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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Chinese tourists visited Bali increase PAGE 8

Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA PAGE 12

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The road connecting Bali and Serangan Island made the traditional boats don’t being used by the people to get across the island. Currently, the boats are being use by the fishermen to catch fish

Volcanic ash grounds 1,000 European flights Reuters

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LONDON (Reuters) – Volcanic ash from Iceland caused widespread disruption at airports in Britain and other parts of northern Europe on Monday, grounding 1,000 flights and delaying hundreds of thousands of passengers, aviation officials said.

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A fresh cloud of ash rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland May 16, 2010.

Eurocontrol, the European air traffic agency, said Britain and the Netherlands were the worst affected areas, although it expected the situation to improve later on Monday.

“During the course of the day, the current cloud is expected to disperse,” the agency said in a statement. “Delays will also be experienced by flights due to congestion in airspace adjacent to closed areas.”

Britain’s two biggest airports reopened after overnight closures, but passengers were warned to expect long delays and cancellations through the day.

Airports in Ireland and the Netherlands were also closed over fears that the drifting ash could damage jet engines and bring down aircraft.

The same Icelandic volcano’s ash last month prompted a number of European countries to close their airspaces for nearly a week and travel chaos ensued in Europe and beyond.

British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said aviation officials and

aircraft makers were considering whether to allow planes to fly through higher densities of ash.

FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS

A spokesman for Europe’s busiest airport Heathrow, in west London, said it had reopened at 0600 GMT, although delays and cancellations are expected. Gatwick, London’s second biggest airport, will remain closed to flight arrivals until 1200 GMT. Nearly 150 arrivals and departures will be cancelled on Monday morning, about half the scheduled total.

British flights face further disruption on Tuesday when British Airways cabin crew are due to strike in a long-running dispute over pay and working practices.

Their union and BA managers were holding last-minute talks in London to avert the strike.

In Ireland, aviation officials said Dublin airport would reopen at 1100 GMT and the conditions looked likely to improve.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Bali News The rapist arrested in Kuta

Once takes action for six times in Batam Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The runaway adventure of kidnapping and raping perpetrator was over. Police finally managed to catch the perpetrator at particular point of Jalan Pantai Kuta, exactly in front of the Circle-K supermarket, Kuta, last Sunday (May 16). He was Mochammad Davis Suharto alias Diki Saputra, 30, from Lamongan, East Java. The man who was frequently called the scarred man had been detained at Denpasar Metro Police.

Chief of Bali Police Inspector General of Police Sutisna said the arresting process of perpetrator started from the results of police investigations since the occurrence of kidnappings accompanied with rapes to primary school girl at Renon. The police had established a special team because of similar cases (abduction with rape—ed) kept on continuing. Even, the number of victims had reached five people.

The emerging cases made the police infuriated. Every day, the police collected information on the field no matter how small it was. And finally, police received information that the perpetrator had been seen riding motorcycle Supra 125 with license plate S 4758 KK at Dalung area. Even, one of the mobile detectives could pursue him, but traces of perpetrator disappeared.

Well, the police then intensified its pursuit by spreading the members of mobile in Kuta area. Likewise, Deputy Chief of Kuta Police Boney Wahyu Wicaksono ordered his men to spread out and hunt down the perpetrator. “Members of mobile detective were deployed on last Saturday (May 15). They observed the motorcycle of perpetrator, considering he managed to escape from earlier pursuit in the Kuta area,” he said.

The hard work of mobile detective members finally reaped sweet results. One of the members, I Ketut Subarjo, saw the perpetrator passing through on Jalan Legian, Kuta.

Subarjo also pursued the perpetrator until Jalan Pantai Kuta, exactly in front of the Circle-K supermarket. ”There, the agent stopped his motorcycle. Having examined his documents, the perpetrator was secured right away,” explained the two-star general on the shoulder.

The arrest at that time was made because of the police suspected the characteristics of perpetrator. Perpetrator’s face was similar to sketches made by the police before. Having been examined at Kuta Police, the perpetrator finally confessed his deeds. “Perpetrator

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The rapist suspect Muchammad Davis Suharto is also suspected to have a facebook account which enable him to lure young children into his trap confessed to have raped five elementary school girls in the region of Monang Maning and Sumerta,” he said accompanied by Chief of Denpasar Metro Police I Gede Alit Widana.

Furthermore, he explained in details that out of the five elementary school girls raped by perpetrator, the first took place in the area of Renon. The student of third grade of elementary school was taken by perpetrator from Monang Maning and raped at Renon.

Then, the second and third location was on Serangan Island. These girls were also taken from Monang Maning, West Denpasar.

Meanwhile, the fourth location was on Jalan Mahendradatta, Denpasar. “The last one was on Serangan Island as well. However, the perpetrator took the victim from the area of Jalan Narakusuma, Denpasar,” he explained.

Chief of Bali Police Sutisna explained the scarred man seemingly did not only operate in Bali. Earlier, the perpetrator staying on Jalan Kapten Regug No. 11 on third floor, Denpasar, also took action in Batam. Six elementary school girls were also raped by perpetrator with the same mode. In the whole, the number of primary school girl raped was 11. “This perpetrator has just stayed in Bali for six months. He already had a wife and one child. Meanwhile, his work in Bali is as reflexologist,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Chief of Denpasar Metro Police I Gede Alit Widana added the case was still examined thoroughly by investigators if perpetrator had sex abnormalities or

not. It also included what his motive was.

“Perpetrator can be snared with Article 81 of Law No. 23/2002 concerning with the Protection of Children. Penalties are minimally 15 years in prison,” he added.

Chief Alit Widana said his party also seized a motorcycle Supra 125 with license plate S 4758 KK, a number of pornographic images, shoes, laptop, rings and three ID cards under the name of Mochamad Davis Suharto, Mochamad Suharto, and Diki Saputra.

Victims’ Family

The arrest of perpetrator of child abduction accompanied with a series of rapes was apparently making the victims’ family curious. They went abuzz to Denpasar Metro Police to see the face of the rapist in person.

In fact, when Chief of Bali Police described the chronology of the arrest before the media, the family yelled and asked the perpetrator to be punished severely.

Not only the victims’ families, a number of relevant agencies, including the members of Bali Regional Commission of Child Protection (KPAID) were also present in the press conference last Sunday. They provided an appreciation to police performance in revealing the cases disturbing the community. “We are very grateful to the police, especially Denpasar Metro Police. We will also monitor this case until the court’s session,” said Vice Chairperson of KPAID Bali, Ni Luh Anggreni, in Denpasar last Sunday. (kmb21)

Locked up for three years by employer Victim asks police to process his report Amlapura (Bali Post)—

I Gede Sumerta, 21, a young victim of abuse and captivity done by his employer, last Sunday (May 16) asked the police to process his report in Bali Police Headquarters. Because, he had reported the case nearly 10 days ago, namely last Friday (May 7) to the Bali Police Headquarters. But until now, he considered there had been no follow-up made by the police.

Sumerta, a young man from Desa Hamlet, Bungaya Kauh Village, Karangasem said until then he had not been questioned as witnesses of victim by investigators of Bali Police Headquarters.

Sumerta reported the deed of his employer, IBGA, 30, a man from Akah, Klungkung having a truck at Kutri, Singapadu, Gianyar. The reason, he was often tortured by being beaten with bare hands, pieces of bamboo, a hammer, struck his head with a piece of iron and the last one his face was beaten with perpetrator’s hands filled with bread necklace (special weapons used by civilian in the form of metal plates inserted into a fist). On his face was left a few scars and wound on his head also left behind a trace.

He said to have been beaten in both legs until he could not walk for few days. Although he worked, he had not been given salary for 1.5 years.

Victim managed to escape from his employer’s house at Singapadu, last Sunday (May 2) because the rooster of perpetrator IBGA was dead. Previously, the victim claimed to have been frightened by the threat of perpetrator. The victim was assigned to look after some roosters. If the other rooster was dead as had happened before, the victim was threatened where his head would be split or his legs and arms would be broken.

When another rooster was dead, the victim turned fear. He eventually attempted to flee to Karangasem.

When arrived in Karangasem, he dared not go home to his parents’ house at Bungaya. He even stayed overnight at the terminal of Amlapura because his face was still covered with wounds and bleeding. He feared if his parents knew he was in a battered condition and he did not want his mother’s heart disease to relapse. At the terminal, his wallet containing his motorcycle’s registration document lost. Allegedly, it was stolen by a thief because he had fallen asleep at the terminal. When getting up his wallet was gone.

On the following day, after his injury was a bit better he returned to his home. His face was still bruised. His parents questioned and the victim narrated the condition. His family could not accept the treatment just because the victim belonged to indigent society and perpetrator might not treat him arbitrarily. Escorted by her parents, the victim then asked for help and protection to the Center for Integrated Services of Women and Children Empowerment (P2TP2A) of Karangasem. The victim was then accompanied to report to Bali Police Chief because the crime scene of the abuse allegation belonged to cross-regency case. Sumerta admitted to have been persecuted by his employer at Balun, Denpasar in 2007 and at Singapadu in 2009 and 2010. (013)

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Bad weather disturb Gilimanuk transport activity Negara (DenPost)—

Inclement weather occurred in Bali Strait made the crossing in Gilimanuk annoyed. Even, the Java-Bali crossing had halted due to strong wind blowing to Ketapang and generated large waves on the dock so the ships could not moor on the pier.

Considering the weather condition in Bali Strait, it was very impossible for crossing on last Saturday (May 15) at the schedule of 2:20 pm Local Time. On that account, the Harbor Master and Ketapang Harbor Authority decided to close the crossing. The closure because of large waves in Ketapang Harbor made the ships be unable to anchor for loading and unloading and it was then announced by the official regulator of crossing at the Gilimanuk Harbor.

Meanwhile, the stagnant crossing activity in Bali Strait resulted in the accumulation of vehicles that would cross to Java. Passengers of inter-provincial buses, private cars and drivers had no choice but waited in the parking lot while buying food or drinks from the hawkers at the harbor.

Half an hour later, the Harbormaster of Ketapang informed if the crossing from Ketapang was

opened at around 4:00 pm. As soon as it was opened, the ships at Gilimanuk that had been loaded directly sailed to Ketapang. Gradually, the line of buses, private vehicles as well as tourism and goods transportation reduced and at around 6:00 pm the line ended.

In the meantime, the Harbormaster of Gilimanuk, Dewa Nyoman Kari, when asked for his confirmation last Sunday justified that due to strong winds in Ketapang made the waves on the beach high so that the ships could not moor.

Since the Ketapang Harbor was closed, the Gilimanuk Harbor was automatically closed, too. According to Kari, based on weather information delivered by the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMG) the wind in Bali Strait blew at 7 to 18 knots and height of the wave was 0.75 to 2 meters or more. (021)

Central Java Pick Pocket Gang Act inMal One Caught Denpasar (Bali Post)-

Suarni (39) now has to go through the days inside Kuta Police Sector prison. The woman coming from Central Java was caught by Kuta Police Sector’s polices when founded to have pick pocketed Citra Hudayani’s (20) cell phone. This pick pocket action happened when the victim was shopping at Topshop, Sogo Market, Jalan Dewi Sri, Kuta, Badung.

Even one was caught, there were still eight more that managed to escape. It’s very strongly suspected that they are purposely in Bali to pick pocket. Because lately it wass known that they were staying in a hotel at Denpasar. “This gang came from Central Java,” Vice Leader of Kuta Police Sector, Iptu Boni, said last Thursday (13/5).

According to Iptu Boni, at the crime scene the suspect pretended to nudge the victim until the victim’s bag fell. When it fell, the suspect tried to help. Without the victim’s knowledge, the situation was used by the suspect to take the victim’s BlackBerry phone. “When the cell phone was taken, the victim saw it happened. The suspect then straight

away escapes from the shop,” the previous Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of South Denpasar Police Sector explained.

Luckily the shop’s security acted fast so the suspect was managed to be caught without any fight back.

Then the suspect was brought to the police station to be legally processed. “At first, the suspect was silent. She did not want to tell the truth.

But we kept doing our investigation on her.” Iptu said.

The investigators’ hard work then resulted something. The suspect admitted all her actions. One surprising fact that she admitted was she’s not alone. “Suspect said there were 8 others who are doing the same thing and are staying at a hotel in Denpasar,” Iptu explained further.

But when it was going to be investigated further, the other 8 had gone from the hotel. According to the reception, they just checked out a couple of minutes before the police arrived. “We think that Suarni did not want to tell the truth because she wants to protect her friends. That is why she admitted at night time when her friends had escaped from the hotel,” Iptu concluded. (kmb21)

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The picture show a boat moving from Gilimanuk harbor

Corruption Suspected at Bali Tourism Department Investigators More Focused on the Case Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Investigators of State Prosecutors (Kejari) of Denpasar keep going through the suspected corruption in the Bali Regional Tourism Agency which had pointed IG PA as a suspect. After making sure that all inspected witnesses will be called, Kejari of Denpasar will then schedule the case’s exposition. “The witnesses calling will happen. But to sharpen the investigation, we are going to do an exposition as soon as possible,” Special Criminal Section Chief Ridwan Kadir explained last Thursday (13/5).

This exposition will involve senior prosecutors. It was said, the prosecutors will use this chance to give suggestions to sharpen the investigation but they are not sure on

when to do it. When asked about the rumors that the IGPA leader is a suspect, Ridwan said anything is possible. But Ridwan’s side did not rush to make it as a new suspect.

Everything needs a well-built step, so the step that will be taken won’t be expired. “This witness inspection for the suspect IGPA is almost done. Even if we go back to call the previous witnesses, all of the reporters can see the meaning themselves,” Ridwan said.

But the careful actions done by the Kejari inspectors are making the law watchers pessimistic. With all the connected witnesses, the mechanism of liquidizing fees, should have made the investigators to get new suspects besides IGPA, “I am pessimist if there is another suspect besides IGPA,” Ridwan

said.

At first, this suspected corruption case suddenly appeared on the surface. IGPA was Executive of Technique for Activities. When doing a tourism promotion to London, IGPA was suspected using double fees which were from the center and the region. The total that was being used was estimated Rp 120 million less than what’s expected first around Rp 3 billion.

Before, it was checked by Prof.

Pitana when he was the Promotion Director for Abroad Tourism at Tourism and Culture Ministry. The previous Head of Bali Regional Tourism Agency explained fully that the activities were funded by the center, and also by the region.

There’s also an activity which funded by the mix of both. (015)

Long traffic jam during holiday Singaraja (Bali Post)-

The traffic at mount area of tourism place Bedugul, Tabanan all the way to Wanagiri Suksada Village had gone bad last Thursday (13/5) afternoon. There had been a total traffic jam for about 4 hours in three routes. They are from Singaraja, Banyuatis and Bedugul or Denpasar.

From the information received earlier, it was said that there could be a traffic jam on Umanis Galungan day at the route Denpasar-Bedugul- Singaraja.

This happened because most Buleleng non-residents who went to home village for Galungan celebration were going back to South Bali in the same time. Meanwhile

in the same time, South Bali nonresidents who are students that just celebrated as well were going back to Singaraja for their studies. In addition to that, Buleleng and Southern Bali residents who went for holiday at Bedugul had to come back to their places that afternoon as well. So this whole situation made Bedugul area very crowded.

This rare situation happened between 4 PM wita until 8 PM wita. It happened when there were hundreds of motorbikes and cars coming from Singaraja going towards Denpasar, from Banyuatis going to Denpasar and from Denpasar going to Singaraja met in the ramp located at east of

Buyan Lake. Vehicles from the top of the mount could not move forward because of the vehicles at the bottom and so were the other way.

Drivers could not go back because there were more and more vehicles coming. They could not go to the west side as it’s a gorge and lake while to the east is a forest cliff. The total traffic happened from Baturiti in the south, from Gitgit in the north and also from Gobleg village in the Banyuatis route.

The Traffic Unit Police of Buleleng came to location and tried to separate the vehicles that crowded the streets. With their full attempt also joined by some drivers, the traffic ended at 8 PM wita. (kmb15)

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International

Emergency budget set for June 22 AFP

LONDON (AFP) – The new coalition government will hold an emergency budget on June 22, finance minister George Osborne announced Monday as he laid out plans to tackle the nation’s record deficit.

The budget will be based on forecasts from a new independent body, he said, which will make an audit of everything from outstanding contracts to pension liabilities to assess the scale of the challenge facing the new administration.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron has made tackling the deficit a priority and promised cuts worth £6 billion this year.

In their coalition agreement, signed five days after May 6 elections produced a hung parliament, the government promised its first budget within 50 days.

Osborne said he believed they needed “to act even sooner to restore confidence in our economy”, which has been battered by a deep recession.

“The budget date will be Tuesday, 22 June, exactly six weeks or 42 days from the signing of the coalition agreement,” he told reporters.

Osborne also announced the creation of a new Office for Budget Responsibility to make a “truly independent assessment” of the scale

of the deficit and to make forecasts of economic growth and government borrowing.

“For the first time we will have a truly independent assessment of the state of the nation?s finances,” he said.

The chancellor of the exchequer admitted he was creating a “rod for my back” but said: “That is the whole point. We need to fix the budget to fit the figures, not fix the figures to fit the budget.”

The OBR would produce a first set of figures before the emergency budget, when Osborne will set out the government’s spending plans, measures to boost enterprise and reform the tax system to make it “fairer.”

Plans to cut £6 billion from non-frontline public services this financial year will be outlined next Monday, he said.

The “great majority” of the savings would be used to start paying down the deficit of £163.4 billion, Osborne said.

“The Treasury’s assessment is that there is a strong economic case for an immediate spending reduction of six billion pounds.

So we are in no doubt that this action is advisable,” he said.

“By tackling wasteful spending now rather than later, we can demonstrate our commitment to tackling the deficit.”

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Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

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A participant listens during an Iran wargame in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv May 16, 2010.

Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal AP

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran agreed Monday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal that could ease the international standoff over the country’s disputed nuclear program and deflate a U.S.-led push for tougher sanctions.

The deal was reached in talks with Brazil and Turkey, elevating a new group of mediators for the first time in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear activities. The agreement was nearly identical to a U.N.drafted plan that Washington and its allies have been pressing Tehran for the past six months to accept in order to deprive Iran — at least temporarily — of enough stocks of enriched uranium to produce a nuclear weapon.

The United States and the other world powers had no immediate comment as to whether the new deal

would satisfy them and stave off a fourth round of U.N. sanctions.

The heart of the deal is a swap in which Iran would send abroad most of its low-enriched uranium and in return received fuel rods of mediumenriched uranium to use in a Tehran medical research reactor that produces isotopes for cancer treatment.

But for months, Iran has haggled over the terms, making counterproposals that were repeatedly rejected by the U.S. and its allies. With the deal announced Monday, Tehran seems to have agreed to almost all of the original terms. However, mak-

ing the deal with Turkey and Brazil may have been more palatable, allowing Iran to argue that it did not bend to American pressure.

“It was agreed during the trilateral meeting of Iranian, Turkish and Brazilian leaders that Turkey will be the venue for swapping” Iran’s stocks of enriched uranium for fuel rods, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on state TV. Washington has cited the Iranians’ intransigence against the original deal as proof of the need for new U.N. sanctions.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the new deal meant Iran was willing to “open a constructive road.”

“There is no ground left for more sanctions or pressure,” he told reporters in Iran, according to Turkey’s private NTV television.

Reports: Hatoyama, Clinton to discuss US base AP

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who will reportedly meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week, vowed Monday to do all he can to resolve an impasse over the future of a major American Marine base by the end of the month. Hatoyama is under increasing pressure to come up with a plan to move operations off the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the southern island of Okinawa in keeping with a pledge he made before becoming Japan’s leader last September.

He has promised to resolve the is-

sue by the end of this month, though that goal now seems unrealistic because Okinawans oppose his suggested solutions and the United States is holding firm to an earlier agreement that Hatoyama wants to revise.

Hatoyama will meet with Clinton in Tokyo on Friday to discuss the issue, according to reports over the weekend in several Japanese newspapers. Government officials in Tokyo and Washington refused to confirm Clinton’s schedule.

“I knew from the start the situation would be tough,” Hatoyama told reporters Monday. “I will do all I can by the end of the month.”

Apart from the U.S. base issue, Clinton and Hatoyama are likely to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship in March that killed 46 South Korean sailors, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK Monday.

A Japanese Foreign Ministry official declined to confirm the report.

South Korea has not directly blamed North Korea for the sinking, and Pyongyang has denied involvement, but suspicion has focused on the North given its history of attacks.

The two Koreas remain technically locked in a state of war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953.

Okinawa hosts more than half the 47,000 U.S. troops in Japan under a security pact. To ease Okinawa’s burden, Japan and the U.S. agreed in 2006 to move the sprawling Futenma air field to a less crowded part of the island, and move 8,600 Marines from Okinawa to Guam.

Hatoyama froze the 2006 deal amid local opposition and has been searching for alternatives. He has floated the idea of building a replacement airstrip on raised pilings to reduce its environmental impact on nearby coral reefs, and of shifting training by the Marines to other areas outside of Okinawa.

Opponents on Okinawa want

Futenma completely closed down and its replacement built off the island.

Last month, 90,000 Okinawans protested the base and the relocation plan — the biggest demonstration against the base ever. On Sunday, to mark the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from U.S. to Japanese administration, a human chain around Futenma drew 17,000 protesters.

Japanese and U.S. negotiators met last week in Washington to discuss the base, but the talks ended without a resolution.

About 2,000 Marines are stationed on Futenma, which is a hub of helicopter and transport plane operations.

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

General Info

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

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

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

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

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

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

Phone : 222 142.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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News Governor dies in Philippine helicopter crash AFP

AP –

Laura Fattal, left, mother of Josh Fattal, Cindy Hickey, center, mother of Shane Bauer and Nora Shourd

MANILA (AFP) – At least four people including a provincial governor were killed when a helicopter crashed in the Philippines on Monday, police said.

The helicopter, carrying governor Rafael Nantes, two security escorts and a pilot went down in a residential area of Lucena city just moments after taking off, said local police director Chief Inspector Bing Baasis.

Baasis said all four aboard were killed.

Nantes, governor of Quezon province, was taking the chartered helicopter to a meeting in Manila about 100 kilometres (60 miles) away when the incident occurred, Rizza Salvana, an aide of the governor, told AFP. Television reports quoted eyewitnesses as saying that a woman on the ground was also killed when

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Raffy Nantes, governor of Quezon province, the helicopter slammed into a house. However police could not immediately confirm this.

The cause of the crash was still not known, police said.

Moms of 3 US hikers Passenger plane missing arrive in NY before Iran trip in Afghanistan: ministry AFP

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NEW YORK – The mothers of three American hikers held for 10 months in Iran know that their visit with their children may be brief so they’ve thought about what they want to say and do.

Cindy Hickey wants to make sure her son and the two friends imprisoned with him see that there’s a future in which they’re free — a light at the end of the tunnel.

“We want to see our kids and let them know: We’re going to do everything we possibly can. ... This will be done,” Hickey said Sunday after arriving in New York. The trio expect to fly to Iran within days.

Hickey’s son, 27-year-old Shane Bauer, his girlfriend, Sarah Shourd, and their friend Josh Fattal were arrested along the Iraqi border last July and accused by Iran of spying. Relatives say the three were on vacation in the scenic Kurdistan region of northern Iraq and, if they crossed the border, it was by accident.

Now that she and the other mothers have been granted visas to Iran and believe they’ll be able to visit their children, Laura Fattal is intent on using whatever time she gets with her son to listen.

The suburban Philadelphia woman wants to hear about her 27year-old son’s day-to-day existence and how the trio has gotten by. They’ve been permitted so few visits from the outside — only three by the Swiss diplomats charged with visiting them in prison since the U.S. has no official presence in Iran, she says. She wants to give them the chance to be heard.

Nora Shourd wants to squeeze

her daughter extra tight. Not just for a hug — although there’s that too. She wants to feel through the loose covering she expects 31-yearold Sarah will be wearing to make sure she’s not just skin and bones.

And the mothers want to give them letters and photographs that they hope their children will be allowed to keep with them — tangible pieces of home. For Sarah, who her family says is kept alone in a cell for all but about 30 minutes a day, her mother has brought pens and empty books, in the hopes she’ll be able to write. There are photos of Sarah’s sister’s wedding, which she missed.

Bauer’s youngest sister, Shannon, made a tiny booklet for her brother that folds out into a large photo spread covered in messages.

“We think about you every day,” one note reads. “I always try to keep you with me on nice days so you can feel the sun.”

Nora Shourd worries especially about the effect that near-solitary confinement may be having on her always social daughter. With no one to talk to, Sarah had become seriously depressed, Nora Shourd says she was told by the Swiss diplomats who visited the trio in April. The diplomats also reported that Sarah was suffering a serious gynecological condition, while Bauer had a stomach ailment.

“These kids haven’t had the simple basic stuff that they get from their mothers for a long time now,” said Shourd. “We want to give them

as much of that as we can in our visits. I don’t know how we can do that other than to give them the hope that they’ll walk out that door.”

The mothers, too, have given up much. Hickey has indefinitely closed the business she’s owned for years. Nora Shourd has taken a leave of absence from work, sublet her Oakland, Calif., home and moved in with Hickey in rural Pine City, Minn. She’s postponed having necessary surgery while dealing with the crisis, she says, although she doesn’t want to give any details.

Sitting now in a hotel room in Manhattan, the first step of their journey to Iran over, Laura Fattal shares what she calls “such a good day dream” with the other two women. She pictures standing all of them in a group hug with their kids, and then being able to bring them home.

It’s a vision that seems so close to all of them. They say they’re convinced they may be able to leave Iran accompanied by their children, who have not been brought to trial or publicly charged with a crime.

Hickey knows there’s another possibility. But it’s one she says she tries not to think about because it’s so overwhelming.

“Going to see them, and coming home without them, and knowing they have to stay in those same conditions would be overwhelming,” she says.

KABUL (AFP) – A commercial passenger plane went missing in Afghanistan Monday, disappearing from radars while flying between the capital Kabul and Kunduz in the north of the country, the interior

ministry said.

Neither the model of the aircraft, the fleet nor the number of people on board was immediately clear.

“The plane lost contact with Kabul airport 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the capital Kabul,” ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP.

Volcanic...

From page 1 The prospects for the next number of days are very good, we don’t anticipate any problems with volcanic ash over the next two to three days,” Irish Aviation Authority Chief Executive Eamonn Brennan told national broadcaster RTE’s radio news.

In the Netherlands, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and Rotterdam Airport said there would be no flights from 0400 GMT until 1200 GMT or until further notice.

Officials advised passengers to stay away from airports and to contact their airlines instead.

KLM, part of Franco-Dutch airline Air France, said it diverted Amsterdam-bound flights already in the air to Paris, Dusseldorf, Maastricht and Frankfurt, with plans to transfer all of those passengers back to Amsterdam by bus. At least three U.S.-bound flights were also cancelled.

Air traffic control authorities in the Netherlands were not immediately available to say when a decision would be made about a reopening or an extension of the closure of Dutch airspace.

Amsterdam Schiphol is Europe’s third-largest cargo airport and fifth-largest passenger hub.

More than 100,000 flights were cancelled across Europe last month because of the volcanic ash forming a cloud over the continent. Millions of people were stranded and airlines, already battered by the global economic downturn, lost $1.7 billion, the International Air Transport Association has said.

The volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland has been erupting for weeks and the ash plume has reached heights of 25,000 feet (7,600 metres).

Volcanic ash contains tiny particles of glass and pulverised rock that can damage engines and airframes.

In 1982 a British Airways jumbo jet lost power in all its engines when it flew into an ash cloud over Indonesia, gliding towards the ground before it was able to restart its engines.

Channel Tunnel rail operator Eurostar said an extra 3,500 seats would be available for passengers.

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Indonesia Today

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Indonesia faces threat from terror ex-convicts: president Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday that his country needed to remain vigilant for terror threats posed by militants released from jail.

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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) shares a joke with Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) during a meeting with ministers at Singapore Botanic Gardens on 17 May 2010.Yudhoyono is one a one-day official visit to Singapore.

Police Chief denies terror crackdowns to divert public attention Antara

SUKABUMI - National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has denied the recent police crackdowns on terrorist networks in several locations in the country were meant to divert public attention from Susno Duadji’s arrest.

“We are not diverting public attention (from the Susno Duadji case).

It is not true,” Danuri told reporters after briefing cadets at the police training institute here Monday.

He made the remark in response to former legislator Ali Mochtar Ngabalin’s allegation.

Ngabalin said earlier that the antiterrorist operations in Jakarta and Central Java last week might have been meant to make the public forget the Susno Duadji case.

Danuri denied the allegation saying police investigators had handled the Susno Duadji case transparently.

They were also doing their job according to existing procedures.

“The ongoing operations against terrorists are a continuation of our actions in Aceh not long ago,” he said.

“At present, police investigations into the terrorism cases are still going on so it is not true we are trying divert public attention,” he said.

Susno Duadji was the whistle blower on judicial mafia cases and engineering practices within the police force in connection with the Gayus Tambunan money laundering and corruption cases.

However, after being quizzed for several times as a witness, former police chief detective Commissioner General Susno Duadji was named a suspect in an alleged bribery case and detained since May 11.

Danuri said Susno Duadji’s legal process was still going on and so were the terrorism cases.

“We are going to submit his case to the prosecution office in the near future. The transparency of his case can be observed at court. There is no orchestration at all in his case,”

Danuri said.

Susno Duadji was detained after being accused of receiving a bribe of Rp500 million in connections with the Arowana fish farm case.

The police investigators based their decision to detain Susno bassed on testimonies of Sjahril Djohan, Haposan Hutagalung, and Adjunct Senior Commissioner Syamsu Rizal.

Sjahril Djohan and Haposan Hutagalung had previously been arrested for their alleged involvement in the Gayus Tambunan case.

The police quizzed Susno about the arowana fish farm case because it might have involved Haposan Hutagalung and Sjahril Djohan.

The arowana fish farm case was related to a dispute between a Singaporean businessman (only identified as HKH) and his Indonesian counterpart (only identified as AS alias Am). HKH reportedly had given Rp100 billion to his Indonesian partner to engage in the arowana fish business in Pekanbaru, Riau Province.

Norway wishes its funds to save forest in Indonesia Antara

JAKARTA - Norway wished their climate change funds be used for forest conservation program in Indonesia.

“In various discussions, Norway wished that its climate change funds be used for deforestation and degradation prevention, including prevention of fores fires and opening of peat forests,” Fitrian told ANTARA in Jakarta Friday commenting on Indonesia’s opportunity to get the climate change funds from Norway.

Norway has given one billion US dollars in climate change funds for forest conservation in the Amazon, Brazil.

“Norway and Brazil agreed to save and preserve what is left of the Amazon forests,” he said.

Quoting data of the Forestry Ministry, Fitrian said the damage of forests and peat in Indonesia is worse than their planting rate.

“In the 1990-2000 periods, the forest damage rate reached 2 million hectares per year. In the 2000-2005 period, the forest opening rate declined although still high, reaching

one million hectares per year,” the WWF director said.

Planting rate currently stands at 300 thousand hectares per year.

Therefore, he said, Norway deemed it more necessary to save and preserve forests than the planting of one million trees, which the Indonesian government is proposing to be funded by the Norwegian climate change funds.

Fitrian believed Indonesia has a big chance of getting the Norwegian climate change fund which was indicated by the fact that the European country has given the fund to Brazil.

“Although prominent figures who caused trouble in this country for the last 10 years had been paralysed... they continue to carry out terror acts after their release from jail,” Yudhoyono told reporters.

National police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri on Friday said 58 terror suspects had been arrested and 13 people killed in anti-terror operations nationwide since the discovery of militant training camp in Aceh in February.

But he said others were still at large, including Abdullah Sunata and a senior regional terror leader, Umar Patek.

Sunata was jailed in 2006 for possessing illegal weapons and protecting slain regional terror leader Noordin Mohammad Top. After Sunata’s release in April

2009 he led a militant group in terror attacks including a plot to kill Yudhoyono and foreigners during an independence day celebration on August 17, police said.

“They continue to commit terror acts as they wanted to turn Indonesia into an Islamic country,” the president said.

On March 9 police killed the alleged leader of the Aceh group, Dulmatin, who was considered one of the masterminds of the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali that killed 202 people, mostly Western tourists.

Dulmatin had been a leader of regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) but analysts believe the Aceh group was a new, more extreme outfit which combined militants from various Islamist organisations around Southeast Asia.

TNI intensifies preparations for Obama visit Antara

JAKARTA - National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief General Djoko Santoso said the TNI had intensified its preparations for the visit of US President Barack Obama to Indonesia next June.

“We are making the preparations in accordance with the existing procedures. It is being done in stages,” General Santoso said here Monday.

So far there had been no request from the White House for security at specific places Obama wanted to visit, except in Jakarta, he said.

The Indonesian government is making preparations for United States President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Indonesia in June this year.

Recently, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah in a press statement said that although the exact dates of Obama’s visit were still not known, the government had already begun making preparations for the visit assuming the US leader would come in the middle or late June.

Faizasyah said although the White House had yet to inform In-

donesia about dates of Obama’s visit, the government had already started to make the necessary preparations for the visit. Obama was expected to arrive in Jakarta on March 23 for a three-day visit, later than it was initially scheduled on March 18, 2010, but later delayed to June 2010.

His visit to Indonesia, Australia, and Guam had been delayed because he had to stay in Washington for an expected tight vote in the US House of Representatives on a controversial health care reform bill.

The March delay in the visit to Indonesia, where Obama had spent three years as a young lad, came as no surprise because the then presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said that even before the postponement; President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had suggested the visit be delayed until June.

At that time Dino said the postponement was understandable because it was due to political necessity, because it was important to President Obama that Indonesia was an important country and there was a strong commitment to launch a comprehensive partnership.

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Bali Today Ninety tons of grain loss due to dredging activities on agricultural land Bali Post

GIANYAR — Dredging activities in the area of productive land by investors running the business in backfill soil located at Subak Amping and Subak Uma Dewa, Keramas Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar, caused the loss of 90 tons of rice each harvest season. In addition, the dredging process on productive agricultural land owned by residents selling the backfill soil had resulted in the damage and it would take 15 years to restore the soil fertility.

It was delivered by an agricultural observer Prof. I Wayan Supartha in the midst of implementation of bazaar program of poverty reduction at Wantilan Hall of Pura Desa Keramas, last Sunday (May 16). Of the total 90 tons of lost grain in each harvest season, if calculated the farmers would suffer a loss worth IDR 4.5 million per season.

However, based on the calculation it was very ironic that environmental damage occurred at both subak areas.

This condition should be responded promptly by the government. The awareness of community, chiefly the land owners, in this matter should observe the process of dredging occurred.

As a matter of fact, the dredging activity was very hazardous to the landowner. Dredging activities downward in such a depth and large volume could make the soil condition not good, including the power of water infiltration. The damage could only be restored over 15 years. “This is not re-

alized by the residents as the owner of agricultural land,” he said.

Local government should quickly respond to the dredging activity on productive agricultural land. At the moment, the legislation governing the excavation issue has been carried in the Regional Regulation of Bali Province No.5/2007. If Gianyar Regency happened to have not had the rules about it, juridically the provincial legislation could be used as a reference.

“Now, it just waits for the seriousness of all parties to overcome the problem. In this regard, the regent may issue a regulation to prevent the spread of the practice,” he explained.

More ironically, with uncontrolled excavation activities conducted by the investor, definitely teens of hectares of agricultural area would be damaged by dredging activity not only at the agricultural land. Condition of the roads would be damaged and air pollution occurred would disturb the sur-

rounding community.

Previously, regarding to the excavation activities of backfill soil performed on dozens of hectares of agricultural land in the area of Subak Amping and Subak Uma Dewa had been discussed through a meeting between the members of subak, pekaseh (subak head), village head and investors in the office of Blahbatuh Subdistrict. Also present on that occasion were related agencies, Gianyar Environmental Agency, Regional Revenue Service, Licensing Agency and Officials of Blahbatuh Subdistrict.

Farmland soil dredging activity carried out since 1995 had been appealed and approved not to be extended and deepened temporarily. Meanwhile, the remaining dredged soil could be carried for sale. In addition, the investors were appealed to terminate the contract agreement with farmers until the permit for such activities was issued. (kmb16)

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In this file photo, two asian tourists playing rafting in Ayung River. The number of Chinese tourists to Bali during the period of January to March 2010 are 58,225 people or increase around 3.92 percent compare to the same period in the previous year.

Chinese tourists visited Bali increase Antara

DENPASAR – The number of tourists from China visited Bali during January through March 2010 period was 58,225 people.

The number increased 3% compared to the similar period last year which was 56,031 tourists.

Ida Komang Wisnu, the head of Bali Statistics Department, said “all of the tourists from China who came on that period were coming using air transportation.

None of them were using the sea transport.”

He said that in 2009, the total number of tourists from China visited Bali was 206,151, increased

56% compared to in 2008 which was 131,319 tourists.

Bali has 766 tour guides who are able to speak mandarin that can handle the tourists from China.

They can take the tourists to visit the tourism sites in Bali. Wisnu said that China is the third largest tourists visited Bali after the tourists from Australia and Japan.

China contributed 10% from the total number of foreign tourists visited Bali which was 563,778 tourists.

There was also decreased in tourist’s visitation to Bali during January through March 2010 period which was the tourists from Japan, South Korea and Malaysia.

Bulan Pejeng: Prehistoric bronze drum “Bulan Pejeng” in fact is a large bronze drum (nekara) of prehistoric from Bronze Age that were developed around 2000 years ago or in the beginning of century. This cultural heritage is one of the sacred article, kept in Penataran Sasih Temple in Pejeng Village, Gianyar and is located in the main street of Tampaksiring-Kintamani so no difficulty to visit it. According to popular folktale in society, “Bulan Pejeng” is the “moon” which fell down in Pejeng Village long time ago, making the village was always bright on day and night so the thieves could not do their jobs. Therefore, the “moon” was urinated so did not shine anymore until these days. The name of Penataran Sasih Temple means “the place of the moon” Temple (moon=sasih) and might relate to the story of the “moon” fell from the sky previously. Another

story told of this Pejeng nekara as the ear-plug of Kebo Iwa, a powerful legendary figure who was able to carve Goa Gajah, steep bank temple of Gunung Kawi, etc.

The Pejeng nekara has been introduced internationally by G.E. Rumphius, an expert in Biology through his book Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, published in 1705.

Although he never been to Bali, but he had succeeded for using the information from Hendrik Leydekereker’s. In fact, this nekara is a giant nekara with large size in every detail as in height of 186.5 m and a diameter of 1.60 m for its hit zone. Around the archeological experts, this nekara is also called as nekara with head, because it has four pairs of mask decoration with bulged-out eyes, long-coned nose, and the ears wearing earrings made from coins. The decoration of the

mask is not only functioned as esthetic-decorative, but more for magical symbolism for the ancestors’ symbol of magic power which bring prosperity and protect the family or the society from any danger. Another decoration which has the magical symbolism is the decoration of octagonal star on the hit zone, border design, feather, and so on.

“Bulan Pejeng” is a masterpiece work of technology and metallurgy that reached its peak on Bronze Age. This cultural heritage is a significant mixture between modern and complicated metal technology and art creativity which full magical symbolism values as can be seen from its shape and patterns. All of it is the proof of a local Balinese wisdom in its spectacular work about 2000 years ago, far before India reached Bali. The dynamism of Balinese wisdom at that time also was proved by

finding five stone moulds in Manuaba Village, Gianyar for making smaller nekara from Pejeng nekara. This fact has proved enough that Balinese people had succeeded in developing local metal industry.

Clay mould for making arrow head also has been found in West Java. In addition, Balinese people had produced a stone nekara which is kept in a temple in Carangsari Village (Badung), is now another success of Balinese wisdom. The other bronze nekara in Pacung, Ularan (Buleleng), Ban (Karangasem), Manikliyu (Bangli), Peguyangan (Badung) is a proof that local metal industry in Bali reached its top.

According to the results of archeological research can be known that at Bronze Age, megalithic tradition was also developed around the world. The archeological experts have a notion that Bali was inhab-

ited by megalithic society who lived by farming, stayed in organized village, and ruled by a well-respected figure. The society had mastered the technology and metallurgy art and the life which was more advance required the capability and mastery in specific parts in the society. In the next progression, social-functional groups emerged and developed such as leader group, carpentry and blacksmith group who have special ability, spiritual group who organize and perform any ritual, and the society who has no special ability who work for other groups. At that time, in the society was grown the belief to the ancestors or the leaders who live at the top of a mountain or a hill and they had magical power that could protect the people from any danger.

This belief really influenced daily life and to this very day still appears in the life of Indonesian. (BTN)

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Balinese Culture

Manpower Minister to open ISDPHI confab in Bali Antara

DENPASAR - Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar is slated to open the Second conference of Association of Indonesian Hindu Workers Joys and Sorrows (ISDPI) at a star-rated hotel at Sanur Beach, Bali, on June 13, 2010.

“The even will be attended by more than 60 delegates from government institutions and private companies which established ISDPI in Bali,” ISDPI chairman I Nyoman Sudjana said here on Monday.

He said besides Minister Muhaimin Iskandar, the event is also expected to be attended by Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika.

The one-day event will discuss various issues including the statutes of ISDPI, drawing up a working program and formation of the new management board for 2010-2012.

Nyoman Sudjana also said that the conference is also expected to issue a joint recommendation on

Stuffed Pancake Roll (Dadar Gulung) Ingredients * Stuffing 2 cups fresh-grated coconut * 10 Tbs. grated Java dark brown sugar * 1 Tbs. granulated sugar * 1 3-inch cinnamon stick, broken in half * ¼ tsp. salt Directions

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Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar (middle) is slated to open the Second conference of Association of Indonesian Hindu Workers Joys and Sorrows (ISDPI) at a star-rated hotel at Sanur Beach, Bali, on June 13, 2010. the formation of ISDPI offices at each company and government institution in the region.

The social institution is seen as very important to contribute to the

preservation and development of Bali’s arts and culture, and to collect world funding for education and health of Balinese priests, ceremony leaders of Hindus.

Stuffing: Mix the grated coconut, grated Java dark brown sugar and granulated sugar, cinnamon and ½ tsp.salt together.

Fry the mixture in a dry pan over medium/low heat, constantly stirred for approximately 5 minutes, or until the mixture is dry.

Remove the cinnamon stick, and set it aside.

Ingredients * Pancake 1 cup rice flour * ½ cup cornstarch * 1¾ cups coconut milk * ½ tsp. salt * 1 egg, beaten * 3 drops green food coloring (optional) * Vegetable oil Directions Pancake: Mix the rice flour, cornstarch, coconut milk, ½ tsp. salt, green food coloring and egg into a smooth batter.

Lightly oil an 8-inch frying pan, and pour 3 tablespoon of the batter into the pan. Make sure the pan is equally covered with the batter so it becomes a thin layer pancake. Fry for one minute, turn the pancake over and fry for another minute. Remove and set aside.

Place 2 Tbs. of the coconut mixture on the near edge of the pancake. Fold over once, then tuck in the left and

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The destroyed boats are seen on the beach. Boats are destroyed due to the bad weather which happened in several areas in Bali.

the right sides and fold over once more. Press gently to distribute the filling evenly. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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TIRTA Gangga is a beautiful park with the huge water fountain and wide pond located at Abang Sub-district, Karangasem Regency in east part of Bali. Tirta Gangga Park is built in the year of 1948 by the Karangasem King of Anak Agung Agung Angluerah Ketut Karangasem. Before this park is found, there is big wellspring found in this area which the local society believe that this water come from the land is holy spring therefore they call this place is Embukan means wellspring. According to the local believe that this wellspring functioning as a bath place for the god and also used as drinking water for the local community from the nearest village. Therefore this wellspring is sacrificed by local people and keeps the park naturally. The King of Karangasem has got an idea to improve this park into a good looking and nowadays, it becomes one of the famous tourist destinations in east part of Bali.

Tirta Gangga Park is also featured by the wide public pool with the cool and clean water where it can be used

by everyone who visiting this place.

It is situated on the foot Abang Hill with cool temperature in particular night time or morning time. The lush tropical garden are well surround the park and big fish ponds are running away at another ponds to give the impression for every tourist who pay a visit to this beautiful park. Some buildings and other decorations are intentionally made as according to the spirit from Puri Agung Karangasem (Agung Karangasem Palace), so it can be said that between Tirta Gangga Park and Sukasada Park (Taman Sukasada) which is located at Ujung countryside is a union.

Tirta Gangga is strategically located beside of the main strait from Karangasem to Singaraja Town and it is just 20 minutes from the local town or 2 hours and 15 minutes from Denpasar Town. You may also join the exciting tour to the east part of Bali that we call it by Karangasem Tour and you will discover many places of interest in east part of Bali including Tirta Gangga. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS China stands firm oncurrency ahead of talks with US Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China defended again its exchange rate policy on Monday and said its trade surplus would likely slump this year, just days ahead of talks with the United States on commerce and other issues.

Commerce ministry spokesman Yao Jian said the issue of the Chinese currency’s value should not be “politicised”.

“The improvement of the yuan’s exchange rate regime is the Chinese government’s own business,” Yao told a news

AP Photo

A bank clerk counts U.S. dollar notes at a bank outlet in Hefei in central China’s Anhui province, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

conference.

He had been asked to respond to comments by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said he expected China would allow the yuan to rise against the dollar.

“China will improve the yuan’s exchange rate regime according to the development of and trends in the global economy as well as the Chinese economy,” Yao said.

Beijing is under growing international pressure, led by the United States, for a stronger yuan.

The currency has effectively been pegged at about 6.8 to the dollar since mid-2008. Critics say this gives Chinese exporters an unfair advantage by making their products relatively cheaper.

Yao’s comments came ahead of a twice-a-year “strategic and economic dialogue” at which Geithner and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet their Chinese counterparts in Beijing on May 24-25.

Geithner has eschewed demands from Congress for US sanctions against China for currency manipulation, preferring quiet diplomacy as US unemployment festers and Congress heads towards mid-term elections later this year.

Yao predicted China’s trade surplus, a long-time source of friction with its trading partners, would fall this year as exports are expected to stay weak — comments apparently indicating Beijing will not soften its stance on the yuan.

“The full-year trade surplus will slump by a large margin and the trade imbalance problem will improve,” he said.

“We will keep export policies generally stable given... the volatility of the international financial markets and that (Chinese) exporters were still facing difficulties.”

China posted a surplus of 16.1 billion dollars in the first four months of the year, down 78.6 percent year-onyear, after recording a monthly deficit of 7.2 billion dollars in March — its first in six years.

Yao predicted last month the trade surplus would shrink by 100 billion dollars this year from 2009, when the figure stood at 196 billion dollars.

Europe to push for tougher G20 market regulation: Greece Agence France-Presse

FRANKFURT - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said several European leaders will press for a ban on certain arcane financial tools tied to the 2008 global economic meltdown, in an interview published Monday.

Papandreou told Germany’s daily Handelsblatt that he, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker had written to US President Barack Obama calling for an end to controversial credit default swaps (CDS).

“The G20 countries plan to discuss it,” he said.

In March, Germany said it was working with France on rules for derivatives markets including CDS, the lu-

crative trade in complicated insurance investments against the risk of a debtor defaulting that are favored by speculators.

They were originally aimed at covering against the risk of a debtor defaulting but Athens has blamed the product for deterioration in its prospects of tackling its massive debt crisis which has threatened to destabilize the eurozone.

“We must reinforce the regulation of the market,” Papandreou said. EU and US officials agreed in March to work together to improve the transparency of derivatives markets.

The next Group of 20 summit, bringing together leaders of the major developed and developing countries, will take place in Toronto June 26-27 with market regulation high on the agenda.

AFP PHOTO/ADAM JAN

World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy addresses participants at the Bahrain Global Forum in the capital Manama on May 16, 2010.

WTO says Doha conclusion key to global recovery Agence France-Presse

MANAMA - The conclusion of the stalled Doha Round of free trade talks is crucial to the recovery from the global financial crisis, World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said on Sunday.

“The Doha Round, at this moment of the crisis exiting, is a vitally needed and, to be frank, a very low cost global economic stimulus package,” Lamy told participants at an economic forum in Bahrain.

“Estimates suggest that the implementation of this round... would inject to the tune of 300-400 billion dollars a year into the global economy,” he told participants at the Bahrain Global Forum.

The Doha Round of talks launched in 2001 were due to be wrapped up in March, according to a target set by the G20 group of leading and emerging economies, but previous deadlines have been repeatedly missed.

The negotiations have focused on dismantling obstacles to trade for poor nations by striking an accord that would cut agriculture subsidies and tariffs on industrial goods.

Discussions have been dogged by disagreements over issues including how much the United States and the European Union should reduce aid to their farmers and the extent to which developing countries such as India, China and South Africa should lower tariffs.

“When we look at the agricultural subsidies of members such as the EU, the US, Japan or Switzerland that have crowded developing world exports out of international markets, you discover the need for the Doha Round,” Lamy said.

“These subsidies would be slashed by about 80 percent,” if the

talks were to reach a conclusion.

The WTO director-general highlighted US resistance to the Doha Round resulting from different congressional interests, saying that Washington was trying to get more concessions.

“The US are seriously attempting to conclude these negotiations on more US terms than what’s already on the table,” he said, adding such a position might “trigger counter requests”.

But he said negotiations were at a stage where political intervention was needed from US President Barack Obama to “take the risk” of sending a bill to Congress.

Last month, members of the Cairns Group of agricultural exporters urged resistance to protectionism and the revival of the Doha Round.

The Cairns Group comprises Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.

In his address, Lamy noted however that WTO members have adhered to commitments made through the organization by not returning to protectionist policies despite the global crisis.

“Trade is as open today as it was at the beginning of the crisis,” he said, adding this showed the WTO members’ “refusal to turn their backs on policies that helped integrate them into the world economy.”

Lamy also said that world trade was recovering after dropping due to the crisis.

“Today, we are seeing a V-shaped recovery of world trade. After a fall of 12 percent terms in 2009, we now forecast a rebound of world trade of about 9.5 percent this year,” he said.

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Entertainment

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

International

Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS – Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih says it was a certain look from Donald Trump that tipped her off that she had won the 2010 Miss USA title.

The 24-year-old Miss resident of the state of Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown. She told reporters later that she believed she had won after glancing at pageant owner Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.

“That’s the same look that he gives them when he says, ‘You’re hired,’” on Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” she said.

“She’s a great girl,” said Trump, who owns the pageant with NBC in a joint venture.

Fakih took top honors at the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless

white gown that resembled a wedding dress and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills.

Fakih, an Arab-American from Dearborn, Michican, told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths. She moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York, where she attended a Catholic school. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.

Pageant officials said historical pageant records were not detailed enough to show whether Fakih was the first Arab American, Muslim or immigrant to win the Miss USA title.

The pageant started in 1952 as a local bathing suit competition in Long Beach, California.

Fakih told reporters she sold her car after graduating college in Michigan to help pay for her run in the Miss

Michigan USA pageant.

In a moment that was replayed during the broadcast, Fakih nearly fell while finishing her walk in her gown because of the length of its train. But she made it without a spill and went on to win.

“I did it here, I better not do it at Miss Universe,” she said. “Modeling does help, after all.”

Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton and won a spot representing the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. She also gets a one-year lease in a New York apartment with living expenses, an undisclosed salary, and various health, professional and beauty services.

During the interview portion, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should because it’s costly.

“I believe that birth control is just like every other medication, even though it’s a controlled substance,” Fakih said.

AP Photo/Isaac Brekken

Miss Michigan Rima Fakih reacts as she is crowned Miss USA 2010 Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Las Vegas.

Stars help raise over $1.5M for Tenn. flood relief Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Paramount Pictures

In this undated film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Puss in Boots, voiced by Antonio Banderas, is shown in a scene from ‘Shrek Forever After’.

Banderas back as voice of Puss in ‘Shrek 4’ Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – A small cat is giving Antonio Banderas as much satisfaction as the very Zorro.

The Spanish-born star returns to the screen this weekend in “Shrek Forever After” as the voice of Puss in Boots, a Zorro-like feline that the actor says is the antithesis of the big heroes he usually plays.

The popularity of the little cat, which debuted in the second movie of the “Shrek” franchise, has landed Puss the title role in a separate movie for DreamWorks that could be released in 2012. Banderas has already begun working on the film with Mexican actress Salma Hayek.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music singers Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum joined other entertainment stars in performing and answering phones to help raise more than $1.5 million for flood relief for Tennessee.

“If there is a silver lining, it’s that the world is getting to see Nashville at its best through this tragedy,” Paisley said during the telethon Sunday on the GAC Network.

Paisley kicked off the telethon with an energized version of his song “Welcome To The Future.” When he finished, he looked into the audience where his wife, actress Kimberly Williams Paisley, was standing as the show’s co-host.

“My wife’s up there. I think it’s time to start things off with a donation. We’re going to donate $100,000, get it going,” he said, before asking his wife with a sheepish grin, “Is that OK?” Paisley also performed “River and Rain” and a full band version of “American Saturday Night” featuring Dierks Bentley on acoustic guitar.

Sheryl Crow took the stage to perform a new song, calling herself a newcomer in Nashville since moving here five years ago.

“I’ve lived a lot of different places, but I’ve never felt home until I lived here,” she said.

Kellie Pickler, wearing an I heart Nashville flood relief T-shirt, per-

formed her new single, “Making Me Fall In Love Again.” “I couldn’t be more proud to now be a citizen of Nashville. I love it here,” she said.

Lady Antebellum sang an acoustic version of their No. 1 hit “Need You Now” and later performed “I Run To You.” “Being a Nashville native, born and raised here, it’s been so beautiful to see how the city has rallied together,” singer Hillary Scott said. “I know we will get back to the city that we once were. I know we will.”

Urban chose to do an acoustic version of The Beatles’ song “Help,” while his wife, Nicole Kidman watched from the side of the stage. Before performing a second song, “Better Life,” Ur-

ban recounted his personal flooding experience.

“We certainly weren’t spared. Our place out in Franklin, we had quite a bit of damage out there. And other than a lot of my musical equipment — which floated down the river toward Smyrna, I think is where it was seen last — it’s just been a very moving experience for me,” he said.

Like Paisley, the head of Taylor Swift’s label, Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta, donated $100,000.

All the performers also worked the phone banks. The phone lines were to stay open after the show, and the total money raised will be known Monday.

AP Photo/Gaylord Hotels via The Tennessean

This photo provided by Gaylord Hotels via The Tennessean shows extensive flood damage to the atrium at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. The Gaylord Opryland Resort, the hotel next to the Opry house, was hit with up to 10 feet of water. Its first floor, power plant and technical hub were flooded. The resort won’t be taking bookings from now through October so extensive repairs can be made.

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Apple’s iPhone replaces Blackberry for some bankers Reuters

REUTERS/Toby Melville

City workers make phone calls outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square in the City of London at lunchtime October 1, 2008.

Study: Cell phone-brain cancer link inconclusive Associated Press Writer

GENEVA – Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren’t off the hook yet. A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report due to be published in a medical journal Tuesday.

A 10-year survey of almost 13,000 participants found most cell phone use didn’t increase the risk of developing meningioma — a common and frequently benign tumor — or glioma — a rarer but deadlier form of cancer.

There were “suggestions” that using cell phones for more than 30 minutes each day could increase the risk of glioma, according to the study by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer.

But the authors added that “biases and error prevent a causal interpretation” that would directly blame radiation for the tumor.

Longer call times appeared to pose a greater risk than the number of calls made, the study found.

Among the factors that weren’t examined were the effects of using handsfree devices during calls or the risk of having cell phones close by while not making calls — such as in a pocket, or next to the bed at night.

The authors acknowledged possible inaccuracies in the survey from the fact that participants were asked to remember how much and on which ear they used their mobiles over the past decade. Results for some groups showed cell phone use actually appeared to lessen the risk of developing cancers, something the researchers described as “implausible.”

The authors said further investigation is necessary before they can conclude with certainty that there is no link between cell phone radiation

and brain cancer, partly because people’s use of the devices has changed considerably since the start of the study in 2000.

Scientists are also planning to examine whether cell phone use increases the risk of tumors in the ear’s acoustic nerve and the parotid gland, where saliva is produced. A separate study will look into the effects of cell phone use on children, who are believed to be more susceptible to the effects of radiation.

The paper, which will be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, was compiled by researchers in 13 countries including Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Japan, but not the U.S. Scientists interviewed 12,848 participants, of which 5,150 had either meningioma or glioma tumors.

Almost a quarter of the euro19.2 million ($24 million) required to fund the study was provided by the cell phone industry, though WHO said measures were taken to ensure the scientists’ independence was protected.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG – British bank Standard Chartered is replacing the Blackberry, currently its standard corporate communications device, with the iPhone, a move that could eventually result in thousands of bankers switching to the Apple device for business communication on the go.

Standard Chartered bankers in Asia told Reuters that the Londonbased lender was giving its corporate Blackberry users the option of switching to the iPhone, with the company agreeing to continue to pay monthly billing for businessrelated telephone and data services.

“It’s a group-wide initiative involving wholesale and consumer banks globally,” said a Singaporebased spokeswoman for Standard Chartered, told Reuters. The spokeswoman declined to be identified due to company policy.

The process of migrating corporate email services from the Blackberry to the iPhone started about a month ago, said the spokeswoman, although she did not know how many of the Asia-focused bank’s 75,000 employees used companyissued Blackberries or when the switchover could be completed.

Bankers at other financial institutions such as HSBC Holdings Plc and Morgan Stanley have so far been

restricted to the Blackberry as the standard device issued by their firms for business communications. Despite some indications of change, it may take time for a broader switch to take place, mainly because of security concerns, according to financial professionals and information technology analysts.

“If more companies switch to the iPhone, this is of course bad news for RIM,” said Lu Chialin, an IT industry analyst at Macquarie Securities in Taipei. “However, it will take a long time for companies to do their own internal testing before deciding to change, so it will be a while before it has any effect on RIM.” Blackberries, from Canada’s Research in Motion, are the device of choice for bankers and executives who need regular access to email and the Internet when outside the office.

“People are always switching. I saw there were people switching to Blackberries as well,” said Gregory Shea, RIM’s China managing director. “I think the point is it’s a very dynamic market. There are many very imaginative companies out there. Service providers, vendors, software application developers, very dynamic,” he told Reuters in Beijing after the launch ceremony for BlackBerry services offered by China Telecom, the smallest of China’s trio telecoms providers.

(CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

An Apple iPhone is shown at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Indoor air kills 2.2 million young Chinese: report Agence France Presse

BEIJING – More than two million Chinese youths die each year from health problems related to indoor air pollution, with nearly half of them under five years of age, state media cited a government study as saying.

The study released by the China Centre for Disease Control and Pre-

AFP/File/Liu Jin

vention said indoor pollution levels can often be 5-10 times higher than those measured in the nation’s notoriously bad outdoor air, the China News Service said.

This indoor pollution causes respiratory and other conditions that kill 2.2 million youths each year, one million of whom are under the age of five, the report said, citing the study released on Sunday. AFP was not immediately

A baby wearing a mask is held at a hospital in Beijing. More than two million Chinese youths die each year from health problems related to indoor air pollution, with nearly half of them under five years of age, state media cited a government study as saying.

able to obtain a copy of the study.

The study said dangerous indoor pollutants include formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia and radon.

It said formaldehyde posed the biggest threat. It is often found in building materials and new furniture in China and can be slowly released into indoor environments over the course of several years.

It said long-term exposure to such substances can cause a range of health problems including respiratory diseases, mental impairment and cancer, with young children, foetuses in utero and the elderly at most risk.

China’s massive economic expan-

sion of the past three decades has made it one of the world’s most polluted countries as environmental and health concerns are trampled amid an overriding focus on industrial growth.

Countless cities are smothered in smog while hundreds of millions of citizens lack access to clean drinking water.

A 2007 World Bank report said 750,000 Chinese die prematurely each year due to air and water pollution — a figure edited out of final versions of the report, reportedly after China warned it could cause social unrest.

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Inter grab fifth successive title MILAN - Inter Milan clinched a fifth consecutive Serie A crown after a nervy 1-0 final-day victory at Siena. Diego Milito scored the only goal in the second half of the match at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Inter finished the season two points clear of second-placed Roma, who were 2-0 winners at Chievo.

The win secures Inter’s second title under coach Jose Mourinho, and guarantees the Nerazzurri a place in the record books as the first team to win five back-to-back league titles since Juventus achieved the feat in the 1930s.

Roma were comfortable 2-0 winners at Chievo but their efforts were to no avail as Inter held on for vic-

tory.

Mirko Vucinic put Roma ahead in the 39th minute after Francesco Totti had earlier hit the post. Daniele De Rossi doubled Roma’s lead on the stroke of half-time and the Giallorossi held on without major scares.

Sampdoria sealed their place in next season’s Champions League with a win over Napoli which preserves their unbeaten home record this term.

A goal from Giampaolo Pazzini early in the second half sealed the points as Samp saw off the challenge of Palermo to join Inter, Roma and AC Milan in Europe’s elite club competition.

AFP PHOTO / ALEJANDRO GARCIA

Barcelona’s players after winning the Spanish League football match against Valladolid at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 16, 2010. Barcelona retained the Spanish La Liga title on the final day of the 2009/10 season with a 4-0 win over Valladolid at Camp Nou on Sunday to finish above arch rivals Real Madrid

Spanish title win fails to appease demanding Guardiola Injured Ballack ruled

AFP PHOTO / FABIO MUZZI

Inter Milan’s team celebrate with the trophy during the ceremony of the Italian Serie A title on May 16, 2010 in Siena. Inter Milan secured a fifth straight Serie A title after Diego Milito scored the only goal in a 1-0 win.

out of World Cup

Agence France Presse

MADRID – Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola saluted his players for retaining the La Liga title, but admitted he felt his team should also be in Saturday’s Champions League final at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Barcelona crushed Valladolid 4-0 on Sunday at Camp Nou to lift their fourth league title in six seasons and celebrate their title triumph with their jubilant fans.

Barcelona followed up last season’s historic treble with four trophies with the league, the Spanish and European Super Cups and World Club Championship but Guardiola felt the absence of the Champions League left a bitter taste.

“This is a day for great celebration and after winning three titles last season we have won four more,” said Guardiola.

“It was a really tough season and small details stopped us getting through to the Champions League final in Madrid. We owe the fans. We had to be in the final on Saturday but we aren’t and we will try to win it next season.”

Holders Barcelona were eliminated 3-2 over two legs by Inter Milan at the Champions

League semi-final stage to miss out on a dream final at the Santiago Bernabeu, the home of bitter rivals Real Madrid.

“As the coach said we owe you (the fans) one and we hope to celebrate a Champions League win again in Wembley (the venue for the 2011 final) next season,” said midfielder Xavi.

Guardiola praised the fans for picking the team up after that setback as they went on to notch a league record 99 points to finish three points ahead of Real Madrid in the league title race.

“I would like to thank the fans for how they helped us after we lost that tie,” added Guardiola.

“Real had an exceptional season with a lot of points and we had to get 99 points to win the title.

“I would like to congratulate Real for a great season. They have a great squad and are capable of reinforcing the team for next season so it will be difficult for us.”

Captain Carles Puyol also praised arch-rivals for Real for their own

league record of 96 points.

“We have to congratulate Real for a great season but there can only be one team that can be champions,” said Puyol.

“Real made life tough for us but we fought hard to win this title with a huge points tally.

“It is really nice to celebrate this title in front of our fans. We have had some difficult moments and they really helped us get through them.”

Guardiola has now won two league titles in his two seasons in charge but there will be change in the summer with president Joan Laporta, the man that hired him, leaving after seven years at the helm.

Laporta has put the emphasis on bringing players through the youth system and called on the club to follow the blueprint for future success.

“This is the model that works and has been proven,” said Laporta. “I hope it is followed for many more years.”

Agence France Presse

BERLIN – Germany captain Michael Ballack has been forced out of the World Cup finals due to an ankle injury which has sidelined him for two months, the German football federation (DFB) said Monday.

Chelsea forward Ballack was told he could play no part in the June 11July 11 finals after a scan revealed the severity of an ankle injury suffered in the FA Cup final win over Portsmouth on Saturday.

Ballack limped out of the FA Cup final win after a heavy tackle and was left sweating over his World Cup chances despite X-ray scans revealing no broken bones.

Prevented from undergoing a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan Sunday due to heavy swelling, a scan Monday by DFB doctor HansWilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt finally brought the news Ballack did not want to hear: an eight-week layoff.

The DFB said in a statement: “His right ankle will have to be immobilised and put in a plaster cast.

He will then have to wear a special shoe for a further two weeks.”

At 33 years old, the South Africa finals would likely have been

AFP PHOTO DDP/OLIVER LANG GERMANY OUT

Michael Ballack Ballack’s final World Cup campaign.

He has 98 caps and 42 goals to his name, Ballack is one of Germany’s most influential players and news of his impending absence will not go unnoticed by Germany’s World Cup group opponents Australia, whom they face in their opening game on June 13. Germany will also face Serbia and Ghana in Group D.

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Celtics smother Magic 92-88, take 1-0 series lead Associated Press Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. – The hair is a little grayer. The ankles and knees no longer so sturdy. Even with a roster full of aging superstars, the Boston Celtics are still standing tall. Too old to chase a title? Not these days.

Ray Allen scored 25 points, Paul Pierce had 22 and the Celtics used smothering defense to beat the Orlando Magic 92-88 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference finals opener.

Hampered by injuries, the Celtics literally limped their way through parts of the regular season. All that seems a distant memory now.

“I honestly say we lost ourselves,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “I think we’ve found ourselves again.”

Rasheed Wallace added 13 points as the Celtics built a 20-point lead, then held on late to snap Orlando’s 14-game winning streak. They held the Magic to 41 percent shooting — 22 percent from 3-point range — in

displaying that rough and tough defense that was once their staple.

“There were stretches in the season, we know each other so well now, where we were becoming less patient with each other,” Allen said.

“We were getting on each other a little too much. We can take it, but we respected each other.

“When we started the playoffs, we said teams are going to hit us, they’re going to attack us. But when somebody scores on us, which they will, we go get the ball out and come back.”

Vince Carter had 23 points and Jameer Nelson finished with 20 for Orlando, which cut the lead to two

in the final seconds but simply ran out of time, looking rusty after a sixday layoff. Dwight Howard was limited to 13 points and 12 rebounds, nowhere near the dominant force the Magic need to win a title. Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Orlando.

“I don’t think it was rusty. Just anxious,” Howard said. “We dug ourselves a hole, and it was tough to get back from.”

Two years removed from an NBA title, the revived Celtics might be a little slower than their paralyzing defense of old. But, healthy again, maybe not as much as some once thought.

Doug Benc/Getty Images/AFP

Rajon Rondo #9 of the Boston Celtics drives for a shot attempt against J.J. Redick #7, Dwight Howard #12 and Jameer Nelson #14 of the Orlando Magic in Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2010 NBA Playoffs at Amway Arena on May 16, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

Cavendish wins first stage of Tour of California Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES, California – Britain’s Mark Cavendish used a finishing sprint in the first stage of the 2010 Tour of California to seize the leader’s yellow jersey on Sunday.

The 10-time Tour de France stage winner edged out second place finisher Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) of Argentina while Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (BMC) was third in the 168 kilometre road stage from Nevada City, California to Sacramento.

The second phase takes place Monday on 176 km course between Davis and Santa Rosa, in the northern half of the state. There are eight stages in the Tour of California which finishes Sunday in the hills above Los Angeles.

Cavendish who rides for the American HTC-Columbia team, was timed

in four hours, four minutes and 46 seconds.

“It’s seven weeks to go for the Tour de France and it gave the team confidence,” said Cavendish. “We should get the same results as we did last year at the Tour de France.”

With a 10-second bonus time for his win, Cavendish will benefit from a four-second race lead over Haedo and a six-second margin over Kristoff for the second stage.

Three-time defending race winner Levi Leiphiemer and RadioShack teammate Lance Armstrong finished in the main field in the same time as the winner.

Five riders, including former world titlists Tom Boonen (Quick Step) of Belgium and Stuart O’Grady of Australia crashed on the final circuit. The fallen riders finished and

were given the same time as the winner.

Cavendish earned his third career stage win in the five year history of the race.

He remained behind several teammates as the field of 128 riders approached the beginning of the three final circuits around Sacramento. He then moved to the front inside the final kilometres and was briefly challenged by Haedo.

Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Marc De Maar (United Healthcare) both of the Netherlands and Americans Chad Beyer (BMC), Paul Mach (Bissell) emerged from the field after about 16 kilometres. The foursome built more than a five-minute lead and rode at the front for nearly four hours before being caught about 16 kilometres from the finish.

Team HTC-Columbia drives the peloton as they chase down the breakaway during Stage One of the 2010 Tour of California on May 16. Britain’s Mark Cavendish used a finishing sprint in the first stage of the 2010 Tour of California to seize the leader’s yellow jersey on Sunday.

(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Pensinger)

(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)

Frenchman Gilles Simon, seen here in March 2010, announced he had pulled out of next week’s French Open at Roland Garros due to ongoing problems with his right knee.

Knee trouble sidelines Simon from French Open Agence France Presse

PARIS – Frenchman Gilles Simon announced Monday he had pulled out of next week’s French Open at Roland Garros due to ongoing problems with his right knee.

The former world No.6 has suffered from chronic inflammation in his knee for nearly a year and has pulled out despite undergoing a scan

Friday which suggested he could compete.

Simon, 25, took to the courts over the weekend but, having not competed since April 7, he emerged unconvinced that he could compete to a satisfying standard.

The problem also forced Simon, who has never got past the third round at Roland Garros, to pull out of the Australian Open in January.

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Victories set to secure Webber’s future Monaco - Mark Webber’s stunning back-to-back victories in Spain and Monaco appear to have secured his future at Red Bull Racing, with team chiefs saying they have no doubt that they should keep him on board for next season.

On a weekend when Webber moved to the top of the world championship standings, Red Bull bosses opened talks with the Australian’s management about extending his deal - which finishes at the end of this season.

With the form of the RB6 making a seat at the team one of the main targets for any leading driver, team principal Christian Horner has dropped the firmest hint yet that Webber will remain alongside Sebastian Vettel next season.

“I am very happy with the balance and dynamics in team, and there is nothing that we would change for,” Horner told AUTOSPORT. Although Webber himself said at the Monaco Grand Prix that he was in no rush to sort out his future with his form leaving him as a target for rival outfits, Horner said he did not expect a lengthy negotiation

spell when it comes down to finalising terms.

Should Webber get his new deal, then it will almost certainly mean the end of Kimi Raikkonen’s F1 career – with the Finn’s only real option for a return being at Red Bull.

“We are very happy with the way that Mark is performing,” said Horner. “He is an important member of our team and he has got to a stage where, at 33 years of age, we said let’s take one year at a time – rather than signing some longwinded agreement.

“It is all down to relationships and how he feels at the end of the day.

He is driving fantastically well, he is a very valued member of the team, so when the time comes to sit down and talk about contracts I am sure it will be a very short conversation.”

Although it is understood that no contract has been signed, Horner said he expected the matter to be

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sorted out in the next few weeks.

“Over the last couple of years it has been around the end of May and beginning of June that we begin to talk about things, but with Mark, like all things, it is pretty straight forward,” he said.

Webber’s second victory in as many weekends moved him and Red Bull to the top of the championship standings, but Horner says the team still needs to keep driving itself to improve.

“Our focus won’t change,” he said. “We will keep pushing. It is very dangerous in this business to underestimate your rivals.

“McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes are great teams and have great pedigrees and histories, and it would be foolish to underestimate their rate of development and progress.

“We are a small team in comparison, so we need to keep focusing on what we are doing, keep our heads down and try and deliver the kind of performances we have delivered over the last couple of weekends – and the championships will take care of themselves.”

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Bautista determined to race in France ALVARO Bautista is determined to race at Le Mans this weekend despite the shoulder injury he sustained last week.

The Suzuki rider broke a clavicle bone in a training acci-

dent and underwent surgery to fix it ahead of the French Grand Prix.

The Spanish has been given the all-clear to race in France, although Bautista is likely to race in pain.

Suzuki has no plans to replace the

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Spaniard in case he can’t race, but the rider says he is determined to compete.

“It seems like it has been a long time between the Jerez race and now and I want to get going again,” said Bautista.

“Unfortunately for me I had a small accident last week and broke a bone in my shoulder.

“It has been repaired and although it is quite painful I am totally focused on the weekend ahead.”

He added: “I was 10th at Jerez and although I was top rookie I still want to do better. I didn’t get a very good start in Spain and I have to work on that, I did some practice in the test so I hope I will be able to improve in time for the race.

“Anyway, these are details - the most important thing is just to IBP/ist ride the bike, I will do my best.”

Red Bull’s Australian driver Mark Webber celebrates in the pool of his team’s hospitality at the Monaco street circuit on May 16, 2010, after the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. Webber won the race ahead of Red Bull’s German driver Sebastian Vettel and Renault f1’s Polish driver Robert Kubica.