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This image released by Lucasfilm Ltd. shows Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, right, in a scene from, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

‘Rogue One’ tops new releases to dominate holiday box office

LOS ANGELES — It was an intergalactic holiday at movie theaters as “Rogue One” blasted past a spate of new releases to hold onto the top spot at the weekend box office. The “Star Wars” story added another $96 million to its coffers over the four-day holiday period, according to studio estimates Monday. “The power of the ‘Star Wars’ brand made it the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 film on Christmas weekend despite a massive amount of competition,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker comScore. That left the weekend’s many new releases in a race for second place. The animated animal musical “Sing” claimed that spot, debuting to $56 million. The Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt space tale

“Passengers” opened in third place with $23.1 million, followed by the R-rated comedy “Why Him?” with $16.7 million. The video-game adaptation “Assassin’s Creed” debuted in fifth place with $15 million. “Star Wars” also dominated the holiday box office last year with “The Force Awakens.” “Mid-December is kind of a magic time to release a big franchise film,” Dergarabedian said, noting that the top-grossing films of all time, “Avatar” and “Titanic,” also opened in mid-December. Half a dozen other films either opened or expanded over the holi-

day weekend. Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences” expanded on Sunday, earning $11.37 million over the four-day weekend, good for sixth place. While still in limited release, the celebrated musical “La La Land” opened in 534 additional theaters and finished the weekend in eighth place. Also opening over the long holiday weekend: Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” J.A. Bayona’s dark fantasy “A Monster Calls,” Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” and the NASA drama “Hidden Figures.” “There were so many cinematic presents under the Christmas tree, it was hard to keep track,” Dergarabedian said. (ap)

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Policemen stand inside a house where six people died from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed robbers had locked them, in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 27, 2016.

Six Indonesians found dead after being locked in bathroom

JAKARTA - Police in the Indonesian capital found on Tuesday six people, including a nine-year-old child, dead from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed robbers had locked them the previous day.

Petty crime is common in Jakarta, a teeming city of 10 million people, but violent crime including armed robbery is rare. Up to four intruders broke into the house in an upmarket neighbourhood on Monday, Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said. The robbers locked 11 people - including family members, maids and drivers - in the two metre by one metre (6.5 ft by 3.3 ft) bathroom and they were not found until early on Tuesday, Yuwono said. “They were carrying firearms and machetes,” Yuwono said of the robbers, citing a witness account. The five survivors were in critical condition and taken to hospital, he said. “For now, we have classified this case as a murder case. We cannot say a robbery case because our investigation so far reveals that nothing has been taken,” Colonel Argo Yuwono, Jakarta police spokesman, told the media at the crime scene packed with cameramen, reporters and onlookers. “There is no tampering on the house or the

DOORS,” he said, adding that investigators were working to find the motive. The dead victims were the owner of the house, identified by police as 59-year-old Dodi Triyono; two girls believed to be his daughters, 16-year-old Diona Arika Andra Puti and nine-year-old Dianita Gemma Dzalfayla; a friend of the girls identified as Amel, and two drivers of the family named as Yanto and Tasrok, reported Detik.com. Amel’s mother Rosy Herawati confirmed her loss in an interview with TVOne. Rosy said her last contact with her daughter was 2pm on Monday. Police did not disclose who the five surviving victims are, reports said. Col Argo said police would interview some of the surviving victims who were in better conditions. Witnesses said the intruders arrived at Mr Dodi’s house on Monday afternoon, and the victims were rescued and evacuated only at about 8am on Tuesday after a visiting friend of Mr Dodi’s noticed the main DOOR had been left open and heard voices crying for help. Some of those who died sustained some LIGHT bruises and there was no other cause of death besides suffocation, according to Inspector-General Iriawan. Mr Dodi was a property entrepreneur, MetroTV said, citing a friend of the man. (rtr)

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Foreign traveler kicks snatcher to fall down MANGUPURA — A gang of snatcher with the initials AP, 23, and Ag taking action in Kuta finally reaped the impact. When snatching Lahcène Tighlit, 43, from Algeria on Jalan Melasti, Kuta, they were immediately chased and their motorcycle was kicked to fall on Sunday (Dec. 25). AP had been beaten by mass, but Ag could escape while carrying

the victim’s cellular phone. Chief of Kuta Police, Wayan Sumara, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Ario Seno said on Monday (Dec. 26) that at 05:25 a.m. AP piggybacking his friend, Ag, equally from Karangasem, rode Jupiter MX motorcycle from Kuta Beach to Jalan Melasti-Sriwijaya, Kuta. When entering Jalan Sriwijaya in

the east of traffic light, the culprit saw the victim riding his motorcycle with his friend. “Friend of the victim was holding a cellular phone. At that time, the culprit approached victim’s motorcycle while Ag snatched his cellular phone,” he said. The victim immediately chased after him. When arriving in the eastern corner of Hotel Panorama,

Medical specialist remains a few and unevenly distributed DENPASAR —

The existence of medical specialist in Bali is still a few. Besides, the distribution of medical specialist has not run evenly, but only concentrated in big cities. In the meantime, the number of disease cases requiring treatment of medical specialists tends to increase. The increasing trend of disease such as heart disease, stroke and cancer cannot be matched with the number of medical specialist in Bali. For instance, the number of cardiologist, neurosurgeon, anatomic pathologist, clinical pathologist, clinical microbiologist, oncologic radiotherapist and medical forensic are still relatively small. Based on the WHO ratio, one doctor is versus 2,500 residents, the ratio of specialist is at 6/100,000 population, general practitioner at 40/100,000 population and dentist at 11/100,000 population. However, the reality in Bali is that one doctor serves 2,711 residents. Director of the Medical Education Study Program (PSPD) of the Udayana University, Dr. Dewa Putu Gde Purwa Samatra, said that the current number of cardiologist remains below 30, oncology radiotherapist (2 people); forensic specialist (4 people) et cetera. Moreover, the specialist of oncologic radiotherapy for cancer patient only amounts two people in Bali and only exists at Sanglah Hospital. Actually cancer belongs to the disease ranked tenth. Likewise, cardiologist amounts to not more than 30 people with 4-10 new cardiology clinical cases per day coupled with the older patients seeking for treatment. Of all the doctors, according to him, the anesthetist is needed more because it is required to accompany other medical specialists like obstetrician and gynecology, ENT specialist, ophthalmologist, surgery, cardiologist and neurologist. “These should have the highest amount,” he said. According to him, the shortage of medical specialist happens because the education of medical specialist

is still a few, while the education has multiple stages. Cardiology Department is said to have just been opened so that it is under process of yielding cardiologist. He hoped the number of medical specialists will increase and the distribution must be considered. “They are mostly distributed in big cities and rarely at hospitals belonging to type B in the regions,” he said on Monday (Dec. 26). The district or municipal hospitals of type B are very necessary to have a cardiologist. “Hospitals of type B are obliged to have a cardiologist and neurologist, while hospitals of type C are not yet,” he explained. Nevertheless, many hospitals of type C have been able to perform any services. Currently, the government is evenly distributing four biggest doctors in district or

municipal hospitals and they are required to have bachelor’s degree. They are obliged to serve at hospitals of type C or D that will be sent to border areas, remote areas and the outermost regions. Private hospitals of type C are also required to have in-house doctors and permanently contracted doctors by private hospitals. They work permanently but have no status as civil servant. “They really work full time at the hospital,” he added. A number of private hospitals have not owned yet permanent doctors because they are not able to provide sufficient fees. Nevertheless, the scarce medical specialists will be able to be met within the next 3-5 years because some medical specialists will be graduated in the near future. (kmb42)

the victim managed to approach the culprits. However, the culprit immediately turned back and speeded against the traffic direction to the west. The victim continued to pursue and arrived in front of a workshop, the victim kicked the offender’s motorcycle to fall down. AP could be arrested and beaten by residents. In the meantime, Ag carrying the victim’s cellular phone

immediately escaped. “So far, Ag is still be hunted, while AP was arrested with his motorcycle at police station. We ask residents and travelers to carefully hold cellular phone when being in the road or driving. It is advisable to stop at crowded places when wishing to make a call or send SMS,” he advised. (kmb36)

I Nyoman Sukanta, an ostrich and cassowary egg carver Now works on 20 orders from outside Bali

PERHAPS I Nyoman Sukanta is the only egg shell carving artist in Bali. This man from Tegal Cempaga hamlet, Bangli, expresses his artistic inspiration through a unique medium such as ostrich and cassowary egg. Moreover, he gets many orders to work on egg shell carving into a beautiful work of art. When met at his residence at Pande Cempaga hamlet, Bangli, I Nyoman Sukanta stated that currently he receives a lot of orders from local Bali or outside Bali. “Right now, I work on the order of 20 eggs. These orders are from Bali and some of them are from outside Bali,” said Sukanta on Tuesday (Dec. 26). Sukanta said that the eggs used are of ostrich and cassowaries because they both have larger size than the other eggs. Moreover, to be able to own his work, consumers must bring the eggs directly to his residence to be carved. “He charges different cost for the workmanship. A carving on ostrich egg is charged as much as IDR 2.5 million, while carving on cassowary egg is cheaper namely IDR 2 million. The ostrich egg is more expensive because it has slightly bigger size,” he said. This artist graduated from the Fine Arts and Design Study Program (PSSRD) of the Udayana University stated that to work on an egg until completion will take him quite a long time of approximately one and a half months. It happens because it is not worked on full time. “I work on the order after arriving at home from the office. During weekdays I can only work on for two hours. But on day-off or holiday, I can do it for eight hours. That’s why the workmanship takes a long time,” said Sukanta. He said that the egg workmanship needs high thoroughness and patience. Thus, the result will completely meet the expectation. “When carving it, we should be careful because the egg is fragile. Unlike painting, it has lower risk. Here, the painting has high level of difficulty. On that account, our hand may not tremble. Otherwise, the carvings can be broken,” said the carver who is also the staff at the Bangli Education Agency. He said that until now he claimed to be the only egg carver in Bali. “If there are people plagiarizing my works, they can be reported because I have obtained a copyright of the work. However, until these days there have been no egg carving artists other than me,” he said. When asked why he did not open up an art shop to develop his craft works, this 54-year old man stated that he does not want to work on too many orders. To handle the existing orders, he has been already overwhelmed. “Now, I have been distraught to work on the orders. Surely, opening an art shop will definitely generate more orders, while it is just handled alone,” he explained. He hoped the government could help him in the procurement of carving tools like a chisel and machine. So far, the tools used to carve are the results of his creativity. “In the past, I’ve had time to apply for an aid to local government, but so far there is no positive response from it. Hopefully, the government could help me in the matter of carving tools,” concluded Sukanta while stating that he had an opportunity to participate in a morning coffee exhibition at the State Palace in 1996. “Prior to going to the State Palace, I have to select first the works at the official residence of the governor with other artists. However, my egg carving works could pass the selection. On that account, I could get approval to participate in the exhibition because not all types of crafts could get into the State Palace,” recalled Sukanta. (kmb41)

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HARD ROCK HOTEL BALI ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF JOACHIM KREISEL (JOEY)

Hard Rock Hotel Bali takes pleasure in announcing the new appointment of Joachim Kreisel (Joey) as Executive Chef, effective 7th November 2016. Chef Joey led the kitchen brigade at various Starwood properties, including Sheraton

on the Park Hotel Sydney as Sous Chef, Executive Sous Chef at The Westin Hotel Sydney, Executive Chef at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok, and Sheraton Incheon Hotel South Korea. Until recently Chef Joey was Executive Chef for the

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more. Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur 10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

diverse Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya. In addition to his education and upbringing in his native country Germany, Chef Joey has spent more than 20 years working in culinary and cultural diverse environments. This experience, Chef Joey is excited to share and promote within his new kitchen team. “This hotel provides an exceptional amplified experience with all the staffs’ approach and the brand’s high recognition over the prestigious awards it has won. I’m thrilled to finally join the Hard Rock Hotel Bali team” Chef Joey said. G e n e r a l M a n a g e r, S h a n e Coates said Chef Joey’s strong background would further enhance guest culinary experiences at Hard Rock Hotel Bali’s restaurants. “With Chef Joey’s wealth of knowledge and experience, we are looking forward to taking our restaurants to another level by diversifying our menu’s further through creation and innovation. Joey will rock our kitchen team with fresh passion, energy and creativity” About Hard Rock Hotel Bali

Sprawling across three and a half hectares of pristine tropical property, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is located in Kuta, the heart of Bali’s famous entertainment and shopping district. Hard Rock Hotel Bali is Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel and the leading entertainment hotel in Bali features 418 tribute rooms, luxury and deluxe suites reflect the glory and legends of Rock ‘n Roll, alongside six cutting edge food and beverage outlets. Additional features include Lil’ Rock Kids Club, TABU Family Entertainment Center, Boom Box Recording Studio, Rock Spa, Body Rock fitness center and a Rock Shop – Hard Rock Merchandise Store. For more information, please visit www.bali.hardrockhotels.net. About Hard Rock International

With venues in 74 countries, including 174 cafes, 24 hotels and 11 casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world’s greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known

for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website. HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide. Destinations include the company’s two most successful Hotel and Casino properties in Tampa and Hollywood, Fl., both

owned and operated by HRI parent company The Seminole Tribe of Florida, as well as other exciting locations including Bali, Chicago, Cancun, Ibiza, Las Vegas, Macau and San Diego. Upcoming new Hard Rock Cafe locations include Valencia, Shanghai, Yangon and San Juan. New Hard Rock Hotel projects include Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Berlin, Dubai, London, Los Cabos, New York City, and Shenzhen, Dalian and Haikou in China. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com.

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In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, ground crew check on the reentry capsule of Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, which brought back a pair of Chinese astronauts from a monthlong stay aboard China’s space station, after it landed in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020

BEIJING — China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, by around 2018, and launch its first Mars probe by 2020. “To explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and build China into a space power is a dream we pursue unremittingly,” read a white paper setting out the country’s space strategy for the next five years. It says China aims to use space for peaceful purposes and to guarantee national security, and to carry out cutting-edge scientific research. The white paper, released by the information office of China’s Cabinet, points to the growing ambitions of China’s already rapidly advancing space program. China places great emphasis on the development of its space industry, seen as a symbol of national prestige that will raise the country’s standing in the world. Although the white paper doesn’t mention it, China’s eventual goal is to land an astronaut on the moon. While Russia and the United

States have more experience in manned space travel, China’s military-backed program has made steady progress in a comparatively short time. Since China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, it has staged a spacewalk and landed a rover on the moon in 2013 — the first time humans had soft landed anything on the moon since the 1970s. Last month, two astronauts returned from a month-long stay aboard China’s Tiangong 2 experimental space station, the country’s sixth and longest crewed mission. A fully functioning, permanently crewed space station is on course to begin operations six years from now and is slated to run for at least a decade. The white paper reiterated China’s plans to launch its first Mars probe

by 2020, saying it would explore and bring back samples from the red planet, explore the Jupiter system and “conduct research into major scientific questions such as the origin and evolution of the solar system, and search for extraterrestrial life.” The paper says the Chang’e-4 lunar probe will help shed light on the formation and evolution of the moon. He Qisong, a space security expert at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, said that achieving mankind’s first soft landing on the far side of the moon is a newly stated goal. It indicates that China has mastered the underlying technology needed to land on a specific area of the lunar surface, he added. “China never talks big and says something it’s unable to achieve,” he said. (ap)

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A fleet of Uber’s Ford Fusion self driving cars are shown during a demonstration of self-driving automotive technology in Pittsburgh, U.S., September 13, 2016.

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Bridge workmanship disturbs traffic of Christmas and New Year

Uber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads

SAN FRANCISCO - Uber Technologies Inc has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the company faced a regulatory crackdown. The California Department of Motor Vehicles said on Wednesday it revoked the registration of 16 Uber self-driving cars because they had not been properly permitted. For the last week, the agency was demanding that Uber shut down its program and comply with regulations requiring a permit to test self-driving cars on public roads. Uber said it was not obligated to have a permit because its vehicles require continuous monitoring by a person in the car. San Francisco was supposed to be Uber’s second testing ground for its self-driving cars. The company unveiled its self-driving cars in September in Pittsburgh. “We’re now looking at where we can redeploy these cars but remain 100 percent committed to California and will be redoubling our efforts to develop workable statewide rules,” an Uber spokeswoman said in a statement. California defines autonomous vehicles as having the capability to drive “without the active physical control or monitoring of a natural person.” Uber has argued that the law does not apply to its cars, which cannot stay in autonomous mode continuously. A driver and an engineer are in the front seats to take over frequently in sticky traffic situations such as construction zones or pedestrian crossings. Uber’s defiance was met with threats of legal action from the DMV and the state attorney general. The DMV told Uber that if it had obtained a permit, the regulator would have given the green light to the self-driving pilot. DMV director Jean Shiomoto said in a letter sent to Uber on Wednesday that she would “personally help to ensure an expedited review and approval process,” which she said can take less than three days. The permit process is largely seen as a public safety measure, as regulations also require that companies provide the DMV with accident reports. Uber, however, has complained that its home state has favored complex rules over technological innovation. (rtr)

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The dirty Penimbangan Beach

Due to limited equipment

Marine debris on Penimbangan Beach neglected to pile up

NEGARA - Repair workmanship against the Dangin Tukadaya Bridge that collapsed early last year is continuously speeded up ahead of this year-end. Over the past two weeks, the workmanship utilizes more heavy equipments so that they disrupted the traffic, including the crowded traffic of the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section on Saturday (Dec. 24). Traffic of vehicles from both directions, either from Denpasar or Gilimanuk, surges ahead of the Christmas holidays. As a result, condition of the main road section led to a quite long line. Moreover, the end of the line from Denpasar direction reached the town border or about one kilometer. Contractor of the project is forced to close one of the lanes in the emergency bridge to enable the activities of the heavy equipment. “I have been almost stood in line for approximately an hour from behind to pass through this bridge. I think there is an accident,” said Adi Susanto, a 31-year-old traveler from Surabaya that would spend their vacation in Bali. Open-close system was applied to anticipate the occurrence of total congestion. However, not few private cars, motorcycles and trucks preferred to pass through Batuagung village. Since this narrow road section was used for two directions, congestions were unavoidable to happen at some points, especially at the bridge connecting the Anyar to Keladian hamlet. According to Made Darsa, a supervisor of the national road authority (BPJN) VIII, lately the bridge repair workmanship mostly used heavy equipment. Thus, the lane open-close system is almost applied every day. Related to the traffic density on entering weekend holidays, his authority prioritizes the workmanship without using heavy equipment. Seeing the current progress, the completion is predicted to delay until next year. The contractor will be subject to a penalty as much as a thousandth per day of the contract value worth approximately IDR 12 billion. The project with the contract number KU.02.03 / 717 / PK-03 / VII / 2015 is undertaken by PT Soyuren Indonesia (KSO) - PT Permata Indah Lestari. (kmb26)

SINGARAJA —

Torrential rains hitting Buleleng triggered environmental disruption to coastal plains. The rivers emptying into some beaches in this area carried washed-up waste. As a result, plastic waste, tree branches to animal carcasses littered the beach environment. One of the beach areas flooded with marine debris is the Penimbangan Beach. This beach located at Baktiseraga, Buleleng subdistrict, has been filled with marine debris since the past few days. Coastal areas previously closed with fine black sand were then strewn with waste. Tourism service providers and fishermen group at local village were not able to overcome it. So, the waste was neglected because of limited facilities and the workers to clean up. Kadek Wisata pursuing in tourism services on Penimbangan Beach said on Monday (Dec. 26) that such marine debris has emerged since the heavy rains in the past few days. On this beach, there are two streams namely in the west and in the east. When it rains, the water volume of the river is quite large and washes away the waste. After that, the waste is hurled by tidal waves to pile up on the coastal plains. Wisata and his colleagues attempted to clean up the coastal plains from the siege of marine debris. He undertook it so that travelers visiting the beach would not be disrupted by the slob coastal

condition. Unfortunately, this effort was not successful due to limited worker and means. Moreover, the volume of waste stranded on the coastal plains was quite a lot. When it rains and tidal waves last, the volume of marine debris will continue to increase. Seeing this condition, Wisata is desperate and neglects the increasing volume of waste. “If cleaned up now, when it rains in the afternoon or evening and big waves come, marine debris will accumulate back. We once cleaned it up but it was not maximal. So, we are forced to neglect it first while waiting for the weather is getting better. After that, we will clean up the waste,” he said. In the meantime, headman of Baktiseraga, Gusti Putu Armada, said that when entering the season of bad weather as it is today the coastal plains at local village are faced with the problem of marine debris. In normal weather, the marine debris still appears, but it can be handled by merchants on the Penimbangan Beach with local fishermen. Though having high awareness, merchants and fishermen are unable to clean up the

coastal plains because the volume of marine debris increases. “This beach is flanked by a river in the west and in the east. These rivers wash away a large volume of waste and sometimes there is also waste washed away by waves. If the volume is small, local merchants and fishermen can still handle. However, when the volume increases as the current condition our efforts are meaningless,” he said. To carry out temporary handling, the village government with the components of society, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), NGOs and those having care about the environment have an agenda to clean up the beach this week. Surely this effort is unable to clean up the whole beach areas, but at least this effort will be able to minimize the volume of marine debris littering the beach. “Obviously we cannot clean up thoroughly because of limited worker and means. Nevertheless, the efforts we would like to do this week could at least reduce the volume of marine debris on this beach,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Over the past two weeks, the workmanship utilizes more heavy equipments so that they disrupted the traffic

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To instill environmental concern

Children of Panji village participate in waste saving program

SINGARAJA - Dozens of elementary school children at Kelod Kauh hamlet, Panji, Sukasada, were taught to maintain environmental sanitation. They are taught through a waste saving program. Children are involved in collecting plastic waste that can be recycled. Sale proceeds of the waste are saved through the Galang Panji waste bank established by the village government in 2014. Other than getting the proceeds of waste sales, children are also taught to maintain environmental sanitation from plastic

waste. One of the children, Kadek Adi Wiryarsana, when saving waste on Sunday (Dec. 25) admitted that it is very helpful because the waste collected at home environment can be sold and the money can be saved.

The schoold children is collecting waste.

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This fifth grade student at the SDN 1 Panji elementary school added that he did not feel disgusted when picking up bottles or other plastic waste in his neighborhood. Aside from having motivation to get money for saving, this child participating in the program of saving waste can also learn to maintain a healthy environment from plastic waste. “After school while playing or on holidays, I usually pick up waste in our home environment. If my hands get dirty, they can be easily washed. The proceeds can be directly saved to be taken advantage for the purchase of school supplies,” he said. In the meantime, manager of the Galang Panji waste bank, Gede Ganesa, said that until now there have been 40 school children at the Kelod Kauh hamlet who are actively participating in the waste saving program. These children are active to save waste collected at their home environment or public places in their territory. Each week the children save waste to Galang Panji waste bank. The waste is appraised based on the type such as plastic bag is purchased at IDR 500 per kilogram and used

bottles and paper or cardboard at IDR 800 per kilogram. “We’ve run for three years and a total of 40 children are actively participating in the waste saving. To create awareness of saving, every new school year or school holidays, we provide them with notebooks or other school supplies, so that children are more diligently saving waste,” he said. According to Ganesa, the waste saving program is effective enough to teach children to maintain environmental sanitation from plastic waste. This effort is important because the environment at villages in general has a lot of rivers or vacant land used as a landfill by residents. Without serious handling, later on the waste will disturb the environment at local villages. “We are trying to develop this program because the village environment has a lot of rivers or vacant lands functioned as landfill. Now, we want the children and general public will get motivated to manage the waste into useful items or side income,” he explained. Similar opinion was disclosed

by hamlet chief of Kelod Kauh, Nyoman Marsa Jaya. He said the waste problem at his village is quite serious that must be dealt with by involving all the components of society. Moreover, the increase in residential areas also results in increased volume of waste. To manage waste, the waste saving program will be encouraged not only targeting children but also general public. In addition, in the future the village government will also draft a waste management through perarem or village bylaw. These efforts are meant to sensitize the public so that they are aware of keeping the environment clean with appropriate waste processing and get the advantage to family income. “In the past, waste became a serious problem, and irrigation channels were made dirty by the waste. We have handled with this Waste Bank so that the waste now slightly decreases. Besides, we make another attempt namely setting forth perarem or village bylaw so that residents will be aware of maintaining the environmental sanitation from plastic waste,” he explained. (kmb38)

Bridge workmanship disturbs traffic of Christmas and New Year

NEGARA - Repair workmanship against the Dangin Tukadaya Bridge that collapsed early last year is continuously speeded up ahead of this year-end. Over the past two weeks, the workmanship utilizes more heavy equipments so that they disrupted the traffic, including the crowded traffic of the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section on Saturday (Dec. 24). Traffic of vehicles from both directions, either from Denpasar

or Gilimanuk, surges ahead of the Christmas holidays. As a result, condition of the main road section led to a quite long line. Moreover, the end of the line from Denpasar direction reached the town border or about one kilometer. Contractor of the project is forced to close one of the lanes in the emergency bridge to enable the activities of the heavy equipment. “I have been almost stood in line for approximately an hour from behind to pass

through this bridge. I think there is an accident,” said Adi Susanto, a 31-year-old traveler from Surabaya that would spend their vacation in Bali. Open-close system was applied to anticipate the occurrence of total congestion. However, not few private cars, motorcycles and trucks preferred to pass through Batuagung village. Since this narrow road section was used for two directions, congestions were un-

avoidable to happen at some points, especially at the bridge connecting the Anyar to Keladian hamlet. According to Made Darsa, a supervisor of the national road authority (BPJN) VIII, lately the bridge repair workmanship mostly used heavy equipment. Thus, the lane open-close system is almost applied every day. Related to the traffic density on entering weekend holidays, his authority prioritizes the workmanship

without using heavy equipment. Seeing the current progress, the completion is predicted to delay until next year. The contractor will be subject to a penalty as much as a thousandth per day of the contract value worth approximately IDR 12 billion. The project with the contract number KU.02.03 / 717 / PK-03 / VII / 2015 is undertaken by PT Soyuren Indonesia (KSO) - PT Permata Indah Lestari. (kmb26)

PDAM pipelines damaged as hit by landslide

Hundreds of customers in West Kintamani distraught

BANGLI - The water pipelines owned by the municipality waterworks (PDAM) in the region of Bunutin village, Kintamani, were damaged by landslides during heavy rains flushing the local area a few days ago. As a result of the damage to water pipelines, hundreds of PDAM customers at several villages in West Kintamani were distraught. To meet the needs of cooking and livestock, local residents are forced to seek water to its source located quite far from

the village center. Headman of Bunutin, Wayan Rungu, said on Sunday (Dec. 23) that the breakdown of the PDAM clean water supply to Bunutin village area has occurred since four days ago. This happened because the PDAM pipelines in the local region collapsed during heavy rains flushing the village of the Regent of Bangli Made Gianyar for several hours. “The rain was so heavy from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.,” he said.

Although the pipeline damage was already repaired, until Sunday the water did not flow into people’s homes. Rungu said that to meet daily needs such as cooking, bathing and livestock, residents have to take water directly to the source in the north and south of the village by car. “It’s very disturbing people’s activities. The time owned by residents must now be used to find water to its source,” he added. In the meantime, Director

of PDAM Bangli, Wayan Gde Yuliawan Askara, when asked for his confirmation separately acknowledged that the pipeline from springs at Bunutin village has been damaged since a few days ago. The damaged happened to eight pieces sizing 165 mm. The pipes were damaged due to be buried by landslides of two meters deep. In addition to resulting in losses for PDAM of IDR 75 million, this condition also caused the prob-

lematic water supply to a total of 850 customers in Kintamani. In addition to Bunutin, two other villages experiencing disrupted water supply are the Lembean and Manikliyu. “We’ve been handling. Excavation and pipeline installation has been done,” he explained. He hoped the affected customers could understand. It will be attempted to repair the damages so that the water supply to people’s home could return to normal. (kmb40)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presents a wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 26, 2016.

Japan’s Abe pays respects at Hawaii memorials on eve of Pearl Harbor trip

HONOLULU - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday stopped at several memorials in Hawaii, one day before he visits the site of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor during a trip intended to show a strong alliance between his country and the United States. Abe made no public remarks and stood in silence before a wreath of flowers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, a memorial to those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Abe, joined by two of his Cabinet members, bowed his head before wreaths of white flowers and greenery laid at the feet of stone monuments at Makiki Cemetery in Honolulu dedicated to Japanese who settled in Hawaii in the 1800s. The crowning event of the trip comes Tuesday, when Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Pearl Harbor, the site of the Japanese attack 75 years ago that drew the United States into World War Two. Obama, who was born in Hawaii, is spending his winter vacation there. Abe does not plan to apologize for the 1941 attack but to console the souls of those who died in the war, his aides said this month. Japan hopes to present a strong alliance with the United States amid concerns about China’s expanding military capability. Japan was monitoring a group of Chinese warships that entered the top half of the South China Sea earlier on Monday. “I am very much looking forward to sending out a strong message on the value of reconciliation, as well as our sincere prayer for the souls of the war dead,” Abe, speaking through an interpreter, said at the Hawaii Convention Center in

Honolulu. Abe has called U.S.-Japan relations an “alliance of hope” and said the devastation of war should not be repeated. In China, where the government has repeatedly urged Japan to show greater repentance for World War Two and Japan’s invasion of China, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said it was “wishful thinking” for Abe if he hoped to use the visit to “settle the accounts” for the war. “No matter the posture, no matter what show is put on, only sincere reflection can realise the key to reconciliation,” Hua told reporters. Japanese leaders hope to send a message of unity as well to President-elect Donald Trump, who triggered concerns before his Nov. 8 election by opposing the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and threatening to force allied countries to pay more to host U.S. forces. Abe has tightened ties with Washington during his four years in office, stretching the limits of Japan’s pacifist constitution and boosting defense spending. Amid wind and rain on Monday, Abe presented a wreath at the armed forces memorial located at Honolulu’s Punchbowl Crater. After a moment of silence, he signed a guestbook and then stopped at the grave of former U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, who fought in World War II in Europe and whose parents were Japanese. He died in 2012. Abe’s visit will come seven months after Obama became the first serving U.S. president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in the closing days of the war in 1945. (rtr)

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Taiwan warns of increasing threat as Chinese warships conduct drill

TAIPEI - Taiwan warned on Tuesday that “the threat of our enemies is growing day by day”, as Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier sailed towards the island province of Hainan through the South China Sea on a routine drill. The drill comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with the island’s president that upset Beijing. “The threat of our enemies is growing day by day. We should always be maintaining our combat alertness,” Taiwan Defence Minister Feng Shih-kuan said on Tuesday. “We need to strengthen the training (of our soldiers) so that they can not only survive in battle but also destroy the enemy and accomplish the mission,” he said. Feng’s remarks were given in a speech at a ministry event marking the promotion of senior military officers. The Chinese warships rounded Taiwan, passing between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa and through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, said Taiwan’s defence

ministry. China has given few details of what the Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier is up to, save that it is on a routine exercise. China’s air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims. The Pentagon did not directly comment on the latest drill but said that the United States recognises lawful use of sea and airspace in accordance to international law. “We continue to closely monitor developments in the region. We do not have specific comments on China’s recent naval activities, but we continue to observe a range of

ongoing Chinese military activity in the region,” Pentagon spokesman Gary Ross told Reuters. In Taipei, a Defence Ministry official said the Liaoning was maintaining a southwest course towards Hainan and not heading deeper into the disputed South China Sea near the Spratly Islands that lie close to the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. “It is still heading southwest towards Hainan,” a senior Taiwanese military official told Reuters, on condition of anonymity. The official said the carrier had not sailed close to Itu Abu, referring to Taiwan’s only holding in the Spratly Islands, and that Taipei continues to monitor its movements. The Liaoning has taken part in previous exercises, including in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practised for decades. Last December, the defence ministry confirmed China was building a second aircraft carrier but its launch date is unclear. The aircraft carrier programme is a state secret. (rtr)

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In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China’s military says its first aircraft carrier group has carried out a series of fighter launch, recovery and air combat exercises in the Yellow Sea amid tensions with the U.S. and Taiwan.

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UK Boxing Day online sales up 11.5 pct, footfall down 6 pct

Pedestrians walk on a bridge over traffic in Lima, Peru, December 20, 2016.

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shopping habits, Springboard said the number of people in shopping centres on Boxing Day morning fell 16.6 percent versus the same period last year. Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper said huge volumes of returns from Black Friday in November meant that many items would not make it back into shops in time for Boxing Day, hampering shops’ sales further, citing data from Clear Returns which tracks online shopping returns. A record 1 billion pounds worth of items are expected to be returned after this year’s Black Friday as online customers adopted a “buy now and decide later” stance, The Telegraph said. Clear Returns was not immediately available to comment. (rtr)

Peru president proposes dredging reservoir for gold

LIMA - President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski proposed dredging a reservoir in a dry northern region of Peru to extract what he described as “much more gold” than what the country’s biggest gold mine holds, according to an interview with a local newspaper. Kuczynski said Poechos, Peru’s biggest reservoir and a key source of water for drinking and farming in the northern Piura region, could hold one gram of gold per cubic meter in 580 million cubic meters of sediment. “It has to be dredged,” Kucyznski said in a videotaped interview with financial daily Gestion. “It has more gold than Yanacocha, much more,” he added in reference to the deposit that Newmont Mining Corp and Buenaventura have tapped for more than two decades. Sediment from the nearby River Chira that feeds Poechos has reduced the reservoir’s capacity for storing water, prompting farmers to demand its ridge be raised. Kuczynski said the sediment

could be removed from Poechos for 5-6 years to extract its gold before letting it accumulate again for 20 years, a repeatable process that he said would make it “the only mine in the world that’s renewable.” Kuczynski, a former investment banker who once managed a mine in West Africa for Alcoa Corp, said the same model could be used in another reservoir in Peru, Olmos, which Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP recently bought from Brazilian builder Odebrecht. Kuczynski’s office confirmed the accuracy of his comments. The governor of Piura, Reynaldo Hilbck, said his administration has been evaluating building smaller reservoirs upriver to boost regional water supplies and that a proposal

for mining Poechos would have to be studied carefully. “Poechos provides drinking water for five provinces in Piura and irrigates 110,000 hectares of farmland,” Hilbck said. “It’s the backbone of the economy.” Peru produced about 127 million grams of gold in the first 10 months of 2017, up 4 percent from the same period last year, thanks to surging output from wildcat miners in a rainforest region that offset dwindling production from Yanacocha. Yanacocha produced some 17.2 million grams of gold in that period, according to data from the energy and mines ministry. The basis for Kuczynski’s estimate of gold reserves in Poechos was unclear. Carlos Galvez, financial manager of Buenaventura and the head of the country’s mining association, said he was unaware of any systemic drilling and sampling in Poechos and called Kuczynski’s proposal “aggressive.” (rtr)

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Military personnel have been dispatched to flood-hit Bima City in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara to help the local people remove the accumulating garbage.

700 military personnel help clear garbage from flood-hit Bima

BIMA - Some 700 military personnel have been dispatched to flood-hit Bima City in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara to help the local people remove the accumulating garbage. “We have deployed hundreds of personnel. They are all from Sumbawa Island and the provincial capital, Mataram,” Commander of Wira Bhakti Military District Command Infantry Colonel Farid Makruf said here on Monday. He noted the local authorities hoped the city would be clean within a week. So far, they have made available 60 trucks to carry the garbage. Flash floods hit the city on December 21 and 23, forcing 104,378

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The number of Britons who hit the shops on Boxing Day morning, a traditional shopping day, fell 6 percent versus the same period last year, while online transactions rose 11.5 percent year-on-year, retail data company Springboard said. British retail sales grew at the fastest rate in more than a year in late November and early December, which may have taken some of the buzz out of the period around the Christmas holiday. Boxing Day sales have traditionally been an indicator of the strength of the Christmas shopping period. But as online transactions grow in importance, discounting periods are being spread more evenly over the year and fewer people are visiting shops to make purchases. In further evidence of changing

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people to flee their homes. Overall, the floods have uprooted 105,758 people in the citys five sub-districts, Chief of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board Mohmmad Rum stated over the weekend. The floods, triggered by the overflowing of two local rivers following heavy rains, prompted the closure of offices and schools in the city. According to officials, floodwaters injured one person and destroyed public facilities, including four public health service posts, 28 auxiliary public health service posts, and one office. However, no fatalities were reported from the floods. (ant)

MINAHASA - Three units of geothermal power plants (PLTP) worth Rp6.18 trillion (US$532.07 million) of Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) are to come on stream on Tuesday. President Joko Widsodo will officially commission the operation of the three projects here on Tuesday. The three projects include the 5th and 6th units of PLTP Lahendong with a capacity of 20 megawatts each in Tompaso, North Sulawesi. State-owned energy company Pertamina, the parent company of PGE, said the project is valued at US$282.07 million (Rp3.3 trillion). Construction of the two units began in July , 2015 and were

scheduled to be completed in December, 2016 and June, 2017 respectively. Construction has been successfully completed on Sept.15 for the 5th unit or three months earlier and on Dec. 9, 2016 for the 6th unit or six months earlier than scheduled. PLTP Lahendong , the 5th and 6th units, which uses the total project scheme (until producing power) will add the capacity of the Lahendong power generating capacity to 120 MW and strengthen the electrification capacity in Minahasa, North Sulawesi of no less

than 240,000 houses. During the construction of the projects jobs were open for no less than 1,800 workers and the project has a local content of 42.68 percent. Another project is the 3rd unit of PLTP Ulubelu with a capacity of 55 MW built with an investment of US$250 million equivalent to Rp2.8 trillion. Construction of the project also under total project scheme began on July 5, 2015 to be completed in August , 2016, but it was successfully completed on July 26 in 2016 or a month earlier than scheduled. The project, which is located in Tanggamus, Lampung, has provided jobs for 3,000 workers with local content of 50.89 percent. (ant)

Three tigers, two leopards born in W Sumatra zoo

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Young photographers take photographs of hounds as the New Forest Hunt gathers at at Boltons Bench for the annual Boxing Day hunt in Lyndhurst, southern England, Britain December 26, 2016. Since a ban stopped fox hunting with hounds, hunts continued with dogs chasing down a pre-laid scented trail instead of a fox.

BUKITTINGGI - Three Sumatran tigers (“Panthera tigris sumatrae”) and two clouded leopards (“Neofelis diardi”) were born recently at the Kinantan Zoo and Cultural Park here. “Three cubs were born to a tiger couple named Sean and Bancah. Now, we have eight Sumatran tigers in the zoo,” Ikbal, the manager of the zoo, said here on Monday. The tiger cubs, two females and a male, were born on November 14, he said. Two clouded leopards were also born last week. The caretaker of the zoo said they had not yet been able to deter-

mine the gender of the two leopard cubs as the parents were highly protective. “The birth is a rare event because it is difficult to breed the leopard in a zoo. However, we have seen it twice here,” Ikbal added. The zoo management will let the cubs grow naturally with their parents. The caretaker will only provide nutritious diet such as milk and vitamins to maintain the health of the animals. The zoo management will also not display the cubs to visitors to avoid unwanted incidents. Ikbal said the cubs were in good health. (ant)

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Unit 5 and 6 in PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Lahendong, Tompaso, Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, (26/12/2016).

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Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault

JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement-building. But with the clock ticking down on Barack Obama’s presidency, a possibly more amenable Republican Donald Trump due to succeed him on Jan. 20 and a $38 billion U.S. military aid package to Israel a done deal, it’s all a calculated risk for the four-term, right-wing Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu, after what critics are calling a stinging defeat on the international stage, is already manoeuvring to mine deep-seated feelings among many Israelis that their country and its policies towards the Palestinians are overly criticised in a world where deadlier conflicts rage. He has tried to rally Israelis around him by portraying the anti-settlement resolution as a challenge to Israel’s claimed sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. That was hammered home with an unscheduled Hanukkah

holiday visit to the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, which is located in Jerusalem’s Old City in the eastern sector captured along with the West Bank in a 1967 war. That all of Jerusalem is their country’s capital is a consensus view among Israelis, including those who otherwise have doubts about the wisdom of Netanyahu’s support for settlements on the West Bank. Palestinians claim eastern Jerusalem as their capital, and Washington has in the past accepted an international view that the city’s status must be determined at future peace talks. Trump has promised to reverse decades of U.S. policy by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. “I did not plan to be here this evening but in light of the U.N. resolution I thought that there was no better place to light the

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York September 21, 2016. second Hanukkah candle than the Western Wall,” Netanyahu said during the event. “I ask those same countries that wish us a Happy Hanukkah how they could vote for a U.N. resolution which says that this place, in which we are now cel-

ebrating Hanukkah, is occupied territory?” Some 570,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as part of a future state. At the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu brushed

aside a White House denial and again accused the Obama administration of colluding with the Palestinians in the U.N. move against the settlements, which are considered illegal by most countries and described as illegitimate by Washington. (rtr)

Human error led to Colombia soccer plane crash -authorities

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Rescue crew work at the wreckage from a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle with Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense near Medellin, Colombia, November 29, 2016.

BOGOTA - Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday. The plane, operated by Bolivia-based charter company LaMia, crashed on a wooded hillside near Medellin because the pilot failed to refuel en route and did not report engine failures caused by the lack of fuel until it was too late, officials said. “No technical factor was part of the accident, everything involved human error, added to a management factor in the company’s administration and the management and organization of the flight plans by the authorities in Bolivia,” Colombia’s Secretary for Air Safety Colonel Freddy Bonilla told journalists. Aviation authorities in Bolivia and the airline “accepted condi-

tions for the flight presented in the flight plan that were unacceptable,” Bonilla added. Besides a lack of fuel, the plane was over its weight limit by nearly 400 kilograms (881 lbs) and was not certified to fly at the altitude at which the journey took place, Bonilla said. The preliminary conclusions of Colombia’s investigation coincide with assertions by Bolivian authorities last week that LaMia and the plane’s pilot were directly responsible for the accident. Pilot Miguel Quiroga was also a co-owner of the airline and was killed in the crash. G u s t a v o Va rg a s G a mb o a , LaMia’s chief executive, was jailed pending trial earlier this month on manslaughter and other charges, which he has denied. His son Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia’s aviation authority, is also being held on charges that he misused his influence in au-

thorizing the license of the plane that crashed. He also says he is innocent. Criminal charges have also been brought against LaMia co-owner Marco Antonio Rocha Benegas, whose whereabouts are unknown, and air traffic controller Celia Castedo, who fled Bolivia after the crash and is seeking asylum in Brazil. Bolivian authorities have said the crash was an isolated incident, but that the government will accelerate the process of implementing a new safety system. Colombian investigators have the final word on causes of the crash, Bolivian authorities have said. The aircraft had been transporting the Chapecoense team to the biggest game in its history, the final of the Copa Sudamericana. All but three of the players and staff onboard were killed. Two crew members and one reporter also survived. (rtr)

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MELBOURNE - Australian super maxi Wild Oats XI dropped out of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday, the race leader citing a broken hydraulic ram.

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Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) grabs a lose ball during the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Pistons stun Cavs to ease out of slump

AUBURN HILLS - Desperate for a victory, the Detroit Pistons needed to catch a break. Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue delivered that gift a day after Christmas, resting the game’s biggest star. LeBron James got the night off as the Pistons snapped a five-game losing streak by downing the Cavaliers 106-90 on Monday night at The Palace. James, who played 40 minutes in Cleveland’s 109-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, sat in street clothes and watched his team’s offense disintegrate. The Cavs shot 38 percent from the field and committed a season-high 22 turnovers. James was rested in two other games this season after playing a home game the previous night. Cleveland is 23-4 when he is in uniform and 0-3 without him. “He’s probably the best player in the world,” Pistons forward Jon Leuer said. “When he’s not in there, it’s a different feel, for sure. They still have some talented guys with Kyrie (Irving) and Kevin (Love), their shooters and how they space the floor. It still makes it difficult, but LeBron kind of facilitates everything.” Detroit hounded Golden State into 23 turnovers in its previous game, but Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy felt the Cavs’ giveaways were mainly due to James’ absence. “I didn’t think we forced a lot,” he said. “Kyrie’s used to making plays, but nobody else on that team really ever has to make a play other than Kyrie or LeBron. Today, (others) had to try to make some plays.

They’re in unfamiliar territory. These are guys that normally play off those two guys. When there’s only one of them, it’s a little bit harder.” Pistons forward Tobias Harris scored 21 points while coming off the bench for the second straight game after starting the previous 31. That performance followed up a season-high, 26-point outing against the Warriors. “It’s different,” he said. “Obviously, when you come off the bench, you have to use that time on the bench to evaluate the speed of the game, how we’re playing, what we’re doing well, what we’re not doing well. And when you get into the game, you have to try to make that impact from there.” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 18 points, Marcus Morris supplied 15 and Leuer and Reggie Jackson chipped in 13 apiece for the Pistons. Andre Drummond added 11 points and a game-high 17 rebounds on a night when the last-place Pistons (15-18) never trailed. Irving led the Cavaliers, who had their five-game winning streak snapped, with 18 points and eight assists. Love contributed 17 points and 14 rebounds. Iman Shumpert, Kay Felder and Channing Frye had 11 points apiece. “Guys have to do more,” Lue said of playing without James. “We have specialists, guys who can make shots. That opens up the floor for Kyrie, LeBron and Kevin to go to work. When one of our key guys doesn’t play, that makes it tough on the other two and it makes it tough on the rest of the team, also.” (rtr)

The surprising retirement of Wild Oats XI came after the race favourite had commanded a steady lead at the end of the first day on Monday, chasing a record ninth line honours victory. Roughly 20 hours into the treacherous race, as the yachts entered the Bass Strait which separates the mainland from Tasmania, the leader was forced to retire, allowing super maxi Perpetual Loyal to take the lead ahead of New Zealand’s Giacomo.

Near perfect weather conditions on Monday had helped Wild Oats XI, which was on pace for a record time before its hydraulic fault. Wild Oats XI’s second consecutive retirement is a disappointing rerun for skipper Mark Richards, who was seeking redemption for his crew after high winds tore their mainsail and forced them to retire last year. Covering approximately 630 nautical miles (1170 km) of the Tasman Sea and notoriously treach-

erous Bass Strait, the annual race is Australia’s premier yachting event and among the world’s most gruelling. Strong north-easterly winds built throughout Monday, helping Perpetual Loyal and Wild Oats XI break away from the fleet of 88 yachts, with Wild Oats XI taking the lead late in the day. Yachtsmen had earlier predicted the race record of one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds set by Wild Oats XI in 2012, was in jeopardy. The leaders are expected to finish on Wednesday in Hobart, the capital of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. (rtr)

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The yacht Wild Oats XI sails out of Sydney Harbour during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, before withdrawing from Australia’s premiere bluewater classic in Australia, in this December 26, 2016 handout picture.

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Sp rt Mkhitaryan scores stunning goal as United beats Sunderland

MANCHESTER — Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored an acrobatic back flick to wrap up Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Sunderland in the English PREMIER LEAGUE on Monday, ensuring a miserable return to Old Trafford for former United manager David Moyes. On as a second-half substitute, Mkhitaryan met Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s right-wing cross with a spectacular flicked finish with the heel of his right foot that flew into the corner in the 86th minute. Mkhitaryan was in an offside position but it didn’t stop home fans at Old Trafford saluting a player who is growing in IMPORTANCE in his first season at United. United

manager Jose Mourinho called the goal “phenomenal.” “I think he scored in the right goal @ the Stretford End, with the people very enthusiastic just

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

behind,” Mourinho said. “It was a great moment.” Ibrahimovic also set up the opening goal for Daley Blind in the 39th before scoring his 16th goal of the season in the 82nd after being played through by Paul Pogba. The 35-year-old striker has been involved in 12 Premier League goals this season and MOURINHO reiterated that Ibrahimovic’s future will be at Old Trafford beyond the end of the season. “I am not really surprised because he is a very intelligent guy and he’s a very proud man,” Mourinho said. “For him to decide to come to a club with the level of expectation of Manchester United and the most difficult league in the world for a striker, it is because he knows that he can do it.” Sunderland’s consolation was scored by Fabio Borini in stoppage time. It was Moyes’ first game at Old Trafford since he was fired by United in April 2014, 10 months into his ill-fated tenure as Alex Ferguson’s hand-picked replacement. “I’ve got to say I enjoy coming back, I’ve always enjoyed coming here,” Moyes said. “Hard place to come, hard place to get a result and it proved to be that again today.” On the reception from United fans, Moyes added: “I thought it was fine. I think MANCHESTER United supporters are knowledgeable. “They have seen some good teams, they have seen some bad teams. They are knowledgeable and I think most of them were very good. United has won its last four league games to power back into contention for the Champions League qualification places.(ap) Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League Soccer match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

Standings

P

W

D

L

F

1 Chelsea 18 2 Manchester City 18 3 Liverpool 17

15 12 11

1 3 4

2 3 2

38 39 41

11 20 20

46 39 37

4 Arsenal

18

11

4

3

39

19

37

5 Tottenham Hotspur

17

9

6

2

29

12

33

6 Manchester United 7 Everton

18 18

9 7

6 5

3 6

27 23

18 21

33 26

8 Southampton 17 9 West Bromwich Albion 18 10 Watford 18 11 West Ham United 18 12 Stoke City 17 13 Bournemouth 18 14 Burnley 18 15 Middlesbrough 18 16 Leicester City 18 17 Crystal Palace 18

6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4

6 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 5 4

5 7 8 8 6 9 10 8 9 10

17 23 22 23 19 23 17 16 23 29

16 22 30 32 24 31 28 20 31 33

24 23 22 22 21 21 20 18 17 16

18 Sunderland 19 Swansea City 20 Hull City

4 3 3

2 3 3

12 12 12

16 21 14

31 41 39

14 12 12

18 18 18

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Giroud seizes moment to remind Wenger of his worth

LONDON - Olivier Giroud proved the difference for Arsenal in a typically hard-fought 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Monday, again demonstrating his worth to manager Arsene Wenger after spending the majority of the season on the substitutes’ bench. The France international has been starved of Premier League action this season due to Wenger’s preference for playing Alexis Sanchez as the central striker and he found himself in the starting team for the first time against West Brom. Giroud initially struggled against Tony Pulis’s physical side and Sanchez looked far likelier to forge an opening as he struck the post and fired shots repeatedly at Albion goalkeeper Ben Foster. Arsenal eventually beat West Brom at their own game, however, as Giroud powered past veteran defender Gareth McAuley to send Mesut Ozil’s cross looping over Foster and into the far corner of the net. “Sometimes you make it through on the ground today we did it in the air and he is our only player that can do that in the air,” Wenger said. “He has done it a lot of times, when he

has come off the bench and it’s been frustrating for him because I didn’t always play him in the next game when he played well. We have an honest relationship and I have big respect for him.” Despite having to grapple with a supporting role for the first time since joining Arsenal in 2012 after leading Montpellier to an unlikely French Ligue 1 title, Giroud has proved decisive on several occasions this season. The Frenchman scored Arsenal’s second and third goals in a 4-1 win at Sunderland after they had been pegged back and headed an 89th-minute equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw at Manchester United. “It has been a big relief. We pushed and pushed towards the end and we kept believing in our game. It’s a big finish, an amazing feeling. It’s nice for us because we always try to find a solution and we’ve been a bit unlucky recently,” Giroud said. “It’s job done today but it was very hard. We were playing against six at the back, three in midfield and then one up top, but we never gave up. It was a great feeling to score and a big relief too.”(rtr)

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Boxing Day body blow as leaders Newcastle lose LONDON - Championship leaders Newcastle United suffered a Boxing Day setback as Sheffield Wednesday earned a 1-0 victory at St James’ Park on Monday. A Glenn Loovens header eight minutes into the second half silenced the home crowd and proved enough to keep the visitors sixth in the table. Newcastle’s defeat, which followed three consecutive victories, has opened the door for Brighton and Hove Albion to move top if they beat Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. It was a good day for the chasing pack with fifth-placed Leeds United winning 4-1 at Preston North End where home striker

Jermaine Beckford was sent off in his first match back since serving a three-game suspension. Goals by Kemar Roofe, Hadi Sacko and Souleymane Doukara put the visitors in control before the break and Pablo Hernandez added a late fourth to leave Leeds on 41 points, eight off the pace. Former Leeds forward Beckford, dismissed for fighting with a team mate in his last match, came on as a second-half substitute but he lasted only three minutes after a reckless kick in the face of a United defender. “(Kyle) Bartley and (Luke) Ayling came through the back of Jermaine and he acted stupidly,” said Preston manager Simon Grayson.

Third-placed Reading closed within six points of Newcastle thanks to a 3-1 home win over Norwich City who had Jonny Howson sent off for deliberate handball. Huddersfield Town came from a goal down to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and stay fourth, a point behind Reading and one ahead of Leeds. Michael Mancienne’s own goal after halftime sealed the points for Huddersfield and the Forest defender was later sent off to complete a miserable day. Bottom club Rotherham United claimed their third league win of the season by beating fellow strugglers Wigan Athletic 3-2.(rtr)

Roma confident of breaking ground on new 56,000-seat stadia next year DUBAI- AS Roma is on track to break ground on its new 56,000-seat stadium to be built in Rome’s south-west, its chief executive said in Dubai on Tuesday. The 1.3 billion euro ($1.36 billion) Stadio Della Roma has fac ed years of delays as the club waited for approval. Originally set to open in the current season, chief executive Umberto Gandini said the club is in the “final step” of the approval process and the stadium would be ready by 2020-21 season, if not earlier. “It’s a question of a couple of months,” he told Reuters on the sidelines of a sports conference. Roma’s plans follow current Serie A leader Juventus, who became the first top Italian club to own its own ground having built a 41,000-seat stadium in 2011 instead of relying on the Stadio delle Alpi which it had to share with Torino. Such purpose-built modern facilities could help Italy in any future bid to host

either a World Cup or European Championship. Roma will have to present their plans for confirmation to a new city municipality following December’s resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, which set off a string of changes in Italian politics. “The expectation is that with minimal modification to the original project we hope that we can get their approval,” Gandini said. The new stadium would help Roma, currently second in Serie A, raise revenue. The club currently alternates with cross-city rival SS Lazio in borrowing the publicly-owned Stadio Olimpico venue for its games. Public ownership of stadiums is common in Italy but leaves clubs unable to modernise their facilities and make money from mega-stores and restaurants, as do the likes of Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Having their own stadium could also

give Roma more control over those attending their games. Roma supporters who occupy the Curva Sud (south curve) at the Stadio Olimpico are boycotting games in protest against new security measures they say are destroying their fan culture. Gandini said the protests were “heavily” affecting the atmosphere and that the club was trying to resolve the matter with the authorities. “The ambience is different therefore also normal fans are deciding not to come to the stadium and this is a problem.” On a proposal by Italian Football Federation President Carlo Tavecchio to reduce the number of teams competing in Serie A from 20 to 18, Gandini said the results of the current competition show that is the right step to take. Last placed Pescara has won just one game this season whilst 19th placed Crotone and 18th placed Palermo have won two games.(rtr)

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce (L) and Newcastle manager Alan Pardew

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Sp rt Mkhitaryan scores stunning goal as United beats Sunderland

MANCHESTER — Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored an acrobatic back flick to wrap up Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Sunderland in the English PREMIER LEAGUE on Monday, ensuring a miserable return to Old Trafford for former United manager David Moyes. On as a second-half substitute, Mkhitaryan met Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s right-wing cross with a spectacular flicked finish with the heel of his right foot that flew into the corner in the 86th minute. Mkhitaryan was in an offside position but it didn’t stop home fans at Old Trafford saluting a player who is growing in IMPORTANCE in his first season at United. United

manager Jose Mourinho called the goal “phenomenal.” “I think he scored in the right goal @ the Stretford End, with the people very enthusiastic just

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

behind,” Mourinho said. “It was a great moment.” Ibrahimovic also set up the opening goal for Daley Blind in the 39th before scoring his 16th goal of the season in the 82nd after being played through by Paul Pogba. The 35-year-old striker has been involved in 12 Premier League goals this season and MOURINHO reiterated that Ibrahimovic’s future will be at Old Trafford beyond the end of the season. “I am not really surprised because he is a very intelligent guy and he’s a very proud man,” Mourinho said. “For him to decide to come to a club with the level of expectation of Manchester United and the most difficult league in the world for a striker, it is because he knows that he can do it.” Sunderland’s consolation was scored by Fabio Borini in stoppage time. It was Moyes’ first game at Old Trafford since he was fired by United in April 2014, 10 months into his ill-fated tenure as Alex Ferguson’s hand-picked replacement. “I’ve got to say I enjoy coming back, I’ve always enjoyed coming here,” Moyes said. “Hard place to come, hard place to get a result and it proved to be that again today.” On the reception from United fans, Moyes added: “I thought it was fine. I think MANCHESTER United supporters are knowledgeable. “They have seen some good teams, they have seen some bad teams. They are knowledgeable and I think most of them were very good. United has won its last four league games to power back into contention for the Champions League qualification places.(ap) Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League Soccer match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

Standings

P

W

D

L

F

1 Chelsea 18 2 Manchester City 18 3 Liverpool 17

15 12 11

1 3 4

2 3 2

38 39 41

11 20 20

46 39 37

4 Arsenal

18

11

4

3

39

19

37

5 Tottenham Hotspur

17

9

6

2

29

12

33

6 Manchester United 7 Everton

18 18

9 7

6 5

3 6

27 23

18 21

33 26

8 Southampton 17 9 West Bromwich Albion 18 10 Watford 18 11 West Ham United 18 12 Stoke City 17 13 Bournemouth 18 14 Burnley 18 15 Middlesbrough 18 16 Leicester City 18 17 Crystal Palace 18

6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4

6 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 5 4

5 7 8 8 6 9 10 8 9 10

17 23 22 23 19 23 17 16 23 29

16 22 30 32 24 31 28 20 31 33

24 23 22 22 21 21 20 18 17 16

18 Sunderland 19 Swansea City 20 Hull City

4 3 3

2 3 3

12 12 12

16 21 14

31 41 39

14 12 12

18 18 18

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Giroud seizes moment to remind Wenger of his worth

LONDON - Olivier Giroud proved the difference for Arsenal in a typically hard-fought 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Monday, again demonstrating his worth to manager Arsene Wenger after spending the majority of the season on the substitutes’ bench. The France international has been starved of Premier League action this season due to Wenger’s preference for playing Alexis Sanchez as the central striker and he found himself in the starting team for the first time against West Brom. Giroud initially struggled against Tony Pulis’s physical side and Sanchez looked far likelier to forge an opening as he struck the post and fired shots repeatedly at Albion goalkeeper Ben Foster. Arsenal eventually beat West Brom at their own game, however, as Giroud powered past veteran defender Gareth McAuley to send Mesut Ozil’s cross looping over Foster and into the far corner of the net. “Sometimes you make it through on the ground today we did it in the air and he is our only player that can do that in the air,” Wenger said. “He has done it a lot of times, when he

has come off the bench and it’s been frustrating for him because I didn’t always play him in the next game when he played well. We have an honest relationship and I have big respect for him.” Despite having to grapple with a supporting role for the first time since joining Arsenal in 2012 after leading Montpellier to an unlikely French Ligue 1 title, Giroud has proved decisive on several occasions this season. The Frenchman scored Arsenal’s second and third goals in a 4-1 win at Sunderland after they had been pegged back and headed an 89th-minute equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw at Manchester United. “It has been a big relief. We pushed and pushed towards the end and we kept believing in our game. It’s a big finish, an amazing feeling. It’s nice for us because we always try to find a solution and we’ve been a bit unlucky recently,” Giroud said. “It’s job done today but it was very hard. We were playing against six at the back, three in midfield and then one up top, but we never gave up. It was a great feeling to score and a big relief too.”(rtr)

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Boxing Day body blow as leaders Newcastle lose LONDON - Championship leaders Newcastle United suffered a Boxing Day setback as Sheffield Wednesday earned a 1-0 victory at St James’ Park on Monday. A Glenn Loovens header eight minutes into the second half silenced the home crowd and proved enough to keep the visitors sixth in the table. Newcastle’s defeat, which followed three consecutive victories, has opened the door for Brighton and Hove Albion to move top if they beat Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. It was a good day for the chasing pack with fifth-placed Leeds United winning 4-1 at Preston North End where home striker

Jermaine Beckford was sent off in his first match back since serving a three-game suspension. Goals by Kemar Roofe, Hadi Sacko and Souleymane Doukara put the visitors in control before the break and Pablo Hernandez added a late fourth to leave Leeds on 41 points, eight off the pace. Former Leeds forward Beckford, dismissed for fighting with a team mate in his last match, came on as a second-half substitute but he lasted only three minutes after a reckless kick in the face of a United defender. “(Kyle) Bartley and (Luke) Ayling came through the back of Jermaine and he acted stupidly,” said Preston manager Simon Grayson.

Third-placed Reading closed within six points of Newcastle thanks to a 3-1 home win over Norwich City who had Jonny Howson sent off for deliberate handball. Huddersfield Town came from a goal down to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and stay fourth, a point behind Reading and one ahead of Leeds. Michael Mancienne’s own goal after halftime sealed the points for Huddersfield and the Forest defender was later sent off to complete a miserable day. Bottom club Rotherham United claimed their third league win of the season by beating fellow strugglers Wigan Athletic 3-2.(rtr)

Roma confident of breaking ground on new 56,000-seat stadia next year DUBAI- AS Roma is on track to break ground on its new 56,000-seat stadium to be built in Rome’s south-west, its chief executive said in Dubai on Tuesday. The 1.3 billion euro ($1.36 billion) Stadio Della Roma has fac ed years of delays as the club waited for approval. Originally set to open in the current season, chief executive Umberto Gandini said the club is in the “final step” of the approval process and the stadium would be ready by 2020-21 season, if not earlier. “It’s a question of a couple of months,” he told Reuters on the sidelines of a sports conference. Roma’s plans follow current Serie A leader Juventus, who became the first top Italian club to own its own ground having built a 41,000-seat stadium in 2011 instead of relying on the Stadio delle Alpi which it had to share with Torino. Such purpose-built modern facilities could help Italy in any future bid to host

either a World Cup or European Championship. Roma will have to present their plans for confirmation to a new city municipality following December’s resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, which set off a string of changes in Italian politics. “The expectation is that with minimal modification to the original project we hope that we can get their approval,” Gandini said. The new stadium would help Roma, currently second in Serie A, raise revenue. The club currently alternates with cross-city rival SS Lazio in borrowing the publicly-owned Stadio Olimpico venue for its games. Public ownership of stadiums is common in Italy but leaves clubs unable to modernise their facilities and make money from mega-stores and restaurants, as do the likes of Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Having their own stadium could also

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MELBOURNE - Australian super maxi Wild Oats XI dropped out of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday, the race leader citing a broken hydraulic ram.

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Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) grabs a lose ball during the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Pistons stun Cavs to ease out of slump

AUBURN HILLS - Desperate for a victory, the Detroit Pistons needed to catch a break. Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue delivered that gift a day after Christmas, resting the game’s biggest star. LeBron James got the night off as the Pistons snapped a five-game losing streak by downing the Cavaliers 106-90 on Monday night at The Palace. James, who played 40 minutes in Cleveland’s 109-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, sat in street clothes and watched his team’s offense disintegrate. The Cavs shot 38 percent from the field and committed a season-high 22 turnovers. James was rested in two other games this season after playing a home game the previous night. Cleveland is 23-4 when he is in uniform and 0-3 without him. “He’s probably the best player in the world,” Pistons forward Jon Leuer said. “When he’s not in there, it’s a different feel, for sure. They still have some talented guys with Kyrie (Irving) and Kevin (Love), their shooters and how they space the floor. It still makes it difficult, but LeBron kind of facilitates everything.” Detroit hounded Golden State into 23 turnovers in its previous game, but Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy felt the Cavs’ giveaways were mainly due to James’ absence. “I didn’t think we forced a lot,” he said. “Kyrie’s used to making plays, but nobody else on that team really ever has to make a play other than Kyrie or LeBron. Today, (others) had to try to make some plays.

They’re in unfamiliar territory. These are guys that normally play off those two guys. When there’s only one of them, it’s a little bit harder.” Pistons forward Tobias Harris scored 21 points while coming off the bench for the second straight game after starting the previous 31. That performance followed up a season-high, 26-point outing against the Warriors. “It’s different,” he said. “Obviously, when you come off the bench, you have to use that time on the bench to evaluate the speed of the game, how we’re playing, what we’re doing well, what we’re not doing well. And when you get into the game, you have to try to make that impact from there.” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 18 points, Marcus Morris supplied 15 and Leuer and Reggie Jackson chipped in 13 apiece for the Pistons. Andre Drummond added 11 points and a game-high 17 rebounds on a night when the last-place Pistons (15-18) never trailed. Irving led the Cavaliers, who had their five-game winning streak snapped, with 18 points and eight assists. Love contributed 17 points and 14 rebounds. Iman Shumpert, Kay Felder and Channing Frye had 11 points apiece. “Guys have to do more,” Lue said of playing without James. “We have specialists, guys who can make shots. That opens up the floor for Kyrie, LeBron and Kevin to go to work. When one of our key guys doesn’t play, that makes it tough on the other two and it makes it tough on the rest of the team, also.” (rtr)

The surprising retirement of Wild Oats XI came after the race favourite had commanded a steady lead at the end of the first day on Monday, chasing a record ninth line honours victory. Roughly 20 hours into the treacherous race, as the yachts entered the Bass Strait which separates the mainland from Tasmania, the leader was forced to retire, allowing super maxi Perpetual Loyal to take the lead ahead of New Zealand’s Giacomo.

Near perfect weather conditions on Monday had helped Wild Oats XI, which was on pace for a record time before its hydraulic fault. Wild Oats XI’s second consecutive retirement is a disappointing rerun for skipper Mark Richards, who was seeking redemption for his crew after high winds tore their mainsail and forced them to retire last year. Covering approximately 630 nautical miles (1170 km) of the Tasman Sea and notoriously treach-

erous Bass Strait, the annual race is Australia’s premier yachting event and among the world’s most gruelling. Strong north-easterly winds built throughout Monday, helping Perpetual Loyal and Wild Oats XI break away from the fleet of 88 yachts, with Wild Oats XI taking the lead late in the day. Yachtsmen had earlier predicted the race record of one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds set by Wild Oats XI in 2012, was in jeopardy. The leaders are expected to finish on Wednesday in Hobart, the capital of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. (rtr)

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The yacht Wild Oats XI sails out of Sydney Harbour during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, before withdrawing from Australia’s premiere bluewater classic in Australia, in this December 26, 2016 handout picture.

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Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault

JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement-building. But with the clock ticking down on Barack Obama’s presidency, a possibly more amenable Republican Donald Trump due to succeed him on Jan. 20 and a $38 billion U.S. military aid package to Israel a done deal, it’s all a calculated risk for the four-term, right-wing Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu, after what critics are calling a stinging defeat on the international stage, is already manoeuvring to mine deep-seated feelings among many Israelis that their country and its policies towards the Palestinians are overly criticised in a world where deadlier conflicts rage. He has tried to rally Israelis around him by portraying the anti-settlement resolution as a challenge to Israel’s claimed sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. That was hammered home with an unscheduled Hanukkah

holiday visit to the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, which is located in Jerusalem’s Old City in the eastern sector captured along with the West Bank in a 1967 war. That all of Jerusalem is their country’s capital is a consensus view among Israelis, including those who otherwise have doubts about the wisdom of Netanyahu’s support for settlements on the West Bank. Palestinians claim eastern Jerusalem as their capital, and Washington has in the past accepted an international view that the city’s status must be determined at future peace talks. Trump has promised to reverse decades of U.S. policy by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. “I did not plan to be here this evening but in light of the U.N. resolution I thought that there was no better place to light the

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York September 21, 2016. second Hanukkah candle than the Western Wall,” Netanyahu said during the event. “I ask those same countries that wish us a Happy Hanukkah how they could vote for a U.N. resolution which says that this place, in which we are now cel-

ebrating Hanukkah, is occupied territory?” Some 570,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as part of a future state. At the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu brushed

aside a White House denial and again accused the Obama administration of colluding with the Palestinians in the U.N. move against the settlements, which are considered illegal by most countries and described as illegitimate by Washington. (rtr)

Human error led to Colombia soccer plane crash -authorities

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Rescue crew work at the wreckage from a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle with Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense near Medellin, Colombia, November 29, 2016.

BOGOTA - Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday. The plane, operated by Bolivia-based charter company LaMia, crashed on a wooded hillside near Medellin because the pilot failed to refuel en route and did not report engine failures caused by the lack of fuel until it was too late, officials said. “No technical factor was part of the accident, everything involved human error, added to a management factor in the company’s administration and the management and organization of the flight plans by the authorities in Bolivia,” Colombia’s Secretary for Air Safety Colonel Freddy Bonilla told journalists. Aviation authorities in Bolivia and the airline “accepted condi-

tions for the flight presented in the flight plan that were unacceptable,” Bonilla added. Besides a lack of fuel, the plane was over its weight limit by nearly 400 kilograms (881 lbs) and was not certified to fly at the altitude at which the journey took place, Bonilla said. The preliminary conclusions of Colombia’s investigation coincide with assertions by Bolivian authorities last week that LaMia and the plane’s pilot were directly responsible for the accident. Pilot Miguel Quiroga was also a co-owner of the airline and was killed in the crash. G u s t a v o Va rg a s G a mb o a , LaMia’s chief executive, was jailed pending trial earlier this month on manslaughter and other charges, which he has denied. His son Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia’s aviation authority, is also being held on charges that he misused his influence in au-

thorizing the license of the plane that crashed. He also says he is innocent. Criminal charges have also been brought against LaMia co-owner Marco Antonio Rocha Benegas, whose whereabouts are unknown, and air traffic controller Celia Castedo, who fled Bolivia after the crash and is seeking asylum in Brazil. Bolivian authorities have said the crash was an isolated incident, but that the government will accelerate the process of implementing a new safety system. Colombian investigators have the final word on causes of the crash, Bolivian authorities have said. The aircraft had been transporting the Chapecoense team to the biggest game in its history, the final of the Copa Sudamericana. All but three of the players and staff onboard were killed. Two crew members and one reporter also survived. (rtr)

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UK Boxing Day online sales up 11.5 pct, footfall down 6 pct

Pedestrians walk on a bridge over traffic in Lima, Peru, December 20, 2016.

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shopping habits, Springboard said the number of people in shopping centres on Boxing Day morning fell 16.6 percent versus the same period last year. Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper said huge volumes of returns from Black Friday in November meant that many items would not make it back into shops in time for Boxing Day, hampering shops’ sales further, citing data from Clear Returns which tracks online shopping returns. A record 1 billion pounds worth of items are expected to be returned after this year’s Black Friday as online customers adopted a “buy now and decide later” stance, The Telegraph said. Clear Returns was not immediately available to comment. (rtr)

Peru president proposes dredging reservoir for gold

LIMA - President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski proposed dredging a reservoir in a dry northern region of Peru to extract what he described as “much more gold” than what the country’s biggest gold mine holds, according to an interview with a local newspaper. Kuczynski said Poechos, Peru’s biggest reservoir and a key source of water for drinking and farming in the northern Piura region, could hold one gram of gold per cubic meter in 580 million cubic meters of sediment. “It has to be dredged,” Kucyznski said in a videotaped interview with financial daily Gestion. “It has more gold than Yanacocha, much more,” he added in reference to the deposit that Newmont Mining Corp and Buenaventura have tapped for more than two decades. Sediment from the nearby River Chira that feeds Poechos has reduced the reservoir’s capacity for storing water, prompting farmers to demand its ridge be raised. Kuczynski said the sediment

could be removed from Poechos for 5-6 years to extract its gold before letting it accumulate again for 20 years, a repeatable process that he said would make it “the only mine in the world that’s renewable.” Kuczynski, a former investment banker who once managed a mine in West Africa for Alcoa Corp, said the same model could be used in another reservoir in Peru, Olmos, which Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP recently bought from Brazilian builder Odebrecht. Kuczynski’s office confirmed the accuracy of his comments. The governor of Piura, Reynaldo Hilbck, said his administration has been evaluating building smaller reservoirs upriver to boost regional water supplies and that a proposal

for mining Poechos would have to be studied carefully. “Poechos provides drinking water for five provinces in Piura and irrigates 110,000 hectares of farmland,” Hilbck said. “It’s the backbone of the economy.” Peru produced about 127 million grams of gold in the first 10 months of 2017, up 4 percent from the same period last year, thanks to surging output from wildcat miners in a rainforest region that offset dwindling production from Yanacocha. Yanacocha produced some 17.2 million grams of gold in that period, according to data from the energy and mines ministry. The basis for Kuczynski’s estimate of gold reserves in Poechos was unclear. Carlos Galvez, financial manager of Buenaventura and the head of the country’s mining association, said he was unaware of any systemic drilling and sampling in Poechos and called Kuczynski’s proposal “aggressive.” (rtr)

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Military personnel have been dispatched to flood-hit Bima City in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara to help the local people remove the accumulating garbage.

700 military personnel help clear garbage from flood-hit Bima

BIMA - Some 700 military personnel have been dispatched to flood-hit Bima City in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara to help the local people remove the accumulating garbage. “We have deployed hundreds of personnel. They are all from Sumbawa Island and the provincial capital, Mataram,” Commander of Wira Bhakti Military District Command Infantry Colonel Farid Makruf said here on Monday. He noted the local authorities hoped the city would be clean within a week. So far, they have made available 60 trucks to carry the garbage. Flash floods hit the city on December 21 and 23, forcing 104,378

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Three geothermal power plants on stream in North Sulawesi

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The number of Britons who hit the shops on Boxing Day morning, a traditional shopping day, fell 6 percent versus the same period last year, while online transactions rose 11.5 percent year-on-year, retail data company Springboard said. British retail sales grew at the fastest rate in more than a year in late November and early December, which may have taken some of the buzz out of the period around the Christmas holiday. Boxing Day sales have traditionally been an indicator of the strength of the Christmas shopping period. But as online transactions grow in importance, discounting periods are being spread more evenly over the year and fewer people are visiting shops to make purchases. In further evidence of changing

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people to flee their homes. Overall, the floods have uprooted 105,758 people in the citys five sub-districts, Chief of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board Mohmmad Rum stated over the weekend. The floods, triggered by the overflowing of two local rivers following heavy rains, prompted the closure of offices and schools in the city. According to officials, floodwaters injured one person and destroyed public facilities, including four public health service posts, 28 auxiliary public health service posts, and one office. However, no fatalities were reported from the floods. (ant)

MINAHASA - Three units of geothermal power plants (PLTP) worth Rp6.18 trillion (US$532.07 million) of Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) are to come on stream on Tuesday. President Joko Widsodo will officially commission the operation of the three projects here on Tuesday. The three projects include the 5th and 6th units of PLTP Lahendong with a capacity of 20 megawatts each in Tompaso, North Sulawesi. State-owned energy company Pertamina, the parent company of PGE, said the project is valued at US$282.07 million (Rp3.3 trillion). Construction of the two units began in July , 2015 and were

scheduled to be completed in December, 2016 and June, 2017 respectively. Construction has been successfully completed on Sept.15 for the 5th unit or three months earlier and on Dec. 9, 2016 for the 6th unit or six months earlier than scheduled. PLTP Lahendong , the 5th and 6th units, which uses the total project scheme (until producing power) will add the capacity of the Lahendong power generating capacity to 120 MW and strengthen the electrification capacity in Minahasa, North Sulawesi of no less

than 240,000 houses. During the construction of the projects jobs were open for no less than 1,800 workers and the project has a local content of 42.68 percent. Another project is the 3rd unit of PLTP Ulubelu with a capacity of 55 MW built with an investment of US$250 million equivalent to Rp2.8 trillion. Construction of the project also under total project scheme began on July 5, 2015 to be completed in August , 2016, but it was successfully completed on July 26 in 2016 or a month earlier than scheduled. The project, which is located in Tanggamus, Lampung, has provided jobs for 3,000 workers with local content of 50.89 percent. (ant)

Three tigers, two leopards born in W Sumatra zoo

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Young photographers take photographs of hounds as the New Forest Hunt gathers at at Boltons Bench for the annual Boxing Day hunt in Lyndhurst, southern England, Britain December 26, 2016. Since a ban stopped fox hunting with hounds, hunts continued with dogs chasing down a pre-laid scented trail instead of a fox.

BUKITTINGGI - Three Sumatran tigers (“Panthera tigris sumatrae”) and two clouded leopards (“Neofelis diardi”) were born recently at the Kinantan Zoo and Cultural Park here. “Three cubs were born to a tiger couple named Sean and Bancah. Now, we have eight Sumatran tigers in the zoo,” Ikbal, the manager of the zoo, said here on Monday. The tiger cubs, two females and a male, were born on November 14, he said. Two clouded leopards were also born last week. The caretaker of the zoo said they had not yet been able to deter-

mine the gender of the two leopard cubs as the parents were highly protective. “The birth is a rare event because it is difficult to breed the leopard in a zoo. However, we have seen it twice here,” Ikbal added. The zoo management will let the cubs grow naturally with their parents. The caretaker will only provide nutritious diet such as milk and vitamins to maintain the health of the animals. The zoo management will also not display the cubs to visitors to avoid unwanted incidents. Ikbal said the cubs were in good health. (ant)

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Unit 5 and 6 in PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Lahendong, Tompaso, Kabupaten Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, (26/12/2016).

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To instill environmental concern

Children of Panji village participate in waste saving program

SINGARAJA - Dozens of elementary school children at Kelod Kauh hamlet, Panji, Sukasada, were taught to maintain environmental sanitation. They are taught through a waste saving program. Children are involved in collecting plastic waste that can be recycled. Sale proceeds of the waste are saved through the Galang Panji waste bank established by the village government in 2014. Other than getting the proceeds of waste sales, children are also taught to maintain environmental sanitation from plastic

waste. One of the children, Kadek Adi Wiryarsana, when saving waste on Sunday (Dec. 25) admitted that it is very helpful because the waste collected at home environment can be sold and the money can be saved.

The schoold children is collecting waste.

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This fifth grade student at the SDN 1 Panji elementary school added that he did not feel disgusted when picking up bottles or other plastic waste in his neighborhood. Aside from having motivation to get money for saving, this child participating in the program of saving waste can also learn to maintain a healthy environment from plastic waste. “After school while playing or on holidays, I usually pick up waste in our home environment. If my hands get dirty, they can be easily washed. The proceeds can be directly saved to be taken advantage for the purchase of school supplies,” he said. In the meantime, manager of the Galang Panji waste bank, Gede Ganesa, said that until now there have been 40 school children at the Kelod Kauh hamlet who are actively participating in the waste saving program. These children are active to save waste collected at their home environment or public places in their territory. Each week the children save waste to Galang Panji waste bank. The waste is appraised based on the type such as plastic bag is purchased at IDR 500 per kilogram and used

bottles and paper or cardboard at IDR 800 per kilogram. “We’ve run for three years and a total of 40 children are actively participating in the waste saving. To create awareness of saving, every new school year or school holidays, we provide them with notebooks or other school supplies, so that children are more diligently saving waste,” he said. According to Ganesa, the waste saving program is effective enough to teach children to maintain environmental sanitation from plastic waste. This effort is important because the environment at villages in general has a lot of rivers or vacant land used as a landfill by residents. Without serious handling, later on the waste will disturb the environment at local villages. “We are trying to develop this program because the village environment has a lot of rivers or vacant lands functioned as landfill. Now, we want the children and general public will get motivated to manage the waste into useful items or side income,” he explained. Similar opinion was disclosed

by hamlet chief of Kelod Kauh, Nyoman Marsa Jaya. He said the waste problem at his village is quite serious that must be dealt with by involving all the components of society. Moreover, the increase in residential areas also results in increased volume of waste. To manage waste, the waste saving program will be encouraged not only targeting children but also general public. In addition, in the future the village government will also draft a waste management through perarem or village bylaw. These efforts are meant to sensitize the public so that they are aware of keeping the environment clean with appropriate waste processing and get the advantage to family income. “In the past, waste became a serious problem, and irrigation channels were made dirty by the waste. We have handled with this Waste Bank so that the waste now slightly decreases. Besides, we make another attempt namely setting forth perarem or village bylaw so that residents will be aware of maintaining the environmental sanitation from plastic waste,” he explained. (kmb38)

Bridge workmanship disturbs traffic of Christmas and New Year

NEGARA - Repair workmanship against the Dangin Tukadaya Bridge that collapsed early last year is continuously speeded up ahead of this year-end. Over the past two weeks, the workmanship utilizes more heavy equipments so that they disrupted the traffic, including the crowded traffic of the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section on Saturday (Dec. 24). Traffic of vehicles from both directions, either from Denpasar

or Gilimanuk, surges ahead of the Christmas holidays. As a result, condition of the main road section led to a quite long line. Moreover, the end of the line from Denpasar direction reached the town border or about one kilometer. Contractor of the project is forced to close one of the lanes in the emergency bridge to enable the activities of the heavy equipment. “I have been almost stood in line for approximately an hour from behind to pass

through this bridge. I think there is an accident,” said Adi Susanto, a 31-year-old traveler from Surabaya that would spend their vacation in Bali. Open-close system was applied to anticipate the occurrence of total congestion. However, not few private cars, motorcycles and trucks preferred to pass through Batuagung village. Since this narrow road section was used for two directions, congestions were un-

avoidable to happen at some points, especially at the bridge connecting the Anyar to Keladian hamlet. According to Made Darsa, a supervisor of the national road authority (BPJN) VIII, lately the bridge repair workmanship mostly used heavy equipment. Thus, the lane open-close system is almost applied every day. Related to the traffic density on entering weekend holidays, his authority prioritizes the workmanship

without using heavy equipment. Seeing the current progress, the completion is predicted to delay until next year. The contractor will be subject to a penalty as much as a thousandth per day of the contract value worth approximately IDR 12 billion. The project with the contract number KU.02.03 / 717 / PK-03 / VII / 2015 is undertaken by PT Soyuren Indonesia (KSO) - PT Permata Indah Lestari. (kmb26)

PDAM pipelines damaged as hit by landslide

Hundreds of customers in West Kintamani distraught

BANGLI - The water pipelines owned by the municipality waterworks (PDAM) in the region of Bunutin village, Kintamani, were damaged by landslides during heavy rains flushing the local area a few days ago. As a result of the damage to water pipelines, hundreds of PDAM customers at several villages in West Kintamani were distraught. To meet the needs of cooking and livestock, local residents are forced to seek water to its source located quite far from

the village center. Headman of Bunutin, Wayan Rungu, said on Sunday (Dec. 23) that the breakdown of the PDAM clean water supply to Bunutin village area has occurred since four days ago. This happened because the PDAM pipelines in the local region collapsed during heavy rains flushing the village of the Regent of Bangli Made Gianyar for several hours. “The rain was so heavy from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.,” he said.

Although the pipeline damage was already repaired, until Sunday the water did not flow into people’s homes. Rungu said that to meet daily needs such as cooking, bathing and livestock, residents have to take water directly to the source in the north and south of the village by car. “It’s very disturbing people’s activities. The time owned by residents must now be used to find water to its source,” he added. In the meantime, Director

of PDAM Bangli, Wayan Gde Yuliawan Askara, when asked for his confirmation separately acknowledged that the pipeline from springs at Bunutin village has been damaged since a few days ago. The damaged happened to eight pieces sizing 165 mm. The pipes were damaged due to be buried by landslides of two meters deep. In addition to resulting in losses for PDAM of IDR 75 million, this condition also caused the prob-

lematic water supply to a total of 850 customers in Kintamani. In addition to Bunutin, two other villages experiencing disrupted water supply are the Lembean and Manikliyu. “We’ve been handling. Excavation and pipeline installation has been done,” he explained. He hoped the affected customers could understand. It will be attempted to repair the damages so that the water supply to people’s home could return to normal. (kmb40)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presents a wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 26, 2016.

Japan’s Abe pays respects at Hawaii memorials on eve of Pearl Harbor trip

HONOLULU - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday stopped at several memorials in Hawaii, one day before he visits the site of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor during a trip intended to show a strong alliance between his country and the United States. Abe made no public remarks and stood in silence before a wreath of flowers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, a memorial to those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Abe, joined by two of his Cabinet members, bowed his head before wreaths of white flowers and greenery laid at the feet of stone monuments at Makiki Cemetery in Honolulu dedicated to Japanese who settled in Hawaii in the 1800s. The crowning event of the trip comes Tuesday, when Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Pearl Harbor, the site of the Japanese attack 75 years ago that drew the United States into World War Two. Obama, who was born in Hawaii, is spending his winter vacation there. Abe does not plan to apologize for the 1941 attack but to console the souls of those who died in the war, his aides said this month. Japan hopes to present a strong alliance with the United States amid concerns about China’s expanding military capability. Japan was monitoring a group of Chinese warships that entered the top half of the South China Sea earlier on Monday. “I am very much looking forward to sending out a strong message on the value of reconciliation, as well as our sincere prayer for the souls of the war dead,” Abe, speaking through an interpreter, said at the Hawaii Convention Center in

Honolulu. Abe has called U.S.-Japan relations an “alliance of hope” and said the devastation of war should not be repeated. In China, where the government has repeatedly urged Japan to show greater repentance for World War Two and Japan’s invasion of China, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said it was “wishful thinking” for Abe if he hoped to use the visit to “settle the accounts” for the war. “No matter the posture, no matter what show is put on, only sincere reflection can realise the key to reconciliation,” Hua told reporters. Japanese leaders hope to send a message of unity as well to President-elect Donald Trump, who triggered concerns before his Nov. 8 election by opposing the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and threatening to force allied countries to pay more to host U.S. forces. Abe has tightened ties with Washington during his four years in office, stretching the limits of Japan’s pacifist constitution and boosting defense spending. Amid wind and rain on Monday, Abe presented a wreath at the armed forces memorial located at Honolulu’s Punchbowl Crater. After a moment of silence, he signed a guestbook and then stopped at the grave of former U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, who fought in World War II in Europe and whose parents were Japanese. He died in 2012. Abe’s visit will come seven months after Obama became the first serving U.S. president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in the closing days of the war in 1945. (rtr)

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Taiwan warns of increasing threat as Chinese warships conduct drill

TAIPEI - Taiwan warned on Tuesday that “the threat of our enemies is growing day by day”, as Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier sailed towards the island province of Hainan through the South China Sea on a routine drill. The drill comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with the island’s president that upset Beijing. “The threat of our enemies is growing day by day. We should always be maintaining our combat alertness,” Taiwan Defence Minister Feng Shih-kuan said on Tuesday. “We need to strengthen the training (of our soldiers) so that they can not only survive in battle but also destroy the enemy and accomplish the mission,” he said. Feng’s remarks were given in a speech at a ministry event marking the promotion of senior military officers. The Chinese warships rounded Taiwan, passing between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa and through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, said Taiwan’s defence

ministry. China has given few details of what the Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier is up to, save that it is on a routine exercise. China’s air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims. The Pentagon did not directly comment on the latest drill but said that the United States recognises lawful use of sea and airspace in accordance to international law. “We continue to closely monitor developments in the region. We do not have specific comments on China’s recent naval activities, but we continue to observe a range of

ongoing Chinese military activity in the region,” Pentagon spokesman Gary Ross told Reuters. In Taipei, a Defence Ministry official said the Liaoning was maintaining a southwest course towards Hainan and not heading deeper into the disputed South China Sea near the Spratly Islands that lie close to the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. “It is still heading southwest towards Hainan,” a senior Taiwanese military official told Reuters, on condition of anonymity. The official said the carrier had not sailed close to Itu Abu, referring to Taiwan’s only holding in the Spratly Islands, and that Taipei continues to monitor its movements. The Liaoning has taken part in previous exercises, including in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practised for decades. Last December, the defence ministry confirmed China was building a second aircraft carrier but its launch date is unclear. The aircraft carrier programme is a state secret. (rtr)

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In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China’s military says its first aircraft carrier group has carried out a series of fighter launch, recovery and air combat exercises in the Yellow Sea amid tensions with the U.S. and Taiwan.

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In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, ground crew check on the reentry capsule of Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, which brought back a pair of Chinese astronauts from a monthlong stay aboard China’s space station, after it landed in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020

BEIJING — China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, by around 2018, and launch its first Mars probe by 2020. “To explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and build China into a space power is a dream we pursue unremittingly,” read a white paper setting out the country’s space strategy for the next five years. It says China aims to use space for peaceful purposes and to guarantee national security, and to carry out cutting-edge scientific research. The white paper, released by the information office of China’s Cabinet, points to the growing ambitions of China’s already rapidly advancing space program. China places great emphasis on the development of its space industry, seen as a symbol of national prestige that will raise the country’s standing in the world. Although the white paper doesn’t mention it, China’s eventual goal is to land an astronaut on the moon. While Russia and the United

States have more experience in manned space travel, China’s military-backed program has made steady progress in a comparatively short time. Since China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, it has staged a spacewalk and landed a rover on the moon in 2013 — the first time humans had soft landed anything on the moon since the 1970s. Last month, two astronauts returned from a month-long stay aboard China’s Tiangong 2 experimental space station, the country’s sixth and longest crewed mission. A fully functioning, permanently crewed space station is on course to begin operations six years from now and is slated to run for at least a decade. The white paper reiterated China’s plans to launch its first Mars probe

by 2020, saying it would explore and bring back samples from the red planet, explore the Jupiter system and “conduct research into major scientific questions such as the origin and evolution of the solar system, and search for extraterrestrial life.” The paper says the Chang’e-4 lunar probe will help shed light on the formation and evolution of the moon. He Qisong, a space security expert at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, said that achieving mankind’s first soft landing on the far side of the moon is a newly stated goal. It indicates that China has mastered the underlying technology needed to land on a specific area of the lunar surface, he added. “China never talks big and says something it’s unable to achieve,” he said. (ap)

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A fleet of Uber’s Ford Fusion self driving cars are shown during a demonstration of self-driving automotive technology in Pittsburgh, U.S., September 13, 2016.

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Uber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads

SAN FRANCISCO - Uber Technologies Inc has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the company faced a regulatory crackdown. The California Department of Motor Vehicles said on Wednesday it revoked the registration of 16 Uber self-driving cars because they had not been properly permitted. For the last week, the agency was demanding that Uber shut down its program and comply with regulations requiring a permit to test self-driving cars on public roads. Uber said it was not obligated to have a permit because its vehicles require continuous monitoring by a person in the car. San Francisco was supposed to be Uber’s second testing ground for its self-driving cars. The company unveiled its self-driving cars in September in Pittsburgh. “We’re now looking at where we can redeploy these cars but remain 100 percent committed to California and will be redoubling our efforts to develop workable statewide rules,” an Uber spokeswoman said in a statement. California defines autonomous vehicles as having the capability to drive “without the active physical control or monitoring of a natural person.” Uber has argued that the law does not apply to its cars, which cannot stay in autonomous mode continuously. A driver and an engineer are in the front seats to take over frequently in sticky traffic situations such as construction zones or pedestrian crossings. Uber’s defiance was met with threats of legal action from the DMV and the state attorney general. The DMV told Uber that if it had obtained a permit, the regulator would have given the green light to the self-driving pilot. DMV director Jean Shiomoto said in a letter sent to Uber on Wednesday that she would “personally help to ensure an expedited review and approval process,” which she said can take less than three days. The permit process is largely seen as a public safety measure, as regulations also require that companies provide the DMV with accident reports. Uber, however, has complained that its home state has favored complex rules over technological innovation. (rtr)

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The dirty Penimbangan Beach

Due to limited equipment

Marine debris on Penimbangan Beach neglected to pile up

NEGARA - Repair workmanship against the Dangin Tukadaya Bridge that collapsed early last year is continuously speeded up ahead of this year-end. Over the past two weeks, the workmanship utilizes more heavy equipments so that they disrupted the traffic, including the crowded traffic of the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section on Saturday (Dec. 24). Traffic of vehicles from both directions, either from Denpasar or Gilimanuk, surges ahead of the Christmas holidays. As a result, condition of the main road section led to a quite long line. Moreover, the end of the line from Denpasar direction reached the town border or about one kilometer. Contractor of the project is forced to close one of the lanes in the emergency bridge to enable the activities of the heavy equipment. “I have been almost stood in line for approximately an hour from behind to pass through this bridge. I think there is an accident,” said Adi Susanto, a 31-year-old traveler from Surabaya that would spend their vacation in Bali. Open-close system was applied to anticipate the occurrence of total congestion. However, not few private cars, motorcycles and trucks preferred to pass through Batuagung village. Since this narrow road section was used for two directions, congestions were unavoidable to happen at some points, especially at the bridge connecting the Anyar to Keladian hamlet. According to Made Darsa, a supervisor of the national road authority (BPJN) VIII, lately the bridge repair workmanship mostly used heavy equipment. Thus, the lane open-close system is almost applied every day. Related to the traffic density on entering weekend holidays, his authority prioritizes the workmanship without using heavy equipment. Seeing the current progress, the completion is predicted to delay until next year. The contractor will be subject to a penalty as much as a thousandth per day of the contract value worth approximately IDR 12 billion. The project with the contract number KU.02.03 / 717 / PK-03 / VII / 2015 is undertaken by PT Soyuren Indonesia (KSO) - PT Permata Indah Lestari. (kmb26)

SINGARAJA —

Torrential rains hitting Buleleng triggered environmental disruption to coastal plains. The rivers emptying into some beaches in this area carried washed-up waste. As a result, plastic waste, tree branches to animal carcasses littered the beach environment. One of the beach areas flooded with marine debris is the Penimbangan Beach. This beach located at Baktiseraga, Buleleng subdistrict, has been filled with marine debris since the past few days. Coastal areas previously closed with fine black sand were then strewn with waste. Tourism service providers and fishermen group at local village were not able to overcome it. So, the waste was neglected because of limited facilities and the workers to clean up. Kadek Wisata pursuing in tourism services on Penimbangan Beach said on Monday (Dec. 26) that such marine debris has emerged since the heavy rains in the past few days. On this beach, there are two streams namely in the west and in the east. When it rains, the water volume of the river is quite large and washes away the waste. After that, the waste is hurled by tidal waves to pile up on the coastal plains. Wisata and his colleagues attempted to clean up the coastal plains from the siege of marine debris. He undertook it so that travelers visiting the beach would not be disrupted by the slob coastal

condition. Unfortunately, this effort was not successful due to limited worker and means. Moreover, the volume of waste stranded on the coastal plains was quite a lot. When it rains and tidal waves last, the volume of marine debris will continue to increase. Seeing this condition, Wisata is desperate and neglects the increasing volume of waste. “If cleaned up now, when it rains in the afternoon or evening and big waves come, marine debris will accumulate back. We once cleaned it up but it was not maximal. So, we are forced to neglect it first while waiting for the weather is getting better. After that, we will clean up the waste,” he said. In the meantime, headman of Baktiseraga, Gusti Putu Armada, said that when entering the season of bad weather as it is today the coastal plains at local village are faced with the problem of marine debris. In normal weather, the marine debris still appears, but it can be handled by merchants on the Penimbangan Beach with local fishermen. Though having high awareness, merchants and fishermen are unable to clean up the

coastal plains because the volume of marine debris increases. “This beach is flanked by a river in the west and in the east. These rivers wash away a large volume of waste and sometimes there is also waste washed away by waves. If the volume is small, local merchants and fishermen can still handle. However, when the volume increases as the current condition our efforts are meaningless,” he said. To carry out temporary handling, the village government with the components of society, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), NGOs and those having care about the environment have an agenda to clean up the beach this week. Surely this effort is unable to clean up the whole beach areas, but at least this effort will be able to minimize the volume of marine debris littering the beach. “Obviously we cannot clean up thoroughly because of limited worker and means. Nevertheless, the efforts we would like to do this week could at least reduce the volume of marine debris on this beach,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Foreign traveler kicks snatcher to fall down MANGUPURA — A gang of snatcher with the initials AP, 23, and Ag taking action in Kuta finally reaped the impact. When snatching Lahcène Tighlit, 43, from Algeria on Jalan Melasti, Kuta, they were immediately chased and their motorcycle was kicked to fall on Sunday (Dec. 25). AP had been beaten by mass, but Ag could escape while carrying

the victim’s cellular phone. Chief of Kuta Police, Wayan Sumara, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Ario Seno said on Monday (Dec. 26) that at 05:25 a.m. AP piggybacking his friend, Ag, equally from Karangasem, rode Jupiter MX motorcycle from Kuta Beach to Jalan Melasti-Sriwijaya, Kuta. When entering Jalan Sriwijaya in

the east of traffic light, the culprit saw the victim riding his motorcycle with his friend. “Friend of the victim was holding a cellular phone. At that time, the culprit approached victim’s motorcycle while Ag snatched his cellular phone,” he said. The victim immediately chased after him. When arriving in the eastern corner of Hotel Panorama,

Medical specialist remains a few and unevenly distributed DENPASAR —

The existence of medical specialist in Bali is still a few. Besides, the distribution of medical specialist has not run evenly, but only concentrated in big cities. In the meantime, the number of disease cases requiring treatment of medical specialists tends to increase. The increasing trend of disease such as heart disease, stroke and cancer cannot be matched with the number of medical specialist in Bali. For instance, the number of cardiologist, neurosurgeon, anatomic pathologist, clinical pathologist, clinical microbiologist, oncologic radiotherapist and medical forensic are still relatively small. Based on the WHO ratio, one doctor is versus 2,500 residents, the ratio of specialist is at 6/100,000 population, general practitioner at 40/100,000 population and dentist at 11/100,000 population. However, the reality in Bali is that one doctor serves 2,711 residents. Director of the Medical Education Study Program (PSPD) of the Udayana University, Dr. Dewa Putu Gde Purwa Samatra, said that the current number of cardiologist remains below 30, oncology radiotherapist (2 people); forensic specialist (4 people) et cetera. Moreover, the specialist of oncologic radiotherapy for cancer patient only amounts two people in Bali and only exists at Sanglah Hospital. Actually cancer belongs to the disease ranked tenth. Likewise, cardiologist amounts to not more than 30 people with 4-10 new cardiology clinical cases per day coupled with the older patients seeking for treatment. Of all the doctors, according to him, the anesthetist is needed more because it is required to accompany other medical specialists like obstetrician and gynecology, ENT specialist, ophthalmologist, surgery, cardiologist and neurologist. “These should have the highest amount,” he said. According to him, the shortage of medical specialist happens because the education of medical specialist

is still a few, while the education has multiple stages. Cardiology Department is said to have just been opened so that it is under process of yielding cardiologist. He hoped the number of medical specialists will increase and the distribution must be considered. “They are mostly distributed in big cities and rarely at hospitals belonging to type B in the regions,” he said on Monday (Dec. 26). The district or municipal hospitals of type B are very necessary to have a cardiologist. “Hospitals of type B are obliged to have a cardiologist and neurologist, while hospitals of type C are not yet,” he explained. Nevertheless, many hospitals of type C have been able to perform any services. Currently, the government is evenly distributing four biggest doctors in district or

municipal hospitals and they are required to have bachelor’s degree. They are obliged to serve at hospitals of type C or D that will be sent to border areas, remote areas and the outermost regions. Private hospitals of type C are also required to have in-house doctors and permanently contracted doctors by private hospitals. They work permanently but have no status as civil servant. “They really work full time at the hospital,” he added. A number of private hospitals have not owned yet permanent doctors because they are not able to provide sufficient fees. Nevertheless, the scarce medical specialists will be able to be met within the next 3-5 years because some medical specialists will be graduated in the near future. (kmb42)

the victim managed to approach the culprits. However, the culprit immediately turned back and speeded against the traffic direction to the west. The victim continued to pursue and arrived in front of a workshop, the victim kicked the offender’s motorcycle to fall down. AP could be arrested and beaten by residents. In the meantime, Ag carrying the victim’s cellular phone

immediately escaped. “So far, Ag is still be hunted, while AP was arrested with his motorcycle at police station. We ask residents and travelers to carefully hold cellular phone when being in the road or driving. It is advisable to stop at crowded places when wishing to make a call or send SMS,” he advised. (kmb36)

I Nyoman Sukanta, an ostrich and cassowary egg carver Now works on 20 orders from outside Bali

PERHAPS I Nyoman Sukanta is the only egg shell carving artist in Bali. This man from Tegal Cempaga hamlet, Bangli, expresses his artistic inspiration through a unique medium such as ostrich and cassowary egg. Moreover, he gets many orders to work on egg shell carving into a beautiful work of art. When met at his residence at Pande Cempaga hamlet, Bangli, I Nyoman Sukanta stated that currently he receives a lot of orders from local Bali or outside Bali. “Right now, I work on the order of 20 eggs. These orders are from Bali and some of them are from outside Bali,” said Sukanta on Tuesday (Dec. 26). Sukanta said that the eggs used are of ostrich and cassowaries because they both have larger size than the other eggs. Moreover, to be able to own his work, consumers must bring the eggs directly to his residence to be carved. “He charges different cost for the workmanship. A carving on ostrich egg is charged as much as IDR 2.5 million, while carving on cassowary egg is cheaper namely IDR 2 million. The ostrich egg is more expensive because it has slightly bigger size,” he said. This artist graduated from the Fine Arts and Design Study Program (PSSRD) of the Udayana University stated that to work on an egg until completion will take him quite a long time of approximately one and a half months. It happens because it is not worked on full time. “I work on the order after arriving at home from the office. During weekdays I can only work on for two hours. But on day-off or holiday, I can do it for eight hours. That’s why the workmanship takes a long time,” said Sukanta. He said that the egg workmanship needs high thoroughness and patience. Thus, the result will completely meet the expectation. “When carving it, we should be careful because the egg is fragile. Unlike painting, it has lower risk. Here, the painting has high level of difficulty. On that account, our hand may not tremble. Otherwise, the carvings can be broken,” said the carver who is also the staff at the Bangli Education Agency. He said that until now he claimed to be the only egg carver in Bali. “If there are people plagiarizing my works, they can be reported because I have obtained a copyright of the work. However, until these days there have been no egg carving artists other than me,” he said. When asked why he did not open up an art shop to develop his craft works, this 54-year old man stated that he does not want to work on too many orders. To handle the existing orders, he has been already overwhelmed. “Now, I have been distraught to work on the orders. Surely, opening an art shop will definitely generate more orders, while it is just handled alone,” he explained. He hoped the government could help him in the procurement of carving tools like a chisel and machine. So far, the tools used to carve are the results of his creativity. “In the past, I’ve had time to apply for an aid to local government, but so far there is no positive response from it. Hopefully, the government could help me in the matter of carving tools,” concluded Sukanta while stating that he had an opportunity to participate in a morning coffee exhibition at the State Palace in 1996. “Prior to going to the State Palace, I have to select first the works at the official residence of the governor with other artists. However, my egg carving works could pass the selection. On that account, I could get approval to participate in the exhibition because not all types of crafts could get into the State Palace,” recalled Sukanta. (kmb41)

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HARD ROCK HOTEL BALI ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF JOACHIM KREISEL (JOEY)

Hard Rock Hotel Bali takes pleasure in announcing the new appointment of Joachim Kreisel (Joey) as Executive Chef, effective 7th November 2016. Chef Joey led the kitchen brigade at various Starwood properties, including Sheraton

on the Park Hotel Sydney as Sous Chef, Executive Sous Chef at The Westin Hotel Sydney, Executive Chef at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok, and Sheraton Incheon Hotel South Korea. Until recently Chef Joey was Executive Chef for the

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more. Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur 10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

diverse Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya. In addition to his education and upbringing in his native country Germany, Chef Joey has spent more than 20 years working in culinary and cultural diverse environments. This experience, Chef Joey is excited to share and promote within his new kitchen team. “This hotel provides an exceptional amplified experience with all the staffs’ approach and the brand’s high recognition over the prestigious awards it has won. I’m thrilled to finally join the Hard Rock Hotel Bali team” Chef Joey said. G e n e r a l M a n a g e r, S h a n e Coates said Chef Joey’s strong background would further enhance guest culinary experiences at Hard Rock Hotel Bali’s restaurants. “With Chef Joey’s wealth of knowledge and experience, we are looking forward to taking our restaurants to another level by diversifying our menu’s further through creation and innovation. Joey will rock our kitchen team with fresh passion, energy and creativity” About Hard Rock Hotel Bali

Sprawling across three and a half hectares of pristine tropical property, Hard Rock Hotel Bali is located in Kuta, the heart of Bali’s famous entertainment and shopping district. Hard Rock Hotel Bali is Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel and the leading entertainment hotel in Bali features 418 tribute rooms, luxury and deluxe suites reflect the glory and legends of Rock ‘n Roll, alongside six cutting edge food and beverage outlets. Additional features include Lil’ Rock Kids Club, TABU Family Entertainment Center, Boom Box Recording Studio, Rock Spa, Body Rock fitness center and a Rock Shop – Hard Rock Merchandise Store. For more information, please visit www.bali.hardrockhotels.net. About Hard Rock International

With venues in 74 countries, including 174 cafes, 24 hotels and 11 casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world’s greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known

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‘Rogue One’ tops new releases to dominate holiday box office

LOS ANGELES — It was an intergalactic holiday at movie theaters as “Rogue One” blasted past a spate of new releases to hold onto the top spot at the weekend box office. The “Star Wars” story added another $96 million to its coffers over the four-day holiday period, according to studio estimates Monday. “The power of the ‘Star Wars’ brand made it the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 film on Christmas weekend despite a massive amount of competition,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker comScore. That left the weekend’s many new releases in a race for second place. The animated animal musical “Sing” claimed that spot, debuting to $56 million. The Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt space tale

“Passengers” opened in third place with $23.1 million, followed by the R-rated comedy “Why Him?” with $16.7 million. The video-game adaptation “Assassin’s Creed” debuted in fifth place with $15 million. “Star Wars” also dominated the holiday box office last year with “The Force Awakens.” “Mid-December is kind of a magic time to release a big franchise film,” Dergarabedian said, noting that the top-grossing films of all time, “Avatar” and “Titanic,” also opened in mid-December. Half a dozen other films either opened or expanded over the holi-

day weekend. Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences” expanded on Sunday, earning $11.37 million over the four-day weekend, good for sixth place. While still in limited release, the celebrated musical “La La Land” opened in 534 additional theaters and finished the weekend in eighth place. Also opening over the long holiday weekend: Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” J.A. Bayona’s dark fantasy “A Monster Calls,” Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” and the NASA drama “Hidden Figures.” “There were so many cinematic presents under the Christmas tree, it was hard to keep track,” Dergarabedian said. (ap)

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Policemen stand inside a house where six people died from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed robbers had locked them, in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 27, 2016.

Six Indonesians found dead after being locked in bathroom

JAKARTA - Police in the Indonesian capital found on Tuesday six people, including a nine-year-old child, dead from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed robbers had locked them the previous day.

Petty crime is common in Jakarta, a teeming city of 10 million people, but violent crime including armed robbery is rare. Up to four intruders broke into the house in an upmarket neighbourhood on Monday, Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono said. The robbers locked 11 people - including family members, maids and drivers - in the two metre by one metre (6.5 ft by 3.3 ft) bathroom and they were not found until early on Tuesday, Yuwono said. “They were carrying firearms and machetes,” Yuwono said of the robbers, citing a witness account. The five survivors were in critical condition and taken to hospital, he said. “For now, we have classified this case as a murder case. We cannot say a robbery case because our investigation so far reveals that nothing has been taken,” Colonel Argo Yuwono, Jakarta police spokesman, told the media at the crime scene packed with cameramen, reporters and onlookers. “There is no tampering on the house or the

DOORS,” he said, adding that investigators were working to find the motive. The dead victims were the owner of the house, identified by police as 59-year-old Dodi Triyono; two girls believed to be his daughters, 16-year-old Diona Arika Andra Puti and nine-year-old Dianita Gemma Dzalfayla; a friend of the girls identified as Amel, and two drivers of the family named as Yanto and Tasrok, reported Detik.com. Amel’s mother Rosy Herawati confirmed her loss in an interview with TVOne. Rosy said her last contact with her daughter was 2pm on Monday. Police did not disclose who the five surviving victims are, reports said. Col Argo said police would interview some of the surviving victims who were in better conditions. Witnesses said the intruders arrived at Mr Dodi’s house on Monday afternoon, and the victims were rescued and evacuated only at about 8am on Tuesday after a visiting friend of Mr Dodi’s noticed the main DOOR had been left open and heard voices crying for help. Some of those who died sustained some LIGHT bruises and there was no other cause of death besides suffocation, according to Inspector-General Iriawan. Mr Dodi was a property entrepreneur, MetroTV said, citing a friend of the man. (rtr)

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