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San Francisco demands Justin Bieber remove graffiti

SAN FRANCISCO - Justin Bieber launched an aggressive promotional push for his latest album but don’t count the city of San Francisco among the Beliebers.

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This photo provided by the San Francisco City Attorney’s office shows Justin Bieber graffiti on a San Francisco street on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 that was part of a widespread and illegal “guerrilla marketing” campaign in San Francisco promoting the Nov. 13 release of the pop star’s new album, “Purpose.”

Officials demanded Monday that companies linked to the Canadian singer’s campaign clean up ads spray-painted on sidewalks to publicize his album “Purpose.”

Graffiti that appeared in busy areas of San Francisco and other cities including New York gave the title and sometimes the album’s November 13 release date.

Yet after more than a month that included rain, the ads remain visible with Bieber’s entourage apparently using real spray-paint rather than

chalk.

Dennis Herrera, who holds the elected position of city attorney, said that the guerrilla marketing campaign “illegally exploits” San Francisco streets and could cause dangerous distractions to pedestrians.

Herrera posted pictures of the persistent graffiti on his official website with a line taken from one of the album’s songs: “It’s too late now to say sorry.”

The graffiti “irresponsibly tells

our youth that like-minded lawlessness and contempt for public property are condoned and encouraged by its beneficiaries -- including Mr. Bieber and the record labels that produce and promote him,” he said in a letter to Bieber’s Def Jam label and its distributor, conglomerate Universal.

Mohammed Nuru, the city’s public works director, said that San Francisco sidewalks were “not canvasses for corporate advertising.”

“Yet these guerrilla marketers believe they are above the law when it comes to blighting our city and we will take a strong stand against them,” he said in a statement.

San Francisco authorities asked for cooperation to clean up the graffiti, threatening if this were not the case to pursue legal action that could cost Bieber’s label and distributor up to $2,500 per graffiti site. The famously left-leaning city has previously forced other corporations including IBM and NBC Universal to pay the costs of clean-up, according to Herrera’s office.

There was no immediate response from Bieber, Def Jam or Universal.

“Purpose” is the first album in three years for Bieber, after a period in which he became better known for off-stage legal issues including a vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house in an upscale part of the Los Angeles area.

With the aggressive advertising and Bieber’s new tropical house sound, “Purpose” opened at number one in the United States and numerous other countries but was quickly eclipsed on the top of the charts by Adele’s blockbuster “25.” (afp)

Zhang Ziyi gives birth to baby girl

BEIJING - Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who gained international fame for her role in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” posted a photo of a baby’s hand online Monday to announce the arrival of her daughter.

Two adult hands hold the baby’s hand and the caption reads: “December 27th, 2015, you, me, her ... With the birth of this little life, we have our own family. Everything went safely and smoothly.

Infinite gratitude!”

Zhang’s manager confirmed in a text message to The Associated Press that the 36-year-old actress had given birth following the post on the actress’s Sina Weibo account.

It is Zhang’s first child, and the third for Chinese rock singer and composer Wang Feng who has two daughters from previous relationships. Zhang accepted a marriage proposal delivered by drone from Wang in February at her birthday party.

Reports said she gave birth in the United States.

Zhang is one of China’s biggest movie stars and catapulted to stardom in the West with the Oscar-nominated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” A sequel is due out next year but she will not be in it.

Her other English credits include “Rush Hour 2,” ‘’Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Horsemen.”

Her performance in the 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese acclaimed martial-arts epic “The Grandmaster,” earned her several best-actress trophies across Asia.

Wang became a household name in China after appearing as a judge of the “Voice of China” singing show in 2013. (ap)

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Anarchistic gangs harming Bali

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In Bali there remain around 160,000 poor people or 4.74 percent of the population. Most of them are in Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli and Klungkung. Even though it is considered low, the poverty rate is very difficult to be alleviated.

Poverty in Bali difficult to be alleviated

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DENPASAR - In Bali there remain around 160,000 poor people or 4.74 percent of the population. Most of them are in Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli and Klungkung. Even though it is considered low, the poverty rate is very difficult to be alleviated.

“According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), poverty in Bali coming to less than five percent is classified into hardcore poverty.

So, it is just like a rock because the majority of poor people are already elderly, sick, disabled and orphans,” said the Head of the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) Bali, Putu Astawa, in Denpasar.

Astawa added that the government cannot undertake empowerment to the poor with such conditions. It can only provide social

protection assistance through Social Affairs Agency like in the form of incentives and rice for the poor.

On that account, his agency cannot target when the poverty in Bali can be alleviated.

“When having been elderly and sickly, they cannot be empowered.

It is different from people who are still lazy and unwilling to work, they are given an empowerment program,” he explained. On the other hand, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, even admitted that so far the program planning of the

activities by Bali province is still less accurate considering there are still people living in poverty.

“Although many programs have been enjoyed by the people, to date there are still poor people. It is not their fault but our fault, so that this understanding can be really understood by all of us,” he said.

Pastika added there are still a lot of planning activities considered unnecessary and do not provide benefits for the poor. On that account, all the programs having been planned will be selected back in order to provide benefits for the poor.

“We’ll further select them again one by one. The unnecessary will not be carried out in order to get

more money in the regional budget amendment 2016. As a result, we can divert the funds to priority programs to accelerate poverty alleviation,” he explained. Pastika also complained about the lack of accurate data owned by each village so that it becomes obstacle in the implementation of poverty alleviation program. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Recent clashes amongst by members of organized gangs that took place at Kerobokan Prison and on Jalan Teuku Umar In Denpasar, just after the simultaneous leadership elections, are an embarassemsnet to Bali. At the end of year holidays, Chief of the Bali Police Sugeng Priyanto therefore took decisive measures by calling on the frontmen of Baladika and Laskar Bali, asking them to hand over their weapons as soon as possible.

The police chief also let them know that if any weapons are found in ensuing raids, those who are caught with them will be legally processes, and also that should there be any further clashes between the two gangs, that the leaders will be the first to be arrested.

“Their leader must be responsible so they will be held accountable and also if weapons are not handed over voluntarily, we will find them. There are no compromises to be made as there are laws governing these things,” affirmed the Bali Police Chief.

In addition, the leaders of the organizations were also asked to control their men.

Both organizations promised to make peace and to not have the incident prolonged. Now, police chief and other law enforcement officials will wait to see evidence of this promise.

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From page 1 Moreover, the clashes that took place at Kerobokan Prison on Thursday (Dec. 17) at 15:45 claimed victims; I Putu Sumariana (killed), Putu Diaskara Putra (wound), Wayan Yasa Permana (killed) and Nyoman Adi Wibawa was wound. The Badung Police have detained five suspects related to the case.

The clashes that took place on Jalan Teuku Umar resulted in injuries to Ferdian, Made Suriata and I Wayan Sudarsana, and resulted in the death of Mertayasa alias Kadek Donald and Ketut Budiarta. A total of 14 suspects related to this case are being detained by the Denpasar Police.

Public outcries related to the prison authorities also resulted in the police and the army raiding the prison, where they found hundreds of sharp weapons, illicit drugs, firearms, alcohol and a mrijuana plant.

“I do not want to blame anyone specifically. But why is it that sharp weapons such as machetes, sickles, spears and even an airgun pistol and ammunition, found in the prison?

Why has the prison become like this? If there were no weapons, violent outbreaks would only involve fist fights,” said the police chief.

Deputy Chief of Bali Police, I Nyoman Suryasta, said that all the frictions between gangs have occurred at the grass roots level.

Concrete measures need to be taken

to prevent any further incidents.

These gangs were established with the positive purpose of keeping Bali safe. But in reality they are always causing a commotion.

Deputy Bali Police Chief expressed his worry about radicalism such as ISIS members, entering the order of the grass roots. “We must anticipate the entry of radicalism that may have changed, just look at what has happened. We should be embarrassed towards our guests in Bali,” he said.

Commander of the 163/Wira Satya Military Resort, I Nyoman Cantiasa, said the he was angered about the recent violence. His troops were immediately deployed to backup the Bali Police and the prison personnel. “Our teaching is Tat Tvam Asi -meaning you are me and I am you, so why are persons committing such a thing? They claim that these mass organizations are meant to keep Bali secure, but in fact they do not,” said Cantiasa.

He hopes that members of the community of Bali can work together to safeguard and secure Bali.

Anyone who has any information about or sees any indications of gang frictions, terror or attacks are being asked to immediately report it to the police. Likewise, he urged Balinese people not let themselves be easily provoked and to never let their ego take them over. “People may be proud of their attributes but should not overdo it. Any differences may be used to kindle conflict. We are ready to help police and prison authorities without hesitation,” said the commander.

Academic, Gede Wirata, said that the prison authorities need to be aware of what is happening in their prisons. In other words they should work on early prevention. “Apparently the prison cannot do anything to deal with and control the gang members that are arrested. This has been made clear by the discovery of so many sharp weapons and firearms that were recently found in the prison. I question what the actually the vision and mission of both of these mass organizations is? There are always clashes between Bali’s well known gangs,” he said.

To break the chain and prevent subsequent clashes, the authorities need to take action by removing the anarchical mass organization members that are being held in Bali

prison’s to a location outside the island. The recent violent incident has had a big impact, with many guests having cancelled they trips to Bali.

“Prison authorities need to improve the situation. This incident was the last of umpteenth such incidents and needs to be used as an opportunity for learning to take decisive action. If the prison authorities do not have the courage to take action alone, they can cooperate with the police or military,” said Wirata.

According to lawyer, Nengah Jimat, these recent clashes are not isolated incidents and suggests that it would be best to keep prisoners who are members of these gangs separated and even place them in different prisons as a way to mini-

recently.

Pastika hopes that the declaration of a mental revolution will make Balinese people more open-minded, humble and tolerant towards their own relatives and become overall better people. The mental revolution is a movement that is taking place amongst all the people of Indonesia including

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Sand Christmas Trees at Grand Inna Kuta

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The clashes at Kerobokan Prison on Thursday (Dec. 17) claimed some victims such as I Putu Sumariana (killed), Putu Diaskara Putra (wound), Wayan Yasa Permana (killed) and Nyoman Adi Wibawa (wound).

Governor says “menyama braya” is being ignored

“Many positive and negative things have happened in Bali over the past year and one incident that is on many people’s minds, is the violence that recently took place between fellow Balinese men. The violent clashes between ‘brothers’ runs counter to the concept of “menyama braya,” said Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika, in Denpasar

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mize frictions. “If they continue to commit crimes, these individuals should be dealt with firmly and transferred to prisons located outside of Bali,” he said.

As to the question of whether these gangs (mass organizations) can be dissolved, Jimat said that dissolving or disbanding these groups is not so easily done because people legally have the freedom of assembly and association as a human right. “Whether they are isolated or not is not important. What is important is how we respond to social challenges and what the government’s role is in fostering and supervising such organizations.

We need to ask: has the government has been doing every they can do to so?” queried Jimat. (rah)

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BALI’S provincial government will declare a mental revolution movement in Bali on January 2, 2016. Apart from serving to support the national ‘mental revolution’ program, the declaration is also meant to invite Balinese people -especially the younger generation, to change their bad behaviour into good behaviour, so that Balinese concepts such as Tri Hita Karana, menyama raya (fraternity) will not simply be catch phrases but will be put into action.

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the government itself, as a way to improve the national character and form a better Indonesia.

“The key to the implementation of the movement is the younger generation, who still have a great degree of morality and who can invite the community as a whole to change their behaviour from negative to positive, from being undisciplined to disciplined and from being unqualified to qualified,” said the Governor.

Previously, Pastika had publicly deplored the violent clashes at Kerobokan Prison that spread to outside the walls of the prison. Directly and indirectly, the perpetrators involved in the clashes have tarnished the im-

age of Bali as a peaceful and tolerant island. Violent clashes involving members of of mass organizations (gangs), according to him, should not happen again. Nevertheless, the government cannot arbitrarily dissolve an organization. Only registered organizations can be dissolved and this only through particular procedures.

“Only one of the mass organizations is registered and so only they can be dissolved through a process of three repeated reprimands. Mass organizations are important, but it is true that they should not make trouble and should not commit actions like the ones that recently occurred,” he said.

Aside from clashes among their

fellows, said Pastika, other security threats may also occur in Bali. On that account, Balinese people -especially security forces, must not be complacent. Rather, they should take action quickly and try to detect problems early on. People are expected to be diligent about this so that authorities are made aware of growing threats before they become big threats.

“We appeal to the entire community to not be afraid as this can lead to excessive phobias or paranoia. Let us carry out our activities properly and as usual. Just entrust everything to police authorities (in cooperation with relevant agencies) to maintain maintaining security,” he explained. (kmb32)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

KUTA - Ahead of Christmas and New Year 2015, various attractive decors start to be displayed at a number of business premises. One of the very unique and interesting decorations is displayed at the Grand Inna Kuta. Two Christmas trees with the height of approximately two meters are the creation of the hotel employees made from the sand of Kuta Beach.

It is equipped with Snowman statues made from sand as well.

They have been made for about three weeks by combining a thin sponge sprinkled with sea sand placed at the hotel main lobby and in Jimbaran Lounge.

Other than sand Christmas tree, the Grand Inna Kuta also made several other creations, namely the Christmas tree with the arrangement of Teddy Bear

dolls placed in the restaurant area and the Christmas tree with the arrangement of used hotel slippers placed in the swimming pool area. These Christmas decorations are not expensive because the main materials are taken from nature as well as thrifts. “They will be on display until day five after the New Year 2016,” stated Marcom of Grand Inna Kuta, Ira Agustini.

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NEW YORK - Kiddie tablets have grown up. Tablets designed just for kids are getting more sophisticated as they face increased competition from regular tablets.

The new products also have better screens, speedier chips and fashionably slim bodies. They let older children do more, yet hold their hands until they’re ready for unsupervised access.

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This undated photo provided by VTECH, shows an InnoTab MAX. VTech is the kid’s technology maker that was hacked, exposing the personal information of over 6 million children.

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This photo provided by KD Interactive shows the Kurio Smart. Geared toward older kids, this is something that they can type book reports on or do online research for a school project.

LeapFrog’s Androidbased Epic kids tablet is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in New York.

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Although many of the tablets were originally conceived as educational toys for kids as old as middle schoolers, they’ve been more popular with younger children.

Older kids have been apt to reject them in favor of their parents’ tablet or smartphone.

That shift has prompted companies to focus more on preschoolers and kindergarteners, as they create super-durable products that can withstand repeated abuse and develop games and apps that teach reading and math.

But now, some of those companies are looking to take back some of the sales to older kids that they’ve lost over the years, offering premium products \ most with price tags of over $100 \ that look and perform less like toys and more like the ones adults use.

LeapFrog, maker of the toy-like LeapPad, released its first Android tablet this year. And Kurio is branching out to Windows 10 and includes a full version of Microsoft Office in a new tablet-laptop combination.

The use of Android and Windows software, in place of the more basic, custom-made systems used in toy tablets, allows for more sophisticated apps and games and a range of content from standard app stores.

Monica Brown, LeapFrog’s vice president for product marketing, said the company aimed to “create something that was kind of sleek and more tech forward for kids who were looking for something that felt like their parents’ tablet.”

But parents still want educational content and safety features that come with a tablet designed purely for kids. LeapFrog’s Epic, along with the other new tablets for kids, are attempts to bridge that gap.

The Epic looks like a regular Android tablet, but comes with a removable bright-green bumper. It is much faster than a LeapPad and can run versions of popular Android

games such as “Fruit Ninja” and “Doodle Jump.” There’s access to the Internet, but it’s limited to about 10,000 kid-safe websites (though parents can add others). Parents can also limit and track how much time a child spends watching videos, playing games or reading.

Lynn Schofield Clark, a professor of media studies at the University of Denver, said kids tablets are a tough sell these days.

“Kids are always aspirational in their ages, and they’re always interested in what older kids are doing,” Clark said, pointing to the fascination that many preteens have with smartphones as a prime example.

Meanwhile, most parents won’t spend money on kids-only gadgets unless they believe they offer significant educational benefits.

“If they’re just looking for something to entertain their kid, then why wouldn’t they just hand over their smartphone?” she asked.

Kurio aims to answer that question with the Smart, a device that let kids do things they previously might have needed their parents’ laptop for, such as typing up and saving their homework online or playing video on their TV through an HDMI cable. The Smart is a Windows 10 laptop with a detachable screen and comes with a free year of Microsoft Office.

Eric Levin, Kurio’s strategic director, said kids using children’s tablets are getting younger, as older

kids gravitate toward adult products. Four years ago, he said, most Kurio users ranged from ages 6 to 12. Now, half of them are 3 to 5.

Although older kids may be ready for adult tablets, the shift has left those 8 to 12 without ageappropriate devices, Levin says.

The Smart tries to fix that.

Other makers of kids tablets have also gone high-end this year. Fuhu bills the Nabi Elev-8 as a premium, 8-inch tablet. But the company ran into financial problems early in the holiday season, and its products have been tough to find.

Nonetheless, adult tablets remain popular with kids.

Amazon touts its Fire tablet as something the entire family can use, eliminating the need to buy something just for the kids.

“While I appreciate that might have led other companies to adjust their products, we’re upping our game based on what customers want in the best kid experience,” said Aaron Bromberg, senior manager of product management for Amazon Devices.

The tablet’s FreeTime app lets parents set up profiles for each kid, with access to only the content they approve. It also lets parents limit the amount of time spent on different kinds of content such as videos or apps. For an additional fee, Amazon’s FreeTime Unlimited service offers more than 10,000 books, apps, games and videos geared toward kids ages 3 to 10. (ap)

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Kurio’s latest Android-based Xtreme 2 kids tablet is displayed, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in New York.

Penglipuran traditional tourism village, Bangli, was thronged by hundreds of visitors over the Christmas and school holidays.

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Penglipuran village thronged by visitors on Christmas holiday

PENGLIPURAN traditional tourism village, Bangli, was thronged by hundreds of visitors over the Christmas and school holidays. Visitors came to enjoy the natural beauty of the area, the sustainable arts created here as well as to shop for industrial and handicraft products that are produced in the district of Bangli.

Visitors, consisting mostly of parents and small children arrive around 10:00 a.m over the holidays. Near the main parking lot the village, visitors precipitated themselves towards the Penglipuran Village Festival III and ‘Flowering Penglipuran’ to peruse the handicrafts on display and enjoy tasting some local dished.

From there visitors go on to explore the village center which has become the main attraction of Penglipurang. Blooming flowers of various colors are often used as

a background for taking photos.

Those who with to feel a bit of traditional living, make a visit to a nearby bamboo-roofed house.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran tourist attraction, I Nengah Moneng, says that many visitors took advantage of the holidays to stop by Penglipuran as part of their vacation. “During the holiday there are definitely far more tourists who come to visit,” he said.

The increase in tourists, started on Chritmas day -Friday (Dec. 25)

with up to 650 domestic tourists and only about 60 foreign tourists.

Moneng estimates that these numbers will continue to be seen until the end of the year. “The number of visitors increased by about ten percent. Hopefully, there will continue to be activity in the future,” said Moneng accompanied by his staff, I Nengah Sudibia.

Moneng explained that apart from enjoying the distinctive architecture of Penglipuran’s traditional houses, visitors also enjoy the bamboo forests north of the village as well as the number of culinary treasures that this village has to offer, such as libas herbal drink, turmeric herbal drink and purple yam klepon. This year, management of Penglipurang organized their third festival that is held during the

TABANAN - As condition of most prisons in Bali in general, Tabanan Prison is also overcapacity compared to specified standard. Ideally it has the capacity of 47 people and but it is now occupied by 118 people. Besides, in this overcapacity condition, the number of prison guard is still considered inappropriate with the ideal number.

This was explained by the Chief of the Tabanan Prison of Class II B, Ida Bagus Ardana. “Compared to the number of prison occupant, the number of guard is still in-

comparable,” he said. Currently the number of warden in a shift consists of seven personnel, while the ideal number is eight personnel per shift. Tabanan Prison authority cannot appoint contract worker and only depends on the recruitment by central government. “It happens because the status of the prison warden must be clear because the task is risky,” he said.

Even though it still lacking of warden, Ardana added the security and order at prison can still be maintained by establishing good

relations between the occupants and the prison officers. Further, Ardana said that Tabanan Prison officers are emphasized to always have integrity and commitment to their duties.

Other than having shortages of duty officer, the overcapacity also becomes a problem though according to Ardana the Tabanan Prison can still accommodate and the occupants can live and sleep in their blocks humanly. “They will not sleep while sitting. It can still accommodate 118 occupants,” he said.

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holiday season as a way to attract more visitors.

The festival also serves to promote the arts, and includes dance performances and the development of industry and the SME sector by reaching wider market.

Moneng added that since 2015 the people of Penglipuran have been taking an active role in maintaining environmental regulations by planting their Telajakan (space between the house compound and road) with various kinds of ornamental flowers. This helps to beautiful the area and thus draw more tourists. “We’d like increase the potential of the village to become a popular tourist attraction by things like holding the festival and planting flowers,” he said.

This bespectacled man added

that admission to Penglipuran village is IDR 10,000 per person for domestic visitors and IDR 30,000 per person for foreign visitors and added that so far management has not any problems dealing with the crowds of tourists and that parking spaces are sufficient. “Not all visitors come at once, so the parking lot is never fully occupied.

Everything runs smoothly. For security, Management of the tourist attraction, is assisted by police and community of Penglipuran in dealing with security,” he concluded.

The Penelokan tourist attraction in Kintamani also saw bustling tourist visits over the holidays. Despite being emersed in thin clouds and mist, many visitors came and went after taking pictures. (sos)

pacity, said Ardana, refers to the United Nations standards. From the results of his calculation, ideally the Tabanan Prison has the capacity of 47 people. But he added that Asian people is smaller body size than that of Western people used as the standard of ideal size. If the ideal standard of a block is occupied by three peoples, to Asian people, one block can accommodate five to six people. “Maximum capacity of the Tabanan Prison is about 150 people. More than this number is overcapacity,” he explained.

Tabanan Prison has 15 blocks, where each of which has a bathroom. Occupants of the block are responsible for making it clean.

Each block is occupied by seven to ten people. To prevent from getting stressed, prison officers provide them with knowledge related to their skills and other activities.

“This also becomes a problem. Due to our limited capacity, the briefing activities related to skills cannot be done routinely. Sometimes it is performed in each block,” he said. (kmb24)

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Relief, anger, indifference over SKorea-Japan sex slave deal

Yvone Caroline Megawe testify in the Angeline’s murder trial.

SEOUL — A day after trumpeting an “irreversible” settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of the elderly victims and general public indifference in both countries.

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Trial of Angeline’s murder

Yvone testifies for her mother, housemaid names Margriet’s house dirty

DENPASAR - Trial of Engeline’s murder with the defendant Margriet Ch Megawe was resumed at the Denpasar District Court, Monday (Dec. 28). Prosecutor Subekhan et al. presented a number of witnesses, including a housemaid and the daughter of the defendant, Yvone Caroline Megawe.

At first, Wayan Satu got the opportunity to give his testimonies. In front of the judges led by Edward Harris Sinaga, the witness said that he was working at the home of Margriet for five days. His tasks were to do cleanup, including feeding her chickens.

The witness said that he cleaned up room on the second floor and fed chickens, it was on the order of Cristine. When asked about the condition of the house, the witness said that it is terrible because there is a banyan tree. In addition, the house is dirty and messy and there is a lot

of chicken manure. He admitted to rarely communicate with Margriet.

While working for her, the witness said he did not know if there was a missing child.

When getting the turn, Yvonne was crying while testifying. She cried when recalling the death of her adoptive sister and was buried in the backyard of the defendant’s house. The witness also told about the residence in Jakarta, Pekanbaru and Balikpapan. Besides, it was explained about her mother’s marriage with Douglas where at that time Yvone was still at young

age. From the marriage, she has a daughter Cristine. In essence, the treatment of her mother (defendant—Ed) to her children is like other mothers in general.

“Throughout my life, my mother never behaves rudely. My mother does not hit my younger adoptive sister.

She is a housewife,” she explained.

After the death of Douglas, her mother opened a boarding house and was also assisted by Yvone and Cristine. On average, she gave IDR 2.5 million and Cristine gave USD 500. “This is my responsibility as a child to help my mother,” she explained.

What about Engeline? Yvone explained that Engeline was adopted by her mother in 2007. The adoption was also delivered by her mother to Yvone via mobile phone.

She said that within the past three

NEGARA - By and large, trumpet merchants are selling good before the New Year. However, different condition is experienced

by Wawan, 50, a merchant from Probolinggo, East Java. Wawan can only furrow his forehead and slump at the bus stop near Memorial Park of Jembrana, while looking at passing vehicles on the Denpasar-

Gilimanuk road section.

Wawan, the seasonal trumpet merchant, only hoped that among hundreds of vehicles passing in front of him there will be one that stop to purchase a trumpet he is peddling. On Monday (Dec. 28), he admitted that he sold at the location from early morning until late afternoon, but none of his trumpets

are sold. “New Year’s Eve remains three days to go,” he said softly.

He added that on the first day of selling the trumpet, he got IDR 50,000 though the price of trumpet on sale is quite cheap and affordable namely IDR 5,000 per piece.

“From the beginning, I only get IDR 50,000. It is not enough to return the capital and cost of boarding

years their relationship is fine.

Likewise, with Engeline she is like siblings. “If I did not come home, I phoned her through my mother and then chatted with Engeline. We were talking about school activities and I often took her to swim at weekend. Besides, I even took her to Waterboom. Now, Engeline has died,” she said while crying.

She knew that Engeline was missing on May 16 as informed

by Rohana. She said that Engeline was not going back home from lunch time. “On hearing this, I immediately rushed to go to mother’s home about seven o’clock in the afternoon,” she said.

On arriving on Jalan Sedap Malam, there were defendant, Rohana and Agustay. “I asked them why Engeline vanished. After

that, I suggested them to report the incident to hamlet chief and subsequently to police station,” he said.

At that time, it came to her mind that Engeline was kidnapped. When Engeline was found dead, she admitted to be very sad and did not believe if her sister already died.

Moreover, she said, since she was found to be a corpse, until now she never sees the corpse of Engeline because she was not permitted.

After the trial, the prosecutor and the defendant’s legal counsel were so tense related to the witnesses.

The judges then mediated and their objection would be noted.

“Prosecutor, present the witnesses desired. Later, we will note the objections of the defendant’s legal counsel,” ordered Edward Harris Sinaga. (kmb37)

house,” he explained.

Ahead of the New Year this time, he prepared 2,000 trumpets with a capital of IDR 4 million. It is the same as the last New Year.

Last year, of the 2,000 trumpets prepared, he could not sell them out. “But, I was still able to get benefits. But now, if nobody purchase my trumpet, I’ll definitely suffer

losses,” he said.

Lonely trumpet buyer ahead of the New Year, according to him, happens because the merchants of fireworks and firecrackers are given to sell freely. Previous years, they were restricted and even banned by police, while children preferred to light fireworks and firecrackers. (kmb)

Both sides compromised on Monday’s surprise deal, so no one got everything they wanted.

Nationalists in Japan are angry over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s apology. Some South Koreans say President Park Geun-hye settled for far too little money — about $8 million — and that Japan still hasn’t taken legal responsibility for atrocities during its colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

But the apparent finality of the deal — both sides called the matter “resolved finally and irreversibly,” if faithfully implemented — has been largely accepted so far, after decades of the issue ruining ties between the two powerful Northeast Asian democracies.

Historians say tens of thousands of women from around Asia, many of them Korean, were sent to frontline military brothels to provide sex to Japanese soldiers. But only 46 known former Korean sex slaves, most in their late 80s and 90s, still live, and with time running out and with frustration growing, this

deal is seen by many here as the best to be had from a hawkish Abe government.

“Insisting that Japan take legal responsibility is the same thing as saying we don’t want to resolve the issue of comfort women,” said Jin Chang Soo, an analyst at the Sejong Institute think tank, who called the deal an important step forward.

There’s also a recognition that Washington, which is Seoul’s military protector and ally, has pushed more forcefully for a detente between the neighbors, which together play host to 80,000 U.S. troops and are key bulwarks as China rises and North Korea threatens.

The reaction Tuesday among people in both countries has been low-key: a sparsely attended antiJapan rally in Seoul, a few dozen right wingers in Tokyo, but little media or public outcry, and nothing like the thousands who choked Seoul’s streets in outrage in 2008 after a beef deal with the U.S. raised fears of mad cow disease.

The story’s popularity on South Korean news sites was surpassed

Tuesday by other domestic stories, including a business tycoon’s revelation of a love child and his plans to divorce the daughter of a former president.

In the sex slave deal, Abe expressed “his most sincere apologies and remorse” to the women. Japan also agreed to contribute 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) for a foundation to help support the victims.

The money will come from the national budget, not private sources, a distinction Tokyo has resisted in the past.

Japan, however, doesn’t consider the 1 billion yen as compensation, saying such issues were settled in a 1965 treaty that restored diplomatic ties and was accompanied by more than $800 million in economic aid and loans from Tokyo to Seoul.

Seoul, meanwhile, said it will refrain from criticizing Japan over the issue and will try to resolve Japan’s grievance over a statue of a girl representing victims of sexual slavery that sits in front of the Japanese Embassy in downtown Seoul.

At a care home in Seoul where some former wartime sex slaves live, senior Foreign Ministry official Lim Sung-nam was interrupted and chastised by an elderly victim as he apologized for failing to tell the women about Seoul’s consultations with Tokyo in advance.

Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP

South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, left, explains the government’s position at talks with former sex slaves Kim Bok-dong, second left, Gil Won-Ok, center, and Lee Yong-su, second right, during his visit to a shelter for women, who were forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, in Seoul, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015.

“Japan’s Abe should say that what his country did was illegal and beg for forgiveness in front of reporters,” said another victim, Kim Bok-dong, 88. One of the women interviewed Monday said she would accept the deal reluctantly because she knew the South Korean government made efforts to settle the issue.

In Tokyo, about 180 members of a rightist group, Ganbare Nippon, chanted, “Your act of selling out the country is unforgiveable,” and “Retract it!” One wore a placard saying, “The military use of comfort women is a fiction by Korea.” A handful of people gathered in Seoul near the statue of the girl representing sex slaves.(ap)

Filipino murder convict executed in Saudi Arabia

MANILA — A Filipino murder convict was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after failing to meet the demand of the Sudanese victim’s family for payment of $1 million to save him from the death penalty, officials said.

Joselito Lidasan Zapanta’s execution was carried out after his family and the Philippine government managed to raise only 23 million pesos ($488,000), said Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose.

The victim’s family refused to sign an affidavit of forgiveness that would have spared Zapanta the death penalty unless it was paid 48 million pesos ($1 million), setting a two-week deadline earlier this month for payment, Jose said.

Ahead of New Year, trumpet sellers even lack of buyers

AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

Zapanta, a 35-year-old tile-setter, was convicted of murder and robbery by a Riyadh court in 2010.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the government “has undertaken and exhausted all diplomatic and legal efforts, and extended consular and legal assistance to preserve the life of Mr. Zapanta.”

The plight of Filipino workers overseas is a sensitive issue in the Philippines. About a tenth of the country’s 100 million people work abroad, including around 2.2 million in Saudi Arabia.

Jose said that 79 Filipinos are on death row in various countries, including 41 in Malaysia and 27 in Saudi Arabia. (ap)

Protesters shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila to await the verdict for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton who is accused in the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 in the Philippines.

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Nur Elita, an Acehnese woman, screams during caning as part of her sentence in the courtyard of Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia’s Aceh province December 28, 2015. Nur Elita received five strokes of the cane for having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend, according to local media. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, where Islamic law is implemented, according to local media.

Euro holds gains despite hints of more ECB stimulus

TOKYO - The euro held its gains in thin trading Tuesday, after a European Central Bank (ECB) official hinted at another wave of stimulus, while fears about China’s economy dented the yuan.

ECB executive board member Yves Mersch said policymakers have “by no means used up all our ammunition”, according to an excerpt from an interview with the International Bankers Forum.

The possibility of more easing -which would tend to weaken the euro -- comes after the ECB disappointed markets this month with the limited scope of its newest bid to revive the struggling eurozone economy.

The euro surged in the wake of the ECB’s less-than-expected policy measures.

“In their last big statement, they didn’t deliver what the markets were expecting,” Jason Wong, a currency strategist in Wellington at Bank of New Zealand, told Bloomberg News.

In Tokyo on Tuesday, the unit fetched $1.0980 against 1.0970 in

New York, while it also edged up to 132.15 yen from 132.05 yen.

The euro has surged nearly four percent against the dollar this month, its best since April.

In other trading, the dollar edged down to 120.26 yen from 120.38 yen, while the yuan slipped to 6.5675 against the greenback from 6.488 on Monday.

Market sentiment has taken a hit

as oil prices fell again Monday, after a decline in profits at China’s industrial firms aggravated concerns about the world’s number two economy, a key driver of global growth.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian rupiah fell 0.17 percent against the dollar, the South Korean won was down 0.22 percent, while the Indian rupee edged up 0.02 percent and the Malaysian ringgit gained 0.09 percent. (afp)

Saudi Arabia posts $98B deficit, raises petrol prices

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Monday said this year’s budget deficit amounted to $98 billion (367 billion riyals) as lower oil prices cut into the government’s main source of revenue, prompting the kingdom to scale back spending for the coming year and hike up petrol prices.

A royal decree announced that petrol prices would go up by 50 percent effective Tuesday. Even with that jump, Saudis will pay just 24 cents (0.90 riyals) for a liter of 95 octane gasoline, less than a dollar per gallon. The Saudi-based Jadwa Investment estimates the government spends around $61 billion on energy subsidies annually, almost $11 billion of that on gasoline alone.

For two consecutive years the kingdom has posted a deficit, and it is planning for another budget shortfall next year, projected at $87 billion (326 billion riyals).

The deficits represent a sharp turnaround from just a few years ago, before oil prices tumbled in mid-2014. Instead of cutting oil production to drive prices up, Saudi Arabia has aggressively kept its production levels high in what analysts say is an attempt to keep its market share and stymie the reach of U.S. shale producers in the global market.

The Saudi government has been digging into its large foreign reserves, built up during years of higher oil prices. To cover the difference between its spending and revenue over the past year, Saudi Arabia has drawn its reserves down from $728 billion at the end of last year to around $640 billion.

The Saudi fiscal budget is being watched closely by investors

to see how the kingdom plans to consolidate after years of heavy spending when oil prices were more than double what they are now. Benchmark U.S. crude was trading Monday at $37.46 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

One area where the government is not cutting back is defense and security, where it allocated $57 billion (213 billion riyals) for 2016.

Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen since March and is a member of the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

The government said it is anticipating $137 billion (513 billion riyals) in revenue for the coming year, around $26 billion (95 billion riyals) less than the total for 2015.

As is typical for the published version of the budget, it did not include a projected oil price.

Next year’s budget suggests Saudi Arabia is basing its revenue on an even lower price of $40 a barrel for export crude, if production remains at 10.2 million barrels per day, said Fahad Alturki, chief economist and head of research at Saudi-based Jadwa Investment. That’s less than the $56 per barrel priced into the projected 2015 budget.

In the 2015 budget, oil revenues accounted for 72 percent of total revenue as opposed to 87 percent in 2014. Coinciding with that drop, non-oil revenues rose by almost $10 billion from 2014.

Saudi Arabia and its Arab Gulf neighbors have been working to diversify their economies and decrease their dependence on oil, and to support the private sector to absorb the millions of young people

coming into the workforce.

Saudi Arabia says it expects to spend $224 billion (840 billion riyals) in 2016, which is $5 billion (20 billion riyals) less than what had been projected for this year.

However, the government has also put aside $49 billion (183 billion

riyals) in discretionary spending to use on infrastructure projects if oil prices improve.

Nearly half of this year’s spending, or around $120 billion (450 billion riyals), went to wages, salaries and allowances. The budget revealed that the kingdom spent

$30 billion more in 2015 than it had initially planned, reaching $260 billion (975 billion riyals) in total expenditures largely because of financial handouts King Salman doled out to the public when he ascended the throne earlier this year. (ap)

REUTERS/Junaidi Hanafiah

President calls for increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo has called for increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies. He made the appeal while dedicating the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Building on Tuesday to coincide with the anti-graft body’s 12th anniversary.

The president pointed out that egoism among sectors had so far hindered corruption eradication efforts in the country.

He hoped the KPK would improve synergy with the police and the attorney general’s office in the fight against corruption in the country.

He emphasized that synergy was needed as strong law enforcement agencies are important to fight corruption.

“We need a strong KPK, police, and attorney general’s office. I have observed egoism among sectors that has often hindered the efforts to achieve success in the fight against corruption,”

he affirmed.

Meanwhile, he remarked that the ultimate objective of all agencies was to fight corruption more effectively.

President Widodo reiterated his support to the KPK leaders and staff to continue to work in line with the mandate given to them through the law.

“The fight against corruption must not stop. I hope the new KPK leadership would immediately begin work in the new building with renewed spirit,” he emphasized. (ant)

Fire kills child, injures smoking father

BOGOR - A nine-year-old child died while two people, including the child’s father, were injured when a fire broke out at a gasoline selling kiosk in Bogor District, police confirmed here on Monday. The injured father of the kid was the gasoline retailer.

“A fire broke out this afternoon, in which a child died after suffering serious burn injuries, while two people suffered 75 percent burns,” head of Bogor police public relations section, Adjunct Commissioner Ita Puspitalena, said on Monday.

The kiosk belonged to Riswan Simamora (45) in Cibuntu village, Ciampea sub-district, the police said.

According to Puspitalena, the incident occurred at around 03:30 p.m. when Riswan, who was injured in the accident, was pouring the gasoline from a jerry can into a bucket at his home.

“Riswan allegedly poured gasoline from a jerry can into the bucket while smoking,” she explained Unfortunately, the gasoline caught fire from Riswan’s cigarette, leaving him in flames that also engulfed his house. At the time of the accident, two of his children, Quin L (9) and Gita (7), who were at home, also got burnt. Quin L died, while Gita survived. (ant)

Police confiscate 1.5 tons of marijuana hidden in truck

AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File

In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 file photo, families relax by the Jiddah corniche during sunset, in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has announced on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 a projected budget deficit in 2016 of $87 billion (327 billion riyals), as lower oil prices cut into the government’s main source of revenue.

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JAKARTA - Police have confiscated 1.5 tons of marijuana, worth around Rp6 billion, that was found hidden in a truck.

“The narcotic drug packed in 39 bags was hidden among 120 bags of food stuff,” the director of narcotic crimes of

the Directorate of Crime Investigation, Brigadier General Anjan Pramuka Putra, said at his office here on Monday.

He said the police had earlier arrested YS (31) from a rest area along the Merak toll road, Banten province in West Java.

Anjan said based on the interrogation of the suspect, who was arrested on December 16, it was found that the contraband was to be taken to Bandung, Purwakarta and Garut.

He said YS was the one responsible for picking up and keeping the illegal drug in

a warehouse in West Java before distributing it to buyers in various regions.

“The drug is worth Rp6 billion but the damage it could have caused to 40,000 people, who would have consumed it, would have been immense if it had not been confiscated,” Anjan said. (ant)

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Israel’s top court sends ex-PM Olmert to 18 months in prison

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence for a sweeping bribery scandal from six years to 18 months, partially accepting his appeal and clearing the ex-premier of the main bribery charge against him.

The court announced Olmert will begin serving his sentence on Feb. 15 — the first Israeli leader to ever serve behind bars.

Though the ruling marked a legal victory for Olmert’s team, the top court upheld part of his conviction for taking a lesser bribe.

Olmert, 70, was convicted in March 2014 and sentenced to six years in a wide-ranging case that accused him of accepting bribes to promote a controversial realestate project in Jerusalem. He was charged for acts that happened while he was mayor of Jerusalem and the country’s trade minister, years before he became prime minister in 2006.

Olmert has denied any wrongdoing and was allowed to stay out of prison until the verdict on his appeal was delivered.

After Tuesday’s verdict was handed down, Olmert said he was “satisfied” about his partial exoneration. He added it was still a “hard day” but he said he accepted the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“A stone has been lifted from my heart,” he said. “I said in the past, I was never offered and I never took a bribe. And I say that again today.” The ruling marks a dramatic climax for a man who only years earlier led the country and hoped to bring about a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Olmert was forced to resign in early 2009 amid the corruption allegations. His departure cleared the way for the election of hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu, and

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File

FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the media after hearing the verdict in his trial, in Jerusalem’s District Court. subsequent Mideast peace efforts have failed.

Olmert was a longtime fixture in Israel’s hard-line right wing when he began taking a more moderate line toward the Palestinians when he was deputy prime minister a decade ago. He played a leading role in Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.

He became prime minister in January 2006 after then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke. He subsequently led their newly formed Kadima Party to victory in parliamentary elections on a platform of pushing further peace moves with the Palestinians.

A gifted orator, Olmert crossed a series of taboos while in office — warning that Israel could become like apartheid South Africa if it continued its occupation of the Palestinians and expressing readiness to relinquish control of parts of the holy city of Jerusalem as part of a peace deal.

He led his government to the Annapolis peace conference in November 2007 — launching more than a year of ambitious, but unsuccessful peace talks with the Palestinians. Olmert enjoyed a warm relationship with then President George W. Bush.

Olmert has said he made unprecedented concessions to the Palestinians during those talks and was close to reaching an agreement at the time of his resignation, though the Palestinians have said his assessment was overly optimistic.

Despite his ambitious agenda, Olmert’s term was clouded by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier who was captured by Gaza militants in a cross-border raid and an inconclusive war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Both incidents occurred shortly after he took office. Olmert also launched a military invasion of the Gaza Strip in late 2008 that drew heavy international criticism.

But it was corruption allegations, which had dogged him throughout his career, which ultimately proved his undoing.

He was forced to announce his resignation in late 2008 and left office early the following year. In a separate case, Olmert was sentenced earlier this year to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter. He is also appealing that sentence. (ap)

Calm prevails after Iraq troops routed IS from Ramadi center

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi military commander says the center of the western city of Ramadi is mostly calm, a day after government troops routed Islamic State militants from the area and recaptured a key government complex.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Belawi told The Associated Press on

Tuesday that engineering teams were clearing bombs from the streets and nearby buildings.

Al-Belawi says sporadic clashes are underway in outlying parts of the city.

Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.led airstrikes, drove IS militants out of the city center on Monday

and raised the Iraqi flag over the government complex. But military officials said insurgents were still holed up in various pockets of the city.

Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital, fell to IS in May, marking a major setback for Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led campaign. (ap)

Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Press Service, Pool Photo via AP

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits to speak after he received an honorary doctorate from Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

Turkey’s Erdogan slams Russia for backing Assad

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government of “mercilessly” killing 400,000 people and criticized Russia for backing him.

Erdogan was speaking to reporters on Tuesday before departing for Saudi Arabia for a visit that wiykd focus on Syria, the fight against terror and energy cooperation. Turkey is intensifying efforts to diversify its energy supplies since a rift with

Moscow over the downing of a Russian plane.

In a comment apparently directed at Moscow, Erdogan said: “You cannot go anywhere by supporting a regime that has mercilessly killed 400,000 innocent people with conventional and chemical weapons.”

Erdogan also accused countries of “adding fuel to fire” by backing Syrian Kurdish fighters, which Turkey considers as terrorists because of their links to Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish rebel group. (ap)

South Africa’s last apartheid president takes heat

JOHANNESBURG — For years, South Africa’s last white president opined on post-apartheid rule without getting much attention in a country anxious to shed its racist past. Now F.W. de Klerk is being vilified for remarks about the legacy of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes.

The furor stems from criticism by de Klerk of a campaign to take down a statue of Rhodes at Britain’s Oxford University, echoing protests that led to the removal of a Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. De Klerk said in a letter to the British newspaper The Times that the campaign against Rhodes was “folly” because few historical figures associated with Oxford could withstand today’s standards of “political correctness.”

In a message to de Klerk on Monday, Oxford activists said he exhibited “white arrogance” for comments on Rhodes, described by historians as a segregationist who made a fortune at the expense of the

local population in southern Africa.

Rhodes is also known as a philanthropist who lent his name to the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

“Don’t get it twisted: the only reason you didn’t remove statues of Rhodes in South Africa was because you were committed to white domination, not because you cared about black people,” read the posting on the Facebook page of the group “Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford.”

Also, a small but vocal South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, said de Klerk was unworthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, which he was awarded jointly with Nelson Mandela in 1993 for their work to dismantle white minority rule.

The party said a public statue of de Klerk should be sent to a museum about the apartheid era.

Bronze statues of de Klerk, Mandela and two other Nobel laureates from South Africa stand on the Cape Town waterfront. (ap)

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Ex-Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dies

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Meadowlark Lemon, the “clown prince” of basketball’s barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. He was 83.

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His bad character caused the

Lord Indra angry. Then, the Lord invaded and attacked him by sending a number of troops. As Mayadenawa ran into the forest, he was trying to outwit his pursuers by tilting his soles when he stepped a swindle so that the pursuers could not recognize his footsteps.

It is said, by his supernatural powers he could assume himself into any forms and even he could create a toxic spring, which caused many troops die after a shower and drink the water. On the contrary, Lord Indra created detoxifying springs. Later on, the water bidder came to be called with Tirta Empul (holy water). Meanwhile,

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by Mayadenawa running by tilting his soles was then known as Tampaksiring. In the book Sejarah Pembangunan Pura-Pura di Bali (History of Temples Development in Bali) written by Ktut Soebandi is mentioned the Tirta Empul bathing place was built during the reign of King Sri Candrabhaya Singha Warmadewa.

It can be known from the existence of a stone plaque at Manukaya Village containing text and figures saying that Tirta Empul was established in the fourth month of Caka Year 884 or around October 962 AD, while Pura Tirta

Empul was built during the reign of King Masula Masuli ruling in Bali starting from 1100 Caka Year or 1178 AD, for 77 years.

In other words, there were approximately 216 years of time difference between the development of Tirta Empul bathing place and its temple. Architecturally, the bathing place and Tirta Empul temple have historical value, spiritual vibration, distinctive character, as well as becomes familiar and friendly to the environments lts architectural style rellects the elements of local tradition and looked harmony with the natural conditions in the vicinity.

Lemon’s wife and daughter confirmed to the team that he died Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, Globetrotters spokesman Brett Meister said Monday. Meister did not know the cause of death.

Though skilled enough to play professionally, Lemon instead wanted to entertain, his dream of playing for the Globetrotters hatched after watching a newsreel of the all-black team at a cinema house when he was 11.

Lemon ended up becoming arguably the team’s most popular player, a showman known as much for his confetti-in-the-water-bucket routine and slapstick comedy as his half-court hook shots and no-look, behind-the-back passes.

A sign of his crossover appeal, Lemon was inducted into both the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the International Clown Hall of Fame.

“My destiny was to make people happy,” Lemon said as he was inducted into the basketball hall as a

contributor to the game in 2003.

Lemon played for the Globetrotters during the team’s heyday from the mid-1950s to the late-1970s, delighting fans with his skills with a ball and a joke. Traveling by car, bus, train or plane nearly every night, Lemon covered nearly 4 million miles to play in over 100 countries and in front of popes and presidents, kings and queens.

Known as the “Clown Prince of Basketball,” he averaged 325 games per year during his prime, that luminous smile never dimming.

“Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I’ve ever seen,” NBA great and former Globetrotter Wilt Chamberlain said shortly before his death in 1999. “People would say it would be Dr. J or even (Michael) Jordan. For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon.”

Lemon spent 24 years with the Globetrotters, doing tours through the racially torn South in the 1950s until he left in 1979 to start his

own team. He was one of the most popular athletes in the world during the prime of his career, thanks to a unique blend of athleticism and showmanship.

Playing against the team’s nightly foil, the Washington Generals, Lemon left fans in awe with an array of hook shots, no-look passes and the nifty moves he put on display during the Globetrotters’ famous circle while “Sweet Georgia Brown” played over the loudspeaker.

He also had a knack for sending the fans home with a smile every night, whether it was with his running commentary, putting confetti in a water bucket or pulling down the pants of an “unsuspecting” referee.

“We played serious games too, against the Olympic teams and the College All-Stars,” Lemon said.

“But that didn’t stop us from putting the comedy in there.”

Lemon became an icon in the 1970s, appearing in movies, including “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh,” numerous talk shows and even a stint in the cartoon “Scooby Doo,” with Scatman Crothers doing his voice.(ap)

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 1993, file photo, legendary Harlem Globetrotters’ Meadowlark Lemon prepares to put the moves on Washington Generals’ Tim Burkhart during their basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Lemon, known as the Globetrotters’ “clown prince” of basketball, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 83.

REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Mercedes Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Britain is pictured during the annual ‘Stars & Cars’ event in Stuttgart December 12, 2015.

Lewis Hamilton doesn’t believe he nor Nico Rosberg need worry about Toto Wolff’s assertion that one could be forced to leave the Mercedes if their rivalry begins to affect the team.

Mercedes F1 boss Wolff suggested cooperation within Mercedes has been key to their success in recent years, but should escalating tension between Hamilton and Rosberg escalate in 2016 begin to hamper the team’s progress, he says he won’t be afraid to make a drastic change.

With Rosberg’s contract due to end in 2016 and Hamilton signed to a deal until 2018, it would appear that the former would be most likely to face the axe in such a scenario.

However, Hamilton played down the threat and even backed his team-mate to stay too, saying they will be safe as long as they continue to deliver 100 per cent, even if the ‘friction’ remains.

“We are grown men and we have done the job that we are hired to do to the maximum,” the three-time world champion told Sky Italia. “We’ve not done it 95 per cent or 80 per cent, we’ve done it 100 per cent to how they’ve wanted us to do it.

“Has there been friction? Of course, you can’t have it perfect always. But have we always shone light on this team?

I believe so. Have we always delivered when they’ve given us the opportunity to do so? I believe so.

“Am I surprised by it? Not really. Is it necessary? Not really,” the three-time world champion told Sky Italia Indeed, Hamilton warns against Mercedes becoming wrapped up in ‘small things’ as a threat to its dominance of F1.

“We’ve had two incredibly successful years and when you complain about small things I think that is when you can easily lose your way. Of course we always want to be better and perfect, but as long as we stay together and continue to communicate I think it will be good.

“I think it is easy for people to get complacent in life and I think it is important as a team we don’t get complacent.”

Hamilton clinched his third world title at a relative canter with three races to go, though Rosberg went into the off-season having dominated each of those final trio of race.(rtr)

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Sp rt United held 0-0 by Chelsea, Van Gaal defiant about future MANCHESTER — Manchester United delivered an improved performance for beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal but couldn’t cure its scoring woes in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea that left his team five points off the Champions League positions on Monday. Van Gaal raised the prospect of quitting last weekend and this stalemate — United’s sixth 0-0 since Oct. 25 — leaves his position uncertain, with the 20-time English champions now winless in eight games in all competitions.

But there’s no doubt United played for its manager, with Juan Mata and Anthony Martial striking shots against the goal frame in the first half and both Ander Herrera and Wayne Rooney missing close-range chances after the break. “When the players are fighting for me, I stay,” Van Gaal said, “because that is the most important thing and you have seen that today.”

One goal in its last four home matches, though, tells its own story for United, which badly needs a striker in the January transfer window — whether or not Van Gaal is still in charge. “There is not any reason to resign for me,” said Van Gaal, who brought up that possibility after the 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday.

“Maybe the media wants that, but I shall not do that.”

United stayed sixth, but fell further adrift of the top four, while Chelsea is only three points above the relegation zone in a woeful title defense and still hasn’t won away since August. Nemanja Matic sidefooted high and wide when one-onone after a counter-attack in the best

chance for Chelsea, which arrived at Old Trafford without a recognized striker in the team or on the bench.

For once, Chelsea’s problems were just a sub-plot. Van Gaal’s perilous position dominated the build-up to a match between two giants of the league who have fallen on hard times this season. It was a case of the beleaguered hosts against the embattled champions, and Van Gaal gave a defiant wave to United fans as he took his place in the dug-out. He was also applauded down the tunnel after the final whistle by many fans in United’s Stretford End, a positive sign despite the frustrating result.

Van Gaal likely won’t have seen the odd United supporter wearing scarves emblazoned with “Jose Mourinho The Special One” and featuring the face of the Portuguese coach, who has been tipped as a potential replacement for Van Gaal.

If United keeps playing like it did in the first half especially, Van Gaal won’t be going anywhere just yet.

The movement was sharper, the tempo was higher, the passing was crisper and more adventurous,

and chances came and went. Mata smashed a fierce shot against the bar in the second minute; Martial cut in and struck a low shot against the post; and United had eight firsthalf shots in total. It was the kind of attacking football that United fans have been demanding.

“Inside of the club, the players are willing to fight for every meter, the manager is willing to fight, the members of staff are willing to fight and the board is very confident in the staff and the manager,” Van Gaal said, “so (the crisis) is not inside Manchester United.”

Without the suspended Diego Costa and any back-up striker, Chelsea fielded Eden Hazard as an emergency striker and only fitfully threatened. John Terry drew a great one-handed save from goalkeeper David de Gea, and De Gea produced a double save early in the second half.

United’s pace slowed after the break but Herrera should have given his team the lead when he met Martial’s cross with a close-range effort that goalkeeper Thibault Courtois clawed away.

Chelsea squandered an even better chance, when Nemanja Matic was set free on the counter from a corner, only for the midfielder to fluff his finish. Rooney volleyed over the bar late on as United had to settle for another 0-0, ending a three-game losing run in the league. (ap)

website (www.saintsfc.co.uk). The former Ajax and PSV Eindhoven manager said opponents West Ham were more aggressive and direct in the second half.

“It was one team on the pitch playing football, but we got what you can expect from them after half time,” Koeman added.

Both teams came into the game about 48 hours after their Boxing Day fixtures. Koeman, who was critical about the fixture list earlier, said there was no issue on the physical side for his team.

“They scored two goals out of a better second half and we scored one

goal out of a fantastic first half,” he said. “That’s the difference.”

With Monday’s loss Southampton have picked up only four points from their last seven league games, leaving the Saints in 12th spot on the table. “... one of our problems is that if you are so dominant on the pitch and it’s still 1-0 you give them the chance to come back,” Koeman said.

“That we have to change, but it needs time.” Southampton’s next match is against Norwich City on Saturday. The Canaries are in 15th place, four points behind the Saints. (rtr)

Manager Garde ‘very concerned’ Court rejects Madrid’s appeal against Copa about Villa’s situation del Rey exclusion

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde said he was ‘very concerned’ about his team’s situation following Monday’s 2-0 Premier League loss to Norwich City, which left them bottom of the table after 19 games, 11 points adrift of safety.

Goals from Norwich duo Jonny Howson and Dieumerci Mbokani meant that Villa stretched their winless run to 18 games, and left Garde still awaiting his first win as manager since taking over from Tim Sherwood in November.

“I am very concerned, of course, about the situation. But I still believe we are still capable of winning games. I am sure we will,” Garde told reporters after the game.

“Unfortunately this season has been a very difficult run for Villa. But I am working with my players during this bad moment.

“Sometimes in football you have to cope with this kind of situation. We will all-together.

We are playing for a big club. I am managing a big club, I know that.”

Garde has been assured by the club’s hierarchy that he will receive funds for players he wants in January but the Frenchman said he w a s only fo-

MADRID — Real Madrid has refused to concede defeat in its disqualification from the Copa del Rey for fielding an ineligible player. The club said Monday it will switch to the country’s regular law courts to challenge the Spanish soccer federation’s decision.

Spain’s top sports tribunal, the Administrative Court of Sport, had earlier Monday dismissed Madrid’s appeal against its exclusion from the competition.

In a statement, Madrid said it “respects but does not agree with the court’s ruling and as such announces its decision to pursue a judicial-administrative course of action, along with other possible legal options, which are currently being studied.”

The Administrative Court of Sport said it had “analyzed all the parties’ arguments” and dismissed Madrid’s appeal because it had fielded an “improper lineup.” Madrid was expelled from the competition for fielding Denis

Cheryshev in a first-leg 3-1 win over Cadiz on Dec. 2 in the Spanish giant’s opening round.

Cheryshev was carrying a one-match suspension for yellow cards received last season while on loan at Villarreal, a fact that Madrid seemed unaware of until halftime in the Cadiz match. Spain’s soccer federation published its decision to bar Madrid on Dec 4.

The embarrassing mistake further dented Madrid’s image this season and deepened a crisis sparked by a demoralizing 4-0 home loss to bitter rival Barcelona.

However, the sports court left Madrid with an option to appeal the disqualification, but said it would need to take its case to Spain’s regular law courts — effectively starting litigation against Spain’s soccer federation.

There’s not much time. The first leg match in the last 16 between Cadiz and Celta Vigo is set for Jan. 7. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde cussed on Saturday’s clash with second-from-bottom Sunderland.

“I am working on that. But then we

have a game first -- a very important match against Sunderland. Then we will see,” Garde said. “I am working on it -- the club with me -- and we will see what happens in January.” (rtr)

Arsenal goes top after 2-0 win against Bournemouth

Saints need to be more ruthless, says Koeman S o u t h am p to n l a c k e d ruthlessness and have to be more clinical in front of goal, manager Ronald Koeman said after West Ham United came from behind to defeat the Saints 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday.

The Saints, who destroyed leaders Arsenal 4-0 on Saturday, had a 1-0 lead at half time, but the Hammers clawed back and clinched the three points thanks to goals from Michail Antonio and Andy Carroll.

“You know if you only score one goal they still have the belief,” the Dutch manager told the club’s

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AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s manager Louis van Gaal makes his way from the pitch after his team’s 0-0 draw in the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

LONDON — Arsenal provisionally moved to the top of the English Premier League on Monday after a 2-0 win over Bournemouth. Gabriel opened the scoring before Mesut Ozil got the second as Arsenal moved one point above leader Leicester, which plays Manchester City on Tuesday.

By not conceding a goal, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech set a new Premier League record of

170 clean sheets.

Arsenal went ahead after 27 minutes. Ozil whipped in a corner which was met by defender Gabriel who headed the ball across goalkeeper Artur Boruc in his first goal for Arsenal. Gabriel and Per Mertesacker both hit the post as Arsenal dominated.

Ozil got the second after 63 minutes when Olivier Giroud flicked the ball to the German who slotted it into the net. (ap)

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil gestures after scoring a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Bournemouth at Emirates stadium in London, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015.

AP Photo/Angel Fernandez

Real Madrid’s Cherishev walks off the field substituted during a Copa del Rey soccer match between Cadiz and Real Madrid at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz, Spain, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Sp rt United held 0-0 by Chelsea, Van Gaal defiant about future MANCHESTER — Manchester United delivered an improved performance for beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal but couldn’t cure its scoring woes in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea that left his team five points off the Champions League positions on Monday. Van Gaal raised the prospect of quitting last weekend and this stalemate — United’s sixth 0-0 since Oct. 25 — leaves his position uncertain, with the 20-time English champions now winless in eight games in all competitions.

But there’s no doubt United played for its manager, with Juan Mata and Anthony Martial striking shots against the goal frame in the first half and both Ander Herrera and Wayne Rooney missing close-range chances after the break. “When the players are fighting for me, I stay,” Van Gaal said, “because that is the most important thing and you have seen that today.”

One goal in its last four home matches, though, tells its own story for United, which badly needs a striker in the January transfer window — whether or not Van Gaal is still in charge. “There is not any reason to resign for me,” said Van Gaal, who brought up that possibility after the 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday.

“Maybe the media wants that, but I shall not do that.”

United stayed sixth, but fell further adrift of the top four, while Chelsea is only three points above the relegation zone in a woeful title defense and still hasn’t won away since August. Nemanja Matic sidefooted high and wide when one-onone after a counter-attack in the best

chance for Chelsea, which arrived at Old Trafford without a recognized striker in the team or on the bench.

For once, Chelsea’s problems were just a sub-plot. Van Gaal’s perilous position dominated the build-up to a match between two giants of the league who have fallen on hard times this season. It was a case of the beleaguered hosts against the embattled champions, and Van Gaal gave a defiant wave to United fans as he took his place in the dug-out. He was also applauded down the tunnel after the final whistle by many fans in United’s Stretford End, a positive sign despite the frustrating result.

Van Gaal likely won’t have seen the odd United supporter wearing scarves emblazoned with “Jose Mourinho The Special One” and featuring the face of the Portuguese coach, who has been tipped as a potential replacement for Van Gaal.

If United keeps playing like it did in the first half especially, Van Gaal won’t be going anywhere just yet.

The movement was sharper, the tempo was higher, the passing was crisper and more adventurous,

and chances came and went. Mata smashed a fierce shot against the bar in the second minute; Martial cut in and struck a low shot against the post; and United had eight firsthalf shots in total. It was the kind of attacking football that United fans have been demanding.

“Inside of the club, the players are willing to fight for every meter, the manager is willing to fight, the members of staff are willing to fight and the board is very confident in the staff and the manager,” Van Gaal said, “so (the crisis) is not inside Manchester United.”

Without the suspended Diego Costa and any back-up striker, Chelsea fielded Eden Hazard as an emergency striker and only fitfully threatened. John Terry drew a great one-handed save from goalkeeper David de Gea, and De Gea produced a double save early in the second half.

United’s pace slowed after the break but Herrera should have given his team the lead when he met Martial’s cross with a close-range effort that goalkeeper Thibault Courtois clawed away.

Chelsea squandered an even better chance, when Nemanja Matic was set free on the counter from a corner, only for the midfielder to fluff his finish. Rooney volleyed over the bar late on as United had to settle for another 0-0, ending a three-game losing run in the league. (ap)

website (www.saintsfc.co.uk). The former Ajax and PSV Eindhoven manager said opponents West Ham were more aggressive and direct in the second half.

“It was one team on the pitch playing football, but we got what you can expect from them after half time,” Koeman added.

Both teams came into the game about 48 hours after their Boxing Day fixtures. Koeman, who was critical about the fixture list earlier, said there was no issue on the physical side for his team.

“They scored two goals out of a better second half and we scored one

goal out of a fantastic first half,” he said. “That’s the difference.”

With Monday’s loss Southampton have picked up only four points from their last seven league games, leaving the Saints in 12th spot on the table. “... one of our problems is that if you are so dominant on the pitch and it’s still 1-0 you give them the chance to come back,” Koeman said.

“That we have to change, but it needs time.” Southampton’s next match is against Norwich City on Saturday. The Canaries are in 15th place, four points behind the Saints. (rtr)

Manager Garde ‘very concerned’ Court rejects Madrid’s appeal against Copa about Villa’s situation del Rey exclusion

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde said he was ‘very concerned’ about his team’s situation following Monday’s 2-0 Premier League loss to Norwich City, which left them bottom of the table after 19 games, 11 points adrift of safety.

Goals from Norwich duo Jonny Howson and Dieumerci Mbokani meant that Villa stretched their winless run to 18 games, and left Garde still awaiting his first win as manager since taking over from Tim Sherwood in November.

“I am very concerned, of course, about the situation. But I still believe we are still capable of winning games. I am sure we will,” Garde told reporters after the game.

“Unfortunately this season has been a very difficult run for Villa. But I am working with my players during this bad moment.

“Sometimes in football you have to cope with this kind of situation. We will all-together.

We are playing for a big club. I am managing a big club, I know that.”

Garde has been assured by the club’s hierarchy that he will receive funds for players he wants in January but the Frenchman said he w a s only fo-

MADRID — Real Madrid has refused to concede defeat in its disqualification from the Copa del Rey for fielding an ineligible player. The club said Monday it will switch to the country’s regular law courts to challenge the Spanish soccer federation’s decision.

Spain’s top sports tribunal, the Administrative Court of Sport, had earlier Monday dismissed Madrid’s appeal against its exclusion from the competition.

In a statement, Madrid said it “respects but does not agree with the court’s ruling and as such announces its decision to pursue a judicial-administrative course of action, along with other possible legal options, which are currently being studied.”

The Administrative Court of Sport said it had “analyzed all the parties’ arguments” and dismissed Madrid’s appeal because it had fielded an “improper lineup.” Madrid was expelled from the competition for fielding Denis

Cheryshev in a first-leg 3-1 win over Cadiz on Dec. 2 in the Spanish giant’s opening round.

Cheryshev was carrying a one-match suspension for yellow cards received last season while on loan at Villarreal, a fact that Madrid seemed unaware of until halftime in the Cadiz match. Spain’s soccer federation published its decision to bar Madrid on Dec 4.

The embarrassing mistake further dented Madrid’s image this season and deepened a crisis sparked by a demoralizing 4-0 home loss to bitter rival Barcelona.

However, the sports court left Madrid with an option to appeal the disqualification, but said it would need to take its case to Spain’s regular law courts — effectively starting litigation against Spain’s soccer federation.

There’s not much time. The first leg match in the last 16 between Cadiz and Celta Vigo is set for Jan. 7. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde cussed on Saturday’s clash with second-from-bottom Sunderland.

“I am working on that. But then we

have a game first -- a very important match against Sunderland. Then we will see,” Garde said. “I am working on it -- the club with me -- and we will see what happens in January.” (rtr)

Arsenal goes top after 2-0 win against Bournemouth

Saints need to be more ruthless, says Koeman S o u t h am p to n l a c k e d ruthlessness and have to be more clinical in front of goal, manager Ronald Koeman said after West Ham United came from behind to defeat the Saints 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday.

The Saints, who destroyed leaders Arsenal 4-0 on Saturday, had a 1-0 lead at half time, but the Hammers clawed back and clinched the three points thanks to goals from Michail Antonio and Andy Carroll.

“You know if you only score one goal they still have the belief,” the Dutch manager told the club’s

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AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s manager Louis van Gaal makes his way from the pitch after his team’s 0-0 draw in the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

LONDON — Arsenal provisionally moved to the top of the English Premier League on Monday after a 2-0 win over Bournemouth. Gabriel opened the scoring before Mesut Ozil got the second as Arsenal moved one point above leader Leicester, which plays Manchester City on Tuesday.

By not conceding a goal, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech set a new Premier League record of

170 clean sheets.

Arsenal went ahead after 27 minutes. Ozil whipped in a corner which was met by defender Gabriel who headed the ball across goalkeeper Artur Boruc in his first goal for Arsenal. Gabriel and Per Mertesacker both hit the post as Arsenal dominated.

Ozil got the second after 63 minutes when Olivier Giroud flicked the ball to the German who slotted it into the net. (ap)

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil gestures after scoring a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Bournemouth at Emirates stadium in London, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015.

AP Photo/Angel Fernandez

Real Madrid’s Cherishev walks off the field substituted during a Copa del Rey soccer match between Cadiz and Real Madrid at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz, Spain, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

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International

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International

Ex-Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dies

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Meadowlark Lemon, the “clown prince” of basketball’s barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. He was 83.

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Lemon’s wife and daughter confirmed to the team that he died Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, Globetrotters spokesman Brett Meister said Monday. Meister did not know the cause of death.

Though skilled enough to play professionally, Lemon instead wanted to entertain, his dream of playing for the Globetrotters hatched after watching a newsreel of the all-black team at a cinema house when he was 11.

Lemon ended up becoming arguably the team’s most popular player, a showman known as much for his confetti-in-the-water-bucket routine and slapstick comedy as his half-court hook shots and no-look, behind-the-back passes.

A sign of his crossover appeal, Lemon was inducted into both the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the International Clown Hall of Fame.

“My destiny was to make people happy,” Lemon said as he was inducted into the basketball hall as a

contributor to the game in 2003.

Lemon played for the Globetrotters during the team’s heyday from the mid-1950s to the late-1970s, delighting fans with his skills with a ball and a joke. Traveling by car, bus, train or plane nearly every night, Lemon covered nearly 4 million miles to play in over 100 countries and in front of popes and presidents, kings and queens.

Known as the “Clown Prince of Basketball,” he averaged 325 games per year during his prime, that luminous smile never dimming.

“Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I’ve ever seen,” NBA great and former Globetrotter Wilt Chamberlain said shortly before his death in 1999. “People would say it would be Dr. J or even (Michael) Jordan. For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon.”

Lemon spent 24 years with the Globetrotters, doing tours through the racially torn South in the 1950s until he left in 1979 to start his

own team. He was one of the most popular athletes in the world during the prime of his career, thanks to a unique blend of athleticism and showmanship.

Playing against the team’s nightly foil, the Washington Generals, Lemon left fans in awe with an array of hook shots, no-look passes and the nifty moves he put on display during the Globetrotters’ famous circle while “Sweet Georgia Brown” played over the loudspeaker.

He also had a knack for sending the fans home with a smile every night, whether it was with his running commentary, putting confetti in a water bucket or pulling down the pants of an “unsuspecting” referee.

“We played serious games too, against the Olympic teams and the College All-Stars,” Lemon said.

“But that didn’t stop us from putting the comedy in there.”

Lemon became an icon in the 1970s, appearing in movies, including “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh,” numerous talk shows and even a stint in the cartoon “Scooby Doo,” with Scatman Crothers doing his voice.(ap)

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 1993, file photo, legendary Harlem Globetrotters’ Meadowlark Lemon prepares to put the moves on Washington Generals’ Tim Burkhart during their basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Lemon, known as the Globetrotters’ “clown prince” of basketball, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 83.

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Mercedes Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Britain is pictured during the annual ‘Stars & Cars’ event in Stuttgart December 12, 2015.

Lewis Hamilton doesn’t believe he nor Nico Rosberg need worry about Toto Wolff’s assertion that one could be forced to leave the Mercedes if their rivalry begins to affect the team.

Mercedes F1 boss Wolff suggested cooperation within Mercedes has been key to their success in recent years, but should escalating tension between Hamilton and Rosberg escalate in 2016 begin to hamper the team’s progress, he says he won’t be afraid to make a drastic change.

With Rosberg’s contract due to end in 2016 and Hamilton signed to a deal until 2018, it would appear that the former would be most likely to face the axe in such a scenario.

However, Hamilton played down the threat and even backed his team-mate to stay too, saying they will be safe as long as they continue to deliver 100 per cent, even if the ‘friction’ remains.

“We are grown men and we have done the job that we are hired to do to the maximum,” the three-time world champion told Sky Italia. “We’ve not done it 95 per cent or 80 per cent, we’ve done it 100 per cent to how they’ve wanted us to do it.

“Has there been friction? Of course, you can’t have it perfect always. But have we always shone light on this team?

I believe so. Have we always delivered when they’ve given us the opportunity to do so? I believe so.

“Am I surprised by it? Not really. Is it necessary? Not really,” the three-time world champion told Sky Italia Indeed, Hamilton warns against Mercedes becoming wrapped up in ‘small things’ as a threat to its dominance of F1.

“We’ve had two incredibly successful years and when you complain about small things I think that is when you can easily lose your way. Of course we always want to be better and perfect, but as long as we stay together and continue to communicate I think it will be good.

“I think it is easy for people to get complacent in life and I think it is important as a team we don’t get complacent.”

Hamilton clinched his third world title at a relative canter with three races to go, though Rosberg went into the off-season having dominated each of those final trio of race.(rtr)

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Israel’s top court sends ex-PM Olmert to 18 months in prison

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence for a sweeping bribery scandal from six years to 18 months, partially accepting his appeal and clearing the ex-premier of the main bribery charge against him.

The court announced Olmert will begin serving his sentence on Feb. 15 — the first Israeli leader to ever serve behind bars.

Though the ruling marked a legal victory for Olmert’s team, the top court upheld part of his conviction for taking a lesser bribe.

Olmert, 70, was convicted in March 2014 and sentenced to six years in a wide-ranging case that accused him of accepting bribes to promote a controversial realestate project in Jerusalem. He was charged for acts that happened while he was mayor of Jerusalem and the country’s trade minister, years before he became prime minister in 2006.

Olmert has denied any wrongdoing and was allowed to stay out of prison until the verdict on his appeal was delivered.

After Tuesday’s verdict was handed down, Olmert said he was “satisfied” about his partial exoneration. He added it was still a “hard day” but he said he accepted the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“A stone has been lifted from my heart,” he said. “I said in the past, I was never offered and I never took a bribe. And I say that again today.” The ruling marks a dramatic climax for a man who only years earlier led the country and hoped to bring about a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Olmert was forced to resign in early 2009 amid the corruption allegations. His departure cleared the way for the election of hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu, and

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File

FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the media after hearing the verdict in his trial, in Jerusalem’s District Court. subsequent Mideast peace efforts have failed.

Olmert was a longtime fixture in Israel’s hard-line right wing when he began taking a more moderate line toward the Palestinians when he was deputy prime minister a decade ago. He played a leading role in Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.

He became prime minister in January 2006 after then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke. He subsequently led their newly formed Kadima Party to victory in parliamentary elections on a platform of pushing further peace moves with the Palestinians.

A gifted orator, Olmert crossed a series of taboos while in office — warning that Israel could become like apartheid South Africa if it continued its occupation of the Palestinians and expressing readiness to relinquish control of parts of the holy city of Jerusalem as part of a peace deal.

He led his government to the Annapolis peace conference in November 2007 — launching more than a year of ambitious, but unsuccessful peace talks with the Palestinians. Olmert enjoyed a warm relationship with then President George W. Bush.

Olmert has said he made unprecedented concessions to the Palestinians during those talks and was close to reaching an agreement at the time of his resignation, though the Palestinians have said his assessment was overly optimistic.

Despite his ambitious agenda, Olmert’s term was clouded by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier who was captured by Gaza militants in a cross-border raid and an inconclusive war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Both incidents occurred shortly after he took office. Olmert also launched a military invasion of the Gaza Strip in late 2008 that drew heavy international criticism.

But it was corruption allegations, which had dogged him throughout his career, which ultimately proved his undoing.

He was forced to announce his resignation in late 2008 and left office early the following year. In a separate case, Olmert was sentenced earlier this year to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter. He is also appealing that sentence. (ap)

Calm prevails after Iraq troops routed IS from Ramadi center

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi military commander says the center of the western city of Ramadi is mostly calm, a day after government troops routed Islamic State militants from the area and recaptured a key government complex.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Belawi told The Associated Press on

Tuesday that engineering teams were clearing bombs from the streets and nearby buildings.

Al-Belawi says sporadic clashes are underway in outlying parts of the city.

Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.led airstrikes, drove IS militants out of the city center on Monday

and raised the Iraqi flag over the government complex. But military officials said insurgents were still holed up in various pockets of the city.

Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital, fell to IS in May, marking a major setback for Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led campaign. (ap)

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits to speak after he received an honorary doctorate from Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

Turkey’s Erdogan slams Russia for backing Assad

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government of “mercilessly” killing 400,000 people and criticized Russia for backing him.

Erdogan was speaking to reporters on Tuesday before departing for Saudi Arabia for a visit that wiykd focus on Syria, the fight against terror and energy cooperation. Turkey is intensifying efforts to diversify its energy supplies since a rift with

Moscow over the downing of a Russian plane.

In a comment apparently directed at Moscow, Erdogan said: “You cannot go anywhere by supporting a regime that has mercilessly killed 400,000 innocent people with conventional and chemical weapons.”

Erdogan also accused countries of “adding fuel to fire” by backing Syrian Kurdish fighters, which Turkey considers as terrorists because of their links to Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish rebel group. (ap)

South Africa’s last apartheid president takes heat

JOHANNESBURG — For years, South Africa’s last white president opined on post-apartheid rule without getting much attention in a country anxious to shed its racist past. Now F.W. de Klerk is being vilified for remarks about the legacy of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes.

The furor stems from criticism by de Klerk of a campaign to take down a statue of Rhodes at Britain’s Oxford University, echoing protests that led to the removal of a Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. De Klerk said in a letter to the British newspaper The Times that the campaign against Rhodes was “folly” because few historical figures associated with Oxford could withstand today’s standards of “political correctness.”

In a message to de Klerk on Monday, Oxford activists said he exhibited “white arrogance” for comments on Rhodes, described by historians as a segregationist who made a fortune at the expense of the

local population in southern Africa.

Rhodes is also known as a philanthropist who lent his name to the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

“Don’t get it twisted: the only reason you didn’t remove statues of Rhodes in South Africa was because you were committed to white domination, not because you cared about black people,” read the posting on the Facebook page of the group “Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford.”

Also, a small but vocal South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, said de Klerk was unworthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, which he was awarded jointly with Nelson Mandela in 1993 for their work to dismantle white minority rule.

The party said a public statue of de Klerk should be sent to a museum about the apartheid era.

Bronze statues of de Klerk, Mandela and two other Nobel laureates from South Africa stand on the Cape Town waterfront. (ap)

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Nur Elita, an Acehnese woman, screams during caning as part of her sentence in the courtyard of Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia’s Aceh province December 28, 2015. Nur Elita received five strokes of the cane for having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend, according to local media. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, where Islamic law is implemented, according to local media.

Euro holds gains despite hints of more ECB stimulus

TOKYO - The euro held its gains in thin trading Tuesday, after a European Central Bank (ECB) official hinted at another wave of stimulus, while fears about China’s economy dented the yuan.

ECB executive board member Yves Mersch said policymakers have “by no means used up all our ammunition”, according to an excerpt from an interview with the International Bankers Forum.

The possibility of more easing -which would tend to weaken the euro -- comes after the ECB disappointed markets this month with the limited scope of its newest bid to revive the struggling eurozone economy.

The euro surged in the wake of the ECB’s less-than-expected policy measures.

“In their last big statement, they didn’t deliver what the markets were expecting,” Jason Wong, a currency strategist in Wellington at Bank of New Zealand, told Bloomberg News.

In Tokyo on Tuesday, the unit fetched $1.0980 against 1.0970 in

New York, while it also edged up to 132.15 yen from 132.05 yen.

The euro has surged nearly four percent against the dollar this month, its best since April.

In other trading, the dollar edged down to 120.26 yen from 120.38 yen, while the yuan slipped to 6.5675 against the greenback from 6.488 on Monday.

Market sentiment has taken a hit

as oil prices fell again Monday, after a decline in profits at China’s industrial firms aggravated concerns about the world’s number two economy, a key driver of global growth.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian rupiah fell 0.17 percent against the dollar, the South Korean won was down 0.22 percent, while the Indian rupee edged up 0.02 percent and the Malaysian ringgit gained 0.09 percent. (afp)

Saudi Arabia posts $98B deficit, raises petrol prices

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Monday said this year’s budget deficit amounted to $98 billion (367 billion riyals) as lower oil prices cut into the government’s main source of revenue, prompting the kingdom to scale back spending for the coming year and hike up petrol prices.

A royal decree announced that petrol prices would go up by 50 percent effective Tuesday. Even with that jump, Saudis will pay just 24 cents (0.90 riyals) for a liter of 95 octane gasoline, less than a dollar per gallon. The Saudi-based Jadwa Investment estimates the government spends around $61 billion on energy subsidies annually, almost $11 billion of that on gasoline alone.

For two consecutive years the kingdom has posted a deficit, and it is planning for another budget shortfall next year, projected at $87 billion (326 billion riyals).

The deficits represent a sharp turnaround from just a few years ago, before oil prices tumbled in mid-2014. Instead of cutting oil production to drive prices up, Saudi Arabia has aggressively kept its production levels high in what analysts say is an attempt to keep its market share and stymie the reach of U.S. shale producers in the global market.

The Saudi government has been digging into its large foreign reserves, built up during years of higher oil prices. To cover the difference between its spending and revenue over the past year, Saudi Arabia has drawn its reserves down from $728 billion at the end of last year to around $640 billion.

The Saudi fiscal budget is being watched closely by investors

to see how the kingdom plans to consolidate after years of heavy spending when oil prices were more than double what they are now. Benchmark U.S. crude was trading Monday at $37.46 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

One area where the government is not cutting back is defense and security, where it allocated $57 billion (213 billion riyals) for 2016.

Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen since March and is a member of the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

The government said it is anticipating $137 billion (513 billion riyals) in revenue for the coming year, around $26 billion (95 billion riyals) less than the total for 2015.

As is typical for the published version of the budget, it did not include a projected oil price.

Next year’s budget suggests Saudi Arabia is basing its revenue on an even lower price of $40 a barrel for export crude, if production remains at 10.2 million barrels per day, said Fahad Alturki, chief economist and head of research at Saudi-based Jadwa Investment. That’s less than the $56 per barrel priced into the projected 2015 budget.

In the 2015 budget, oil revenues accounted for 72 percent of total revenue as opposed to 87 percent in 2014. Coinciding with that drop, non-oil revenues rose by almost $10 billion from 2014.

Saudi Arabia and its Arab Gulf neighbors have been working to diversify their economies and decrease their dependence on oil, and to support the private sector to absorb the millions of young people

coming into the workforce.

Saudi Arabia says it expects to spend $224 billion (840 billion riyals) in 2016, which is $5 billion (20 billion riyals) less than what had been projected for this year.

However, the government has also put aside $49 billion (183 billion

riyals) in discretionary spending to use on infrastructure projects if oil prices improve.

Nearly half of this year’s spending, or around $120 billion (450 billion riyals), went to wages, salaries and allowances. The budget revealed that the kingdom spent

$30 billion more in 2015 than it had initially planned, reaching $260 billion (975 billion riyals) in total expenditures largely because of financial handouts King Salman doled out to the public when he ascended the throne earlier this year. (ap)

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President calls for increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo has called for increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies. He made the appeal while dedicating the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Building on Tuesday to coincide with the anti-graft body’s 12th anniversary.

The president pointed out that egoism among sectors had so far hindered corruption eradication efforts in the country.

He hoped the KPK would improve synergy with the police and the attorney general’s office in the fight against corruption in the country.

He emphasized that synergy was needed as strong law enforcement agencies are important to fight corruption.

“We need a strong KPK, police, and attorney general’s office. I have observed egoism among sectors that has often hindered the efforts to achieve success in the fight against corruption,”

he affirmed.

Meanwhile, he remarked that the ultimate objective of all agencies was to fight corruption more effectively.

President Widodo reiterated his support to the KPK leaders and staff to continue to work in line with the mandate given to them through the law.

“The fight against corruption must not stop. I hope the new KPK leadership would immediately begin work in the new building with renewed spirit,” he emphasized. (ant)

Fire kills child, injures smoking father

BOGOR - A nine-year-old child died while two people, including the child’s father, were injured when a fire broke out at a gasoline selling kiosk in Bogor District, police confirmed here on Monday. The injured father of the kid was the gasoline retailer.

“A fire broke out this afternoon, in which a child died after suffering serious burn injuries, while two people suffered 75 percent burns,” head of Bogor police public relations section, Adjunct Commissioner Ita Puspitalena, said on Monday.

The kiosk belonged to Riswan Simamora (45) in Cibuntu village, Ciampea sub-district, the police said.

According to Puspitalena, the incident occurred at around 03:30 p.m. when Riswan, who was injured in the accident, was pouring the gasoline from a jerry can into a bucket at his home.

“Riswan allegedly poured gasoline from a jerry can into the bucket while smoking,” she explained Unfortunately, the gasoline caught fire from Riswan’s cigarette, leaving him in flames that also engulfed his house. At the time of the accident, two of his children, Quin L (9) and Gita (7), who were at home, also got burnt. Quin L died, while Gita survived. (ant)

Police confiscate 1.5 tons of marijuana hidden in truck

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In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 file photo, families relax by the Jiddah corniche during sunset, in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has announced on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 a projected budget deficit in 2016 of $87 billion (327 billion riyals), as lower oil prices cut into the government’s main source of revenue.

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JAKARTA - Police have confiscated 1.5 tons of marijuana, worth around Rp6 billion, that was found hidden in a truck.

“The narcotic drug packed in 39 bags was hidden among 120 bags of food stuff,” the director of narcotic crimes of

the Directorate of Crime Investigation, Brigadier General Anjan Pramuka Putra, said at his office here on Monday.

He said the police had earlier arrested YS (31) from a rest area along the Merak toll road, Banten province in West Java.

Anjan said based on the interrogation of the suspect, who was arrested on December 16, it was found that the contraband was to be taken to Bandung, Purwakarta and Garut.

He said YS was the one responsible for picking up and keeping the illegal drug in

a warehouse in West Java before distributing it to buyers in various regions.

“The drug is worth Rp6 billion but the damage it could have caused to 40,000 people, who would have consumed it, would have been immense if it had not been confiscated,” Anjan said. (ant)

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Relief, anger, indifference over SKorea-Japan sex slave deal

Yvone Caroline Megawe testify in the Angeline’s murder trial.

SEOUL — A day after trumpeting an “irreversible” settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of the elderly victims and general public indifference in both countries.

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Trial of Angeline’s murder

Yvone testifies for her mother, housemaid names Margriet’s house dirty

DENPASAR - Trial of Engeline’s murder with the defendant Margriet Ch Megawe was resumed at the Denpasar District Court, Monday (Dec. 28). Prosecutor Subekhan et al. presented a number of witnesses, including a housemaid and the daughter of the defendant, Yvone Caroline Megawe.

At first, Wayan Satu got the opportunity to give his testimonies. In front of the judges led by Edward Harris Sinaga, the witness said that he was working at the home of Margriet for five days. His tasks were to do cleanup, including feeding her chickens.

The witness said that he cleaned up room on the second floor and fed chickens, it was on the order of Cristine. When asked about the condition of the house, the witness said that it is terrible because there is a banyan tree. In addition, the house is dirty and messy and there is a lot

of chicken manure. He admitted to rarely communicate with Margriet.

While working for her, the witness said he did not know if there was a missing child.

When getting the turn, Yvonne was crying while testifying. She cried when recalling the death of her adoptive sister and was buried in the backyard of the defendant’s house. The witness also told about the residence in Jakarta, Pekanbaru and Balikpapan. Besides, it was explained about her mother’s marriage with Douglas where at that time Yvone was still at young

age. From the marriage, she has a daughter Cristine. In essence, the treatment of her mother (defendant—Ed) to her children is like other mothers in general.

“Throughout my life, my mother never behaves rudely. My mother does not hit my younger adoptive sister.

She is a housewife,” she explained.

After the death of Douglas, her mother opened a boarding house and was also assisted by Yvone and Cristine. On average, she gave IDR 2.5 million and Cristine gave USD 500. “This is my responsibility as a child to help my mother,” she explained.

What about Engeline? Yvone explained that Engeline was adopted by her mother in 2007. The adoption was also delivered by her mother to Yvone via mobile phone.

She said that within the past three

NEGARA - By and large, trumpet merchants are selling good before the New Year. However, different condition is experienced

by Wawan, 50, a merchant from Probolinggo, East Java. Wawan can only furrow his forehead and slump at the bus stop near Memorial Park of Jembrana, while looking at passing vehicles on the Denpasar-

Gilimanuk road section.

Wawan, the seasonal trumpet merchant, only hoped that among hundreds of vehicles passing in front of him there will be one that stop to purchase a trumpet he is peddling. On Monday (Dec. 28), he admitted that he sold at the location from early morning until late afternoon, but none of his trumpets

are sold. “New Year’s Eve remains three days to go,” he said softly.

He added that on the first day of selling the trumpet, he got IDR 50,000 though the price of trumpet on sale is quite cheap and affordable namely IDR 5,000 per piece.

“From the beginning, I only get IDR 50,000. It is not enough to return the capital and cost of boarding

years their relationship is fine.

Likewise, with Engeline she is like siblings. “If I did not come home, I phoned her through my mother and then chatted with Engeline. We were talking about school activities and I often took her to swim at weekend. Besides, I even took her to Waterboom. Now, Engeline has died,” she said while crying.

She knew that Engeline was missing on May 16 as informed

by Rohana. She said that Engeline was not going back home from lunch time. “On hearing this, I immediately rushed to go to mother’s home about seven o’clock in the afternoon,” she said.

On arriving on Jalan Sedap Malam, there were defendant, Rohana and Agustay. “I asked them why Engeline vanished. After

that, I suggested them to report the incident to hamlet chief and subsequently to police station,” he said.

At that time, it came to her mind that Engeline was kidnapped. When Engeline was found dead, she admitted to be very sad and did not believe if her sister already died.

Moreover, she said, since she was found to be a corpse, until now she never sees the corpse of Engeline because she was not permitted.

After the trial, the prosecutor and the defendant’s legal counsel were so tense related to the witnesses.

The judges then mediated and their objection would be noted.

“Prosecutor, present the witnesses desired. Later, we will note the objections of the defendant’s legal counsel,” ordered Edward Harris Sinaga. (kmb37)

house,” he explained.

Ahead of the New Year this time, he prepared 2,000 trumpets with a capital of IDR 4 million. It is the same as the last New Year.

Last year, of the 2,000 trumpets prepared, he could not sell them out. “But, I was still able to get benefits. But now, if nobody purchase my trumpet, I’ll definitely suffer

losses,” he said.

Lonely trumpet buyer ahead of the New Year, according to him, happens because the merchants of fireworks and firecrackers are given to sell freely. Previous years, they were restricted and even banned by police, while children preferred to light fireworks and firecrackers. (kmb)

Both sides compromised on Monday’s surprise deal, so no one got everything they wanted.

Nationalists in Japan are angry over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s apology. Some South Koreans say President Park Geun-hye settled for far too little money — about $8 million — and that Japan still hasn’t taken legal responsibility for atrocities during its colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

But the apparent finality of the deal — both sides called the matter “resolved finally and irreversibly,” if faithfully implemented — has been largely accepted so far, after decades of the issue ruining ties between the two powerful Northeast Asian democracies.

Historians say tens of thousands of women from around Asia, many of them Korean, were sent to frontline military brothels to provide sex to Japanese soldiers. But only 46 known former Korean sex slaves, most in their late 80s and 90s, still live, and with time running out and with frustration growing, this

deal is seen by many here as the best to be had from a hawkish Abe government.

“Insisting that Japan take legal responsibility is the same thing as saying we don’t want to resolve the issue of comfort women,” said Jin Chang Soo, an analyst at the Sejong Institute think tank, who called the deal an important step forward.

There’s also a recognition that Washington, which is Seoul’s military protector and ally, has pushed more forcefully for a detente between the neighbors, which together play host to 80,000 U.S. troops and are key bulwarks as China rises and North Korea threatens.

The reaction Tuesday among people in both countries has been low-key: a sparsely attended antiJapan rally in Seoul, a few dozen right wingers in Tokyo, but little media or public outcry, and nothing like the thousands who choked Seoul’s streets in outrage in 2008 after a beef deal with the U.S. raised fears of mad cow disease.

The story’s popularity on South Korean news sites was surpassed

Tuesday by other domestic stories, including a business tycoon’s revelation of a love child and his plans to divorce the daughter of a former president.

In the sex slave deal, Abe expressed “his most sincere apologies and remorse” to the women. Japan also agreed to contribute 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) for a foundation to help support the victims.

The money will come from the national budget, not private sources, a distinction Tokyo has resisted in the past.

Japan, however, doesn’t consider the 1 billion yen as compensation, saying such issues were settled in a 1965 treaty that restored diplomatic ties and was accompanied by more than $800 million in economic aid and loans from Tokyo to Seoul.

Seoul, meanwhile, said it will refrain from criticizing Japan over the issue and will try to resolve Japan’s grievance over a statue of a girl representing victims of sexual slavery that sits in front of the Japanese Embassy in downtown Seoul.

At a care home in Seoul where some former wartime sex slaves live, senior Foreign Ministry official Lim Sung-nam was interrupted and chastised by an elderly victim as he apologized for failing to tell the women about Seoul’s consultations with Tokyo in advance.

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South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, left, explains the government’s position at talks with former sex slaves Kim Bok-dong, second left, Gil Won-Ok, center, and Lee Yong-su, second right, during his visit to a shelter for women, who were forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, in Seoul, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015.

“Japan’s Abe should say that what his country did was illegal and beg for forgiveness in front of reporters,” said another victim, Kim Bok-dong, 88. One of the women interviewed Monday said she would accept the deal reluctantly because she knew the South Korean government made efforts to settle the issue.

In Tokyo, about 180 members of a rightist group, Ganbare Nippon, chanted, “Your act of selling out the country is unforgiveable,” and “Retract it!” One wore a placard saying, “The military use of comfort women is a fiction by Korea.” A handful of people gathered in Seoul near the statue of the girl representing sex slaves.(ap)

Filipino murder convict executed in Saudi Arabia

MANILA — A Filipino murder convict was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after failing to meet the demand of the Sudanese victim’s family for payment of $1 million to save him from the death penalty, officials said.

Joselito Lidasan Zapanta’s execution was carried out after his family and the Philippine government managed to raise only 23 million pesos ($488,000), said Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose.

The victim’s family refused to sign an affidavit of forgiveness that would have spared Zapanta the death penalty unless it was paid 48 million pesos ($1 million), setting a two-week deadline earlier this month for payment, Jose said.

Ahead of New Year, trumpet sellers even lack of buyers

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Zapanta, a 35-year-old tile-setter, was convicted of murder and robbery by a Riyadh court in 2010.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the government “has undertaken and exhausted all diplomatic and legal efforts, and extended consular and legal assistance to preserve the life of Mr. Zapanta.”

The plight of Filipino workers overseas is a sensitive issue in the Philippines. About a tenth of the country’s 100 million people work abroad, including around 2.2 million in Saudi Arabia.

Jose said that 79 Filipinos are on death row in various countries, including 41 in Malaysia and 27 in Saudi Arabia. (ap)

Protesters shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila to await the verdict for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton who is accused in the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 in the Philippines.

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NEW YORK - Kiddie tablets have grown up. Tablets designed just for kids are getting more sophisticated as they face increased competition from regular tablets.

The new products also have better screens, speedier chips and fashionably slim bodies. They let older children do more, yet hold their hands until they’re ready for unsupervised access.

VTECH via AP

This undated photo provided by VTECH, shows an InnoTab MAX. VTech is the kid’s technology maker that was hacked, exposing the personal information of over 6 million children.

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This photo provided by KD Interactive shows the Kurio Smart. Geared toward older kids, this is something that they can type book reports on or do online research for a school project.

LeapFrog’s Androidbased Epic kids tablet is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in New York.

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

Although many of the tablets were originally conceived as educational toys for kids as old as middle schoolers, they’ve been more popular with younger children.

Older kids have been apt to reject them in favor of their parents’ tablet or smartphone.

That shift has prompted companies to focus more on preschoolers and kindergarteners, as they create super-durable products that can withstand repeated abuse and develop games and apps that teach reading and math.

But now, some of those companies are looking to take back some of the sales to older kids that they’ve lost over the years, offering premium products \ most with price tags of over $100 \ that look and perform less like toys and more like the ones adults use.

LeapFrog, maker of the toy-like LeapPad, released its first Android tablet this year. And Kurio is branching out to Windows 10 and includes a full version of Microsoft Office in a new tablet-laptop combination.

The use of Android and Windows software, in place of the more basic, custom-made systems used in toy tablets, allows for more sophisticated apps and games and a range of content from standard app stores.

Monica Brown, LeapFrog’s vice president for product marketing, said the company aimed to “create something that was kind of sleek and more tech forward for kids who were looking for something that felt like their parents’ tablet.”

But parents still want educational content and safety features that come with a tablet designed purely for kids. LeapFrog’s Epic, along with the other new tablets for kids, are attempts to bridge that gap.

The Epic looks like a regular Android tablet, but comes with a removable bright-green bumper. It is much faster than a LeapPad and can run versions of popular Android

games such as “Fruit Ninja” and “Doodle Jump.” There’s access to the Internet, but it’s limited to about 10,000 kid-safe websites (though parents can add others). Parents can also limit and track how much time a child spends watching videos, playing games or reading.

Lynn Schofield Clark, a professor of media studies at the University of Denver, said kids tablets are a tough sell these days.

“Kids are always aspirational in their ages, and they’re always interested in what older kids are doing,” Clark said, pointing to the fascination that many preteens have with smartphones as a prime example.

Meanwhile, most parents won’t spend money on kids-only gadgets unless they believe they offer significant educational benefits.

“If they’re just looking for something to entertain their kid, then why wouldn’t they just hand over their smartphone?” she asked.

Kurio aims to answer that question with the Smart, a device that let kids do things they previously might have needed their parents’ laptop for, such as typing up and saving their homework online or playing video on their TV through an HDMI cable. The Smart is a Windows 10 laptop with a detachable screen and comes with a free year of Microsoft Office.

Eric Levin, Kurio’s strategic director, said kids using children’s tablets are getting younger, as older

kids gravitate toward adult products. Four years ago, he said, most Kurio users ranged from ages 6 to 12. Now, half of them are 3 to 5.

Although older kids may be ready for adult tablets, the shift has left those 8 to 12 without ageappropriate devices, Levin says.

The Smart tries to fix that.

Other makers of kids tablets have also gone high-end this year. Fuhu bills the Nabi Elev-8 as a premium, 8-inch tablet. But the company ran into financial problems early in the holiday season, and its products have been tough to find.

Nonetheless, adult tablets remain popular with kids.

Amazon touts its Fire tablet as something the entire family can use, eliminating the need to buy something just for the kids.

“While I appreciate that might have led other companies to adjust their products, we’re upping our game based on what customers want in the best kid experience,” said Aaron Bromberg, senior manager of product management for Amazon Devices.

The tablet’s FreeTime app lets parents set up profiles for each kid, with access to only the content they approve. It also lets parents limit the amount of time spent on different kinds of content such as videos or apps. For an additional fee, Amazon’s FreeTime Unlimited service offers more than 10,000 books, apps, games and videos geared toward kids ages 3 to 10. (ap)

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Kurio’s latest Android-based Xtreme 2 kids tablet is displayed, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in New York.

Penglipuran traditional tourism village, Bangli, was thronged by hundreds of visitors over the Christmas and school holidays.

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Penglipuran village thronged by visitors on Christmas holiday

PENGLIPURAN traditional tourism village, Bangli, was thronged by hundreds of visitors over the Christmas and school holidays. Visitors came to enjoy the natural beauty of the area, the sustainable arts created here as well as to shop for industrial and handicraft products that are produced in the district of Bangli.

Visitors, consisting mostly of parents and small children arrive around 10:00 a.m over the holidays. Near the main parking lot the village, visitors precipitated themselves towards the Penglipuran Village Festival III and ‘Flowering Penglipuran’ to peruse the handicrafts on display and enjoy tasting some local dished.

From there visitors go on to explore the village center which has become the main attraction of Penglipurang. Blooming flowers of various colors are often used as

a background for taking photos.

Those who with to feel a bit of traditional living, make a visit to a nearby bamboo-roofed house.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran tourist attraction, I Nengah Moneng, says that many visitors took advantage of the holidays to stop by Penglipuran as part of their vacation. “During the holiday there are definitely far more tourists who come to visit,” he said.

The increase in tourists, started on Chritmas day -Friday (Dec. 25)

with up to 650 domestic tourists and only about 60 foreign tourists.

Moneng estimates that these numbers will continue to be seen until the end of the year. “The number of visitors increased by about ten percent. Hopefully, there will continue to be activity in the future,” said Moneng accompanied by his staff, I Nengah Sudibia.

Moneng explained that apart from enjoying the distinctive architecture of Penglipuran’s traditional houses, visitors also enjoy the bamboo forests north of the village as well as the number of culinary treasures that this village has to offer, such as libas herbal drink, turmeric herbal drink and purple yam klepon. This year, management of Penglipurang organized their third festival that is held during the

TABANAN - As condition of most prisons in Bali in general, Tabanan Prison is also overcapacity compared to specified standard. Ideally it has the capacity of 47 people and but it is now occupied by 118 people. Besides, in this overcapacity condition, the number of prison guard is still considered inappropriate with the ideal number.

This was explained by the Chief of the Tabanan Prison of Class II B, Ida Bagus Ardana. “Compared to the number of prison occupant, the number of guard is still in-

comparable,” he said. Currently the number of warden in a shift consists of seven personnel, while the ideal number is eight personnel per shift. Tabanan Prison authority cannot appoint contract worker and only depends on the recruitment by central government. “It happens because the status of the prison warden must be clear because the task is risky,” he said.

Even though it still lacking of warden, Ardana added the security and order at prison can still be maintained by establishing good

relations between the occupants and the prison officers. Further, Ardana said that Tabanan Prison officers are emphasized to always have integrity and commitment to their duties.

Other than having shortages of duty officer, the overcapacity also becomes a problem though according to Ardana the Tabanan Prison can still accommodate and the occupants can live and sleep in their blocks humanly. “They will not sleep while sitting. It can still accommodate 118 occupants,” he said.

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holiday season as a way to attract more visitors.

The festival also serves to promote the arts, and includes dance performances and the development of industry and the SME sector by reaching wider market.

Moneng added that since 2015 the people of Penglipuran have been taking an active role in maintaining environmental regulations by planting their Telajakan (space between the house compound and road) with various kinds of ornamental flowers. This helps to beautiful the area and thus draw more tourists. “We’d like increase the potential of the village to become a popular tourist attraction by things like holding the festival and planting flowers,” he said.

This bespectacled man added

that admission to Penglipuran village is IDR 10,000 per person for domestic visitors and IDR 30,000 per person for foreign visitors and added that so far management has not any problems dealing with the crowds of tourists and that parking spaces are sufficient. “Not all visitors come at once, so the parking lot is never fully occupied.

Everything runs smoothly. For security, Management of the tourist attraction, is assisted by police and community of Penglipuran in dealing with security,” he concluded.

The Penelokan tourist attraction in Kintamani also saw bustling tourist visits over the holidays. Despite being emersed in thin clouds and mist, many visitors came and went after taking pictures. (sos)

pacity, said Ardana, refers to the United Nations standards. From the results of his calculation, ideally the Tabanan Prison has the capacity of 47 people. But he added that Asian people is smaller body size than that of Western people used as the standard of ideal size. If the ideal standard of a block is occupied by three peoples, to Asian people, one block can accommodate five to six people. “Maximum capacity of the Tabanan Prison is about 150 people. More than this number is overcapacity,” he explained.

Tabanan Prison has 15 blocks, where each of which has a bathroom. Occupants of the block are responsible for making it clean.

Each block is occupied by seven to ten people. To prevent from getting stressed, prison officers provide them with knowledge related to their skills and other activities.

“This also becomes a problem. Due to our limited capacity, the briefing activities related to skills cannot be done routinely. Sometimes it is performed in each block,” he said. (kmb24)

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From page 1 Moreover, the clashes that took place at Kerobokan Prison on Thursday (Dec. 17) at 15:45 claimed victims; I Putu Sumariana (killed), Putu Diaskara Putra (wound), Wayan Yasa Permana (killed) and Nyoman Adi Wibawa was wound. The Badung Police have detained five suspects related to the case.

The clashes that took place on Jalan Teuku Umar resulted in injuries to Ferdian, Made Suriata and I Wayan Sudarsana, and resulted in the death of Mertayasa alias Kadek Donald and Ketut Budiarta. A total of 14 suspects related to this case are being detained by the Denpasar Police.

Public outcries related to the prison authorities also resulted in the police and the army raiding the prison, where they found hundreds of sharp weapons, illicit drugs, firearms, alcohol and a mrijuana plant.

“I do not want to blame anyone specifically. But why is it that sharp weapons such as machetes, sickles, spears and even an airgun pistol and ammunition, found in the prison?

Why has the prison become like this? If there were no weapons, violent outbreaks would only involve fist fights,” said the police chief.

Deputy Chief of Bali Police, I Nyoman Suryasta, said that all the frictions between gangs have occurred at the grass roots level.

Concrete measures need to be taken

to prevent any further incidents.

These gangs were established with the positive purpose of keeping Bali safe. But in reality they are always causing a commotion.

Deputy Bali Police Chief expressed his worry about radicalism such as ISIS members, entering the order of the grass roots. “We must anticipate the entry of radicalism that may have changed, just look at what has happened. We should be embarrassed towards our guests in Bali,” he said.

Commander of the 163/Wira Satya Military Resort, I Nyoman Cantiasa, said the he was angered about the recent violence. His troops were immediately deployed to backup the Bali Police and the prison personnel. “Our teaching is Tat Tvam Asi -meaning you are me and I am you, so why are persons committing such a thing? They claim that these mass organizations are meant to keep Bali secure, but in fact they do not,” said Cantiasa.

He hopes that members of the community of Bali can work together to safeguard and secure Bali.

Anyone who has any information about or sees any indications of gang frictions, terror or attacks are being asked to immediately report it to the police. Likewise, he urged Balinese people not let themselves be easily provoked and to never let their ego take them over. “People may be proud of their attributes but should not overdo it. Any differences may be used to kindle conflict. We are ready to help police and prison authorities without hesitation,” said the commander.

Academic, Gede Wirata, said that the prison authorities need to be aware of what is happening in their prisons. In other words they should work on early prevention. “Apparently the prison cannot do anything to deal with and control the gang members that are arrested. This has been made clear by the discovery of so many sharp weapons and firearms that were recently found in the prison. I question what the actually the vision and mission of both of these mass organizations is? There are always clashes between Bali’s well known gangs,” he said.

To break the chain and prevent subsequent clashes, the authorities need to take action by removing the anarchical mass organization members that are being held in Bali

prison’s to a location outside the island. The recent violent incident has had a big impact, with many guests having cancelled they trips to Bali.

“Prison authorities need to improve the situation. This incident was the last of umpteenth such incidents and needs to be used as an opportunity for learning to take decisive action. If the prison authorities do not have the courage to take action alone, they can cooperate with the police or military,” said Wirata.

According to lawyer, Nengah Jimat, these recent clashes are not isolated incidents and suggests that it would be best to keep prisoners who are members of these gangs separated and even place them in different prisons as a way to mini-

recently.

Pastika hopes that the declaration of a mental revolution will make Balinese people more open-minded, humble and tolerant towards their own relatives and become overall better people. The mental revolution is a movement that is taking place amongst all the people of Indonesia including

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The clashes at Kerobokan Prison on Thursday (Dec. 17) claimed some victims such as I Putu Sumariana (killed), Putu Diaskara Putra (wound), Wayan Yasa Permana (killed) and Nyoman Adi Wibawa (wound).

Governor says “menyama braya” is being ignored

“Many positive and negative things have happened in Bali over the past year and one incident that is on many people’s minds, is the violence that recently took place between fellow Balinese men. The violent clashes between ‘brothers’ runs counter to the concept of “menyama braya,” said Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika, in Denpasar

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mize frictions. “If they continue to commit crimes, these individuals should be dealt with firmly and transferred to prisons located outside of Bali,” he said.

As to the question of whether these gangs (mass organizations) can be dissolved, Jimat said that dissolving or disbanding these groups is not so easily done because people legally have the freedom of assembly and association as a human right. “Whether they are isolated or not is not important. What is important is how we respond to social challenges and what the government’s role is in fostering and supervising such organizations.

We need to ask: has the government has been doing every they can do to so?” queried Jimat. (rah)

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BALI’S provincial government will declare a mental revolution movement in Bali on January 2, 2016. Apart from serving to support the national ‘mental revolution’ program, the declaration is also meant to invite Balinese people -especially the younger generation, to change their bad behaviour into good behaviour, so that Balinese concepts such as Tri Hita Karana, menyama raya (fraternity) will not simply be catch phrases but will be put into action.

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the government itself, as a way to improve the national character and form a better Indonesia.

“The key to the implementation of the movement is the younger generation, who still have a great degree of morality and who can invite the community as a whole to change their behaviour from negative to positive, from being undisciplined to disciplined and from being unqualified to qualified,” said the Governor.

Previously, Pastika had publicly deplored the violent clashes at Kerobokan Prison that spread to outside the walls of the prison. Directly and indirectly, the perpetrators involved in the clashes have tarnished the im-

age of Bali as a peaceful and tolerant island. Violent clashes involving members of of mass organizations (gangs), according to him, should not happen again. Nevertheless, the government cannot arbitrarily dissolve an organization. Only registered organizations can be dissolved and this only through particular procedures.

“Only one of the mass organizations is registered and so only they can be dissolved through a process of three repeated reprimands. Mass organizations are important, but it is true that they should not make trouble and should not commit actions like the ones that recently occurred,” he said.

Aside from clashes among their

fellows, said Pastika, other security threats may also occur in Bali. On that account, Balinese people -especially security forces, must not be complacent. Rather, they should take action quickly and try to detect problems early on. People are expected to be diligent about this so that authorities are made aware of growing threats before they become big threats.

“We appeal to the entire community to not be afraid as this can lead to excessive phobias or paranoia. Let us carry out our activities properly and as usual. Just entrust everything to police authorities (in cooperation with relevant agencies) to maintain maintaining security,” he explained. (kmb32)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

KUTA - Ahead of Christmas and New Year 2015, various attractive decors start to be displayed at a number of business premises. One of the very unique and interesting decorations is displayed at the Grand Inna Kuta. Two Christmas trees with the height of approximately two meters are the creation of the hotel employees made from the sand of Kuta Beach.

It is equipped with Snowman statues made from sand as well.

They have been made for about three weeks by combining a thin sponge sprinkled with sea sand placed at the hotel main lobby and in Jimbaran Lounge.

Other than sand Christmas tree, the Grand Inna Kuta also made several other creations, namely the Christmas tree with the arrangement of Teddy Bear

dolls placed in the restaurant area and the Christmas tree with the arrangement of used hotel slippers placed in the swimming pool area. These Christmas decorations are not expensive because the main materials are taken from nature as well as thrifts. “They will be on display until day five after the New Year 2016,” stated Marcom of Grand Inna Kuta, Ira Agustini.

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SAN FRANCISCO - Justin Bieber launched an aggressive promotional push for his latest album but don’t count the city of San Francisco among the Beliebers.

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This photo provided by the San Francisco City Attorney’s office shows Justin Bieber graffiti on a San Francisco street on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 that was part of a widespread and illegal “guerrilla marketing” campaign in San Francisco promoting the Nov. 13 release of the pop star’s new album, “Purpose.”

Officials demanded Monday that companies linked to the Canadian singer’s campaign clean up ads spray-painted on sidewalks to publicize his album “Purpose.”

Graffiti that appeared in busy areas of San Francisco and other cities including New York gave the title and sometimes the album’s November 13 release date.

Yet after more than a month that included rain, the ads remain visible with Bieber’s entourage apparently using real spray-paint rather than

chalk.

Dennis Herrera, who holds the elected position of city attorney, said that the guerrilla marketing campaign “illegally exploits” San Francisco streets and could cause dangerous distractions to pedestrians.

Herrera posted pictures of the persistent graffiti on his official website with a line taken from one of the album’s songs: “It’s too late now to say sorry.”

The graffiti “irresponsibly tells

our youth that like-minded lawlessness and contempt for public property are condoned and encouraged by its beneficiaries -- including Mr. Bieber and the record labels that produce and promote him,” he said in a letter to Bieber’s Def Jam label and its distributor, conglomerate Universal.

Mohammed Nuru, the city’s public works director, said that San Francisco sidewalks were “not canvasses for corporate advertising.”

“Yet these guerrilla marketers believe they are above the law when it comes to blighting our city and we will take a strong stand against them,” he said in a statement.

San Francisco authorities asked for cooperation to clean up the graffiti, threatening if this were not the case to pursue legal action that could cost Bieber’s label and distributor up to $2,500 per graffiti site. The famously left-leaning city has previously forced other corporations including IBM and NBC Universal to pay the costs of clean-up, according to Herrera’s office.

There was no immediate response from Bieber, Def Jam or Universal.

“Purpose” is the first album in three years for Bieber, after a period in which he became better known for off-stage legal issues including a vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house in an upscale part of the Los Angeles area.

With the aggressive advertising and Bieber’s new tropical house sound, “Purpose” opened at number one in the United States and numerous other countries but was quickly eclipsed on the top of the charts by Adele’s blockbuster “25.” (afp)

Zhang Ziyi gives birth to baby girl

BEIJING - Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who gained international fame for her role in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” posted a photo of a baby’s hand online Monday to announce the arrival of her daughter.

Two adult hands hold the baby’s hand and the caption reads: “December 27th, 2015, you, me, her ... With the birth of this little life, we have our own family. Everything went safely and smoothly.

Infinite gratitude!”

Zhang’s manager confirmed in a text message to The Associated Press that the 36-year-old actress had given birth following the post on the actress’s Sina Weibo account.

It is Zhang’s first child, and the third for Chinese rock singer and composer Wang Feng who has two daughters from previous relationships. Zhang accepted a marriage proposal delivered by drone from Wang in February at her birthday party.

Reports said she gave birth in the United States.

Zhang is one of China’s biggest movie stars and catapulted to stardom in the West with the Oscar-nominated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” A sequel is due out next year but she will not be in it.

Her other English credits include “Rush Hour 2,” ‘’Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Horsemen.”

Her performance in the 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese acclaimed martial-arts epic “The Grandmaster,” earned her several best-actress trophies across Asia.

Wang became a household name in China after appearing as a judge of the “Voice of China” singing show in 2013. (ap)

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In Bali there remain around 160,000 poor people or 4.74 percent of the population. Most of them are in Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli and Klungkung. Even though it is considered low, the poverty rate is very difficult to be alleviated.

Poverty in Bali difficult to be alleviated

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DENPASAR - In Bali there remain around 160,000 poor people or 4.74 percent of the population. Most of them are in Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli and Klungkung. Even though it is considered low, the poverty rate is very difficult to be alleviated.

“According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), poverty in Bali coming to less than five percent is classified into hardcore poverty.

So, it is just like a rock because the majority of poor people are already elderly, sick, disabled and orphans,” said the Head of the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) Bali, Putu Astawa, in Denpasar.

Astawa added that the government cannot undertake empowerment to the poor with such conditions. It can only provide social

protection assistance through Social Affairs Agency like in the form of incentives and rice for the poor.

On that account, his agency cannot target when the poverty in Bali can be alleviated.

“When having been elderly and sickly, they cannot be empowered.

It is different from people who are still lazy and unwilling to work, they are given an empowerment program,” he explained. On the other hand, Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, even admitted that so far the program planning of the

activities by Bali province is still less accurate considering there are still people living in poverty.

“Although many programs have been enjoyed by the people, to date there are still poor people. It is not their fault but our fault, so that this understanding can be really understood by all of us,” he said.

Pastika added there are still a lot of planning activities considered unnecessary and do not provide benefits for the poor. On that account, all the programs having been planned will be selected back in order to provide benefits for the poor.

“We’ll further select them again one by one. The unnecessary will not be carried out in order to get

more money in the regional budget amendment 2016. As a result, we can divert the funds to priority programs to accelerate poverty alleviation,” he explained. Pastika also complained about the lack of accurate data owned by each village so that it becomes obstacle in the implementation of poverty alleviation program. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Recent clashes amongst by members of organized gangs that took place at Kerobokan Prison and on Jalan Teuku Umar In Denpasar, just after the simultaneous leadership elections, are an embarassemsnet to Bali. At the end of year holidays, Chief of the Bali Police Sugeng Priyanto therefore took decisive measures by calling on the frontmen of Baladika and Laskar Bali, asking them to hand over their weapons as soon as possible.

The police chief also let them know that if any weapons are found in ensuing raids, those who are caught with them will be legally processes, and also that should there be any further clashes between the two gangs, that the leaders will be the first to be arrested.

“Their leader must be responsible so they will be held accountable and also if weapons are not handed over voluntarily, we will find them. There are no compromises to be made as there are laws governing these things,” affirmed the Bali Police Chief.

In addition, the leaders of the organizations were also asked to control their men.

Both organizations promised to make peace and to not have the incident prolonged. Now, police chief and other law enforcement officials will wait to see evidence of this promise.

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