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England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit

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LONDON - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has released two politically charged songs targeting what he sees as the uncertainty and surrealism permeating politics in the age of Brexit and Donald Trump.

One song, titled “England Lost”, represents Jagger’s mocking take on Britain’s split from the European Union. The second, “Get a Grip”, describes an “upside down” world full of “lunatics and clowns”.

Jagger, 74, said on Facebook he had started writing the songs a few weeks ago in his first solo work since 2011.

The first song is told through the metaphor of a soccer fan who has watched England lose at a match he did not want to go to in the first place.

“I went to see England but it wasn’t there/ I think I lost it down the back of my chair/ I think I’m losing my imagination/ I’m tired of talking about immigration.”

Later he adds: “Had a girl in Lisbon, a girl in Rome/ Now I’ll have to stay at home/ So lock the shutters, bolt the doors/London’s gonna be like Singapore.”

In the second song, Jagger rails against people stuffing their pockets and being on the take. The final line of the verse is a dig at what critics say is the British government’s approach to Brexit: to both have its cake and eat it.

Formed in London in 1962, the Rolling Stones are credited with being one of the most influential bands in rock and roll, releasing 30 studio albums.

Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Jagger said he had been motivated to write the songs because of In this Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones poses for a portrait in New York. the “anxiety, unknowability of the changing political situation”.

“We obviously have a lot of problems. So am I politically opti- Jagger released the songs and music videos Thursday, July 27, 2017, for tunes titled, “Gotta Get mistic? … No,” Jagger said. (rtr) a Grip” and “England Lost.”

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Playing with fire: Czech artist creates steel portraits with flame

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Ladislav Vlna, a metallurgic painter, works on a painting in Prague, Czech Republic July 26, 2017. Vlna uses a worldunique technique, heating up steel to different temperatures to obtain different colors. Picture taken July 26, 2017.

PRAGUE - Czech artist Ladislav Vlna has swapped his brush for a blowtorch as he ‘paints’ with fire to create artworks that change according to lighting.

Vlna’s self-titled metallurgic painting technique results in surprisingly delicate and detailed pieces, mostly portraits or figures, with oxyacetylene torches.

The 40-year-old artist begins by painting a draft upon a steel surface and then carves, sharpens and polishes the basic image into it before

putting a flame to the engraving which alters its color, depending on the temperature. This process gives the piece its unique appearance.

“I am painting using fire instead of a paintbrush. I am extracting the colors from inside the steel with heat and fire.”

The appearance of each painting is affected by the light reflected onto the metal’s surface. By creating shapes within the metal, it manipulates the light to emphasize the unique ‘brushstrokes’ the fire

has molded.

“The picture placed on the same place looks different in the morning and in evening depending on the light changing”, he said.

Each piece takes Vlna weeks to complete, some have sold for up to 8,000 euro ($9,400). He spent 15 years perfecting the technique, through trial and error.

In addition to his fire works, he also paints watercolors, illustrates children’s books and creates sculptures. (rtr)

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People wait in line next to an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez before voting during the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2017.

Venezuelans vote on all-powerful assembly

CARACAS - Venezuelans on Sunday began voting for a constitutional super-body expected to hand sweeping new powers to ruling Socialist Party officials and potentially extend their unpopular rule. President Nicolas Maduro, widely disliked for overseeing an unraveling of the economy, has promised the assembly will restore peace after four months of opposition protests during which more than 115 people have been killed.

Maduro, who has been heckled at recent public outings, cast his vote around 6 a.m. on Sunday with little fanfare. Opposition parties are boycotting what they call a rigged election while their sympathizers plan demonstrations across the country during the day - raising the prospect of violent clashes with security forces. Critics say the assembly will allow Maduro to dissolve the opposition-run Congress,

delay future elections and rewrite electoral rules to prevent the socialists from being voted out.

The vote, which follows the postponement of regional elections and Maduro’s repeated refusal to heed decisions by Congress, has brought global condemnation. The United States, which is the largest market for OPEC member Venezuela’s oil, last week sanctioned 13 Socialist Party leaders, in part as a

response to the election. President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed additional economic measures if the vote takes place.

Neighboring Colombia says it will not recognize the results.

“By tomorrow, it will be clear that this was not just a constitutional fraud but also the biggest historical mistake that Maduro and his gang could have made,” opposition leader Freddy Guevara told

a news conference on Saturday.

Maduro says he is the victim of right-wing governments around the world and blames the country’s economic malaise - from food and medicine shortages to triple-digit inflation - on an “economic war” by his adversaries.

He says opposition protests have been driven by vandalism and arbitrary violence that will not be brought to an end without the constitutional assembly. Voters on Sunday will not be asked whether they wish to proceed with the assembly, only to select its 545 members from more than 6,100 candidates representing a broad array of Socialist

Party allies. Polls suggest a large majority of Venezuelans oppose the assembly. The opposition says that more than 7 million voters - from a population of around 32 million overwhelmingly rejected Maduro’s proposal in an unofficial referendum it organized this month.

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Congestion in Kuta, govt asked to take action soon

MANGUPURA - Congestion in Kuta and Legian has not been able to be addressed today. This needs to get serious attention from related parties because Kuta as a tourist area of the world surely draws the attention.

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When confirmed, chief of Kuta customary village, Wayan Swarsa, said that actually the most serious cause of congestion in Kuta originates from Tuban roundabout. He said that congestion occurs at the location will affect the traffic condition in the north along the Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai. Certainly this also affects the traffic in Tuban area. “If congestion occurs, automatically Kuta will also face similar congestion,” he said.

According to him, some points indeed have high density of traffic and slow movement, like in Legian chiefly in the Ground Zero area. In the area, most traffic congestions are triggered by the violating taxis, usually waiting for passengers in the area, especially at 12:00 noon.

Currently, this condition has started to be regulated and disciplined by customary village. It does not deny that the taxi needed by passengers should also be considered because there is a need for tourists wishing to go out to look for night entertainment.

Therefore, currently the taxi in the area has been arranged by village authority, and is not allowed to wait for passengers on the left side of the road.

“Without being regulated, it will certainly lead to complaints

from tourists that want to get a taxi transportation service. Those wishing to get night entertainment in Kuta do not entirely stay at hotels in Kuta area, but also come from outside Kuta,” he concluded. Previously, continued Swarsa, the customary village side has made and presented the concept related to traffic arrangement in Kuta. According to him, other than traffic issue, the parking on the road should also be regulated. He confirmed that people are allowed to park in specified parking space.

“It must be drafted where people may and may not park. This is being awaited by the government of Badung district. Until now, there has been no follow-up from the government of Badung,” he complained.

In addition to parking, the presence of bus with particular width and length is expected not to enter the Kuta area. According to him, this has been specified in the rules. With the road width owned by Kuta, large-sized buses are not worth to pass in the area. Further, he added that the road section currently still crowded is at the Temacun intersection, Ground Zero, triggered by behavior of taxi drivers parking carelessly. Then, there are no parking facilities for visitors prepared on Kuta Beach in front of the Hard Rock Hotel, while crowdedness on Jalan Kartika Plaza happens because there are malls and many hotels.

He hoped the government can begin to take measures in overcoming this problem. Parking arrangement as well as where people are allowed and not allowed to park must be specified. In

addition, the rules for the size of buses allowed to enter must also be specified, if violating they must be ticketed. Customary village is ready to assist in disciplining parking on sidewalk.

“We have personnel in customary village. However, we do not want to precede the government and police authority. Our goal is the same as that of government, namely creating a good traffic,” he concluded. (kmb23)

MANGUPURA - The government of Badung district begins to prepare a number of schemes to overcome congestion occurred at the kampong of tourist, Kuta. The underpass construction, addition of central parking to railway development plan as a mode of transportation becomes a number of schemes to overcome the traffic congestion. As admitted by the Head of the Badung Transportation Agency, A.A. Rai Yuda Dharma, the congestion issue in Kuta has often been featured in discussion every time approaching a long holiday. This condition is the impact of developing tourism in Badung. Therefore, it is planned for the addition of central parking.

“We will add a central parking in the Kuta area. This effort is to overcome congestion during long holiday season. However, we will coordinate in advance with a number of community leaders in Kuta to discuss about the addition of the central parking,” he said. He said that coordination with local community leaders is meant to find a location remaining possible for accommodating visitors to Kuta parking. “It (parking lot-Ed) is much needed in Kuta. This still becomes our attention because the obstacle is related to the land now,” he explained.

Previously, the Badung government had planned to build hydraulic parking, but once again it was hampered by land availability. Nevertheless, he will continue to study the problem of this central parking for long term. “The full capacity of central parking in Kuta is also caused by a number of hotels that only provide limited spaces for parking needs,” he said.

This bureaucrat from Kerobokan mentioned has conducted a raid with Badung municipal police. Results of the raid indicated that cheap hotels do not provide adequate parking space for their guests, so the vehicles should be parked on highway.

“Parked vehicles spill over to the highways on Kuta Beach so that congestion is inevitable,” he said. Sometimes the conditions of tourists making a visit to Kuta tourist attraction also violate the rules of parking. At times, they park their vehicle carelessly along the Jalan Pantai Kuta, so that result in long traffic jams.

Other than the addition of central parking, his agency is also designing intelligent transport system as a monitoring and information provider of traffic conditions. Development of the Area Traffic Control System (ATCS) has also been included

in the budget amendment in the form of master plan draft and Detailed Engineering Design (DED) with the value of IDR 76,463,156. “Essentially, the intelligent transport system is part of smart city. It means that we can provide information for the public related to traffic conditions before they travel,” he said.

People can get information on traffic condition from their smartphones before they travel. Thus, they can choose the safe, convenient and smooth routes based on the infrastructure monitoring in the form of intelligent transport system. He explained that intelligent transport system was inspired by the ATCS. It is a part of intelligent transport system, but further it is developed by installing surveillance cameras, traffic volume, speed in the road sections and intersections so that traffic performance can always become up to date and be informed to community of road users.

“As other functions, it can also be used to monitor accidents, traffic congestion and so on. By that way, the officers can immediately take action,” he explained. On the other hand, a legislator of the Badung House of Representatives, proposed the construction of trains connecting the area of North Badung to South Badung. Proposal of this public transportation development is conveyed by the PDI-P Faction in the Badung House of Representatives.

Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Badung House of Representatives, Nyoman Satria, said that PDI-P Faction encouraged the local government to immediately make a study on the design of public transportation for the entire region of Badung. “This is to connect between the area of North Badung and South Badung. On that account, if possible, it will be established a railway between the southern and northern end of the Badung district,” he said.

He said that railway transportation is to answer various public complaints related to the crowdedness of transportation in Badung. To get to these two areas will take approximately 1 to 2 hours. “As the complaint experienced by the people all this time, they take one to two hours to arrive at the Badung civic center in Mangupura,” he said. Responding to the proposal, the Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, admitted to agree that in the future the transportation development will lead to rail transport. The construction of railway will become

a necessity in the future. For that purpose, this politician from Pelaga (Petang) wanted to pioneer the construction of train in Bali from Badung.

“That’s a good idea. In the future, we will try to formulate and input into the development plan of Badung. Obviously, this (railroad) will become a necessity. If possible, we want to start this from Badung,” he said.

In the meantime, Secretary of Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) of Bali, Putu Alit Suthanaya, Ph.D., had confidence that railway development is a new item needs to be studied more profoundly. Moreover, the passenger railway system operating in the urban area is just one of the solutions to cope with congestion in the area of Kuta. The urgent thing that local government should do is to prohibit the construction of new hotels and restaurants in the area.

“Indeed, it is very possible to build the light rail transit (LRT—Ed) in Kuta, as long as this area is made free from private motor vehicles. The construction permit of new hotel and restaurant must also be stopped because it has been very crowded, so that congestion problem should be resolved from two sides,” he said.

He explained that the Sarbagita master plan 2004 has agreed that Kuta area is made free from private motor vehicles. Vehicles that may operate in the area are licensed motor vehicles in accordance with the parking capacity of each hotel. Then, other vehicles are directed to park in central parking lot.

“In the meantime, circulation in the area utilizes public transportation. This public transportation can be anything, including the LRT connected directly to Ngurah Rai Airport because the movement of passengers from Kuta to the airport is very high,” he said.

This academician from the Udayana University agreed that reducing population density becomes a solution to cope with congestion in Kuta. Therefore, the LRT construction plan must be accompanied with development restrictions. “In other words, attempt to avoid the accumulation of activities and density in Kuta and the surrounding areas. So, the LRT is accompanied with development restrictions and done simultaneously,” he advised. (kmb27)

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Pedestrian constrained by central parking

Paris Tropical Carnival

PARIS - Every year in July, the Paris Tropical Carnival winds its way through the city’s streets. This unique event brings the vibrancy and passion of the Caribbean to the heart of the French capital.

Thousands of singers, dancers and musicians wearing colourful costumes will gather and make their way through the streets of Paris on foot or aboard decorated floats. Music will be all around, with groups from all over the world singing and dancing throughout the parade.

A huge crowd of locals and visitors line the route to cheer them on and soak up the tropical atmosphere. The carnival is a wonderful celebration of cultural diversity and freedom.

On 2 July 2017 Paris Carnaval Tropical is coming back for the 16th time! As in each year the French capital will be filled with music, colors and dances taking you on a trip to sunny destinations. This year, the theme will be

“The Cultures’ Olympiad” in support to Paris application to the 2024 Olympic Games. On Sunday July 2, the Carnaval left from the Champs-Elysées rotary and the festive procession highlight the following theme: “The Cultures’ Olympiad”.

The carnival supported Paris application to the 2024 Olympics featuring sportsmen from over the seas.

Over 4,000 carnivalists on foot dressed in magnificent costumes and about thirty floats from all over the world and Île de France attended. Not less than 200,000 spectators celebrated sunny days with joy and good mood during this must-see event.

Brought in by the Mairie de Paris and the DGOM - French directorate general of overseas countries and territories - supported by the Fédération du Carnaval Tropical, the Paris Carnaval Tropical is a true mix of world’s cultures. The Fédération du Carnaval Tropical de

Paris et d’Île de France will involve about twenty bands from Paris and Île de France but also from overseas.

Metropolitan West Indians supported the event in its early stages but now it involves more and more varied countries and cultures: China, Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia, England and Holland now join the party. For two days, costumes, choreographies, floats and colors will represent overseas cultures and heritage.

Shows come one after another displaying costumes and what a feast for the eyes and ears! Paris Carnaval Tropical is a tropical breath in the French capital making you want to dance and eat spicy.

Participant groups have been preparing the event for months. Paris Carnaval Tropical is a unique opportunity to discover hundreds of costumes which are as varied as the attending groups and mix colors, textiles and shapes to surprise little ones and grown-ups. (IBP/net)

The plan of Denpasar municipality to implement a vehicle-free policy on Jalan Kamboja cannot be realized. Actually, the plan was already designed in 2007 started with the arrangement of Jalan Kamboja with the installation of paving block and mosaic stones.

Unfortunately, until now the intention has not been realized. Instead, there is violation of parking on the road. A member of the Denpasar House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, when met at his office on Friday (Jul. 27), acknowledged the plan was initiated by the Denpasar municipality long time ago considering the area becomes the center for education in Denpasar. However, the constraint causing the plan cannot be unrealized is the lack of central parking.

“It is caused by the absence of central parking. When wishing to free Jalan Kamboja from passing vehicles, there must be provision of adequate parking space. Otherwise, where should people park?” asked this politician from Peguyangan.

Another assessment was given by a member of Commission III, Wayan Suadi Putra. This people’s representative from Sidakarya assessed the pedestrian failure in Denpasar happens as the concept cannot run. He said that pedestrian concept can only be passed through by walking people. However, pedestrian in Denpasar is still traversed by vehicles. “This causes the failure of the pedestrian concept in Denpasar,” he said.

Monitoring in the field indicated that pedestrian on Jalan Kamboja is still passed through by a lot of vehicles. Other than passed through by vehicles, the area is also taken advantage for parking a lot of vehicles. Vehicles are parked by the owners on the road up to two rows.

As a result, the path often experiences crowdedness. Moreover, the parking violation on the road is also complained by the public as often triggers congestion.

Division Head of Control and Operations of the Denpasar Transportation Agency, I Ketut Sriawan, when asked for his confirmation stated that his agency has written to schools in order to ban students from parking on the street. They are required to park their vehicles in school area. However, admittedly, there are schools remaining to park on the street. This condition cannot be avoided because schools do not have adequate parking lot.

Sriawan said that currently his division is reviewing school shuttle service to avoid the number of students from using private vehicles to school. With the school shuttle service, the students may carry Trans Sarbagita bus vehicle to central parking that will be provided by the transportation agency. From this central parking, the students will be transported by shuttle service to their school. “So, no students will park on the street,” said Sriawan.

Previously, the ministry of transportation has frequently taken action against parking offenders on the street as was done on Jalan Kamboja, Denpasar. The officials of the transportation agency along with village-assigned military and regional military personnel found dozens of traffic violations, including the parking of motorcycles and cars. They finally took action.

Motorcycles parked on sidewalk were chained, while cars parked DENPASAR - Since operated from August on the road were padlocked. The 17, 2011, the number of passengers hauled by curbing was carried out to provide Trans Sarbagita is claimed to increase. If the a deterrent effect on the offenders that parked their motorcycle on the bus looks empty, it is claimed to only happen sidewalk, and parked cars in two at particular hours. It primarily happens to buses operating in Corridor II serving the rows. (ara)

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Evaluation of Trans Sarbagita

Lonely passengers only occur in certain hours

Batubulan-Nusa Dua-Central Parking vice versa. Transportation agency, especially the technical unit of Trans Sarbagita is now looking for ways to get around it.

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A parking officer is managing hundreds of motocycles

“In terms of the number of passengers, every year it has continued to increase. Then, if stated to get minimal passengers, indeed it only happens at particular hours.

It does not necessarily mean there are no passengers,” said the Operations Head of Trans Sarbagita, Nyoman Sunarya, when confirmed on Saturday (Jul. 29).

Sunarya exemplified that Corridor II in the morning is taken advantage by many students of junior high and high school as well as some people working in Nusa Dua. However, the impression of no passengers will appear during the working or school hours. It is also the same as the buses carrying college students, they will look empty when the students are attending lectures.

“Approximately at 11:00 to 13:00 Local Time, the passengers usually slightly reduce. But there are public passengers and tourists of about one to two people. Later on, maybe in 2018, it will be planned to get around the number of passengers during lonely

hours,” he explained.

Sunarya added that so far there is no discourse to close the corridor considered to have little passengers.

An alternative developing as an idea to get around the lonely passengers is by operating a smaller bus as in corridor 1 that serves the route from the City (Northern Door of Ngurah Rai Stadium) -Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) vice versa.

“The bus size is related to operating costs. If the bus is big, the cost will be bigger. Then, the load factor includes the bus capacity. When many passengers can be transported, the seats available can be fully occupied.

But if lonely, the bus with capacity of 50 seats and filled in 10 seats will look empty. Replacement with smaller bus will become one of the alternatives,” he explained.

Sunarya added that another alternative is to rest the bus during lonely passenger hours and set the interval among the buses in their operations. This measure is considered to be able to streamline the cost. On the other hand, he also responded to the criticism against the Trans Sarbagita often considered to cause congestion. Actually, Trans Sarbagita is a very visionary program to overcome traffic jam.

“There are many other buses. If there are buses getting out of order, well, we may become one of the causes. If we are claimed to have caused congestion, it’s impossible because we have only 15 buses and rarely pass. We have tried to deal with the existing officers to immediately handle when the bus is out of order,” he said. (kmb32)

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Courier of crystal meth smuggling arrested in Gilimanuk

NEGARA - The officers at Gilimanuk Harbor managed to arrest a courier of crystal meth smuggling from Java to Bali by land, on Friday afternoon (Jul. 28). As information obtained, the arrest was conducted by the Bali police narcotic investigation unit with CTOC taskforce, inteltek and Jembrana police narcotic unit around 11:45.

The arrest was originated from the information received by the officers from the community. From the investigation and surveillance carried out, the officers successfully arrested S, 40, from Denpasar who was passing at post 2 or the entrance of Bali at Gilimanuk Harbor by riding a black Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate P 2764 YI. When a thorough examination was made and performed, two large clip packages were found in which contained clear crystals suspected to be 203.00 grams gross or 200.16 grams net (2 ounces and 16 grams).

The narcotic belonging to crystal meth was placed under his motorcycle engine lid with packed in such a way that it is not visible by the officers. After finding the illicit goods, the perpetrator was directly secured by the officers.

In addition to arresting the perpetrator, the joint officers also managed to secure evidence other than drugs, namely in the form of a unit of black Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate P 2764 YI, Lois blue jeans jacket, a unit of black Nokia and a unit of black silver Samsung mobile phone.

The modus operandi applied is that someone through mobile phone asked the perpetrator to take goods in Surabaya to be brought to Bali with the payment of as much as IDR 3 million.

As the information obtained, after the arrest, the officers developed the case by searching at the house of perpetrator’s mother-in-law in Banyuwangi but the result was nothing. Chief of Jembrana Police, Priyanto Priyo Hutomo, confirmed the arrest. The case is handled at the Bali police. “We are backing up the handling,” he said. (120)

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Few tourist attractions apply non-cash transaction

DENPASAR - Few tourist attractions in Bali apply non-cash transactions. Indeed, there are a number of tourist attractions that have cooperated with state-owned banks in the use of non-cash transactions. However, the number is still limited so many attractions still have not implemented the payment system, either by credit cards, debit cards or electronic money.

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The police arrested a courier of crystal meth smuggling from Java to Bali.

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Regional Transaction & Consumer Banking Head of Bank Mandiri for Region XI Bali and Nusra, Endra Wahyudi, said that all this time his company has supported non-cash transactions at hotel and restaurant business, but in the future will explore a number of tourist attractions. He welcomed positively if there are tourist attractions asking Bank Mandiri to help their non-cash transaction infrastructure because indirectly it also helps banks more efficient than having to build an ATM machine. “In the future, we are surely ready and have to be ready,” he said in a discussion about ‘Non-cash Transaction Improving Tourism Efficiency,’” on Friday (Jul. 28).

Based on the data of Bank Mandiri, the frequency of noncash transactions using e-money cards during the period from January to June 2017 reached 221.1 million transactions, growing by 33.1 percent compared to

the same period last year. Value of the transaction during that period reached IDR 2.54 trillion, growing by 53.4 percent compared to the same period last year only amounting to IDR 1.66 trillion.

Bank Mandiri has issued totally 9.6 million cards of e-money across Indonesia.

Deputy Chief of Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Azka Subhan, hoped that a number of tourist attractions on the Island of Bali can adopt the non-cash payment system. Those tourist attractions are expected to install the equipment like automatic toll booth (GTO) on highway. “Actually, more and more sectors applying non-cash payment system will get efficiency. As mediator, we must work with provincial government and tourism office to implement this system,” he explained.

He has encouraged local governments to implement non-cash transactions since two years ago namely by cooperating with Den-

pasar municipality to implement this payment system in the capital of Bali. However, when compared to Greater Jakarta, the implementation has not been as expected. Azka assessed the non-cash transactions will be more effective if there is coercion from local government.

“Our survey indicates 70 percent considers if the system is useful but the implementation is not as smooth and easy as expected. Frequently, we agree but it is not implemented because it needs dissemination and better understanding,” he said.

In the meantime, Chairman of Aprindo Bali, Gusti Ketut Sumardayasa, also encouraged the use of non-cash transactions to its members. Similarly, he requested that non-cash service providers and telecommunications networks to cope with the frequent failure of transactions due to networks and the systems. It needs to be done so that consumers are not disappointed using non-cash transactions. (kmb42)

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Police stand on a street that has been blocked to the public after Australian counter-terrorism police arrested four people in raids late on Saturday across several Sydney suburbs in Australia, July 29, 2017.

Australia thwarts ‘Islamic-inspired’ plane attack plot

SYDNEY - Security has been increased at Australian airports after police foiled “Islamicinspired” plans for a bomb attack on an aircraft during counter-terrorism raids in which four men were arrested on Saturday, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have confirmed.

“In recent days, law enforcement has become aware of information that suggested some people in Sydney were planning to commit a terrorist act using an improvised device,” AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin said during a press conference with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday, adding: “We do believe it is Islamicinspired terrorism. Exactly what is behind this is something that we will need to investigate fully.

“At this time we don’t have a great deal of information on the specific attack, the location, date or time. However, we are investigating information indicating that the aviation industry was potentially a target ...”

Five properties were searched on Saturday across the Sydney

suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Punchbowl and Wiley Park. The commissioner said four of those searches may continue for days.

An AFP spokesman told Reuters the men had not been charged as of Sunday morning.

Turnbull said advice from Australian security and intelligence agencies had led to increased security measures at Sydney airport on Thursday, while the country’s other domestic and international airports were affected from Saturday.

“Some of the measures will be obvious to the public, some will not be,” Turnbull said.

Colvin said travellers could expect an increased police and security agency presence at airports.

“You can expect longer delays to make sure that more screening is

being done on baggage, both hold luggage as well as hand luggage,” adding that travelers should allow more time to get through security.

Australia, a close ally of the United States, has been on heightened alert for attacks by homegrown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, or their supporters, since 2014.

Authorities say they have thwarted a number of potential attacks since then but there have been several “lone wolf” assaults, including a cafe siege in Sydney that left two hostages and the gunman dead.

About 100 people have left Australia for Syria to fight alongside organizations such as Islamic State, Australia’s immigration minister said last month. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and a rebuke from China.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the midnight launch of the missile on Friday night and said it was a “stern warning” for the United States that it would not be safe from destruction if it tries to attack, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.

North Korea’s state television broadcast pictures of the launch, showing the missile lifting off in a fiery blast in darkness and Kim cheering with military aides.

“The test-fire reconfirmed the reliability of the ICBM system, demonstrated the capability of making a surprise launch of the ICBM in any region and place any time, and clearly proved that the whole U.S. mainland is in the firing range of the DPRK missiles, (Kim) said with pride,” KCNA said.

DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The launch comes less than a month after the North conducted its first ICBM test in defiance of years of efforts led by the United States, South Korea and Japan to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

The North conducted its fourth and fifth nuclear tests last year and has engaged in an unprecedented pace of missile development that experts said significantly advanced its ability to launch longer-range ballistic missiles.

“By threatening the world, these weapons and tests further isolate North Korea, weaken its economy,

and deprive its people,” Trump said in a statement. “The United States will take all necessary steps to ensure the security of the American homeland and protect our allies in the region.”

China, the North’s main ally, said it opposed North Korea’s “launch activities that run counter to Security Council resolutions and the common wishes of the international community.”

A foreign ministry statement added: “At the same time, China hopes all parties act with caution, to prevent tensions from continuing to escalate, to jointly protect regional peace and stability.”

Early on Saturday, the United States and South Korea conducted a live-fire ballistic missile exercise in a display of firepower in response to the missile launch, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said.

ALL OPTIONS The Trump administration has said that all options are on the table to deal with North Korea. However it has also made clear that diplomacy and sanctions are its preferred course.

The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States held separate phone calls and agreed to step up strategic deterrence against the North and push for a stronger U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution, the South and Japan said.

South Korea has also said it will proceed with the deployment of four additional units of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile defence system that President Moon Jae-in has earlier delayed for an environmental assessment.

Moon, who has pledged to engage the North in dialogue but was snubbed

by Pyongyang recently over his proposal to hold cross-border military talks, said Seoul will also seek to expand its missile capabilities. (rtr)

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Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017.

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BUSINESS Venezuela money supply surges 10 percent in one week, fastest in 25 years CARACAS - In a portend of steepening inflation in crisisstricken Venezuela, money supply surged 10 percent in just one week earlier this month, its largest single-week rise in a quarter of a century.

Venezuela is undergoing a major economic crisis, with millions suffering food shortages, monthly wages worth only the tens of U.S. dollars, and soaring inflation -- though no official data is available.

The central bank said late on Friday the total amount of local currency in circulation -- known as M2 by economists - as of July 21 was 27.3 trillion bolivars, up 9.66 percent from the previous week.

In October 1992, the figure rose 10.84 percent in a single week.

The exponential rise in M2, the sum of cash, together with checking, savings, and other deposits, means an exponential rise in the amount of currency circulating.

Venezuela’s money supply is up 384 percent in the last year. In contrast, the United States’ money supply is up 5.5 percent in the same period.

Coupled with a decline in the output of goods and services, that has accelerated inflation.

While M2 may seem an obscure technical indicator, the figure was routinely published by newspapers in Venezuela, whose oildependent economy has been dogged by inflation in the past.

Venezuelans are forced to carry huge bundles of cash to make basic purchases - if they can afford to do so given weekly price rises on many goods.

This week also saw Venezuela’s black market exchange rate surge past 10,000 bolivars per dollar.

When President Nicolas Maduro came to power in April 2013, it was at 24 per dollar.

A thousand dollars worth of local currency then would be worth just over $2 now.

Maduro says he faces an “economic war” waged by the opposition and Washington.

The last year for which official inflation data is available from the central bank is 2015, when consumer prices rose 181 percent. (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 REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo

Cars drive past the building of Qatar Central Bank in Doha, Qatar, June 6, 2017.

Arab states expected to impose more sanctions on Qatar

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain are expected to discuss imposing new economic sanctions on Qatar when they meet in the Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday, the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper reported.

Customers look for products in a supermarket after a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2017.

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The four Arab states cut ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of backing terrorist groups and cozying up to their arch-foe Iran, allegations Doha denies.

Foreign ministers of the four countries “are expected to impose sanctions that will gradually affect the Qatari economy”, al-Hayat newspaper said, citing unidentified Gulf sources, without giving any further details.

Bahrain’s state news agency BNA said on Saturday that King

Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa had hailed cooperation between the four countries in fighting terrorism.

Diplomatic efforts led by Kuwait and involving the United States and Turkey have failed to end the row, which has affected travel and communications between Qatar and the four countries and led to harsh verbal exchanges in the media.

Saudi Arabia has closed its land border with Qatar while all four countries have cut air and sea

links with Doha, demanding the gas exporting country take several measures to show it was changing its policies.

Turkey and Iran have stepped in to provide fresh produce, poultry and dairy products to Qatar instead of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with Oman providing alternative ports to those in the UAE. The four Arab countries added 18 more groups and individuals they say are linked to Qatar to their terrorist lists last week. (rtr)

the betel stalk bite of great grandmother and ended by provision of banknote to her great-grandson (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-

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-

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)

Penimbangan Beach, an Object of Educational Tourism Let’s come to Buleleng and have a promenade. One of the tourist destinations worth visiting is Penimbangan Beach. What uniqueness does it retain? Marine tourism in the area of ??Penimbangan Beach at Baktiseraga vil-

lage, Buleleng, during school holidays and Eid al-Fitr holiday was huddled by visitors. The panorama of coral reef garden and dolphin attractions in their native habitat is the new icon of this coastal tourism village.

This new tourist attraction is just developed by Sari Segara fishermen group, Baktiseraga village. Visitors wishing to watch coral gardens or dolphin attractions will be delivered by fishermen using motorized boat.

The tariff of once departure to sail is IDR 60,000 for an hour to see dolphin attraction in its native habitat.

Meanwhile, to see a lovely marine garden from a boat or snorkel, each visitor is charged at IDR 10,000. This newly introduced and affordable service is able to satisfy visitors.

Moreover, specifically for dolphin tours, they have now cooperated with some travel agencies outside the region.

One of the fishermen, Kadek Agus, when met on Penimbangan Beach not long ago said that visitors really enjoy the view of coral gardens and dolphin attractions on Penimbangan Beach. It is inseparable from the condition of coral garden that has grown well after experiencing severe damages.

Clear water enables visitors to adequately see the row of coral from the boat. However, if visitors want to capture underwater photos, they can do snorkeling.

Other than marine biota, added Kadek Agus, the tourism for educating children on Penimbangan Beach has started to be crowded since fishermen in this area does turtle egg preservation. However, this object has not owned representative facilities for turtle egg breeding.

All this time, the breeding cage made with the help of benefactors is not adequate, so that it is still waiting for government assistance to set the cage for hatching turtle eggs having been rescued. (kmb)

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Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul

ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country’s biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively.

The march, dubbed “Don’t Mess With My Outfit”, started in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of the city. Women chanted slogans and carried denim shorts on hangers as examples of the type of clothing some men say they find unacceptable.

“We will not obey, be silenced, be afraid. We will win through resistance,” the crowds chanted, holding up posters and LGBT rainbow flags.

Istanbul has long been seen as a relatively liberal city for women and gay people.

But critics say President Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party have shown little interest in expanding rights for minorities, gays and women, and are intolerant of dissent.

Protesters say there has been an increasing number of verbal and physical attacks against women for their choice of clothing.

In one incident in June, a young woman, Asena Melisa Saglam, was attacked by a man on a bus in

Istanbul for wearing shorts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Video of the incident showed the man hitting her while the bus driver watched.

“Are you not ashamed of dressing like this during Ramadan?” the footage showed the man saying.

In another incident, Canan Kaymakci, was harassed on the street in Istanbul when a man accused her of wearing provocative clothing, saying she should be careful because she was “turning people on”.

Another woman, Aysegul Terzi, was called a devil and kicked by a man on a public bus, also for wearing shorts. Footage showed the man telling her that those who wear shorts “should die”.

Saturday’s march was joined by several members of the gay and transgender community, after Istanbul’s pride march was banned by authorities late in June.

Since Erdogan took office nearly 15 years ago, restrictions on wearing the headscarf imposed by Turkey’s secular 20th century leaders have been eased and more women in the mainly Muslim country have chosen to wear it.

Saturday’s march saw several women protesting against the criticism they have faced for choosing to wear headscarves.

“Don’t meddle with my headscarf, shorts, outfits,” read posters held by participants. (rtr)

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Women rights activists display shorts with a slogan that reads: “Don’t Mess With My Outfit” during a protest against what they say are violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2017.

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Some government adversaries are seeking to block the ballot.

In the western state of Tachira, a group of several hundred people on Saturday burned voting machines that had been set up in two schools. Around 50 voting centers in that state will not be in operation because demonstrators destroyed

voting materials or prevented them from being set up in the first place, according to an opposition representative. Local media reported three deaths in the Andean region of the country in overnight violence though Reuters was unable to immediately confirm them.

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ment leaders have suggested it will swiftly take measures against chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who has openly criticized the assembly vote, as well as the opposition congress.

“With the constitutional assembly we’re going to end the sabotage of the bourgeois (Congress),” Socialist Party No. 2 Diosdado Cabello said during a campaign rally.

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Salt scarcity needs to be investigated REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

Trump to sign Russia sanctions, Moscow retaliates WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in retaliation for the bill.

The U.S. Senate had voted almost unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia, forcing Trump to choose between a tough position on Moscow and effectively dashing his stated hopes for warmer ties with the country or to veto the bill amid investigations in possible collusion between his campaign and Russia.

By signing the bill into law, Trump can not ease the sanctions against Russia unless he seeks congressional approval.

Moscow’s retaliation, announced by the Foreign Ministry on Friday, had echoes of the Cold War. If confirmed that Russia’s move would affect hundreds of staff at the U.S. embassy, it would far outweigh the Obama administration’s expulsion of 35 Russians in December.

The legislation was in part a response to conclusions by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and to further punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Late on Friday, the White House issued a statement saying Trump would sign the bill after reviewing the final version. The statement made no reference to Russia’s retaliatory measures.

Russia had been threatening retaliation for weeks. Its response suggests it has set aside initial hopes of better ties with Washington under Trump, something the U.S. leader, before he was elected, had said he wanted to achieve.

Relations were already languishing at a post-Cold War low because of the allegations that Russian cyber interference in the election was intended to boost Trump’s chances, something Moscow flatly denies.

Trump has denied any collusion between his campaign and Russian officials.

The Russian Foreign Ministry complained of growing anti-Russian feeling in the United States, accusing “well-known circles” of seeking “open confrontation”.

President Vladimir Putin had warned on Thursday that Russia would have to retaliate against what he called boorish U.S. behaviour.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Friday that the Senate vote was the last straw.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by telephone that Russia was ready to normalise relations with the United States and to cooperate on major global issues.

Lavrov and Tillerson “agreed to maintain contact on a range of bilateral issues”, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry said the United States had until Sept. 1 to reduce its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people, the number of Russian diplomats left in the United States after Washington expelled 35 Russians in December. (rtr)

as Cabello and Maduro’s wife and son. Two-thirds of the seats will be chosen by municipality, which critics say overrepresents traditionally pro-government rural areas at the expense of opposition-dominated cities. The rural state of Falcon will elect 26 delegates, compared with seven for the municipality of Caracas, which has twice the population.

The remaining third of the seats are set aside for candidates from specific demographic groups, rang-

ing from students to fishermen and farmers. Amid government fears of low turnout, Venezuela’s 2.8 million public employees are under pressure to participate.

Venezuela last rewrote its constitution in 1999 under late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, strengthening the executive and enshrining rights to healthcare and education. But unlike Maduro, Chavez first won voter approval for the idea via a referendum. (rtr)

JAKARTA - The current salt scarcity in Indonesia needs to be investigated to check involvement of salt business mafia to increase the price of the essential commodity.

According to a researcher, it need to be explored whether the scarcity occurs because of a distribution game played by the mafia or because of a lack of salt stock in storage warehouses and markets.

“If the scarcity is caused by the game, then the government needs to take firm actions and sanctions for the perpetrators,” Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) Indonesia researcher, Subhan Usman, said in Jakarta on Saturday (July 29).

Usman suggested that the government should immediately undertake a thorough reform of all aspects of national salt business performance. Comprehensive reforms cover many issues ranging from limited land and poor quality salt that local producers produce to low productivity, he continued.

In addition, it is also necessary to update the use of traditional technology and anticipate anomalies that have occurred during the last two years, he said.

“The problem of limited salt land is a fundamental issue that must be intervened through the economic equality policy currently implemented by the government through the distribution of land to salt farmers,” he stated.

He stated there is no need to panic about the current salt scarcity in Indonesia because there will shortly

be salt harvests in some areas in the country. “The government and the public need not panic about the scarcity of salt because this is only temporary,” Usman said.

Some salt centers in some areas are currently approaching the harvest period that is expected to soon meet market needs. However, he added, the government is considering it necessary to form a team to investigate the scarcity of salt stock in the market.

In order to overcome the shortage of salt in the country, the government will import the commodity. Trade Minister Lukita said his ministry had issued licenses to 26 companies doing business in various industrial fields, such as pharmacies, chlor-alkali plant (CAP), and paper industries, to import industrial salt.

It is forecast that the annual demand of the salt industry would reach 2.3 million tons. Indonesia still depends on imports to meet its need since domestic salt production is not yet adequate.

However, a non-governmental organization leader has voiced that the government should not accord priority to the importation of salt to overcome the salt crisis.

Executive Director of the Center for Maritime Studies for Humanity Abdul Halim noted the governments policy of importing salt to overcome the commoditys scarcity in the country is not expected to become a main priority in the face of and for seeking a solution to the salt problem. (ant)

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There is no need to panic about the current salt scarcity in Indonesia because there will shortly be salt harvests in some areas in the country.

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Combat seized weapons are display by Philippines army during a news conference, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines July 4, 2017.

Southeast Asian states vow cooperation on ‘growing’ militant threat

MANADO - Southeast Asian nations will cooperate more closely with intelligence and law enforcement authorities from the Middle East amid “grave concerns” about an elevated threat from Islamic State (IS) in the region.

Representatives from four Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand met in the Indonesian city of Manado on Saturday to develop a response to the increased danger posed by IS, highlighted by the occupation of parts of the southern Philippines city of Marawi by militants owing allegiance to the group.

The battle has sparked alarm that as IS suffers reversals in Iraq and Syria, it is seeking to create a stronghold in the region, buttressed by Southeast Asian fighters returning from the Middle East and other militants inspired by the ultra-radical group and the Marawi conflict.

Describing the regional threat from Islamist militants as growing and rapidly evolving, a joint statement by the participants called for enhanced information sharing, as well as cooperation on border control, deradicalisation, law reform and countering Islamists’ prolific use of social media to plan attacks and lure recruits.

“We must face the threat together,” said Wiranto, Indonesia’s co-ordinating minister for security.

The meeting was co-hosted by Indonesia and Australia. The other participants were Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and New Zealand.

The main initiative was a law enforcement dialogue to be co-hosted by the Indonesian and Australian police forces in August bringing together key stakeholders affected by IS. Two senior law enforcement sources at the Manado meeting said countries from the Middle East, including Turkey, would attend the summit to kick off cooperation across the two regions.

Islamic State has a dedicated military unit made up of hundreds of Southeast Asian fighters in Syria and

Iraq led by Indonesian militant Bahrumsyah.

According to Indonesian police, there are 510 Indonesian supporters of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including 113 women.

About 20 Islamist fighters from Indonesia are believed by counter-terrorism authorities to be fighting in Marawi, a predominantly Muslim city on the Philippines island of Mindanao which has been a hotbed of Islamist unrest for decades and a magnet for militants from around the region.

One of leaders of the militants in Marawi is a Malaysian Islamic studies lecturer, Ahmad Mahmud, who arranged financing and the recruitment of foreign fighters.

Poor Record of Cooperation

While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the multilateral regional forum made up of 10 nations, has long had a framework for cooperation on combating violent extremism, analysts and officials say coordination has been poor.

A report last week from the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict identified “formidable obstacles” to greater cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the front-line states facing the Islamist threat in Southeast Asia.

“These include the deep-seated political distrust between the Philippines and Malaysia that impedes information sharing; concern from Indonesia and Malaysia police about mixed loyalties of local counterparts in Mindanao, especially given clan and family links; and institutional disjunctures that give the lead in counter-terrorism to the police in Indonesia and Malaysia but to the military in the Philippines,” the report said.

After more than two months of intense fighting, IS-aligned militants still control part of Marawi. Over 600 people have been killed, including 45 civilians and 114 members of the security forces. The government has said the other dead are militants. (rtr)

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Dressel makes history with three world golds in one night

BUDAPEST - Caeleb Dressel of the United States became the first swimmer to win three gold medals in a single evening at the world championships after producing a trio of storming performances on Saturday.

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offering tasty treats and a range of drinks – from espresso to cocktails – all the while basking in the cool Canggu paddy breezes. While not admiring the custom bikes in its showroom, art lovers will also find much to see in its dedicated art gallery that regularly holds pop art, graffiti and surf art exhibitions.

On a casual trip to Echo Beach, Deus Ex Machina is an easy find, located right beside the fork in the road that branches off to the beach and the Sea Sentosa Resort. At first glance, many may wonder what the spot actually is with its large building and lawn behind palms and a tropical garden – if it weren’t for its fence bearing its name and a small vertical signboard with ‘open for good reads, motorcycles and accessories, bicycles, fine art, surfboards, tasty food and cocktails’ in white scribbled-out style text.

Step into the shade of the large shelter and onto the dark parquet flooring; first you’ll be greeted by

the alfresco terrace layout of the Deus Café. Further inside is the gorgeous and spacious showroom nicknamed ‘velocita bohemienne’. This ‘speed house’ is where all the exciting items are shown off, from vintage dirt-track racing helmets and clothing of all sorts, all laid out behind a red-brick counter where a bunch of curios and photo frames fill a pop art wall.

But the main attractions here are the vintage bikes, spread out in the showroom’s centre and corners.

Among Deus Ex Machina’s custom motorcycles are strip-downs and rebuilds of various series from the usual Japanese giants Kawasaki, Honda and Yamaha, and still more from the likes of Swedish motor company, Husqvarnas.

They are awesomely named too, such as the Café Racer, The Black Cat, Bali Dog and The Shank – all are styled on dirt-bikes and look even cooler with a surfboard side rack. With Bali’s crowded roads filled with the usual Southeast

Asian scooter scene, these custom bikes are one-off items and are not what you normally see roaming the streets. Lovers of classics will easily fall for the C70 Honda cub mods. When you’re done shopping or just browsing through the great apparel and action stuff in store (while constantly being distracted by the bikes’ beautifully crafted tanks and chrome wheels), head to the cafe for an eclectic choice of Asian and Western cuisine available throughout the day. There’s Thai fried rice, Japanese noodle soups, burgers and salads – you name it. There’s a kids’ menu too.

If you’re not feeling peckish after the browse, you can always go on a little tour to the workshops at the back, where teams of skilled board shapers, motorbike and bicycle mechanics are into creating the next masterpieces. Talking about masterpieces; be sure to check out the art gallery showcasing items from their latest exhibition. (IBP/net)

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Dressel’s sprint heroics were compiled in just under two hours, interspersed by Sarah Sjostrom’s world record in the women’s 50 metres freestyle on another stunning night’s racing at the Duna Arena.

With the men’s 4x100m medley to come, he needs one more title to draw level with Michael Phelps’s record of seven golds at the 2007 championships.

“It was physically challenging, mentally straining with lots of emotional energy,” Dressel said of his night’s work. “You have to enjoy the moment and refocus very quickly.”

Dressel began his historic evening in the men’s 50m freestyle, posting a world textile best time of 21.15 seconds. Brazil’s Bruno Fratus took silver, 0.12 seconds back, with Ben Proud of Britain snatching bronze.

“I don’t consider myself a talented guy, but I’m sure a hard worker,” said Fratus.

The 20-year-old Dressel then had 33 minutes to ready himself for the men’s 100m butterfly.

He never trailed and delivered two lengths of sizzling pace in 49.86 seconds. Edging ever closer to Phelps’s 2009 world record, he finished 0.04 seconds shy of the eight-year-old mark.

“I honestly didn’t expect to be that close,” Dressel told reporters.

Dressel’s speed, coupled with the sheer noise inside the arena, clearly lifted Kristof Milak of Hungary who posted a world junior record time for silver.

Milak touched 0.76 seconds behind Dressel, while Singapore’s Olympic champion Joseph Schooling shared bronze with James Guy of Britain.

After just over an hour to recover, Dressel then led the U.S. quartet out in a world-record rout in the 4x100 metres mixed freestyle relay.

The top-ranked Sjostrom had cut a disconsolate figure after missing out on 100m freestyle gold on Friday but she returned brilliantly to win the 50m butterfly final, recording the fastest ever indoor time of 24.60 seconds and touching 0.17 seconds outside of the world record she set at an outdoor event in Sweden three years ago.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands took silver. She held off Farida Osman by 0.01 seconds, the Egyptian setting an African record for bronze.

Sjostrom then went one better in the 50m freestyle semi-finals as she shaved 0.06 seconds off Britta

REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Caeleb Remel Dressel of the U.S. reacts after winning the race.

Steffen’s 2009 world-record time of 23.73 seconds.

Dressel’s exploits put Katie Ledecky’s unerring speed in the shade as the American routinely swam to women’s 800m freestyle gold in eight minutes 12.68 seconds.

Australia’s quiet world championship was overturned by defending champion Emily Seebohm in

the women’s 200m backstroke.

Hopes had rested heavily on Seebohm with Australia on the cusp of finishing without a world title for the first time in 31 years.

Amid a cacophony of noise, Seebohm shut out the pressure to clock two minutes 05.68 seconds, an Oceanic record, as her final arm stretch was enough to hold off local hope Katinka Hosszu by

0.17 seconds. Kathleen Baker of the U.S. took bronze.

To end the night, the U.S. freestyle team’s victory never looked in doubt.

Dressel’s 47.22 seconds set the tone, before Nathan Adrian, Mallory Comerford and Simone Manuel, in the anchor leg, cruised home in three minutes 19.60 seconds. (rtr)

Isner powers way to Atlanta Open Final

ATLANTA - American John Isner used his strong serve to overpower Gilles Muller 6-4 6-2 on Saturday and advance to his fifth consecutive final at the BB&T Atlanta Open in Atlanta.

Second seed Isner needed just 75 minutes to extend his spectacular success at the tournament. He lost to Australian Nick Kyrgios in last year’s final but won the tournament in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

“It was a very good match. Absolutely nothing to complain about today,” Isner told reporters. “I feel great physically, maybe the best I have felt in quite some time. More

importantly than that I am pretty confident as well.”

Isner will bid for his fourth Atlanta title on Sunday when he faces fourth-seeded American Ryan Harrison, who posted a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 victory over fifth-seeded Brit Kyle Edmund. The 32-yearold Isner broke Muller in the third game of the first set to gain early advantage and twice in the second before erasing three break points while serving for the match.

“He made it very tough for me today,” Muller said after dropping to 2-4 versus Isner in his career. (rtr)

Top seed John Isner returns the ball to Dennis Novikov in their quarterfinal match at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Newport, R.I. Isner won 6-4, 6-4.

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Brazil players celebrate after Camila scored a goal on Japan goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita, left, during the second half of a Tournament of Nations women’s soccer match, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Seattle. The match ended in a 1-1 tie.

Marta mentors Brazilian and Orlando Pride teammate Camila

Like many young soccer players in Brazil, Camila grew up idolizing Marta. Now her hero is her mentor. Marta, the five-time FIFA World Player of the Year, has developed a close bond with 22-year-old Camila, who just scored her first international goal. The duo plays for both the Brazilian national team and the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League.

“She’s always advising me with many things inside the field and outside the field,” Camila said through a translator. “It’s always good when you have the best player in the world by your side, and it’s very motivating to have her by my side and helping me in the national team and also in Orlando.” Asked if she’s proud of her young pupil, Marta didn’t hesitate to exclaim: “Of course I am!”

Known by just her first name, Marta Vieira da Silva has scored 109 goals in 114 international appearances with the Brazilian national team. The 31-year-old has the most World Cup goals among women with 15 — one shy of the World Cup record for men and women.

She also has 10 Olympic goals, tying her for third on the career list with former U.S. star Abby Wambach.

Marta, once called “Pele in skirts,” grew up playing street soccer with the boys in Dois Riachos, a town in eastern Brazil. She was just 17 when she appeared at the 2003 World Cup, held in the United States. She went on to win an unprecedented five straight FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

While Brazil has been slow to embrace the women’s game, Marta won hearts last summer when her home country hosted the Olympics. Some even crossed out Neymar’s name on their No. 10 Brazil jerseys and added Marta’s. The Orlando Pride made a splash earlier this year when they signed Marta to a multi-year deal.

She’s also already had a significant impact on the team with eight goals and four assists in 14 games.

Camila, whose full name is Camila Martins Pereira, signed with the Pride in December after making her debut with the senior Brazilian national team a few months earlier. Originally brought in as a defender, Pride coach Tom Sermanni shifted Camila to a more offensive role.

Marta suggested Camila is naturally gifted.

“She’s had so much potential. When I say, ‘Camila, go do what you want,’ it’s because Camila has so much she can do. Here, in the national team and there, in Orlando, team, she looks like — you know when you see a soccer player and you think she’s grown up with the talent,” Marta said. One of Camila’s goals with the Pride was a dramatic 40-yarder in a 4-2 victory over the Houston Dash, which won NWSL Goal of the Week honors. It was very much like the one she scored Thursday in a 1-1 draw with Japan at the Tournament of Nations. That 25-yard blast was Camila’s first international goal.

The similarity between the two goals wasn’t lost on Marta. “I was just so happy because Emily (Brazil coach Emily Lima) talked to us like two days ago and said, ‘Why don’t you do this here with the national team?’ Because she’d seen so many games in Orlando,” Marta said.

The Tournament of Nations continues on Sunday in San Diego. Brazil will face the top-ranked U.S. women, who lost 1-0 on Thursday night to Australia in Seattle. The four-nation round-robin tournament wraps up next Thursday in Carson, California. The two spoke following the tournament’s opening game against Japan in Seattle, with Marta at times jumping in to finish Camila’s sentences and the two sharing personal asides in Portuguese.

“We need to see how far away Brazil is from other teams. So now we have this big opportunity to play against the USA, Australia and Japan, three big teams,” Marta said. “And see what we need to be stronger day after day. So for us it’s a big opportunity.” (ap)

JOHANNESBURG — Fans at a soccer match in a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final tried to push through the gates on Saturday, causing a stampede that killed two people.

One person was critically injured and 16 others had minor injuries in the accident at FNB Stadium in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, the stadium management said in a statement. It said it is conducting an investigation with police.

The stampede happened during a game between top South African teams Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. Many people were reportedly unaware of what had

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happened, and the match continued until the end with Kaizer Chiefs winning 1-0.

Paramedics went to the scene and the situation was brought under control, said public safety official Michael Sun. Eyewitness News, a South African outlet, quoted Sun as saying that the alleged cause of the stampede was linked to disruption caused by people trying to sell or present fake tickets at a stadium gate.

Formerly called Soccer City Stadium, FNB Stadium hosted several matches during the 2010 World Cup, including the tournament opener and the final. (ap)

AP Photo

Officials prepare to remove the bodies of two people killed when fans at a soccer match tried to push through the gates at the FNB Stadium causing a stampede in the Soweto area of Johannesburg Saturday, July 29 2017. One person was critically injured with others suffering minor injuries, stadium management said in a statement.

NEW YORK — U.S. coach Bruce Arena has used 48 players during a 14-game unbeaten streak since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last November, including seven who made their national team debuts.

There could be many fresh faces for next year’s World Cup, led by teenager star Christian Pulisic.

Arena’s roster projects to include only about half the players who made the trip to Brazil in 2014.

Arena redefined roles for Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and Fabian Johnson, and elevated Jorge Villafana, Kellyn Acosta and Darlington Nagbe on the depth chart. With 10 months left, Arena’s process to select his 23 World Cup

players has become clear.

“We’ve made progress, but we have a long way to go,” Arena said after the Americans beat Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Wednesday night. “Doing this well past midstream I found to be a difficult challenge.”

Bradley has been dropped into a deeper defensive midfield role, while Johnson has been established in wide midfield instead of his repeated shuttling between there and the back line. Dempsey, back from heart procedures at age 34, has been transitioned from a regular to a spot starter and second-half substitute.

“Clint has been fantastic in the role we gave him the last two games,” Arena said.

The coach gave Villafana his international debut, and the 27-yearold has become the first-choice left back. Acosta has seen substantial playing time in defensive midfield. And after getting dropped by Klinsmann, Nagbe has returned and earned Arena’s praise for his play on the midfield flanks and in the center.

“He never loses the ball,” Arena said. “We want to get him a little bit more assertive in the final third of the field.”

Arena used 27 of 29 players on his Gold Cup roster, experimenting in the group stage and using a B-plus team in the last two games, when he started the same lineup for the first time in 11 matches since his return.

Podolski scores twice in J-League debut as Kobe beats Omiya

KOBE — German striker Lukas Podolski scored twice in his J-League debut on Saturday as Vissel Kobe beat Omiya Ardija 3-1.

Podolski gave Kobe a 1-0 lead four minutes after the break with a leftfoot shot from 23 meters.

Marcelo Toscano equalized on the hour mark but Podolski gave the hosts the lead for good two minutes later with a header.

Podolski moved from Turkish giant Galatasaray after signing a deal with Kobe estimated to be worth $5.3 million.

He is the highest-profile J-League import since Uruguay striker Diego Forlan, who played for Cerezo Osaka from 2014-15.

Hideo Tanaka scored with a longrange effort to complete the win for Kobe with 12 minutes left.

Ninth-place Kobe improved to 29 points — 12 behind leaders Cerezo Osaka, who were beaten 3-1 by crosstown rivals Gamba Osaka.

Elsewhere, Ken Tokura and Jay Bothroyd scored to give Consadole Sapporo a 2-0 win over nine-man Urawa Reds.

Tokura opened the scoring with a first-half header and Bothroyd sealed victory two minutes from time, heading home a Shinji Ono cross. (ap)

Tsuyoshi Ueda/Kyodo News via AP

German striker Lukas Podolski wearing a new jersey of Japanese club Vissel Kobe waves at Kobe fans during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, Thursday, July 6, 2017.

Kobe rolled out the red carpet for Podolski, hoping the highprofile signing will improve their fortunes in the J-League.

After an 0-2 start in the final round of World Cup qualifying, the Americans are third in the sixnation round and appear on track to qualify for an eighth straight

World Cup. Qualifying resumes Sept. 1 against Costa Rica at Harrison, New Jersey, and selection of a World Cup roster is about 10 months away. (ap)

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, file photo, United States’ Michael Bradley hoists the trophy as the team celebrates after beating Jamaica 2-1 in the Gold Cup final soccer match in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Brazil players celebrate after Camila scored a goal on Japan goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita, left, during the second half of a Tournament of Nations women’s soccer match, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Seattle. The match ended in a 1-1 tie.

Marta mentors Brazilian and Orlando Pride teammate Camila

Like many young soccer players in Brazil, Camila grew up idolizing Marta. Now her hero is her mentor. Marta, the five-time FIFA World Player of the Year, has developed a close bond with 22-year-old Camila, who just scored her first international goal. The duo plays for both the Brazilian national team and the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League.

“She’s always advising me with many things inside the field and outside the field,” Camila said through a translator. “It’s always good when you have the best player in the world by your side, and it’s very motivating to have her by my side and helping me in the national team and also in Orlando.” Asked if she’s proud of her young pupil, Marta didn’t hesitate to exclaim: “Of course I am!”

Known by just her first name, Marta Vieira da Silva has scored 109 goals in 114 international appearances with the Brazilian national team. The 31-year-old has the most World Cup goals among women with 15 — one shy of the World Cup record for men and women.

She also has 10 Olympic goals, tying her for third on the career list with former U.S. star Abby Wambach.

Marta, once called “Pele in skirts,” grew up playing street soccer with the boys in Dois Riachos, a town in eastern Brazil. She was just 17 when she appeared at the 2003 World Cup, held in the United States. She went on to win an unprecedented five straight FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

While Brazil has been slow to embrace the women’s game, Marta won hearts last summer when her home country hosted the Olympics. Some even crossed out Neymar’s name on their No. 10 Brazil jerseys and added Marta’s. The Orlando Pride made a splash earlier this year when they signed Marta to a multi-year deal.

She’s also already had a significant impact on the team with eight goals and four assists in 14 games.

Camila, whose full name is Camila Martins Pereira, signed with the Pride in December after making her debut with the senior Brazilian national team a few months earlier. Originally brought in as a defender, Pride coach Tom Sermanni shifted Camila to a more offensive role.

Marta suggested Camila is naturally gifted.

“She’s had so much potential. When I say, ‘Camila, go do what you want,’ it’s because Camila has so much she can do. Here, in the national team and there, in Orlando, team, she looks like — you know when you see a soccer player and you think she’s grown up with the talent,” Marta said. One of Camila’s goals with the Pride was a dramatic 40-yarder in a 4-2 victory over the Houston Dash, which won NWSL Goal of the Week honors. It was very much like the one she scored Thursday in a 1-1 draw with Japan at the Tournament of Nations. That 25-yard blast was Camila’s first international goal.

The similarity between the two goals wasn’t lost on Marta. “I was just so happy because Emily (Brazil coach Emily Lima) talked to us like two days ago and said, ‘Why don’t you do this here with the national team?’ Because she’d seen so many games in Orlando,” Marta said.

The Tournament of Nations continues on Sunday in San Diego. Brazil will face the top-ranked U.S. women, who lost 1-0 on Thursday night to Australia in Seattle. The four-nation round-robin tournament wraps up next Thursday in Carson, California. The two spoke following the tournament’s opening game against Japan in Seattle, with Marta at times jumping in to finish Camila’s sentences and the two sharing personal asides in Portuguese.

“We need to see how far away Brazil is from other teams. So now we have this big opportunity to play against the USA, Australia and Japan, three big teams,” Marta said. “And see what we need to be stronger day after day. So for us it’s a big opportunity.” (ap)

JOHANNESBURG — Fans at a soccer match in a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final tried to push through the gates on Saturday, causing a stampede that killed two people.

One person was critically injured and 16 others had minor injuries in the accident at FNB Stadium in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, the stadium management said in a statement. It said it is conducting an investigation with police.

The stampede happened during a game between top South African teams Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. Many people were reportedly unaware of what had

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happened, and the match continued until the end with Kaizer Chiefs winning 1-0.

Paramedics went to the scene and the situation was brought under control, said public safety official Michael Sun. Eyewitness News, a South African outlet, quoted Sun as saying that the alleged cause of the stampede was linked to disruption caused by people trying to sell or present fake tickets at a stadium gate.

Formerly called Soccer City Stadium, FNB Stadium hosted several matches during the 2010 World Cup, including the tournament opener and the final. (ap)

AP Photo

Officials prepare to remove the bodies of two people killed when fans at a soccer match tried to push through the gates at the FNB Stadium causing a stampede in the Soweto area of Johannesburg Saturday, July 29 2017. One person was critically injured with others suffering minor injuries, stadium management said in a statement.

NEW YORK — U.S. coach Bruce Arena has used 48 players during a 14-game unbeaten streak since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last November, including seven who made their national team debuts.

There could be many fresh faces for next year’s World Cup, led by teenager star Christian Pulisic.

Arena’s roster projects to include only about half the players who made the trip to Brazil in 2014.

Arena redefined roles for Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and Fabian Johnson, and elevated Jorge Villafana, Kellyn Acosta and Darlington Nagbe on the depth chart. With 10 months left, Arena’s process to select his 23 World Cup

players has become clear.

“We’ve made progress, but we have a long way to go,” Arena said after the Americans beat Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Wednesday night. “Doing this well past midstream I found to be a difficult challenge.”

Bradley has been dropped into a deeper defensive midfield role, while Johnson has been established in wide midfield instead of his repeated shuttling between there and the back line. Dempsey, back from heart procedures at age 34, has been transitioned from a regular to a spot starter and second-half substitute.

“Clint has been fantastic in the role we gave him the last two games,” Arena said.

The coach gave Villafana his international debut, and the 27-yearold has become the first-choice left back. Acosta has seen substantial playing time in defensive midfield. And after getting dropped by Klinsmann, Nagbe has returned and earned Arena’s praise for his play on the midfield flanks and in the center.

“He never loses the ball,” Arena said. “We want to get him a little bit more assertive in the final third of the field.”

Arena used 27 of 29 players on his Gold Cup roster, experimenting in the group stage and using a B-plus team in the last two games, when he started the same lineup for the first time in 11 matches since his return.

Podolski scores twice in J-League debut as Kobe beats Omiya

KOBE — German striker Lukas Podolski scored twice in his J-League debut on Saturday as Vissel Kobe beat Omiya Ardija 3-1.

Podolski gave Kobe a 1-0 lead four minutes after the break with a leftfoot shot from 23 meters.

Marcelo Toscano equalized on the hour mark but Podolski gave the hosts the lead for good two minutes later with a header.

Podolski moved from Turkish giant Galatasaray after signing a deal with Kobe estimated to be worth $5.3 million.

He is the highest-profile J-League import since Uruguay striker Diego Forlan, who played for Cerezo Osaka from 2014-15.

Hideo Tanaka scored with a longrange effort to complete the win for Kobe with 12 minutes left.

Ninth-place Kobe improved to 29 points — 12 behind leaders Cerezo Osaka, who were beaten 3-1 by crosstown rivals Gamba Osaka.

Elsewhere, Ken Tokura and Jay Bothroyd scored to give Consadole Sapporo a 2-0 win over nine-man Urawa Reds.

Tokura opened the scoring with a first-half header and Bothroyd sealed victory two minutes from time, heading home a Shinji Ono cross. (ap)

Tsuyoshi Ueda/Kyodo News via AP

German striker Lukas Podolski wearing a new jersey of Japanese club Vissel Kobe waves at Kobe fans during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, Thursday, July 6, 2017.

Kobe rolled out the red carpet for Podolski, hoping the highprofile signing will improve their fortunes in the J-League.

After an 0-2 start in the final round of World Cup qualifying, the Americans are third in the sixnation round and appear on track to qualify for an eighth straight

World Cup. Qualifying resumes Sept. 1 against Costa Rica at Harrison, New Jersey, and selection of a World Cup roster is about 10 months away. (ap)

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, file photo, United States’ Michael Bradley hoists the trophy as the team celebrates after beating Jamaica 2-1 in the Gold Cup final soccer match in Santa Clara, Calif.

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BUDAPEST - Caeleb Dressel of the United States became the first swimmer to win three gold medals in a single evening at the world championships after producing a trio of storming performances on Saturday.

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Dressel’s sprint heroics were compiled in just under two hours, interspersed by Sarah Sjostrom’s world record in the women’s 50 metres freestyle on another stunning night’s racing at the Duna Arena.

With the men’s 4x100m medley to come, he needs one more title to draw level with Michael Phelps’s record of seven golds at the 2007 championships.

“It was physically challenging, mentally straining with lots of emotional energy,” Dressel said of his night’s work. “You have to enjoy the moment and refocus very quickly.”

Dressel began his historic evening in the men’s 50m freestyle, posting a world textile best time of 21.15 seconds. Brazil’s Bruno Fratus took silver, 0.12 seconds back, with Ben Proud of Britain snatching bronze.

“I don’t consider myself a talented guy, but I’m sure a hard worker,” said Fratus.

The 20-year-old Dressel then had 33 minutes to ready himself for the men’s 100m butterfly.

He never trailed and delivered two lengths of sizzling pace in 49.86 seconds. Edging ever closer to Phelps’s 2009 world record, he finished 0.04 seconds shy of the eight-year-old mark.

“I honestly didn’t expect to be that close,” Dressel told reporters.

Dressel’s speed, coupled with the sheer noise inside the arena, clearly lifted Kristof Milak of Hungary who posted a world junior record time for silver.

Milak touched 0.76 seconds behind Dressel, while Singapore’s Olympic champion Joseph Schooling shared bronze with James Guy of Britain.

After just over an hour to recover, Dressel then led the U.S. quartet out in a world-record rout in the 4x100 metres mixed freestyle relay.

The top-ranked Sjostrom had cut a disconsolate figure after missing out on 100m freestyle gold on Friday but she returned brilliantly to win the 50m butterfly final, recording the fastest ever indoor time of 24.60 seconds and touching 0.17 seconds outside of the world record she set at an outdoor event in Sweden three years ago.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands took silver. She held off Farida Osman by 0.01 seconds, the Egyptian setting an African record for bronze.

Sjostrom then went one better in the 50m freestyle semi-finals as she shaved 0.06 seconds off Britta

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Caeleb Remel Dressel of the U.S. reacts after winning the race.

Steffen’s 2009 world-record time of 23.73 seconds.

Dressel’s exploits put Katie Ledecky’s unerring speed in the shade as the American routinely swam to women’s 800m freestyle gold in eight minutes 12.68 seconds.

Australia’s quiet world championship was overturned by defending champion Emily Seebohm in

the women’s 200m backstroke.

Hopes had rested heavily on Seebohm with Australia on the cusp of finishing without a world title for the first time in 31 years.

Amid a cacophony of noise, Seebohm shut out the pressure to clock two minutes 05.68 seconds, an Oceanic record, as her final arm stretch was enough to hold off local hope Katinka Hosszu by

0.17 seconds. Kathleen Baker of the U.S. took bronze.

To end the night, the U.S. freestyle team’s victory never looked in doubt.

Dressel’s 47.22 seconds set the tone, before Nathan Adrian, Mallory Comerford and Simone Manuel, in the anchor leg, cruised home in three minutes 19.60 seconds. (rtr)

Isner powers way to Atlanta Open Final

ATLANTA - American John Isner used his strong serve to overpower Gilles Muller 6-4 6-2 on Saturday and advance to his fifth consecutive final at the BB&T Atlanta Open in Atlanta.

Second seed Isner needed just 75 minutes to extend his spectacular success at the tournament. He lost to Australian Nick Kyrgios in last year’s final but won the tournament in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

“It was a very good match. Absolutely nothing to complain about today,” Isner told reporters. “I feel great physically, maybe the best I have felt in quite some time. More

importantly than that I am pretty confident as well.”

Isner will bid for his fourth Atlanta title on Sunday when he faces fourth-seeded American Ryan Harrison, who posted a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 victory over fifth-seeded Brit Kyle Edmund. The 32-yearold Isner broke Muller in the third game of the first set to gain early advantage and twice in the second before erasing three break points while serving for the match.

“He made it very tough for me today,” Muller said after dropping to 2-4 versus Isner in his career. (rtr)

Top seed John Isner returns the ball to Dennis Novikov in their quarterfinal match at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Newport, R.I. Isner won 6-4, 6-4.

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ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country’s biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively.

The march, dubbed “Don’t Mess With My Outfit”, started in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of the city. Women chanted slogans and carried denim shorts on hangers as examples of the type of clothing some men say they find unacceptable.

“We will not obey, be silenced, be afraid. We will win through resistance,” the crowds chanted, holding up posters and LGBT rainbow flags.

Istanbul has long been seen as a relatively liberal city for women and gay people.

But critics say President Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party have shown little interest in expanding rights for minorities, gays and women, and are intolerant of dissent.

Protesters say there has been an increasing number of verbal and physical attacks against women for their choice of clothing.

In one incident in June, a young woman, Asena Melisa Saglam, was attacked by a man on a bus in

Istanbul for wearing shorts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Video of the incident showed the man hitting her while the bus driver watched.

“Are you not ashamed of dressing like this during Ramadan?” the footage showed the man saying.

In another incident, Canan Kaymakci, was harassed on the street in Istanbul when a man accused her of wearing provocative clothing, saying she should be careful because she was “turning people on”.

Another woman, Aysegul Terzi, was called a devil and kicked by a man on a public bus, also for wearing shorts. Footage showed the man telling her that those who wear shorts “should die”.

Saturday’s march was joined by several members of the gay and transgender community, after Istanbul’s pride march was banned by authorities late in June.

Since Erdogan took office nearly 15 years ago, restrictions on wearing the headscarf imposed by Turkey’s secular 20th century leaders have been eased and more women in the mainly Muslim country have chosen to wear it.

Saturday’s march saw several women protesting against the criticism they have faced for choosing to wear headscarves.

“Don’t meddle with my headscarf, shorts, outfits,” read posters held by participants. (rtr)

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Women rights activists display shorts with a slogan that reads: “Don’t Mess With My Outfit” during a protest against what they say are violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2017.

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Some government adversaries are seeking to block the ballot.

In the western state of Tachira, a group of several hundred people on Saturday burned voting machines that had been set up in two schools. Around 50 voting centers in that state will not be in operation because demonstrators destroyed

voting materials or prevented them from being set up in the first place, according to an opposition representative. Local media reported three deaths in the Andean region of the country in overnight violence though Reuters was unable to immediately confirm them.

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ment leaders have suggested it will swiftly take measures against chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who has openly criticized the assembly vote, as well as the opposition congress.

“With the constitutional assembly we’re going to end the sabotage of the bourgeois (Congress),” Socialist Party No. 2 Diosdado Cabello said during a campaign rally.

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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.

Trump to sign Russia sanctions, Moscow retaliates WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in retaliation for the bill.

The U.S. Senate had voted almost unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia, forcing Trump to choose between a tough position on Moscow and effectively dashing his stated hopes for warmer ties with the country or to veto the bill amid investigations in possible collusion between his campaign and Russia.

By signing the bill into law, Trump can not ease the sanctions against Russia unless he seeks congressional approval.

Moscow’s retaliation, announced by the Foreign Ministry on Friday, had echoes of the Cold War. If confirmed that Russia’s move would affect hundreds of staff at the U.S. embassy, it would far outweigh the Obama administration’s expulsion of 35 Russians in December.

The legislation was in part a response to conclusions by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and to further punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Late on Friday, the White House issued a statement saying Trump would sign the bill after reviewing the final version. The statement made no reference to Russia’s retaliatory measures.

Russia had been threatening retaliation for weeks. Its response suggests it has set aside initial hopes of better ties with Washington under Trump, something the U.S. leader, before he was elected, had said he wanted to achieve.

Relations were already languishing at a post-Cold War low because of the allegations that Russian cyber interference in the election was intended to boost Trump’s chances, something Moscow flatly denies.

Trump has denied any collusion between his campaign and Russian officials.

The Russian Foreign Ministry complained of growing anti-Russian feeling in the United States, accusing “well-known circles” of seeking “open confrontation”.

President Vladimir Putin had warned on Thursday that Russia would have to retaliate against what he called boorish U.S. behaviour.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Friday that the Senate vote was the last straw.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by telephone that Russia was ready to normalise relations with the United States and to cooperate on major global issues.

Lavrov and Tillerson “agreed to maintain contact on a range of bilateral issues”, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry said the United States had until Sept. 1 to reduce its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people, the number of Russian diplomats left in the United States after Washington expelled 35 Russians in December. (rtr)

as Cabello and Maduro’s wife and son. Two-thirds of the seats will be chosen by municipality, which critics say overrepresents traditionally pro-government rural areas at the expense of opposition-dominated cities. The rural state of Falcon will elect 26 delegates, compared with seven for the municipality of Caracas, which has twice the population.

The remaining third of the seats are set aside for candidates from specific demographic groups, rang-

ing from students to fishermen and farmers. Amid government fears of low turnout, Venezuela’s 2.8 million public employees are under pressure to participate.

Venezuela last rewrote its constitution in 1999 under late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, strengthening the executive and enshrining rights to healthcare and education. But unlike Maduro, Chavez first won voter approval for the idea via a referendum. (rtr)

JAKARTA - The current salt scarcity in Indonesia needs to be investigated to check involvement of salt business mafia to increase the price of the essential commodity.

According to a researcher, it need to be explored whether the scarcity occurs because of a distribution game played by the mafia or because of a lack of salt stock in storage warehouses and markets.

“If the scarcity is caused by the game, then the government needs to take firm actions and sanctions for the perpetrators,” Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) Indonesia researcher, Subhan Usman, said in Jakarta on Saturday (July 29).

Usman suggested that the government should immediately undertake a thorough reform of all aspects of national salt business performance. Comprehensive reforms cover many issues ranging from limited land and poor quality salt that local producers produce to low productivity, he continued.

In addition, it is also necessary to update the use of traditional technology and anticipate anomalies that have occurred during the last two years, he said.

“The problem of limited salt land is a fundamental issue that must be intervened through the economic equality policy currently implemented by the government through the distribution of land to salt farmers,” he stated.

He stated there is no need to panic about the current salt scarcity in Indonesia because there will shortly

be salt harvests in some areas in the country. “The government and the public need not panic about the scarcity of salt because this is only temporary,” Usman said.

Some salt centers in some areas are currently approaching the harvest period that is expected to soon meet market needs. However, he added, the government is considering it necessary to form a team to investigate the scarcity of salt stock in the market.

In order to overcome the shortage of salt in the country, the government will import the commodity. Trade Minister Lukita said his ministry had issued licenses to 26 companies doing business in various industrial fields, such as pharmacies, chlor-alkali plant (CAP), and paper industries, to import industrial salt.

It is forecast that the annual demand of the salt industry would reach 2.3 million tons. Indonesia still depends on imports to meet its need since domestic salt production is not yet adequate.

However, a non-governmental organization leader has voiced that the government should not accord priority to the importation of salt to overcome the salt crisis.

Executive Director of the Center for Maritime Studies for Humanity Abdul Halim noted the governments policy of importing salt to overcome the commoditys scarcity in the country is not expected to become a main priority in the face of and for seeking a solution to the salt problem. (ant)

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Combat seized weapons are display by Philippines army during a news conference, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines July 4, 2017.

Southeast Asian states vow cooperation on ‘growing’ militant threat

MANADO - Southeast Asian nations will cooperate more closely with intelligence and law enforcement authorities from the Middle East amid “grave concerns” about an elevated threat from Islamic State (IS) in the region.

Representatives from four Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand met in the Indonesian city of Manado on Saturday to develop a response to the increased danger posed by IS, highlighted by the occupation of parts of the southern Philippines city of Marawi by militants owing allegiance to the group.

The battle has sparked alarm that as IS suffers reversals in Iraq and Syria, it is seeking to create a stronghold in the region, buttressed by Southeast Asian fighters returning from the Middle East and other militants inspired by the ultra-radical group and the Marawi conflict.

Describing the regional threat from Islamist militants as growing and rapidly evolving, a joint statement by the participants called for enhanced information sharing, as well as cooperation on border control, deradicalisation, law reform and countering Islamists’ prolific use of social media to plan attacks and lure recruits.

“We must face the threat together,” said Wiranto, Indonesia’s co-ordinating minister for security.

The meeting was co-hosted by Indonesia and Australia. The other participants were Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and New Zealand.

The main initiative was a law enforcement dialogue to be co-hosted by the Indonesian and Australian police forces in August bringing together key stakeholders affected by IS. Two senior law enforcement sources at the Manado meeting said countries from the Middle East, including Turkey, would attend the summit to kick off cooperation across the two regions.

Islamic State has a dedicated military unit made up of hundreds of Southeast Asian fighters in Syria and

Iraq led by Indonesian militant Bahrumsyah.

According to Indonesian police, there are 510 Indonesian supporters of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including 113 women.

About 20 Islamist fighters from Indonesia are believed by counter-terrorism authorities to be fighting in Marawi, a predominantly Muslim city on the Philippines island of Mindanao which has been a hotbed of Islamist unrest for decades and a magnet for militants from around the region.

One of leaders of the militants in Marawi is a Malaysian Islamic studies lecturer, Ahmad Mahmud, who arranged financing and the recruitment of foreign fighters.

Poor Record of Cooperation

While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the multilateral regional forum made up of 10 nations, has long had a framework for cooperation on combating violent extremism, analysts and officials say coordination has been poor.

A report last week from the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict identified “formidable obstacles” to greater cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the front-line states facing the Islamist threat in Southeast Asia.

“These include the deep-seated political distrust between the Philippines and Malaysia that impedes information sharing; concern from Indonesia and Malaysia police about mixed loyalties of local counterparts in Mindanao, especially given clan and family links; and institutional disjunctures that give the lead in counter-terrorism to the police in Indonesia and Malaysia but to the military in the Philippines,” the report said.

After more than two months of intense fighting, IS-aligned militants still control part of Marawi. Over 600 people have been killed, including 45 civilians and 114 members of the security forces. The government has said the other dead are militants. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Venezuela money supply surges 10 percent in one week, fastest in 25 years CARACAS - In a portend of steepening inflation in crisisstricken Venezuela, money supply surged 10 percent in just one week earlier this month, its largest single-week rise in a quarter of a century.

Venezuela is undergoing a major economic crisis, with millions suffering food shortages, monthly wages worth only the tens of U.S. dollars, and soaring inflation -- though no official data is available.

The central bank said late on Friday the total amount of local currency in circulation -- known as M2 by economists - as of July 21 was 27.3 trillion bolivars, up 9.66 percent from the previous week.

In October 1992, the figure rose 10.84 percent in a single week.

The exponential rise in M2, the sum of cash, together with checking, savings, and other deposits, means an exponential rise in the amount of currency circulating.

Venezuela’s money supply is up 384 percent in the last year. In contrast, the United States’ money supply is up 5.5 percent in the same period.

Coupled with a decline in the output of goods and services, that has accelerated inflation.

While M2 may seem an obscure technical indicator, the figure was routinely published by newspapers in Venezuela, whose oildependent economy has been dogged by inflation in the past.

Venezuelans are forced to carry huge bundles of cash to make basic purchases - if they can afford to do so given weekly price rises on many goods.

This week also saw Venezuela’s black market exchange rate surge past 10,000 bolivars per dollar.

When President Nicolas Maduro came to power in April 2013, it was at 24 per dollar.

A thousand dollars worth of local currency then would be worth just over $2 now.

Maduro says he faces an “economic war” waged by the opposition and Washington.

The last year for which official inflation data is available from the central bank is 2015, when consumer prices rose 181 percent. (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.

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Cars drive past the building of Qatar Central Bank in Doha, Qatar, June 6, 2017.

Arab states expected to impose more sanctions on Qatar

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain are expected to discuss imposing new economic sanctions on Qatar when they meet in the Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday, the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper reported.

Customers look for products in a supermarket after a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2017.

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The four Arab states cut ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of backing terrorist groups and cozying up to their arch-foe Iran, allegations Doha denies.

Foreign ministers of the four countries “are expected to impose sanctions that will gradually affect the Qatari economy”, al-Hayat newspaper said, citing unidentified Gulf sources, without giving any further details.

Bahrain’s state news agency BNA said on Saturday that King

Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa had hailed cooperation between the four countries in fighting terrorism.

Diplomatic efforts led by Kuwait and involving the United States and Turkey have failed to end the row, which has affected travel and communications between Qatar and the four countries and led to harsh verbal exchanges in the media.

Saudi Arabia has closed its land border with Qatar while all four countries have cut air and sea

links with Doha, demanding the gas exporting country take several measures to show it was changing its policies.

Turkey and Iran have stepped in to provide fresh produce, poultry and dairy products to Qatar instead of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with Oman providing alternative ports to those in the UAE. The four Arab countries added 18 more groups and individuals they say are linked to Qatar to their terrorist lists last week. (rtr)

the betel stalk bite of great grandmother and ended by provision of banknote to her great-grandson (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-

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-

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)

Penimbangan Beach, an Object of Educational Tourism Let’s come to Buleleng and have a promenade. One of the tourist destinations worth visiting is Penimbangan Beach. What uniqueness does it retain? Marine tourism in the area of ??Penimbangan Beach at Baktiseraga vil-

lage, Buleleng, during school holidays and Eid al-Fitr holiday was huddled by visitors. The panorama of coral reef garden and dolphin attractions in their native habitat is the new icon of this coastal tourism village.

This new tourist attraction is just developed by Sari Segara fishermen group, Baktiseraga village. Visitors wishing to watch coral gardens or dolphin attractions will be delivered by fishermen using motorized boat.

The tariff of once departure to sail is IDR 60,000 for an hour to see dolphin attraction in its native habitat.

Meanwhile, to see a lovely marine garden from a boat or snorkel, each visitor is charged at IDR 10,000. This newly introduced and affordable service is able to satisfy visitors.

Moreover, specifically for dolphin tours, they have now cooperated with some travel agencies outside the region.

One of the fishermen, Kadek Agus, when met on Penimbangan Beach not long ago said that visitors really enjoy the view of coral gardens and dolphin attractions on Penimbangan Beach. It is inseparable from the condition of coral garden that has grown well after experiencing severe damages.

Clear water enables visitors to adequately see the row of coral from the boat. However, if visitors want to capture underwater photos, they can do snorkeling.

Other than marine biota, added Kadek Agus, the tourism for educating children on Penimbangan Beach has started to be crowded since fishermen in this area does turtle egg preservation. However, this object has not owned representative facilities for turtle egg breeding.

All this time, the breeding cage made with the help of benefactors is not adequate, so that it is still waiting for government assistance to set the cage for hatching turtle eggs having been rescued. (kmb)

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Courier of crystal meth smuggling arrested in Gilimanuk

NEGARA - The officers at Gilimanuk Harbor managed to arrest a courier of crystal meth smuggling from Java to Bali by land, on Friday afternoon (Jul. 28). As information obtained, the arrest was conducted by the Bali police narcotic investigation unit with CTOC taskforce, inteltek and Jembrana police narcotic unit around 11:45.

The arrest was originated from the information received by the officers from the community. From the investigation and surveillance carried out, the officers successfully arrested S, 40, from Denpasar who was passing at post 2 or the entrance of Bali at Gilimanuk Harbor by riding a black Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate P 2764 YI. When a thorough examination was made and performed, two large clip packages were found in which contained clear crystals suspected to be 203.00 grams gross or 200.16 grams net (2 ounces and 16 grams).

The narcotic belonging to crystal meth was placed under his motorcycle engine lid with packed in such a way that it is not visible by the officers. After finding the illicit goods, the perpetrator was directly secured by the officers.

In addition to arresting the perpetrator, the joint officers also managed to secure evidence other than drugs, namely in the form of a unit of black Honda Vario motorcycle with license plate P 2764 YI, Lois blue jeans jacket, a unit of black Nokia and a unit of black silver Samsung mobile phone.

The modus operandi applied is that someone through mobile phone asked the perpetrator to take goods in Surabaya to be brought to Bali with the payment of as much as IDR 3 million.

As the information obtained, after the arrest, the officers developed the case by searching at the house of perpetrator’s mother-in-law in Banyuwangi but the result was nothing. Chief of Jembrana Police, Priyanto Priyo Hutomo, confirmed the arrest. The case is handled at the Bali police. “We are backing up the handling,” he said. (120)

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Few tourist attractions apply non-cash transaction

DENPASAR - Few tourist attractions in Bali apply non-cash transactions. Indeed, there are a number of tourist attractions that have cooperated with state-owned banks in the use of non-cash transactions. However, the number is still limited so many attractions still have not implemented the payment system, either by credit cards, debit cards or electronic money.

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Regional Transaction & Consumer Banking Head of Bank Mandiri for Region XI Bali and Nusra, Endra Wahyudi, said that all this time his company has supported non-cash transactions at hotel and restaurant business, but in the future will explore a number of tourist attractions. He welcomed positively if there are tourist attractions asking Bank Mandiri to help their non-cash transaction infrastructure because indirectly it also helps banks more efficient than having to build an ATM machine. “In the future, we are surely ready and have to be ready,” he said in a discussion about ‘Non-cash Transaction Improving Tourism Efficiency,’” on Friday (Jul. 28).

Based on the data of Bank Mandiri, the frequency of noncash transactions using e-money cards during the period from January to June 2017 reached 221.1 million transactions, growing by 33.1 percent compared to

the same period last year. Value of the transaction during that period reached IDR 2.54 trillion, growing by 53.4 percent compared to the same period last year only amounting to IDR 1.66 trillion.

Bank Mandiri has issued totally 9.6 million cards of e-money across Indonesia.

Deputy Chief of Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Azka Subhan, hoped that a number of tourist attractions on the Island of Bali can adopt the non-cash payment system. Those tourist attractions are expected to install the equipment like automatic toll booth (GTO) on highway. “Actually, more and more sectors applying non-cash payment system will get efficiency. As mediator, we must work with provincial government and tourism office to implement this system,” he explained.

He has encouraged local governments to implement non-cash transactions since two years ago namely by cooperating with Den-

pasar municipality to implement this payment system in the capital of Bali. However, when compared to Greater Jakarta, the implementation has not been as expected. Azka assessed the non-cash transactions will be more effective if there is coercion from local government.

“Our survey indicates 70 percent considers if the system is useful but the implementation is not as smooth and easy as expected. Frequently, we agree but it is not implemented because it needs dissemination and better understanding,” he said.

In the meantime, Chairman of Aprindo Bali, Gusti Ketut Sumardayasa, also encouraged the use of non-cash transactions to its members. Similarly, he requested that non-cash service providers and telecommunications networks to cope with the frequent failure of transactions due to networks and the systems. It needs to be done so that consumers are not disappointed using non-cash transactions. (kmb42)

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Police stand on a street that has been blocked to the public after Australian counter-terrorism police arrested four people in raids late on Saturday across several Sydney suburbs in Australia, July 29, 2017.

Australia thwarts ‘Islamic-inspired’ plane attack plot

SYDNEY - Security has been increased at Australian airports after police foiled “Islamicinspired” plans for a bomb attack on an aircraft during counter-terrorism raids in which four men were arrested on Saturday, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have confirmed.

“In recent days, law enforcement has become aware of information that suggested some people in Sydney were planning to commit a terrorist act using an improvised device,” AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin said during a press conference with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday, adding: “We do believe it is Islamicinspired terrorism. Exactly what is behind this is something that we will need to investigate fully.

“At this time we don’t have a great deal of information on the specific attack, the location, date or time. However, we are investigating information indicating that the aviation industry was potentially a target ...”

Five properties were searched on Saturday across the Sydney

suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Punchbowl and Wiley Park. The commissioner said four of those searches may continue for days.

An AFP spokesman told Reuters the men had not been charged as of Sunday morning.

Turnbull said advice from Australian security and intelligence agencies had led to increased security measures at Sydney airport on Thursday, while the country’s other domestic and international airports were affected from Saturday.

“Some of the measures will be obvious to the public, some will not be,” Turnbull said.

Colvin said travellers could expect an increased police and security agency presence at airports.

“You can expect longer delays to make sure that more screening is

being done on baggage, both hold luggage as well as hand luggage,” adding that travelers should allow more time to get through security.

Australia, a close ally of the United States, has been on heightened alert for attacks by homegrown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, or their supporters, since 2014.

Authorities say they have thwarted a number of potential attacks since then but there have been several “lone wolf” assaults, including a cafe siege in Sydney that left two hostages and the gunman dead.

About 100 people have left Australia for Syria to fight alongside organizations such as Islamic State, Australia’s immigration minister said last month. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and a rebuke from China.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the midnight launch of the missile on Friday night and said it was a “stern warning” for the United States that it would not be safe from destruction if it tries to attack, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.

North Korea’s state television broadcast pictures of the launch, showing the missile lifting off in a fiery blast in darkness and Kim cheering with military aides.

“The test-fire reconfirmed the reliability of the ICBM system, demonstrated the capability of making a surprise launch of the ICBM in any region and place any time, and clearly proved that the whole U.S. mainland is in the firing range of the DPRK missiles, (Kim) said with pride,” KCNA said.

DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The launch comes less than a month after the North conducted its first ICBM test in defiance of years of efforts led by the United States, South Korea and Japan to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

The North conducted its fourth and fifth nuclear tests last year and has engaged in an unprecedented pace of missile development that experts said significantly advanced its ability to launch longer-range ballistic missiles.

“By threatening the world, these weapons and tests further isolate North Korea, weaken its economy,

and deprive its people,” Trump said in a statement. “The United States will take all necessary steps to ensure the security of the American homeland and protect our allies in the region.”

China, the North’s main ally, said it opposed North Korea’s “launch activities that run counter to Security Council resolutions and the common wishes of the international community.”

A foreign ministry statement added: “At the same time, China hopes all parties act with caution, to prevent tensions from continuing to escalate, to jointly protect regional peace and stability.”

Early on Saturday, the United States and South Korea conducted a live-fire ballistic missile exercise in a display of firepower in response to the missile launch, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said.

ALL OPTIONS The Trump administration has said that all options are on the table to deal with North Korea. However it has also made clear that diplomacy and sanctions are its preferred course.

The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States held separate phone calls and agreed to step up strategic deterrence against the North and push for a stronger U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution, the South and Japan said.

South Korea has also said it will proceed with the deployment of four additional units of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile defence system that President Moon Jae-in has earlier delayed for an environmental assessment.

Moon, who has pledged to engage the North in dialogue but was snubbed

by Pyongyang recently over his proposal to hold cross-border military talks, said Seoul will also seek to expand its missile capabilities. (rtr)

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Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017.

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Paris Tropical Carnival

PARIS - Every year in July, the Paris Tropical Carnival winds its way through the city’s streets. This unique event brings the vibrancy and passion of the Caribbean to the heart of the French capital.

Thousands of singers, dancers and musicians wearing colourful costumes will gather and make their way through the streets of Paris on foot or aboard decorated floats. Music will be all around, with groups from all over the world singing and dancing throughout the parade.

A huge crowd of locals and visitors line the route to cheer them on and soak up the tropical atmosphere. The carnival is a wonderful celebration of cultural diversity and freedom.

On 2 July 2017 Paris Carnaval Tropical is coming back for the 16th time! As in each year the French capital will be filled with music, colors and dances taking you on a trip to sunny destinations. This year, the theme will be

“The Cultures’ Olympiad” in support to Paris application to the 2024 Olympic Games. On Sunday July 2, the Carnaval left from the Champs-Elysées rotary and the festive procession highlight the following theme: “The Cultures’ Olympiad”.

The carnival supported Paris application to the 2024 Olympics featuring sportsmen from over the seas.

Over 4,000 carnivalists on foot dressed in magnificent costumes and about thirty floats from all over the world and Île de France attended. Not less than 200,000 spectators celebrated sunny days with joy and good mood during this must-see event.

Brought in by the Mairie de Paris and the DGOM - French directorate general of overseas countries and territories - supported by the Fédération du Carnaval Tropical, the Paris Carnaval Tropical is a true mix of world’s cultures. The Fédération du Carnaval Tropical de

Paris et d’Île de France will involve about twenty bands from Paris and Île de France but also from overseas.

Metropolitan West Indians supported the event in its early stages but now it involves more and more varied countries and cultures: China, Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia, England and Holland now join the party. For two days, costumes, choreographies, floats and colors will represent overseas cultures and heritage.

Shows come one after another displaying costumes and what a feast for the eyes and ears! Paris Carnaval Tropical is a tropical breath in the French capital making you want to dance and eat spicy.

Participant groups have been preparing the event for months. Paris Carnaval Tropical is a unique opportunity to discover hundreds of costumes which are as varied as the attending groups and mix colors, textiles and shapes to surprise little ones and grown-ups. (IBP/net)

The plan of Denpasar municipality to implement a vehicle-free policy on Jalan Kamboja cannot be realized. Actually, the plan was already designed in 2007 started with the arrangement of Jalan Kamboja with the installation of paving block and mosaic stones.

Unfortunately, until now the intention has not been realized. Instead, there is violation of parking on the road. A member of the Denpasar House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, when met at his office on Friday (Jul. 27), acknowledged the plan was initiated by the Denpasar municipality long time ago considering the area becomes the center for education in Denpasar. However, the constraint causing the plan cannot be unrealized is the lack of central parking.

“It is caused by the absence of central parking. When wishing to free Jalan Kamboja from passing vehicles, there must be provision of adequate parking space. Otherwise, where should people park?” asked this politician from Peguyangan.

Another assessment was given by a member of Commission III, Wayan Suadi Putra. This people’s representative from Sidakarya assessed the pedestrian failure in Denpasar happens as the concept cannot run. He said that pedestrian concept can only be passed through by walking people. However, pedestrian in Denpasar is still traversed by vehicles. “This causes the failure of the pedestrian concept in Denpasar,” he said.

Monitoring in the field indicated that pedestrian on Jalan Kamboja is still passed through by a lot of vehicles. Other than passed through by vehicles, the area is also taken advantage for parking a lot of vehicles. Vehicles are parked by the owners on the road up to two rows.

As a result, the path often experiences crowdedness. Moreover, the parking violation on the road is also complained by the public as often triggers congestion.

Division Head of Control and Operations of the Denpasar Transportation Agency, I Ketut Sriawan, when asked for his confirmation stated that his agency has written to schools in order to ban students from parking on the street. They are required to park their vehicles in school area. However, admittedly, there are schools remaining to park on the street. This condition cannot be avoided because schools do not have adequate parking lot.

Sriawan said that currently his division is reviewing school shuttle service to avoid the number of students from using private vehicles to school. With the school shuttle service, the students may carry Trans Sarbagita bus vehicle to central parking that will be provided by the transportation agency. From this central parking, the students will be transported by shuttle service to their school. “So, no students will park on the street,” said Sriawan.

Previously, the ministry of transportation has frequently taken action against parking offenders on the street as was done on Jalan Kamboja, Denpasar. The officials of the transportation agency along with village-assigned military and regional military personnel found dozens of traffic violations, including the parking of motorcycles and cars. They finally took action.

Motorcycles parked on sidewalk were chained, while cars parked DENPASAR - Since operated from August on the road were padlocked. The 17, 2011, the number of passengers hauled by curbing was carried out to provide Trans Sarbagita is claimed to increase. If the a deterrent effect on the offenders that parked their motorcycle on the bus looks empty, it is claimed to only happen sidewalk, and parked cars in two at particular hours. It primarily happens to buses operating in Corridor II serving the rows. (ara)

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Lonely passengers only occur in certain hours

Batubulan-Nusa Dua-Central Parking vice versa. Transportation agency, especially the technical unit of Trans Sarbagita is now looking for ways to get around it.

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A parking officer is managing hundreds of motocycles

“In terms of the number of passengers, every year it has continued to increase. Then, if stated to get minimal passengers, indeed it only happens at particular hours.

It does not necessarily mean there are no passengers,” said the Operations Head of Trans Sarbagita, Nyoman Sunarya, when confirmed on Saturday (Jul. 29).

Sunarya exemplified that Corridor II in the morning is taken advantage by many students of junior high and high school as well as some people working in Nusa Dua. However, the impression of no passengers will appear during the working or school hours. It is also the same as the buses carrying college students, they will look empty when the students are attending lectures.

“Approximately at 11:00 to 13:00 Local Time, the passengers usually slightly reduce. But there are public passengers and tourists of about one to two people. Later on, maybe in 2018, it will be planned to get around the number of passengers during lonely

hours,” he explained.

Sunarya added that so far there is no discourse to close the corridor considered to have little passengers.

An alternative developing as an idea to get around the lonely passengers is by operating a smaller bus as in corridor 1 that serves the route from the City (Northern Door of Ngurah Rai Stadium) -Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) vice versa.

“The bus size is related to operating costs. If the bus is big, the cost will be bigger. Then, the load factor includes the bus capacity. When many passengers can be transported, the seats available can be fully occupied.

But if lonely, the bus with capacity of 50 seats and filled in 10 seats will look empty. Replacement with smaller bus will become one of the alternatives,” he explained.

Sunarya added that another alternative is to rest the bus during lonely passenger hours and set the interval among the buses in their operations. This measure is considered to be able to streamline the cost. On the other hand, he also responded to the criticism against the Trans Sarbagita often considered to cause congestion. Actually, Trans Sarbagita is a very visionary program to overcome traffic jam.

“There are many other buses. If there are buses getting out of order, well, we may become one of the causes. If we are claimed to have caused congestion, it’s impossible because we have only 15 buses and rarely pass. We have tried to deal with the existing officers to immediately handle when the bus is out of order,” he said. (kmb32)

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MANGUPURA - Congestion in Kuta and Legian has not been able to be addressed today. This needs to get serious attention from related parties because Kuta as a tourist area of the world surely draws the attention.

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When confirmed, chief of Kuta customary village, Wayan Swarsa, said that actually the most serious cause of congestion in Kuta originates from Tuban roundabout. He said that congestion occurs at the location will affect the traffic condition in the north along the Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai. Certainly this also affects the traffic in Tuban area. “If congestion occurs, automatically Kuta will also face similar congestion,” he said.

According to him, some points indeed have high density of traffic and slow movement, like in Legian chiefly in the Ground Zero area. In the area, most traffic congestions are triggered by the violating taxis, usually waiting for passengers in the area, especially at 12:00 noon.

Currently, this condition has started to be regulated and disciplined by customary village. It does not deny that the taxi needed by passengers should also be considered because there is a need for tourists wishing to go out to look for night entertainment.

Therefore, currently the taxi in the area has been arranged by village authority, and is not allowed to wait for passengers on the left side of the road.

“Without being regulated, it will certainly lead to complaints

from tourists that want to get a taxi transportation service. Those wishing to get night entertainment in Kuta do not entirely stay at hotels in Kuta area, but also come from outside Kuta,” he concluded. Previously, continued Swarsa, the customary village side has made and presented the concept related to traffic arrangement in Kuta. According to him, other than traffic issue, the parking on the road should also be regulated. He confirmed that people are allowed to park in specified parking space.

“It must be drafted where people may and may not park. This is being awaited by the government of Badung district. Until now, there has been no follow-up from the government of Badung,” he complained.

In addition to parking, the presence of bus with particular width and length is expected not to enter the Kuta area. According to him, this has been specified in the rules. With the road width owned by Kuta, large-sized buses are not worth to pass in the area. Further, he added that the road section currently still crowded is at the Temacun intersection, Ground Zero, triggered by behavior of taxi drivers parking carelessly. Then, there are no parking facilities for visitors prepared on Kuta Beach in front of the Hard Rock Hotel, while crowdedness on Jalan Kartika Plaza happens because there are malls and many hotels.

He hoped the government can begin to take measures in overcoming this problem. Parking arrangement as well as where people are allowed and not allowed to park must be specified. In

addition, the rules for the size of buses allowed to enter must also be specified, if violating they must be ticketed. Customary village is ready to assist in disciplining parking on sidewalk.

“We have personnel in customary village. However, we do not want to precede the government and police authority. Our goal is the same as that of government, namely creating a good traffic,” he concluded. (kmb23)

MANGUPURA - The government of Badung district begins to prepare a number of schemes to overcome congestion occurred at the kampong of tourist, Kuta. The underpass construction, addition of central parking to railway development plan as a mode of transportation becomes a number of schemes to overcome the traffic congestion. As admitted by the Head of the Badung Transportation Agency, A.A. Rai Yuda Dharma, the congestion issue in Kuta has often been featured in discussion every time approaching a long holiday. This condition is the impact of developing tourism in Badung. Therefore, it is planned for the addition of central parking.

“We will add a central parking in the Kuta area. This effort is to overcome congestion during long holiday season. However, we will coordinate in advance with a number of community leaders in Kuta to discuss about the addition of the central parking,” he said. He said that coordination with local community leaders is meant to find a location remaining possible for accommodating visitors to Kuta parking. “It (parking lot-Ed) is much needed in Kuta. This still becomes our attention because the obstacle is related to the land now,” he explained.

Previously, the Badung government had planned to build hydraulic parking, but once again it was hampered by land availability. Nevertheless, he will continue to study the problem of this central parking for long term. “The full capacity of central parking in Kuta is also caused by a number of hotels that only provide limited spaces for parking needs,” he said.

This bureaucrat from Kerobokan mentioned has conducted a raid with Badung municipal police. Results of the raid indicated that cheap hotels do not provide adequate parking space for their guests, so the vehicles should be parked on highway.

“Parked vehicles spill over to the highways on Kuta Beach so that congestion is inevitable,” he said. Sometimes the conditions of tourists making a visit to Kuta tourist attraction also violate the rules of parking. At times, they park their vehicle carelessly along the Jalan Pantai Kuta, so that result in long traffic jams.

Other than the addition of central parking, his agency is also designing intelligent transport system as a monitoring and information provider of traffic conditions. Development of the Area Traffic Control System (ATCS) has also been included

in the budget amendment in the form of master plan draft and Detailed Engineering Design (DED) with the value of IDR 76,463,156. “Essentially, the intelligent transport system is part of smart city. It means that we can provide information for the public related to traffic conditions before they travel,” he said.

People can get information on traffic condition from their smartphones before they travel. Thus, they can choose the safe, convenient and smooth routes based on the infrastructure monitoring in the form of intelligent transport system. He explained that intelligent transport system was inspired by the ATCS. It is a part of intelligent transport system, but further it is developed by installing surveillance cameras, traffic volume, speed in the road sections and intersections so that traffic performance can always become up to date and be informed to community of road users.

“As other functions, it can also be used to monitor accidents, traffic congestion and so on. By that way, the officers can immediately take action,” he explained. On the other hand, a legislator of the Badung House of Representatives, proposed the construction of trains connecting the area of North Badung to South Badung. Proposal of this public transportation development is conveyed by the PDI-P Faction in the Badung House of Representatives.

Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Badung House of Representatives, Nyoman Satria, said that PDI-P Faction encouraged the local government to immediately make a study on the design of public transportation for the entire region of Badung. “This is to connect between the area of North Badung and South Badung. On that account, if possible, it will be established a railway between the southern and northern end of the Badung district,” he said.

He said that railway transportation is to answer various public complaints related to the crowdedness of transportation in Badung. To get to these two areas will take approximately 1 to 2 hours. “As the complaint experienced by the people all this time, they take one to two hours to arrive at the Badung civic center in Mangupura,” he said. Responding to the proposal, the Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, admitted to agree that in the future the transportation development will lead to rail transport. The construction of railway will become

a necessity in the future. For that purpose, this politician from Pelaga (Petang) wanted to pioneer the construction of train in Bali from Badung.

“That’s a good idea. In the future, we will try to formulate and input into the development plan of Badung. Obviously, this (railroad) will become a necessity. If possible, we want to start this from Badung,” he said.

In the meantime, Secretary of Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) of Bali, Putu Alit Suthanaya, Ph.D., had confidence that railway development is a new item needs to be studied more profoundly. Moreover, the passenger railway system operating in the urban area is just one of the solutions to cope with congestion in the area of Kuta. The urgent thing that local government should do is to prohibit the construction of new hotels and restaurants in the area.

“Indeed, it is very possible to build the light rail transit (LRT—Ed) in Kuta, as long as this area is made free from private motor vehicles. The construction permit of new hotel and restaurant must also be stopped because it has been very crowded, so that congestion problem should be resolved from two sides,” he said.

He explained that the Sarbagita master plan 2004 has agreed that Kuta area is made free from private motor vehicles. Vehicles that may operate in the area are licensed motor vehicles in accordance with the parking capacity of each hotel. Then, other vehicles are directed to park in central parking lot.

“In the meantime, circulation in the area utilizes public transportation. This public transportation can be anything, including the LRT connected directly to Ngurah Rai Airport because the movement of passengers from Kuta to the airport is very high,” he said.

This academician from the Udayana University agreed that reducing population density becomes a solution to cope with congestion in Kuta. Therefore, the LRT construction plan must be accompanied with development restrictions. “In other words, attempt to avoid the accumulation of activities and density in Kuta and the surrounding areas. So, the LRT is accompanied with development restrictions and done simultaneously,” he advised. (kmb27)

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England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit

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LONDON - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has released two politically charged songs targeting what he sees as the uncertainty and surrealism permeating politics in the age of Brexit and Donald Trump.

One song, titled “England Lost”, represents Jagger’s mocking take on Britain’s split from the European Union. The second, “Get a Grip”, describes an “upside down” world full of “lunatics and clowns”.

Jagger, 74, said on Facebook he had started writing the songs a few weeks ago in his first solo work since 2011.

The first song is told through the metaphor of a soccer fan who has watched England lose at a match he did not want to go to in the first place.

“I went to see England but it wasn’t there/ I think I lost it down the back of my chair/ I think I’m losing my imagination/ I’m tired of talking about immigration.”

Later he adds: “Had a girl in Lisbon, a girl in Rome/ Now I’ll have to stay at home/ So lock the shutters, bolt the doors/London’s gonna be like Singapore.”

In the second song, Jagger rails against people stuffing their pockets and being on the take. The final line of the verse is a dig at what critics say is the British government’s approach to Brexit: to both have its cake and eat it.

Formed in London in 1962, the Rolling Stones are credited with being one of the most influential bands in rock and roll, releasing 30 studio albums.

Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Jagger said he had been motivated to write the songs because of In this Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones poses for a portrait in New York. the “anxiety, unknowability of the changing political situation”.

“We obviously have a lot of problems. So am I politically opti- Jagger released the songs and music videos Thursday, July 27, 2017, for tunes titled, “Gotta Get mistic? … No,” Jagger said. (rtr) a Grip” and “England Lost.”

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Playing with fire: Czech artist creates steel portraits with flame

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Ladislav Vlna, a metallurgic painter, works on a painting in Prague, Czech Republic July 26, 2017. Vlna uses a worldunique technique, heating up steel to different temperatures to obtain different colors. Picture taken July 26, 2017.

PRAGUE - Czech artist Ladislav Vlna has swapped his brush for a blowtorch as he ‘paints’ with fire to create artworks that change according to lighting.

Vlna’s self-titled metallurgic painting technique results in surprisingly delicate and detailed pieces, mostly portraits or figures, with oxyacetylene torches.

The 40-year-old artist begins by painting a draft upon a steel surface and then carves, sharpens and polishes the basic image into it before

putting a flame to the engraving which alters its color, depending on the temperature. This process gives the piece its unique appearance.

“I am painting using fire instead of a paintbrush. I am extracting the colors from inside the steel with heat and fire.”

The appearance of each painting is affected by the light reflected onto the metal’s surface. By creating shapes within the metal, it manipulates the light to emphasize the unique ‘brushstrokes’ the fire

has molded.

“The picture placed on the same place looks different in the morning and in evening depending on the light changing”, he said.

Each piece takes Vlna weeks to complete, some have sold for up to 8,000 euro ($9,400). He spent 15 years perfecting the technique, through trial and error.

In addition to his fire works, he also paints watercolors, illustrates children’s books and creates sculptures. (rtr)

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People wait in line next to an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez before voting during the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2017.

Venezuelans vote on all-powerful assembly

CARACAS - Venezuelans on Sunday began voting for a constitutional super-body expected to hand sweeping new powers to ruling Socialist Party officials and potentially extend their unpopular rule. President Nicolas Maduro, widely disliked for overseeing an unraveling of the economy, has promised the assembly will restore peace after four months of opposition protests during which more than 115 people have been killed.

Maduro, who has been heckled at recent public outings, cast his vote around 6 a.m. on Sunday with little fanfare. Opposition parties are boycotting what they call a rigged election while their sympathizers plan demonstrations across the country during the day - raising the prospect of violent clashes with security forces. Critics say the assembly will allow Maduro to dissolve the opposition-run Congress,

delay future elections and rewrite electoral rules to prevent the socialists from being voted out.

The vote, which follows the postponement of regional elections and Maduro’s repeated refusal to heed decisions by Congress, has brought global condemnation. The United States, which is the largest market for OPEC member Venezuela’s oil, last week sanctioned 13 Socialist Party leaders, in part as a

response to the election. President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed additional economic measures if the vote takes place.

Neighboring Colombia says it will not recognize the results.

“By tomorrow, it will be clear that this was not just a constitutional fraud but also the biggest historical mistake that Maduro and his gang could have made,” opposition leader Freddy Guevara told

a news conference on Saturday.

Maduro says he is the victim of right-wing governments around the world and blames the country’s economic malaise - from food and medicine shortages to triple-digit inflation - on an “economic war” by his adversaries.

He says opposition protests have been driven by vandalism and arbitrary violence that will not be brought to an end without the constitutional assembly. Voters on Sunday will not be asked whether they wish to proceed with the assembly, only to select its 545 members from more than 6,100 candidates representing a broad array of Socialist

Party allies. Polls suggest a large majority of Venezuelans oppose the assembly. The opposition says that more than 7 million voters - from a population of around 32 million overwhelmingly rejected Maduro’s proposal in an unofficial referendum it organized this month.

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