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”Thriller” was made because Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster

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VENICE - Music video “Thriller” was not the product of a brilliant idea but was made because pop star Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster, director John Landis said at the Venice film festival on Monday.

Landis was in Venice to present the 3D version of the video, which was made 35 years after the original.

It was screened as a special event in the out-of-competition section. “(Thriller) was nobody’s good idea, it was no brilliant business plan,” John Landis told journalists.

“It was a vanity video because Michael wanted to be a monster. And everything that came, evolved from that, was spectacularly successful and I was totally surprised.”

Landis said Jackson first approached him about making the video because he liked his work on “An American Werewolf in London” and the two, along with make-up artist Rick Baker, met to look at photographs from old monster movies.

“Turns out he hasn’t seen many horror films, they were too scary. I found him great,” Landis said, laughing. “He wanted zombies, but the

big thing for Mike was turning into a monster.”

Asked about his first meeting with Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but died in 2009 at the age of 50, Landis said he was “joyful” and “childlike” and quickly became a close family friend.

“Michael was very determined that everything had to be the best, the greatest,” he said. “He had a spectacular work ethic, but he was an old pro, the guy has been performing since he was 8 years old.”

While making “Thriller” Jackson was happy to “show up and do whatever I wanted,” Landis said. It was different when they met again to produce “Black or White” in 1991.

“On ‘Black or White’ I was working for Michael. It was different. We were still fine, but ... he was much more guarded,” Landis said.

“I know it’s not easy being a celeb,

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Director John Landis gestures during a photocall for the movie “Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D” at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 4, 2017. but to be the most famous person in the world, to have that kind of celebrity is bizarre.”

“And here’s someone who was already working from a young age ... he never had a childhood. That’s one of the reasons he was so interested in

pursuing one as a grown up.”

Landis, an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, jumped at the idea of converting “Thriller” into 3D, because “I really wanted you to experience it the way Michael wanted you to experience it”.

“We went through the whole movie frame by frame, and it was not intended to be in 3D, so we are not throwing anything at you or anything like that, but it does enhance certain parts of it tremendously ... the dance is much improved,” he said. (rtr)

‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Leads Slowest Labor Day Weekend in About Two Years LOS ANGELES - A disastrous domestic summer box office is ending on a low note.

Without any fresh competition in wide release, “Hitman’s Bodyguard” appears the be the holiday weekend’s movie of choice. The Lionsgate release with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson at the center should earn $13.4 million from 3,370 locations over the four-day weekend. Its seemingly imminent win would make “Hitman’s Bodyguard” the only flick this summer to retain the top spot on the domestic box office charts for three consecu-

tive weekends. “Dunkirk,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” each stayed first for two frames.

But while the action comedy is certainly profitable at this point, its threepeat is less due to the movie’s overwhelming popularity, and more attributable to the lack of alternatives. This -- the first Labor Day weekend in recent history without a new wide release -- is tracking to have the lowest four-day total for the holiday in nearly two decades.

The 28 movies currently in release are tracking to bring in about $95.5

million, according to ComScore.

Not since 1998 has the Labor Day domestic box office dropped below a $100 million four-day total.

The last time there were no wide releases over Labor Day weekend was in 1992.

Of the weekend’s medium-sized launches, Sony’s re-release of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is faring best. The 40th anniversary theatrical event is set to take in $2.3 million for the four-day holiday weekend from 901 locations. Meanwhile, TWC’s long-delayed release “Tulip Fever” is not finding its audience.

The historical drama starring Alicia Vikander is expected to earn $1.4 million from 765 locations.

A unique collaboration between Marvel Television and ABC Studios brought “Marvel’s Inhumans” to 393 Imax screens in North America, where it is expected to earn $1.5 million. And Pantellion’s “Do It Like an Hombre” is looking at about $1.4 million for the four days at 382 locations.

Otherwise, “Annabelle: Creation” should remain in the two slot for Warner Bros. The horror sequel has an estimated three-day tally of $7.3

million from 3,358 locations, and is tracking for $9.3 million with the extended holiday.

While “Tulip Fever” might fail to crack the weekend’s top 20, TWC has the third and fourth highest-grossing movies of the weekend. “Wind River” is expecting an $8 million four-day total from 2,602 spots. The animated adventure “Leap!” should follow close behind with $6.6 million from 2,705 locations. “Logan Lucky” should round out the top five with a reported $4.4 million three-day and estimated $5.6 million for the entire holiday. (rtr)

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Indonesia to bar Myanmar protest at world’s biggest Buddhist temple

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JAKARTA - Indonesian police have pledged to bar Islamist groups from staging a rally on Friday at the Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java to protest against the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. Islamist groups say they plan the demonstration close to the stupa-topped Borobudur temple, which dates from the 9th century and is a popular tourist site, to call for an end to violence against the religious and ethnic minority in Myanmar.

Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims and there have been a number of anti-Myanmar protests in Jakarta and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur over the treatment of Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s roughly 1.1 million Rohingyas.

Almost 125,000 Rohingyas have been forced to flee clashes between Rohingya insurgents and the army in the northwest Rakhine state. Tens of thousands have crossed the border into neighbouring Bangladesh. “The action at Borobudur temple will be prohibited,” National Police Chief Tito Karnavian told reporters, according to media.

“This is not just part of the heritage of Indonesia, but that of the world. There is no need for protests in response to the Rohingya conflict because the Indonesian government is taking action on it already.”

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Monday met Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and top security officials to call for

a halt to the bloodshed. Marsudi was due in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, on Tuesday.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif expressed “deep anguish at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims” and urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take “immediate and effective action to bring an end to all human-rights violations against innocent and unarmed Rohingya Muslim population”.

An organiser of Friday’s planned protest said the groups wanted to protest peacefully near the Borobodur temple to show Indonesia’s tolerance. “The Borobudur is an extraordinary symbol of tolerance,” said Anang Imamuddin. “We want the world to know that it is in a majority Muslim country but it is safe.

Buddhist monks are safe here too.”

A Nobel laureate and Muslim nations in Asia criticized Myanmar’s persecution of its Rohingya Muslim minority as thousands in Indonesia and elsewhere staged angry protests

against Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.

At least 87,000 refugees from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since violence escalated in late August, according to the United Nations, overwhelming existing camps for the displaced. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said her “heart breaks” at the suffering of Rohingya Muslims and urged Myanmar’s leader, a fellow Nobel laureate, to condemn the violence against the Rohingya minority.

“Over the last several years I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment,” she said in a statement posted on Twitter. “I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same. The world is waiting and the Rohingya Muslims are waiting.”

The latest eruption of violence in Rakhine state has killed more than 400 people and triggered an exo-

dus of Rohingya into Bangladesh.

It began after insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts in what they said was an effort to protect their ethnic minority from persecution by security forces in the majority Buddhist country.

In response, Myanmar’s military unleashed what it called “clearance operations.” Human Rights Watch says satellite imagery shows 700 buildings were burned in the Rohingya Muslim village of Chein Khar Li, just one of 17 locations in Rakhine state where the rights group has documented burning of homes and property.

Myanmar denies citizenship to Rohingya, who have lived in the country for generations, and the group has frequently faced hostility and violence from the Buddhist majority, often fanned by hard-line monks and inflammatory comments from officials.

Reports of killings by security forces and images of lines of people including children and the elderly attempting to cross the swampy border into Bangladesh have sparked anger and battered the reputation of Suu Kyi, previously lionized for her decades of resistance to Myanmar’s former military rulers. Tens

of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia’s predominantly Muslim Chechnya to protest what the Chechen leader called “genocide of Muslims” in Myanmar.

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for an end to violence in Rakhine state and sent his foreign minister to Myanmar where she with met Monday with Suu Kyi and armed forces commander Min Aung Hlaing.

Over the weekend, protesters in Jakarta set fire to a poster of Suu Kyi outside the Myanmar embassy and further protests are set for this week. Local media reported that one group plans to stage a protest at Borobudur, a famous ancient Buddhist temple in central Java.

“The world remains silent in the face of the massacre of Rohingya Muslims,” said Farida, an organizer of Monday’s protest who uses a single name. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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To settle parking shortage problem

Customary village hoped to provide a land

Ngurah Rai International Airport

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3.5 millions of foreign tourists arrive via Ngurah Rai Airport, China remains to dominate

MANGUPURA - Tourist arrival through Ngurah Rai Airport continues to increase.

Based on the data of immigration office up to July 2017, a total of 3.5 million foreign tourists come in through Ngurah Rai Airport. This figure rose by 22.18 percent compared to 2016.

General Manager of Ngurah Rai Airport, Yanus Suprayogi, said on Monday (Sep. 4) that of the total number, foreign tourists from China still dominate the significant increase, amounting to 25 percent or about 896,000 people. During the past two years, China is occupying the highest foreign tourists coming to Bali.

In the meantime, Australian tourists are ranked second with the total number of 632,000 or 18 percent and the ranked third is Indian tourist reaching 234,000 or 7 percent.

“In 2017, the Ngurah Rai Airport is targeted to bring

in 5.58 millions of foreign tourists. Seeing the record until last July, it indicates the achievement of almost 64 percent. When seeing the growth that continues to increase significantly, we are confident that we can meet the target,” he said.

Yanus added that this optimism is also supported by the large interest of foreign airlines to serve flight to Bali. “Last month, we first received the Mehan Air flight from Tehran, Iran. Bali is the first destination in Indonesia targeted by Mehan Air,” he said.

He said the trend of tourists from the Middle East also experiences an increase. This year, the percentage has increased by two-fold or 100 percent compared to last year. “In 2016, during the period from January to July there are approximately 17,000 people and this year reaches 35,000. Apparently this is a positive impact of the visit made by King of Saudi Arabia to Bali last March,” he concluded. (kmb23)

MANGUPURA - The shortage of parking space and even the absence of representative parking space at Tanjung Benoa make the marine tourism destination increasingly chaotic. As a result, many tourist vehicles should be parked on the road side or even on the sidewalk. This condition always triggers congestion along the Jalan Pratama. When confirmed on Monday (Sep. 4), the Head of the Badung Transportation Agency, AA Rai Yuda Dharma, admitted that his agency has not been able to provide parking space to overcome the problem. Indeed, the absence of parking space becomes the main problem.

Rai Yuda hoped that later on there is cooperation with local customary village to overcome the problem. If there is indeed a land that can be used, it must be submitted / proposed to the government. The government will decide whether to be purchased or leased.

Clearly the process must be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations through relevant agency handling the land. “Indeed, the availability of parking space at Tanjung Benoa area is inadequate.

Thus, we hope there is cooperation with local community leaders,” he said.

He explained that other than

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being influenced by the lack of parking space and congestion, it is also influenced by the absence of alternative road section. So far, the condition of Jalan Pratama as the only one road access to Tanjung Benoa can no longer accommodate the number of vehicles. Therefore, other than preparing a representative parking space, he also hoped the presence of an alternative road section. “To resolve the congestion problem at the location, it is indeed required to have a ring road as an alternative route, since there is no alternative road heading for Tanjung Benoa,” he said.

Related to procurement of parking space and ring road that requires a long process, he will coordinate with related parties. For short term, he will coordinate with local headman and sub-district head and related technical institutions. “Such condition requires synergy to find a solution that is not solely becoming the responsibility of transportation agency but also needs a shared thinking related to the context of territorial and authority,” he said.

To minimize congestion, he expected the awareness of motorists not to use the road shoulder as a parking space. In the meantime, the entrepreneurs are also encouraged to be more orderly in arranging and parking their vehicle. (kmb23)

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N.Korea says it has developed advanced hydrogen bomb ready for ICBM

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A trainee flies a drone next to a China Civil UAS (Unmanned Aerospace Surveillance) Pilot Flight examiner (in red) during his examination for the license from AOPA CHINA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) at LTFY drone training school on the outskirts of Beijing, China August 14, 2017.

China’s tighter drone rules send new pilots flocking to school

BEIJING - A buzz fills the sky above a flight base in northern Beijing, as pilots practise take-offs and landings ahead of tests to qualify for a licence - to fly drones.

Drone enthusiasts in China, the world’s top maker of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are scrambling for licences after the government adopted strict rules this year to tackle incidents of drones straying into aircraft flight paths.

“A drone is not a toy,” said Yang Nuo, the principal of the drone training school in the Chinese capital, who expects more students to sign up in a drive to boost flying skills. “It involves complicated aerial theoretical knowledge.”

Gao Huiqiang, 32, said his construction company told him to seek a licence.

“Since the laws on drones are tightening and a legal framework is being built, they told me to come and get the license first,” he added.

In June, China set an end-August deadline for owners of civilian drones to register crafts up to a certain weight under their real names. Last week, a test-flight

base opened in the commercial hub of Shanghai, which requires civilian drones to fly below 150 m (492 ft), the official news agency’s Xinhuanet website said.

Others have balked at the idea of spending around 10,000 yuan ($1,534) for an official qualification, particularly as uncertainty surrounds future regulations.

“They don’t know when the next regulation will be introduced,” said Hao Jiale, the manager at a DJI drone store. “Some people want to wait and see.”

Privately-held SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, based in the southeastern city of Shenzen, had a roughly 70 percent share of the global commercial and consumer drone market, according to a 2016 estimate by Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer analysts.

Despite the curbs, prospects for growth look bright.

China’s camera drone market will see a compound annual growth rate of 68 percent in five years, with shipments reaching 3 million units by 2019, up from 40,000 in the third quarter of 2015, tech research firm IDC said last year.

More than 120,000 drones have been registered in China, Xinhuanet said, compared to just 77,000 registered users in the United States. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday it has developed a more advanced thermonuclear weapon that possesses “great destructive power” and will be loaded on a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that experts believe has the range to hit much of the United States.

The report by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency comes amid heightened regional tension following Pyongyang’s two tests of ICBM missiles in July that potentially could fly about 10,000 km (6,200 miles), putting many parts of the mainland United States within range.

Under third-generation leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has been pursuing a nuclear device small and light enough to fit on a long-range ballistic missile, without affecting its range as well as making it capable of surviving re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

North Korea “recently succeeded” in making a more advanced hydrogen bomb, the country’s official KCNA news agency said.

“The H-bomb, the explosive power of which is adjustable from tens kiloton to hundreds kiloton, is a multifunctional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals,” KCNA said.

“All components of the H-bomb were homemade and all the processes ... were put on the Juche basis, thus enabling the country to produce powerful nuclear weapons as many as it wants,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

Juche is North Korea’s homegrown ruling go-it-alone ideology that is a mix of Marxism and extreme nationalism preached by state founder Kim Il Sung, the current leader’s grandfather.

Kim Jong Un, who visited the country’s nuclear weapons institute, “watched an H-bomb to be loaded into new ICBM” and “set forth tasks to be fulfilled in the research into nukes,” KCNA said.

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Pictures released by the agency showed Kim inspecting a silver-colored warhead in the visit accompanied by nuclear scientists, with a concept diagram of its Hwasong-14 longrange ballistic missile seen hanging on the wall.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been high since last month when North Korea threatened to launch missiles into the sea near the strategically located U.S. Pacific territory of Guam after U.S. President Donald Trump said Pyongyang would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.

North Korea further raised regional tensions on Tuesday by launching an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, drawing international condemnation.

The KCNA report made no mention of plans for a sixth nuclear test.

Experts and officials have said North Korea could conduct its sixth nuclear test at any time, and that the reclusive country has maintained a readiness at its nuclear test site to conduct another detonation test.

U.S. officials have told Reuters that while North Korea has had parts in place for a nuclear detonation going back several months, no new activity had been seen recently at its known nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in its northeastern region.

North Korea last year conducted its fourth and fifth nuclear tests, saying the fourth in January 2016 was a successful hydrogen bomb test, although outside experts say the claim has not been proven.

Earthquakes triggered by North Korean nuclear tests have gradually increased in magnitude since Pyongyang’s first test in 2006, indicating the isolated country is steadily improving the destructive power of its nuclear technology.

Its fifth nuclear test in September 2016 was measured to be possibly North Korea’s biggest detonation ever, but the earthquake it caused was still not believed to be big enough to demonstrate a thermonuclear test. (rtr)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.

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Green turtle on Candidasa Beach

Lays hundreds of eggs at a time that hatch after 40 days

LATELY, dozens of green turtle eggs are frequently found hatching on Candidasa Beach, in Bugbug Customary Village. To ensure their safety, local fishermen are cooperating with the Karangasem Natural Resources Agency (KSDA), the Karangasem Water Police and Bugbug Customary Village authorities to keep the turtle hatchlings safe by housing them in a warehouse. Once they are old enough the turtle hatchlings are released back into the sea. The last turtle release took place on Saturday (Sep 2) when dozens found their way to the sea.

Local fisherman Made Sudana who is part of Bugbug village’s Sri Baruna fishermen’s group explained that there were a total of 58 turtle hatchlings that were released this time. They hatched form their eggs on September 1 and were then moved into the warehouse. The turtle hatchlings were reported to the customary apparatus, police and KSDA Karangasem.

“Indeed, many turtles have been laying their eggs here since ancient times. But in the past many of these eggs were taken by local residents. Today after having been educated by the BKSDA and police authorities, people understand that that this animal is a protected species. So now the turtle eggs are kept safe”, explained Sudana.

Green turtles usually come to shore to lay their eggs at night or early in the morning. Local fishermen often encounter the turtles laying their eggs around this time as the fishermen head out to sea. Each turtle can lay anywhere form 200 to 500 eggs. Turtle eggs usually hatch after 40 days provided that the temperature in the environment is well maintained.

“If the eggs are swamped in sea water, they will not hatch, so we move them away form the shore” he added.

Head of the BKSDA Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Suteja, said that this is one of the conservation efforts being made by his agency to ensure that green sea turtles are not made exctinct. After finding out that the green turtles have been laying lots of eggs recently, the BKSDA approached local residents and the customary apparatus in order to work together to protect the green turtles. Supporting facilities were also installed aorudn the beach area including sign boards that explain to people about this turtle.

The BKSDA, he added will intensify their patrolling of the areas where the green turtles breed. “ We do conservation as well as education. These turtle hatchlings have now

become a tourist attraction on Candidasa Beach” said Suteja.

Knowing that the green turtle is a protected animal, local residents have now performed three turtle hatchling releases, The first release was carried out on Candidasa on July 11 by Chief of Karangasem Police, Wayan Gede Ardana, accompanied by Chief of Water Police, I Made Wartama, along with local residents, fishermen and foreign tourists who were staying at Puri Bagus Candidasa. A total of 32 hatchling were released at that time.

“Green turtles are protected because of their scarcity so since we found out we have ordered the water police to intensify their monitoring along Candidasa Beach. We do not want the newly hatched turtles to fall to the hands of irresponsible people”, said the police chief.

The second release was carried out on August 8 at the same location. The turtle hatchlings were released by the apparatus of Bugbug Customary Village together with BKSDA

Karangasem and the Karangasem water police. Green turtles often choose this coastline as their breeding ground and have become one of the main tourists attractions of this area. The green turtle has become an icon in Candidasa. Villagers in this area are often aware when the turtles have hatched and are trying to make their way to the sea.

Chief of Bugbug customary village, Jro Wayan Mas Suyasa, affirmed that the Customary Village of Bugbug are committed to supporting the conservation efforts of the KSDA Karangasem and the Karangasem Water Police. Customary village authorities have also made it clear to local residents that they need to protect the green turtles from poachers. “ If anyone finds a green turtle, it should be taken back to the sea, the same is true for turtle hatchlings. This turtle is a symbol of kurma avatar (the second avatar of Vishnu). If we need in the customary village need a turtle for a ceremony, the turtle will come to us of its own accord” he said. (gik)

Once they are old enough the turtle hatchlings are released back into the sea.

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A beach visitor run-over

Culprits alleged to be part of motorcycle gangs MANGUPURA - On Friday(Sept 1), a 23 year old man from Jember, East Java named Yuda Kurniawan was beaten by four men who are allegedly part of a motorcycle gang. Related to the incident that occurred in front of the Hard Rock Café on Kuta Beach, police have arrested 24 year old Imam Ansori alias Aan, Muhamad Abdul Kuhar alias Kohar, 22, W.A.S., 17, and Rudi Hartono alias Jo, 30, lon Saturday (Sep. 2).

A source in the field said on Sunday (Sep. 3) that the violent

incident occurred at 01:30 when the victim and his friends were sitting on Kuta Beah enjoying some drinks. A group of ten other young men approached them wanting to join them in their drinking. The victim and his friends rejected their request. One of the culprits wanted to entrust his drunken friend to the seated group but this request was also rejected. A shouting match quickly ensued.

Kurniawan tried to intervene to resolve the dispute but was met with the sting of a large chain necklace that left his right eyebrow

bleeding. “The victim and his friends immediately reported the incident to the Kuta Police station” explained the source.

According to the police report, the Kuta Police’S operations team led by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Budi Artama, came down to the scene of the crime. Based on their crime scene investigation and testimony of witnesses, the officers ascertained that one of the culprits lived in Jalan Imam Bonjol in Pemogan, Denpasar. Police headed to this location where suspect Imam and WAS were apprehended on

Jalan Imam Bonjol Gang Sabha, West Denpasar.

Based on WAS and Budi Artama’s testimonies police were able to arrests the other two culprits; Abdul on Jalan Pulau Yoni and Rudi on Jalan Taman Pancing, Pemogan, South Denpasar. Both the culprits and evidence were secured with the Kuta Police for further investigation.

Under interrogation, the suspect Imam admitted to have hit the victim twice and Abdul admitted to have hit him once, WAS also admitted to have hit the victim and

Rudi said he threw a stone at him. claimed to hit the victim and Rudi hit the victim with a stone. Rudi claimed that he just happened to be carrying this chain necklace in his pocket.

Chief of Kuta Police, Wayan Sumara, confirmed the details of this case but added that according to their investigation there is no indication that the culprits belong to a motorcycle gang. “We are still conducted a deeper investigation to find out whether they belong to a motorcycle gang or not”, he said. (kmb36)

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Flagging stone mining at Pacung

SHAMLAPUR - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh.

WORKING as flagging stone miner engaged by residents of Alas Sari, Pacung village, Tejakula subdistrict, started around 1980.

More than dozens of residents in this area are looking for flagging stones on private land or on the land owned by Pacung customary village. People understand if the stone quarrying job is full of risk.

Though being risky, Widiasa and other stone miners are difficult to leave the profession. To avoid accidents while searching for flagging stones, he must take into account the location of the land to be excavated.

Based on his experience, the location at flat land is certainly safe from the threat of accident while digging the ground. However, if location of the stone mining is steep, especially in hilly locations, he himself must think twice before deciding to quarry the land. To protect his legs or hands, he uses boots and hand gloves.

“Flat land is safe to be quarried.

However, if steep it must consider carefully before starting digging.

But, sometimes the risk and incident cannot be predicted. Like the incident that happened to our colleague who is expert in digging, he remains to have the incident. Now, we are traumatized by the incident,” he explained.

Headman of Pacung, I Made Yasa, said that most of the residents at Alas Sari hamlet have been working as flagging stone miners since many years ago. He himself did not know about the history on the flagging stone quarrying to sell. From the narrative of local community leaders, the flagging stone has existed since hundreds of years ago. It is said that under the soil layers ranging from the Pacung, Sembiran, and Julah village are buried many flagging stones.

Rocky condition of the area has something to do with the founding of the temple known as the Ponjok Batu Temple.

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More than dozens of residents in this area are looking for flagging stones on private land or on the land owned by Pacung customary village.

“If not mistaken, hundreds of hectares of land ranging from Pacung, Sembiran to Julah village contain flagging stones. They are found on the land owned by residents or customary village. However, since its emergence, people are looking for the stones by moving from one area to another,” he said.

Yasa himself claimed not to know for sure whether the flagging stone mining has already owned a permit or not. However, since its emergence, the flagging stone mining at his village seems to have no permit and this may be true.

On the contrary, since the flagging stone has become a livelihood for his residents, the matter of permit is not clear. With this condition and after the death of a miner and another getting seriously injured, Yasa is going to discuss the flagging stone mining by involving residents and customary

village apparatus, including related agencies in the local government.

He does this to find a way out if the flagging stone mining at his village is closed, so that he has to think about the fate of dozens of people that used to look for flagging stone.

Conversely, if the search for flagging stone is still allowed to operate, he will discuss about the technical issues related to safety and eco-friendly mining activities.

“We cannot decide alone because this is a complicated matter. If the stone quarrying is close, the fate of our residents whose family is relying on their income from here should be considered. If still allowed to operate, there must be a solution to prevent other accidents that can claim fatalities,” he explained.

On the other hand, Yasa said that after the evacuation of Ketut Sutarsana’s body, he will organize

a meeting with the village apparatus and the victim’s family. In order to purify psychically the ambience in the flagging stone quarrying area and village area in general, the village is going to hold a balik sumpah ceremony. In addition, the ceremony is to apologize psychically for the activity of quarrying flagging stones estimated to have exceeded the limit.

Moreover, location of the incident is not far from Dhang Kahyangan (saint-related) Temple of Ponjok Batu.

“Since the search for the victim’s buried legs at the scene has been agreed, a grandiose ritual will be held and discussed further with village apparatuses. In addition, since the incident is the first and claimed fatality, this must be carried out a ritual to apologize. Perhaps, it is a reprimand from the deities abiding at Ponjok Batu Temple,” he added. (kmb38)

Reuters reporters saw hundreds of exhausted Rohingyas arriving on boats near the village of Shamlapur in Bangladesh near the Myanmar border. The village, facing the Bay of Bengal, appears to have become the newest receiving point for the refugees after authorities cracked down on human traffickers in a different part of the Teknaf peninsula.

Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi was due in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday after meeting the Nobel peace laureate and army chief Min Aung Hlaing to urge that Myanmar halt the bloodshed.

“The security authorities need to immediately stop all forms of violence there and provide humanitarian assistance and development aid for the short and long term,” Retno said after her meetings in the Myanmar capital.

The latest violence in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state began on Aug. 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked dozens of police posts and an army base. The ensuing clashes and a military counteroffensive have killed at least 400 people and triggered the exodus of villagers to Bangladesh.

The treatment of Buddhist-

majority Myanmar’s roughly 1.1 million Muslim Rohingya is the biggest challenge facing Suu Kyi, who has been accused by Western critics of not speaking out for the minority that has long complained of persecution.

Myanmar says its security forces are fighting a legitimate campaign against “terrorists” responsible for a string of attacks on police posts and the army since last October.

Myanmar officials blamed Rohingya militants for the burning of homes and civilian deaths but rights monitors and Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh say the Myanmar army is trying to force them out with a campaign of arson and killings.

“Indonesia is taking the lead, and ultimately there is a possibility of ASEAN countries joining in,” H.T. Imam, a political adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, told Reuters.

He was referring to the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations that groups both Myanmar and Indonesia.

“If we can keep the pressure on Myanmar from ASEAN, from India as well, that will be good.”

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Forced to attend school with torn borrowed shoes mother does not have any money to purchase a new one.

The torn shoes he has been wearing within the past week are borrowed from his cousin that lives not far from his home. In the meantime, his bag with perforated condition has been patched for many times so that he can still use it. Aribawa added that after his father died, only his mother who meets the necessities of the family.

All this time, his mother only works as a casual laborer.

In the meantime, Principal of the SDN 4 Peninjoan elementary school, Putu Jati, said that every

year Aribawa becomes one of the students regularly getting poor student assistance (BSM). The amount he receives is around IDR 400,000 depending on the budget. Aribawa has used the assistance to finance his school needs.

In the same place, hamlet chief of Pulasari Kangin, Ketut Wika, said that Aribawa and his family only live in three at his home. His family is indeed categorized into poor family at the village. Following the death of his father, Aribawa is only supported by his mother who only works as a laborer with uncertain wages.

His mother, Ketut Mawi, who met at her home said that due to economic limitations, she with her children is not infrequently only consuming tubers. It usually happens when she does not get any job. “When getting a work, my wage can be around IDR 60,000,” she said.

She said that because of having no money, she is forced to lend shoes to her niece for her son. It is done in order that her son can remain to attend school. “I have no money to purchase the new one,” she said.

Apprehensive condition of his life and the family once had gone viral

in social media and then received the attention from the Bangli Social Agency. On Monday afternoon, the Bangli Social Agency through Section Head of Disability and Rehabilitation, Sang Made Dwipayana, handed over donation in the form of grocery, toiletry, including blankets and bedding.

Dwipayana said that so far the family of Mawi has been getting the Indonesia Health Card (KIS) and Indonesia Education Card (KIP).

His agency at this time will attempt in order the family can get family assistance program (PKH). (kmb40)

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Police officers watch as protesters hold signs against the Myanmar government and its State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally in support of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, outside of the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia September 4, 2017. Picture taken September 4, 2017.

Modi begins a visit to Myanmar later on Tuesday, during which he will meet top officials, including Suu Kyi. “Modi is going there and our foreign secretary has already briefed

the foreign secretary of India on this,” said Imam. “If the international conscience is awakened that would put pressure on Myanmar.”

Turkey called the violence against the Rohingya “genocide”

and offered Bangladesh help with the refugee influx. Pakistan, home to a large Rohingya community, has expressed “deep anguish” and urged the world body, the Organization of Islamic Countries, to act. (rtr)

Australia’s high court hears challenge to same-sex marriage vote

Wayan Aribawa, a child of Pulasari Kangin BANGLI — The life of Wayan Aribawa, a 10-year-old boy from Pulasari Kangin, Peninjoan village, Tembuku, is not as fortunate as the friends of his age. This third grade student of SDN 4 Peninjoan elementary school has been living with his mother and sister in poor condition.

Since his mother has no money at all to buy his school supplies like shoes, Aribawa is forced to use torn shoes borrowed from his cousin.

When met at his school on Monday (Sep. 4), Aribawa admitted that he is forced to attend school by using torn shoes and bags because his

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi under pressure as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence

Becomes family’s livelihood though being risky Behind the risks threatening the safety of stone miners, the demand for flagging stone of Pacung is never deserted. Previously, people only sold in the form of intact size after being quarried; now there has been a business of stone cutting. This cutting business also serves customized order according to certain size asked by customers from throughout Bali.

Since the work is used to support family’s economy, the risk of having an accident seems to be ignored. To prevent any incidents when looking for flagging stones, residents take into account the safe location and use safety tools so as not to get injured because of the scratch of sharp stones.

A flagging stone miner, Gede Widiasa, when met on Monday (Sep. 4) said that he looks for flagging stone because of having no other choice of job to be pursued. Since its emergence, he does not have to learn much to find the stones. Simply armed with a crowbar or a chisel and follow the experienced stone miners, he is already able to find the stones buried under the soil layer.

Since joining the search for flagging stones, Widiasa claimed to have wounded. The wound happens due to the slab is thin and sharp. When exposing to the part of our body, it will surely injure to cause more serious wounds. “Since this job must be worked on, I think it is a job risk. I’ve once got an accident, just a scratch. If we are not skillful it can cause more severe injuries,” he said.

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Pedestrians walk past banners set up by the City of Sydney promoting the “yes” vote for gay marriage in Australia, in Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2017. Picture taken September 1, 2017.

SYDNEY - Australia’s high court on Tuesday began a hearing on the validity of a government plan for a postal vote to legalise same-sex marriage, a challenge that risks destabilising the ruling centre-right coalition.

If the court rules against the plan, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could find himself presiding over a government fractured on the issue, endangering his razor-thin parliamentary majority of one.

With the non-compulsory vote a couple of weeks away, its opponents have launched a legal challenge, saying the vote needs the backing of parliament - which has twice rejected such a national ballot.

“This case is about dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians,” Anna Brown, director of legal advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre, which leads the opposition to the vote, told reporters in Melbourne.

“We’re here because we all believe and want marriage equality. This postal plebiscite has big question marks around its legal validity.”

Conservative lawmakers have threatened to resign if the ballot policy is not adhered to, risking Turnbull’s parliamentary majority.

But he may not be able to stick to the postal vote policy, as a group of liberal politicians has threatened to rebel and side with the opposition, which would probably end his tenure as leader, analysts say.

Turnbull supports same-sex marriage, as do two-thirds of Australians, but his party’s conservative wing has threatened a revolt if he deviates from the policy of a national ballot.

Frustrated by the political impasse, a group of backbenchers this year said they were ready to vote with the opposition Labor Party to secure samesex marriage, a plan only abandoned when Turnbull offered a postal vote.

While a rejection of the legal challenge offers a political solution, an increasingly vitriolic campaign forced Turnbull to urge both sides to show mutual respect.

Turnbull’s plea has gone largely unheeded, however. Opponents of same-sex marriage last week launched a contentious campaign advertisement that the government immediately rejected as inaccurate.

Since the postal vote is not a formal election it is not subject to the same rules on political advertisements, and activists fear a surge in malicious campaigning in the run-up.

“Our concern is around a sustained, intense campaign. It will make a question that should be a private matter between two people, a matter for public discussion,” Elaine Pearson, director of New York-based Human Rights Watch, who supports same-sex marriage but opposes the national vote, told Reuters. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Euro zone businesses outpace struggling British peers

LONDON - Business activity in the euro zone stayed robust in August as it outpaced Britain, where an economy increasingly bogged down by Brexit worries lost momentum, surveys showed on Tuesday.

Growth in the euro zone slowed only marginally from the blistering pace set in the spring, according to a Purchasing Managers’ Index. An equivalent reading for Britain was the lowest since last September, shortly after the referendum vote to leave the European Union.

“The story in the next couple of years is that by all probability - unless we get an external shock - the euro zone recovery is for real. I don’t see any reason why this will peter out anytime soon,” said Erik Nielsen, group chief economist at UniCredit.

“Where would growth come from at this stage in Britain? There is erosion of real income because of the inflation numbers and the uncertainty means investment will not play a role until you get some clarity on what is going on (about Brexit).”

IHS Markit’s Final Composite PMI for the euro zone held steady at 55.7 in August, slightly below an earlier flash estimate of 55.8. It has been above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction since mid-2013.

The services PMI fell to a sevenmonth low of 54.7 from July’s 55.4 but was still one of the best growth rates in over six years. Similarly, while the new business index fell, it remained above its long-run trend.

The PMI for Britain’s dominant service industry fell to 53.2 in August from July’s 53.8, below the median forecast of 53.5 in a Reuters poll. The data suggested that euro zone and Britain’s REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo economic growth paths are diverging.

A worker prepares a chocolate ice cream at a Venchi The euro zone reading points to third quarter GDP expansion of 0.6 chocolate shop in Rome, Italy, July 21, 2017.

percent, IHS Markit said, matching second quarter growth and faster than the 0.4 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last month.

Britain, which initially withstood the shock of the June 2016 Brexit vote before slowing sharply in early 2017, has outpaced the bloc’s economies over two-thirds of the time since recovery from the financial crisis began.

But rising inflation and weak wage growth has curtailed household spending and it is expected to grow just half the euro zone’s rate this quarter, 0.3 percent, then maintain that lacklustre pace through to the middle of next year.

British shoppers increased spending in August at the fastest pace so far in 2017, excluding a surge in April caused by the Easter holiday, but there is little sign yet that a squeeze on spending is easing, retailers said on Tuesday.

Non-food sales remain at levels seen two years ago and separately on Tuesday, credit card firm Barclaycard said British consumers increased their spending at a slower pace in August and fewer of them felt confident about their finances.

PARTING WAYS Forward-looking indicators in the euro zone survey imply there will be little slowdown this month with new orders, backlogs of work, employment and an expectation gauge remaining strong. Yet while optimism among British company managers edged up, it remained close to low levels that have been indicative of the economy stalling or even contracting in the past,

with Brexit the main concern, IHS Markit said. “Higher costs and lower investment are slowing UK output to a chronic crawl. The summer months may have been warm but the recessional risks for the UK economy are only increasing as we move into autumn,” said Jeremy Cook, chief economist at WorldFirst, a foreign exchange payments company.

One common theme was rising price pressures - welcome news to policymakers at the European Central Bank who want inflation higher but less attractive to their counterparts at the Bank of England who want to bring inflation down. The euro zone output prices index rose to 52.1 from 51.7.

August inflation nudged closer to the ECB’s target, registering 1.5 percent, data showed last week.

ECB policymakers meet on Thursday, and while no change is expected then, they are expected to announce a reduction of monthly asset purchases in October, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll.

BoE rate-setters meet next week.

Prices paid by services firms rose at the fastest pace in six months, potentially adding to Britain’s inflation rate, which is already heading for about 3 percent, above the central bank’s 2 percent target.

Most economists polled by Reuters were convinced the BoE will not raise interest rates between now and when the initial Brexit negotiation period ends in a little under two years. Only 14 of 59 economists expected one or more rate rises by end-2018. (rtr)

Sterling steadies near $1.29 as data shows UK economy losing steam

LONDON - Struggling sterling steadied just above $1.29 on Tuesday, with weaker-than-expected numbers from Britain’s dominant services industry adding to a downbeat run of data that has seen the pound lose almost 3 percent versus the dollar in the past month.

The monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for the services sector showed growth at its weakest in almost a year, as worries over Britain’s exit from the European Union and the hit that could have on investment and the broader economy

mounted.

The index fell to 53.2 in August still above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction but lagging forecasts for a reading of 53.5. The pound briefly dipped after the numbers, hitting the day’s low of $1.2908, before recovering to trade at $1.2925 by 0842 GMT. Against the euro, it was up 0.1 percent at 91.96 pence , just over a penny away from an 11-month low hit last week.

“The services PMI data has shown that the UK’s economy is

losing steam, and this means that the Bank of England (will) have to continue its support,” said Think Markets analyst Naeem Aslam, referring to the BoE’s loose monetary policy that includes record low interest rates. The BoE will meet next week to discuss policy.

The services data followed numbers from the construction sector the previous day that showed growth at a one-year low.

Britain’s economy initially withstood the shock of the Brexit vote in June last year, but it slowed sharply

in early 2017, as rising inflation caused in large part by the pound’s steep falls following the vote - and weak wage growth ate into spending by households.

Sterling has fallen around 14 percent against the dollar since the EU referendum, and around 17 percent versus the euro.

Most strategists say the pound will remain close to these levels while there is still so much uncertainty over any exit deal with the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers over the week-

end that Britain could be faced with a Brexit “cliff edge” if they failed to back her EU repeal bill, which is to be debated in parliament on Thursday.

“Heightened Brexit uncertainty continues to cloud the economic outlook,” wrote MUFG strategists in a note to clients.

“Given that wage growth has shown little signs of firming, and that the latest investment prints for Q2 were stagnant in both quarterly and yearly terms, we doubt that any rate hike is looming.” (rtr)

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Ngampin Tradition, Gratitude Expression to Birth of Great-Grandchild

Related to traditions often practiced in Hinduism, either in each family, village or district, it has its own characteristics. As in the Balinese nomenclature, a person who has get married will certainly have children, then have grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and the next descendant according to the Balinese family nomenclature.

Various traditions are held to remember the family order. One of them is through tradition of giving betel leaves with betel nut or better known as the tradition of ngampin kumpi by greatgrandmother (kumpi lingsir) to its great grandchild (kumpi alit). This tradition is very rarely implemented and even many people do not know because currently it is rare for parents who live longer to even have a great grandchild. However, this tradition remains often to be carried out at villages such as at Rendang in Karangasem.

Ni Wayan Logég, a great grandmother who is staying healthy and having a great grandchild, said that at Rendang village, Karangasem and the surrounding areas, the ngampin tradition is still often carried out.

This tradition is carried out by touching the baby using betel leaves and betel nuts. The nail of the baby’s thumb are smeared

with the betel stalk bite of great grand-mother and ended by provision of banknote to her greatgrandson (great grand-child).

“This tradition is implemented when meeting first time with great grandchildren,” she said.

Similar opinion was revealed

by Ni Madé Gerot, one of the elderly residents from Tegal village, Rendang, Karangasem.

After touching with betel leaves, the great-grandmother often gives money to her great-grandchild. According to Ni Madé Gerot, giving money is similar to giving provision to descendants and propriety of parents to their children. “This tradition means to remember each other and pray for each other so as to reach longevity. In addition to expressing gratitude for the birth of great grandchild, it is also meant to strengthen the sense of kinship,” she said.

Community believes that by implementing this ngampin tradi-

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tion, hopefully the great grandmother (kumpi lingsir) and great grandchild (kumpi alit) equally could have longevity. In addition, this tradition is also aimed that the newborn grandson will

not get miseries in living the life.

From the execution of this tradition, the elders remind their offspring so that families could remember one another and know one another. This ngampin tradi-

Jambangan Waterfall is Waiting for You

Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng. One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict.

To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain.

Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit.

In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall.

Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently. The location very close to the main road of SingarajaKintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors.

The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location.

Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda.

Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan because the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall.

In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved.

To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (kmb)

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tion is one of the ways for parents to strengthen brotherhood. It is advisable to always undertake this tradition even though it looks unimportant but really meaningful. (kmb)

Perancak

Perancak Village is located in southern Jembrana approximately 10 km from the town of Negara. This beach side village is home to farmers and fishermen and Perancak Beach is an ideal place to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the Indian Ocean especially as the sun sets behind the shadow of the eastern tip of the island of Java.

Perancak village offers many tourist attractions such as a turtle husbandry center, a tourism park, a motor cross arena, a mangrove forest and fishermen’s activities with their boats. This village is also known as the entrance point of Hindu influence from Java to Bali, as the presence Gede Perancak Temple indicates.

This temple is one of Bali’s Dang Kahyangan Temples and references the spiritual journey of Danghyang Nirartha, a Hindu Priest from Java. Around the village, there are also other Hindu Temples, and places of religious historical remains. Perancak Village -with its nature resources, art and culture and ease of access, attracts many tourists who can find accomodations in villas and hotels.(kmb)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Xiamen, China September 5, 2017.

Putin calls tougher N.Korea sanctions senseless, warns of “global catastrophe”

XIAMEN - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats of military action could trigger “a global catastrophe”.

Putin, speaking after a BRICs summit in China, criticised U.S. diplomacy in the crisis and renewed his call for talks, saying Pyongyang would not halt its missile testing programme until it felt secure.

“Russia condemns North Korea’s exercises, we consider that they are a provocation ... (But) ramping up military hysteria will lead to nothing good. It could lead to a global catastrophe,” he told reporters.

“There’s no other path apart from a peaceful one.”

Putin was speaking after South Korea said an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to the North Korea threat after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test two days ago.

Russia, which shares a border with North Korea, has repeatedly joined China in calling for negotiations with Pyongyang, suggesting that the United States and South Korea halt all major war games in exchange for

North Korea halting its testing programme.

U.S. APPROACH “RIDICULOUS”

While describing additional sanctions as “the road to nowhere”, Putin said Russia was prepared to discuss “some details” around the issue, without elaborating.

The Russian leader also lashed out at the United States, saying it was preposterous for Washington to ask for Moscow’s help with North Korea after sanctioning Russian companies whom U.S officials accused of violating North Korea sanctions.

“It’s ridiculous to put us on the same (sanctions) list as North Korea and then ask for our help in imposing sanctions on North Korea,” said Putin.

“This is being done by people who mix up Australia with Austria,” he added.

The United States has floated the idea of requiring all countries to cut economic links with North Korea to try to strong-arm Pyongyang into changing its behaviour.

In Moscow’s case, that would mean stopping using North Korean labourers, tens of thousands of whom work in Russia, and halting fuel supplies to Pyongyang. Russia has so far refused to contemplate doing either. (rtr)

International

Hurricane Irma barrels toward Caribbean, southern United States VIRGIN ISLANDS - Hurricane Irma, a powerful Category 4 storm, plowed toward the Caribbean and the southern United States on Tuesday as islands in its path braced for possible life-threatening winds, storm surges and flooding.

Hurricane warnings and watches were in effect for parts of the Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, in preparation for a storm that was intensifying with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

“Dangerous Hurricane Irma heading for the Leeward Islands,” the hurricane center said. “Preparations should be rushed to completion as tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive in the hurricane warning area by late Tuesday.”

A Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale means sustained winds of 130-156 mph (209-251 kph) with “catastrophic” outcomes. They range from uprooted trees and downed power lines to water and electricity outages and enough damage to leave property uninhabitable, according to the Miami-based hurricane center.

In preparation for the storm, the government of economically struggling Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. The U.S. territory, home to about 3.4 million people, has 456 emergency shelters prepared to house up to 62,100 people.

Puerto Rico also froze prices on basic necessities, including food and water, medicines, power generators and batteries, to help residents prepare.

Telemundo TV station WIPR in Puerto Rico showed long lines of shoppers stocking up on bottled water, flashlights, batteries, generators, food and other items.

The executive director of the state power authority, Ricardo Ramos, told the station that the power grid was so

vulnerable from lack of investment that parts of the U.S. territory could be without power for three to four months.

“We’re preparing for the worstcase scenario,” he said.

Irma also threatens the U.S. East Coast and Florida, which has declared a state of emergency. The hurricane center expects Irma to reach southern Florida on Saturday.

Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Twitter late on Monday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump, who he said “offered the full resources of the federal government as Floridians prepare for Hurricane Irma.”

The NHC cautioned that it was too early to forecast the storm’s exact path or what effects it might have on the continental United States, but warned of likely effects to hit some areas by later this week.

“There is an increasing chance of seeing some impacts from Irma in the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Keys later this week and this weekend.

In addition, rough surf and dangerous marine conditions will begin to affect the southeastern U.S. coast by later this week,” the center said. (rtr)

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Police chief reiterates commitment to investigate Saracen case

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has stressed his commitment to thoroughly investigating the alleged fake news syndicate Saracen and arresting the involved individuals.

“I have instructed, anyone involved (in the syndicate), will

be arrested; those who order (the fake news), fund providers,

arrest them!” Karnavian stated at the Police headquarters here, Tuesday. He acknowledged the difficulties faced in tracing members of the syndicate. “It would not be easy to arrest them, as they played the game in cyberspace,” he noted.

However, the police have continued to hunt the individuals allegedly involved in the Saracen syndicate.

The police have detained four suspected administrators of the

group known by their initials as MFT, SRN, JAS, and MAH. The Saracen group has some Facebook accounts: Saracen News, Saracen Cyber Team, and Saracennewscom, among others.

The group had allegedly offered their services to disseminate hate speeches on ethnic, religious, and inter-group issues.

According to the police, there is evidence suggesting that the group had profited by taking

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payments to raise particular issues online that were provocative or targeted certain religious or ethnic groups.

The police have described Saracen as “well-structured” and capable of coordinating its activities from different locales.

The group interacted through up to 800 thousand social media accounts -- some fake and some hacked -- boosting traffic to fake news sites and generating income from online advertising. (ant)

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Indonesia foreign minister flies to Bangladesh after Myanmar visit on Rohingya DHAKA - Indonesia’s foreign minister will fly to Bangladesh on Tuesday for talks following her visit to Myanmar where she urged national leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority there.

Bangladesh’s foreign secretary, Shahidul Haque, told Reuters Retno Marsudi will meet Bangladeshi officials in Dhaka.

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, following an army crackdown triggered by attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s

northwestern Rakhine state.

The Rakhine violence has killed at least 400 people, most of them Rohingya insurgents, according to the Myanmar government, leading to the exodus of Rohingya to neighbouring Bangladesh that is struggling to cope with the influx.

Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Turkey, who are trying to pressure Nobel peace prize winner Suu Kyi to end the crisis, are also offering help to Bangladesh deal with the massive inflow of people from across its 271 km. (rtr)

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MISANO - Yamaha have ruled out replacing injured Italian Valentino Rossi at this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.

The MotoGP team said in a statement on Monday that Spaniard Maverick Vinales would be their sole rider at the eastern Italian track.

Rossi, whose title hopes are effectively over, had surgery on his broken right leg last week and left hospital on Saturday.

Doctors have said the Italian, fourth in the overall standings and 26 points behind leading compatriot Andrea Dovizioso, will need 30-40 days’ rest.

Six MotoGP races remain and the Italian looks set to miss the next one after Misano, at Spain’s Aragon circuit on Sept. 24, as well although he has vowed to return as soon as possible.

In 2010, Rossi broke his right leg in practice for the Italian Grand Prix and took six weeks to return.

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A general view as an American flag waves in the wind over Arthur Ashe Stadium during the match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on day eight of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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This is thought to be a symbolic representation of the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth, in which the dead person was reborn from a fetal position. Particularly striking is a sarcophagus found at Taman Bali (near Bangli) in the form of two turtles (symbols of the underworld), one on

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top of the other. Interestingly, the head of the lower turtle has human features.

Gedong Arca Purbakala Museum displays a variety of jewelry and ornaments, utensils and implements dating from the Stone and Bronze Ages – mostly chance finds rather than the result of planned excavation.

Of particular interest are the miniature stupas from the Bedulu/Pejeng area, no doubt dating from Bali’s Buddhist period (8th-10th c. ad). (rtr)

NEW YORK - The speed of the Arthur Ashe Stadium court at the U.S. Open has been hotly debated over the past few days but among the players, there seems to be no consensus.

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KNIFE ACCIDENT British MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow has had surgery on his left index finger ahead of Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix after accidentally severing a tendon while using a knife.

The two times race winner, who competes for the non-works LCR Honda team, is eighth in the MotoGP standings.

“Unfortunately, I sliced my finger with a knife yesterday and it severed the tendon on my left index finger,” the MotoGP website quoted the rider as saying on Monday.

“I slept on it, but as the bleeding continued this morning, I went to the Emergency Room at Pistoia Hospital...I then had an operation on my finger to reattach the tendon and then stitch it all back up.”

Crutchlow said he had seen a specialist in Parma who had given him a splint for the finger.

“I am sure it will be difficult, but I will try 100 percent as always.

Let’s see how it goes,” he said of Sunday’s race at the Misano circuit on Italy’s Adriatic coast. (rtr)

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Brad Gilbert, the former player and ESPN analyst, is convinced the surface is slower than in previous years, something that, in theory, should benefit the likes of Rafael Nadal.

But players tend to be notoriously bad judges of court speed.

“I don’t know,” Nadal said on Monday. “I feel the court is in good conditions to play good tennis. Of course if you ask me what I prefer, I prefer these conditions (hot) than indoor.”

Spain’s Pablo Carreno-Busta, who played on Ashe for the first time on Sunday, said he thought the court surface was similar to the outside courts.

American Coco Vandeweghe said court speed was rarely something she pays attention to and Czech Petra Kvitova even went the other way.

“I do feel that the courts are little bit faster maybe than the past years or last year,” Kvitova said on Sunday after her win over Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza.

David Brewer, the U.S. Open tournament director, said the speed on Ashe is the same as the outside courts and that overall, the speed is

exactly the same as in previous years.

“Ashe is not slower,” Brewer told Reuters. “We do measurements with our own proprietary tools prior to the tournament and then again after the tournament.

“We do that each year and we’ve done that for about a dozen years now. Our data tells us that the CPR - the Court Pace Rating - is just like any other court on the site right now.”

Brewer, who added that not one player or coach had mentioned anything to him about the surface speed, said the DecoTurf courts at Flushing Meadows, which are resurfaced every year, are generally medium-fast.

Each court speeds up a little during the tournament as the top level of acrylic paint, which contains sand, is worn away by the volume of matches.

Confusion about the speed of courts is not unique to the U.S. Open. At the Australian Open this year, tournament officials insisted the courts were no faster than the previous year. However, as some courts were re-laid earlier than others, they played faster initially, before they eventually all evened out.

Brewer said all the courts at this

year’s U.S. Open were resurfaced within a 30-day window, depending on construction schedules, and said Ashe was re-laid at roughly the same time as the majority of others.

From the type of balls used to the weather -- which was unseasonably cool in the first week and thus made the ball travel slower through the air than in hot temperatures -- there are several factors that can affect conditions.

“Players have their own subjective values of any number of things,” Brewer said.

“It could (be that) they changed their string tension for the day to they had a bad night’s sleep or it is really humid today and it plays a little differently. All that stuff comes into it.”

Even Gilbert, speaking on the eve of the tournament on an ESPN conference call, admitted that weather played a big role.

“I do know one thing, that the court can drastically change… even if it’s a slower court, if it’s 100 degrees, the court is going to play quicker. If it’s 50 degrees at night, it plays considerably slower, and the balls can react to the conditions.” (rtr)

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England’s Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring their second goal

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Rashford ready to fill Rooney’s boots for club and country

LONDON - Wayne Rooney’s international days are now behind him but Marcus Rashford offered ample evidence that he could follow in the footsteps of England’s record goalscorer with a match-winning display against Slovakia on Monday.

Almost 14 years to the day since a 17-year-old Rooney scored the first of his 53 England goals in a European Championship qualifier against Macedonia, 19-year-old Rashford bagged his first competitive strike for his country in stunning fashion.

Receiving the ball from England skipper Jordan Henderson 25 metres out there was only one thought in the Manchester United striker’s head as he looked up and lashed an unstoppable low shot past Slovakia keeper Martin Dubravka in the 59th minute.

It earned England a 2-1 victory that had looked unlikely when Rashford’s mistake allowed Slovakia to take a shock third-minute lead at Wembley in the Group F World Cup qualifier.

England now look set to qualify for next year’s finals in Russia and Rashford, who is also hoping to fill Rooney’s boots at Old Trafford after his return to boyhood club Everton, will surely be a major part of manager Gareth Southgate’s plans.

“He is so mature,” Southgate, whose decision to start Rashford rather than Raheem Sterling was vindicated, told reporters. “The start surprised me. But he is never in awe of the occasion. He doesn’t fear anything.

“He is still a work in progress as we saw at the beginning of the game. He is still getting stronger and his impact taking people on and getting us up the pitch is huge. “It’s early for Marcus so we have to keep things in perspective.

He is exciting.”

MADRID - Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has reassured his club’s supporters that Lionel Messi’s new contract has been signed, albeit by the player’s father.

The Catalan side announced an agreement with Messi, their alltime leading goalscorer, in July to extend his stay to 2021 but the Argentine has not yet put pen to paper, prompting fears he might leave at the end of the season when his previous contract expires.

In an interview with newspaper Diario Sport, published on Tuesday, Bartomeu said Messi’s father Jorge had signed the contract and the only outstanding matter was to take a photo of Messi doing it himself. “It’s all agreed and signed. There are three contracts,” said Bartomeu.

“One with the Messi Foundation, which is signed by its president and the player’s brother, an image rights contract with Messi

signed by his father, who is the administrator of his company, and his employment contract, which his father signed -- he has the power to do so. “(What remains is) that Leo arrives and we have the official photograph and the protocol of the signature. The contract is signed and it’s valid from the month of June, June 30, the same day he got married.”

Bartomeu also spoke about Andres Iniesta’s new contract, with Barcelona’s veteran playmaker on a deal which expires at the end of the season.

“We have the basis of a deal to renew and we hope to seal it in the coming weeks,” Bartomeu told Mundo Deportivo.

“The idea is that he has an indefinite contract which renews automatically year on year until he thinks he wants to retire or change.” (rtr)

RASHFORD CHEERED

Livewire Rashford combined well with Harry Kane and Dele Alli on occasions and his pace and skill continually stretched Slovakia’s defence and allowed England to regain some control after a dreadful opening 35 minutes.

The striker, who marked his club debut in 2016 with two goals in a Europa League tie to become United’s youngest scorer in European competition and then scored two on his Premier League debut against Arsenal days later, was named man of the match on Monday and was cheered as he was replaced late on.

Apart from his winner he also set up Eric Dier’s 37th minute equaliser with a corner and forced Dubravka to make a great save before halftime.

“Marcus Rashford’s night? It wasn’t so good to begin with but it got better.” Dier said. “A fantastic show of character, after making a mistake, to score the winner which got us closer to the World Cup where hopefully he will shine.”

Rashford’s contribution glossed over another patchy England display that would have been punished by teams with more quality than Slovakia who now face a battle with Scotland and Slovenia to finish as runnersup and qualify for a playoff spot. Southgate, however, preferred to focus on the way his side recovered their composure.

“We showed resilience and the tactical reaction on the pitch was good to see,” he said. “They are incredibly young and it’s a good experience to go through as long as you win because it starts to build some inner belief.

“I’m pleased we controlled the game in the second half.

They showed maturity. We didn’t start well, they pressed us well and we weren’t able to cope with that. But we got that right and once we went 2-1 up we were difficult to play through.” (rtr)

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Uruguay’s Luis Suarez walk off the field at the end of their match.

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Lewandowski penalty seals Poland’s 3-0 win over Kazakhstan WARSAW - Poland cemented their grip on Group E as headers

by Arkadiusz Milik and Kamil Glik and a Robert Lewandowski penalty secured a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan in a World Cup qualifier on Monday.

Poland now have 19 points from eight games, three clear of secondplaced Denmark, who surprisingly thrashed them 4-0 on Friday, and Montenegro in third with two matches remaining.

Milik, who has returned to action after suffering a knee injury in the 3-2 win over Denmark in October, opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a powerful closerange header.

A defensive Kazakhstan side held out until the break and had the ball in the net themselves just after halftime but striker Roman Murtazayev’s 48th minute effort was given offside.

Another controversial moment

came in the 71st minute when captain Lewandowski’s free kick appeared to cross the line but referee Andris Treimanis did not award a goal.

“I am disappointed... it was certainly a goal. I’ve seen it from 25 metres and the referee was standing even closer. It was odd that he denied it, but fortunately we managed to get another goals and win the match,” said Lewandowksi.

Three minutes after Lewan-

dowski’s effort was disallowed Poland did score again through defender Kamil Glik’s unstoppable header from Piotr Zielinski’s corner before the Bayern Munich striker wrapped up the win with an 86th minute penalty.

“We could have scored more,” added Lewandowski. “I see no reason to hide that we lacked (a killer instinct) and quality in the last pass. The final score could have been much greater than 3-0.” (rtr)

Werner earns top billing as Germany striker

BERLIN - Germany striker Timo Werner’s enviable scoring record after only eight internationals has earned him a starting spot in attack with fellow forward Mario Gomez bowing to the talented 21-year-old less than a year before the World Cup. Werner burst onto the international scene in the past year and has so far netted six times for Germany, including three at the Confederations Cup this summer, where he was joint top scorer.

The RB Leipzig forward, whose speed and versatility up front has given Germany far more options, has muscled his way into the team and his two goals in their 6-0 rout of Norway on Monday further tightened his hold on the spot.

“He will dominate the attack for Germany for the next 10 years,” the 32-year-old Gomez, who has himself scored a highly respectable 31 goals in 71 matches, told reporters after also getting onto the scoresheet against Norway. “It is likely he will do the same in Europe if he continues like that. He is level-headed and does a fantastic job. We need someone like Timo in such a form if we want to be world champions.”

Werner has not had an easy ride so far, switching last year from then relegated home club VfB Stuttgart to RB Leipzig, despised by many German fans for their big budget thanks to energy drinks maker Red Bull.

Despite being booed in some games, he went on to score 21 league goals in his first season there and his goal run shows no signs of drying up. His strikes for Germany have contributed to their best ever World Cup qualifying campaign that sees them a point away from booking their ticket to Russia with two qualifiers remaining.

The Germans have won all their eight matches so far, scoring 35 goals and conceding just two. “I am personally very happy if I can also score for the national team,” Werner said on Monday. “It just makes it that much more fun.”

Gomez, who missed the 2014 World Cup triumph through injury, has now conceded second spot to Werner as the Germans prepare to defend their title next year in Russia. “I told the coach that if he needs me I will be there, I am satisfied in my role, especially if Timo fires us to World Cup victory,” Gomez said. (rtr)

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Poland’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty spot

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Germany’s Timo Werner scores their first goal

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England’s Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring their second goal

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Rashford ready to fill Rooney’s boots for club and country

LONDON - Wayne Rooney’s international days are now behind him but Marcus Rashford offered ample evidence that he could follow in the footsteps of England’s record goalscorer with a match-winning display against Slovakia on Monday.

Almost 14 years to the day since a 17-year-old Rooney scored the first of his 53 England goals in a European Championship qualifier against Macedonia, 19-year-old Rashford bagged his first competitive strike for his country in stunning fashion.

Receiving the ball from England skipper Jordan Henderson 25 metres out there was only one thought in the Manchester United striker’s head as he looked up and lashed an unstoppable low shot past Slovakia keeper Martin Dubravka in the 59th minute.

It earned England a 2-1 victory that had looked unlikely when Rashford’s mistake allowed Slovakia to take a shock third-minute lead at Wembley in the Group F World Cup qualifier.

England now look set to qualify for next year’s finals in Russia and Rashford, who is also hoping to fill Rooney’s boots at Old Trafford after his return to boyhood club Everton, will surely be a major part of manager Gareth Southgate’s plans.

“He is so mature,” Southgate, whose decision to start Rashford rather than Raheem Sterling was vindicated, told reporters. “The start surprised me. But he is never in awe of the occasion. He doesn’t fear anything.

“He is still a work in progress as we saw at the beginning of the game. He is still getting stronger and his impact taking people on and getting us up the pitch is huge. “It’s early for Marcus so we have to keep things in perspective.

He is exciting.”

MADRID - Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has reassured his club’s supporters that Lionel Messi’s new contract has been signed, albeit by the player’s father.

The Catalan side announced an agreement with Messi, their alltime leading goalscorer, in July to extend his stay to 2021 but the Argentine has not yet put pen to paper, prompting fears he might leave at the end of the season when his previous contract expires.

In an interview with newspaper Diario Sport, published on Tuesday, Bartomeu said Messi’s father Jorge had signed the contract and the only outstanding matter was to take a photo of Messi doing it himself. “It’s all agreed and signed. There are three contracts,” said Bartomeu.

“One with the Messi Foundation, which is signed by its president and the player’s brother, an image rights contract with Messi

signed by his father, who is the administrator of his company, and his employment contract, which his father signed -- he has the power to do so. “(What remains is) that Leo arrives and we have the official photograph and the protocol of the signature. The contract is signed and it’s valid from the month of June, June 30, the same day he got married.”

Bartomeu also spoke about Andres Iniesta’s new contract, with Barcelona’s veteran playmaker on a deal which expires at the end of the season.

“We have the basis of a deal to renew and we hope to seal it in the coming weeks,” Bartomeu told Mundo Deportivo.

“The idea is that he has an indefinite contract which renews automatically year on year until he thinks he wants to retire or change.” (rtr)

RASHFORD CHEERED

Livewire Rashford combined well with Harry Kane and Dele Alli on occasions and his pace and skill continually stretched Slovakia’s defence and allowed England to regain some control after a dreadful opening 35 minutes.

The striker, who marked his club debut in 2016 with two goals in a Europa League tie to become United’s youngest scorer in European competition and then scored two on his Premier League debut against Arsenal days later, was named man of the match on Monday and was cheered as he was replaced late on.

Apart from his winner he also set up Eric Dier’s 37th minute equaliser with a corner and forced Dubravka to make a great save before halftime.

“Marcus Rashford’s night? It wasn’t so good to begin with but it got better.” Dier said. “A fantastic show of character, after making a mistake, to score the winner which got us closer to the World Cup where hopefully he will shine.”

Rashford’s contribution glossed over another patchy England display that would have been punished by teams with more quality than Slovakia who now face a battle with Scotland and Slovenia to finish as runnersup and qualify for a playoff spot. Southgate, however, preferred to focus on the way his side recovered their composure.

“We showed resilience and the tactical reaction on the pitch was good to see,” he said. “They are incredibly young and it’s a good experience to go through as long as you win because it starts to build some inner belief.

“I’m pleased we controlled the game in the second half.

They showed maturity. We didn’t start well, they pressed us well and we weren’t able to cope with that. But we got that right and once we went 2-1 up we were difficult to play through.” (rtr)

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Uruguay’s Luis Suarez walk off the field at the end of their match.

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Lewandowski penalty seals Poland’s 3-0 win over Kazakhstan WARSAW - Poland cemented their grip on Group E as headers

by Arkadiusz Milik and Kamil Glik and a Robert Lewandowski penalty secured a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan in a World Cup qualifier on Monday.

Poland now have 19 points from eight games, three clear of secondplaced Denmark, who surprisingly thrashed them 4-0 on Friday, and Montenegro in third with two matches remaining.

Milik, who has returned to action after suffering a knee injury in the 3-2 win over Denmark in October, opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a powerful closerange header.

A defensive Kazakhstan side held out until the break and had the ball in the net themselves just after halftime but striker Roman Murtazayev’s 48th minute effort was given offside.

Another controversial moment

came in the 71st minute when captain Lewandowski’s free kick appeared to cross the line but referee Andris Treimanis did not award a goal.

“I am disappointed... it was certainly a goal. I’ve seen it from 25 metres and the referee was standing even closer. It was odd that he denied it, but fortunately we managed to get another goals and win the match,” said Lewandowksi.

Three minutes after Lewan-

dowski’s effort was disallowed Poland did score again through defender Kamil Glik’s unstoppable header from Piotr Zielinski’s corner before the Bayern Munich striker wrapped up the win with an 86th minute penalty.

“We could have scored more,” added Lewandowski. “I see no reason to hide that we lacked (a killer instinct) and quality in the last pass. The final score could have been much greater than 3-0.” (rtr)

Werner earns top billing as Germany striker

BERLIN - Germany striker Timo Werner’s enviable scoring record after only eight internationals has earned him a starting spot in attack with fellow forward Mario Gomez bowing to the talented 21-year-old less than a year before the World Cup. Werner burst onto the international scene in the past year and has so far netted six times for Germany, including three at the Confederations Cup this summer, where he was joint top scorer.

The RB Leipzig forward, whose speed and versatility up front has given Germany far more options, has muscled his way into the team and his two goals in their 6-0 rout of Norway on Monday further tightened his hold on the spot.

“He will dominate the attack for Germany for the next 10 years,” the 32-year-old Gomez, who has himself scored a highly respectable 31 goals in 71 matches, told reporters after also getting onto the scoresheet against Norway. “It is likely he will do the same in Europe if he continues like that. He is level-headed and does a fantastic job. We need someone like Timo in such a form if we want to be world champions.”

Werner has not had an easy ride so far, switching last year from then relegated home club VfB Stuttgart to RB Leipzig, despised by many German fans for their big budget thanks to energy drinks maker Red Bull.

Despite being booed in some games, he went on to score 21 league goals in his first season there and his goal run shows no signs of drying up. His strikes for Germany have contributed to their best ever World Cup qualifying campaign that sees them a point away from booking their ticket to Russia with two qualifiers remaining.

The Germans have won all their eight matches so far, scoring 35 goals and conceding just two. “I am personally very happy if I can also score for the national team,” Werner said on Monday. “It just makes it that much more fun.”

Gomez, who missed the 2014 World Cup triumph through injury, has now conceded second spot to Werner as the Germans prepare to defend their title next year in Russia. “I told the coach that if he needs me I will be there, I am satisfied in my role, especially if Timo fires us to World Cup victory,” Gomez said. (rtr)

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Poland’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty spot

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Germany’s Timo Werner scores their first goal

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Yamaha rule out replacing injured Rossi at Misano

MISANO - Yamaha have ruled out replacing injured Italian Valentino Rossi at this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.

The MotoGP team said in a statement on Monday that Spaniard Maverick Vinales would be their sole rider at the eastern Italian track.

Rossi, whose title hopes are effectively over, had surgery on his broken right leg last week and left hospital on Saturday.

Doctors have said the Italian, fourth in the overall standings and 26 points behind leading compatriot Andrea Dovizioso, will need 30-40 days’ rest.

Six MotoGP races remain and the Italian looks set to miss the next one after Misano, at Spain’s Aragon circuit on Sept. 24, as well although he has vowed to return as soon as possible.

In 2010, Rossi broke his right leg in practice for the Italian Grand Prix and took six weeks to return.

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A general view as an American flag waves in the wind over Arthur Ashe Stadium during the match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on day eight of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Gedong Arca Museum GIANYAR - At the east end of Bedulu, on the road to Pejeng, stands the very interesting Archaeological Museum (Gedong Arca Purbakala).

In the inner courtyard are 53 stufa sarcophagi of varying size which are believed to date from about 300 bc.

They were found in the early seventies on 37 different sites on Bali and brought together here. Some of them show signs of damage – probably the work of tomb-robbers or careless

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The dead were laid in the sarcophagi not in the traditional western fashion but in a crouching posture.

This is thought to be a symbolic representation of the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth, in which the dead person was reborn from a fetal position. Particularly striking is a sarcophagus found at Taman Bali (near Bangli) in the form of two turtles (symbols of the underworld), one on

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top of the other. Interestingly, the head of the lower turtle has human features.

Gedong Arca Purbakala Museum displays a variety of jewelry and ornaments, utensils and implements dating from the Stone and Bronze Ages – mostly chance finds rather than the result of planned excavation.

Of particular interest are the miniature stupas from the Bedulu/Pejeng area, no doubt dating from Bali’s Buddhist period (8th-10th c. ad). (rtr)

NEW YORK - The speed of the Arthur Ashe Stadium court at the U.S. Open has been hotly debated over the past few days but among the players, there seems to be no consensus.

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KNIFE ACCIDENT British MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow has had surgery on his left index finger ahead of Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix after accidentally severing a tendon while using a knife.

The two times race winner, who competes for the non-works LCR Honda team, is eighth in the MotoGP standings.

“Unfortunately, I sliced my finger with a knife yesterday and it severed the tendon on my left index finger,” the MotoGP website quoted the rider as saying on Monday.

“I slept on it, but as the bleeding continued this morning, I went to the Emergency Room at Pistoia Hospital...I then had an operation on my finger to reattach the tendon and then stitch it all back up.”

Crutchlow said he had seen a specialist in Parma who had given him a splint for the finger.

“I am sure it will be difficult, but I will try 100 percent as always.

Let’s see how it goes,” he said of Sunday’s race at the Misano circuit on Italy’s Adriatic coast. (rtr)

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Brad Gilbert, the former player and ESPN analyst, is convinced the surface is slower than in previous years, something that, in theory, should benefit the likes of Rafael Nadal.

But players tend to be notoriously bad judges of court speed.

“I don’t know,” Nadal said on Monday. “I feel the court is in good conditions to play good tennis. Of course if you ask me what I prefer, I prefer these conditions (hot) than indoor.”

Spain’s Pablo Carreno-Busta, who played on Ashe for the first time on Sunday, said he thought the court surface was similar to the outside courts.

American Coco Vandeweghe said court speed was rarely something she pays attention to and Czech Petra Kvitova even went the other way.

“I do feel that the courts are little bit faster maybe than the past years or last year,” Kvitova said on Sunday after her win over Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza.

David Brewer, the U.S. Open tournament director, said the speed on Ashe is the same as the outside courts and that overall, the speed is

exactly the same as in previous years.

“Ashe is not slower,” Brewer told Reuters. “We do measurements with our own proprietary tools prior to the tournament and then again after the tournament.

“We do that each year and we’ve done that for about a dozen years now. Our data tells us that the CPR - the Court Pace Rating - is just like any other court on the site right now.”

Brewer, who added that not one player or coach had mentioned anything to him about the surface speed, said the DecoTurf courts at Flushing Meadows, which are resurfaced every year, are generally medium-fast.

Each court speeds up a little during the tournament as the top level of acrylic paint, which contains sand, is worn away by the volume of matches.

Confusion about the speed of courts is not unique to the U.S. Open. At the Australian Open this year, tournament officials insisted the courts were no faster than the previous year. However, as some courts were re-laid earlier than others, they played faster initially, before they eventually all evened out.

Brewer said all the courts at this

year’s U.S. Open were resurfaced within a 30-day window, depending on construction schedules, and said Ashe was re-laid at roughly the same time as the majority of others.

From the type of balls used to the weather -- which was unseasonably cool in the first week and thus made the ball travel slower through the air than in hot temperatures -- there are several factors that can affect conditions.

“Players have their own subjective values of any number of things,” Brewer said.

“It could (be that) they changed their string tension for the day to they had a bad night’s sleep or it is really humid today and it plays a little differently. All that stuff comes into it.”

Even Gilbert, speaking on the eve of the tournament on an ESPN conference call, admitted that weather played a big role.

“I do know one thing, that the court can drastically change… even if it’s a slower court, if it’s 100 degrees, the court is going to play quicker. If it’s 50 degrees at night, it plays considerably slower, and the balls can react to the conditions.” (rtr)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Xiamen, China September 5, 2017.

Putin calls tougher N.Korea sanctions senseless, warns of “global catastrophe”

XIAMEN - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats of military action could trigger “a global catastrophe”.

Putin, speaking after a BRICs summit in China, criticised U.S. diplomacy in the crisis and renewed his call for talks, saying Pyongyang would not halt its missile testing programme until it felt secure.

“Russia condemns North Korea’s exercises, we consider that they are a provocation ... (But) ramping up military hysteria will lead to nothing good. It could lead to a global catastrophe,” he told reporters.

“There’s no other path apart from a peaceful one.”

Putin was speaking after South Korea said an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to the North Korea threat after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test two days ago.

Russia, which shares a border with North Korea, has repeatedly joined China in calling for negotiations with Pyongyang, suggesting that the United States and South Korea halt all major war games in exchange for

North Korea halting its testing programme.

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While describing additional sanctions as “the road to nowhere”, Putin said Russia was prepared to discuss “some details” around the issue, without elaborating.

The Russian leader also lashed out at the United States, saying it was preposterous for Washington to ask for Moscow’s help with North Korea after sanctioning Russian companies whom U.S officials accused of violating North Korea sanctions.

“It’s ridiculous to put us on the same (sanctions) list as North Korea and then ask for our help in imposing sanctions on North Korea,” said Putin.

“This is being done by people who mix up Australia with Austria,” he added.

The United States has floated the idea of requiring all countries to cut economic links with North Korea to try to strong-arm Pyongyang into changing its behaviour.

In Moscow’s case, that would mean stopping using North Korean labourers, tens of thousands of whom work in Russia, and halting fuel supplies to Pyongyang. Russia has so far refused to contemplate doing either. (rtr)

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Hurricane Irma barrels toward Caribbean, southern United States VIRGIN ISLANDS - Hurricane Irma, a powerful Category 4 storm, plowed toward the Caribbean and the southern United States on Tuesday as islands in its path braced for possible life-threatening winds, storm surges and flooding.

Hurricane warnings and watches were in effect for parts of the Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, in preparation for a storm that was intensifying with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

“Dangerous Hurricane Irma heading for the Leeward Islands,” the hurricane center said. “Preparations should be rushed to completion as tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive in the hurricane warning area by late Tuesday.”

A Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale means sustained winds of 130-156 mph (209-251 kph) with “catastrophic” outcomes. They range from uprooted trees and downed power lines to water and electricity outages and enough damage to leave property uninhabitable, according to the Miami-based hurricane center.

In preparation for the storm, the government of economically struggling Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. The U.S. territory, home to about 3.4 million people, has 456 emergency shelters prepared to house up to 62,100 people.

Puerto Rico also froze prices on basic necessities, including food and water, medicines, power generators and batteries, to help residents prepare.

Telemundo TV station WIPR in Puerto Rico showed long lines of shoppers stocking up on bottled water, flashlights, batteries, generators, food and other items.

The executive director of the state power authority, Ricardo Ramos, told the station that the power grid was so

vulnerable from lack of investment that parts of the U.S. territory could be without power for three to four months.

“We’re preparing for the worstcase scenario,” he said.

Irma also threatens the U.S. East Coast and Florida, which has declared a state of emergency. The hurricane center expects Irma to reach southern Florida on Saturday.

Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Twitter late on Monday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump, who he said “offered the full resources of the federal government as Floridians prepare for Hurricane Irma.”

The NHC cautioned that it was too early to forecast the storm’s exact path or what effects it might have on the continental United States, but warned of likely effects to hit some areas by later this week.

“There is an increasing chance of seeing some impacts from Irma in the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Keys later this week and this weekend.

In addition, rough surf and dangerous marine conditions will begin to affect the southeastern U.S. coast by later this week,” the center said. (rtr)

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Police chief reiterates commitment to investigate Saracen case

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has stressed his commitment to thoroughly investigating the alleged fake news syndicate Saracen and arresting the involved individuals.

“I have instructed, anyone involved (in the syndicate), will

be arrested; those who order (the fake news), fund providers,

arrest them!” Karnavian stated at the Police headquarters here, Tuesday. He acknowledged the difficulties faced in tracing members of the syndicate. “It would not be easy to arrest them, as they played the game in cyberspace,” he noted.

However, the police have continued to hunt the individuals allegedly involved in the Saracen syndicate.

The police have detained four suspected administrators of the

group known by their initials as MFT, SRN, JAS, and MAH. The Saracen group has some Facebook accounts: Saracen News, Saracen Cyber Team, and Saracennewscom, among others.

The group had allegedly offered their services to disseminate hate speeches on ethnic, religious, and inter-group issues.

According to the police, there is evidence suggesting that the group had profited by taking

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payments to raise particular issues online that were provocative or targeted certain religious or ethnic groups.

The police have described Saracen as “well-structured” and capable of coordinating its activities from different locales.

The group interacted through up to 800 thousand social media accounts -- some fake and some hacked -- boosting traffic to fake news sites and generating income from online advertising. (ant)

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Indonesia foreign minister flies to Bangladesh after Myanmar visit on Rohingya DHAKA - Indonesia’s foreign minister will fly to Bangladesh on Tuesday for talks following her visit to Myanmar where she urged national leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority there.

Bangladesh’s foreign secretary, Shahidul Haque, told Reuters Retno Marsudi will meet Bangladeshi officials in Dhaka.

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, following an army crackdown triggered by attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s

northwestern Rakhine state.

The Rakhine violence has killed at least 400 people, most of them Rohingya insurgents, according to the Myanmar government, leading to the exodus of Rohingya to neighbouring Bangladesh that is struggling to cope with the influx.

Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Turkey, who are trying to pressure Nobel peace prize winner Suu Kyi to end the crisis, are also offering help to Bangladesh deal with the massive inflow of people from across its 271 km. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Euro zone businesses outpace struggling British peers

LONDON - Business activity in the euro zone stayed robust in August as it outpaced Britain, where an economy increasingly bogged down by Brexit worries lost momentum, surveys showed on Tuesday.

Growth in the euro zone slowed only marginally from the blistering pace set in the spring, according to a Purchasing Managers’ Index. An equivalent reading for Britain was the lowest since last September, shortly after the referendum vote to leave the European Union.

“The story in the next couple of years is that by all probability - unless we get an external shock - the euro zone recovery is for real. I don’t see any reason why this will peter out anytime soon,” said Erik Nielsen, group chief economist at UniCredit.

“Where would growth come from at this stage in Britain? There is erosion of real income because of the inflation numbers and the uncertainty means investment will not play a role until you get some clarity on what is going on (about Brexit).”

IHS Markit’s Final Composite PMI for the euro zone held steady at 55.7 in August, slightly below an earlier flash estimate of 55.8. It has been above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction since mid-2013.

The services PMI fell to a sevenmonth low of 54.7 from July’s 55.4 but was still one of the best growth rates in over six years. Similarly, while the new business index fell, it remained above its long-run trend.

The PMI for Britain’s dominant service industry fell to 53.2 in August from July’s 53.8, below the median forecast of 53.5 in a Reuters poll. The data suggested that euro zone and Britain’s REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo economic growth paths are diverging.

A worker prepares a chocolate ice cream at a Venchi The euro zone reading points to third quarter GDP expansion of 0.6 chocolate shop in Rome, Italy, July 21, 2017.

percent, IHS Markit said, matching second quarter growth and faster than the 0.4 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last month.

Britain, which initially withstood the shock of the June 2016 Brexit vote before slowing sharply in early 2017, has outpaced the bloc’s economies over two-thirds of the time since recovery from the financial crisis began.

But rising inflation and weak wage growth has curtailed household spending and it is expected to grow just half the euro zone’s rate this quarter, 0.3 percent, then maintain that lacklustre pace through to the middle of next year.

British shoppers increased spending in August at the fastest pace so far in 2017, excluding a surge in April caused by the Easter holiday, but there is little sign yet that a squeeze on spending is easing, retailers said on Tuesday.

Non-food sales remain at levels seen two years ago and separately on Tuesday, credit card firm Barclaycard said British consumers increased their spending at a slower pace in August and fewer of them felt confident about their finances.

PARTING WAYS Forward-looking indicators in the euro zone survey imply there will be little slowdown this month with new orders, backlogs of work, employment and an expectation gauge remaining strong. Yet while optimism among British company managers edged up, it remained close to low levels that have been indicative of the economy stalling or even contracting in the past,

with Brexit the main concern, IHS Markit said. “Higher costs and lower investment are slowing UK output to a chronic crawl. The summer months may have been warm but the recessional risks for the UK economy are only increasing as we move into autumn,” said Jeremy Cook, chief economist at WorldFirst, a foreign exchange payments company.

One common theme was rising price pressures - welcome news to policymakers at the European Central Bank who want inflation higher but less attractive to their counterparts at the Bank of England who want to bring inflation down. The euro zone output prices index rose to 52.1 from 51.7.

August inflation nudged closer to the ECB’s target, registering 1.5 percent, data showed last week.

ECB policymakers meet on Thursday, and while no change is expected then, they are expected to announce a reduction of monthly asset purchases in October, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll.

BoE rate-setters meet next week.

Prices paid by services firms rose at the fastest pace in six months, potentially adding to Britain’s inflation rate, which is already heading for about 3 percent, above the central bank’s 2 percent target.

Most economists polled by Reuters were convinced the BoE will not raise interest rates between now and when the initial Brexit negotiation period ends in a little under two years. Only 14 of 59 economists expected one or more rate rises by end-2018. (rtr)

Sterling steadies near $1.29 as data shows UK economy losing steam

LONDON - Struggling sterling steadied just above $1.29 on Tuesday, with weaker-than-expected numbers from Britain’s dominant services industry adding to a downbeat run of data that has seen the pound lose almost 3 percent versus the dollar in the past month.

The monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for the services sector showed growth at its weakest in almost a year, as worries over Britain’s exit from the European Union and the hit that could have on investment and the broader economy

mounted.

The index fell to 53.2 in August still above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction but lagging forecasts for a reading of 53.5. The pound briefly dipped after the numbers, hitting the day’s low of $1.2908, before recovering to trade at $1.2925 by 0842 GMT. Against the euro, it was up 0.1 percent at 91.96 pence , just over a penny away from an 11-month low hit last week.

“The services PMI data has shown that the UK’s economy is

losing steam, and this means that the Bank of England (will) have to continue its support,” said Think Markets analyst Naeem Aslam, referring to the BoE’s loose monetary policy that includes record low interest rates. The BoE will meet next week to discuss policy.

The services data followed numbers from the construction sector the previous day that showed growth at a one-year low.

Britain’s economy initially withstood the shock of the Brexit vote in June last year, but it slowed sharply

in early 2017, as rising inflation caused in large part by the pound’s steep falls following the vote - and weak wage growth ate into spending by households.

Sterling has fallen around 14 percent against the dollar since the EU referendum, and around 17 percent versus the euro.

Most strategists say the pound will remain close to these levels while there is still so much uncertainty over any exit deal with the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers over the week-

end that Britain could be faced with a Brexit “cliff edge” if they failed to back her EU repeal bill, which is to be debated in parliament on Thursday.

“Heightened Brexit uncertainty continues to cloud the economic outlook,” wrote MUFG strategists in a note to clients.

“Given that wage growth has shown little signs of firming, and that the latest investment prints for Q2 were stagnant in both quarterly and yearly terms, we doubt that any rate hike is looming.” (rtr)

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Ngampin Tradition, Gratitude Expression to Birth of Great-Grandchild

Related to traditions often practiced in Hinduism, either in each family, village or district, it has its own characteristics. As in the Balinese nomenclature, a person who has get married will certainly have children, then have grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and the next descendant according to the Balinese family nomenclature.

Various traditions are held to remember the family order. One of them is through tradition of giving betel leaves with betel nut or better known as the tradition of ngampin kumpi by greatgrandmother (kumpi lingsir) to its great grandchild (kumpi alit). This tradition is very rarely implemented and even many people do not know because currently it is rare for parents who live longer to even have a great grandchild. However, this tradition remains often to be carried out at villages such as at Rendang in Karangasem.

Ni Wayan Logég, a great grandmother who is staying healthy and having a great grandchild, said that at Rendang village, Karangasem and the surrounding areas, the ngampin tradition is still often carried out.

This tradition is carried out by touching the baby using betel leaves and betel nuts. The nail of the baby’s thumb are smeared

with the betel stalk bite of great grand-mother and ended by provision of banknote to her greatgrandson (great grand-child).

“This tradition is implemented when meeting first time with great grandchildren,” she said.

Similar opinion was revealed

by Ni Madé Gerot, one of the elderly residents from Tegal village, Rendang, Karangasem.

After touching with betel leaves, the great-grandmother often gives money to her great-grandchild. According to Ni Madé Gerot, giving money is similar to giving provision to descendants and propriety of parents to their children. “This tradition means to remember each other and pray for each other so as to reach longevity. In addition to expressing gratitude for the birth of great grandchild, it is also meant to strengthen the sense of kinship,” she said.

Community believes that by implementing this ngampin tradi-

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tion, hopefully the great grandmother (kumpi lingsir) and great grandchild (kumpi alit) equally could have longevity. In addition, this tradition is also aimed that the newborn grandson will

not get miseries in living the life.

From the execution of this tradition, the elders remind their offspring so that families could remember one another and know one another. This ngampin tradi-

Jambangan Waterfall is Waiting for You

Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng. One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict.

To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain.

Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit.

In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall.

Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently. The location very close to the main road of SingarajaKintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors.

The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location.

Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda.

Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan because the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall.

In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved.

To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (kmb)

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tion is one of the ways for parents to strengthen brotherhood. It is advisable to always undertake this tradition even though it looks unimportant but really meaningful. (kmb)

Perancak

Perancak Village is located in southern Jembrana approximately 10 km from the town of Negara. This beach side village is home to farmers and fishermen and Perancak Beach is an ideal place to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the Indian Ocean especially as the sun sets behind the shadow of the eastern tip of the island of Java.

Perancak village offers many tourist attractions such as a turtle husbandry center, a tourism park, a motor cross arena, a mangrove forest and fishermen’s activities with their boats. This village is also known as the entrance point of Hindu influence from Java to Bali, as the presence Gede Perancak Temple indicates.

This temple is one of Bali’s Dang Kahyangan Temples and references the spiritual journey of Danghyang Nirartha, a Hindu Priest from Java. Around the village, there are also other Hindu Temples, and places of religious historical remains. Perancak Village -with its nature resources, art and culture and ease of access, attracts many tourists who can find accomodations in villas and hotels.(kmb)

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Flagging stone mining at Pacung

SHAMLAPUR - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh.

WORKING as flagging stone miner engaged by residents of Alas Sari, Pacung village, Tejakula subdistrict, started around 1980.

More than dozens of residents in this area are looking for flagging stones on private land or on the land owned by Pacung customary village. People understand if the stone quarrying job is full of risk.

Though being risky, Widiasa and other stone miners are difficult to leave the profession. To avoid accidents while searching for flagging stones, he must take into account the location of the land to be excavated.

Based on his experience, the location at flat land is certainly safe from the threat of accident while digging the ground. However, if location of the stone mining is steep, especially in hilly locations, he himself must think twice before deciding to quarry the land. To protect his legs or hands, he uses boots and hand gloves.

“Flat land is safe to be quarried.

However, if steep it must consider carefully before starting digging.

But, sometimes the risk and incident cannot be predicted. Like the incident that happened to our colleague who is expert in digging, he remains to have the incident. Now, we are traumatized by the incident,” he explained.

Headman of Pacung, I Made Yasa, said that most of the residents at Alas Sari hamlet have been working as flagging stone miners since many years ago. He himself did not know about the history on the flagging stone quarrying to sell. From the narrative of local community leaders, the flagging stone has existed since hundreds of years ago. It is said that under the soil layers ranging from the Pacung, Sembiran, and Julah village are buried many flagging stones.

Rocky condition of the area has something to do with the founding of the temple known as the Ponjok Batu Temple.

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More than dozens of residents in this area are looking for flagging stones on private land or on the land owned by Pacung customary village.

“If not mistaken, hundreds of hectares of land ranging from Pacung, Sembiran to Julah village contain flagging stones. They are found on the land owned by residents or customary village. However, since its emergence, people are looking for the stones by moving from one area to another,” he said.

Yasa himself claimed not to know for sure whether the flagging stone mining has already owned a permit or not. However, since its emergence, the flagging stone mining at his village seems to have no permit and this may be true.

On the contrary, since the flagging stone has become a livelihood for his residents, the matter of permit is not clear. With this condition and after the death of a miner and another getting seriously injured, Yasa is going to discuss the flagging stone mining by involving residents and customary

village apparatus, including related agencies in the local government.

He does this to find a way out if the flagging stone mining at his village is closed, so that he has to think about the fate of dozens of people that used to look for flagging stone.

Conversely, if the search for flagging stone is still allowed to operate, he will discuss about the technical issues related to safety and eco-friendly mining activities.

“We cannot decide alone because this is a complicated matter. If the stone quarrying is close, the fate of our residents whose family is relying on their income from here should be considered. If still allowed to operate, there must be a solution to prevent other accidents that can claim fatalities,” he explained.

On the other hand, Yasa said that after the evacuation of Ketut Sutarsana’s body, he will organize

a meeting with the village apparatus and the victim’s family. In order to purify psychically the ambience in the flagging stone quarrying area and village area in general, the village is going to hold a balik sumpah ceremony. In addition, the ceremony is to apologize psychically for the activity of quarrying flagging stones estimated to have exceeded the limit.

Moreover, location of the incident is not far from Dhang Kahyangan (saint-related) Temple of Ponjok Batu.

“Since the search for the victim’s buried legs at the scene has been agreed, a grandiose ritual will be held and discussed further with village apparatuses. In addition, since the incident is the first and claimed fatality, this must be carried out a ritual to apologize. Perhaps, it is a reprimand from the deities abiding at Ponjok Batu Temple,” he added. (kmb38)

Reuters reporters saw hundreds of exhausted Rohingyas arriving on boats near the village of Shamlapur in Bangladesh near the Myanmar border. The village, facing the Bay of Bengal, appears to have become the newest receiving point for the refugees after authorities cracked down on human traffickers in a different part of the Teknaf peninsula.

Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi was due in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday after meeting the Nobel peace laureate and army chief Min Aung Hlaing to urge that Myanmar halt the bloodshed.

“The security authorities need to immediately stop all forms of violence there and provide humanitarian assistance and development aid for the short and long term,” Retno said after her meetings in the Myanmar capital.

The latest violence in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state began on Aug. 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked dozens of police posts and an army base. The ensuing clashes and a military counteroffensive have killed at least 400 people and triggered the exodus of villagers to Bangladesh.

The treatment of Buddhist-

majority Myanmar’s roughly 1.1 million Muslim Rohingya is the biggest challenge facing Suu Kyi, who has been accused by Western critics of not speaking out for the minority that has long complained of persecution.

Myanmar says its security forces are fighting a legitimate campaign against “terrorists” responsible for a string of attacks on police posts and the army since last October.

Myanmar officials blamed Rohingya militants for the burning of homes and civilian deaths but rights monitors and Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh say the Myanmar army is trying to force them out with a campaign of arson and killings.

“Indonesia is taking the lead, and ultimately there is a possibility of ASEAN countries joining in,” H.T. Imam, a political adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, told Reuters.

He was referring to the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations that groups both Myanmar and Indonesia.

“If we can keep the pressure on Myanmar from ASEAN, from India as well, that will be good.”

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Forced to attend school with torn borrowed shoes mother does not have any money to purchase a new one.

The torn shoes he has been wearing within the past week are borrowed from his cousin that lives not far from his home. In the meantime, his bag with perforated condition has been patched for many times so that he can still use it. Aribawa added that after his father died, only his mother who meets the necessities of the family.

All this time, his mother only works as a casual laborer.

In the meantime, Principal of the SDN 4 Peninjoan elementary school, Putu Jati, said that every

year Aribawa becomes one of the students regularly getting poor student assistance (BSM). The amount he receives is around IDR 400,000 depending on the budget. Aribawa has used the assistance to finance his school needs.

In the same place, hamlet chief of Pulasari Kangin, Ketut Wika, said that Aribawa and his family only live in three at his home. His family is indeed categorized into poor family at the village. Following the death of his father, Aribawa is only supported by his mother who only works as a laborer with uncertain wages.

His mother, Ketut Mawi, who met at her home said that due to economic limitations, she with her children is not infrequently only consuming tubers. It usually happens when she does not get any job. “When getting a work, my wage can be around IDR 60,000,” she said.

She said that because of having no money, she is forced to lend shoes to her niece for her son. It is done in order that her son can remain to attend school. “I have no money to purchase the new one,” she said.

Apprehensive condition of his life and the family once had gone viral

in social media and then received the attention from the Bangli Social Agency. On Monday afternoon, the Bangli Social Agency through Section Head of Disability and Rehabilitation, Sang Made Dwipayana, handed over donation in the form of grocery, toiletry, including blankets and bedding.

Dwipayana said that so far the family of Mawi has been getting the Indonesia Health Card (KIS) and Indonesia Education Card (KIP).

His agency at this time will attempt in order the family can get family assistance program (PKH). (kmb40)

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Police officers watch as protesters hold signs against the Myanmar government and its State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally in support of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, outside of the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia September 4, 2017. Picture taken September 4, 2017.

Modi begins a visit to Myanmar later on Tuesday, during which he will meet top officials, including Suu Kyi. “Modi is going there and our foreign secretary has already briefed

the foreign secretary of India on this,” said Imam. “If the international conscience is awakened that would put pressure on Myanmar.”

Turkey called the violence against the Rohingya “genocide”

and offered Bangladesh help with the refugee influx. Pakistan, home to a large Rohingya community, has expressed “deep anguish” and urged the world body, the Organization of Islamic Countries, to act. (rtr)

Australia’s high court hears challenge to same-sex marriage vote

Wayan Aribawa, a child of Pulasari Kangin BANGLI — The life of Wayan Aribawa, a 10-year-old boy from Pulasari Kangin, Peninjoan village, Tembuku, is not as fortunate as the friends of his age. This third grade student of SDN 4 Peninjoan elementary school has been living with his mother and sister in poor condition.

Since his mother has no money at all to buy his school supplies like shoes, Aribawa is forced to use torn shoes borrowed from his cousin.

When met at his school on Monday (Sep. 4), Aribawa admitted that he is forced to attend school by using torn shoes and bags because his

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Becomes family’s livelihood though being risky Behind the risks threatening the safety of stone miners, the demand for flagging stone of Pacung is never deserted. Previously, people only sold in the form of intact size after being quarried; now there has been a business of stone cutting. This cutting business also serves customized order according to certain size asked by customers from throughout Bali.

Since the work is used to support family’s economy, the risk of having an accident seems to be ignored. To prevent any incidents when looking for flagging stones, residents take into account the safe location and use safety tools so as not to get injured because of the scratch of sharp stones.

A flagging stone miner, Gede Widiasa, when met on Monday (Sep. 4) said that he looks for flagging stone because of having no other choice of job to be pursued. Since its emergence, he does not have to learn much to find the stones. Simply armed with a crowbar or a chisel and follow the experienced stone miners, he is already able to find the stones buried under the soil layer.

Since joining the search for flagging stones, Widiasa claimed to have wounded. The wound happens due to the slab is thin and sharp. When exposing to the part of our body, it will surely injure to cause more serious wounds. “Since this job must be worked on, I think it is a job risk. I’ve once got an accident, just a scratch. If we are not skillful it can cause more severe injuries,” he said.

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Pedestrians walk past banners set up by the City of Sydney promoting the “yes” vote for gay marriage in Australia, in Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2017. Picture taken September 1, 2017.

SYDNEY - Australia’s high court on Tuesday began a hearing on the validity of a government plan for a postal vote to legalise same-sex marriage, a challenge that risks destabilising the ruling centre-right coalition.

If the court rules against the plan, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could find himself presiding over a government fractured on the issue, endangering his razor-thin parliamentary majority of one.

With the non-compulsory vote a couple of weeks away, its opponents have launched a legal challenge, saying the vote needs the backing of parliament - which has twice rejected such a national ballot.

“This case is about dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians,” Anna Brown, director of legal advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre, which leads the opposition to the vote, told reporters in Melbourne.

“We’re here because we all believe and want marriage equality. This postal plebiscite has big question marks around its legal validity.”

Conservative lawmakers have threatened to resign if the ballot policy is not adhered to, risking Turnbull’s parliamentary majority.

But he may not be able to stick to the postal vote policy, as a group of liberal politicians has threatened to rebel and side with the opposition, which would probably end his tenure as leader, analysts say.

Turnbull supports same-sex marriage, as do two-thirds of Australians, but his party’s conservative wing has threatened a revolt if he deviates from the policy of a national ballot.

Frustrated by the political impasse, a group of backbenchers this year said they were ready to vote with the opposition Labor Party to secure samesex marriage, a plan only abandoned when Turnbull offered a postal vote.

While a rejection of the legal challenge offers a political solution, an increasingly vitriolic campaign forced Turnbull to urge both sides to show mutual respect.

Turnbull’s plea has gone largely unheeded, however. Opponents of same-sex marriage last week launched a contentious campaign advertisement that the government immediately rejected as inaccurate.

Since the postal vote is not a formal election it is not subject to the same rules on political advertisements, and activists fear a surge in malicious campaigning in the run-up.

“Our concern is around a sustained, intense campaign. It will make a question that should be a private matter between two people, a matter for public discussion,” Elaine Pearson, director of New York-based Human Rights Watch, who supports same-sex marriage but opposes the national vote, told Reuters. (rtr)

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A trainee flies a drone next to a China Civil UAS (Unmanned Aerospace Surveillance) Pilot Flight examiner (in red) during his examination for the license from AOPA CHINA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) at LTFY drone training school on the outskirts of Beijing, China August 14, 2017.

China’s tighter drone rules send new pilots flocking to school

BEIJING - A buzz fills the sky above a flight base in northern Beijing, as pilots practise take-offs and landings ahead of tests to qualify for a licence - to fly drones.

Drone enthusiasts in China, the world’s top maker of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are scrambling for licences after the government adopted strict rules this year to tackle incidents of drones straying into aircraft flight paths.

“A drone is not a toy,” said Yang Nuo, the principal of the drone training school in the Chinese capital, who expects more students to sign up in a drive to boost flying skills. “It involves complicated aerial theoretical knowledge.”

Gao Huiqiang, 32, said his construction company told him to seek a licence.

“Since the laws on drones are tightening and a legal framework is being built, they told me to come and get the license first,” he added.

In June, China set an end-August deadline for owners of civilian drones to register crafts up to a certain weight under their real names. Last week, a test-flight

base opened in the commercial hub of Shanghai, which requires civilian drones to fly below 150 m (492 ft), the official news agency’s Xinhuanet website said.

Others have balked at the idea of spending around 10,000 yuan ($1,534) for an official qualification, particularly as uncertainty surrounds future regulations.

“They don’t know when the next regulation will be introduced,” said Hao Jiale, the manager at a DJI drone store. “Some people want to wait and see.”

Privately-held SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, based in the southeastern city of Shenzen, had a roughly 70 percent share of the global commercial and consumer drone market, according to a 2016 estimate by Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer analysts.

Despite the curbs, prospects for growth look bright.

China’s camera drone market will see a compound annual growth rate of 68 percent in five years, with shipments reaching 3 million units by 2019, up from 40,000 in the third quarter of 2015, tech research firm IDC said last year.

More than 120,000 drones have been registered in China, Xinhuanet said, compared to just 77,000 registered users in the United States. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday it has developed a more advanced thermonuclear weapon that possesses “great destructive power” and will be loaded on a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that experts believe has the range to hit much of the United States.

The report by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency comes amid heightened regional tension following Pyongyang’s two tests of ICBM missiles in July that potentially could fly about 10,000 km (6,200 miles), putting many parts of the mainland United States within range.

Under third-generation leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has been pursuing a nuclear device small and light enough to fit on a long-range ballistic missile, without affecting its range as well as making it capable of surviving re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

North Korea “recently succeeded” in making a more advanced hydrogen bomb, the country’s official KCNA news agency said.

“The H-bomb, the explosive power of which is adjustable from tens kiloton to hundreds kiloton, is a multifunctional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals,” KCNA said.

“All components of the H-bomb were homemade and all the processes ... were put on the Juche basis, thus enabling the country to produce powerful nuclear weapons as many as it wants,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

Juche is North Korea’s homegrown ruling go-it-alone ideology that is a mix of Marxism and extreme nationalism preached by state founder Kim Il Sung, the current leader’s grandfather.

Kim Jong Un, who visited the country’s nuclear weapons institute, “watched an H-bomb to be loaded into new ICBM” and “set forth tasks to be fulfilled in the research into nukes,” KCNA said.

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Pictures released by the agency showed Kim inspecting a silver-colored warhead in the visit accompanied by nuclear scientists, with a concept diagram of its Hwasong-14 longrange ballistic missile seen hanging on the wall.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been high since last month when North Korea threatened to launch missiles into the sea near the strategically located U.S. Pacific territory of Guam after U.S. President Donald Trump said Pyongyang would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.

North Korea further raised regional tensions on Tuesday by launching an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, drawing international condemnation.

The KCNA report made no mention of plans for a sixth nuclear test.

Experts and officials have said North Korea could conduct its sixth nuclear test at any time, and that the reclusive country has maintained a readiness at its nuclear test site to conduct another detonation test.

U.S. officials have told Reuters that while North Korea has had parts in place for a nuclear detonation going back several months, no new activity had been seen recently at its known nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in its northeastern region.

North Korea last year conducted its fourth and fifth nuclear tests, saying the fourth in January 2016 was a successful hydrogen bomb test, although outside experts say the claim has not been proven.

Earthquakes triggered by North Korean nuclear tests have gradually increased in magnitude since Pyongyang’s first test in 2006, indicating the isolated country is steadily improving the destructive power of its nuclear technology.

Its fifth nuclear test in September 2016 was measured to be possibly North Korea’s biggest detonation ever, but the earthquake it caused was still not believed to be big enough to demonstrate a thermonuclear test. (rtr)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.

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Green turtle on Candidasa Beach

Lays hundreds of eggs at a time that hatch after 40 days

LATELY, dozens of green turtle eggs are frequently found hatching on Candidasa Beach, in Bugbug Customary Village. To ensure their safety, local fishermen are cooperating with the Karangasem Natural Resources Agency (KSDA), the Karangasem Water Police and Bugbug Customary Village authorities to keep the turtle hatchlings safe by housing them in a warehouse. Once they are old enough the turtle hatchlings are released back into the sea. The last turtle release took place on Saturday (Sep 2) when dozens found their way to the sea.

Local fisherman Made Sudana who is part of Bugbug village’s Sri Baruna fishermen’s group explained that there were a total of 58 turtle hatchlings that were released this time. They hatched form their eggs on September 1 and were then moved into the warehouse. The turtle hatchlings were reported to the customary apparatus, police and KSDA Karangasem.

“Indeed, many turtles have been laying their eggs here since ancient times. But in the past many of these eggs were taken by local residents. Today after having been educated by the BKSDA and police authorities, people understand that that this animal is a protected species. So now the turtle eggs are kept safe”, explained Sudana.

Green turtles usually come to shore to lay their eggs at night or early in the morning. Local fishermen often encounter the turtles laying their eggs around this time as the fishermen head out to sea. Each turtle can lay anywhere form 200 to 500 eggs. Turtle eggs usually hatch after 40 days provided that the temperature in the environment is well maintained.

“If the eggs are swamped in sea water, they will not hatch, so we move them away form the shore” he added.

Head of the BKSDA Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Suteja, said that this is one of the conservation efforts being made by his agency to ensure that green sea turtles are not made exctinct. After finding out that the green turtles have been laying lots of eggs recently, the BKSDA approached local residents and the customary apparatus in order to work together to protect the green turtles. Supporting facilities were also installed aorudn the beach area including sign boards that explain to people about this turtle.

The BKSDA, he added will intensify their patrolling of the areas where the green turtles breed. “ We do conservation as well as education. These turtle hatchlings have now

become a tourist attraction on Candidasa Beach” said Suteja.

Knowing that the green turtle is a protected animal, local residents have now performed three turtle hatchling releases, The first release was carried out on Candidasa on July 11 by Chief of Karangasem Police, Wayan Gede Ardana, accompanied by Chief of Water Police, I Made Wartama, along with local residents, fishermen and foreign tourists who were staying at Puri Bagus Candidasa. A total of 32 hatchling were released at that time.

“Green turtles are protected because of their scarcity so since we found out we have ordered the water police to intensify their monitoring along Candidasa Beach. We do not want the newly hatched turtles to fall to the hands of irresponsible people”, said the police chief.

The second release was carried out on August 8 at the same location. The turtle hatchlings were released by the apparatus of Bugbug Customary Village together with BKSDA

Karangasem and the Karangasem water police. Green turtles often choose this coastline as their breeding ground and have become one of the main tourists attractions of this area. The green turtle has become an icon in Candidasa. Villagers in this area are often aware when the turtles have hatched and are trying to make their way to the sea.

Chief of Bugbug customary village, Jro Wayan Mas Suyasa, affirmed that the Customary Village of Bugbug are committed to supporting the conservation efforts of the KSDA Karangasem and the Karangasem Water Police. Customary village authorities have also made it clear to local residents that they need to protect the green turtles from poachers. “ If anyone finds a green turtle, it should be taken back to the sea, the same is true for turtle hatchlings. This turtle is a symbol of kurma avatar (the second avatar of Vishnu). If we need in the customary village need a turtle for a ceremony, the turtle will come to us of its own accord” he said. (gik)

Once they are old enough the turtle hatchlings are released back into the sea.

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Culprits alleged to be part of motorcycle gangs MANGUPURA - On Friday(Sept 1), a 23 year old man from Jember, East Java named Yuda Kurniawan was beaten by four men who are allegedly part of a motorcycle gang. Related to the incident that occurred in front of the Hard Rock Café on Kuta Beach, police have arrested 24 year old Imam Ansori alias Aan, Muhamad Abdul Kuhar alias Kohar, 22, W.A.S., 17, and Rudi Hartono alias Jo, 30, lon Saturday (Sep. 2).

A source in the field said on Sunday (Sep. 3) that the violent

incident occurred at 01:30 when the victim and his friends were sitting on Kuta Beah enjoying some drinks. A group of ten other young men approached them wanting to join them in their drinking. The victim and his friends rejected their request. One of the culprits wanted to entrust his drunken friend to the seated group but this request was also rejected. A shouting match quickly ensued.

Kurniawan tried to intervene to resolve the dispute but was met with the sting of a large chain necklace that left his right eyebrow

bleeding. “The victim and his friends immediately reported the incident to the Kuta Police station” explained the source.

According to the police report, the Kuta Police’S operations team led by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Budi Artama, came down to the scene of the crime. Based on their crime scene investigation and testimony of witnesses, the officers ascertained that one of the culprits lived in Jalan Imam Bonjol in Pemogan, Denpasar. Police headed to this location where suspect Imam and WAS were apprehended on

Jalan Imam Bonjol Gang Sabha, West Denpasar.

Based on WAS and Budi Artama’s testimonies police were able to arrests the other two culprits; Abdul on Jalan Pulau Yoni and Rudi on Jalan Taman Pancing, Pemogan, South Denpasar. Both the culprits and evidence were secured with the Kuta Police for further investigation.

Under interrogation, the suspect Imam admitted to have hit the victim twice and Abdul admitted to have hit him once, WAS also admitted to have hit the victim and

Rudi said he threw a stone at him. claimed to hit the victim and Rudi hit the victim with a stone. Rudi claimed that he just happened to be carrying this chain necklace in his pocket.

Chief of Kuta Police, Wayan Sumara, confirmed the details of this case but added that according to their investigation there is no indication that the culprits belong to a motorcycle gang. “We are still conducted a deeper investigation to find out whether they belong to a motorcycle gang or not”, he said. (kmb36)

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3.5 millions of foreign tourists arrive via Ngurah Rai Airport, China remains to dominate

MANGUPURA - Tourist arrival through Ngurah Rai Airport continues to increase.

Based on the data of immigration office up to July 2017, a total of 3.5 million foreign tourists come in through Ngurah Rai Airport. This figure rose by 22.18 percent compared to 2016.

General Manager of Ngurah Rai Airport, Yanus Suprayogi, said on Monday (Sep. 4) that of the total number, foreign tourists from China still dominate the significant increase, amounting to 25 percent or about 896,000 people. During the past two years, China is occupying the highest foreign tourists coming to Bali.

In the meantime, Australian tourists are ranked second with the total number of 632,000 or 18 percent and the ranked third is Indian tourist reaching 234,000 or 7 percent.

“In 2017, the Ngurah Rai Airport is targeted to bring

in 5.58 millions of foreign tourists. Seeing the record until last July, it indicates the achievement of almost 64 percent. When seeing the growth that continues to increase significantly, we are confident that we can meet the target,” he said.

Yanus added that this optimism is also supported by the large interest of foreign airlines to serve flight to Bali. “Last month, we first received the Mehan Air flight from Tehran, Iran. Bali is the first destination in Indonesia targeted by Mehan Air,” he said.

He said the trend of tourists from the Middle East also experiences an increase. This year, the percentage has increased by two-fold or 100 percent compared to last year. “In 2016, during the period from January to July there are approximately 17,000 people and this year reaches 35,000. Apparently this is a positive impact of the visit made by King of Saudi Arabia to Bali last March,” he concluded. (kmb23)

MANGUPURA - The shortage of parking space and even the absence of representative parking space at Tanjung Benoa make the marine tourism destination increasingly chaotic. As a result, many tourist vehicles should be parked on the road side or even on the sidewalk. This condition always triggers congestion along the Jalan Pratama. When confirmed on Monday (Sep. 4), the Head of the Badung Transportation Agency, AA Rai Yuda Dharma, admitted that his agency has not been able to provide parking space to overcome the problem. Indeed, the absence of parking space becomes the main problem.

Rai Yuda hoped that later on there is cooperation with local customary village to overcome the problem. If there is indeed a land that can be used, it must be submitted / proposed to the government. The government will decide whether to be purchased or leased.

Clearly the process must be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations through relevant agency handling the land. “Indeed, the availability of parking space at Tanjung Benoa area is inadequate.

Thus, we hope there is cooperation with local community leaders,” he said.

He explained that other than

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being influenced by the lack of parking space and congestion, it is also influenced by the absence of alternative road section. So far, the condition of Jalan Pratama as the only one road access to Tanjung Benoa can no longer accommodate the number of vehicles. Therefore, other than preparing a representative parking space, he also hoped the presence of an alternative road section. “To resolve the congestion problem at the location, it is indeed required to have a ring road as an alternative route, since there is no alternative road heading for Tanjung Benoa,” he said.

Related to procurement of parking space and ring road that requires a long process, he will coordinate with related parties. For short term, he will coordinate with local headman and sub-district head and related technical institutions. “Such condition requires synergy to find a solution that is not solely becoming the responsibility of transportation agency but also needs a shared thinking related to the context of territorial and authority,” he said.

To minimize congestion, he expected the awareness of motorists not to use the road shoulder as a parking space. In the meantime, the entrepreneurs are also encouraged to be more orderly in arranging and parking their vehicle. (kmb23)

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VENICE - Music video “Thriller” was not the product of a brilliant idea but was made because pop star Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster, director John Landis said at the Venice film festival on Monday.

Landis was in Venice to present the 3D version of the video, which was made 35 years after the original.

It was screened as a special event in the out-of-competition section. “(Thriller) was nobody’s good idea, it was no brilliant business plan,” John Landis told journalists.

“It was a vanity video because Michael wanted to be a monster. And everything that came, evolved from that, was spectacularly successful and I was totally surprised.”

Landis said Jackson first approached him about making the video because he liked his work on “An American Werewolf in London” and the two, along with make-up artist Rick Baker, met to look at photographs from old monster movies.

“Turns out he hasn’t seen many horror films, they were too scary. I found him great,” Landis said, laughing. “He wanted zombies, but the

big thing for Mike was turning into a monster.”

Asked about his first meeting with Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but died in 2009 at the age of 50, Landis said he was “joyful” and “childlike” and quickly became a close family friend.

“Michael was very determined that everything had to be the best, the greatest,” he said. “He had a spectacular work ethic, but he was an old pro, the guy has been performing since he was 8 years old.”

While making “Thriller” Jackson was happy to “show up and do whatever I wanted,” Landis said. It was different when they met again to produce “Black or White” in 1991.

“On ‘Black or White’ I was working for Michael. It was different. We were still fine, but ... he was much more guarded,” Landis said.

“I know it’s not easy being a celeb,

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Director John Landis gestures during a photocall for the movie “Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D” at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 4, 2017. but to be the most famous person in the world, to have that kind of celebrity is bizarre.”

“And here’s someone who was already working from a young age ... he never had a childhood. That’s one of the reasons he was so interested in

pursuing one as a grown up.”

Landis, an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, jumped at the idea of converting “Thriller” into 3D, because “I really wanted you to experience it the way Michael wanted you to experience it”.

“We went through the whole movie frame by frame, and it was not intended to be in 3D, so we are not throwing anything at you or anything like that, but it does enhance certain parts of it tremendously ... the dance is much improved,” he said. (rtr)

‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Leads Slowest Labor Day Weekend in About Two Years LOS ANGELES - A disastrous domestic summer box office is ending on a low note.

Without any fresh competition in wide release, “Hitman’s Bodyguard” appears the be the holiday weekend’s movie of choice. The Lionsgate release with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson at the center should earn $13.4 million from 3,370 locations over the four-day weekend. Its seemingly imminent win would make “Hitman’s Bodyguard” the only flick this summer to retain the top spot on the domestic box office charts for three consecu-

tive weekends. “Dunkirk,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” each stayed first for two frames.

But while the action comedy is certainly profitable at this point, its threepeat is less due to the movie’s overwhelming popularity, and more attributable to the lack of alternatives. This -- the first Labor Day weekend in recent history without a new wide release -- is tracking to have the lowest four-day total for the holiday in nearly two decades.

The 28 movies currently in release are tracking to bring in about $95.5

million, according to ComScore.

Not since 1998 has the Labor Day domestic box office dropped below a $100 million four-day total.

The last time there were no wide releases over Labor Day weekend was in 1992.

Of the weekend’s medium-sized launches, Sony’s re-release of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is faring best. The 40th anniversary theatrical event is set to take in $2.3 million for the four-day holiday weekend from 901 locations. Meanwhile, TWC’s long-delayed release “Tulip Fever” is not finding its audience.

The historical drama starring Alicia Vikander is expected to earn $1.4 million from 765 locations.

A unique collaboration between Marvel Television and ABC Studios brought “Marvel’s Inhumans” to 393 Imax screens in North America, where it is expected to earn $1.5 million. And Pantellion’s “Do It Like an Hombre” is looking at about $1.4 million for the four days at 382 locations.

Otherwise, “Annabelle: Creation” should remain in the two slot for Warner Bros. The horror sequel has an estimated three-day tally of $7.3

million from 3,358 locations, and is tracking for $9.3 million with the extended holiday.

While “Tulip Fever” might fail to crack the weekend’s top 20, TWC has the third and fourth highest-grossing movies of the weekend. “Wind River” is expecting an $8 million four-day total from 2,602 spots. The animated adventure “Leap!” should follow close behind with $6.6 million from 2,705 locations. “Logan Lucky” should round out the top five with a reported $4.4 million three-day and estimated $5.6 million for the entire holiday. (rtr)

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Indonesia to bar Myanmar protest at world’s biggest Buddhist temple

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JAKARTA - Indonesian police have pledged to bar Islamist groups from staging a rally on Friday at the Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java to protest against the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. Islamist groups say they plan the demonstration close to the stupa-topped Borobudur temple, which dates from the 9th century and is a popular tourist site, to call for an end to violence against the religious and ethnic minority in Myanmar.

Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims and there have been a number of anti-Myanmar protests in Jakarta and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur over the treatment of Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s roughly 1.1 million Rohingyas.

Almost 125,000 Rohingyas have been forced to flee clashes between Rohingya insurgents and the army in the northwest Rakhine state. Tens of thousands have crossed the border into neighbouring Bangladesh. “The action at Borobudur temple will be prohibited,” National Police Chief Tito Karnavian told reporters, according to media.

“This is not just part of the heritage of Indonesia, but that of the world. There is no need for protests in response to the Rohingya conflict because the Indonesian government is taking action on it already.”

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Monday met Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and top security officials to call for

a halt to the bloodshed. Marsudi was due in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, on Tuesday.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif expressed “deep anguish at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims” and urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take “immediate and effective action to bring an end to all human-rights violations against innocent and unarmed Rohingya Muslim population”.

An organiser of Friday’s planned protest said the groups wanted to protest peacefully near the Borobodur temple to show Indonesia’s tolerance. “The Borobudur is an extraordinary symbol of tolerance,” said Anang Imamuddin. “We want the world to know that it is in a majority Muslim country but it is safe.

Buddhist monks are safe here too.”

A Nobel laureate and Muslim nations in Asia criticized Myanmar’s persecution of its Rohingya Muslim minority as thousands in Indonesia and elsewhere staged angry protests

against Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.

At least 87,000 refugees from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since violence escalated in late August, according to the United Nations, overwhelming existing camps for the displaced. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said her “heart breaks” at the suffering of Rohingya Muslims and urged Myanmar’s leader, a fellow Nobel laureate, to condemn the violence against the Rohingya minority.

“Over the last several years I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment,” she said in a statement posted on Twitter. “I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same. The world is waiting and the Rohingya Muslims are waiting.”

The latest eruption of violence in Rakhine state has killed more than 400 people and triggered an exo-

dus of Rohingya into Bangladesh.

It began after insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts in what they said was an effort to protect their ethnic minority from persecution by security forces in the majority Buddhist country.

In response, Myanmar’s military unleashed what it called “clearance operations.” Human Rights Watch says satellite imagery shows 700 buildings were burned in the Rohingya Muslim village of Chein Khar Li, just one of 17 locations in Rakhine state where the rights group has documented burning of homes and property.

Myanmar denies citizenship to Rohingya, who have lived in the country for generations, and the group has frequently faced hostility and violence from the Buddhist majority, often fanned by hard-line monks and inflammatory comments from officials.

Reports of killings by security forces and images of lines of people including children and the elderly attempting to cross the swampy border into Bangladesh have sparked anger and battered the reputation of Suu Kyi, previously lionized for her decades of resistance to Myanmar’s former military rulers. Tens

of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia’s predominantly Muslim Chechnya to protest what the Chechen leader called “genocide of Muslims” in Myanmar.

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for an end to violence in Rakhine state and sent his foreign minister to Myanmar where she with met Monday with Suu Kyi and armed forces commander Min Aung Hlaing.

Over the weekend, protesters in Jakarta set fire to a poster of Suu Kyi outside the Myanmar embassy and further protests are set for this week. Local media reported that one group plans to stage a protest at Borobudur, a famous ancient Buddhist temple in central Java.

“The world remains silent in the face of the massacre of Rohingya Muslims,” said Farida, an organizer of Monday’s protest who uses a single name. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.