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The heavy traffic often leads to traffic jam in Denpasar and Badung. The government should think the solution for the problem

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Solving the transportation problems in Denpasar

Sarbagita must become priority

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The offer by Indonesian Government to operate slow train in Bali received comments form the member of Denpasar House of Representative. Most of the House members think that the slow train is not relevant with current condition in Bali especially the topographic of Bali.

The House urged the government to optimize the public transport called sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) which had been planed for several years.

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I Ketut Resmiyasa, the member of Commission B of the house said the statement on Tuesday, April 27th 2010. He urged the government to be more serious to handle the pub-

lic transportation including establishing the sarbagita transport.

Resmiyasa said that many reasons why the slow train should not operate in Bali. Further analysis and study

is needed and the equipments also doesn’t available in Bali. “The plan must be started from nothing because there are no equipments of it in Bali.

It means that the slow train can not operate anytime soon,” he added.

Based on those problems, Resmiyasa think that the government should establish the sarbagita which support the need of the people in Bali. (kmb12)

Thai protesters disrupt Bangkok commuter service Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters forced a rush hour shutdown of Bangkok’s busy elevated train system Tuesday and promised to expand protests that have plunged the Thai capital into chaos by sending teams of demonstrators throughout the city.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who has broken off negotiations with the protesters occupying parts of central Bangkok, said he hoped to resolve the crisis soon without resorting to force,

but he also deployed hundreds of soldiers armed with automatic weapons to guard stations and other major city boulevards.

“We recognize that as every day passes by, the people of Thailand suffer, the country suffers, but we want to make sure that there is rule of law,” Abhisit told CNN, according to quotes posted on the news channel’s website.

“We will try to enforce the law with minimum losses and we will try to find a political resolution, but it takes time, patience and cooperation.”

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A street vendor cycles past Thai soldiers resting in a truck, in Bangkok on Tuesday ,April 27, 2010. Thailand’s ailing king spoke publicly Monday for the first time since his country descended into political chaos, but the man seen by many as the best hope for securing a peaceful resolution failed to address the deadly crisis that has shut down parts of the capital.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Bali News Dream Homes come true by Melia Bali Meliá Bali began a poverty alleviation project in 2007. This project is a regular part of its Community Involvement program. As the pioneer among all resorts, Melia’s committed to support government programs to fight poverty. The project not only focuses on refurbishing and building houses but to help improve the life of the whole family, putting their children into school, and helping the family to earn living to survive; to the stage that they will be able to help other unfortunate families.

Meliá Bali has sponsored six housing projects since 2007 and completely refurbished homes were turned over to six families. Each project was made possible through the involvement of the resort’s employee, guests, management as well as the Badung Regent. This year in celebrating its’ 25th Anniversary, the resort helps four Dream Homes project for four families into reality, those are the housing project of I Wayan Lena in Banjar Bualu, I Made Peleng in Banjar bualu, I Wayan Patra in Banjar Pande, and Made Puja Miasa in Banjar Kaja Jati.

The resort’s General Manager Jim Boyles explained that Meliã Bali is a pioneer among Bali’s Hotels in poverty alleviation projects and this is also in accord with that of the Badung Regency in its goals

to fight poverty and strive for a healthy and prosperous Bali, especially in Badung Regency. This relation between Government and Melia Bali as a private sector is a perfect example how a CSR action should be done hand-in-hand. On April, 20 both parties represented by the resort’s General Manager Jim Boyles and Vice of Badung Regent, Drs. I Ketut Sudikerta visiting the project locations for the basic foundation placement of the housing projects.

“The job is not finished yet, it’s hardly begun”…. The resort’s team continues to make dreams come true for other unfortunate families because we believe a better living could be someone else’s dream. If we can do a little to help them, we help a lot and every one will be able to say, “There’s no place like home.” (r)

Falling from second floor when fixing roof Because of leaky roof, Made Sumbadiana, 45, a resident of Jalan Buana Kubu should be treated in Sanglah Hospital last Monday (Apr 26). Sumbadiana fell from the second floor of his house while trying to fix a leaky roof.

According to his son, when Sumbadiana was climbing onto the roof he did not know if the footing was fragile. Therefore, when he set foot on the roof, the roof perforated so that Made fell from the second floor to the basement. As a result, Made suffered from a torn wound and fracture on both legs. Similarly, last Monday (Apr 26) the Sanglah Hospital received a victim of electric shock named Sukardi, 40. According to his friend, at the time of accident

Sukardi was at work renovating one of the banks located at Kuta Roundabout. “He was banging on the wall using a hammer. He did not know if there are electrical wires behind the wall,” said Sukardi’s co-worker met in Sanglah Hospital, last Monday (Apr 26).

As a result, the hammer used to hit the wall afflicted a cable network and it channeled the electrical power into the hands of Sukardi.

Due to such electrical shock, both hand of Sukardi blistered of burns.

Moreover, because at that time he was on the first floor of the bank, Sukardi fell and injured on his right cheek after touching the floor. He had received treatment at the BIMC before he was then referred to Sanglah Hospital. (san)

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The Vice of the head of Badung regency, I Ketut Sudikerta (left) accompanied by his wife and GM Melia Bali Jim Boyles.

Stealing motorcycles two motortheft rings confined Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Police finally managed to capture the motorcycle theft disturbing the Tabanan residents. Two members of the ring were arrested last Sunday (Apr 25) on account of the help of residents.

Spokesperson of Tabanan Police, Endung Hardanto, accompanied by Chief of Kediri Police Luh Kompyang Srinadi last Monday (Apr 26) said the ring had been arrested.

Both suspects were Iman Budi Setiawan, 29, from Banyuwangi having the address on Jalan Gunung Guntur, behind the Headquarters of Denpasar Metro Police and Mochamad Imam Saifullah, 24, from Banyuwangi with the address on Jalan Bung Tomo IX/1 Denpasar.

Srinadi said the arrest of the ring originated in the existence of suspicion of Pasti Hamlet residents, Pandak Gede, Kediri against Budi at the hamlet. Budi originally admitted

as a scavenger who would like to meet his friend. Being suspicious, local residents eventually secured him and contacted police officer. When about to be taken to Headquarters of Kediri Police, Budi had time to fight back. Initially he was very calm and reassuring not to commit a crime.

However, after being searched and found a T-letter key, police were increasingly suspicious. In fact, his coming to location was intended to check the motorcycle of Supra Fit with license plate P 3013 XM belonged to Zulhan where on the day before the lock had been tampered.

At the end, Budi admitted to have stolen motorcycle at four locations, namely stealing Honda Vario at Pande Hamlet, Kediri on last January 2, 2010; Yamaha Mio at Dukuh Hamlet, Kediri, on March 13, 2010; Supra Fit owned by Kusnadi at Buwit Backfill (TPA) in Kediri on April 13, 2010 and theft trial to Su-

pra Fit belonged to Zulhan at Pasti Hamlet, Pandak Gede on April 25, 2010. He was not alone in carrying out his action but with Mochamad Imam Saifullah. Similarly, he admitted to commit similar action with a colleague who was still at large.

In the examination, it was revealed that before selling the motorcycle he dismantled the spare parts.

They were then sold separately to iron scrap collectors. The selling result of motorcycle parts of Mio and Vario valued at IDR 800,000. Money obtained from the sale was used for daily needs and to be with any girl.

Spokesperson Endung Hardanto said the suspect would be ensnared with article 363 in connection with article 53 and 55 Criminal Code regarding to theft with the threat of seven years imprisonment. Police also confiscated several items of the evidence in the form of motorcycles that have been partially stripped. (kmb14)

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Board of Parliament asks Kadisdik to fix School Performances Amlapura (Bali Post) -

SMAN 3 Karangasem in Seraya and SMKN Manggis have this year’s most students who unable to graduate. Students majoring in Indonesian SMAN 3 18 people from 29 examinees did not pass, while students who fail the national examination SMKN Manggis are 28 persons. In terms of percentage of high school graduation, in Karangasem ranked the fifth with 98.02 percent passing percentage, while SMK number eight with a rating of 88.57 percent over the Buleleng on most protruding position.

Related to the low percentage of students graduate high school / vocational school in Karangasem than in other districts, the Deputy Chairman of Commission IV DPRD I Karangasem Wayan Sudira, Monday (26 / 4) yesterday in Parliament asking Kadisdik Karangasem Karangasem Drs. IGN Swetha, improve performance and management schools. You see, given a good budget from the APBD Karangasem, the provincial budget and the ABPN has already reached 30 percent of the total Karangasem budget has already reached more than 30 percent of the total budget Karangasem, namely about 200 billion.

Karangasem budget this year reach 600 billion.

On the other hand, the Chief Legislative Karangaem I Gede Dana, S.Pd. told Parliament already provide recommendations to the Regent of Karangasem and IW Geredeg Disdik officials in addition to improving performance of education management, given the budget must be managed efficiently, effectively and appropriate benefits. Parliament asked to evaluate the use of operational costs school (BOS), which has been of great value, because there are a number reports, and alleged allotment of BOS not exact opera-

tional guidelines / guidelines.

Based on the observations and the data obtained in Agency for Youth and Sports Karangasem, on Monday (26 / 4) yesterday, the total participants in Karangasem UN who did not pass are 107 people, 52 people from high schools and as many as 55 from vocational schools people. Some schools graduated 100 percent of such students of SMAN 2 Amlapura, PGRI SMA 1, SMA 1 Strait, Madrasah Aliyah Amlapura Affairs, SMA Darma Kirti Sengkidu, SMAN 1 Kubu, and SMA Datah.

While high school students a Karangasem known favorite two students majoring in Indonesian Language not graduating from the 24 examinees. Local Headmaster Drs. IG newborn say, one of the students who did not pass the actual known Japanese language intelligent and achievement in school is also decent, but UN sag in the Indonesian language.

Other students that high school students do not graduate 11 people Parisadha, SMAN 1 Sidemen not passed 10 of 80 people, three of the SMA Kerta Wisata 23 participants, SMAN 1 Manggis did not pass three out of 79, graduated from SMAN 1 Bebandem no two people, SMAN 1 Rendang while two men did not graduate.

Convoy

UN in Karangasem graduation announcement yesterday was greeted with a wide variety of students. Those who graduated from a school, it appears to do motorcycle convoy passed through the city like on Jl. Ngurah Rai, front office of Regent of Karangasem. In addition there is also a convoy doodling or painting a shirt with markers or paint, such as looks dozen students who perched on the edge of the front office of Regent Park IW Geredeg. Besides clothes ripping and painting, they also continued to smoke cigarettes.

Meanwhile, students who did not graduate there are many who grieved even dozens of weeping.

Meanwhile, Youth and Sports Karangasem Kadisdik IGN looks Swetha reluctant to meet with journalists. When asked for confirmation he was just saying short, where there are still many students do not graduate in Karangasem result the course of the examination where a lot of unorganized matter less, confused or damaged computer answer sheet. It was considered very influential to the concentration of students to answer examination questions. (013)

Rape Case Investigation

Police pursuit other suspects Denpasar (Bali Post) -

One primary school boy rape perpetrators, Salvador Dacosta Soares (28) was arrested by the police. However, recognition Salvador suspects only perform the rape of a boy whose location on Jalan Pulau Moyo, Denpasar. Now, to convince the suspect’s confession, the police did a DNA test. This was done to match the blood of the suspect with sperm obtained from the genitals of victims.

While waiting for the release of the suspect DNA test results Salvador, the police continued to

develop her case. Included, are now focusing forces Denpasar Poltabes pursuit of perpetrators in scetch of faces. ‘’Indeed recognition Salvador suspect confessed to rape only one kid,’’ said S. Kompol Pahumas Poltabes Denpasar G Sukawiyasa, Monday (26 / 4) yesterday.

From the testimony of two victims, the perpetrators of rape in accordance with what is in the sketch face. There are two possibilities in this case, related to who was responsible. One, recognized the suspect Salvador, and there can be true of other actors. Two, one could also suspect Salvador.

‘’If the victim’s testimony, according to the sketch of the perpetrator’s. This is the only clue to disclose it,’’ he said.

So far, the latest developments in child rape cases that become public attention, said Sukawiyasa, is still under investigation continues. Poltabes parties have arrested two suspected rapes. However, this recognition of the suspects, they do so on their own initiative and who have not told. ‘’We still continue to develop. A matter of time just to catch the other players,’’ he explained. (Kmb21)

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Lack of Religion Teachers in Bali

Calling for Difference in County Regional Office Data Renon, DenPost

Meeting coordination (coordination meetings) which was originally intended to step up fight for lack of teachers in the Balinese Hindu religion, there are differences in data between the Regional Office of Religious Affairs of Bali with the district / city. Regional Office of Religious Affairs judge, was the lack of formal religious teachers for the school just as much as 2100 people.

However, some districts actually declared surplus Hindu religious teacher.

Coordination meeting was led by Chairman of Commission IV DPRD Bali, Nyoman Parta. Provincial Secretary Nyoman Yasa also attended the event along with other Bali Provincial officials. Also present were the Head of Religious Affairs Regional Office in Bali, IGAK Sutha Yasa, as well as officials of districts, especially the education department and agency personnel, as well as DPRD regency / city.

Head of Regional Office of Religious IGAK Sutha Yasa presents, for the lack of Hindu Bali SD 923. The amount today is 3865, while the 4788 needs religion teacher. While for Hindu religious teacher in junior high school, there are less than 735 people. There are now 725, but it needs 1460 teachers of Hinduism.

For high school / vocational school, we have a shortage of 480. That there are now 491, but needs 971.

However, data from the Regional Office of the Religion of Bali was precisely adjusted by official districts / cities. Most religious teachers actually declared surplus. Jembrana for example, Head of Personnel of the Regional Secretariat of Jembrana, Made Gede B, states, until recently in Jembrana excess of 15 religious teachers. “Therefore, we did not initiate the formation of Hindu religious teacher. Therefore, we adjust to the needs. After 2012 there are 15 Hindu religious teachers who retired. Recently we’ll ask,” Made said.

The same is also declared Head of Education Development of Education Office of Buleleng, Ketut

Witrini. He even corrected the data on the number of primary school called the Regional Office of the Religion of Bali. According to him, the number of primary schools in Buleleng, including MI, a total of 509, not 775 as referred to the Head of Regional Office of Religious Affairs. He said, demand for primary teachers of Hindu religion in Buleleng as many as 247 people.

While there are now as many as 368 Hindu religious teachers, “So our Hindu religion as many surplus teachers 121 people,” he explained.

Likewise for junior high school level. According to Witrini, the number of public and private junior high schools in Buleleng are as many as 78. Religion teacher needs as many as 59 people, but that there are now as many as 154 Hindu religious teachers, so there is a surplus in 1995 people. For the high school level there are 18 public and private high schools. Teacher needs 19 people, while there are now 49, so the extra 30 teachers of Hinduism. While there are 14 pieces for the CMS, Hindu religious teacher needs around 12 more people. However, there are now as many as 26 people, so the extra 12 people. Other districts also expressed the same thing, which is essentially a Hindu teacher surplus, not shortage.

Chairman of Commission I DPRD Bali Made Arjaya admitted surprise with these differences.

Therefore, he requested that these data problems to be cleared first.

“If its data had been valid, then we will fight together to the center to get our quota”, he said.

Commission Chairman IV Nyoman Parta Bali finally requested the Regional Office of Religious Affairs to immediately deploying a meeting with local education districts and religious office district for data validation.

“It’s clear that we remain committed to meet the shortage of Hindu religion in Bali. Therefore this problem must be cleared first to be submitted to the minister,” Parta said. (259)

Paasha Kondotel Project stopped Mangupura (Bali Post) -

PP Satpol Badung pause Paasha Kondotel project, Seminyak. This action is taken, following the construction of a number of violations that concerned.

Head of the Badung Satpol PP I Wayan Adi Arnawa, in Puspem Badung, Monday (26 / 4) yesterday, said he had received a letter from the DCK Badung about building violations done by Kondotel Paasha. For that, it also has follow up on these things by making in-

quires of condo party.

He said further, Badung Satpol PP has also been hailed as a project, until the condo want to fix his mistakes. ‘’We’ve been doing it,’’ he said.

Asked about the dismantling of the buildings that violate condo, especially violations of altitude, Adi Arnawa side commented on the field would not be careless and still have to check back. However, he also asserted, demolition should be carried out if the unit is enabled by the tallest building condo manager. (DED)

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International

US extradites Noriega to France AP

WASHINGTON – The U.S. extradited former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France on Monday, clearing the way for him to stand trial there on money laundering charges.

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FILE - In this Jan. 1990, U.S. Marshalls file photo, deposed Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega

The former strongman, who had been held in a federal prison just outside Miami, was placed on an overnight Air France flight to Paris, according to a Justice Department official who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to comment on the case.

The flight departed shortly after 6 p.m. Miami time and was expected in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday local time.

Yves Leberquier, one of Noriega’s lawyers, confirmed his client was headed to France. He said Noriega will be turned over to French prosecutors Tuesday and later taken before a judge who will

Karzai’s brother says UN should not leave south AP

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The powerful half brother of President Hamid Karzai urged the international aid community Tuesday not to pull out of the troubled southern city of Kandahar, where the security situation is deteriorating.

The United Nations said Monday it was scaling back its operations in Kandahar, relocating several foreign employees to Kabul and telling more than 200 Afghan U.N. workers to stay home.

The announcement came hours after three bombings — one targeting a local police official — shook the city. A recent rash of attacks comes ahead of a joint AfghanNATO operation to try to wrest control of the area from Taliban mili-

tants.

“We are not facing a big threat,” said Ahmad Wali Karzai, a top official in Kandahar province and the most important power broker in southern Afghanistan. He added that the security situation was far worse a few years ago.

“You get one or two incidents once or twice a week,” he told The Associated Press. “That shouldn’t be a concern. A suicide attack can happen anywhere.”

Since April 12, at least 20 civilians, including eight children, have been killed in Kandahar, according to an AP count. Local officials, aid workers and contractors for U.S. development projects have been targeted by Taliban fighters trying to disrupt the upcoming military operation, expected to accelerate this summer.

A senior Western official familiar

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Afghans bring a boy injured in a rocket attack to a hospital in Kunduz, northwest of Kabul, Afghanistan

with U.N. operations said 16 U.N. workers based in Kandahar were moved to a more heavily secured compound Sunday night before going to Kabul and perhaps other destinations. The official spoke anonymously because the information had not been publicly released by the United Nations.

The U.N. has been on the defensive in Afghanistan since October, when three suicide attackers stormed a Kabul guest house where dozens of staffers lived. Five U.N. employees and three Afghan citizens were killed in a two-hour siege.

After the attack, the U.N. sent about 600 of its 1,100 foreign staffers either out of the country or relocated them to safer quarters. Many eventually were recalled to Kabul; others chose not to renew their contracts or terminated their tours in Afghanistan early.

In Kabul, security forces were setting up extra roadblocks and checkpoints ahead of Wednesday’s celebration to mark the Mujahedeen victory over the Soviets in the 1980s war. The deputy police chief in Kabul said a rocket hit the ground near the Ministry of Urban Development in the capital early Tuesday, but there were no casualties.

Violence has marred the celebration in recent years. In April 2008, insurgents tried to assassinate President Karzai during the celebration.

Three people were killed and eight others were wounded when militants fired rockets and automatic rifles at Karzai and other dignitaries during a military parade. Two lawmakers were hit by bullets.

determine whether he should remain in custody pending further action.

Leberquier said Noriega’s legal team will push for that hearing to be open “so that the defense can be totally transparent.”

Earlier Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed a so-called surrender warrant for Noriega after a federal judge in Miami lifted a stay blocking the extradition last month, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

He said Clinton signed the warrant because all court challenges to his extradition were resolved.

One of Noriega’s lawyers in the U.S. said he had asked Clinton in a letter to

reconsider sending him to Panama, which also has an outstanding request for the former dictator’s extradition.

Frank Rubino said he got no response and was not told in advance that Noriega would be moved Monday.

“Panama is terrified that he’ll return, even though all he would do is sit on his porch and play with his grandchildren,” Rubino said. “He knows where the skeletons are buried.”

Noriega’s attorneys in Miami said they first heard about their client’s pending extradition from reporters and initially couldn’t get independent confirmation. “I guess the U.S. government thinks we are some kind of security risk,” said another attorney, Jon May. Panama’s foreigner minister, Juan Carlos Varela, told reporters that the United States “made the sovereign decision to send him to France, and we respect that decision.”

Ukraine, Russia ratify Black Sea naval lease AP

KIEV, Ukraine – As protesters threw eggs and set off smoke bombs, Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday extended the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s lease at a Crimean port for another 25 years. Russia’s parliament ratified the deal in a more sedate session.

The agreement, reached last week by the two country’s presidents in a clear sign of Russia’s renewed influence in Ukraine, extends the fleet’s lease by 25 years after the old lease expires in 2017.

Former President Viktor Yushchenko adamantly tried to move Ukraine out of Moscow’s shadow and closer to Western Europe during his five years in office. But his successor, Viktor Yanukovych, who took office in February, is more favorably inclined toward the Kremlin.

The extension outraged Ukrainian nationalists who regard the fleet’s presence as tantamount to Russian occupation.

“This is a permanent threat to Ukraine’s territorial integrity because the Black Sea Fleet is the outpost of the Russian state in Ukraine, which is conducting anti-Ukrainian policies and financing anti-Ukrainian projects. In general, this is the work of (Russian) special services on Ukrainian territory,” said Igor Derevyanko, one of several thousand demonstrators who gathered outside the parliament.

The voting session was unruly even by the Ukrainian parliament’s notoriously freewheeling standards.

Opponents of the measure threw eggs at parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn as he opened the session and he spent much of the rest of it shielded by an umbrella held by an aide. Two smoke bombs went off and deputies shouted defiantly over the squeal of a smoke alarm.

The extension passed with 236 votes in the 450-member parliament, but opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko vowed it wouldn’t last.

Ukrainian opposition and propresidential lawmakers fight against each other during ratification

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General Info

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

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

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

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

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

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

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

Phone : 222 142.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Hong Kong police make largest drug bust AP

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Ousted Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Ousted Kyrgyz president charged with mass killing AP

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The ousted president of Kyrgyzstan has been charged with organizing mass killings in the deadly uprising that forced him from office in this Central Asian country earlier this month, the leader of the interim authorities said Tuesday.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who is in exile in Belarus, will have his presidential immunity stripped to face the Kyrgyz charges, which also include abuse of power, said Azimbek Beknazarov, a vice-premier of the opposition forces that claimed provisional control of the country.

Bakiyev fled the capital on April 7 after security forces fired on protesters and the demonstrators stormed government buildings. At least 85 people died in the violence.

He tried to rally support in his home region in Kyrgyzstan’s south, but eventually fled the country and surfaced last week in Belarus.

Beknazarov said Belarus is obliged to extradite Bakiyev under an agreement among former Soviet countries. There was no immediate reaction from Belarus, whose authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has criticized the demonstrations that drove out Bakiyev.

Bakiyev insists he is still

Kyrgyzstan’s legitimate president, but has vowed not to return to the country as its leader.

Stability in Kyrgyzstan is a significant concern for the United States and Russia, both of which have air bases in the country.

The U.S. air base is a key piece of the NATO military campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan; it provides refueling flights for warplanes over Afghanistan and is a troop transit point.

Video shows suspected airliner bomber training AP

WASHINGTON – A video has surfaced showing accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with al-Qaida in Yemen.

The video, obtained and broadcast Monday by “ABC World News,” shows the 23-year-old Nigerian firing weapons and speaking in Arabic about his impending attack. He is shown reading from the Quran and saying, “God said those who punish you must be punished.”

A U.S. intelligence official said Monday that the preliminary judgment is that it is Abdulmutallab in the video and the footage is consistent with the understanding that he was in training.

It is not clear where and when the video

was made. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

According to ABC News, the video was produced by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. Abdulmutallab and others are shows firing at targets, including a Jewish star and one labeled “UN.” Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. The explosives failed, though they burned Abdulmutallab, who was arrested.

He was arrested and has been cooperating with investigators, discussing his contacts in Yemen and providing intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, according to U.S. officials.

The IntelCenter, an Alexandria, Va.based company that studies terrorist groups, reported that video from AQAP aired Monday on television networks al-Jazeera and al-Jazeera English appear to show the first official communication from a terrorist organization by Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents. He has been linked to Abdulmutallab and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in November at Fort Hood, Texas.

“While he had been supportive of groups in the past, he has until now never been publicly connected to a group through its official messages,” IntelCenter director Ben N. Venzke said in an e-mail. “Today’s release firmly ties al-Awlaki to AQAP.”

HONG KONG – In their largest haul ever, police in Hong Kong have seized 820 pounds (372 kilograms) of cocaine from a suburban house that was reportedly part of a botched drug shipment sent to the southern Chinese territory by mistake.

Officers discovered the stash — which has a street value of 337 million Hong Kong dollars ($43.4 million) — while investigating a missing person report in the suburban Fanling district on Sunday, Hong Kong police said in a statement.

The cocaine was stored in 26 boxes on the roof of the three-story village house, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.

The huge stash was the subject of negotiations between the missing person — suspected Dutch-Chinese dealer Chang Ma-ki — and Hong Kong dealers after it was mistakenly shipped to the territory, the Post reported, citing

Ted Tsang, the acting chief superintendent of the Hong Kong police’s narcotics bureau.

A Hong Kong police spokeswoman said Tuesday it wasn’t immediately clear where the drugs originated and where they were intended for. The spokeswoman, would only give her surname, Tam. Tam said officers are still searching for Chang, whom the Post said arrived in Hong Kong from the Netherlands with his wife on April 15.

In the meantime, Hong Kong police said they have arrested eight people — four men and four women aged 22 to 84 — in connection to the case. Among the arrested suspects, a 52-year-old man has been charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs, while five others are still being detained for further questioning and two have been released on bail.

Drug trafficking carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of HK$5 million ($644,000) in Hong Kong.

Thai protesters...

From page 1 At least 26 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 wounded since protesters known as the Red Shirts — who hail mostly from poor, rural provinces and view the government as illegitimate — began occupying parts of Bangkok in mid-March, closing down fivestar hotels and shopping malls and devastating the country’s vital tourism industry.

The government has not given a clear statement of how it plans to end the standoff after rejecting a Red Shirt compromise proposal over the weekend to disband Parliament within 30 days instead of immediately. Dissolving Parliament would trigger elections, which Abhisit would likely lose.

In his interview with CNN, recorded Monday, Abhisit said he could not disband the legislature without consulting other parties and said any political negotiations “should be conducted under conditions where there’s peace, where people are allowed to express their opinions, and not under force or intimidation by a small group of people.”

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban warned Tuesday that security forces would “intensify operations,” but did not elaborate or say whether authorities would try to evict protesters from the streets, which would almost certainly lead to more bloodshed.

Thailand’s ailing King Bhumibhol Adulyadej, whose intervention is seen as the best hope for a resolution, spoke publicly Monday evening for the first time since the crisis began. He made no direct comment on the political situation during a ceremony to appoint new judges, but made oblique calls for stability.

“In the country, there might be people who neglect their duties, but you can set an example that there are those who perform their duties strictly and honestly,” the 82-year-old king said.

The king’s lack of a clear statement signaled he was not prepared to take a public role in resolving the chaos, as he did in 1973 when he stopped bloodshed during a student uprising and again in 1992 during antimilitary street protests.

Before sunrise Tuesday, a group of Red Shirts entered a downtown Skytrain station and placed 30 tires on the platform, prompting authorities to suspend service for four hours, the Bangkok Mass Transit System said in a statement. Authorities checked security and restarted the trains in midmorning, though they planned to close stations after dark amid fears of more violence.

A Red Shirt protest leader said his group took the action after hearing that soldiers would use the trains to send reinforcements to their main protest site.

“Bangkok people, please understand we did not want it to affect you, but we only want safety,” said Nattawut Saikua, a protest leader.

Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said security forces were deployed to “provide security and safety for the public” at train stations and on highways leading to Bangkok.

Overnight, hundreds of protesters tried to block police and soldiers who were driving to the capital from the northern suburbs to bolster security forces in the capital. Protesters boarded trucks loaded with barricades and hurled them out, while others let air out of the tires of official vehicles.

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Boediono receives summons from anti-graft body Antara

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C-R) walks next to Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (C-L) prior to a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on April 27, 2010.

President invites Finnish investors Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has invited Finnish investors to participate in a number of development programs in Indonesia.

“We invite Finnish investors to invest in Indonesia,” President Yudhoyono said in a joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, at Merdeka Palace here Tuesday.

The head of state hoped that investments from Finland would increase significantly.

“Indonesia offers a more attractive chance,” he said.

He said Indonesia was one of few countries which enjoyed positive economic growth during the global economic crisis with economic growth at 4.5 percent.

Meanwhile, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said he was accompanied by a number of business-

men during his three-day visit in Indonesia.

The Finnish government always encouraged the country’s businessmen to invest in Asia, he said. Finland has a lot of experiences in renewable energy, telecommunication network and the forestry sector, he said.

President Yudhoyono and the first lady will host the Finnish Prime Minister and members of the Finnish delegation in a banquet at the Presidential Palace, on Tuesday evening.

Some 112 Finnish companies have been engaged in 155 types of businesses with their Indonesian counterparts, among other things in exports, imports, productions, and technical products sale agents.

Among Finnish major companies in Indonesia are Nokia (telecommunication), Vaisala (navigation and meteorology), Kemira (chemical), Wartsila (factory and shipping turbines).

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is paying a three-day state visit in Indonesia, from April 26 to 28. Vanhanen was greeted with a state ceremony at Merdeka Palace, at 10 am local time. His visit is to reciprocate President Yudhoyono’s visit to Finland in September 2006.

Vanhanen is scheduled to also meet Vice President Boediono, House Speaker Marzuki Alie, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Radjasa and members of the Indonesian-Finnish business forum.

The Finnish prime minister’s entourage includes business delegation chief Jarmo Honkamaa and Eeva Kalli, the prime minister’s adviser for the European Union.

Minister inaugurates first anti-corruption court prison Antara

JAKARTA - Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar inaugurated the country’s first AntiCorruption Court (Tipikor) detention center here Tuesday.

The new first-class penitentiary especially for Tipikor prisoners was expected to help solve the overcrowding problem at prisons in Indonesia, the minister said.

Purwo Ardoko, architect of the

special prison, said the detention center was built in accordance with United Nations standards. The building consists of 64 units and can accommodate 256 prisoners.

The three-story building has 16 rooms on its first floor where prisoners who are advanced in age or ill can stay alone in one room measuring 3x5 meters.

The second and third floors each have 12 7X5-meter rooms with one room intended to accommodate five

people. The new penitentiary also has such facilities as a place for worship, a reading room, sports court and a television room. Its walls are 20 centimeters thick, and its iron bars have a diameter of 22 millimeters. The distance between one guard post and another is around 10 meters.

Ardoko, as the architect of several prisons, has done comparative studies in China, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.

JAKARTA - Vice President Boediono has received a summons from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to give clarifications on the Bank Century case.

“The summons arrived on Monday afternoon (April 26),” Yopie Hidayat, the vice president’s spokesman, said here on Tuesday.

Boediono, former governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), would not be investigated, but be asked to clarify his role in the Bank Century case as the then governor of the country’s central bank, Hidayat said.

The Vice President and KPK were still coordinating on the mechanism, procedure and the venue of the planned meeting.

“We cannot confirm the date and venue for Boediono to give the clarifications to the KPK. For sure,

Vice President Boediono very much supports the KPK’s steps in fighting corruption, and fully supports efforts to deal with the Bank Century case legally and immediately,” he said.

Yopie Hidayat said the vice president was eager to see the Bank Century case settled in the good interest of all parties.

Meanwhile, the police have detained Muhammad Misbakhun, a legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), as a suspect in a Bank Century LC (Letter of Credit) falsification case worth US$22.5 million, a spokesman said.

“The police team investigating a case has the right and authority to detain somebody if it believes detention is necessary to facilitate its work,” Senior Commissioner Zainuri Lubis, deputy head of the National Police’s Public Relations Division, said here Tuesday.

Greenpeace accuses Sinar Mas of destroying rainforests Antara

JAKARTA - Greenpeace has released fresh evidence showing how Sinar Mas continues to destroy Indonesia’s rain forests despite promises to stop, the international environmental NGO, said in a statement from Singapore, Tuesday.

The statement was issued when shareholders of Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the palm oil arm of Sinar Mas, was holding an annual general meeting.

“Deforestation for palm oil expansion is driving climate change and pushing endangered orangutans to the brink of extinction,” Greenpeace said.

“This evidence shows that Sinar Mas continues to lie to its shareholders and customers about its environmental standards. Whatever new promises it makes today, it is clear the company intends to continue trashing rainforests and destroying orang-utan habitats. We will continue to press Sinar Mas’ customers to stop all business with this forest destroyer until it cleans up its act,” said Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Forest Team Leader.

A policy statement released by Sinar Mas in early February and the GAR 2009 Annual Report presented on Tuesday at its AGM claims commitments to the principles of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and a halt to clearing in High Conservation Value (HCV) areas, primary forests and peatlands.

“Two weeks ago we revealed how Sinar Mas subsidiary PT ALM

is currently destroying deep peatland and high conservation value forest in West Kalimantan. This is just the tip of the iceberg. This past weekend we caught Sinar Mas subsidiary PT BAT clearing rainforest bordering orangutan habitat in Central Kalimantan. These cases show that Sinar Mas’ commitments are meaningless and nothing but greenwash,” the NGO activist said.

Greenpeace has also been targeting food and drink giant, Nestle, for using palm oil from Sinar Mas in products like KitKat. The multinational terminated its direct palm oil contract with the company last month, but continues to buy palm oil and paper products indirectly from it, through suppliers like Cargill. Nestle has said it expects Cargill to stop supplying Sinar Mas palm oil unless the company adequately answers to Greenpeace’s evidence of deforestation and illegality by the end of April.

“Sinar Mas has just days left to clean up its act or risk losing huge contracts with Cargill,” said Maitar.

“Greenpeace is not against the palm oil plantation; our campaign is to stop companies like Sinar Mas from destroying the world’s remaining rainforests. The Indonesian government must take tough action against companies like this and protect the country’s carbon rich peatland and rainforests.”

According to Greenpeace, Indonesia has one of the fastest rates of forest destruction on the planet, with palm oil and pulp and paper plantations being major causes. As a result, it is now the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, after China and the United States, it said

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Bali Today RI, Iceland agree to develop clean energy Antara

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Photograph taken on March 31, 2010 shows two local beach boys chating with foreign female tourists on Kuta beach at the resort island of Bali. Indonesia has detained 28 “beach boys” accused of selling sex to female tourists on the island of Bali after a documentary on the resort’s “gigolos” hit the Internet, an official said.

Indonesia rounds up ‘beach boys’ over gigolo film: official

NUSA DUA - Indonesia and Iceland have agreed to cooperate in the development of geothermal energy to really contribute to the development of clean energy in the world.

“President Yudhoyono and President Olafur agreed Indonesia and Iceland would develop cooperation in the field of geothermal energy, develop geothermal know-how or center of excellence,” presidential spokesman/staff for international relations Dino Patti Djala said here on Monday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson for 30 minutes on the sidelines of the World Geothermal in Nusa Dua, Bali on Monday.

Iceland has so far been known as a country with a lot of experience in geothermal energy development.

Dino also mentioned about the need to expand the cooperation to also include members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), China, African and Latin American countries.

“So this will be a concrete project between Indonesia and Iceland which hopefully will help contribute to the development of clean energy in the world,” he said.

Dino said the cooperation was expected to also contribute to the

world’s economy especially with regard to climate change.

“So there have been agreements made to develop clean energy and to reduce dependency on fossil fuels there will be closer cooperation between Indonesia and Iceland,” he said.

Indonesia is a country that has the world’s largest geothermal sources comprising around 40 percent of the world’s reserve while the use of the energy in the country is still low or below five percent.

Indonesia and Iceland realized cooperation in the field by signing a memorandum of understanding in 2007.

As an initial stage Reykjavik Energy Invest (REI) cooperated with PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) in the development of a 200MW geothermal power plant. Pertamina also sent 24 employees to Iceland to study geothermal energy there.

Apart from discussing geothermal energy President Yudhoyono and President Olafur also discussed fishery.

“Around 70 percent of Iceland’s economic activities are fishery-based while Indonesia is a maritime country,” he said.

So, the two had shared their countries’ experience in fishery, he said.

President Olafur, his wife and delegation stayed in Indonesia for five days for the World Geothermal Congress.

Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Indonesia has detained 28 “beach boys” accused of selling sex to female tourists on Bali after a documentary on the resort’s “gigolos” hit the Internet, an official said Tuesday.

The round-up of Bali’s so-called “cowboys” began as tourism officials fretted over the impact of the film on the holiday island’s image as a family destination.

“We’ve rounded up 28 men we suspect might be gigolos. They’re young, fit-looking and tanned, mostly surfer beach boys,” I Gusti Ngurah Tresna, the chief of security on Bali’s main Kuta beach, told AFP. “We’re still questioning them. If we have good reason to suspect they may be involved in shady activities we’ll hand them over to the police,” he said, adding that the raids were ongoing.

The documentary, “Cowboys in Paradise” by Singapore-based writer and director Amit Virmani, was released at a film festival in South Korea last week.

Segments of the film, which contains candid interviews with “beach boys” and the foreign women who fall for them, have gone viral on the Internet after appearing on YouTube.

Bali Tourism Board Chief Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya said the “cowboys” had been fixtures on Bali’s tourist beaches for some time but had not attracted much attention until now.

“The film is over the top and

only focuses on this group of people on the beach, but that’s not what Bali is about. If the film is shown to the world, Bali’s image will be tarnished,” he said.

“I hope the authorities will get rid of these cowboys because they’re of no benefit to us.”

Tresna said the documentary ran counter to the authorities’ preferred image of Bali as a world-class destination combining unique Hindu culture and history with famous beaches and surfing spots.

“All this while we’ve been selling our beautiful waves, sunsets, turtles, culture and nature conservation, and suddenly now we’re seen to be selling gigolos? Such films are really harmful to our image,” he said.

The beach police chief could not explain what charges the “beach boys” could face and admitted it would be hard to prove they were selling sex.

“We’re always on the beach so we can guess which beach boy may be taking advantage of foreign women,” he said.

Similar arrests had been made in the past but the suspects had been released “with a stern warning”, he added.

“They will approach foreign fe-

male tourists, especially Japanese, on the beach, befriend them and the women will pay for their company and food during their stay here. Sex may be involved.

“It’s like prostitution which is hard to prove because the foreign women may be willing partners, too.”

Filmmaker Virmani told the twitchfilm.net website that the men “have no reason to be ashamed and they know it”.

“They’re proud of their ‘conquests’, of being desired by so many.

They’re always game for a little kiss’n’tell once they know you,” he said.

He said they were part of a “male sex trade” on Bali but could not be considered male prostitutes in the usual sense.

“They’ve blurred the lines that might invite shame or discourage women from being with them. They do without the cold transactional elements, for example,” he said.

“A lot of people scoff at the need to distinguish between cowboys and gigolos, but I see the distinction. It’s a very fine line, but it’s there.

“The cowboys are the most visible face of Bali’s male sex trade but they’re not sex workers. How’s that for a blurry line?”

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In this handout photograph released by the Indonesian President’s Presidensby.info website Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) during a meeting on the sidelines of the World Geothermal Congress in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali on April 26, 2010.

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Balinese Culture Australian ambassador praise Balinese people Antara

DENPASAR – Australian Ambassador for Indonesia, Bill Farmer, praises the hospitality of the people in Bali. He said that Australian likes to visit the tourists’ sites in Bali because the hospitality that expressed by its people. “For the Australian people, Bali is a tourism destination which is close to their heart,” he added during his meeting with Bali’s Governor, Made Mangku Pastika on Tuesday, April 27th 2010.

Farmer also said that in addition to the hospitality of its people, Bali also has beautiful culture and tourism sites. He explained that Mangku Pastika is well known by

the people of Australia because he played important role in capturing the villain in the Bali bombing incident.

“The Australian feels even closer to Bali when Mangku Pastika became the Governor of Bali. We think that Mangku Pastika who receive an award by the Australian Government represent the hospitality of Bali,” he added.

The governor was very happy to receive that kind of compliment and he also give his gratitude to the Australian people. The governor said that the Balinese also very thankful because the high number of Australian people who visit Bali.

Pastika said that the number of Australian tourists visited Bali is in-

creasing from time to time. In 2009, the number of Australian tourists visited Bali was 550,000 tourists and there will be more increase because there are extra flights to Australia from 70 times to 90 times a month.

Bill Farmer met Mangku Pastika to express the gratitude of the Australian Government to the people and Government of Bali because they have given full attention and assistance to Australian citizen during their stay in Bali Farmer also gave some suggestion to the government such as the security in hotels, restaurants, and tourism sites. The governor also received the new New Zealand Ambassador, David Taylor who replaced Philip Gibson.

Ministry support new airport in Northern Bali Antara

DENPASAR – Tourism and Cultural Ministry supported the plan to build another airport in northern Bali. The new airport could be the perfect solution to solve the overload in Ngurah Rai Airport.

Gede Pitana, the tourism promotion director, said “Indonesian Cultural and Tourism Minister, Jero Wacik, had stated his support on the idea.”

Pitana who be come the

speaker in an international seminar about tourism development, said that the minister hoped that the problem face by Bali can be solved immediately. Pitana said that there two important consideration why the airport is important, first to reduce the over capacity of Ngurah Rai Airport and the second is to balance the traffic between the south and the north.

The southern Bali area is very crowded so the new airport in the northern part is needed to split the traf-

fic. He also gave an example of two small cities, London and Hong Kong which have two major airports.

“Those cities are quite small compare to Bali and they have two airports. There is nor problem with that,” Pitana added. He also explained that Jero Wacik wanted to describe the idea of trains for Bali.

Pitana said “the minister was not referring a slow train for tourists but trains for public transportation.” It is also the plan to reduce the traffic in Bali.

Sate Lilit

(Minced Seafood Satay) OVERVIEW: This probably the most delicious satay you will ever encounter. The delicate flavors of the shrimp and fish are greatly improved if you can find spears of fresh lemongrass to use as skewers, and if you can cook them over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal. Nonetheless, even with wooden skewers and a standard charcoal grill, you will have people coming back more.

INGREDIENTS: 600 gr skinned boneless snapper fillet 1 cup freshly grated coconut or 1½ cups moistened desiccated coconut ½ cup seafood spice paste 5 fragrant lime leaves, chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns, finely crushed 1 tsp salt 3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped 2 tbsp palm sugar Lemon grass or satay skewers PREPARATION: 1. Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or with a chopper.

2. Add all other ingredients & mix well.

3. Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture around a wooden skewer or over trimmed stalks of lemon grass and grill over charcoal until golden brown.

Note: This recipe won’t work with frozen fish. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Jukut Urab

(Mixed Vegetables with Grated Coconut) INGREDIENTS: 100 gr (3 ½ oz) blanched cabbage 100 gr (3 ½ oz) spinach, blanched 100 gr (3 ½ oz) long beans cut in 32,5 cm (line) pieces, blanched 100 gr (3 ½ oz) bean sprouts, blanched 1 large red chili, sliced 1 tbsp grated coconut 2 tbsp fried shallots DRESSINGS: 2 tbsp fried shallots 2 tbsp sliced garlic clove 1 large red chili, seeded and sliced 2 tsp fried chili (Sambal Sereh Tabia) 3 fragrant lime leaves, very finely sliced 4 cm (1½ in) kencur, peeled & chopped ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper ½ teaspoon white sugar 1 tablespoon oil PREPARATION: 1. Cut cabbage into pieces about 2,5 cm by 1 cm (1 in by ½ in).

2. Combine all vegetables, chili, grated coconut and fried shallots in salad bowl and mix well.

For the dressing: Combine all ingredients and mix well in separate bowl. Mix the dressing thoroughly with the vegetables; season to taste with salt, pepper and limejuice. Serve at room temperature. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Taman Sukasada Ujung Karangasem

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TAMAN Sukasada or Sukasada Park is a beautiful park with big fish pond surrounds the old Karangasem Empire heritage building which is used by the Karangasem’s King for day relaxation or meeting place in their era. It is located in Ujung Countryside about 5 Km from Amlapura town. This park is originally met one pool only which is very Ghostlike and very secret called by Di Dirah and this pool at the period of I Gusti Gede Putu King (1849-1893) governance with his brother of Gde Oka (1849-1890) that the around of this pool is functioned as place of exile for the man who alleged to run the black magic (leak).

At the period of I Gusti Bagus Jelantik governance which start to lead the Karangasem Kingdom in the year 1909, this pool area is extended and developed by some pools and also luxury building Bale Gili with European style (modern style), later then it is given the name called Taman Sukasada/ Sukasada Park Ujung Karangasem, that is estimate made in the year of twentieth.

This park is strategically located in the coastal side, south part of Karangasem town and founding a lot of wellspring around the area. If seen from the history aspect, most of all omissions from Karangasem Empire both for Lombok Island and also exist in Bali, altogether area consisted by the pool and Gili building which is exist

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in the middle of pool like Mayura and Narmada Park which are existing in west part of Lombok Island. We can say that this Sukasada Park as a mascot of tourist destinations in east part of Bali because Sukasada Park has been recognized until foreign countries since twenty’s year and more famous again in the year of thirtieth when all foreign tourist start to pay a visit to Bali. King of Karangasem I Gusti Bagus Jelantik who is known as Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem is a Statesman, Man of letters as well as an architect.

He has created a lot of building not even in the form of park but he also done some building which are exist in Puri Agung Karangasem (Karangasem Palace) like gateway which is looking like pagoda.

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BUSINESS Obama rolls out new US business links with Muslim world Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday announced a string of new educational and entrepreneurial exchanges with Muslim nations, in a bid to honor his promise to forge a new beginning with Islam.

Obama delivered a keynote speech at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, hosted by the United States after being announced in his landmark speech to the Muslim world in Egypt last June.

He also thanked Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for offering to host the next such summit in his country next year.

“By listening to each other we have been able to partner with each other,” Obama said, announcing that a new US Global Technology and Innovation fund could “potentially mobilize” two billion dollars of private investment.

“Real change comes from the bottom up, and that is why we are here,” Obama said, comparing the task of fostering innovation and development in Muslim nations to his time as a community organizer in Chicago.

Obama unveiled a series of new partnerships and ventures designed to bring business and social entrepreneurs from Muslim majority nations to the United States and to

send US counterparts to the Islamic world.

“Women in technology fields will have opportunity to come to the United States for internships and professional development,” Obama said.

“Since innovation is central to entrepreneurship, we are creating new exchanges for science teachers, we are forging new partnerships in which high-tech leaders from Silicon Valley will share their expertise.”

Around 250 entrepreneurs are attending the summit from countries across the Muslim world, where America’s image has suffered over wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

The Global Technology and Innovation Fund is backed by the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which has received a deluge of applications for funding.

Each chunk of funding awarded by OPIC is expected to be worth between 25 and 150 million dollars.

AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, April 26, 2010. The summit aims to identify how the US can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.

Electrolux beats expectations, expects growth for rest of 2010 Agence France-Presse

STOCKHOLM - Swedish appliance maker Electrolux on Tuesday topped analyst profit forecasts for the first quarter of 2010 and said it was upbeat for this year as its main markets recovered.

The world’s second biggest white goods maker behind Whirlpool of the US, Electrolux said its net profit for the January-March period was 911 million Swedish Kronor (95 million euros, 127 million dollars), more than

reversing a year-earlier loss of 346 million kronor.

Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected a net profit of 609 million kronor.

“Electrolux’s main markets showed solid recoveries during the first quarter of 2010,” the company said, with North America up for a second consecutive quarter and Europe steady after ten quarters of decline.

As for outlook, the maker of refrigerators, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners said “market demand for ap-

pliances in the group’s main markets is expected to continue to grow throughout the rest of 2010.”

Electrolux’s sales slipped to 25.13 billion kronor from 25.82 billion kronor in the first quarter of 2009.

The company said, however, that sales volumes had grown, led by North America, but that changes in exchange rates dragged down the sales figure.

In a separate statement, chief executive Hans Straaberg warned that prices of certain raw materials continued to rise.

Most Greeks oppose aid request, fear unrest: poll Agence France-Presse

ATHENS - Most Greeks disapprove of Prime Minister Georges Papandreou’s decision to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund and European Union, and fear it will spark social unrest, a poll said Tuesday.

According to the survey for Mega television, the first published since the premier made his request last Friday, 60.9 percent of Greeks are opposed to his government’s move and 70.2 per-

cent do not want the IMF to lend money to Greece.

More than 51 percent of those questioned said they did not believe the government’s economic policy was headed in the right direction and 67.4 percent predicted the aid request would herald social unrest, according to the survey of 1,400 people which was conducted by the Public Opinion organisation.

Greece is trying to nail down an EU-IMF financial package worth 45 billion euros (60 billion dollars) to

ease its mounting debt crisis ahead of a May 19 deadline to pay bondholders some nine billion euros.

Opposition politicians and unions have said the IMF’s involvement will force Greece to undertake even more drastic spending cuts than those currently planned by the government.

Unions have staged a series of strikes in the last few months to protest austerity measures, with clashes between protestors and police frequently breaking out.

Singapore to open second casino Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Singapore throws open the doors of its second casino Tuesday as part of a 5.5 billion US dollar complex built by US gaming giant Las Vegas Sands.

Marina Bay Sands, located next to the financial district, will open at the locally auspicious time of 3:18 pm (0718 GMT). The number eight sounds like the word for prosperity in Chinese.

Singapore gave the green light for casino gambling in 2005, setting off a flurry of construction that went ahead despite the city-state slipping into recession in 2008 because of the global financial crisis.

Its first casino, the 4.4 billion US-dollar Resorts World Sentosa, opened for business on February 14.

Marina Bay Sands was originally set to open at the end of 2009 but faced repeated delays caused by a number of factors, including material and labour shortages and financial problems due to the latest global economic downturn.

Tuesday’s opening includes the casino and 963 out of 2,560 hotel rooms, a portion of the shopping mall, some restaurants, an exhibition centre and the events plaza. The remaining hotel rooms and suites, a skypark and more shops will open on June 23, while a museum, theatres and other stores will start operations later in the year, the management said.

Officials hope the casinos will help Singapore achieve a target of attracting 17 million visitors a year generating over 21 billion US dollars by 2015, boosting the services sector and reducing the role of manufacturing in the economy.

Marina Bay Sands is designed to cater to the corporate and convention crowd while Resorts World is aimed at families.

Built by Malaysia’s Genting Group, the Resorts World complex includes Southeast Asia’s only Universal Studios movie theme park, hotels, restaurants and convention facilities. Las Vegas Sands also has major operations in the Asian gaming haven of Macau.

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Tito Ortiz arrested, accuses partner of drug use MIXED martial arts star Tito Ortiz claims his ex-porn star girlfriend is addicted to Oxycontin, and he’s blaming Jenna Jameson’s drug use for his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence. Ortiz was ar-

rested Monday morning in Huntington Beach at the home he shares with Jameson and their twin sons.

Several hours after posting bail, Ortiz and his attorney accused Jameson of being a drug addict and claimed Ortiz never struck Jameson.

Ortiz is a former UFC light heavyweight champion whose celebrity has eclipsed his MMA accomplishments in recent years. He wept openly at the hastily arranged news conference in North Hollywood. Attorney Chip Matthews says Ortiz found drugs in their home, leading to the confrontation that ended with Ortiz’s arrest.

According to TMZ.com, police arrived at the Huntington Beach house Jameson shares with the mixed martial arts champion after a neighbor reported a disturbance at 9:53 a.m. local time on Monday.

Jameson was reportedly found with “visible injuries”. The pair share two children together, 13-month-old twin boys Jesse and Journey.

Trump says “Amazing Race” doesn’t deserve Emmys Reuters

LOS ANGELES – It wouldn’t be Emmy season without some oldfashioned trash-talking. Donald Trump is taking aim at “The Amazing Race,” the only show to take home the prize for best reality competition since the category’s inception in 2003.

“It’s a shame that ‘Amazing Race’ keeps winning, because it doesn’t deserve to win it,” Trump told the Hollywood Reporter. “It wins every year because they know how to politic the Emmys.”

It just so happens that ‘Race’ is in competition with Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” which The Donald believes — shocker — is having one of its best seasons ever.

He says he fully expects not just an Emmy nomination in the reality competition category (which would be the series’ third, the first two being for non-celebrity cycles)

but a win on August 29.

Well, if that pesky “Race” would just get out of his way.

Trump believes the predictability in the reality competition category has contributed to the recent decline in Emmy ratings (though last year’s telecast was up by more than 1 million viewers from 2008).

“They’ve lost credibility,” Trump says of voters. “Instead of shows that deserve to win, they pick ‘Amazing Race.’ It’s a very sad commentary.”

Perhaps Trump is sore over what happened in 2004, the first year that “Apprentice” and “Race” faced off.

Ever assured, Trump recalls he was halfway out of his seat when the Emmy presenter began announcing “Race” as the winner.

“I was standing up to go down there and pick up the Emmy,” he says. “Incredible. It’s a joke. If the Emmys want their ratings back, they have to pick shows that deserve it.”

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Donald Trump speaks to reporters before cutting a ribbon at the Trump Soho Hotel in New York April 9, 2010.

Jesse James Checks Out Of Rehab SANDRA Bullock’s disgraced husband Jesse James has checked out of the Arizona rehab facility where he sought treatment in the aftermath of his cheating scandal, according to online reports.

The reality TV star checked into rehab in Tucson last month - after tattooed model Michelle McGee went public with claims of an 11month affair with James while he has been married to Bullock. Two other women have since come forward with claims they had affairs

with James, while a fourth mistress is also alleged to have been involved with the reality star during the marriage.

On March 29th, the TV mechanic’s spokesperson Hildie Katibah confirmed he signed up for a 31-day program to undergo coun-

Lindsay Lohan’s Landlord Seeking Restraining Order LINDSAY Lohan’s landlord has joined in the family drama - he wants a restraining order against the actress’ father. The unnamed landlord has reportedly asked his tenant’s lawyer to help him keep Michael Lohan away from his property after two separate incidents last week.

On Thursday, Michael Lohan raided the actress’ apartment with police in a bid to check on his youngest daughter Ali’s welfare, and he turned up again on Saturday, according to the landlord, and caused a commotion when he was asked to leave.

The property owner has since contacted Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, and asked for her help in keeping Michael away. Holley tells TMZ.com, “In light of the landlord’s concerns, I may go to court to keep Michael away.” This news comes as Lindsay and her sister, who lives with the “Mean Girls” star, prepare to file their own restraining orders against their father.

seling for an undisclosed issue.

Katibah added: “He is therefore expected to be unavailable for the next 30 to 60 days.”

James was shown returning to his home in California in a posting on TMZ.com on Monday. Separate photos on the site also show James without his wedding ring - just days after Bullock was snapped ring-less - fuelling reports their split is a permanent one.

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Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests Associated Press Writer

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In this April 21, 2010 photo, Islais Creek just before it is diverted underground near Glen Park in San Francisco. San Francisco is studying the best sites for unearthing these historic creeks, and officials say the first phase of projects would likely start in five to 10 years. Islais Creek, which starts in the city’s Glen Park neighborhood, and Mission Creek, which runs beneath the trendy Mission and South of Market districts, are likely the first candidates.

Plans percolate to revive some SF native creeks Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Riffling through old maps while researching a history project for San Francisco public schools, landscape architect Bonnie Sherk made a discovery: a century ago a creek coursed where two school campuses stand today. “There was Islais Creek, running where Balboa High School is now,” said Sherk. “All of a sudden it made sense: the school’s cafeteria had been flooding and the basements of homes in this neighborhood flood during heavy rains because they’re in this large watershed.”

Two wells have been drilled on the school campuses since Sherk’s discovery a decade ago, tapping the hidden creek’s water to irrigate community gardens, parks and street vegetation, while hopefully reducing the threat of floods. Now, as part of an estimated $4 billion sewer upgrade, Islais Creek and other streams that last saw daylight more than a century ago could flow openly once again through neighborhoods of one of the country’s most densely built cities.

Such “daylighting” of urban creeks is being embraced in cities throughout the world. Seattle, Portland, Ore., Yonkers, N.Y., Providence, R.I., as well as Zurich are among many places reopening long hidden waterways. Resurrecting old creeks can help remove hundreds of millions of gallons of storm water from sewer systems each year — meaning fewer sewage spills and cleaner water.

Covered up during and after the Gold Rush when the city’s booming population created demand for housing, San Francisco’s many creeks were diverted and sent underground into the sewer system — parts of it still utilizing 1850s-era brick pipes.

The water is mixed with the waste and sent to a treatment plant before being expelled into San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. Each year, these rain-swollen creeks often over-

load the system — and about a dozen times a year raw or partially treated sewage spews into the bay and sea.

Currently, Islais Creek, once the city’s largest, can only be seen in a park in the southern part of the city, where it flows into concrete sewer pipes. The only place people can catch a glimpse of Mission Creek is in the basement of the San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal building, a massive brick structure not open to the public and currently owned by a pornography film company. “We want to partially restore the natural hydrology of San Francisco,” said Tyrone Jue, spokesman for San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission, the agency in charge of the project. “It helps the sewer system by reducing flow, beautifies neighborhoods and can bring back natural wildlife that may once have lived in an area.”

San Francisco is studying the best sites for unearthing these historic creeks, and officials say the first phase of projects would likely start in five to 10 years. Islais Creek, which starts in the city’s Glen Park neighborhood, and Mission Creek, which runs beneath the trendy Mission and South of Market districts, are likely the first candidates. Both creeks flow toward the bay through densely packed neighborhoods, which could expose the water to pollutants such as auto

runoff and garbage.

Berkeley in the 1980s opened a stretch of Strawberry Creek in a public park. But after heavy rains the creek filled with a lot of debris. Still, regulators say with proper monitoring and natural filters, opening the creeks can actually improve overall water quality by reducing raw sewage overflows.

“Growing plants and vegetation along the creek banks can be very efficient in filtering pollutants and making sure the water going into the bay is better quality,” said David Smith, manager of Clean Water Act permits for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office in San Francisco. “There’s a lot of environmental benefit in turning streams back into living systems.” Seattle has many urban creeks, most of which have had some sections reopened or restored in recent decades.

These projects have improved water quality and reintroduced wildlife into a populated urban area, said Judith Noble, a strategic adviser for Seattle Public Utilities. Yet the process has been vexing at times, and full of challenges, Noble said. Some creeks have become healthy habitat for spawning salmon and other wildlife, yet other creeks have been polluted from urban runoff, increasing fish deaths. Federal fisheries managers are studying the fish deaths, Noble said, trying to figure out the toxins responsible.

CHICAGO – Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Overall, 314 people studied had all four unhealthy behaviors.

Among them, 91 died during the study, or 29 percent. Among the 387 healthiest people with none of the four habits, only 32 died, or about 8 percent.

The risky behaviors were: smoking tobacco; downing more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.

These habits combined substantially increased the risk of death and made people who engaged in them seem 12 years older than people in the healthiest group, said lead researcher Elisabeth Kvaavik of the University of Oslo. The study appears in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine. The healthiest group included neversmokers and those who had quit; teetotalers, women who had fewer than two drinks daily and men who had fewer than three; those who got at least two hours of physical activity weekly; and those who ate fruits and vegetables at least three times daily.

“You don’t need to be extreme”

to be in the healthy category, Kvaavik said. “These behaviors add up, so together it’s quite good.

It should be possible for most people to manage to do it.” For example, one carrot, one apple and a glass of orange juice would suffice for the fruit and vegetable cutoffs in the study, Kvaavik said, noting that the amounts are pretty modest and less strict than many guidelines. The U.S. government generally recommends at least 4 cups of fruits or vegetables daily for adults, depending on age and activity level; and about 2 1/2 hours of exercise weekly.

Study participants were 4,886 British adults aged 18 and older, or 44 years old on average. They were randomly selected from participants in a separate nationwide British health survey. Study subjects were asked about various lifestyle habits only once, a potential limitation, but Kvaavik said those habits tend to be fairly stable in adulthood. Death certificates were checked for the next 20 years. The most common causes of death included heart disease and cancer, both related to unhealthy lifestyles.

Kvaavik said her results are applicable to other westernized nations including the United States.

June Stevens, a University of North Carolina public health researcher, said the results are in line with previous studies that examined the combined effects of health-related habits on longevity.

The findings don’t mean that everyone who maintains a healthy lifestyle will live longer than those who don’t, but it will increase the odds, Stevens said.

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In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 file photo, an employee takes a drag on a cigarette at Morgan’s Place bar and restaurant in Harrisburg, Pa. Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.

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Magic beat Bobcats 99-90 to complete sweep CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As the final seconds ticked down, Dwight Howard was back in his familiar spot on the bench and coach Stan Van Gundy was steamed at his superstar for fouling out again. Then the buzzer sounded and the Orlando Magic became the first team to advance in the NBA playoffs. Who needs Howard? Not these deep Magic — at least not in the first round.

Vince Carter scored 21 points, Jameer Nelson added 18 and the Magic showcased their depth and pressure shot-making in a 99-90 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday night to complete a sweep of their first-round series. Howard was held to six points in his fourth straight game in foul trouble, but the Magic never flinched to accomplish their first four-game sweep in franchise history. Orlando will face the Atlanta-Milwaukee winner in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

“If you would have told me that he would have averaged well under 30 minutes for the series and we would sweep, I would have said you’re crazy,” Van Gundy said. “I think it’s a testament to our other guys.” Howard did grab 13 rebounds, but was limited to 23 minutes before fouling out for the sec-

ond straight game. The Magic, though, got key contributions and big shots from others.

Rashard Lewis scored 17 points, Matt Barnes added 14 and Orlando held Stephen Jackson to 2-of-11 shooting to overcome Howard’s 22 fouls in the series. “He and I got into it a little bit,” Van Gundy said about their sideline exchange in the last minute. “It wasn’t a bad argument.

My point was he was in the restricted area and he’s got to jump. He’s so frustrated now that what he was trying to say is it wouldn’t matter. But, well, let’s jump and find out. What he did was give them the call.”

Tyrus Thomas scored a career playoff-high 21 points for the Bobcats, whose focus will now immediately turn to nomadic coach Larry Brown’s future with the team. Brown, who has had 13 pro and college coaching jobs, contin-

ues to be the focus of reports for openings around the NBA, including Philadelphia, where his wife and kids live.

But he repeated that he’ll only coach for Bobcats owner Michael Jordan.

“I’m not coaching anywhere but Charlotte,” Brown said. “Now am I going to go home and talk to my wife and kids?

I’ll be 70 years old with two young kids.

Am I going to talk to them and find out what I need to do and am I going to talk to Michael? Yeah, absolutely.”

Could that mean he’d retire or consider a front office job with another team? “That’s hypothetical,” Brown said. “I love coaching more than anything, except my family maybe. ... I’m really, personally, not ready to step down in terms of my desire to keep coaching.” Brown was down after the 6-year-old Bobcats again wilted in a close game in their first playoff appearance.

(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard, right, dunks as Charlotte Bobcats’ Stephen Jackson, left, defends during the second half of the Magic’s 90-86 win in Game 3 of a first round NBA playoff basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, April 24, 2010

Safina reveals another back injury Gulbis sets up Federer could end career clash as Ferrero crashes in Rome tennis Agence France - Presse

STUTTGART, Germany – Former world number one Dinara Safina admitted Monday a repeat of the back injury which has kept her out of tennis since January could potentially end her career.

Safina, who turns 24 on Tuesday, is the second seed at Stuttgart’s WTA tournament but has not played since January’s Australian Open when she was forced to retire at the fourth round stage because of a painful back injury.

An examination later revealed she was suffering from a double

stress fracture and a ruptured muscle in her back. Currently the world number three, the Russian has been receiving intensive treatment since her set-back in Melbourne but admits she is returning with some trepidation to Stuttgart where she was last year’s beaten finalist.

“I am glad to be here, this is my first big test after having come back from my injury,” Safina, who was world number one exactly a year ago, told reporters. “My physio is here and I really want to take it step by step. I only started playing on court again on April 3. Everybody, including my brother Marat (Safin),

Former world number one Dinara Safina, seen here in January 2010, admitted a repeat of the back injury which has kept her out of tennis since January could potentially end her career.…

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told me to take my time but it was really difficult because I wanted to come back on court so badly. Right now I feel safe and comfortable, but I need to watch closely that it stays that way. My back injury is the worst you can get, because if things go wrong again, that might be it for my professional career altogether.”

Safina says her enforced break from tennis has made her realise how much she loves the game and plans to play on for as long as possible. “There is no way that you can go easy on a lower back injury,” she said. “With a broken arm or leg, you can rest it, but with your back it is almost impossible. It has made me realise how much I love tennis. I just want to get back on court. Regarding things like rankings, titles, defending points - who really cares?”

Both former number ones Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters have withdrawn from the tournament with injury, but defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova says she is happy to be back to get some claycourt practice ahead of Roland Garos.

“I love this tournament, it is one of the best on the tour,” said the 24year-old with the French Open set to start on May 23. “The clay surface indoors is slippery and different from outdoor clay, but I like it that way. I do not think of points to defend, rankings or the possible final. These questions I block out completely, I take one match at a time.”

Agence France - Presse

ROME – Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis took little more than an hour to dispose of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-2 at the Rome Masters here Monday to set up a second round clash with world number one Roger Federer. The Swiss master had a first round bye and the big serving Gulbis took only 69 minutes to secure his bid for what he hopes will be an early tournament upset.

Gulbis is ranked only 40th in the world but the 21-year-old has no qualms about his next challenge having taken a set off Federer in Doha earlier this year. “It’s really good that I played him in Doha because the first match against a player like that is the toughest mentally,” he said.

“In Doha in the warm-up I was pretty scared but now I know I can play with him, I won a set, it’s his first match on clay (this year) so I’m not going to think about it. I’ll go on court, play my best and whatever happens is okay. If I lose 6-2, 6-1 I’ll just go on. There’s no need to think about it, thinking about it won’t help you. You have to throw away thoughts about it and you’ll be okay.”

That sort of attitude is typical of the Latvian who admitted that

he is no fan of training and has no intention of forging the type of long and dominant career of his next opponent. “I don’t like practising or spending a lot of hours on court, that’s just not me,” he added.

“I just want to win a Grand Slam, only one and I’ll finish my career.”

Federer warmed up for his clash with Gulbis on Tuesday with a runout in the doubles where he and compatriot Yves Allegro beat Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to progress to the second round.

Reigning champion and world number three Rafael Nadal also found out his second round opponent as German Philipp Kohlschreiber edged Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in a tight three-setter 6-7 (1/7), 6-1, 6-4. With none of the top stars in action on Monday, the highest profile player to take to the courts early on was former world number one and French Open winner Juan Carlos Ferrero.

But the Spanish clay court specialist, who dealt Nadal his sole defeat here two years ago, showed just how far his star has dipped as he was humiliated by Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo 6-0, 63 in under an hour. Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych had a comfortable opener as he beat qualifier Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-3, 6-3.

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Barca can pass way to victory, says Ibrahimovic Agence France - Presse

BARCELONA – Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is confident that if his side are faithful to their style of football then they do not need to be worried about the physical threat from Inter Milan and can turn around their Champions League semi-final tie. Coach Pep Guardiola has constructed an all-conquering side that swept all before them last season but now they face their toughest European test against Inter after losing the first-leg 3-1.

The showdown at the San Siro was about two different styles of football.

The free-flowing open game of Guardiola was pitted against the controlled approach of Jose Mourinho and it was the Inter coach who came out on top. Inter out-fought their opponents, hassling them out of their stride, leading to several Barca players to complain afterwards that the referee was too lenient. There is plenty of belief in Catalonia, though, that Barcelona can impose their own passing game on Inter at the Nou Camp on Wednesday and knock out the Italian champions.

“We will have to press but most importantly we must play our own football. They are going to play strongly and aggressively but we have to be concentrated on our own game,” said Ibrahimovic. “We have to be ready for this war. They are going to exploit their virtues but we cannot

change our way of playing like we did in Milan. We lost because we did not play our usual football, not because they won with their approach. The 31 result looks a heavy defeat but in reality it is the same as 1-0. If you look at our last two Champions League games at home, how many goals did we score? Against Stuttgart it was four and then against Arsenal another four.

We are a team that scores a lot of goals which you need to do if you want to get to the final.”

The tie has extra spice with Ibrahimovic facing the side he left last summer with Samuel Eto’o moving in the opposite direction, but the Swede denies he can be of any real use in giving advice about the Inter camp. “This team is very different from the one in which I played as there are four or five new players which have made the team a lot more complete and so I can’t really help too

much,” he said. “The coach is also very well informed with his scouts but if he asks me anything of course I will do what I can.”

Meanwhile Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has urged the public to fill the Camp Nou stadium and cheer on the Spanish side during their Champions League semi-finals second leg against Inter Milan. “I hope the Camp Nou makes history. I hope it will be a Camp Nou as it has never been seen before, that there is not one empty seat and when the players enter the pitch they hate their profession for 90 minutes,” he told a news conference on Monday.

“What I want is for the fans to encourage Barcelona and that there be zero violence. That the fans be with us and so they will feel alone,” the Spanish international added. Barcelona are looking to overcome their 3-1 loss to Inter Milan during the first leg.

Inter hit by Sneijder blow ahead of Barca return Milan -

Inter Milan’s preparations for their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona have been rocked by an injury to influential midfielder Wesley Sneijder. The Dutch player was substituted at half time during Inter’s 3-1 win Serie A over Atalanta on Saturday, a result that took Jose Mourinho’s men top of the table.

The club confirmed that tests on Sunday have shown Sneijder has pulled the rectus femoris muscle in his left leg’’ and though they did not reveal how long he will be sidelined for the 25-year-old is almost certain to be sidelined for the trip to the Nou Camp on Wednesday The Nerazzurri will be defending a 3-1 lead from the first leg, when Sneijder scored one goal and set up another for striker Diego Milito.

Meanwhile the Inter president Massimo Moratti is unwilling to let his mind wander to thoughts of a fifth consecutive Scudetto and has pledged that everyone at Inter Milan is fully fo-

cused on Wednesday’s Champions League tie against Barcelona. Inter assumed control of the Serie A title race once again at the weekend when their 3-1 win over Atalanta, coupled with Roma’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sampdoria, saw the Nerazzurri move two points clear at the top of the table with three games remaining.

But for Inter - and owner Moratti, who has never seen his beloved club lift the Champions League - Europe is the priority as they attempt to hold onto their 3-1 advantage from the first leg and defeat reigning Champions Barcelona to reach the final in Madrid. “We are already projected towards Wednesday evening’s game in Barcelona,” Moratti told the club’s official website. “We are all concentrated on this very important Champions League game. As for the rest, there might be a point more or a point less in the championship but there are still three important matches to go until the end of the season, both for us and for Roma. We will see [about the title]. For now we are thinking about Barcelona.”

Inter Milan’s preparations for their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona have been rocked by an injury to influential midfielder Wesley Sneijder

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Barcelona’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates having scored during a match against Jerez on April 24 in Barcelona.

Ibrahimovic is confident that if his side are faithful to their style of football then they do not need to be worried about the physical threat from Inter Milan and can turn around their Champions League semi-final tie.

Gerrard sees Reds confidence flooding back Agence France - Presse

LIVERPOOL – Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool’s season could yet end on a high with the club back in contention for a top four finish in the Premier League as well as gunning for the Europa League trophy. A deeply disappointing campaign had seemed destined for a dispiriting finale after Fernando Torrees was forced to undergo his second knee operation in three months.

But a 3-0 win over West Ham last Monday followed by Sunday’s 4-0 defeat of Burnley - Liverpool’s first away victory in eight attempts - has proved they can score goals without their leading striker. Gerrard, the Liverpool captain, wants to see that form carried over into Thursday’s Europa League semifinal second leg meeting with Atletico Madrid and Sunday’s showdown with Chelsea.

“I won’t lie. Sometimes when you lose your top striker, it can damage belief and affect your confidence but this was much better,” Gerrard reflected after claiming two of the goals against Burnley. It was important we scored a few goals against Burnley and won convincingly. We are now going to pile everything into Thursday’s game, which can’t come quickly enough. The players are up for it and we have to leave every bit of sweat and blood out on that

pitch on Thursday. Let’s hope we don’t have to score a lot of goals and we can win it with two. But if they score we have to score three; we’ll have to adapt during the game and do whatever it takes to win.”

“There have been many occasions when we’ve had our backs to the wall and people have doubted us but we go into every game believing we can win and do anything possible to win on the night. But we have done it before and we hope to do it again.” Gerrard has struck up a good understanding with January signing Maxi Rodriguez in recent weeks but the Argentinian will be ineligible for Thursday’s match, having played for Atletico earlier in the season.

The England midfielder added: “It would have been great to have him on Thursday because he’s an intelligent player who can unlock defences. “He is on the same wavelength and, as a footballer, it is a pleasure to play with good players and that is what Maxi is, a fantastic player.” In the league, Liverpool’s hopes of a fourth-place depend on them winning their final two matches. That would take them to 68 points and Tottenham, the side currently in fourth, already have 64 with three games left to play. We know it is going to be difficult but, who knows, the clubs above us might slip up,” Gerrard said.

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McLaren not satisified with MP4-25 speed MARTIN Whitmarsh insists that McLaren cannot be satisfied with the speed of its car, despite leading the world championship standings heading into the start of the European season. Although the Woking-based outfit has made the most of the opportunities that have come its way in the first four races, with Jenson Button’s two victories helping him lead the drivers’ standings, team principal Whitmarsh thinks there is plenty of work to do to extract more pace from the MP4-25.

Martin Whitmarsh insists that McLaren cannot be satisfied with the speed of its car, despite leading the world championship standings heading into the start of the European season

Rossi relieved by three-week break VALENTINO Rossi is relieved to have been granted a three-week break between the first and second MotoGP races of the year, to allow his injured shoulder more time to recover. The postponement of the Motegi race until October, due to the travel crises caused by the ash cloud from the Icelandic volanco, gave the world champion an extra weekend to get over the injury he sustained falling off a motocross bike. He is confident that he will be close to full strength this weekend at Jerez.

“It was a pity not to go to Japan, but we will go in October now and for me it was quite lucky to have this extra week,” said Rossi. “I didn’t hurt myself badly in the motocross fall but my shoulder was quite sore so it was good to give it more time to recover. I don’t know yet how much it will affect me this weekend, I hope not too much.”

“The win in Qatar was fantastic, but we saw there that we are lacking in some areas compared to our rivals so we have work to do. I love to race at Jerez, the atmosphere is amazing and I have fantastic fans in Spain. Last year I had a great win and I hope we can challenge again this time.” Rossi is leading the standings after one round, ahead of Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso.

Valentino Rossi is relieved to have been granted a three-week break between the first and second MotoGP races of the year, to allow his injured shoulder more time to recover

“There is no secret that we will keep pushing,” said Whitmarsh, who is well aware that Red Bull has secured pole position at every race so far.

“We have a new package that we are bringing for Barcelona and for every race we have demonstrated over the years that we can improve the car, race on race, and that is what we have got to do. “All the teams will be doing that and we just have to do it at a quicker rate. We are closer than we have been, we are not satisfied with the car, and we have to improve it and have to make it quicker.”

Whitmarsh also admitted that his team was left slightly frustrated by the way Formula 1’s ride-height control controversy panned out - having been given the go-ahead to develop its own version prior to the FIA outlawing it after the Malaysian Grand Prix. “It was understood some time ago by previous rulings that you could not have specific parts that move in relation to the sprung mass which have influence on the aerodynamics of the car,” he said.

“From that we were given that you could not have parts in the suspension system that moved the ride height, but we sensed that maybe some teams were taking advantage of that capability, quite possibility legitimately. We enquired with the FIA and we were surprised when we were told that such systems were legal. On the basis of that, we started to develop such systems and we intended

to have such a system in China. Then, before the race, we were told that the FIA had reconsidered that position and that such systems were no longer legal - so we had wasted a bit of time.

We are not trying to be critical of the FIA, because in fairness Charlie [Whiting] and the FIA have 12 teams diligently pestering them trying to get rulings, twists and turns in the regulations and interpretations, but I was surprised when we had a positive ruling, and delighted because we are about creative engineering and we enjoy those sort of challenges.”

“So it was shame we could not introduce it, it would have given us a little bit of an advantage but we couldn’t do it, so we move on. That is the nature of it. The FIA has to make difficult decisions. It can always do things better, but it would have been nice if we had had a clear no at the outset but we didn’t.” Despite being forced to abandon its suspension plans, Whitmarsh says there is still plenty of scope for McLaren to bring more pace to its current car. “We can generate more downforce, we can bring on more aerodynamic efficiency, we can make is less sensitive, we can make it lighter, we can do all those things. That is our job and that is what we enjoy chasing and pursuing. If every now and again the regulations throw up an unexpected opportunity, we will jump on it. This [ride-height affair] momentarily threw one up, we jumped on it but ultimately couldn’t exploit it.”