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An artist from Bangli regency is playing a traditional Balinese instrument in the 32nd annual Bali Art Festival (BAF) in art center Denpasar.

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The 32nd annual BAF

Caruk, rare art in Bali DENPASAR – The visitors of the 32nd annual Bali Art Festival (BAF) was showed a rare Balinese art which was “caruk”. The “caruk” was performed by Raka-Rai art group from Bangbang village in Tembuku, Bangli.

The art group led by I Dewa Gede Ngurah Widnyana performed several “caruk” songs to the audiences. The performance started with Riringan song, followed by Ombak Segara, Pemungkah,

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“caruk” is a small traditional Balinese music consists of four elements. Two of them made from krawang and the others made from bamboo.

The “caruk” instrument is the reconstruction of the similar instrument

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Day of truth arrives for Bloody Sunday survivors Associated Press Writer

DUBLIN – An epic 12-year investigation into Northern Ireland’s biggest mass killing by British soldiers reached a bittersweet climax Tuesday as relatives of the 13 Catholic demonstrators killed on “Bloody Sunday” began reading a 5,000-page report into why the 1972 slaughter happened.

The relatives and their lawyers received copies several hours before

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Rejangan, Gegiringan, Capung Gandok and Kincang-kincung. The art group performed the songs for approximately one hour.

I Dewa Gede Darmayasa, the teacher on the art group, said that

in Pau village in Klungkung. The instrument is usually used in important ceremony such as Dewa Yadnya, Buta Yadnya and Pitra Yadnya. Since the art group was established in 1991, Raka-Rai had reconstructed several rare instruments such as Selonding, Selukat, Gambang, Gong Luang, Terompong Beruk and Caruk.

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Britain officially published the findings of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the biggest and most expensive factfinding investigation in British legal history. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair authorized the probe in 1998 in response to demands for the truth of Bloody Sunday to be exposed.

The relatives said they expected their loved ones — branded bombers and gunmen in the original 1972 British investigation — to be exonerated and the soldiers found guilty

Megan Bradley, three, granddaughter of Jim Wray, gathers with other relatives of those shot dead on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, Northern Ireland Tuesday June 15, 2010 ahead of Tuesday’s release of the long-awaited Saville report.

of committing illegal killings, a verdict that could open the door to criminal prosecution.

Before receiving the report, the Bloody Sunday families mounted a mournful procession to the city hall in Londonderry bearing pictures of the 13 people killed and 15 wounded by army gunfire on Jan. 30, 1972.

Soldiers that day charged into crowds of Catholic demonstrators in the city’s hard-line Bogside district at the end of an illegal march that had been blocked from reaching the city hall. The soldiers claimed to have been responding to Irish Republican Army gunfire and to have targeted armed rioters, but no soldiers suffered injuries.

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Bali News Society responds recklessly to outbreak of rabies disease Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The widespread rabies disease in some regions in Bali is inseparable from the reckless behavior of local society in responding it. They will only address it seriously, if any one of their family members becomes a victim.

Former Chairman of the Rabies Special Committee of Bali House, Nyoman Gede Putra Astawa, stated that government had indeed taken any attempts to prevent the transmission of rabies disease. Among them, they were done through distribution of anti-rabies vaccine (VAR) and comprehensive vaccination. Similarly, VAR inventories were felt to have been sufficient to meet the public demand. “I think the efforts of the executive have been maximal,” said Komang Putra Astawa, last Monday (Jun 14).

When asked if such condition would impede Bali in realizing its target to reach the status of being free from rabies in 2010, the legislator from PDI-P faction stated the possibility could happen. He added

government would be impossible to work alone without the assistance of local community. Such assistance could be in the form of self-consciousness to vaccinate the pets as well as other prevention efforts.

“There should be self-awareness.

Let alone their willingness to include in the vaccination activities, if necessary, their pets must also be willing to be included in elimination,” he added.

Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika in an opportunity expressed the handling of rabies in Bali was a little bit late, although government had been trying hard. The main obstacle in handling the problem, he said, was the public awareness to be more responsive to the dangers of rabies. “We beg earnestly, please do

not consider the problem light hearted,” he said.

Meanwhile, in terms of cost, according to Pastika, the handling of the disease was too expensive. The handling of a dog bite victim required at least IDR 750,000. Besides, the anti-rabies vaccine (VAR) for bite victims was very difficult to obtain because there was only one importer in Indonesia and single distributor in Bali.

On that account, he emphasized the need of preventive measures by conducting elimination of wild dogs or dogs released wildly. Meanwhile, domesticated dogs should remain to undergo regular vaccination. “We ask for the understanding of animal lovers over the elimination. Do not continue blaming on the efforts,” he said. (08)

Public Officer’s House Allegedly Burned by Burglar Negara (Bali Post) -

House of Ekbangsosbud’s Head in Pemkab Jembrana Made Mangku Karmaya in banjar Kertajaya, Pendem, Negara, war burned Sunday (13 / 6) night at about 23:00 pm. Cause of fire not known for sure, but suspected house burglar Mangku accidentally burned by a previous entry.

Responding to allegations of rose, the forensic team of Polda Bali, Monday (14 / 6) yesterday took to the location of the investigation. From the observations on the scene yesterday, it is found that only one room that had burned out the front bedroom. The fire also destroyed visible above the roof and roof space Mangku and his wife was sleeping. Also visible are two windows on the right side of the house there is a former forced entry. A number of witnesses who come to extinguish the fire claimed surprise, because when the electrical fire is still visible life. Therefore it allegedly is not from faulty electricity.

Previously suspected, the victim’s house to be empty since Friday (11 / 6) then it was attebded by thief. It also reinforced with a number of randomized wardroberandom. But it does not find the suspected thief and the valuables and then set fire to clothing in front of the room.

A number of accidentally locked bedroom door by the victim appear to open freely. Only one storage room key and TV appear to have the former forced entry. “The keys of another room were used to put under the mattress in my room.”

Mangku said. Police from the fire could be extinguished immediately put police line for further investigation.

The incident was first known by neighbors in the north of the victim’s house and informed him of the fire incident to the PMK and the victim, who was then in Mengwi, Badung.

Mangku aware of any fire from neighbors and the arrival in his home location has been sold out.

Only a number of items of securities which he kept in his bedroom closet shelves safely. Mangku insists there are no valuables missing, as it was before going to happen to the money and jewelry taken.

Earlier in the surrounding area a theft also take place in local property. Chairman of Group VII Indigenous Environmental Kertajaya Br, Pendem, Astawa IB’s group asserted werles worth USD 900 thousand was missing a few days ago.

According to bloom after the vigil thieves returned residents were to dim. Earlier in that location also happens after targeting successive three straight homes.

Jembrana district police Reskrim visible PPA police chief Ketut Suparta Jembrana permission when it was confirmed Monday (14 / 6) yesterday said it is still investigating the cause of the fire. Police confirmed the forced window so that it must do further investigation. Police have also lowered to investigate the cause of fire Labfor. (Sur)

Transport services need regulating to resolve congestion in Ubud Gianyar (Bali Post)—

The existence of transport services operating in several strategic areas in Ubud also needs regulating. Considering, the existence of such transport services contributes to traffic congestion in Ubud area, too. Their existence of providing transport services for guests also often hung out on average of more than 20 hours per day. Therefore, it is required an effort to reduce the traffic congestion by arranging their existence.

It was revealed by one of the residents of Padangtegal, Ketut Krisnayana, who is also an entrepreneur at the region. To overcome the traffic problems in central Ubud area was not an easy thing. As a matter of fact, it required a comprehensive study along with the impact and effect if the policy was carried out. One of the ideas coming into view was on the provision of land for parking lot or land situated outside the Ubud area especially at the buffer villages. This could also be considered effective. One of the so-

lutions offered for future consideration by the parties concerned was the setting of the existence of drivers providing transport services in such strategic areas, he explained.

During this time, the cause of traffic jams occurring in Ubud region always blamed on businessmen who did not want to prepare spaces for parking lot of their employees. Actually, when viewed from the presence of vehicles, the number of two-wheeled vehicles did not provide significant impact on the traffic congestion happened. “Simply cross-check the existence of transport services hanging out along the streets of the strategic region,” he explained.

The existence of transport services during this time is virtually not detectable. They will be hanging out almost 20 hours a day when they do not get a guest at all.

It is those who are ordinarily hanging out in front of hotels, restaurants and close to markets as well as royal palace that require further arrangement. (kmb16)

Again, Self Hanging in Bangli 4 Lives Gone in One Week Bangli (Bali Post)

No matter what sign it is giving to Bangli, four lives have gone in a time not reaching one week by tragic self hangings during the beginning of June.

Now the total has reached 5 lives.

Last Monday (15/6), the social disturbance happened again at Banjar Serongga, Songan Village, Kintamani.

The victim is Jero Gede Pariasa (24), found dead dangling his neck with a plastic rope on his own jackfruit tree.

The same incident happened at Songan, Banjar Dalem on the day before. I Wayan Guwet (70) found dead tragically hanging on his kitchen’s ceiling.

On the beginning of June, the victim was Ni Nengah Dabdab - resident of Belancan, Kintamani, and then followed by I Nengah Mudarana – resident of Sidembunut, Bangli and I Made Bawa – resident of Guliang Kangin, Bangli last Saturday (12/6). Then on Sunday and Monday it happened again.

Seems most of the residents rather do this as a shortcut to get away from their depression over chronic diseases.

Kintamani Police Sector Chief, Adjunct Police Commissioner I Made Oka with Bangli Police Department permission last Monday (14/6) confirmed that Gede Pariasa was found dead by his own dad, I Nyoman Nalun (70). Based on witnesses Nyoman Nalun, Nyoman Sarda and Jero Luh Sial confessions, it was suspected Pariasa was desperate to get over his depression on symptoms of paralytic illness that he had since 4 months ago.

Efforts in treating the victim’s illness have been done by his family.

But victim was not patience and got depressed. At the end he took a shortcut. From the crime scene investigation, there was no sign of any harm on the victim’s body. So it is clear Gede Pariasa died because of suicide. (kmb17)

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Residents of Bali in Batam Island

An officer of the Cleaning and Gardening Department is putting down the billboard owned by Tragia Supermarket in Diponegoro Street. The billboard must be put down because the supermarket is not operating anymore.

Celebrate Birthday at The Temple CITYof Batam in Riau Islands (Riau Islands) which is famous as an industrial city was also inhabited by hundreds of families who come from Bali. And interestingly, in Batam, Bali residents remain loyal to the religious life according to Hinduism, although the city built on a small island that continues to develop into an international city.

Bali Post that visited Batam with a division of Public Relations and Protocol regency of Buleleng in the activities of Public Relations, Orientation, Thursday (10 / 6) until Saturday (12 / 6), the time to perform prayers together at the same time meet some residents who live in Bali and Batam Island other islands in the vicinity. Although living separately, but the residents of Bali that together with worshiping a large temple on the hill in the middle of town, right on Jalan Gajah Mada, Baloi Batam name is Pura Agung Amrita Bhuwana. The location of this temple was quite striking and quite high, so it can be seen from a number of major roads in Batam.

The number of overseas residents in Batam, Bali is quite a lot, about 200 families. They almost found in every region, such as in the industrial area of Nagoya, in Batam Center and an office area in the region of Bengkong.

What is unique, in addition to praying every full moon and new moon, they also perform a variety of activation in the temple, like communal meetings. Even more interesting, the locals also celebrate the birthdays of their children in the temples.

Birthday celebration was preceded by prayers together and continued with the Dharma Discourse. After that, the children gathered together around a child who is having her/his birthday celebrated. So that creates a unique atmosphere. Cone shaped birthday, accompanied by offerings dedicated to the God in the foundation. Then after that cone, containing offerings of cakes and fruits were opened while singing the birthday song in Bahasa Indonesian and English as a song

known children for this. Meal together as a form of gratitude as well as participate to give a prayer to a child who celebrated his birth.

“This serves as our greetings”, Chairman of Paruman Walaka light in Riau Islands Province, I Wayan Catrayasa.

According to Catrayasa, child’s birthday celebration is always celebrated in the temple when the prayers together to coincide with the full or new moon. Because, only then Hindus in the various districts in Batam can be gathered at the temple held a joint prayers. In addition, these activities also save time and cost.

“If some birthday were to be held before or after the full moon of new moon, they must wait for full moon or Tilem it. So the problem of differences in the time of birth with the birthday celebration was not right, because this is not a ceremony “, Catrayasa said.

According Catrayasa, existing residents in Batam Bali when the island was managed by the Batam Industrial Development Authority Board, chaired Habibie circa 1980s. At that time Bali residents started to go to Batam by working in the industrial sector and shops. In further development many Balinese who later became a businessman, one of which is business travel.

Currently the number of Hindus in Batam reached 200 families, not including outside of Batam as much as 75 families. Hindus in Batam living in five districts namely Sub Nongsang, Batam Center, Nagoya, Batu Aji and tiban. Outside the approximately 200 families that, in Batam, Bali, there are also young people from living independently without a family. â € œTidak Bali residents who are unemployed in Batam, they all work, â €? he said. (Ole)

Having an accident on the road Killed by a truck Tabanan (Bali Post)

Caused by no patience on the main road, I Gede Ardana (36) coming from Banjar Munduk Temu Kaja, Munduk Temu, Pupuan, Tabanan died tragically dragged by a bus. While going past a truck an accident happened last Monday (14/6) at DenpasarGilimanuk route, for exact at Banjar Singin, Selemadeg Village, Selemadeg, Tabanan.

The accident happened around 12 pm wita where Ardana was riding a Honda Supra X motorcycle with number plate DK 4545 QJ from Denpasar with his wife Ni Nyoman Karmini (36) and second daughter Kadek Ayu Ariyantini (4). In a steep upwards road, he was brave enough to go past a truck in front of him. But from the opposite way a micro Bus Putra Luhur with number plate DK 1499 EI was heading downwards driven by I Made Mardita (50) from Banjar/Village Takmung, Banjarangkan, Klungkung. The bus hit Ardana and dragged him as it’s going downwards. The micro bus driver admitted he tried to brake but as it’s a steep road

and too close to Ardana’s motorcycle so it could not be avoided.

The tragic accident made Ardana fractured his back neck bone, left foot, left rib also with active bleeding from mouth and nose. The victim died at location. His wife, Nyoman Karmini, was also hurt badly but her life was saved. She was hurt at the back of her right side head and severe scratch on the stomach caused by the road’s tar. His daughter Kadek Ayu was hurt on the same parts as her mother and also on the knee and a swollen right eye.

Both are now intensive cared at Tabanan Local Hospital.

Head of Traffic Tabanan Police Station, Adjunct Police Commissioner I Gede Made Punia with Head of Accidents Unit, Second Inspector I Nyoman Rauh explained that according to witnesses and investigation at location, the accident happened caused by the victim and it was going past the road lines. At the same time from the opposite way the Putra Luhur bus came which hit and dragged the victim. (kmb14)

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Balinese Making Art Creativity Your holiday to Bali will be more special in this month. Apart from enjoying the nature of Bali and interacting with its inhabitants, you can also watch the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) that takes place for a month.

This annual event has been performed since 32 years ago.

The late cultural observer Ida Bagus Mantra initiated BAF when he was the governor of Bali. It aimed at preserving the Balinese arts and culture that is inspired by Hinduism. In addition, BAF constitutes a medium for the young generation to recognize and know more about Balinese arts and culture.

As a world tourist destination, BAF activity in Bali is expected to have the capability of being one major tourist attraction. By tourist visits it’s expected that the creativity of Balinese community will flourish in creating various kinds of arts and eventually be able to improve their standard of life.

The time of BAF execution is chosen June-July because it is a long school holiday and high season for foreign tourists. BAF 2010 takes place on 12 June-10 July. The Art Center Denpasar, BAF programs are also dispersed throughout the regencies and cities all over Bali. Hence, wherever you go in Bali you still can watch the BAF. How can the Balinese be so stiffened with art creativity? This matter is inseparable from the existence of Balinese predecessors from time immemorial that had instinct to always improve their civilization.

Various historical remains that today become tourist objects prove that Balinese arts and culture grows variously in accordance with the demand of Balinese human life that constitutes gratitude on God’s generosity.

They also maintain their life harmony with nature and reinforce the menyama braya (brotherhood) relationship in the life of social community.

As farmers for instance, in achieving spiritual and bodily balance, they venerate the Goddess Sri as the symbol of fecundity. Or a fisherman that relies on the sea will worship the Lord Varuna, Lord of wind and so forth that can ensure the safety of their life. Similarly, it is also accompanied with recital of mantra that can summon psychic spirit that has been believed

to come true.

In the past, the function of arts was more emphasized on the interest of religious ceremonies, either at temples or royal palaces. The art of dancing, playing gamelan and painting for instance, indeed presented to accompany the ritual procession, painting for temple ornaments, royal residences and the house of punggawa (royal official of high rank). Thus, artists can understand the secret of work conception as presentation and work as medium to make them closer to the Almighty God. Today, the Balinese make art creativity not only intended for the needs of ritual at temple or sanctum but also for tourist entertainment. Dissimilar forms of Balinese arts grow and develop following the dynamic of the tourism industry.

Several art items as mass products are made to cater the needs of tourism. Its price can be inexpensive at art shop or tourist objects provided that you are good at bargaining. Just as the making of a number of creation dances with movement and modern technological touch that are really inappropriate to be presented at temples or sacred place. Sometimes, the paileh (storyline) of the dance and gamelan that is presented at hotel or tourism object are cut to be adjusted with the short time visits of tourist and hotel party’s can pay the artists cheaply.

Balinese arts are generally classified into three: (1) wali arts, special sacred arts that are earmarked for ritual purpose and may not be performed at any places like Wayang Lemah, Sidakarya Mask, Sang Hyang Dedari and so on; (2) bebali art, namely arts that are staged at jaba pura (outermost courtyard of the temple) in relation to complete the ritual procession and entertain the devotees that carry out the ceremony—the artists are totally ngayah (without honorarium), they are just provided with food and drink; (3) balihbalihan art, namely art that is staged that has not something to do with the ritual and merely intended for entertainment like art performed at hotels, village meeting halls or arenas of Bali Arts Festival. The artists received reasonable honorarium. Prior to the performance, they make an agreement on honorarium with the organizing committee. (BTN/*)

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UN warns rival Koreas against escalating tension AFP

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN Security Council has warned South and North Korea against escalating regional tension after hearing briefings by both sides on the sinking of a South Korean warship which Seoul blames on the North.

The Security Council made a “strong call to the parties to refrain from any act that could escalate tension in the region” and to preserve peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, according to its president, Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller.

Heller told reporters after the twin briefings that the council “is gravely concerned” about the incident and “its impact on peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.”

Earlier Monday, a South Korean envoy called on the council to take action against the Stalinist North after giving evidence linking Pyongyang to the March sinking of a South Korean warship.

“We hope that... the Security Council will take timely and appropriate measures against the provocation of North Korea,” said Yoon Duk-Yong, a physics and material science expert at the Ko-

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South Korean veterans hold a mock gallows along with a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il

rea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

He did not go into specifics, noting that it was up to the 15member council to decide how it planned to respond.

Yoon and his team found that a North Korean midget submarine fired a torpedo on March 26, sinking the Cheonan, a South Korean corvette, and killing 46 sailors.

“We identified the torpedo as a North Korean CHT02D on the basis of our recovered pieces of the torpedo, which was the propulsion part, including two propellers, a shaft, a steering plate and a motor,” he added.

But North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador Pak Tok Hun dismissed the South Korean charges as “incorrect” and cast his country as the victim.

North Korea was to give a rare press conference on the case Tuesday.

Yoon said the South Korean team, including top navy and army officers, shared their findings during a two-hour presentation featuring a video clip showing North Korean torpedo parts being salvaged from the sea and forensic evidence linking Pyongyang to the raid.

US, British, Australian, Canadian and Swedish experts also took part in the South Korean presentation.

Yoon said council members “asked very good questions and came to a final understanding about the scientific and physical causes of the sinking.”

“I thought it was very positive.

They were really eager to know the facts,” he added.

Japan’s UN Ambassador Yukio Takasu described the South Korean evidence of North Korean involvement as “extremely convincing,” saying there was no other explanation for the sinking.

He found “very little substance” to the North Koreans’ claim that “they are the victim” and questioned why they were insisting on being allowed to visit the site of the sinking.

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UN urges Kyrgyz vote despite deadly unrest AP

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The United Nations and the European Union on Tuesday urged Kyrgyzstan not to allow deadly ethnic unrest to derail a key constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections.

The southern part of the impoverished Central Asian nation has been convulsed by days of ethnic rioting targeting minority Uzbeks, which has left the country’s second-largest city, Osh, in ruins and sent over 100,000 Uzbeks fleeing toward the border.

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government, which took over when former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted in an April uprising, has been unable to stop the violence and accused Bakiyev’s family of instigating it to halt a June 27 referendum on a new constitution. Uzbeks have mostly backed the interim government, while many Kyrgyz in the south have supported Bakiyev.

The Health Ministry on Tuesday said the death toll from the clashes has reached 171, with nearly 1,800 injured. Observers believe the real figures to be much higher. Many refugees arriving in Uzbekistan had gunshot wounds, officials said.

U.N. representative Miroslav Jenca said Tuesday in Bishkek that the June 27 referendum and parliamentary elections in October must go ahead despite the ethnic violence.

“The referendum and the elections must be held at the announced times,” Jenca said. Germany’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Holger Green, said the EU shared that position.

Deadly rampages in the country’s

south began Thursday, as mobs of ethnic Kyrgyz torched homes and businesses of ethnic Uzbeks. Many sections of Osh, a city of 250,000, have burned to the ground since then, and the rampages have spread into surrounding towns and regions.

Tens of thousands of Uzbeks have been allowed entry into Uzbekistan, where they are being put up in makeshift accommodation in 30 different camps near the border. Some camps were centered in the eastern city of Andijan. Jenca said Tuesday that Uzbek authorities had counted 100,000 refugees, though it was not clear on which side of the border they were.

Jallahitdin Jalilatdinov, who heads the Uzbek National Center in Kyrgyzstan, told The Associated Press on Monday that at least 100,000 Uzbeks were waiting to enter Uzbekistan, while another 80,000 had crossed the border.

American on mission to kill bin Laden arrested AP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday.

The man was identified as 52year-old Californian construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner, said officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan.

He was picked up in a forest in the Chitral region late on Sunday, he said.

“We initially laughed when he told us that he wanted to kill Osama

bin Laden,” said Khan. But he said when officers seized the pistol, the sword and night-vision equipment, “our suspicion grew.”

He was questioned Tuesday by intelligence officials in Peshawar, the main northwestern city.

Faulkner told police he visited Pakistan seven times, and this was his third trip to Chitral.

Police alleged the American intended to travel to the eastern Afghan region of Nuristan, just across the border from Chitral.

The area is among several rumored hiding places for the al-Qaida leader, who has evaded a massive U.S. ef-

fort to capture him since 2001. Bin Laden is accused of being behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, as well other terrorist acts.

Khan said Faulkner was also carrying a book containing Christian verses and teachings.

When asked why he thought he had a chance of tracing bin Laden, Faulkner replied, “God is with me, and I am confident I will be successful in killing him,” said Khan.

Faulkner arrived in the Chitrali town of Bumburate on June 3 and stayed in a hotel there.

He was assigned a police guard, as is quite common for foreigners

visiting remote parts of Pakistan.

When he checked out without informing police, officers began hunting for him, said Khan.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire said the mission had received notification from Pakistani officials that an American citizen had been arrested. He said embassy officials were trying to meet the man and confirm his identity.

FILE - In this April 1998 file photo, exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden looks on in Afghanistan

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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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News At least 38 killed in Bangladesh landslides AP

AP –

Crime scene investigators and a Mexican army soldier stand over the body of a fallen federal policeman

Gunmen kill 15 Mexican officers in 2 attacks

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Powerful landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 38 people and left seven army soldiers missing in southeastern Bangladesh.

The mudslides struck early Tuesday in two areas in the southern coastal area of Cox’s Bazar — 185 miles (296 kilometers) south of the capital, Dhaka — and many victims were buried alive as they slept, said Giasuddin Ahmed, chief government administrator in the area.

Ahmed said 19 bodies were initially recovered from landslides in Cox’s Bazar.

Fourteen bodies were found later, said A.N.M. Nazim Uddin, another official overseeing the rescue operation in the district’s Teknaf area, bordering Myanmar.

Another mudslide in a nearby district killed four members of a family, said police officer Zahirul Hoque

by phone. Huge chunks of mud buried the victims’ home, he said.

Elsewhere, a 32-year-old woman died in Cox’s Bazar town after her thatched house was hit by a rush of mud.

At least seven soldiers were also missing at a makeshift camp, Ahmed said. “We are trying to confirm what has happened there,” he told The Associated Press by phone as he headed to the scene.

Desh TV, a Dhaka-based station, reported at least 39 deaths in the disaster. Video footage from ATN Bangla television showed rescuers, mostly villagers, removing mud from buried homes.

Ahmed said the death toll could still rise. Rescue operations were continuing but rains hampered efforts with many main roads inundated.

A depression in the Bay of Bengal caused incessant downpours in the hilly and forested region, causing the landslides.

Caruk...

From page 1 Unfortunately, the audiences in the BAF were not too attracted with the performance. Prof. Made Bandem, the art expert, said that there is a need to find a new interesting way and strategy to promote the classic Balinese music such as caruk and gambang.

By using the new strategy, there is great hope that the classical arts

can attract more audiences.

Bandem explain that according to history, caruk and gambang are considered very old. In the historical script, the instrument already existed in 1026. However, the instrument that being performed in the BAF yesterday was quite different. It can be found in 14 century in Java.(08)

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MEXICO CITY – Gunmen killed 15 federal police officers Monday in separate attacks in two drug-plagued states, marking one of the bloodiest days for security forces since the government stepped up its fight with drug cartels.

Twelve officers died in an ambush near a high school in the western state of Michoacan, while assailants killed three more officers in a northern border state.

The latest in a series of mass slayings came as President Felipe Calderon defended his crackdown on traffickers in an essay on his office’s website. He vowed he won’t back down despite criticism that violence has only surged since he deployed thousands of troops and federal police in late 2006 seeking to crush the cartels.

“I’m clearly convinced that we would be in a much worse situation if we hadn’t decided to fight criminals,” Calderon wrote in the 5,000word essay, which was published by several newspapers.

“If we remain with our arms crossed, we will remain in the hands of organized crime, we will always live in fear,” the president said in the essay, which also blames Mexico’s violence on the United States’ voracious appetitive for illegal drugs.

In the ambush in Michoacan, Calderon’s home state, officers riding in four pickup trucks were

returning from a patrol when they came under fire in the city of Zitacuaro, the federal Public Safety Department said in a statement.

Ten officers died on the spot and two more on the way to a hospital.

Thirteen other officers with wounds were taken to hospitals in Mexico City, the nearby city of Toluca and to the Michoacan state capital, Morelia, the Michoacan Public Safety Department said in a statement.

The federal safety department said several assailants were also killed or wounded, but officials did not provide a number.

In a separate statement, the department said gunmen killed three federal officers patrolling in the northern city of Chihuahua. One officer was wounded, the statement said.

Also Monday, three gunmen were killed in a clash with soldiers in Michoacan. Two soldiers were wounded, the state attorney general’s office said. It said one of the attackers was detained.

Brutal drug-gang violence has swept Michoacan, a state known for its picturesque colonial capital,

beaches and Monarch butterfly sanctuary, and as the place where Calderon first launched his crackdown. The state is a stronghold of La Familia, a cartel known for beheading its rivals and making bold attacks on government security forces.

Among attacks on law enforcement, the bloodied and tortured bodies of 12 federal agents were found last year dumped along a highway in Michoacan.

Police did not immediately identify attackers involved in Monday’s ambush or indicate whether they were suspected of being gunmen for La Familia. But the Public Safety Department did say the assailants picked up their wounded and dead and fled with them, a tactic often used by drug cartels.

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning urging U.S. citizens “to exercise extreme caution when traveling in Michoacan.”

Nationwide, more than 22,700 people have been killed in drug violence since Calderon ordered the government offensive against cartels when he took office in December 2006.

Day of truth...

From page 1 The year 1972 went on to become the deadliest in the four-decade conflict over Northern Ireland.

“The soldier who killed my brother shot him in the back. My brother was unarmed. That’s murder, plain and simple,” said Joe McKinney, one of the 56 victims given the report amid tight security inside Londonderry’s city hall.

Security officials removed cell phones and computers from the relatives and their lawyers to ensure they could not leak details of the findings.

British Prime Minister David Cameron planned to address the House of Commons in London at the moment of official publication at 3:30 p.m. (1430GMT).

The investigation, led by English judge Lord Saville, heard evidence from 921 witnesses including former British government officials and the soldiers who opened fire that day.

Saville gave the paratroopers anonymity in the witness box — citing the risk that IRA dissidents might target them in retaliation — and broad protections from criminal charges. But legal experts say wiggle room remains for prosecutions and civil lawsuits against retired soldiers

now in their 60s and 70s, particularly if lawyers can demonstrate the soldiers told lies to Saville.

The original 1972 investigation by another English judge, Lord Widgery, took barely two months to produce a 39-page report that chided soldiers for gunfire that “bordered on the reckless.” But Widgery accepted soldiers’ claims to be responding to IRA attacks and said he suspected — despite any solid forensic or witness evidence beyond the soldiers’ own claims — that some of those killed “had been firing weapons or handling bombs in the course of the afternoon.”

During Saville’s investigation, several IRA witnesses — including former IRA commander Martin McGuinness, who today is the senior Catholic in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government — testified to Saville that their members were unarmed on the day and did not shoot at troops.

“The citizens of Derry, to a man and woman, want Saville to make it absolutely clear that the people who were shot on that day — murdered and injured — were completely innocent people and that those people who inflicted those deaths and injuries were the guilty parties,” McGuinness said.

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Indonesia to allow foreigners to possess property Antara

JAKARTA - The government will issue a property regulation which will enable foreigners to possess property in Indonesia so that property business in the country would thrive and absorb a fund of US$6 billion annually, an executive said.

AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

A sculpture created from scrapmetal by Indonesian artist Teguh Ostenrik representing a pregnant woman is displayed at a gallery in a Jakarta mall on June 13, 2010. The artist paid tribute to pregnancy and motherhood.

Indonesia won’t beg to US Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government said it will not beg to the United States for defense and military cooperation.

Indonesia’s defense ministry and the Indonesian military (TNI), pointed out they will not be begging for the restoration of cooperation in special forces cooperation with the US. The strong statement was made

by Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and TNI chief General Djoko Santoso flanked by the three chiefs of Staff, at a hearing with Commission I of the House of Representstives in Jakarta Monday.

“There is no urgency for a special forces (Kopassus) training. Actually the RI-US military cooperation has been going on since 2001 after the embargo was lifted, followed by the formation of a RI-US

Security Dialogue, which had met eight times so far,” Purnomo said.

Indonesia refused to sign a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the US. Even if Kopassus did not wish for an exercise with the US, training could still be held with Australia, like yesterday in Perth, he said.

In the meantime, General Djoko Santoso said military cooperation between the two countries had been more often after 2008.

Indonesia jails terror leader’s driver for eight years Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced the driver of late terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top to eight years’ jail for abetting terrorism and plotting to assassinate the president.

Amir Abdillah, 34, was convicted of concealing information about Malaysian-born Islamist Noordin and of taking part in preparations for a bomb attack on the convoy of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The sentence was lighter than the 10 years sought by prosecutors because he had cooperated with police and shown regret, the court heard.

“It’s true he assisted in surveying the route which would be used by the president’s vehicle convoy.

It’s true he knew about the plot to bomb the vehicle convoy,” chief judge Sudarwin told the South

Jakarta district court.

Abdillah was arrested in the wake of twin suicide bombings on luxury hotels in Jakarta last July which killed seven people, the last in a series of deadly attacks blamed on Noordin and his extremist network.

Police killed Noordin in a raid in September, ending one of Southeast Asia’s biggest manhunts.

Despite the court’s leniency, Abdillah expressed little remorse as he spoke to reporters after the sentence had been handed down. He also claimed he was innocent of the most serious charges, including plotting to kill Yudhoyono.

“I don’t know if this is a heavy or light sentence... Actually I only agreed that I hid information. The other things I’m not so sure about,” he said.

“I just did as I was told... I was told to deliver ingredients for cakes.

I didn’t know they were actually ex-

plosive materials. I was asked to drive a cleric around — I had no idea he was Noordin M. Top,” he added.

Abdillah drove Noordin to meetings with terrorists, booked a room in West Java where the hotel attacks were planned and transported explosive materials to a house where a truck bomb was being assembled, prosecutors said.

The truck bomb was intended for an attack on Yudhoyono around independence day on August 17 last year, but it never took place.

Two Islamic extremists carrying backpacks filled with homemade bombs blew themselves up at the neighbouring JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in downtown Jakarta on July 17.

Abdillah was in a car near the hotels with fellow-Islamist Syaifudin Jaelani as he issued the orders via mobile phone to the bombers to initiate their attacks, prosecutors said.

Manager of Editorial Oxford Business Group (OBG), Josh Frankan told a press conference here on Tuesday that the chance for foreigners to have property ownership in Indonesia would generate the growth of this sector and the country’s income.

“This will generate development of property industry in line with the government’s readiness to open its door for foreign investors,” he said.

Chief of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Gita Wirjawan has in this case said that the Indonesian government

would slacken restrictions of foreign investments in certain industries in an effort to end the ban on foreign ownership of property.

The new regulation which will allow foreigners to purchase and possess property, both residential and commercial, will be issue in the second quarter of 2010.

“Possible this June,” he said.

In the meantime, president director of Puramount Serpong Tanto Kurniawan said that the market would open itself to foreigners and this would constitute a recovery time for this industry.

Indonesian stars express dismay over porn video Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian teen heartthrob Nazril Ariel and his model girlfriend Luna Maya expressed shock Monday over an X-rated video that has appeared on the Internet apparently showing them having sex.

The explicit but grainy video, which appears to have been shot by Ariel during the act, is one of two sexy celebrity clips doing the rounds of Indonesian cyberspace and fuelling calls for tighter controls of the Internet.

The other appears to show Ariel, the 28-year-old lead singer of a band called Peterpan, having intercourse with his ex-girlfriend, model Cut Tari.

In a joint interview with TVOne, Ariel and Maya said they were victims of defamation and urged fans not to jump to conclusions.

But they did not clearly deny it was them in the video.

“The thing is, this is not over yet.

There is still an ongoing investigation process. It is not supposed to be exaggerated before there is confirmation,” Ariel responded when asked if it was him in the clip. An exhausted-looking Maya, 26, accused the media of exaggerating the story.

“What’s clear is that we’re not how people accuse us of being,” she said when asked whether she stood by comments to police that the video was fake.

“It’s shocked us. It never crossed my mind that this kind of thing will happen to us... This is defamation.”

Police have questioned the three celebrities, who could each face 12 years in jail for producing or distribut-

ing pornography under a tough antiporn law adopted in the mainly Muslim country in 2008.

The stars’ corporate sponsors including Unilever and Sharp have dropped them from product promotions, while Maya no longer hosts a popular music television show.

The “Peterporn” scandal has again highlighted the gulf between liberal, urban Indonesians and those who hold more traditional values in a mainly Muslim country which has seen rapid modernisation over the past decade.

Critics said police should focus on serious crime such as corruption, and questioned why they were not cracking down on distributors of pirated, hardcore pornographic DVDs which are available across the country.

“These raids (on schools) are silly.

The police are over-reacting... because even under the anti-porn bill ownership of a sex video is not forbidden,” University of Indonesia communications analyst Ade Armando said.

Religious conservatives in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s cabinet have said “Peterporn” underscores the need for tighter controls of the Internet in the country of 240 million people.

Hardline Muslim vigilantes meanwhile accused the celebrities of “moral terrorism” and threatened to take matters into their own hands if they were not arrested within three days.

“If the police cannot arrest Ariel, Luna and Cut Tari within three days, we are going to raid places that sell porn videos in Jakarta,” Habib Salim, head of the militant Islamic Defenders Front, told The Jakarta Globe website.

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Bali Today Artists support government to registered dances in UNESCO Antara

DENPASAR – Artists throughout Bali support the idea of Bali Government to register the Balinese dances to UNESCO. Kadek Suartaya, an artist, said “we support the idea by the government so in the future the Balinese dance will not be claimed by other countries.”

He said that we all should reflect on the batik case where it was claimed by Malaysia. Not only batik, pendet dance was also claimed

by Malaysia and everyone must prevent that thing from happening again.

Suartaya and several other artists took part in last year Bali Art Festival (BAF). They were creating

Balinese artists perform a classical dance during The 32nd Bali’s Art Festival.

Artists throughout Bali support the idea of Bali Government to register the Balinese dances to UNESCO.

FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana

BAF Agenda

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Time : 10.00 - 12.00 Activity : Kerawitan Klasik Selonding by Sekaa Selonding Banjar Intaran, Pejeng, Tampaksiring, Gianyar Place : Kalangan Angsoka Time : 18.00 - 19.30 Activity : Bali Festival’s youth Place : In front of Ksirarnawa Time : 19.00 - 21.00 Activity : Prembon mask parade by Sekaa Topeng Bujangga Puspa Desa Dukuh, Karangasem Place : Wantilan Time : 19.00 - 21.00 Activity : Arja performance by Sekaa Arja Siwa Ratri Banjar Biya Desa Keramas, Blahbatuh, Gianyar Place : Kalangan Ayodya Time : 20.00 - 22.00 Activity : Angklung creation parade by Sekaa Angklung Prabu Ningrat Desa Sangkan Gunung, Sidemen, Karangasem with Sekaa Angklung Mekar Sari Banjar Pande Kecamatan Klungkung, Klungkung Place : ISI’s open stage Time : 20.00 - 23.00 Activity : Children Gong Kebyar parade by Sekaa Gong Kumara Asti Desa Pekraman Bangunliman Buruan Blahbatuh, Gianyar with Sekaa Gong Sadguna Kumara, Banjar Lebah Desa Sumerta Kaja, Denpasar Place : Open stage of Ardha Chandra

a special colossal performance. “Every art works made by the Balinese people must be registered to UNESCO. We must appreciate the hard work that they put into the work,” he added.

Prevously, Ida Bagus Sedhawa, the head of Bali Cultural Department, said that the government will register the art work of the Balinese especially the sacred dances. The one that consider sacred is the dances that being perform during ceremonies.

“The dances are still being classified by a team of experts consists of experts from Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) Denpasar and Cultural and Tourism Ministry. They already conducted study in several regencies to classify the dance,” Sedhawa said.

Mapedudusan Agung ritual

Invites tens of barong effigies Bali Post

TABANAN - On the Tumpek Krulut day coinciding with full moon of the tenth month of Balinese calendar, next Saturday (Jun 26), will be held a Mapedudusan Agung with Catur Niri Mesanggar Tawang ritual at the Kahyangan Jagat Luhur Natar Sari temple, Apuan Customary Village, Baturiti, Tabanan. Ida Batara is available for worship or nyejer for seven days and invites tens of Ratu Gede (about 81 barong effigies) from a number of temples in five regencies namely Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Bangli and Jembrana. It was revealed by Chairman of the Organizing Committee Wayan Budarmaja, accompanied by Chairman of Ritual Works Wayan Sarwa and other management, last Monday (Jun 14).

This ceremony would be officiated by two higher priests namely Ida Pedanda Gede Putra Keniten from Griya Taman Belayu, Marga, and Ida Pedanda Gede Pesuruan from Griya Lukluk.

Series of procession had been executed since last Saturday (May 22), followed by a procession of notification, establishing supporting platforms, purificatory rite of auspicious days and dharma pewintenan, Thursday (May 27). The ceremony of negtegan manik galih was held last Sunday (Jun 6) and inaugural rite of the supporting platforms on Wednesday (Jun 16). Procession of inviting the Ida Batara Ratu Alit at Pura Penenjoan temple and waking up procession of Ida Batara Jagat Luhur Natar Sari effigy will be held next Monday (Jun 21).

On the following day, Tuesday (Jun 22), Ida Batara Kahyangan Jagat Luhur Natar Sari will be escorted to His Jogan in the Pura Luhur Pucak Padangdawa and then in the evening it will be resumed with saying prayers procession for universe/napak pertiwi.

Effigy of Ida Batara Natar Sari will be escorted for melasti procession to Segara Batubolong on Wednesday (Jun 23), followed by invoking holy water and mapepade, Thursday (Jun 24). Meanwhile,

Panca Kelud and Rsi Gana exorcism rites will be held on Friday (Jun 25).

Peak of ritual procession of the Mapedudus Agung with Catur Niri Mesanggar Tawang will be carried out on Tumpek Krulut coinciding with full moon, Saturday (Jun 26) and at midnight Ida Batara Luhur Natar Sari along with all sanctified barong effigies will receive the ritual procession of universal maintenance. After the procession, Ratu Gede effigy of Pura Desa temple of Baru Customary Village will come down.

During the ritual period, Ida Batara will receive penganyaran oblation, while on the third day will be held pengeremek ritual and on the fifth day on Thursday (Jul 1) will be held a pilgrimage to Pura Beratan temple. In the meantime, on Saturday (Jul 3), Ida Batara will end the ritual period and undergo flower release.

Implementation of the ritual procession is estimated to spend hundreds of million rupiahs. Additionally, in relation to the ritual procession, it had also been built a six-pillared pavilion. (08)

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Balinese Culture Dalem Kayangan Kedaton Temple The temple is located in Kukuh village, Marga, Tabanan, around 18 km to the northwest of Denpasar city dan can be reached simply through Kediri city to the north for 5 km, then turn east to the temple (approximately for 300 m). In front of the temple, there are several souvenir shops, food and beverage and other facilities for the visitors. As reached the front, clearly seen that the temple was built hidden in the jungle of 6, 5 hectares, called Alas Kedaton which means “jungle possessed by the kingdom”. This fact holds symbolic meaning that Dalem Kayangan Kedaton as sacred place was built in a location where could give composure and spiritual clarity, away from the profane materialistic life.

Archeological investigation showing the temple as an ancient possession in old times, originally just a plain prehistoric or pre-Hindu shrine from the advancing megalith tradition appeared to be several small menhir, composed-gravels, megalithic statue which up to this day is sacred for the local people to pray for the salvation from nature and the ancestors.

Other than that antiquity, inside the temple also can be found the evidences of the times when Hindu’s influence already broaden in entire Bali; namely pseudo-phallus, Durga Mahisasuramardini statue and Ganesa statue sitting on two dragons. Pretentiously, the Ganesa statue sitting on two dragons is candrasengkala (lunar chronogram) which symbolically means the year of 1286 Saka (Balinese year) or 1364 A.D, probably showing the construction year of Dalem Kayangan Kedaton Temple in the function as sacred worshiping medium for local people to this day.

The field investigation went through the evidences of Balinese people local wisdom well kept in the uniqueness of the this temple, such as jeroan yard or utama mandala which is the most sacred part proved to be lower than other yards and equipped with four entrances from four directions. The other distinctiveness shows on piodalan (the anniversary for the temple) led by pemangku (same as a priest) is held during the day and must be done before sunset.

Moreover, the ritual is does not allow any use of fire, kwangen ( ), penjor (decorated bamboo), and prominently the exclusion of tabuh rah (cock fight).

Another one is the equipment of ritual equipment using ceniga made from particular banana leaves whereas the other regions in Bali use young coconut leaves.

Besides those unique nesses, there is more needed to reveal regarding Dalem Kayangan Kedaton Temple as in its hidden location in the jungle, inhabited by tens of monkeys.

Occasionally, the monkeys were making ruckus when they fought over food among themselves. The jungle which is preserved by Desa Pekraman (local village) has more than 24 species of trees and has created composure for those who visited it. Between the branches and twigs, coming in sight tens of bats hanging as for measuring for their strength, skill, and stamina. Being inside the Dalem Kayangan Kedaton Temple with such scene is really a chance for enjoying the chastity, calm, and the stunning scenery yet to be tarnished like the others.

Divers clean garbage on the coral reefs in Nusa Dua Antara

DENPASAR – Seven divers cleaned the coral reef in Nusa Dua beach on Tuesday, June 15th 2010.

Made Mandra, the director of Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC), said “we are trying to clean the coral reefs from garbage especially plastic garbage. We carry out the activities once every three months.”

The program is called “Beach and Reef Clean Up”. The activities need to be done to preserve the coral reefs

and the marine habitat. “The hotels and society in the area conducted the cleaning activities to reduce the damage on the reefs,” Mandra said.

In addition to clean the reefs, BTDC is also placing artificial coral reefs in the sea. There is great hope that the artificial reefs could help in developing the marine life.

Pariama Hutasoit, the coordinator of Coral Reef Foundation Nusa Dua, said that the activity is the effort by the businessmen in Nusa Dua in preserving the environment.

“Plastic garbage is our main concern because it is very hard to be dissolved and very dangerous for environment,” he added.

The activity also could increase the awareness of the people in keeping the environment clean and healthy. Pariama said “garbage is a serious problem all around the world including Bali. One of the areas that are disturbed by the garbage is the sea. Plastic garbage is very dangerous for the sea creatures and its environment.”

Coconut Sweet Potato Cake (Getuk Lindri) Ingredients * 2 lbs. cassava * 200 gram granulated sugar * ½ tsp. vanila * 1 cup steamed fresh-grated coconut, mixed with 1 tsp. salt * 100 cc water * food color

Directions Put in sugar and vanila in a large stockpot with water and bring it to a boil.

Steam cassava until soft. Peel cassava. Mash cassava while still hot and pour the water mixture and food color (what ever color you like) and blend well.

Use the equipment as shown on the left hand side to mold the mixture. Then put them onto a serving platter, and sprinkle with grated coconut.

Serve at room temperature, or refrigerate for an hour and serve chilled. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Crisp Sweet Striped Cookies (Kuping Gajah) Ingredients * 500 gram wheat flour * 150 gram granulated sugar * ½ tsp. salt * ½ tsp. vanilla * 2 eggs, lightly beaten * 1 Tbs. cooking oil * 100 cc water * ½ Tbs. cocoa powder * 800 cc oil for frying

Directions Thoroughly mix sugar, salt and vanilla. Add the beaten eggs and stir well. Add oil, stir once more, and then divide in half.

Divide the flour in half as well. Take 1 Tbs of flour from one part and add it to the other. Mix the flour with each half of the sugar and egg mixture. Add cocoa powder to the smaller mix. Add 50 cc of water to each half. Knead until smooth and not sticky to the touch. There will be two types of dough, white and brown.

Separately, roll both pieces of dough out on a plastic covered cutting board until they are about 1 mm thick.

Place the two together, then roll up. Wrap with plastic and place in the refrigerator for approximately an hour or until the dough hardens.

With a sharp knife, cut the dough vertically into flat cylinders about 2 mm thick. Flatten once more with a rolling pin. Fry in hot oil until crisp. Remove, drain. (http:// asiarecipe.com)

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Denpasar Badung Traditional Market

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DENPASAR Traditional Market is a center of town’s economics which is located in Gajah Mada Street, that is main road and become a shopping centre of Bali. This traditional market is apposite to the village temple that is one of three biggest temples in Denpasar. It is initially does not as big as like now because have changed experiences and modification which is adapting to the requirement and town growth. This market cannot be discharged from the existence of an existing market in the cross Badung’s river that is called Kumbasari Market because the local society will feel incompletely go for shopping if they are not come to Kumbasari Market, especially for the Balinese who want to buy the ceremony items.

Denpasar Market is a market selling the costume and clothing items with the prices are relative cheaper than clothing items sold at the shops in Gajah Mada Street which are most owned by citizen of Chinese clan. Kumbasari Market is previously called by Peken Payuk (pot market), it sell the items from gerabah /jar like pot, pengedangan, cubek (plate from land), paso (pail from land), caratan (water jug from land), jeding (barrel from land), penyantokan (mixer from land), coblong (cup from land), kekeb (rice cover) and others. All of these items are the kitchenware and also the items for ceremony. Since this market most popular as a place to sell payuk/pot, hence Kumbasari Market in the past referred as Peken

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Payuk or pot market. But now it sell the material or art items for tourist therefore it is one of tourist destinations in Denpasar Town.

Denpasar Market is opened on 24 April 1984 by Bali ‘s Governor, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra. Then after experiencing of the fire accident, it has been repaired in year 2000 at that moment Bali ‘s Governor is Mr. Dewa Made Berata. This market owns the broadness about 14.544 M² and broadly park 9064 M² which is built in four floors. The local people who go for shopping at this market are not only from environment of Denpasar community but also come from outside of town. The moment before the big holiday like Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi and others, this market is always crowded by the buyer which are most of them the local society.

Denpasar Market is opened at 5 o’clock in the morning and close at 5 o’clock in the evening.

Then, it is changed by the evening market opened from 05:00 pm until at 05:00 am the day after.

Meanwhile at Senggol Market in Kumbasari is opened at 02:00 pm and closed at 11:30 pm. The unique of Senggol Market’s name is possibility taken away from the situation and condition of people movement on shopping where they each others jog because of visitor denseness. This Senggol Market is selling the variety of food, from the cheap Balinese, Javanese and Chinese cookery. It is also sell the various types of clothes from adult until children one. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS New round of talks launched to forge Pacific trade deal Agence France-Presse

SAN FRANCISCO - The United States and seven other nations launched a second round of talks Monday to forge a Pacific trade deal that could become President Barack Obama’s first free trade agreement.

As the talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership kicked off, US lawmakers and business groups pushed for the conclusion of the deal by the end of next year.

The United States is lagging behind its competitors such as the European Union and China in forging free trade and investment agreements, they said.

The meeting in San Francisco was attended by officials from Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam, who discussed such issues as “technical barriers” to trade, market access, cross-border services, and the environment.

Nearly 100 US companies and business groups meanwhile sent a letter Monday to Obama’s top trade official, Ron Kirk, setting an ambitious goal of concluding the TPP talks by November 2011, when Obama hosts fellow leaders to a summit of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

“Time is of the essence,” said the letter, a copy of which was pro-

vided by the US Chamber of Commerce, a top business lobby group claiming to represent more than three million businesses.

“As the global economy works toward recovery and our economic competitors, including the EU, Canada, India and China, are negotiating new trade agreements quickly among themselves, the United States is falling behind because it is not moving forward,” it said.

“We are losing economic opportunities and being placed at a competitive disadvantage in major markets.”

Lawmakers from Obama’s Democratic party also highlighted the need for the TPP to be an effective platform to enhance US exports and trade influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

“The United States risks losing export share in an exploding market and ceding influence in the Asia-Pacific unless it is able to participate more vigorously in regional trade,” said a joint statement by Senators John Kerry and Jim Webb.

“Robust economic engagement in the Asia-Pacific is critical to President Obama’s goal of doubling exports in five years, retaining and creating good-paying American jobs, and demonstrating our long-term commitment to peace and prosperity in the region,” they said.

Obama’s bold export goal is aimed at supporting two million new American jobs at a time when US unemployment is hovering near double digit levels.

Among issues that need to be ironed out by the eight TPP negotiating nations is how the partnership will streamline overlapping bilateral free trade agreements among them.

Trade ministers from the eight nations met in Japan earlier this month under the APEC forum and directed their negotiators “to seek consensus on the relationship between the TPP and the pre-existing FTAs among them.”

The first round of the TPP negotiations was held in March in Melbourne, Australia.

Seven Spanish savings banks agree alliance Agence France-Presse

MADRID - Seven Spanish regional savings banks announced Monday they have approved plans for an alliance that will help them survive the country’s uncertain economic outlook.

The tie-up would be a so-called “cold fusion” or “virtual” merger where each bank would keep its own brand, balance sheet and legal structure but monitor solvency and liquidity centrally under a single management.

It will create the country’s biggest savings bank by assets, surpassing Barcelona-based La Caixa.

The boards of Caja Madrid — the country’s second largest savings bank by assets — Bancaja, the third biggest, Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias, Caixa Laietana, Caja de Avila, Caja Segovia and Caja Rioja

all approved the move.

Caja Madrid said the groups will request 4.47 billion euros (5.47 billion dollars) from a state bailout fund known as the FROB, set up last year to help shore up the country’s weaker banks with an initial capitalisation of nine billion euros.

Global financial markets have recently turned the spotlight on Spanish banks in the wake of the Greek debt crisis, which has raised fears that Madrid may also need an international rescue package like the one Athens received.

Spanish banks got off relatively lightly from the global credit crunch in 2008 as the country’s strict rules meant they did not invest heavily in the high-risk US home loans that hurt financial institutions elsewhere.

But many of Spain’s 45 re-

gional savings banks, many of which are controlled by regional politicians, have been badly exposed to bad debt following the collapse of the property sector at the end of 2008.

The Spanish government has encouraged their consolidation in order to maintain liquidity.

The Bank of Spain’s proposal to tighten rules on provisions the lenders have to make against real estate on their balance sheets has added to pressure on regional savings banks to merge.

The approach of a June 30 deadline to tap the FROB has also acted as a catalyst.

Spain’s regional savings banks account for half of the country’s total lending and ensuring their financial health is seen as key to helping the Spanish economy rebound from its worst recession in decades.

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Young shoppers walk past a World Cup 2010 advertising display at a Beijing shopping mall on June 11, 2010. China plans to invest billions of euros in shipping, logistics and airport projects in Greece, as the European nation battles to slash its massive debt, a report said Tuesday.

China eyeing major Greek investments: report Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China plans to invest billions of euros in shipping, logistics and airport projects in Greece, as the European nation battles to slash its massive debt, a report said Tuesday.

The investment deals are due to be signed on Tuesday during a visit to Athens by Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang, the Financial Times reported, citing an unnamed Greek government official.

“These concern maritime affairs, telecoms and a project to renovate a landmark tower building in Athens’ port of Piraeus,” the official was quoted as saying.

Other deals including shipbuilding agreements worth 500 million euros (615 million dollars) will also be signed, the report said.

Athens is seeking to attract investment from countries with massive sovereign wealth funds — such as China — in an effort to stimulate economic growth in its debt-laden economy.

Greece’s abundant port facilities, the quality of its worldleading merchant fleet and its strategic location as a gateway

into the Balkans and Europe have drawn interest from Chinese global commercial giant Cosco.

The Chinese company last year signed with Greece a 35-year concession to expand the two main container terminals at the main Greek port of Piraeus for a guaranteed premium of 3.4 billion euros.

“Cosco has a major plan to build the port of Piraeus into the greatest container hub in the Eastern Mediterranean area, and we will create a logistics centre in Piraeus,” Cosco chief executive Wei Jiafu told reporters last month.

Greek transport minister Dimitris Reppas said in May that Chinese companies could be interested in involvement in the privatisation of Greece’s heavily indebted railway OSE. The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have given Greece a 110-billion-euro bailout package over three years to tackle the fiscal crisis, which has spilled over into eurozone countries such as Spain and Portugal.

Moody’s ratings agency on Monday slashed its sovereign rating for Greece to “junk” status, a move rejected by Athens, which said it had taken significant steps to balance its books.

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“Memphis,” “Red” win at Tony Awards Reuters

NEW YORK – “Memphis,” a romp that discovers the roots of rock’n’roll and “Red,” a play about artist Mark Rothko, took American theater’s top honors at the Tony Awards held on Sunday.

“Memphis” an original musical loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips that features a rock, soul and gospel score, won best musical at the star-studded ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall that featured many Hollywood stars winning the stage’s most prestigious honors.

“Red,” a production that stars British actor Alfred Molina as an intense, frustrated Rothko, won best play and won a total of six awards, the highest of the night.

But Hollywood star Denzel Washington beat Molina to win best actor in a play for his role in a revival of the August Wilson play “Fences.”

“My mother always says, man gives the award, God gives the reward. I guess I got both tonight,” Washington, 55, said in his acceptance speech in his first Tony Award after winning praise in a host of films.

Viola Davis won best actress for “Fences” for her role opposite Washington playing a long married couple. “Fences” also won for best play revival after it originally won best new play in 1987.

“La Cage aux Folles,” won the award for best musical revival while British actor Douglas Hodge who starred opposite Kelsey Grammer in the production that was transferred

from London won the best performance by a leading actor in a musical.

‘MOMENT OF MY LIFETIME’

Catherine Zeta-Jones won best actress in a musical for her Broadway debut in the musical “A Little Night Music.” “I really do feel like Cinderella,” Zeta-Jones said on stage. Outside, hundreds of fans lined the streets in the rain to catch glimpses of Hollywood names for the 64th Tony Awards.

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson won for best featured actress in a play for her performance in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge.”

“Being welcomed in this community has been an absolute dream come true,” she said. “Red” also won best scenic design and best director of a play. “This to me, is the moment of my lifetime,” said “Red” playwright John Logan in accepting the award for best play, that also was a London transfer. English actor Eddie Redmayne won the best featured actor opposite Molina.

“Memphis,” which addresses U.S. race relations in the 1950s, won a total of four awards. Winning lyricist Joe DiPietro said backstage of the show’s seven years in develop-

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Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her work in “A Little Night Musical”, signs a clock as she arrives for a Tony Award nominees press reception in New York City May 5, 2010.

ment, “even when it seems like it’s not going to happen, you have to always believe or it’s dead.”

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Jackie Chan’s son prefers music to movies Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG – Jackie Chan’s son says he has overcome initial doubts about joining his father in show business, but he prefers making music over movies.

Six years after his movie and album debut, 27-year-old Jaycee Chan said he was starting to shed the baggage of his famous family name and finding his niche in the

Chinese-language entertainment industry.

“At first I did (have doubts), but not any more because I found quite a few supporters and fewer and fewer haters,” Chan told The Associated Press with a chuckle. “So I’m happy with what I’m doing now.”

But speaking late Monday on the sidelines of the Hong Kong premiere for his new romance, “Break Up Club,” the singer-songwriter was

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Hong Kong actor Jaycee Chan and actress Fiona Sit react during a premiere of their new film ‘ Break up club ‘ in Hong Kong Monday, June 14, 2010. Jaycee,

keener to speak about his music career. The younger Chan recently released his third album, “Messy,” which he hopes will offer an alternative to the sappy ballads that dominate Chinese pop.

“I’m not that into that. I think music is more than only love. It can be family love. It can be friendship,” Chan said. He said he enjoys music more than the trade of his action-star father.

“My music career is actually more important than my movie career because music is me, only. I create them (the songs), I sing them, I write them, I direct most of my own music videos,” Chan said.

He said in movies he felt like a pawn. “People tell me to do this, I do it, I get the money and I’m happy.

If the movie does well, I’m even happier,” Chan said. “But if it’s music, that’s on me. If it’s not good, I’m the one to blame.” He penned 16 of the 18 songs on his new album.

Chan said his parents — his mother is retired Taiwanese actress Lin Fengjiao — are supportive and often give him advice, but he retains control over the direction of his career.

“They want (my career) to be better, so they tell me, ‘You should do this and that,’ but at the end of the day I’m the one who’s in charge of quality control. I try to put my stuff out the way I want to,” he said.

hosted the awards and shared the stage with punk rock band Green Day who performed songs from their album turned musical “American

Idiot” in front of well-known figures who attended, including Cate Blanchett, Will Smith, Antonio Banderas and Jay-Z.

BET to give Prince lifetime achievement award Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – This month’s BET Awards will be a royal affair: Prince is getting a lifetime achievement honor. The 51-year-old joins the likes of James Brown, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross and Al Green in being honored by the BET Awards, which will celebrate its 10th year in Los Angeles on June 27.

BET says the Prince tribute will stand out. Stephen G. Hill, presi-

dent of programming, music and specials for the network, said BET will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s “unique style.”

“Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music,” Hill said of the performer, who has 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles to his name.

The BET show will be hosted

by Queen Latifah and include performances by Kanye West.

FILE - In this July 17, 2007 file photo, Prince performs during a jam session in the Montreux Jazz Cafe after his concert at the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland.

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Miss. beaches largely unspoiled by Gulf oil gusher Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File

FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo, a Metropolitan Police Department boat, foreground, escorts the Japan’s government-backed research whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on the way to Harumi pier in Tokyo.

Japan may quit whaling commission if ban stays put Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Japan is considering withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission if no progress is made toward easing an international ban on commercial whaling, its fisheries minister said Tuesday.

The IWC — the international body that regulates whaling — will gather for its annual meeting next week in Agadir, Morocco. The meeting is expected to seek a compromise between pro- and antiwhaling countries, which may include allowing commercial whaling on a limited scale.

A moratorium has been in place for 25 years, but countries such as Japan, Norway and Iceland hunt whales under a variety of exceptions to the ban. An IWC proposal

was circulated in April to allow limited commercial hunts for 10 years.

Japan has frequently threatened to pull out of the IWC in the past. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masahiko Yamada was asked Tuesday if Tokyo would quit the IWC if progress was not made toward easing the ban on commercial whaling.

“I am considering various options,” Yamada said. “This is really the final stage, and we’re not sure

how things are going to turn out.”

Anti-whaling states, including Australia and New Zealand, have called a proposed whaling quota system unacceptable and demanded an end to Japan’s hunt in Antarctic waters.

Japan’s whaling program includes large-scale scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, while other whaling countries mostly stay along their coasts. Opponents call Japan’s scientific research hunts a cover for commercial whaling.

The comments were the first by Yamada to reporters since assuming his post a week ago. He was one of several Cabinet ministers appointed by new Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

LONG BEACH, Miss. – Tracey Winspeare said her Canadian uncle warned her before she traveled to Mississippi: Oil is washing up on the beaches from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico. He was wrong.

Winspeare, who lives near Cambridge, England, sunbathed Monday on a clean stretch of white sand in Long Beach. Geography and water currents have spared the area — like all beaches in Mississippi — from the worst of the two-month-old spill.

“It’s beautiful here. I love it,” Winspeare, a 23-year-old genealogist, said on a day with blue skies, a light breeze and a temperature approaching 95 degrees.

Millions of gallons of oil have gushed into the Gulf since an oil rig exploded on April 20 and later sank about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.

Gooey gobs of it have soiled Louisiana’s delicate marshlands. In Alabama, rust-colored tar balls have washed ashore and officials have warned people not to swim some days on some beaches, even as tourist season should be gaining momentum.

So far, Mississippi hasn’t dealt with such messes, largely because of the underwater DeSoto Canyon in the Gulf, which is south of the Florida Panhandle, said Don Johnson, an oceanographer at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.

The ruptured BP oil well is along the upper slope of the continental shelf, and the DeSoto Canyon helps direct water currents from there eastward toward Alabama and Florida, Johnson said. During July, winds usually blow from the southsouthwest and that means oil in the Gulf will continue to move toward parts of the Florida Panhandle near Apalachicola, he said.

During normal times — pretty much anytime there’s not a hurricane or other strong storm — Mississippi coastal waters remain relatively calm.

“It’s like if you have a strong wind blowing and you stand in the corner,” Johnson said. “It’s just kind of forced away from the corner.”

Mississippi has seen some signs of trouble. Strands of caramel-colored oil were discovered two weeks ago south of one of the barrier islands, Petit Bois island, which is near the Alabama line and which locals pronounce “Petty Boy.” About 140 dead turtles have been found since the spill, and Harrison County Emergency Management director Rupert Lacy said crews have collected a few gallons of tar balls or “tar pancakes” on the main beaches.

Johnson said a common misperception is that Mississippi’s string of barrier islands are primarily what’s keeping oil off the state’s mainland coastline but really it’s the currents.

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

In this June 14, 2010 picture, Cecelia Burleson, 3, plays in the Gulf of Mexico in Long Beach, Miss. Mississippi has—so far, at least—been spared the worst of the environmental degradation caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Apple launches new Mac mini Reuters

Apple said it launched a new version of its lowest-priced computer, Mac mini, with twice the graphics performance and lower power usage, from $699.

Apple said the product’s power consumption would be less than 10 watts when idle.

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The new Mac mini, which is 7.7 inches square by 1.4 inches, has an HDMI port and a new SD card slot to allow transfer of files from a digital camera. It has a Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processor, a 2.4 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 320 gigabyte (GB) hard-disk and 2GB RAM. It comes with Mac’s Snow Leopard operating system.

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JOHANNESBURG – Germany’s rising star Mesut Ozil, tipped by coach Joachim Loew as a future world-class player, insists that the three-time champions have a genuine chance of winning a fourth World Cup. Barely known outside of Germany and Turkey before the tournament, 21-year-old Werder Bremen midfielder Ozil played a key role in orchestrating his side’s impressive 40 thrashing of Australia in Durban on Sunday.

Germany’s second Group D game is against Serbia on Friday in Port Elizabeth and a victory would almost guarantee them a place in the knockout phase, but Ozil says the goal for a team not originally among the favorites is to seal a fourth title.

“Our dream is to win the title, that is why we are here,” said Ozil, who was born to Turkish parents in the industrial German city of Gelsenkirchen.

Germany lost captain Michael Ballack to an ankle injury before the tournament even started, but Ozil’s performance suggested the national side can plug the gap with the next generation of talent.

“We have always sought an outand-out Number Ten and now we have found one,” said striker Miroslav Klose. “Mesut has made the position his own for Germany.

Italy’s midfielder Simone Pepe (C) jumps over

the Group F first round 2010 World Cup football match Italy vs. Paraguay on June 14, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.

AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE

Italy held to 1-1 draw, Netherlands, Japan win Associated Press Writer

JOHANNESBURG – Defending champion Italy looked more like pretender than credible contender for a second straight World Cup title, and the flying form of the Netherlands never really got off the ground.

The Italians, who came into the World Cup with questions about an aging squad, were held to a 1-1 draw by Paraguay in Group F in Cape Town. In fact, the Azzurri had to rally on Daniele De Rossi’s second-half goal to get the one point.

The Dutch, who went unbeaten in qualifying with a potent offense, struggled to get going at Soccer City but still managed a 2-0 win over Denmark in Group E. In the other Group E match, Keisuke Honda scored to lead Japan over Cameroon 1-0 in Bloemfontein.

Antolin Alcaraz gave Paraguay the lead at the Green Point Stadium with a header in the 39th minute of the rainy Group F match, and De Rossi equalized for Italy from close range in the 63rd.

“The biggest regret is the result,” Italy coach Marcello Lippi said. “They only approached the goal once and they scored. We reacted well, but you’ve got to win games likes these.”

Italy played the second half without goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who left the game with a sciatic nerve injury. “He had a back problem,” Lippi said. “I hope he’s back for the next game, but that will be up to the doctors.”

Buffon said he will be ready for the next match.

“It was a good result, though we can’t say we played really

well,” Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino said. “We have to take into account who is who. It’s not easy to play first against the last world champion.”

In Johannesburg, Dirk Kuyt scored one goal for the Dutch, who came into the tournament in South Africa expecting to show the world some beautiful, free-flowing soccer. But the other goal came when Denmark defender Simon Poulsen headed a ball off the back of teammate Daniel Agger and into his own net.

“We wanted to play beautiful football but we lost the ball,” Netherlands coach Bert Van Marwijk said. “From time to time you could see how good we can be.”

The Netherlands took the lead in the 46th minute when Poulsen tried to clear a cross from Robin van Persie. Instead, it went off Agger’s back and into the net. “I was just thinking, this can’t be happening,” Poulsen said of the freak goal.

Kuyt added the second goal in the 85th minute when he tapped in a rebound off the post from close range.

In Bloemfontein, Japan won its first match at a World Cup on foreign soil when Honda scored in the 39th from a curling cross by Daisuke Matsu.

“I found a good position and the ball was very good,” Honda said.

“I just told myself to be calm to make it, because recently we have missed good chances, so I wanted

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Cameroon didn’t get its offense on track until the second half, but never found the net despite the presence of star striker Samuel Eto’o.

“We were too nervous in the first half. We lost many, many balls because we were nervous and that is why I am disappointed tonight,” Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen said. “They were not playing to their best of their ability and we were not able to release our potential this evening, and that is really disappointing.”

Through 11 games, there have been eight shutouts, with the only matches where both teams scored coming in 1-1 draws between the United States and England, South Africa and Mexico, and Italy vs.

Paraguay. Through Monday, no winning team had allowed a goal.

The Italy-Paraguay match at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town started on time despite a wage dispute between stewards and a security contractor. Police took over responsibility for security both in Cape Town and in Durban.

Also, noise about the vuvuzela went right to the top at FIFA again, with president Sepp Blatter defending the loud plastic horns that are commonplace at soccer matches in South Africa.

“I have always said that Africa has a different rhythm, a different sound,” Blatter said in a Twitter message. “I don’t see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country.”

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Germany’s rising star Mesut Ozil — seen here during an Under-21 international against England in 2009 — insists that the three-time champions have a genuine chance of winning a fourth World Cup. He is an absolute bonus for us.”

Loew has adopted a three-man attacking midfield playing behind a lone striker and Ozil’s ability to run at defenses and provide probing passes makes him the ace in Germany’s pack.

“He is a player that fits perfectly with my ideas,” said Loew. “He plays a very high level, he can win the ball easily and then produce a telling shot.

“He is a playmaker and can produce some passes which split defenses.”

A Dutch supporter is pictured arriving to attend a 2010 World Cup group match vs Denmark at Soccer city stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, on June 14.

Dutch ‘beer babes’ held at W.Cup stadium Agence France Presse

JOHANNESBURG – A group of 36 young Dutch fans in orange miniskirts were detained for several hours at Soccer City stadium for wearing outfits designed by a Dutch beer company, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The dresses were sold with Bavaria Beer packs in the Netherlands in the run-up to the World Cup, but football governing body FIFA accused the young women of staging an ambush marketing campaign, The Star said.

“We were sitting near the front, making a lot of noise, and the cameras kept focusing on us,” Barbara Kastein told the paper. “In the second half, about 40 stewards sur-

rounded us and forced us to leave the stadium,” she said.

They were taken to a FIFA office where police quizzed them about the dresses and asked if they worked for Bavaria. More than three hours later, they were released and police said they would continue investigating, the paper said.

FIFA said the women were “used by a large Dutch brewery as an instrument for an ambush marketing campaign”, although the dresses had no branding on them.

Budweiser, an official sponsor, is the only beer company allowed to advertise within the stadiums. FIFA fiercely protects its marketing interests, which are a major cash spinner for the organisation.

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Celtics know perils of road closeout games Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – When the Celtics wrapped up Game 5 and moved one win away from an unprecedented 18th championship, the jubilant Boston crowd sent them off to the West Coast for the final time this season with one last chorus of that age-old “Beat L-A!” chant.

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Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers reacts to a call during game three of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on June 8, 2010 in Boston. Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Derek Fisher finished with 16 as the Lakers beat the Celtics 91-84 to take a 2-1 series lead in the NBA finals.

Although Kevin Garnett and his teammates appreciate the suggestion, they know it’s easier shouted than done — particularly in the playoffs, and especially on the road.

The Celtics will have to overcome their unimpressive record in closeout playoff games away from Boston to finish off the Lakers in Game 6 of the NBA finals on Tuesday night.

For all their remarkable success over the past three seasons, including the 2008 title and another finals run this year, the Celtics have converted just one of their eight chances to finish a playoff series away from home.

They’ve got two opportunities at Staples Center, which could be the fifth

building in which the Celtics have won a title at the expense of their longtime rivals — or the site of a remarkable Hollywood ending for the Lakers. If Los Angeles survives Tuesday, a champion will be crowned Thursday in Game 7.

“They’re playing at home. Home is always where your heart is,” Garnett said. “With the severity of the game, it’s all-out on both ends for both teams.

This will probably be the hardest game of the season, if not of the series, if not of everybody’s career, this game coming up.”

Even after winning three of the series’ last four games, and even after compiling the NBA’s second-best road record in the regular season (26-15),

the Celtics can’t be lulled into thinking they’ve got the Lakers on the run.

Although Boston narrowly won Game 2 at Staples Center on the strength of Ray Allen’s historic 3-point shooting binge and Rajon Rondo’s late-game poise, Boston knows the Lakers are 9-1 at home in the postseason, with everybody from Kobe Bryant to the Lakers’ bedraggled bench playing with much more passion and confidence.

“The Lakers ... got homecourt advantage, but we’ve played the best all year on the road,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said. “We’re going to have to beat them at their best, because they’re going to be great there, and we can’t expect anything else.”

Clijsters to come back from injury at Eastbourne Agence France Presse

EASTBOURNE – Former world number one Kim Clijsters says the only way to conquer her fear of a recurrence of a foot injury which has kept her out of action for seven weeks is time on court playing matches.

The former number one returns to action at the Eastbourne International this week nearly two months after tearing a muscle in her foot on April 24 in Fed Cup play against Estonia.

The problem forced her to miss the clay season including the French Open at Roland Garros but she is now hoping to fine-tune her grass court preparation for Wimbledon.

“You have to step over the boundary and play without fear,” the reigning US Open champion said on Monday as she prepared for an opening match here against fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer.

“I’ve had practise sets since coming here late Tuesday and training.

Now I really want to play matches.

They will help me get past the in-

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jury, I want to forget how it happened.

“The only time I think about it, maybe, is when I go for a wide backhand. But the grass helps me to be more careful anyway. You are already down low to the court and there are not hard pushes required off the foot.”

The mother of one, who came back to the sport last summer after retiring, said that while the bulk of her treatment is done, she still needs to take care of the foot.

She is hoping to use this week as intense preparation for Monday’s start at Wimbledon. The 27-year-old last played at the All England club in 2006, reaching the semi-finals.

“Wimbledon is such a special tournament,” said the one-time junior finalist. “There is all of the history, it’s so special. It’s not like other slams, where you are practically driven into the stadium.

“At Wimbledon we walk to the courts with our tennis bags on our backs. I even stop sometimes to talk to the people in the queue - find out what they’re having for dinner.”

The Belgian is counting on Eastbourne to whip her game into shape after the absence.

“This is the perfect situation.

Hopefully, I’ll get a lot of matches,” said the 2005 champion, who last played on the south coast in 2006.

“It’s important to get back onto the court. When you play matches you push yourself and that’s what I need right now.”

Belgian Kim Clijsters, seen here in April. Former world number one Clijsters says the only way to conquer her fear of a recurrence of a foot injury which has kept her out of action for seven weeks is time on court playing matches.

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RadioShack’s team rider Lance Armstrong of the U.S. cycles during the second stage of the Tour de Suisse from Ascona to Sierre in this June 13, 2010 file photo.

Armstrong’s team omitted from Vuelta entry list Reuters

PARIS – Lance Armstrong’s team was the only Pro Tour outfit omitted from the entry list for the Tour of Spain, RadioShack sports director Alain Gallopin said on Monday.

“I just received the list. Our application has not been accepted,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“Lance was not on our list of 15 riders because it would have been

silly to ask a 38-year-old to ride two big tours like the Tour de France and the Vuelta,” he added.

“But with Andreas Kloeden, Levi Leipheimer, Janez Brajkovic, Haimar Zubeldia and Chris Horner, our team would have been very competitive.”

The Tour of Spain is managed by Unipublic, whose main shareholder are ASO, organizers of the Tour de France. They were not immediately available for comment.

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McLaren targets Silverstone push

Martin Whitmarsh reveals that McLaren is planning a big upgrade at Silverstone as F1 title race hots up. McLaren is targeting another big push at Silverstone next month on the back of a second successive 1-2 finish in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal on June 13, 2010. Hamilton won the race ahead of teammate and compatriot Jenson Button and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain.

Lorenzo prepares to go solo at Silverstone JORGE Lorenzo has set his sights on the podium at Silverstone as he prepares for his first MotoGP weekend with the full might of the FIAT Yamaha team trained solely on him.

With Valentino Rossi beginning his recovery process from Italy, Lorenzo will be the championship-winning team’s single representative for the British Grand Prix, held at Silverstone for the first time in 24 years.

Firmly established as the ‘man to beat’ for this year’s title now, Lorenzo is looking forward to his Silverstone debut as he bids to extend his current 25 point advantage over Dani Pedrosa.

“After Mugello we arrive at Silverstone, a track that none of us know! I will do some laps with the scooter on Thursday; I don’t always do this but I think it’s very important because so far I’ve only seen the track on the PlayStation and it’s changed quite a lot.

“My aim is once again to get on the podium, but I was disappointed after Mugello and I want to do a better race in England. I am happy with my lead in the standings but I want to keep improving and this weekend we will try to find some more traction for my M1.”

In the meantime, the Spaniard will be kept busy by a series of off-track appearances, which included a trial of the Isle of Man TT course over the weekend and a chance to try his hand at the old British pastime of cricket…

“Last week I went to the Isle of Man to see the TT, which was an incredible experience and I even rode a lap, but quite slowly!

“On Wednesday I will go to Lord’s Cricket Ground for a press conference and it will be the first time I’ve seen cricket, because we don’t play in Spain. I think it will be interesting to discover this sport, and maybe even play!

“Finally I want to send again my best wishes to Valentino, I am glad he is recovering well and we will miss him in these busy weeks.”

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Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha shows a t-shirt dedicated to his team mate valentino Rossi during the podium ceremony of Moto GP at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello track on June 6, 2010.

On the back of a similar result in Turkey two weeks earlier, Lewis Hamilton jumped to the head of the championship standings with team-mate Jenson Button just three points behind while McLaren now leads Red Bull in the constructors’ championship by 22 points after two maximum scores in a row.

Speaking following the race in Montreal, team boss Martin Whitmarsh revealed that McLaren plans to bring in a new upgrade for the MP4-25 at Silverstone that should be worth up to a quarter of a second a lap to improve its outright speed relative to Red Bull, although he admitted that its Milton Keynesbased rival would also be fighting back strong after recent disappointments.

“We won’t stand still,” Whitmarsh was quoted by Reuters. “We have a reasonably big upgrade that we are fighting to have for Silverstone, and if that

is there then I would be disappointed if it is not a much bigger step than that. “[Red Bull] are going to come back strongly and we have to make sure that we continue to develop the car. If we don’t develop the car at a quick-enough pace, then we will not win races and we will not win this championship.”

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has already said he feels that McLaren will be the team to beat in the next race of the season at Valencia, and Whitmarsh admitted that the car should be strong in Spain.

“We have to go to Valencia and try to capitalise on the form we have at the moment with the type of the circuit that Valencia is, and then make sure that we secure a decent step forward at Silverstone that helps us maintain the pace,” he said. “If we don’t, if we fail to develop the car, we will get overhauled and beaten by more than just Red Bull.”