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The Hindus packed the Dalem Ped Temple during the third day of the ceremony.

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Hindus packed Dalem Ped Temple

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Nusa Penida – Ceremony is being held in Dalem Ped Temple which is located in Nusa Penida Island. The ceremony was started on Friday, March 8, 2011 and entering the third day, hundreds of Hindus still packed the temple.

The ceremony itself will last for five days. The longer time or nyejer is to give the chance to the Hindus from all around Bali and even Indonesia to come and pray

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in Dalem Ped Temple.

The bight sun didn’t decrease the spirit of the Hindus to take part in the procession of the ceremony. First, they must go to the Segara Temple

which is the place to worship the God of Baruna who rules the sea.

Then, continued by the Taman Temple, Ratu Gede, and Penataran Agung. During the procession, there was a person who was in trance but it didn’t disturb the ceremony.

One of the committee of the ceremony, I Ketut Narsa, said that the 5 days ceremony will give opportunity for the Hindus to pray in Dalem Ped Temple.

“The people are very enthusiastic in taking part in the ceremony.

Some of the Hindus even come twice or three times here,” he added.

In order to assist the Hindus praying in the temple, the committee has prepared 34 priests. There is great hope that they could assist the Hindus coming to Dalem Ped Temple which is predicted will keep increasing in the last two days.

President chairs coordination meeting on Asean fair Antara

JIMBARAN - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo chaired a coordination meeting here on Saturday to discuss the organization of a planned ASEAN Fair.

The ASEAN Fair was planned as an additional event during ASEAN and East Asia summits to take place in Bali in November this year.

Started at 8 am Central Indonesian Standard Time (WITA), the coordination meeting at the Puri Kencana room of Bali Intercontinental Hotel in Jimbaran district was attended by Coordinating

Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik.

Also present at the meeting were First Lady Ani Yudhoyono and Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika and his wife.

In his introduction before starting the meeting, President Yudhoyono said the presence of the first lady was to clarify so-called spouse program which was commonly held at each high-level conferences such as ASEAN, East Asia, and G-20 summits.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) chaired a coordination meeting here on Saturday to discuss the organization of a planned ASEAN Fair.

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Bali News As for hotel project

Regent of Karangasem may not keep on getting missed

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The area where the Buleleng Power Plant is going to be build is used to take care cattle by the locals.

Within three years, 132 investors sign in Buleleng But they have no impact on economic growth Singaraja (Bali Post)—

A large number of investments having entered into Buleleng seem to be a kind of pride only and they are unable to make the economy in North Bali grow rapidly. Among others, it is caused by the fact that many investors simply signed in and enrolled, but failed to build their business properly. It was revealed by the Chairman of Commission C of Buleleng House, Dewa Mahayadnya, after discussing about the Description of Accountability Report (LPKJ) 2010 of the Buleleng Regent in the local House on Friday (Apr 8).

According to Mahayadnya, description of the accountability report 2010 submitted by the Regent was not structured. Supposedly, such an accountability report should elaborate the input and output in terms of development sector. “However, this accountability report only submitted the output and so many descriptions seemed illogical,” he said.

For example, according to Mahayadnya, there were reports seeming unrelated to the field of investment. The report mentioned that Regency Government had allocated a fund of investment worth around IDR 1.2 billion. But in the explanation, it more highlighted the rice for indigent people. In response to the explanation, the legislator caught the point that allocation of funds for investment seemed to have not been utilized properly to attract investors to Buleleng. However, it was even used for the matter of rice for indi-

gent people. “Investment really has nothing to do with rice for the poor,” he said.

Furthermore, Mahayadnya who is often called Dewa Jack also found some ceremonial activities related to investment sector. The report mentioned about the working visit of the governor to Buleleng. “It gives impression that investment funds were allocated for ceremonial matters. It did not mention about any inputs of particular field,” he said.

Interestingly, he said, the accountability report mentioned 132 investors signing in Buleleng from 2008 until 2010. But it was not mentioned what the inputs of those investors were. “Though it mentioned the existence of many investors, they never made the economic sector of Buleleng move. Have those investors empowered the local people economically? Have those investors already advanced the development in Buleleng?” he questioned.

According to him, so far there were a number of investors signing in Buleleng. Allegedly, they just signed in and registered without building any business. For example, an investor established a power plant project at Celukan Bawang. In his opinion, so far the investors did not build anything that could be said to have an impact on the economy of Buleleng. “Even, the project established did not give good impact to the surrounding community,” said Dewa Jackson.

To that end, he asked the executive to provide a structured details in the accountability report of the Regent 2010 so that later on it could be used as a reference to create the program in 2011. The report should not only tell about the programs made, but it should also be accompanied with the results that could have been achieved properly. “We will discuss this matter seriously with other commissions,” he said. (kmb15)

Scathing criticism delivered by the writer of TIME magazine who criticized the condition of Bali, chiefly the condition of Bali lately mentioned to be like a hell, should become a selfintrospection for the officials in Bali, including in Karangasem. Such an article is unnecessary to be addressed with emotion or anger.

Supposedly, it should be made a moment of introspection for Balinese people, especially the officials having the power and serving as policy holders. Scathing criticism should encourage doing something in the endeavor to save the real Bali. The criticism included the spatial layout plan considered increasingly chaotic, traffic congestion, criminal acts like robbery tending to be rampant as well as rubbish, chiefly plastic scattered everywhere.

As a matter of fact, local residents caring about the sustainability of Bali and environmental preservation had often submitted the criticism and suggestions in order government could do something to save Bali and its surroundings. However, those criticisms and suggestions so far were precisely considered a gadfly. Those who criticized were assumed as enemies or opposition to the ruling government.

So far, there were no movement and real program, until a writer of TIME magazine threw a bomb of criticism.

Instead, the officials were rollicking to take a trip to various countries such as Australia, European countries, Japan or South Korea, as well as to Miami, USA on the pretext of tourism promotion. Environmental destruction due to investment and various violations were allowed or perhaps they were deliberately ignored.

There were not concrete, effective and sustainable actions and policies to maintain the sanitation of rivers and irrigation ditches. Society had been accustomed to throw garbage into drains, irrigation canals or rivers, even to the sea. As a result, the garbage dumped into the river was washed away to the sea in flood season. Sea water and beaches consequently turned dirty due to such waste.

For the Expert Council of the People’s Information Center (LIRA), Nengah Netra, said on Friday (Apr 8) in Karangasem that government chiefly the officials and the Regent, should not get missed for the umpteenth time in issuing the policy for new investors. So far, according to Netra, the Karangasem Regency Government seemed to merely invite investors as many as possible, to get

as many projects as possible or simply pursue profits. Apparently, the policy did not favor the interests and safety of local society, environment as well as the rules in the long term.

Netra pointed out the hotel mega project located on Bukit Mimba, Padangbai and the surrounding areas.

The Regent of Karangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, formerly issued a Regent Regulation to amend an article in the Regional Regulation on spatial layout plan with the intention to pass the mega-project on the Bukit Mimba. In reality, the regulation set forth the area of Bukit Mimba to have a function as agricultural green belt. By the Regent Regulation made, review and recommendation of the Head of Karangasem House at the time, the regent regulation was signed and unilaterally amended an article and mentioned the Bukit Mimba area as an exclusive tourist area. “It is clearly a violation, peculiar and illogical where regional regulation is amended by a regent regulation. Everyone laughed at the case,” said Netra.

Construction of a villa on the southeastern slopes of Bukit Gumang was also similar. Netra asked in order such deliberateness would not happen again in relation to the development plan of golf course and hotel in the white sand area of Bugbug and Perasi Village.

Netra said in relation to the project case at white sands, a number of local people cancelled to contract their land.

People considered the lease agreement contract was unclear and not transparent. Finally, those who previously submitted their land certificate finally took it back as they worried if their land would face any problem in the future.

Ultimately, it resulted in a dispute where a number of lawsuits were filed by landowner community. A number of landowners did not only sue the investor Kik Bong Yi from South Korea, but also the Chief of Bugbug Customary Village, a number of village apparatus of Perasi, notary public, and National Land Agency of Karangasem were requested not to issue a legal product prior to the existence of permanent legal force concerning with the civil and criminal cases involving the land.

Regarding to the project on Bukit Mimba, said Netra, it came to a standstill. The land over the hill ranges that was formerly a forest had been cut down and dredged by investor. Now, it is unclear whether it will be resumed or left in a damaged condition. (bud)

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One Week, Police Captured 13 Narcotic Users Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Bali Police Narcotic Directorate and Denpasar Police Narcotic Section each captured methamphetamine users. The Bali Police captured six while Denpasar Police captured seven totaling so far 13 users have been found.

Head of Bali Police Public Relation last Friday (8/4) confirmed the situation. The six users found by Bali Police were Dedi Armaya (29) was captured at Tukad Pakerisan, Panjer, South Denpasar last Tuesday (5/4) where 0.39 gross gram was confiscated then Catur Arta (33) at Gili Biaha No. 3, Bumi Banten, Dauh Puri Village, West Denpasar where 2,42 gross gram methamphetamine and from Edwin Wirawan (37) at the same place with 0.35 gross gram methamphetamine. Not

only that, in Hotel Nanda parking lot, Jl. Mahendradata No. 99 X, West Denpasar Siti Maimunah alias Lefie (37)was captured with 1,6 gross gram methamphetamine. Salim Saleh (31) and Rozikin (22) were also captured with evidences of methamphetamine packets and suspected will be distributed.

Meanwhile according to Head of Narcotic Department Denpasar Police, Ambariyadi Wijaya, Denpasar Police captured Kini Agustia Ningsih (22) with 0,07 gram methamphetamine and Eka Wahyudi at Kebo Iwa, Denpasar with 0,13 gram.

Other five accused, Agus Indra (31), Komang Boyke (30), Wayan Sudarma (33), Wayan Gede Yudana (39) and Ketut Artana (42), were captured in turn. Now the case is still investigated. (kmb21)

Due to Pipe Construction, Tegal Badeng Street Destroyed Negara, DenPost

Due to the former pipe construction in a street at Tegal Badeng Timur Village which again is leaking caused the street located 25 meters away from the Village Head’s house, Sajidin, severely damaged these past few months. The situation caused road users to be more careful yet there have been two people fell out of their vehicle due to it.

According to Sajidin, the construction wasn’t closed properly

causing trucks passing by would damage the roads easily. For that Sajidin and a number of residents filled it up with bricks and soils so there won’t be holes also for trucks to go through those filled up holes so it’s much crammed.

He admitted to have also report it to the Public Works Agency not to fix the whole road from Tegal Badeng Timur to Tegal Badeng Barat but to just fix the part of the road where the leaking happened causing roads break easily. (120)

Five Hours for Truck Evacuation Tabanan, DenPost

The evacuation process of a Fuso L 8768 UY truck that got out of control at Denpasar-Gilimanuk route KM 25.2 Dusun Samsam I, Samsam Village, Kerambitan, caused five hours long queue traffic from 9 am on Saturday (9/4).

It was hard to take out the victimized truck that carried woods and iron as tow truck has to bring the stuck truck to the main road first. As told before, the truck was hitting an iron road safety fence when going down and turning sharply to the right. The incident caused loss of IDR 3.5 million and driver Gunadi (55) from Situbondo, East Java, has a torn wound and bump on the right part of the back head also swollen eyes due to battery water. He was then brought to Tabanan Hospital which then moved to Sanglah Hospital. (121)

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The Kecak Dance, one of the unique culture of Bali which attract many tourists to come to the Island.

Make Balinese culture an icon of tourism Jakarta (Bali Post)—

A member of Commission X of the Central House in charge of tourism issues, Dr. Wayan Koster, judged that publication on TIME magazine mentioning Bali as the Island of Hell was too extreme. However, it had to be addressed as a criticism for all parties to commit introspection. “I think the matter of garbage was a natural phenomenon and we must find a solution,” he said in Jakarta on Friday (Apr 8).

Considering the problem was a natural phenomenon with an annual cycle, Koster expected the local government and stakeholders to do indepth review, such as inviting experts to investigate why the natural phenomena occurred over and over again and always targeted Kuta Beach. “We have a lot of researchers regarding to this discipline,” he said while joking that it was not only tourists, but garbage also wanted to visit Bali.

Regarding to the other issues highlighted by such a leading magazine, Koster urged all parties to make improvements. For instance, in connection with the development of tourism infrastructure it should remain to refer to the existing regulations. Similarly, transportation issues needed an immediate solution. ”Every single

effort to improve the image of tourism will be backed up by the House through the budget,” said the member of the House Budgetary Agency.

This member of PDIP Faction agreed that investment in tourism should not be too exploitative. If this happened, Koster worried, there would be cultural degradation and in turn would decrease the quality of tourism. “We have to agree that Balinese culture should be an icon of tourism,” he said.

Meanwhile, Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik asked both domestic and foreign tourists not to be afraid to come to Bali. According to him, the waste problem complained only lasted temporarily. “As blown by the wind, the garbage in the sea finally stranded onto the

beach and it has now been cleaned up,” said Wacik.

To overcome the natural phenomenon, said Wacik, the Regent of Badung usually had a cleanup system. “When it (garbage—Ed) comes, the team will be deployed to clean up and one day is enough to accomplish it. Formerly, there were dead fishes, so please do not be afraid,” said Wacik.

After the publication of the story, said Wacik, it did not show a decrease in the number of foreign tourist arrivals to Bali, except for Japanese tourists who came down due to influence of disaster afflicting the country. “At the moment, the average of tourist visit to Bali remains to reach 7,000 people per day,” he added. (son)

Electricity from Rubbish Project in Bengkala Central Government’s Generator Awaited Singaraja (Bali Post)-

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The truck which suffer from accident at DenpasarGilimanuk route.

Rubbish project that can be the alternative electricity energy provider at Bengkala Village’s Waste Center, Kubutambahan, still unknown of its continuity as the Cleanliness and Grounds Agency of Buleleng Agency still not knows what will happen even though regulations and rules have been obeyed and four wallows are prepared for it

which is called system sanitary landfill. Head of the Agency, Ida Bagus Suwarjana last Friday (8/4) stated the project was a join work with Central Government, “Now one wallow can produce gas, just needs a generator and it can produce electricity.”

The agency is now waiting the ESDM Ministry to bring the generator. According to him a 1 hect-

are of rubbishes can produce one Mega Watt electricity and the 3 hectares Bengkala Waste Center can produce 3 Mega Watt. At first the rubbishes are brought to the landfill and which will produce gas.

This gas is then processed so it can move a turbine. “The landfill was made with Public Works Agency while the turbines with ESDM Ministry,” he stated. (kmb15)

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Leftist leads in Peru election but runoff likely Associated Press Writer

LIMA, Peru – A leftist former military officer who promises to favor the poor by redistributing Peru’s mineral wealth was expected to win the most votes in Sunday’s presidential elections but fall far short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff.

That made the tight battle for second crucial as no other candidate has expressed any intention of seriously shaking up the economic status quo.

Technically tied for second in an election-eve poll were Keiko Fujimori, 35-year-old daughter of the imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori whom Peruvians alternately adore and vilify, and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a 72-yearold former World Bank economist and investment banker. Trailing them was Alejandro Toledo, Peru’s president from 2001-2006.

Frontrunner Ollanta Humala, who has spooked foreign capital by promising a greater state role in the economy and exporting less natural gas while making it cheaper for Peruvians, prevailed in the first

round of the 2006 presidential election only to lose a runoff.

This resource-rich, corruption-bedeviled Andean nation has been notorious for its volatile politics since the 1980s, when its discredited political parties all but dissolved and elections became more about personality than ideology. And Sunday’s vote — whose two top vote-getters will meet in a June 5 runoff — promises to be the most unpredictable in decades.

Humala was preferred by 28.1 percent of voters in an Ipsos-Apoyo poll of 6,000 voters Saturday, followed by Fujimori with 21.1 percent; Kuczynski with 19.9 percent; and Toledo with 16.8 percent. The poll had an error margin of 1.6 percentage points.

Peruvian law prohibits the do-

mestic publishing of opinion polls in the campaign’s final week.

Kuczynski, a German immigrant’s son who was economics and prime minister under Toledo, climbed into contention from single digit showings in the poll in the campaign’s final month, during which he renounced his dual U.S. citizenship.

Nevertheless, analysts say about 11 percent of the electorate remain undecided and the electorate is even more fragmented than in 2006, when outgoing President Alan Garcia beat Humala, 53 percent to 47 percent. That result was widely seen as a rebuff of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had openly backed Humala.

Humala, 48, now eschews all association with Chavez. This time he has enlisted Brazilian advisers allied with that country’s governing Worker’s Party. And he has largely dispensed with his firebrand rhetoric, though it re-emerged in final rallies, where he promised “a great redistribution of wealth.”

People lay floral tributes as they gather to commemorate the victims of the Smolensk presidential plane crash on the Smolensk airdrome on April 10, 2011. one year ago.

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Poles mark anniversary of plane crash tragedy Associated Press Writer

WARSAW, Poland – Church bells rang out across Poland on Sunday to mark the exact minute one year ago that President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash in Russia. Poles also filled churches and cemeteries and a large crowd gathered in front of the presidential palace, where Kaczynski and his wife Maria lived until their deaths in the crash near Smolensk, Russia, on April 10, 2010.

The crowd fell still at 8:41 a.m. local time and sirens wailed in central Warsaw while church bells pealed elsewhere. Earlier, the loved ones of many victims gathered for a private Mass at Warsaw’s airport, the scene of some of last year’s most painful scenes, as 96 flag-draped coffins returned there over several days last year.

At the time, the country experienced a short period of national unity amid the

shock of losing the president, first lady and many ranking military and civilian leaders.

The disaster, however, quickly deepened political and social divisions in the country, and in a sign of that, separate commemorative events are being held Sunday.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk, President Bronislaw Komorowski and other politicians placed candles at a memorial plaque to the victims in a Warsaw military church. But Kaczynski’s twin brother, Jaroslaw, marked the anniversary separately, placing a large wreath in front of the presidential palace.

Kaczynski and many of the others killed belonged to the nationalist conservative party Law and Justice, which Jaroslaw Kaczynski heads.

That camp now blames Tusk’s government for selling out Poland’s interests by allowing Russia to lead the main investigation into the crash.

Earlier this year the Russian investigators concluded that Poland bore full responsibility for the crash, sparking outrage in Poland.

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Electoral workers load boxes of ballots for delivery to polling stations, in Lima, Peru, Saturday April 9, 2011. Sunday’s presidential race is shaping up as the most unpredictable in decades. The latest polls indicate that among the top five candidates, not one will obtain the simple majority needed to avoid a runoff in June.

Libya says it shot down 2 rebel helicopters Associated Press Writer

TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan government forces shot down two U.S.-built helicopters being used by rebel forces in the east of the country, the deputy foreign minister said early on Sunday. Khaled Kaim also slammed the international community for allowing rebel forces to operate aircraft despite the existence of a no-fly zone over the country following U.N. Security Council resolution 1973.

“A clear violation was committed by the rebels to resolution 1973 relating to the nofly zone. The rebels used two Chinook helicopters and they were shot down” near the eastern oil facilities of Brega, he said. “We have a question for the allied forces — is this resolution made for the Libyan government only or everyone in Libya?”

The report could not be confirmed with the rebels, but journalists in the area did describe seeing at least one helicopter apparently fighting for the rebels in the area Saturday, though it lacked the distinctive double rotor design of Chinook and

appeared to be a Russian built model.

Most aircraft used by the Libyans, whether government or rebel forces, are Russian made, however, but the Directory of World Air Forces from 2008 says Libya had 20 Chinooks, which are used primarily for transport and heavy lifting, in service.

While the Libyan government forces still possess most of the military aircraft in the country, a few were taken by the rebels when some air force units defected in the east of the country following popular uprisings against Moammar Gadhafi’s four decades of rule.

NATO, which enforces the no-fly zone said it has been has been applying it to both sides and on Saturday intercepted a rebel MiG-23 fighter jet and forced it back to the airport.

NATO forces also continue to carry out airstrikes against Gadhafi’s forces, destroying 17 tanks and damaging nine others, the alliance announced Saturday. Rebels have criticized the NATO for not giving them sufficient battlefield support as government forces continue to push into the east.

Rebel fighters drive their vehicle behind a destroyed tank in the eastern town of Ajdabiya on April 10, 2011, scene of heavy fighting over the past days.

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Maya Ubud Resort & Spa Wins 2011 Best Luxury Resort Spa Award IBP

UBUD - Maya Ubud Resort & Spa is pleased to announce that it’s riverside Spa at Maya has been recognized by The World Luxury Spa Awards and awarded their “Best Luxury Resort Spa” Bali.

The World Luxury Spa Awards recognize exceptional service that sets benchmarks in the industry. The independent judging process was based on spa guest votes and the feedback and votes from a selected global panel of spa industry professionals.

Marinique Truter, Executive Manager, World Luxury Spa Awards said: “The World Luxury Spa Awards is the highest accolade a spa can ever hope to receive. For participants World Luxury Spa Awards challenge service excellence and highlight the importance of constant improvement.”

Commenting on the award, Paul Blake, General Manager of Maya Ubud Resort & Spa said he was delighted to receive this recognition for the Spa at Maya. “To receive the “Best Luxury Resort Spa” award is a well-deserved reward for dedicated spa team who has worked tirelessly in their commitment to create memorable spa experiences for all our guests.”

“Competition in these awards has never been more intense and the awards themselves grow in stature every year, so it is a real privilege to receive such recognition” he added.

All therapists in the Spa at Maya hold certification from Lembaga Sertifikasi Profesi COHESPA, an organization dedicated to developing professionalism in the spa industry and ensuring therapists are fully conversant with international spa standard practices.

COHESPA is an accredited professional association on cosmetology, health, esthetic and spa.

The Spa at Maya is a riverside haven of peace and tranquility providing exotic, sensory journeys and rejuvenating spa treatments.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for March 21 through April 23, 2011 21 Mar Betara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - Karangasem Bukit Jati Temple Bangli Batur Temple Kalanganyar - Bangli Masceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - Gianyar Dalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - Gianyar Penambangan Badung Temple Denpasar Lempuyang Madia Temple Karangasem Batur Temple Bangli Desa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - Gianyar Pasek Gelgel Temple Marga - Tabanan Gaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - Tabanan Pasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan Denpasar Agung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - Denpasar Pasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - Tabanan Dukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,KerambitanTabanan Puseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - Karangasem Pitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan Tengah Candra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,JelambarJakarta Barat Agung Jagatnatha Temple Denpasar Pemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - Gianyar Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - Badung Puseh Temple Sidemen - Karangasem Agung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java 2 April Puseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati Gianyar Pasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan Buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan Denpasar Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang Gianyar Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple Besakih Karangasem 5 April Kahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - Bangli Batur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Kawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli 12 April Puseh Temple , Desa Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri Tabanan Sanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar 16 April Dalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-Gianyar Penataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Puseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Kawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung 20 April Segara Temple Lombok Island Dwijawarsa Temple Malang East Java Puncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti Tabanan Kawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - Denpasar Penyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,Selemadeg Tabanan Penataran Agung Temple Sidemen Karangasem Samuan Tiga Temple Bedulu Gianyar Kawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan 21 April Dalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar 23 April Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,Tampaksiring Gianyar Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta Badung Pasek Temple Klaci,Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Temple Gede Tabanan Pedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,Penebel Tabanan Desa Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijong Temple Tabanan Puncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa PenidaKlungkung

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

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

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

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

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

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News Plane crash kills 1, injures 5 in Philippine city Associated Press Writer

BAGUIO, Philippines – A small plane with six people on board has crashed in a popular northern Philippine mountain resort city. One of those on board was killed while five others were injured.

Jojo Valera of the Office of Civil Defense says the six-seater plane crashed Sunday in a horseriding trail in Camp John Hay, a former U.S. military recreation

area, shortly after taking off from Baguio city’s airport.

Valera says one person on board was killed while five others were injured and taken to a hospital in Baguio, a popular tourist destination about 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of Manila. Baguio, known as the country’s summer capital, is famous for its cool weather, pine trees and scenic mountain scenes.

Officials say the plane was bound for northern Bulacan province.

Hamas makes rare appeal to Israel to halt fighting Associated Press Writer AP Photo/www.regio15.nl

Injured people are carried out of a shopping mall after a shooting in Alphen aan den Rijn, 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, April 9, 2011. A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon at a shopping mall outside Amsterdam on Saturday, leaving at least six people dead and wounding 16 others, Dutch officials said.

Dutch mourn 6 shopping mall shooting victims Associated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM – Church services were held Sunday in a quiet suburb outside Amsterdam to mourn six people killed by a gunman at a crowded mall, as investigators puzzled over his motive and struggled to explain how he was able to obtain and legally own five firearms in the Netherlands.

The attacker, identified as 24year-old Tristan van der Vlis, had minor run-ins with the police, including an illegal weapons possession charge in 2003 when he was 17 that was eventually dropped, District Attorney Kitty Nooy said.

“This is definitely part of our investigation,” she said.

Van der Vlis opened fire in Alphen aan den Rijn with what witnesses described as a machine gun on one of the first pleasant Saturdays of spring, authorities said.

In addition to the fatalities, he wounded 15 others, including an infant, before fatally shooting himself in the head at the Ridderhof mall, officials said.

Three of the wounded remained in critical condition. The infant was among two people slightly wounded, but was under observation at a hospital. Authorities refused to say whether any other children were killed or wounded in the attack and they haven’t released a list with the identities of the victims, citing privacy reasons.

Police said they discovered a note from Van der Vlis in his car, threatening bombings at other malls. His mother found a suicide note at the home where he lived with his father near the mall. Neither gave any indication of why he wanted to hurt other people.

Alphen is about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam.

Church services closed to the media were being held at the Goede Herderkerk (Good Shepherd Church). A church closer to the mall is cordoned off in connection with the ongoing forensic investigation into the shooting.

“This hacks our society apart,” Mayor Bas Eenhoorn said at a news conference. “I hope that people seek each other out to express their grief and their fears that are the result of this terrible incident.” A candlelight procession to the mall was planned for Sunday evening.

Van der Vlis’s apartment building remained under police guard.

Neighbors gave mixed comments about his character.

“He seemed to me to be a nice guy, he always greeted me nicely,” said Veronique Troon. But she said that one time he asked her about her native Brazil, saying “‘that seems like a very, very dangerous country, don’t you think so?’ I found it very weird.” An online condolence register has been signed 5,000 times.

“I always thought these terrible things only happen abroad, but now here too,” wrote Thea Hilbrants of Groningen, Netherlands. “Terrible, incomprehensible. I wish much strength for everyone touched by this.” Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Mark Rutte have also expressed their shock and sympathy for victims.

Witnesses, including some interviewed by The Associated Press, said the man stalked the halls of the mall, shooting in an attack that lasted 10 minutes or more. Most witnesses have said that Van der Vlis was shooting with a machine gun, but the type of weapon has not been identified by authorities.

JERUSALEM – A senior member of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement on Sunday made a rare appeal to the Israeli public to halt escalating cross-border fighting, telling an Israeli radio station in fluent Hebrew that Hamas is ready to stop its rocket fire if Israel ends its attacks on Gaza.

With fighting continuing early Sunday, Hamas’ deputy foreign minister, Ghazi Hamad, delivered the message to staterun Israel Radio. “We are interested in calm but want the Israeli military to stop its operations,” Hamad said in Hebrew. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel, but Hamad and other leaders of the Islamic militant group learned Hebrew during stints in Israeli prisons.

Other Hamas officials said they were in touch with mediators in hopes of restoring calm.

Hamad spoke shortly after Palestinian militants in Gaza fired several mortar shells and rockets into southern Israel. There were no reports of injuries, and Israel did not retaliate for the latest strikes. Israeli leaders sent mixed messages Sunday. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said if militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza

cease their attacks, so would Israel.

But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a more combative tack. “If the attacks on Israeli citizens and soldiers continue, the response will be far harsher” than it has been, Netanyahu told his Cabinet.

The violence escalated a week ago when an Israeli airstrike killed three Hamas militants who Israel said were planning a cross-border kidnapping. On Thursday, Hamas militants fired a guided anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus, wounding the two people on board, including a teenage boy who was critically hurt.

Since Thursday, Palestinians fired more than 120 rockets and mortars into southern Israel, prompting a series of Israeli reprisals that have killed 19 Palestinians, including six civilians, and wounded 65 others. It has been the most intense fighting between Israel and Gaza militants since a major Israeli offensive in the Palestinian territory ended in January 2009.

While neither side appears interested in all-out war, the fear is that an isolated incident could easily spark an Israeli offensive because of the combustible situation that has developed over the past month.

President...

From page 1 The head of state said the spouse program in ASEAN and East Asia summits in Bali in November 2011 should be better than the ever existing programs to serve as a lasting memory for the participants.

As the ASEAN chairman in 2011 to host ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit (EAS) in November this year, Indonesia will also organize ASEAN Fair for the fist time to introduce various cultural products and excellent creative works from each participating country.

“Through the ASEAN Fair we can promote our excellent art works of handicrafts, batiks, and other unique creative economic products with high artistic values,” the president said.

President Yudhoyono expressed hope that the ASEAN Fair would last for one whole month with its final day coinciding with the ASEAN and East Asia summits, also attended by United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev.

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Asean to consolidate aid provision to Japan Antara

JAKARTA - ASEAN member countries plan to consolidate themselves more intensively in the provision of humanitarian assistance to Japan which was recently hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said.

The minister made the statement on Saturday after attending the Special ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta.

“Almost a month after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, every ASEAN member country has sent aid to the impacted areas in Japan.

Today’s meeting was about our efforts to create better coordination among ASEAN members to provide further assistance to Japan,” he said.

The minister also said at Saturday’s meeting it was agreed that the assistance to Japan which was so far provided on a bilateral basis would henceforth be given by ASEAN as a region.

Marty said, apart from providing humanitarian aid and funds, some ASEAN members also proposed to provide assistance in other forms such as promoting tourism sites in the region among Japanese who want to have a vacation from the tensions after the big quake or sending cultural missions to the impacted areas in Japan.

Meanwhile, Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya who was also attending the Saturday meeting stated Japan had been very helpful to ASEAN countries during the past years.

“It is now our chance to reciprocate and provide assistance to japan,” he said.

Earlier, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his opening speech at the

Saturday meeting expressed hope that the solidarity between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to Japan could become a capital for wider cooperation in various fields.

He said cooperation in disaster handling between ASEAN and Japan had developed for a long tome with Japan being one of the ASEAN partners that has actively given help when one of the ASEAN member countries was hit by a disaster and in view of the fact that Southeast Asia and Japan were prone to natural disasters strong cooperation and partnership would be needed from all parties.

“In connection with that we have already had instruments among others the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response which we should always refer to,” he said.

ASEAN, he said, also has Coordinator Center for Humanitarian Assistance, an institution that helps coordinate extension of humanitarian aid in the region.

“This must be made more effective and I believe with the coordination and coherence among us all, members of ASEAN, ASEAN +3, East Asia Forum and ASEAN Regional Forum we could carry out the cooperation well to help a country or a region facing a natural disaster,” he said.

Aburizal: Golkar to remain in coalition

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Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (right) shake hand with Foreign Minister pf Japan Takeaki Matsumoto (left) during the Special ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta.

Government urged to remain serious in combating corruption

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JAKARTA - The general chairman of Golkar Party, Aburizal Bakrie, said the party would remain in the coalition to support the government until the end of its terms in 2014.

“We think the new contract for coalition membership is not confining and uniforming member parties. Golkar will sign the contract,” he said on the sidelines of lobster maiden harvest in Cogrek village, Parung, Bogor, West Java, on Saturday.

The event was also attended by deputy treasurer of the ruling Democrat Party, Airlangga Hartarto, and other Golkar leaders.

Before Golkar vice general chairman Agung Laksono said that Aburizal still continued communicating with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the chief patron of the Democrat Party in connection with the draft contract.

“The draft has not yet been finished. It is still being communicated

by Pak Ical (Aburizal) and President SBY (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono),” he said on Thursday.

Agung said the communication was done to find a good compromise especially for all coalition member parties in the Joint Secretariat. The new contract, he said, would later be used not only for the interest of coalition member parties but also the national interest and with it the performance of the coalition is expected to be better and more useful for the community.

Golkar secretary General Idrus Marham meanwhile said that there was no new contract for coalition membership as what happened was mere strengthening the points of contract already signed before.

“The political contract that is just being communicated according to Golkar is not a new contract but a deal to strengthen the contract signed before,” he said here on Friday.

Following his victory in the presidential election in 2009, President Yudhoyono in an effort to assure smooth completion of his term until 2014 signed a political contract with several political parties agreed to support him. In the development some coalition members however have clashed with his party. In a recent vote on the need for the House of Representatives to set up an inquiry committee on alleged tax mafia two coalition members voted against the Democrat Party leading to the renewal of the contract.

PONTIANAK - Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud MD urged the government here Saturday to remain serious in handling state officials’ corruption cases.

“Many corruption cases in Indonesia have yet to be handled properly partly due to lack of strict law enforcement,” he said.

Mahfud said high ranking government officers were involved in corruption but their cases have remained unresolved.

Referring to this reality, the government’s firm stance on combating corruption questioned, he said.

“During President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s first term, the government was so serious in handling state officials’ alleged corruption cases,” he said.

The president’s seriousness could be seen from the speed at which the president issued questioning permits, he said.

At the time, the questioning permits were issued within a maximum of two weeks, he added. Corruption in Indonesia has remained a serious problem as shown by the outcome of annual corruption perception index (CPI) surveys.

Referring to the outcome of the 2010 CPI survey conducted by Transparency International Indonesia (TII) released in October 2010, Indonesia’s CPI score remained at 2.8, unchanged from that of the previous year.

With the CPI score, Indonesia remained in 110th position out of 178 countries that 10 independent institutions had

surveyed from January 2009 to September 2010, the TII activist, Todung Mulya, said.

Indonesia’s position was only better than Myanmar’s but far left behind by Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Thailand, he said. Muhammadiyah leader, Din Syamsuddin, said combating corruption needs concrete and serious

action, not just rhetoric.

For Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) advisory council leader KH Masdar Farid Mas’udi, corruption was an unforgivable extraordinary crime.

“The impacts of corruption on a country are so extraordinary. Corruption is a big crime that can threaten a country’s life,” Mas’udi said recently.

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Indonesian Sharia officials carry Irdayanti Mukhtar who fainted after receiving nine lashes for having an extramarital affair in Jantho, Aceh Besar, on April 8, 2011. Two couples were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on April 8, after being caught having extramarital affairs, a prosecutor said.

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Bali Today World Bank supports RI’s economic expansion master plan Antara

JIMBARAN - World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support the master plan of Indonesia’s economic acceleration and expansion.

The master plan is being made by the government in the form of economic development cluster and corridor.

Coordinating Minister of Economy Hatta Rajasa said here on Saturday that the support had been delivered by ADB President Harihuko Kuroda and World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani at a meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“They will support the master plan to speed up infrastructure development and connectivity as the main pillar in the economic acceleration and integration of regional sector in six corridors,” Hatta Rajasa said.

He said that ADB intended to give its direct assistance to both state and private enterprises to develop added value for Indonesian economic acceleration and expansion.

“Thus the connectivity, capacity building, and human resources are the

three main pillars the Asian Development Bank is interested in,” Hatta said, adding that he has been asked by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to talk with the World Bank and ADB about the follow-up of the support.

The economic minister explained that based on ADB and World Bank evaluation, Indonesian economic situation at present was good, although it has to face with three problems namely food price rises, oil price hikes, and inflation.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) meet with former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani that now become the Managing Director of World Bank (left). World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support the master plan of Indonesia’s economic acceleration and expansion.

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RI Finance Minister launches Asean community also to help eradicate poverty Asean exchange website Antara

NUSA DUA - Indonesian Finance Minister Agus Martowardoyo on Friday afternoon officially launched an ASEAN Exchange website to promote investment in the region.

The stock exchanges of seven members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the same time joined the ASEAN Exchange.

The website’s launching was witnessed by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and CEOs of the seven stock exchanges that joined the ASEAN Exchange. On the same occasion, an ASEAN Exchange logo was unveiled.

ASEAN financial ministers held their 15th meeting here on Friday, which was opened by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and attended also by the World Bank’s executive director, Sri Mulyani, Asian Development Bank president Kuroda Haruniko and the Inter-

national Monetary Fund deputy executive director Naoyuki Shinohara.

Indonesia Stock Exchange CEO Ito Warsito said in his speech representing his colleagues that the ASEAN Exchanges was not a common stock exchange as it came out of collaboration based upon regional interest.

“This is one of the stepping stones to realize ASEAN 2020 Vision according to the blueprint of the ASEAN Community key to movement of goods, services, investment and skilled workers,” he said.

His colleagues who attended the event were CEOs of the Philippine Stock Exchange, Hans B Sicat, of Thailand Stock Exchange, Charamporn Jotikashtira, of Singapore Stock Exchange, Gan Seow Anum and of Bursa Malaysia, Tajuddin Atan.

In the ASEAN Exchanges each stock exchange presents the top 30 of its listed companies, selected based upon their performance for the past six months and LQ-45based indicators and liquidity determined upon soundness parameters.

These indicators are later known as ASEAN Connect replacing its former name ASEAN Linkage.

So, investors could see 210 companies in the website. A total of 3,000 companies have been listed in stock exchanges in the ASEAN region of 538 million populations with combined gross domestic product of US$2 trillion in 2010.

“So we will together promote ourselves. This was world-class assets that could be offered for investment to boost investment activities in the region,” Warsito said.

Gan meanwhile said the main thing about the ASEAN Exchange was that “the collaboration among the seven stock exchanges will mean much higher effectiveness as it provides easy accessibility, emphasis on products and boosts promotion.”

The website would also facilitate promotional activity and make it possible to reach out directly to would-be investors together, he said.

NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the planned integration of ASEAN’s 10 member countries into an ASEAN Community was also related to the poverty eradication efforts in the region.

In his address opening the 15 ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua, the President said the poverty eradication efforts in the Southeast Asian region should not be ignored.

According to the president, of the 1.4 billion people in the world who had a daily income of less than 1.25 dollars per day, 118 million were living in ASEAN countries.

“I believe that we can make joint efforts to overcome poverty, one of the most prominent issues in the region,” President Yudhoyono said.

Therefore he said ASEAN countries should be able to cooperate in formulating an inclusive financial policy to all levels of society so that each person can get access to a variety of financial services such as insurance and banking.

Besides, the president said the governments of ASEAN countries

should provide the remaining poor community with banking facility services so that they can get credit access to start with their small businesses.

“Through a greater inclusive participation of the people from various walks of life, we can reach more new ideas or innovations and we can even improve ASEAN meaning based on individual relationships,” President Yudhoyono said.

In his speech the president pointed out People’s Business Credit (KUR) program, applied by the Indonesian government as one of the efforts in the country’s poverty eradication.

The KUR program which has provided banking access to 400,000 people of 4.1 debtors who previously knew nothing about banking services is believed by President Yudhoyono to serve as an example for ASEAN to encourage economic growth in a bid to eradicate poverty.

The Indonesian head of state also expressed that in the ASEAN Community in 2015, the economic cooperation among its member countries should touch the problem of development to addresses the gap.

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Balinese Culture Doctor Competency Expired in 5 Years Antara

DENPASAR - Deputy Human Resource Development Division of Health Ministry, dr Bambang Prihatmo said doctor must renew their ability in five years. “The obligation should renew by every doctor in accord with Laws Number 29 in the year of 2004 about Medical Practice,” said him in the middle of international meeting for skin surgery (ISDS) in Nusa Dua, Bali.

He explained the obligation should passing by doctor who have been had certificate. Every doctor should follow further education in

hitting at least 250 scores of accomplishment. “If the requirement had fulfilled, the doctor should pass it to the medical council. Later medical council which will ensure their appropriateness for being a doctor,” said him.

He said the same thing validates for foreign doctor who are working in Indonesia. The foreign doctor are not only should pass the obligation but also other special requirements. In the other side Lis Surachmiati Suseni, the head of the committee of ISDS said this event following by 400 dermatologists from 12 countries.

“This meeting purposed to in-

crease the ability of the doctor by sharing,” said her. Besides it has being a meeting venue, the event also accommodated by cosmetic and beauty enterprises to introduce their best product. International People for Skin Surgery (ISDS) provides incentive to keep their member up to date with the latest information of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery.

The annual meeting discussing new improvement in classic dermatology surgery and other innovative subject like laser theraphy, toksin botulinum usage, botulinum toxin, alternative wrinkle treatment, and other cosmetic procedures.

Indonesian Bank certain tourism will develop Antara

NUSA DUA – The head of Indonesian Bank Bali Jeffrey Kairupan, said that he is very optimist tourism in Bali will develop even tough Japan as one of the main market of Bali tourism is suffer from disasters.

“We are still very optimist because based on the data we get from the tourism businessmen that the tourists visitation from Japan is delayed not canceled. There are also tourists coming from other country such as from Australia,” he added.

Kauripan is one of the participants of the 15th meting of Monetary

Ministers of ASEAN who was opened by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Among the participants are The Director of World Bank, Sri Mulyani Gandjar, the President of Asian Development Bank, Kuroda Haruhiko, and the Deputy Director of International Monetary Fund, Naoyuki Shinohara.

The President stated that the development of Southeast Asia economy also support the global economics condition. According to Kauripan, the tourism businessmen in Japan are still waiting for the development of the country.

“The main concern right now is

no longer the aftermath of the tsunami and quake but the nuclear leak which cause radiation. World Bank estimated that it needs $300 trillion to restore Japan,” he added.

One of the important actions which can be taken to reduce the deficit due to the decrease of Japanese tourists is by increasing promotion to other countries. Kauripan said that Bali is still can attract tourists.

Tourism is on the top list of income in Bali with the number of international tourists up to 2 million tourists in 2010. The number can increase if the government can increase the infrastructures in Bali.

URUTAN CELENG (Fried Pork Sausages)

OVERVIEW: This is always found in stalls selling roasted whole pig. Be Celeng, better known to visitors to Bali by its Indonesian name, Babi Guling. Not one part of the pig is wasted, and even the skin is deep fried as a crisp garnish. In Bali, this sausage is usually hung in a tree to dry to keep it away from the dogs and chickens.

INGREDIENTS: 600 gr (1¼ lb) boneless pork leg or shoulder, cut in 1 cm (1/2in) cubes ½ cup basic spice paste 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed 2 tbsp tamarind pulp, seeds and fibres removed vegetable oil for frying 1 meter (3ft) pork intestine or sausage casings PREPARATION: Combine pork meat with basic spice paste, salt, pepper and tamarind paste. Mix well for 5 minutes. Tie one end of pork intestines with string. Insert large round nozzle into pastry piping bag and fill it with the meat mixture. Place open end of intestine over nozzle of piping bag and fill intestine tightly. Tie end with string.

Dry sausage for 8 hours on wire rack in oven at very low heat. Deep fry in oil over medium heat until golden brown.

This dish is traditionally served with lawar (Vegetable Salad made from green beans) or with young jackfruits. (www/baliguide.com/balifood)

BASE BE SIAP

(Spice Paste For Chicken) INGREDIENTS: 225 gr shallots, peeled 125 gr cloves garlic, peeled 50 gr kencur root, peeled and chopped 60 gr laos, peeled and chopped 100 gr candlenuts 125 gr fresh turmeric, peeled & chopped 50 gr bird’s eye chilies, finely sliced 50 gr chopped palm sugar 150 ml coconut oil 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised 3 salam leaves 250 ml water ¾ tbsp salt PREPARATION: Grind all ingredients except lemon grass, salam leaves and water, coarsely in food processor. Place in heavy sauce pan, add all remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat for approximately 60 minutes or until water is evaporated and marinade changes to golden color.

Cool before using. (www.baliguide.com/balifood) C.045 ibp

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Elephant Cave IBP

Welcome to Gua Gajah (Elephant Cave) which is located in west side of Bedulu countryside, Blah Batuh Sub district and Gianyar Regency. It is about 27 km from Denpasar town. This cave is built at crevasse edge from the federation of 2 rills that is called Pangkung River, where the irrigation is mixed with Petanu River flow. The federation area of two rivers is called Campuhan/Mixture. It owns the magical energy on the basis of Rwabineda Concept/two different matters on this basic concept hence Gua Gajah (Elephant Cave) is intentionally built among two rivers.

The word of Gua Gajah is anticipated coming from the word of Lwa Gajah, the name of Buddhist Temple or hermitage for Buddhist monk. The Gua Gajah’s name is written on Negarakeertagama papyrus which is compiled by Mpu Prapanca on 1365 M. Lwa or Lwah/ loh mean the river and it reflect to the meaning that the hermitage is located at Gajah River or in Air Gajah. In the year inscription 944 Saka, it is mentioned with the name of ‘ser ring Air Gajah’ that is meaning the Subak leader in Air Gajah. The word has mentioned that the hermitage of Lwa Gajah is located in Subak Air Gajah.

There is a relief which is almost looking like the form of mountain on the entrance of this cave. It was carved many designed on the relief like grove with the stick, close leaf, animal for example forest pig, tortoise and specters. The cave mouth is decorated by the basrelief with the eye turn around to the right or west side. There is an article letter of Kediri type from the early of 11 century was written on the wall left side or east side. There is a pool (Patirthaan) as a place to take the holy Tirtha water for Hindu ceremony which is located in the middle of the cave courtyard. This Holy Pool is previously piled up by land and it has been found on 1954 by Krijgsman from the Ancient Department. The Holy pool is equipped by the statue douche which is parallel arranged in two groups.

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BUSINESS Obama signs spending bill after skirting shutdown Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed into law a temporary spending bill averting a US government shutdown and ending — for now — a budget row between the Democrats and their newly empowered Republican foes.

Party leaders clinched the agreement, including $38.5 billion of extra spending cuts, after intense bargaining, barely an hour before the federal government effectively ran out of money at midnight Friday.

The showdown was just the first bruising engagement in a string of likely clashes between Obama’s Democrats and the Republicans, boosted by a new crop of conservative Tea Party movement lawmakers, as the president fires up his 2012 reelection bid.

Obama on Saturday made a surprise visit to the Lincoln Memorial — among the many national sites that would have closed in a government shutdown — to briefly talk to tourists.

“I just wanted to say, real quick, that because Congress was able to settle its differences, that’s why this place is open today and everybody is able to enjoy their visit,” Obama said after bounding up the steps of the memorial honoring America’s 16th president.

“And that’s the kind of future cooperation I hope we have going forward,” he added.

But that might not be the case.

Some Republicans are venting frustration at having not extracted more from Democrats.

“People are angry across the country that we didn’t get a better deal,” congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite, told Fox News, adding that she was likely to vote against a deal for the remaining five months if more spending cuts are not included.

Lawmakers on both sides made clear that the latest battle was an early confrontation in a broader budget war.

“This was not even act one. This was just the overture,” Democratic Representative Steve Israel told

CNN on Saturday.

And looming is another spending issue, with international implications: Obama’s request to raise Washington’s ability to borrow. It’s an issue that has inflamed Tea Party faithful and has international investors worried about US default.

“Senate Republicans and House Republicans — and I hope many Democrats as well — are going to say ‘Mr President, in order to raise the debt ceiling we need to do something significant about the debt,’” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Republicans want to tie a debt limit increase to massive spending cuts. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in recent congressional testimony that a default would be “extremely dangerous” and would end hopes of an economic recovery.

The budget agreement included a stopgap funding measure that lawmakers in both chambers raced to approve before midnight to give negotiators until Thursday to finalize the overall deal, which funds the government through the fiscal year ending September 30.

The Senate passed the temporary measure by voice vote, the House by a 348-70 margin at 12:39 am (0439 GMT) Saturday.

Obama boasted that cooperation born of difficult compromises yielded “the biggest annual spending cut in history” at a time when Washington faced a projected annual shortfall of $1.65 trillion.

“Some of the cuts we agreed to will be painful. Programs people rely on will be cut back. Needed infrastructure projects will be delayed,” the president said.

He continued to sell the deal to the public Saturday, saying in his weekly radio address that “begin-

ning to live within our means is the only ways to protect the investments that will help America compete for new jobs.”

House Speaker John Boehner told his restive Republican caucus behind closed doors he had sealed an agreement with the White House.

“This has been a lot of discussion and a long fight. But we fought to keep government spending down because it really will, in fact, help create a better environment for job creators in our country,” Boehner said afterward.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, his party’s lead negotiator, described a “grueling process. We didn’t do it at this late hour for drama. We did it because it has been hard to arrive at this point.”

Anticipating a possible insurrection, Boehner told Republicans “this is the best deal we could get out of them,” according to two officials who attended the emotional gathering.

Prior to the 11th-hour agreement, Obama had warned that a prolonged shutdown could jeopardize America’s slow recovery from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression.

A shutdown would have seen around 800,000 federal employees temporarily laid off, paychecks for combat soldiers delayed and national parks and monuments closed.

But operations vital to national security such as the war in Afghanistan, border services and air traffic controllers would have gone on as normal.

The overall spending accord removed what Democrats had described as the biggest obstacle to a deal: a Republican-crafted measure stripping federal funding from the Planned Parenthood clinics that provide abortions.

China posts first quarterly trade deficit in 7 years Agence France-Presse

SHANGHAI – China said it had posted its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years, despite a narrow surplus in March, as rising commodity prices pushed manufacturers’ costs higher.

China recorded a small trade deficit of $1.02 billion for the first quarter, its first since the beginning of 2004. But analysts said a large trade surplus was expected for the full year as its exports tend to grow later in the year.

“China’s demand is strong and the prices of bulk commodities are high currently, but the situation won’t last as China’s exports usually go up in the second half of each year,” UBS economist Wang Tao told Dow Jones Newswires.

Exports rose 26.5 percent on year in the first quarter and imports were up 32.6 percent on year.

The quarter’s trade deficit was due to the strong rise in imports, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement.

“The value of imports in the first quarter hit a record high for the first time of more than $400 billion,” the customs administration said.

For the month of March, China bounced back to a $140 million surplus after posting a $7.3 billion-trade deficit in February — its first since March 2010.

February’s slowdown was typical of China’s festive season, when factories ease off — and in most cases close — after cranking up production before the Lunar New Year holiday.

March exports rose 35.8 percent from the same month a year earlier, up from February’s 2.4 percent rise.

Imports rose 27.3 percent, up from 19.4 percent in February.

Rising prices for raw materials helped push up the value of imports.

The March surplus caught analysts by surprise. A Dow Jones poll of 13 economists had forecast a median monthly deficit of $4.0 billion for March.

In 2010, China posted a $7.24 billion deficit in March, as companies stocked up on imported raw materials, many of which were later processed into goods for export. For the full year, China posted a $183.1 billion surplus.

Analysts said the quarterly trade deficit suggested China was making progress in rebalancing its export-reliant economy.

“The rebalancing is happening.

It’s only a matter of time,” BNP Paribas economist Isaac Meng told Dow Jones, adding rising import prices were eroding the surplus while domestic inflation was raising export prices.

Washington, one of the harshest critics of Beijing’s trade policy, acknowledged in March that China was taking steps to boost imports.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said last month that China had no alternative but to shift its growth strategy towards relying more on domestic growth as demand weakens in the US and Europe — but added it needed to do more.

China is planning to cut tariffs on imports as it seeks to boost domestic demand, state media has reported.

Fed’s Yellen says too soon to start reversing policy Reuters

NEW HAVEN – The U.S. economy is still not strong enough for the Federal Reserve to start reversing its extremely accommodative monetary policy, a top Fed official said on Saturday.

“Economic conditions do not yet call for the Fed to exit from its unconventional policies,” Janet Yellen, Fed Vice Chair, said during a panel discussion at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yellen’s comments focused on how the Fed handled the challenge of boosting economic growth once it reached the “zero bound” on interest rates in December 2008.

Her caution on reversing policy too soon were at odds with some of the Fed’s hawks, who have been urging a quick reversal to get ahead of rising inflation.

On Friday, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher called on the Fed to stop “spiking the punch bowl” with accommodative policy. The Fed

may need to end its $600 billion bond-buying program earlier than its expected end in June, Fisher said.

Fed officials are aware of the need to ease up on the policy gas pedal at the appropriate time, and has a “suite of tools” to help, Yellen said.

In particular, purchases of securities beyond the level the Fed has committed to could raise doubts about the Fed’s ability to exit gracefully.

“That could lead to an undesired rise in inflation expectations,” she said. A precise communications strategy will be key to guiding market expectations, Yellen noted.

Yellen said the Fed’s policies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis — slashing interest rates to the bone, and then committing to buy more than $2 trillion in government bonds and mortgage debt — had been on point, especially in heading off a potential deflationary spiral.

Studies suggest the underlying

U.S. inflation rate is now a percentage point higher than it would have been if the FOMC had not gone ahead with quantitative easing.

The latest reading on the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge showed it was up 1.6 percent year on year, still below the 2 percent comfort zone held by many Fed officials.

Still, many Fed officials now fear inflation could start to accelerate as rising commodity prices flow into the U.S. economy through higher food and energy costs.

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US filmmaking great Sidney Lumet dies in NY at 86 Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Speaking in his office above the Broadway theaters where he performed as a child, director Sidney Lumet was typically unpretentious in discussing his films, a body of work numbering more American classics than most have a right to contemplate.

“God knows I’ve got no complaints about my career,” Lumet said in 2006. “I’ve had a very good time and gotten some very good work done.”

An eminent craftsman, Lumet always referred to his more than 40 films as simple, understated “work.”

Raised as an actor and molded in live television, he was a pragmatic director, eschewing ostentatious displays of style for sure-handed storytelling.

He rarely did more than two or three takes and usually cut “in the camera” — essentially editing while shooting — yet his efficient ways

captured some of the greatest performances in American cinema: Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in “Dog Day Afternoon,” Peter Finch as Howard Beale in “Network,” Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in “The Verdict.”

His actors, with whom he always rehearsed for at least two weeks before starting production, were nominated for 17 Oscars for their performances in his films; several, including Faye Dunaway and Ingrid Bergman, won. The director was, in four nominations, always shut out until he was given a lifetime achieve-

ment award in 2005.

“I guess I’d like to thank the movies,” the director said in accepting the award. Lumet, 86, died early Saturday in his Manhattan home after suffering from lymphoma.

He was always closely associated with New York, where he shot many of his films, working far from Hollywood. The city was frequently a character in its own right in his films, from the crowds chanting “Attica!” on the hot city streets of “Dog Day Afternoon” to the hard lives and corruptibility of New York police officers in “Serpico,” “Prince of the City” and “Q&A.” Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Lumet “one of the great chroniclers of our city.” “It’s not an anti-L.A. thing,” Lumet said of his New York favoritism in a 1997 interview. “I just don’t like a company town.”

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 file picture, director Sidney Lumet, right, receives an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the 77th Academy Awards telecast in Los Angeles, presented by actor Al Pacino. Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as “Network,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “12 Angry Men,” has died his family said Saturday, April 9, 2011.

Russell Brand comes of Bob Dylan to rock age in ‘Arthur’ remake Vietnam in special concert United States before its release in Europe and Asia, Brand says he was aware of what he had to live up to in his performance. “‘Arthur’ is a lovely film and Dudley Moore’s performance is iconic.

So not pressure, but duty. And it’s a duty that we took very seriously,” the flamboyant former stand up comic told AFP in Beverly Hills.

“I know the movie very well, it was one of my favorites when I was a kid...

It was more a privilege that a pressure.”

Arthur is a young millionaire playboy too busy partying in New York, accumulating romantic conquests or simply getting drunk to pay much attention to his family’s honor.

But he is forced to take his duties seriously when his mother pushes him to marry the wealthy and suitable Susan, played by Jennifer Garner, just as he discovers true love in the arms of bighearted but poor Naomi (Greta Gerwig).

It is a role that fits Brand like a glove — he married US pop singer Katy Perry Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images/AFP last November, seemingly turning his Actor Russell Brand attends the after party back on a hitherto colorful life of defor the New York premiere of “Arthur” at The bauchery, booze and sex and drug adHarvard Club on April 5, 2011 in New York diction. “I’m also producer on the movie City. so I was involved in some way. It’s a Agence France Presse remake of a classic tale. If I did it it’s probably because what happens here also hapLOS ANGELES – Thirty years after pened in my own life,” said Brand, 35.

Dudley Moore brought the world “Arthur,” “I’ve fallen in love, got married and necRussell Brand breathes new life into the essarily grown up. So yes, I can see why at drunken playboy, in what could be called a the moment I maybe resonate with those coming of age for the recently-married Brit- things. I think these are important things in ish actor. The original “Arthur” took nearly movies in general, the idea of becoming a $100 million at the US box office and won man.” two Oscars in 1981: best supporting role “I Kissed a Girl” star Perry played a crufor John Gielgud and best song for the Burt cial role in ending his extended adolesBacharach theme tune “Best That You Can cence. “I think falling in love and getting Do.” married contributed hugely. I changed a With the remake, out Friday in the great deal as a result of that,” said Brand.

Associated Press Writer

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – After nearly five decades of singing about a war that continues to haunt a generation of Americans, legendary performer Bob Dylan is finally getting his chance to see Vietnam at peace. The American folk singer and songwriter was set to give a special concert Sunday evening in the former Saigon, where he’s expected to sing some of his classic anti-war tunes, nearly 36 years after the Vietnam War ended.

“Bob Dylan’s music opened up a path where music was used as a weapon to oppose the war in Vietnam” and fight injustice and racism, said Tran Long An, 67, vice president of the Vietnam Composers’ Association. “That was the big thing that he has done for music.”

An was a student in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, during the war and took to the streets with other Communist sympathizers calling for the killing to stop. He remains a big Dylan fan and has a large collection of the singer’s records. Sunday’s concert follows the 10th anniversary of the death of anti-war Vietnamese folk singer Trinh Cong Son, who was known as the “Bob Dylan of Vietnam.” The opening Vietnamese acts will play a tribute to Son. Only about half of the 8,000 seats at RMIT University were sold, to a mix of Vietnamese and foreigners. With more than 60 percent of the country’s 86 million people born after the war, many young people here are more familiar with contemporary pop stars like Justin Bieber.

But Dylan’s music during the tumultuous 1960s touched thousands of young people — many of them angry that a draft was being used to send young men off to die in Southeast Asia — to take to the streets and demand that Washington stop the war in Vietnam.

The fighting ended on April 30, 1975, when northern Communist forces seized the U.S.backed capital of South Vietnam, reunifying

the country. About 58,000 Americans were killed along with some 3 million Vietnamese.

Efforts are still ongoing in Vietnam and elsewhere to recover the remains of some 1,700 missing American soldiers. On Saturday in central Danang, remains believed to be those of U.S. servicemen were repatriated for DNA analysis and identification.

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American folk icon Bob Dylan performs with his band in Beijing, China Wednesday April 6, 2011.

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First man in space: A 50year-old feat remembered Associated Press Writer

STAR CITY, Russia – It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

The 27-year-old cosmonaut’s mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antennas, a retrorocket and the separation of modules. And there was an overarching question that science had yet to answer: What would weightlessness do to a human being?

“There were all kinds of wild fears that a man could lose his mind in zero gravity, lose his ability to make rational decisions,” recalls Oleg Ivanovsky, who oversaw the construction and launch of the Vostok spacecraft that carried Gagarin.

The flight was to be fully automatic, but what if weightlessness caused Gagarin to go mad and override the programmed controls? The

engineers’ solution was to add a three-digit security code that the cosmonaut would have to enter to gain command of the spacecraft.

It proved unnecessary. The flight went off safely, and the handsome Russian with the big smile became a poster boy for the communist world, still a national idol 43 years after his death in a jet training accident, and remembered with enormous affection by the last surviving pioneers of the Soviet space program at Star City outside Moscow, where he trained.

From the stern and uncompromising chief designer, Sergei Korolyov, to young nurses and rank-and-file launch pad workers, “people loved, really loved him,”

Ivanovsky told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

Korolyov was eager to cement the Soviet edge in space after the October 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world’s first manmade satellite, and he wanted to move to human spaceflight and score another victory in the race against the Americans.

But after a series of botched experimental flights throughout 1960 and a launch pad explosion that killed 126 people, safety was an overriding priority, Ivanovsky says. The flight was limited to a single orbit because of the questions about weightlessness, and Gagarin was supposed to parachute out of the capsule on return because a soft-landing system was not ready yet.

Even so, Ivanovsky says, the risk was assessed as high. A top design official at the time, Boris Chertok, wrote in his memoirs that “Judging by modern standards of rockets reliability, we had no reasons for optimism by April 1961.”

An Egyptian worker cleans some of the archeological pieces inside the Egyptian Museum on February 16.

Thieves stole around 1,000 relics from museums and archeological sites across Egypt since protests against the government broke out in January, Egypt’s minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass said in a newspaper interview.

AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte

About ‘1,000 relics’ stolen during Egypt uprising Agence France Presse

MADRID – Thieves stole around 1,000 relics from museums and archeological sites across Egypt since protests against the government broke out in January, Egypt’s minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass said Sunday in a newspaper interview. “We are investigating all the incidents to find the items.

Up until now we have identified many culprits, criminals who were looking for gold or mummies and who lacked knowledge of the value of the items they stole,” he told Spanish daily El Mundo.

“They were not organised, they lived near the archeological sites where the objects were kept. They would take advantage of the night to enter the archeological sites and pillage,” he added.

“About 1,000 objects were stolen, none of them major items. There is an inventory of everything and it will be difficult for the items to leave the country.”

The inventory of all the items that were stolen during the uprising and the weeks of unrest that followed will be given to UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, Hawass said. The tomb of Hetep-ka at Saqqara and the tomb of Em-pi at Giza as well as the Egyptian museum in Cairo, which houses most of the King Tutankhamen collection, were among the places targeted by thieves, he added.

Hawass was named minister of antiquities last month. He had served as head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and later became minister of state under ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

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FILE - This undated photo shows cosmonaut Maj. Yuri Gagarin in his space suit. It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind _ one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened on Tuesday, April 12, 1961 when the air force pilot became the first human in space.

Celebrity tracker ‘app’ for Android smartphones Agence France Presse

SAN FRANCISCO – Startup Scoopler was inviting owners of Android-powered smartphones to install an application that promises to alert them every time a celebrity is sighted nearby. The free JustSpotted software was available online at the Android Market.

“There is no other application that gives you real-time alerts like this with thousands of spottings on our website every day,” Scoopler co-founder AJ Asver told AFP in an email. “If you are in a metropolitan area, you are going to be pleasantly surprised by how close you are to the celebrity world.”

JustSpotted.com launched in October with an online map that pinpoints celebrity

whereabouts in real time based on public updates from social networking star Facebook and microblogging service Twitter. JustSpotted members also contribute sightings.

While branded by some as a potential resource for stalkers, JustSpotted billed itself as “celebrity friendly” and said stars can make deals to use the service to promote their images or messages.

“We have not had any complaints from celebrities,” Asver told AFP. “We’ve actually been approached by people about promoting upcoming films.”

He said that a version of JustSpotted tailored for iPhones was undergoing an Apple approval process and was expected to be available in the App Store by the end of the month.

AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo

A model displays smartphones with Google’s mobile operating system Android.

Startup Scoopler was inviting owners of Android-powered smartphones to install an application that promises to alert them every time a celebrity is sighted nearby.

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Bayern fire coach Van Gaal after draw with Nuremberg Reuters

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Real Madrid’s Kaka (C) and Athletic Bilbao’s Javi Martinez fight for the ball during their Spanish first division soccer match at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao April 9, 2011.

Barca labour past Almeria, Real keep up chase Reuters

MADRID - Lionel Messi ensured Barcelona maintained their eight-point lead over Real Madrid ahead of next weekend’s Clasico, scoring twice as the leaders came back to beat basement side Almeria 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday. The World Player of the Year equalised with a penalty and settled the match in the last minute with his 29th league goal of the campaign, after Thiago Alcantara had put Barca 2-1 up in a nervous display at the Nou Camp.

Real had put them under pressure by easing through a match that had been expected to be far tougher, when Kaka scored two penalties and set up Cristiano Ronaldo for a third at sixthplaced Bilbao. Leaders Barca moved on to 84 points with seven games left to play. Sevilla climbed to fifth with 46, one ahead of Bilbao, after Ivan Rakitic scored a 68th-minute equaliser for a 2-2 draw at Real Mallorca.

“Madrid are going to fight for this league until the end, until it is mathematically impossible because this is the way we have been educated,” Real captain Iker Casillas told reporters. Both sides rested players ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal second legs next week, when Barca visit Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday with a 5-1 advantage and Real travel to play Tottenham Hotspur with a 4-0 lead.

On top of that, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola will have been preparing for the first of four possible meetings between the Spanish giants in 18 days starting with next Saturday’s league encounter. Four days later, they have the King’s Cup final in Valencia and they look likely to meet again in the two-legged Champions

League semi-finals.

BARCA STRUGGLE Barca struggled to create clear openings against a side they hammered 8-0 earlier in the season, despite their almost complete domination of possession. They were caught out after 50 minutes when Almeria broke and Corona beat Juan Manuel Pinto in a one-on-one to silence the Nou Camp, but Barca quickly levelled.

David Villa, who came on for the injured Bojan Krkic in the first half, was brought down by the slightest of touches from goalkeeper Diego Alves as he raced into the area, and Messi netted from the spot.

Thiago headed in from a corner after 64 minutes and with Guardiola nervously prowling the touchline the tireless Messi pounced on an error to settle the match with almost the last kick.

“It was difficult because at this stage of the championship everyone is fighting for something,” Barca midfielder Javier Mascherano told Spanish television. “Almeria are fighting for survival, but we remained calm and quickly equalised after their goal. The important thing is to keep

winning games and to keep our pursuers eight points behind us.”

Real fielded an unfamiliar looking side at San Mames with the likes of Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Xabi Alonso and Ricardo Carvalho on the bench and Pepe playing in midfield. “You could have had doubts seeing the starting XI but you can see Madrid has a good squad,” Aitor Karanka two told a news conference as Mourinho once again left his number two to face the media.

“Pepe played a great game in midfield and Kaka was really impressive.”

Bilbao mounted a typical aerial bombardment of the visitors’ area but for all their pressure they created few chances and left themselves vulnerable to counter-attacks.

One such break led to goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz upending Argentina winger Angel Di Maria in the area, and Kaka slotted away from the spot in the 14th minute. Di Maria went down easily for a penalty after 54 minutes and Kaka outwitted Iraizoz again from the spot, before releasing substitute Ronaldo with a ball over the top.

The Portuguese cut back inside his marker with style to end local hopes of a comeback in the 70th minute, bagging his 28th league goal of the season.

BERLIN - Bayern Munich have fired coach Louis Van Gaal following Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Nuremberg in the Bundesliga, the Bavarian club said on Sunday. Van Gaal had been due to leave at the end of the season but, with the team in danger of missing out on next season’s Champions League, his departure was brought forward.

“Bayern have given coach Louis Van Gaal leave of absence with immediate effect,” the club said on their website (www.fcbayern.t-home.de). Jupp Heynckes has already been named as Bayern’s coach for next season and Andries Jonker would be interim coach for the rest of this term, Bayern said.

Bayern dropped to fourth and were overtaken by Hanover 96 who beat Mainz 05 2-0 on Saturday and now occupy the Champions League qualifying-round spot.

Fourth place would mean a place in the Europa League.

With next season’s Champions League final to be staged in Munich at their own Allianz Arena, it would be a catastrophe for Bayern if they missed out on the competition.

“After the dropping to fourth in the table and with the risk of not achieving the minimum target of a Champions League qualifying place, the decision was taken for the good of FC Bayern,” said the club. Van Gaal won the Bundesliga and German Cup and led Bayern

AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File

FILE - In this March 15, 2011 file picture Munich’s head coach Louis van Gaal reacts during the Champions League match, round of 16 second leg, between FC Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Munich, southern Germany. to the Champions League final last season, his first in charge.

In September, Bayern extended his contract to the end of the 2011/ 12 season but, after a disappointing season, said in March that he would be leaving at the end of the current season. Bayern were knocked out in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League, losing on away goals to Inter Milan after conceding a last-minute goal and losing 3-2 in the home leg despite dominating the match.

Van Gaal, 59, has also coached Ajax Amsterdam and Barcelona, winning the Champions League with the Dutch side in 1995. He also coached the Netherlands team which failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup.

Man Utd march on as Fulham beaten Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER – Manchester United moved to within touching distance of a record 19th league title after a 2-0 win over Fulham at Old Trafford on Saturday. Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 12th minute with his 22nd goal of the season before Antonio Valencia made it 2-0 as United opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the table after an eighth win in 11 league games.

It capped a bitter-sweet day for United manager Sir Alex Ferguson after his horse, What A Friend, failed to finish the Grant National, which was taking place at the same time as this game. With Wayne Rooney serving a two-match suspension for his expletive-laden tirade at West Ham, Berbatov started on his own in attack as Ferguson had one eye on Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final with Chelsea. In total, the United manager made eight changes to the side that earned a 1-0

first leg lead at Stamford Bridge in midweek.

Rio Ferdinand was not involved in the 16 while keeper Edwin van der Sar, Javier Hernandez and Michael Carrick were among the substitutes.

Fulham has lost on all seven visits to Old Trafford since their last victory at the venue in 2003, but the midtable visitors quickly settled as they twice tested United’s stand-in keeper Tomasz Kuszczak in the opening exchanges. Anderson had already spurned a 19th minute opportunity to make it 2-0 when the Brazilian screwed a 16-yard attempt hopelessly wide after the visitors defence had been sliced wide open.

Fortunately for United, fellow South American Valencia was not so wasteful in the 32nd minute. The 25year-old, who has recently returned to action after recovering from a broken ankle, was presented with the simplest of headers two yards from goal after Nani’s attempted finish from an acute angle was deflected by Fulham defender Aaron Hughes.

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Maidana outpoints Morales in Las Vegas Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS – Marcos Maidana outpointed five-time world champion Erik Morales on Saturday night to win the vacant WBA interim super lightweight title. Two judges scored the bout 116-112 for Maidana (30-2) and the other had it even at 114.

“This was my toughest fight yet,” Maidana said. “But I knew it would be difficult so I trained hard and was prepared. ... The fight was close but I came on strong in the end and feel I won the fight.”

Maidana came out strong, dominating the older, slower Morales (51-7) in the first few rounds. By the end of the second round Morales’ right eye was swollen shut.

Morales, a heavy underdog, appeared to be far past his prime in the early rounds, but was able to rally in the middle rounds to keep the fight close. “He may have won a close fight but it wasn’t a clean win for him,” Morales said. “I thought I landed the better punches. I thought I won. I know I still had speed and velocity, but more importantly I had heart.”

In the co-main event, Robert Guerrero unanimously outpointed Michael Katsidis to take the vacant WBA and WBO interim lightweight titles. Guerrero, the former IBF featherweight and super-featherweight champion, had winning scores of 117-

108, 118-106, 118-107 from the judges in the 12-round bout. “I feel great,” Guerrero said. “I won two titles tonight.

I’m a warrior and I’m ready to fight anyone.”

Guerrero solidified his position as one of the top lightweights in the world, outslugging Katsidis and leaving his face battered.

On the undercard, former IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi earned a lopsided unanimous decision over Jose Miguel Cotto, Nobuhiro Ishida stunned the previously unbeaten James Kirkland with a first- round knockout, and super lightweight prospect Danny Garcia upped his record to 21-0 with an unanimous decision over former lightweight champ Nate Campbell.

In the preliminary fights, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev remained undefeated with a third- round knockout of Harvey Jolley, and Mikael Zewski also remained perfect with an unanimous decision over Clint Coronel.

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Marcos Maidana, of Argentina, right, punches Erik Morales, of Mexico during their WBA interim junior welterweight championship boxing match Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. Maidana won by majority decision.

Kei Nishikori, of Japan, returns a shot to Pablo Cuevas, of Uruguay, in the semifinals at the U.S Men’s Clay Court Championship tennis tournament Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Houston.

Nishikori won 6-3, 7-5.

AP Photo/Eric Kayne

Nishikori to face upstart Sweeting in Clay Court final Reuters

HOUSTON - Wild card Ryan Sweeting upset former champion Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-3 to advance to the final of the U.S. Clay Court Championship on Saturday. American Sweeting, who will face Japan’s Kei Nishikori for the title, survived three break points in the fourth game and rallied from a 3-2 deficit in the tie breaker with five consecutive points to take the first set.

Sweeting broke Croatian Karlovic’s serve to take a 4-2 lead over the 2007 champion in the second set and closed out the match on serve.

“I feel great here in Houston,” Sweeting said. “Ivo had a three-hour match and was in a little bit of pain out here today. I knew he’d be serving big, but you can’t let that bother you. You’ve just got to take care of your own serve. “It’s good to get to my first final here in the States and here in Houston.”

In the other semi-final, Nishikori defeated

Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-3 7-5 to reach his second ATP Tour final. He won the Delray Open in 2008.

Nishikori dropped serve in the fourth and sixth game of the second set but recovered by breaking Cuevas in the fifth and 11th games.

Nishikori’s serve was nearly broken again in the 12th game but he fought off two break points to close the match with a forehand volley.

“I played great today, grinding away despite not being good on serve. It was tough conditions, hot and humid, but I battled through,” said Nikishori, who can become Japan’s highest ranked male player ever with a victory over Sweeting.

Nishikori is currently ranked 61st in the world, but would better Shuzo Matsuoka’s career best of 46th if he defeats Sweeting.

“It’s not like I can promise to win, but with the conditions in Japan I hope I can win tomorrow and give them a little bit of hope. It’s always in my mind but when I play my match I have to concentrate.”

Second Basque title for German veteran Kloeden Reuters

ZALLA, Spain - Evergreen German Andreas Kloeden won the Tour of the Basque Country for the second time on Saturday, 11 years after his first victory. Compatriot Tony Martin finished first in the 24-km final-stage time trial in Zalla. RadioShack rider Kloeden was second, nine seconds back, with Italian Marco Pinotti in third place.

“This shows you can never be too old to win although it was much tougher this time round,” the 35-year-old veteran told reporters.

“In 2000 I wasn’t well known and I took full advantage of that. Other teams kept the race under control and finally I was able to take a surprise win in the final time trial.

“This time everybody could see I was in good shape from the way I had raced in ParisNice and the Criterium International. I had to be craftier,” added Kloeden.

The twice Tour de France runner-up completed the Basque race 47 seconds ahead of 39-year-old RadioShack team mate Chris Horner of the United States. Dutchman Robert Gesink finished third.

“If you are in good shape and look after yourself you can go on winning until you are 40,” said Kloeden. “Chris, who won this race last year, and I are the proof of that.” The German said the unseasonably hot weather, with temperatures soaring past the 30-Celsius mark midway through the week-long race, made the event much harder.

“I’ve raced the Tour of the Basque Country with snow on my arms and this very hot weather for this time of year was completely unexpected,” said Kloeden. “Everybody suffered. It was only today in a time trial, rather than in a full stage, that I could really go for it.

“Now I will have a long break before building up again for the Tour de France (in July).”

The pack of riders stir-up dust as they ride on a cobbelstoned section of the Paris-Roubaix cycling classic in northern France, April 10, 2011.

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Vettel eases to Malaysian GP victory Sepang - Sebastian Vettel remains unbeaten in the 2011 Formula 1 season after taking another Malaysian Grand Prix victory, despite running without KERS on his Red Bull for much of the race. The world champion was not able to dominate, but had enough speed to stay clear of his rivals in a very competitive race at a dry Sepang. Jenson Button took second for McLaren, with his team-mate Lewis Hamilton only seventh after tyre troubles.

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McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain, left, Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, center, and Renault Formula One driver Nick Heidfeld of Germany, right, spray champagne each other during the award ceremony of the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, April 10, 2011.

Hamilton frustrated by early stops SEPANG - Lewis Hamilton said pitting too early in the opening stages of the Malaysian Grand Prix put him at a disadvantage for the rest of the afternoon. The McLaren driver was up to second for a while and was closing on leader Sebastian Vettel.

But Hamilton struggled to keep his tyres alive through what should have been an 18-lap final stint, and ended up dropping back to seventh after having to make an additional stop.

“I think through the race my tyres went off,” he told the BBC. “We pitted too early, then we had to pit earlier, all the time we were pitting before everyone and my tyres were just finished at the end. “It’s one of those days and you have to take it on the chin and move on.”

Hamilton admitted that finishing seventh was a hugely disappointing result after pushing Vettel hard for much of the weekend and starting

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Mechanics for McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain change his tires during a pit stop at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, April 10, 2011. from the front row.

“This is racing, I guess,” he said. “I started second and did

everything I could to keep up, and I don’t really have much to say.”

Nick Heidfeld gave Renault its second podium in as many races as he held off Mark Webber for third after a complicated afternoon for the second Red Bull. The Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were fifth and sixth after the latter damaged his front wing clipping Hamilton’s car.

Vettel seemed to be handed an easy afternoon at the start, for while he clearly held the lead through a busy first corner, the Renaults of Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov surged down the outside to move from sixth and eighth on the grid to second and fifth, either side of Hamilton and Button’s McLarens, and ahead of Massa and Alonso’s Ferraris.

It was worse still for Webber - his KERS already seemingly not working, the Australian plunged to ninth and was passed by a combative Kamui Kobayashi further around the lap.

Heidfeld did not lose too much time to Vettel, though, the Renault staying within seven seconds of the leading Red Bull through the first stint. When Heidfeld then lost ground in the first stops, that released the McLarens and the rapidly-recovering Alonso to start gaining on Vettel.

While Hamilton got Vettel’s lead down to under four seconds, Alonso passed Button for third into the first corner early in the second stint and started closing in as well.

Vettel then looked even more vulnerable after the second of the lead-

ers’ three pitstops when his team informed him that he could no longer use his KERS. But his pursuers’ hopes of taking advantage of this were quickly dashed - even without the energy boosting system Vettel managed to pull clear during this stint, stretching his lead over Hamilton back up to eight seconds.

It was Button who started making progress in the second half of the race, taking third back from Alonso in the second pitstops, and setting some strong times thereafter, then getting second from Hamilton at the next pit sequence when a left-front issue slowed the latter slightly.

As Button then started inching up towards Vettel, Hamilton struggled badly for pace in the final hard-tyre stint. Alonso was soon all over the back of him, but with his DRS not working, the Ferrari had to be creative to try and pass. On lap 45 Alonso got too close through Turn 3, clipping the rear of the McLaren and damaging his front wing, forcing an extra stop.

Hamilton was then caught by first Heidfeld, who slipped past into Turn 1 using the DRS with four laps to go, then the recovering Webber who despite being on a four-stop strategy and still without KERS, managed to get back up with the leaders. He grabbed fourth when Hamilton slid off the road briefly, and the McLaren gave up and pitted for a fourth time immediately afterwards.