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Indonesia bridge collapses; 4 dead, scores missing AP Photo

Rescuers inspect the damage of Kutai Kartanegara bridge after it collapsed, in Tenggarong, east Kalimantan, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. The busy bridge collapsed Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said.

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JAKARTA — Rescue teams searched for survivors Sunday after a busy bridge collapsed in central Indonesia, sending a bus, cars and motorcycles crashing into the river below. Four people were killed and scores more were missing.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the country’s disaster management agency, said the sprawling concrete bridge on the remote island of Borneo was being repaired when Saturday’s accident occurred.

Workers were tightening screws and bolts when a steel support cable snapped and the bridge, which was less than 10 years old, came smashing down.

Four bodies were pulled from the Mahakam river, including a

6-month-old baby, and 19 people were rushed to the hospital with injuries, said police Capt. SyaďŹ i Nafsikin. Many people — including six of the repair workers — were missing.

The 770-yard (700-meter) structure — built to resemble the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco — linked the towns of Tenggarong and Samarinda in East Kalimantan province.

Syaiful, a witness, told local television station TVOne that he

saw at least one bus and a dozen motorcycles plunge into the river.

Several cars were badly mangled. “Everyone was screaming,� said Syaiful, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. “Survivors were swimming to the shore in panic.�

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered government ministers to the scene to oversee search-and-rescue operations. He also called for a full investigation into the cause of the collapse.

Ozone confab produces Bali Declaration Antara

NUSA DUA - The five-day UN conference on the protection of ozone layer wound up here on Friday with the adoption of a Bali Declaration.

Indonesian Environment Minister Barthalzar Kambuaya said

he was pleased that the conference produced a number of agreements to protect the ozone layer from the use of various chemical compounds that might deplete the ozone layer.

He asked participating countries to provide materials as a substitute for ozone-depleting substances.

The Bali Declaration encour-

aged all countries to use alternative substances that had the lower potential of contributing to global warming by phasing out or eliminating the use of such chemical as HCFC. The declaration also called on all countries to make a further study on the use of the alternative

substances from the standpoint of technical, economic, health and safety aspects.

It also called on developed countries to provide ďŹ nancial and technical assistance including transfer of technology to countries trying to switch to the alternative substances.

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International

Bali News Conict of swine waste

Residents threaten to carry out another blockade Tabanan (Bali Post)—

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Sulistiadi added the blockade plan had been decided in the meeting of local villagers. On that account, they were still waiting for the decisiveness of the Regency Government having delivered reprimand letter to PT. PAI for three times. “If Regency Government is unable to do the closing, we will take over. Of course, we do it after obtaining the agreement from our residents,� he said.

Will it be blocked again? Sulistiadi had not dared to make sure. However, his party would carry out a self-supporting concrete execution of the village street. Therefore, each vehicle would be prohibited from entering. Sulistiadi added that his residents were tired of playing for time. On that account, there was no more tolerance for the activity in the farm founded in the 1980s.

The swine waste conflict at Tunjuk Village raged after the villagers could not help smelling the stench and pollution on the river. They had complained the matter to the Tabanan Government. Unfortunately, it did not work though it had been given reprimand letter for three times.

In fact, PT. PAI remained stubborn. The swine waste and stench still continued to torment the residents. Peak of their anger was expressed by blocking the street access to the farm location. Such an action was responded by Regency Government and it was resumed with the issuance of the third reprimand letter. It contained that 60 days after the reception of the reprimand letter, PT. PAI should have vacated all farm activities. The letter was received by PT PAI on September 27.

Meanwhile, the Head of Tabanan Environment Agency, Nyoman Subagiartha, stated that technically the waste disposed by PT PAI clearly damaged to the environment.

Even, the company did not show off a cooperative effort to improve its sewage system. “The farm has been advised not to operate again. As per decision of the Regent, the farm will not be granted an extension,� he said. XGL

Aussie boy sentenced to two months Dauh Puri, DenPost—

A record of light verdict to drug case was broken in the Denpasar 'LVWULFW &RXUW )ULGD\ 1RY

As previously assumed by various parties, the number of interventions against the Aussie boy case, the defendant LM, 14, was proved after being requested to be sentenced to three months jail. At the session with the verdict agenda, LM was sentenced to two months imprisonment. From various sources, such a light verdict never occurred before in the Denpasar District Court, even in Bali. Next week the convict would be immediately free.

In the Law No. 35/2009 concerning with Narcotics it is not explained clearly about the age restrictions. However, weakness of the legislation stating about the article of user in the direction of punishment in the form of rehabilitation made the verdict to LM carrying 3.6 gram of cannabis a record broken with a variety of justifications.

The trial took place last Friday around 10:00 a.m. Local Time.

The trial usually taking place in a closed child courtroom on the second floor of the Denpasar District Court was finally held open.

It was done so because dozens of reporters dominated by Australian journalists pushed to get in.

At first, the single judge, Amzer Simanjuntak, said the trial was declared closed. In response to such conditions, the judge ultimately provided the opportunity for the press to cover the trial openly in the courtroom. However, the bodyguards tightly escorting LM and parents continued to hinder journalists from taking a picture. It

was performed unsympathetically, and tended to be rough.

In the trial, the judge Amzer Simanjuntak had the same argumentation as the public prosecutor I Gusti Putu Atmaja. His legal considerations were not much different from the charges filed in the previous trial. In the consideration of verdict was mentioned that the act of LM had proved to satisfy the elements set forth in the Article 127 paragraph 1a of the Law No. 35/2009 concerning with Narcotics. By considering the testimony of witnesses and evidences, the evidence of case was correctly belonging to the first class narcotics and was not accompanied with permission from a doctor or the authorities. On that account, the act the defendant was proved to have abused the narcotics for self-interest.

The judge also considered the pleadings filed by LM’s lawyer, Muhammad Rifan, asking the judge to use the Article 128 of the Law No. 35/2009 concerning with Narcotics to ensnare his client. However, in the consideration of the judge it was set aside. According to the judge, if forced to use the Article 128 of Law No. 35/2009, as an addict he was not old enough to be returned to his parents if set to undergo rehabilitation, and then it would become ambiguous as LM had undergone the process of detention. Meanwhile, no rehabilitation center in Indonesia was appropriate to accommodate the Australian teenager. The judge concluded that he would be better imprisoned and came out soon, so he could be returned to his parents sooner.

As mentioned, the incriminating consideration was that his actions

gave a negative image to Bali as a tourist destination. Meanwhile, the relieving considerations were that LM was never convicted, admitted and regretted his actions, was still very young, had a certificate of rehabilitation under the Australian Consulate, as well as parents were still able to handle and said they would rehabilitate their child.

Therefore, sentencing was considered appropriate and fair.

Prosecutor I Gusti Putu Atmaja when met after the trial stated if he was still thinking about the verdict. �There is a week to think about it.

However, the verdict has been in conformity with the two-thirds of the charge,� said Atmaja.

Meanwhile, M. Rifan said although LM was sentenced to two months and the article used was not in accordance with his pleadings, he could not ascertain whether he would appeal or not. “We’re still thinking about it,� he said.

As has been known, so far LM was still undergoing detention in the Immigration Detention House 5XGHQLP -LPEDUDQ )URP WKH first time he was detained, there were about eight days left until December 4 and then LM would be able to breathe free air.

After knocking his gavel, the judge Amzer had made a press conference. He asserted that the verdict made had been fair and better for all parties. “There are more relieving considerations than the incriminating ones for him.

We do hope this is the best for all.

The seven days of thinking must be passed and he cannot be moved from the detention house because it has not had a permanent legal IRUFH ´ KH FRQFOXGHG

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Seeing the assumption, Riwantoro said that if multiplied by the number of population, it would be obtained the number of national needs. At the same time, the figures obtained would indicate the need of livestock and meat nationally.

Our meet consumption was said to reach 1.8 tons. In terms of the meat necessity consumed by hotel industry, the number was not so great nationally. Moreover, it was only consumed by the circles of hotel businesses existing in Java and Bali so far.

Riwantoro explained in details that 72 percent of the need was supplied by local beef production, while the remaining amount was the result of import meat production. “Next year, the import of meat to supply the consumption need will be reduced again. It will possibly reach 17 percent in 2012,� he said.

Meanwhile, a representative of the Center for the Agricultural Social Economy and Policy, Prajogo U. Hadi, said that theoretically the amount of beef consumption was influenced at least by three economic factors, namely income of consumers, price of beef itself and the price of substitute goods. “Consumption starts to be done by residents having the income of IDR 150,000 or more,� he said.

On (national) average, the rela-

tionship between consumption and income follows the pattern in the urban areas. As implication, the delivery of beef cattle would be more directed to urban areas for consumption. “In urban areas, consumption of processed meat for extra-domestic needs like food stall or fast food restaurants such as in the form of rendang (meat shimmered in spices and coconut milk), empal (spiced and fried chunks of beef), soup and meatballs either done by individual or by families had become increasingly popular,� he said.

He further said that so far the average beef consumption in Indonesia was still very low due to low purchasing power to the proceeds of farm commodities and the lack of community’s knowledge on the importance of animal protein for health. ELW

7HUQDWH KRSHV WRXULVW RYHUâ€ŤŰŒâ€ŹRZV IURP %DOL Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Bali is not only attractive for tourists, but also draws a number of regions to try their fortune by attracting tourists from the Island of Gods through implementation of massive promotions. Government of Ternate, for example, invited 40 travel agencies from Bali in the hope it could enjoy the abundance of tourists spending holidays in Bali.

Deputy Mayor of Ternate, Arifin Djafar, Friday night (Nov 24) said his party indeed had planned since the beginning to do a promotional tour in Bali Province. His party would like to take advantage of the potential owned by Bali as tourism and tourist gateway to East Indonesia including Ternate. “On that account, we are deliberately present in Bali to introduce more about the tourism

potential of Ternate, open ourselves to external world so that one day many people will know the beauty of nature in Ternate, hospitality and unique culture of the community by implementing the proactive system,� he said.

Other than inviting travel agencies, Ternate Government also involved hundreds of local visitors and dozens of foreign tourists from the Netherlands, Korea, Japan and Australia. The Ternate Government Tourism Office also presented several hallmark dances of Ternate and distinctive traditional cuisines. “Almost all travel agencies in Bali are enthusiastic to bring in guests to Ternate after seeing in person the existing tourism potential,� he said.

Djafar admitted he was ready to accommodate the investment in tourism and culture in Ternate from Bali. “If there are investors who would like

to open business in Ternate, I guarantee the whole licensing process can be accomplished within two days. If finding any obstacles, please do not hesitate contact me personally, so I myself will handle it immediately,� he promised.

Meanwhile, the Head of Ternate Government Tourism Office, Husaian Alfing, said that tourism potential of Ternate to this date had not been explored optimally. “The number of visits is not comparable to the existing potential, so it needs a lot of promotions. On that account, we come to Bali,� he said.

Several tourism potentials that had become famous including the historical tourist attractions of three castles consisting of the Dutch Castle, Portuguese Castle, and Spanish Castle, the Ternate Sultanate Old City as well as Central Halmahera marine tourism and sport. SDU

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([KLELWLRQ RI FLW\¡V DQQLYHUVDU\ GUDZV IHZ YLVLWRUV Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Industrial and handicraft exhibition in connection with the 518th Anniversary of Tabanan City held in the Mario Cultural Hall seemed to draw a few visitors. It was evident from the lack of visitors coming to the venue whereas the exhibition had been opened since Monday (Nov 21).

Such deserted condition was justified by a number of booth owners. They admitted the number of visitors to the exhibition remained far from their expectations. Within a day, the number of visitor did not show an increase. “If there are only few visitors coming, automatically we lack of buyers, too,� complained one of the traders, Friday (Nov 25).

Such a complaint was truly proved. Observation of Bali Post at location in the afternoon, each open booth did not look to be crowded by many visitors. Even, it seemed very quiet. Ironically, some booths preferred to close and others were not kept by the attendants as seen in the booth selling household goods.

Apart from minimal visitors, some of the booths were also seen empty or uninhabited by their attendants. It was unknown why the booths were not occupied. To enliven the exhibition, reportedly the ranks of civil servants in the regency government would be deployed to visit the exhibition venue.

Less splendor of the exhibition had been complained by the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti. Even, she immediately ordered her staff to make a big event during the exhibition, including by adding lighting facilities on site because she considered it less adequate. The regent also urged all her men to go down and enliven the people’s exhibition. “I also feel less steady as it looks not lively,� she said. The exhibition was scheduled to end on the peak of the city anniversary falling on November 29. XGL

*D\DV EHHWOH DWWDFNV FDVVDYD Countermeasure by kerosene lamp fails Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Entering the rainy season later this year, the gayas beetle attacked various plants owned by the community of Tembok Village and other villages in Tejakula Subdistrict. During this time government only provided the assistance of kerosene lamp to tackle the gayas beetle, but the results were still not optimal.

A number of farmers at Tembok Village, Friday (Nov 25), said that gayas beetle recently attacked more cassava plants. However, other crops such as sweet potatoes and peanuts were not free from the attack, either. The attack of gayas beetle indeed always repeated and farmers seemed to have no appropriate solution to cope with the attack.

Mentioned, the regency government actually had provided assistance in the form of kerosene lamp as a tool for tackling the gayas pests. Countermeasure by kerosene lamp posed a traditional control.

The lamp was installed along with other devices, then the gayas would come and they would be destroyed together. “However, the growth of gayas seems faster than the extermination efforts undertaken by farmers,� said one of the farmers.

A legislator of Buleleng House from Tembok Village, Dewa Putu Cakra, said the gayas beetle at Tembok Village and other surrounding villages always occurred when entering the rainy season. The pests spread rapidly and often gobbled down the entire crops of farmers. “Lately, local people started to love to plant cassava because there is enough demand for the ingredient of chips and other snacks. Unfortunately, the cassava planted by farmers is now attacked by gayas,� he said.

He hoped that government could devise a way to cope with gayas beetle at the Tembok area and other villages in Tejakula Subdistrict.

Extermination by kerosene lamp and trap devices was considered not optimal and even mostly failed. “This pest has always come every year but was never able to be overcome,� he said. NPE

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International

Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistan on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a NATO cross-border air raid that has pushed a crisis in relations between the United States and a key ally in the war on terror toward rupture.

The attack was the latest perceived provocation by the United States, starting with the secret raid which killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May, and the question is whether ties will break or whether the two sides will remain stuck in a bad marriage of convenience.

NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two Pakistan military outposts on Saturday, killing the soldiers in what Pakistan said was an unprovoked assault. NATO and U.S. officials expressed regret about the deaths of the Pakistani soldiers, but the exact circumstances of the attack were unclear.

“U.S. stabs Pakistan in the back,

again,” said a headline in the Daily Times, reflecting fury over the attack in Pakistan, a regional power seen as critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan.

Television stations showed the coffins of the soldiers draped in green and white Pakistani flags in a prayer ceremony at the headquarters of the regional command in Peshawar attended by army chief General Ashfaq Kayani.

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by telephone early on Sunday to convey “the deep sense of rage felt across Pakistan”. “This negates the prog-

ress made by the two countries on improving relations and forces Pakistan to revisit the terms of engagement,” a Foreign Ministry statement quoted Khar as telling her U.S. counterpart.

Khar also informed Clinton that Pakistan wants the United States to vacate a drone aircraft base in the country. Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan -used for sending in nearly half of the alliance’s land shipments -- in retaliation for the worst such attack since Islamabad uneasily allied itself with Washington following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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Pakistani protesters shout slogans against America and NATO in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

Egypt’s ElBaradei turns up heat on ruling generals Reuters

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Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi are caught between tear gas fired by Congolese riot police and armed Presidential guardsmen at Kinshasa Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

Congo police: 4 dead after pre-vote clashes Associated Press Writer

KINSHASA, Congo — A police official in Congo says four bodies were recovered after clashes in the capital ahead of a critical national poll.

Police inspector general Charles Bisengimana says four bodies were taken to a Kinshasa morgue on Sunday. He says opposition supporters attacked supporters of the president during Saturday’s clashes. He says the situation is calm throughout the country Sunday.

Saturday’s violence prompted officials to ban rallies before Monday’s poll.

Human rights groups had expressed fears about an atmosphere of spiraling violence and hate speech ahead of the vote. The outcome of the vote is almost certain to keep President Joseph Kabila in power.

CAIRO - Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has offered to lead a government of national unity, raising the pressure on Egypt’s ruling generals amid protests demanding an immediate end to army rule.

Activists are calling on citizens to converge again in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday, a day before the start of a parliamentary election overshadowed by political turmoil and the threat of violence.

The interim government led by Essam Sharaf resigned last week as protests against army rule intensified in Cairo and other cities. The violence has left 42 people dead. Facing its worst crisis since it pushed President Hosni Mubarak from office during a popular uprising in February, the army has promised a speedier handover to civilians, offered a referendum on military rule and named a new prime minister.

But demonstrators have rejected the military’s choice of a 78-year-old veteran of Egyptian poli-

tics to lead a new government and say it must hand over power to civilians now. Some protest groups want ElBaradei to head a civilian body that would replace the ruling military council in supervising Egypt’s transition to democracy.

ElBaradei himself is respected among prodemocracy campaigners but many Egyptians view him as out of touch because he spent much of his career outside the country, particularly during his time at the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

His campaign team said late on Saturday he was prepared to drop his bid to be head of state if he is asked to lead a transition government.

It said he has met revolutionary youth coalitions and political parties who had rejected Ganzouri’s appointment. “The political forces and groups stressed that the only way out of the crisis is to form a national coalition government with full powers to manage the transitional period until presidential elections are held,” his team said in a statement.

Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, talks during a interview with Reuters at his villa in Cairo this February 27, 2010 file photo. Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei is prepared to drop his bid to be head of state if he is asked to lead a new government, his campaign team said in a statement on November 26, 2011.

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Ground breaking of Aston Madiun Hotel IBP

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MADIUN – East Java, November 25th, 2011 – Aston International and PT. Bumi Pembangunan Pertiwi recently announced the Ground Breaking of Aston Madiun Hotel & Conference Center.

The Aston Madiun Hotel & Conference Center is envisioned to become Madiun’s premier address for business travelers and meeting planners and will not only be the largest hotel & conference center in the region but also the only one offering a contemporary ambiance and international 3 star plus hotel standards.

The new Aston will features 175 guest rooms and suites, an extensive ballroom for up to 1750 guests and several auxiliary meeting rooms, a swimming pool, a coffee shop and a well equipped gymnasium.

Madiun is a city in the western part of the province of East Javaaround 170 km

south west of Surabaya and is a major agricultural centre and the capital of a regency of the same name. Madiun is also a potential vantage point for tourists exploring the areas vast forests and mountain reserves, secluded waterfalls and historical sites dating from the Majapahit era and enjoys increasing economic activity in the Oil and Gas sector.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said “Domestic demand for well managed business hotels on par with international standards and excellent conference facilities is behind our decision to develop Aston Hotels and Conference Centers all over the Indonesian archipelago. Madiun fits well into this strategy and we are confident that the new hotels will not only be very successful but also play a vital part in Madiun’s future economic prosperity. “

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for November 2 through 21, 2011 3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar 4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan

13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar 18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan.

19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih 21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih 28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

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

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

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

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

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

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FARC rebels execute 4 military hostages: Colombia Reuters

BOGOTA - Colombian FARC rebels executed four members of the security forces during a botched mission to free them from a decade as hostages, the most violent act by the group since troops killed its leader Alfonso Cano this month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which has a policy of killing hostages if troops approach their camps, shot three of the captives in the head and the fourth in the back, President Juan Manuel Santos said.

The bodies were found in chains, he said. “These heroes of Colombia sacULÂżFHG WKHLU OLYHV WU\LQJ WR EULQJ SHDFH to Colombia,â€? Santos said. “This is another demonstration of the FARC’s cruelty ... It’s an atrocious crime.â€?

One police sergeant who was also being held hostage by the FARC managed to escape and was found alive by the military on Saturday, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said.

Latin America’s No. 4 oil producer has been wracked by bloodshed from guerrillas and cocaine barons for decades, although the FARC - once a powerful force controlling large parts of Colombia - has been severely weakened.

Santos said on Thursday the AndeDQ QDWLRQ ZDV QHDULQJ WKH ÂżQDO SKDVH of nearly 50 years of war and that his government would be willing to talk peace if the guerrillas were serious.

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Libio Jose Martinez speaks to his family in Bogota June 6, 2010 in this ďŹ le still image from a video released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to Noticias Uno television station. insurgency weakens. But the FARC and other groups pose a threat in rural areas where the state’s presence is ZHDN DQG FRFDLQH WUDIÂżFNLQJ OHWV WKH UHEHOV ÂżQDQFH RSHUDWLRQV 7KH )$5& considered a terrorist group by European nations and the United States, has lost key commanders in the past four years, including its founder Manuel Marulanda, military leader Mono Jojoy last year and Cano earlier this month.

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the police and military,� said Marleny Orjuela, director of Asfamipaz, an association that represents families of kidnapped members of the armed forces. “Santos has killed our hope, rescuing them when he knows they would be executed.�

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TRIPOLI - About 100 Libyan women took to Tripoli’s streets on Saturday in a silent march to demand more support from the country’s new government for victims of rape during the eight-month war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

Their mouths covered with duct tape, women both young and old marched for an hour to Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib’s office

and later met him to discuss their demands.

Wearing pink scarves and carrying banners that read “You are not alone,� the group, including mothers with young children and a handful of men, were flanked by Tripoli militiamen who acted as security guards as they handed out fliers. “We as Libyan women have been hoping for so long for somebody to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,� Jalila Ouraieth,

Thai minister facing no confidence vote over flood Agence France Presse

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SANAA - At least 21 people have been killed and dozens wounded in northern Yemen, where Shiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ite Muslim rebels are DWWDFNLQJ SRVLWLRQV KHOG E\ 6XQQL ,VODPLVW 6DODÂż ÂżJKWHUV ZLWK EXUVWV RI VKHOOLQJ D VSRNHVPDQ IRU WKH 6DODÂżV VDLG RQ 6XQGD\ The shelling, which killed three people on Saturday, continued on Sunday afternoon, he said, leaving a total of 21 dead and 48 ZRXQGHG VR IDU LQ WKH ODWHVW Ă&#x20AC;DUH XS 7KH FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW LQ WKH QRUWK ZKHUH JRYHUQPHQW DOVR WURRSV WULHG WR FUXVK 6KLÂśLWH +RXWKL UHEHOV EHIRUH D FHDVHÂżUH ODVW \HDU is one of several plaguing Yemen which plans elections next year to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh agreed this week to step down after 10 months of protests to end his 33-year rule.

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RI’s 2012 economic growth to come from domestic sources Antara

JAKARTA - An Indonesian central bank official said the country`s economic growth in 2012 would no longer come from foreign but domestic sources.

“It is important now to take safety measures at home to anticipate the impact of uncertainty in 2012,” Bank Indonesia`s director for economic research and monetary policy Perry

Warjiyo said here on Saturday.

He said this year Indonesia could still rely on sources of growth from abroad through foreign capital inflows as the impact of the crisis

was not yet significant.

“What needs to be done now is shifting sources of growth which are used to be from abroad to home to avoid the negative impact (of the crisis),” he said at a discussion on global economic crisis.

He said various international institutions had also started revising down their predictions of economic growth in 2011 following current economic

crisis. He referred among others to the World Bank that revised its prediction from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent and even further to 3.7 percent.

China`s economy which was initially predicted to grow 9.0 percent had now been predicted to go down to around 8.0 percent.

“With the declining growth the world`s demand would also decrease so that exports would drop.

This is what is to also be felt in Indonesia,” he said.

Perry said if the crisis in Europe continued short-term foreign investors would withdraw their funds in the developing countries.

“In the past two months some of them have already started withdrawing their funds from developing countries. Indonesia must anticipate this tendency well,” he said.

7LJHU SRSXODWLRQ in Bengkulu now only 40 Antara

AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN

This photograph taken on June 5, 2009 shows Acehnese men performing the Saman dance in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. The colourful clapping Saman dance, “the dance of a thousand hands”, from Aceh province on the tip of Sumatra island of Indonesia were among traditions placed on an UNESCO “intangible heritage” list of practices in need of preservation on November 25, 2011. In all, envoys on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali this week picked 11 new listings, from among 18 entries by 24 nations, to add to the UN cultural agency’s 2011 list of traditions in need of urgent protection.

BENGKULU - The Sumatran tiger population in Bengkulu Province is now estimated at only 40, a provincial nature conservation official said.

“According to an estimation by an endangered animal protection organization, the population of the Sumatran tiger in Bengkulu is around 40,” Head of the Bengkulu Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Amon Zamora said here on Thursday.

The big cats were to be found in North Bengkulu, Seluma, Kepahiang, Muko-Muko, Lebong, Kaur and other districts, he said.

In 2011, at least two Bengkulu residents were killed by tigers respectively in Seluma and Lebong Districts.

The latest incident was when Fitriani (6) was found dead with tiger bite wounds in her thigh at her village of Tebot Mono, Kepahiang District.

In tiger vs human being conflicts occurring in the districts of Lebong, Bengkulu Utara, Seluma and Muko-Muko respectively, four people were seriously injured.

“Over the past few years, the number of human-tiger conflict cases in Bengkulu has increased. In 2010, there were only eight cases, and in 2011, up to October, there were already 11 cases, and two villagers were killed,” he said.

The increased conflicts were due to the depletion of tigers` habitats as villagers often encroached on the tigers` habitats, he said.

The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is a tiger subspecies that inhabits the Indonesian island of Sumatra and has been classified as critically endangered by IUCN in 2008. The wild Sumatran tiger population is estimated at fewer than 400 individuals.

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JAKARTA - Cibinong Public Prosecutor`s Office chief Suripto Widodo has been fired for violating personnel disciplinary rules in relation with the suspected involvement of a subordinate in a bribery case, an Attorney General`s Office (AGO) spokesman said.

One of Suripto`s subordinates, Public Prosecutor Sistoyo, was recently arrested by the Corruption

Eradication Commission (KPK) on suspicion of having received a bribe over a case being heard in court.

“As stated in a decision of the Deputy Attorney General to remove Suripto Widodo from his post, the latter proves to have committed a violation of personnel disciplinary rules,” the head of the AGO`s Legal Information Service, Noor Rachmad, said here Friday.

Suripto had violated Article

3, points 6 dan 7 of Government Regulation No 53/2010 Civil Servants` Discipline.

“For the time being Suripto has been discharged from his structural position. Where he will be transferred to will be decided later by the Junior Attorney General for Personnel Management,” Noor said.

The decision to strip Suripto of his position was taken after the Assistant for Supervision to the head

of the West Java High Prosecutor`s Office had questioned him.

Meanwhile, the AGO was also reported to be planning to question Prosecutor Sistoyo in an effort to find out the possible involvement of more people at the Cibinong Public Prosector`s Office in the bribery case .

“We will as soon as possible ask the KPK for permission to question Sistoyo,” Junior Attorney General for Supervision Marwan Effendy

said on Thursday.

Sistoyo had been handling the case of businessman EMB who was accused of fraud and document forgery related to a project to build a hangar and kiosks for the Cisarua Festival Market in Bogor district.

He was arrested by KPK officers when he was in the parking lot of his office in Cibinong in the company of EMB while the officers had also recovered almost Rp1 billion in cash from his car.

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Bali Today RI, Vietnam discuss cooperation to combat illegal plant, wildlife trade Antara

FOTO ANTARA/Rosa Panggabean

Bali province earned US$152.1 million from industrial product exports in the nine months through September, up 11.5 percent from US$136.3 million in the same period last year.

Bali earns $152 million from industrial product exports Antara

KUTA - Cooperation to eliminate illegal trade in plants and wildlife under the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network is being discussed in the 2nd Bilateral Indonesia-Vietnam Dialague taking place here on Friday.

Darori, director general of forest protection and nature conservation at Indonesia`s Forestry Ministry, said the dialogue was to exchange information and knowledge on law enforcement, especially regarding regulations relating to illegal trade in wildlife and timber.

“We also want to strengthen formal and non formal cooperation in eradicating illegal trade in tigers, armadillos and other wildlife species,” he said.

The dialogue was expected to result in the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in law enforcement, public awareness, human resources capacity building, training and coordination between the two parties.

Vietnam was considered to be a country often used by animal and plant smugglers as a stepping stone to ply their contraband in countries such as China.

For example, in every Indonesian anteater meat smuggling operation, the meat is auctioned off in Vietnam and given approval labels to be legally circulated in other countries, said Darori.

Australian tourist dies of electric shock in Bali

DENPASAR - Bali province earned US$152.1 million from industrial product exports in the nine months through September, up 11.5 percent from US$136.3 million in the same period last year.

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The small scale industry contributed 39.29 percent of the province`s overall exports valued at US$387.2 million in the January-September 2011 period, spokesman of the Bali provincial industry and trade office Putu Bagiada said here on Friday.

The industrial product exports consisted of canned fish, fabricated homes, footwear, bags, plastic products and garments, he said.

The garment exports alone contributed around US$100 million in the first nine months of

KUTA - An Australian national died from accidental electrocution at Jalan Legian in Kuta on Saturday morning, police said.

“The victim`s name is Jake Mitchell Flannery (18 years old). He was electrocuted during a stroll on a sidewalk at Jalan Legian,” Chief of the Kuta Police Precinct Adjunct Commissioner Gede Ganefo said here on Saturday.

Gede said Flannery was walking on the Jalan Legian sidewalk in northern direction with two of his friends at 02.00 am but near the Fourteen Roses hotel and

2011, he said.

The foreign exchange earnings from garment exports rose significantly compared to the same period last year when the figure was recorded at US$89.6 million. Bali`s garment exports mostly went to the United States, Japan and Europe.

Garments were the biggest foreign earner among small scale industrial products, followed by handicraft made of plastics.

Export commodities made of plastics contributed US$18.6 million to the province`s foreign

exchange coffers in the nine months through September, a 14.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

Canned fish came in third with a total export value of US$16.5 million in the JanuarySeptember 2011, down 3.75 percent from US$17.2 million in the same period last year.

In the fourth place was footwear contributing US$3.4 million to the province`s foreign exchange coffers in the first nine months of 2011, down 19.36 percent from US$4.2 million in the same period last year.

“Vietnam does not yet have a legal regime to deal with such cases,” he said.

If the problem was not tackled immediately by forging law enforcement cooperation with other countries, it was feared Vietnam would become a haven for animal and plant smugglers.

In 2008-2009, Vietnam foiled three anteater meat smuggling attempts involving a total of 26 tons of the meat that had caused a loss of Rp27 billion to Indonesia.

In the 2009-2011 period, Indonesia was able to foil attempts to smuggle out 7,136 anteaters or 37 tons of anteater meat and 514 kg of anteater scales and thereby prevented the loss of Rp38 billion to the state.

Deputy Director of Vietnam Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Do Quang Tung said this country was eager to cooperate with Indonesia and would also like to study Indonesia`s legal system. “We are also concerned about the smuggling of anteaters from Indonesia into Vietnam for slaughtering but we ourselves do not have laws the deal with the practice. Therefore, we also want to study the law in Indonesia,” he said.

Indonesia`s Law No. 41 of 1999 on forestry obligates the government and all the people to protect forests and everything they contain as one of the country`s natural assets.

Joker`s Coffee bar their path was blocked by a pile of pavement blocks.

Flannery saw a narrow space between the pavement block pile and the Joker`s Coffee wall and decided to push himself through it to get to the other side of the barrier.

“But while he was struggling to get through the narrow space he touched the Joker`s Coffee`s neon-box with one hand and grasped a 120-cm tall iron pole with the other hand, It was then that he screamed out and died.

He was electrocuted,” Gede said.

Up till now, the victim`s body was still at the Sanglah General Hospital.

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Balinese Culture

UKUT URAB (Mixed Vegetables With Grated Coconut) INGREDIENTS: 100 gr (3 ½ oz) blanched cabbage 100 gr (3 ½ oz) spinach, blanched 100 gr (3 ½ oz) long beans cut in 32,5 cm (line) pieces, blanched 100 gr (3 ½ oz) bean sprouts, blanched 1 large red chili, sliced AFP PHOTO/SONNY TUMBELAKA

An Australian teenager (C) covers his face while under escort by his bodyguards as his father (L) waits inside a holding cell of a car after his trial at Denpasar court in Denpasar on Indonesiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resort island of Bali on November 25, 2011. The Indonesian court sentenced the 14-year-old boy to two months in jail after being caught with nearly seven grams of marijuana. The boy, who wore a colourful Balinese shirt and a balaclava to hide his identity, will be free to return home on December 4 because he has already been detained on the island for almost eight weeks.

1 tbsp grated coconut 2 tbsp fried shallots DRESSINGS: 2 tbsp fried shallots 2 tbsp sliced garlic clove 1 large red chili, seeded and sliced 2 tsp fried chili (Sambal Sereh Tabia) IUDJUDQW OLPH OHDYHV YHU\ ¿QHO\ VOLFHG 4 cm (1½ in) kencur, peeled & chopped Ÿ teaspoon salt Ÿ teaspoon crushed black pepper ½ teaspoon white sugar 1 tablespoon oil PREPARATION: 1. Cut cabbage into pieces about 2,5 cm by 1 cm (1 in by ½ in).

2. Combine all vegetables, chili, grated coconut and fried shallots in salad bowl and mix well.

For the dressing: Combine all ingredients and mix well in separate bowl. Mix the dressing thoroughly with the vegetables; season to taste with salt, pepper and limejuice. Serve at room temperature. (www. baliguide.com/balifood)

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Nusa Dua Bali IBP

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Nusa Dua is an elite resort area with international ďŹ ve star hotels and resorts existing on the costal side in south part of Bali. It is located in Badung Regency and about 25 minutes drive from Baliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International airport. Nusa Dua with 350 ha size is the sample luxury resort area and one of best tourism places in the world. In fact, the name of Nusa Dua is coming from two small islands located in the south part of Bali Island (Nusa mean the island and Dua mean two) that is dissociated with the white sand.

Nusa Dua Area is start built in year 1974,as a result from study of French consultant, SCETO ( Societe Centrale pour lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;equpeent Touristique Ouetre-Mer) in the year 1970 and also feasibility study conducted by PCI (Pacific Consultants International) year 1971-1973 for financing of World Bank aid. The Indonesian Government has delivered this area management to PT. BTDC (Bali Tourism Development Corporation) which existing under the law and regulation of Republic Indonesia Government no.27 year 1972, on 12 November 1972.

This area owns the most complete tourism facilities in Bali and Indonesia like ďŹ ve star hotels, luxury accommodations, villas, convention hall, shopping center and beautiful beaches. There are also the sports activities are available in this are like tennis court, squash and golf course. Each hotel is completed by ďŹ ve star restaurant facilities, bar, pub and beach activities.

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BUSINESS Germany, France plan quick new Stability Pact: report

If you raise the price, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll still come Associated Press

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The way Americans are chomping Big Macs, lacing up pricey sneakers and gulping peppermint mochas in this economy, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking advantage of big holiday discounts.

The truth is theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re paying more.

McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Nike, Starbucks and other companies initially worried that customers would run the other way when they started raising prices to offset their higher costs for ingredients, fuel and packaging.

But so far, cash-strapped Americans largely have swallowed the price Reuters spikes. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re continuing to so during this holiday shopping BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French do season.

President Nicolas Sarkozy are planning more drastic means 2Q D UHFHQW ZHHNGD\ ÂżYH IXOO LQFOXGLQJ D TXLFN QHZ 6WDELOLW\ 3DFW WR ÂżJKW WKH HXUR ]RQH Ă&#x20AC;RRUV RI VKRSSHUV LQ D 1LNH VWRUH sovereign debt crisis, Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday. in New York didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to mind paying more for their favorite kicks, The Sunday newspaper reported in an advance before publication including the almost $200 sneakers that if necessary Germany and France were ready to join a number named for NBA star LeBron James. of countries in agreeing to tough budget discipline.

At a McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s across town, The report, which echoed a Reuters report on Friday from Brus- people munched on Big Macs and sels, quoted German government sources as saying that the crisis fries that cost a dime or two more fighting plan could possibly be announced by Merkel and Sarkozy than last year. Customers also piled in the coming week. into a Starbucks down the street, The report said that because it would take too long to change where cappuccinos and many other existing European Union treaties, euro zone countries should avoid specialty drinks now top $5. such delays be agreeing to a new Stability Pact among themselves Timothy and Katrin Sullivan, possibly implemented at the start of 2012. a San Diego couple, estimate that It could be similar to the Schengen Agreement that allows for un- together they spend about $100 inhibited cross border travel for citizens in countries that take part. a month on skinny caramel macAmong the countries in the Stability Pact there would be a treaty spell- chiatos and pumpkin spice lattes at ing out strict deficit rules and control rights for national budgets.

Starbucks, where prices on some The European Central Bank should also emerge more as a crisis drinks have risen in some regions fighter in the euro zone. The ECB is independent and governments WKLV \HDU $V SDUHQWV RI ÂżYH FKLOGUHQ cannot tell it what to do. But the expectations on the ECB are clear, they worry about the economy and Welt am Sonntag wrote. have cut back on travel and ball â&#x20AC;&#x153;Based upon these measures, there should be a majority within the games, but so far their morning cup ECB for a stronger intervention in capital markets,â&#x20AC;? Welt am Sonntag of joe has survived the chopping said. It quotes a central banker as saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the politicians can agree block despite the rising price. to a comprehensive step, the ECB will jump in and help.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheaper than therapy,â&#x20AC;? says In Brussels on Friday, euro zone officials said a push by euro zone Katrin Sullivan, 39. countries toward very close fiscal integration could give the ECB the The prices Americans pay for necessary room for manoeuvre to scale up euro zone bond purchases food, travel and other things have and stabilize markets. steadily risen this year, according The ECB, which cannot directly finance governments, has been to government data. Prices went up buying Italian and Spanish bonds on the secondary market since 3.5 percent in October compared August to try to keep down borrowing costs for the euro zoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third with the same month a year ago. At and fourth largest economies and contain the spreading of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same time, every month for the sovereign debt problem. past year except one, spending grew Such tight fiscal integration is being considered by France and 2 percent or more compared with the Germany, the officials said, with Berlin pushing to change the Euro- same month a year ago. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given pean Union treaty so that a country could be sued for breach of EU retailers some cautious optimism budget rules in the European Court of Justice. as they try to gauge just how much The European Commission, the EU executive arm, put forward more consumers are willing to pay. proposals on Wednesday to grant it intrusive powers of approval of Pete Bensen, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief euro zone budgets before they are submitted to national parliaments, ÂżQDQFLDO RIÂżFHU WROG DQDO\VWV GXUwhich, if approved, would effectively mean ceding some national ing the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earnings call that sovereignty over budgets. the question boils down to this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is This could lead to joint debt issuance for the euro zone, where the consumer in a place that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re countries would be liable for each othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debts. comfortable we can continue to add Germany strongly opposes the joint issuance idea fearing spend- price increases?â&#x20AC;? thrift countries would piggyback on its low borrowing costs - meaning Companies of all stripes have no gain for the virtuous and no pain for the sinners. been asking that question a lot. In the

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

In this Nov. 19, 2011 photo, customers line up for hot drinks at Starbucks, in New York. The way Americans are chomping Big Macs, lacing up Air Jordans and gulping peppermint mochas in this abysmal economy, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking advantage of big holiday discounts. past year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been paying more for materials like beef, corn and fuel that they use to make, package and transport their goods. A combination of poor crop yields in some parts of the world, unrest in the Middle East and greater demand from countries like Brazil and China have sent those costs up.

Many costs have come down after spiking in the spring.Apound of coffee, for example, is trading at about $2.30, down from $3 in the spring.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up from $2 a year ago.

As a result, Starbucks Corp. this year raised the price of the packaged coffee in its stores by 17 percent. The company declines to say whether prices on brewed drinks have risen or fallen overall in the past year, since those price decisions vary by region.

But generally, the Seattle chain says the prices of specialty drinks like lattes and macchiatos are more likely to have risen this year than simpler drinks.

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At Nike Inc., sales rose almost 18 percent in the three-month period through August, even though it raised prices on certain styles this year. Nike hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t detailed the price increases, but according to research ÂżUP 6SRUWV2QH6RXUFH *URXS WKH

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Even if the costs for some raw materials decline, companies are still expected to continue to raise prices during this holiday shopping season.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because costs for materials are uncertain, so companies will try to raise prices whenever they think customers will tolerate them. Still, they have to tread lightly or risk losing customers.

To be sure, families have trimmed their budgets as the economy plummets. But Americans continue to spend for myriad reasons, even though prices have risen on everything from Coca-Cola soda to Huggies diapers to Ben & Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice cream.

Some are stomaching the higher prices only on products they need.

Others whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve cut back on bigger frills are willing to splurge on brands they trust or things they see as small indulgences. Still others are apathetic to the increases because â&#x20AC;&#x153;everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing it.â&#x20AC;?

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8QVHHQ -DFNVRQ ‫ۋ‬OP valued at $6-8 million goes unsold Reuters

LONDON - Previously unseen footage of Michael Jackson’s 1993 “Dangerous” tour, which had been expected to fetch 4-5 million pounds ($6.2-7.8 million) failed to sell at auction in Britain on Saturday. “At this stage it has not sold,” said a spokesman for The Fame Bureau auctioneers, who specialize in pop memorabilia. “We are still talking to people, but online it did not sell.”

He said he was confident a buyer would be found, although “nothing is a certain- t y . ” The auction house said it had been forced to remove a brief clip of the video from its website before the online auction after Jackson’s record label made a “copyright claim.”

The fact that a successful buyer may not be able to use the film for commercial purposes may have dampened demand given the hefty asking price, but the spokesman played down the copyright dispute. “I don’t think that was a problem at all,” he said, adding that any serious potential buyer would be fully aware of the issue.

Nearly two hours long, the footage was shot by Jackson’s own production crew and meant to be an intimate portrait of Jackson on tour. But the singer was unhappy with the quality and gave the only copy to his driver, who was

now trying to sell the footage, the auction house said.

It was made during Jackson’s “Dangerous” tour in 1993 at a stop in Argentina. A DVD of the “Dangerous” concert tour, filmed in Bucharest, was released in 2005 and is still available on Amazon.com and other retailers for about $12. Items related to Jackson have skyrocketed in value since his death in 2009. The red and black leather jacket he wore for his 1983 “Thriller” video sold for $1.8 million in Los Angeles in June.

Singer Michael Jackson performs “Dangerous” during a taping of “American Bandstand’s 50th...A Celebration” in Pasadena, California, April 20, 2002.

Laura Osnes is a shooting star in ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Laura Osnes is still in that pinch-me-Imust-be-dreaming phase. The 25-year-old actress is now starring in her third Broadway show, and originating a role for the first time, only four years after landing in New York by way of an unlikely vehicle: a reality TV show.

“I think if I had written it out myself, I wouldn’t have planned it as good as this. In my wildest dreams, I never would have imagined all of the amazing opportunities that I’ve had,” Osnes says during a break in rehearsals for “Bonnie & Clyde,” which has music by Frank Wildhorn.

Thanks to talent and some good luck, Osnes has speedily gone from performing “Grease” in dinner theater in Minneapolis to doing the same musical on Broadway after winning NBC’s “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” in 2007. After that, she replaced Kelli O’Hara in “South Pacific” and got the chance to sing and dance alongside her hero Sutton Foster in “Anything Goes.” Now her two-and-a-half-year investment in bank robber Bonnie is about to pay off.

“This is my first originating role so it’s just been so exciting to be part of this process pretty much from the ground up,” she says. “It was kind of magical how the whole thing happened.”

Osnes initially auditioned for an earlier Wildhorn musical — “Wonderland,” an updated telling of “Alice in Wonderland.” She lost the lead role of Alice to Janet Dacal but Wildhorn, the composer of such Broadway shows as “Jekyll & Hyde” and “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” was impressed.

“He said, ‘I think you’re too young for Alice, but I’m AP Photo/Charles Sykes In this Nov. 23, 2011 photo, actress Laura Osnes poses for a working on this other musical that I think you might actuportrait in her dressing room at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre ally be really great for. It’s a new musical about Bonnie before a performance of “Bonnie & Clyde”, in New York. and Clyde.’”

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JK Rowling says press left her feeling under siege Associated Press Writer LONDON — Author J.K. Rowling has told a U.K. media ethics inquiry she felt under siege from intrusive journalists who staked out her house and went as far as to slip a letter into her 5-year-old daughter’s school bag.

The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter says Thursday that media interest began shortly after the publication of her first novel in 1997, and soon escalated, with photographers and reporters frequently stationed outside her home.

Once, her daughter came home from primary school and Rowling found a letter from a journalist in her backpack. Rowling says she felt a huge sense of invasion at the move.

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NASA launches super-size rover to Mars: ‘Go, Go!’ Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rover of “monster truck” proportions zoomed toward Mars on an 8½-month, 354 million-mile journey Saturday, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet.

NASA’s six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use its jackhammer drill, rock-zapping laser machine and other devices to search for evidence that Earth’s next-door neighbor might once have been home to the teeniest forms of life.

More than 13,000 invited guests jammed the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday morning to witness NASA’s first launch to Mars in four years, and the first flight of a Martian rover in eight years. Mars fever gripped the crowd.

NASA astrobiologist Pan Conrad, whose carbon compoundseeking instrument is on the rover, wore a bright blue, short-sleeve blouse emblazoned with rockets, planets and the words, “Next stop Mars!” She jumped, cheered and snapped pictures as the Atlas V rocket blasted off. So did Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Roger

Wiens, a planetary scientist in charge of Curiosity’s laser blaster, called ChemCam. Surrounded by 50 U.S. and French members of his team, Wiens shouted “Go, Go, Go!” as the rocket soared into a cloudy sky. “It was beautiful,” he later observed, just as NASA declared the launch a full success.

A few miles away at the space center’s visitor complex, Lego teamed up with NASA for a toy spacecraft-building event for children this Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The irresistible lure: 800,000 Lego bricks.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

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Endangered baby gorilla 6W 0DDUWHQ ‫ۋ‬QGV ORFDO OLRQ‫ۋ‬VK born at Chicago zoo dies tainted with toxin

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In this photo taken Nov. 18, 2011, provided by the Lincoln Park Zoo, Western Lowland Gorilla mother Bana hold her new her baby which was born on Nov. 16, 2011.

Associated Press Writer

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CHICAGO — A preliminary exam shows that an endangered baby gorilla born nine days ago at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo died of head trauma.

Zoo workers discovered the baby gorilla was dead Friday morning, as she was being carried around by her mother.

The zoo says workers allowed the mother, 16-yearold Bana, to keep the baby for several hours “to make peace with what happened.”

She was a first-time mother.

The cause of death was determined later in the day during a necropsy, the animal version of an autopsy.

The baby’s father was a 22-year-old silverback gorilla named Kwan. The baby was the first Western lowland gorilla born at the zoo since 2005. She had not been named. In a statement, the zoo says the baby appeared to be fully developed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Conservationists in St. Maarten are warning islanders not to eat lionfish after tests found a naturally occurring toxin in the flesh of the candy-striped invasive species, officials said Thursday.

The findings have dealt a blow to the tiny Dutch territory’s efforts to contain the spread of the venomous predator, a native of the Indian and Pacific oceans that has colonized large swaths of the region after a few apparently escaped a Florida fish tank in 1992.

Following the lead of other Caribbean islands, St. Maarten had hoped to promote the species as batterfried or grilled delectables to slow their spread. They were found in the Dutch territory’s waters in July 2010 and have been multiplying and gobbling up native fish and crustaceans ever since. Lionfish were first detected in the Bahamas in 2004 and rapidly spread south into the warm waters of the Caribbean.

But Tadzio Bervoets, chief of St. Maarten’s Nature Foundation, said nearly half of the football-sized lionfish captured in local waters were found to have a biotoxin that can lead to ciguatera poisoning, a rarely fatal but growing menace that has long been known in the Caribbean, South Pacific, and warmer areas of the Indian Ocean.

Ciguatera poisoning is caused by eating some subtropical and tropical fish predators, including grouper, snapper and barracuda, which live by reefs and accumulate toxins through their diet. They accumulate the toxin in their flesh from eating smaller fish that graze on poisonous algae.

People who have eaten infected fish can experience

abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tingling and numbness. Most patients recover in a few days. In rare, worst cases there is paralysis and even death. No one has gotten sick from eating lionfish in St. Maarten, but the territory typically has more than a dozen cases of ciguatera poisoning each year from people eating barracuda and jacks.

St. Maarten’s waters have long suffered from high levels of ciguatoxin, so Bervoets said the test results on lionfish were not a complete surprise. Nonetheless, he added that island officials “were very much hoping that the results were negative.”

AP Photo/Doug Kesling/NOAA Undersea Research Center, file

FILE- In this July 2006 file image released by NOAA Undersea Research Center, a lionfish swims at a depth of about 130 feet, roughly 55 miles off the coast of North Carolina.

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Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lionel Messi from Argentina, right, vies for the ball with Getafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rafael Lopez, right, during their La Liga soccer match at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, near Madrid, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

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Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties as Jose Mourinhoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Madrid side came back from a goal down at the Bernabeu to beat their long-suffering neighbours who had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off in the 22nd minute.

Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain also scored as Atletico, who had taken the lead through $GULDQ /RSH] ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK QLQH men after defender Diego Godin also saw red near the end. Realâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13th consecutive win in all competitions put them on 34 points from 13 games and moved them six ahead of Barca, who have to visit the Bernabeu in two weeks time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame because we are further behind, but we gave our all today,â&#x20AC;? Spain and Barca striker David Villa told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getafe kept it very tight and their keeper was very good.â&#x20AC;? Valencia kept pace with the top two, on 27 points in third, with a 2-1 win at promoted Rayo Vallecano.

for a win over their neighbours with a well-worked goal after only 15 minutes, but their joy was short lived. Belgian Courtois, on loan from Chelsea, brought down Karim Benzema in a one-on-one the area and was sent off in the 22nd minute. Ronaldo netted from the spot and Atleticoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances of an upset slowly evaporated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear we have had similar situations in the area as those today which didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t up with the same result,â&#x20AC;? Atletico coach Gregorio Manzano said of the Courtois red SUCKER PUNCH card. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may have been a penalty Barcelona became bogged down but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a sending off. In an at Getafe and they were hit with a important game like this it can be sucker-punch when Valera headed decisive.â&#x20AC;?

Di Maria put the hosts in front in at a corner. Lionel Messi led Barcaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charge at the other end and soon after the re-start and Higuain was unlucky to have a goal ruled SURÂżWHG IURP D PL[ XS EHWZHHQ out for offside in the 90th minute. Godin and his keeper to roll a The World Player of the Year then third into the empty net in the 65th hit the post in time added on, minute.

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Up the road at the Bernabeu, up the scoring with a second Adrian had lifted Atletico hopes spotkick, his 16th goal of the that they might end a 12-year wait campaign.

Brazilian striker Jonas fired them in front from distance in the 21st minute and, after keeper Diego Alves had kept them in the PDWFK ZLWK D FRXSOH RI ÂżQH VDYHV Argentine Tino Costa doubled the lead with a rasping drive in the 56th. Rayo substitute Raul Tamudo pulled a goal back for the hosts, stabbing the ball in from close range after appearing to control it with his arm six minutes from time.

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/21'21 0DQFKHVWHU 8QLWHG PLVVHG WKH FKDQFH WR PDNH VLJQLÂżFDQW inroads into Manchester Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead at the top of the Premier League after a controversial penalty secured fourth-placed Newcastle United a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Saturday. United, who led through Javier Hernandezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early second-half goal, were pegged back by Demba Baâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 64th minute spot-kick that left Alex Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side four points behind City who play at Liverpool on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an absolutely shocking decision,â&#x20AC;? a frustrated Ferguson told Sky Sports after defender Rio Ferdinand was harshly penalised for a tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It cost us.â&#x20AC;?

Tottenham Hotspur, with a double from Emmanuel Adebayor, stayed third after coming from behind to win 3-1 at West BromwichAlbion while Chelsea emerged from their recent slump to give under-pressure manager Andre Villas-Boas a huge boost with a 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge.

Manchester City have 34 points, followed by Manchester United on 30, Spurs (28), Newcastle (26) and Chelsea (25).Arsenal moved up to sixth on 23 points despite being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Fulham. Franco Di Santo struck a last-gasp winner to lift Wigan Athletic off the bottom with a 2-1 victory at Sunderland. Blackburn dropped to the basement after losing 3-1 at Stoke City in the lunchtime kickoff.

Manchester United have stumbled at home in this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Champions /HDJXH DQG DIWHU EHLQJ KHOG WR D PLGZHHN GUDZ E\ %HQÂżFD WKH\ IRXQG KLJK Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ 1HZFDVWOH WRXJK WR FUDFN RQ WKHLU UHWXUQ WR GRPHVWLF DFWLRQ even when the visitors were reduced to 10 men after Jonas Gutierrezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 79th minute dismissal.

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$ ÂżQH SHUIRUPDQFH IURP JRDONHHSHU 7LP .UXO ZDV RYHUVKDGRZHG E\ Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equaliser. Ferdinand appeared to win the ball fairly from Ben Arfa but assistant referee John Flynn signalled a penalty. Referee Mike Jones then awarded a spot-kick after consulting with his assistant and Ba slotted in his ninth league goal of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone else, including the referee, was astounded. He was put in a terrible position... Why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the referee overrule the linesman when it is so clear to him and he was so near to him... he was only eight yards away. So that was one of the worst decisions Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen,â&#x20AC;? lamented Ferguson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem is the referees are full time but the linesmen are not and whether he ever gets a game again, the assistant referee, is not for me to decide but it was an absolutely shocking decision.â&#x20AC;?

United, who wasted a host of chances, were also denied by a late goal-line clearance and had a goal ruled out for offside in stoppage time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of creating chances we were fantastic today. If we play like that every week Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be absolutely delighted,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Normally you would expect us to score three or four today with the chances we had... there was a bit of bad luck in terms of blocks on the line, their keeper has made two or three fantastic saves and we missed two or three glaring chances.â&#x20AC;?

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Manchester Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Javier Hernandez, center, reacts after his injury time goal was given off side during the English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Saturday Nov. 26, 2011.

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Former heavyweight title contender Ron Lyle dies Lyle became a fearsome amateur boxer while still an inmate. He was DENVER - )RUPHU SUL]HÂżJKWHU paroled in 1969 and set out on a proRon Lyle, a convict-turned-contender fessional boxing career, ultimately who once fought Muhammad Ali for earning a title shot against Ali in the world heavyweight title, died in May 1975.

Lyle was ahead on points in Denver on Saturday at age 70. Lyle, admitted to Porter Adventist Hospital the championship bout until Ali on Friday with a stomach ailment, unleashed a flurry of unanswered died from septic shock after undergo- combinations to a cornered Lyle in ing surgery, said Ron McKinney of the 11th round. The referee stopped the Salvation Army, who worked with the fight, awarding Ali a technithe former heavyweight at a youth cal knockout victory. Lyle always FRQWHQGHG WKDW WKH ÂżJKW ZDV KDOWHG boxing programme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just spoke to him yesterday, so prematurely. +LV RWKHU PHPRUDEOH ÂżJKW ZDV D this was a total surprise to all of us,â&#x20AC;?

McKinney told Reuters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a January 1976 slugfest with another giant, but a gentle giant...Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost hard-hitting heavyweight, George a good friend.â&#x20AC;? A native of Dayton, Foreman. The two stood toe-to-toe, Ohio, who grew up in Denver in a knocking each other down multiple family of 19 children, Lyle was con- times before Foreman ultimately won victed as a teenager of second-degree in a knockout. Lyle was last seen murder and went to prison, learning publicly earlier this month when he commented on the death of former to box while he was incarcerated. $ FKLVHOHG KDUG SXQFKLQJ ÂżJKWHU champion Joe Frazier.

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Tentative deal moves the NBA lockout closer to end Associated Press Writer NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With a Christmas Day tripleheader on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wish list and a tentative labor agreement in place, NBA owners and union ofÂżFLDOV ZHQW EDFN WR ZRUN 6DWXUGD\ UHOD\LQJ GHWDLOV RI WKH GHDO ZLWK KRSHV of cementing it quickly. After a 149-day lockout that ultimately will cost the league approximately a half-billion dollars in losses, a marathon bargaining session produced a handshake agreement earlier in the day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; actually, just a few hours before daybreak.

Commissioner David Stern still must sell his owners on an agreement that could change the way they do business. And the players, looking beat and EHDWHQ IDFH D WRXJKHU KHDOLQJ SURFHVV LQ DSSURYLQJ D SDFW WKDW VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ limits their earnings.

But considering everything owners sought when these negotiations opened with a contentious meeting at the All-Star break in February 2010, perhaps they will feel relieved they got as much as they did.

Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association executives Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans hardly looked enthused about the agreement as they sat next to executive director Billy Hunter on the same side of a conference table with Stern, Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver and Spurs owner Peter Holt, the chairman of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s labor relations committee. But at least they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sitting in a courtroom, where they appeared headed less than two weeks earlier.

Just 12 days after talks broke down, Stern and Hunter appeared together after 3 a.m. Saturday to announce the 10-year deal, with either side able to opt out after the sixth year. It leaves the NBA with its second shortened season WKH ÂżUVW ZDV WKH JDPH VHDVRQ ZLWK WKH KRSH RI JHWWLQJ LQ games instead of a full 82-game schedule.

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 ďŹ le photo, NBA commissioner David Stern speaks during a news conference in New York. NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday morning Nov. 26, 2011 to end the 149-day lockout.

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Switzerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roger Federer reacts to his win over David Ferrer at the end of a semifinal single tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena in London, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

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LONDON - Defending champion Roger Federer overcame some dogged resistance IURP 6SDLQÂśV 'DYLG )HUUHU WR UHDFK WKH ÂżQDO RI WKH $73 :RUOG 7RXU )LQDOV RQ 6DWXUGD\ ZLQQLQJ DW WKH 2 $UHQD )HUUHU KHOG EDFN WKH WLGH IRU QHDUO\ PLQXWHV EXW ZDV SRZHUOHVV WR SUHYHQW D WK GHIHDW RXW RI DJDLQVW )HGHUHU ZKR ZRQ ZLWKRXW QHHGLQJ WR VFDOH WKH KHLJKWV KH PDQDJHG LQ KLV WKUDVKLQJ RI 5DIDHO 1DGDO LQ PLGZHHN Federer on Sunday will face the winner of the other semifinal between French powerhouse Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Czech Tomas Berdych. It will be Federerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th ATP Tour final -- only four players have reached more finals in the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. The Swiss, one of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prolific record-setters, will become the first player to win the seasonending title six times should he prevail -- edging ahead of the five he shares with Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl.

He would also pocket the $1.63 million jackpot for winning all five of his matches at the tournament, a feat he

achieved last year at Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Docklands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously going to be a special occasion for me tomorrow, playing my 100th final, possibly winning my 70th, winning my sixth at the World Tour Finals,â&#x20AC;?

Federer said after stretching his winning streak to 16.

Federerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 806th victory on tour, the same as his boyhood idol Stefan Edberg, will not go down as one of his classics. He made 29 unforced errors and struck four winners from the back of the court, but his B game was still too good IRU ZRUOG QXPEHU ÂżYH )HUUHU The 16-times grand slam champion did not face a break point in the match, and his only tricky mo-

ment came when he served at 4-5 in the opening set and was taken WR ÂżYH GHXFHV )HGHUHU XSSHG WKH tempo in the next game to break the Ferrer serve, and after sealing the set he immediately moved a break ahead at the start of the second to seize control. Any belief Ferrer brought with him evaporated as Federer cruised to victory in one hour, 25 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously it was a key 5-4 game for me to hold and then break the next game, then actually break again early on in the second set,â&#x20AC;? Federer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a crucial 15, 20 minutes for me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy I was able to decide the match right there.â&#x20AC;?

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Lewis Hamilton hoping for rain in the Brazilian GP

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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives his car during the third training session ahead of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix on the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday Nov. 26, 2011.

Lewis Hamilton believes the rain will give him a good chance to get a good result in the Brazilian Grand Prix after a disappointing qualifying.

The Briton will start from fourth position, behind Jenson Button, and he conceded he was not happy with his showing after failing to match his McLaren team-mate’s pace.

“A little bit disappointing, really,” said Hamilton. “We are still on the second row but of course we would love to be higher up.

“My performance I’m not too happy about in the sense that I wasn’t quick enough. I’m a couple of tenths off Jenson, so clearly the car can be a little

bit quicker, but the Red Bulls were just massively quick today.”

Hamilton said qualifying was a “bit of a struggle” for him, but he reckons the predicted rain will give him a good opportunity to recover in the race tomorrow.

“It was okay. It was a bit of a struggle

really in the car. Just struggled to pull any more time out of the lap. Still we are on the second row, which is not a bad position to start from.

“I’ve started from fourth a lot of the times here. Let’s hope tomorrow is wet, so we wait and see. It can be very tricky here with the weather and I think tomorrow is going to rain, so that makes the chances even greater.

“Four is a good number for me, and let’s hope we can turn that into something more positive tomorrow.”

Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro join Aspar ASPAR has signed Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro for its 2012 MotoGP line-up, when it will run Aprilia-powered CRT bikes. Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez’s ultra-successful lower-category team has used customer Ducatis for the first two years of its MotoGP programme, but is switching to the new lower-technology Claiming Rule Teams class for next season.

De Puniet has been in MotoGP since 2006, initially with the factory Kawasaki team, then LCR Honda, before a single season with Pramac Ducati this year. He tested for Suzuki this winter just before it withdrew its works team from MotoGP. “I am delighted to return to the Aspar team, a team I raced with in 2005 in 250cc,” said de Puniet. “I have very fond memories of that time. Together we will embark on a new challenge, CRT. “CRT is the future of MotoGP and I think there will be a lot of work ahead, but very rewarding work. The goal

for the next season will be to adapt as quickly as possible to the prototype, and gradually catch the frontrunners.”

The 30-year-old Frenchman has already tested the CRT bike, and though he acknowledged that it was currently some way off the standard MotoGP machines, he is optimistic.

“Testing in Jerez was productive and I was able to get a lot of information about the bike,” de Puniet said. “It’s clear that we are still far from what the final motorcycle will be, but I’m very happy with how everything has happened. “The test in Jerez gave me the opportunity to realise the enormous potential of the new concept of CRT,and I am proud to be one of the pioneering riders in this new category.”

De Puniet’s team-mate Espargaro will be returning to MotoGP after a year back in Moto2, having contested a season and a half with Pramac in 2009/10.

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