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Miss Universe beauty pageant kicks off in Manila

MANILA - More than 86 women from all over the world gathered in Manila on Thursday to compete in the Miss Universe beauty contest that will culminate in a coronation in the Philippines capital on Monday.

Crowds packed the Mall of Asia Arena as each candidate showcased her swimsuits, evening gowns and national costumes in front of the judges.

The preliminary competition that started on Thursday will whittle down the crowded field to the top 12 candidates for the pageant

night, the Miss Universe website said.

“The whole world is being united, and even though we don’t know each other, we still enjoy the event,” said Apple Natividad, one of the many spectators who attended the show.

Some even dressed like Miss

Universe candidates to join the fanfare.

“This is a venue for beauty, but also the beauty of the heart, especially for us Filipinos who are fanatics for pageants,” said Rania Ziateh, who wore a Miss Philippines sash. Over half a million people are expected to tune in to watch the coronation night next week, organizers said.

Filipina beauty queen Pia Wurtzbach currently holds the Miss Universe crown from 2015. (rtr)

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Miss Universe candidates parade in their evening gowns during a preliminary competition in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines January 26, 2017.

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More than 100 fastspreading wildfires rage in Chile

CONCEPCION — Flames from more than 100 raging wildfires in Chile continued spreading from the mountains to the Pacific coast, destroying forests, livestock and entire towns in a destructive path that is now dangerously close to the city of Concepcion.

Authorities said they found a body Friday, raising the overall death toll to 11. About 118 fires remain active and 53 of those are contained.

Officials were hopeful that light rains and lower temperatures would provide some relief. But the flames picked up near two residential condominiums in the city of Concepcion, about 310 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital of Santiago.

Residents of one of the condominiums, which is located behind a hill of pines, used garden hoses to wet the streets while firefighters arrived and contained the flames.

President Michelle Bachelet has called the wildfires the worst forest disaster in Chile’s history.

The forestry agency, CONAF, said the blazes have destroyed nearly 890,000 acres (360,000 hectares) since November. Most of it has been consumed over the past two weeks.

The fires have affected an estimated 3,000 people, although the number could rise since many towns in remote forests have yet to receive aid. Thousands of people have been evacuated. Some have returned to their homes because they fear losing their homes, pastures and livestock.

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Chile wildfires The worst wildfires in Chile's modern history are ravaging wide swathes of the country's central-south regions, burning through forests and into neighboring towns.

Controlled wildfires 48*

Fires being fought 53*

Extinguished fires 2*

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Detected hot spots**

* As of Jan. 26, 1530 GMT. ** From Jan. 24 to 25; data from Chile’s CPTEC weather agency.

Sources: Chilean National Forest Corporation; Reuters.

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Firefighters are seen near burning trees as the worst wildfires in Chile’s modern history ravage wide swaths of the country’s central-south regions, in Santa Olga, Chile January 26, 2017.

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Indonesia, target of world’s population migration “The shift will lead to equatorial region being rich in food sources, where one of which is Indonesia,” said Director General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ronny F. Sompie, in the Foreigner Control Dialog at the Wiswasabha Utama of the Governor of Bali.

Ronny predicted that by 2020 the migration of population is estimated

to reach 60 million people. To anticipate this, his office then established a team of foreigner control (PORA).

Support of the entire community component is very much expected so that the team can perform their duties optimally. “We need information as much as possible from various sources,” he said.

In particular, Ronny also asked chief of customary village and pe-

calang (customary security guard) to take active role in securing their territory from the presence of foreigner. Primarily those behave strangely and have the potential to disrupt security. Moreover, his office has established a field team to village level although the government regulation (PP) No.31/2013 mandates the establishment of the field team to subdistrict level only.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, assessed the presence of the field team is very important for Bali as a world tourist destination.

Presence of foreigners, especially

tourists, increasingly brings in complex consequences related to potential security issues and the order faced by the island. In terms of economic aspect, tourist arrival is profitable. However in line with that, currently Bali is also visited by foreigners that come with the intention of committing transnational crimes.

Various kinds of trans-national crimes such as drug trafficking, people smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism have occurred in Bali and Indonesia in general. “The latest issue is invasion of illegal for-

in Indonesia is well received so that his management was preparing the night celebration well. Besides, it can also be used as the symbol of bilateral cooperation, between China and Indonesia through cultural performance and cooperation.

ASITA hoped the moment can target 15 million tourist arrivals in 2018. “Indeed, our target next year is 15 million and this year is 12 million. The additional 3 million is not an easy job. We have to do a lot of promotion and effective activities like this so that they know about Indonesia,” he explained.

He hoped the people-to-people promotion will be more effective because so far it has been made by business-to-business (B to B) communication through travel agencies and exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Tourism. “Today, we symbolize the RI through our cultures they can attend,” he said.

The event was created to resemble the atmosphere of Chinese village so that their longing for homeland while in Indonesia can be appeased. Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Denpasar, Hu Yinquan, said that his agency will cooperate with the Ministry of Tourism to organize promotions in various cities or provinces in China.

“I have already known the target of tourist visit in 2019 is 5 million people. We will strive to achieve the target,” he said.

The travelers making a visit are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the distinctive customs and culture so that they can attract Chinese tourists to Indonesia, especially Bali.

Besides, Bali and China have a long-standing relationship as stated in the history on the marriage of

King Jaya Pangus and Kang Ching Wie bringing in an acculturation of Balinese and Chinese culture. This proves the close and long-standing friendship. Buddhism in China and Hinduism in Bali have similarity.

and natural beauty. Wildlife roam freely within the resort premises and snorkeling, diving, trekking, bird watching, are recommended activities during your stay. Now, the resort has introduced an incredible value for money package for Indonesians and KITAS holders; from now until 31 March

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eign workers from China that is very likely to occur in Bali,” he said.

In addition, continued Pastika, a number of foreigners that initially come as tourist often acts up lately.

For instance, they become a beggar or road singer and commit a crime of murder. Starting from this fact, the presence of foreigners that violate the rules poses a serious threat to the security sector of Bali. “Existence of the field team is expected to optimize the supervision against foreigners that can potentially disturb the security and public order,” he said. (kmb32)

Ministry of Tourism invites 1,000 Chinese travelers through ASITA MANGUPURA - Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of the Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) and China Committee invited 1,000 Chinese tourists to attend the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 on Friday (Jan. 27) at the Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta. The event was jazzed up with entertainment, lion dance and pop song as well as dinner.

Chairman of the ASITA, Asnawi Bahar, stated that inviting Chinese tourists to Indonesia is a cheap promotion.

“Their presence at this event will become viral tourism promotion for our tourism later on when they have returned to China. We think this event is very cheap because we can promote in a very simple way,” he said.

His association would also like to convey to the world that diversity

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NusaBay Menjangan by WHM Introduces New Value Package

NusaBay Menjangan

by WHM located in West Bali National Park is a magnificent, unique place to spend your weekend or holiday. This charming resort can be reached by approximately 20 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang harbor. It is completely surrounded by nature

DENPASAR - The issue of security and reduction of food sources will trigger migration of the world’s population. Indonesia itself can be regarded as a popular target of migration because it is in the equatorial region.

Activities

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In terms of the motif and carving style, Bali and China also have similarities. The cultural heritage denoting a blend of China and Bali can be preserve through the Chinese tourist visit. (kmb42)

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

The event held in Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta

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Ngurah Rai Airport

Present special Chinese New Year

To welcome Chinese New Year 2017, the Ngurah Rai Airport is decorated with various oriental ornaments at domestic and international terminal. Combination of golden-red colors as seen on the lantern decoration is deliberately installed to welcome passengers in a series of the Chinese New Year celebration.

Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light as the Lunar New Year celebrations 2017 promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever.

Themed “Best Fortune. World Party”, the 2017 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade will be held on the first day of Chinese New Year - 28 January - and feature the largest number of performers in the event’s history.

Three-thousand local and international performers and ten illuminated floats will parade through the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui to usher in the year of the Rooster and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.

Spectators along the parade route will delight in the local traditions of dragon and

lion dances, magic shows, clown acts and percussion performed by 26 roving groups.

They’ll also experience overseas troupes including stilt walkers, cheerleaders, folk dancers artistic cycling, rope skipping and Latin dancing. And there’s an added treat for some as 350 local youngsters will act as “Lucky Buddies” and give out 13,000 festive goody bags.

The parade of ten vibrant, spectacularly decorated, illuminated floats starts at 8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open Piazza, and its trail of light and colour will unfold along Canton Road, Haiphong Road, Nathan Road and Salisbury Road, ending outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.

And the celebrations don’t end there – if you head to Victoria Harbour on the

evening of 29 January, you can take in the world-renowned, awe-inspiring fireworks display; and on 30 January you can try out your New Year-luck at Chinese New Year Race Day at Sha Tin Racecourse, where alongside the city’s favourite jockeys you can enjoy lion dances and singing performances.

And away from the carnival atmosphere of the night parade, races and fireworks, you can indulge in simple pleasures to celebrate the New Year like a Hong Konger. Explore the city’s many temples to pray for good luck, and light an incense stick to mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster. In Che Kung Temple, turning the pin wheel is said to get rid of bad luck. And the fan-bladed wheel of fortune next to the Che Kung Statue, tradition has it, will bring good luck

when spun three times.

Pick up a tangerine at the Chinese New Year Fair to bring luck in the Year of the Rooster; or simply browse Hong Kong’s many markets for red-coloured souvenirs to decorate your home or office – red is the colour of good fortune, joy, happiness, good luck and wealth.

Wherever you are in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year – be it squeezed into a crowded temple; browsing festive markets selling auspicious foods and blooms; walking under the bright-red lanterns that adorn the city; or soaking up the party atmosphere of the night parade and firework display - you will find it impossible not to be caught up in and inspired by the energy of the celebrations to usher in the Year of the Rooster. (rtr)

According to Commercial Marketing Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero), Ngurah Rai Airport, Heru Nugroho, the management does not just put up Chinese typical oriental décor, the vibrant Chinese New Year 2017 is also graced with a variety of exciting games. They include roller rooster (wheel of fortune game), shoot rooster (ball throwing game) and shuttlecock rooster (a traditional Chinese game). “The atmosphere seems to invite service users to join in the celebration of Lunar Rooster denoting the theme of this Chinese New Year,” he said.

He said that in the commercial area of the Ngurah Rai Airport passengers are greeted by Big Red

Shopping Bag with the tagline of Shop & Win. Here, passengers are given the opportunity to win a shopping voucher valued at IDR 1,600,000 with a minimal purchase of IDR 500,000 at retail outlet or IDR 175,000 at food and beverage outlet taking place from January 17 to March 31, 2017.

“To enliven the joy in the Chinese New Year, the Ngurah Rai Airport regularly holding thematic event and winning third place in 2016 in terms of customer satisfaction rating for the category of airports with 15-25 million passengers also presents a series of attractive events on January 28-29, 2017 at 10:00 to 17:00,” he said.

He added that the activities

The Chinese New Year Event in Ngurah Rai Airport taking place at the domestic and international terminal is carried out to provide entertainment, education and unforgettable ex-

perience for passengers. A variety of entertainment activities are presented by combining the exoticism of Bali with typical

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oriental atmosphere like lion dance, Balinese dance, oriental acoustic live music and Chinese mask performance. (kmb23)

Floods in Tejakula

Supply of clean water still relies on tank truck

SINGARAJA - Thousands of families at Tejakula village and surrounding areas face clean water crisis. Now, they are still awaiting the repair of broken pipeline at Antapura hamlet, Tejakula, after being hit by flash floods. Temporarily, the water is still handled through fulfillment by tank truck supply.

According to the data issued by the government of Tejakula, a

total of 2,444 families are facing water crisis. They do not include residents of other areas, such as the Bondalem village.

Chief Executive of the Buleleng regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), Made Subur, the clean water needs remain to be supplied by using a tank truck from district and provincial government. Amid this condition, the village waterworks (PAM)

began to connect the 6” broken pipe as soon as possible. “At this time, the village waterworks are still attempting the installation of the main pipeline. By doing so, the water is expected to flow into the reservoir as well as people’s water connection,” he said.

He mentioned that in addition to the pipeline, the handling is also focused on the piles of rocks that

cover up the road leading to dozens of isolated families. In addition to working manually, the work is also helped by the use of heavy equipment.

It is also strived to be completed as soon as possible. “Handling should be conducted. The assistance of heavy equipment has also been made. As our target, tomorrow (Sunday—Ed) the road can be opened,” he said.

As reported previously, the flood alleged to be caused by tornado hit the area of Antapura hamlet on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 26).

Though claiming no casualties, the material losses are estimated to reach billions of rupiahs. It was caused by the damage to people’s building, agricultural land and other public facilities, such as water pipeline and electricity poles. (kmb45)

Bylaw violated

Building without Balinese architecture on the rise

SINGARAJA - Buleleng district already issued Regional Bylaw No.1/ 2015 on buildings. This regulation is made to set the building design of government institution and private sector to characterize Balinese architecture.

Unfortunately, the regulation is like ‘a toothless tiger,’ so that the regulation has not been obeyed in the whole. Building owners expressed a variety of reasons why they do not comply with the regulations ranging from regulation considered a new product to the high cost of building in the style of Balinese architecture.

Head of the Buleleng Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, Ketut Suparta Wijaya, con-

firmed on Saturday (Jan. 29) about the Regional Bylaw No.1/2015 that has not been followed either by the government institution or private sector. Suparta Wijaya added that since the regulation was enacted the Public Works and relevant agencies have introduced the regulation mandates in the whole by targeting the district agencies.

The dissemination is focused on the rules of office building design in order to add ornaments or decorations showing off Balinese architecture in the main building. The addition of Balinese architecture pursuant to the government’s commitment is to maintain and preserve Balinese architectural heritage.

“Since the regulation was enacted,

we as technical institution have disseminated it. However, we target government institution. Indeed we admit there are still many buildings that have not showed off Balinese architecture,” he said.

According to Suparta Wijaya, the regulation requires each building of government institution and private sector to apply Balinese architecture. As mandates of the regulation, the institution is pessimistic if it can be followed. It happens because not all the parties having the building are Hindus. In addition, the high cost of building in Balinese architecture also becomes the reason why the building owners are reluctant to apply Balinese

architecture as a whole in the physical building.

“I am pessimistic that application of Balinese architecture cannot be applied one hundred percent.

On that account, in the dissemination we’ve done, the addition of Balinese architecture can be made to one corner of the building only and is not applied one hundred percent. We all know that the building owners in Bali have different religion, and the cost of Balinese architecture is quite expensive,” he explained.

On the other hand, Suparta Wijaya added that implementation of this regulation can actually be done when people submit the document of building permit. In this process,

the licensing office will probably not issue the license before the applicants are willing to follow the mandates of Regional Bylaw No.1/2015. In the meantime, for the existing buildings that have not followed the regulation, Suparta Wijaya stated that judicial team of Buleleng district has the authorities to discipline.

“I prefer to emphasize that when people apply for their building permit they are asked to comply with the mandates of the existing regulation. Otherwise, their permit application will probably not be processed. When people have built but still violate, the judicial team is mandatory to discipline,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Wanagiri tourist attraction Offer beauty of twin Lakes

TOURISM of Buleleng district continues to show off its strength. Addition of tourist attraction is not only made by local government, but also by customary villages like what Wanagiri village does. Since the past year, the area belonging to Sukasada subdistrict has been increasingly enthused by travelers.

The tourist attraction offered by the area is in the form of two platforms that stand out to Lake Buyan with bluish green water surrounded by forest area. A platform located in the east is equipped with a swing that can stimulate adrenalin. In the meantime, the platform in the west is known as the ‘Wanagiri Hidden Hill’ in the form of a ship miniature also becomes a very exotic place to take pictures. Many travelers claim it looks like the Titanic.

A local tourism actor, I Ketut Kartika Yasa, said that many travelers have visited the attraction offering panoramic mountain nature since last year. It does not only become a fresh breeze to local customary village as the operator.

It is also capable of moving the local economy.

“Many travelers make a visit to this attraction, especially on holidays. People are helped enough.

Previously, they had no income, but now they can sell something,” he said recently.

Travelers do not just come from Buleleng, but also from other districts in Bali and some regions in Java. There are foreign travelers

as well. When holidays arrive, the number of travelers can reach 300 people. “Some of the travelers coming here deliberately take pictures,” he said.

Other than the platform, he added that at the farming village also sits a place to take pictures showing off the beauty of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan often called as the twin lakes. They are so beautiful and often taken advantage as location of pre-wedding photo session. This village also has Sudamala waterfall that offers fresh mountain water. “Trekking activity is also available. Many travelers have tried it,” he explained.

Behind the reality, this man who is also proficient in the photography said that the object still requires an arrangement, like in the field of landscaping.

Since the village fund does not support, the government is expected to provide the support, one of them is the seed of ornamental flowers.

“It needs to be beautified with a garden both at the object and along the pathway. If possible, we hope the government could provide seedlings. Besides, we have not owned a dust bin so far,” he hoped. (sos)

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Missing Pakistani activist Salman Haider “recovered” in capital

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani poet and activist Salman Haider who went missing from the capital Islamabad earlier this month, just days after four other human rights campaigners disappeared, has been found, local media reported on Saturday.

The tourists are taking picture in Wanagiri

Dozens of employers ensnared by environmental pollution case

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MANGUPURA - Environmental pollution in Badung district is fairly massive. Results of the monitoring by the Badung Environment Agency and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) indicated there are at least 50 companies involved in the case.

Head of the DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, said that his agency would immediately summon the dozens of companies that have polluted the environment by disposing of waste carelessly or violating the environmental permit.

“There are a total of 50 companies that we will impose with sanctions. Next week we will summon the management to be given a written reprimand,” said Eka Merthawan.

According to him, the written sanction imposed to the companies dominantly running the business in tourism services will be resumed to crime if the employers do not heed the reprimand. “We do not want to be nicknamed as toothless tiger. If they (employers—Ed) do not heed the reprimand, we will enact the environmental laws with the fines of IDR 3 billion, and even with the closure of the company,” he said.

He admitted that the dozens of entrepreneurs ensnared are only a handful of the environmental violations, such as arbitrary disposal of industrial waste and violation of environmental permit that have just been revealed. “Indeed, allegedly there are many violations, but we can only focus on the 50

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businessmen. The dozens of companies mostly run business in tourism services. One of which is the violation of environmental permit,” he explained.

He explained that DLHK Badung has issued 600 environmental permits in 2016. Of that number, 85 percent do not make a report regularly. “Companies obtaining the environmental permits are required to report their activities every three months. However, nearly 85 percent of them do not make a report,” he explained.

Therefore, his agency will deploy a special team to follow up the hundreds of environmental permits issued. “We will check the companies having obtained the environmental permits so that it will not just be a formality. We will monitor and foster.

If they cannot be fostered, well... we will prepare the criminal charge,” he said.

Eka Merthawan will also launch a mobile detective team targeting at waste disposal perpetrator in addition to the rapid response unit (URC) of sanitation and shade trees. The mobile detective team will be placed in five areas, namely Tanjung Benoa to Nusa Dua, Tanjung Benoa-Mangrove, Pecatu, Pererenan as well as Ayung River to Mati River.

“We will also launch a drone monitoring system and e-complaint. The violators caught will be prosecuted with misdemeanor charge with a fine of IDR 3 billion. So, we do not flirt with,” he concluded. (kmb27)

The five missing liberal activists, some of whom have posted blogs criticising the political influence of the military and speaking up for the rights of religious minorities, had each gone missing separately since Jan. 4.

Police sources told Geo News channel that Haider, who disappeared on Jan. 6, was found late on Friday night.

“Police sources have confirmed that he has been returned and also that his physical condition is okay,” Geo News reported on Saturday, but giving no further details on how Haider was found.

“Police say he was returned to Islamabad last night.”

Haider’s family could not be immediately reached for confirmation. There was no word on the whereabouts of the four other missing activists.

It is not known how the five activists went missing, but some rights groups and newspapers have asked whether state or military agencies were in any way involved. The Interior Ministry has repeatedly said it is doing all it can to recover the missing men.

Shortly after the activists disappearances, blasphemy allegations against them appeared on social media and in

a complaint to police.

Friends, family and supporters of all five men deny they have blasphemed, and have denounced the campaign to press that charge, which could endanger their lives were they to reappear.

In Pakistan, conviction under the blasphemy laws can carry a mandatory death sentence. Haider has written columns for a popular English-language newspaper and taught at the Fatima Jinnah Women’s University in the city of Rawalpindi, some 15km from capital Islamabad.

Last year, Haider wrote a poem about human rights abuses in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, including a line about his friends’ friends disappearing. He queried whether his friends, or even he himself, will be next to suffer such a fate.

Two of the missing activists, Waqas Goraya and Aasim Saeed, live in the Netherlands and Singapore. Their relatives said they were taken on Jan. 4 while visiting Pakistan. The fourth activist, Ahmed Raza Naseer, suffers from polio. A fifth Pakistani social activist, Samar Abbas, went missing from the capital Islamabad on Jan. 11. (rtr)

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Human rights activists hold a picture of Salman Haider, who is missing, during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi, Pakistan January 19, 2017.

The Knights of Malta-Vatican feud: a tale of chivalry and sovereignty

VATICAN CITY - On the afternoon of Jan. 24, a black BMW pulled out of a 16th century palace in Rome, crossed the Tiber River and headed for the Vatican, a short trip to end a brazen challenge to the authority of Pope Francis.

Inside the car was 67-year-old

Englishman Matthew Festing, the head of an ancient Catholic order of knights which is now a worldwide charity with a unique diplomatic status.

Festing was about to resign, the first leader in several centuries of the Order of Malta, which was

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Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager is seen during a meeting in Rome, Italy October 7, 2016.

founded in 1048 to provide medical aid for pilgrims in the Holy Land, to step down instead of ruling for life.

The move was aimed at ending a highly-public spat between Festing and the reformist pope over the running of the chivalric institution. The weeks-long conflict had become one of the biggest internal challenges yet to Francis’ efforts to modernize the 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic Church.

At issue was the Order’s reaction to the discovery that condoms had been distributed by one of its aid projects in Myanmar. The Order had fired its Grand Chancellor, Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, whom it held responsible for the condom distribution. Von Boeselager declined to comment for this article.

Though condom use goes against Catholic teaching, the Vatican had ordered an investigation into the firing of von Boeselager. It subsequently publicly castigated Festing, who had refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Backing down, Festing -- a

former Sotheby’s art auctioneer -- gave a hand-written resignation letter to Francis in the pope’s private residence, according to a senior Vatican source. Festing, who has the title of prince, declined an interview request.

Instead of quelling the conflict, however, Festing’s resignation was followed by yet another challenge to Francis’ authority -- led by vocal pope critic American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, according to Vatican and Knights sources.

In particular: Burke tried to convince Festing to withdraw his resignation and keep fighting the pope, these sources say. On Saturday, the Knight’s Sovereign Council accepted Festing’s resignation and re-instated von Boselager, a clear defeat for Burke.

Burke declined to comment for this article.

The tussle suggested Francis is still battling to consolidate his power over the Church almost four years into his tenure, Vatican insiders say.

Beyond a fight over condoms, the clash pointed to lingering

divisions between the Church’s conservatives and more progressive factions who support the pope’s reformist agenda, they add.

Francis is trying to make the Church less dogmatic and more welcoming to whose who have felt excluded, such as homosexuals and the divorced.

“While this whole saga was an internal matter that probably should have stayed that way, it metamorphosed into a clash that showed the divide between conservatives and progressives,” said Andrea Tornielli, author of several books on Pope Francis.

The Vatican declined to comment on the clash and on Pope Francis’ efforts to consolidate his power.

It directed Reuters to two public statements. One, on Dec. 22, relates to the Vatican order to investigate the firing of von Boeselager. The second, on Jan. 17, followed a pledge by Festing on the Knights’ web page not to cooperate with the Vatican. It decried his resistance and ordered members of the order to cooperate. (rtr)

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BUSINESS British PM May visits Turkey, reaches $125M fighter jet deal ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Britain signed a deal to jointly build fighter jets during Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Ankara on Saturday, even as the British leader called on Turkey’s government to uphold democracy and abide by human rights standards.

Britain’s BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace industries signed the 100 million-pound (nearly $125.5 million) agreement establishing a partnership for the development of Turkey’s fighter jet program after May met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials about boosting trade between the countries once Britain leaves the European Union.

The two countries agreed to start preparatory work for a future free trade agreement and also talked about increasing cooperation in security and counterterrorism.

“This agreement underlines once again that Britain is a great, global, trading nation and that we are open for business,” May said of the fighter jet deal, according to a statement. “It marks the start of a new and deeper trading relationship with Turkey and will potentially secure British and Turkish jobs and prosperity for decades to come.”

May flew overnight to Ankara

by RAF Voyager jet from the U.S., where she and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday proclaimed a new chapter in the trans-Atlantic “special relationship.” The visit to Turkey, an important but complicated NATO

ally, came amid pressure at home to condemn Turkey’s clampdown on civil liberties since the government crushed a coup attempt in July.

“I am proud that the U.K. stood with you on the 15th of July last year in defense of your democracy,” May said as she and Erdogan delivered brief statements to the media following their talks.

“And now it is important that Turkey sustains that democracy by maintaining the rule of law and upholding its international human rights obligations — as the government has undertaken to do,” she said.

Turkey has detained tens of thousands of people suspected of links to a movement led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government accuses of orchestrating the failed coup attempt. More than 100,000 others have been dismissed from government jobs.

The crackdown extended to other government opponents. More than a hundred journalists and pro-Kurdish party leaders are in jail.

During a joint news conference with May, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim strongly criticized Trump’s move to suspend the admission of refugees, saying “you cannot settle this issue by building walls.”

“Nobody leaves their homes for nothing,” said Yildirim, whose country has admitted some 3 million refugees. “They came here to save their lives and our doors were open. And if the same thing happened again, we would do it again.”(ap)

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Theresa May, prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

A front page newspaper headline reads “He did it!” over a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump holding up signed documents, as he took action to jumpstart construction on a promised border wall, in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday cancelled a planned Jan. 31 meeting with Trump, hours after Trump tweeted that the meeting should be scrapped if Mexico won’t pay for the wall.

US-Mexico trade war could hit Mexico economy, spur migration

MEXICO CITY — If President Donald Trump makes good on threats to gut NAFTA and impose stiff tariffs on Mexican goods, economists say he risks a trade war that could lead to the very thing he is hoping to avoid — a huge surge in Mexican migration to the United States.

The result would be catastrophe for the Mexican economy. Recession. A dramatic weakening of the peso, even below the historic lows it has already set amid Trump’s bellicose rhetoric. Soaring inflation, interest rates and unemployment.

“Mexico is smaller than the U.S. and can be harmed by conflict more than the U.S. would be,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a Washington think tank that supports free trade.

A trade war with Mexico “drives down the peso and drives down opportunities for Mexicans to make a living in honest manufacturing jobs,” he added. “There will be more desperate Mexicans crossing the border.”

And the U.S. would by no means be immune from the fallout.

Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner for goods, and the two countries did some $583.6 billion in total cross-border commerce in 2015, according to the Office of the

United States Trade Representative. That included a U.S. goods and services trade deficit of $49.2 billion. America buys about 80 percent of Mexico’s exports, with automobiles, electrical machinery and fuels topping a long list that also includes agricultural goods such as fruit, vegetables, wine and beer.

The Trump administration’s proposal this week for a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the promised border wall was quickly walked back by officials as just one of multiple “options.”

It could also face stiff opposition in Congress including from Republicans who favor free trade.

Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of the border state of Arizona have publicly come out in support of NAFTA. McCain noted that it has increased his state’s exports to Mexico and Canada by $5.7 billion, or 236 percent, since its enactment in 1994.

The worst case scenario of a trade war is frightening to contemplate, economists say.

If the U.S. were to slap a tax on Mexican imports, it would violate the terms of NAFTA and nullify the pact, said Alfredo Coutino, Latin America director at Moody’s Analytics.

Mexico could impose retaliatory tariffs. Uncertainty would spook investors and businesses, including U.S. companies with operations in Mexico that could pull out.

The peso, already sorely weakened at about 21 to the dollar, could fall to 25, 28 or even lower, Coutino continued. Unemployment would rise. Mexicans’ real purchasing power would plummet as a result, and inflation could soar to double digits by the end of the year. Interest rates could also top 10 percent.

The Mexican government would be forced into fiscal tightening measures, putting additional downward pressure on the economy and throwing it into recession.

America would suffer too, but not as much. Moody’s forecasts that a trade war would slightly reduce U.S. economic growth and cost 300,000 American jobs after a year.

Mexico has been here before, most notably when a sharp peso devaluation in 1994 touched off a nearly 6 percent economic contraction.(ap)

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu) and this year falls on Thursday (Jan. 26). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night).

Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water. Then, begin the fasting without food and drink. It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the

reading of Vedic scripture while keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri.

In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by

animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves.

He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the

morning came and he went home.

From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and

intercepted the Cikrabala forces.

Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past. Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

Ngrebeg at Alas Kedaton Becomes Attraction to Visitors

Ngrebeg procession has become a tradition in the piodalan (temple anniversary) at Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton located at the Alas Kedaton tourist area, Kukuh village, Marga, Tabanan. It becomes an interesting spectacle for foreign and domestic travelers

as well as local communities.

The temple anniversary has its own uniqueness. Commenced with mapeed conducted by housewives in customary attires while carrying gebogan (offerings) on the head, they walked hand in hand. They de-

parted from each hamlet to the temple with the accompaniment of baleganjur gamelan music. Of the 12 customary hamlets participating in the maped prani, five customary hamlets escorted the sanctified effigies in the form of Barong Ket and Barong Landung in a magical atmosphere.

Ngrebeg at Alas Kedaton Becomes Attraction to Visitors_1 Temple anniversary at the Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton should have been completed prior to the nightfall or around 18:20. All the pilgrims are also prohibited from using lighting. So, at the time prayer, the pilgrims do not use any incense and kwangen. Similarly they do not make penjor, while the tamiang (ritual paraphernalia) must be made of gold banana leaves instead of young coconut leaves like the tamiang in general.

After the temple anniversary procession is over, it is then continued with the ngrebeg tradition started by beating kulkul (wooden or bamboo split drum). Children and teenagers are ready to bring various ritual paraphernalia such as umbrella, bandrang, lelontek and spears. If there are people not

getting the opportunity to bring one of the ritual paraphernalia, they will carry twig of trees as the gear of ngrebeg. The sanctified effigies like Barong Ket and Barong Landung will come out of the meeting hall to witness the ngrebeg procession.

READ Caruk, a Rare and Sacred Gamelan All temple priests throughout the Kukuh village are preparing holy water in a bamboo segment as well as libation consisting of palm wine, arrack and rice wine to be dedicated to the bhuta kala. When temple priests are sprinkling holy water, people will cheer. In the meantime, the children, teenagers and old people bringing paraphernalia like spear, lelontek, umbrella and tree twigs run around the temple area for three times.

Chief of Kukuh customary village, I Gede Subawa, explained that ngrebeg symbolizes the expression of joy because the whole series of ceremonies at the Kahyangan Kedaton has ended perfectly. The procession signifying vivacity is a tradition having been inherited from generation to generation.

“This tradition has been inherited from our ancestors,” he explained. (kmb)

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Trump order halting some Muslim immigrants hits roadblock

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May listens to her Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Ankara, Turkey, January 28, 2017.

Evoking Reagan and Thatcher, May hails new UK-U.S. ‘special relationship’

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslimmajority countries from entering the United States sparked outrage but hit a roadblock late on Saturday when a federal judge said stranded travelers could stay in the country.

The emergency court ruling was cheered at Boston’s Logan International Airport, one of several major U.S. airports where protesters angry with Trump’s order gathered.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which sought the temporary stay, said it would help 100 to 200 people with valid visas or refugee status who found themselves detained in transit or at U.S. airports after Trump signed the order late on Friday.

It was a dramatic end to Trump’s first week in office,

capped by the Republican president’s four-month ban on refugees entering the United States and a 90-day hold on travelers from Syria and six other countries.

Trump had promised during his campaign what he called “extreme vetting” of immigrants and refugees to try to prevent terror attacks.

He told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office earlier on Saturday that his order was “not a Muslim ban” and said the measures were long overdue.

“It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over,” Trump said. The White House could not be immediately reached for comment on the emergency court ruling.

Senior officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told reporters they had not seen the ruling, but said the government would implement any appropriate orders. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - Evoking the closeness of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May and Donald Trump shared a “warm conversation” at lunch on Friday to cement their own “special relationship”, a source in May’s team said.

May’s visit to the United States, the first by a foreign leader since Trump was inaugurated as president, has been hailed by her aides as a resounding success, one, they say, that has strengthened her hand in divorce negotiations with the EU. A statement from May’s office said Trump pledged to ensure that the trade arrangements that Britain currently has with the U.S. through its membership of the European Union will continue in place the moment it leaves the bloc.

It was not clear how Trump’s aides viewed the meeting on Friday when the two leaders held talks and then had a lunch of baby iceberg salad with blue cheese and braised beef shortribs, but the UK delegation saw the visit as a triumph.

“They talked a lot about Thatcher and Reagan, and both agreed it was one of the most successful politi-

cal relationships ever,” the source in May’s team said. “Trump went on to say that he always looked up to Reagan and said that he wanted their relationship to be even better than that one.”

Ties between Britain and the United States struck a highly personal tone under Thatcher and Reagan in the 1980s, with the image of them dancing at a ball at the White House epitomising the transAtlantic “special relationship” On paper, May and Trump seem poles apart.

The British leader is a cautious politician, a vicar’s daughter who uses words very carefully, while he is a boisterous former reality TV host whose comments on Twitter have often sent shockwaves around the world.

But, according to the two leaders at a news conference on Friday, they struck up a rapport.

Describing their conversation over lunch as “warm, free-flowing and unscripted”, the source said the two leaders not only discussed their “shared admiration” of Reagan and Thatcher, but also Brexit, Russia and the NATO military alliance. (rtr)

People gather to protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, at O’Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 28, 2017.

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town dwellers outside their wooden homes armed with buckets of water, hoping it will be enough to battle the flames. But those efforts are often undone as winds or smoldering ash spread the fires anew.

More than 4,000 firefighters have

battled the fires, but the ferocity of the fires led Bachelet to declare a state of emergency, deploy troops and ask for international help.

A Boeing 747-400 “Super Tanker” from the United States that can dump nearly 20,000 gallons (73,000

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The carcasses of charred horses, lambs and chickens have been buried in pits to avoid the spread of infectious diseases. TV images show

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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) symbolically distributed 2,709 Smart Indonesian Cards (KIP) to students of vocational, elementary, and high schools, as well as those from schools for disabled.

President Jokowi distributes smart cards for students

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) symbolically distributed 2,709 Smart Indonesian Cards (KIP) to students of vocational, elementary, and high schools, as well as those from schools for disabled, here, Thursday.

This year, the government has planned to give a total of 19 million KIPs, the president stated at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran where a national meeting on education and culture was held.

Among recipients of the smart cards will be 760 thousand orphans, Jokowi remarked, adding that 16.4 million KIPs were earlier distributed.

The money provided through the KIP program must be used for educational purposes, he emphasized.

“Hence, children, be careful (in spending the money).

Students of elementary schools will receive Rp450 thousand, junior high school students will get Rp750 thousand, and senior high school students will be given Rp1 million. Be careful, this should be spent on things related to school,” the president

pointed out.

The government will revoke the cards of students spending the money for non-educational purposes, for instance, for buying phone vouchers.

The beneficiaries could spend the money to buy books, shoes, stationary, and school uniforms.

The KIP money can be disbursed by state-owned banks, BRI, and BNI. Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani noted that according to the 2016 data, there were 896,781 orphans.

“Of the total, 155,933 orphans have received smart cards, while the remaining 767,484 have not received KIPs, and they will get the funds from the program in 2017,” Maharani added.

The meeting on education and culture is being held on Jan 25-27 and was attended by 1,045 people, including teachers.

The KIP guarantees and ensures that all school-aged children from disadvantaged families receive financial assistance for education until the completion of high school or vocational school. (ant)

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Indonesia poised to achieve 23 percent energy mix by 2025

JAKARTA - Indonesia is determined to reduce its use of conventional fossil fuels and continues to promote new and renewable sources of energy and increase share of renewables in its energy mix to 23 percent by 2025.

According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ignasius Jonan, the government is poised to achieve its target of increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix use by 23 percent for electricity and transportation in 2025.

“Indonesia is resolved to increasing its energy mix to 23 percent in 2025 in line with its commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions it had made during the COP 21 conference in Paris in 2015,” Jonan stated on Wednesday (Jan 25).

Indonesia has planned to reduce its emissions by 26 percent by 2020 and 29 percent by 2030.

To achieve this target, Research, Technology and High Education Ministry (Kemristekdikti) has been urged to encourage research and development on new and renewable forms of energy in a bid to support the governments efforts to achieve the 23 percent energy mix target by 2025.

“The government is also doing its best to achieve its target of developing 35 thousand megawatts (MW) of electricity. In this case, the Kemristekdikti is tasked with encouraging research and development in the field of new energy technology, so that the 23 percent target would be achieved,” Research, Technology and High Education Minister M. Nasir noted in Jakarta on Monday (Jan 9).

Moreover, the governments energy mix target has, so far, not been achieved, as in 2015, it had reached only five percent, and in 2016, it was seven percent.

Hence, the Kemristekdikti has been entrusted the responsibility of encouraging its research and development center to conduct further studies on Geothermal Electricity Generator technology.

Besides this, the second new energy technology to be developed to support the 23 percent energy mix

target is to encourage the development of solar power plants. The problem is not only about how to produce solar cells but also how to store its energy.

The ministry will develop ways to source electricity produced by energy cells in residential areas through an on-grid system of the state-owned electricity company PLN, so that houses can buy it again during night time.

This system is used to avoid the expensive off-grid storage system, where solar cells require a battery to store energy.

Nasir further shed light on the development of power generators that harness the energy of sea waves. This will be developed in Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara, in cooperation with the Netherlands and in Maluku in cooperation with Germany. (ant)

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The government is poised to achieve its target of increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix use by 23 percent for electricity and transportation in 2025.

Indonesia intensifies participation for creating world peace REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

liters) of fire retardant or water, and a similar supertanker plane from the Russian government are assisting local emergency crews. Firefighters from Colombia, Mexico and experts from France and other nations have also been arriving to Chile to fight

the blazes.

Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz said that Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Israel, Japan and Sweden, also pledged their aid. “It shows that whole world is uniting to help Chile,” he said. (ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesia has decided that its foreign policy in 2017 will focus on intensifying interactions with other countries to protect the nations interests, security, ideological objectives, and economic prosperity.

To this end, the country continues to participate in implementing world order based on freedom, lasting peace, and social justice.

Creating a peaceful world is also

one of the national goals outlined in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.

It demonstrates that Indonesia prioritizes the importance of its active participation in international associations through multilateral cooperation, friendship, and partnership.

As creating world peace gains greater attention of the Indonesian government, the country remains committed to fighting for Pales-

tinian independence. It has also become one of the priorities of Indonesias foreign policy in 2017.

Indonesia will seek greater support for Palestinian independence through a two-state solution, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated.

“Indonesia will never waver from its commitment to supporting the Palestinian struggle for independence,” she noted in the

2017 Annual Press Statement of the Foreign Affairs Minister in early January.

With regard to the efforts, Indonesia supports the International Conference initiated by France and has attended the Paris meeting in June 2016 and will attend the next meeting in January 2017.

In demonstrating strong support for the Palestinian people, the Indonesian government has achieved a

diplomatic breakthrough by establishing an honorary consulate in Ramallah and is planning to open a House of Indonesia in Palestine.

Indonesia also initiated the Extraordinary Summit of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif in Jakarta in March 2016 and endorsed the Jakarta Declaration that supports Palestinian independence through various concrete measures and breakthroughs. (ant)

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Bolt returns gold medal from 2008 4x100 relay

KINGSTON - Jamaican Usain Bolt says it is rough losing one of his nine Olympic gold medals after relay team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“It’s rough that I have to give back one of my medals and I already gave it back because it was of course required by the IOC”, Bolt told Reuters on Friday in his first comments since the International Olympic Committee ruling.

“I’m not happy about it but it’s just one of those things that happen in life.

“I can’t allow that to deter me from my focus this season, so I am focused but I am not pleased.”

Carter was found in re-tests of his sample to have taken the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, the IOC said on Wednesday, meaning the entire Jamaican relay team had to return their gold medals.

The loss of the 4x100 metres medal leaves Bolt with eight Olympic golds, and he does not think the ruling tarnishes his glittering career record.

And he still might have one last chance to reclaim his medal, with an appeal by Carter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the works, according to Jamaica Olympic Association president Mike Fennell.

Bolt was non-committal about

Green Bowl Beach BADUNG - Green Bowl Beach is one of Bali’s most secluded beaches, a small 30m coastal strip with coarse white sand, located approximately 75 metres down hundreds of steps under a verdant cliff in the village of Ungasan (a 15-kilometre drive from Kuta, and under half an hour from Nusa Dua). The steep descent and climb required owes much to its appeal, attracting only adventurous weekenders and die-hard surfers favouring its uncrowded waves and exotic location. Also among the inimitable features at Green Bowl Beach are two large limestone caves that enclose small rock shrines, and which also provide shade and shelter for beach goers and surfers paddling in from their fun time out on the waves. The best time to go is during low tide, when the calm crystal clear waters allow for great snorkelling, with the fairly consistent waves a short paddle beyond a natural reef barrier.

Conversely during high tide, most of this small beach gets flood-

ed, sometimes even up to the cliff’s rock face and into the caves. Most people make their descent in the early mornings, with some drinks and simple picnicking snacks, and spend their half or even whole day down at the base. At any given time prior to heading for the steps, you may easily check out the swells while enjoying the ocean views from above at the cliff top beside the temple. Getting to Green Bowl Beach is relatively easy; branching south off Jalan Dharmawangsa in Nusa Dua and onto Jalan Pura Batu Pageh leads you straight to the derelict Bali Cliff Resort. The temple is to the left of the resort’s entrance, with a parking lot at the temple’s foyer that is watched over by a local elder who serves as a ticket man (an IDR 5,000 entrance fee applies). Parking is a breeze, with ample space available in front of the temple. Nearby are four small warungs selling snacks, cold drinks and fresh young coconuts (IDR 15,000) – perfect for replenishing after climbs.

There are many versions from how the beach got its unique name, which locals simply refer to as Pantai Pura Batu Pageh, after the temple. As with many beaches and surf spots along the Bukit peninsula’s coast, surfers are usually most responsible for their nicknames.

The most likely inspiration for its name, ‘Green Bowl Beach’, is the colours and curvature of the cliff that looms over the beach itself, and perhaps also the emerald patches of seaweed in its clear waters. The densely forested flight of well over 300 steps and the green cliffs are home to hordes of grey long-tailed macaques, which are less cheeky than their Uluwatu counterparts next door. They’ll remain timid unless you deliberately hand them food, which is not advisable. The steep descent may be physically demanding for casual weekenders, but what you’ll find upon reaching the base will pay off very well.

There are no lifeguards on duty here, therefore swim, snorkel and surf with caution. (IBP/net)

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whether he would financially contribute to Carter’s appeal.

“That’s up to my management, there are a lot of variables so we will discuss that and see where we go from there,” he said.

Bolt is considered the greatest sprinter of all time, having won an unprecedented treble of consecutive Olympic golds in the 100m and 200m in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

He also was part of the winning Jamaican 4x100 relay team in 2012 and 2016.

Bolt is credited with being a key factor in maintaining a global interest in athletics at a time when the sport has been ravaged by doping violations.

“I think I’ve still accomplished a lot, it hasn’t changed what I have done throughout my career,” said the 100m and 200m world recordholder.

“I have worked hard and pushed and done things that no one has done before. I have won three gold medals over the 100m and 200m.”

Bolt, 30, says he will retire after the 2017 world championships in London. (rtr)

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Men’s 4x100m relay Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter of Jamaica celebrate after winning the final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaica team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Silverstone upbeat after F1 ownership change

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LONDON - The owners of British Grand Prix circuit Silverstone are confident Liberty Media’s takeover of Formula One will give them room to make a profit and stay on the calendar. British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) president Derek Warwick told Sky Sports television he was “very positive now about the future”.

The BRDC owns the former World War Two airfield that hosted Formula One’s first world championship race in 1950 and has a contract to 2026.

The BRDC informed all members in a letter last month that it was giving serious thought to exercising a break clause because of the “potentially ruinous risk” posed by hosting fees that increased annually. Media reports have indicated that Silverstone will have to pay nearly 17 million pounds ($21.08 million) to host the race this year, rising to 26 million by the end of the contract.

REUTERS/Paul Hackett/File Photo “Monday definitely changed the face Pit girls stand in a line during the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, Britain, of 2017,” said Warwick, referring to the completion of Liberty’s takeover and July 8, 2012.

their replacement of Bernie Ecclestone with Chase Carey as Formula One chief executive.

“We know where we are going now with Liberty, we know where we’re going with Silverstone.

“We are very positive we can now work this grand prix and make a profit in 2017.

We’re looking forward to 2017.”

Last year’s race, with triple world champion Lewis Hamilton on home soil for Mercedes, saw a race day crowd of 139,000 and Warwick indicated Liberty would allow Silverstone to benefit from revenue streams hitherto closed to the circuit owners.

“What he is saying to us is he might relax certain restrictions that Bernie has had on us over the last few years in terms of merchandising, marketing, sponsorship etc,” said the former racer.

“We know for a fact there are some circuits out there that have more flexibility with their contract with Bernie than what we’ve got.” (rtr)

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Monday, January 30, 2017

Sp rt Inter beats Pescara 3-0 to rise to 4th in Serie A

MILAN — Inter Milan coach Stefano Piolo warned Serie A his team was yet to peak after it beat bottom club Pescara 3-0 for its ninth successive victory in all competitions on Saturday.

Danilo D’Ambrosio, Joao Mario, and Eder scored for Inter to jump above Lazio and into fourth place, two points below Napoli and three below Roma. Napoli hosts Palermo on Sunday, a few hours after Roma plays at Sampdoria. League-leading Juventus, which visits Sassuolo, is a point above Roma.

Inter visits Juventus next weekend, after the Italian Cup quarterfinal at home to Lazio on Tuesday.

“Many players are giving a lot but they can still do even more: We haven’t got to our peak,” Pioli said.

“We know that the game against Juventus will be important for our position in the league, but first there’s the Italian Cup ... against a great team like Lazio, in a competition we really care about. Our focus has to be entirely on the next match, then we will think about Juve.”

Inter dominated but had to survive an early scare before taking the lead in the 23rd minute. Grigoris Kastanos, who is on loan from Juventus, almost scored on his Serie A debut but Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic parried the teenager’s effort. Valerio Verre fired in the rebound but it was ruled out for offside.

Moments later, Albano Bizzarri tipped Joao Mario’s angled drive around his right post and the resulting corner was taken short, allowing Marcelo Brozovic to whip in a cross which was volleyed into the bottom right corner by D’Ambrosio from close range.

Inter doubled its lead two minutes before the break in a move started and finished by Joao Mario, who prodded in Ivan Perisic’s low cross.

Inter sealed the match in the 73rd although Icardi looked offside when he ran onto Brozovic’s through ball and pulled back for substitute Eder to side-foot home.

LAZIO 0, CHIEVO VERONA 1

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Inter Milan’s Joao Mario celebrates after scoring a goal during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Pescara, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

Lazio’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a blow as it conceded a last-gasp goal at home to Chievo Verona, whose goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino was in imperious form. Sorrentino denied Marco Parolo on numerous occasions, as well as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Lucas Biglia. “That’s football, it’s cruel,” Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi said. “We had 15 chances and if you don’t score then invariably you concede in the 90th, with their first chance.”

Lazio also missed suspended striker Ciro Immobile, who netted three goals in his last four matches.

Just as it appeared as though the match was heading for a goalless draw, Chievo counterattacked and Massimo Gobbi pulled back from the byline for Roberto Inglese to fire home in the 90th minute. Lazio slipped to fifth, two points behind Inter and four below third-placed Napoli.

There was an ugly incident at the end of the match as Biglia had to be held back by Lazio staff after being verbally abused and spat at by a Lazio fan. Teammate Mamadou Tounkara was in the stands and also had to be held back as he appeared to try to punch the supporter. Biglia’s wife was in the same sector.

“There was a squabble, everyone is entitled to their own opinion,” Parolo said. “But I don’t think you can say anything about tonight, and even less to someone like Biglia, who apart from being our captain, is someone who always gives his all. We are with him.” The police were investigating but the club was unlikely to take any action against Biglia.

“Biglia is our captain, he is an exceptional lad, with outstanding skills,” Lazio club manager Angelo Peruzzi said. “I’m sorry that some so-called fan attacked him. That shouldn’t happen at all ... Biglia is our captain, he will remain our captain, because all the squad follows him.” Tounkara apologized on social media. (ap)

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Cameroon, Burkina Faso leave form book in tatters LIBREVILLE - Burkina Faso and Cameroon booked semi-final berths at the African Nations Cup on Saturday as another page was ripped out of the form book when the latest favourites for the tournament were eliminated.

Sadio Mane, one of the star attractions in Gabon, was the only player to miss in a shootout as Cameroon knocked out heavily

fancied Senegal in Franceville, just hours after Burkina Faso struck late to eliminate Tunisia 2-0 in Libreville.

A distraught Mane, who had been outstanding throughout the two hours of action, had to be helped off the pitch by his team mates after his side were edged 5-4 on spot kicks following a goalless draw.

After the first four players from each side had found the target, Mane took Senegal’s fifth kick but the Liverpool forward’s effort was saved by young keeper Fabrice Ondoa and Vincent Aboubakar slotted home to win the game for Cameroon.

The Indomitable Lions had been given little chance in Gabon after their squad was overhauled in the

months prior to the tournament and eight players then opted to stay behind with their clubs rather than travel to the Nations Cup. “It’s an incredible win to beat Senegal, who were favourites and made it a difficult match for us,” centre back Michael NgadeuNgadjui told French television after the game.

“For most if us, it’s our first Nations Cup and none of us could imagine we’d still be here. Now we have a chance to write our own piece of history.”

Senegal’s early departure follows those of holders Ivory Coast and equally fancied Algeria, leaving the outcome of the three-week tournament wide open.

DISTRAUGHT DRESSING ROOM

“Senegal is sad again but life goes on,” said coach Aliou Cisse, who captained the side when Cameroon beat them on penalties in the 2002 final after he, like Mane, missed the fifth kick of the shootout. “It’s not easy in the dressing

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

Lyon’s Mathieu Valbuena, right, challenges for the ball with Lille’s Yassine Benzia during their French League One soccer match in Decines, near Lyon, central France, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

Valbuena misses open goal as Lyon loses at home to Lille 2-1

PARIS — After spectacular goals lately, Lyon winger Mathieu Valbuena produced a contender for the French league’s best miss when he fluffed an open goal as they lost at home to Lille 2-1 on Saturday.

Following good work down the right from substitute Maxwell Cornet, the ball fizzed across the area and landed perfectly for Valbuena with no defenders around him. But he tried to smash it into the net from six meters out and it hit the crossbar.

Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama made the noble gesture of comforting Valbuena, who buried his head in the net in disbelief at missing a chance to equalize with 20 minutes left.

“You can’t condemn someone because they miss a chance,” Lyon coach Bruno Genesio said. “Even though it was a huge one.”

Valbuena’s bad day got worse when he gave away the penalty that led to Lille’s second goal in the 80th, dispatched by former Lyon striker Yassine Benzia, who then got into an argument with goalkeeper Anthony Lopes and midfielder Maxime Gonalons, his ex-teammates.

The Lyon crowd greeted Benzia’s second goal with vitriolic chanting, but should perhaps have saved it for its own players.

The defeat left Lyon eight points behind third-place Paris SaintGermain and four ahead of fifthplace Marseille, although Lyon has a game in hand.

Memphis Depay made his full debut for Lyon after joining last week from Manchester United, but the winger did not make much of an impression, and neither did his teammates in a much-vaunted attack that scored 15 goals in the five previous matches. Depay came off midway through the second half and Cornet made far more of an impact.

Although Lyon top-scorer Alexandre Lacazette netted his ninth goal in seven games with a late penalty — taking his league tally to 18 — he also missed a great chance for 2-2 when he drilled his shot just wide.

In the first half, Lyon struggled to break down a Lille side that kept its shape well and threatened on the counterattack. Benzia scored in the 38th minute with a deflected shot.

He played more than 50 games for Lyon before joining Lille two years ago.

“Once again we only played one half properly,” said Genesio who, before the match, touted Lyon as a title contender. “We were invisible at the start. It’s hard to explain why.” (ap)

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Burkina Faso’s, players celebrate with team mate Aristide Bance after he scored a goal against Tunisia, during their African Cup of Nations Quarter Finals soccer match between Tunisia and Burkina Faso. at the Stade de l’Amitie Libreville, Gabon, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

room. We regret we weren’t able to live up to our potential.”

Cameroon will stay in Franceville for Thursday’s semi-final against either the Democratic Republic of Congo or Ghana, who meet in Oyem on Sunday.

Burkina Faso await the winner of the last quarter-final between Egypt and Morocco in Port Gentil in Wednesday’s first semi-final in the Gabonese capital.

Aristide Bance was the hero for the Stallions after he came on as a 76th minute substitute and thrashed home a free kick four minutes later to give Burkina Faso the lead over a tired-looking Tunisia.

A breakaway goal four minutes later from Prejuce Nakoulma settled the tie as Burkina seek to revive their run to the 2013 final, where they also defied their status as also-rans.

“We don’t want to start thinking that far ahead but we always want to go one better than we did,” midfielder Abdoul Razak Traore said after the match. “It’s pretty much the same team.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Inter beats Pescara 3-0 to rise to 4th in Serie A

MILAN — Inter Milan coach Stefano Piolo warned Serie A his team was yet to peak after it beat bottom club Pescara 3-0 for its ninth successive victory in all competitions on Saturday.

Danilo D’Ambrosio, Joao Mario, and Eder scored for Inter to jump above Lazio and into fourth place, two points below Napoli and three below Roma. Napoli hosts Palermo on Sunday, a few hours after Roma plays at Sampdoria. League-leading Juventus, which visits Sassuolo, is a point above Roma.

Inter visits Juventus next weekend, after the Italian Cup quarterfinal at home to Lazio on Tuesday.

“Many players are giving a lot but they can still do even more: We haven’t got to our peak,” Pioli said.

“We know that the game against Juventus will be important for our position in the league, but first there’s the Italian Cup ... against a great team like Lazio, in a competition we really care about. Our focus has to be entirely on the next match, then we will think about Juve.”

Inter dominated but had to survive an early scare before taking the lead in the 23rd minute. Grigoris Kastanos, who is on loan from Juventus, almost scored on his Serie A debut but Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic parried the teenager’s effort. Valerio Verre fired in the rebound but it was ruled out for offside.

Moments later, Albano Bizzarri tipped Joao Mario’s angled drive around his right post and the resulting corner was taken short, allowing Marcelo Brozovic to whip in a cross which was volleyed into the bottom right corner by D’Ambrosio from close range.

Inter doubled its lead two minutes before the break in a move started and finished by Joao Mario, who prodded in Ivan Perisic’s low cross.

Inter sealed the match in the 73rd although Icardi looked offside when he ran onto Brozovic’s through ball and pulled back for substitute Eder to side-foot home.

LAZIO 0, CHIEVO VERONA 1

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Inter Milan’s Joao Mario celebrates after scoring a goal during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Pescara, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

Lazio’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a blow as it conceded a last-gasp goal at home to Chievo Verona, whose goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino was in imperious form. Sorrentino denied Marco Parolo on numerous occasions, as well as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Lucas Biglia. “That’s football, it’s cruel,” Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi said. “We had 15 chances and if you don’t score then invariably you concede in the 90th, with their first chance.”

Lazio also missed suspended striker Ciro Immobile, who netted three goals in his last four matches.

Just as it appeared as though the match was heading for a goalless draw, Chievo counterattacked and Massimo Gobbi pulled back from the byline for Roberto Inglese to fire home in the 90th minute. Lazio slipped to fifth, two points behind Inter and four below third-placed Napoli.

There was an ugly incident at the end of the match as Biglia had to be held back by Lazio staff after being verbally abused and spat at by a Lazio fan. Teammate Mamadou Tounkara was in the stands and also had to be held back as he appeared to try to punch the supporter. Biglia’s wife was in the same sector.

“There was a squabble, everyone is entitled to their own opinion,” Parolo said. “But I don’t think you can say anything about tonight, and even less to someone like Biglia, who apart from being our captain, is someone who always gives his all. We are with him.” The police were investigating but the club was unlikely to take any action against Biglia.

“Biglia is our captain, he is an exceptional lad, with outstanding skills,” Lazio club manager Angelo Peruzzi said. “I’m sorry that some so-called fan attacked him. That shouldn’t happen at all ... Biglia is our captain, he will remain our captain, because all the squad follows him.” Tounkara apologized on social media. (ap)

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Cameroon, Burkina Faso leave form book in tatters LIBREVILLE - Burkina Faso and Cameroon booked semi-final berths at the African Nations Cup on Saturday as another page was ripped out of the form book when the latest favourites for the tournament were eliminated.

Sadio Mane, one of the star attractions in Gabon, was the only player to miss in a shootout as Cameroon knocked out heavily

fancied Senegal in Franceville, just hours after Burkina Faso struck late to eliminate Tunisia 2-0 in Libreville.

A distraught Mane, who had been outstanding throughout the two hours of action, had to be helped off the pitch by his team mates after his side were edged 5-4 on spot kicks following a goalless draw.

After the first four players from each side had found the target, Mane took Senegal’s fifth kick but the Liverpool forward’s effort was saved by young keeper Fabrice Ondoa and Vincent Aboubakar slotted home to win the game for Cameroon.

The Indomitable Lions had been given little chance in Gabon after their squad was overhauled in the

months prior to the tournament and eight players then opted to stay behind with their clubs rather than travel to the Nations Cup. “It’s an incredible win to beat Senegal, who were favourites and made it a difficult match for us,” centre back Michael NgadeuNgadjui told French television after the game.

“For most if us, it’s our first Nations Cup and none of us could imagine we’d still be here. Now we have a chance to write our own piece of history.”

Senegal’s early departure follows those of holders Ivory Coast and equally fancied Algeria, leaving the outcome of the three-week tournament wide open.

DISTRAUGHT DRESSING ROOM

“Senegal is sad again but life goes on,” said coach Aliou Cisse, who captained the side when Cameroon beat them on penalties in the 2002 final after he, like Mane, missed the fifth kick of the shootout. “It’s not easy in the dressing

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

Lyon’s Mathieu Valbuena, right, challenges for the ball with Lille’s Yassine Benzia during their French League One soccer match in Decines, near Lyon, central France, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

Valbuena misses open goal as Lyon loses at home to Lille 2-1

PARIS — After spectacular goals lately, Lyon winger Mathieu Valbuena produced a contender for the French league’s best miss when he fluffed an open goal as they lost at home to Lille 2-1 on Saturday.

Following good work down the right from substitute Maxwell Cornet, the ball fizzed across the area and landed perfectly for Valbuena with no defenders around him. But he tried to smash it into the net from six meters out and it hit the crossbar.

Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama made the noble gesture of comforting Valbuena, who buried his head in the net in disbelief at missing a chance to equalize with 20 minutes left.

“You can’t condemn someone because they miss a chance,” Lyon coach Bruno Genesio said. “Even though it was a huge one.”

Valbuena’s bad day got worse when he gave away the penalty that led to Lille’s second goal in the 80th, dispatched by former Lyon striker Yassine Benzia, who then got into an argument with goalkeeper Anthony Lopes and midfielder Maxime Gonalons, his ex-teammates.

The Lyon crowd greeted Benzia’s second goal with vitriolic chanting, but should perhaps have saved it for its own players.

The defeat left Lyon eight points behind third-place Paris SaintGermain and four ahead of fifthplace Marseille, although Lyon has a game in hand.

Memphis Depay made his full debut for Lyon after joining last week from Manchester United, but the winger did not make much of an impression, and neither did his teammates in a much-vaunted attack that scored 15 goals in the five previous matches. Depay came off midway through the second half and Cornet made far more of an impact.

Although Lyon top-scorer Alexandre Lacazette netted his ninth goal in seven games with a late penalty — taking his league tally to 18 — he also missed a great chance for 2-2 when he drilled his shot just wide.

In the first half, Lyon struggled to break down a Lille side that kept its shape well and threatened on the counterattack. Benzia scored in the 38th minute with a deflected shot.

He played more than 50 games for Lyon before joining Lille two years ago.

“Once again we only played one half properly,” said Genesio who, before the match, touted Lyon as a title contender. “We were invisible at the start. It’s hard to explain why.” (ap)

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Burkina Faso’s, players celebrate with team mate Aristide Bance after he scored a goal against Tunisia, during their African Cup of Nations Quarter Finals soccer match between Tunisia and Burkina Faso. at the Stade de l’Amitie Libreville, Gabon, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

room. We regret we weren’t able to live up to our potential.”

Cameroon will stay in Franceville for Thursday’s semi-final against either the Democratic Republic of Congo or Ghana, who meet in Oyem on Sunday.

Burkina Faso await the winner of the last quarter-final between Egypt and Morocco in Port Gentil in Wednesday’s first semi-final in the Gabonese capital.

Aristide Bance was the hero for the Stallions after he came on as a 76th minute substitute and thrashed home a free kick four minutes later to give Burkina Faso the lead over a tired-looking Tunisia.

A breakaway goal four minutes later from Prejuce Nakoulma settled the tie as Burkina seek to revive their run to the 2013 final, where they also defied their status as also-rans.

“We don’t want to start thinking that far ahead but we always want to go one better than we did,” midfielder Abdoul Razak Traore said after the match. “It’s pretty much the same team.” (rtr)

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International

Bolt returns gold medal from 2008 4x100 relay

KINGSTON - Jamaican Usain Bolt says it is rough losing one of his nine Olympic gold medals after relay team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“It’s rough that I have to give back one of my medals and I already gave it back because it was of course required by the IOC”, Bolt told Reuters on Friday in his first comments since the International Olympic Committee ruling.

“I’m not happy about it but it’s just one of those things that happen in life.

“I can’t allow that to deter me from my focus this season, so I am focused but I am not pleased.”

Carter was found in re-tests of his sample to have taken the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, the IOC said on Wednesday, meaning the entire Jamaican relay team had to return their gold medals.

The loss of the 4x100 metres medal leaves Bolt with eight Olympic golds, and he does not think the ruling tarnishes his glittering career record.

And he still might have one last chance to reclaim his medal, with an appeal by Carter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the works, according to Jamaica Olympic Association president Mike Fennell.

Bolt was non-committal about

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whether he would financially contribute to Carter’s appeal.

“That’s up to my management, there are a lot of variables so we will discuss that and see where we go from there,” he said.

Bolt is considered the greatest sprinter of all time, having won an unprecedented treble of consecutive Olympic golds in the 100m and 200m in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

He also was part of the winning Jamaican 4x100 relay team in 2012 and 2016.

Bolt is credited with being a key factor in maintaining a global interest in athletics at a time when the sport has been ravaged by doping violations.

“I think I’ve still accomplished a lot, it hasn’t changed what I have done throughout my career,” said the 100m and 200m world recordholder.

“I have worked hard and pushed and done things that no one has done before. I have won three gold medals over the 100m and 200m.”

Bolt, 30, says he will retire after the 2017 world championships in London. (rtr)

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Men’s 4x100m relay Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter of Jamaica celebrate after winning the final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaica team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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LONDON - The owners of British Grand Prix circuit Silverstone are confident Liberty Media’s takeover of Formula One will give them room to make a profit and stay on the calendar. British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) president Derek Warwick told Sky Sports television he was “very positive now about the future”.

The BRDC owns the former World War Two airfield that hosted Formula One’s first world championship race in 1950 and has a contract to 2026.

The BRDC informed all members in a letter last month that it was giving serious thought to exercising a break clause because of the “potentially ruinous risk” posed by hosting fees that increased annually. Media reports have indicated that Silverstone will have to pay nearly 17 million pounds ($21.08 million) to host the race this year, rising to 26 million by the end of the contract.

REUTERS/Paul Hackett/File Photo “Monday definitely changed the face Pit girls stand in a line during the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, Britain, of 2017,” said Warwick, referring to the completion of Liberty’s takeover and July 8, 2012.

their replacement of Bernie Ecclestone with Chase Carey as Formula One chief executive.

“We know where we are going now with Liberty, we know where we’re going with Silverstone.

“We are very positive we can now work this grand prix and make a profit in 2017.

We’re looking forward to 2017.”

Last year’s race, with triple world champion Lewis Hamilton on home soil for Mercedes, saw a race day crowd of 139,000 and Warwick indicated Liberty would allow Silverstone to benefit from revenue streams hitherto closed to the circuit owners.

“What he is saying to us is he might relax certain restrictions that Bernie has had on us over the last few years in terms of merchandising, marketing, sponsorship etc,” said the former racer.

“We know for a fact there are some circuits out there that have more flexibility with their contract with Bernie than what we’ve got.” (rtr)

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May listens to her Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Ankara, Turkey, January 28, 2017.

Evoking Reagan and Thatcher, May hails new UK-U.S. ‘special relationship’

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslimmajority countries from entering the United States sparked outrage but hit a roadblock late on Saturday when a federal judge said stranded travelers could stay in the country.

The emergency court ruling was cheered at Boston’s Logan International Airport, one of several major U.S. airports where protesters angry with Trump’s order gathered.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which sought the temporary stay, said it would help 100 to 200 people with valid visas or refugee status who found themselves detained in transit or at U.S. airports after Trump signed the order late on Friday.

It was a dramatic end to Trump’s first week in office,

capped by the Republican president’s four-month ban on refugees entering the United States and a 90-day hold on travelers from Syria and six other countries.

Trump had promised during his campaign what he called “extreme vetting” of immigrants and refugees to try to prevent terror attacks.

He told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office earlier on Saturday that his order was “not a Muslim ban” and said the measures were long overdue.

“It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over,” Trump said. The White House could not be immediately reached for comment on the emergency court ruling.

Senior officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told reporters they had not seen the ruling, but said the government would implement any appropriate orders. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - Evoking the closeness of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May and Donald Trump shared a “warm conversation” at lunch on Friday to cement their own “special relationship”, a source in May’s team said.

May’s visit to the United States, the first by a foreign leader since Trump was inaugurated as president, has been hailed by her aides as a resounding success, one, they say, that has strengthened her hand in divorce negotiations with the EU. A statement from May’s office said Trump pledged to ensure that the trade arrangements that Britain currently has with the U.S. through its membership of the European Union will continue in place the moment it leaves the bloc.

It was not clear how Trump’s aides viewed the meeting on Friday when the two leaders held talks and then had a lunch of baby iceberg salad with blue cheese and braised beef shortribs, but the UK delegation saw the visit as a triumph.

“They talked a lot about Thatcher and Reagan, and both agreed it was one of the most successful politi-

cal relationships ever,” the source in May’s team said. “Trump went on to say that he always looked up to Reagan and said that he wanted their relationship to be even better than that one.”

Ties between Britain and the United States struck a highly personal tone under Thatcher and Reagan in the 1980s, with the image of them dancing at a ball at the White House epitomising the transAtlantic “special relationship” On paper, May and Trump seem poles apart.

The British leader is a cautious politician, a vicar’s daughter who uses words very carefully, while he is a boisterous former reality TV host whose comments on Twitter have often sent shockwaves around the world.

But, according to the two leaders at a news conference on Friday, they struck up a rapport.

Describing their conversation over lunch as “warm, free-flowing and unscripted”, the source said the two leaders not only discussed their “shared admiration” of Reagan and Thatcher, but also Brexit, Russia and the NATO military alliance. (rtr)

People gather to protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, at O’Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 28, 2017.

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town dwellers outside their wooden homes armed with buckets of water, hoping it will be enough to battle the flames. But those efforts are often undone as winds or smoldering ash spread the fires anew.

More than 4,000 firefighters have

battled the fires, but the ferocity of the fires led Bachelet to declare a state of emergency, deploy troops and ask for international help.

A Boeing 747-400 “Super Tanker” from the United States that can dump nearly 20,000 gallons (73,000

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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) symbolically distributed 2,709 Smart Indonesian Cards (KIP) to students of vocational, elementary, and high schools, as well as those from schools for disabled.

President Jokowi distributes smart cards for students

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) symbolically distributed 2,709 Smart Indonesian Cards (KIP) to students of vocational, elementary, and high schools, as well as those from schools for disabled, here, Thursday.

This year, the government has planned to give a total of 19 million KIPs, the president stated at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran where a national meeting on education and culture was held.

Among recipients of the smart cards will be 760 thousand orphans, Jokowi remarked, adding that 16.4 million KIPs were earlier distributed.

The money provided through the KIP program must be used for educational purposes, he emphasized.

“Hence, children, be careful (in spending the money).

Students of elementary schools will receive Rp450 thousand, junior high school students will get Rp750 thousand, and senior high school students will be given Rp1 million. Be careful, this should be spent on things related to school,” the president

pointed out.

The government will revoke the cards of students spending the money for non-educational purposes, for instance, for buying phone vouchers.

The beneficiaries could spend the money to buy books, shoes, stationary, and school uniforms.

The KIP money can be disbursed by state-owned banks, BRI, and BNI. Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani noted that according to the 2016 data, there were 896,781 orphans.

“Of the total, 155,933 orphans have received smart cards, while the remaining 767,484 have not received KIPs, and they will get the funds from the program in 2017,” Maharani added.

The meeting on education and culture is being held on Jan 25-27 and was attended by 1,045 people, including teachers.

The KIP guarantees and ensures that all school-aged children from disadvantaged families receive financial assistance for education until the completion of high school or vocational school. (ant)

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Indonesia poised to achieve 23 percent energy mix by 2025

JAKARTA - Indonesia is determined to reduce its use of conventional fossil fuels and continues to promote new and renewable sources of energy and increase share of renewables in its energy mix to 23 percent by 2025.

According to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ignasius Jonan, the government is poised to achieve its target of increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix use by 23 percent for electricity and transportation in 2025.

“Indonesia is resolved to increasing its energy mix to 23 percent in 2025 in line with its commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions it had made during the COP 21 conference in Paris in 2015,” Jonan stated on Wednesday (Jan 25).

Indonesia has planned to reduce its emissions by 26 percent by 2020 and 29 percent by 2030.

To achieve this target, Research, Technology and High Education Ministry (Kemristekdikti) has been urged to encourage research and development on new and renewable forms of energy in a bid to support the governments efforts to achieve the 23 percent energy mix target by 2025.

“The government is also doing its best to achieve its target of developing 35 thousand megawatts (MW) of electricity. In this case, the Kemristekdikti is tasked with encouraging research and development in the field of new energy technology, so that the 23 percent target would be achieved,” Research, Technology and High Education Minister M. Nasir noted in Jakarta on Monday (Jan 9).

Moreover, the governments energy mix target has, so far, not been achieved, as in 2015, it had reached only five percent, and in 2016, it was seven percent.

Hence, the Kemristekdikti has been entrusted the responsibility of encouraging its research and development center to conduct further studies on Geothermal Electricity Generator technology.

Besides this, the second new energy technology to be developed to support the 23 percent energy mix

target is to encourage the development of solar power plants. The problem is not only about how to produce solar cells but also how to store its energy.

The ministry will develop ways to source electricity produced by energy cells in residential areas through an on-grid system of the state-owned electricity company PLN, so that houses can buy it again during night time.

This system is used to avoid the expensive off-grid storage system, where solar cells require a battery to store energy.

Nasir further shed light on the development of power generators that harness the energy of sea waves. This will be developed in Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara, in cooperation with the Netherlands and in Maluku in cooperation with Germany. (ant)

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The government is poised to achieve its target of increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix use by 23 percent for electricity and transportation in 2025.

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liters) of fire retardant or water, and a similar supertanker plane from the Russian government are assisting local emergency crews. Firefighters from Colombia, Mexico and experts from France and other nations have also been arriving to Chile to fight

the blazes.

Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz said that Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Israel, Japan and Sweden, also pledged their aid. “It shows that whole world is uniting to help Chile,” he said. (ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesia has decided that its foreign policy in 2017 will focus on intensifying interactions with other countries to protect the nations interests, security, ideological objectives, and economic prosperity.

To this end, the country continues to participate in implementing world order based on freedom, lasting peace, and social justice.

Creating a peaceful world is also

one of the national goals outlined in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.

It demonstrates that Indonesia prioritizes the importance of its active participation in international associations through multilateral cooperation, friendship, and partnership.

As creating world peace gains greater attention of the Indonesian government, the country remains committed to fighting for Pales-

tinian independence. It has also become one of the priorities of Indonesias foreign policy in 2017.

Indonesia will seek greater support for Palestinian independence through a two-state solution, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated.

“Indonesia will never waver from its commitment to supporting the Palestinian struggle for independence,” she noted in the

2017 Annual Press Statement of the Foreign Affairs Minister in early January.

With regard to the efforts, Indonesia supports the International Conference initiated by France and has attended the Paris meeting in June 2016 and will attend the next meeting in January 2017.

In demonstrating strong support for the Palestinian people, the Indonesian government has achieved a

diplomatic breakthrough by establishing an honorary consulate in Ramallah and is planning to open a House of Indonesia in Palestine.

Indonesia also initiated the Extraordinary Summit of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif in Jakarta in March 2016 and endorsed the Jakarta Declaration that supports Palestinian independence through various concrete measures and breakthroughs. (ant)

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BUSINESS British PM May visits Turkey, reaches $125M fighter jet deal ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Britain signed a deal to jointly build fighter jets during Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Ankara on Saturday, even as the British leader called on Turkey’s government to uphold democracy and abide by human rights standards.

Britain’s BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace industries signed the 100 million-pound (nearly $125.5 million) agreement establishing a partnership for the development of Turkey’s fighter jet program after May met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials about boosting trade between the countries once Britain leaves the European Union.

The two countries agreed to start preparatory work for a future free trade agreement and also talked about increasing cooperation in security and counterterrorism.

“This agreement underlines once again that Britain is a great, global, trading nation and that we are open for business,” May said of the fighter jet deal, according to a statement. “It marks the start of a new and deeper trading relationship with Turkey and will potentially secure British and Turkish jobs and prosperity for decades to come.”

May flew overnight to Ankara

by RAF Voyager jet from the U.S., where she and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday proclaimed a new chapter in the trans-Atlantic “special relationship.” The visit to Turkey, an important but complicated NATO

ally, came amid pressure at home to condemn Turkey’s clampdown on civil liberties since the government crushed a coup attempt in July.

“I am proud that the U.K. stood with you on the 15th of July last year in defense of your democracy,” May said as she and Erdogan delivered brief statements to the media following their talks.

“And now it is important that Turkey sustains that democracy by maintaining the rule of law and upholding its international human rights obligations — as the government has undertaken to do,” she said.

Turkey has detained tens of thousands of people suspected of links to a movement led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government accuses of orchestrating the failed coup attempt. More than 100,000 others have been dismissed from government jobs.

The crackdown extended to other government opponents. More than a hundred journalists and pro-Kurdish party leaders are in jail.

During a joint news conference with May, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim strongly criticized Trump’s move to suspend the admission of refugees, saying “you cannot settle this issue by building walls.”

“Nobody leaves their homes for nothing,” said Yildirim, whose country has admitted some 3 million refugees. “They came here to save their lives and our doors were open. And if the same thing happened again, we would do it again.”(ap)

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Theresa May, prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.

A front page newspaper headline reads “He did it!” over a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump holding up signed documents, as he took action to jumpstart construction on a promised border wall, in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday cancelled a planned Jan. 31 meeting with Trump, hours after Trump tweeted that the meeting should be scrapped if Mexico won’t pay for the wall.

US-Mexico trade war could hit Mexico economy, spur migration

MEXICO CITY — If President Donald Trump makes good on threats to gut NAFTA and impose stiff tariffs on Mexican goods, economists say he risks a trade war that could lead to the very thing he is hoping to avoid — a huge surge in Mexican migration to the United States.

The result would be catastrophe for the Mexican economy. Recession. A dramatic weakening of the peso, even below the historic lows it has already set amid Trump’s bellicose rhetoric. Soaring inflation, interest rates and unemployment.

“Mexico is smaller than the U.S. and can be harmed by conflict more than the U.S. would be,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a Washington think tank that supports free trade.

A trade war with Mexico “drives down the peso and drives down opportunities for Mexicans to make a living in honest manufacturing jobs,” he added. “There will be more desperate Mexicans crossing the border.”

And the U.S. would by no means be immune from the fallout.

Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner for goods, and the two countries did some $583.6 billion in total cross-border commerce in 2015, according to the Office of the

United States Trade Representative. That included a U.S. goods and services trade deficit of $49.2 billion. America buys about 80 percent of Mexico’s exports, with automobiles, electrical machinery and fuels topping a long list that also includes agricultural goods such as fruit, vegetables, wine and beer.

The Trump administration’s proposal this week for a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the promised border wall was quickly walked back by officials as just one of multiple “options.”

It could also face stiff opposition in Congress including from Republicans who favor free trade.

Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of the border state of Arizona have publicly come out in support of NAFTA. McCain noted that it has increased his state’s exports to Mexico and Canada by $5.7 billion, or 236 percent, since its enactment in 1994.

The worst case scenario of a trade war is frightening to contemplate, economists say.

If the U.S. were to slap a tax on Mexican imports, it would violate the terms of NAFTA and nullify the pact, said Alfredo Coutino, Latin America director at Moody’s Analytics.

Mexico could impose retaliatory tariffs. Uncertainty would spook investors and businesses, including U.S. companies with operations in Mexico that could pull out.

The peso, already sorely weakened at about 21 to the dollar, could fall to 25, 28 or even lower, Coutino continued. Unemployment would rise. Mexicans’ real purchasing power would plummet as a result, and inflation could soar to double digits by the end of the year. Interest rates could also top 10 percent.

The Mexican government would be forced into fiscal tightening measures, putting additional downward pressure on the economy and throwing it into recession.

America would suffer too, but not as much. Moody’s forecasts that a trade war would slightly reduce U.S. economic growth and cost 300,000 American jobs after a year.

Mexico has been here before, most notably when a sharp peso devaluation in 1994 touched off a nearly 6 percent economic contraction.(ap)

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu) and this year falls on Thursday (Jan. 26). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night).

Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water. Then, begin the fasting without food and drink. It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the

reading of Vedic scripture while keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri.

In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by

animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves.

He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the

morning came and he went home.

From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and

intercepted the Cikrabala forces.

Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past. Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

Ngrebeg at Alas Kedaton Becomes Attraction to Visitors

Ngrebeg procession has become a tradition in the piodalan (temple anniversary) at Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton located at the Alas Kedaton tourist area, Kukuh village, Marga, Tabanan. It becomes an interesting spectacle for foreign and domestic travelers

as well as local communities.

The temple anniversary has its own uniqueness. Commenced with mapeed conducted by housewives in customary attires while carrying gebogan (offerings) on the head, they walked hand in hand. They de-

parted from each hamlet to the temple with the accompaniment of baleganjur gamelan music. Of the 12 customary hamlets participating in the maped prani, five customary hamlets escorted the sanctified effigies in the form of Barong Ket and Barong Landung in a magical atmosphere.

Ngrebeg at Alas Kedaton Becomes Attraction to Visitors_1 Temple anniversary at the Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton should have been completed prior to the nightfall or around 18:20. All the pilgrims are also prohibited from using lighting. So, at the time prayer, the pilgrims do not use any incense and kwangen. Similarly they do not make penjor, while the tamiang (ritual paraphernalia) must be made of gold banana leaves instead of young coconut leaves like the tamiang in general.

After the temple anniversary procession is over, it is then continued with the ngrebeg tradition started by beating kulkul (wooden or bamboo split drum). Children and teenagers are ready to bring various ritual paraphernalia such as umbrella, bandrang, lelontek and spears. If there are people not

getting the opportunity to bring one of the ritual paraphernalia, they will carry twig of trees as the gear of ngrebeg. The sanctified effigies like Barong Ket and Barong Landung will come out of the meeting hall to witness the ngrebeg procession.

READ Caruk, a Rare and Sacred Gamelan All temple priests throughout the Kukuh village are preparing holy water in a bamboo segment as well as libation consisting of palm wine, arrack and rice wine to be dedicated to the bhuta kala. When temple priests are sprinkling holy water, people will cheer. In the meantime, the children, teenagers and old people bringing paraphernalia like spear, lelontek, umbrella and tree twigs run around the temple area for three times.

Chief of Kukuh customary village, I Gede Subawa, explained that ngrebeg symbolizes the expression of joy because the whole series of ceremonies at the Kahyangan Kedaton has ended perfectly. The procession signifying vivacity is a tradition having been inherited from generation to generation.

“This tradition has been inherited from our ancestors,” he explained. (kmb)

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Wanagiri tourist attraction Offer beauty of twin Lakes

TOURISM of Buleleng district continues to show off its strength. Addition of tourist attraction is not only made by local government, but also by customary villages like what Wanagiri village does. Since the past year, the area belonging to Sukasada subdistrict has been increasingly enthused by travelers.

The tourist attraction offered by the area is in the form of two platforms that stand out to Lake Buyan with bluish green water surrounded by forest area. A platform located in the east is equipped with a swing that can stimulate adrenalin. In the meantime, the platform in the west is known as the ‘Wanagiri Hidden Hill’ in the form of a ship miniature also becomes a very exotic place to take pictures. Many travelers claim it looks like the Titanic.

A local tourism actor, I Ketut Kartika Yasa, said that many travelers have visited the attraction offering panoramic mountain nature since last year. It does not only become a fresh breeze to local customary village as the operator.

It is also capable of moving the local economy.

“Many travelers make a visit to this attraction, especially on holidays. People are helped enough.

Previously, they had no income, but now they can sell something,” he said recently.

Travelers do not just come from Buleleng, but also from other districts in Bali and some regions in Java. There are foreign travelers

as well. When holidays arrive, the number of travelers can reach 300 people. “Some of the travelers coming here deliberately take pictures,” he said.

Other than the platform, he added that at the farming village also sits a place to take pictures showing off the beauty of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan often called as the twin lakes. They are so beautiful and often taken advantage as location of pre-wedding photo session. This village also has Sudamala waterfall that offers fresh mountain water. “Trekking activity is also available. Many travelers have tried it,” he explained.

Behind the reality, this man who is also proficient in the photography said that the object still requires an arrangement, like in the field of landscaping.

Since the village fund does not support, the government is expected to provide the support, one of them is the seed of ornamental flowers.

“It needs to be beautified with a garden both at the object and along the pathway. If possible, we hope the government could provide seedlings. Besides, we have not owned a dust bin so far,” he hoped. (sos)

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Missing Pakistani activist Salman Haider “recovered” in capital

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani poet and activist Salman Haider who went missing from the capital Islamabad earlier this month, just days after four other human rights campaigners disappeared, has been found, local media reported on Saturday.

The tourists are taking picture in Wanagiri

Dozens of employers ensnared by environmental pollution case

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MANGUPURA - Environmental pollution in Badung district is fairly massive. Results of the monitoring by the Badung Environment Agency and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) indicated there are at least 50 companies involved in the case.

Head of the DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, said that his agency would immediately summon the dozens of companies that have polluted the environment by disposing of waste carelessly or violating the environmental permit.

“There are a total of 50 companies that we will impose with sanctions. Next week we will summon the management to be given a written reprimand,” said Eka Merthawan.

According to him, the written sanction imposed to the companies dominantly running the business in tourism services will be resumed to crime if the employers do not heed the reprimand. “We do not want to be nicknamed as toothless tiger. If they (employers—Ed) do not heed the reprimand, we will enact the environmental laws with the fines of IDR 3 billion, and even with the closure of the company,” he said.

He admitted that the dozens of entrepreneurs ensnared are only a handful of the environmental violations, such as arbitrary disposal of industrial waste and violation of environmental permit that have just been revealed. “Indeed, allegedly there are many violations, but we can only focus on the 50

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businessmen. The dozens of companies mostly run business in tourism services. One of which is the violation of environmental permit,” he explained.

He explained that DLHK Badung has issued 600 environmental permits in 2016. Of that number, 85 percent do not make a report regularly. “Companies obtaining the environmental permits are required to report their activities every three months. However, nearly 85 percent of them do not make a report,” he explained.

Therefore, his agency will deploy a special team to follow up the hundreds of environmental permits issued. “We will check the companies having obtained the environmental permits so that it will not just be a formality. We will monitor and foster.

If they cannot be fostered, well... we will prepare the criminal charge,” he said.

Eka Merthawan will also launch a mobile detective team targeting at waste disposal perpetrator in addition to the rapid response unit (URC) of sanitation and shade trees. The mobile detective team will be placed in five areas, namely Tanjung Benoa to Nusa Dua, Tanjung Benoa-Mangrove, Pecatu, Pererenan as well as Ayung River to Mati River.

“We will also launch a drone monitoring system and e-complaint. The violators caught will be prosecuted with misdemeanor charge with a fine of IDR 3 billion. So, we do not flirt with,” he concluded. (kmb27)

The five missing liberal activists, some of whom have posted blogs criticising the political influence of the military and speaking up for the rights of religious minorities, had each gone missing separately since Jan. 4.

Police sources told Geo News channel that Haider, who disappeared on Jan. 6, was found late on Friday night.

“Police sources have confirmed that he has been returned and also that his physical condition is okay,” Geo News reported on Saturday, but giving no further details on how Haider was found.

“Police say he was returned to Islamabad last night.”

Haider’s family could not be immediately reached for confirmation. There was no word on the whereabouts of the four other missing activists.

It is not known how the five activists went missing, but some rights groups and newspapers have asked whether state or military agencies were in any way involved. The Interior Ministry has repeatedly said it is doing all it can to recover the missing men.

Shortly after the activists disappearances, blasphemy allegations against them appeared on social media and in

a complaint to police.

Friends, family and supporters of all five men deny they have blasphemed, and have denounced the campaign to press that charge, which could endanger their lives were they to reappear.

In Pakistan, conviction under the blasphemy laws can carry a mandatory death sentence. Haider has written columns for a popular English-language newspaper and taught at the Fatima Jinnah Women’s University in the city of Rawalpindi, some 15km from capital Islamabad.

Last year, Haider wrote a poem about human rights abuses in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, including a line about his friends’ friends disappearing. He queried whether his friends, or even he himself, will be next to suffer such a fate.

Two of the missing activists, Waqas Goraya and Aasim Saeed, live in the Netherlands and Singapore. Their relatives said they were taken on Jan. 4 while visiting Pakistan. The fourth activist, Ahmed Raza Naseer, suffers from polio. A fifth Pakistani social activist, Samar Abbas, went missing from the capital Islamabad on Jan. 11. (rtr)

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Human rights activists hold a picture of Salman Haider, who is missing, during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi, Pakistan January 19, 2017.

The Knights of Malta-Vatican feud: a tale of chivalry and sovereignty

VATICAN CITY - On the afternoon of Jan. 24, a black BMW pulled out of a 16th century palace in Rome, crossed the Tiber River and headed for the Vatican, a short trip to end a brazen challenge to the authority of Pope Francis.

Inside the car was 67-year-old

Englishman Matthew Festing, the head of an ancient Catholic order of knights which is now a worldwide charity with a unique diplomatic status.

Festing was about to resign, the first leader in several centuries of the Order of Malta, which was

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Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager is seen during a meeting in Rome, Italy October 7, 2016.

founded in 1048 to provide medical aid for pilgrims in the Holy Land, to step down instead of ruling for life.

The move was aimed at ending a highly-public spat between Festing and the reformist pope over the running of the chivalric institution. The weeks-long conflict had become one of the biggest internal challenges yet to Francis’ efforts to modernize the 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic Church.

At issue was the Order’s reaction to the discovery that condoms had been distributed by one of its aid projects in Myanmar. The Order had fired its Grand Chancellor, Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, whom it held responsible for the condom distribution. Von Boeselager declined to comment for this article.

Though condom use goes against Catholic teaching, the Vatican had ordered an investigation into the firing of von Boeselager. It subsequently publicly castigated Festing, who had refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Backing down, Festing -- a

former Sotheby’s art auctioneer -- gave a hand-written resignation letter to Francis in the pope’s private residence, according to a senior Vatican source. Festing, who has the title of prince, declined an interview request.

Instead of quelling the conflict, however, Festing’s resignation was followed by yet another challenge to Francis’ authority -- led by vocal pope critic American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, according to Vatican and Knights sources.

In particular: Burke tried to convince Festing to withdraw his resignation and keep fighting the pope, these sources say. On Saturday, the Knight’s Sovereign Council accepted Festing’s resignation and re-instated von Boselager, a clear defeat for Burke.

Burke declined to comment for this article.

The tussle suggested Francis is still battling to consolidate his power over the Church almost four years into his tenure, Vatican insiders say.

Beyond a fight over condoms, the clash pointed to lingering

divisions between the Church’s conservatives and more progressive factions who support the pope’s reformist agenda, they add.

Francis is trying to make the Church less dogmatic and more welcoming to whose who have felt excluded, such as homosexuals and the divorced.

“While this whole saga was an internal matter that probably should have stayed that way, it metamorphosed into a clash that showed the divide between conservatives and progressives,” said Andrea Tornielli, author of several books on Pope Francis.

The Vatican declined to comment on the clash and on Pope Francis’ efforts to consolidate his power.

It directed Reuters to two public statements. One, on Dec. 22, relates to the Vatican order to investigate the firing of von Boeselager. The second, on Jan. 17, followed a pledge by Festing on the Knights’ web page not to cooperate with the Vatican. It decried his resistance and ordered members of the order to cooperate. (rtr)

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Ngurah Rai Airport

Present special Chinese New Year

To welcome Chinese New Year 2017, the Ngurah Rai Airport is decorated with various oriental ornaments at domestic and international terminal. Combination of golden-red colors as seen on the lantern decoration is deliberately installed to welcome passengers in a series of the Chinese New Year celebration.

Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is set to be bathed in colour and light as the Lunar New Year celebrations 2017 promise to be the territory’s biggest and most spectacular ever.

Themed “Best Fortune. World Party”, the 2017 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade will be held on the first day of Chinese New Year - 28 January - and feature the largest number of performers in the event’s history.

Three-thousand local and international performers and ten illuminated floats will parade through the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui to usher in the year of the Rooster and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.

Spectators along the parade route will delight in the local traditions of dragon and

lion dances, magic shows, clown acts and percussion performed by 26 roving groups.

They’ll also experience overseas troupes including stilt walkers, cheerleaders, folk dancers artistic cycling, rope skipping and Latin dancing. And there’s an added treat for some as 350 local youngsters will act as “Lucky Buddies” and give out 13,000 festive goody bags.

The parade of ten vibrant, spectacularly decorated, illuminated floats starts at 8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open Piazza, and its trail of light and colour will unfold along Canton Road, Haiphong Road, Nathan Road and Salisbury Road, ending outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.

And the celebrations don’t end there – if you head to Victoria Harbour on the

evening of 29 January, you can take in the world-renowned, awe-inspiring fireworks display; and on 30 January you can try out your New Year-luck at Chinese New Year Race Day at Sha Tin Racecourse, where alongside the city’s favourite jockeys you can enjoy lion dances and singing performances.

And away from the carnival atmosphere of the night parade, races and fireworks, you can indulge in simple pleasures to celebrate the New Year like a Hong Konger. Explore the city’s many temples to pray for good luck, and light an incense stick to mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster. In Che Kung Temple, turning the pin wheel is said to get rid of bad luck. And the fan-bladed wheel of fortune next to the Che Kung Statue, tradition has it, will bring good luck

when spun three times.

Pick up a tangerine at the Chinese New Year Fair to bring luck in the Year of the Rooster; or simply browse Hong Kong’s many markets for red-coloured souvenirs to decorate your home or office – red is the colour of good fortune, joy, happiness, good luck and wealth.

Wherever you are in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year – be it squeezed into a crowded temple; browsing festive markets selling auspicious foods and blooms; walking under the bright-red lanterns that adorn the city; or soaking up the party atmosphere of the night parade and firework display - you will find it impossible not to be caught up in and inspired by the energy of the celebrations to usher in the Year of the Rooster. (rtr)

According to Commercial Marketing Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero), Ngurah Rai Airport, Heru Nugroho, the management does not just put up Chinese typical oriental décor, the vibrant Chinese New Year 2017 is also graced with a variety of exciting games. They include roller rooster (wheel of fortune game), shoot rooster (ball throwing game) and shuttlecock rooster (a traditional Chinese game). “The atmosphere seems to invite service users to join in the celebration of Lunar Rooster denoting the theme of this Chinese New Year,” he said.

He said that in the commercial area of the Ngurah Rai Airport passengers are greeted by Big Red

Shopping Bag with the tagline of Shop & Win. Here, passengers are given the opportunity to win a shopping voucher valued at IDR 1,600,000 with a minimal purchase of IDR 500,000 at retail outlet or IDR 175,000 at food and beverage outlet taking place from January 17 to March 31, 2017.

“To enliven the joy in the Chinese New Year, the Ngurah Rai Airport regularly holding thematic event and winning third place in 2016 in terms of customer satisfaction rating for the category of airports with 15-25 million passengers also presents a series of attractive events on January 28-29, 2017 at 10:00 to 17:00,” he said.

He added that the activities

The Chinese New Year Event in Ngurah Rai Airport taking place at the domestic and international terminal is carried out to provide entertainment, education and unforgettable ex-

perience for passengers. A variety of entertainment activities are presented by combining the exoticism of Bali with typical

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oriental atmosphere like lion dance, Balinese dance, oriental acoustic live music and Chinese mask performance. (kmb23)

Floods in Tejakula

Supply of clean water still relies on tank truck

SINGARAJA - Thousands of families at Tejakula village and surrounding areas face clean water crisis. Now, they are still awaiting the repair of broken pipeline at Antapura hamlet, Tejakula, after being hit by flash floods. Temporarily, the water is still handled through fulfillment by tank truck supply.

According to the data issued by the government of Tejakula, a

total of 2,444 families are facing water crisis. They do not include residents of other areas, such as the Bondalem village.

Chief Executive of the Buleleng regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), Made Subur, the clean water needs remain to be supplied by using a tank truck from district and provincial government. Amid this condition, the village waterworks (PAM)

began to connect the 6” broken pipe as soon as possible. “At this time, the village waterworks are still attempting the installation of the main pipeline. By doing so, the water is expected to flow into the reservoir as well as people’s water connection,” he said.

He mentioned that in addition to the pipeline, the handling is also focused on the piles of rocks that

cover up the road leading to dozens of isolated families. In addition to working manually, the work is also helped by the use of heavy equipment.

It is also strived to be completed as soon as possible. “Handling should be conducted. The assistance of heavy equipment has also been made. As our target, tomorrow (Sunday—Ed) the road can be opened,” he said.

As reported previously, the flood alleged to be caused by tornado hit the area of Antapura hamlet on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 26).

Though claiming no casualties, the material losses are estimated to reach billions of rupiahs. It was caused by the damage to people’s building, agricultural land and other public facilities, such as water pipeline and electricity poles. (kmb45)

Bylaw violated

Building without Balinese architecture on the rise

SINGARAJA - Buleleng district already issued Regional Bylaw No.1/ 2015 on buildings. This regulation is made to set the building design of government institution and private sector to characterize Balinese architecture.

Unfortunately, the regulation is like ‘a toothless tiger,’ so that the regulation has not been obeyed in the whole. Building owners expressed a variety of reasons why they do not comply with the regulations ranging from regulation considered a new product to the high cost of building in the style of Balinese architecture.

Head of the Buleleng Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, Ketut Suparta Wijaya, con-

firmed on Saturday (Jan. 29) about the Regional Bylaw No.1/2015 that has not been followed either by the government institution or private sector. Suparta Wijaya added that since the regulation was enacted the Public Works and relevant agencies have introduced the regulation mandates in the whole by targeting the district agencies.

The dissemination is focused on the rules of office building design in order to add ornaments or decorations showing off Balinese architecture in the main building. The addition of Balinese architecture pursuant to the government’s commitment is to maintain and preserve Balinese architectural heritage.

“Since the regulation was enacted,

we as technical institution have disseminated it. However, we target government institution. Indeed we admit there are still many buildings that have not showed off Balinese architecture,” he said.

According to Suparta Wijaya, the regulation requires each building of government institution and private sector to apply Balinese architecture. As mandates of the regulation, the institution is pessimistic if it can be followed. It happens because not all the parties having the building are Hindus. In addition, the high cost of building in Balinese architecture also becomes the reason why the building owners are reluctant to apply Balinese

architecture as a whole in the physical building.

“I am pessimistic that application of Balinese architecture cannot be applied one hundred percent.

On that account, in the dissemination we’ve done, the addition of Balinese architecture can be made to one corner of the building only and is not applied one hundred percent. We all know that the building owners in Bali have different religion, and the cost of Balinese architecture is quite expensive,” he explained.

On the other hand, Suparta Wijaya added that implementation of this regulation can actually be done when people submit the document of building permit. In this process,

the licensing office will probably not issue the license before the applicants are willing to follow the mandates of Regional Bylaw No.1/2015. In the meantime, for the existing buildings that have not followed the regulation, Suparta Wijaya stated that judicial team of Buleleng district has the authorities to discipline.

“I prefer to emphasize that when people apply for their building permit they are asked to comply with the mandates of the existing regulation. Otherwise, their permit application will probably not be processed. When people have built but still violate, the judicial team is mandatory to discipline,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Indonesia, target of world’s population migration “The shift will lead to equatorial region being rich in food sources, where one of which is Indonesia,” said Director General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ronny F. Sompie, in the Foreigner Control Dialog at the Wiswasabha Utama of the Governor of Bali.

Ronny predicted that by 2020 the migration of population is estimated

to reach 60 million people. To anticipate this, his office then established a team of foreigner control (PORA).

Support of the entire community component is very much expected so that the team can perform their duties optimally. “We need information as much as possible from various sources,” he said.

In particular, Ronny also asked chief of customary village and pe-

calang (customary security guard) to take active role in securing their territory from the presence of foreigner. Primarily those behave strangely and have the potential to disrupt security. Moreover, his office has established a field team to village level although the government regulation (PP) No.31/2013 mandates the establishment of the field team to subdistrict level only.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, assessed the presence of the field team is very important for Bali as a world tourist destination.

Presence of foreigners, especially

tourists, increasingly brings in complex consequences related to potential security issues and the order faced by the island. In terms of economic aspect, tourist arrival is profitable. However in line with that, currently Bali is also visited by foreigners that come with the intention of committing transnational crimes.

Various kinds of trans-national crimes such as drug trafficking, people smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism have occurred in Bali and Indonesia in general. “The latest issue is invasion of illegal for-

in Indonesia is well received so that his management was preparing the night celebration well. Besides, it can also be used as the symbol of bilateral cooperation, between China and Indonesia through cultural performance and cooperation.

ASITA hoped the moment can target 15 million tourist arrivals in 2018. “Indeed, our target next year is 15 million and this year is 12 million. The additional 3 million is not an easy job. We have to do a lot of promotion and effective activities like this so that they know about Indonesia,” he explained.

He hoped the people-to-people promotion will be more effective because so far it has been made by business-to-business (B to B) communication through travel agencies and exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Tourism. “Today, we symbolize the RI through our cultures they can attend,” he said.

The event was created to resemble the atmosphere of Chinese village so that their longing for homeland while in Indonesia can be appeased. Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Denpasar, Hu Yinquan, said that his agency will cooperate with the Ministry of Tourism to organize promotions in various cities or provinces in China.

“I have already known the target of tourist visit in 2019 is 5 million people. We will strive to achieve the target,” he said.

The travelers making a visit are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the distinctive customs and culture so that they can attract Chinese tourists to Indonesia, especially Bali.

Besides, Bali and China have a long-standing relationship as stated in the history on the marriage of

King Jaya Pangus and Kang Ching Wie bringing in an acculturation of Balinese and Chinese culture. This proves the close and long-standing friendship. Buddhism in China and Hinduism in Bali have similarity.

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eign workers from China that is very likely to occur in Bali,” he said.

In addition, continued Pastika, a number of foreigners that initially come as tourist often acts up lately.

For instance, they become a beggar or road singer and commit a crime of murder. Starting from this fact, the presence of foreigners that violate the rules poses a serious threat to the security sector of Bali. “Existence of the field team is expected to optimize the supervision against foreigners that can potentially disturb the security and public order,” he said. (kmb32)

Ministry of Tourism invites 1,000 Chinese travelers through ASITA MANGUPURA - Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of the Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) and China Committee invited 1,000 Chinese tourists to attend the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 on Friday (Jan. 27) at the Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta. The event was jazzed up with entertainment, lion dance and pop song as well as dinner.

Chairman of the ASITA, Asnawi Bahar, stated that inviting Chinese tourists to Indonesia is a cheap promotion.

“Their presence at this event will become viral tourism promotion for our tourism later on when they have returned to China. We think this event is very cheap because we can promote in a very simple way,” he said.

His association would also like to convey to the world that diversity

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DENPASAR - The issue of security and reduction of food sources will trigger migration of the world’s population. Indonesia itself can be regarded as a popular target of migration because it is in the equatorial region.

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In terms of the motif and carving style, Bali and China also have similarities. The cultural heritage denoting a blend of China and Bali can be preserve through the Chinese tourist visit. (kmb42)

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Miss Universe beauty pageant kicks off in Manila

MANILA - More than 86 women from all over the world gathered in Manila on Thursday to compete in the Miss Universe beauty contest that will culminate in a coronation in the Philippines capital on Monday.

Crowds packed the Mall of Asia Arena as each candidate showcased her swimsuits, evening gowns and national costumes in front of the judges.

The preliminary competition that started on Thursday will whittle down the crowded field to the top 12 candidates for the pageant

night, the Miss Universe website said.

“The whole world is being united, and even though we don’t know each other, we still enjoy the event,” said Apple Natividad, one of the many spectators who attended the show.

Some even dressed like Miss

Universe candidates to join the fanfare.

“This is a venue for beauty, but also the beauty of the heart, especially for us Filipinos who are fanatics for pageants,” said Rania Ziateh, who wore a Miss Philippines sash. Over half a million people are expected to tune in to watch the coronation night next week, organizers said.

Filipina beauty queen Pia Wurtzbach currently holds the Miss Universe crown from 2015. (rtr)

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Miss Universe candidates parade in their evening gowns during a preliminary competition in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines January 26, 2017.

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More than 100 fastspreading wildfires rage in Chile

CONCEPCION — Flames from more than 100 raging wildfires in Chile continued spreading from the mountains to the Pacific coast, destroying forests, livestock and entire towns in a destructive path that is now dangerously close to the city of Concepcion.

Authorities said they found a body Friday, raising the overall death toll to 11. About 118 fires remain active and 53 of those are contained.

Officials were hopeful that light rains and lower temperatures would provide some relief. But the flames picked up near two residential condominiums in the city of Concepcion, about 310 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital of Santiago.

Residents of one of the condominiums, which is located behind a hill of pines, used garden hoses to wet the streets while firefighters arrived and contained the flames.

President Michelle Bachelet has called the wildfires the worst forest disaster in Chile’s history.

The forestry agency, CONAF, said the blazes have destroyed nearly 890,000 acres (360,000 hectares) since November. Most of it has been consumed over the past two weeks.

The fires have affected an estimated 3,000 people, although the number could rise since many towns in remote forests have yet to receive aid. Thousands of people have been evacuated. Some have returned to their homes because they fear losing their homes, pastures and livestock.

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Chile wildfires The worst wildfires in Chile's modern history are ravaging wide swathes of the country's central-south regions, burning through forests and into neighboring towns.

Controlled wildfires 48*

Fires being fought 53*

Extinguished fires 2*

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Detected hot spots**

* As of Jan. 26, 1530 GMT. ** From Jan. 24 to 25; data from Chile’s CPTEC weather agency.

Sources: Chilean National Forest Corporation; Reuters.

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Firefighters are seen near burning trees as the worst wildfires in Chile’s modern history ravage wide swaths of the country’s central-south regions, in Santa Olga, Chile January 26, 2017.