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MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia powers his moto into a curve at the French MotoGP, in Le Mans, western France, Sunday, May 20 , 2012.
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This file photo shows tourists passing the hotel’s project in Kuta area, Bali Island. Based on consideration that the growth above six percent was only enjoyed by outside investors, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Bali asked the government to slow down the economic growth.
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Stoner says he is consequently hoping for dry conditions at Barcelona, a circuit at which he won in 2011 and has finished on the podium in every year since 2007. “Catalunya is one of my favourite races and it was the first major grand prix circuit I tested on. Ever since that moment I fell in love with the track,” Stoner said. “The big fast sweeping corners [mean] there’s a lot of control in the middle of the turn trying to get grip for the exit.
We know the Honda works well here and we had a good race here last year. I just hope this weekend will be dry, that would be great.” Stoner’s Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa said missing last year’s race - the result of his Le Mans crash with Marco Simoncelli – has only added to his enthusiasm for what is effectively his home grand prix. “Catalunya is obviously one of my favourite races because all my family, friends and fans are there supporting me and it’s a very special date
Red Bull plays down its advantage in Formula 1 constructors’ battle Red Bull does not feel it has stamped its authority on this year’s Formula 1 constructors’ championship, despite extending its lead in Monaco by becoming the first team to win two races. The reigning champion team currently holds a 38-point margin over closest rival McLaren in the teams’ standings. But with F1 proving so competitive this season, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner knows that one slip up can be enough to wipe away its advantage. “It [leading the championship] is the result of good team work, but there is an awfully long way to go,” explained Horner. “Points can disappear just as quickly as they came. The team is working
tremendously well, and it is a tough year this year because of the regulation changes and particularly the tyre complexities. But I feel we are working in a really great way.” McLaren had started the campaign as the team to beat, but its form over recent races has slipped away. Even so, Horner reckons that any of the frontrunning outfits this year have what it takes to win the title. “This weekend has not been a great weekend for them [McLaren], but as you see, form has see-sawed. Don’t forget that Pastor Maldonado lapped us two weeks ago, so form does vary. It would be foolish to discount a team of the quality of McLaren or Ferrari.”
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on the calendar,” he explained. “I’m really looking forward to getting there after missing the race last year. I want to feel the atmosphere again and I’m very excited and motivated to do well and fight for victory.” Both riders also expressed how important Honda’s post-race test at the Catalan track would be in helping shape its future direction. “The test on Monday will be very important for the team,” Pedrosa confirmed. “Catalunya is a very good track to test the new tyres because it is one of the circuits where you stay on the edge of the tyre longer and a long time turning right, you need good feeling in the front. “It will be important to have a good test to arrive at Silverstone with the best information possible.”
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DENPASAR - Based on consideration that the growth above six percent was only enjoyed by outside investors, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Bali asked the government to slow down the economic growth.
“Indeed, the economy of Bali grows, but we do not feel any equity. The growth without equity or without being enjoyed by the perpetrators means nothing,” said Chairman of the Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gde Sumarjaya Linggih, in Denpasar, Monday. According to him, some countries like China and India had slowed down their economic growth today because their government
was unable to do equity and to make the perpetrators grow. The economic growth should be qualified and able to grow the capabilities of the perpetrators. “Even, the economic growth of Bali marginalizes the people of Bali. On that account, we must set to slow down the economic growth and not boost it excessively,” he said.
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Casey Stoner believes the fast, sweeping nature of the Catalunya circuit will play to the strengths of Honda’s RC213V in this weekend’s MotoGP race. The Australian struggled to match title rival Jorge Lorenzo in wet conditions at Le Mans, surrendering the lead of the championship to the Yamaha rider after being bumped down to third by Valentino Rossi on the final lap.
MILAN — At least nine people are reported dead in a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. Premier Mario Monti pledged This picture shows a view of the bell tower of Santa Barbara church in Mantova after a 5.8 magnitude eartquake in northern Italy on May 29, 2012.
in a hastily called news conference two hours after the quake that the government will do “all that it must and all that is possible in the briefest period to guarantee the resumption of normal life in this area so special, so important and so productive for Italy.” The United States Geological Survey said the quake on Tuesday, which struck at 9:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), was centered 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of the city of Bologna. It hit the area where a 6.0 temblor
killed seven people earlier this month — and just as citizens had begun to resume some semblance of normality. The news agency ANSA reported that nine people had died, while news agency LaPresse said others were buried under the rubble of collapsed homes and factories. Monti said at the time of the quake he was meeting with emergency officials in Rome to discuss dealing with the impact of the earlier quake. Continued on page 6