia or the pro-Russian rebels accused of shooting down the plane with a far-reaching surfaceto-air missile. Malaysia Airlines will be left as the prime — maybe the only — defendant, and lawsuits are likely to hinge on the plane’s planned route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17.

Malaysian officials have said that the route over eastern Ukraine was deemed safe by international aviation

authorities as long as the plane flew higher than 32,000 feet — below that, Ukraine had closed the airspace, presumably because of the threat posed by pro-Russia rebels armed with shoulder-held anti-aircraft guns, which have a limited range. While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had prohibited flights over the Crimean Peninsula, the U.S. ban did not extend to eastern Ukraine until after the shoot-down. And, Malaysian officials have noted, other airlines continued to fly the same route, even on the day that Flight 17 was shot down.

But some aviation lawyers say that the families could have a strong case by arguing that Malaysia Airlines should have stopped flying over eastern Ukraine after the rebels shot down military jets earlier in July.

“The idea that somebody else was equally as stupid as they were is not that good of an argument,” said Jonathan Reiter, a New York personalinjury lawyer who has handled many aviation cases.

Families of those on this year’s major air crashes — Flight 17;

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing; the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 222 in stormy weather in Taiwan; and the crash of Air Algerie Flight 5017 in Mali — could be waiting years for compensation from the airlines and their insurers.

Under the Montreal treaty, lawsuits can be filed in the home country of the victim, the country where the airline is based, where the ticket was bought or where the plane was headed. Americans and Europeans have often received higher awards than families in countries such as Malaysia, where the courts usually stick to the treaty limit, lawyers say.

“You could have two people sitting next to each other who may have the same income. (The family of) one gets multi millions, and the other one gets $75,000,” said Justin Green, an aviation attorney whose firm represented families of victims of Pan Am 103, bombed over Scotland in 1988.

For some relatives of those on Flight 17, the pain is still too raw to decide whether to go to court.

NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law should be sentenced to life in prison for his role as al-Qaida’s spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he made “bone-chilling threats” against America, prosecutors said in court papers filed Monday.

The government said a life sentence for Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, whose words were “inciting, murderous, and hateful,” would send an important deterrent message to would-be terrorists.

“Terrorism is a crime with high recidivism rates and rehabilitation is notoriously difficult,” prosecutors said. The papers were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan a month before a sentencing scheduled for Sept. 23. Abu Ghaith’s defense lawyer, Stanley Cohen, had urged Judge Lewis A. Kaplan earlier this month to sentence his client to 15 years in prison, saying it was sufficient.

Abu Ghaith was convicted in March of charges that included conspiracy to kill Americans and providing support to al-Qaida. Abu Ghaith is a Kuwaiti-born imam who married bin Laden’s eldest daughter about five years ago. He is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure brought to trial on U.S. soil since the 2001 attacks.

In their papers, prosecutors said Abu Ghaith “proudly sat at bin Laden’s right hand” after the Sept. 11 attacks, repeatedly participating in videos aimed at recruiting more people to al-Qaida.

“Abu Ghayth repeatedly made unambiguous and bone-chilling threats that al Qaeda would continue to conduct terrorist attacks using airplanes,” prosecutors wrote.

“Simply put, the defendant eagerly supported al Qaeda and its mass murder of Americans,” they said. “The significance of Abu Ghayth’s spoken words is unmistakable. Inspirational and charismatic speakers like Abu Ghayth allow al Qaeda to refill its ranks of suicide operatives by driving more future terrorists to al Qaeda’s murderous mission.”

In his trial’s most dramatic testimony, Abu Ghaith described being summoned to a dark Afghanistan cave within hours of the destruction of the World Trade Center to confer with bin Laden, who told him: “We are the ones who did it.” Abu Ghaith testified that a worried bin Laden asked him how America would respond.

“America, if it was proven that you were the one who did this, will not settle until it accomplishes two things: to kill you and topple the state of the Taliban,” Abu Ghaith said he replied.

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INDONESIA SBY satisfied on leaving office Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - Indonesia’s outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said Tuesday he leaves office with a sense of satisfaction after strengthening democracy and the economy during a decade in power.

The former general stands down in October when Joko Widodo, the reform-minded governor of Jakarta who won July’s presidential polls, takes the reins of Southeast Asia’s top economy.

In an interview with The Australian newspaper, Yudhoyono admitted there was more work to be done, but said he had accomplished much.

“I leave my office with a sense of satisfaction that I have tried to do

my best to serve the nation, and that at the end of my 10 years in office Indonesia is a stronger nation, a stronger democracy and a stronger economy,” he said.

Yudhoyono took on a nation suffering widespread graft, an insurgency in Aceh province and bombings by the Jemaah Islamiyah network when he was elected in Indonesia’s first direct presidential poll in 2004.

ROME — The Italian navy has recovered another 24 bodies from an overturned fishing boat during rescue operations for the thousands of would-be refugees who are fleeing Libyan shores for Europe.

The navy said Tuesday that two of its patrol boats recovered the corpses from the capsized smuggler’s boat Sunday night. Their remains, as well as 364 survivors, were headed toward

Augusta on Sicily’s east coast.

At a meeting Wednesday with the EU’s home affairs commissioner, Italy’s interior minister is expected to demand that the European Union do more to help Italy rescue the migrants.

More than 100,000 people have arrived in Italy so far this year thanks to increasing instability in Libya, where human smugglers operate. Some 42,000 arrived in all of 2013.

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From page 1 “Our continued effort is to ensure that a culture of peace is always built in the public communication that is respectful to other various cultures and norms particularly of the marginalized and the poor,” he said.

UNESCO Jakarta office director Hubert Gijzen said in his opening remark the forum comes at a critical moment in the design of the post-2015 development agenda. “I believe that the discussions in Bali from Aug. 25 to 28 will generate a new momentum to the effort of giving media a prominent role in shaping the future we want for all,” he said.

The ministry’s Director General for Public Information and Communications Dr. Freddy Tulung said earlier in a press briefing that the forum will adopt the Bali Roadmap for media and development, which will include recommendations on both media development and media as a means of generating development. “The roadmap will also be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda formulated by the United Nations,” Tulung added.

“We had many challenges but, one by one, we fixed our problems,” he said.

“We resolved the longstanding separatist conflict in Aceh. We stabilised the situation in Papua.

We survived the tsunami crisis (of 2004) and many other natural disasters.

“We fought corruption hard, not always successfully. We neutralised and disrupted terrorist groups. We

The police conducted a raid on a shop house at Lingkar Selatan street in Serang city on Tuesday morning, where a terror suspect was believed to have sought shelter.

JAKARTA - Five cleaners will go on trial this week over allegations of sexual assault at one of Indonesia’s most prestigious international schools, the first cases in a longrunning scandal to go to court.

The crisis at the Jakarta International School (JIS), which began with public allegations in April that the cleaning staff assaulted a six-year-old boy, has rocked an institution that has been a favourite with expatriates in the capital for more than 60 years.

The cleaners will be indicted on Tuesday and Wednesday but deny any wrongdoing, a lawyer for two of them said. All of them who previously confessed now plan to recant, claiming police beat them up, he said.

Since the first allegation emerged the scandal has snowballed, with more parents making abuse claims, school staff members accused and a revelation that a suspected se-

Brigadier General M. Zulkarnain stated on Tuesday.

In the meantime, Serang city’s Chief of Police office Adjunct Commissioner Yudi Hermawan noted that Tuesday’s raid was aimed to arrest a terror suspect who was said to have taken part in some terrorist training in a secluded place in Aceh province.

“The suspect has been a fugitive for years. Fortunately, we are able to arrest them here,” Yudi added.

A motorist rides through an empty fuel station, as fuel subsidy runs out, in Jakarta, August 25, 2014. Presidentelect Joko Widodo will sit down with Indonesia’s outgoing leader this week in the hope of reaching an agreement to raise fuel prices before the handover in October, a move that would help ease budget-sapping subsidy costs. The red placard said the quota of fuel subsidy for today is runs out. The white placard said the maximum amount people can but fuel subsidy in one day.

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Police raids terror suspect’s house

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SERANG - The police conducted a raid on a shop house at Lingkar Selatan street in Serang city on Tuesday morning, where a terror suspect was believed to have sought shelter.

“Yes, there was a raid this morning. We have arrested a terror suspect along with his wife. We also questioned two witnesses at the location,” Banten’s Chief of Police

pursued a more active international engagement in a turbulent world,” he added.

Yudhoyono said Indonesia, where around half of the mostly Muslim population of 250 million are poor, had also weathered the global financial crisis and completed direct elections for all local leaders.

Economic growth had been healthy, averaging 5.9 percent during the period of 2009 to 2013, he said.

And although it had fallen to 5.2 percent in the first part of 2014, Indonesia was still experiencing higher economic growth than many

other nations.

“In fact, in the G20, Indonesia has the second highest growth after China,” he said, adding that he expected growth to reach 6.0 percent or more within two years.

The president said that while he had made the unpopular decision to increase the price of petrol last year, and this year hiked electricity and gas, costly fuel subsidies had needed to be adjusted.

“My hope is that the new government will give the subsidy to the poor. We should not give the subsidy to the commodities but to the people who need it: the poor,” he said.

rial paedophile sought by the FBI taught there for a decade.

Abuse claims have been made against Canadian Neil Bantleman, an administrator at the school, and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong.

The school has denied the accusations, and commissioned an investigation that it said showed no evidence of the alleged abuse.

The pair have been in custody since mid-July while police investigate their cases.

The family of one boy allegedly abused has filed a civil suit against the school seeking $125 million in damages.

One of the cleaners, Agun Iskandar, will be indicted in at the start of his trial on Tuesday, while the four others will be formally charged Wednesday, according to officials at the South Jakarta District Court.

However Saut Irianto Rajagukguk, a lawyer representing Iskandar and another cleaner, Virgiawan

Amin, said four of the cleaners would recant their confessions.

The fifth, a woman, never confessed, he said.

“The accused never committed the alleged rape,” he told AFP. “The police beat the men so badly that they had no choice but to confess.”

The lawyer also said medical examinations on the boy showed no signs of sexual abuses.

Police have repeatedly denied that they beat the cleaners.

A sixth cleaner, Azwar, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was implicated in the case but died in police custody. Police say he committed suicide by drinking floor cleaning fluid.

The abuse scandal at JIS, a favourite with the children of foreign businessmen, diplomats and wealthy Indonesians, also sparked soul-searching about the high incidence of sexual abuse at the country’s schools.

Trials start in JIS’ sex abuse scandal

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24 more bodies recovered in Italy’s refugee rescue

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Djokovic, Sharapova sparkle after others toil

Puputan Badung Square The name of Taman Puputan Badung is a dedication to memorize of the war on 20th September 1906 in which the Balinese people King Badung/Denpasar fought bravely against the Dutch who invaded theh land. That date is always commemorated every year, and a monument called Taman Puputan Monument has been erected for the important event. This monument stands of northern part of the Puputan Square. This Square is visited by many local people every afternoon for recreation; and every Sunday there activities particularly organized for children.

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NEW YORK - Former champions Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova sparkled under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights to end a steamy first day that proved more than a little stressful for several of the U.S. Open favourites on Monday. Djokovic, who had won only two matches in the hard court run-up to the season’s final grand slam after getting married just days after his Wimbledon triumph, was back to his best once the center court spotlight shone on him at Flushing Meadows.

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The 2011 champion treated his first-round match against unseeded 22-year-old Argentine Diego Schwartzman like a breezy workout, dominating in all phases with 24 winners including seven aces in a 6-1 6-2 6-4 rout. His fast work followed a scintillating finish by French Open champion and 2006 winner Sharapova, as the fifth seed won 10 straight games to prevail 6-4 6-0 after falling 2-4 behind against her Russian compatriot and old friend Maria Kirilenko.

Despite the night programme starting one hour later than scheduled due to ceremonies featuring bands, speeches and fireworks, Djokovic enabled the New York night crowd to head to the exits shortly before the stroke of midnight. “I’m very pleased,” the Serbian world number one said in a courtside interview after his 97-minute win.

“It’s never easy to start a U.S. Open smoothly.”

Several of the favorites at Flushing Meadows could attest to his opinion. Busy bees made life difficult for two grizzled veterans and a pair of favourites were forced to work overtime on a hot, steamy day at the U.S. National Tennis Center that drew a combined 57,000 fans to the day and night sessions.

Eighth-seeded 2012 champion Andy Murray fought off cramps to beat Dutchman Robin Haase in four painful sets, while women’s second seed Simona Halep lost an early tiebreak to U.S. debutant Danielle Collins before claiming victory. And in an intriguing match-up of 19th seed Venus Williams and Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, the oldest players in the women’s draw, some pesky bees joined in and refused to leave them alone.

Major Camping Murray appeared on course for an easy victory before he fell victim to cramps that left him stretching and straining to get comfortable before clinching a 6-3 7-6 (6) 1-6

7-5 victory over Haase. “I felt extremely good before the match, and I did train very, very hard to get ready for the tournament,” said Murray, one of the fittest players on the ATP Tour.

“My quads were cramping, then it started to get to my lats, then my forearms,” he added. “I just tried to hang around and at the end I was trying to play without moving my legs much and managed to get through.” Murray said he might consult with a nutritionist before meeting his secondround opponent, Germany’s Matthias Bachinger.

A less serious intrusion hit the irresistible women’s clash between seven-times grand slam singles winner Williams and Japan’s remarkable Date-Krumm, who were beset by bees. First the 43-year-old Japanese player and later 34-year-old Williams dipped, ducked and danced away before ballgirls helped usher the stubborn swarm away from the baseline. When finally left to play tennis on a sun-bathed Arthur Ashe Stadium court, Williams stung her opponent 2-6 6-3 6-3 to advance.

Asked about who presented the peskier test in the two-hour match, two-time U.S. Open winner Williams said: “The bee was a challenge but easily the answer is Kimiko.”

In an upset on the men’s side, twice U.S. Open semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, the 21st seed, fell to big-serving Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios 7-5 7-6 (4) 2-6 7-6 (1). The 19-year-old Kyrgios, who made a Wimbledon splash by ousting Rafa Nadal in the fourth round to reach the quarter-finals, blasted 26 aces. The 60th-ranked Kyrgios moved on to a second-round match against Italy’s Andreas Seppi. Advancing with relative ease in straight sets were Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland and fifth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist.

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Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after beating compatriot Maria Kirilenko during their match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 25, 2014.

Hamilton/Rosberg feud could be ‘big mess’, warns Boullier

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Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (L) of Germany and team mate Lewis Hamilton of Britain walk next to each other after the qualifying session at the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps August 23, 2014.

The Mercedes Formula 1 team risks finding itself in a “big mess” if its management does not get the feud between its drivers under control quickly, warns McLaren’s Eric Boullier.

Following a controversial coming together between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes chiefs are set for urgent talks with its battling duo to try to work out where the team goes from here.

Mercedes accepts that it cannot let the breakdown in relations that has now caused trouble on track to allow Red Bull rival Daniel Ricciardo to snatch the title following his latest F1 win in Belgium.

“There is always a risk,” said McLaren racing director Boullier while speaking to AUTOSPORT about whether there was a danger of Mercedes’ troubles derailing its title campaign.

“If there is a very serious degradation in the relationship between the drivers and between the drivers and the team, you will end up with a big, big mess.” Boullier concedes, however, that there is no obvious path that Mercedes

can take to deal with the matter - especially because the crash between its drivers came so early in the race.

When asked how the team can control Hamilton and Rosberg from now on, Boullier said: “You can’t. It is unfortunate it happened on lap two but it is a racing incident. “If you watch the last races it has happened many times. So it is unfortunate, and I understand why they may be upset because they missed a one-two result, but this is racing.”

Boullier also suggests that Mercedes has to decide whether to have a media blackout about how it has resolved matter, or that it needs to explain what action it has taken - which could risk fuelling the controversy further.

“It depends on how much coverage you want after in the press,” he said. “If you start to blame the drivers then obviously it is a policy that I will not recommend.

“It is better to clear the air outside of the track, but I am happy to not have that problem to manage. In the end you tend to think you are shooting yourself - but this is part of racing as well.”

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Roma ready to push Juventus all the way in Serie A

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MILAN — No longer a surprise package, Roma is expected to be one of the main challengers to end Juventus’ hold on the league title. Not

much was expected from the club last season, but a record Serie A start of 10 straight wins saw Roma emerge as a genuine title contender under coach Rudi Garcia. The capital side eventually finished second to a record-break-

ing Juventus but ended the season 23 points and four league places better than the previous campaign.

Roma may have lost the element of surprise this time but it has an added bonus of the experience of fighting

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MANCHESTER, England — Sitting in the executive seats high up at Etihad Stadium, Mario Balotelli began life at Liverpool by watching his new team ruthlessly dismantled by the club he left 19 months ago. Manchester City showed just how difficult it will be to dethrone as English champion by beating one of its predicted title rivals 3-1 on Monday, making it two wins from two tough opening games of the Premier League season.

Stevan Jovetic scored twice and fellow striker Sergio Aguero netted seconds after coming on as a substitute for City, demonstrating that the champions’ strength in depth up front has hardly diminished since selling the combustible Balotelli to AC Milan in January 2013. In fact, it has probably got even better.

With Balotelli added to the ranks for 16 million pounds ($26.5 million) on Monday, Liverpool strengthened the one area of its squad that looked light following the departure of Luis Suarez to Barcelona last month.

On this evidence, though, the Reds will struggle to close the two-point gap they finished behind City last season.

“These games are games of six points,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said. “When you play at home, it is important not to drop points

against important teams. Liverpool is an important team and will be fighting for the title at the end.” Jovetic was a forgotten man last season after his big-money move from Fiorentina, his career stalling during a year that was blighted by injury and failure to break into City’s star-studded attack.

The Montenegro striker starred for City in preseason, though, and with Aguero working his way to full fitness after the World Cup and Alvaro Negredo out injured, Jovetic is taking his chance to make a statement to Pellegrini.

He pounced on a defensive lapse

by Liverpool debutant Alberto Moreno to open the scoring in the 41st minute with a fierce low drive before starting and finishing a move that also involved Samir Nasri for his second goal in the 55th, leaving Liverpool to regret not making the most of a decent

start to the match.

Aguero added the third in the 69th with his first touches of the ball after coming on for the injured Edin Dzeko, running onto Jesus Navas curling pass, taking a touch and sidefooting in at the near post. There were barely 20 seconds between Aguero jogging onto the pitch and wheeling away in celebration at his second goal of the season — both as a substitute.

City defender Pablo Zabaleta turned the ball into his own net under pressure from Rickie Lambert in the 83rd minute to deny the hosts a second straight clean sheet after an opening 2-0 win at Newcastle. But it’s so far, so good for Pellegrini’s side, which joined Tottenham, Chelsea and Swansea on six points. For Liverpool, there is excitement at the arrival of Balotelli, but a fear that City may again be too good this season.

Benzema and Ronaldo on target as Real beat Cordoba Reuters

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Manchester City’s Stevan Jovetic reacts after scoring against Liverpool during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

BARCELONA - A bullet header from Karim Benzema and a late Cristiano Ronaldo strike allowed Real Madrid kick off their La Liga campaign with a 2-0 victory over newly promoted Cordoba. Benzema struck on the half-hour with a badly needed goal, having only scored once in the previous 15 games. Cordoba did unsettle Real in the second half but Ronaldo hit a trademark 25-yard drive into the corner to settle the game in the final minute.

While they beat Sevilla to win the UEFA Super Cup earlier this month, Real were poor during pre-season and were outplayed by Atletico Madrid in the domestic Super Cup, losing 2-1 on aggregate last week. “I have always rated the quality of Karim even though he wasn’t scoring,” coach Carlo Ancelotti told a news conference.

“It would be more worrying if he were in top condition at this stage as is the same for all. We need to speed up the play more. The most important thing was to start with a win which we did even though we had to suffer. “We controlled the game well and tried to mix possession with more direct play.”

It was a more attacking Real lineup than then one that took the field against Atletico

in the Super Cup with new signing James Rodriguez starting ahead of Xabi Alonso in midfield. After a scrappy start Real began to increase the pressure with Ronaldo and Toni Kroos having shots from the edge of the area which Cordoba keeper Juan Carlos Martin dealt with comfortably.

The pressure eventually told when Benzema opened the scoring, with Mike Havenaar going close at the other end from a corner. The visitors made it difficult for Real after the restart and Xisco thought he had found an equaliser midway through the second half but was called offside, before Ronaldo ended any thoughts of comeback late on. Later champions Atletico face Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona beat Elche 3-0 on Sunday.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Cordoba at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

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Inter Milan midfielder Jonathan (2) falls while battling with Roma defender Urby Emanuelson (82) for the ball during the first half of the match at Lincoln Financial Field.

Man United agree to record British transfer for Di Maria

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LONDON - Manchester United have agreed a British record transfer fee of 59.7 million pounds ($99 million) to secure Angel di Maria from Real Madrid and are set to announce his transfer officially on

Tuesday, British media reported.

The Argentina winger arrived in Manchester on Monday and would have a medical test later on Tuesday, British newspapers said.

The transfer fee outstrips the 50 million pounds English Premier League rivals Chelsea paid Liverpool for Spain striker Fernando Torres in 2011. United declined comment.

Di Maria cost Real 20 million pounds from Benfica in 2010 and he was a key part of the team that

won the club’s 10th European Cup last term but he was omitted from the squad for the Spanish Super Cup last week.

The 26-year-old turned down a new deal at the Bernabeu and Real coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Sunday he had bade farewell to players and staff.

Di Maria’s signing would provide a boost for Louis van Gaalcoached United, who have taken only one point from their opening two games of the Premier League season.

for a title and has matured as a squad.

“We’re coming off the back of a positive season, but we know we can improve,” Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis said. “The love of the fans makes me proud to be part of this club. We will try to reward them and to satisfy their desire to win something important this season.”

Roma will also be involved in the Champions League this year and much of its season will depend on how the club manages to balance playing among Europe’s elite with its domestic duties.

“In the Champions League we will be outsiders and that could help us a lot. The players are at 100 percent both physically and mentally,” Garcia said. “In the league I’m worried about the players’ attitudes in the games immediately before and after the Champions League. My job is to make sure that before Champions League games the team gives its all on the field. We are stronger than last year.”

Garcia has strengthened the squad with a number of shrewd signings.

Roma shelled out 24.5 million euros ($33.2 million) for 21-year-old Argentine forward Juan Manuel Iturbe, who

has been compared to Lionel Messi.

At the other end of the scale, veteran English defender Ashley Cole joined on a free transfer.

“It’s a great club with real ambition,” Cole said. “Last year they came second. I talked with the coach and he expressed the ambitions he had and showed a real will to win. “I want to contribute to a team that will win the league. I received offers from other, small teams, but I didn’t want to just lie on a beach. I came here to win. I have won a lot in my career, but I don’t want to stop.”

Roma has also signed Davide Astori, Seydou Keita, Urby Emanuelson and Salih Ucan. Much of its chances, however, will depend on whether it manages to hang on to key players such as Mattia Destro and Mehdi Benatia, who have already attracted a lot of interest from top European clubs. The 23-year-old Destro scored 13 goals in 20 matches, despite only starting his injury-delayed season in December.

Destro and Benatia were two of a number of shrewd buys by Garcia last offseason, along with De Sanctis, Kevin Strootman, Adem Ljajic and Gervinho.

Player death: Algerian club faces more sanctions Associated Press

ALGIERS — An Algerian football club has been banned from using its stadium pending investigations after one of its players was hit on the head and killed by an object thrown by fans.

The Confederation of African Football on Tuesday backed measures taken by Algerian authorities to stop JS Kabylie from playing at November 1 Stadium in the city of Tizi Ouzou, where Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse was fatally hit at a game on Saturday. CAF said it was only the first sanction and Kabylie faces more punishment.

CAF said the 24-year-old Ebosse suffered a head trauma and internal bleeding after being hit by a “sharp object.” It appeared to be hurled by his team’s supporters after a 2-1 loss.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said it was “intolerable that a spectator caused the death of a player.”

Kuwait AFC Cup reign smacked for six by Persipura

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JAKARTA - Kuwait Sports Club’s two-year dominance of the AFC Cup ended in spectacular fashion after they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Persipura Jayapura 8-4 on aggregate after losing 6-1 in Indonesia on Tuesday.

The Kuwaiti side, winners

of the last two editions of Asia’s second tier club competition, scored two late goals to snatch a 3-2 home win in last week’s first leg but their Indonesian opponents showed no let up in the return encounter on Tuesday.

Argentine Robertino Pugliara opened the scoring with a brilliant scissor-kick strike after two minutes and went on to complete a hattrick for the Indonesian champions, who ran the defending champions’ backline ragged.

Persipura were 3-0 up at the break after two from Pugliara and one from captain Boaz Solossa with Titus Bonai adding a fourth in

the second period before Kuwait finally replied through Iranian World Cup striker Reza Ghoochannejhad.

The goal left the tie at 6-4 with 25 minutes remaining and Kuwait needing two more to go through but those ambitions were quickly crushed a minute later when Pugliara completed his hat-trick with a curling finish.

A tired Kuwait side, clearly feeling the effects of the long journey across Asia, were reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes remaining when Fahad Hamoud was sent off as their discipline deserted them.

It was a miserable showing for Kuwait, the competition’s most successful team having also won the trophy in 2009 and reached the final in 2011.

Substitute Ferinando Pahabol then completed the rout in stoppage time as he burst through unchallenged for a sixth that made Persipura the first Indonesian side to reach the last four of the competition.

Persipura will now aim to go one better and become the first side from outside West Asia to reach the final of the AFC Cup, which began in 2004.

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MILAN — No longer a surprise package, Roma is expected to be one of the main challengers to end Juventus’ hold on the league title. Not

much was expected from the club last season, but a record Serie A start of 10 straight wins saw Roma emerge as a genuine title contender under coach Rudi Garcia. The capital side eventually finished second to a record-break-

ing Juventus but ended the season 23 points and four league places better than the previous campaign.

Roma may have lost the element of surprise this time but it has an added bonus of the experience of fighting

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MANCHESTER, England — Sitting in the executive seats high up at Etihad Stadium, Mario Balotelli began life at Liverpool by watching his new team ruthlessly dismantled by the club he left 19 months ago. Manchester City showed just how difficult it will be to dethrone as English champion by beating one of its predicted title rivals 3-1 on Monday, making it two wins from two tough opening games of the Premier League season.

Stevan Jovetic scored twice and fellow striker Sergio Aguero netted seconds after coming on as a substitute for City, demonstrating that the champions’ strength in depth up front has hardly diminished since selling the combustible Balotelli to AC Milan in January 2013. In fact, it has probably got even better.

With Balotelli added to the ranks for 16 million pounds ($26.5 million) on Monday, Liverpool strengthened the one area of its squad that looked light following the departure of Luis Suarez to Barcelona last month.

On this evidence, though, the Reds will struggle to close the two-point gap they finished behind City last season.

“These games are games of six points,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said. “When you play at home, it is important not to drop points

against important teams. Liverpool is an important team and will be fighting for the title at the end.” Jovetic was a forgotten man last season after his big-money move from Fiorentina, his career stalling during a year that was blighted by injury and failure to break into City’s star-studded attack.

The Montenegro striker starred for City in preseason, though, and with Aguero working his way to full fitness after the World Cup and Alvaro Negredo out injured, Jovetic is taking his chance to make a statement to Pellegrini.

He pounced on a defensive lapse

by Liverpool debutant Alberto Moreno to open the scoring in the 41st minute with a fierce low drive before starting and finishing a move that also involved Samir Nasri for his second goal in the 55th, leaving Liverpool to regret not making the most of a decent

start to the match.

Aguero added the third in the 69th with his first touches of the ball after coming on for the injured Edin Dzeko, running onto Jesus Navas curling pass, taking a touch and sidefooting in at the near post. There were barely 20 seconds between Aguero jogging onto the pitch and wheeling away in celebration at his second goal of the season — both as a substitute.

City defender Pablo Zabaleta turned the ball into his own net under pressure from Rickie Lambert in the 83rd minute to deny the hosts a second straight clean sheet after an opening 2-0 win at Newcastle. But it’s so far, so good for Pellegrini’s side, which joined Tottenham, Chelsea and Swansea on six points. For Liverpool, there is excitement at the arrival of Balotelli, but a fear that City may again be too good this season.

Benzema and Ronaldo on target as Real beat Cordoba Reuters

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Manchester City’s Stevan Jovetic reacts after scoring against Liverpool during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

BARCELONA - A bullet header from Karim Benzema and a late Cristiano Ronaldo strike allowed Real Madrid kick off their La Liga campaign with a 2-0 victory over newly promoted Cordoba. Benzema struck on the half-hour with a badly needed goal, having only scored once in the previous 15 games. Cordoba did unsettle Real in the second half but Ronaldo hit a trademark 25-yard drive into the corner to settle the game in the final minute.

While they beat Sevilla to win the UEFA Super Cup earlier this month, Real were poor during pre-season and were outplayed by Atletico Madrid in the domestic Super Cup, losing 2-1 on aggregate last week. “I have always rated the quality of Karim even though he wasn’t scoring,” coach Carlo Ancelotti told a news conference.

“It would be more worrying if he were in top condition at this stage as is the same for all. We need to speed up the play more. The most important thing was to start with a win which we did even though we had to suffer. “We controlled the game well and tried to mix possession with more direct play.”

It was a more attacking Real lineup than then one that took the field against Atletico

in the Super Cup with new signing James Rodriguez starting ahead of Xabi Alonso in midfield. After a scrappy start Real began to increase the pressure with Ronaldo and Toni Kroos having shots from the edge of the area which Cordoba keeper Juan Carlos Martin dealt with comfortably.

The pressure eventually told when Benzema opened the scoring, with Mike Havenaar going close at the other end from a corner. The visitors made it difficult for Real after the restart and Xisco thought he had found an equaliser midway through the second half but was called offside, before Ronaldo ended any thoughts of comeback late on. Later champions Atletico face Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona beat Elche 3-0 on Sunday.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Cordoba at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

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Inter Milan midfielder Jonathan (2) falls while battling with Roma defender Urby Emanuelson (82) for the ball during the first half of the match at Lincoln Financial Field.

Man United agree to record British transfer for Di Maria

Reuters

LONDON - Manchester United have agreed a British record transfer fee of 59.7 million pounds ($99 million) to secure Angel di Maria from Real Madrid and are set to announce his transfer officially on

Tuesday, British media reported.

The Argentina winger arrived in Manchester on Monday and would have a medical test later on Tuesday, British newspapers said.

The transfer fee outstrips the 50 million pounds English Premier League rivals Chelsea paid Liverpool for Spain striker Fernando Torres in 2011. United declined comment.

Di Maria cost Real 20 million pounds from Benfica in 2010 and he was a key part of the team that

won the club’s 10th European Cup last term but he was omitted from the squad for the Spanish Super Cup last week.

The 26-year-old turned down a new deal at the Bernabeu and Real coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Sunday he had bade farewell to players and staff.

Di Maria’s signing would provide a boost for Louis van Gaalcoached United, who have taken only one point from their opening two games of the Premier League season.

for a title and has matured as a squad.

“We’re coming off the back of a positive season, but we know we can improve,” Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis said. “The love of the fans makes me proud to be part of this club. We will try to reward them and to satisfy their desire to win something important this season.”

Roma will also be involved in the Champions League this year and much of its season will depend on how the club manages to balance playing among Europe’s elite with its domestic duties.

“In the Champions League we will be outsiders and that could help us a lot. The players are at 100 percent both physically and mentally,” Garcia said. “In the league I’m worried about the players’ attitudes in the games immediately before and after the Champions League. My job is to make sure that before Champions League games the team gives its all on the field. We are stronger than last year.”

Garcia has strengthened the squad with a number of shrewd signings.

Roma shelled out 24.5 million euros ($33.2 million) for 21-year-old Argentine forward Juan Manuel Iturbe, who

has been compared to Lionel Messi.

At the other end of the scale, veteran English defender Ashley Cole joined on a free transfer.

“It’s a great club with real ambition,” Cole said. “Last year they came second. I talked with the coach and he expressed the ambitions he had and showed a real will to win. “I want to contribute to a team that will win the league. I received offers from other, small teams, but I didn’t want to just lie on a beach. I came here to win. I have won a lot in my career, but I don’t want to stop.”

Roma has also signed Davide Astori, Seydou Keita, Urby Emanuelson and Salih Ucan. Much of its chances, however, will depend on whether it manages to hang on to key players such as Mattia Destro and Mehdi Benatia, who have already attracted a lot of interest from top European clubs. The 23-year-old Destro scored 13 goals in 20 matches, despite only starting his injury-delayed season in December.

Destro and Benatia were two of a number of shrewd buys by Garcia last offseason, along with De Sanctis, Kevin Strootman, Adem Ljajic and Gervinho.

Player death: Algerian club faces more sanctions Associated Press

ALGIERS — An Algerian football club has been banned from using its stadium pending investigations after one of its players was hit on the head and killed by an object thrown by fans.

The Confederation of African Football on Tuesday backed measures taken by Algerian authorities to stop JS Kabylie from playing at November 1 Stadium in the city of Tizi Ouzou, where Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse was fatally hit at a game on Saturday. CAF said it was only the first sanction and Kabylie faces more punishment.

CAF said the 24-year-old Ebosse suffered a head trauma and internal bleeding after being hit by a “sharp object.” It appeared to be hurled by his team’s supporters after a 2-1 loss.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said it was “intolerable that a spectator caused the death of a player.”

Kuwait AFC Cup reign smacked for six by Persipura

Reuters

JAKARTA - Kuwait Sports Club’s two-year dominance of the AFC Cup ended in spectacular fashion after they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Persipura Jayapura 8-4 on aggregate after losing 6-1 in Indonesia on Tuesday.

The Kuwaiti side, winners

of the last two editions of Asia’s second tier club competition, scored two late goals to snatch a 3-2 home win in last week’s first leg but their Indonesian opponents showed no let up in the return encounter on Tuesday.

Argentine Robertino Pugliara opened the scoring with a brilliant scissor-kick strike after two minutes and went on to complete a hattrick for the Indonesian champions, who ran the defending champions’ backline ragged.

Persipura were 3-0 up at the break after two from Pugliara and one from captain Boaz Solossa with Titus Bonai adding a fourth in

the second period before Kuwait finally replied through Iranian World Cup striker Reza Ghoochannejhad.

The goal left the tie at 6-4 with 25 minutes remaining and Kuwait needing two more to go through but those ambitions were quickly crushed a minute later when Pugliara completed his hat-trick with a curling finish.

A tired Kuwait side, clearly feeling the effects of the long journey across Asia, were reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes remaining when Fahad Hamoud was sent off as their discipline deserted them.

It was a miserable showing for Kuwait, the competition’s most successful team having also won the trophy in 2009 and reached the final in 2011.

Substitute Ferinando Pahabol then completed the rout in stoppage time as he burst through unchallenged for a sixth that made Persipura the first Indonesian side to reach the last four of the competition.

Persipura will now aim to go one better and become the first side from outside West Asia to reach the final of the AFC Cup, which began in 2004.

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Puputan Badung Square The name of Taman Puputan Badung is a dedication to memorize of the war on 20th September 1906 in which the Balinese people King Badung/Denpasar fought bravely against the Dutch who invaded theh land. That date is always commemorated every year, and a monument called Taman Puputan Monument has been erected for the important event. This monument stands of northern part of the Puputan Square. This Square is visited by many local people every afternoon for recreation; and every Sunday there activities particularly organized for children.

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NEW YORK - Former champions Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova sparkled under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights to end a steamy first day that proved more than a little stressful for several of the U.S. Open favourites on Monday. Djokovic, who had won only two matches in the hard court run-up to the season’s final grand slam after getting married just days after his Wimbledon triumph, was back to his best once the center court spotlight shone on him at Flushing Meadows.

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The 2011 champion treated his first-round match against unseeded 22-year-old Argentine Diego Schwartzman like a breezy workout, dominating in all phases with 24 winners including seven aces in a 6-1 6-2 6-4 rout. His fast work followed a scintillating finish by French Open champion and 2006 winner Sharapova, as the fifth seed won 10 straight games to prevail 6-4 6-0 after falling 2-4 behind against her Russian compatriot and old friend Maria Kirilenko.

Despite the night programme starting one hour later than scheduled due to ceremonies featuring bands, speeches and fireworks, Djokovic enabled the New York night crowd to head to the exits shortly before the stroke of midnight. “I’m very pleased,” the Serbian world number one said in a courtside interview after his 97-minute win.

“It’s never easy to start a U.S. Open smoothly.”

Several of the favorites at Flushing Meadows could attest to his opinion. Busy bees made life difficult for two grizzled veterans and a pair of favourites were forced to work overtime on a hot, steamy day at the U.S. National Tennis Center that drew a combined 57,000 fans to the day and night sessions.

Eighth-seeded 2012 champion Andy Murray fought off cramps to beat Dutchman Robin Haase in four painful sets, while women’s second seed Simona Halep lost an early tiebreak to U.S. debutant Danielle Collins before claiming victory. And in an intriguing match-up of 19th seed Venus Williams and Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, the oldest players in the women’s draw, some pesky bees joined in and refused to leave them alone.

Major Camping Murray appeared on course for an easy victory before he fell victim to cramps that left him stretching and straining to get comfortable before clinching a 6-3 7-6 (6) 1-6

7-5 victory over Haase. “I felt extremely good before the match, and I did train very, very hard to get ready for the tournament,” said Murray, one of the fittest players on the ATP Tour.

“My quads were cramping, then it started to get to my lats, then my forearms,” he added. “I just tried to hang around and at the end I was trying to play without moving my legs much and managed to get through.” Murray said he might consult with a nutritionist before meeting his secondround opponent, Germany’s Matthias Bachinger.

A less serious intrusion hit the irresistible women’s clash between seven-times grand slam singles winner Williams and Japan’s remarkable Date-Krumm, who were beset by bees. First the 43-year-old Japanese player and later 34-year-old Williams dipped, ducked and danced away before ballgirls helped usher the stubborn swarm away from the baseline. When finally left to play tennis on a sun-bathed Arthur Ashe Stadium court, Williams stung her opponent 2-6 6-3 6-3 to advance.

Asked about who presented the peskier test in the two-hour match, two-time U.S. Open winner Williams said: “The bee was a challenge but easily the answer is Kimiko.”

In an upset on the men’s side, twice U.S. Open semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, the 21st seed, fell to big-serving Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios 7-5 7-6 (4) 2-6 7-6 (1). The 19-year-old Kyrgios, who made a Wimbledon splash by ousting Rafa Nadal in the fourth round to reach the quarter-finals, blasted 26 aces. The 60th-ranked Kyrgios moved on to a second-round match against Italy’s Andreas Seppi. Advancing with relative ease in straight sets were Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland and fifth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist.

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Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after beating compatriot Maria Kirilenko during their match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 25, 2014.

Hamilton/Rosberg feud could be ‘big mess’, warns Boullier

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Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (L) of Germany and team mate Lewis Hamilton of Britain walk next to each other after the qualifying session at the Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps August 23, 2014.

The Mercedes Formula 1 team risks finding itself in a “big mess” if its management does not get the feud between its drivers under control quickly, warns McLaren’s Eric Boullier.

Following a controversial coming together between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes chiefs are set for urgent talks with its battling duo to try to work out where the team goes from here.

Mercedes accepts that it cannot let the breakdown in relations that has now caused trouble on track to allow Red Bull rival Daniel Ricciardo to snatch the title following his latest F1 win in Belgium.

“There is always a risk,” said McLaren racing director Boullier while speaking to AUTOSPORT about whether there was a danger of Mercedes’ troubles derailing its title campaign.

“If there is a very serious degradation in the relationship between the drivers and between the drivers and the team, you will end up with a big, big mess.” Boullier concedes, however, that there is no obvious path that Mercedes

can take to deal with the matter - especially because the crash between its drivers came so early in the race.

When asked how the team can control Hamilton and Rosberg from now on, Boullier said: “You can’t. It is unfortunate it happened on lap two but it is a racing incident. “If you watch the last races it has happened many times. So it is unfortunate, and I understand why they may be upset because they missed a one-two result, but this is racing.”

Boullier also suggests that Mercedes has to decide whether to have a media blackout about how it has resolved matter, or that it needs to explain what action it has taken - which could risk fuelling the controversy further.

“It depends on how much coverage you want after in the press,” he said. “If you start to blame the drivers then obviously it is a policy that I will not recommend.

“It is better to clear the air outside of the track, but I am happy to not have that problem to manage. In the end you tend to think you are shooting yourself - but this is part of racing as well.”

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US: Bin Laden son-in-law must get life in prison

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In this Aug. 12, 2014 photo, Kevin Fan poses for a photo at Asian Glories restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fan is grappling with the job of running two Rotterdam restaurants that were owned by his parents, who, along with his grandmother, were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine.

Even if attacked, airline could be liable in crash

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Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting to sort through the long process of gaining compensation for their loss. Officials in the Netherlands, where the majority of Flight 17 victims lived, say that Malaysia Airlines has been making $50,000 payments to the families without admitting any wrongdoing in the crash.

Such payments may create goodwill, lawyers say, but they are not likely to discourage some families from seeking more than the amount promised under an international treaty — about $174,000.

Since the early days of commercial aviation, international agreements have governed compensation for crash victims. It is a no-fault system — the airline pays a standard compensation even if is blameless.

Under a treaty called the Montreal Convention, families can sue for more if the airline or another party was negligent.

Aviation-accident lawyers say it would be almost impossible to collect damages from Russia or the pro-Russian rebels accused of shooting down the plane with a far-reaching surfaceto-air missile. Malaysia Airlines will be left as the prime — maybe the only — defendant, and lawsuits are likely to hinge on the plane’s planned route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17.

Malaysian officials have said that the route over eastern Ukraine was deemed safe by international aviation

authorities as long as the plane flew higher than 32,000 feet — below that, Ukraine had closed the airspace, presumably because of the threat posed by pro-Russia rebels armed with shoulder-held anti-aircraft guns, which have a limited range. While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had prohibited flights over the Crimean Peninsula, the U.S. ban did not extend to eastern Ukraine until after the shoot-down. And, Malaysian officials have noted, other airlines continued to fly the same route, even on the day that Flight 17 was shot down.

But some aviation lawyers say that the families could have a strong case by arguing that Malaysia Airlines should have stopped flying over eastern Ukraine after the rebels shot down military jets earlier in July.

“The idea that somebody else was equally as stupid as they were is not that good of an argument,” said Jonathan Reiter, a New York personalinjury lawyer who has handled many aviation cases.

Families of those on this year’s major air crashes — Flight 17;

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing; the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 222 in stormy weather in Taiwan; and the crash of Air Algerie Flight 5017 in Mali — could be waiting years for compensation from the airlines and their insurers.

Under the Montreal treaty, lawsuits can be filed in the home country of the victim, the country where the airline is based, where the ticket was bought or where the plane was headed. Americans and Europeans have often received higher awards than families in countries such as Malaysia, where the courts usually stick to the treaty limit, lawyers say.

“You could have two people sitting next to each other who may have the same income. (The family of) one gets multi millions, and the other one gets $75,000,” said Justin Green, an aviation attorney whose firm represented families of victims of Pan Am 103, bombed over Scotland in 1988.

For some relatives of those on Flight 17, the pain is still too raw to decide whether to go to court.

NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law should be sentenced to life in prison for his role as al-Qaida’s spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he made “bone-chilling threats” against America, prosecutors said in court papers filed Monday.

The government said a life sentence for Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, whose words were “inciting, murderous, and hateful,” would send an important deterrent message to would-be terrorists.

“Terrorism is a crime with high recidivism rates and rehabilitation is notoriously difficult,” prosecutors said. The papers were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan a month before a sentencing scheduled for Sept. 23. Abu Ghaith’s defense lawyer, Stanley Cohen, had urged Judge Lewis A. Kaplan earlier this month to sentence his client to 15 years in prison, saying it was sufficient.

Abu Ghaith was convicted in March of charges that included conspiracy to kill Americans and providing support to al-Qaida. Abu Ghaith is a Kuwaiti-born imam who married bin Laden’s eldest daughter about five years ago. He is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure brought to trial on U.S. soil since the 2001 attacks.

In their papers, prosecutors said Abu Ghaith “proudly sat at bin Laden’s right hand” after the Sept. 11 attacks, repeatedly participating in videos aimed at recruiting more people to al-Qaida.

“Abu Ghayth repeatedly made unambiguous and bone-chilling threats that al Qaeda would continue to conduct terrorist attacks using airplanes,” prosecutors wrote.

“Simply put, the defendant eagerly supported al Qaeda and its mass murder of Americans,” they said. “The significance of Abu Ghayth’s spoken words is unmistakable. Inspirational and charismatic speakers like Abu Ghayth allow al Qaeda to refill its ranks of suicide operatives by driving more future terrorists to al Qaeda’s murderous mission.”

In his trial’s most dramatic testimony, Abu Ghaith described being summoned to a dark Afghanistan cave within hours of the destruction of the World Trade Center to confer with bin Laden, who told him: “We are the ones who did it.” Abu Ghaith testified that a worried bin Laden asked him how America would respond.

“America, if it was proven that you were the one who did this, will not settle until it accomplishes two things: to kill you and topple the state of the Taliban,” Abu Ghaith said he replied.

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INDONESIA SBY satisfied on leaving office Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - Indonesia’s outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said Tuesday he leaves office with a sense of satisfaction after strengthening democracy and the economy during a decade in power.

The former general stands down in October when Joko Widodo, the reform-minded governor of Jakarta who won July’s presidential polls, takes the reins of Southeast Asia’s top economy.

In an interview with The Australian newspaper, Yudhoyono admitted there was more work to be done, but said he had accomplished much.

“I leave my office with a sense of satisfaction that I have tried to do

my best to serve the nation, and that at the end of my 10 years in office Indonesia is a stronger nation, a stronger democracy and a stronger economy,” he said.

Yudhoyono took on a nation suffering widespread graft, an insurgency in Aceh province and bombings by the Jemaah Islamiyah network when he was elected in Indonesia’s first direct presidential poll in 2004.

ROME — The Italian navy has recovered another 24 bodies from an overturned fishing boat during rescue operations for the thousands of would-be refugees who are fleeing Libyan shores for Europe.

The navy said Tuesday that two of its patrol boats recovered the corpses from the capsized smuggler’s boat Sunday night. Their remains, as well as 364 survivors, were headed toward

Augusta on Sicily’s east coast.

At a meeting Wednesday with the EU’s home affairs commissioner, Italy’s interior minister is expected to demand that the European Union do more to help Italy rescue the migrants.

More than 100,000 people have arrived in Italy so far this year thanks to increasing instability in Libya, where human smugglers operate. Some 42,000 arrived in all of 2013.

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From page 1 “Our continued effort is to ensure that a culture of peace is always built in the public communication that is respectful to other various cultures and norms particularly of the marginalized and the poor,” he said.

UNESCO Jakarta office director Hubert Gijzen said in his opening remark the forum comes at a critical moment in the design of the post-2015 development agenda. “I believe that the discussions in Bali from Aug. 25 to 28 will generate a new momentum to the effort of giving media a prominent role in shaping the future we want for all,” he said.

The ministry’s Director General for Public Information and Communications Dr. Freddy Tulung said earlier in a press briefing that the forum will adopt the Bali Roadmap for media and development, which will include recommendations on both media development and media as a means of generating development. “The roadmap will also be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda formulated by the United Nations,” Tulung added.

“We had many challenges but, one by one, we fixed our problems,” he said.

“We resolved the longstanding separatist conflict in Aceh. We stabilised the situation in Papua.

We survived the tsunami crisis (of 2004) and many other natural disasters.

“We fought corruption hard, not always successfully. We neutralised and disrupted terrorist groups. We

The police conducted a raid on a shop house at Lingkar Selatan street in Serang city on Tuesday morning, where a terror suspect was believed to have sought shelter.

JAKARTA - Five cleaners will go on trial this week over allegations of sexual assault at one of Indonesia’s most prestigious international schools, the first cases in a longrunning scandal to go to court.

The crisis at the Jakarta International School (JIS), which began with public allegations in April that the cleaning staff assaulted a six-year-old boy, has rocked an institution that has been a favourite with expatriates in the capital for more than 60 years.

The cleaners will be indicted on Tuesday and Wednesday but deny any wrongdoing, a lawyer for two of them said. All of them who previously confessed now plan to recant, claiming police beat them up, he said.

Since the first allegation emerged the scandal has snowballed, with more parents making abuse claims, school staff members accused and a revelation that a suspected se-

Brigadier General M. Zulkarnain stated on Tuesday.

In the meantime, Serang city’s Chief of Police office Adjunct Commissioner Yudi Hermawan noted that Tuesday’s raid was aimed to arrest a terror suspect who was said to have taken part in some terrorist training in a secluded place in Aceh province.

“The suspect has been a fugitive for years. Fortunately, we are able to arrest them here,” Yudi added.

A motorist rides through an empty fuel station, as fuel subsidy runs out, in Jakarta, August 25, 2014. Presidentelect Joko Widodo will sit down with Indonesia’s outgoing leader this week in the hope of reaching an agreement to raise fuel prices before the handover in October, a move that would help ease budget-sapping subsidy costs. The red placard said the quota of fuel subsidy for today is runs out. The white placard said the maximum amount people can but fuel subsidy in one day.

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Police raids terror suspect’s house

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SERANG - The police conducted a raid on a shop house at Lingkar Selatan street in Serang city on Tuesday morning, where a terror suspect was believed to have sought shelter.

“Yes, there was a raid this morning. We have arrested a terror suspect along with his wife. We also questioned two witnesses at the location,” Banten’s Chief of Police

pursued a more active international engagement in a turbulent world,” he added.

Yudhoyono said Indonesia, where around half of the mostly Muslim population of 250 million are poor, had also weathered the global financial crisis and completed direct elections for all local leaders.

Economic growth had been healthy, averaging 5.9 percent during the period of 2009 to 2013, he said.

And although it had fallen to 5.2 percent in the first part of 2014, Indonesia was still experiencing higher economic growth than many

other nations.

“In fact, in the G20, Indonesia has the second highest growth after China,” he said, adding that he expected growth to reach 6.0 percent or more within two years.

The president said that while he had made the unpopular decision to increase the price of petrol last year, and this year hiked electricity and gas, costly fuel subsidies had needed to be adjusted.

“My hope is that the new government will give the subsidy to the poor. We should not give the subsidy to the commodities but to the people who need it: the poor,” he said.

rial paedophile sought by the FBI taught there for a decade.

Abuse claims have been made against Canadian Neil Bantleman, an administrator at the school, and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong.

The school has denied the accusations, and commissioned an investigation that it said showed no evidence of the alleged abuse.

The pair have been in custody since mid-July while police investigate their cases.

The family of one boy allegedly abused has filed a civil suit against the school seeking $125 million in damages.

One of the cleaners, Agun Iskandar, will be indicted in at the start of his trial on Tuesday, while the four others will be formally charged Wednesday, according to officials at the South Jakarta District Court.

However Saut Irianto Rajagukguk, a lawyer representing Iskandar and another cleaner, Virgiawan

Amin, said four of the cleaners would recant their confessions.

The fifth, a woman, never confessed, he said.

“The accused never committed the alleged rape,” he told AFP. “The police beat the men so badly that they had no choice but to confess.”

The lawyer also said medical examinations on the boy showed no signs of sexual abuses.

Police have repeatedly denied that they beat the cleaners.

A sixth cleaner, Azwar, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was implicated in the case but died in police custody. Police say he committed suicide by drinking floor cleaning fluid.

The abuse scandal at JIS, a favourite with the children of foreign businessmen, diplomats and wealthy Indonesians, also sparked soul-searching about the high incidence of sexual abuse at the country’s schools.

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24 more bodies recovered in Italy’s refugee rescue

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Euro sinks again as Germany insists on austerity Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK - The euro fell again against major currencies Monday as Germany reiterated its insistence on austerity and reform in trying to revive the eurozone economy.

The euro sank below $1.32 against the dollar, falling to its lowest level since early September 2013. As recently as May it was above $1.39.

The euro also dropped against the British pound and Japanese yen, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Madrid’s austerity drive during a visit to Spain and

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gave her powerful backing to the country’s economy minister in his bid to lead the Eurogroup forum of eurozone finance ministers.

Meanwhile France’s cabinet was reshuffled amid a fight between pro-stimulus and pro-austerity politicians that had weakened the government under President Francois Hollande.

Also weighing on the common currency were the comments Friday by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, who strongly suggested that the ECB would take more measures to fight deflation and strengthen growth.

Germany earlier this month snubbed a request from Hollande for an EU-wide shift of economic policy in order to encourage growth.

Since the start of the eurozone debt crisis in 2010, Germany has faced accusations that by failing to use its standing as Europe’s biggest economy to do more to kickstart

growth, it is leaving struggling partners in the lurch.

But European markets and bonds shrugged off the upheaval in France, boosted by comments last week from ECB chief Mario Draghi who suggested recent monetary policy measures would get the eurozone back on its feet.

Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi have been especially vocal in calling for an easing of the fiscal austerity imposed by Germany.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister,

WA S H I N G TO N — F ew e r Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery.

The Commerce Department said Monday that new-home sales fell 2.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 412,000. The report also revised up the June sales rate to 422,000 from 406,000.

New-home sales plunged 30.8 percent in the Northeast, followed by smaller drop-offs in the Midwest and West. Purchases were up 8.1 percent in the South, a region that usually accounts for more than half of all new-home sales.

Inventory of new homes on the market rose to six months, a level last reached in October 2011. The median price of a new home last month was $269,800, up 2.9 percent over the past 12 months.

But the steady rebound in construction coming out of the Great Recession has stalled. Sales lost much of their momentum beginning last October, derailed by modest wage growth, a bump in mortgage rates and many builders focusing more on rental apartments and high-end homes for wealthier buyers.

The monthly sales data can be extremely volatile, yet the trend line shows that the market for new homes is “running in place,” said

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Save mangrove, reject Benoa Bay reclamation Bali Post

NEGARA - The action rejecting the Benoa Bay reclamation is increasingly widespread in Jembrana. It is not only limited to the installation of billboard. Even, dozens of young people coalesced into the Jembrana Youth Movement (GPJ) made an action by planting mangrove seedling in the coastal areas of Tuwed, Melaya.

waded into the debate on Monday, saying in an interview that Germany should play a bigger role in propelling economic recovery in Europe.

“What I think is very important for Germany is to participate in the recovery movement in a very intense way. It has the means to do so,” she told Swiss public broadcaster RTS. “We have seen a process of very strong budget tightening over the past three years,” she said, adding that “fortunately, in 2014 and 2015, this budget tightening is much weaker”.

Sales of US new homes fall in July Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial.

“The sales rate basically has not budged over the past ten months,” Moody said.

The Monday sales data dampened enthusiasm over other recent reports that the pace of buying has recently improved.

“This is a softer report than expected and suggests housing demand has stabilized in recent quarters, as opposed to improving,” said Michael Gapen, an analyst at the bank Barclays.

Sales of existing homes rose 2.4 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.15 million, the National Association of Realtors reported last week. That’s the fourth consecutive monthly increase and the highest annual rate since September of last year.

The report showed that “distressed” sales are making up a lower share of purchases. Sales are distressed when they are the result of foreclosures or involve homes for which the seller owed more on the mortgage than the home was worth.

Distressed sales accounted for 9 percent of the purchases in July — the lowest share since the association began tracking the figure in October 2008. Distressed sales, which tend to drag down neighborhood prices, accounted for 36 percent of sales in 2009.

Separately, construction starts climbed 15.7 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.1 million homes, the government

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Dozens of young people coalesced into the Jembrana Youth Movement (GPJ) made an action by planting mangrove seedling in the coastal areas of Tuwed, Melaya.

The peaceful action planting mangrove seedlings involved around 70 youths from various villages in Jembrana. A similar action was also previously undertaken in the mangrove forest of Perancak. GPJ Coordinator, I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, said if the action was spontaneously initiated and carried out as a form of environmental care. “It poses our real measure to take care of the nature of Bali we love,” he said.

From the morning to midday on Sunday (Aug 24), the young men planted about 2,000 mangrove seedlings. The movement named ‘save mangrove, reject Benoa Bay reclamation’ was also filled with spreading banner on

the rejection against the reclamation around the mangroves. “This is the second action. Previously, we also did greening in mangrove forests of Perancak. Hopefully, this effort continues rolling until the government realizes and responds to the public rejection,” added the man from Dauhwaru.

Meanwhile, the billboards on the rejection against the reclamation were also increasingly installed by community groups and youth groups in various regions in Jembrana. One by one of the billboards containing the rejection against the reclamation appeared and they were mounted at the corner of the village and on the edge of the DenpasarGilimanuk road section. (olo)

Customary villagers of Penatahan hold Nyenuk ritual

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This May 14, 2014 file photo shows a new home for sale in the Winthrop subdivision in Riverview, Fla. The Commerce Department on new home sales in July on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

said. Applications for building permits, a gauge of future activity, also rose last month.

But much of the construction gains came from the apartments sector, which experienced a 33 percent increase last month. By contrast, single-family home construction rose 8.3 percent.

Also, the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo’s index of builder sentiment rose in August to 55, up two points from a revised 53 for July. Readings above 50 indicate more builders view sales conditions as improving.

At the same time, price gains have started to slow and mortgage

rates have dropped since the start of 2014. That could eventually help boost sales.

And the average rate for a 30year mortgage fell to 4.1 percent this week, the lowest level this year, according to Freddie Mac. At the beginning of the year, the average rate was 4.53 percent.

BANGLI - Coinciding with Soma Umanis Bala, Monday (Aug 25), the Penatahan customary village, Susut village, Susut subdistrict, implemented Nyenuk ceremony. The ceremony was held in a series of teh Karya Agung Pamungkah, Mukpuk Pedagingan and Melasti to Dalem Pemuhun Temple, Penatahan customary village whose peak had been implemented on Anggara Kasih Perangbakat, Tuesday (Aug 19).

Chief of Penatahan customary village, I Nyoman Sudiarta, said the ceremonies consisting of Karya Agung Pamungkah, Mukpuk Pedagingan and Melasti posed the continuation of the development of the Pemuhun Temple whose construction was carried out gradually starting in 2010 and was completed in mid-2013. Total cost of the temple construction reached IDR 3 billion with the funds sourced from 319 families as supporting devotees of the temple, donation assistance from the government and from the public.

Further, he explained that with the completion of the temple construction and decision made through several meetings, it was finally agreed to organize the ritual. The series of such grandiose ritual was started on Buda Paing Kuningan, Wednesday (May

28) with notification ritual about the ceremony, the making platform and sacred cakes. It was resumed with the inauguration ceremony of the temple building and installation of bamboo pole flute (sunari) on Redite Pon Tambir (Jul 13), invocation of holy water and further procession on Sukra Wage Uye (Aug 8), Labuh Gentuh, burying foundation, inauguration of shrine and ritual establishment on Wraspati Pon Menail (Aug 14), Melasti or purificatory rite for sanctified effigies of the venerated deities to Watuklotok Beach on Redite Pon Perangbakat (Aug 17), Mapepada Agung (ritual for sacrificial animals) on Soma Wage Perangbakat (Aug 18), while peak of the ritual fall on Anggara Kasih Perangbakat (Aug 19) and the ritual would be closed on Sukra Pon Bala (Aug 29).

Five sacrificial animals in use include buffalo, calf, goat, turtle, geese, duck and chicken. Implementation of the ritual was officiated over by Ida Pedanda Yajamana from Griya Losan Bukit (Bangli), Ida Pedanda Budha from Griya Nongan (Karangasem) and Rsi Bujangga from Griya Angkling (Gianyar). Meanwhile, the Nyenuk procession held last Monday was commenced by mepeed followed by Pasek clan family, cakes and crops arrangement as well as awakening of Ida Bagus Sidekarya

Coinciding with Soma Umanis Bala, Monday (Aug 25), the Penatahan customary village, Susut village, Susut subdistrict, implemented Nyenuk ceremony.

accompanied with Rejang Dance, Pendet Dance, Baris Dance, Wayan Gedong and Deeng Payas Agung.

The ritual was officiated over by Ida Pedanda Yajamana from Griya Losan Bukit (Bangli).

According to Nyoman Sudiarta,

the ritual was intended to purify the macrocosm and microcosm from negative aura and appeal to deities abiding at Dalem Pemuhun Temple in order that Penatahan customary villagers could still be endowed with safety and prosperity as well

as kept away from any danger. “We do hope with the implementation of sincere ritual the deities abiding at the Dalem Pemuhun Temple could provide salvation for us as well as strengthen the kinship among villagers,” he hoped. (ina)

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SEMARAPURA - Scarcity of diesel fuel on Monday (Aug 25) occurred in Klungkung. Almost all petrol stations in Klungkung ran out of diesel stock. As a result, a number of diesel-fueled trucks lined up to get diesel. It was unclear what caused the diesel stock scarcity in Klungkung. However, some truck drivers estimated if the diesel scarcity occurred because there would be price increase for diesel.

Interestingly, a number of sand trucks should hang out at petrol station to get diesel followed by the government-owned vehicles like the fire trucks. From observation at petrol station on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, it was known there were eight sand trucks parked at petrol station because they ran out of diesel.

All the trucks had started parking at the petrol station from 8 o’clock in the morning. Unfortunately, they had not got any diesel until Monday noon.

Even, as waiting for the arrival of diesel so long, one of them was forced to ask for some amount of diesel to other truck driver so that his truck would not break down on the way.

One of the truck drivers, Muhamad Ali, when met at the petrol station said that he had parked his truck from 9 o’clock at the petrol station. It was done because almost all the petrol stations he got in along the Jalan Bypass IB Mantra were out of diesel stock. Similarly,

he did not know about the cause of the diesel scarcity. However, he estimated the diesel scarcity happened because the government would increase the price of diesel.

Ali himself claimed to come from Padanggalak and was about to take sand in Karangasem. But if he did not get diesel in Klungkung, he admitted to be back to Padanggalak. “Incidentally, I still have a bit of diesel. So, after waiting for so long without getting diesel, I will be back,” he said.

Meanwhile, one of the firefighters, Astika, said that the fire truck of Klungkung had been hanging out from the morning to get diesel.

He also hoped the petrol stations in Klungkung soon got diesel supply. Otherwise, it would result in long congestion at a number of road sections in front of the petrol station. “We in the fire brigade also worry. Should there be any fire, our trucks will be unable to go,” he said. (119)

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ST. LOUIS — Mourners gathered to remember Michael Brown in an emotional service that consecrated the killing of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer as another in the long history of the civil rights movement, and implored black Americans to change their protest chants into law. The crowd of more than 4,500 people Monday included the parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old African-American fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, along with a cousin of Emmitt Till, a 14-year-old murdered by several white men while visiting Mississippi in 1955. Till’s killing galvanized the civil rights movement.

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Pocari Sweat Management opened public library IBP

The Management of PT Amerta Indah Otsuka (AIO) which produces Pocari Sweat, assisted and donated public library in Banjar Kelakah, Pipid, Karangasem on Tuesday, August 26. The event was attended by The Vice Regent of Karangasem I Made Sukerana, S.H and the Head of Abang District Drs. I Wayan Ardika itu, and Corporate Affair Director PT AIO Pratiwi Juniarsih.

In the event, Pratiwi said that the donation is the form of concern of the company to the society especially the children in the area. There is great hope that by the existence of the library, they can be smarter and have a brighter future.

She added that it is also one of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the company. The new library is named ‘’Satu Hati Cerdaskan Bangsa” which means one heart, unity to make the nation smarter.

Pratiwi said that since the establishment of PT AIO, it has the commitment to care for the health IBP/Budana The Vice Regent of Karangasem I Made Sukerana, second left, is taking picture along with the Manage- of the society by promoting healthy ment of PT AOI during the opening of the publci library in Pipid, Karangasem. life style. In addition to urge the

society to maintain their health, the company is also aware on the importance of education to produce high quality human resources.

She also thinks that the nation needs the best resources to become a great nation in the future. “The key to develop education is to increase the reading habit of the youth,” she added.

For that reason, the company builds a library with more than 400 books. It also did similar action in other provinces, in total, there are 27 libraries with more than 120,000 books throughout Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the Head of Anak Indonesia Foundation, Lautan Yusuf, the ideal number of libraries in Indonesia is around 700. It can become the source os science because by reading, the science and knowledge can be gained.

The Government Officers present in the event expressed their gratitude on the action by PT AOI. Sukarena urged the people to regularly come to the library to read books. The opening of the library was filled with dance performances and local tradition such as “Genjek”. It is a form of singing while sitting down.

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Mourners urge black Americans to take action Associated Press

A sign that says diesel fuel runst out is seen in one of the gas station

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The casket of Michael Brown is seen at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, before his funeral. Brown, who is black, was unarmed when he was shot in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 9 by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white.

“Show up at the voting booths.

Let your voices be heard, and let everyone know that we have had enough of all of this,” said Eric Davis, one of Brown’s cousins. Also in attendance were several White House aides, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, moviemaker Spike Lee, entertainer Sean Combs and some children of the Rev. Martin Luther King.

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton showed up at the funeral to call for a movement that seeks to clean up police forces and the communities they serve. “We’re not anti-police. We respect police. But those police that are wrong need to be dealt with just like those in our community that are wrong need to be dealt with,” Sharpton said.

Two uncles remembered how Brown had once predicted that someday the whole world would know his name. “He did not know he was offering up a divine prophecy,” Bernard Ewing said. The service at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis at times seemed like a cross between a gospel revival and a rock concert.

It began with upbeat music punctuated by clapping. Some people danced in place.

The Rev. Charles Ewing, the uncle who delivered the eulogy, said Brown “prophetically spoke his demise.” And now his blood is “crying from the ground. Crying for vengeance. Crying for justice.”

Poster-size photos of Brown, wearing headphones, were on each side of the casket, which had a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap atop it.

Large projection screens showed a photo of him clutching his high school diploma while wearing a

cap and gown. Two days after his death, he had been scheduled to start training to become a heating and air-conditioning technician.

Brown, who was to be buried in a St. Louis cemetery, was unarmed when he was killed. A grand jury is considering evidence in the case, and a federal investigation is also underway.

Police have said a scuffle broke out Aug. 9 after officer Darren Wilson told Brown and a friend to move out of the street and onto a sidewalk in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Police said Wilson was pushed into his squad car and physically assaulted. Some witnesses have reported seeing Brown’s arms in the air in an act of surrender. An autopsy found he was shot at least six times.

Relatives denounced a video released by police, who say it shows Brown snatching cigars from a convenience store just before he was killed. In the video, the person said to be Brown grabs a clerk by the shirt and forcefully pushes him into a display rack. Sharpton also took the black community to task, saying it should be as upset about black-on-black crime as it is about police violence: “We have to be outraged by our disrespect for each other.” “Blackness,” he added, “has never been about being a gangster or a thug.” Money and possessions mean little, he said, “if we can’t protect a child walking down the street in Ferguson” and bring justice.

Brown’s death fueled nearly two weeks of sometimes-violent street protests in Ferguson. His father, Michael Brown Sr., asked protesters to observe a “day of silence” Monday to let the family grieve.

Afghan presidential contender threatens boycott

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KABUL — An adviser to a leading Afghan presidential contender, Abdullah Abdullah, says the candidate is threatening to boycott the country’s ballot audit, which has been mired in obstacles.

The complicated, U.N.-supervised audit of the 8 million votes from the June presidential runoff has been underway in Kabul for weeks.

The process followed allegations of vote fraud on both sides and is meant to decide whether Abdullah, a former foreign minister, or former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will replace President Hamid Karzai.

Fazel Ahmad Manawi told reporters on Tuesday that if Abdullah’s concerns are not addressed by Wednesday morning, he would pull out of the audit.

Manawi said the election commission ignored their complaints about fraudulent ballots.

If the recount is halted, it would create another major political stalemate for Afghanistan.

Afghan election commission workers sort ballots for an audit of the presidential run-off votes at an election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

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Mobile use bad for school test scores

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TOKYO - Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform significantly worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes, a Japanese government survey has found.

Among the nearly one-in-nine 14 and 15-year-olds who use their handheld device for at least four hours daily, grade scores suffer an average 14 percentage points across all subjects.

The deficit rises to more than 18 points in mathematics, figures from Japan’s education ministry showed.

Nearly half of all third-year junior high school students questioned spend more than an hour a day on their phones, browsing websites, sending e-mails and playing games. Less than a quarter of those in the age group do not have a mobile.

Smartphone use is also prevalent among 11-year-olds, the survey found, with 54 percent of those in their final year of elementary school having a phone of their own.

Fifteen percent of them spend at least one hour on their device every day.

The results of the survey, which is the first of its kind by the educa-

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President Yudhoyono to open UNAOC Global Forum

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tion ministry, have sparked fears that schoolchildren are neglecting their books for the allure of the small screen.

Kazuo Takeuchi, who has studied the way youngsters use mobiles, told Jiji Press that children with the devices tend to lack confidence in their academic ability, and urged parents to set limits on their usage.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open the Sixth Global Forum of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, on August 29, 2014.

The objective of the Global Forum is to bridge inter-civilization communication across the world, Teuku Faizasyah, a presidential special staff in charge of international relations noted in a statement.

“UNAOC is aimed at promoting ‘Harmony among Civilizations’ and to bridge the gap between Islam and the West. Furthermore, UNAOC

The Sept. 20, 2013 file photo shows a customer configuring the fingerprint scanner technology built into iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing.

Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform significantly worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes, a Japanese government survey has found.

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endorses the common political will and aims to mobilize common actions against prejudice, misperception, and to eliminate extremism in societies,” he emphasized.

The UNAOC was initiated by the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on July 14, 2005, and was co-sponsored by the former prime minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodreg-

uez Zapatero and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The first UNAOC Global Forum was held in Madrid, Spain, in 2008 to jointly condemn extremist actions, such as bomb attacks in Bali, Madrid, Egypt, Istanbul, and London.

The Bali Forum will be attended by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, UN High Representative of the UN-

AOC Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, and prominent speakers from government and non-government organizations.

The meeting will be preceded by the UNAOC Youth Forum bringing together around 200 youth delegates from across the world, on August 28, 2014.

On the sidelines of the Global Forum, President Yudhoyono is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings respectively with Ban Ki-Moon, OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani, and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, according to Faizasyah.

The Global Forum themed “Unity

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in Diversity” is focusing on four pillars: Education, Youth, Media, and Migration. The theme is based on Indonesia’s national motto of “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” or “Unity in Diversity.” The motto reflects the outlook of Indonesia’s founding fathers and embraces the wealth of Indonesia’s cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity.

The Sixth UNAOC Global Forum, which will be organized in Bali, on August 29-30, 2014, will be attended by 114 members of UNAOC’s Group of Friends (GoF) and 20 ministeriallevel officials.

Jokowi to meet with President Yudhoyono today

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LG bets on pricey OLED technology as future of TVs Associated Press

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Models pose with LG Electronics’ 77-inch Ultra organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV during a press unveiling in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

SEOUL — LG Electronics Inc. announced two new giant OLED TVs with ultra-high definition screens Monday, sticking with its strategy of using the exceptionally expensive OLED display technology.

The South Korean company said it will ship 65inch OLED TVs starting September in South Korea, Europe and North America. A 77-inch model will hit shelves later this year.

While major TV makers are pushing to make ultra HD TVs mainstream, they use LCD screens. The super-high resolution picture, also known as 4K, packs four times more pixels than regular HD televisions.

Making ultra HD quality TVs with OLED screens remain costly. LG’s 65-inch model will cost 12 million won ($11,765). Other types of ultra HD televisions sell for less than $3,000.

OLED features deeper color saturation and a sharper image quality than LCD. But for years, its cost and high production error rate prevented the technology from catching on among mainstream consumers.

LG said it is committed to OLED because the cost will come down and its advanced screen will eventually replace LCD screens. It forecasts that OLED TV sales will overtake LCD TV sales “within a few years.”

“OLED is where we must head next,” said Ha Hyun-hwoi, head of LG’s TV business. “It is a matter of time.”

LG’s aggressive bet on OLED TVs is in contrast with its rival Samsung Electronics Co. After rolling out a 55-inch curved TV that uses an OLED display last year, Samsung has not announced an upgrade to its OLED TV for this year. Samsung uses OLED technology mostly for small devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to meet President-elect Joko Widodo in Bali on Wednesday, his spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said.

Pasha said that the meeting would take place after Yudhoyono’s state visit to Timor Leste from August 25 to 27, 2014.

“The meeting is planned in Bali on August 27, 2014. Yudhoyono

will receive President-elect Joko Widodo on August 27, 2014,” the presidential spokesman said.

He said that the president was visiting Timor Leste until August 27 and after completing his agenda in Dili, he will fly directly to Bali.

“The meeting will be conducted at the initiative of President Yudhoyono and is expected to serve as a historic event in transitional political leadership in Indonesia,” he added.

Tourism sector contributes revenue worth IDR 100 trillion

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DENPASAR - Tourism sector plays an important role in the Indonesia’s economy as having contributed foreign exchanges up to USD 10 billion or equivalent to IDR 100 trillion. “Last year, the tourism sector occupied the fourth position as contributor of foreign exchange after oil, coal, and oil palm,” said Chairman of the Indonesian Exhibition Companies Association (ASPERAPI), Effi Setiabudi.

Apart from contributing a large enough of foreign exchange, said Effi, tourism sector could also absorb 10 million workers. On that account, the tourism and creative economy needed to be built seriously so as to become the backbone of the national economy as well as replace oil and coal whose existence increasingly shrunk.

To increasingly boost the foreign exchange gain, Effi said that tourism required professional handling.

“The impact of tourism is felt by

almost all walks of life. Its multiplier effect is very broad. It does not only involve hoteliers, restaurateurs and transportation businessmen, but also artisans and hawkers. Even, the players of creative industry such as artists are also affected,” said Effi.

On that account, Effi judged it was required a professional figure to deal with tourism sector and creative economy as the sector involved the lives of the public at large. She pointed out how the people of Bali had enjoyed the progress of tourism with its multiplier effect.

In the same place, the President of South East Asia Tourist Guide Associations (SEATGA) and Chairman of the Indonesian Tourist Guides Association (HPI), I Nyoman Kandia, said the current tourism growth was still relatively slow whereas the potential of tourism in Indonesia was quite large. To that end, it was required to make a new breakthrough that could enhance tourism to grow faster. (010)

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The security personnel doing excercised to secure the Sixth Global Forum of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open UNAOC at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali, on August 29, 2014.

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Tourism stakeholders complained on Kintamani tourist attraction Troop rally for VVIP’s UNAOC Conference

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Troop rally for VVIP security in the framework of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Conference was held at the Nusa Dua Lagoon Square, Monday (Aug 25).

It involved the personnel of the IX/ Udayana Military Regional Command, Bali Police and others.

Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, acting as chief of the rally read the mandate of the Command of the IX/ Udayana Military Regional Commander Wisnu Bawa Tenaya. In the mandate was delivered that Indonesia was the first country in Asia selected to host the international forum. Implementation of the UNAOC Conference would take place for two days namely on August 29-30, 2014.

The 6th UNAOC Conference whose membership was not restricted by national or political boundaries took the theme ‘Unity in

Diversity’ or Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. The theme taken from the motto of Indonesia was very suitable as a means to share experiences on pluralism in various countries. “The participants scheduled to present at the conference, among others, will include the UN Secretary General, the president of the RI and several international youth delegates,” he said.

He explained that pluralism did not make a difference, but rather served as a means to achieve peace.

That was why all the members of the conference agreed with the theme ‘Unity in Diversity’ meaning to be different but was still one, too.

“Since this conference is so important and strategic in bringing about world peace, so the implementation should be successful. In other words, the whole series of activities can run maximally,” he said.

As one of the efforts, he added, it was implemented the VVIP security to all participants. The VVIP Security Operations Com-

mand included various taskforces by involving personnel of the three forces and defense equipment namely the Regional Security Task Force (IX /Udayana Military Regional Command), VVIP Security Task Force (Presidential Detail), VIP Bali Police Security Task Force, Naval Task Force (East Regional Naval Combat), Air Task Force (Air Force Operations Command II), Air Defense Task Force, Intelligence Task Force, Communications and Electronic Task Force and Information Task Force of the National Army (TNI) as well as the entire troops.

The rally was attended by the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Chief of Staff, Inspector of the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command, the Assistant to the IX/Udayana Military Regional Command Chief of Staff and related elements, the ranks of Bali Police and Bali Leadership Coordination Forum and other invitees. (kmb21)

Lack of repair shop at rural areas, in urban areas even proliferates

Bali Post

BANGLI - Bangli is now increasingly highlighted. After the public facilities in the area of Penelokan deemed slum, it is now the turn of safety facility namely repair shop considered to inadequately spread in Bangli, especially in rural areas leading to the Penelokan area. Lacking of repair shops especially those for motorcycle in Bangli is often complained by motorcyclists, where Bangli has various tourist areas often visited by foreign and local travelers riding a motorcycle.

It was justified by a motorcyclist who wanted to visit the Penelokan tourist area, I Gede Bagiarta, 26, from Gianyar. He said there were only a few repair shops in the area

of Bangli especially at road section leading to Penelokan tourist area.

According to him, it was widely available in urban areas, but very rare in rural areas. The presence of repair shop was judged so important considering the main road to the tourist area was far enough from the town. “Yeah, I saw very few repair shops in rural areas around here. Maybe there is only one or two units, but a lot can be found in Bangli town,” he said, Friday (Aug 22).

When monitored in the urban areas of Bangli, many motorcycle repair shops could be found, but only a few in rural areas. It was justified by the owner of a repair shop located in the urban area of Bangli, namely on Jalan Erlangga Cempaga Bangli, Kadek

Kembar Asih, 42. She confirmed the existence of repair shop in the rural area of Bangli was still limited, but many could be found in urban areas. “Indeed only a few repair shops can be found in rural areas, but many in urban areas.

Probably, it happens because in the past there used to be many customers so that the others then followed,” explained a housewife who had been getting involved in the business for 24 years with her husband.

Bagiarta hoped the repair shop business could also spread in rural areas at strategic locations, especially on the road section to tourist area. It was for the sake of ensuring the safety and comfort of the society both for travelers and local community. (oka)

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DENPASAR - Condition of the tourist area of Penelokan, Kintamani, got criticism from tourism businesspeople. Other than looking poorly maintained, the tourist object offering the panoramic attraction of the Mount Batur and Lake Batur also looks dirty and smelly.

“What happens today? When travelers stop at Penelokan, they will witness incredibly contradictory view. Magnificent panorama must be adjacent to the very chaotic, poorly arranged and vile scenery around the stop point. As a result, enjoying the view becomes something inconvenient,” complained Chairman of the Association of the Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter, Ketut Ardana, in Denpasar.

According to him, previously the sidewalk along the Penelokan had been good enough as arranged openly. Thus, travelers who stopped at the location could freely enjoy the panoramic view and take pictures of Mount Batur or Lake Batur from any angle. “However, when we make a visit these days and stop at the location, other than finding the sidewalk filled with concrete bench, the southern side of sidewalk is also made a barrier or fenced with concrete. As a result, the sidewalk previously being open and very convenient then turned narrower, chaotic and dirty,” he said.

Not to mention, he said the market previously located near the Museum of Volcanology was relocated to the sidewalk. Although the market was open every three days, the pile of wooden tables, bamboo tables, tarp tents and others

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placed haphazardly had made Penelokan look very chaotic. “It is not appropriate if Kintamani is referred to as one of the tourism icons of Bali, if the condition is like that,” he said.

Not only that, the caves on the southern side of the road could actually become a point of interest for travelers. Unluckily, they were stacked with sales equipment by market traders. As a result, it increasingly made Penelokan shambles.

“Tourism industry commonly escorting travelers to Kintamani begins to shout. So, please do not wait until the domestic and foreign tour operators recommend not to visit Kintamani. Of course it is very distressing and detrimental for the tourism industry, local communities and tax collection,” he explained.

He mentioned, Penelokan denoting a tourist destination was also criticized related to souvenir hawkers that made some travelers feel disturbed and uncomfortable despite the condition was getting better. Besides, the buildings of restaurant on the cliff edge towards the view of Mount Batur and Lake Batur also tended to proliferate where the buildings averagely used concrete piles.

Definitely, this condition hampered the sights of travelers who passed through the road.

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The bad condition of Kintamani tourist attraction which is located in Bangli Regency

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Greenhouse from Sembilan Restaurant

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SENGANAN - Sembilan Restaurant is a definite Modern Balinese Dining Venue where classism cultural meets the contemporary times, using the Balinese roots with today’s composition and presentation which includes the history of the island, local culture, and organic supply.

As part of Sembilan Restaurant actions for sustainable development, Sembilan adopts the principle of social and eco-friendly operations embodied by the 100 MILES concept. The 100 MILES concept represents a lesser foot carbon print, working with 100% local product, and applying agricultural eco-friendly approach on their soil by using only bio component.

The 100 miles concept allows Sembilan to work with the farmer, fisherman, from 100 MILES or 160 kilometers from the point of Sembilan Restaurant is situated. Senganan, which in Southern part of Bali has been chosen as product supplier for Sembilan Restaurant. Not just by having the product, Sembilan has committed to collect 3% of the restaurant’s benefit for Senganan farmers’ welfare. It is a long-time commitment that a restaurant could have.

After more than a year commitment, Sembilan Restaurant has managed to collect the contribution to Senganan farmers for them to build a greenhouse where the products will be used for Sembilan Restaurant and Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana with lesser pesticides and any other chemical. Sembilan believes that this program could create healthier living for the costumers, better environment, and by having a 100% local product, Sembilan works for a sustainable culture in a hope that the social economy of these farmers and fishermen will be better.

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Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014 9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem 13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku Bangli Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi Pura Taman Limut Mas Ubud 14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri

19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan Buleleng Pura Gunung Pengsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Tengah Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan Tabanan Pira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala Besakih Pura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Batu Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Dalem Guliang Bangli Pura Pasek Dangka Guwang Sukawati Pura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem 20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Pura Rambut Siwi Jembrana Pura Batu Bolong Canggu Kuta Pura Pasek Marga Klaci Tabanan Pura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru Negara Pura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan Buleleng Pira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede Tabanan Pura Desa Banyuning Buleleng Pura Srijong Tabanan Pura Pucak Mundi Nusa Penida Pura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod Gianyar Pura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud 21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng 3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang 9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTB Pura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu Karangasem Pura Padharman Arya Telabah Besakih Pura Bukit Mentik Batur Kintamani Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar 10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk Gianyar Pura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Sesetan Denpasar Bhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klungkung Pura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Gianyar Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa Penida Pura Jati Ubud Gianyar Pura Melanting Ubud Gianyar Pura Dalem Ped Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Karangasem 19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri

23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

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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‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Modern Family’ dominate Emmys

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LOS ANGELES - Cult TV drama series “Breaking Bad” and comedy hit “Modern Family” were the big winners Monday at the annual Emmys, which also paid tribute to late Hollywood icon Robin Williams.

Royal feud saga “Game of Thrones,” which had garnered the most nominations, went home with none of the big prizes from the 66th Primetime Emmys, television’s equivalent of the Oscars.

Other highlights of the show included a passionate on-stage kiss between Bryan Cranston and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a bizarre segment in which curvy Colombian actress Sofia Vergara rotated on a platform.

“This is... a wonderful time to be working in television,” said “Breaking Bad” director Vince Gilligan, accepting the top prize -- best drama -- at the climax of the three-hour show in Los Angeles.

“Breaking Bad,” about chemistry teacher-turned-drugs-kingpin Walter White, also took the best drama actor award for Cranston, and the best supporting prizes for Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn.

The 66th Primetime Emmys show Drama series : “Breaking Bad” Comedy series : “Modern Family” Television movie : “The Normal Heart” Actor in a drama series : Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Actress in a drama series : Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” Supporting actor in a drama series : Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” Supporting actress in a drama series : Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad” Lead actress in a comedy series : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Lead actor in a comedy series : Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” Supporting actor in a comedy series : Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” Supporting actress in a comedy series : Allison Janney, “Mom”

“Modern Family” meanwhile won best comedy series for the fifth year in a row, equaling a record set by “Frasier” between 1994 and 1998.

The evening’s big loser was “Game of Thrones,” which was shortlisted in 19 categories.

The show -- already renewed for a fifth and sixth season -- is produced by cable TV service Home Box Office, which had a total of 99 nominations, compared to 31 for online streaming giant Netflix.

In the end “Game” left with only relatively minor prizes.

The ceremony took a serious turn when honoring Hollywood great Robin Williams, who died in an apparent suicide on August 11 death at age 63, rocking the entertainment world.

With emotions still raw, his friend and fellow actor-comedian Billy Crystal paid tribute to the Oscar winner during the “in memoriam” part of the primetime program.

“He made us laugh. I spent many happy hours onstage with Robin. His brilliance was stunning, the relentless energy breathtaking,” said Crystal, adding Williams’ star remained undimmed.

Miley Cyrus: ‘I’m in constant gratitude of life’ Associated Press

accept her award for video of the year.

“I think what I realized after my last performance at the NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus said when she stole the night VMAs, I didn’t realize my platform, I didn’t realize my power at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, she didn’t realize her and I didn’t realize my voice and how loud it is,” Cyrus said in impact and influence. Now, the singer says she wants to use an interview Monday. “And I thought, you know, rather than her powers for good. sit here and talk about, ‘Oh, on every news cover, every time The 21-year-old is assisting the Hollywood homeless center you go to AOL or wherever you go everybody’s sitting there My Friend’s Place by launching a Prizeo campaign, urging her talking about me,’ instead of using it as a negative, how can I feverish fans to donate to the cause assisting homeless youth. use it as a positive? If I’m going to be speaking this loud, what Cyrus brought a member of the center as her date to Sunday’s am I trying to scream at the world? And this is it. It’s kind of VMAs at The Forum in Inglewood, California, letting him a wake-up (call), which is what I had to do.”

Cyrus said the high of winning awards and memorable performances doesn’t last long, unlike her charity work.

“This fills you up and it feels good for a long time. ...

I feel incredible today. I feel like I have a jet strapped to me and I am ready to take off from this,” she said. “I feel like there’s a way that I can incorporate everything I do in the future around youth homelessness. ... It just gives me more of a purpose. I tell everybody, I mean, dying a pop star is not what I want to have on my tombstone.”

For the campaign, Cyrus is asking fans to donate $5 through Sept. 21, which will enter them in a raffle.

Winners will meet Cyrus at her Sept. 28 concert in Rio de Janeiro.

Cyrus had a breakthrough year when she released “Bangerz” in 2013, which achieved platinum status and featured the hits “Wrecking Ball” and “We Can’t Stop.”

The former Disney star said she’s working on new music with the Flaming Lips, but said she’s not pressuring herself to match her previous success or rush out new Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP material to build momentum.

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Bryan Cranston, winner of the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work in “Breaking Bad,” poses in the press room at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Media roles in democracy acknowledged ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Budhiana

Indonesian minister for communication and information technology, Tifatul Sembiring (middle) during the opening of Media Global Forum at Nusa Dua on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

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NUSA DUA - The strengthening of democracy in Indonesia, including the process of the country’s latest presidential election this year, has been remarkably supported by the role of the media, a minister has said. “Indonesia, as the third largest democracy country in the world is characterized, among others, by its media environment and dynamism,” Indonesian minister for communication and information technology, Tifatul Sembiring, said when opening a global media forum on Tuesday.

The forum is attended by some 300 international media representatives, journalists, government officials and academicians. The three-day event that will last until Friday is a collaboration between the Indonesian government and the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Jakarta office, taking the theme “The role of media in realizing the future we want for all.”

Minister Sembiring said Indonesia has just gone through a peaceful democratic leadership transition.

“The entire process has been worrying and I must honestly say disturbing as well, but at the same time it has been encouraging because the people have spoken.”

The pros and cons and dynamics of information voiced out by the media especially the social media that have been truly remarkable. Everybody can say and participate in the process disregard of the right or wrong opinions they had voiced out.

“In this country, like in many democratic nations, the result is not as important as the participatory principle. Let the people speak and be heard. In the end, they will understand whatever the outcome will be,” Sembiring pointed out.

Giving an idea on the strong role

played by the media on the strengthening of democracy, Sembiring added Indonesia has thousands of conventional media including broadcasting, print and millions of ICT and social media. “Television ownership, tv and radio stations, including the print media are still growing incrementally,” he said.

On print media, Minister Sembiring emphasized it is still playing significant roles particularly towards a more literate public.

Media penetration in Indonesia, as follows: penetration almost reach 95%, radio 47%, internet 29%, newspaper 25% and magazine 13.

Media, particularly broadcasting and ICT based in unlike any other enterprises can only operate and

function because the public give free space and their time. In other word, the public pays the media with their space and time.

The minister further said, the most remarkable media environment particularly in relations to the media and democracy has been the key. This is really apparent in three major aspects of democratic communication. The first aspect is the freedom of speech and press. The second aspect is the participation of the people and the third aspect is the open government or a government official who is always willing to listen to its people, transparent and empowering the people to lead the democratic process peacefully.

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