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Surfers carry out the paddle for peace activity during the Kuta Karnival event

Singer Bruno Mars facing cocaine charge in Vegas PAGE 12

Kuta Karnival Need to be Evaluated Mangupura (Bali Post) -

The vice of Badung Regent, I Wayan Sudikerta, said that Kuta Karnival event must be evaluated. The evaluation is very important to make the event stays on the right track. “We agree that the event evaluated gradually. Evaluation is very important to determine the direction of the next Kuta Karnival. We don’t want the event change it course from the original purposes,” he added.

The lack of artists from Badung regency participating on the event is also must be evaluated. Kuta Karnival should become the place to dig, preserve, as well as promoting the local art

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and culture where local artists become they key member of it.

Sudikerta hoped that in the future, the participation of local artists must be increased.

However, Sudikerta didn’t

agree that the event erased from the yearly agenda. Kuta Karnival is highly needed as the tool to develop and preserve the local culture in Badung. The event also could attract tourists to visit Bali.

“The way of the carnival run must be evaluated but Kuta Karnival must be held every year,” he added. The event was criticized by the member of Badung House of Representative. The event which uses the regency budget is lacking local art and culture.

Some of the member even suggested that the event must not be held anymore because it is not suitable with the original purpose.(kmb25)

Germany celebrates 20 years since reunification Agence France Presse

BERLIN – Germany Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of its reunification when the capitalist West and communist East merged after decades of Cold War division that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Several hundred thousand people were expected in the northern city of Bremen, which is hosting the celebrations this year, for street parties and events led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was brought up in East Germany.

In a video podcast on the eve of the celebrations, Merkel paid tribute to East Germans for having “the courage to fight for freedom.”

“At the same time, there was a

huge wave of solidarity from the people in West Germany. It is thanks to these joint efforts that we have been able to rebuild so quickly and make Germany a country that is respected in the World.” Also expected to attend the reunification celebrations were European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

US President Barack Obama congratulated the country, praising “the courage and conviction of the German people that brought down the Berlin Wall, ending decades of painful and artificial separation.”

The peaceful reunification of East and West Germany was a “historic achievement,” he said.

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AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Left-wing protestors of the so-called black block are confronted by police during a demonstration against the reunification celebrations on October 2, 2010 in the northern German city of Bremen as the country prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the reunification of its western and eastern part on October 3, 2010.

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Bali News Australian arrested with drugs in Bali Agence France Presse

DENPASAR - An Australian man was arrested Friday with 1.7 kilograms (3.4 pounds) of methamphetamine in his luggage at Bali International Airport in Indonesia, police and customs officials said. He told customs officials he had been given a bag by an Indian friend in Bangkok and had no idea it contained drugs, according to investigators. “We arrested Michael Sacatides because he was carrying 1.7 kilogrammes of methamphetamine,” customs official Bagus Endro Wibowo told AFP. The 43-year-old boxing trainer from Sydney could face the death penalty if convicted of smuggling the drugs into Indonesia.He was arrested as he passed through customs after landing on an AirAsia flight from Bangkok at 11:30 am (0430 GMT), Wibowo said.

“We suspected him as he walked through the X-ray machine. The officers checked his luggage and found four plastic bags of meth,” he said. “After being interrogated he said he got the meth from an Indian national in

Bangkok.” The drugs are reportedly worth 2.8 billion rupiah (314,000 dollars) at Indonesian street prices.

Sacatides was presented to reporters wearing an orange shirt emblazoned with the word “pelaku” or criminal, but was not allowed to speak directly to the media. Officials said he claimed to have come to Bali on holiday and had a return ticket to Bangkok on October 4.

“He said the luggage belonged to his Indian friend in Bangkok who lent it to him and he didn’t

know about the drugs inside,” Bambang Wahyudi airport customs chief Ngurah Rai said. Three Australians are currently on death row in Bali’s Kerobokan jail for a 2005 attempt to smuggle 8.3 kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin into Australia from the tourist island. Six other members of the so-called Bali Nine gang are serving long jail sentences.

Another Australian, Schapelle Corby, is serving a 20-year sentence in Bali for trafficking 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into Indonesia in 2005.

Eroded by sea waves

Abutment of Campuhan Windu Segara Temple broken down Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Due to the swift streams of water at the confluence of Ayung River with the waters of Padanggalak Sea, Kesiman, the abutment of Segara Campuhan Windu Temple broke down.

Ironically, the abutment having broken down since two years ago has not been repaired until now.

Even, at this moment the wall of gazebo and psalmodic pavilion in the temple also collapsed as eroded by sea waves, particularly during the tidal waves.

Temple priest of Campuhan Windu Segara Temple, Padanggalak, Jro Mangku I Gede Alit Adnyana when met in the temple on Saturday (Oct 2) said the breakdown of pavilion’s walls in the temple took place during the full moon on Thursday (Sep 23). At that time, tidal sea water hit the foundation of pavilion lo-

cated on the edge of the Ayung River.

In reality, the distance of building from the river side reached six meters.

Jro Mangku said the damage to both buildings in the temple was getting faster when the abutment in the north of the temple broke down.

Since there was no other barrier, the water had eroded the temple on the northern outskirts adjacent to the streams of Ayung River. “When the tide is coming in, its height reached the bottom of the building,” he said.

As supporting devotee of the temple, his party expected the concerns of government to fix the broken abutment. Otherwise, his party had confidence that the building and shrines of the temple venerated by the Hindus in Bali would also be eroded. “Now, we have one gazebo and has been eroded by water,” said Jro Mangku Alit while observing the condition of the temple’s periphery.

He said the length of brokendown abutment reached 20 meters with the width of 2 to 6 meters.

Under these conditions, the two buildings in the temple thronged

by Hindu devotees across Bali began to be threatened. “If it is not immediately addressed, I am afraid some of these shrines will be eroded,” he said.

The temple frequently used by the Hindus for melukat (purificatory rite), bayuh oton, melasti, and other purification has now been overrun by devotees. For that purpose, as supporting devotee of the temple expected the relevant institution could make improvements, especially in the northern abutment.

If the abutment has been good, all buildings in the temple area are also safe from scouring of the sea water and streams of the Ayung River. (kmb12)

AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Australian boxing trainer Michael Sacatides sits next to the evidence, 1.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, at the Custom office in Denpasar on October 1, 2010. Sacatides was arrested on October 1 carrying 1.7 kilogrammes (3.4 pounds) of methamphetamine in his luggage at Bali International Airport in Indonesia, police said. If convicted of smuggling the drugs into Indonesia the Australian could face the death penalty.

Happy Salma’s Wedding,Traffic Flow Diverted in Ubud Gianyar (Bali Post) –

Actress Happy Salma from Sukabumi, held her wedding with Tjokorda Bagus Dwi Santana Kethyasa, son from Puri Ubud public figure Tjokorda Raka Kerthyasa, S.Sos. MSI on Sunday (3/10).

The wedding took place at the central of Ubud sub district which is the Puri Ubud. This will cause more traffic and so Gianyar Transportation Agency will divert the routes there.

Head of Gianyar Transportation and Information Communication, Ida Bagus Gaga Adisaputra, last Saturday (2/10) mentioned the diversion was not only for the wedding but also for a Pengabenan (cremation) ceremony in Padang Tegal Traditional Village. So it needs a temporary diversion between 8 am to 10 pm local time.

Cok Sudarsana Street will be let two ways traffic. Busses from the east won’t be let in and will be diverted to park at Jaba Pura Dalam Puri Peliatan. Suweta Street will be only one way to the north, Dewi Sita Street will be one way from the east, Wenara Wana Street/ Monkey Forest Street will be two ways from Lapangan Astina Ubud

until Simpang Puri (Catus Pata), meanwhile Hanoman Street will have a selective closure from three way Dewi Sita until three way Bebek Bengil during the Pengabenan Ceremony.

For the road users who are going to Kedewataan and doesn’t have any important plans to Ubud can choose an alternative to Simpang Banjar Kalah Peliatan towards Pengosekan-Tebongkang, and for those road users who came from Payangan/Kedewatan who is going to Gianyar and doesn’t have important plans in Ubud is hoped not to go through Kedewatan – Ubud – Persimpangan Br. Ambengan.

Meanwhile for the wedding, it is not known it will open for public, especially for reporters or not. Because before, when Happy Salma went through Sudha Wadani ceremony (changing religion to Hindu), in Villa Ibah, Ubud, last Wednesday (29/9), reporters are forbidden to go in. Although from information given, Happy Salma and his husband will held a press conference at 1.30 pm local time after their wedding which will be in Puri Saren Kauh Ubud, Raya Ubud Street, Gianyar, Bali (kmb16)

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Respect regulation to avoid ‘jumping on the bandwagon’

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The Trisila Bhakti II Passenger Motor Ship that is failed to dock on Gilimanuk harbor.

Dragged By Wind, Boat Failed to Dock Negara (Bali Post)-

Trisila Bhakti II Passenger Motor Ship (KMP) last Saturday failed to dock between Ponton pier and Movile Bridge (MB) 2 pier, Gilimanuk Harbour. Luckily the ship owned by PT Trisila Latu made in 2009 was not carrying any passengers as it was going to change pier.

The ship which just came from Ketapang around 11.30 am local time and have already taken out items in Ponton pier. Then the ship captain Suburhati Lase was about to move that ship to MB 2 pier which is not far. But after rope was taken off all of a sudden strong wind caused the boat to go around and going to an unwanted direction. Ship was pushed to the shallow waters

and aground. A number of the ship workers tried to take the boat out but it failed as strong winds still blew off. They then tied the end of the ship so slowly it gets off from the sands.

Around half an hour the ship then landed in MB 2. Not waiting any longer, new vehicles passengers straight away went in the ship and sailed to Ketapang.

Gilimanuk Harbormaster, Dewa

Nyoman Kari, confirmed the incident and clarified it happened due to the weather condition. Even ship failed landing yet it can operate straight away because there is no damage on the ship, “The ship failed landing above sands not corals, so there is no damage on the body.”

Kari asked the ship captain to be aware of the never ending changing weather in Bali Strait. (sur)

Banjar Meeting Area Suggested Free ABT Tax Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Under soil water (ABT) tax that has been agreed to be one of the regional rules (perda) will be sure starting from year 2011. in this perda there are some tax objects that are free from taxes such as households, praying places, also embassies. Although, Democrat Party Fraction also hoped in this rule to make banjar meeting area (balai banjar) to be free from this tax as well.

This was clarified by the party’s Secretary from Denpasar House of Representatives, Ir. AA Susruta Ngurah Putra in the middle of a the house’s meeting last Friday (1/10). This suggestion was purposed to give a public facility owned by banhar is free from the ABT tax as activities in the balai banjar are loads and if it gets taxes then

it will disadvantage a well going banjar.

Meanwhile, the general view of the party’s fraction stated by the speaker I Made Sukarmana, SH, asked those taxes collected to be then used for environment preservation and to develop infrastructures for water sources. So for the future the use of clean water from ABT can be lessening.

Not only that, the fraction also hoped for the City Government’s seriousness to find alternative sources especially good for environment ones and won’t damage the environment surrounding it, “One of the examples are to make sea waters to become ready drink waters.”

Not far from Democrat’s view, Indonesian Democratic Party of

Struggle (PDI-P) also pressured the importance of saving the environment in the spirit of this ABT rules.

Although, in it’s realisation, this rule is hoped not to cause the public burden in its fee.

Meanwhile, Labour Party (Golkar) Fraction, Indonesia Raya Fraction and joint fractions also accepted ABT rule to be a regional rule yet in its operation later it is hoped through a well done acknowledged especially in its fees.

Besides ABT rules, in the house’s meeting led by the Vice of the House of Representatives AA Ngurah Wira Bima Wikrama, also agreed on officialising fee on land and building rights, rules on regional finance managing. (kmb12)

Customary village disputes in Bali are now popping up again in various places. Some disputes are external in nature, while others are of internal. Different efforts had been attempted by the authorities with the hopes they would not escalate. However, to what extent the awig-awig or customary village regulations can play its role in resolving the disputes?

Actually, it has something to do with various primordial ties. Similarly, the kinship system in Bali practicing the concept of parasparos salunglung sabayantaka or tolerance and harmony is believed to have been able to brought peace to the island of thousand temples. Unfortunately, due to be triggered by trivial problems the harmony previously becoming the main attraction to tourists has now potentially changed into the ripples of disunity.

An expert of customary law, Prof.

Dr. Wayan P. Windia, regretted the conflict occurred in the customary villages lately. As a matter of fact, it would not be going to happen if each party was aware of the customary regulations making the village into a single entity. It was one of the legal instruments used to regulate the order of life in the customary village from ancient times until nowadays. Customary regulation had a strategic role in creating the peace of villages.

Meanwhile, discussing about the role of customary regulation in the resolution of customary disputes means to talk about the customary village or desa pakraman because customary regulation is made to regulate the village’s life. It is hard to imagine the discussion about customary regulation can be done completely without in-depth understanding about the administrative village or desa dinas.

This professor in faculty of law of Udayana University stated that customary regulation remained to keep some weaknesses. It was more focused to regulate the internal life of the customary village, especially its villagers and virtually did not touch the existence of guess and regional migrants in the customary village. If any, the regulation was so vague and usually mentioned in the form of perarem or addendum that might vary from a customary village to another. “Customary conflict is also enabled by the absence of collective awareness to behave consistently and consequently in respect to the matters related to the existence of customary regulations,” he explained.

Similar views were also given by Dewa Putu Eka Wijaya Wardana.

He said the current situation and condition of the society had changed completely due to the impact of globalization and the change of times. Something previously considered taboo had now become a commonplace as it was

encouraged by commercial interests.

This officer of Justice and Human Rights Bureau of Bali Province declared that every single solution of dispute would always be associated with the customary regulation.

The problem now, whether all customary villages had governed the settlement of disputes occurred in the customary village. Customary regulation actually had provided an indication that customary village had an obligation that should be obeyed. When the obligation was not adhered there would be an imposition of sanctions in accordance with the level of violation.

What happens if the conflict involves an outside party? According to Dewa Putu Eka Wijaya Wardana, of course the solution would need the understanding of all parties. “In response to this issue, if we examine it more profoundly, the customary regulation has given a solution as mentioned in the content,” he said.

If the disputes involved external party or other customary village it would require other parties to mediate. However, the mediator should be trustworthy and neutral, impartial to one of the parties getting involved in the disputes. Both parties should give full confidence to those given the trust as a mediator. Meanwhile, if it belonged to internal dispute, it could be first resolved by administrators of the customary village. Then, if both parties were unsatisfied, it could be resolved at the level of Kertha Desa or advisory council of customary village.

“When the solution has been reached at the level Kertha Desa, then all parties must comply with any decision taken,” he said.

Koti Cantika, an administrator of Governing Council of Bali Customary Village, stated that customary regulation should provide a space of settlement in case there were problems involving external parties of the customary village or even among the customary villages. Customary disputes occurred should be resolved by parties that really understood about religion, customs and Balinese culture as well as had honesty and impartiality. More importantly, the election of prajuru or administrators of customary village should avoid suryak siu or jumping on the bandwagon.

This lecturer in Faculty of Law, Udayana University, also recommended the imposition of fine as resolution of dispute other than understanding about the substance of customary regulation. Additionally, it should not blame on the customary village with sadripu (six enemies) and sapta timira (seven forms of benightedness) concept. As a matter of fact, there was honorable objective because the settlement of any dispute did not look for lose and win, but it was a win-win solution. (sub)

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Brazil to pick successor for popular president AP

SAO PAULO – Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country’s first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor.

Rousseff, a 62-year-old former guerrilla, represents the ruling Workers Party and is the hand-chosen successor of outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led Brazil to unparalleled economic growth and increasing political clout on the global stage.

The latest polls show her with a lead of about 20 percentage points over her closest rival, Jose Serra, a 68-year-old centrist from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party who was heavily defeated by Silva in the 2002 election.

The campaign has been short on substance and long on arguing about who would more efficiently continue the policies of the Silva presidency — eight years during which some 20.5 million people have been lifted from poverty.

Rousseff spent Saturday at Silva’s side working crowds in the industrial city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, just outside Sao Paulo, Silva’s hometown and a Workers Party stronghold. Trying to fight any complacency among her supporters, Rousseff downplayed

her lead in the polls and testily deflected questions about where she might hold a victory party.

Instead, she spoke of economic advances under Silva, who is popularly referred to as Lula. Rousseff laid claim to his legacy, saying she was the candidate to transform Brazil into an economic power that leaves nobody behind.

“We are only going to do it with the path that President Lula has opened,” Rousseff said. “I do not believe in a developed nation that has a part of its population marginalized.

My goal is to continue President Lula’s work at eradicating poverty.”

Despite an ethics scandal that received heavy media coverage in the final weeks of the race, Rousseff’s numbers barely ticked down and polls put her on the cusp of winning an outright majority Sunday and avoiding a runoff Oct. 31.

Nevertheless, Serra, who has struggled through a campaign that analysts said lacked focus and failed to resonate with many voters, expressed confidence that he would

make it to a second round for another four weeks of campaigning during which voters could examine the candidates more closely.

“On Monday, it all begins again,” he said while campaigning in Sao Paulo on Saturday. “We are going to a second-round vote for the good of the country.”

If the election does go to a runoff, it could be due to spoiler candidate Marina Silva, a former environment minister who is not related to the president.

In recent weeks, the Green Party candidate’s standing in the polls rose from a steady 10 percent throughout the campaign to about 14 percent in the wake of the ethics scandal.

Yet even if forced into a runoff, Rousseff is widely expected to become Brazil’s next president.

“A second round would pit Dilma against Serra, but the difference between the two is too large to be breached in such a short period of time,” said Amaury de Souza, a Rio de Janeiro-based political analyst. “Unless there is a new catastrophic disclosure regarding corruption or Dilma’s health, she will win the second round.”

About 135 million voters will also cast ballots for governors, mayors and state and federal houses of Congress.

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff

Wife of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew dies at 89 AP

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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2008 file photo, an Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns

US to warn Americans in Europe to be vigilant AP

WASHINGTON – The State Department plans to caution Americans traveling in Europe to be vigilant because of heightened concerns about a potential al-Qaida terrorist attack aimed at U.S. citizens and Europeans.

Senior U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the “alert” will be issued Sunday for travelers’ guidance. The alert is general in nature and will not focus on any specific country, location or tourist sites.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement has been made.

The action falls short of a formal “travel warning” which could have broader implications including a stronger likelihood of canceled airline and hotel bookings. It also will not urge travelers to stay away from public places.

SINGAPORE – Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his “tower of strength,” and mother of the citystate’s current prime minister, died Saturday. She was 89.

Kwa suffered a stroke and brain hemorrhage in 2008 and had been bedridden and unable to speak since then.

Kwa “passed away peacefully at home,” the Prime Minister’s Office

said in a statement. It did not specify the cause of death.

She is survived by her husband, two sons — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Hsien Yang — and a daughter, neurologist Lee Wei Ling.

Lee Kuan Yew, who is 87, stepped down as prime minister in 1990 but continues to wield influence in his son’s Cabinet under the title of minister mentor. He is also in frail health and was hospitalized Wednesday with a chest infection.

Although sometimes criticized as

too authoritarian, Lee is credited with transforming Singapore from a sleepy port city into a gleaming regional center for commerce and a model of social order and low corruption.

Born on Dec. 21, 1920, to a wellto-do family, Kwa attended Methodist Girls’ School and Raffles Institute in Singapore and England’s Cambridge University, where she studied law as a Queen’s Scholar.

Kwa met fellow Cambridge student Lee in 1944 and the two married in Singapore in 1950.

FILE - FILE - In this Spet. 16, 2003 file, Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Kwan Yu, left, and his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, center, along with their son Lee Hsien Loong, then Singapore’s deputy prime minister, observe the senior Lee’s 80th Birthday in Singapore.

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AVC give ‘’Win 8 Nights Accomodation’’ prize Denpasar (Bali Post) -

Accor Vacation Club (AVC) gave a prize of the program ‘’Win 8 Nights Accomodation’’ to the winner recently. The winner of the program will stay for 8 nights in one of the Accor in Asia Pacific.

Elisa Krismayanti, the Hotel Linkage Operation Manager Accor Vacation Club, said that the ballot was done on Wednesday, September 15th 2010 in Accor Vacation Club, Gallery Building Novotel Nusa Dua Hotel and Residence. There were 8,343 coupons on the ballot and only one is lucky to win the prize.

The ballot was witnessed by the representative of the police department, Bali’s Social Department, Cok Istri Ayusawati, Bali Welfare Biro, I Gusti Ayu Wahyuni, and notary, I Made Mertajaya.

Elisa explained that the coupons were taken from several Accor hotel group in Bali and other companies which is affiliated with AVC in Jakarta. After the ballot, the winner was directly notified through phone.

“The winner of the prize is the

couple Sri Hesti Endah Karyanti and Tidar Prima Perwira from eastern Jakarta,” she added.

The winner came to Accor Vacation Club in Jakarta which is located on Wisma 46 Kota BNI Lt.25 suite 2505 on September 22nd 2010. They received the award which was handed by the President Director of Accor Vacation Club Mike Winlaw Sri Hesti said that she is very happy to receive the prize and she even admitted that she forgot had joined the program. “I was afraid that it was only a forgery but after I received the award then I believe,” she added.

Hesti said she and the family will use the prize to stay in Novotel Qlarke Quay in Singapore for 5 days during the New Year. Elisa said that by giving away prizes, Vacation Club want to socialize the hotels under Accor management especially those in Indonesia. AVC also wants to promote Accor Vacation Club through the program.

Currently, Accor Vacation Club has 1,400 members and the member system can be used by family members of colleague.

Temple Ceremony Calendar of Event (Sep 24- Oct 7, 2010) 25st – “Saraswati” holiday, the day devoted to Sanghyang Aji Saraswati symbolized as a beautiful goddess of knowledge, sciences and arts, when blessing ceremony is given to holy scriptures of science and arts, held at every family compound.

Temple Festival at: Pr. Watugunung, Bima, NTB. Pr. Agung Jagat Kerana, Surabaya Pr. Aditya Jaya Rawamangun, Jakarta Pr. Agung Wiraloka Natha, Cimahi, Jabar Pr. Giri Jaya Natha,Balikpapan, Berneo.

Pr. Bhuwana Suci Saraswati, Ds. Ngaruaru, Kec. Banyudono, Boyolali,Solo, Jawa Tengah.

Pr. Pasek Tangkas Gempinis, Dalang, Tabanan Pr. Pasek Gelgel Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pr. Dadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Koriagung, Ds Gerih, Abiansemal Mr.Pulasari/Sentana Dalem Tarukan, Ds. Penida Kelod, Bangli.

Mr.Pasek Kubakal, Ds. Kapal.

Mr.Pasek, Ds. Dalung.

Pr. Pasek Dukuh Ambengan, Ds. Sebudi.

Pr. Pemaksan , Ds. Bandalem, Buleleng.

26th –“Banyu Pinaruh” day, when the Balinese mostly go to the beaches, river and spring to purify them selves and pray for wisdom with early in the morning Pr. Gaduh, Ds. Sesetan, Denpasar.

27th -

.Temple Festival at: Pr. Jati, Jembrana.

Pr. Kawitan Batu Gaing, Bangli.

Pr. Tirta Wening, Tambaksari, Surabaya.

Pr. Desa Linggawana Kertha Mandala, Ds. Abang, Karangasem.

29th – “Pagerwesi”, holiday, the word literally means “iron fence” when Hindu followers worship “Sanghyang Pramesti Guru” as lord of universe and pray for strong mental defence against any negative temptations. Held at every family temple and holy place throughout Bali.

Temple Festival at: Pr. Labaan Sindhu Jiwa, Ds. Kedewatan, Ubud.

Pr. Kahen, Bangli Pr. Wirabuana, Magelang, Jateng Pr. Padangsakti Tangtu, Kesiman Pr. Jogan Agung, Ketewel, Sukawati Pr. Gaduh Pengiasan, Dauh Puri, Denpasar Pr. Siwa/Pasek Tohjiwa, Penebel Pr. Pasek Ketewel, Sempidi, Mengwi Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Buruan Kaja, Tabanan Pr. Pasek Gobleg, Kerambitan Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Meliling, Tabanan Pr. Masceti Selasih, Sanding, Tampaksiring Pr. Dalem Ularan, Br. Tatasan Kaja, Denpasar Mr. Pasek Gaduh, Buduk Mr.Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Kelabang Moding.

Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Sekalan Marga Pr. Sada Br. Gaduh Desa Kaba kaba, Kediri, Tabanan Mr.Pasek Gelgel , Depaha, Ds. Depaha, Kubutambahan, Buleleng.

Pr. Desa Linggawana, Kertamandala, Abang, Karangasem Pr. Lebah Ubud

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Egypt unearths 3,400-year-old granite statues AP

CAIRO – Archaeologists have unearthed the upper part of a double limestone statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture said Saturday.

A ministry statement said the team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered the 4-foot (1.3-meter) by 3-foot (0.95-meter) statue of Amenhotep III in Kom el-Hittan, the site of the pharaoh’s mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor.

The temple is one of the largest on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor.

The statue portrays Amenhotep III wearing the double crown of

Egypt, which is decorated with a uraeus, and seated on a throne next to the Theban god Amun.

Amenhotep III, who was the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, ruled in the 14th century B.C. at the height of Egypt’s New Kingdom and presided over a vast empire stretching from Nubia in the south to Syria in the north.

The pharaoh’s temple was largely destroyed, possibly by floods, and

little remains of its walls. But archaeologists have been able to unearth a wealth of artifacts and statuary in the buried ruins, including two statues of Amenhotep made of black granite found at the site in March 2009.

In this undated hand out picture released, Saturday, Oct.2, 2010,

by Egypt’s superme council of antiquities

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20 kidnapped in Mexican Japan FM downplays ‘bad neighbour’ label on China resort city of Acapulco AP

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Gunmen kidnapped 20 men who were traveling together in Mexico’s Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday.

A shootout between drug gangs, meanwhile, left 14 people dead in remote town in the northern state of Durango, Mexican newspapers reported.

The group of men in Acapulco was visiting from the western city of Morelia and looking for a place to stay when they were abducted Thursday, said Fernando Monreal, director of state investigative police in Guerrero state, where the resort city is located.

He said the kidnapping was reported by a man who had been with the group.

The man told police that he and another fellow traveler had left the others to go a store and when they returned their companions were gone.

Witnesses said the men — who ranged in age from 17 to 47 — were kidnapped by an armed gang that drove them away in the four cars in which the group had been traveling. Police later found the cars abandoned near the kidnapping site.

unable to locate the man since he reported the kidnapping Friday.

The man left a cell phone but was not answering it, Monreal said.

Acapulco has been a key battleground for lucrative drug-trafficking routes. Violence in the region increased this year after a split in the Beltran Leyva cartel, whose leadership has been hit hard by President Felipe Calderon’s drug war.

Police, who were scouring the resort cities and the highways leading out of it for the missing men, gave no indication that they were tied to drug trafficking.

Drug-gang henchmen frequently kidnap rivals and dump their bodies on the streets days later. But it is rare for a survivor of such kidnappings to go to the police.

The shootout between rival drug-dealing gangs broke out Friday morning in the town of San Jose de la Cruz, El Universal and Reforma newspapers reported, citing the Durango state attorney general’s office.

Police and soldiers traveled to the town after being alerted by residents, Ruben Lopez, a spokesman for the office, was quoted as saying.

It often takes authorities hours to travel to the scene of shootouts in Durango, a mountainous state that has long been a stronghold for Mexico’s most powerful drug traffickers.

Nobody answered the phone Saturday at the state attorney general’s office.

TOKYO – Japan’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected a claim that China is a bad neighbour as Tokyo tried to put a lid on anti-Beijing sentiment, appearing keen to rebuild ties after a bruising territorial row.

Speaking a day after nationalists rallied against China and a senior ruling-party politician denounced Beijing, Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara insisted that the two countries were good neighbours.

“I believe Japan and China should seek a path for co-existence and co-prosperity by firmly building strategic, mutually beneficial relations as good neighbours,” Jiji Press news agency quoted Maehara as telling reporters.

The remarks were in response to and downplayed reported comments by Yukio Edano, deputy secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

Addressing a meeting north of Tokyo on Saturday, Edano called China

“a bad neighbour” and said it was impossible for Japan to build “mutually beneficial” ties with the nation, according to Japanese media reports.

Arguing that China was not a law-abiding nation, Edano said “companies that have an economic partnership with such a country are quite a soft touch,” the Asahi, Yomiuri and other dailies reported.

Edano’s comment came as Tokyo seeks to mend fences with Beijing during a bitter spat over a disputed island chain, called Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China. Maehara, who has a record of tough remarks towards China, on Sunday sought dialogue with Beijing while maintaining Tokyo’s stance that there was no territorial dispute over the islands as Japan has been administering them.

The row started when Japan’s coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese trawler on September 8 after he rammed two of their patrol boats near the islands, he said on a Sunday television show on the private Fuji network.

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The motive was unknown.

The man who notified police described his companions as tourists.

He said they all worked for the same tire-alignment company in Morelia and saved up each year to take vacations together.

Monreal said police have been

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A street is sealed off as the body of a municipal police officer lies dead in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The reunification treaty was signed on October 3, 1990, just under a year after the Berlin Wall was pulled down in a bloodless revolution, and brought the two halves of the country together amid joyful scenes.

In a recent poll, 84 percent of Germans said they believed national unification after four decades of division had been the

right decision, despite a lingering economic gap between East and West. Just 14 percent said unity had been a mistake, according to the survey for ZDF public television.

There were however protests against the reunification festivities, with around 1,800 mainly left-wing activists conducting a march that passed off peacefully.

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Indonesian police probe deadly train crash Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian police said Sunday they were investigating along with transport officials the weekend train crash in Central Java that killed 36 people and injured dozens.

“The police and the transportation safety commission are investigating if there’s human error,” national police spokesman Marwoto Soeto told AFP. “We’ll see if the fault lies with machinists behind the train controls or those in charge of setting the track routes, among other things. Investigations will take about a week,” he added.

However, the chairman of the National Commission of Transportation Safety (KNKT), Tatang Kurniadi, said a “comprehensive investigation” would require three to four months to complete.

“We must consider every aspect, the human factors and mechanical factors, and investigate the whole system before we can conclude whether there’s human error,” he told AFP. Police said 36 people were killed Saturday and more than 30 badly injured when a passenger train slammed into the back of another train at a station in Petarukan Pemalang, Central Java province.

Officers at the scene said a train headed to Surabaya smashed into the rear carriages of a Semarang-bound locomotive waiting at the platform.

National railway operator spokesman Sugeng Priyono said 36 people were injured, including five seriously.

“The rescue came late today because the heavy machinery (needed for the rescue) was located far away

from the accident location,” he said.

Many of the dead and injured were trapped in three carriages, which had derailed and flipped over, officials said.

A man living beside the station said the noise of the collision woke him from his sleep. Then he heard people wailing.

“Suddenly I heard a loud crashing and the sound of many people crying.

I saw many passengers had been thrown outside the carriages,” he said.

A passenger on the stationary train said he was asleep when he felt a powerful thump and fled the carriage.

“It was really scary. I went outside and realised that the rear carriages had been smashed,” he said.

A survivor from the other train said he was “very traumatised”.

“I don’t want to ride in trains anymore,” he was quoted as saying by Detik news website.

“Most of those hospitalised had light injuries. Victims will be compensated,” he said, adding that the wrecked trains had been removed from the railway tracks and that the “situation is back to normal”.

Transportation minister Freddy Numberi said the state railway operator would undergo a complete evaluation in relation to the Petarukan Pemalang accident.

“The evaluation will reveal the true cause of the train accident that killed dozens of people, whether it was caused by human error or others,”

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This picture shows a general view of the train accident in Pemalang on October 2, 2010 where at least 36 people were killed earlier in the day when the passenger train slammed into the back of another train.

Police said human error was to blame for the accident, which happened before dawn at a station in Petarukan Pemalang, Central Java province, although the official cause was still under investigation.

Numberi was quoted as saying by state news agency Antara.

“The qualification and certification of the machinists need to be improved so they can be truly reliable and professional in their jobs,” he said.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered a thorough investigation into the accident and has said that “should the investigation un-

cover negligence, there will be sanctions,” presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post newspaper.

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said the state railway operator would undergo a complete evaluation.

In June eight people were killed when several carriages of a packed pas-

senger train derailed as it travelled across Java, one of the most densely populated islands in the world.

Poor infrastructure, corruption and weak safety standards are often cited as factors contributing to frequent transport disasters in Indonesia, especially on ferries linking the country’s thousands of islands.

Women caned in Indonesia for Indonesia police kill five suspected militants selling food during Ramadan Agence France-Presse

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BANDA ACEH - Two women were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Friday for selling food during the fasting hours of Ramadan, an official said.

Hundreds of people gathered to watch as Murni Amris, 27, received three lashes and Rukiah Abdullah, 22, received two at a mosque in the city of Jantho, southeast of the provincial capital Banda Aceh.

“The two women were found selling rice in a stall at noon during

Ramadan. The sharia forbids selling food during fasting hours at Ramadan,” Aceh sharia police head Marzuki Abdullah said. Amris owned the foodstall where Abdullah was selling the rice.

Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, is one of several areas of Muslim-majority Indonesia where Islamic sharia laws have been adopted. Muslims are supposed to fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month of Ramadan, which straddled August and September this year, but there are exceptions in cases such as illness or pregnancy.

A masked and hooded person (R) canes Indonesian food seller Murni Amris for violating Islamic sharia law outside a mosque in Jantho, Aceh province, on October 1, 2010.

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DOLOK SAGALA - Indonesian police shot dead five suspected Islamist militants and arrested four others in a raid on their hideout on Sumatra island, police said Sunday.

The five suspects were killed and a policeman injured in a gunbattle Saturday on an oil-palm plantation in Dolok Sagala village in North Sumatra province, provincial police chief Oegroseno told reporters.

“Yesterday we found where the armed group was hiding. During the raid, they put up a fight. We fired a

warning shot but they continued to resist. Four of the suspects died during the gunbattle yesterday,” he added.

“One more was killed today,” Oegroseno said.

Three suspects were arrested Saturday night and one surrendered to residents Sunday, who then handed him over to the police.

Police are hunting at least eight other suspects.

The suspects are believed to be linked to a group suspected of killing a police officer in a spectacular bank robbery in Medan city in August to raise funds for terrorist attacks, he said.

They were also involved in an attack on a police station near Medan in which three police officers were killed, Oegroseno said.

Indonesian anti-terror police last month shot dead three suspects and arrested 15 others in a series of raids in which militants used women and children as human shields.

Muslim-majority Indonesia is struggling to deal with the threat of homegrown Islamist militants who oppose the country’s secular, democratic system and want to create a caliphate across much of Southeast Asia.

Trap kills Sumatran tiger in Indonesia Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - A Sumatran tiger that mauled a farmer to death last week has died from injuries inflicted by a trap set by local villagers, an Indonesian wildlife official said Friday.

The male tiger was already badly injured when it was trapped

late Thursday in Bengkalis district of Riau province, provincial conservation agency head Danis Woro said.

“Its right rear leg may have been snared in a steel rope set by local villagers,” he said.

“Apparently it managed to free itself from the steel wire but injured itself in the process. When we found it last night it was weak and limping.”

The big cat died on Friday before it could be brought to a veterinarian, Woro added.

Villagers believed the animal was the same one that killed and partially ate an oil palm farmer on September 21. There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, according to environmental group WWF.

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Bali Today Over 1.67 million tourists visit Bali Antara

DENPASAR - More than 1.67 foreign tourists visited Bali in the first eight months of 2010, up 9.11 percent from a year earlier.

The number of tourists from six of top ten source countries rose significantly while that of the other four source countries declined, head of the Bali provincial statistics office Ida

Komang Wisnu said here on Friday.

Australian tourists took the lead with 399,988, up 47.25 percent compared to 271,643 in the same period last year.

Trailing behind in the second place was Chinese tourists with 139,501, up 2.79 percent from 135,710 in the same period last year.

Taiwanese tourists came in fifth with 88,448, an increase of 9.94 percent compared to 80,452 a year earlier.

The number of British tourists visiting Bali in the eight months of

2010 rose 6.49 percent to 62,385 from 58,560 in the same period last year, while the number of German tourists increased 7.11 percent to 54,410 from 50,800.

The number of Singapore tourists rose significantly by 54.96 percent to 54,147 from 34,943. After all, the island state ranked tenth among the top ten source countries of foreign

tourists over the period.

The number of Japanese tourists in the first eight months of 2010 fell 22.67 percent to 168,806 from 218,298 in the same period last year, Malaysian tourists 3.75 percent to 90,438 from 93,962, South Korean tourists 2.09 percent to 83,342 from 85.123 and French tourists 0.19 percent to 73,027 from 73,167.

Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple:

A sanctum to invoke holy water for accomplishing ritual In the territory of Sidakarya Village, Denpasar, lies a temple where Hindu devotees invoke holy water to accomplish their ritual. It is called the Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple. The temple is associated with the journey of Brahmin Keling to Bali that was eventually given the title of Dalem Sidakarya by the King of Bali, Dalem Waturenggong.

In the upcoming Tumpek Landep festivity, Saturday (Oct 9), will be organized pujawali or anniversary of this temple with pulegembal oblation. This anniversary is held every six months (210 days), coinciding with the Tumpek Landep. Four years ago, right on March 4, 2006, a grandiose ritual was held in the temple consisting of Mamungkah, Ngenteg Linggih Pedudusan Agung, Ngusaba Desa and Ngusaba Nini. How is the history of Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple and why must the Hindus invoke holy water for accomplishing ritual in this temple?

The Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple is situated at Sidakarya Village, South Denpasar Subdistrict, Denpasar City (formerly Badung Regency). In the past, the southern coastal region was called the Pandanda Nagara. According to local temple priest, Ketut Yadnya, Saturday (Oct 2), when Hindu devotees organized a Panca YajĂąa ritual, they generally invoked accomplishment holy water for their ritual in the Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple.

This temple has a number of shrines such as the Pemayun Agung, representation of Besakih Temple and Mount Agung, Manik Geni, Lempuyang, Pemayun Toya, representation of Batur Temple, Pemayun Cakra, representation of Batukaru Temple, Pemayun Ngurah Agung, representation of Uluwatu and appreciation to Pemayun Putra, representation of Sakenan Temple. Other than representation of sad kahyangan temple as mentioned above, it also has Parahyangan Jagatnatha as shrine to venerate the Supreme God. In addition, there is also the chamber shrine as the abode of Ida Bathara Dalem Sidakarya. With the concentration of representative shrines under sad kahyangan in this single temple and

perfected by the existence of Jagatnatha shrine, the temple was then named Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple. The same matter was also mentioned in Sidakarya Chronicle composed by I Nyoman Kantun, and I Ketut Yadnya.

Meanwhile, in the book written by the committee of Mamungkah, Ngenteg Linggih, Pedudusan Agung, Ngusaba Desa and Ngusaba Nini ritual in the Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya dated March 4, 2006 this temple was mentioned as the abode of Brahmin Keling at that place. Due to his services to take back his curse, Bali Island could return to prosperous condition again as ever before the Eka Dasa Rudra ritual in Besakih Temple could run flourishingly (sidakarya) as expected by Dalem Waturenggong and society. On that account, Brahmin Keling was then awarded royal title as Dalem Sidakarya.

In the Sidakarya Chronicle compiled

by Nyoman Kantun and Ketut Yadnya is mentioned that Brahmin Keling was the epithet of a very renowned priest having primary truth and science on the soul release. He was named Brahmin Keling because he came from Keling, East Java. Brahmin Keling was the son of Dang Hyang Kayumanis, grandson of Mpu Candra, great grandson of Mpu Bahula and great-great grandson of Mpu Beradah. Up to these days, no one knows the original name of Brahmin Keling. He was just called Brahmin Keling as he was from Keling.

The Chronicle tells us that having arrived from Madura, in the coastal village in East namely at Muncar Village, Brahmin Keling met his father. His father talked a lot about Bali. At that time, Bali was led by Dalem Waturenggong whose center of his kingdom was in Gelgel. The King was going to organize a centenary Eka Dasa Rudra ritual in Besakih Temple and spiritual adviser of the King then was Dang Hyang Nirartha.

On hearing the stories, Brahmin Keling eventually went to Bali, leading to the Gelgel Royal Palace to meet the king who was also his brother-in-law.

However, when he arrived in Gelgel Royal Palace, Brahmin Keling could not meet the King Waturenggong because he was in Besakih Temple to prepare the ritual procession. He then rushed to

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Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Temple Besakih Temple in lethargic condition Waturenggong. The king ordered the and shabby clothes. Arriving at soldier to drive the Brahmin Keling as Besakih Temple, the Brahmin Keling he alleged to be lunatic man for wearing was asked by devotees preparing the ragged clothes. Brahmin Keling who oblation who he would like to meet. was not recognized as his brother evenBrahmin Keling replied that he wanted tually left Besakih Temple. When he was to meet his brother Dalem chased away, Brahmin Keling cursed: Waturenggong and Dang Hyang “Hopefully, the ritual held is unsuccessNirartha. The working devotees hesi- ful (tan Sidakarya), the island turns dry, tated on hearing the confession of and people become hungry and pest and Brahmin Keling. As a result, his ar- insect attack throughout Bali.�

Having expressed his curse, he derival was not reported to the King.

However, because he immediately parted to southwestward namely wanted to meet him, Brahmin Keling Badanda Negara or the current entered into the Besakih Temple with- Sidakarya Village. Not long after, his out being seen. Since he was so tired, curse worked. Useful trees supporting he headed to Surya Chandra shrine and the implementation of ritual suddenly wilted, pests raged, disease attacked rest there for awhile.

Not long after Dalem Waturenggong people, devotees working in the temple came and saw that there was a man in quarreled one another for no reason. Evtattered clothes. At the end, he called a erything was in the state of chaos. One soldier to interrogate who the person night, when Dalem Waturenggong was was. His soldier then also reported that meditating in Besakih Temple, he got the person was no other than Brahmin instructions that he had sinned to have Keling claiming as the relative of Dalem cast his own brother. To restore to the

original state, it was only Brahmin Keling who was capable of doing so.

In short, the group left for Bandana Nagara to pick up Brahmin Keling and asked him to be willing to meet Dalem Waturenggong. When meeting the King, Brahmin Keling was willing to restore the situation to ever before.

Since then, Brahmin Keling was acknowledged as his brother. The situation was getting better and the Eka Dasa Rudra ritual could proceed on the full moon of the tenth month in Balinese calendar (around April) in Caka year 1437 or 1515 BC. Thanks to the service of Brahmin Keling who returned the condition, the prosperity increased, crops turned abundant including ritual ingredients, so the implementation of ritual could run safely, comfortably and successfully (sidakarya) in appropriate with the hope of the king and subject. Since then, Brahmin had a title of Dalem Sidakarya. (08)

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Balinese Culture Balinese Food Culture

Balinese women:

In devotional services through the arts Beauty can stop everyone’s eyes flickering. Beauty of the kid song can lullaby a baby. Similarly, beauty also can toss the imagination, soothe the mind and draw people to get near. Bali has many sources of that beauty offering the charm of nature, culture or adventure.

By maintaining traditions inspired

by Hinduism, Balinese people go on running in harmony with the time. In other words, they do not feel inferior because of inheriting those traditions.

Beauty in the form of various dance movements has been introduced since early ages. On seeing a dance staged, a toddler may watch it attentively or its fingers move and move as if imitating the movement of the dance.

Virtually all customary villages in Bali have gamelan troupe. This troupe plays important role in expressing their entertainment arts and accompanying every ritual activity. This existence gives opportunity to villagers from child to adult to express their artistic talent especially in dance, drama and gamelan arts. Young girls under twelve or elementary school age have a chance to participate in performing Rejang Dance. By wearing white and yellow costumes and floral decoration on head, they dance beautifully accompanied by gamelan music. Rejang Dance is one of the sacred dances performed in relation to the organization of temple anniversary or odalan. Other than putting a basic love to their tradition, they also show devotional service or ngatur ayah through the arts.

When they grow older, right on entering secondary school, they join customary village youth club or Sekaa

Your gastronomical experience in Bali is as enchanting and full of discovery as your cultural experience. I am a total believer that a significant portion of traveling should also involve your tastebuds. Of course, if you prefer to stick with cheeseburger or a Colonel Sanders’ meal-deal, or to drink your regular Bud light in your Hard Rock Cafe, they all exist in Bali as well.

But we know that’s not why you come to Bali, is it?

Let us take this culinary adventure: What’s in a meal?

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Balinese women performed Rejang Dance Taruna. Here, with their male friends and their brothers and sisters start to learn about organization. Many things can be learned through this organization. Since it has affiliation to customary village, they can learn about the making of some simple oblation under guidance of senior oblation maker and various traditional arts. In Bali, this youth club actually play important role in preparing young generation to maintain their valuable cultural heritages or to prepare themselves for inheriting customary responsibility.

With their male counterpart, here the young girls also learn to play drama or more complex traditional arts. Popular genres of performance showed are pure entertainment and the one in combination with sacred dance. The latter usually features Calonarang. This magical drama involves a combination of male

and female players. In essence, this Calonarang drama highlights the endless fight between truth and untruth symbolizing by sanctified effigies or tapakan like Rangda and Barong. By and large, it is also associated with ritual events at local temple.

In the following stage, when woman gets married she will enter the new organization, namely customary village. Having learned much about ritual works, it is now the time to practice them in wider social life. They should attend some socio-religious activities when the events engage the members of customary village. At this stage, household mother can remain to show her devotional service through the arts other than social works.

Through the arts, they may join the drama or individual psalmodic singing or pasantian. (BTN/punia)

Well, typically, a meal consists of a plate of steamed rice, and a number of main courses. Instead of eating one course at a time a la Western meals, the main courses, and sometimes including the soup, are all eaten at once. Soup is poured over the rice much like a steak sauce is poured over the steak. Desserts are mostly tropical fruits, which by themselves are enough of a feast and a reason to visit Bali!

Balinese usually eat three meals in a day, with lunch as the primary, heaviest meal. Breakfast can be as light as a cup of coffee (which is usually not light), or a plateful of “nasi goreng” or fried rice. Lunch is the heaviest meal, with a plate of steam rice (or a mound if you prefer), accompanied by a number of main courses, usually consisting of a meat or fish dish, a vegetable dish, and a soup. Dinner is a smaller version of lunch.

Desserts for both lunch and dinner can vary from various kinds of fruits, depending on the season, to a specially prepared dessert like pisang goreng (fried banana fritters) or tape (fermented sticky rice).

Soups There are different kinds of soups: Bakso: chicken or beef broth, usually accompanied by various kinds of spices. It usually has either fish balls or meat balls. Bubur ayam (Chicken porridge): thick rice porridge with chicken pieces. Usually served with cahweh (Chinese bread).

Main course Bebek betutu (Darkened duck): Sate (satay) Babi guling (Roast pork) Babi Panggang (Barbeque Pork) Desserts The primary desserts in Bali as well as in the rest of Indonsia are fruit, which is available in more varieties than you can think of. There are literally tens or even hundreds of different kinds of bananas alone, from small, pinky-sized, gold-colored bananas to a foot or foot-and-a-half, dark green ones.

One favorite dessert is pisang goreng or fried banana fritter. Traditionally, my mother would make pisang goreng for afternoon snack. And you can find numerous street vendors who would make these and other snacks out in the open air (with all the dusts from bemo spicing the food). (http://asiarecipe.com)

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Ubud Monkey Forest is a small rain forest dwelt by some group of monkeys and other tropical animals. It is strategically located in the hearth of Ubud Village, precisely located in the region of Padang Tegal Village, Ubud Sub district and Gianyar Regency. Monkey Forests in Balinese language called Wanara Wana are spread out in the island and Ubud Monkey Forest itself own very important function of the continuity the monkey habitat in Bali. Meanwhile the local community own important role to keep this forest naturally in order to all wild animals able to live smoothly.

Ubud Monkey Forest is dwelt by 200 monkeys, pertained to long tail inclusive macaques or macaca fascicularis group which owns the wide disseminating area. Among the amount monkeys living in this forest, there are 23 adult male, 79 adult female and 98 still babies. All the monkeys in this forest consisted of three groups, dwell certain area and use the certain place and certain time. However, it also happened that entire group can use the forest and whenever two groups exist at same place and time, they will fight each other. These monkeys are believed as Gods Guard of Dalem Agung Temple, The Hindu Temple exist in the middle of forest. There are three Holy Temples in this monkey forest and those are existing surround the forest and it is estimated built in the middle of 14 century, in the early governance of Gelgel dynasty. Dalem Agung Temple is located in northwest from the forest represent the existence of most important temples.

Beside of two others, that are Permandian Temple, in Westside from this forest and Prajapati Temple which is located in south-east side where the place of Dewa Siwa (Siwa God), one of the Khayangan Temple in Padang Tegal Village.

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BUSINESS Australia warns China, Europe on trade Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY - Australia’s Trade Minister Craig Emerson joined US calls for China to adjust its currency Sunday and warned Europe that Canberra would not allow a revival of protectionism masquerading as environmentalism.

The newly-appointed Emerson said he was confident about growth prospects in China, Australia’s key trading partner, but echoed warnings from the United States about undervaluing the yuan to gain a trade advantage.

“The Americans are basically fed up and I can understand why,” Emerson said. “I think that it would be an appropriate response, if the Chinese did adjust the exchange rate.”

“If they want to present themselves frankly as having market economy status, well let’s have a few market forces applied to the exchange rate,” he said.

Public pressure on Beijing “tend(s) to be counterproductive”, added Emerson, saying he would prefer to see it “happen over time as a natural sort of adjustment.”

“I think there’s a real issue here and I know it’s not as easy as just clicking your fingers in China to adjust the exchange rate because that will affect the competitiveness of their exports,” he said.

Strong demand from rapidlyindustrialising China for Australia’s raw materials helped it become the only advanced economy to avoid recession during the global downturn, and Emerson said the Asian giant

would continue to be key.

“Just about every time we feel that we’ve got a fix on what’s going on in China, it’s bigger than that,” he said.

“It’s enormous what’s going on in China and I don’t think that there is grounds for pessimism about China’s expansion, there are grounds for ongoing optimism about China’s expansion.”

Emerson also warned that Canberra would not tolerate the resurrection of European trade barriers under the “green cloak” of punishing nations not prepared to tax carbon.

“Of course we are committed to putting a price on carbon but let’s not believe that this is all about climate change,” Emerson told Sky News Australia.

“There is a very clear European protectionist instinct, old protectionist instinct, under this green cloak of respectability and we won’t cop it.”

Australia would use “whatever rules, trading rules there are through the WTO (World Trade Organisation) to fight against the use of these devices to protect industries in Europe, or anywhere else, against competition,” Emerson said.

Tokyo meeting agrees on anti-counterfeiting accord Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Negotiators from 37 countries meeting in Tokyo on Saturday reached a basic agreement on an international treaty to crack down on counterfeit and pirated products, the Japanese government said.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is designed to create an international framework to halt the distribution of counterfeit brand goods and pirated music and film products.

The 37 countries include Japan, the United States, and members of the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Mexico and Morocco.

“Japan made the proposal to start discussions on the ACTA and has promoted the negotiations. I welcome the basic agreement very

much,” Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata said in a statement.

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said “we are on the threshold of a landmark achievement in the enforcement of intellectual property rights,” according to a statement issued in Washington.

“And the international alliance we are forging with parties representing half of global trade will be critical to fighting the theft of American jobs through trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy.”

The meeting excluded China, where counterfeit products are widely produced and distributed. To make the accord effective, the participating countries are expected to call on China and other nations to join the framework.

Negotiations on the accord began in 2008.

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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara attend the Lower House’s plenary session at the National Diet in Tokyo on October 1, 2010 as Kan delivers his policy speech. The Japanese government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to propose a new 58-billion-dollar stimulus package, a report said Saturday, as Tokyo looks to drag the country out of the economic doldrums.

Japan eyes new 58 billion dollar stimulus Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - The Japanese government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to propose a new 58-billion-dollar stimulus package, a report said Saturday, as Tokyo looks to drag the country out of the economic doldrums.

The government of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) are considering a stimulus package

worth around 4.8 trillion yen (57.68 billion dollars) as part of this year’s supplementary budget, the Nikkei daily said.

The package would feature measures intended to secure stable supplies of rare-earth metals and to develop substitutes for them, as well as a new subsidy to revitalize regional economies by financing public works projects, it said.

Leaders from the government

and the DPJ met Friday to discuss the package, agreeing on its outlines and size, the Nikkei said.

The package will be proposed to the opposition next week, it said.

Japan presently secures the bulk of its rare-earth metals from China, but an apparent block on the supply during a territorial spat with Beijing has sent chills through parts of Japan’s electronics industry.

IMF urges cooperation to prevent ‘currency war’ Agence France-Presse

YALTA - The IMF’s managing director on Saturday urged major economies to cooperate to prevent global currency war which would risk impeding the recovery from the economic crisis.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn said at an economic conference in the Crimean Black Sea resort of Yalta that a global economic recovery was underway, even if it was a “very uneven recovery”.

But he said an unwillingness of major economies to repeat the coordination they showed in implementing measures to overcome the crisis when it broke in 2008 had emerged as a ma-

jor risk to the recovery.

Some economies, especially China, have been criticised for keeping their currencies low in order to promote their exports and Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega has said the world is seeing “an international currency war.”

“We succeeded in avoiding a bigger crisis thanks to economic coordination especially in monetary policy and in fiscal stimulus,” Strauss-Kahn told reporters at the conference.

“But today we have another threat which is that this willingness for consensus and cooperation has decreased.

And we see around the world a possibility of the beginning of a currency war.”

He said the economic policymakers

needed to get back to talking about cooperation, “discussing the value of the currencies, trying to adjust what has to be adjusted, fighting against global imbalances.”

He said that if they didn’t, there would be a new crisis “of countries trying to find domestic solutions to a global problem.”

In recent weeks nearly a dozen governments from Colombia to Singapore have admitted to buying up local currency in the hope of driving down the price of the currency to make exports cheaper. As well as the declining commitment to economic cooperation, Strauss-Kahn said risks to the recovery also came from unemployment and private debt.

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Singer Bruno Mars facing cocaine charge in Vegas Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS – Bruno Mars, singer of the hit R&B song “Just the Way You Are,” faces a felony cocaine charge stemming from his arrest after a performance at a Las Vegas nightclub last month. The Clark County district attorney’s office filed a criminal complaint Friday alleging the rising singer-songwriter had 2.6 grams of cocaine when he was arrested Sept. 19 after being detained by a hotel security guard.

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Leonardo do Caprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic movie.

‘Titanic’ to return to the big screen, in 3D: report Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES - James Cameron’s blockbuster “Titanic,” the second-biggest earner in film history, will be released in 3D in 2012, a year that will also see a 3D re-release of “Star Wars,” The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.

The Hollywood Reporter said film studios Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment were planning on re-releasing “Titanic” in April 2012, 100 years after the mammoth passenger steamship plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

That could put it out in theaters around the same time George Lucas’s “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” is due out in 3D, the first in a planned series to do so.

The company in charge of converting Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s tragic love story into 3D has not yet been chosen, but the cost is estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Plans to convert 2D films to 3D have come under heavy criticism in Hollywood after the 3D release of “Clash of the Titans” was a major flop.

Harry Potter magic could sparkle again: Rowling

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Author JK Rowling is pictured as she reads extracts from her new book ‘The Tales of Beedle The Bard’ to schoolchildren at a tea party at Edinburgh’s Parliament Hall in 2008. Rowling, the best-selling author of the Harry Potter series, said she could imagine herself resurrecting her lucrative boy wizard, despite having officially penned his final adventures.

Mars, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, is due in court Nov. 18 on the possession of a controlled substance charge. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine. “Just the Way You Are” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Hernandez, 24, was in Las Vegas for a performance at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Wasted Space nightclub.

After the show, a bathroom attendant told police Hernandez was taking a long time in a stall with a bag of a white, powdered substance, according to the arrest report. The attendant alerted a security guard, who confronted Hernandez as he left the stall. The security guard said he asked Hernandez to hand over any narcotics he had, and Hernandez removed a bag of cocaine from his left-front jeans pocket, the arrest report said.

Hernandez was taken to a holding cell, where he was questioned by an arresting officer. When asked what was going on, Hernandez replied: “Can I speak to you honestly, sir?” He said he acted foolishly and had never used drugs before, the arrest report said.

Hernandez sang the hooks on B.o.B’s “Nothin’ on You” and Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire” — both chart-toppers — and co-wrote and produced CeeLo Green’s latest expletive-laden single.

His label, Elektra Records, released a brief statement Friday: “We congratulate Bruno Mars on his chart-topping success, and provide him with our full love and support.” Hernandez’s debut album, “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” is scheduled for release Tuesday.

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FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, Bruno Mars attends the UJA-Federation’s Music Visionary of the Year Award luncheon at the Pierre Hotel in New York. Singersongwriter Bruno Mars is facing a felony cocaine charge stemming from his arrest after a performance at a Las Vegas nightclub last month.

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US novelist Franzen hit by UK recall

NEW YORK – J.K. Rowling, the best-selling author of the Harry Potter series, said she could imagine herself resurrecting her lucrative boy wizard, despite having officially penned his final adventures.

“I could definitely write an eighth, ninth and tenth,” Rowling told US chat show host Oprah Winfrey on ABC television. “I’m not going to say I won’t. I don’t think I will. I feel I am done, but you never know.”

Rowling laid down her pen — and Harry’s magic wand — when she finished the seventh book in 2007, with a stunning record of 400 million copies of the series sold around the world. She told Winfrey of her difficulties in coming to terms with the end of the story that made her name and fortune.

“The end was huge. Like a bereavement. Although I knew it was coming — we all know the people we love are mortal, we know it’s going to end — you can’t prepare yourself for it. I was in a slight state of shock,” she said. But she will continue to write in some form, she said. “I literally can’t stop. I have to do it.”

“Jonathan has been working on this novel for ten years.

We want readers to see the finished version that left his LONDON – Tens of thousands of copies of the new computer,” the spokesman said, adding that Franzen had novel by bestselling US author Jonathan Franzen, “Free- “accepted that these things happen.”

Franzen, 51, was quoted by The Guardian newspadom”, have been recalled after an early draft of the book was printed by mistake, his publisher said Saturday. per as saying that the faulty edition contained “a couple of hundred differences at the level Best known for his best-selling of word and sentence and fact” 2001 novel “The Corrections”, and “small but significant” Franzen has received a tidal wave changes to key characters. of hype in Britain and the United “Freedom”, the story of a dysStates for his latest work, with one functional American family, was reviewer calling it the “novel of a labour of love for the author, the century.” who at times wrote blindfolded But publishers HarperCollins and with earplugs to overcome said the version of “Freedom” recrippling writer’s block. He released in Britain earlier this week cently became the first living aucontained dozens of mistakes, thor in more than a decade to apwith about 8,000 copies being sold pear on the front of Time magafrom the initial print run of 80,000 zine, with the headline “Great now in shops. “It was a American Novelist” over a moody typesetter’s error. The books have portrait. around 50 punctuation and spell“The Corrections” sold nearly ing mistakes. The typesetter sent three million copies but Franzen the last-but-one version,” said a caused a furore in 2001 when he HarperCollins spokesman. refused to allow it to be promoted The publisher said readers with as part of megastar US talk show the botched copy of the book AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Kohen could exchange them for new ones Tens of thousands of copies of the new host Oprah Winfrey’s book club. by calling a special hotline “and novel “Freedom” by bestselling US au- Franzen patched up his row with we expect the new edition, includ- thor Jonathan Franzen, seen here in Winfrey last month and she made ing the final corrections, to be 2009, have been recalled after an early “Freedom” her newest Book Club available early next week.” draft of the book was printed by mistake. choice.

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Philippines’ famed footwear fights cheap imports Agence France Presse

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“Pepito” Concavenator corcovatus dinosaur fossils found in the deposit of the Hoyas in Palencares Park and the dead land in the Cierva’s municipality are displayed in the Science Museum of Castilla La Mancha, in Cuenca on September 22 , 2010.

Dinosaur trove spills more secrets Agence France Presse

CUENCA, Spain - Decades after a mechanical pine-tree digger first unearthed it, an extraordinary trove of dinosaur fossils in central Spain is revealing its secrets. When the digging machine cut a furrow to plant pines in the arid soil near the medieval town of Cuenca in the 1980s, it sliced through more than 100 million years to one of Europe’s richest seams of fossils.

It was a fluke that opened the way to a series of discoveries about the creatures that walked our planet in the Cretaceous period, between 65 and 145 million years ago. The latest secret: a strange hump-backed dinosaur, fossilised after it had devoured its prey about 125 million years ago.

Six metres (20 feet) long from snout to tail tip, the dinosaur had jaws and small, clawed forelimbs, a curved spine and small hump.

Pepito, as the creature has been nicknamed by the team from Autonomous University of Madrid who dug it out, was a fast and powerful hunter.

And it had apparently eaten recently.

The unique, nearly complete fossil contained the remnants of its prey in the abdominal cavity.

Baptized Concavenator corcovatus (from “Conca”, the Latin word for Cuenca; “venator”, for hunter; and “corcovatus”, or hump-backed) the fossil this month joined the rich collection of Cuenca’s regional science museum.

The number of visitors has jumped 70 percent and the number of hits on the museum Internet site has exploded since the discovery was published in Nature, said museum director Jesus Madero. Pepito “is a strange beast, a strong runner on small feet,” said palaeontologist and

co-author of the Nature article, Francisco Ortega.

Its hump had never been seen before in dinosaurs, said the professor at UNED, the Spanish Open University for distance learning. Set above the hind legs area, it could have served as an energy reserve as in a dromedary, he said. It is not the first time that this fossil seam in Las Hoyas, discovered by chance, has delivered up an important part of the pre-historic history of the planet.

A missing link between dinosaurs and birds, Iberomesornis, an unusual little bird with a beak and very probably teeth, was found in the same formation in the 1980s, “at a time when we were in the midst of the debate over whether birds descended from dinosaurs,” Ortega said.

In fact, the area around Cuenca seems to be rich with pre-historic evidence. Not far away is a site where fossilised dinosoar eggs were unearthed.

MANILA - A museum displaying the famed shoe collection of exfirst lady Imelda Marcos has reopened in the Philippines, heralding a fightback by its beleaguered shoe industry against a flood of cheap imports. The museum is not just a showcase of the best of Imelda Marcos’s 3,000-pair collection, but also of the craftsmanship in shoemaking in the riverside eastern suburb of Marikina where the industry was born over a century ago.

Footwear consultant Tessie Endriga said that Imelda Marcos failed to provide the Marikina shoe industry with much-needed infrastructure or financing when she was in power. But she did help in her own way. “She did patronise local brands. If she liked a certain style, she would buy a dozen pairs,” recalled Endriga, who has worked with the government’s Bureau of Product Standards.

Marikina shoes were once famous, both locally and abroad, until low-priced footwear from countries like China and Vietnam

flooded the industry over the years, said local business leader Jose Tayawa. “You buy Marikina-made shoes and use them for five years.

You buy Chinese shoes for one-fifth the price but you can only use them for a few months,” said Tayawa, the head of the Marikina Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Former shoe museum curator Dolly Borlongan conceded that most of Imelda Marcos’s shoes were imported but added that there are many Marikina shoes among them, as well as displays on Marikina’s shoe-making history. The museum was set up in 1998 as just one more way for Marikina to advertise its centurylong history of making footwear, from humble slippers to rugged work boots to high-fashion custom shoes.

The town has also built the world’s largest shoes — a pair of leather men’s shoes, each as large as a van — which are still on display at a Marikina mall. Generations of Filipinos grew up wearing the local products, and Marikina-made snake-skin shoes became the toast of Fifth Avenue in the early-1980s, the city boasts on its website.

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A labourer designs a pattern of a shoe at a factory in Marikina City, Rizal province, east of Manila on July 13, 2010. They owned the world’s largest shoes and had Imelda Marcos for a celebrity endorser, but today the Philippines’ cobblers are in danger of being buried by an avalanche of cheap imports.Marikina shoes were once widely used both locally and abroad. Marikina-made snake-skin shoes become the toast of Fifth Avenue in the early-1980s, the city boasts on its website.

Hong Kong kicks off month of multi-million-dollar auctions Agence France Presse

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Israel-based South Korean artist Park Hyun-Jin walks past French artist Emile-Antoine Bourdelle’s bronze “Herakles the Archer”, possibly the last cast of this work in private hands, during a preview of the Fine Art Asia 2010 art and antiques fair in Hong Kong on October 2, 2010.

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is staging a series of auctions this month aimed at tapping mainland Chinese buyers’ growing wealth, with Sotheby’s autumn sale alone expected to rake in over 200 million US dollars. The southern Chinese city of seven million people has become the world’s third-largest auction hub after New York and London, thanks in large part to China’s growing political and economic prowess.

Mainland Chinese often grab the top lots in sales of works of art, jewellery and wine, reflecting their

growing wealth and increasingly sophisticated tastes.

Sotheby’s autumn sale, which revs into high gear on Monday and runs until October 8, will see 3,200 items put on the auction block, including top-end wines, a 6.4 carat pink diamond, works by contemporary Chinese painters and an 18th century Chinese imperial seal.

The Qing Dynasty white jade seal is estimated to sell for as much as 30 million Hong Kong dollars (3.86 million US dollars), Sotheby’s said.

Wealthy mainland buyers want to own a piece of Chinese history, partly out of national pride and also to confirm their own business success, said Kevin

Ching, chief executive of Sotheby’s in Asia.

“There is a desire to hold a piece of imperial glory — that still means a lot to people on the mainland,” he told AFP. “They’re willing to pay much more for these items (than some buyers).”

The fancy vivid pink diamond could sell for 55 million Hong Kong dollars, while contemporary Chinese painter Zhang Xiaogang’s “Chapter of a New Century — Birth of the People’s Republic of China II” is estimated to fetch up to 23 million Hong Kong dollars, Sotheby’s said.

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Pirlo sends Milan top after Parma win Agence France Presse

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Valencia’s forward Aritz Aduriz (L) vies with Athletic Bilbao’s defender Jon Aurtenetxe during their Spanish League football match on October 2, 2010 at Mestalla stadium in Valencia.

Unbeaten Valencia surge four clear with Bilbao win Agence France Presse

MADRID - Valencia bounced back from their Champions League loss to Manchester United with a 2-1 home victory over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to move four points clear at the Spanish first division summit. A third goal of the season from striker Aritz Aduriz on 10 minutes and a late strike from substitute Vicente made it 16 points from 18 for unbeaten Valencia who lead Villarreal and champions Barcelona.

It is too early to know if Valencia, league champions in 2002 and 2004 under Rafael Benitez, are genuine title contenders to Real and Barca who finished 28 points ahead of third-placed Valencia last season.

Barcelona host Real Mallorca on Sunday while Real Madrid, who have yet to be defeated, entertain strugglers Deportivo La Coruna on the same day looking to close a five-point gap on Valencia.

Valencia fell victim to a late goal in Wednesday’s 1-0 Champions League home defeat to Manchester United but responded with a narrow win over Bilbao to continue their fine start. Aduriz linked up well with strike partner Roberto Soldado and planted a header home in the 10th minute for his third goal since joining from Real Mallorca in a fourmillion-euro summer move.

Vicente added a second goal a minute into stoppage time and it proved crucial as Igor Gabilondo pulled a goal back for Bilbao in stoppage time. Earlier on loan French striker Florent Sinama Pongolle scored twice in five minutes as 10-man Real Zaragoza came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Sporting Gijon on Sat-

urday.

Zaragoza stay bottom of the table despite the point but it could have been worse having trailed 2-0 with one player less after the dismissal of former Chelsea defender Jiri Jarosik two minutes after the break.

However, the hosts scored twice in five minutes to stun Gijon with former Liverpool striker Pongolle, on loan from Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon, scoring in the 56th minute and again in the 61st minute to change the course of the match as Zaragoza salvaged an unlikely point. “The team produced a titanic effort to level the score,” said Zaragoza coach Jose Aurelio Gay. “At the end of the match they had counter attacks but Toni Doblas (the Zaragoza goalkeeper) did really well.”

Zaragoza prop up the table with no win from their first six matches while Sporting are in 15th place after squandering two points.

Elsewhere Espanyol’s travel sickness struck again as the Barcelona side lost 1-0 at promoted Real Sociedad on Saturday. An 83rd minute own goal from Argentine centre-back Juan Forlin handed Sociedad victory and inflicted a

third away defeat on Espanyol who have to collect a point on the road.

It was a special match for striker Raul Tamudo, 32, as he started against old club Espanyol — where he spent 14 successful years before joining Sociedad in the summer — for the first time before being substituted in the 67th minute. Sociedad had lost their last three matches and the much-needed win sees them move into mid-table while Espanyol are sixth on the back of their perfect nine points at home.

The game of the weekend is on Sunday when Sevilla host Atletico Madrid in a re-run of last season’s Kings Cup final which Sevilla won 2-0. Sevilla sacked coach Antonio Alvarez on Sunday and new manager Gregorio Manzano makes his league bow against Atletico at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.

Fifth-placed Atletico, three points behind Valencia, are without Argentine striker Sergio “Kun” Aguero who picked up a knock in training.

Sevilla won 1-0 at Borussia Dortmund in Thursday’s Europa League match as Manzano got off to a winning start on his debut and hopes for another victory as Sevilla bid to improve on their seventh place.

ROME - AC Milan went top of Serie A for a day at least as Andrea Pirlo scored the only goal of the game to earn a 1-0 victory at Parma on Saturday. Several teams can go back above Milan if they win on Sunday but seeing the rossoneri go top this early in the season is an ominous sign for the rest of the division.

In truth the margin of victory should have been considerably wider as Milan, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in particular missed a sackful of chances. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri was satisfied with his team’s performance, although he admitted the last few minutes were uncomfortable watching.

“It’s an important win because we had several important players out. We played well in the first half and created many chances,” he said.

“Apart from the last 10 minutes we controlled the second half and I think we deserved this win.

“We hardly gave away any chances but in the second half our tempo dropped, we went to sleep a bit and gave up a couple of chances.

“Maybe at the end we could have better managed the last five minutes.”

Milan’s combative midfielder Gennaro Gattuso brushed off the significance of his team’s going top at this stage of the season.

“Being at the top doesn’t mean anything. It was our first away win and this was important,” he said.

“We still have to improve a lot but I think we played some good stuff at times.” The defeat left Parma hovering above the relegation zone only on goal difference but they will likely drop down into the bottom three on Sunday.

Milan showed their intent from the off as Ibrahimovic got free in the box on two minutes but dragged his cross-shot wide. Parma rarely threatened but they did have a great

chance on 12 minutes as Angelo crossed for former Milan striker Hernan Crespo but he stooped so low to try to head the ball under pressure from Alessandro Nesta that he failed to get anything behind his effort.

Milan were soon back on the attack as Ibrahimovic played a onetwo with Clarence Seedorf but shot straight at Antonio Mirante.

The visitors had the lead on 25 minutes as Pirlo found space and crashed a stunning shot from 30 yards, that moved wickedly in the air, into the top corner.

The seven-time European champions found their swagger and Ronaldinho created a pair of chances, chipping over the backline for Ibrahimovic but Mirante came out well to block his shot while Ronaldinho repeated the trick for Robinho only for his countryman’s header to lack power.

Ibrahimovic then shrugged off his marker to home in one-on-one on Mirante but incredibly he shot three times straight at the goalkeeper before the ball was cleared. Full-back Luca Antonini got behind the Parma defence on the stroke of half-time from Pirlo’s pass but no-one arrived to touch home his pull-back.

It was more of the same in the second period as Robinho miscued horribly when well placed and then Ronaldinho let fly from distance only for Mirante to come to the rescue again and tip the ball over the bar on 63 minutes.

Parma finally threatened 12 minutes from time as Blerim Dzemaili forced a sprawling save out of Christian Abbiati with a skidding daisy-cutter. But on the counter attack Ronaldinho beat the offside trap but from the left curled his shot past the far post.

Earlier in the day Udinese finally won their first game of the season at the sixth attempt as Mehdi Benatia scored deep into injury time in a 1-0 success over Cesena, although Udinese remain bottom.

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A.C. Milan’s midfielder Andrea Pirlo (L) celebrates after scoring during their Italian serie A football match between Parma Fc and AC Milan at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma on October 2, 2010.

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Crittenton eyes return with Bobcats after gun flap Associated Press Writer

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Javaris Crittenton had little chance to distinguish himself in his first two seasons in the NBA. Then he became famous last year for the wrong reason — as the “other guy” in the Gilbert Arenas gun saga. Reinstated after a lengthy suspension and healthy again following a botched ankle surgery, Crittenton is hoping to earn a roster spot with the Charlotte Bobcats and revive his career.

“It’s a blessing to be out here playing,” Crittenton said. “I’m cherishing every moment of it — every moment.”

Crittenton didn’t anticipate that in three years he’d go from first-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers to scrambling to make an NBA roster with a nonguaranteed deal.

It’s a combination of bad luck and poor decisions, which includes his dispute with his Washington teammate Arenas over a card game on a team flight last season. The feud escalated until both men brought guns into the Wizards locker room. Arenas, a Wizards star, got most of the attention as he prosecuted and received a 50-game suspension. Crittenton, a reserve who was out of the season with a bum ankle, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge in January and received probation.

Warned by NBA commissioner David Stern not to go into specifics about the case, Crittenton chose his words carefully. But he clearly took responsibility.

“Use wisdom in everything and just don’t get caught up in foolishness and nonsense and crazy people around

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Sharapova advances, Stosur out in Beijing Agence France Presse

BEIJING - Maria Sharapova struggled to find her rhythm Sunday but advanced to the second round of the China Open thanks to her brute force from the backcourt, but Australia’s Samantha Stosur was not so lucky. Sharapova, a former world number one and the 12th seed in Beijing, defeated Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), in a duel of 23-year-olds that lasted more than two hours in warm afternoon sun.

AP Photo/Chuck Burton

In this photo taken Sept. 30, 2010, Charlotte Bobcats’ Javaris Crittenton talks to the media after practice during the NBA basketball team’s training camp in Wilmington, N.C. you,” Crittenton said about what he learned. “It was a bad decision on both ends and we’re trying to move forward with our careers and our lives.”

While Arenas remains in Washington, the Wizards didn’t pick up the fourth-year option in Crittenton’s rookie contract. With his baggage, ankle problem and mediocre career averages of 5.3 points and 1.8 assists, there wasn’t much demand for him.

But Bobcats coach Larry Brown, who has a history of coaching difficult players, ranging from Allen Iverson to Stephen Jackson, was intrigued after watching Crittenton average 14.4 points in his lone season at Georgia Tech.

Norway’s Hushovd wins cycling road race title Agence France Presse

GEELONG, Australia – Thor Hushovd made cycling history on Sunday when he won Norway’s firstever men’s elite title at the world road race cycling championships in Australia. Hushovd, the Norwegian champion, dominated a bunch sprint at the end of a thrilling 267.2 km race, beating Denmark’s Matti Breschel and Australia’s Allan Davis.

Breschel went one better than his bronze in 2008 to pick up the silver medal while Davis gave the hosts a consolation bronze, their second consecutive medal after Cadel Evans’s triumph last year.

Hushovd, a one-day classics specialist who is known for his ability to climb and finish well on uphill sprints, waited until the final 150 metres of the 750-metre home straight before unleashing a powerful sprint. Afterwards he could not quite believe his achievement.

“It’s hard to understand I’ve won the worlds. It’s a dream, it’s unreal,” said Hushovd, who becomes the first rider from the Scandinavian country to win the coveted rainbow jersey.

“This has to be the best moment of

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Thor Hushovd (pictured) won Norway’s first ever men’s elite title at the world road race cycling championships in Australia on Sunday. my career.”

The elite men’s event broke with tradition by starting and finishing in two different locations, and shortly after the start in Melbourne a five-man attack formed. The group contained no contenders but the peloton had to up the pace to bring down a lead of more than 20 minutes. If they had been lapped by the leaders on the 15.9km circuit in Geelong, they would have been disqualified.

Thankfully for race organisers the potential disaster was avoided and the star-studded chasing peloton continued to increase the pace and eventually pull in the tiring leaders.

The Russian, looking to bounce back after crashing out of the Pan Pacific Open last week in Tokyo in the first round to Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm, used powerful groundstrokes to escape from danger in the first set.

But the three-time Grand Slam winner faltered in the second set, trading three breaks of serve with Pironkova before sealing the match with a crosscourt backhand winner to end the tiebreaker. “She started swinging away, and I was a little bit late and a little bit more tentative,” Sharapova told reporters, adding that she hoped to improve her consistency and cut down on the number of unforced errors.

“I think the first rounds are never quite perfect,” she said, referring also to her loss in Tokyo, which she said had deprived her of much-needed match play. “At the end of the day, I found a way to win.” Stosur, the fourth seed here, started strong but could not hold on, crashing out of the tournament in three sets to 20-year-old Latvian qualifier Anastasija Sevastova, 2-6, 7-6 (7/ 5), 7-5.

In the third set, the Australian world number seven — who reached the final at the French Open this year — gave her opponent too many second serves to look at and was unable to recover from a crucial service break near the end. Last year’s winner here, 10th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, also lost in the first round to Italy’s Roberta Vinci.

“I feel like I am a better player than her, but I could not get my chances,” Kuznetsova said. In other action, a trio of Russians — 13th seed Nadia Petrova, 2005 China Open champion Maria Kirilenko and Alisa Kleybanova — advanced with ease.

France’s Aravane Rezai, the 14th seed, lost to Argentina’s Gisela Dulko.

The 6.6-million-dollar China Open is a joint WTA-ATP event, with both tours looking to make inroads in the vast Asian country, which they see as a strategic marketplace.

Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, the top seed in Beijing, could take over the world number one ranking from Serena Williams — who withdrew due to injury this week — by reaching the quarterfinals or better here.

“I always go into a tournament wanting to win it. Of course (getting the number one ranking) is also a goal here, but we’ll have to see if that is going to be possible,” Wozniacki told

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Maria Sharapova of Russia blows a kiss to spectators afterdefeating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria during their first round match in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on October 3, 2010. Sharapova won at 6-4, 7-6. a press conference.

Titleholder Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men’s draw, which begins on Monday. The Serb will face a

tough challenge from Britain’s Andy Murray, in action for the first time since a disappointing early loss at the US Open.

Spanish league results Real Zaragoza 2 (Pongolle 56, 61) Sporting Gijon 2 (Obradovic 32-og, Castro 48-pen) Real Sociedad 1 (Forlin 83-og) Espanyol 0 Valencia 2 (Aduriz 10, Vicente 90) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Gabilondo 90)

Italian Serie A results Udinese 1 (Benatia 90) Cesena 0 Parma 0 AC Milan 1 (Pirlo 25)

English Premier League results Birmingham 0 Everton 2 (Johnson 54-og, Cahill 90) Stoke 1 (Walters 48) Blackburn 0 Sunderland 0 Man Utd 0 Tottenham 2 (Van der Vaart 45, 75) Aston Villa 1 (Albrighton 16) West Brom 1 (Morrison 78) Bolton 1 (Elmander 64) West Ham 1 (Piquionne 51) Fulham 1 (Dempsey 33) Wigan 2 (Gomez 65, Rodallega 85) Wolves 0

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Stoner wins Japan MotoGP Agence France Presse MOTEGI, Japan - Australian rider Casey Stoner won the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday, grabbing his second straight victory despite frustrating problems setting up his Ducati throughout the weekend. The 2007 world champion clocked 43min 12.266sec at the Motegi Twin Ring, 3.868sec ahead of pole-position starter Andrea Dovizioso and 5.707sec faster than reigning champion Valentino Rossi, both of Italy.

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Ducati’s Casey Stoner (R) of Australia sprays champagne to third-placed Valentino Rossi (L) of Italy and second-placed Andrea Dovizioso (C) of Italy during the awarding ceremony for the Japanese Grand Prix MotoGP race at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, on October 3, 2010.

Stoner won the race in 43 minutes 12.266 seceonds.

Lorenzo hits out at ‘unfair’ Rossi MOTEGI - Jorge Lorenzo believes Valentino Rossi was too aggressive towards him in their battle for the podium in the Japanese Grand Prix.

The two Yamaha riders made contact twice during a fraught struggle for third place in the closing laps at Motegi. They swapped places four times before Rossi secured the final podium spot ahead of his team-mate.

Lorenzo argued that Rossi risked jeopardising Yamaha’s title prospects had they come together. “This was a big battle between Valentino and I, two warriors with the killer instinct,” said the Spaniard. “I have to say that at some points I do not think he was completely fair, we were both on the limit but some of his moves were maybe a bit too much and he touched me and pushed me wide when I don’t

think it was right.

“We are team-mates, I am fighting for the riders’ championship but we are both fighting for the teams’ and manufacturers’ championship as well and we have to remember this.” Wilco Zeelenberg, team manager for Lorenzo’s side of the split Yamaha operation, agreed that Rossi should have been more circumspect when racing with Lorenzo given the Spaniard’s championship position.

“Of course the end of the race was exciting, but Jorge is a winner and even with the situation with the championship he was never going to give up on the final podium spot easily,” said Zeelenberg.”It was a great battle between the two strongest riders in the world but they are team-mates and Valentino took too many risks and

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Jorge Lorenzo, left, fight with his teammate Valentino Rossi during Motegi Grand Prix on Sunday, October 3rd 2010

touched Jorge a couple of times, which should not have happened when Jorge is fighting for the championship.”

In an interview with the official MotoGP website, Lorenzo added that he understood that the dice had made great entertainment for fans, but that he felt the situation was becoming unsafe. “The show is great for the business of motorcycling - people enjoy it and that’s fantastic,” he said.

“But when you’re a rider, and you’re riding a MotoGP bike which does 300 km/h on the straight and in the corners 200km/h or 180 km/h, and you are feeling that the other rider is touching you, it’s not a beautiful feeling or a good emotion because you know you are putting your life at risk in this moment.

“There were three or four moves I made on Valentino that I thought were correct and fair. Instead his movements were legal but a little bit on the limit from my point of view.

“I think it’s the way he likes to fight. It happened with [Sete] Gibernau, then with [Casey] Stoner and now with me. Maybe in the future his rivals will get a little bit mad and will act like he usually does.”

Lorenzo said he was not at his maximum pace in the Motegi race due to a handling issue and the decision to stick with Yamaha’s old spec engine and save the newer, more powerful unit for later in the season.

Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo only came fourth, after losing a nail-biting battle with Rossi in the final stages of the race. Stoner, fresh from winning the Aragon Grand Prix last month, called the victory an “upset” after his team struggled to find the best setup for his machine in “a disaster weekend”.

“It’s obvious the bike really isn’t perfect for this track. And to come out and still win this was just awesome for me and for the team and for everybody,” he said. “This was one of my most memorable wins,” he said, after fending off challenges from Dovizioso, who had his first career pole start.

The Honda rider lamented his accumulation of small mistakes that prevented him really threatening the Australian, but said he was happy to take second. “I wasn’t precise 100 percent,” the Italian said. “To come back on the podium was so important.” The true highlight of the race came as the two Yamaha riders staged a brilliant duel with two laps remaining.

Riding side by side, their bikes touched as they overtook each other at successive corners during the final lap. But Rossi, still suffering shoulder pains, had the final say. “It was funny,” the nine-time world champion said. “We had some overtaking. But you know, in the last lap... to take a place on the podium, you have to never give up.”

Stoner’s victory, however, did not change Lorenzo’s strong position in the overall championship standings.

With only four races remaining Lorenzo can secure the season title with a solid showing in the Malaysian Grand Prix next weekend if second-ranked Dani Pedrosa misses the event.

Pedrosa, the only racer with a chance of overtaking Lorenzo, pulled out of Motegi after crashing during practice on Friday, when he broke a collarbone into four pieces.

He immediately flew home to Spain and underwent a successful operation Saturday, but it remained unclear exactly when he would be able to return to racing, his physician said in Barcelona.