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The interpol fugitive Peter Ulrich (left) was investigating by police officer at Ngurah Rai Airport’s police station

Alleged to Murder Wife

Fugitive of Germany Interpol Captured in Bali Denpasar (Bali Post)—

For the umpteenth time, the officer of Bali Police could capture a fugitive of Interpol. It was the turn of Peter Ulrich from Germany captured by airport police (KP3) of Ngurah Rai Airport, last Saturday (Oct 31) night. The man entering the 71st year of old this year was alleged to murder his wife. However, after the murder, the suspect escaped and seemingly chose Bali as his hideaway.

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Peter Ulrich was captured by KP3 Air officer few minutes after

landing at Ngurah Rai Airport at 11:30 p.m. Local Time. He flew by

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Police plane missing in Indonesia Agence France-Presse

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Garuda Indonesia with flight number GA416 from Jakarta to

Denpasar. When captured, the suspect once gave resistance. He rejected to be taken to police station.

However, the suspect alleged to be involved in the murder of his wife could do nothing when knowing that the capture by KP3 Air was based on the report of Interpol.

AFP PHOTO / Banjir AMBARITA

Photo taken June 8, 2009 shows a Polish-built M-28 P 4202 Skytruck Indonesian police aircraft at Sentani airport in Jayapura. The aircraft carrying four crew is missing in a mountainous area of Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, officials said on November 2, 2009. Archipelagic Indonesia relies heavily on air transport but has one of Asia’s worst air safety records.

JAYAPURA - A police aircraft carrying four crew went missing in a mountainous area of Indonesia’s eastern Papua province on Monday, officials said.

The Polish-built M-28 Skytruck was flying from the provincial capital Jayapura to Mulia town in Puncak Jaya district when it lost contact with air traffic control, aviation official Sukarjo said.

“The plane left Sentani airport at 10:48 am (0148 GMT) and lost contact at noon,” he told AFP, adding that the flight should have lasted one hour.

The twin-engine plane was on a regular supply flight when it disappeared in Papua’s heavily forested central highlands.

Archipelagic Indonesia relies heavily on air transport but has one of Asia’s worst air safety records.

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Bali News Villa at Gumang Hill, Recommended by Village Apparatus of Bugbug Village Amlapura (Bali Post)—

Head of Bugbug Customary Village, Karangasem controlling the territory of Gumang Hill, I Wayan Mas Suyasa, last Sunday (Nov 1) admitted that the land where Villa Candidasa established was the property of local village. A Dutch investor contracted such 0.6 hectare of land. Meanwhile, the contract fee was used for renovating three village temples, inauguration rite, mendem pedagingan and ngusaba kaja ritual last year.

Mas Suyasa said that such decision and contract agreement of the land were initiated in the previous meeting of village apparatus engaging all nayaka. He said that such decision did not violate customary regulations and convention because location of villa belonging to investor from the Netherlands, Hans van Hammert, was away from Gumang Temple.

In addition, Mas Suyasa said that location of villa contracted for 30 years located at southwest of hill where on its peak indeed lay the Gumang Temple. “Its location is far from temple and the territory has included in Nyuh Awis at the northwest foot of Gumang Hill,” said Mas Suyasa who is also former Deputy Head of Karangasem House.

Since the contract fee was required to finance ceremonies, village apparatus gave recommendation to investor to submit a building permit to Karangasem Regent through the Head of Public Works Services. “Because we know the hill area functions as reserve, we issued a recommendation so intermediary of investor could pro-

pose the building permit (IMB),” he said.

Intermediary of investor who is also a resident of Samuh, Bugbug, I Wayan Gunarsa, rejected if the building was villa. According to him, it was only residential house belonging to foreigner.

When asked if other location on the hill would be contracted if there would be any investor wish to.

He confessed to have not known yet. “At the moment, we do not talk about that matter. However, it would depend on the necessity of our village later. I will only work when one give me a job or ask to find out a land,” he said.

Both Mas Suyasa and Gunarsa rejected to mention the number of contract value of the land.

“Its contract agreement is stored at the village,” said Mas Suyasa. As has been published previously, the investor from the Netherlands, Hans van Hammert, has had building permit No. 90/ 2008 dated September 15, 2008 under the name of submitter I Wayan Gunarsa. The Head of Karangasem Public Works Services, Wayan Arnawa, issuing the permit could not be contacted for his confirmation. (013)

Perpetrator of Monkeys Poisoning at Padangan

Imposed with Exorcism Rite Sanction and Fine of 1 Ton of Rice Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Perpetrator poisoning the monkeys near Branch Temple of Pucak Kedaton, Padangan Customary Village, Pupuan, I Wayan Wela alias Pan Gablor, has been imposed with customary sanction. Besides, the case remained to be followed up by police officer.

Pan Gablor was also obliged to organize pecaruan guru piduka durmanggala or exorcism and apological rite and material sanction in the form of 1 ton of rice. Within the customary meeting attended by kertha desa (customary advisory board), temple priests, village figures, village representatives (BPD) and customary apparatus, last Friday (Oct 30) night, Pan Gablor was imposed with the obligation of mecaru and rice fine. Otherwise, the resident could be imposed with sanction of being expelled from the village (kasepekang).

One of the members of kertha desa of Padangan Customary Village, Jro Putu Tesan, last Sunday (Nov 1), said that such sanction has been pursuant to customary legislation article

20 that essentially arranging ‘anybody committing evil deed including murder will be imposed with sanction in the form of obligation to perform pecaruan and presented guru piduka durmanggala.

If violator did not undertake the sanction, he or she could loss the rights and duties or expelled from village territory. Such sanction, said Tesan, has been socialized to local residents pursuant to decision of village meeting. Pan Gablor, said Tesan, did not attend the meeting but he sent an envoy and stated to accept the decision. As consequence, he was ready to undertake the decision of customary village. Ritual of presenting guru piduka durmanggala would be organized coinciding with the fifth full moon, Monday (Nov 2) at location of Branch Temple of Pucak Kedaton, Padangan Kelod. The fine of 1-ton rice would be promptly handed over to customary apparatus and could not be exchanged with money. Tesan added that though has given a customary sanction to perpetrator; his party would not withdraw the report to police. (kmb14)

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Worker are distructing the hill to enable it being the road at Bugbug Village

Criminologist supports establishment of national anti-terrorism body Antara

DENPASAR - A noted criminologist from state University of Indonesia expressed support here on Saturday for the government’s plan to form a national anti-terrorism body to synergize terrorism handling in Indonesia.

“This is big progress. However, it is still being considered whether it will be formed into a committee or a division at a preventive level. So far the concept of strategy is still unclear,” Adrianus Meliala said while attending a workshop on terrorism prevention.

Adrianus said the body would function more like an intelligence analyst specializing on terrorism. It also involves analysis, intelligence and combat but will not only be a special detachment but it also has a military unit with special characteristics, he said.

“Like in the air force we have ‘Paskhas’ (special unit), in the navy, the marines unit, and in the army ‘Kopassus’. So it is hoped its movement will be more harmonious,” he said.

He said it could also involve units such as units of biology, chemistry, database and forensic.

“With the presence of the institution it is hoped there will be a synergy. So far they operate by themselves,” he said.

He said the role of anti-terror Densus 88 unit was not belittled but the unit would be part of its combat group. Its role is not reduced but along with the army it would carry out combat operations based upon their expertise.

Adrianus admitted that most of the anti-terror role had been played by Densus 88 from the police.

He said if the anti-terror body would finally be established it was suggested that three divisions would be set up in it namely combat, intelligence and support divisions in addition to, if deemed necessary, a deradicalization division.

Adrianus said that it was all still under discussion and there was no need to hurry for it.

“If it is being rushed it is feared it have political consequences. Besides cost, also needs to be put into consideration. If the concept is really mature only then will we urge for its development,” he said.

Adrianus said he agreed with the idea because terrorism handling so far had been carried out without concept and upon irregular basis.

Even a lot of work has been saddled on Densus 88 starting from detection, investigation to an ambush. “Even after the actors are caught Densus still has to take care of their families,” he said.

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At Three Subdistricts, 1, 240 Dogs Eliminated Denpasar (Bali Post)—

A number of 1, 240 wild dogs could be eliminated at three subdistricts in Badung, namely Mengwi, Abiansemal and Petang.

Thus, Division Head of Animal Health, Badung Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Maritime (Disnakanlut), I Gede Asrama, said on last Sunday (Nov 1).

Out of that number eliminated, he said that 351 wild dogs eliminated at Mengwi, 851at Abiansemal and 38 others at Petang. According to Ashrama, the number of dogs eliminated at Petang remained not optimal because the traffic of wild dog was not too significant and elimination has not reached all territories.

“At Mengwi is different. Other than having many villages, it also has

Hauled by Water Stream, a Foreigner Died Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Waves of Kuta Beach killed another life. Again, the victim was foreign tourist who was rejoicing in the allurement of the most popular beach in Bali. Ola Molin (41), a man from Sweden staying at Melati Hotel, Kuta, Saturday (Oct 31) at 4 p.m. died when he was swimming at the beach in front of the hotel where he stayed. His corpse was taken to Sanglah Hospital. According to the officer of Waters Police accompanying the corpse to hospital, temporary allegation causing the death of Ola Molin was hauled by waves. The beach at the area was indeed known to have strong streams and local officer has often warned visitors swimming around the area to be more careful.

Based on the data, since last October, at least, there were eight foreign tourists dying when enjoying their holiday in Bali.

Out of that number, three died due to sink when they were swimming. Two of them were Australian who died due to sinking at the beach, while another was a Korean who died after swimming at swimming pool at the hotel where he stayed. (kmb)

markets,” he said.

Aside from elimination, Disnakanlut Badung also committed vaccination focused at three subdistricts above. At Mengwi, the vaccination targeted 14,115 dogs, Abiansemal (8,116) and Petang (2,533). On that account, the total number of dog vaccinated for the second phase or booster reached 24,764 dogs. (ded)

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Alleged, Personnel of Buser to Release a Shoot, Blue Eyes Discotheque Turned Uptight Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Uptight ambience once enveloped the Blue Eyes Discotheque on Jalan Bypass N g u r a h R a i , S a n u r, S o u t h Denpasar, last Friday (Oct 30) night. In the midst of boisterous music strings was heard a shoot in one of the bathrooms.

Such voice was alleged to source from the explosion of firearm brought by one of the personnel of Bali Police. According to information, the officer releasing the shot belonged to criminal researcher unit (Buser). However, identity of such police officer was made secret. “Obviously, the personnel is now under interrogation of professional security division of Bali Police,” revealed a source person.

Visitors knowing the incident thronged to go out of the discotheque. Situation at location once turned uptight.

Seemingly, officer of professional security division heard the incident so that they visited the location right away. Even, Chief of Bali Police, Sutisna, also knew about that incident and it made him angry.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, I Gde Sugianyar, when asked about his confirmation, Sunday (Nov 1) justified the incident.

He said that such shooting action has been investigated and perpetrator has been interrogated at the room of investigator of professional security division of Bali Police.

“Such shooting has been followed up by security division.

Meanwhile, perpetrator itself has also been probed,” he explained.

It was unknown for sure about the motive of shooting making visitors of discotheque shocked. An issue told that such officer was in drunken condition when interrogating a person in

the bathroom. “It was not known obviously about the motive. One thing that is clear is the voice of shooting occurred in one of the bathrooms,” revealed the closest sources on last Sunday.

He explained, such personnel of police officer suspected someone getting involved in a drug case. The person was taken to bathroom and interrogated there. It was unknown what happened; suddenly a loud bang was heard. It was said that the suspected person was stripped to look for evidence. However, nothing was found.

Since nothing was found, strongly alleged that police officer got angry and took his pistol to be shot. The shoot was not targeted to that suspected person, but to the wall of bathroom. As consequence, wall of the bathroom looked slightly damaged. (kmb21)

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David Miliband seeks to mend rift with Russia Agence France-Presse

MOSCOW - David Miliband, on the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, sought Monday to warm relations that had plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.

Miliband said London and Moscow should work together on shared “challenges”, at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“We both know that there are big challenges that our countries face. There are a number of areas where we can find common ground,” Miliband told Lavrov at the start of their talks.

“Despite the unresolved issues, we are satisfied that our economic relations are strengthening,” Lavrov said at the meeting, which followed on from talks late Sunday just after Miliband’s arrival.

Miliband was also due to meet business and civil society leaders during his visit to Moscow.

His trip coincides with the third anniversary of the mysterious poisoning of former Russian spy turned exiled Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, a crime that led to an unprecedented degradation in ties between the two countries.

Russia has refused to extradite primary suspect Andrei Lugovoi, who British police believe may have murdered Litvinenko by lacing his tea with radioactive polonium at a London hotel on No-

TOKYO - Japan’s centre-left government on Monday denied US ties were being strained by a row over an American airbase, amid confusion over whether its foreign minister will travel to Washington this week.

The US State Department on Saturday said Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada would meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, but within hours dropped mention of the meeting from Clinton’s schedule.

In Japan, media reports suggested Okada was still seeking a meeting late this week, ahead of a Tokyo visit next week by US President Barack Obama, but that he was busy with parliamentary duties on Friday.

Asked about the confusion, Japan’s top government spokesman Hirofumi Hirano told reporters on Monday: “It’s not that ties between Japan and the United States are strained, it’s just an administrative matter.”

“At this point, nothing has been decided regarding such a trip,” he added.

The new government took power in Japan in mid-September

International

Two charged over Thai King health rumours: police Agence France-Presse

BANGKOK - Thai authorities have charged two people with spreading false information about the health of the country’s revered king, after rumours last month sent the stock market plunging, police said Monday.

AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

vember 2, 2006.

Lugovoi, who denies involvement in Litvinenko’s death, was later elected to the Duma, the Russian parliament, for a nationalist party.

Miliband said in an interview published Monday in the Russian edition of Newsweek that even though Lugovoi was a member of parliament he was still a wanted man.

He added that Britain remained open to constructive proposals from Moscow that would help bring justice to this murder case.

Miliband also told Newsweek that he would speak frankly about human rights in Russia, denying that Britain planned to soften its approach to win Moscow’s support on pressing international issues.

Japan denies friction with US Agence France-Presse

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vowing less subservient ties with the US after decades of conservative rule in Japan.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama confirmed on Monday in parliament that his government would scrap in January a naval refuelling mission supporting the US-led campaign in Afghanistan.

His government has also promised to review a 2006 bilateral agreement on the roughly 47,000 US troops based in Japan — including the scheduled move of a US airbase on Okinawa island from an urban area to a coastal region by 2014.

Many Okinawans oppose the American presence and want the controversial US Marine Corps Futenma Air Base closed and moved off the island, rather than having it relocated to the coastal Camp Schwab site as previously agreed.

US government and military officials have stressed that Washington is in no mood to reopen talks on a deal that was years in the making.

Hatoyama has said the issue is unlikely to be resolved before Obama’s November 12-13 visit, while his ministers have floated sometimes contradictory ideas about how to resolve the issue.

Katha Pajariyapong and Theeranan Vipuchanin, both with finance industry backgrounds, were arrested and taken to a Bangkok police station on Sunday before being released on bail, said police.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, who is revered as a demi-god by many Thais and as a stabilising force in a politically turbulent nation, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever.

Katha, who works at KT ZMICO Securities and Theeranan, 43, a former executive at UBS Securities, were charged under a computer law, accused of damaging national security by posting false information on the Internet.

“The two were arrested on arrest warrants issued by the criminal court on charges of violating the computer act,” said Police Lieutenant General Thangai Prasjaksattru, chief of the central investigation bureau.

They were released on bail after questioning and if convicted could face up to five years in jail or a 100,000 baht (2,985 US dollars) fine, Thangai added.

He said the pair had admitted to putting information on the Internet, some of which was taken from a report by financial news agency Bloomberg News.

“They confessed to posting on the net and some was translated from Bloomberg,” Thangai told AFP, saying however that the company itself was not under investigation.

THAILAND OUT AFP PHOTO

Former executive director of UBS Securities (Thailand), Thiranant Wipuchanin (R), is escorted by Thai policemen at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on November 1, 2009. Two people, a man and a woman, have been charged in Thailand with spreading false information about the health of the king, after rumours last month sent the stock market plunging, police said on November 2.

London and Paris were shocked

by German reunification Agence France-Presse

PARIS - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, newly released diplomatic files reveal the extent to which Germany’s supposed friends in London and Paris were fearful of the country’s reunification.

France’s then president Francois Mitterrand and Britain’s prime minister Margaret Thatcher were both caught out by the speed with which the Germans remade their country in the wake of Communism’s collapse.

While Thatcher’s supporters would go on to portray her as the heroine of the West’s victory in the Cold War, a victory symbolised by the Wall’s collapse, at the time the prospect of German reunification “horrified” her.

And, while Mitterrand has been seen as a great friend and ally of Germany’s then chancellor Helmut Kohl in the campaign for European

integration, in 1989 he neither foresaw nor supported the re-integration of Germany.

“In 1989 we gave the impression of wavering in the face of history.

Twenty years on, let’s do it justice,” said Pierre Lellouche, French European affairs minister, as he followed Britain in opening the 198990 diplomatic archive.

Given the subsequent success of the reunification project, and the warm ties that Paris in particular now has with Berlin, the files will make uncomfortable reading for some French and British political veterans.

“France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat,” Thatcher told the French ambassador to London in March 1990, according to a French diplomatic telegram released for the anniversary.

“Kohl is capable of anything. He

has become another man. He doesn’t know himself any more. He sees himself as the master and is starting to act like it,” she warned, according to the French translation of her remarks.

French historian Maurice Vaisse, who helped supervise the release of the files, said that Thatcher appeared “horrified” by the prospect that German reunification would make Berlin the dominant force in Europe.

According to the British archive, two months before the fall of the Wall, Thatcher told the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that “neither Britain nor Western Europe wanted the reunification of Germany”.

“This would lead to a change to postwar borders, and we cannot allow that because such a development would undermine the stability of the whole international situation and could endanger our security,” she said.

International IMIGRATION Australian Consulate General Jalan Tantular 32 Renon Denpasar Phone: +62 361 241118 Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

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HOSPITAL Denpasar There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners Denpasar General Hospital (RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

HOSPITAL Bangli Bangli General Hospital Jl. Kesumayuda 27, Bangli Phone : +62 366 91521 Gianyar

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070 The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465 France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485 The Federal Republic of Germany Jalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.288 535 The Republic of Hungary Jalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.287 701 Italian Consulate Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 005 Honorary Consulate of Mexico Jalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.223 266 Honorary Consulate of The Netherlands Jalan Raya Kuta 127, Bali Phone +62.361.761 506 Honorary Consulate of Spain Komplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. Jalan Patih Jelantik Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.769 286 USA Consulate Agency Jalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.222 426 Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628 Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601 Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735 Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775 Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310 Embassy of India Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.241 978 Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf Finland Segara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.282 223 Honorary Consulate of Malaysia Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.752 520

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Its facilities have improved since the emergency ward had been built in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become a problem anymore since it has complete equipments. It is located on Jl. Kesehatan Selatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with : Phone : 227 911 – 15 Fax : 226 363 Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters for less serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, anemia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equipped to care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit) Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.

Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private) Jl. Sudirman No 50, Denpasar Phone : 227 560, 234 824 In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medical evacuation company, that is: AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.

PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 24X, Kuta 80361.

Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768 One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that the Blood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh) Negative blood.

Badung Bali Medical Clinics There are some medical clinics that are well known by foreigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and operated : Bali International Medical Center (BIMC) Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excellent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Services for tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.

Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance & Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone : 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta, Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com International SOS Clinic Bali Opened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visitors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency medical service.

Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - Indonesia Phone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919 E-mail : info@sos-bali.com ttp ://www.sos-bali.com Bali Nusa Dua Emergency Clinic Jl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324 Kuta Clinic Jl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268 Dental Clinic Dr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, Denpasar Phone : 222 445, 234 375 DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81 Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324 Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4A Br. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Clinic Mas Jl. Raya Mas, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974573 Toyo Clinic Jl. Pengosekan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 978078 Permata Bunda Clinic Jl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 942082 Ubud Clinic Jl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974911 Gianyar General Hospital Jl. Ciung Wanara 2, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 943049 Karangasem Karangasem General Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai, Karangasem Phone : +62 363 21001 Klungkung Klungkung General Hospital Jl. Flamboyan 40-4, Klungkung Phone : +62 366 21371 Negara Negara General Hospital Jl. Gelar, Negara Phone : +62 365 41006 Tabanan Laboratorium Clinic Jl. Gunung semeru No. 8, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 819260 Mengwi Clinic Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 880550 Darma Kerti Hospital Jl. Teratai 16, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 812359 Tabanan General Hospital Jl. Pahlawan 14, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 811027 Singaraja Prodia Clinic Jl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 24-516 Singaraja Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 22-573 Pet Clinics Kayumas: (0361) 226934 Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121 Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018 Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518 Sidakarya: (0361) 724492 Pedungan: (0361) 720026

TAXIS Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090 Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111 Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724 Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366 Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

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Greenpeace protests atop Barcelona landmark

Taiwan father’s mourning interrupted as son returns home

Agence France-Presse

TAIPEI - A 65-year-old Taiwanese man who believed he had seen his own son crushed under a train carried out traditional mourning rituals for three days until his son turned up unscathed, officials said Monday.

Hu Fu-chin, from Taoyuan city in northern Taiwan, told investigators he had talked to his son across a rail track late last month and subsequently seen him run over by an oncoming train, according to the local district court.

He went to the morgue where the

BARCELONA - Environmental group Greenpeace was on Monday unfurling a banner on Barcelona’s landmark Sagrada Familia church calling for action against climate change, ahead of a UN conference in the city.

“More than 20 Greenpeace activists are in the process of hanging the 600-square-metre (6,500square-foot) banner on the Sagrada Familia ... to mark the beginning of the United Nations summit on climate,” it said in a statement.

“World leaders make the climate call,” said the banner in English on the Antoni Gaudi-designed church which is as yet unfinished.

Representatives of some 180 countries kick off five days of climate talks in Barcelona Monday, the last UN session before a December conference in Copenhagen tasked with beating back the planetary threat of global warming.

But two years of negotiations set in motion by the so-called Bali Action Plan have fallen terribly short, and hopes for a legally binding agreement by year’s end have faded.

“Greepeace reminds world leaders that there is still time to find an agreement to save the climate during the upcoming summit in Copenhagen,” Greenpeace said.

SYDNEY - About 15 people were feared dead on Monday after a boat carrying 39 sank in rough seas far off northwest Australia despite frantic rescue attempts by a passing merchant ship and fishing vessel.

Defence chief Angus Houston said the unidentified boat capsized and then sank after the LNG Pioneer ship and Taiwanese fishing craft responded to pleas for help in a remote area off Australia’s Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

It was not confirmed whether the boat was one of dozens of peoplesmuggling vessels that have headed to Australia this year carrying more than 1,700 asylum-seekers, many of them from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

“I understand when the first ship got there, this vessel was still intact,” Houston said.

“Somehow or other during the process of interaction between the ship and trawler and also the stricken vessel, there’s been a capsize and people ended up in the water.”

Some 19 people were rescued by the Bahamas-based gas tanker and

body was kept and identified it as the remains of his son, before returning home to perform traditional Taoist rites, a court official said.

However, after three days, Hu’s son turned up alive and kicking, leading the 65-year-old to the realisation that the person killed by the train must have been someone else.

“We don’t know why Mr Hu claimed the victim was his son,” the official told AFP. Officials said they would now use DNA tests to identify the man who was killed.

Japanese woman faces death penalty on Malaysia drug charge Agence France-Presse

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A cartoon speech bubble reading “Berlusconi don’t be stupid, save the climate” is placed by a Greenpeace activist close to the statue of Roman emperor Augustus during a protest in central Rome aimed to draw the Italian government’s attention to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

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fishing boat, while an air force plane dropped a life raft near another five survivors, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.

“I think it’s fair to say there are grave concerns about a number of those people — we understand there were something like 39 people on board this vessel,” Rudd told Fairfax radio.

A rescue ship was about a day’s sail from the accident site off the tiny Cocos Islands and about 2,700 kilometres (1,700 miles) from the Australian coast.

“Our assets have been deployed, we have co-ordinated with other vessels in the area. This is a very difficult search environment,” Rudd said earlier. He refused to be drawn on whether the boat was carrying asylum-seekers.

“Up until now the entire focus has been on search and rescue. There are international obligations that apply in these circumstances,” Rudd said.

The boat started taking on water late on Sunday and issued a distress call, prompting a plea for help by Australian authorities that was answered by the LNG tanker and fishing craft.

“We obviously have grave concerns about the safety of those who are still in the water, given they’ve been in there for some time now,” a spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority told AFP. “The weather conditions aren’t great, not too conducive to a search and rescue.”

Home Minister O’Connor also said authorities did not know whether the sunken vessel was carrying asylum-seekers, who are the subject of fierce domestic debate as the government struggles to deal with the influx.

“We do not at this point determine whether the passengers aboard the vessel were seeking asylum,” he told reporters.

“We will do this once this rescue mission is over.”

Australia has been forced to nearly double the capacity at its main refugee centre on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to cope with the sudden rise in asylum-seekers.

It is also involved in an ongoing stand-off over the fate of 78 rescued Sri Lankans, who are refusing to leave an Australian ship moored in Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR - A Japanese woman faces the death penalty in Malaysia after being arrested on suspicion of trafficking 4.7 kilograms (10 pounds) of methamphetamines, state media said Monday.

Azizah Ibrahim, customs director at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, said the 30-year-old woman was detained last Friday for possession of “syabu” which is popular in the region.

Azizah said the drug, with a street value of 1.2 million ringgit (350,000 dollars), was found in a special compartment in her luggage after she arrived from Dubai, state news agency Bernama reported.

The unnamed woman has been remanded for investigation under Malaysia’s tough anti-narcotics law, which stipulates a mandatory death sentence upon conviction. The death penalty is carried out by hanging in Malaysia.

Alleged to Murder Wife...

From page 1 Perpetrator was directly taken to the office of KP3 Air of Ngurah Rai Airport and underwent a probe before the capture would be handed over to police of Germany. “Based on our incoming report, the suspect was mentioned as fugitive of Interpol,” said Chief of KP3 Air Sector Police, Agung Gede Mudita, last Sunday (Nov 1). He explained that his party received a report from Interpol through Germany consulate that there was a foreign fugitive (perpetrator—ed) left for Bali. On that account, police officers were alerted at location of the capture.

“We captured him right away at location,” he said.

Accompanied by Unit Chief of Criminal Researcher of Denpasar Metro Police, Rendra Radita Dewayana, Chief Mudita explained about the case of fugitive capture that would be handed over to police of Germany. “It is scheduled that today (Nov 1) will be handed over. But, we remain to wait for the coming of Germany police to pick up perpetrator,” he said.

Regarding to allegation of

murder to his wife, the police admitted to have not known about the case. “We do not know for sure when the murder ensued.

We just knew it last night by the coming of letter from Interpol and asked our party to commit the capture toward perpetrator,” he described.

In the meantime, perpetrator rejected to have been accused of murdering his wife. Such old man speaking fluent Bahasa Indonesia admitted that he did not know about the death of his wife.

“I do not know about that matter (death of his wife—ed). I was phoned by my son when I was in Singapore,” confessed the perpetrator and mentioned to have ever stayed in Buleleng for two years.

On asking about the incident of murder, perpetrator rejected to give explanation. He said that he would meet his consul first.

Other information obtained by Bali Post mentioned that perpetrator had a wife in Buleleng.

Even, from that marriage they had a child. “We are so sorry, we do not know about that,” added Chief Mudita. (kmb21)

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President to form team to probe into Bibit-Chandra case Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to set up an independent team to verify legal facts on the case of detained Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah.

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A student shows a placard reading ‘Free Chandra and Bibit’ during a rally in Jakarta on November 2, 2009 over the KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) arrests of two senior anti-graft officials Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto. The pair have been under investigation for a range of alleged crimes including bribery and abuse of power.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto told a press conference here on Monday that the president would soon issue a presidential decree on the establishment of the independent team.

The independent team will be composed of eight persons to be chaired by Presidential Advisory Council member Adnan Buyung Nasution with Deputy Koesparmono Irsan (former member of the Natiohnal Human Rights Commission), secretary Denny Indrayana (Presidential special staff for legal affairs) and five team members.

The five team members are Amir Syamsuddin, prof. of University of Indonesia’s school of law )FHUI), Todung Mulya Lubi ( legal practitioner), Anies Baswedan (rector of Paramadina University), Hikmahanto Juwana (prof. of FHUI), and Komaruddin Hidayat (rector of the Jakarta State Islamic University (UIN).

Djoko Suyanto said that the team

could work in less than two weeks but seeing the dynamics developing with society in response to the BibitChandra case, the team was expected to work quicker.

“We are going to do clarification work and check all facts and the process of the case which befell Bibit and Chandra,” the senior minister said.

He said that the decision to form an independent team was made by the president after meeting with prominent figures on Sunday night (Nov.1, 2009) at the State Guest House.

Before the press conference was held all the team members were present, except Komarudin Hidayat, were received by the president for about ten minutes.

“The president said that the present development of the case was not good for the nation’s life because of mistrust and distrust towards not only our law but also to the credibility of police, prosecutors and the KPK itself,” Djoko Suyanto said.

Many Austronesian cultures found in Papua’s coastal areas Antara

AYAPURA - Many progressive Austronesian cultures are to be found in several coastal areas in Papua, a researcher of the Jayapura Archaeology Center, Hari Suroto, said here Sunday. Suroto said geographically, Papua is the westernmost part of the Pacific connecting Southeast Asia with the Pacific.

“The location is strategic for transitory migration from the west to the east,” he said.

He said various archaeological ob-

jects and artifacts found in Papua’s coastal areas showed the existence of Austronesian cultures in Indonesia’s easternmost province.

Austronesian cultures were known and spread out by people who spoke Austronesian languages between Madagascar in the west and Easter Island (in the Pacific) in the east as well as Formosa in the north.

The evidence of these cultures found in Papua was the Melanesian language spoken by some people as a result of the influence of the Austronesian languages.

“This can be seen in the grammar and vocabularies,” Suroto said.

According to the archaeological research, the Papuan areas where the Melanesian language is spoken are Yapen Island, Raja Ampat District, Biak, Waropen, Teluk Wandamen and an area along Teluk Cenderawasih Beach. The others are those in the western point of Papua from Sorong District to the south along the beach of Sele Strait, areas around Bintuni Bay, Arguni Bay till the costal areas of Etna Bay. In addition, Papuans who settle in

Government begins reconstruction program in West Sumatra Antara

JAKARTA - The government on Sunday kicked off a reconstruction program in quake-affected West Sumatra province, Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif said.

“Today we started the reconstruction process but not with direct reconstruction activities because the verification (of damaged buildings) has not been completed,” he said.

Neither had reconstruction funds from the government been disbursed, he said.

“We have proposed reconstruction funds but the funds have not been disbursed pending a seal of approval from the House of Representatives,” he said.

An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale devastated West Sumatra on September 30, killing more than 1,100 people. BNPB data show 65,380 houses were seriously damaged and 78,604 others lightly in the quake.

The quake also caused major damage to 2,164 school buildings, 254 office buildings, 1,003 places of worship and 51 health facilities.

the districts of Fak-fak, Raja Ampat, Yotefa Bay, Waena and Sentani in the north side of Jayapura, apply a community organization with an hierarchy system in which the leaders are hereditary raise.

“This is another evidence of the Austronesia cultures which are found in the coastal areas of Papua,” Suroto said.

Such cultures are not found in the Middle Mountains (Pegunungan Tengah) community who tend to consider that they are of equal level and dignity.

Meanwhile, the tattoo tradition in the northern coast of Papua, Cenderawasih Bay and the area of Bird Head in Papua is also an evidence of the Austronesian cultures.

Among the tribes who make tattoos are the Meybrat Tribe that live in the Bird Head area are those belonging to the Waropen Tribe, the BiakNumfor Tribe and Sentani people in Jayapura. He hoped the great number of archaeological research discovering cultural progress in Papua could become assets for Papuans in the national dynamism and development activities.

A broker is watching her computer screen during the first session of Jakarta Stock Exchange on Monday, November 2, 2009. Many analysts worried that the KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) arrests of two senior anti-graft officials Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto case can bring the negative impact for Indonesia investment situation.

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Buyers are buying banana at Banana Market on Denpasar. Fungi and carrion beetles have attacked the banana trees in Buleleng since few years ago. However, up to this moment it could not be resolved completely. As a result, since the beginning of last October, it was estimated that thousands of banana trees perished, while farmers could do nothing.

Attacked by Fungi and Carrion Beetles

Thousands of Bananas in Buleleng Perished Bali Post

SINGARAJA — Fungi and carrion beetles have attacked the banana trees in Buleleng since few years ago. However, up to this moment it could not be resolved completely. As a result, since the beginning of last October, it was estimated that thousands of banana trees perished, while farmers could do nothing.

A farmer at Tejakula, explained that during this transitional season the carrion beetles set to attack nearly all kinds of plants in Eastern Buleleng, including attacking banana trees.

Based on simple calculation, 30 clusters of banana trees were damaged due to the attack of carrion. Estimated, teens of others would face the same condition if carrion beetles would not be eradicated.

To this extent, farmers at Tejakula eradicated the carrion by means of simple method, namely by lighting kerosene pressure lantern and a basin containing water was put under the lantern. Carrions visiting the lantern light would be heated and fell down into the basin. “Another problem arising today is the too expensive price of kerosene used to light the lantern,” said a farmer.

Other than carrion beetles, fungi and bacteria also attacked banana trees in Buleleng. Banana trees attacked by fusarium fungi mostly located at Tejakula, Gerokgak and Banjar subdistrict. Meanwhile, banana trees at-

tacked by pseudomonas bacteria were located at Sukasada, Buleleng, Banjar and Seririt subdistrict. Bananas attacked by fusarium was characterized by leaves turning yellow and wilted, while the attacked by pseudomonas were indicated by decayed trunk and fruit.

Based on the data obtained from Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Services (Distanak) of Buleleng, at the beginning of October 2009 was just registered 1,068 clusters of banana trees turned damaged due to the attack of carrion beetles, fungi and bacteria. It was noted that the most serious damage ensued at Banjar subdistrict. At least, 218 clusters of banana trees at the area were attacked by pseudomonas and 25 others attacked by fungi.

Increasing attack

Section Head of Horticultural Protection, Distanak Buleleng, Ketut Santiana, justified that more than one thousand clusters of banana trees in Buleleng underwent damage due to the attack of fungi, bacteria and carrion.

He admitted that the attack actually has

happened since 1985; however, it could not be eradicated totally. “The attack of fungi, bacteria and carrion beetles usually ensue during transitional season like this October,” he said.

According to Santiana, the obstacle encountered in eradicating bacteria and fungi attacking banana trees, one of them, was that banana has not been seriously cultivated in Buleleng.

Usually, banana was planted in the midst of other plants as intercrops and then they were disregarded without good maintenance.

If fungi or bacteria have attacked the plant, said Santiana, farmers should dismantle the entire cluster of banana until its root. The soil ex diseased banana was left to have a hole and then it was planted again with the new ones few days later. At least, farmers only disposed the damaged trunk of banana, while its shoots were left to grow. “Actually, the shoot has been infected by fungi so that it could be ensured that the trunk will be damaged when bearing fruit,” he said. (kmb15)

DENPASAR - The Malaysian government has set up an investigation team to probe into the death of an Indonesian migrant worker, Muntik Bani (36), who died after being tortured by her employer.

Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Da’i Bachtiar said here on Saturday that the death of Muntik quickly got strong reactions from three Malaysian ministers, namely the foreign minister, the home affairs minister and the manpower minister.

“The home affairs minister immediately ordered the formation of an investigative team to probe into Muntik’s death,” the ambassador said on the sidelines of a workshop on the

prevention of terror acts within Bali’s tourism area.

He said that the court had held its first hearing on the case and it would convene the second session on November 3, 2009.

The ambassador said he hoped the employer of the ill-fated Indonesian migrant worker would get a heavy punishment that could serve as a lesson to all other Malaysian employers.

“We hope Malaysian employers will not torture their domestic helpers,” he said.

He said that his side had asked the Malaysian government to enable the court process to proceed not too long such as what had happened with Indonesian migrant worker Nirmala Bonat.

Monkey handlers recruited to help smooth Julia Roberts’ film shooting Antara The newest movie of Julia Roberts is really taking much attention during its shooting in Bali. Besides limiting journalists and crowded from their scene, this film entitled Eat, Love, Pray also hiring monkey handlers during their film shoot in Monkey Forest Ubud.

Some 18 monkey handlers have been recruited to prevent monkeys in the “Monkey Forest” in Ubud, Gianyar district, Bali, from interfering in the shooting of certain episodes of the “Eat, Pray, Love” film starring Julia Roberts.

“We don’t have any confirmation about the schedule of the film shooting activity here but preparations have been made, such as assignment of security personnel and monkey handlers so that the shooting can be conducted safely,” Made Dana, a community figure of Padang Tegal village, Ubud, said.

He said it had been agreed with the film producer that the Monkey Forest which is one of Ubud’s tourist attractions would not be closed during the film shootings.

“But it all depends on further developments, If it is not possible to keep the forest open to the public, then perhaps there will be a temporary closure,” he said.

If the forest had to be closed temporarily, the forest’s caretakers would

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The photo shows a monkey in Monkey Forest Ubud, Gianyar.

The newest movie of Julia Roberts is really taking much attention during its shooting in Bali. Besides limiting journalists and crowded from their scene, this film entitled Eat, Love, Pray also hiring monkey handlers during their film shoot in Monkey Forest Ubud. make a prior announcement to be understood by all parties, he said.

In addition, local indigenous parties were also prepared to conduct a small ceremony at Pura Dalem Agung in Padang Tegal area so that all the film shootings can run smoothly.

Julia Roberts who arrived in Bali last October 15 was scheduled to stay on the “Island of Gods” for a month.

Some of the locations used for the film’s making are Ubud, Padangpadang Beach, Pecatu, Ungasan in Kuta Selatan village and Badung district.

During the shooting, security was very tight at the shooting site. Journalists and the public have difficulty to take pictures when Julia Roberts and other players were in action, including difficulty to get statements from the film crew. (Antara)

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Balinese Culture Timun Mesanten

(Cucumber With Coconut Sauce)

Artist of Northern Bali on the Move:

To Organize Glass Painting Exhibition at Nagasepaha Up to this moment, the only community of glass painting remaining to exist is only at Nagasepaha Village, Buleleng. The village situated some 7 km east of Singaraja retains tens of active glass painters. They are often marginalized by the mainstream of current painting, and even they are tended to be positioned as the secondary artists. However, the glass painting introduced by Jro Dalang Diah remains to be on the move. It is indicated by some 50 glass painting are now exhibited at Bentara Budaya Bali.

There are 12 painters engaged in this second exhibition. Two of them were new comers, but the style and genre on show are no less attractive than that of others belonging to their senior. Descriptive style of Nagasepaha glass painting generally maintains the language of ex-

pression that has become their dialect, including engendering new idiolect of new painters, too.

Kadek Suradi, for instance, is a young painter often making experiment and visual exploration. He does not only implement conventional technique of glass painting, but also makes splashing and other effects. On the surface of glass, Suradi pampers his painting with visual effects. Mature exploration yields the works having various styles. Diversity in style then becomes his style.

Different from Suradi, Ketut Samudrawan prefers to freeze the movement in many of his works. One of them is his painting entitled Hanuman War in Alengka. Interestingly, Hanuman is illustrated to ride a motorbike. This painting would like to tell story about Hanuman in Ramayana epic whose tail was burnt.

As consequence, the fire burnt many buildings including the room of queen (wife to Ravana). Ketut Samudrawan described all in modern style.

Meanwhile, Ketut Santosa features more myth, legend and even today’s social life. For instance, he took out beautiful coffee vendor, prostitution at cafés, demonstration of students, airline crash, television program up to general election and regional leader election. Texts of visual puppet seemed to have been associated with the figures like Sangut and Delem that were often published in mass media.

Afterwards, Jro Dalang Diah, I Nyoman Subrata, Ketut Suamba, Kadek Nurining, I Made Sukrawa, Ketut Sekar, Wayan Arnawa, Gede Kenak Arya and Kadek Wijana highlighted the painting of Nagasepaha style in its original form. In other words, they were not far from its origin established in 1927. (BTN/015)

Overview: The bland flavor of cucumbers can be enhanced when prepared with coconut milk and spicy seasonings.

Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil 3 shallots, peeled and sliced 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 2 large red chilies, seeded and sliced ½ tsp dried shrimp paste 2 cups coconut milk 2 medium sized cucumbers, peeled, seeded and sliced 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushed Fried shallots to garnish

Preparation: Heat oil in heavy saucepan. Add shallots, garlic and chilies and sauté for 2 minutes over low heat. Mix in shrimp paste and sauté for another minute. Pour in coconut milk and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cucumbers and bring to the boil.

Reduce heat and simmer until beans are cooked.

Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with salt and pepper. Garnish with fried shallots. Helpful hints: Any type of green bean can be used instead of the long Asian variety. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Dadar

(Coconut Pancake) Overview: This pancakes, with a sweet coconut filling known as Unti, are a popular snack food and also sometimes eaten for breakfast.

Ingredients: 100 gr (3 ½ oz) rice floor 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 3 eggs 1 cup fresh coconut milk 2 tablespoons oil

Preparation: Combine rice flour, sugar, salt, eggs, coconut milk and coconut oil in a deep mixing bowl. Stir well with whisk until all lumps dissolve. Strain through strainer.

Batter should be a very liquid in consistency. Heat nonstick pan over low fire. Add 4 tablespoons of mixture and fry very thin pancakes. Cool pancakes down to room temperature. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Purancak Temple

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PURANCAK Temple is also mentioning as Pura Perancak situated in the coastal area right at Purancak Countryside, Negara sub district and Jembrana Regency. In order to reach the location of this temple which is also situated in the estuary of Purancak River, we have to go the west direction and goes to through the good road with the car or other motorcycle. After going through the journey within 9 Km from the district town, all visitors who visit this temple will arrive at nonirrigated dry field. This land is fully planted by the coconut trees with beautiful panorama that make a comfortable atmosphere.

Pertaining to the name (Abhiseka) of Purancak Temple, it is inseparable from the holy journey (Dharmayatra and Tirthayatra) of Danghyang Dwijendra, a famous Siwa Religion Adviser. From the domestic sources, there is opinion that the name of Purancak Temple is come the word of Perahu Encak (Balinese Language meaning leaky boat or breaking boat).

There is also from domestic source say that the this temple’s name is come from word Ancak (The tree name, sycamore bodi), because when

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International Danghyang Dwijendra crossing the sea in west part of Bali Island that is also recognized as Sagara Rupek, he firstly arrive at the location where the Purancak Temple existing now. He wait his wife and son who go up the leaky boat that had been patched by spool gourd leaf ( Waluh Pahit), while Danghyang Dwijendra go up a bitter fruit Waluh (spool gourd) by using his both hand and feet as oar .

When he waiting his wife and son, he was seat under a tree which is called Ancak Tree and at the same time he do conversation with a cow farmer.

Since he was seat under that tree then The Temple is built right in this location hence this temple is named by Purancak Temple. But in conjunction to other domestic sources that is estimated the Purancak Temple is also taken away from the name of this countryside where he firstly arrive and do pray while waiting his family.

This temple is kept by a priest every day who waiting and monitoring everyone who cross the way. The priest will remind and admonishing if there anyone who pass and neglect to conduct the pray based on the regulation stated by I Ngurah Ragsasa, the pow-

erful and handle hegemony over there.

Dhangyang Dwijendra and his family continue his holy journey and pass this temple. When he arrive at this temple area, the priest as a temple keeper who is also observe everyone crossing this area, he admonished and asked to Danghyang Dwinjendra to do pray in this temple. When he reach in the silent moment of praying, suddenly inscrutable fact happened that this temple breaks. When witnessing this inscrutable occurrence, I Ngurah Rangsasa with all his supporter are feeling very fear and then run to his house meanwhile the temple priest is very braze and request to Danghyang Dwijendra return the temple back to the perfection like previously.

Dhangyang Dwijendra finally fulfills his request and then he do pray again to return the temple condition like previously. By blessing of his spiritual strengthens and Chastity, the temple become intact return. The priest look so happy to witness all this experiences then Danghyang Dwijendra bestow the Kalpika to the priest in order to glorify as a proof that he was done a holy journey to this place. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS US lender CIT declares bankruptcy Agence France-Presse

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An employee at the American Disposables Inc. factory stacks bags of diaper pads October 28, 2009 in Ware, Massachusetts. US companies, still reeling from a deep economic recession, are hoarding more cash than at any time in the past 40 years, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

After crisis, US companies hoard cash: report Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - US companies, still reeling from a deep economic recession, are hoarding more cash than at any time in the past 40 years, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

The newspaper said in its analysis of corporate filings that in the second quarter, the 500 largest non-financial US firms held about 994 billion dollars in cash and short-term investments, or 9.8 percent of their assets.

The figure was up from 846 billion dollars, or 7.9 percent of assets, a year earlier, the report said.

The trend appears to have continued in the third quarter, despite an improving economy, The Journal noted.

Of those 500 companies, 248 have reported third-quarter results. Their cash increased to 11.1 percent of assets, from 10.1 percent in the second quarter.

Companies as diverse as Alcoa Inc., Google Inc., PepsiCo Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. all reported big third-quarter increases in cash holdings, the paper noted.

“Everyone is hoarding cash,” The Journal quotes Carsten Stendevad, head

of Citigroup Inc.’s financial-strategy group, as saying.

Large cash balances are both a curse for the economy and a potential blessing, the paper said. Hoarding means companies are spending and investing less, damping economic growth. But that leaves them with more cash to deploy as the economy improves, giving them a freer hand to acquire and to restart hiring and capital spending.

WASHINGTON - CIT Group, one of the largest small-business lenders in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Sunday with its board approving a “prepackaged” restructuring plan to shed 10 billion dollars in debt.

After being rescued from almost certain collapse in July following a US government rejection of a bailout plea, the company had struggled for months to stay afloat, receiving an emergency loan of 4.5 billion dollars as recently as October 28.

But when a comprehensive debtexchange plan recently failed, the board of the company, which ran into financial problems after a home mortgage meltdown plunged the country into its worst crisis in decades, had begun reorganizing its capital structure ahead of a possible bankruptcy.

“With the overwhelming support of its debt-holders, the board of directors voted to proceed with the prepackaged plan of reorganization for CIT Group Inc and a subsidiary that will restructure the company’s debt and streamline its capital structure,” the company said in a statement after the board met Sunday.

“Under the plan, CIT expects to reduce total debt by approximately 10 billion dollars, significantly reduce its liquidity needs over the next three years, enhance its capital ratios and accelerate its return to profitability.”

In the Chapter 11 filing with the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, the 101-year-old company reported total assets of 71 billion dollars and liabilities of nearly 65 billion, making the bankruptcy the fifth largest in US history, behind Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual,

WorldCom and General Motors.

CIT Group chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Peek said the plan would allow its subsidiaries, including CIT Bank, to continue operations through the reorganization.

“This market-based solution allows CIT to enter into the reorganization process well-prepared and positioned for a swift emergence,” Peek said in a statement.

About 85 percent of CIT’s reported 30 billion dollars in bond debt participated in the voting, with 90 percent of them supporting the bankruptcy plan, the company said.

The restructuring by CIT, which provides financing to nearly one million small businesses and middle market companies, is a test case of sorts for an industry whose very business depends on the trust and confidence of customers and creditors.

In December, CIT Group received 2.3 billion dollars from the US Treasury as part of an emergency rescue package, but the taxpayer money is expected to be wiped out in the restructuring.

The decision in July not to further bail out CIT came after the US government injected tens of billions of dollars into the banking system and outlined a policy of helping large firms as the financial system came under pressure following the crisis.

A US administration official at the time said the decrease in the level of loans granted by CIT Group over the past year indicated that the firm was not too big to fail.

Operating in more than 50 countries, CIT is a bank holding company that provides financial products and advisory services to small and middle market businesses.

Australia ramps up growth, jobs forecasts Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - Australia sharply upgraded its growth and jobs forecasts on Monday after bouncing back from the downturn but warned it was still on course for a record budget deficit.

Treasurer Wayne Swan said the economy was set to grow 1.5 percent in the current financial year, up from a 0.5 percent contraction forecast in the May budget, while unemployment would peak at a lower-than-expected 6.75 percent.

The forecasts, unveiled in the government’s mid-year budget update, come a day before Australia is expected to raise interest rates for the second time in as many months following its world-

leading recovery.

“What Australia has achieved is something special. We have avoided the destruction of our capital and our skills base that is usually accompanied by a sharp recession,” Swan told reporters.

“That’s something that all Australians can be proud of because it’s something that we have done together.”

However, the record budget deficit outlined in May looked set to widen slightly from 57.6 to 57.7 billion dollars (52.0 billion US), or 4.7 percent of GDP, while the economy will operate below capacity “for some time”, Swan said.

“Notwithstanding the improvement in the economic outlook, the

economy is not yet growing at a rate sufficient to prevent further rises in unemployment, incomes remain under pressure, and a sustained recovery in the major advanced economies is not yet assured,” he said.

Swan said Australia remained on course to balance the books by 2016, although net debt would hit a height of 10.0 percent of GDP in 2013-2014.

Unemployment was earlier forecast to peak at 8.5 percent next year.

The central bank is widely tipped to raise rates again on Tuesday after lifting them off five-decade lows last month, making Australia the first major Western economy to withdraw monetary stimulus in the wake of the downturn.

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In this July 20, 2009 file photo, the logo of the CIT Group is seen in New York. CIT Group, one of the largest small-business lenders in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Sunday with its board approving a “prepackaged” restructuring plan to shed 10 billion dollars in debt.

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Biographer: 16-YearOld Angelina Jolie Did Not Sleep With Mother’s CONTROVERSIAL biographer Andrew Morton has dismissed reports his new Angelina Jolie tell-all suggests the actress romanced her mom’s lover.

The British writer, who has penned exposes about Princess Diana and Tom Cruise, has turned his attention to Jolie, and gossips are beginning to speculate about what information the book throws up.

Morton insists the book will be a great read, but it won’t make claims the actress slept with her late mother Marcheline Bertrand’s livein lover when she was just 16 - a fling that allegedly destroyed the relationship. Morton tells Life & Style magazine, “It’s about as true as I’m Angelina Jolie sitting on this horse.” The author is refusing to reveal what he’s gathered for his book.

He’s not the only writer digging up the dirt on Jolie - investigative journalist Ian Halperin’s new tome, “Brangelina Exposed,” will hit bookstores on December 1. His book takes a look at the actress’ courtship and relationship with Brad Pitt.

Ryan Seacrest Gets Restraining Order Against Alleged Stalker RYAN Seacrest has won a temporary restraining order against a man accused of stalking him with a knife. The TV and radio host’s lawyers headed to court just hours after Chidi Uzomah was arrested wielding a knife outside Seacrest’s Los Angeles offices on Friday.

It’s the third time Uzomah has attempted to make contact with the star.

Last month he was convicted of three misdemeanors after fighting with Seacrest’s bodyguard at a California hospital. He was also seen looking for Seacrest at a Burbank radio station the same month.

According to TMZ.com, Seacrest’s lawyer Blair Berk made the swift decision so Uzomah could be served the order while he’s still being interrogated by cops on felony stalking charges. Under the terms of the temporary restraining order he must stay 100 yards away from Seacrest, his home, job and vehicle.

The order is the second granted by LA authorities in just hours, after Nicole Richie sought similar measures to protect her from two paparazzi photographers accused of crashing their car into her earlier this month.

Anna Friel

Man Collapses over Nude Anna Friel Anna Friel’s nude role in a West End play is having a huge effect on audiences - one onlooker collapsed when the “Land of the Lost” actress peeled off her clothes.

The British beauty strips off onstage during her protrayal of Holly Golightly in the new version of classic Audrey Hepburn movie “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” - and the sight of the star in

all her naked glory was simply too much for one audience member. He keeled over in the aisle and had to be wheeled out of the auditorium by medics.

Friel explains, “During that na-

ked scene, about four days ago, we had a man who collapsed in the audience - but it was during the naked scene and I didn’t know if I had done something very wrong or it just happened that he collapsed at that point.

“I remember him being carried out on a stretcher, which was a bit distracting.”

Lindsay Lohan: ‘My Dad’s A Lunatic & Belongs Behind Bars’ LINDSAY Lohan has fuelled a war of words with her father Michael - branding him a “lunatic” who “doesn’t deserve” to have children. The Mean Girls star is planning to seek a restraining order against her estranged dad after he publicly pleaded with her to seek professional help for her alleged addiction to prescription drugs.

The actress was horrified to discover her dad claimed she was on “death’s doorstep” - and now she has taken to her personal Twitter.com page to blast Michael, after his public allegations left her younger sister in tears. She writes, “My father is a lunatic & doesn’t even deserve such a title since he’s never been around in my life other than when he’d threaten me & my family.

“He should be where he has always put himself after verbally abusing and physically abusing people all my life - behind bars. It’s so sad to get a phone call from my baby sister just now asking, ‘Why is daddy doing this?’ Through tears.

“He’s crossed the lines & hurt me & my family 4 the last time... So much for having a ‘dad’... I’m going to spend some time with the ones that love me & I love now. I appreciate those who continue to support me. My fans keep me strong & I love you all so much for it! My second family is what you are to me.”

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Colorado county copes with methane mystery Associated Press Writer

WALSENBURG, Colo. – Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high. The friend wasn’t hurt. But that and an explosion at another home weeks earlier forced Colorado to suspend natural gas drilling around this southern plains town until someone could find out why dangerous levels of methane were getting into the groundwater.

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In this photograph taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, the sign and fire extinguisher were put up near a water well owned by Ben and Melanie Bounds after a build up of methane blew the roof off the couple’s water well shed on the land outside of Walsenburg, Colo. Area residents are experiencing problems with their wells since drilling for natural gas started around the southeast Colorado community.

Two years later, Walsenburg and surrounding Huerfano County are still waiting, its residents caught in a collision between two of the West’s vital resources: Water and natural gas. “The water is so saturated with methane and other chemicals it is not to be used for human consumption,” said Bernice Angely, who’s had water trucked to her home 10 miles west of town since her well blew up in July 2007.

Petroglyph Energy Inc., a Boise, Idaho-based firm that has worked the rolling plains of the Raton Basin since 1999, suspended drilling until it can stem the methane. Colorado also is rewriting rules that had allowed Petroglyph to discharge water runoff from its drilling into streams and creeks. But Petroglyph says it’s not clear the drilling caused the methane leaks or prompted other area water wells to run dry. Eying what it calls an extremely promising natural gas field, it believes a shallow water formation tapped by area homeowners isn’t connected to a deeper one pumped by the company for its drilling operations.

Petroglyph chief operating officer Paul Powell also believes a growing number of new homes in the area could explain some of the dry water wells. “We’ll do what we need to do,” Powell said, stressing that his firm is working with the state on a

solution. Petroglyph has a plan to prevent the flow of methane into water wells by creating a hydraulic barrier.

The company has proposed pumping water from an underground formation and injecting it into a row of wells where gas drilling occurs. Powell said gas will migrate into a void, and “if the void is full of water, there isn’t room for gas to migrate through it.”

State regulators say the plan is plausible but that Petroglyph needs to prove it works. Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar, who farms in the nearby San Luis Valley, has asked the U.S. Geological Survey to weigh in by evaluating the area’s water quality and formations to determine if the gas drilling is to blame for the problems.

Water coursing through porous rock and streams has allowed farming, ranching and new subdivisions to thrive in the semiarid area about 160 miles south of Denver.

It also helps trap methane gas in the vast coal seams that once made the area a mining hot spot. The coal mines are gone, but the methane that made digging for it dangerous is a valuable resource. Companies like Petroglyph pump huge volumes of water out of the ground to relieve the pressure trapping the natural gas.

Steve Gunderson, director of Colorado’s water quality control division, said Petroglyph will have to build a water treatment plant before

it gets a new permit to discharge water. The old permit allowed Petroglyph to release up to 8 million gallons of water daily.

Fourth-generation dairy farmer Brett Corsentino blames the discharges into the Cucharas River for ruining his corn crops. He uses river water to irrigate his crops just a few miles east of the homeowners having problems with their wells.

He says the high levels of sodium in the wastewater has diminished his soil’s ability to absorb water and stunted the corn’s growth.

“They say, `Well, there’s no proof,’” Corsentino said. “Well, we’d been getting along for generations just fine until they started pumping 8 million gallons out of this country.”

Corsentino also says his herd suffered abnormally high birth and death rates and now numbers 400, down from 650. He believes the cows consumed too much sodium from the water and corn grown from it. His corn used to produce 6,000 tons of silage; this year’s crop yielded 1,500 tons. However, Corsentino says his herd is healthier and milk production has increased since drilling stopped.

“There’s an obvious direct, substantial impact to Brett Corsentino’s dairy,” the state’s Gunderson said of the drilling.

Let Kids Sleep Late on Week- Australian oil spill ‘putting animals at risk’ ends to Fight Fat: Study Agence France – Presse

LETTING children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended to be heavier (as measured by body mass index, or BMI) than children who slept more. But among children who slept less than eight hours a night, those who compensated for their weekday sleep deficit by sleeping late on weekends or holidays were significantly less likely to be overweight or obese.

The study, which confirmed previous research linking sleep deficits to obesity in children, also found that, on average, children slept significantly longer on weekends and holidays than on school weekdays. However, the overweight children tended to get less weekend/holiday sleep than their normal-weight peers. The researchers didn’t determine why obese and overweight children were less likely to sleep late on holidays or weekends, but noted that they tended to spend more time doing homework and watching TV than their normal-weight peers. Biological factors might also play a role in the compressed sleep cycle, they said.

“There’s a lot of evidence linking short sleep duration to higher body mass,” said Kristen Knutson, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, who was not involved in the study. “What’s unique about this study is that it’s the first to show that extending sleep on weekends may help with avoiding weight gain.”

Still, the researchers urged caution in the interpretation of their findings, acknowledging that “an irregular sleep-wake schedule and insufficient sleep among school-aged children and adolescents has been documented with a variety of serious repercussions, including increased daytime sleepiness, academic difficulties, and mood and behavioral problems.” The precise nature of the link between short sleep duration and obesity remains unclear, said Mary A. Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I., and director of chronobiology at Bradley Hospital in East Providence.

SYDNEY – A massive oil leak off Australia’s northwest coast poses an “immediate risk” to dozens of marine species, with untold numbers possibly dying and sinking to the Timor Sea floor, a report has said.

Biologist James Watson was commissioned to carry out a government survey of the West Atlas drilling rig, where at least 400 barrels of oil have gushed daily into the ocean since August 21. He found about 20 dead seabirds and a dead sea snake among 23 species, and said the oil appeared to be drawing certain species into the toxic area, where they were at grave risk. “The presence of dying birds and dead sea snakes suggest that there is an immediate risk to species utilising the water that has been affected by the oil slick,” Watson wrote in his report, which was released late Friday.

“It is possible that species that are dying or dead and lying in oil-affected water may not stay afloat for long periods of time, making it unlikely that we would find large numbers of dead animals,” he added.

There was a “significant risk” that a change in conditions could push the oil into deeper waters further west and north, where large numbers of endangered cetaceans lived, he added.

“Moreover, as the breeding seasons ends... more juvenile birds will be feeding throughout the region. As such, we believe that over the upcoming months the oil slick — if uncontained — may have an increasing impact on these species,” he said. Watson said the spill appeared to have changed the feeding and breeding behaviour of some animals, and long-term studies were needed to determine how severe the impact was.

“I am amazed at how little Australia cares about this,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. “This is a huge oil slick.” The rig’s Thai-based operator PTTEP Australasia failed in a fourth attempt to plug the leak, now entering its 10th week, and said it could be months before the operation was successful. More than 2,000 barrels of oil have been recovered from the ocean surface in clean up efforts to date.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett said he remained very concerned about the long-term impact and was “certainly very anxious to see this spill stopped quickly and safely.”

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File photo shows an animal protection officer preparing to remove oil from a contaminated sea bird.

A massive oil leak off Australia’s northwest coast poses an “immediate risk” to dozens of marine species, with untold numbers possibly dying and sinking to the Timor Sea floor, a report has said.

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Family man Federer returns to headline at home Agence France - PResse

BASEL – Roger Federer returns after six weeks off resting and easing into his new role as a father of twin girls when he headlines at his home event, the Swiss Indoors, starting on Monday.

The world number one opted out of the recent ATP Asian sojourn after a gruelling mid-season, where he re-established ATP superiority with titles at Paris and Wimbledon plus a US Open final appearance.

The St Jakobshalle will miss out on a possible re-run of the US Open final, after ailing New York winner Juan Martin Del Potro withdrew with a lingering wrist injury. The Argentine has not been the same player since he beat Federer for the trophy in September but the Tour continues apace, with Basel, the Paris Masters and the year-end World Tour Finals in London from November 22 to come as the 2009 campaign draws to a close.

Federer’s record 15 Grand Slam titles will be feted in suitablly high-class style on Monday’s opening day, with a ceremony featuring a performance by Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe. The Catalan opera singer will be accompanied by the Opera Choir of the Theater Basel and the Basel

Festival Orchestra, before Federer’s opening match against a qualifier.

“I’ve been back practising and training now for some time and all is going well,” Federer said in the run-up to the event he has won for the last three years. “I feel much better. I’m looking forward to playing my hometown tournament.” Federer made his last appearance on court in a Davis Cup win over Italy the weekend after losing the US Open final.

Beijing champion and Shanghai semi-finalist Novak Djokovic makes his debut at the tournament in the main draw as second seed, with German Andreas Beck his first opponent. Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez, a familiar face in Basel after taking the 2005 title and two runner-up spots, is seeded third, with a first-round match against American John Isner.

Croatian Marin Cilic takes the

fourth seeding on a wild card after Del Potro’s pullout while Czech Radek Stepanek is seeded fifth ahead of Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. American James Blake will play as the seventh seed after an indifferent two events in Asia.

Roger Federer returns after six weeks off resting and easing into his new role as a father of twin girls when he headlines at his home event, the Swiss Indoors, starting on Monday. The world number one opted out of the recent ATP Asian sojourn after a gruelling mid-season, where he re-established ATP superiority with titles at Paris and Wimbledon plus a US Open final appearance.

Serena triumph clouded by fears over WTA health, wealth

Cook wins finale, Roberts takes points title Agence France - Presse

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DOHA – Serena Williams heads for 2010 as world number one, WTA Championships, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, but there’s a worrying storm gathering over women’s tennis. The new year should spark a celebration of marquee match-ups where the Williams sisters renew their epic rivalry with the returning Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin.

Hopes are also high for a fully-fit Maria Sharapova to grace more tennis courts than red carpets, while Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka lead the new generation. Williams pocketed 1.55 million dollars for relieving sister Venus of her WTA Championships title here on Sunday, but it wasn’t the only mind-boggling sum giving the WTA headaches.

The deadline for a renewal of the tour’s 88-milliondollar, six-year agreement with title sponsor Sony Ericsson is the end of the year, but the global financial crisis is never far from sports’ front doors. “We are looking at our sponsorship seriously. We haven’t made any decision yet, and all options are open,” said Aldo Ligouri, vice-president and head of global communications at Sony Ericsson.

When the deal was signed in 2005, it represented a much-needed boost for the WTA, which had been without a title sponsor in 2003 and 2004.

However, Ericsson recently reported a 74-percent fall in net profit blamed on falling sales and problems at its Sony Ericsson venture. If that wasn’t enough, there are signs that the WTA Roadmap, designed to protect the long-term health of its top stars, may not be having the desired effect. The 4.55 million dollar WTA Championships featured the world’s top eight players. By the end of the week, however, 10 had taken part with one alternate even being replaced by another.

Tearful Dinara Safina lasted just two games and 12 minutes, losing her world number one spot while Wozniacki and Azarenka quit before the end of their involvement. Serena played the final with her left thigh bandaged; Venus needed protection for her left knee.

“We definitely weren’t physically a 100-percent today.

But it just shows you how much we try,” said Serena, who blamed physical exhaustion on her decision to

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Serena Williams of the US poses with her trophy and her prize after beating her sister Venus in the WTA Championships final at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, on November 1. Serena won her second career WTA Championships title with a commanding 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) victory, a triumph which earned her a cool $1.55 mln. withdraw from the US team to face Italy in the Fed Cup final.

In 2009, players saw their WTA tournament commitment cut from 13 to 10.Both Williams sisters have played 16 events, including the four Grand Slams; Wozniacki played 90 matches in a year which saw her reach the US Open final and reach four in the world.

“We were asking the athletes to play 13 commitments, and they’re down to 10,” said Stacey Allaster, the WTA chief executive.

“If we don’t have healthy athletes, you know, we can’t have a level of product that we want.” While Serena flies into 2010 as world number one, 29-year-old Venus knows time is ticking. The holder of 41 titles, it’s been eight months since she last held up a trophy and she looked sluggish in Doha, squeezing into the semi-finals despite losing two of three round-robin encounters.

SONOMA, Calif. – John Cook had a tough time staying focused Sunday in the final round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championships. Loren Roberts had no such problem. Cook spent the morning exchanging text messages with Joey Sindelar, his close friend and former Ohio State teammate who was hospitalized Saturday after having a pulmonary embolism. Then Cook went out and won the season-ending tournament by five strokes for his second Champions Tour title in three weeks.

“That kind of shocks you a little bit when one of your compadres goes down,” said Cook, who closed with a 3-under 69 to finish 22-under 266 at Sonoma Golf Club. “That’s serious stuff. I don’t like to see anybody, friends or family, go down like that. I was thinking of him all day.”

Cook, also the Administaff Small Business Classic winner two weeks ago in Texas, broke the tournament record of 268 shared by Jim Thorpe and Andy Bean. Roberts shook off two days of struggles for a second straight 66 to tie for sixth at 13-under 275 and win the points title and $1 million annuity for the second time in three years. He had to hold off a strong surge from Bernhard Langer (68), who also finished at 13 under.

“I played two totally different golf tournaments in one week,” Roberts said. “The first two days I really didn’t hit it very good and I really didn’t putt well. You just hate to get to the end and blow it.” He didn’t, shooting 12 under over the final two rounds. Roberts, the 2007 points champion, said he plans to donate a portion of his winnings to a

Sacramento-area school district to help keep girls’ and boys’ golf programs going.

Russ Cochran (68) finished second in the tournament. Brad Bryant (69) and Jeff Sluman (68) were 15 under, and Phil Blackmar (69) was 14 under. After opening with a 68 on Thursday, Cook shot a tournament-record 62 in the second round and followed with a 67 to enter Sunday with a comfortable lead. Though he continued to have a few problems off the tee, Cook stayed consistent throughout the four days and avoided getting into serious trouble. He was bogey free Sunday and had only two bogeys the entire tournament, making up for whatever problems he did have with a solid short game and steady putting.

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John Cook hits from the fairway on the third hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship golf event in Sonoma, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.

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Real visit Milan in role reversal Reuters -

BERNE - AC Milan and Real Madrid will swap roles on Tuesday when they meet again in the Champions League while Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are among 10 sides still seeking their first wins of the group phase.

Barcelona, beaten 2-1 at home by debutants Rubin Kazan last time out, visit the same team on Wednesday knowing that another defeat would put them out of the top two in Group F. The group stage’s fourth round of matches could also be crucial for the fortunes of former champions Bayern Munich and Liverpool, currently out of the top-two places in their groups.

Bayern host French champions Girondins Bordeaux in Group A and Liverpool, who have lost six of their last seven games, travel to Olympique Lyon in Group E. Real playmaker Kaka returns to the San Siro stadium for the first time as the Spaniards visit his old club hoping to avenge their 3-2 defeat at the Bernabeu.

That result prompted a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of the two sides. AC Milan’s rookie Brazilian coach Leonardo, who went into the game under severe pressure, is now sitting pretty after an unbeaten seven-match run while opposite number Manuel Pellegrini is feeling the heat. “Real is a game which you especially prepare for.

We hope to maintain our high level of play,” Leonardo said.

Pellegrini’s position was questioned after Real’s embarrassing 4-0 defeat by third-tier Alcorcon in the King’s Cup made it three games without a win. A 2-0 La Liga win over Getafe on Saturday, courtesy of two goals from unsung Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, calmed the waters a bit. But defeat on Tuesday could see another storm brewing for Pellegrini, who will again be without injured Cristiano Ronaldo. “The papers have been full of names of great coaches but we are happy with Pellegrini and we are sure he will finish the season positively,” club president Florentino Perez told Italian television.

Milan and Real top Group C with six points, three ahead of Olympique Marseille and FC Zurich who meet in France. Barcelona travel to Russia having had their league lead over Real slashed to one point following a 1-1 draw at Osasuna. Rubin Kazan, Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev each have four points in Group F with Inter on three.

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A.C. Milan’s forward Marco Borriello celebrates after scoring with A.C. Milan’s Brazilian forward Pato during their Serie A football match AC Milan vs Parma at San Siro Stadium in Milan on October 31, 2009.

Bayern strikers battle it out for Bordeaux game Reuters -

BERLIN - Italian striker Luca Toni looks to have beaten Mario Gomez in their battle for a Bayern Munich starting spot for Tuesday’s Champions League match against Girondins Bordeaux. Toni, who scored midweek against Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup and carved out several chances in Saturday’s goalless draw with VfB Stuttgart straight after coming on, may have done enough to confine 30-million-euro striker Gomez to the bench.

Gomez, the Bundesliga’s most expensive signing, was picked to start against his former club Stuttgart but coach Louis van Gaal hinted Toni, who missed much of the early season with a heel injury, would be his choice against Bordeaux. “The reason Gomez (started) was that he is from here and he knows the grass, he knows the pitch,” Van Gaal said.

“But Toni had played four matches in a row and I have to think about Bordeaux.”

With only four points from three matches, the Bavarians have so far failed to meet expectations, lying in third place in Group A, a point behind Juventus and three off leaders Bordeaux. With injured playmaker Franck Ribery out for several weeks

and in-form Thomas Mueller suspended, Van Gaal will have to rely on the speed of midfielder Arjen Robben, just back from a knee injury, to set the pace in Munich on Tuesday.

Bayern will also be missing defender Daniel van Buyten who, like Mueller, was red-carded in their 21 defeat in Bordeaux last month, with Argentine Martin Demichelis the most likely replacement. Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux geared up for the game with a clinical 1-0 win against Monaco on Saturday. They once again proved dangerous on set pieces, with defender Marc Planus poking the ball home after Stephane Ruffier had parried a Marouane Chamakh header from a Wendel free kick.

“It was a good game to prepare for the Bayern game,” said midfielder and captain Alou Diarra. “We can approach this Champions League match serenely.

We will travel there to take at least a point. We expect a tough game.” Bordeaux’s mission will not be an easy one, warned Diarra.

“Bayern have their back to the wall ... but we will go there aiming to spring a surprise.” Bordeaux will be almost at full strength, with only Brazilian centre back Henrique set to miss the game with a knee injury.

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Munich’s Luca Toni, left, scores past Stuttgart’s goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, right, as Stuttgart’s Serdar Tasci, 2nd from left, and Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger look on during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The referee decided the goal off-side, the match ended 0-0.

Milan’s resurgence makes Kaka return a footnote Reuters -

MILAN - Real Madrid playmaker Kaka will come up against a resurgent AC Milan when he returns to the San Siro on Tuesday for the first time since his close-season move. Milan were on the ropes before their stunning 3-2 win at Real two weeks ago and now look favourites in the reverse Champions League Group C fixture.

Fans of the Serie A club were shattered by the sale of the Brazilian and a dreadful start to the season, including a 1-0 home defeat by FC Zurich, made them feel even worse.

However, a switch to a 4-3-3 formation has since worked wonders and Leonardo’s side are unbeaten in seven games.

“Real is a game which you especially prepare for. We hope to maintain our high level of play,” Leonardo told reporters after Saturday’s 2-0 win over Parma. Striker Marco Borriello, fit after a year out with a back injury, was set up by Ronaldinho to score both goals but faces a battle to stay in the side with European maestro Filippo Inzaghi, 36, waiting in the wings.

Only one of the target men is expected to start on Tuesday with former Barcelona forward Ronaldinho set to play on the left of the front three and Alexandre Pato, who netted twice at the Bernabeu, poised for the right. Former Real striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar is therefore likely to stay on the bench while centre back Alessandro Nesta hopes to return after missing the Parma match with a thigh problem.

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Real Madrid’s coach Manuel Pellegrini of Chile, right, gives instructions to Kaka of Brazil during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Saturday Oct. 31, 2009.

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Hamilton bemoans brake problems

LEWIS Hamilton believes that he and McLaren were unable to show their true pace in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after battling brake problems that ultimately forced his retirement. Prerace favourite Hamilton led from the start, but a problem with the right-rear brake pad began to show up on the team’s data on lap three.

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McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain reacts after setting the pole position after qualifying session at the Yas Marina racetrack , in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Emirates Formula One Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Kobayashi set for 2010 Toyota drive KAMUI Kobayashi is now set to race for Toyota in Formula 1 next year, after team president John Howett said he had been impressed with the youngster in his two outings for the team. Kobayashi delivered his first F1 points with a strong run to sixth place in Abu Dhabi helped in part by a brave overtaking move past world champion Jenson Button.

And with Toyota looking for new drivers for next year, Howett said it was likely that Kobayashi would take one of the team’s seats in 2010.

“It looks like it,” explained Howett.

“We will have to give really serious consideration, as he has really shown very good strong results.

“I am very impressed. We were very happy again. What we like is his real fighting spirit. He is not intimidated by anybody. It’s very positive.” Howett said that Kobayashi’s performances had erased all doubts about his potential – after a difficult season he endured in GP2 this year.

“I think that is why there was some hesitation. We always understood that he was very good in terms of racing spirit. That has been there all through his career, but because partly the GP2 pace did not look competitive, you were always hesitant against the risk. It is a lesson definitely that sometimes we should

all be braver in our driver choices and not go for the safer risk-hedged decision.”

And although experienced drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Adrian Sutil have been linked with Toyota, Howett also suggested that Kobayashi’s performances could also prompt the team to take two youngsters. “I think that is some-

thing we are currently discussing.

There are some [current] drivers that are not fixed who you would consider, but if they looked not likely then we would prefer to take a brave new direction.” Toyota is likely to firm up its driver line-up after a Japanese board meeting on November 15, where the team’s operating budget for 2010 will be signed off.

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Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan steers his car during the third free practice session at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Emirates Formula One Grand Prix will take place here on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.

He retired as a precaution after losing top spot to Sebastian Vettel in the first round of pitstops, with the team’s preliminary investigation suggesting a one-off faulty brake pad. “I had a good start, but I realised early on that something wasn’t right with the brakes,” said Hamilton. “After three or four laps, it became clear that there was a problem with my right-rear brake pad, so I couldn’t open up the gap back to Sebastian and Mark [Webber].”

“When the problem got worse, the team radioed me and told me to stop at the end of the lap. Of course, it’s a shame that we couldn’t show the performance we’d had throughout the weekend - but sometimes that’s racing. However, I think we can be really proud of our efforts: who’d have thought we’d finish third in the Constructors’ Championship at the start of this season? It’s been an incredible year, and now I can’t wait for next season to start so I can fight for the world championship again.”

Team principal Martin Whitmarsh paid tribute to Hamilton’s performance, and admitted that it could have been dangerous to allow him to continue to run with the faulty brake pad. “Lewis drove absolutely superbly all weekend – in fact he drove absolutely superbly all year,” said Whitmarsh.

“Today, though, after just five laps, his right rear brake pad began to show signs of an unusual level of wear – a rogue pad, we think – and as a result we had to stop him for safety reasons. That was an enormous pity, because up to that point he’d shown blistering pace every day.” Whitmarsh said that he was proud of his team crowning its impressive turnaround after starting the season well off the pace by clinching third in the Constructors’ Championship. “The fact that we beat Ferrari to third place is of course a matter of pride to us, and I want to pay tribute to all at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for the superhuman efforts they all made in achieving that milestone,” said Whitmarsh.