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People gather in front of the Congress building during a demonstration supporting a gay marriage bill, while Senators discuss said bill for same sex marriage in Buenos Aires on July 14, 2010.

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to grant gays and lesbians all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples.

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After a marathon debate, 33 lawmakers voted in favor, 27 were against it and 3 abstained in Argentina’s Senate in a vote that ended after 4 a.m. Since the lower

house already approved it, and President Cristina Fernandez is a strong supporter, it now becomes law as soon as it is published in the official bulletin.

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Denpasar – Indonesian Government plan to release 1,200 orangutan into the wild. The rehabilitation and conservation of the natural habitat of the orangutan is one of the efforts done by the government to keep the population of the animal In the last few decades, the number of orangutan in Indonesia is decreasing rapidly because the high lost of forests.

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of Indonesian Forestry Department, said that the conservation of the orangutan habitat is also one of the efforts to protect the natural resources in the forest and also to reduce the carbon emission.

“90% of orang utan population in Indonesia lives in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Most of them live in rehabilitation center or other sanctuary and it is actually not good for the development of the animal.

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The law is sure to bring a wave of marriages by gays and lesbians who have increasingly found Buenos Aires to be more accepting than many other places in the region. The approval came despite a concerted campaign by the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical groups, which drew 60,000 people to march on Congress and urged parents in churches and schools to work against passage.

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio said “everyone loses” with gay marriage, and “children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother.”

Nine gay couples had already married in Argentina after persuading judges that the constitutional mandate of equality supports their marriage rights, but some of these marriages were later declared invalid.

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A press conference to discuss the International Workshop on Orangutan Conservation which is being held in Sanur Beach Hotel

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Bali News Estimated to spend IDR 2.2 trillion

Mega road project in Badung approved by central govt Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Central government has approved the concept of refurbishment toward the Bypass Ngurah Rai road proposed by Badung Regency Government. Such refurbishment included the construction of flyovers, road widening, and remodeling of the roadside landscapes. Predictably, the mega project would cost around IDR 2.2 trillion.

Such opinion was revealed by Deputy Chairman of the Badung House, I Ketut Suiasa, last Wednesday (Jul 14). Suiasa was one of the representatives who presented the concept of Bypass Ngurah Rai refurbishment in the Department of Public Works (PU). Presentation made on last Wednesday was led by Deputy Regent of Badung, I Ketut Sudikerta, and also followed by members of the Badung House, Putu Parwata, as well as related regional apparatus units (SKPD).

According to Suiasa, in principle the concept proposed by Badung had been approved by the Ministry of Public Works. Overall, this concept aimed to overcome the traffic congestion that often occurred in the path of the local area. However, it remained to find financial problem.

Meanwhile, sources of funding still needed to be discussed further.

Suiasa confessed to be optimistic regarding to the problem of funding. It was not difficult to allocate such a fund because Department of Public Works in 2011 had a budget worth IDR 27 trillion. Road refurbishment was also meant to maintain the reputation of Indonesia.

Moreover, the status of that road was a national road so the funding became the state’s obligation.

“I definitely had confidence that we will be helped for the funding.

If we ask for 10 percent of the bud-

get allocation in the Department of Public Works for Bali will be enough. Moreover, these activities also bet the reputation of Indonesia in relation to host the APEC Summit and the plan to host the Miss World contest,” added Suiasa.

In addition to the Department of Public Works, the effort to get the project was also made to the House of Representatives, in this regard the Budget Committee. For this, his party had got positive signal. As planned, in the near future the lobby would also be resumed directly to the Minister of Public Works.

Still related to the settlement of mega road projects, within this year 2010, it had been ensured to undertake the road widening around the intersectional areas of Dewa Ruci and Ngurah Rai Statue. According to Suiasa, the two famous points were vulnerable to traffic jam. Road widening at the two points could not be done unilaterally. Therefore, the support of third-party and coordination between the lines should be put forward especially with the airport, forestry and Pertamina, considering at the location laid the pipe owned

by Pertamina. ”We do expect these agencies could provide utmost support, including the support of the community, too. On that account, the project could be accomplished immediately,” he added. (ded)

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The picture shows the Search and Rescue Team train on Sanur beach. The poor weather condition make everyone must be more aware to avoid any incidents.

Red Room Bar attacked by gangster One killed, another injured of stabs Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Disputes occurred again between two groups of gangster in Kuta. Now, some burly youths made an offensive to Red Room Bar located on Jalan Dyana Pura, Kuta, Badung, last Wednesday (Jul 14) early morning. As a result, a security officer on duty, Bagus Alit Sastrawan chopped dead. Meanwhile, another security officer Yesaya Karmoi suffered from stabbing wounds in the back.

Allegedly, the attack conducted by a number of youths to the crime scene had something to do with disputes of the two groups occurring in front of Sky Garden Discotheque few days earlier. However, police were still investigating the case with the testimony of witnesses and collecting more evidences. Joint team of Kuta Police and Denpasar Metro Police are still working hard hand in hand up to these days to uncover everything.

Based on information in the field, the attack happened at about 2:30 am Local Time. Before targeting the crime scene, allegedly they were originally aiming at Sky Garden. However, because Sky

Garden was strictly guarded by some members of police and the military officers, then they converted the attack to Red Room Bar. It was said the gangsters armed with samurai swords, chains and others directly headed for to the crime scene.

Without uttering a single word, they entered into the bar and aimed to find out someone. However, people who apparently sought could not be found. Well, the two victims (Bagus Alit and Karmoi— ed) even became the target. It was unknown for sure whether they were the wrong target or not, both victims were stabbed by the attackers. Ultimately, both victims were cornered and could not do anything. Even, they turned more powerless in the face of those attackers,” said a source last Wednesday.

Such anonymous source explained the attack took place so quickly. They came in straight blindly. After slashing and stabbing the two victims, they immediately fled. Other than clearing the two victims, they also did some destruction toward the existing equipment inside the bar. “The at-

tack was running very quickly.

They entered, cleared, damaged and escaped,” the source said.

After a few minutes of the incident, several police officers came to the crime scene. Similarly, one platoon of Mass Control from Denpasar Metro Police was deployed to the scene. Police shortly did investigation at crime scene and collected the required evidence and testimony of witnesses. “Both victims were immediately rushed to Sanglah Hospital for immediate assistance. Unfortunately, the victim Bagus Alit breathed his last at Sanglah Hospital,” he explained.

In the meantime, Chief of Denpasar Metro Police, Suryanbodo Asmoro, when asked for his confirmation last Wednesday said the case was still under investigation. Until now, investigators have examined a number of witnesses. Not only that, the evidence in the form of broken glass and others had been secured.

“There have been six to seven witnesses examined. However, the motive of the attack is unknown.

Just wait for the results of further investigation,” he added. (kmb21)

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Increase Youth’s Zero Visit to Forest Program Jampela, Moral and Mental Quality Not Serious, Flood and Landslide Hit Jembrana Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Negara (DenPost) –

Jembrana Region Government started the zero visit to forest program at Jembrana’s forests and the Regent, Gede Winasa, also have given out instruction No.2 year 2010 dated 2nd March about the revitalization. Yet the forests are still robbed even there’s a tight security and warnings not to go in. Because of budget problems now those securities are pulled out and forests were robbed again.

Forests in Penyaringan, Mendoyo, Pulukan, Pekutatan, Yeh Embang and Batuagung were cleared which caused Jembrana often hit by floods and landslides especially during heavy rain.

Jembrana House of Representatives member, Putu Karnawijaya, last Wednesday (14/7) confessed ashamed of this incident. According to him there are not much socialization to the people on forestry law, “There’s not much prevention yet so people are still robbing the forests and there should be a more intensive socialization and continuous.”

He then stated the zero visit to forest program shouldn’t be ignored, “When there’s a new disaster, there should be ongoing anticipation and understanding for the people.”

Karnawijaya also added those people who takes from the forest should’ve

learnt from the disasters so they won’t cut trees wildly, ”The use to conserve the forest and environment not only affects us now but for the future too.”

Meanwhile Vice Regent Putu Artha has visited the landslide location at Sekar Kejula, Yeh Embang which worries. He also hoped to avoid such thing and residents should be aware.

He gave little help to lessen the victim’s burden by giving housing equipments and essentials to Ketut Sadia (55) whose house walls crushed by the landslide.

The rain passing by Jembrana on Monday (12/7) also caused a house at Pancaseming, Batuagung swept by mud. The crushed house at Pancaseming is owned by Nengah Arnyana (35) while at Sekar Kejula owned by Ketut Sadia (55).

Aryana’s house was under water

mixed by mud which came from the cliff at the north of the house. This caused a farming equipment place and three shrines crushed and also fracturing the kitchen’s wall. Besides that, two motorbikes owned by him and his sibling Kayan Wardana (30) also swept by the flash flood which was Tukad Panca Gede’s river flow.

Meanwhile, until Tuesday, Sadia is still helped by local residents to clean up the mud and stones that came into the house. Besides the house, the village official also stated some husbandry and decker plats also swept by the river flow. The village’s road was also closed by the flash flood then a landslide followed Monday afternoon. Under the forest there are around 30 families living and Forestry official also caught parts of the green area in the forest destroyed by the landslide. (120)

Bali Existed because its culture Denpasar (Bali Post) -

Dr. Igor Panarin, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Mr. Victor Konnov, The Head Of The Trade Representation of The Russian Federation to visit Bali Press Building K. Nadha, Wednesday (14 / 7) yesterday. Both were accompanied by Dr. Shri I GST. Ngrh. Arya Wedakarna , Rector Mahendradatta University Denpasar.

During his visit, Igor deliver global crisis happening lately. He sees this crisis effect jump from one country to another. “Countries such as

America are also affected by the crisis. From the housing crisis will continue to current food crisis because the U.S. was preoccupied with contamination Gulf of Mexico that influences the supply of fish. This will be a difficult situation for the U.S. until two years into the future, “he asserted.

He added, Indonesia will also be affected by the crisis, particularly in Economic Affairs. Dollar exchange rate fluctuations to be one indicator.

However, he believes Indonesia can deal with this difficult situation.

Special to Bali, Igor said that Bali

is very specific. Local potential Balinese culture is very strong support to make Bali still exists.

“The struggle to get out of the global crisis is quite difficult. But Bali is different. Bali is very specific. I am sure that Bali could face this problem, “ Bali hoping that he and Russian relations in the field of tourism could be further improved.

The meeting ended with delivery of a memento of these three guests Editor in Chief of the Bali Post, I Nyoman Wirata who was accompanied by Leader Bali TV Editorial Dewi Martika. (Wah)

Methamphetamine Smuggling, Two Malaysians Sentenced For Life Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Accused Boo Gwan Teik (46) and Chang Cheng Weng (Malaysian) suspected to have smuggled methamphetamine (shabu-shabu/SS) weighing 2169,85 gross gram, given sentence for life in a trial at Denpasar District Court on Wednesday (14/7). Even so, the two foreigners were calm when hearing the decision read by Judge Nyoman Sutama.

Besides that, accused are fined IDR 2 Billion which subsidized 1 year sentence. This punishment was as demanded by public prosecutor Nyoman Sucitrawan. S.H. as Judge agreed that the accused actions has violated sec-

tion 113 paragraph (2) and section 132 paragraph (1) Law No. 35 Year 2009 on Narcotics.

Judge stated the accused can’t escape its action as it has been revealed by the witnesses’ statements that the two accused brought the illegal drugs.

These witnesses’ statements also broke the accused alibi that was stated in the trial.

As told before, accused was captured 20th January 2010 around 2.30 pm at Ngurah Rai Airport’s International Arrival Terminal, Tuban, Kuta.

Customs workers were suspicious on the two accused that just got off Cathay Pacific flight number CX785 from

Hong Kong. After Boo was investigated, it was found a body pack made from white khastery cloth and clear plastic bags with length 96 cm and width 14 cm which has clear crystals of methamphetamine weighing 1.060,2 broto gram or 987,81 net gram attached to Boo’s waist. Meanwhile in Chang’s stomach there’s an attachment of the same body pack with clear plastic bags inside it containing 1.109,94 net gram of the illegal drug.

For the decision, accused accompanied by Legal Counsel Made Kartika and Public Prosecutor Nyoman Sucitrawan stated they’re going to think it over. (015)

Interfaith Student Jamboree (Jampela) Bali Province presented by Religion Ministry Bali Province Representative Office at Serangan Village Park was opened by the Indonesian Religious Minister staff, H. Tulus last Tuesday (13/7). In his welcoming speech, he mentioned Jampela has a strategic meaning in building the kids’ moral and mental in facing globalization effects. This activity is hoped to increase moral, mental and discipline quality of the kids.

This is the first Jampela involving 1.024 candidates from the whole Bali Junior High School and High/Vocational School students with their religions Hindu, Buddha, Islam, Christian and Catholic. In this activity it’s being guided by 110 guiders/region or city officials from different sources.

During the Jampela, candidates are asked to perform community services and competitions in increasing faith and goodness to God, relation to each other and the environment. The Religious Ministry Bali Representative, Drs. IGAK Suthayasa, M.Si mentioned this Jampela is purposed to tighten the friendship and union in the Bhineka Tunggal Ika (unity in diversity) structure, understanding and applying religious studies in daily lives,

also to add knowledge, skills, skills on religious studies and also to increase concern and togetherness in social living.

This Jamboree is divided to two categories which are for general such as lectures like mental and religiousness guidance for the interfaith students by the Head of Representative, togetherness between religions by Head of Buddha Community Forum (FKUB) Bali and traffic disciplinary

by Head of Bali Regence Police.

Meanwhile the general competitions were marching, national and beautiful songs performances, compactness and cleanness. And the special ones was adjusted to the students’ religions such as in Hindu there are competitions of Puja Trisandya, Yoga Asana, religious poetry, daily prays pronunciation, kramaning sembah and Hindu religious songs. In Islam: Tadabbur alam, religious poetry, writing Koran contains and Muslim clothing show. In Christian, Bible guessing game, Bible stories, Happy song and bible game. In Catholic: mazmur competition, holy Bible reading, Bible guessing game and mediation. And in Buddha: Dharma desana, reading Dhammapada, guessing games and Buddhist songs. (08)

Cycle of Life Ceremony in Bali Balinese Hindu believe on reincarnation, cycle of life, before they can reach moksha, the highest condition of atman or soul where the soul is back to the main source, God, the soul must be born and reborn again.

Born, growth up, old, and die then born again are a must in Balinese Hindu. And in every step of those stages, Balinese will perform special ceremony. When the souls are ready to reborn again, they will enter into red and white elements of desire that are united in the sexual love, it symbols of sperm (red) and ovum (white).

The eventual merging of the two kamas begets what is often called Sang Hyang Jabang Bayi or fetus-Balinese always assume that the soul comes from heaven that is why a baby in Bali is called dewa or gods during his first year of life to honor the soul.

The ritual is beginning from pregnancy with the aim to fasten the soul in its body before birth. The seventh moth when the fetus is strong enough is a time for Magedong-gedongan or strength the soul in “new house” ceremony. It is a simple ceremony.

When the baby is born, his/her ariari or placenta will get special treatment. It puts on clay pot then brings to house compound. Baby’s father should wash it until clean from the blood then put it in a coconut together with some spices and some tools; it depends on the custom, before burry it in front of the house’s door. On the place where it buried will be put a cook’s cage or basket and candle or lamp to protect it from animal and unseen force. The fact this is a sign to community, there are a new baby in

that house On the seventh days or depends on when the umbilical cord the ceremony is held to celebrate it. Just a simple ceremony, run by baby’s mother. The baby is then celebrate through tutug kambuhan or continuous to grow which fall on 42 days after birth. Commonly the parent will invite the priest to do the ceremony for the baby’s four siblings that company him when his born by giving special offering. Since this day baby’s parent is allowed to enter holly place again, before, since the birth both are not allowed to enter holy place, Balinese called they are on cuntaka or prohibited time. Logically during this time baby’s parent is still in weak and busy condition, so they cannot do normal activities, including did a festival feast or communal activities.

Bigger ceremony is held at three months, named nyambutin or celebration ceremony. This time a baby is allowed to touch the ground and get his name. The child has entered the earthly world and the ceremonies are to welcome and guide the child during his or her first steps in life. This is how a child attains full incarnation of human status.

Then regular ceremony will be held, called otonan ceremony or happy birthday Balinese Hindu version, it is based on one cycle in the wuku year or Balinese calendar which is celebrate every 210 days or every six months, to remain and strength the soul in the child’s body. And this ceremony will be held until he or she becomes an adult, but some people still celebrate it until their old age. (BTN/Doc)

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Report: Amputations without anesthesia in NKorea Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s health care system is in shambles with doctors sometimes performing amputations without anesthesia and working by candlelight in hospitals lacking essential medicine, heat and power, a human rights watchdog said Thursday.

North Korea’s state health care system has been deteriorating for years amid the country’s economic difficulties. Many of its 24 million people reportedly face health problems related to chronic malnutrition, such as tuberculosis and anemia, Amnesty International said in a report on the state of the health care system.

A 24-year-old defector from northeastern Hamkyong province told Amnesty that a doctor amputated his left leg from the calf down without anesthesia after his ankle was crushed by a moving train when he fell from one of the cars.

“Five medical assistants held my arms and legs down to keep me from moving. I was in so much pain that I screamed and eventually fainted from pain,” said the man, identified only by his family name, Hwang. “I woke up one week later in a hospital bed.”

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Amnesty International Asia-Pacific researcher Norma Kang Muico speaks about a research report on the state of North Korea’s health care system during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 15, 2010.

The report was based on interviews with more than 40 North Koreans who have defected, mostly to South Korea, as well as organizations and health care professionals who work with North Koreans. Amnesty researchers did not have access to North Korea, one of the world’s most closed countries.

There was no immediate reaction from North Korea, which is sensitive to outside criticism and usually responds through its statecontrolled media, though sometimes days or even weeks later.

North Korea says it provides free medical care to all its citizens.

But Amnesty said most interviewees said they or a family member had given doctors cigarettes, alcohol or money to receive medical care. Doctors often work without pay, have little or no medicine to dispense and reuse scant medical supplies, the report said.

“People in North Korea don’t bother going to the hospital if they don’t have money because everyone knows that you have to pay for service and treatment,” a 20year-old North Korean defector named Rhee was quoted as saying. “If you don’t have money, you die.”

Many interviewees said they had to walk as long as two hours to get to a hospital for surgery, said Norma Kang Muico, an Amnesty researcher and author of the report.

North Koreans are numbed to what was wrong with the health system, because “things keep progressively getting worse, or even staying the same but at that low level,” she told reporters in Seoul on Thursday.

Amnesty blamed failed or counterproductive government policies and said North Korea should cooperate with aid donors to ensure transparency in the distribution of food assistance and guarantee that medical personnel are paid adequately.

The group also recommended that countries such as South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia ensure that humanitarian assistance in North Korea is based on need and is not subject to political conditions.

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Pakistani soldiers and police officers guard the site of an apparent suicide bombing in Mingora, capital of Pakistan’s troubled Swat valley on Thursday, July 15, 2010.

Blast in Pakistan’s Swat Valley kills 5, wounds 35 Associated Press Writer

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – An apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s Swat Valley killed five people and wounded at least 35 on Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist militants remain active in the northwest region despite a massive army operation.

The explosion went off around noon in Mingora, the main town in the one-time tourist haven that was overrun by the Taliban in 2007.

Pakistani TV footage showed vehicles bent and twisted due to the force of the blast. Some men were desperately trying to open the doors of a car to reach a woman and man sitting in the front who were bloodied and appeared unconscious. The area struck was crowded, so the death toll could rise significantly.

Senior police official Qazi Ghulam Farooq said five people died and that officials believed a suicide bomber was involved. At least 35 people were wounded, police said.

The Pakistan military launched its biggest operation against the Taliban in Swat in 2009 after a failed attempt at a peace deal that included pledges to impose Islamic law in the area.

The operation forced some 2 million people to flee, but after a few months, the army said it had taken control and

many of the refugees returned home.

Still, violence has occasionally flared in Swat, shaking people’s confidence. A handful of targeted killings of anti-Taliban elders in particular has worried those who fear the insurgents are staging a comeback in the valley.

In recent weeks, several major suicide attacks have shaken Pakistan.

Last week, a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Mohmand tribal region, killing at least 102 people in the deadliest attack in the U.S.-allied nation this year. The attacks come as Washington is pushing Pakistan to do even more to root out militant groups that use its soil to plan attacks on Western troops across the border in Afghanistan.

At least 33 killed in Sudan floods Agence France Presse

KHARTOUM – At least 33 people were killed and several others were missing following powerful floods in eastern Sudan, police said on Thursday. “Thirtythree people died, several are reported missing,” said Ali Sukar, police chief of Agige district, following days of rain caused flooding in Sudan’s Red Sea state.

“Many head of cattle also perished,” Sukar added. Ten days of

downpour had flooded villages close to Tokar, an area about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Port Sudan, the main city in eastern Sudan, which also experienced heavy rainfall on Sunday, residents said.

“It is not raining today but the water level remains high,” Sukar said. “State services are providing

assistance to the population and looking for the missing. We need help from humanitarian organisations,” he added.

Dozens of people are killed each year during the rainy season in Sudan, Africa’s largest country where many live in mud brick homes.

An image issued by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in 2008, shows the sun setting over flooded homes after seasonal heavy rains in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal state.

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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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From page 1 For that reason, we want to release them into their natural habitat and the reintroduction program must be finished in 2015,” Santosa said during the international workshop on orangutan conservation which is being held in Sanur Beach Hotel on Thursday, July 15th 2010.

The government already had the guideline to conserve orangutan population. Santosa said “the government through the department of forestry will cooperate with other related department to protect orangutan and its habitat.”

Herry Djoko Susilo, the head

of Indonesia Orangutan Forum (FORINA) said that orangutan can not only being protected by rules but real action must be taken by everyone and all related officers.

Susilo also said that currently, orangutan become the symbol of solution. “Stopping global warming and reviving the environment is our main concern and it must be done immediately,” he added.

There is great hope that through the workshop, all people can make a certain agenda to protect orangutan and its habitat.(par)

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An Indian man has a facial pack applied at a men’s beauty saloon in New Delhi. A Vaseline facewhitening application for Facebook in India has sparked an online controversy and pushed the racially-loaded issue of skin colour out into the spotlight.

Vaseline’s skin-whitening Facebook app sparks debate Agence France Presse

NEW DELHI – A Vaseline face-whitening application for Facebook in India has sparked an online controversy and pushed the racially-loaded issue of skin colour into the spotlight. AngloDutch skincare group Vaseline launched the application “Transform Your Face On Facebook” to promote its range of skin-lightening products for men, advertised by Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor.

It enables users to digitally whiten their profile pictures and remove dark spots — an idea that has evoked a largely negative response in the blogosphere since news broke earlier this week.

“Vaseline’s latest marketing campaign, largely targeted at south Asia but accessible globally, will probably make you uncomfortable,” wrote columnist Alexis Madrigal on the website of US magazine The Atlantic.

“Modern humans’ desire to make their skin darker or lighter is a rather icky reminder of the pigment-ocracy that exists in many countries.”

The market for skin-lightening cream in India is estimated to be worth about 500 million dollars a year by market research group Nielsen. Sales of products for men grew by 25 percent last year and by 17 percent for women.

The first cream for women was launched 27 years ago, while the Indian cosmetics group Emami was the first to see potential in the male market in 2005 when it launched “Fair and Handsome” with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

“The adverts play with the minds of men,” Radhakrishnan Nair, the editor of Indian men’s magazine MW told AFP. “The message they send is: ‘If you have fair skin, you will get a good job, a promotion and a beautiful and faithful wife’.” The

matrimonial adverts that appear in Indian newspapers are also a vivid illustration of the cultural preference for paleness. A widely-understood lexicon has been developed to talk about skin tone.

Somebody described as having a “wheaten” complexion is lighter in skin tone than somebody who is “dusky”. It is commonplace to comment on someone who is beautiful and “very fair” in the same breath. In shops for passport photos, the camera operator will frequently offer a “free lightening service” when the pictures are processed and printed.

“Indians believe that if you have fair skin you belong to the higher caste, the Brahmins,” sociology professor T. K. Oommen at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi told AFP. He explained that a succession of light-skinned colonisers in India had reinforced the association of fairness with power.

“The Aryans, who came from central Asia, in addition to the Portuguese, the French and the British colonisers ruled over the country and probably contributed to this negative perception of dark-skin.” The marketing campaigns for creams by Emami and other foreign brands such as Vaseline, Garnier or L’Oreal clearly push the message that paleness and beauty are synonymous.

Market-leader Emami has run into fierce criticism for its not-so-subtle

advertising of “Fair & Lovely” for women and “Fair & Teen” for teenagers.

A campaign in 2003 featuring a dark-skinned woman who was unable to get married was branded “highly racist” by Brinda Karat, general secretary of the All India Democratic Women’s Association. The campaign was probably reflecting views held privately by many Indian women, however, particularly in the north of the country.

In 2009, a poll of nearly 12,000 people by online dating site Shaadi.com, revealed that skin tone was considered the most important criteria when choosing a partner in three northern Indian states.

Creams range in price from about a dollar to 40 dollars and can be bought in most pharmacies in India.

They work by targeting melanine, the skin pigment that absorbs darkening UV light, and are not thought to pose a health risk. “Face bleach” and frightening sounding “acid peels” are also widely sold across the subcontinent.

Ashu Kumar, 24, is one of the latest customers. The student began using the cream a few weeks ago and hopes to see a result in the next month, as promised by the manufacturer. “My skin is too dark,” he told AFP. “If I don?t make it fairer, I?m worried I’ll have trouble finding a woman to marry me.”

From page 1 As the debate stretched on for nearly 16 hours, supporters and opponents of held rival vigils through the frigid night outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires.

“Marriage between a man and a woman has existed for centuries, and is essential for the perpetuation of the species,” insisted Sen. Juan Perez Alsina, who is usually a loyal supporter of the president but gave a passionate speech against gay marriage.

But Sen. Norma Morandini, another member of the president’s party, compared the discrimination closeted gays face to the oppression imposed

by Argentina’s dictators decades ago. “What defines us is our humanity, and what runs against humanity is intolerance,” she said.

Same-sex civil unions have been legalized in Uruguay, Buenos Aires and some states in Mexico and Brazil. Mexico City has legalized gay marriage.

Colombia’s Constitutional Court granted same-sex couples inheritance rights and allowed them to add their partners to health insurance plans.

But Argentina now becomes the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, granting gays and lesbians all the same rights and responsibilities that heterosexuals have. These include many more rights than civil unions, including adopting children and inheriting wealth.

Gay rights advocates said Argentina’s historic step adds momentum to similar efforts around the world.

“Today’s historic vote shows how far Catholic Argentina has come, from dictatorship to true democratic values, and how far the freedom to marry movement has come, as twelve countries

on four continents now embrace marriage equality,” said Evan Wolfson, who runs the U.S. Freedom to Marry lobby.

He urged U.S. lawmakers to stand up “for the Constitution and all families here in the United States. America should lead, not lag, when it comes to treating everyone equally under the law.”

Among the opponents were teacher Eduardo Morales, who said he believes the legislation was concocted by Buenos Aires residents who are out step with the views of the country. “They want to convert this city into the gay capital of the world,” said Morales of San Luis province.

Ines Franck, director of the group Familias Argentinas, said the legislation cuts against centuries of tradition. Opposing the measure “is not discrimination, because the essence of a family is between two people of opposite sexes,” he said. “Any variation goes against the law, and against nature.”

The president, currently on a state visit to China, spoke out from there against the Argentine Catholic Church’s campaign and the tone she said some religious groups have taken.

“It’s very worrisome to hear words like ‘God’s war’ or ‘the devil’s project,’ things that recall the times of the Inquisition,” she said. Some opposition leaders have accused her of promoting the initiative to gain votes in next year’s presidential elections, when Fernandez’s husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, is expected to run again.

The vote came after Sen. Daniel Filmus urged fellow lawmakers to show the world how much Argentina has matured.

“Society has grown up. We aren’t the same as we were before,” he said.

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Wild tiger kills man in Indonesia’s Aceh Agence France-Presse

BANDA ACEH - A cocoa farmer was mauled to death by an endangered Sumatran tiger as he worked alone in his plantation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a local official said Thursday.

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian activists from the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) dressed as orangutans and holding national flags hold a protest against deforestation in Jakarta on July 15, 2010. Indonesian activists demanded that Indonesia’s government take responsibility to save the endangered orangutan and its habitat, as an international workshop on orangutan conservation is conducted in Bali on July 15 -16.

Australia in talks with Indonesia on asylum centre Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Australia’s foreign minister held talks in Indonesia on Thursday to try to muster regional support for controversial plans to set up a centre in East Timor to house asylum-seekers. New Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a return to harsh offshore detention policies, with immigration a key issue in Australia ahead of elections expected to be called in the coming days.

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said his country was in talks with East Timor over the proposed regional boatpeople processing facility, which has so far received a frosty reception in the tiny aid-dependent country.

“It would not work if it did not have the support of the region,” Smith said after meeting his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta.

“It would not work it did not have the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”

Stemming the almost daily arrival of rickety boats from Indonesia and other Southest Asian nations is chief among Gillard’s concerns as she seeks to woo conservative voters in

Australia.

Natalegawa was non-committal on the proposal, saying a processing centre was a “potential component” of a regional approach to the problem.

“We are actually precisely trying to develop a regional framework, a regional approach in dealing with the whole issue of people smuggling and trafficking,” Natalegawa said, adding that further talks were needed.

East Timorese Deputy Prime Minister Mario Viegas Carrascalao on Wednesday rejected the Australian proposal, saying Dili was nobody’s “puppet”.

Carrascalao said tiny East Timor, a country of just over a million people which is dependent on aid eight years after gaining independence from Indonesia, had too many problems of its own to deal with Australia’s as well. Australia processes asylumseekers — mainly from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but a steady flow of refugees has overwhelmed facilities and forced the reopening of centres on the mainland.

The flow of asylum-seekers proved to be a thorn in the side of Gillard’s deposed predecessor Kevin

Rudd after he scrapped the harsh mandatory detention policy of his conservative predecessor, John Howard.

Some 2,982 asylum-seekers were intercepted this year until May 19, official figures from Australia show, putting 2010 on course to beat the 2001 record of 5,516 arrivals.

Immigration Minister Chris Evans said public anger over boat arrivals was “killing the government”, in an extraordinary admission certain to hit Gillard’s credibility on the sensitive issue.

He was forced to issue a statement insisting he had been referring to policies under Rudd and that the “debate has changed substantially since Julia Gillard became prime minister.”

Strengthening border protection is a key plank of Gillard’s election platform, and Smith previously said that Australian officials had productive negotiations with authorities in East Timor, admitting it was a “big project”.

“We need to ensure that not only is there regional support ... we’ve also got to get support from settlement and resettlement countries.

“So this is an extensive conversation, which is why it’s not going to be solved in one day, or one week, or in one meeting with officials,” he added.

The 48-year-old man, identified as Cut Hasan, was last seen by other farmers on Monday, the head of Geumpang village in Pidie district, Syaiful, told AFP. The partially eaten body was found Wednesday several dozen metres from the plantation area, which lies 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.

“The tiger broke his neck and shattered his skull. His abdomen was ripped open and there were multiple claw and canine marks on his body’s parts,” he said.

Human-animal conflicts are a rising problem as people encroach on wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an archipelago with some of the world’s largest remaining tropical forests.

There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, according to the environmental group WWF. Conservationist Didi Wuryanto said in March that up to 30 human deaths last year were attributed to tiger attacks. According to the Geumpang chief, several villagers have seen two tigers roaming the village but the attack was the first such incident in the area.

President wants traditional markets maintained Antara

SURABAYA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the existence of traditional markets should be maintained as one of the people’s economic activators.

“The existence of traditional markets should be maintained,” President Yudhoyono said at a function to observe the 63rd National Cooperative Day here on Thursday.

On the occasion the president explained that the traditional markets are places for small and medium business makers and the cooperatives to market their products.

“Maintaining the traditional markets means maintaining the existence of cooperatives and small and medium business activities as the activator of national economy,” he said.

History has proved that the existence of cooperatives and small and medium businesses were able

to make Indonesia awake and stand against economic crisis.

The president said things that the regional governments had to do were to organize and improve the traditional markets quality, especially in terms of their order and cleanliness.

President Yudhoyono also explained that the government had a commitment to improving the quality of cooperatives and small and medium businesses by stepping up People’s Business Credit (KUR).

He said that as of 2010 the government had channeled Rp51 trillion for KUR and the figure would continue to be increased to Rp100 trillion in 2014. But the head of state admitted that some of the cooperatives in the country still had a number of problems in their management.

He pointed out that some of the cooperatives still had problems in management and human resources who were capable to manage the cooperatives well.

Actress Luna Maya arrested in porn video case Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian famous actress Luna Maya was arrested in the National Police Headquarters here Wednesday evening for being considered not cooperative in the porn video case.

“The Police have detained Luna because she is considered not cooperative,” Senior Commissioner Marwoto Soeto, a police spokes-

man, said here Thursday.

She was detained at the Police Headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) jail on Wednesday (July 14) at around 10 pm local time.

“Luna is arrested because she is strongly suspected being involved in the making of porn video recordings with Ariel,” Marwoto Seoto said.

The police earlier named actresses Luna Maya and Cut Tari suspects in

the sensational porn video case.

“Luna and Cut Tari have been named suspects but we think there is no need to detain them,” Bareskrim Chief General Commissioner Ito Sumardi said recently (July 9).

The two women are suspected of having involvement in the making of sex videos with popular Peterpan pop band vocalist Nasril Irham alias Ariel.

The police had earlier named Ariel a suspect and have held him at the

Bareskrim jail since June 22, 2010.

Cut Tari and Luna Maya on Thursday (July 8) offered apologies to the public but this did not change their status as suspects in the case.

The police had also carried out a scientific crime investigation on the three celebrities in which their physical characteristics were compared with those of the actors in the porn video scenes.

The circulation of the video clips via the internet and individual cellular phone

cameras among the public created a national uproar as the actors looked like Ariel, Luna Mata and Cut Tari.

Last June, the National Police’s chief detective, Commissioner General Ito Sumardi, said the police had asked Luna and Ariel about the process of the filming and why the video could spread. But Ito did not explain who had made the film and uploaded it on the internet, and for what purpose.

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Bali Today Indonesia threatened by screening of the U.S. product imports Bali Post

MANGUPURA — Government of the United States planned to implement full screening for goods coming into the country.

This U.S. policy will complicate the entry of Indonesian products to the country.

This matter was revealed by Chairman of FIATA Regional AsiaPacific, Chris Kanter in the 4th Field Meeting of Federation Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimiles (FIATA) of Regional Asia-Pacific in Tuban.

“The U.S. government plans to apply a new rule, namely screening all incoming products, becomes an important issue to be faced by Indonesia. This rule would certainly have an impact on Indonesia,” said Chris Kanter, last Wednesday (Jul 14). Although the U.S. had not set standards or screening mechanisms of the goods, but the application of the regulation as said by Chris Kanter would add the cost of shipping of goods from Indonesia.

“We also do not know yet whether the screening is carried out in Singapore or other countries. But definitely, we will find difficulty

with these rules,” he said. Other than the increase of freight charges, the new rules of the U.S. would also adversely affect the delivered goods.

The reason, the products exported to the country would be threatened to be returned to their home countries if they were not appropriate.

“Probably, this policy is implemented to prevent the acts of terrorism and security reasons,” he added.

Meanwhile, Iskandar Zulkarnain, the Representative of INFA, on that occasion stated about the issues currently faced by the members of INFA was the practice of buying and selling of freights on board. “This practice is very detrimental to business. Hopefully, this issue could also be discussed during the meeting participated by approximately 160 delegates from 16 countries,” he said. (par)

VP says bureaucratic reform should produce changes Antara

DENPASAR - Vice President Boediono said the government would remain committed to conducting bureaucratic reform in all sectors to really make changes such as curbing corruption and cost.

“Bureaucratic reform that we are doing is only part of the reform agenda carried out since 1998 namely reform in the field of politics and constitution with focus on democratization,” he said when opening the 28th International Congress of Administration Science here on Wednesday.

He said legal and institutional reform efforts were focused on fighting corruption while bureaucratic reform is aimed at making our public service more efficient and faster.

“The result or outcome of the bureaucratic reform will be very important and must be able to be measured concretely such as whether it could reduce corruption,” he said.

He said the results of surveys by community members would also help in the effort.

He said improvement in public service would be useful to support regional governments to increase efficiency and reduce cost or spending.

Boediono said the key to success in carrying out the bureaucratic reform was recognizing the basic characteristic of the reform effort which is based on three principles.

“The first is decentralization, the second is agreement as a stepping stone for accelerating efforts in the offices concerned and the third is coordination among offices,” he said.

He said “the most important thing in bureaucratic reform is that its output could bring changes in public service.”

Boediono said the government would support bureaucratic reform agenda in all institutions in the form of human resources and funding.

In connection with that he said the government had already set up a national committee to conduct monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of the effort.

The team led by Boediono involves relevant ministries under the coordination of the minister of administrative reform.

FOTO ANTARA/Yudhi Mahatma

Handicraft made in Indonesia being display on an exhibition at Jakarta. This kind of products usually being exported to various countries in the world, one of them is United States. Government of the United States planned to implement full screening for goods coming into the country. This U.S. policy will complicate the entry of Indonesian products to the country.

Hundreds of world experts discuss imbalances in developing countries Antara

DENPASAR - Hundreds of experts and academicians from various countries met to discuss issues on social imbalance and discrepancies between the advanced and poor countries leading imbalances in many sectors of life.

At least representatives from 48 countries in Asia, America, and Africa, met in an international congress on public administration opened by Vice President Boediono at Westin Hotel in Nusa Dua Wednesday night.

“Some 229 working papers are discussed in the congress by the experts, academicians and

practicians of state administration, development and managerial administration,” Head of the National Institute of Public Administration Asmawi Rewansyah said when opening the 28th International Conference on Public Administration.

Asmawi said the background of the meeting is finding an answer to various serious problems facing the poor and developing countries against the developed and rich countries.

The participants are trying to find the roots of the problems.

Taking part in the meeting are 541 participants from 48 countries with China having the biggest number of participants totaling 37, and South Africa 34.

“All the working papers were discussed in panel discussions, workshops, working groups, and plenary sessions to sharpen the issues at hand,” he said.

The participants are also taking part in social activities and also visiting a number of natural and cultural tourist objects in Bali.

The International Congress of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and International Association of Schools and Institutions of Administration (IASIA) are held also on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of IIAS. The event was attended by President of IASIA Prof Allan Rosenbaum and President of IIAS Prof Franz Strehl.

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Balinese Culture Nasi Kuning

Balinese Characters:

(Yellow Rice)

From Palm-leaf to Keyboards

OVERVIEW: Yellow, one of the four sacred colors makes this festive rice dish strikingly different from the normal, everyday steamed rice. The rice is cooked in lightly seasoned coconut milk and chicken stock for extra flavor, while the touch of oil in the coconut milk gives it a glistening appearance and keeps each grain separate.

Probably, you have watched or are going to watch arja operetta or Ramayana Ballet during the visit in Bali. It would be more convenient if it is enjoyed while having dinner of Balinese cuisine. At the same time, you watch the beauty of culture and taste the delicacy of local culinary. You may hear the language spoken by players or puppeteer was not understandable.

Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters.

They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus. When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them. So they are visible easily. Since the works were performed manually, the copying of a manuscript took a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characters look like Old Javanese, Tamil (India).

It is inseparable from historical aspect where they had similarity of genealogical lines. Today, Balinese characters still have restricted use, namely at school for local subject from elementary school to senior high school. It is becoming the responsibility of local government to preserve and develop Balinese language in order it could survive in the midst of the growth of other languages like Bahasa Indonesia and foreign languages.

Balinese language poses a medium and spirit of Balinese culture. To preserve Balinese culture should also simultaneously maintain and use of Balinese language in daily life. In other

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Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus.

When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them. words, speaking Balinese language also current orientation. characterizes one of the identities as a Of course, such treasures will be Balinese. Among the use of other lan- beneficial for the conservation and fuguages, Balinese language should re- ture development of Balinese culture main to give a space to grow and de- because it stays in touch with its origivelop. Other than speaking and teach- nal roots. Young generation should be ing it at schools, it should also accom- introduced to these roots at early stage. modate the need of modern community Later, they will not lose their identity or use in wider functions of language. and even could feel proud of it. MoreBalinese community receives abun- over, it could give them inspiration in dant heritages of lontar or palm-leaf making their creativities, either in fine manuscripts from the predecessors re- arts, performance, traditional architectained by individuals and museums. ture or herbal healings.

They carry many aspects of knowledge, Thanks to modern technology, the ranging from philosophy, local healing, writing of Balinese characters now can literature, architecture, agriculture, be made easy by Bali Simbar font. It is herbal practice, astrology and so forth. the innovative thinking of I Made Therefore, if they could be interpreted Suatjana (1986) lies behind the comand presented in popular language, they posing of this font. His work has helped could become attractive information for the writing of Balinese characters in young generation and saleable books word processing application like for commercial needs. Today, there is Microsoft Word. Hopefully, there also a trend of poising the tradition with would be more creative software helpmodern science namely by re-interpret- ing the development and learning of ing the indigenous wisdoms that are rel- Balinese language so it would not come evant to the current time. People will into extinction or be far left behind with get balanced inputs from the past and the modern life. (BTN/punia)

Calonarang: The King, the Witch and the Priest At the beginning of 7th century, a Balinese prince becomes the king of Java, the great Erlangga. His mother, Mahendradatta, was a Javanese princess who ruled Bali with her Balinese husband, Dharmodayana, until the husband, suspecting her of practising evil magic, exiled her to the forest.

When Erlangga’s father died, leaving Mahendradatta as a rangda or a widow, she conspired to use her band of pupils trained in the black arts to destroy Erlangga’s kingdom. Her chief grudge against Erlangga because of fancied insults to her beautiful daughter, Ratna Menggali – the noblemen of Daha had refused her in marriage for fear of her mother’s evil reputation.

Calonarang (Erlangga’s mother who practising evil magic) went with her pupils to the cemetery and they prayed and danced in honour of Begawati, the deity of black magic, to help them destroy Daha.

The goddes appeared and danced with them, granting her permission, warning the witch, however, to preserve the center of the kingdom untouched. The witches danced at the crossroads and soon people fell in great numbers.

Discovering the cause of the epidemic, Erlangga ordered his soldiers to go and kill the witch. They stole into her house while she slept and stabbed her in the heart , but Calonarang awoke unhurt and consumed the daring soldiers with her own fire. The witch went once more into the cemetery and danced with her pupils, dug out corpses, cutting them into pieces, eating the members, drinking the blood, and wearing the entrails as necklaces. Begawati appeared again and joined in the bloody banquet, but warned Calonarang to be careful. The witches danced once more at the crossroads and the dreadful epidemic ravaged the land, the vassals of Erlangga died before they could even bury the

corpses they bore to the cemeteries.

The desperate king sent for Mpu Bharada, the holy man from Lemah Tulis, the only living being who could vanquish the witch. Mpu Bharada planned his campaign carefully. He sent Bahula, his young assistant, to ask for the witch daughter’s in marriage.

Highly flattered, the mother gave her consent and after a happy and passionate honeymoon, Bahula learned from his wife the secret of Calonarang’s power. The possession of a little magic book which he stole and turned over to his master. The holy man copied it and had it returned before the disappearance could be noticed. The book was a manual of righteousness and had to be read backwards. The holy man was then able to restore life to those victims whose bodies had not yet decayed.

Armed with the new knowledge, he accused the witch of her crimes, but she challenged him by setting an enormous Banyan tree on fire by a single look of her fiery eyes. (BTN/Doc)

INGREDIENTS: 1½ cups long grain rice, washed and drained 2½ cups coconut milk ¾ cup chicken stock 1 salam leaf 1 pandan leaf 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 tbsp turmeric water 2 cm laos cut in 4 lengthwise slices 1 tbsp salt PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in rice cooker or heavy stockpot and simmer, covered until don.

Helpful hints: if your are not using a rice cooker, cook the rice over high heat until the liquid comes to the bowl, then lower heat and cook gently so that the coconut milk does not catch and burn on the bottom of the pan.

Remove the lemon grass and Laos before serving. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Base Jukut (Spice Paste For Vegetables) INGREDIENTS: 175 gr shallots, peeled and chopped 150 gr cloves garlic, peeled & chopped 450 gr laos, peeled and thinly sliced 4 tsp coriander seeds 175 gr fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced 250 gr large red chilies, seeded & chopped 40 gr bird’s-eye chilies 100 gr kencur roots, peeled and chopped 5 tsp dried shrimp paste 150 ml Coconut oil 1 tsp salt 1¼ tsp black pepper ground 4 ea salam leaf, whole 3 ea stalk lemon grass, bruised PREPARATION: 1. Combine all ingredients except salam leafs and Lemon grass, salt and water in food processor and grind coarsely.

2. Place ground ingredients in heavy saucepan, add remaining ingredients and simmer over medium heat for approximately 60 minutes or until water is evaporated and marinade changes to golden color. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Painting Museum IBP

Museum is an interesting place to see many things depending on what it displays. In Bali you can find many painting museum because except famous with natural beauty, Bali also famous with its cultural activities, such as painting and sculpture.

The famous and often visited by tourists that holidaying in Bali is painting museum that located about 200 meters from Puri Saren / Ubud Palace and it is dissociated by dell, climb a piece of wide plain with beautiful view call Puri Lukisan.

It is situated in calm and peaceful area of Ubud Bali so that this place is an ideal place for who wish to see and enjoy result of art from all big actor like I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Ida Bagus Nyana, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat, I Gusti Made Deblog, Rudof Bonnet, Walter Spies and more.

This museum is opened in the year 1956 by minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Moh. Yamin. This museum is consisted of three special buildings in U-shape. In the middle of this museum is the courtyard and fishpond with the beautiful lotus flower. The building no 1 is a place for a permanent exhibition of puppets dressy or puppets style painting. This building is collecting the painting from I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and the clarification about the existence of Pita Maha Organization. The Building no. 2 is also a place for permanent exhibition or still from masterpiece result of all artist of Balinese modern dressy style. The Building no.3 is for Dari kiri.....,gugiek,agus kapten masih kecil,mang alit a temporary exhibition.

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BUSINESS Japan central bank raises growth forecast Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s central bank Thursday raised its growth forecast to 2.6 percent for this fiscal year as recovery in Asia’s biggest economy inches painfully ahead thanks to demand in emerging nations.

“Japan’s economy shows further signs of moderate recovery, induced by improvement in overseas economic conditions,” the Bank of Japan said, raising its GDP forecast from the 1.8 percent it predicted in April.

“Exports and production have been increasing mainly due to high growth in emerging economies and increased global demand for ITrelated goods,” the bank said in a statement after a two-day board meeting.

Demand especially from China and Southeast Asia has helped Japanese exporters. Japan’s sluggish growth sharply contrasts with that of China, which Thursday said its economy had expanded 10.3 percent in the second quarter.

Despite the more upbeat assessment, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its key lending rate unchanged at 0.1 percent, as expected, and said it would “aim to maintain the extremely accommodative financial environment”.

The rate has not changed since December 2008 — the lowest point in a global financial crisis which plunged Japan into recession — and lags behind other Asian economies that have recently tightened their monetary policies.

The bank slightly downgraded its GDP forecast for the fiscal year 2011 to 1.9 percent from a previous estimate of 2.0 percent.

The BoJ also warned of risks from Europe, where a fiscal crisis has threatened the global recovery.

The euro has plummeted against the yen recently, hitting Japanese exporters and eroding their competitiveness.

Japan fell into a severe recession amid the global financial crisis but clawed out of it in early 2009. Since then its recovery has gathered steam, with GDP reaching an annualised five percent in the first quarter of 2010.

Sustaining growth is a key challenge for new Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), but the centre-left government also faces another challenge — reducing the world’s biggest public debt mountain.

Kan has warned of a Greecestyle debt crisis and proposed doubling the five-percent consumption tax in order to fix tattered finances — public debt has spiralled to nearly 200 percent of GDP. The talk of tax hikes cost his party dearly at elections last weekend at which the DPJ lost the upper

house, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned Japan that there was no way around the fiscal pain.

Bringing down Japan’s public debt “will require a large and protracted adjustment that will be made more credible by an early increase in the consumption tax,” the Washington-based fund said.

The BoJ in its statement also warned that overcoming deflation, a general fall in prices which has long hobbled Japan’s economy, and achieving sustainable growth remained a “critical challenge”.

Japan has been stuck in a deflationary spiral since its asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, and consumer spending has never fully recovered to become a major driver of growth.

The BoJ upgraded its forecast for its core consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, for the year ending March 2011 to minus 0.4 percent, from an April forecast of minus 0.5 percent.

For the following fiscal year, it kept its forecast unchanged at 0.1 percent. Inflation could rise more than expected if there is higher demand from emerging economies, the bank said.

Germany to hit EU deficit target a year early Agence France-Presse

BERLIN - Germany, Europe’s top economy, will meet its European Union deficit goals one year earlier than expected, new projections from the finance ministry showed on Thursday.

Germany’s deficit is set to be 4.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, dropping to four percent of GDP in 2011 and three percent of GDP in 2012, the document drawn up by federal and local government officials said.

Moreover, the deficit is set to continue shrinking, reaching two percent of GDP in 2013 and 1.5 percent in 2014.

The EU’s Stability and Growth Pact requires member states to have public deficits below no higher than three percent of GDP and to work towards a balance in times of economic growth.

However, the rules have been flouted in recent years as countries have boosted spending to combat recession and the European Commission has proposed that countries breaking the rules should forfeit cash

handouts from Brussels.

Berlin had promised Brussels it would get to the three-percent target by 2013.

To reduce Germany’s deficit mountain, Chancellor Angela Merkel has laid out a savings package worth more than 80 billion euros (102 billion dollars).

The austerity measures came under fire from some quarters — notably the White House — as it was feared that too strict a savings package could throttle a recovery before it had really taken off.

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An advertising billboard anounces the arrival of an US fastfood chain restaurant opening soon in Beijing on July 15, 2010. Foreign direct investment in China rose 19.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2010, a commerce ministry official said Thursday, suggesting confidence in the economy continued to grow.

China says foreign direct investment soars in first half Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Foreign direct investment in China rose 19.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2010, a commerce ministry official said Thursday, suggesting confidence in the economy continued to grow.

Foreign companies invested 51.4 billion dollars in the world’s thirdlargest economy from January through June, the ministry’s director-general in charge of foreign investment, Liu Yajun, told reporters.

That marked an acceleration from the 14.3 percent growth logged in the first five months of the year, and the 11.3 percent growth from January to April.

In June alone, foreign direct investment totalled 12.5 billion dollars, a jump of 39.6 percent over the same month in 2009, Liu said.

The data includes investment by overseas companies in industries such as manufacturing, real estate and agriculture but excludes money put into banks and other financial institutions.

South Korea unveils new measures to attract foreign tourists Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea Thursday unveiled new measures such as development of ecological attractions to attract more foreign tourists, especially from China.

Six new quays for cruise ships will be created on the southern resort island of Jeju and in the western port city of Incheon and other coastal towns, the tourism ministry said.

The government will establish some 1,500 kilometres (932 miles) of eco-friendly trails with state money, it said.

South Korea aims to attract 12 million foreign tourists annually by 2014, compared with 7.8 million last year, the ministry said.

It said visa restrictions for Chinese low- and mid-budget tourists would be eased and all tourist signs would feature the Chinese and Japanese languages.

“Our government expects these measures will help attract Chinese tourists preemptively, as they are emerging as the major customer of the world’s tourism market,” Tourism minister Yu In-Chon told reporters.

South Korea has seen a steep increase in Chinese tourists in recent years.

Some 1.46 million Japanese tourists came during the first half of this year, down four percent from the same period last year, while Chinese tourists increased by 35 percent to 819,000.

The ministry’s new measures were unveiled at a meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak in Nami, a resort island east of Seoul, where “Winter Sonata,” a popular Korean drama series broadcast throughout Asia, was filmed.

The small island in the middle of a river has attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists from Japan, China and Southeast Asian countries.

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Bono’s back: U2 rocker ready to roll after surgery Associated Press Writer

DUBLIN – Bono’s back. The 50-year-old frontman for Dublin supergroup U2 has announced he’s fully recovered from emergency back surgery in Munich in May — and has apologized to ticket-holding North American fans who must wait an extra year to see the band return to action.

In a laid-back hand-held video posted Wednesday on U2’s Web site, drummer Larry Mullen Jr., bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist The Edge playfully suggest they’ve been auditioning new singers — but can’t quite replace the middle-aged lad who’s been the face of U2 since 1976.

The camera then pans to a Bono in rose-tinted lenses. “I can sit. I can stand. I can move around a bit. Feeling strong, feeling confident,” Bono says as he walks about an unidentified recording studio. “And I’m ready — rebuilt by German engi-

neering, better design I’m told — and I’m going to be fighting fit next summer in the U.S.” Bono sheds no light on how he hurt his back, which his German neurosurgeons in May described as sudden partial paralysis. The health scare forced U2 to cancel the entire sold-out, 16-city North American tour this summer. All those dates have been rescheduled for May-July 2011 with the original tickets still valid.

Bono said he “wanted to apologize for the trouble that this injury has put you all through, those of you

Piers Morgan likely successor to Larry King at CNN Associated Press Writer

NEWYORK – “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan appears to be the front-runner to claim the CNN talk show long hosted by Larry King, and he has won permission from NBC, which airs the hit talent contest, to pursue the CNN job.

Appearing Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker noted that Morgan is contractually bound to continue on “America’s Got Talent” for three more years.

“Having said that, I can also tell you that he has approached us about asking us to do another job as well,” said Zucker, without naming CNN or its talk show soon to be vacated by King. “I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive,” Zucker said.

However, the CNN job, were Morgan to land it, would occupy “second position” in his work prior-

Piers Morgan

ity, according to an industry official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because that person wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the host changeover. No negotiations have yet begun between CNN and Morgan, said another industry official who requested anonymity because that person also wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.

Along with such candidates as Katie Couric and Ryan Seacrest, Morgan has been considered a favorite to replace King, who on June 29 announced his departure from the primetime perch he has occupied for a quarter century. King, 76, said he would step down from his weeknight show this fall.

The choice of an heir to the 9 p.m.

Eastern slot is a crucial one for CNN as it struggles to boost its sagging prime-time ratings. Also, part of CNN’s mission is presumably to restore the luster of what was “Larry King Live” as a go-to place for newsmakers and celebrities. In recent years, many observers had begun to wonder if King was losing his step as well as his audience.

Morgan, now King’s likely successor, would bring a sharper-edged sensibility to a show entrenched in King’s easygoing, regular-Joe style.

Morgan is a 45-year-old former British tabloid editor who turned to television several years ago. He has since been seen hosting such varied series as “You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous” for BBC and doing interview shows and documentaries for ITV. He has been a judge on “Britain’s Got Talent” and its U.S. spinoff, “America’s Got Talent.” In 2008, he won the competition as a contestant on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice.”

that bought tickets, and organized hotels and travel plans. It’s a very big deal. People go to a lot of trouble to get U2 tickets and we don’t take it for granted. Thank you for standing by us in our hour of need.”

The singer said his injury, surgery and convalescence “was not a lot of fun for me. The injury was quite serious ... but staring at the ceiling has some advantages — forced indolence.” He said he used the time to write new lyrics and tunes.

The 2009 swing of U2’s ongoing 360-degrees World Tour was the biggest financial earner of the year, grossing more than $300 million — but U2 manager Paul McGuinness says the colossal show struggles to break even because it costs $750,000 daily to keep on the road. U2’s next scheduled performance is Aug. 6 in Turin, Italy.

Shaq to face Bieber, Rachael Ray in ‘Shaq Vs.’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Shaquille O’Neal is competing far outside his weight class in the second season of “Shaq Vs.” ABC announced Wednesday that Justin Bieber is among those the NBA star will face off with in his reality competition series. O’Neal will visit the much smaller 16-year-old pop star and join in a dance crew competition.

The second season of “Shaq Vs.” will take the focus off athletic competitions. O’Neal will have a cook-off with Rachael Ray and a hot-dog-eating contest with competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut. He will also race Dale Earnhardt Jr., try magic with Penn & Teller and box Sugar Shane Mosley.

O’Neal says: “I’m out to prove that I can compete beyond athletics. ... There’s no challenge bigger than me.” The second season premieres Aug. 3.

AP Photo/The Greenbrier Resort, Evan Agostini

FILE - In this July 2, 2010 file photo originally provided

by The Greenbrier Resort, Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal attends the gala opening of The Greenbrier Casino Club in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

$1M Steven Seagal sex harassment suit dismissed Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Court records show a $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former assistant against Steven Seagal has been dismissed in Los Angeles.

Kayden Nguyen (WIN’) had claimed Seagal forced her to stay in a Louisiana home and that the action star repeatedly fondled her. The allegations led to the suspension of filming on the reality series “Steven Seagal Lawman.”

No reason was given for the dismissal granted Tuesday. Seagal’s attorneys had been trying to resolve the case through private arbitration.

Attorneys for Seagal and Nguyen did not immediately return phone messages Wednesday. Seagal had denied the allegations through his attorney.

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This photo, provided by the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, shows the cranium of Saadanius hijazensis as it was found in February 2009 during a joint Saudi Geological Survey and University of Michigan field expedition. The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million yrs ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils have revealed.

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Human lineage split from monkeys later than thought: study Agence France Presse

PARIS – The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.

A partial skull of the unknown species, found in western Saudi Arabia, rewrites the timeline of primate evolution and fills in a yawning gap in the fossil record, the researchers said.

Up to now, genome-based analysis put the split between hominoids — which includes apes and humans — and cercopithecoids, or so-called Old World monkeys, at 35 to 30 million years ago.

But the new species, dubbed Saadanius hijazensis, has been accurately dated to about 28 million years ago, and may have persisted even longer before the split occurred. Its distinctive features show that the last common ancestor of monkeys, apes

and humans — called catarrhines — existed further up the evolutionary tree than the genetic approach suggested.

The discovery also makes it possible for the first time to identify the mysterious fossil of another primate that lived some four million years later as clearly belonging to a post-split ape.

“The shift in age does not change how we think of human origins,” said lead scientist William Sanders, a professor at the University of Michigan.

“But it does help us to narrow down the time period in which the group that ultimately produced humans and their direct ancestors arose. We can now search in this 28to-24 million year time frame,” he said in an email exchange.

One telltale trait in particular — a bony ear tube — told paleontologists that their landmark discovery lived just before the genetic parting of the ways between monkey and man.

“Saadanius shares most of its features with archaic catarrhines, and displays none of the advanced features characteristic of apes or Old World monkeys,” he explained.

Apes, for example, have frontal sinuses, and large canines in males, while Old World monkeys have special molars in the back of their jaws for puncturing and grinding seeds.

But the bony ear tube is characteristic of both groups, and absent in the earlier catarrhines, meaning that Saandanius had to have come in between, Sanders said. The findings, published in Nature, should also go a long way toward settling a stubborn debate about the facial profile of the ancestor to both apes and Old World monkeys.

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Vivus’ weight-loss drug faces key U.S. test Reuters

WASHINGTON – The first potential U.S. prescription weight-loss pill in more than a decade could move closer to market on Thursday if it can overcome safety hurdles that have plagued diet drugs for years and led to tepid sales despite the growing number of obese Americans.

Vivus Inc is seeking Food and Drug Administration support to sell its drug, Qnexa, to adults to use once-a-day along with exercise and diet changes to slim down.

On Thursday, a FDA advisory panel will weigh Qnexa — the first of three potential new diet drugs — and decide whether the benefits of shedding pounds outweigh safety concerns such as the drug’s effect on fetuses, mental health and heart rate. The FDA will weigh the panel’s recommendation before later making its final decision.

Although more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, weight-loss drugs have not gained much traction. Most only trim a few pounds but carry serious or unpleasant side effects such as heart risks or gas.

“The critical factor in looking at the data is the enormous benefit that (Qnexa) provides,” said Ira Loss, a healthcare analyst for Washington Analysis Corp who follows the FDA for financial clients. “The risks are not insur-

mountable. They can be managed.”

Last year, prescription and overthe-counter diet drugs took in just $381.5 million in 2009, according to IMS Health. If Qnexa wins the FDA’s green light, that could more than double. Analysts estimate Vivus’ drug could take in nearly $689 million in sales by 2014, according to consensus forecast data from Thomson Reuters.

It would be the second U.S. drug for the biotech, which saw its last drug — an erectile dysfunction suppository — approved 14 years ago. Its efforts to market a sexual dysfunction cream for women flopped in 2006. Investors, buoyed by the potential for wider sales among millions of overweight Americans (http:// link.reuters.com/vup37m), have been lured to the company. Shares of Vivus have more than doubled in the last year, and are up more than 35 percent so far in 2010.

FDA staff have said the company’s data clearly shows the drug works and largely meets the agency’s new guidelines for obesity drugs issued in 2007.

Patients taking Qnexa saw between 3 and 9 percent weight loss over placebo depending on how much of the drug they took, the staff said. They also benefited from improved blood pressure, and better fats and sugar levels in the blood.

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007.

Tiny shard bears oldest script found in Jerusalem Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM – Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem.

AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

Dig director Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University says the 2-centimeter (0.8-inch) long fragment bears an ancient form of writing known as Akkadian wedge script.

The fragment includes a partial text including the words “you,”

Israeli archeologist Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University holds a 2centimeter (0.8-inch) long fragment bearing an ancient form of writing known as Akkadian wedge script, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 12, 2010.

“them,” and “later.”

It predates the next-oldest example of writing found in Jerusalem by 600 years, and dates roughly four centuries before the Bible says King David ruled a Jewish kingdom from the city.

Mazar said Monday that the fragment likely came from a royal court and suggested more could be found in the most ancient part of Jerusalem, located in the city’s predominantly Palestinian eastern sector.

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France was ‘timebomb’ at World Cup, says Anelka Agence France Presse

PARIS – Nicolas Anelka, the Chelsea striker at the eye of the storm that rocked the French team at the World Cup, described Thursday the tensions between the squad and coach as a timebomb waiting to go off. Anelka was sent home from the World Cup in disgrace for verbally abusing France coach Raymond Domenech at half-time in the 2-0 loss to Mexico in the group stages of the competition.

His expulsion provoked an angry reaction from his teammates who refused to take part in a training session ahead of their next game against South Africa which the French eventually lost, ending their World Cup campaign.

“If it hadn’t been me that brought everything to a head, it would have been someone else. It was a timebomb waiting to explode,” Anelka told France-Soir newspaper in his first comments on the drama in South Africa.

“Everyone, and I really

mean everyone, was as one,” he said of the camaraderie amongst the players. “If there were some players who wanted to train, let them speak now. But I’m 100 percent sure that nobody will want to.”

Anelka also rounded on former team-mate Bixente Lizarazu, now an outspoken television pundit and a virulent critic of Les Bleus in South Africa. “When you’ve been a player, you must have some respect. Lizarazu, who’s he? He’s just a ex-player lacking recognition who’s reinvented himself as a torpedo act.”

AFP PHOTO / FILES / JOHANNA LEGUERRE

(FILES) A picture taken on June 19, 2010 shows the front-page of French sport newspaper L’Equipe in Strasbourg. The sports daily claimed France striker Nicolas Anelka told coach Raymond Domenech to “go screw yourself, dirty son of a whore”.

Ballack puts Lahm in his place over captaincy Agence France Presse

BERLIN – The tussle for the German captaincy took a new turn on Wednesday when regular skipper Michael Ballack took the chance to reassert his own credentials at the expense of the man who did the job at the World Cup in South Africa. Philipp Lahm was given the armband for the tournament when the 33-year-old Ballack, who has captained the side since 2004, was ruled out after injuring his ankle playing for Chelsea against Portsmouth in the English FA Cup final at the end of May. With Germany reaching the semi-finals, the 26-year-old Lahm went on record to say that he would not hand back the captaincy unless told to do so by coach Joachim

(L-R) Bayer Leverkusen’s manager Rudi Voeller, Leverkusen’s new recruit, midfielder Michael Ballack, head coach Jupp Heynckes and spokesman director Wolfgang Holzhaeuser pose and present Ballack’s the new jersey after a press conference during his official presentation on July 14, 2010 at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen, western Germany. The former Germany captain and Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack signed a two-year contract with his old team Bayer Leverkusen in a 15million-euro deal.

Loew.

Ballack, however, who has 98 caps to his name, is not yet ready to call time on his international career and launched a broadside at Lahm while giving his first press conference at new club Bayer Leverkusen.

“I am the captain of the national team,” said Ballack. “Philipp Lahm has made his claim at a moment that I feel is inopportune. I was injured and could not defend myself.

“There are hierarchies. I am going to talk to Philipp about this business.”

The issue has cast a light shadow over Germany’s World Cup campaign which saw them win rave reviews for their four-goal thrashings of Australia, England and Argentina.

It is also dividing the team with midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, a teammate of Lahm at Bayern Munich,

pouring oil on the fire on Sunday by declaring that he considered Ballack to be ‘THE’ captain of the national team. “For me, it is Ballack who is the captain. Philipp took on the role solely becasue Michael was injured,” he told the daily Die Welt.

Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff ticked Lahm off at the time but another ex-international Lothar Matthaus suggested during the World Cup that Germany is better off without Ballack.

“I don?t mean that in a spiteful way but Ballack was arguably holding up a number of players who?ve now blossomed,” said Matthaus. Loew, who has yet to sign a new deal with the German football federation after guiding Germany to third place in South Africa, has not commented on the brouhaha.

West Ham close to swoop for Mexico star Barrera Agence France Presse

LONDON – West Ham manager Avram Grant revealed on Thursday that he is close to completing a swoop for Mexico winger Pablo Barrera. Barrera, who represented his country at the World Cup, will cost the English Premier League club around four million pounds to sign from his current team - Mexican outfit UNAM Pumas - and is reported to be ready to agree a fouryear contract.

Grant is confident the 23-year-old will prove a valuable addition to his squad. “He is more of a winger and he can play on either side,” Grant told Sky Sports News.

“He is a very good player and is

good for the vision of the club. We are trying to bring in players of a good age and develop them. He’s a good player.”

Grant has so far signed only German midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger since taking charge at Upton Park, but the former Portsmouth boss hopes to seal further deals, with Nice striker Loic Remy and Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim on his wanted list.

“We are trying to bring in a few more players that can improve the team, improve the squad,” Grant said. “Our target is to make signings this week, but we cannot talk about them until they are done. In football anything can happen until the last moment.”

Mexico winger Pablo Barrera runs with the ball during his side’s Group A clash against Uruguay at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg on June 22. West Ham manager Avram Grant revealed on Thursday that he is close to completing a swoop for Barrera.

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Spinks creates title tripleheader in St. Louis Associated Press Writer

Don King is putting on a title triple-header in St. Louis. The Hall of Fame promoter will have IBF junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks defend his belt against Cornelius Bundrage on Aug. 7 at the Scottrade Center, on possibly the deepest card that King has staged in years.

The headliner is WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander, who will fight former titleholder Andreas Kotelnik in the main event. IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud will face the former holder of that belt, Glen Johnson.

“Many sports writers have been lamenting that other promoters do not present top-to-bottom stellar cards like I have always done, and they are exactly right,” King said Tuesday.

It’s not the first time that the bombastic King has made good on his promise to deliver comprehensive cards. In 1993, Julio Cesar Chavez headlined a show in Mexico City that included four world title bouts and drew 136,274 fans to Estadio Azteca. Twice, King has promoted cards with six world-title fights.

Alexander (20-0) is considered one of the most talented fighters pound-for-pound in the world, with a broad smile and compelling back story about surviving the tough Hyde Park section of North St. Louis. Of the 30 kids who started out boxing with him, at least eight have

been killed and another 10 have spent time in jail, including Alexander’s brother.

He had wanted to fight Marcos Maidana, but it never came to fruition and Alexander instead turned his sights on Kotelnik (31-3-1), the only man to beat Maidana. Kotelnik hasn’t fought since losing his title to Amir Khan last July.

The light heavyweight bout between Cloud (20-0) and Johnson (50-13-2) was supposed to take place April 10, but Cloud backed out of the fight citing an injury. He eventually signed with King, allowing the fight to be added to the card.

The Spinks-Bundrage championship fight was supposed to headline a card scheduled for June 12 in St. Louis, but King called it off because of tepid interest and the fact that he didn’t want to promote two cards in the same city so near to each other.

Spinks (37-5) will have Buddy McGirt in his corner for the first time when he defends his title against Bundrage (29-4), his mandatory challenger who is trained by Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward. Spinks won the belt at the Scottrade Center in April 2009, when he survived a tough fight against cross-town rival Deandre Latimore.

“I have read where other promoters are now saying they are attempting to build cards like I do,” King said. “Well, St. Louis, I want you to know that I’ve already put three world championships on my upcoming Scottrade Center card, and I’m not done yet.”

Philadelphia sign NBA number two draft pick Turner Agence France Presse

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Evan Turner, the second overall selection in the NBA draft, team president Ed Stefanski has said. Turner averaged 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists while leading Ohio State University into the round of 16 in the NCAA collegiate tournament.

The 21-year-old left Ohio State after his third year, and was expected to be ready to contribute in the NBA quickly. He is expected to start at shooting guard for the Sixers.

Turner will be paid at least 3,835,600 dollars in the first year of his contract, 4,123,200 dollars in the second, and 4,410,900 dollars if Philadelphia pick up his third-year option.

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Ekpe Udoh, the sixth overall selection in the NBA draft, will miss six months after surgery on his injured left wrist, the Golden State Warriors have said. Udoh had surgery in San Francisco to repair a torn ligament in his wrist. His wrist will be immobilized for some 10 weeks.

Udoh was hurt while training at the team’s facility earlier this month.

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Ohio State Buckeyes’ Evan Turner (L) tries to tackle Tennessee Volunteers’ Wayne Chism at a basketball clash in St. Louis, Missouri. The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Turner, the second overall selection in the NBA draft, team president Ed Stefanski has said.

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Yellow jersey of Overall leader, Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck (R), rides with Italy’s Ivan Basso on July 14, 2010 during the 179 km and 10th stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race run between Chambery and Gap, southeastern France.

Tour rivals Schleck and Contador relax in Stage 10 Associated Press Writer

GAP, France – Andy Schleck of Luxembourg maintained the leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France with little difficulty on a day when the main contenders were happy to sit back and let others do the suffering.

After several days of brutal racing and crashes in searing heat combined to knock both seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and two-time runner-up Cadel Evans out of contention, Wednesday’s 10th stage was never going to be contested by Schleck or defending champion Alberto Contador.

One day after a mammoth 9th stage spent trying to outwit each other in the high Alps, Contador and Schleck stayed safely in the main pack on another hot day over the 111mile trek from Chambery to Gap. It featured only one difficult climb — the Laffrey pass.

“We were happy to let the breakaway go.

That allowed us to ride at an easy pace for most of the day,” said Schleck, who leads twotime winner Contador by 41 seconds. “It was very, very hot and I think most of the guys are still feeling the effects of (Tuesday’s) stage.”

They rolled in more than 14 minutes behind stage winner Sergio Paulinho — Armstrong’s RadioShack teammate. “He’s a very strong rider and never thinks about himself. I’m very happy to see him win a stage in the Tour de France and shine for himself,” RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel said.

The top 3 did not change, with Samuel Sanchez of Spain still 2:45 behind Schleck.

Armstrong lost more time and is over 17 minutes back, although the 38-year-old conceded that his Tour bid was over after he was affected by three crashes during Sunday’s chaotic first stage in the Alps.

Easing up in the saddle offered Schleck and Contador a chance to take in some mesmerizing scenery, as glistening sky-blue lakes cut

a path through the dark green hills and steep climbs of the southern Alps.

Paulinho edged Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus in a sprint to the line after four riders had formed an early breakaway, and then two more joined them while the others dropped off and saved energy. No one was going to argue that call.

Paulinho, meanwhile, had just enough energy left to sprint. “I’ve been dreaming of this since I was a little child,” Paulinho, who won silver at the 2004 Olympics in the road race, said after his first Tour stage win — and RadioShack’s first of this race.

“I’m sure we’re going to celebrate this win because it’s the first for us,” he added.

The 25-year-old Schleck knows he will need all the energy he can get as he tries to take the title away from his Spanish opponent Contador.

He hopes his teammates will get the message that they need to give everything they have for him against Contador’s Astana team.

“My team is here to work,” Schleck said.

“I have a fairly complete team and I don’t see any real weaknesses ... Perhaps our team doesn’t have as many climbers as Astana but that doesn’t really matter.”

Schleck, however, still seems intent on trying out mind games on the 27-year-old Contador, who has yet to respond and seems focused on winning a third Tour title. “I have already said that the situation is straightforward, the team only has one rider to look for (Contador),” Schleck said. “With what happened in the last few stages, I know that I am climbing better than all the others.”

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Friday, July 16, 2010

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Rossi set for Sachsenring return Misano - Valentino Rossi is set to return to MotoGP at the Sachsenring this weekend after being given the all-clear by his doctors. The reigning world champion has already missed four races due to his broken leg, but completed 46 laps of Brno on a Yamaha Superbike on Monday.

Yamaha is prepared for Rossi’s return, though he still needs to be signed off by the event’s chief medical officer on Thursday.

“Compared to Misano I have felt a lot more in shape [at Brno],” Rossi told Gazzetta dello Sport. “After eight laps my shoulder and knee hurt, but I’ve made huge steps over the last five days. Last week everything would hurt. Being on the bike is good for me.”

Rossi is eager to make his comeback as soon as possible, but will have to wait for medical clearance

before finding out whether he is allowed to ride at the Sachsenring this weekend.

“Let’s wait for the last medical exam,” he said. “If I decide to come back it means I’m able to do it. It won’t be a crazy thing. But I’ve really grown tired of staying home.

I’ll need a couple of races to be competitive again: I expect to be able to show what I can do at Misano.”

During his Superbike test, Rossi set a best laptime of 1m59.7s with race tyres, mirroring that of race win-

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ner Max Biaggi the previous day.

Wataru Yoshikawa, who stood in for Rossi at Catalunya, will be in Germany in case Rossi is unable to race, but the 41-year-old Japanese admitted that he has been surprised

by Rossi’s recovery.

“Though only one month has passed since Mugello, Valentino is back and I am amazed at the marvellous recovery he has made. I respect his decision to try to ride and it seems from the R1 test he did that he is still very fast.

“I am ready to ride if I need to, but it will be good if Valentino is back in his rightful place. I have learnt a lot riding the M1 in a racing environment and I think it will be useful in my future development work.”

F1 teams agree to tweak testing rules FORMULA 1 teams have agreed a tweak to the sport’s testing regulations to prevent anyone gaining a benefit from using ‘filming days’ to try out new parts, AUTOSPORT has learned. The strict in-season testing ban means outfits are not meant to try out new parts away from a grand prix weekend.

However, some teams - including Mercedes GP with its new engine cover design and Ferrari with its blown diffuser - have this year managed to complete some limiting testing under the guise of a ‘filming’ day.

Those runs caused some concern among rival outfits, and teams have spent the last few weeks trying to

tidy up the regulations. Sources have revealed that at last week’s British Grand Prix teams got together to sign off a new testing agreement that will prevent teams from exploiting filming days.

AUTOSPORT understands that with immediate effect, teams will be banned during filming days from running any parts that have not been raced before.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh confirmed the changes had taken place, and was pleased that everyone was now in agreement about what was and was not allowed.

“I personally did not feel there was any ambiguity, but others argued that there was,” he said. “But that is pres-

sure, and when people are under pressure they try and take a different view.

“It is now clear that, if you are doing a demo run, then you must use components that have been raced before - and it has to be a legitimate demo run.”

Although the filming loophole was still open ahead of Silverstone, Whitmarsh revealed that he ruled out his team making use of it for its new blown diffuser, despite some pressure from team members. “The engineers here said others have done it, why can’t we?” he said.

“My view, as someone trying to hold FOTA together, was that I felt we could not take that advantage.”

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Ferrari’s Spanish driver Fernando Alonso goes straight in a chicane and overtakes Renault f1’s Polish driver Robert Kubica at the Silverstone circuit on July 11, 2010, during the Formula One British Grand Prix.

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Nine time world champion Valentino Rossi who in early June suffered an open fracture of the leg in practice for last month’s Italian MotoGP, came in for testing at Brno Masaryk Circuit on July 12, 2010.