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Princess Diana’s revelations about sex and sorrow to be aired on British TV

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LONDON - Recordings of Princess Diana speaking candidly about her sex life with Prince Charles and her sorrow at the spectacular collapse of her marriage will be broadcast on British television on Sunday.

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Britain’s Princess Diana and Prince Charles look in different directions during a Korean War commemorative service in November 1992.

Diana, first wife of the heir to the British throne, died aged 36 in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, after the limousine carrying her and lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in a tunnel as it tried to escape paparazzi who were chasing them on motorbikes.

Diana was just 19 when she was betrothed to Charles in 1981, but the marriage broke down. Diana blamed Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles’s lover who later became his wife, for the collapse of the marriage.

In a documentary planned to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death, broadcaster Channel 4 will show footage of her speaking about her marriage during privately recorded sessions with an adviser on public speaking.

The footage includes Diana speaking about her sex life with Charles.

“It was just so odd. I don’t know there was no requirement for it

from his case,” Diana says. “Sort of once every three weeks.”

“And then I followed a pattern, he used to see his lady once every three weeks before we got married,” she said.

Diana also relates how she approached Queen Elizabeth to discuss the failing marriage.

“She said, ‘I don’t know what you should do, Charles is hopeless’.

And that was it,” Diana said. She also said Charles’s father, Prince Philip, had given him permission to have an affair if the marriage did not work.

The footage of Diana was filmed at Kensington Palace in 1992 and 1993 by speech coach Peter Settelen. After a lengthy court battle, the tapes were handed to Settelen.

Segments of the tapes were aired in the United States by channel NBC. In 2007, British broadcaster the BBC also tried to use the tapes for a documentary, but the film was scrapped. (rtr)

“Harry Potter” author Rowling apologises over Trump tweets

LONDON - “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has apologised to the family of a wheelchair-bound boy for tweets in which she accused U.S. President Donald Trump of ignoring his proffered hand at a media event.

Rowling branded Trump a “monster of narcissism” after footage of a July 24 news conference on healthcare showed the president seemingly ignoring the three-year-old’s hand, but shaking other people’s as he left the event.

Footage of Trump’s entrance to the event, however, showed the president stop to greet the boy and have a brief exchange before he began speaking.

Saying she had discovered that what she had seen was not an accurate representation of the encounter, Rowling tweeted: “I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw”.

The author’s apology was directed at

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The Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea hold a banquet at the Mokran House in celebration of the second successful test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) Hwasong-14, in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 30, 2017.

U.S. wants North Korea dialogue ‘at some point’

the boy and his family, and made no mention of Trump.

Rowling, who has over 11 million Twitter followers, is frequently critical of Trump and his administration on her social media feed.

In the three days that elapsed between her original tweets on July 28 and her apology, Rowling had been the subject of online criticism, much of it from Trump supporters, for her comments on the incident. (rtr)

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Hwasong-14 July 28, 2017 This launch reached an altitude of nine times that of the International Space Station. The trajectory indicates a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile.

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Kim Jong Un has been pushing to develop missiles at an unprecedented pace. Here’s how the North is getting closer to targeting the United States.

Chart shows all missile launches under Kim Jong Un for which trajectory data is available

Projected reach If the power displayed in the four lofted launches were translated into regular trajectories, the missiles could have flown much further.

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WASHINGTON - The United States does not seek to topple the North Korean government and would like dialogue with Pyongyang at some point, but only on the understanding that it can never be a nuclear power, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.

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Speaking to reporters at the State Department days after Pyongyang tested its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Tillerson reiterated that Washington sought to persuade North Korea to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programs through peaceful pressure.

“We do not seek a regime change, we do not seek a collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula, we do not seek an excuse to

send our military north of the 38th Parallel,” Tillerson said.

“We are not your enemy ... but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us, and we have to respond. And we hope that at some point they will begin to understand that and we would like to sit and have a dialogue with them.”

However, “a condition of those talks is there is no future where North Korea holds nuclear weapons or the ability to deliver those

nuclear weapons to anyone in the region, much less the (U.S.) homeland,” he said.

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Increased hotel occupancy rates

Nusa Dua Light Festival draws 200,000 visitors

Jatiluwih

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Dealing with trash, Jatiluwih village makes a rule and TPS 3R

MANGUPURA - Even though this was the first Nusa Dua Light Festival, hundreds of thousands of visitors attended. Local visitors, young and old made the festival a lovely venue to take pictures and enliven social media accounts. This event was part of efforts by the ITDC (Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation ) to increae hotel occupancy in the area.

President Director of the ITDC, Abdulbar M Mansoer, at the closing ceremony on Sunday (Jul. 30) stated that the event was considered to be a great success because even though this was the first time that the Nusa Dua Light Festival was held, it managed to draw thousands of visitors. Over the course of the 44 days of the festival, there were 200,000 foreign, local and domestic tourists who attended.

Although there were only about 2,00 visitors per day at the start of the festival, by the end there were far more people who came to see the spectacular knick-knacks with thousands of lights illuminating the Peninsula Island. Ticket sales alone brought in IDR 2.4 billion. “We were expecting only 2,000 visitors a day,

but in fact there 200,000 visitors for 44 days which averages to about 5,00 visitors a day. The First Lady and family of President Jokowi also had time to visit this festival”, he said.

The popularity of this event with both locals and tourists has encouraged the organizers of the Nusa Dua Lights Festival to make this an annual event. “This event was part of our efforts to increase hotel occupancy rates in Nusa Dua and surrounding area. The Nusa Dua Fiesta that is been running for 19 years and the Bali Blues Festival that has been running for three years are also important but for sure we will be holding the Nusa Dua Light Festival again next year with an even better format” he explained.

Mansoer added that about 10 percent of the people who attended the festival were foreign tourists. “We have yet to calculate the occupancy rates over this period, but this festival definetly made a significant contribution as in-house guests (those staying at ITDC area) and guests coming specifically to the Light Festival were quite a lot”, he explained. (kmb23)

Violators to face sanctions

TABANAN - The waste problem that has yet to be adequately dealt with in Jatiluwih customary village has pushed village officials to create a village rule and warns that violators will face sanctions. Village rule (Perdes) No.8/2017, firmly regulates sanitation, protection and environmental management. Sanctions include penalties such as being banned form receiving services from the Jatiluwih village government.

“We have examined this village and created this rule by involving all relevant parties and institutions including local villagers, the Jatiluwih tourist attraction management and other relevant parties”, explained the headman of Jatiluwih, I Nengah Kartika, on Tuesday (Aug. 1).

Along with the village rule and accompanying sanctions, this village that is famous for as an agricultural tourist destination is also preparing a waste bank and encouraging the three Rs (reduce , reuse, recycle) with their TPS3R program. The waste bank is located on the border of Jatiluwih village and Mengesta village in Kesambahan Kelod hamlet.

“We have no land property, so the area of ??1,000 square meters for the TPS3R is being purchased by the village in cooperation with the Jatiluwih tourist attraction”, he said.

The TPS3R will function as a waste bank for Jatilu-

wih village, for processing garbage form households, restaurants, cafes and other businesses. Meanwhile, the village has obliged businesses to make septic tanks to accommodate liquid waste so that the irrigation channels will not be polluted. Jatiluwih has been designated as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO and so such pollution is all the more unsuitable.

“Garbage will be transported by officers three times a week, and sorted at the junk bank. At this stage, the waste that can be separated, recycled and resold. This is part of the concept of community based tourism” he explained.

Karitka affirmed that village rule and the preparation of the TPS3R will indeed help to overcome the garbage problem that has long plagues the area of ??Jatiluwih village. The success of this policy requires public awareness and having people obey the rules that have been agreed upon. People caught littering will be imposed with a fine of IDR 25,000, disposing of waste into river or water channels (IDR 50,000), any businessmen be it a restaurant, lodging, stall or other entrepreneurs found dumping solid and liquid waste into irrigation channels (IDR 75,000); putting goods carelessly on road body or sidewalk (IDR 75,000); disposing of pesticide bottle carelessly (IDR 25,000); and disposing of livestock waste (IDR 75,000).

“Anyone who violates these rules and who does not pay the fine will be prohibited form receiving village services from the village government of Jatiluwih”, he concluded. (kmb28)

Sanur Village Festival

Sanur Village Festival returns to celebrate 12 years of festivities with the theme “The New Spirit of Heritage”, bringing back an anticipated week filled with arts, culture, cuisine, water sports and events that promote environmental-awareness to the shores of Sanur.

Visitors can expect exciting activities all week long including a bazaar and food festival, fashion shows, expos, tours, culinary challenges, Yoga, sporting activities including surfing competitions and fishing tournaments and environmental awareness programs. There will also be kite festivals and a parade and exotic jukung (traditional boat) competition. SVF 2017 programs also place the spirit of state unity and nationalism in the form of symbols, images, and messages according this context.

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Veiled marketing: Antismoking groups slam Indonesia’s Big Tobacco

JAKARTA - Anti-smoking groups in Indonesia have slammed Big Tobacco for promoting sales by giving retailers cash rewards, shopping vouchers and even money to renovate, urging authorities to enforce advertising curbs to safeguard public health.

The country with one of the highest smoking rates in the world does have a national regulation in place to restrict cigarette advertisements, including a ban on tobacco firms promoting their products while acting as a sponsor. But it is inconsistently enforced by regional authorities.

Cigarette makers are making the most of this, tying up with small retailers and rewarding them for in-store promotion of products, the anti-smoking groups said.

By mid-2016, Philip Morris-controlled PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk (HMSP.JK), PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM.JK) and Djarum Group had partnered 513 shop-owners in four cities surrounding Jakarta, a study by the Indonesian Public Health Association (IAKMI) shows.

Cigarette companies have stepped up “veiled promotions” following a move by the Jakarta governor two years ago to ban all cigarette advertising on outdoor media, IAKMI said.

“Their grip will take root even more, and the con-

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Worried to be disciplined by municipal police

WHEN entering August, the sellers of red-and-white flag and similar goods have begun to proliferate. One of them can be found around Semarapura town, Klungkung. How is the ups and downs of this business amid the quite promising sales?

As soon as entering the town of Klungkung, you will not only go through hustles and bustles of the passing vehicles with several variations of sound. However, you will also be able to see a number of sellers offering red-and-white flags or the like. One of them is on Jalan Flamboyan. It indicates if the celebration of the Indonesia’s Independence Day has been around the corner.

The flags were hung on the branch of a tree and look waving as blown by breezes. Amid such atmosphere, the seller is seen trying to offer his products to every passing person. Agus Ahmad is the name of the seller.

This man from Bandung explained about his profession having been pursued since a few years ago as an annual agenda. The items on sale are quite varied with the prices in the range of IDR 5,000 to IDR

300,000. It depends on the size and design.

Earlier this month, the sales are still relatively quiet. Nevertheless, he remains patient while waiting for the coffers of rupiah.

He estimated that high sales will occur after August 10. “Now, it’s still lonely and next a few days the sales will usually turn crowded,” he said.

During six times of selling flags in Klungkung, he has experienced the ups and downs. He admitted to just worry about the raid by municipal police officers (Satpol PP) because they are almost spied on, especially for those peddling on sidewalk. “Indeed, it is not forbidden. But we are not allowed to sell flags in town and on sidewalk.

However, if we sell inside, our merchandise will not be seen and sold,” he added.

For a month, this burly man averagely gets net income of IDR p 2.5 million. It is beyond the cost of consumption and cigarettes.

He deliberately chooses to sell in Klungkung because of lower level of competition. “In the big city, we must compete against so many sellers,” he said. (sos)

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Lucky Strike cigarettes are seen during the manufacturing process in the British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory (BAT) in Bayreuth, southern Germany, April 30, 2014.

LONDON - Shares of major tobacco companies in the U.S. and UK slumped in heavy volumes on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that it was seeking to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes.

British American Tobacco shares, trading close to all-time highs, fell as much as 11 percent and were on track for their biggest oneday loss in nearly 18 years.

Altria, which makes the Marlboro brand of cigarettes, fell as much as 16 percent, slipped into the red for the year.

The sharp slide was poised to wipe off about $60 billion off of the market value of the world’s biggest tobacco producers. (rtr)

When this ceremony arrives, the bade tower makers are flooded with the orders.

The sellers of red-and-white flag

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Made Medal, bade tower maker:

Flooded by orders, I still make based on standard

NGABEN or cremation en masse has become a regular agenda for Hindu society, especially in Bali. The ceremony generally held every five years is one of the ways to save fund. When this ceremony arrives, the bade tower makers are flooded with the orders as experienced by Made Medal, 35, a resident of Tusan village, Banjarangkan. Although he is overwhelmed, he still makes the bade tower according to the existing standard.

Big Tobacco smoked after FDA takes aim on cigarette nicotine levels

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A flag seller’s story getting an income of IDR 2.5 million a month

sumption of cigarettes will spread,” said Widyastuti Soerojo, head of IAMKI’s tobacco control unit.

A shop-owner in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, said as a Sampoerna partner he has to follow the company’s display requirements for its products and is not allowed to sell other cigarette brands.

In return, Sampoerna has given him free cigarette packs, shopping vouchers, banners and even a million rupiah ($75) to paint his shop, he said, declining to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media.

Cigarette advertisements are often found at small shops near schools, making children extremely vulnerable, said Lisda Sundari, head of the Lanterns for Children Foundation.

A shocking video of a toddler reportedly puffing up to 40 cigarettes a day on the island of Sumatra went viral around seven years ago, firing up anti-tobacco activists who said it underscored the problem of underage smoking in Indonesia.

Despite rising anti-smoking sentiment in the country of 250 million people, Indonesia’s cigarette market was the second-biggest in the world after China with 316.1 billion sticks sold last year, data from Euromonitor International shows.

Gudang Garam and Djarum did not respond to requests for comment. Sampoerna did not immediately provide a comment. (rtr)

A woman holds packs of Sampoerna cigarettes produced by PT HM Sampoerna at a cigarette shop in Jakarta, August 1, 2017.

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When entering July to August, many Hindu communities in Bali hold pitra yadnya (cremation) ceremony in the form of mass ngaben. People should not only prepare various types of banten (oblations) that are quite complicated but also make a means in the form of bade (carrier) and petulangan (sarcophagus).

Not everyone can make them as the process is quite complicated and in need of patience. Therefore, some people must buy. One of the makers can be found at Takmung village, Banjarangkan.

When visited on Tuesday (Aug. 1), his showroom looked so simple. His building is semi-permanent. The room is filled in with many sarcophagus in the form of bulls. They have the height of three meters. Indeed, the size is also quite large, bigger than real bull wrapped in black velvet fabric, on the neck is decorated with Balinese carved ornaments. The head is decorated with gold-colored headdress.

It looks so beautiful like a real bull. Next to it sits a five-meter high bade tower. Red color merged with gold-colored carving makes it look beautiful. Amid the object, the owner, Made Medal, is busy making a carving from paper. One by one of the elements are showed in details. Amid his busyness, he does not hesitate to tell stories. Ngaben season is a source of fortune for him. Of course, the orders keep coming, not only come from Klungkung mainland, but also from Nusa Penida, Gianyar and Bangli. Not infrequently, he and his friends should take overtime so as to accomplish the order immediately. “Our orders are pretty good so we must often work overtime to meet the deadline,” he said.

Within two months, he claimed to get ten pairs of orders consisting of bade tower and sarcophagus of various sizes. For large sizes, a pair can be accomplished within one week. Moreover, if buyer urgently needs, it can be completed in shorter time. “The selling price depends on the size. However, the standard one is sold for IDR 30 million,” he said. Although the price is fantastic, he does not immediately take pride in his heart. Such nominal is judged comparable to his hard work.

Many orders and short deadline does not make this man from Tusan village, Banjarangkan, neglect the quality of his work. Everything still refers to the existing standards, where one of them is in terms of size and design for each category. “Keep referring to the standard is a must. There is no change even though the order is quite a lot,” he concluded. (sos)

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Organic farming in Subak Kana, Panglan

Organic farming in Subak Kana

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Projected to be education tourism area

GIANYAR — Public awareness on the importance of applying a healthy lifestyle especially by consuming organic food gradually increases. This opportunity is then taken advantage by a number of residents of Panglan hamlet, Pejeng, Tampaksiring. In the Subak Kana area, at local hamlet, a number of residents coalesced into the Bali Organic Mai Garden (KMOB) develop organic farming synergized with tourism sector.

Founder and Chairman of the KMOB, I Made Kamardiyana, said on Tuesday (Aug. 1) that it was established to exploit the opportunities of organic agriculture sector and meet the wishes of local communities, especially farmers to manage organic farming. It is also a form of support to the program of the Pejeng village government in making the Subak Kana area into a center for organic farming, agricultural and environmental learning and educational tourism area.

According to him, the Subak Kana area, near the Ubud tourism area, is located at the village retaining many archaeological sites and offering a beautiful panorama so that tourism development opportunities are widely open. At the KMOB, he develops horticultural crops in the form of vegetables and fruits at four points across the area of 1.18 hectares of the total area of 6 hectares owned by Subak Kana.

Each point has its own theme.

A number of agricultural activities can be undertaken by tourists at the KMOB. For example, they can make compost, plant crops, do seedling, harvest to attend cooking class of Balinese traditional cuisines made from organic plants they pick themselves. In essence, tourists are invited to observe and experience the life of rural communities in the agricultural sector.

Kamardiyana further explained the organic farming and educational tourism in Subak Kana area still needs a lot of improvement. In terms of facilities, this area still requires a number of supporting facilities.

His party cannot build them at once as constrained by capital.

“So far, the facilities available include toilet, kitchen and gazebo.

We are planning to build a traditional house for tourist accommodation. For the time being, we are preparing camping ground and tents for tourists wishing to stay,” said the man who has received a national certificate as Organic Plant Agriculture Facilitator.

On the other hand, he also faces external constraints such as land quality. To switch to organic farming is not easy. Agricultural land having been contaminated with chemicals requires a handling and long enough time to be used for an organic farming land. Another challenge is the increasingly rampant land conversion. This hamlet chief of Panglan also mentioned that few investors have an interest in the local subak area for construction of tourist accommodation and residential areas.

“Another problem is that our derivative product such as juice, syrup and rosella tea is still difficult to get absorbed in the market because many people still do not know about the benefits of organic products.

Nevertheless, we still gradually try to open by following the events of organic farming. Obviously, the obstacle faced in the development of organic farming and educational tourism is how to change of people’s mindset related to the environment,” he explained. (kmb25)

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WELLINGTON - New Zealand’s charismatic new Labour leader, who took over in a desperate gamble to revive her struggling party seven weeks out from an election, spent her first 24 hours in the job fielding questions about babies rather than her policy plans.

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The measles cases to junior high and high school students probably happened as they were not given booster of measles vaccine at the age of 1.5 years

Bali not yet free from measles and rubella

MR vaccination in Bali to start in 2018

DENPASAR — Bali has not been free from measles and rubella virus infection. Measles disease still attacks toddlers. Moreover, currently the measles also affect junior high and high school children. The last case emerged at the end of 2016 in Nusa Penida where some residents were attacked by measles and rubella. In 2016, out of the 144 cases, 46 were declared positive to measles. In the same year with the same number of cases, 27 people were declared positive to get infected by rubella, while in 2017 of the 385 cases, 34 cases were declared positive to measles and 15 positive to rubella.

This was disclosed by Section Head of Surveillance and Immunization, the Bali Health Agency, I Gusti Ayu Raka Susanti, on Monday (Aug. 1). “Currently, it does not only happen to students of elementary school but also to junior and senior high school. Some of them were attacked by measles and rubella,” she said. Therefore, the government again promoted the administration of measles and rubella vaccination.

This time, the newly administered vaccine is a combination of measles and rubella known as measles-rubella (MR). Previously, a child was given a vaccine at the age of 9 months and then repeated (booster) at the age of 1.5 years.

However, in this MR vaccination program, children aged 9 months to 15 years are given one injection, disregarding previous immunization status.

The measles cases to junior high and high school students probably happened as they were not given booster of measles vaccine at the age of 1.5 years (under 2 years).

“Possibly, they were not vaccinated at the age of 1.5 years, so their immunity is weak. Thus, it should be given twice. However, the impact

is not too visible because it can get once,” he said.

MR vaccination program for the first period will be conducted in Java Island while in Bali will be organized in August 2018.

According to a pediatrician from Infectious Diseases and Tropical Disease Division of Sanglah Hospital, I Wayan Gustawan, the measles and rubella vaccination program is re-enforced because the measles and rubella cases until now still exist. In addition, the vaccination coverage has not been evenly distributed throughout Indonesia, especially outside Java and Bali so that the cases remain a lot.

Especially for rubella, it is still being carried out CRS (congenital rubella syndrome) surveillance. A total of 13 hospitals across Indonesia conducted this CRS survey.

For the time being, the highest CRS case was found in East Java, while in Bali (Sanglah Hospital as location of surveillance) was found two cases during the period of January to June 2017. “This is the fourth year of the CRS survey,” he added. The symptoms of CRS are indicated by cardiac abnormalities, congenital cataracts and permanent

deafness.

As a result of suffering measles, children may experience complications of cerebral inflammation, pneumonia, diarrhea and middle ear inflammation. In the meantime, the rubella infection afflicting to children with good immunization status will not cause any symptoms and only experience mild illness.

Rubella infection will be dangerous when it comes to young pregnant women especially in the first 3 months of pregnancy. “It can cause defects in infants,” he said. So the rubella vaccination (MR) is meant to prevent young people from being infected with rubella virus during pregnancy.

Currently, the pregnant women are worried to be infected by rubella virus because its transmission is through the air. Therefore, pregnant women are advised to take a screening in the form of blood check to determine the presence of rubella virus in the blood. “Related to this rubella, if a woman has been sick because of rubella, it will be immune to the virus for life. Those who never get it will be danger because over 90 percent of their children will be defect,” he added. (kmb42)

Jacinda Ardern, 37, took over as Labour’s youngest leader on Tuesday after her predecessor quit over “disturbing” opinion poll results, leaving little time to plot a strategy to break the centre-right National Party’s decade-long hold on power.

One of the first questions Ardern, 37, faced on Tuesday night was about whether she had made a choice between having children or a career. She took it in her stride and said she had spoken before about the dilemma that many women face.

However, the question refused to go away and she clashed on Wednesday with a radio host who said New Zealanders needed to know whether she planned to have children, in the same way that companies would if they were employing a female worker.

Pointing her finger at AM Show panellist Mark Richardson, Ardern said “it is totally unacceptable in 2017 to say that women should have to answer that question in the workplace”.

“It is a woman’s decision about when they choose to have children, it should not pre-determine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities,” she said.

The controversy was at odds with New Zealand’s progressive reputa-

tion, having been the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893.

Ardern could also become New Zealand’s third female prime minister while many countries, including the United States, are yet to have their first. The issue was given added resonance by Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 U.S. presidential bid.

About a third of the members in New Zealand’s parliament in 2014 were women, putting it ahead of Australia and Britain but behind Germany and most Nordic countries, according to the global Inter Parliamentary Union.

“I don’t think we could say New Zealand is still ahead of the curve when such a small percentage of our politicians are women, both at parliament and at local government level,” said Julie Anne Genter, a member of parliament for the Green Party.

Genter also took issue with the tone of questions about Ardern’s family plans. “They’re just saying: ‘how can you do this job if you plan to have a family?’,” she said.

Figures also showed that women REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/File Photo in New Zealand lagged behind their counterparts in Britain and Australian Jacinda Ardern (C), New Zealand’s new opposition Labour leader, speaks to the press in representation on company boards. alongside members of her party after Andrew Little stepped down in Wellington, New (rtr) Zealand, August 1, 2017.

Case thrown out against former Thai PM Somchai in rare win for anti-junta camp

BANGKOK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a case against former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a rare victory for the pro-Thaksin, anti-junta movement.

Somchai, along with then-deputy prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, was accused of abuse of power over a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in 2008.

Two people died and hundreds were wounded when police used tear gas to clear anti-government “yellow shirt” protesters who had parliament in Bangkok.

“Even though there were people who were injured and killed, in that

event it was difficult for police to know that the tear gas would cause injuries and death in that manner,” the court said in a statement released after the verdict.

His opponents accused Somchai of being Thaksin’s puppet.

Thaksin, who lives abroad to avoid a jail sentence handed down for graft in 2008, was ousted in a 2006 coup but remains a major influence over Thai politics.

The Shinawatra family and their political allies are at the heart of a political conflict that has divided Thailand for more than a decade.

The crisis pits former telecommunications tycoon Thaksin, and his legions of supporters, against the Bangkok-based elite which sees

him as a threat to the old royalistmilitary establishment.

Members of the Shinawatra family have accused their opponents of political persecution.

The 2008 protest by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) group, an anti-Thaksin movement whose street action led ultimately to the 2006 coup against Thaksin, was among the worst political crises in recent Thai history.

In October that year, protesters surrounded parliament forcing Somchai to escape over a back fence after delivering a policy address.

Police dispersed protesters with volleys of tear gas. At least 400 were wounded.

Wednesday’s ruling upset for-

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Former Thai prime minister Somchai Wongsawat greets supporters as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 2, 2017. mer members of the now-defunct PAD. Some stood outside the court after the ruling and shouted: “Murder!”.

The military took power in Thailand in a 2014 coup, ousting Thaksin’s sister, prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Myanmar shuffles energy, finance officials amid slowing growth

YANGON - Myanmar has replaced its minister for energy, state media reported on Wednesday, as Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration looks to address concerns that the enactment of vital reforms has been slow since she took power last year.

The government also appointed a new deputy finance minister and confirmed three new central bank deputy governors this week. New foreign investment approvals have slowed since Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won a landslide election victory in late 2015, and gross domestic product growth - while still among the fastest in Asia - fell last year.

Analysts say the changes this week signal that Suu Kyi, who had prioritised sealing a peace deal with the country’s myriad armed groups ahead of economic reforms, is aware of growing frustration with her government’s management of the economy.

Outgoing Minister of Electricity and Energy Pe Zin Tun will be replaced by Win Khaing, who takes the role in addition to heading the Ministry of Construction, according to an official announcement carried by state media on Wednesday. The government inherited a power crisis, with major cities experiencing regular blackouts and only a third of the country’s 53 million or so people connected to the grid. Pe Zin Tun was a civil servant who had been retained from the previous quasi-civilian government.

“There has been a lack of overall direction and movement in Myanmar’s energy and power sectors over the last year,” said Jeremy Mullins, research director at Yangon-based consulting firm

Myanmar Energy Monitor.

Decisions were needed on a number of large-scale energy projects - including the sensitive Chinese-backed Myitsone dam while hefty electricity subsidies need to be culled, he said. “Investors have been frustrated by slow processes and conflicting signals, and in the meantime the country’s poor electricity situation has not improved much,” he added. The new role for Win Khaing reflected Suu Kyi’s “focus on electricity and roads as drivers of growth and jobs”, said Yangon-based analyst Richard Horsey.

“ECONOMY STABILISED” On Tuesday, state media also announced the appointment of new Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance Set Aung, a foreign-trained economist and central banker who held the same role in 201213. Investors and diplomats have told Reuters they privately urged Suu Kyi to make more sweeping changes to her economic team. The

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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of Martyrs’ Day at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum dedicated to the fallen independence heroes, including her father General Aung San, in Yangon, Myanmar July 19, 2017. personnel changes this week, however, “suggest a continuation of the government’s current approach”, said Horsey.

Planning and Finance Minister Kyaw Win - who has not won the confidence of investors - remains in place, as does the central bank governor, another holdover from the previous military-backed gov-

ernment.

Suu Kyi’s office issued a statement on Friday to mark a year since her administration announced its economic plan - a three-page document widely criticised as lacking specifics. The statement said the new government had “stabilised” the economy and that GDP growth was “around 7 percent annually”,

but did not give specific growth forecast for the current fiscal year.

The World Bank estimates growth slowed from 7.3 percent in 2015-16 to 6.5 percent in the fiscal year that ended in March. “The government’s long-term economic plan will take time,” Kyaw Win said in the statement, “but will bring prosperity in which all can share.”(rtr)

Global stocks mostly lower ahead of US jobs data

SEOUL — Global stocks mostly turned lower on Wednesday amid reports that the U.S. is considering a move that would allow it to put tariffs on some Chinese imports.

Investors will also monitor U.S. jobs data ahead of the key payrolls report on Friday.

KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX dropped 0.2 percent to 12,227 and the CAC 40 of France edged 0.1 percent lower to 5,121. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.4 percent to 7,392. Wall Street looked set for gains with Dow futures up 0.2 percent and the S&P 500 futures up almost 0.1 percent.

CHINA TRADE: President Donald Trump’s administration may

use rarely invoked U.S. trade laws to fend off China’s demands that foreign companies share their technology in return for access to the Chinese markets, according to a person familiar with the matter. The law allows Washington to investigate China’s trade practices and raise tariffs on imports from China or impose other sanctions. The move comes as Trump’s administration appears set to adopt a harsher stance toward Beijing than it did during the initial months after the inauguration.

ECONOMIC DATA: Factory output data in China, Europe and the U.S. released this week were encouraging, while the Institute for Supply Management reported that

U.S. factory production rose again last month though at a slower pace than in June. Later Wednesday, U.S. payroll processor ADP will give its employment updates for July. But the biggest highlight will be the U.S. jobs report due Friday.

ANALYST’S COMMENT: “Tonight, investors will closely watch the ADP private payroll number to assess the health of the jobs market,” said Margaret Yang, a market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore. “A higher figure indicates rising employment and potential inflation pressure, which will increase the likelihood of rate hikes.”

IPHONE IMPACT: Apple reported Tuesday that its quarterly

earnings rose 12 percent to $8.7 billion, exceeding expectations, as demand for iPhones rose and gave an upbeat revenue forecast for the current quarter, easing concerns about production problems for the nextgeneration iPhone. Shares of Apple’s suppliers in Asia rose. Samsung Electronics Co. rose 0.8 percent and LG Display Co. jumped 1.8 percent.

Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Co., which assembles Apple’s iPhones, climbed 2.2 percent.

ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 percent to 20,080.04 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.2 percent to 2,427.63. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.2 per-

cent to 27,607.38 while the Shanghai Composite index shed 0.2 percent to 3,285.06. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 bucked the region’s trend, falling 0.5 percent to 5,744.20 as commodity prices dropped. Stocks in Southeast Asia were mostly higher.

OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 8 cents to $49.08 per barrel in electronic trading on New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract shed $1.01 on Tuesday. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 2 cent to $51.80 per barrel in London. It dropped 94 cents the day before.

CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 110.72 yen from 110.36 yen. The euro strengthened to $1.1830 from $1.1802.

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Tradition of tipat and bantal war organized at Kapal customary village is a unique tradition because the participating people will perform activities of mutual throwing by using tipat and bantal posing one of the favorite foods for the community of Bali.

It is an expression of gratitude to God for the blessing extended in the form of abundance of fertility in the environment. However, since it is a tradition and ritual, of course, this kind of tipat-bantal war will begin with a procession of presenting oblations and so forth before implemented.

The temple priest Jero Nyoman Lidriani said that preparation ceremony will be preceded by banten pejati, byakaonan and pangulapan.

After being presented, it will be followed by Hindu people or Kapal.

After completing the presentation of offerings, it is resumed with joint prayers and matimpugan. perang tipat bantal It is commenced with jejatonan for 3 times in front of the bale agung temple or middle courtyard of the temple. Executor of the jejatonan itself is not arbitrary namely temple priest and village officials.

Sometimes, it is followed by government officials such as the regent usually presented every 2 years.

After that, it is carried out in outermost courtyard by many people

Perancak

in accordance with norms.

“Formerly, it was only carried out in front of the bale agung pavilion. Since the current pilgrims are consisting of more people the pavilion is worried to get damaged.

Thus, the activities are continued in the outermost temple courtyard and only the jejatonan is still held in the bale agung,” he said.

Furthermore, he said that before starting matimpugan, all the pilgrims put soda offerings pursuant to their affordability and must contain tipat sirikan (rice bag) and six pieces of bantal fresh cake. The rice bag is placed in the temple while the bantal can be brought back home.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Ketut Sudarsana where the rice bag is incised transverse in the middle as a symbol of female genital or Pradhana while the bantal snack itself is a symbol of male genital or Purusa.

Encounter of both elements will produce or bring up the seeds of life. In this case, it symbolizes the emergence and fertility for the seeds of food sources of society.

Perancak Village is located in southern Jembrana approximately 10 km from the town of Negara. This beach side village is home to farmers and fishermen and Perancak Beach is an ideal place to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the Indian Ocean especially as the sun sets behind the shadow of the eastern tip of the island of Java. Perancak village offers many tourist attractions such as a turtle husbandry center, a tourism park, a motor cross arena, a mangrove forest and fishermen’s activities with their boats. This village is also known as the entrance point of Hindu influence from Java to Bali, as the presence Gede Perancak Temple indicates.

This temple is one of Bali’s Dang Kahyangan Temples and references the spiritual journey of Danghyang Nirartha, a Hindu Priest from Java.

Around the village, there are also other Hindu Temples, and places of religious historical remains. Perancak Village -with its nature resources, art and culture and ease of access, attracts many tourists who can find accomodations in villas and hotels.(kmb)

Besides, both entities symbolize the sea and mountains.

In the procession held at the outermost courtyard of the local temple, all the pilgrims that will throw rice bag are positioned in the south because it is a symbol of male or sea while in the north is the area

of ??the pitch throwing group as the symbol of Purusa or mountains believed to be in the north. Then, even though there is impression of throwing each other to each participant, it will be attempted that tipat and bantal will hit each other in the air because it is the most important

point of the tradition.

“After finishes, it is ended with a joint prayer while for the remnants scattered will be collected and then distributed to residents and made into fertilizer for their respective paddy field. It is believed to increase fertility,” he added. (kmb)

Foreigners take part in Mejaya-Jaya Ritual

Foreign travelers learning yoga at Shanti Toya Ashram in Penarungan village, Mengwi, Badung, were invited to start their program with a mejaya-jaya ritual. They took part in a melukat (purificatory rite) and cleansed themselves physically and psychically through a ceremony officiated over by Ida Panditha Mpu Putra Yoga Parama Dhaksa, at Geria Agung Batur Sari, Mengwi, on Friday (Jan. 6).

A total of 15 foreigners from various countries including the Philippines, Malaysia, the USA, Korea joined in the mejaya-jaya ritual.

Even though the participants had only just met, there was a familiar atmosphere as if everyone was part of one big family. Some of the them had visited Bali many times before, others were here for the first time and they all followed the the mejaya-jaya ritual piously.

Pradnya Wati, founder and owner of Shanti Toya Ashram, yoga teacher at Fivelements and yoga assistant at Gokul Yoga Bali, said the mejaya-jaya is obligatory for anyone who studies yoga at Shanti Toya Ashram. All the participants in this program will become yoga trainers who will be able to guide those wishing to practice yoga. “The ritual is intended to expedite the process of learning yoga”, said Pradnya while added that he also enjoys sharing yoga online at www.shantiretreatsbali.org

and www.gokulyogabali.com.

By following the ritual, explained Pradnya Wati, the material studied in the yoga program will be easier to follow, absorb and practice.

“Before learning yoga, all the participants must follow the purification rite and cleansing. This is our belief at Shanti Toya Ashram, The following day, the students start their three week yoga program” she said.

Ida Panditha Mpu Putra Yoga Parama Dhaksa said that the purification rite is meant to cleanse one’s karma through mantras and that for those who believe, it is very effective. “Hopefully, what needs to be learned will be absorbed easily and quickly by the participants. If you trust the teacher, you can surely learn the lessons quickly”, she added. (kmb)

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Venezuelan vote data casts doubt on turnout at Sunday poll

CARACAS - Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela’s controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day.

The election of the legislative super-body has been decried by critics as illegitimate and designed to give the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro powers to rewrite the constitution and sideline the oppositionled congress.

In response to the vote, the U.S. government slapped sanctions on Maduro on Monday, calling him a dictator for “seizing absolute power.”

The low turnout would be a major indictment of Maduro, especially after the opposition last month held its own unofficial vote in which it said more than 7.5 million voted against the government’s controversial assembly.

The documents, which break the data down into Venezuela’s 14,515 polling centers, show that 3,720,465 people had voted by 5.30 p.m.

“Although it’s possible to have a late push at the end of the day, and the Socialist Party has tried to do that in the past, to double the vote in the last hour and a half would be without precedent,” said Jennifer McCoy, a political scientist who led several election observation missions to Venezuela for the Atlantabased Carter Center.

The electoral council extended voting to 7 p.m. but some centers are thought to have stayed open longer.

Venezuelan authorities did not respond to a request for comment on the voting data.

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VOTING IRREGULARITIES, FRAUD

Venezuela is undergoing a major crisis, with millions suffering food shortages, soaring inflation and months of anti-government unrest, making it more unlikely that such a positive turnout was obtained by the government.

Authorities had heavily pressured state workers to vote, even threatening them with dismissal if they failed to do so. Several workers received phone calls from bosses or colleagues late in the day pushing them to vote.

And electoral experts took issue with the vote process, which they say was riddled with irregularities. Many, including a member of the electoral council, questioned the count.

“For the first time since I took up this commitment to the country, I cannot guarantee the consistency or veracity of the results offered,” said Luis Rondon, one of five directors of the electoral council in a statement on social media.

The country’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, long an ally of the government, also cast doubt on the figures.

“I’m absolutely sure that those numbers are not correct,” she said on Monday. “What they announced was a mockery of the people.”

Opposition leaders, who boycotted the vote, say there was outright fraud. They estimated only around 2.5 million people voted, while investment firm Torino Capital puts the figure at 3.6 million based on exit polls.

The opposition has long complained that the electoral council allows unfair use of state resources in favor of the ruling Socialist Party and have in recent years questioned results.

Nearly five months of demonstrations failed to stop Maduro carrying out the weekend election and the opposition is now looking to the military to see if it will pressure Maduro to enact its demands, which include presidential elections. (rtr)

REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

Opposition students march next to national guards during a march against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, February 12, 2015. Venezuelan troops blocked students during marches against President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday as pro-government supporters also rallied on the anniversary of 2014 protests that led to 43 deaths.

U.S. ...

North Korea has vowed to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States and U.S. officials said the latest test had shown it may now be able to reach most of the country.

Tillerson repeated calls for North Korea’s neighbor and ally China, which has urged a resumption of talks with Pyongyang, to use its influence to create the conditions for “productive dialogue.” He said other options were “not particularly attractive.”

President Donald Trump’s administration has said all options are on the table in dealing with North Korea, including military ones. However, given the potential for massive casualties from North Korean retaliation in allied South Korea and Japan and among U.S.

troops there, it has stressed the need for a diplomatic solution.

Earlier on Tuesday, a leading Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, said Trump had told him he was willing to go to war with North Korea “if they continued to try to hit America with an ICBM.” “He’s told me that. I believe him.

If I were China, I would believe him, too, and do something about it. You can stop North Korea, militarily or diplomatically,” he said on NBC’s “Today Show.”

“There is a military option: To destroy North Korea’s program and North Korea itself,” Graham said.

“I prefer the diplomatic approach.

But they will not be allowed to have a missile to hit America with a nuclear weapon on top.” Asked about Graham’s remarks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders reiterated that the administration was “keeping all options on the table.” (rtr)

WASHINGTON - The United States will waive environmental rules so extra barriers can be built to bar illegal immigrants from crossing the border with Mexico near San Diego, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.

The projects, on about 15 miles (24 km) of the frontier extending east from the Pacific Ocean, are part of President Donald Trump’s planned wall between the United States and Mexico.

The wall was a centerpiece of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign but Democrats and many Republicans have questioned its effectiveness. Immigration advocacy groups argue it would not stem illegal border crossings.

Government estimates put the cost of the wall at about $21 billion and Trump has said that Mexico will eventually pay for it. Mexico has refused to pay.

The DHS said the area near San Diego is one of the busiest U.S. border sections with a high volume of illegal entries and that there was an immediate need to improve the infrastructure.

Environmental impact studies generally are required under federal law for building on public lands.

While the waiver will eliminate a study, the department said it will remain mindful of cultural and environmental impacts.

Roads, lights, cameras and sensors will be installed in addition to extra barriers, the department said.

The project’s start date was not immediately known and the DHS statement did not mention the cost.

The DHS statement said Border Patrol agents arrested more than

31,000 “illegal aliens” and seized more than 9,000 pounds (4,000 kg) of marijuana and 1,317 pounds (597 kg) of cocaine in the San Diego area last year.

According to a memo published by the Congressional Research Service in January and seen by Reuters, a 2005 law gives Homeland Security broad authority to waive any law that could impede expeditious construction of barriers and roads.

The memo was sent to members of Congress who questioned the feasibility of building a southern border wall.

The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a $68 billion increase in military spending next year with legislation that also provided funds for the border wall.

American Oversight, a watchdog group that has sued the Trump administration on a range of issues, said the DHS statement was a disturbing sign that Trump will “barrel ahead” with building the wall, no matter the cost to taxpayers or the environment.

“Given the widespread skepticism towards the effectiveness of the border wall by leaders in both parties ... effective safeguards are more important than ever,” American Oversight’s executive director, Austin Evers, said in a statement.

Trump’s 2018 budget proposal also calls for 32 miles (51 km) of new wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, where the 2,000-acre Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is located. That has worried environmental activists, who note the refuge is home to 400 bird species and a dwindling population of federally protected ocelots. (rtr)

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Indonesia to be free of rubella by 2020: President Jokowi YOGYAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his hope that Indonesia would be free of rubella and measles by 2020.

“I fully support the national campaign on immunization to protect the children from measles and rubella,” the Head of State said, when launching a national campaign on Measles and Rubella Immunization in a function held in Islamic Junior High School 10 in Sleman, here on Tuesday.

The function was also attended

by First Lady Iriana, Coordinating Minister for Culture and Human Development Puan Maharani, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, Special Presidential Staff Staff Johan Budi SP, Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubowono X, and Sleman District Head Sri Purnomo.

According to him, immunization is crucial for childrens health as it could prevent deadly diseases.

“That is the responsibility of parents and also the state,” he noted.

In Indonesia, less than one percent of children have received measles and rubella immunization, while ideally it should be more than 95

percent, he noted.

The government has a strong commitment to eliminate measles and control rubella and to make the country free of measles and rubella by 2020, he remarked.

As a strategy, the government will provide immunization to children between nine months old and 15 years old.

Under the Global Vaccine Action Plan, measles and rubella are targeted for elimination in five WHO Regions by 2020. WHO is the lead technical agency responsible for coordination of immunization and surveillance activities supporting all countries to achieve this goal.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. It remains an important cause of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine.

Measles is transmitted via droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of infected persons. Initial symptoms, which usually appear 10 to 12 days after infection, include high fever, a runny nose, bloodshot eyes, and tiny white spots on the inside of the mouth. (ant)

Fidelis Sudewarto during his trial.

Indonesia jails man who grew marijuana to treat cancerstricken wife

JAKARTA - An Indonesian court on Borneo island jailed a man on Wednesday for eight months after he grew medicinal marijuana to help ease the suffering of his cancer-stricken wife, who died shortly after his arrest, his lawyer said.

REUTERS/YT Haryono

Volcanic ash is seen following an eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano, in Beganding Village, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia August 2, 2017.

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Indonesia, which has drug laws that are among the world’s strictest, has been jailing a record number of users and dealers because of what the government says is a drugs emergency facing the country.

The hardline approach to drugs is broadly popular in the Southeast Asian country, but the story of Fidelis Arie Sudewarto has stirred the sympathy and outrage of rights activists.

The Sanggau district court in West Kalimantan province jailed Sudewarto for eight months and fined him 1 billion rupiah ($75,000), his lawyer Marcelina Lin said by telephone from the court. The term was longer than the five months sought by the prosecution.

According to his lawyer, the court had found that Sudewarto did not have a permit to use marijuana and had supplied it to another person, although he said the judge accepted that he was not a user or a dealer.

Lin said his client, a father of two, had cried on

hearing the verdict and was still considering whether to appeal. He is now being held in the Sanggau Correctional Institute.

The sister of the convicted man, Yohana, also said the family was still weighing up whether he should appeal. “Because any decision won’t make his wife come back,” she said in a telephone text message.

Rights groups and legal activists condemned the verdict.

“Fidelis might have committed a crime in planting those marijuana bushes but it was done in an emergency situation,” said Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch.

“He did that planting for his love of his wife. He should not be jailed for loving his wife,” said Harsono.

The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) also called for all charges to be dropped.

“This case should open the government’s eyes, especially those of the president whose statements about the war on drugs...have resulted in Fidelis becoming one of the victims.”

President Joko Widodo recently told law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with the narcotics emergency in Indonesia. Widodo has also been criticised by rights groups and some foreign governments for ordering the executions of convicted drug traffickers. (rtr)

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Bolt ready to race, and really ready to retire

LONDON - Just in the unlikely case that the world of athletics did not know what they will be missing once Usain Bolt walks away in less than two weeks, the Jamaican superstar’s final eve-of-race news conference rammed home the message on Tuesday.

These events have become part and parcel of every global championship and though Tuesday’s version in east London lacked the dancing girl razzmatazz of his Rio welcome last year, it scored heavily on nostalgia as every aspect of his stellar career was raked over anew. As always, journalists and TV crews, around 400 of them, from every corner of the world packed every available space and strained their arms in desperation to get their question answered by the great man, who playfully castigated one half of the auditorium for not giving him an enthusiastic enough welcome.

Bolt is an old hand of course and rolled out all the familiar answers, but always with grace. His proudest moment was winning the world junior title on home soil as a 15-year-old while his most satisfying performance was his 200 metres world record run in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he poured

Sadha Kapal Temple A Beautiful decorative carving temple MANGUPURA - Sada temple is well known for its detail and neat carving. This temple has a background of Majapahit kingdom. Formerly, this temple was intended as a place of the staying of Ratu Jayengrat. that is a nobleman who is told to sail from Majapahit and then ran aground on a rock stone at Kapal village when the wave tide entered until the

area or village.

The most important temple in the area of Kapal to the north of Denpasar is Pura Sada. The temple was destroyed by an earthquake in 1917 and it wasn’t until the 1950s that the original building was restored. The temple was in fact an old dynastic sanctuary for the Royal family of Mengwi and its origins are in the Majapahit period. Pura Sada is the oldest of the Mengwi state shrines and predates Pura Taman Ayun. Pura Sada is dedicated to the Hindu Trinity of Bhrahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

The Candi Bentar, or split gateway entrance to the temple, is constructed in a similar fashion of Javanese Candi’s, as is the 16 metre-high tower inside the temple courtyard. It is interesting to note that the only true remaining ancient remnants are the actual finely carved and decorated Candi Bentar, and the kala head.

There are a few other stone sculptures in the same era.

There are 54 stone seats in the temple grounds are commemorations to warriors who died in battle; each has an undecipherable inscription. (IBP/net)

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all his concentration into getting the mark he had always wanted, having earlier danced over the line when winning the 100m. He explained how his motivation to keep putting his body through such a punishing regime was renewed each year by resetting his goals - with one often created for him by a casually “disrespectful” remark from one of his opponents.

His target in London is clear – to sign off with a fourth 100m title and a fifth 4x100m relay gold – taking his world haul to 13 to add to his eight Olympic golds - and then head off to play football with his friends and have fun.

“I’m ready,” he said. “If I show up at a championships you know I’m fully confident and ready to go.

“I ran 9.95 in Monaco so it shows I’m going in the right direction. Going through the rounds always helps me and it’s then about who can keep their nerve. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

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Federer to launch hardcourt campaign in Montreal

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer speaks next to the Men’s Single’s tennis trophy he won on Sunday during a photo call at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England, Monday July 17, 2017. Federer’s eighth Wimbledon title pushed him back up to No.3 in the ATP rankings.

MONTREAL - Grand slam king Roger Federer will kick off his North American hardcourt campaign and buildup to the U.S. Open by competing at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the Swiss confirmed on Tuesday.

“I’m happy to be coming back to Montreal, as I have not had the chance to play there for many years,” said Federer in a statement released by Tennis Canada.

“This 2017 season has been very exciting and I am really looking forward to being back on the court on the ATP Tour.”

Federer will be seeking his third Rogers Cup title but first in Montreal, where he has not competed since 2011 in the tournament that alternates between Montreal and Toronto, where he registered his previous wins in 2004 and 2006.

It has been a magical season for the 35-year-old Swiss highlighted by the 18th and 19th grand slam titles of his career at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, extending his all-time men’s record haul.

“We are celebrating today and the celebrations will continue over the next few days especially since Federer will celebrate his birthday with us on August 8,” said tournament director Eugene Lapierre.

The Rogers Cup runs from Aug 6-13. (rtr)

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Sp rt Neymar tells Barcelona he is leaving - club

MADRID - Neymar’s record-breaking 222 million euros ($263 million) transfer to French side Paris Saint-Germain moved a step closer on Wednesday when Barcelona said he had informed them of his intention to leave. His move to PSG has been heavily flagged in European media but has yet to be completed.

“The player Neymar Jr, accompanied by his father and agent, has informed FC Barcelona this morning of his decision to leave the club in a meeting held at the club’s offices,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The club refer to the buy-out clause of his existing contract which as of 1 July totals 222 million euros.”

Earlier the 25-year-old arrived at the club’s training ground to tell team mates he was moving to Paris, Catalan radio RAC1 reported. The Brazilian striker left the training area minutes later, it said, with the club confirming on Twitter that he had been given permission not to train. In October, the player signed a new Barcelona contract until 2021 in which his buyout clause was raised to more than double the biggest transfer fee in soccer history.

In an interview published on Wednesday, the president of the national football league, Javier Tebas, said the league would not accept payment by PSG to trigger the release clause. It would potentially be in breach of Uefa Financial Fair Play rules, he told Spanish sports newspaper AS. However, UEFA told Reuters on Wednesday that no complaint had been received, adding that European football’s governing body would not block any potential deal in advance. “UEFA will look into the details of this transfer in due course to ensure PSG are compliant with FFP requirements,” the UEFA statement said. “The transfer of Neymar to PSG will have

Barcelona’s Neymar in action

an effect on the club finances over several years but the impact of such an operation cannot be judged in advance, notably as PSG could well sell several players for a significant amount.

“We shall therefore only make calculations at the end and make sure that they respect the rules.” PSG are one of the world’s richest clubs following their 2012 takeover by Qatar Sports Investments, an arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which has transformed their fortunes.

Under the fair play rules - which Andrea Traverso, Uefa’s FFP project leader, was last week quoted by Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport as saying PSG were currently following - a club’s wage bill must not exceed 70 percent of its revenue. PSG’s 2015/16 revenue came to 521 million euros, according to Deloitte’s Football Money League report issued in January. 550,000 EUROS A WEEK? Media sources across Europe reported that Neymar will now head to Paris to continue negotiations on a potential six-year deal worth more than 550,000 euros a week. The striker only arrived back in Spain on Tuesday after trips to China and the Middle East.

Neymar has been active on social media, sharing an excerpt from the New Testament (Philippians 4:11) on Instagram which said “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content ...whether living in plenty or in want.” A PSG spokesman declined to comment. Neymar signed for Barcelona from Brazilian side Santos for 57.1 million euros in 2013, although it was later revealed the cost was closer to 100 million euros. (rtr)

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

CFA official explains challenge of keeping up with growth

AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 file photo, former President of the Spanish Football Federation Angel Maria Villar, right, is lead by Spanish Civil Guard policeman to enter the Federation headquarters during an anti-corruption operation in Las Rozas, outside Madrid.

KUALA LUMPUR- Chinese Football Association (CFA) vice president Zhang Jian says the country’s football authorities are fighting to keep pace with the rapid growth of the club game in China. The Chinese Super League has undergone massive growth over the last three years, with transfer fees and wages sky-rocketing as the battle for domestic and regional supremacy has intensified among wealthy owners.

But while the local governing body has sought to keep the rampant spending under control, FIFA Council member Zhang believes his organisation has found it a challenge to stay ahead following major reforms within the CFA last year.

“We’re in the first stage of our professional football development and more and more money is coming into the market and that makes the league very competitive and a lot of people are watching the matches,” Zhang told Reuters. “The Chinese professional league has only 20 years’ history so, compared with Europe, where they have played for more than a hundred years, we’re a very young league.

“But we’re developing very fast and the central government is now very focused on football. The football league is very hot, but our regulations and our administration must fit the league. “We are facing some challenges. The first challenge is because of the fast improvement the clubs are making, they are developing very fast but the situation is that the CFA has only just reformed and has a new policy direction.

“In the old system, when the CFA published some policies everyone would follow but now because the league is growing we are trying to make a new system... now the CFA and clubs are trying to make sure everything fits for the new model.”

Spending by Chinese clubs has been rampant with the Asian transfer fee record broken three times over an 18-month period before new measures implemented on the eve of the summer transfer window appeared to temporarily cool the market. The CFA has also sought to reduce the number of foreigners clubs are allowed to field in an attempt to safeguard at least one place in starting line-ups for local players under the age of 23.

The moves are being made in an attempt to kick-start development that will ultimately improve the fortunes of a national team which continues to struggle to make an impact. “At this moment, the level of Chinese football is caused by the mistakes we made in the last 10 or 20 years,” Zhang added.

“So no one knows how long it will take to fix, maybe it will be 20 years later.

“In England or Germany, when their teams underperform their FAs need 20 years to put a development plan in place and it’s the same for China. We can’t say we will do something and then the team will reach a high level in three or five years. “We must plan to reach the top level in Asia by 2030, so we still have more than 10 years to do that and we need patience. Without patience we can’t be successful.” (rtr)

Spanish football federation president leaves prison on bail MADRID — The suspended president of the Spanish football federation and his son have left a Madrid prison a day after being granted bail.

Angel Maria Villar and his son Gorka Villar left the Soto de Real prison on Tuesday. They had spent 12 days in custody since a court sent them to prison while investigators continued their probe into alleged corruption.

Angel Maria Villar told journalists that he wanted “to thank all those who had privately and publicly believed in me, in Mr. Juan Padron, and my son.”

“They have defended us both in public and private,” Villar said in his first statement since being arrested on July 18.

Judge Santiago Pedraz granted them and another soccer official bail on Monday after having initially denied them bail on July 20 citing flight risks.

Judge Pedraz set bail for Angel Maria Villar and suspended fed-

eration vice president Juan Padron at 300,000 euros ($350,000), and for Gorka Villar at 150,000 euros ($175,000). The judge also confiscated their passports and ordered that the three suspects make weekly appearances at the court and provide a phone number to reach them at all times.

A fourth suspect, Ramon Hernandez, had already been granted and paid a bail of 100,000 euros ($117,000).

A state prosecutor has accused the four of improper management, misappropriation of funds, corruption and falsifying documents.

Villar, who has run the Spanish federation since 1988, was suspended from the presidency for one year last week by Spain’s top sports authority. He also quit as a vice president of both FIFA and UEFA. The state prosecutor suspects Villar of misappropriating private and public funds received by the federation since 2009. (ap)

REUTERS/Michael Sohn/Pool

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose with players before a soccer match between the U12 teams of Germany and China in Berlin, Germany, July 5, 2017.

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NBC moving studio show to England for Premier League openers NEW YORK — NBC is moving its Premier League studio show to England for the season openers for the first time.

The network said Wednesday that Rebecca Lowe will host broadcasts on site from Aug. 11-13 with a rotating group of the network’s analysts and commentators.

The Premier League season opens on a Friday night for the first time on Aug. 11 when Arsenal hosts Leicester, a match called by Arlo White and Kyle Martino.

Brighton, in the top division for the first time since 1982-83, hosts Manchester City on Saturday, with White and Robbie Earle commentating. The weekend concludes with Manchester United hosting West Ham on Sunday, with White and Robbie Mustoe the broadcasters.

Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux, who are White’s usual broadcast partners, will be part of pitch-side and studio coverage for about 21 hours of on-site broadcasts. The network gains extra access to players and managers when it moves its coverage to the stadiums.

“It has that feeling of let’s just get going. Everyone’s in a great mood because no one got injured yet. There’s been nothing negative yet,” Lowe said. “There’s always so much hope at the start of the season.”

NBC made road trips from its studio in Stamford, Connecticut, in each of the last three Aprils. “It will certainly kick off this season in a bit different way than the last four,” Lowe said. “It certainly does add that closeness, that proximity.” (ap)

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Sp rt Neymar tells Barcelona he is leaving - club

MADRID - Neymar’s record-breaking 222 million euros ($263 million) transfer to French side Paris Saint-Germain moved a step closer on Wednesday when Barcelona said he had informed them of his intention to leave. His move to PSG has been heavily flagged in European media but has yet to be completed.

“The player Neymar Jr, accompanied by his father and agent, has informed FC Barcelona this morning of his decision to leave the club in a meeting held at the club’s offices,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The club refer to the buy-out clause of his existing contract which as of 1 July totals 222 million euros.”

Earlier the 25-year-old arrived at the club’s training ground to tell team mates he was moving to Paris, Catalan radio RAC1 reported. The Brazilian striker left the training area minutes later, it said, with the club confirming on Twitter that he had been given permission not to train. In October, the player signed a new Barcelona contract until 2021 in which his buyout clause was raised to more than double the biggest transfer fee in soccer history.

In an interview published on Wednesday, the president of the national football league, Javier Tebas, said the league would not accept payment by PSG to trigger the release clause. It would potentially be in breach of Uefa Financial Fair Play rules, he told Spanish sports newspaper AS. However, UEFA told Reuters on Wednesday that no complaint had been received, adding that European football’s governing body would not block any potential deal in advance. “UEFA will look into the details of this transfer in due course to ensure PSG are compliant with FFP requirements,” the UEFA statement said. “The transfer of Neymar to PSG will have

Barcelona’s Neymar in action

an effect on the club finances over several years but the impact of such an operation cannot be judged in advance, notably as PSG could well sell several players for a significant amount.

“We shall therefore only make calculations at the end and make sure that they respect the rules.” PSG are one of the world’s richest clubs following their 2012 takeover by Qatar Sports Investments, an arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which has transformed their fortunes.

Under the fair play rules - which Andrea Traverso, Uefa’s FFP project leader, was last week quoted by Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport as saying PSG were currently following - a club’s wage bill must not exceed 70 percent of its revenue. PSG’s 2015/16 revenue came to 521 million euros, according to Deloitte’s Football Money League report issued in January. 550,000 EUROS A WEEK? Media sources across Europe reported that Neymar will now head to Paris to continue negotiations on a potential six-year deal worth more than 550,000 euros a week. The striker only arrived back in Spain on Tuesday after trips to China and the Middle East.

Neymar has been active on social media, sharing an excerpt from the New Testament (Philippians 4:11) on Instagram which said “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content ...whether living in plenty or in want.” A PSG spokesman declined to comment. Neymar signed for Barcelona from Brazilian side Santos for 57.1 million euros in 2013, although it was later revealed the cost was closer to 100 million euros. (rtr)

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

CFA official explains challenge of keeping up with growth

AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 file photo, former President of the Spanish Football Federation Angel Maria Villar, right, is lead by Spanish Civil Guard policeman to enter the Federation headquarters during an anti-corruption operation in Las Rozas, outside Madrid.

KUALA LUMPUR- Chinese Football Association (CFA) vice president Zhang Jian says the country’s football authorities are fighting to keep pace with the rapid growth of the club game in China. The Chinese Super League has undergone massive growth over the last three years, with transfer fees and wages sky-rocketing as the battle for domestic and regional supremacy has intensified among wealthy owners.

But while the local governing body has sought to keep the rampant spending under control, FIFA Council member Zhang believes his organisation has found it a challenge to stay ahead following major reforms within the CFA last year.

“We’re in the first stage of our professional football development and more and more money is coming into the market and that makes the league very competitive and a lot of people are watching the matches,” Zhang told Reuters. “The Chinese professional league has only 20 years’ history so, compared with Europe, where they have played for more than a hundred years, we’re a very young league.

“But we’re developing very fast and the central government is now very focused on football. The football league is very hot, but our regulations and our administration must fit the league. “We are facing some challenges. The first challenge is because of the fast improvement the clubs are making, they are developing very fast but the situation is that the CFA has only just reformed and has a new policy direction.

“In the old system, when the CFA published some policies everyone would follow but now because the league is growing we are trying to make a new system... now the CFA and clubs are trying to make sure everything fits for the new model.”

Spending by Chinese clubs has been rampant with the Asian transfer fee record broken three times over an 18-month period before new measures implemented on the eve of the summer transfer window appeared to temporarily cool the market. The CFA has also sought to reduce the number of foreigners clubs are allowed to field in an attempt to safeguard at least one place in starting line-ups for local players under the age of 23.

The moves are being made in an attempt to kick-start development that will ultimately improve the fortunes of a national team which continues to struggle to make an impact. “At this moment, the level of Chinese football is caused by the mistakes we made in the last 10 or 20 years,” Zhang added.

“So no one knows how long it will take to fix, maybe it will be 20 years later.

“In England or Germany, when their teams underperform their FAs need 20 years to put a development plan in place and it’s the same for China. We can’t say we will do something and then the team will reach a high level in three or five years. “We must plan to reach the top level in Asia by 2030, so we still have more than 10 years to do that and we need patience. Without patience we can’t be successful.” (rtr)

Spanish football federation president leaves prison on bail MADRID — The suspended president of the Spanish football federation and his son have left a Madrid prison a day after being granted bail.

Angel Maria Villar and his son Gorka Villar left the Soto de Real prison on Tuesday. They had spent 12 days in custody since a court sent them to prison while investigators continued their probe into alleged corruption.

Angel Maria Villar told journalists that he wanted “to thank all those who had privately and publicly believed in me, in Mr. Juan Padron, and my son.”

“They have defended us both in public and private,” Villar said in his first statement since being arrested on July 18.

Judge Santiago Pedraz granted them and another soccer official bail on Monday after having initially denied them bail on July 20 citing flight risks.

Judge Pedraz set bail for Angel Maria Villar and suspended fed-

eration vice president Juan Padron at 300,000 euros ($350,000), and for Gorka Villar at 150,000 euros ($175,000). The judge also confiscated their passports and ordered that the three suspects make weekly appearances at the court and provide a phone number to reach them at all times.

A fourth suspect, Ramon Hernandez, had already been granted and paid a bail of 100,000 euros ($117,000).

A state prosecutor has accused the four of improper management, misappropriation of funds, corruption and falsifying documents.

Villar, who has run the Spanish federation since 1988, was suspended from the presidency for one year last week by Spain’s top sports authority. He also quit as a vice president of both FIFA and UEFA. The state prosecutor suspects Villar of misappropriating private and public funds received by the federation since 2009. (ap)

REUTERS/Michael Sohn/Pool

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose with players before a soccer match between the U12 teams of Germany and China in Berlin, Germany, July 5, 2017.

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NBC moving studio show to England for Premier League openers NEW YORK — NBC is moving its Premier League studio show to England for the season openers for the first time.

The network said Wednesday that Rebecca Lowe will host broadcasts on site from Aug. 11-13 with a rotating group of the network’s analysts and commentators.

The Premier League season opens on a Friday night for the first time on Aug. 11 when Arsenal hosts Leicester, a match called by Arlo White and Kyle Martino.

Brighton, in the top division for the first time since 1982-83, hosts Manchester City on Saturday, with White and Robbie Earle commentating. The weekend concludes with Manchester United hosting West Ham on Sunday, with White and Robbie Mustoe the broadcasters.

Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux, who are White’s usual broadcast partners, will be part of pitch-side and studio coverage for about 21 hours of on-site broadcasts. The network gains extra access to players and managers when it moves its coverage to the stadiums.

“It has that feeling of let’s just get going. Everyone’s in a great mood because no one got injured yet. There’s been nothing negative yet,” Lowe said. “There’s always so much hope at the start of the season.”

NBC made road trips from its studio in Stamford, Connecticut, in each of the last three Aprils. “It will certainly kick off this season in a bit different way than the last four,” Lowe said. “It certainly does add that closeness, that proximity.” (ap)

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Bolt ready to race, and really ready to retire

LONDON - Just in the unlikely case that the world of athletics did not know what they will be missing once Usain Bolt walks away in less than two weeks, the Jamaican superstar’s final eve-of-race news conference rammed home the message on Tuesday.

These events have become part and parcel of every global championship and though Tuesday’s version in east London lacked the dancing girl razzmatazz of his Rio welcome last year, it scored heavily on nostalgia as every aspect of his stellar career was raked over anew. As always, journalists and TV crews, around 400 of them, from every corner of the world packed every available space and strained their arms in desperation to get their question answered by the great man, who playfully castigated one half of the auditorium for not giving him an enthusiastic enough welcome.

Bolt is an old hand of course and rolled out all the familiar answers, but always with grace. His proudest moment was winning the world junior title on home soil as a 15-year-old while his most satisfying performance was his 200 metres world record run in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he poured

Sadha Kapal Temple A Beautiful decorative carving temple MANGUPURA - Sada temple is well known for its detail and neat carving. This temple has a background of Majapahit kingdom. Formerly, this temple was intended as a place of the staying of Ratu Jayengrat. that is a nobleman who is told to sail from Majapahit and then ran aground on a rock stone at Kapal village when the wave tide entered until the

area or village.

The most important temple in the area of Kapal to the north of Denpasar is Pura Sada. The temple was destroyed by an earthquake in 1917 and it wasn’t until the 1950s that the original building was restored. The temple was in fact an old dynastic sanctuary for the Royal family of Mengwi and its origins are in the Majapahit period. Pura Sada is the oldest of the Mengwi state shrines and predates Pura Taman Ayun. Pura Sada is dedicated to the Hindu Trinity of Bhrahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

The Candi Bentar, or split gateway entrance to the temple, is constructed in a similar fashion of Javanese Candi’s, as is the 16 metre-high tower inside the temple courtyard. It is interesting to note that the only true remaining ancient remnants are the actual finely carved and decorated Candi Bentar, and the kala head.

There are a few other stone sculptures in the same era.

There are 54 stone seats in the temple grounds are commemorations to warriors who died in battle; each has an undecipherable inscription. (IBP/net)

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all his concentration into getting the mark he had always wanted, having earlier danced over the line when winning the 100m. He explained how his motivation to keep putting his body through such a punishing regime was renewed each year by resetting his goals - with one often created for him by a casually “disrespectful” remark from one of his opponents.

His target in London is clear – to sign off with a fourth 100m title and a fifth 4x100m relay gold – taking his world haul to 13 to add to his eight Olympic golds - and then head off to play football with his friends and have fun.

“I’m ready,” he said. “If I show up at a championships you know I’m fully confident and ready to go.

“I ran 9.95 in Monaco so it shows I’m going in the right direction. Going through the rounds always helps me and it’s then about who can keep their nerve. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt during the press conference

Federer to launch hardcourt campaign in Montreal

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer speaks next to the Men’s Single’s tennis trophy he won on Sunday during a photo call at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England, Monday July 17, 2017. Federer’s eighth Wimbledon title pushed him back up to No.3 in the ATP rankings.

MONTREAL - Grand slam king Roger Federer will kick off his North American hardcourt campaign and buildup to the U.S. Open by competing at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the Swiss confirmed on Tuesday.

“I’m happy to be coming back to Montreal, as I have not had the chance to play there for many years,” said Federer in a statement released by Tennis Canada.

“This 2017 season has been very exciting and I am really looking forward to being back on the court on the ATP Tour.”

Federer will be seeking his third Rogers Cup title but first in Montreal, where he has not competed since 2011 in the tournament that alternates between Montreal and Toronto, where he registered his previous wins in 2004 and 2006.

It has been a magical season for the 35-year-old Swiss highlighted by the 18th and 19th grand slam titles of his career at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, extending his all-time men’s record haul.

“We are celebrating today and the celebrations will continue over the next few days especially since Federer will celebrate his birthday with us on August 8,” said tournament director Eugene Lapierre.

The Rogers Cup runs from Aug 6-13. (rtr)

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Venezuelan vote data casts doubt on turnout at Sunday poll

CARACAS - Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela’s controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day.

The election of the legislative super-body has been decried by critics as illegitimate and designed to give the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro powers to rewrite the constitution and sideline the oppositionled congress.

In response to the vote, the U.S. government slapped sanctions on Maduro on Monday, calling him a dictator for “seizing absolute power.”

The low turnout would be a major indictment of Maduro, especially after the opposition last month held its own unofficial vote in which it said more than 7.5 million voted against the government’s controversial assembly.

The documents, which break the data down into Venezuela’s 14,515 polling centers, show that 3,720,465 people had voted by 5.30 p.m.

“Although it’s possible to have a late push at the end of the day, and the Socialist Party has tried to do that in the past, to double the vote in the last hour and a half would be without precedent,” said Jennifer McCoy, a political scientist who led several election observation missions to Venezuela for the Atlantabased Carter Center.

The electoral council extended voting to 7 p.m. but some centers are thought to have stayed open longer.

Venezuelan authorities did not respond to a request for comment on the voting data.

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Venezuela is undergoing a major crisis, with millions suffering food shortages, soaring inflation and months of anti-government unrest, making it more unlikely that such a positive turnout was obtained by the government.

Authorities had heavily pressured state workers to vote, even threatening them with dismissal if they failed to do so. Several workers received phone calls from bosses or colleagues late in the day pushing them to vote.

And electoral experts took issue with the vote process, which they say was riddled with irregularities. Many, including a member of the electoral council, questioned the count.

“For the first time since I took up this commitment to the country, I cannot guarantee the consistency or veracity of the results offered,” said Luis Rondon, one of five directors of the electoral council in a statement on social media.

The country’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, long an ally of the government, also cast doubt on the figures.

“I’m absolutely sure that those numbers are not correct,” she said on Monday. “What they announced was a mockery of the people.”

Opposition leaders, who boycotted the vote, say there was outright fraud. They estimated only around 2.5 million people voted, while investment firm Torino Capital puts the figure at 3.6 million based on exit polls.

The opposition has long complained that the electoral council allows unfair use of state resources in favor of the ruling Socialist Party and have in recent years questioned results.

Nearly five months of demonstrations failed to stop Maduro carrying out the weekend election and the opposition is now looking to the military to see if it will pressure Maduro to enact its demands, which include presidential elections. (rtr)

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Opposition students march next to national guards during a march against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, February 12, 2015. Venezuelan troops blocked students during marches against President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday as pro-government supporters also rallied on the anniversary of 2014 protests that led to 43 deaths.

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North Korea has vowed to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States and U.S. officials said the latest test had shown it may now be able to reach most of the country.

Tillerson repeated calls for North Korea’s neighbor and ally China, which has urged a resumption of talks with Pyongyang, to use its influence to create the conditions for “productive dialogue.” He said other options were “not particularly attractive.”

President Donald Trump’s administration has said all options are on the table in dealing with North Korea, including military ones. However, given the potential for massive casualties from North Korean retaliation in allied South Korea and Japan and among U.S.

troops there, it has stressed the need for a diplomatic solution.

Earlier on Tuesday, a leading Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, said Trump had told him he was willing to go to war with North Korea “if they continued to try to hit America with an ICBM.” “He’s told me that. I believe him.

If I were China, I would believe him, too, and do something about it. You can stop North Korea, militarily or diplomatically,” he said on NBC’s “Today Show.”

“There is a military option: To destroy North Korea’s program and North Korea itself,” Graham said.

“I prefer the diplomatic approach.

But they will not be allowed to have a missile to hit America with a nuclear weapon on top.” Asked about Graham’s remarks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders reiterated that the administration was “keeping all options on the table.” (rtr)

WASHINGTON - The United States will waive environmental rules so extra barriers can be built to bar illegal immigrants from crossing the border with Mexico near San Diego, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.

The projects, on about 15 miles (24 km) of the frontier extending east from the Pacific Ocean, are part of President Donald Trump’s planned wall between the United States and Mexico.

The wall was a centerpiece of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign but Democrats and many Republicans have questioned its effectiveness. Immigration advocacy groups argue it would not stem illegal border crossings.

Government estimates put the cost of the wall at about $21 billion and Trump has said that Mexico will eventually pay for it. Mexico has refused to pay.

The DHS said the area near San Diego is one of the busiest U.S. border sections with a high volume of illegal entries and that there was an immediate need to improve the infrastructure.

Environmental impact studies generally are required under federal law for building on public lands.

While the waiver will eliminate a study, the department said it will remain mindful of cultural and environmental impacts.

Roads, lights, cameras and sensors will be installed in addition to extra barriers, the department said.

The project’s start date was not immediately known and the DHS statement did not mention the cost.

The DHS statement said Border Patrol agents arrested more than

31,000 “illegal aliens” and seized more than 9,000 pounds (4,000 kg) of marijuana and 1,317 pounds (597 kg) of cocaine in the San Diego area last year.

According to a memo published by the Congressional Research Service in January and seen by Reuters, a 2005 law gives Homeland Security broad authority to waive any law that could impede expeditious construction of barriers and roads.

The memo was sent to members of Congress who questioned the feasibility of building a southern border wall.

The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a $68 billion increase in military spending next year with legislation that also provided funds for the border wall.

American Oversight, a watchdog group that has sued the Trump administration on a range of issues, said the DHS statement was a disturbing sign that Trump will “barrel ahead” with building the wall, no matter the cost to taxpayers or the environment.

“Given the widespread skepticism towards the effectiveness of the border wall by leaders in both parties ... effective safeguards are more important than ever,” American Oversight’s executive director, Austin Evers, said in a statement.

Trump’s 2018 budget proposal also calls for 32 miles (51 km) of new wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, where the 2,000-acre Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is located. That has worried environmental activists, who note the refuge is home to 400 bird species and a dwindling population of federally protected ocelots. (rtr)

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Indonesia to be free of rubella by 2020: President Jokowi YOGYAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his hope that Indonesia would be free of rubella and measles by 2020.

“I fully support the national campaign on immunization to protect the children from measles and rubella,” the Head of State said, when launching a national campaign on Measles and Rubella Immunization in a function held in Islamic Junior High School 10 in Sleman, here on Tuesday.

The function was also attended

by First Lady Iriana, Coordinating Minister for Culture and Human Development Puan Maharani, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, Special Presidential Staff Staff Johan Budi SP, Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubowono X, and Sleman District Head Sri Purnomo.

According to him, immunization is crucial for childrens health as it could prevent deadly diseases.

“That is the responsibility of parents and also the state,” he noted.

In Indonesia, less than one percent of children have received measles and rubella immunization, while ideally it should be more than 95

percent, he noted.

The government has a strong commitment to eliminate measles and control rubella and to make the country free of measles and rubella by 2020, he remarked.

As a strategy, the government will provide immunization to children between nine months old and 15 years old.

Under the Global Vaccine Action Plan, measles and rubella are targeted for elimination in five WHO Regions by 2020. WHO is the lead technical agency responsible for coordination of immunization and surveillance activities supporting all countries to achieve this goal.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. It remains an important cause of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine.

Measles is transmitted via droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of infected persons. Initial symptoms, which usually appear 10 to 12 days after infection, include high fever, a runny nose, bloodshot eyes, and tiny white spots on the inside of the mouth. (ant)

Fidelis Sudewarto during his trial.

Indonesia jails man who grew marijuana to treat cancerstricken wife

JAKARTA - An Indonesian court on Borneo island jailed a man on Wednesday for eight months after he grew medicinal marijuana to help ease the suffering of his cancer-stricken wife, who died shortly after his arrest, his lawyer said.

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Volcanic ash is seen following an eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano, in Beganding Village, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia August 2, 2017.

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Indonesia, which has drug laws that are among the world’s strictest, has been jailing a record number of users and dealers because of what the government says is a drugs emergency facing the country.

The hardline approach to drugs is broadly popular in the Southeast Asian country, but the story of Fidelis Arie Sudewarto has stirred the sympathy and outrage of rights activists.

The Sanggau district court in West Kalimantan province jailed Sudewarto for eight months and fined him 1 billion rupiah ($75,000), his lawyer Marcelina Lin said by telephone from the court. The term was longer than the five months sought by the prosecution.

According to his lawyer, the court had found that Sudewarto did not have a permit to use marijuana and had supplied it to another person, although he said the judge accepted that he was not a user or a dealer.

Lin said his client, a father of two, had cried on

hearing the verdict and was still considering whether to appeal. He is now being held in the Sanggau Correctional Institute.

The sister of the convicted man, Yohana, also said the family was still weighing up whether he should appeal. “Because any decision won’t make his wife come back,” she said in a telephone text message.

Rights groups and legal activists condemned the verdict.

“Fidelis might have committed a crime in planting those marijuana bushes but it was done in an emergency situation,” said Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch.

“He did that planting for his love of his wife. He should not be jailed for loving his wife,” said Harsono.

The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) also called for all charges to be dropped.

“This case should open the government’s eyes, especially those of the president whose statements about the war on drugs...have resulted in Fidelis becoming one of the victims.”

President Joko Widodo recently told law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with the narcotics emergency in Indonesia. Widodo has also been criticised by rights groups and some foreign governments for ordering the executions of convicted drug traffickers. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Myanmar shuffles energy, finance officials amid slowing growth

YANGON - Myanmar has replaced its minister for energy, state media reported on Wednesday, as Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration looks to address concerns that the enactment of vital reforms has been slow since she took power last year.

The government also appointed a new deputy finance minister and confirmed three new central bank deputy governors this week. New foreign investment approvals have slowed since Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won a landslide election victory in late 2015, and gross domestic product growth - while still among the fastest in Asia - fell last year.

Analysts say the changes this week signal that Suu Kyi, who had prioritised sealing a peace deal with the country’s myriad armed groups ahead of economic reforms, is aware of growing frustration with her government’s management of the economy.

Outgoing Minister of Electricity and Energy Pe Zin Tun will be replaced by Win Khaing, who takes the role in addition to heading the Ministry of Construction, according to an official announcement carried by state media on Wednesday. The government inherited a power crisis, with major cities experiencing regular blackouts and only a third of the country’s 53 million or so people connected to the grid. Pe Zin Tun was a civil servant who had been retained from the previous quasi-civilian government.

“There has been a lack of overall direction and movement in Myanmar’s energy and power sectors over the last year,” said Jeremy Mullins, research director at Yangon-based consulting firm

Myanmar Energy Monitor.

Decisions were needed on a number of large-scale energy projects - including the sensitive Chinese-backed Myitsone dam while hefty electricity subsidies need to be culled, he said. “Investors have been frustrated by slow processes and conflicting signals, and in the meantime the country’s poor electricity situation has not improved much,” he added. The new role for Win Khaing reflected Suu Kyi’s “focus on electricity and roads as drivers of growth and jobs”, said Yangon-based analyst Richard Horsey.

“ECONOMY STABILISED” On Tuesday, state media also announced the appointment of new Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance Set Aung, a foreign-trained economist and central banker who held the same role in 201213. Investors and diplomats have told Reuters they privately urged Suu Kyi to make more sweeping changes to her economic team. The

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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of Martyrs’ Day at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum dedicated to the fallen independence heroes, including her father General Aung San, in Yangon, Myanmar July 19, 2017. personnel changes this week, however, “suggest a continuation of the government’s current approach”, said Horsey.

Planning and Finance Minister Kyaw Win - who has not won the confidence of investors - remains in place, as does the central bank governor, another holdover from the previous military-backed gov-

ernment.

Suu Kyi’s office issued a statement on Friday to mark a year since her administration announced its economic plan - a three-page document widely criticised as lacking specifics. The statement said the new government had “stabilised” the economy and that GDP growth was “around 7 percent annually”,

but did not give specific growth forecast for the current fiscal year.

The World Bank estimates growth slowed from 7.3 percent in 2015-16 to 6.5 percent in the fiscal year that ended in March. “The government’s long-term economic plan will take time,” Kyaw Win said in the statement, “but will bring prosperity in which all can share.”(rtr)

Global stocks mostly lower ahead of US jobs data

SEOUL — Global stocks mostly turned lower on Wednesday amid reports that the U.S. is considering a move that would allow it to put tariffs on some Chinese imports.

Investors will also monitor U.S. jobs data ahead of the key payrolls report on Friday.

KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX dropped 0.2 percent to 12,227 and the CAC 40 of France edged 0.1 percent lower to 5,121. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.4 percent to 7,392. Wall Street looked set for gains with Dow futures up 0.2 percent and the S&P 500 futures up almost 0.1 percent.

CHINA TRADE: President Donald Trump’s administration may

use rarely invoked U.S. trade laws to fend off China’s demands that foreign companies share their technology in return for access to the Chinese markets, according to a person familiar with the matter. The law allows Washington to investigate China’s trade practices and raise tariffs on imports from China or impose other sanctions. The move comes as Trump’s administration appears set to adopt a harsher stance toward Beijing than it did during the initial months after the inauguration.

ECONOMIC DATA: Factory output data in China, Europe and the U.S. released this week were encouraging, while the Institute for Supply Management reported that

U.S. factory production rose again last month though at a slower pace than in June. Later Wednesday, U.S. payroll processor ADP will give its employment updates for July. But the biggest highlight will be the U.S. jobs report due Friday.

ANALYST’S COMMENT: “Tonight, investors will closely watch the ADP private payroll number to assess the health of the jobs market,” said Margaret Yang, a market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore. “A higher figure indicates rising employment and potential inflation pressure, which will increase the likelihood of rate hikes.”

IPHONE IMPACT: Apple reported Tuesday that its quarterly

earnings rose 12 percent to $8.7 billion, exceeding expectations, as demand for iPhones rose and gave an upbeat revenue forecast for the current quarter, easing concerns about production problems for the nextgeneration iPhone. Shares of Apple’s suppliers in Asia rose. Samsung Electronics Co. rose 0.8 percent and LG Display Co. jumped 1.8 percent.

Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Co., which assembles Apple’s iPhones, climbed 2.2 percent.

ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 percent to 20,080.04 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.2 percent to 2,427.63. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.2 per-

cent to 27,607.38 while the Shanghai Composite index shed 0.2 percent to 3,285.06. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 bucked the region’s trend, falling 0.5 percent to 5,744.20 as commodity prices dropped. Stocks in Southeast Asia were mostly higher.

OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 8 cents to $49.08 per barrel in electronic trading on New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract shed $1.01 on Tuesday. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 2 cent to $51.80 per barrel in London. It dropped 94 cents the day before.

CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 110.72 yen from 110.36 yen. The euro strengthened to $1.1830 from $1.1802.

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Tipat Bantal War Tools, Symbol of Male and Female

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Tradition of tipat and bantal war organized at Kapal customary village is a unique tradition because the participating people will perform activities of mutual throwing by using tipat and bantal posing one of the favorite foods for the community of Bali.

It is an expression of gratitude to God for the blessing extended in the form of abundance of fertility in the environment. However, since it is a tradition and ritual, of course, this kind of tipat-bantal war will begin with a procession of presenting oblations and so forth before implemented.

The temple priest Jero Nyoman Lidriani said that preparation ceremony will be preceded by banten pejati, byakaonan and pangulapan.

After being presented, it will be followed by Hindu people or Kapal.

After completing the presentation of offerings, it is resumed with joint prayers and matimpugan. perang tipat bantal It is commenced with jejatonan for 3 times in front of the bale agung temple or middle courtyard of the temple. Executor of the jejatonan itself is not arbitrary namely temple priest and village officials.

Sometimes, it is followed by government officials such as the regent usually presented every 2 years.

After that, it is carried out in outermost courtyard by many people

Perancak

in accordance with norms.

“Formerly, it was only carried out in front of the bale agung pavilion. Since the current pilgrims are consisting of more people the pavilion is worried to get damaged.

Thus, the activities are continued in the outermost temple courtyard and only the jejatonan is still held in the bale agung,” he said.

Furthermore, he said that before starting matimpugan, all the pilgrims put soda offerings pursuant to their affordability and must contain tipat sirikan (rice bag) and six pieces of bantal fresh cake. The rice bag is placed in the temple while the bantal can be brought back home.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Ketut Sudarsana where the rice bag is incised transverse in the middle as a symbol of female genital or Pradhana while the bantal snack itself is a symbol of male genital or Purusa.

Encounter of both elements will produce or bring up the seeds of life. In this case, it symbolizes the emergence and fertility for the seeds of food sources of society.

Perancak Village is located in southern Jembrana approximately 10 km from the town of Negara. This beach side village is home to farmers and fishermen and Perancak Beach is an ideal place to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the Indian Ocean especially as the sun sets behind the shadow of the eastern tip of the island of Java. Perancak village offers many tourist attractions such as a turtle husbandry center, a tourism park, a motor cross arena, a mangrove forest and fishermen’s activities with their boats. This village is also known as the entrance point of Hindu influence from Java to Bali, as the presence Gede Perancak Temple indicates.

This temple is one of Bali’s Dang Kahyangan Temples and references the spiritual journey of Danghyang Nirartha, a Hindu Priest from Java.

Around the village, there are also other Hindu Temples, and places of religious historical remains. Perancak Village -with its nature resources, art and culture and ease of access, attracts many tourists who can find accomodations in villas and hotels.(kmb)

Besides, both entities symbolize the sea and mountains.

In the procession held at the outermost courtyard of the local temple, all the pilgrims that will throw rice bag are positioned in the south because it is a symbol of male or sea while in the north is the area

of ??the pitch throwing group as the symbol of Purusa or mountains believed to be in the north. Then, even though there is impression of throwing each other to each participant, it will be attempted that tipat and bantal will hit each other in the air because it is the most important

point of the tradition.

“After finishes, it is ended with a joint prayer while for the remnants scattered will be collected and then distributed to residents and made into fertilizer for their respective paddy field. It is believed to increase fertility,” he added. (kmb)

Foreigners take part in Mejaya-Jaya Ritual

Foreign travelers learning yoga at Shanti Toya Ashram in Penarungan village, Mengwi, Badung, were invited to start their program with a mejaya-jaya ritual. They took part in a melukat (purificatory rite) and cleansed themselves physically and psychically through a ceremony officiated over by Ida Panditha Mpu Putra Yoga Parama Dhaksa, at Geria Agung Batur Sari, Mengwi, on Friday (Jan. 6).

A total of 15 foreigners from various countries including the Philippines, Malaysia, the USA, Korea joined in the mejaya-jaya ritual.

Even though the participants had only just met, there was a familiar atmosphere as if everyone was part of one big family. Some of the them had visited Bali many times before, others were here for the first time and they all followed the the mejaya-jaya ritual piously.

Pradnya Wati, founder and owner of Shanti Toya Ashram, yoga teacher at Fivelements and yoga assistant at Gokul Yoga Bali, said the mejaya-jaya is obligatory for anyone who studies yoga at Shanti Toya Ashram. All the participants in this program will become yoga trainers who will be able to guide those wishing to practice yoga. “The ritual is intended to expedite the process of learning yoga”, said Pradnya while added that he also enjoys sharing yoga online at www.shantiretreatsbali.org

and www.gokulyogabali.com.

By following the ritual, explained Pradnya Wati, the material studied in the yoga program will be easier to follow, absorb and practice.

“Before learning yoga, all the participants must follow the purification rite and cleansing. This is our belief at Shanti Toya Ashram, The following day, the students start their three week yoga program” she said.

Ida Panditha Mpu Putra Yoga Parama Dhaksa said that the purification rite is meant to cleanse one’s karma through mantras and that for those who believe, it is very effective. “Hopefully, what needs to be learned will be absorbed easily and quickly by the participants. If you trust the teacher, you can surely learn the lessons quickly”, she added. (kmb)

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Organic farming in Subak Kana, Panglan

Organic farming in Subak Kana

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Baby plans, not policy, first hurdle for New Zealand Labour’s new female leader

Projected to be education tourism area

GIANYAR — Public awareness on the importance of applying a healthy lifestyle especially by consuming organic food gradually increases. This opportunity is then taken advantage by a number of residents of Panglan hamlet, Pejeng, Tampaksiring. In the Subak Kana area, at local hamlet, a number of residents coalesced into the Bali Organic Mai Garden (KMOB) develop organic farming synergized with tourism sector.

Founder and Chairman of the KMOB, I Made Kamardiyana, said on Tuesday (Aug. 1) that it was established to exploit the opportunities of organic agriculture sector and meet the wishes of local communities, especially farmers to manage organic farming. It is also a form of support to the program of the Pejeng village government in making the Subak Kana area into a center for organic farming, agricultural and environmental learning and educational tourism area.

According to him, the Subak Kana area, near the Ubud tourism area, is located at the village retaining many archaeological sites and offering a beautiful panorama so that tourism development opportunities are widely open. At the KMOB, he develops horticultural crops in the form of vegetables and fruits at four points across the area of 1.18 hectares of the total area of 6 hectares owned by Subak Kana.

Each point has its own theme.

A number of agricultural activities can be undertaken by tourists at the KMOB. For example, they can make compost, plant crops, do seedling, harvest to attend cooking class of Balinese traditional cuisines made from organic plants they pick themselves. In essence, tourists are invited to observe and experience the life of rural communities in the agricultural sector.

Kamardiyana further explained the organic farming and educational tourism in Subak Kana area still needs a lot of improvement. In terms of facilities, this area still requires a number of supporting facilities.

His party cannot build them at once as constrained by capital.

“So far, the facilities available include toilet, kitchen and gazebo.

We are planning to build a traditional house for tourist accommodation. For the time being, we are preparing camping ground and tents for tourists wishing to stay,” said the man who has received a national certificate as Organic Plant Agriculture Facilitator.

On the other hand, he also faces external constraints such as land quality. To switch to organic farming is not easy. Agricultural land having been contaminated with chemicals requires a handling and long enough time to be used for an organic farming land. Another challenge is the increasingly rampant land conversion. This hamlet chief of Panglan also mentioned that few investors have an interest in the local subak area for construction of tourist accommodation and residential areas.

“Another problem is that our derivative product such as juice, syrup and rosella tea is still difficult to get absorbed in the market because many people still do not know about the benefits of organic products.

Nevertheless, we still gradually try to open by following the events of organic farming. Obviously, the obstacle faced in the development of organic farming and educational tourism is how to change of people’s mindset related to the environment,” he explained. (kmb25)

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WELLINGTON - New Zealand’s charismatic new Labour leader, who took over in a desperate gamble to revive her struggling party seven weeks out from an election, spent her first 24 hours in the job fielding questions about babies rather than her policy plans.

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The measles cases to junior high and high school students probably happened as they were not given booster of measles vaccine at the age of 1.5 years

Bali not yet free from measles and rubella

MR vaccination in Bali to start in 2018

DENPASAR — Bali has not been free from measles and rubella virus infection. Measles disease still attacks toddlers. Moreover, currently the measles also affect junior high and high school children. The last case emerged at the end of 2016 in Nusa Penida where some residents were attacked by measles and rubella. In 2016, out of the 144 cases, 46 were declared positive to measles. In the same year with the same number of cases, 27 people were declared positive to get infected by rubella, while in 2017 of the 385 cases, 34 cases were declared positive to measles and 15 positive to rubella.

This was disclosed by Section Head of Surveillance and Immunization, the Bali Health Agency, I Gusti Ayu Raka Susanti, on Monday (Aug. 1). “Currently, it does not only happen to students of elementary school but also to junior and senior high school. Some of them were attacked by measles and rubella,” she said. Therefore, the government again promoted the administration of measles and rubella vaccination.

This time, the newly administered vaccine is a combination of measles and rubella known as measles-rubella (MR). Previously, a child was given a vaccine at the age of 9 months and then repeated (booster) at the age of 1.5 years.

However, in this MR vaccination program, children aged 9 months to 15 years are given one injection, disregarding previous immunization status.

The measles cases to junior high and high school students probably happened as they were not given booster of measles vaccine at the age of 1.5 years (under 2 years).

“Possibly, they were not vaccinated at the age of 1.5 years, so their immunity is weak. Thus, it should be given twice. However, the impact

is not too visible because it can get once,” he said.

MR vaccination program for the first period will be conducted in Java Island while in Bali will be organized in August 2018.

According to a pediatrician from Infectious Diseases and Tropical Disease Division of Sanglah Hospital, I Wayan Gustawan, the measles and rubella vaccination program is re-enforced because the measles and rubella cases until now still exist. In addition, the vaccination coverage has not been evenly distributed throughout Indonesia, especially outside Java and Bali so that the cases remain a lot.

Especially for rubella, it is still being carried out CRS (congenital rubella syndrome) surveillance. A total of 13 hospitals across Indonesia conducted this CRS survey.

For the time being, the highest CRS case was found in East Java, while in Bali (Sanglah Hospital as location of surveillance) was found two cases during the period of January to June 2017. “This is the fourth year of the CRS survey,” he added. The symptoms of CRS are indicated by cardiac abnormalities, congenital cataracts and permanent

deafness.

As a result of suffering measles, children may experience complications of cerebral inflammation, pneumonia, diarrhea and middle ear inflammation. In the meantime, the rubella infection afflicting to children with good immunization status will not cause any symptoms and only experience mild illness.

Rubella infection will be dangerous when it comes to young pregnant women especially in the first 3 months of pregnancy. “It can cause defects in infants,” he said. So the rubella vaccination (MR) is meant to prevent young people from being infected with rubella virus during pregnancy.

Currently, the pregnant women are worried to be infected by rubella virus because its transmission is through the air. Therefore, pregnant women are advised to take a screening in the form of blood check to determine the presence of rubella virus in the blood. “Related to this rubella, if a woman has been sick because of rubella, it will be immune to the virus for life. Those who never get it will be danger because over 90 percent of their children will be defect,” he added. (kmb42)

Jacinda Ardern, 37, took over as Labour’s youngest leader on Tuesday after her predecessor quit over “disturbing” opinion poll results, leaving little time to plot a strategy to break the centre-right National Party’s decade-long hold on power.

One of the first questions Ardern, 37, faced on Tuesday night was about whether she had made a choice between having children or a career. She took it in her stride and said she had spoken before about the dilemma that many women face.

However, the question refused to go away and she clashed on Wednesday with a radio host who said New Zealanders needed to know whether she planned to have children, in the same way that companies would if they were employing a female worker.

Pointing her finger at AM Show panellist Mark Richardson, Ardern said “it is totally unacceptable in 2017 to say that women should have to answer that question in the workplace”.

“It is a woman’s decision about when they choose to have children, it should not pre-determine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities,” she said.

The controversy was at odds with New Zealand’s progressive reputa-

tion, having been the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893.

Ardern could also become New Zealand’s third female prime minister while many countries, including the United States, are yet to have their first. The issue was given added resonance by Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 U.S. presidential bid.

About a third of the members in New Zealand’s parliament in 2014 were women, putting it ahead of Australia and Britain but behind Germany and most Nordic countries, according to the global Inter Parliamentary Union.

“I don’t think we could say New Zealand is still ahead of the curve when such a small percentage of our politicians are women, both at parliament and at local government level,” said Julie Anne Genter, a member of parliament for the Green Party.

Genter also took issue with the tone of questions about Ardern’s family plans. “They’re just saying: ‘how can you do this job if you plan to have a family?’,” she said.

Figures also showed that women REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/File Photo in New Zealand lagged behind their counterparts in Britain and Australian Jacinda Ardern (C), New Zealand’s new opposition Labour leader, speaks to the press in representation on company boards. alongside members of her party after Andrew Little stepped down in Wellington, New (rtr) Zealand, August 1, 2017.

Case thrown out against former Thai PM Somchai in rare win for anti-junta camp

BANGKOK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a case against former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a rare victory for the pro-Thaksin, anti-junta movement.

Somchai, along with then-deputy prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, was accused of abuse of power over a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in 2008.

Two people died and hundreds were wounded when police used tear gas to clear anti-government “yellow shirt” protesters who had parliament in Bangkok.

“Even though there were people who were injured and killed, in that

event it was difficult for police to know that the tear gas would cause injuries and death in that manner,” the court said in a statement released after the verdict.

His opponents accused Somchai of being Thaksin’s puppet.

Thaksin, who lives abroad to avoid a jail sentence handed down for graft in 2008, was ousted in a 2006 coup but remains a major influence over Thai politics.

The Shinawatra family and their political allies are at the heart of a political conflict that has divided Thailand for more than a decade.

The crisis pits former telecommunications tycoon Thaksin, and his legions of supporters, against the Bangkok-based elite which sees

him as a threat to the old royalistmilitary establishment.

Members of the Shinawatra family have accused their opponents of political persecution.

The 2008 protest by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) group, an anti-Thaksin movement whose street action led ultimately to the 2006 coup against Thaksin, was among the worst political crises in recent Thai history.

In October that year, protesters surrounded parliament forcing Somchai to escape over a back fence after delivering a policy address.

Police dispersed protesters with volleys of tear gas. At least 400 were wounded.

Wednesday’s ruling upset for-

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Former Thai prime minister Somchai Wongsawat greets supporters as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 2, 2017. mer members of the now-defunct PAD. Some stood outside the court after the ruling and shouted: “Murder!”.

The military took power in Thailand in a 2014 coup, ousting Thaksin’s sister, prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (rtr)

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Veiled marketing: Antismoking groups slam Indonesia’s Big Tobacco

JAKARTA - Anti-smoking groups in Indonesia have slammed Big Tobacco for promoting sales by giving retailers cash rewards, shopping vouchers and even money to renovate, urging authorities to enforce advertising curbs to safeguard public health.

The country with one of the highest smoking rates in the world does have a national regulation in place to restrict cigarette advertisements, including a ban on tobacco firms promoting their products while acting as a sponsor. But it is inconsistently enforced by regional authorities.

Cigarette makers are making the most of this, tying up with small retailers and rewarding them for in-store promotion of products, the anti-smoking groups said.

By mid-2016, Philip Morris-controlled PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk (HMSP.JK), PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM.JK) and Djarum Group had partnered 513 shop-owners in four cities surrounding Jakarta, a study by the Indonesian Public Health Association (IAKMI) shows.

Cigarette companies have stepped up “veiled promotions” following a move by the Jakarta governor two years ago to ban all cigarette advertising on outdoor media, IAKMI said.

“Their grip will take root even more, and the con-

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Worried to be disciplined by municipal police

WHEN entering August, the sellers of red-and-white flag and similar goods have begun to proliferate. One of them can be found around Semarapura town, Klungkung. How is the ups and downs of this business amid the quite promising sales?

As soon as entering the town of Klungkung, you will not only go through hustles and bustles of the passing vehicles with several variations of sound. However, you will also be able to see a number of sellers offering red-and-white flags or the like. One of them is on Jalan Flamboyan. It indicates if the celebration of the Indonesia’s Independence Day has been around the corner.

The flags were hung on the branch of a tree and look waving as blown by breezes. Amid such atmosphere, the seller is seen trying to offer his products to every passing person. Agus Ahmad is the name of the seller.

This man from Bandung explained about his profession having been pursued since a few years ago as an annual agenda. The items on sale are quite varied with the prices in the range of IDR 5,000 to IDR

300,000. It depends on the size and design.

Earlier this month, the sales are still relatively quiet. Nevertheless, he remains patient while waiting for the coffers of rupiah.

He estimated that high sales will occur after August 10. “Now, it’s still lonely and next a few days the sales will usually turn crowded,” he said.

During six times of selling flags in Klungkung, he has experienced the ups and downs. He admitted to just worry about the raid by municipal police officers (Satpol PP) because they are almost spied on, especially for those peddling on sidewalk. “Indeed, it is not forbidden. But we are not allowed to sell flags in town and on sidewalk.

However, if we sell inside, our merchandise will not be seen and sold,” he added.

For a month, this burly man averagely gets net income of IDR p 2.5 million. It is beyond the cost of consumption and cigarettes.

He deliberately chooses to sell in Klungkung because of lower level of competition. “In the big city, we must compete against so many sellers,” he said. (sos)

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Lucky Strike cigarettes are seen during the manufacturing process in the British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory (BAT) in Bayreuth, southern Germany, April 30, 2014.

LONDON - Shares of major tobacco companies in the U.S. and UK slumped in heavy volumes on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that it was seeking to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes.

British American Tobacco shares, trading close to all-time highs, fell as much as 11 percent and were on track for their biggest oneday loss in nearly 18 years.

Altria, which makes the Marlboro brand of cigarettes, fell as much as 16 percent, slipped into the red for the year.

The sharp slide was poised to wipe off about $60 billion off of the market value of the world’s biggest tobacco producers. (rtr)

When this ceremony arrives, the bade tower makers are flooded with the orders.

The sellers of red-and-white flag

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Made Medal, bade tower maker:

Flooded by orders, I still make based on standard

NGABEN or cremation en masse has become a regular agenda for Hindu society, especially in Bali. The ceremony generally held every five years is one of the ways to save fund. When this ceremony arrives, the bade tower makers are flooded with the orders as experienced by Made Medal, 35, a resident of Tusan village, Banjarangkan. Although he is overwhelmed, he still makes the bade tower according to the existing standard.

Big Tobacco smoked after FDA takes aim on cigarette nicotine levels

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A flag seller’s story getting an income of IDR 2.5 million a month

sumption of cigarettes will spread,” said Widyastuti Soerojo, head of IAMKI’s tobacco control unit.

A shop-owner in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, said as a Sampoerna partner he has to follow the company’s display requirements for its products and is not allowed to sell other cigarette brands.

In return, Sampoerna has given him free cigarette packs, shopping vouchers, banners and even a million rupiah ($75) to paint his shop, he said, declining to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media.

Cigarette advertisements are often found at small shops near schools, making children extremely vulnerable, said Lisda Sundari, head of the Lanterns for Children Foundation.

A shocking video of a toddler reportedly puffing up to 40 cigarettes a day on the island of Sumatra went viral around seven years ago, firing up anti-tobacco activists who said it underscored the problem of underage smoking in Indonesia.

Despite rising anti-smoking sentiment in the country of 250 million people, Indonesia’s cigarette market was the second-biggest in the world after China with 316.1 billion sticks sold last year, data from Euromonitor International shows.

Gudang Garam and Djarum did not respond to requests for comment. Sampoerna did not immediately provide a comment. (rtr)

A woman holds packs of Sampoerna cigarettes produced by PT HM Sampoerna at a cigarette shop in Jakarta, August 1, 2017.

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When entering July to August, many Hindu communities in Bali hold pitra yadnya (cremation) ceremony in the form of mass ngaben. People should not only prepare various types of banten (oblations) that are quite complicated but also make a means in the form of bade (carrier) and petulangan (sarcophagus).

Not everyone can make them as the process is quite complicated and in need of patience. Therefore, some people must buy. One of the makers can be found at Takmung village, Banjarangkan.

When visited on Tuesday (Aug. 1), his showroom looked so simple. His building is semi-permanent. The room is filled in with many sarcophagus in the form of bulls. They have the height of three meters. Indeed, the size is also quite large, bigger than real bull wrapped in black velvet fabric, on the neck is decorated with Balinese carved ornaments. The head is decorated with gold-colored headdress.

It looks so beautiful like a real bull. Next to it sits a five-meter high bade tower. Red color merged with gold-colored carving makes it look beautiful. Amid the object, the owner, Made Medal, is busy making a carving from paper. One by one of the elements are showed in details. Amid his busyness, he does not hesitate to tell stories. Ngaben season is a source of fortune for him. Of course, the orders keep coming, not only come from Klungkung mainland, but also from Nusa Penida, Gianyar and Bangli. Not infrequently, he and his friends should take overtime so as to accomplish the order immediately. “Our orders are pretty good so we must often work overtime to meet the deadline,” he said.

Within two months, he claimed to get ten pairs of orders consisting of bade tower and sarcophagus of various sizes. For large sizes, a pair can be accomplished within one week. Moreover, if buyer urgently needs, it can be completed in shorter time. “The selling price depends on the size. However, the standard one is sold for IDR 30 million,” he said. Although the price is fantastic, he does not immediately take pride in his heart. Such nominal is judged comparable to his hard work.

Many orders and short deadline does not make this man from Tusan village, Banjarangkan, neglect the quality of his work. Everything still refers to the existing standards, where one of them is in terms of size and design for each category. “Keep referring to the standard is a must. There is no change even though the order is quite a lot,” he concluded. (sos)

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Increased hotel occupancy rates

Nusa Dua Light Festival draws 200,000 visitors

Jatiluwih

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Dealing with trash, Jatiluwih village makes a rule and TPS 3R

MANGUPURA - Even though this was the first Nusa Dua Light Festival, hundreds of thousands of visitors attended. Local visitors, young and old made the festival a lovely venue to take pictures and enliven social media accounts. This event was part of efforts by the ITDC (Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation ) to increae hotel occupancy in the area.

President Director of the ITDC, Abdulbar M Mansoer, at the closing ceremony on Sunday (Jul. 30) stated that the event was considered to be a great success because even though this was the first time that the Nusa Dua Light Festival was held, it managed to draw thousands of visitors. Over the course of the 44 days of the festival, there were 200,000 foreign, local and domestic tourists who attended.

Although there were only about 2,00 visitors per day at the start of the festival, by the end there were far more people who came to see the spectacular knick-knacks with thousands of lights illuminating the Peninsula Island. Ticket sales alone brought in IDR 2.4 billion. “We were expecting only 2,000 visitors a day,

but in fact there 200,000 visitors for 44 days which averages to about 5,00 visitors a day. The First Lady and family of President Jokowi also had time to visit this festival”, he said.

The popularity of this event with both locals and tourists has encouraged the organizers of the Nusa Dua Lights Festival to make this an annual event. “This event was part of our efforts to increase hotel occupancy rates in Nusa Dua and surrounding area. The Nusa Dua Fiesta that is been running for 19 years and the Bali Blues Festival that has been running for three years are also important but for sure we will be holding the Nusa Dua Light Festival again next year with an even better format” he explained.

Mansoer added that about 10 percent of the people who attended the festival were foreign tourists. “We have yet to calculate the occupancy rates over this period, but this festival definetly made a significant contribution as in-house guests (those staying at ITDC area) and guests coming specifically to the Light Festival were quite a lot”, he explained. (kmb23)

Violators to face sanctions

TABANAN - The waste problem that has yet to be adequately dealt with in Jatiluwih customary village has pushed village officials to create a village rule and warns that violators will face sanctions. Village rule (Perdes) No.8/2017, firmly regulates sanitation, protection and environmental management. Sanctions include penalties such as being banned form receiving services from the Jatiluwih village government.

“We have examined this village and created this rule by involving all relevant parties and institutions including local villagers, the Jatiluwih tourist attraction management and other relevant parties”, explained the headman of Jatiluwih, I Nengah Kartika, on Tuesday (Aug. 1).

Along with the village rule and accompanying sanctions, this village that is famous for as an agricultural tourist destination is also preparing a waste bank and encouraging the three Rs (reduce , reuse, recycle) with their TPS3R program. The waste bank is located on the border of Jatiluwih village and Mengesta village in Kesambahan Kelod hamlet.

“We have no land property, so the area of ??1,000 square meters for the TPS3R is being purchased by the village in cooperation with the Jatiluwih tourist attraction”, he said.

The TPS3R will function as a waste bank for Jatilu-

wih village, for processing garbage form households, restaurants, cafes and other businesses. Meanwhile, the village has obliged businesses to make septic tanks to accommodate liquid waste so that the irrigation channels will not be polluted. Jatiluwih has been designated as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO and so such pollution is all the more unsuitable.

“Garbage will be transported by officers three times a week, and sorted at the junk bank. At this stage, the waste that can be separated, recycled and resold. This is part of the concept of community based tourism” he explained.

Karitka affirmed that village rule and the preparation of the TPS3R will indeed help to overcome the garbage problem that has long plagues the area of ??Jatiluwih village. The success of this policy requires public awareness and having people obey the rules that have been agreed upon. People caught littering will be imposed with a fine of IDR 25,000, disposing of waste into river or water channels (IDR 50,000), any businessmen be it a restaurant, lodging, stall or other entrepreneurs found dumping solid and liquid waste into irrigation channels (IDR 75,000); putting goods carelessly on road body or sidewalk (IDR 75,000); disposing of pesticide bottle carelessly (IDR 25,000); and disposing of livestock waste (IDR 75,000).

“Anyone who violates these rules and who does not pay the fine will be prohibited form receiving village services from the village government of Jatiluwih”, he concluded. (kmb28)

Sanur Village Festival

Sanur Village Festival returns to celebrate 12 years of festivities with the theme “The New Spirit of Heritage”, bringing back an anticipated week filled with arts, culture, cuisine, water sports and events that promote environmental-awareness to the shores of Sanur.

Visitors can expect exciting activities all week long including a bazaar and food festival, fashion shows, expos, tours, culinary challenges, Yoga, sporting activities including surfing competitions and fishing tournaments and environmental awareness programs. There will also be kite festivals and a parade and exotic jukung (traditional boat) competition. SVF 2017 programs also place the spirit of state unity and nationalism in the form of symbols, images, and messages according this context.

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LONDON - Recordings of Princess Diana speaking candidly about her sex life with Prince Charles and her sorrow at the spectacular collapse of her marriage will be broadcast on British television on Sunday.

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Britain’s Princess Diana and Prince Charles look in different directions during a Korean War commemorative service in November 1992.

Diana, first wife of the heir to the British throne, died aged 36 in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, after the limousine carrying her and lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in a tunnel as it tried to escape paparazzi who were chasing them on motorbikes.

Diana was just 19 when she was betrothed to Charles in 1981, but the marriage broke down. Diana blamed Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles’s lover who later became his wife, for the collapse of the marriage.

In a documentary planned to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death, broadcaster Channel 4 will show footage of her speaking about her marriage during privately recorded sessions with an adviser on public speaking.

The footage includes Diana speaking about her sex life with Charles.

“It was just so odd. I don’t know there was no requirement for it

from his case,” Diana says. “Sort of once every three weeks.”

“And then I followed a pattern, he used to see his lady once every three weeks before we got married,” she said.

Diana also relates how she approached Queen Elizabeth to discuss the failing marriage.

“She said, ‘I don’t know what you should do, Charles is hopeless’.

And that was it,” Diana said. She also said Charles’s father, Prince Philip, had given him permission to have an affair if the marriage did not work.

The footage of Diana was filmed at Kensington Palace in 1992 and 1993 by speech coach Peter Settelen. After a lengthy court battle, the tapes were handed to Settelen.

Segments of the tapes were aired in the United States by channel NBC. In 2007, British broadcaster the BBC also tried to use the tapes for a documentary, but the film was scrapped. (rtr)

“Harry Potter” author Rowling apologises over Trump tweets

LONDON - “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has apologised to the family of a wheelchair-bound boy for tweets in which she accused U.S. President Donald Trump of ignoring his proffered hand at a media event.

Rowling branded Trump a “monster of narcissism” after footage of a July 24 news conference on healthcare showed the president seemingly ignoring the three-year-old’s hand, but shaking other people’s as he left the event.

Footage of Trump’s entrance to the event, however, showed the president stop to greet the boy and have a brief exchange before he began speaking.

Saying she had discovered that what she had seen was not an accurate representation of the encounter, Rowling tweeted: “I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw”.

The author’s apology was directed at

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The Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea hold a banquet at the Mokran House in celebration of the second successful test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) Hwasong-14, in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 30, 2017.

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the boy and his family, and made no mention of Trump.

Rowling, who has over 11 million Twitter followers, is frequently critical of Trump and his administration on her social media feed.

In the three days that elapsed between her original tweets on July 28 and her apology, Rowling had been the subject of online criticism, much of it from Trump supporters, for her comments on the incident. (rtr)

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Hwasong-14 July 28, 2017 This launch reached an altitude of nine times that of the International Space Station. The trajectory indicates a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile.

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Kim Jong Un has been pushing to develop missiles at an unprecedented pace. Here’s how the North is getting closer to targeting the United States.

Chart shows all missile launches under Kim Jong Un for which trajectory data is available

Projected reach If the power displayed in the four lofted launches were translated into regular trajectories, the missiles could have flown much further.

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WASHINGTON - The United States does not seek to topple the North Korean government and would like dialogue with Pyongyang at some point, but only on the understanding that it can never be a nuclear power, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.

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Speaking to reporters at the State Department days after Pyongyang tested its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Tillerson reiterated that Washington sought to persuade North Korea to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programs through peaceful pressure.

“We do not seek a regime change, we do not seek a collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula, we do not seek an excuse to

send our military north of the 38th Parallel,” Tillerson said.

“We are not your enemy ... but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us, and we have to respond. And we hope that at some point they will begin to understand that and we would like to sit and have a dialogue with them.”

However, “a condition of those talks is there is no future where North Korea holds nuclear weapons or the ability to deliver those

nuclear weapons to anyone in the region, much less the (U.S.) homeland,” he said.

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