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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) waves to people as he is welcomed to Hamadan, 336 kilometres (209 miles) southwest of Tehran, August 4, 2010.

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TEHRAN, Iran – A conservative website said a handmade grenade exploded Wednesday near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy in an apparent assassination attempt, but Tehran state TV denied the report.

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The website, khabaronline.ir, said the grenade detonated near Ahmadinejad’s convoy as he was on his way to address a crowd in the western Iranian town of Hamedan but did not harm him. The president later gave his speech as planned, and it was broadcast live on state television. He made no mention of the attack in his remarks.

One person was arrested in connection with the attack, the

website report said, adding that Ahmadinejad’s car was about 100 yards (meters) from the blast. It also said there was no information whether anyone was injured. “The explosion caused a lot of smoke,” the report said.

Iran’s state-run Press TV, the government’s main English-language broadcast arm, said an informed source iin Ahmadinejad’s office vehemently denied the alle-

gation, insisting “no such attack had happened.”

Ahmadinejad, whose popularity at home is waning amid a faltering economy and tightened U.N. and Western sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program, regularly tours the countryside to deliver speeches to grassroot supporters in cities and town across Iran. Other media reported an explosion in the area but gave conflicting accounts about the cause.

The semiofficial Fars news agency said a handmade grenade was thrown at the path where the president and his entourage had been but only after they had left the site. Fars said the explosion disturbed people at the site.

Hamedan, 200 miles (340 kilometers) west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to Kurdish area of Iran that has witnessed occasional clashes between Kurdish rebels and security forces over the past years.

Ahmadinejad also said Monday during a speech that Israel had sent agents to assassinate him, but he gave no details. The accusation came a day after another conservative Iranian website, Mashreghnews.ir, reported that security forces had detained a terrorist group in Tehran that planned to assassinate officials. It linked the group to Kurdish separatists.

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Video sheds light on Indonesia security forces Associated Pres Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The jumpy video shows a prisoner lying in a jungle clearing in eastern Indonesia moments after troops allegedly sliced open his abdomen with a bayonet, sending intestines tumbling from his stomach. Using the little life he has left in him, Yawen Wayeni lifts his arm into the air, and says weakly, “Freedom! Papua ... Freedom!”

At the sound of his muffled voice, gun-toting, uniformed officers resting in the shade approach. “Speak up,” one taunts.

“What? You all are never going to get freedom.”

One year after the activist’s death, footage being circulated online is providing a glimpse into the actions of Indonesia’s security forces in Papua, where an estimated 100,000 people have been killed since the former Dutch colony was integrated into the country nearly 50 years ago.

A low-level insurgency in the province remains an extremely sensitive issue for the government, which restricts access to foreign journalists, human rights workers and academics, making it difficult

to verify claims of abuse.

Police have said Wayeni, captured for allegedly vandalizing several of their buildings and vehicles, was shot in the thigh and stomach while resisting arrest and that he died on the way to the hospital.

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, a director general at Indonesia’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights, said Tuesday she was unaware of the video but promised to investigate.

Indonesia has made tremendous strides toward democracy since emerging from decades of dictatorship under Gen. Suharto in 1998.

Citizens today can vote directly for

president and the country has been praised for reforms that have freed the media and vastly improved human rights.

But government critics in Papua are still given lengthy prison terms for peacefully expressing their views, organizing rallies or simply raising separatist flags. Human rights workers and inmates say many have been tortured in detention, with electric shocks, beatings and cigarette burns. The central government, which granted Papua special autonomy in 2001, denies such atrocities still take place.

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Bali News Apprehensive, narcotics crimes have entered into student’s life Denpasar (Bali Post)—

State of Indonesia in general and Bali in particular is still estimated to become the target and the operational region of terrorism and narcotics offenders. Therefore, all parties without exception must attempt earnestly to combat against the crimes that had caused a lot of miserable to people.

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Then Dean of Faculty of Law Udayana University Prof. Dr. IGN Wairocana confessed to be concerned with the increase of crimes in the area of narcotics. Moreover, some perpetrators among them came from the circles of students. Such conditions might not be allowed because it was feared to ruin the continuity of generation successor at a later date. “I am remarkably sad to hear there was a student until getting involved in narcotics crimes. I strongly agree if students are also invited to actively participate in it,” explained Wairocana in the midst of preparatory of the National Quasijudicial Competition to struggle for the Tjokorda Raka Dherana Cup, last Tuesday (Aug 3).

According to Wairocana, the role of students in the eradication of nar-

cotics could be manifested in various ways. One of them was by involving them in quasi-judicial especially highlighting the theme of narcotics and terrorism. In such quasi-judicial, students would play all perpetrators as in any other public justice. There was student acting as judge, prosecutor, lawyer, defendant and even to witness expert.

“By the appreciation to the role played, they indirectly could understand how dangerous the drugs are,” he said.

Meanwhile, the theme of terrorism was associated to the lack of sense of justice perceived by the victims toward the punishment that should be lived by the defendant. As a result of the terrorist’s crimes, the victim would experience an infinitely miserable while the penalty for terrorists was adequately brief. “Through the quasi-judiciary, the students would try to knock

on the conscience of the law enforcement officials,” he explained.

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee Ida Ayu Agung Wirdaputri Atmaja explained the quasi-judicial competition held for the very first time in Bali was the largest one ever held before. Such prestigious event involved 19 delegates from around the Faculty of Law throughout Indonesian. Among them, there were University of Indonesia, Airlangga University, Diponegoro University, North Sumatera University (USU) and a number of other renowned universities. On the first phase, assessment had been performed to the written materials submitted by the participants. In the meantime, the assessment team came from the circle of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and academicians. (015)

Bali’s Getting Crowded 2,5 Million Foreign Tourists Is Sufficient Denpasar (Bali Post)

According to Bali Central Bureau of Statistics’ data year 2009, Bali’s population reached 3,5 million people meanwhile on the same year visits from foreign tourists reached 2,2 million people and domestic tourists reached more than 2,5 million people. With the population and tourists increasing caused Bali to be crowded even more. In the middle of “Creating Bali’s Future Better” seminar at Udayana University Campus last Tuesday (3/8), Bali Province Region Secretary 2nd Assistant, Drs. I Ketut Wija, M.M. stated these.

According to Wija, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali was targeted 2,3 million for year 2010 and if that’s reached it will fill up Bali as its infrastructure has not supported

and caused more uncontrollable traffics, “Looking at the facilities now, I think 2,5 million foreign tourists is sufficient for Bali otherwise it will be so crowded.”

He then added, Bali is different from Singapore even the neighboring country had more than 10 million foreign tourists a year but its infrastructure is supporting the visits.

It is clarified that many efforts are being done by the Bali Province Government to manage the traffic with one of them making a flyover, ship pier developments and widening the airport, “Hopefully Bali will have a more representative airport soon so Bali has hope to accommodate even more tourists.” The traffics in Bali are one of the classic problems that need to be solved

sooner as this is for tourists’ reassure and safety.

According to Head of Bali Continuing Development Foundation, Dr. Ketut Gede Dharma Putra, M.Sc. the infrastructure development and environment problems are issues being discussed by Bali. It is said these problems need to be solved sooner, “The openness of Bali’s people at this time is forming to be a momentum to develop Bali as needed. At this time Bali needs to be aware of the options being given to solve the problems such as discussion in managing the traffic by building a flyover and clean water also electricity are also facilities needed to be prepared.”

Bali’s potential is huge in filling its own needs by using its own nature resources. (kmb13)

The Students of SMAN 1 Denpasar (Senior High School) watch “Wayang Cenkblong” performance. The young generation must be introduced with the traditional Balinese art and culture so they can be attracted to preserve the culture.

Goa Lawah tourist object:

Regains tourist visits dominated by Europeans Semarapura (Balinese Post)—

Goa Lawah Temple tourist object has indicated to regain more tourist visits within the past one month. Because, during the period of July—August poses the peak season of foreign tourist visit, particularly those from Europe like Holland, Germany and France.

According to Putu Juliadi, operator of the Goa Lawah tourist object, last Tuesday (Aug 3) mentioned that the daily average of tourist visits reaching to 150-200 tourists. Such number was estimated to diminish when entering September 2010. “You know that September is the end of holiday season in Europe,” he said.

Unlike the visit of European tourists, the visit of tourists from Asian countries such as China and Japan precisely decreased. Juliadi admitted to not know exactly why it happened.

“Obviously, the visit to Klungkung Regency is dominated by European tourists, especially from the Netherlands. It has something to do with the ancient history. Moreover, the visit to Goa Lawah Temple belongs to a single package with the visit to Kerthagosa Hall of Justice and Semarajaya Museum,” he said.

However, he admitted the current peak season of tourist visit from European countries coincided with the pinnacle of recent execution of Ngaben cremation ceremonies organized throughout Bali Island.

On that account, his party worried it would have an impact on the volume of waste in the environment of

Goa Lawah Temple that also became the destination of meajar-ajar ritual or pilgrimage of the sanctified ancestral souls. Volume of garbage was feared to disturb the convenience of tourists.

“Thankfully, the matter of garbage could have been resolved. Apart from the attendants of Klungkung Cultural and Tourism Services the sanitation around the Goa Lawah area was also handled with assistance of local attendants,” said Juliadi.

Untrue issues

Meanwhile, every season of ngaben cremation ritual, the operator of Goa Lawah Temple always afflicted by untrue issues about the levy charged per corpse. It was said the operator was reported to request fees amounting to IDR 800 thousand per corpse. Juliadi did not dismiss the issues. He admitted to have been frequently complained and questioned by residents conducting ngaben ritual, especially those from outside Klungkung Regency. “I am often asked whether it is true we really charge a fee of IDR 800,000 per corpse,” he said.

According to him, it certainly tarnished the image of Goa Lawah because in reality the operator only charged IDR 30,000 per entourage of ngaben ritual organizing a Meajar-ajar procession. Such levy was used for covering the costs of clean up service.

“However, if it is in the temple, it belongs to volunteer donation or dana punia. Its amount is based on sincerity of each devotee,” he added. (kmb20)

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Cashew and Mango Harvest Threaten in Karangasem Amlapura (Bali Post) –

The drying Kudu area residents were thankful and in grieve as long rain season hits the area.

They are thankful it decreased the clean water crisis yet in grieve its cashew and mango fruits harvest are threaten. This was stated by Head of Banjar Tamanasari, West Tianyar, Kubu, Karangasem, Gede Daryana, last Tuesday (3/8) at Kubu.

He admitted the rain season was longer this year and in the south part of Karangasem was often hit by heavy rain but in Kudu itself one to two times a day. With dry season should’ve been upon us, the flowering cashew and mango trees had its flowers damaged as every time rain stops, the sun comes out and cause the flowers to fall, “The condition is threatening cashew and mango trees which are the main crops for farmers from Kubu, Abang

and some other areas in Karangasem and now has its harvest threaten.”

One of the farmers from Baantas Kubu, Made Surung, both plants are farmers’ harvest hopefuls during dry season as in this season farmers can’t plant anything such as arable crops.

Daryana added, the threat has caused farmers loss on medicine and fertilizer as farmers in Tamansari are mostly as farmer staffs that only rely on the harvest, “If its harvesting failed, what can they hope for?”

Daryana said the condition could cause food crisis and people poorer as the cashew trees started to die caused by a white root mushrooms (JAP) which can’t be mended. The victimized cashew trees will go downer, weaker, has it leaves falling then die.

There’s some that fell down before it died as the roots were first rotten and couldn’t bare the high speed wind, “At south part of Kubu almost no cashew trees grew there which caused by the deadly mushroom.” (013)

Instinct - Daughters & Kittens “Check your departure time, please!” I begged Isobella. “Yes, yes” promises my dutiful daughter, the one who always listens respectfully and then does exactly whatever she pleases. This time was no different and when she finally did check her ticket my worst fears are confirmed.

Whilst her departure is Saturday, it is ten minutes past midnight Saturday morning. One full day earlier than we had thought! I hate saying goodbye, that final hug before my child disappears through the hungry airport doors leaves me feeling like I’ve been punched in the stomach. I hate the trip home from the airport when I sit, tears dripping down my cheeks, snivelling and wondering why, yet again, I didn’t bring tissues.

Thank goodness I carry my ever present sarong. Those wonderful sarongs that have carefully gathered up all sorts of little puppies and kittens over the past two and a bit years I have lived here in Bali but which on other occasions double as an oversized hanky.

Whitney Houston is singing ‘I look to you’ from her latest album, a gift from Isobella. Honk, honk – I am hopeless!Isobella and Felix (her boyfriend who left the previous night) had spent their Christmas holidays with me but, as all good things do, the holiday have come to an end and life must return to normal and I am left with the memories of this wonderful time with them.

We played tennis and badminton.

We salsa - ed and dined out at Indus, Ryoshi and in warungs with no names, we rode bicycles from Kintamani to Ubud and swam at Sengkidu and caught up with other friends on holiday but possibly, unanimously agreed, the sweetest memory is the three days when Miss Kitty came to stay.

The Sunday after Christmas Ibu

Made, mother of Putu, my young friend who used to volunteer with me at Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) clinic, came to see me.

She stood on the bottom step of my terrace with her youngest, Made, a little boy with an angelic face and a temperament to match. Ibu Made had just dropped Putu off at Roda Internet where she now has computer lessons each Sunday. Not quite the same as the warm and fuzzy Sundays at BAWA but still productive as she is using a program which helps with her English.They had come to ask a favour.

Just recently, explained Ibu Made, they had found a tiny kitten, wet and shivering having been caught out in these heavy summer rains and had brought her home.

They were going to Singaraja the next day for a ceremony and wondered if I would be able to look after the kitten for the three nights they would be away. Of course, said Isobella, but I was more than a little concerned as my two cats, Tango & Yoko Ono, are spoiled and therefore, very territorial.

But, yes of course, we’d ‘kittysit’!Little Made who had been standing silently beside his mother during our conversation pulled at her sleeve and whispered something. Ibu Made turned back to me and said “You will give her back, won’t you!”

The following morning they arrived with “Miss Kitty” and our hearts melted as Made reluctantly handed her over, his beautiful brown eyes watching her and willing her to know she would see him again.

Kittens remind me of daughters during the sweetest little time when the world is pretty and butterflies need to be chased but never caught. Isobella was my human kitten with her green eyes and lithe limbs as she easily climbed and danced around our garden. She had a delicate nature with a

smile never too far from her lips and giggles that tinkled.

But let me not get too romantic – like my hissing, spitting Tango & Yoko Ono both now nearly two years old who were not handling this little interloper – Isobella’s late teen years were less than “sweet”! Life comes full circle and I have a young adult who I admire and miss horribly.Miss Kitty wasn’t in the slightest bit impressed with the large cage nor the kitten food or toys. All she wanted to do was play with Tango & Yoko Ono. They, on the other hand, acted like a pair of spoilt brats, using language that would have made Sinbad the cat sailor blush! But this tiny kitten with a personality bigger than Brutus the Rottweiler would have nothing of it.

Miss Kitty stalked them, jumped out from behind cushions and gilded bathroom doors, patting at their flicking tails and taking flight as their tempers frayed and they turned with menacing looks that suggested the worst but then walked off knowing they too had succumbed to this tiny kitten’s persistence.

While she was with us we had her sterilised, with the permission of Ibu Made, of course. It is truly amazing that kittens and puppies are now able to be sterilised at an earlier age than in the past thus saving unwanted pregnancies! She was home by 3pm and that was the only time we had any peace from her pouncing personality.

Anaesthetic does have that effect!

We all went to hand her over to little Made. In three days she had won our hearts and it was not easy to say “goodbye”, however, there was one consolation, this little boy loved his Miss Kitty and his smile was all we needed. The BAWA vets are skilled at sterilising kittens and puppies so please donate and help make a difference to the lives of Bali’s own cats and dogs. Please visit their website www.bawabali.com

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Law violations increase, street vendors dominate Denpasar (Bali Post) -

Service Efforts Tramtib and Satpol PP Denpasar to minimize violations, it is still far from expectations. The evidence, violations against a number of regulations in Denpasar in July 2010 having increase from the previous month. There were 86 offenders who successfully recorded Tramtib Office in July, while in June only 38 registered offenders.

Plt. Kadis Tramtib and Satpol PP Denpasar, Drs. I Ketut Nick Natha Authority accompanied by the Head of I Nyoman Ambara Satpol PP, SH., Tuesday (3 / 8) yesterday said the enforcement netted 86 offenders, only six offenders processed through the green to the table misdemeanor (Tipiring). Most offenders are still dominated by street vendors (vendors).

Ambara said the lack of enforcement during the month of June 2010 and then, because some members of Satpol PP serving in the middle of Arts Festival Bali (PKB). However, road patrols and equipment.

While for July 2010, a number that increased to 86 violators disciplined. Where, violations of street vendors (vendors) still dominate the 59 offenders. Including hawkers around the traffic light, after Demographic violations that followed 23 people.

Nick Natha Wibawa said that in addition to treated fields of Satpol PP, enforcement is also conducted in other fields, such as law enforcement fields and Division of Criminal Procedure Order, Entertainment and Disputes (KAPHS).

Field who handled the two fields are different, namely the enforcement of regulations targeting issue a business license while targeting KAHPS general entertainment.

Of this amount, the carrying of six vendors who processed through the green to the table misdemeanor in June.

Meanwhile, for July recorded six who processed through the green to the table misdemeanor, namely three vendors, two offenders Demographic and an illegal garbage dump.

When questioned the lack of offenders who processed through the green to the table misdemeanor , Ambara adds no all offenders are processed. Only a stubborn processed through the green to the table misdemeanor, whereas others, generally they are called to draft a letter statement. ‘’The offenders who are called, generally are willing to follow what we recommend. For example, street vendors who sell at the previous sidewalk, then they moved to locations that do not violate the regulations,’’ he said. (kmb12)

Foreign Divers Admire Marine Life of East Bali The beauty of undersea vista with a rich diversity of biota invites admiration of divers from around the world. In fact, the life of coral reefs and various kinds of ornamental fish living at some points of waters is considered undersea heaven.

According to some tourists, biodiversity living under the sea around Bali in fact has a natural charm that is very compelling. Even, they are almost the same as the charm offered by Bunaken (Manado, North Sulawesi), which has been known throughout the world.

Jemeluk waters for example. According to some tourists, the tourist resort at Purwakerti Beach has peculiarities that could not be found in waters anywhere in the world. Coral reefs in this tourist resort make tourists to drop their option for diving in this area. Diverse endangered coral reefs belonged to aquapora species and a number of new ones could only be found at Jemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary. Some species resemble to a form of table or flowers. In addition, there is also a rare fish species such as unibrand, stingrays, tuna, sharks, and green turtles.

I Gede Suta as one of the tourism businesspeople in this region revealed that at Jemeluk could be found a Japanese shipwreck of World War II with the size of 14 x 10 meters.

The ship had been overgrown by beautiful coral reefs and widely favored because of its beauty. When glancing at the sea from the cliffs, it will be seen a beautiful scenery with Mount Agung as the background and a vast expanse of sea.

According to story developing in the local community, the name Jemeluk comes from the word ‘nyeluk’ standing for the bay. Therefore, Jemeluk poses a beautiful bay with calm and not bumpy waves.

“Since the water is crystal clear, visitors can see the beauty of coral reefs and marine biota living in it from the top of the cliff,” said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid development of marine tourism, the issue on the damage to coral reef is indeed frightening specter for the circle of marine tourism entrepreneurs. According to Suta, the damage of existing coral reefs at Jemeluk was not solely caused by human activities. The existing damage was due to residual stray of bomb during the World War II. Nevertheless, such damage starts diminishing because of the growth of new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts had been made to preserve it. One of them was by developing cubical artificial reef resembling a pyramid that had been cultivated since several years ago. (BTN/BB)

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US to send first delegation to Hiroshima memorial Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are welcoming a decision by the United States to send its first ever delegation to a ceremony marking the anniversary of the attacks, but are asking for something they aren’t likely to get — an apology.

Tokyo has praised the decision to send U.S. Ambassador John Roos to the Hiroshima anniversary on Friday, though some survivors of the attack, which is seen by many in Japan as an unjustified use of excessive force against a civilian population, say they have mixed feelings.

“They best thing they could do would be to apologize,” said Terumi Tanaka, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki at age 13 and is now secretary-general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Associations. “But I doubt that is going to

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Visitors walk toward the Atomic Bomb Dome, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.

Hiroshima will mark the 65th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack on Aug. 6.

happen.”

Tanaka, whose organization is the only nationwide network of atomic bomb survivors, said the decision to send Roos is a positive sign of U.S. resolve to abolish nuclear weapons. “We welcome the visit. But without an apology, it is difficult for us,” he said. “We aren’t asking for reparations. We simply want the U.S. to apologize and get rid of its nuclear arsenal.”

U.S. officials say they felt it was “the right thing to do” to send Roos to the ceremony — which begins Friday morning with the ringing of a bell and the release of doves.

They also hope the move will underscore President Barack Obama’s call for a world without nuclear weapons.

Roos visited Hiroshima just weeks after he arrived in Tokyo in 2009, and the response was generally positive. But this is the first time the U.S. will send a delegation to the anniversary ceremony itself.

About 140,000 people were killed or died within months when an American B-29 bombed Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, about 80,000 people died after the United States attacked Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. Hiroshima officials on Wednesday said this year representatives of 75 countries will attend the ceremony, along with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon. Representatives from nuclear powers France and Britain will also attend for the first time. Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba singled out Roos’ decision to participate as particularly significant.

“The attendance of Ambassador Roos will further strengthen world opinion toward the abolition of nuclear weapons and, we strongly hope, deepen the resolve of the government of Washington, as a nuclear power, to destroy such weapons,” Akiba said in a statement.

Pakistan army soldiers distribute relief aid among people affected by heavy flooding in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work has been hampered by submerged roads, washed out bridges, and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction.

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Floods ravage Pakistan’s heartland, threaten south Associated Press Writer

KOT ADDU, Pakistan – Floodwaters ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan’s main province of Punjab Wednesday, destroying homes, soaking crops, and threatening more lives. Aid workers warned that bloated rivers would soon surge into the country’s south, prompting more evacuations.

This year’s monsoon season has prompted the worst flooding in Pakistan in living memory and already killed more than 1,500 people. The U.N. scrambled to provide food and other assistance to some 3.2 million affected people in a nation already struggling with an Islamist militancy and a poor economy.

After causing huge destruction in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, floodwaters deluged villages and some urban centers in Punjab, the richest and most populous province. The army used boats and helicopters to move stranded villagers in the area to higher ground.

Water levels were so high in large tracts of Kot Addu and the nearby area

of Layyah in the south of the province, that only treetops and uppermost floors of some buildings were visible.

Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Nadir Zeb told reporters Wednesday that at least 30,000 people have been rescued from flood-hit zones in Kot Addu and nearby areas over the previous 72 hours. He warned that more flooding was expected as weather forecasts predicted more rains in the next few days.

“People must cooperate with us, and they must leave those areas where floods are going to hit,” he said.

Monsoon season in Pakistan usually lasts about three months, through midSeptember. In a typical year, the country gets an average 137 mm (5.4 inches)

worth of rainfall during the monsoon season. This year, it already has received 160 mm (6.3 inches), said Muhammad Hanif, head of the National Weather Forecasting Center in Islamabad.

The rains are falling about 25 to 30 percent above normal rates, Hanif said.

The northwest, which has been hit the hardest, experienced “once-in-a-century” rains, and can expect more wet weather in coming days, though at normal levels that should allow some recovery. The vast majority of deaths have been reported in that region.

Punjab in the country’s east and Sindh province in the south, however, should expect significant rainfall, he said.

At least 47 people had been killed in Punjab since flooding began in late July, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority said. Nearly 1,000 villages have been affected and some 15,000 houses destroyed in the province, the U.N. said.

Australia PM Gillard faces tobacco, poll battles Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – The tobacco industry and crucial marginal voters turned on Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday as she struggled to get her flagging election campaign back on the front foot.

Gillard continued her assault on conservative rival Tony Abbott’s economic credentials as the race to the August 21 polls hit the halfway mark, warning Australians that he presented a “pretty frightening vision of the future”.

Abbott again refused to debate her on the economy, saying Gillard had missed her chance to lock in a sparring match and he was now too busy.

But it was primarily bad news for former industrial lawyer Gillard, with tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco throwing

their considerable resources behind a campaign against her plan for plain cigarette packs. Gillard’s ruling Labor party has already hiked taxes on cigarettes by 25 percent and her world-first plan to ban logos and advertising on packaging prompted election protest ads by the Alliance of Australian Retailers (AAR).

“There’s no credible evidence that this policy will stop people smoking, that it will stop kids, young people, taking up cigarette smoking,” AAR spokeswoman Sheryle Moon told public broadcaster ABC. “It will just make it more difficult for retailers to do their business.”

Moon said it was no secret that “cigarette manufacturers are providing financial support to the (AAR) alliance”, but argued that Labor’s policy would put small businesses and jobs

at risk. Abbott’s Liberal/National coalition has received millions of dollars in donations from the tobacco industry and Gillard demanded he assure Australians that he was not involved in the campaign or beholden to industry demands.

“The Liberal party has absolutely nothing to do with any sort of prosmoking campaign,” Abbott said, adding that he would “certainly consider” bringing in plain packaging himself if elected to office. Gillard is already facing attack ads from the mining lobby over her proposed 30 percent tax on coal and iron ore profits.

The two-month row over the socalled “super tax” so badly damaged the Labor party’s brand they dumped former leader Kevin Rudd and installed Gillard as leader, hoping for a bounce in the polls. But Gillard’s short-lived honeymoon with the public appeared to be firmly over Wednesday, with poll analysis showing her popularity was dangerously lagging in the key states which will decide the knife-edge vote.

Welsh-born Gillard was behind in the resources-rich states of Queensland and Western Australia (WA), and in New South Wales (NSW), Australia’s most populous region.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L), holds a baby at Maroubra Beach near Sydney on August 1, 2010. The tobacco industry and crucial marginal voters turned on Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday as she struggled to get her flagging election campaign back on the front foot.

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A dream home project by Melia Bali and its repeater guest NUSA DUA, BALI —— Meliã Bali continues to engage its guests in each community involvement to providing a sustainable tourism operation. This was made possible through the resort’s efforts in constantly promoting its community involvement program to its guests.

On July 12, the resort’s community team along with George and Anne Tsolakos from Australia, who have frequented Meliã Bali eight times since 2003, made a visit to one of the Dream Homes community project of I Wayan Patra in Banjar Pande, which the resort has been working on since 2007. The visit’s purpose was to monitor the construction, deliver scholar-

ships for the children and daily needs for the whole family.

Melia Bali has sponsored six housing project since 2007 and completely refurbished homes were turned over to six families. Each project was made possible through the involvement of the resort’s employee, guests, management, local community, government organisations, other tourism businesses, public associations and industry groups as vital. The resort’s team continues to make dreams come true for unfortunate families because we believe a better living could be someone else’s dream. If everyone does a litle to help, together we can help a lot.

Look Back, Reflect on Nature

Water Colour Painting Exhibition UBUD, BALI – Maya Ubud Resort & Spa will feature a group painting exhibition featuring water colours artwork of 20 selected painters titled “Look Back, Reflect on Nature” from August 1 – 31, 2010.

The twenty artists of Agus

Budiyanto Aquarelle Studio through their beautiful paintings invite us to return to the environment, for viewing the paintings one will be able to look back, reflect and be encouraged to make every effort to maintain the balance of nature.

The Aquarelle’s beautiful works

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

can be viewed during this exhibition at Maya Ubud Resort & Spa from August 1 – 31, 2010.

Part of the proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to the Bali International Women’s Association (BIWA) to support their social and environmental projects.

Honorary Consulate of Spain Komplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. Jalan Patih Jelantik Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.769 286 USA Consulate Agency Jalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.222 426

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070

Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628

The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465

Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601

France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485

Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735

The Federal Republic of Germany Jalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.288 535 The Republic of Hungary Jalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.287 701 Italian Consulate Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 005 Honorary Consulate of Mexico Jalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.223 266 Honorary Consulate of The Netherlands Jalan Raya Kuta 127, Bali Phone +62.361.761 506

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

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Its facilities have improved since the emergency ward had been built in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become a problem anymore since it has complete equipments. It is located on Jl. Kesehatan Selatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with : Phone : 227 911 – 15 Fax : 226 363

Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters for less serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, anemia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equipped to care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310

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

Phone : 222 142.

Embassy of India Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.241 978 Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf Finland Segara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.282 223 Honorary Consulate of Malaysia Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.752 520

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

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News Iranian...

From page 1 In May, Ahmadinejad was jeered by a crowd demanding jobs when he was speaking during a similar visit to the southern Iranian town of Khorramshahr.

In 2005, bandits reportedly killed a bodyguard of Ahmadinejad during his visit to restive Sistan-Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran. However, the president had left the province before the attack occurred.

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Dutch Laura Dekker, 14, waves goodbye as she leaves the port in Den Osse on August 4, 2010. uit vaart. Laura Dekker set sail on her yacht, Guppy, for Portugal, from where she will begin her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

14-year-old Dutch sailor girl heads out to sea Associated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM – She’s not afraid of pirates. She’s packed plenty of school books. And she’s going to miss her family and her dog.

Fourteen-year-old Laura Dekker hopped onto her boat Wednesday and sailed off from the Netherlands hoping to become the youngest person to make a solo voyage around the world.

About 100 supporters waved as Laura and her father Dick left the southern Dutch harbor of Den Osse in her 38-foot (11.5-meter) yacht Guppy, bound for Portugal where she plans to leave her father and begin her circumnavigation attempt.

Last week, Laura won a legal battle when a court released her from the guardianship of Dutch child protection agencies. They had blocked her initial plan to depart at age 13 over fears for her safety and psychological health during the trip, which will likely take around a year. “I can be sailing now, and that’s great!” she told reporters Wednesday, sporting a skull-emblazoned black T-shirt.

Laura hoisted the black Jolly Roger-like flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society above her red twin-masted ketch — the

same image she wore on her shirt — before sailing out.

Laura, who was born on a yacht off the coast of New Zealand, has been working to counter objections to her voyage since the authorities stepped in last year. She got a bigger, sturdier boat, took courses in first aid and practiced coping with sleep deprivation. She also made at least one solo trip across the North Sea to England.

The Dutch court ruled that Laura’s preparations were adequate and it was up to her parents to decide whether to let her make the attempt. Her mother, Babs Mueller, who is separated from her father, recently withdrew her opposition to the plan.

Her case has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing ever-younger sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone.

If she completes the voyage, any record she claims would be unofficial and likely to be challenged. The Guinness’ World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Coun-

cil have decided they will no longer recognize records for “youngest” sailors to avoid encouraging overly optimistic youths backed by ambitious parents from seeking a world record.

In June, 16-year-old American teen Abby Sunderland had to be rescued in a remote section of the Indian Ocean during an attempt to circle the globe. A huge wave snapped her mast and left her helpless until she was eventually rescued by a French fishing boat more than 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) west of Australia.

Her parents were sharply criticized for allowing her to undertake the trip — a complete turnaround from the praise the family had basked in a year earlier when Abby’s older brother Zac successfully captured the world record for youngest solo circumnavigator at age 17.

Three months ago, Australian Jessica Watson, completed a 210day voyage on her 34-foot (10meter) yacht, Ella’s Pink Lady, around the world at age 16.

One of Ahmadinejad’s trademarks has been constant travel around his vast country to deliver provocative speeches before outwardly adoring crowds who shout “death” to Iran’s foes. The oil market initially reacted calmly to reports of the attempted attack.

“I expect that any backlash there might be from Ahmadinejad will be far more important to the oil market than the initial attack itself,” said Paul Harris, head of natural resources risk management at Bank of Ireland. “You would expect the oil market to react if there is any attempt to link the attack to the current tensions with the West and the ramping up of sanctions.”

Baqer Moin, a London-based Iran expert, said Hamadan was a stable area without any notable ethnic or local tension. “Let’s wait and see who they accuse, an internal or an external enemy,” Moin said.

Several armed groups opposed to the government are active in Iran, mostly fighting in the name of ethnic Kurds in the northwest, Baluch in the southeast and Arabs in the southwest. The banned Mujahideen Khalq, listed by the United States as a terrorist group, carried out several anti-government attacks after the 1979 Islamic revolution. It was blamed for two 1981 bombings that killed dozens of senior officials in Tehran, including the president and prime minister.

Shahin Gobadi, French-based spokesman for the Mujahideen, now part of an opposition coalition known as National Council of Resistance of Iran, denied involvement.

Asked if his group was behind the attack, he said: “Absolutely not, absolutely not. It has nothing to do with us. I don’t know what happened but it has nothing to do with us.”

Ahmadinejad recently sought to isolate rival political factions by declaring that “the regime has only one party, which is the velayat” — a reference to Shi’ite Islam’s hidden Imam, for now represented by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Just as combative toward external pressure, the president derided sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program as “pathetic” and vowed to pursue what Iran says is a quest for nuclear energy, not weapons as the West believes.

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From page 1 “For all their talk about how things have changed since Suharto’s days, this particular murder is just another example reminding us how much remains the same,” said Richard Chauvel, a senior lecturer at Victoria University in Australia who has written extensively about Papua.

The video also points to broader feelings that special autonomy — which gives Papuans greater control over their budget and economy — has done little to address key issues driving attitudes in the province.

Thousands have turned out in the streets in recent months demanding that candidates for elected office at the sub-provincial level be indigenous Papuans, something senior officials in Jakarta flatly rejected as “discriminatory,” exacerbating tensions.

Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group, a Brusselsbased think tank, said government leaders, with few exceptions, “do not understand that the only way to stem an independence movement is through serious attention to political issues.

“At the same time, the Papuans themselves tend to blame Jakarta for everything that has gone

wrong, without too much introspection what they themselves could do.” This is a huge gap, she said, that can only be bridged if high-level discussions are held about political issues.

Others believe outside pressure is required. Fifty members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter saying there is a strong indication that the Indonesian government has committed “genocide” against the Papuans and called on President Barack Obama to make it “one of the highest priorities of the administration.”

Even so, as part of efforts to shore up influence in the region amid increasing challenges from China, Washington last month lifted a decadelong ban on military assistance to a notoriously violent commando unit, known as Kopassus, which operates in Papua.

The seven-minute video appears to have been made by the Korps Brigade Mobil, or Brimob, the paramilitary police who took part in the arrest. It too has a legacy of abuse in Papua. It’s not clear how the clip made its way to the Internet, and few here have seen it. The troops caught up with Wayeni at his home in the jungle village of Matembu on Aug. 3, 2009.

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VP receives North Korean FM Antara

Jakarta – Vice President Boediono received North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun at his office here on Wednesday morning.

On the occasion the vice president was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa and a number of his staffers.

Besides his courtesy call to Vice President Boediono, the North Korean foreign minister also spoke about several issues related to tension in the Korean Peninsula.

Earlier after meeting his North Korean counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said North Korea agreed to settle peacefully the tension in the the Korean Peninsula by returning to the negotiating table with six parties, so long as it also involved South Korea and the United States and it is based on the principle of equality.

Pyongyang has signaled all parties, especially South Korea and the

United States to respect the principle of equality of North Korea as a sovereign country.

In relation to Indonesia’s role, Natalegawa said Jakarta would make every effort to solve the issue facing the Korean Peninsula by talks involving six parties.

“We have to immediately return to the negotiating table for a six party talks to redefine and to re-identify what had actually happened and to find the best possible solution,” Natalegawa said.

Six party talks had been conducted periodically since August 2003 by involving six countries namely Indonesia, South Korea, North Korea, the United States, China, and Russia.

But the talks were halted in the

past few years because of tension in the Korean Peninsula.

The latest incident that caused the tension was the sinking of a South Korean naval ship which killed 46 if its seamen, but Pyongyang denied any involvement in the sinking of the South Korean warship.

South Korea has accused the reclusive North of torpedoing one of its warships, heightening tension in the region and testing the international position of China, Pyongyang’s only major backer.

South Korea said it would take “firm” measures against its impoverished neighbor, which responded furiously by saying that it was ready for war if Seoul or its allies imposed sanctions. A report by investigators, including experts from the United States, Australia, Britain and Sweden, concluded that a North Korean submarine had fired a torpedo which sank the Cheonan corvette in March, killing 46 sailors.

Miss Tourism Indonesia to promote Maluku Antara

Ambon - Miss Tourism Indonesia 2009 Andra Rainy Ayudini said she would promote Maluku’s tourism potentials to foreign tourists.

“As Miss Tourism , I have a responsibility to Indonesia, especially Maluku province as a tourism destination. I will introduce Maluku to both domestic and foreign tourists,” Andra said at a ceremony to welcome Sail Banda 2010 participants here on Tuesday night.

According to her, Maluku, especially Ambon city, was prepared to be a tourism destination in the country because it had natural beauty, interesting culture and traditions, and tourism potential worth seeing.

“Marine and natural tourism with various cultural heritages can be presented in an attractive package and

supported by infrastructure, accommodation, and adequate land and air transportation,” Andra said.

Although bearing the title of Indonesian Tourism Lady 2009, Andra admitted that it was her first to visit Ambon but she was stunned with its natural beauty of sea, hills, and valleys.

She said that early last year she joined a team of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry in the visit to the Netherlands to promote Indonesia and Maluku.

“At the time we promoted Maluku, Dutch people showed profound enthusiasm to visit the province to obtain first-hand information on the latest developments,” Andra said.

She was of the opinion that national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia’s Amsterdam-JakartaAmbon route would facilitate Euro-

pean tourists, especially from the Netherlands, to visit Maluku in the future. The first foreign power to set foot in Maluku was Portugal, followed by the Dutch.

In 1605, the Dutch succeeded in forcing the Portuguese to hand over its defense territory in Ambon to Steven van der Hagen and in Tidore to Cornelius Sebastian.

The Dutch destroyed British forts in Kambelo and Seram Island.

Gradually, the Dutch gained control over all of Maluku.

The Dutch position became stronger and stronger, along with the establishment of VOC in 1602.

Consequently, the Dutch ruled Maluku ever since. Under the authority of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, acting as the chief of operations of VOC. The clove trade activities were fully controlled by VOC.

“Convergence” wins Sail Banda 2010 Antara

Ambo – The yacht “Convergence” skippered by Randolph Kent Repass of the United States, has been declared the champion of the international marine event Sail Banda 2010.

Randolph was therefore on Tuesday night presented with the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister’s trophy by Maluku Vice Governor Said Assagaff at a ceremony held at Tantui Nusantara Fish Port as the mooring location of the yachts participating in Sail Banda.

Convergence, a multi-hull yacht from the US, was the first to arrive at Banda Island on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 4.45 p.m. Eastern Indonesia Standard Time (WIT) after be-

ing flagged off at Darwin’s Cullen Bay, Australia, on July 24.

The second yacht to arrive in Banda was “Pegasus” of England, skippered by Jason Charles Lawrence, who was eligible to receive the Maluku Governor’s trophy.

While “First Light III” of Australia, skippered by Bernard John McGoldrick, came in third as it arrived in Banda at 8 on Tuesday morning, July 27. Bernard received the Sail Banda Committee’s trophy.

The first three yachts were followed by six others, namely “Catspaw” of England which was skippered by Peter Richard Whitby, “Magnetic” of New Zealand by Trevor Clifford Clark, “Erica” of New Zealand by Erick Frederik Gray,

“Umbra Luna” of Australia by Dale Lynn Clemons, and “Miranda I” of Australia by Goyffrey Philip Rawlins Birch. Assagaff, who is concurrently Sail Banda local committee chairman, said that as of Tuesday night, 24 yachts participating in Sail Banda 2010 had arrived in Ambon to participate in the welcoming ceremony but the rest had yet to arrive.

“It must be weather conditions that are hampering the rest of the yachts on their way here but hopefully they can arrive here before August 7, 2010,” Assagaff said.

Sail Banda 2010, organized by the central government in cooperation with Maluku provincial administration, is participated in by 49 yachts from five countries.

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A street vendor counts rupiah banknotes in Jakarta on August 4, 2010.

Indonesia’s central bank kept its key interest steady at 6.50 percent despite higher inflation in July, which it blamed on seasonal factors.

RI team reaches Mt Kilimanjaro‘s top Antara

Jakarta - A team of six Indonesian climbers has scored another success by conquering the 5,895 meter-high Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. They accomplished the feat as part of a two-and-a-half year expedition to try to reach the tops of the world‘s seven highest mountains.

The team set their foot on the peak of the inactive stratovolcano in northeastern Tanzania on August 1 at 08.00 a.m. and promtply put up the red-and-white national flag there.

The team started climbing the world‘s 4th highest freestanding mountain at 11.00 p.m the day before. It took six to eight hours for them to reach the peak, locally known as Uhuru peak, the team‘s secretariat in Jakarta said.

The team left Jakarta for Tanzania on July 26. They later underwent an acclimatization exercise in the Horombo and Mawenzi Saddle areas in Tanzania.

Nurhuda, commander of the climbing operation, said the team started climbing the mountain early in the morning to avoid unexpected bad weather.

“If we start climbing in the afternoon there will be the risk of bad weather. We must take a rest during the climb at 11.00 p.m.,” he told the secretariat by phone prior to the climb.

The team spent the night before

at Kibo, one of the mountain‘s three volcanic cones situated 4,700 meters above sea level. They reached Kibo which was the last point to lead to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro after more than five hours of climbing from Horombo.

“In Kibo there was one hut consisting of several rooms with 12 beds each. So we slept there along with other climbers,” Nurhuda said.

The Indonesian climbers were among thousands of climbers from all over the world who have climbed Kilimanjaro, one of the well-known tourist sites in Tanzania. No less than 20,000 climbers try to scale the mountain every year.

The team, dubbed Expedition Team of 7 Summits, was set up by the nature lover community, the association of mountain climbers and jungle explorers Wanadri and the culture community Rumah Nusantara. It consists of five male climbers Ardhesir Yaftebbi, Martin Rimbawan, Iwan Irawan, Nurhuda, and Fajri Al Luthfi, and female climber Gina Afriani. The team embarked on the two-and-a-half-year expedition on April 5 this year after making months of preparations.

During the climb at Mount Kilimanjaro, they were accompanied by three senior climbers, Iwan Abdurahman, Remy Tjahari, and Hendricus Mutter from Wanadri.

Also joining the team were Bambang Hamid and Popo Nurakhman of Metro TV and Ambrosius H.M of Kompas daily.

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Bali Today Traditional market prioritize on local product Antara

Denpasar – Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, hope that traditional market in Bali could sell local products. “The market which sells the daily needs must sell the product from the local area. It will help the local producers to sell their products,” the governor said on the opening of Sindu Market in Sanur.

He also urged the local create organic food product. Even if it is more expensive than the non-organic one but it will attract the tourists. “The middle class tourists often look for healthy food and they are attracted by the tourism destination that provides that kind of food,” the governor added.

There are many things that can be done in the future to support the existence of the traditional market. The Governor said that by selling the local products, each market will have their own uniqueness. The people who want to buy local products can go to the traditional market and the one who are looking for the import

products can go to the supermarket.

The governor also explained that currently, the government is developing integrated farming system to create organic product in Bali. The farm use organic fertilizer which is made from cattle dunk.

“If we keep using chemical fertilizer, the soil will be ruin and there will be no plants that can grow in Bali. It is very worrying so let us use organic fertilizer,” the governor said.

Farming also can be the identity of Bali as one of the most famous tourism destination in the world. Good farming also can attract tourists to visit Bali and it can support the development of tourism in the island.

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

When Erlangga’s father died, leaving Mahendradatta as a rangda or a widow, she conspired to use her band of pupils trained in the black arts to destroy Erlangga’s kingdom.

Her chief grudge against Erlangga because of fancied insults to her beautiful daughter, Ratna Menggali – the noblemen of Daha had refused her in marriage for fear of her mother’s evil reputation.

Calonarang (Erlangga’s mother who practising evil magic) went with her pupils to the cemetery and they prayed and danced in honour of Begawati, the deity of black magic, to help them destroy Daha. The goddes appeared and danced with them, granting her permission, warning the witch, however, to preserve the center of the kingdom untouched. The witches danced at the crossroads and soon people fell in great numbers.

Discovering the cause of the epidemic, Erlangga ordered his soldiers to go and kill the witch. They stole into her house while she slept and stabbed her in the heart , but Calonarang awoke unhurt and consumed the daring soldiers with her own fire. The witch went once more into the cemetery and danced with her pupils, dug out corpses, cutting them into pieces, eating the members, drinking the

blood, and wearing the entrails as necklaces. Begawati appeared again and joined in the bloody banquet, but warned Calonarang to be careful. The witches danced once more at the crossroads and the dreadful epidemic ravaged the land, the vassals of Erlangga died before they could even bury the corpses they bore to the cemeteries.

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

Highly flattered, the mother gave her consent and after a happy and passionate honeymoon, Bahula learned from his wife the secret of Calonarang’s power. The possession of a little magic book which he stole and turned over to his master. The holy man copied it and had it returned before the disappearance could be noticed.

The book was a manual of righteousness and had to be read backwards. The holy man was then able to restore life to those victims whose bodies had not yet decayed. Armed with the new knowledge, he accused the witch of her crimes, but she challenged him by setting an enormous Banyan tree on fire by a single look of her fiery eyes. Bharada foiled the enraged witch by restoring the tree, and she turned her fire against the holy man. Unmoved, he killed her with one of her own mantras, but she died in her monstrous form and Bharada. (BTN/Doc)

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From right, Bali’s Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, and Indonesian Trade Minister, Mari Elka Pangestu, cut the ribbon to open the Sindu Market

SVF 2010 targets to draw 20.000 visitors Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The Sanur Village Festival (SVF) 2010 held by the Sanur Development Foundation (YPS) is intended to draw foreign, domestic and local visitors. The target increased by 5,000 from the event of last year reaching 15 thousand visitors.

Chairman of YPS who is also the Chairman of the SVF Organizing Committee, Ida Bagus Sidharta Putra, said that in this annual event Sanur would present all the potentials ranging from art, culture, environment, society and various products that were eligible to compete with other tourist destinations, including foreign countries.

“Through this festival we have packed a number of potentials along with the charm and uniqueness. Similarly, we hope this event could enhance the competitiveness of Sanur, in particular, and Bali in the whole, as the choice of international tourist destination,” said Sidharta at Arena Pub and Restaurant, Sanur, last Tuesday (Aug 3).

According to the man who is familiarly addressed as Gusde, the existence of the event held on a regular basis had an added value

that could boost the number of tourist visits. More than that, through the events held every year since 2006 was also expected to enhance the hotel occupancy rates, length of stay and the number of tourist spending.

“While enjoying the show on the main stage, visitors can delight in some delicious food and drink belonging to five-star hotel at a very affordable price,” he said.

Likewise, he explained the menus of restaurants and hotels presented at the festival were set at a special price that had been determined by the committee in the hope they would be affordable to public. In addition, the use of plastics and styrofoam as food containers would be replaced with recycled paper in accordance with the spirit of going green.

Meanwhile, Managing Director of Santrian Group, Ida Bagus Ngurah Kumbayana, said the fifth festival proved the togetherness of Sanur community under the umbrella of YPS establishing a positive image for tourism destinations in Bali.

“Promotion through the events like this will be certainly heard by

a lot of foreign tourists and Sanur will become the main destination in Bali. As perpetrator of tourism business, I do support the tourism promotion efforts to encourage the ideas and creative action as shown

by SVF so that Sanur will continue to become a beautiful oasis for tourists in Bali,” he said Meanwhile, Head of Denpasar Government Tourism Office, I Putu Budiasa, said the SVF would bring positive impacts on tourism in Bali, especially in Denpasar. He hoped what becoming the potential of Sanur should be discovered and persistently undertaken to bring out distinctive identity.

“Not only SVF, all events held in Denpasar, like Maha Bandana, Gajah Mada Festival and Denpasar Festival will have wide impact on the image of tourism in Bali, especially in Denpasar,” he asserted.

The festival was opened last Wednesday (Aug 4) and also accompanied by the inauguration of the Sindu Market independently financed by the funds of YPS amounting to IDR 4 billion, including the development of the first waste treatment owned by the market in Bali. (par)

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Balinese Culture Goa Lawah Beach Offered Pearl Cultivation Semarapura (Bali Post) –

Goa Lawah Beach not only visited by domestic or international tourists but also looked over by entrepreneurs. One of them is an entrepreneur from Japan who works in pearl cultivation. Now the beach in front of the Pura (Hindu Temple) Goa Lawah was told to be a potential place to cultivate it. “But this area is in front of the Pura Goa Lawah and is a forbidden place for any business so we decline those pearl entrepreneurs,” Head of Pesinggahan Village, Wayan Murja, stated last Tuesday (3/8).

According to Murja, entrepreneur from PT. Timor Otsuki Mutiara (TOM) Company wanted to cultivate pearls in front of the

Pura’s beach as they have succeeded in the west side of that beach, at Pesinggahan Beach. In here they have operated two zones with turnover IDR 1 Billion from one time harvesting, “As research said, the pearl cultivating potential stretched from Kusamba beach to the east until Yeh Malet Beach. Yet in Kusamba and Yeh Malet is forbidden to cultivate pearls and only Pesinggahan who accepted.”

The reason of the acceptation was because it gives profit incoming to the village also it opens job opportunities for local residents, “At least 70 local residents were the workers and both kind of villages (dinas and adat) received IDR 400 thousand retribution per month.” It is sure that

these two zones had its permits from Klungkung Permit Office at 4th September 2009 and yet weirdly the cultivation has been happening since February 2009.

A fisherman who also works in the cultivation, Wayan Kapit, stated with this business caused fishermen complaining especially for Kusamba fishermen who thinks its fishing route disturbed, “We (Pesinggahan fishermen) was also against it. But as there is a job opportunity, we can’t do anything more,” he also mentioned with the other residents they work for 5 days a week from 8 am until 5 pm and paid IDR 40.000 a day, “Outside that time we can still work as fisherman for additional incomings.” (kmb20)

SATE LILIT BEBEK (Minced Duck Satay)

INGREDIENTS: 600 gr duck or chicken meat, minced 2 cups freshly grated coconut 5 kaffir lime leaves, very finely shredded 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed 1 tsp salt 3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped 2 tbsp chopped palm sugar lemon grass or satay skewers SPICE PASTE: 12 shallots, peeled and sliced 6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 3 red chilies, sliced 2.5 cm galangal (laos), peeled and sliced 2.5 cm kencur, peeled and sliced 5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced 2 tsp coriander ½ tsp black peppercorn 3 candlenuts 1 tsp dried shrimp paste pinch of freshly grated nutmeg 2 cloves 2 tbsp oil PREPARATION: Grind or blend all spice paste ingredients except oil.

Heat oil and sauté spice paste for about 5 minutes. Cool then combine with duck and all other ingredients except lemon grass. Mould about 2 tablespoonfuls on lemon grass or skewers and grill over hot charcoal and golden brown.

KAN LELE (Catfish) IBP/ist

Goa Lawah beach

OVERVIEW: The whiskered catfish, though not an attractive looking creature, tastes excellent when cooked in this fashion.

INGREDIENTS: 1 catfish weighing 350g 1 tsp salt 1tsp black peppercorn crushed 2 tbsp freshly squeezed limejuice 1-cup spice paste for seafood 2 cups coconut milk 1 stalk lemon grass, bruised PREPARATION: Season catfish with salt, pepper and limejuice and marinate for 30 minutes. Deep fry fish over medium heat for 10 minutes until crispy.

While the fish is marinating, combine all remaining ingredients in saucepan and bring to the boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, until coconut milk breaks apart and sauce becomes oily and clear rather than creamy.

Pour the sauce over the fried fish and serve.

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Helpful hint: If catfish is not available, replace with any fresh whole fish or follow the same method with any boneless fish fillet.

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Singsing Waterfall THIS waterfall located in banjar Labuhan Haji, Temukus Village, Distric of Banjar, around 3 kms from Lovina Beach and 13 km from Singaraja City, Regencies of Buleleng. The location of the waterfall is in the small hill and have a very great environment view. This is one thing which will improve the Tourism in this village, The villager also start to build parking area in this waterfall to make the tourist more easier to park their vehicle.

In the summer, the volume of the water will decrease greatly.

The road that must take to reach the waterfall is also good for tracking activity. This waterfall located near Lovina Beach, even you can reach this waterfall by walking from Lovina Beach. Near the waterfall there is a Netherlands Monument, that built to remember the Netherlands general, who dies in the Banjar War about 1868 AD, This monument ever destroyed by the villager, but Buleleng Government rebuilt it at 1992.

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BUSINESS Gulf economies recover, as Dubai ‘drags’ behind Agence France Presse

DUBAI – The oil-rich Gulf economies are recovering along with crude prices nearly two years after the global financial crisis hit the region, but Dubai, stricken by its debt, is still picking up the pieces.

When the financial woes struck the desert states in the autumn of 2008, Dubai’s overheated property bubble burst after five years as the emirate’s main growth engine, and neighbouring countries struggled as oil prices tumbled.

Since crashing to lows of around 30 dollars per barrel in early 2009, from more than 140 dollars the previous year, oil prices have made a solid recovery, hovering at around 75 dollars as the global economy has started to pick up. “Gulf countries are very much integrated in the world economy and are doing sufficiently well under the prevailing circumstances,” said Eckart Woertz, the head of economics at the Gulf Research Centre.

“We should not forget that the region overall is a capital net exporter and has low levels of government debt to GDP (gross domestic product) in international comparison,” he said. Woertz argued that this helped to explain the minimal impact on the Gulf region of Dubai’s crisis, even with the emirate still struggling to sort out the burgeoning debts of Dubai World, its largest conglomerate, and boost economic growth.

The United Arab Emirates’ economy contracted by 0.7 percent in 2009, according to the International Monetary Fund, due to the “drag” of Dubai’s real estate sector, which is expected to continue this year.

Simon Williams, chief economist at HSBC Middle East, argued that Dubai’s lack of oil put it in a weaker position to fend off the crisis, but he also emphasised the risks resulting from the emirate’s greater openness to global markets compared with its more conservative neighbours.

“Dubai?s structure is very different from other GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) economies. It is not an oil producer, it took on a high level of leverage and is more integrated into the global economy,” he said.

“That is why the impact of the crisis was larger than in countries with hydrocarbons and more insular financial systems,” he told AFP.

The Dubai World group, which is now negotiating a restructuring of some of its debt, rattled global markets in November 2009 when it said it might need to stall payments on some 26 billion dollars of debt, raising fears of a sovereign default.

Some analysts have put Dubai’s total debt at over 100 billion dollars.

But an initial spillover of the debt crisis, manifested mainly in a sharp drop in regional stock markets, “had largely dissipated by end-2009,” IMF economists said in July.

They predicted 4.3 percent growth in the non-oil economies of the six GCC countries this year, on the back of expansionary fiscal policies, together with an estimated 4.8 percent rise in oil output in line with global recovery.

The IMF in May projected overall growth in the Gulf states of 4.9 percent and 5.2 percent in 2011, after a meager 0.8 percent in 2009, with projections based on an average oil price of 80 and 83 dollars a barrel this year and next.

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A general view shows heavily damaged buildings in the warbattered city of Saada, north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in March 2010.

IMF approves aid package to Yemen Agence France Presse

(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)

Emiratis walk past Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest tower, in the Gulf emirate. The oil-rich Gulf economies are recovering along with crude prices nearly two years after the global financial crisis hit the region, but Dubai, stricken by its debt, is still picking up the pieces.

WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund announced it would provide Yemen with a three-year loan package of 369.8 million dollars aimed at supporting the impoverished nation’s economic reforms. “An initial disbursement equivalent to 52.8 million dollars is available to the Yemeni authorities immediately, with subsequent disbursements subject to semi-annual reviews,” the IMF said in a statement.

“The goal of the authorities’ economic program is to achieve high and sustained growth and reduce poverty,” it added. The country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula is among the poorest in the world, and its government is struggling to maintain security and political stability as it cracks down on extremist networks.

Militants are known to be regrouping in Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and the country has witnessed repeated attacks claimed by the jihadists on foreign missions, tourist sites and oil facilities.

The IMF cautioned that Yemen faces significant challenges in overcoming “recent unfavorable economic and security developments,” and said authorities need to ween the economy off of oil revenues — which constitute 70 percent of state revenues — as it embarks on a three-year economic program.

“Yemen is confronted with a range of difficult economic challenges related to its heavy dependence on declining oil revenues, widespread poverty, and water shortages,” acting IMF chair Naoyuki Shinohara said in the statement.

“The global financial crisis has aggravated these challenges through a reduction in world oil prices, resulting in mounting macroeconomic imbalances.” An international donors forum named the Friends of Yemen held a March meeting to raise funding to help Yemen combat a resurgent Al-Qaeda.

Donors have pledged 5.7 billion dollars in international aid, and in announcing the Washington-based IMF’s extended credit facility arrangement Shinohara stressed the importance of donors fulfilling their commitments.

“The role of the donors is crucial for meeting the government’s objectives,” he said. “Yemen’s developmental and social needs are considerable.”

In addition to its economic crisis and a resurgence of Al-Qaeda, Yemen is in the grip of a secessionist movement in the south, and the aftermath of a long-running Zaidi Shiite rebellion in the north.

US President Barack Obama spoke by phone last month with his counterpart Ali Abullah Saleh to praise Yemen’s “determination to address the terrorist threat,” and to discuss US and international support to address Yemen’s economic challenges.

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Opening statements set in Anna Nicole Smith trial Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – With a jury ready to hear evidence, lawyers in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case were scheduled to launch their cases Wednesday with opening statements.

Prosecutors were expected to accuse three key figures in the Playboy model’s life of illegally giving her massive amounts of opiates and sedatives in the years before she died.

Superior Court Judge Robert Perry has stressed that the defendants have not been charged with causing Smith’s death. He told jurors that they must not confuse this trial with the issues in the case of Michael Jackson’s doctor who is charged with involuntary manslaughter. “What we are trying is a legality of prescribing medication case,” he said.

Perry presided over a three-week preliminary hearing last year in which prosecutors delved deeply into Smith’s troubled life and painted Dr. Sanjeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine

Eroshevich and Smith’s lawyer-boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as conspirators who fed the celebrity’s desire for prescription drugs.

All three pleaded not guilty and their lawyers have suggested they were desperately trying to save the doomed model during a period when she gave birth to a daughter and lost her grown son to a drug overdose.

After hearing 17 witnesses in the preliminary hearing, Perry concluded that the trio of defendants cared deeply for Smith but said there was sufficient evidence to support convictions if a jury should find them guilty.

If convicted they could face more than five years in prison and the doctors would lose their medical licenses.

Prosecutors call Stern an aider and

abettor of the two doctors who are charged with improperly prescribing the drugs that killed Smith.

Defense attorneys, who presented no witnesses in the preliminary hearing, had said they were holding back their evidence for trial. Opening statements will provide the first look at their case.

Smith died of what was ruled an accidental overdose of at least nine medications in February 2007 at a Florida hotel. She had been living in the Bahamas and was allegedly receiving deliveries of prescription medications from her Los Angelesbased doctors.

Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose battled during pretrial hearings to inject details of Smith’s final days into the trial. But the judge wasn’t persuaded.

Recently, Rose made a surprise move to add Smith as a coconspirator in the case, saying that without her craving for drugs the prescriptions would not have been written.

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The late Anna Nicole Smith

Ex-deputy: Wyclef Jean Part 2 of ‘Breaking Dawn’ coming out Nov. 2012 to run for Haiti president Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Singer Wyclef Jean is about to announce his candidacy for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the former head of the country’s Chamber of Deputies said Tuesday. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques told The Associated Press that the hip hop artist will run as part of his coalition in the Nov. 28 election.

Jean spokeswoman Cindy Tanenbaum declined to confirm the report. She said the singer planned to make an announcement Thursday night in Haiti but declined to say what it would be.

Jean-Jacques, who will be seeking to return to the Chamber of Deputies in the election, said he will be a candidate for a new coalition that calls itself Ansanm

Nou Fo, which translates as “together we are strong” in Creole.

“Yes, we have an agreement (with Jean). But he’s the one who has to announce it first,” JeanJacques told AP, declining to elaborate on their political plans.

Jean is popular in Haiti for his music and for his work through his charity Yele Haiti, which raised millions of dolars after the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 300,000 people and knocked down most of the government ministries and many of the homes in the capital.

Rumors have swirled for months that Jean would run for president. The singer has always been careful not to rule out a run for the office and recorded a song “If I was President.” The 37-yearold was born outside Port-auPrince but left as a child and grew up in Brooklyn.

Dozens of candidates are expected to compete for the presidency in the Nov. 28 election, among them Jean’s uncle Raymond Joseph, who is Haiti’s ambassador in Washington. Other likely candidates include former prime ministers, mayors and another popular Haitian musician, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly.

All must register their candidancies with the country’s electoral council by Saturday. The electoral council’s director of registration, Jean-Marie Lumier, said Tuesday he had not received papers for Jean’s bid.

LOS ANGELES – “Twilight” fans will get their final taste of the vampire series when the second half of the finale hits theaters at the end of 2012.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” is scheduled for release Nov. 16, 2012, Summit Entertainment announced Tuesday. The first half is coming out Nov. 18, 2011.

Bill Condon is set to direct both movies, based on the fourth and final book in Stephanie Meyer’s series about vampires, werewolves and the teenage girl caught in between them. Stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are all set to return. Production is scheduled to begin this fall.

Part three, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” has made over $288 million in its five weeks in theaters.

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Cast members Taylor Lautner (L), Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (R) pose at the premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” during the Los Angeles Film Festival at Nokia theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles June 24, 2010.

Lady Gaga, Carla Bruni top Vanity Fair best dressed Agence France Presse

NEW YORK – Singer Lady Gaga, France’s First Lady Carla Bruni and Spanish actor Javier Bardem were chosen by Vanity Fair magazine as among the world’s best dressed people.

In its September edition released Tuesday, the monthly also mentioned actresses Diane Kruger, Carey Mulligan, Princess Maria of Denmark and US First Lady Michelle

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Obama in its list of 45 persons.

Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister, also made the cut along with filmmaker Martin Scorcese, NBC news anchor Brian Williams and the Duchess of Alba.

Designer John Galliano, photographer Bruce Weber, football player David Beckham, and Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras and his wife Delfina Blaquier also shared the honors.

Lady Gaga performs on NBC’s “Today” at Rockefeller Center on July 9, 2010 in New York City. The US singer, France’s First Lady Carla Bruni and Spanish actor Javier Bardem were among those chosen

by Vanity Fair magazine as the world’s best dressed people.

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Millions of Japanese trapped in ‘hidden poverty’ Agence France Presse

TOKYO – Consumer gluttony, astronomic real-estate prices and jobs for life were once normal in Japan — but today the country also has millions of poor people desperately struggling to make ends meet. Two decades after Japan’s wealth bubble popped, its citizens have got used to higher unemployment and homeless people sleeping in the streets. Statistics released for the first time last year held yet another surprise.

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A pedestrian looks at a man eating lunch sitting on cardboard on a street in Tokyo in June 2010. Consumer gluttony, astronomic real-estate prices and jobs for life were once normal in Japan — but today the country also has millions of poor people desperately struggling to make ends meet.

Nearly one in six Japanese lives below the poverty line — meaning they earn less than half the median household income, or less than 1,830 dollars for a four-person family — in a country that prides itself on its egalitarianism. Many of the worst-off are single mothers, the elderly, and people who lost their jobs in the latest recession, the worst since World War II. Swelling their ranks has been a new generation of workers who lack the job security their parents enjoyed during Japan’s “miracle” growth years from the 1960s onward and through the go-go wealth era of the 1980s and early 90s.

Temporary and part-time jobs and short-term contracts have become the norm for half of all employees under 39 years of age, a group dubbed “Freeters” — made up of the words “freelancer” and “Arbeiter”, German for worker. “There is a generation gap between those who were hired up

until the 90s on permanent contracts and those who entered the job market later,” said David-Antoine Malinas, a social scientist at the Maison Franco-Japonaise Tokyo.

These employees are often paid less, and are more vulnerable to job market swings during downturns than permanent staff. Hundreds of thousands of temporary workers were laid off during the recession of 2008-2009.

“I worked for 20 years as a temporary employee at a branch office of a large company before losing my job in March 2009,” said one middleaged man, a member of the new poor at an anti-poverty meeting organised in Tokyo. “I lived in the company’s dormitory and was kicked out one month after I was laid off,” he said, adding that since then he had had to occasionally sleep rough in public places, making it much harder to find a new job.

Many on the brink of poverty fall over the edge because of the demise of family structures that once acted as a safety net, said Aya Abe, a researcher at the National Institute on Population and Social Security.

In the past, three generations often lived under one roof, meaning that up to four people — the parents and grandparents — could work and pool their wages, which limited the shock of one person losing their job.

Today “many single mothers juggle two jobs,” said Abe. “They work in the daytime, then cook dinner for their children before heading off to their second job. They return home around 3:00 am to sleep before a new day begins.”

It is now often the elderly — whose proportion in society is on the rise in rapidly greying Japan, with its low birthrate and high life expectancy — who pay the heaviest price as poverty grows in Asia’s biggest economy.

Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.

Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man’s pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle.

Four months later the ankle was healed. Einhorn, chairman of or-

thopedic surgery at Boston University Medical Center, credits “adult” stem cells in the marrow injection.

He tried it because of published research from France.

Einhorn’s experience isn’t a rigorous study. But it’s an example of many innovative therapies doctors are studying with adult stem cells.

Those are stem cells typically taken from bone marrow and blood — not embryos.

For all the emotional debate that began about a decade ago on allowing the use of embryonic stem cells, it’s adult stem cells that are in hu-

P Photo/Derick E. Hingle

In this photo taken July 26, 2010, Dr. Gabriel Lasala talks with his patient Rodney Schoenhardt of Metairie, La during a check up in Covington, La. Mr. Schoenhardt has regenerated tissue on his foot since receiving a TCA Cellular Therapy Treatment from Dr. Lasala.

man testing today. An extensive review of stem cell projects and interviews with two dozen experts reveal a wide range of potential treatments.

Adult stem cells are being studied in people who suffer from multiple sclerosis, heart attacks and diabetes. Some early results suggest stem cells can help some patients avoid leg amputation. Recently, researchers reported that they restored vision to patients whose eyes were damaged by chemicals.

Apart from these efforts, transplants of adult stem cells have become a standard lifesaving therapy for perhaps hundreds of thousands of people with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases.

“That’s really one of the great success stories of stem cell biology that gives us all hope,” says Dr. David Scadden of Harvard, who notes stem cells are also used to grow skin grafts. “If we can recreate that success in other tissues, what can we possibly imagine for other people?”

That sort of promise has long been held out for embryonic stem cells, which were first isolated and grown in a lab dish in 1998. Controversy over their use surrounded the 2001 decision by former President George W. Bush to allow only restricted federal funding for studying them.

A salesman displays an Apple iPad during its launch in Brussels July 23, 2010.

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Hackers could enslave iPad, iPhone: security firms Reuters

BOSTON – A newly discovered vulnerability in the software that runs Apple Inc’s iPad and iPhone could allow hackers to enslave the popular mobile devices, three security firms said on Tuesday. The flaw affects Apple’s iOS, which also runs the iPod touch, and could allow hackers to take complete control of a vulnerable device, according to Symantec Corp as well as privately held Lookout and Vupen.

Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said the company was aware of the report and is investigating.

The vulnerability in Apple’s iOS is the latest in a series of security bugs identified in mobile devices over the past week. Security experts at a hacking conference last week pointed out several vulnerabilities in Google Inc’s operating system for mobile phones and tablet PCs.

Mobile devices have become increasingly vulnerable to attack because the software that runs them has gotten far more complex over the past few year, giving the devices many of the same capabilities as personal computers. “We shouldn’t be surprised to see security bugs happen in very complex software,” said Kevin Mahaffey, chief technology officer for mobile security firm Lookout.

Attackers would need to trick a user into visiting a website planted with a tainted PDF document before infecting an iPad tablet or iPhone smartphone.

Mahaffey said that he is not aware of any incidents in which criminals have exploited the bug to gain control of an Apple device, but said the electronics maker has yet to offer a remedy to protect against such attacks. “Everybody — both good and bad — knows how it works,” he said.

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International Squad Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Johan Wiland (FC Copenhagen/DEN) Defenders: Andreas Granqvist (Groningen/NED), Mikael Lustig (Rosenborg/NOR), Daniel Majstorovic (AEK Athens/GRE), Olof Mellberg (Olympiakos/GRE), Behrang Safari (FC Basel/SUI), Oskar Wendt (FC Copenhagen/DEN) Midfielders: Kim Kallstrom (Lyon/FRA), Emir Bajrami (Twente/NED), Marcus Berg (PSV Eindhoven/ NED), Tobias Hysen (IFK Gothenburg), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Ola Tovoinen (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Pontus Wernbloom (AZ Alkmaar/NED) Strikers: Christian Wilhelmsson (Al Hilal Riyadh/KSA), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham/ENG), Martin Olsson (Blackburn/ENG), Johan Elmander (Bolton/ENG), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona/ESP)

Ibrahimovic to return for Sweden against Scotland Agence France Prese

(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)

Manchester City players congratulate each other after scoring the opening goal against Portsmouth at The City of Manchester stadium on January 31, 2010.

STOCKHOLM – Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named in Sweden’s 20-man squad to face Scotland in a friendly on Tuesday.

Ibrahimovic put his international career on hold at the end of 2009 when the Swedes failed to qualify for the World Cup finals - but announced last month that he would be returning to the Sweden fold.

Sweden play Scotland on August 11 in Stockholm, and Ibrahimovic is sure to be given a warm welcome back. Sweden coach Erik Hamren said: “It’s really satisfying to see Zlatan coming back and looking motivated.”

The friendly is Sweden’s last before they embark on the qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championships. Sweden play Hungary on September 3 then host San Marino eight days later in Malmo.

Manchester City aim to turn pounds into prizes Chelsea’s Terry plans to

Sweden won their last friendly against the Scots 4-1 in Glasgow.

reassert his authority

Agence France Presse

LONDON – At a time of acute financial uncertainty for football clubs across the globe, Manchester City continue to buck the trend. After failing to achieve Champions League qualification last term, City turned to the chequebook once again and Roberto Mancini will approach the new Premier League campaign with a squad brimming with world-class talent.

Spain winger David Silva, Germany full-back Jerome Boateng, Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure and Serbia left-back Aleksandar Kolarov have all arrived at Eastlands during the close-season.

It means that owner Sheikh Mansour has now spent in excess of 284 million pounds (339 million euros) on transfer fees alone since taking over the club in August 2008.

With traditional powerhouses like Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayern Munich all currently reluctant to splash the cash, City are the only major side in Europe with the resources to make waves in the transfer market. The result is that they repeatedly find themselves linked with jaw-dropping moves for some of the continent’s biggest names, but Mancini believes they must speculate in order to accumulate.

“Of course we have spent a lot of money this summer,” he said.

“Everyone can see that is the case, but all the teams who have won the

(AFP/File/Josep Lago)

Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, seen here in July 2010, was named in Sweden’s 20-man squad to face Scotland in a friendly on Tuesday.

Premier League, or La Liga or Serie A in recent years have spent a lot of money. This is not a new thing.

“It is hard to win trophies anywhere if you do not invest in the team in areas where you can improve. That’s what we have done this summer.”

The stockpiling of high-profile international players at the club makes it impossible for Mancini to accommodate all of his big-money stars into the starting line-up.

Central midfield is particularly congested and Toure will be vying with England’s Gareth Barry, Dutch international Nigel de Jong and former France captain Patrick Vieira for one of two likely starting places.

Home-grown talents such as Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha and Michael Johnson, meanwhile, are likely to find first-team opportunities even harder to come by.

Mancini must also decide how to configure his attack.

Carlos Tevez seems a certain

starter after netting 29 goals in a sensational debut season, but Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, Roque Santa Cruz, Jo, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson and Vladimir Weiss give the Italian a huge variety of attacking options.

Record signing Robinho is also scheduled to return to City in August following a six-month loan spell at his formative club Santos, brought about by his failure to impose himself in England.

That City have managed to attract talents like Toure and Silva despite not qualifying for the Champions League demonstrates both their financial clout and their ambition, but Mancini may not survive if City fall short again.

The former Inter Milan coach succeeded Mark Hughes last December and was philosophical when City were pipped to the final Champions League berth by Tottenham, but such failure will not be tolerated a second time.

Agence France Presse

LONDON – John Terry will return to Chelsea with a point to prove this season as the England defender attempts to reassert his authority after a traumatic World Cup. If Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti harboured fears that Terry would be adversely affected by his experience in South Africa, the Italian would have been mightily reassured by the sight of his captain jogging contentedly around the club’s training base just days after England’s dismal exit against Germany.

England’s World Cup experience left many of Fabio Capello’s squad nursing bruised egos as they were pilloried by angry fans for another flop at a major international tournament.

Terry could easily have been one of those keen to lie low after the centre-half’s erratic displays and an astonishingly ill-judged attempt to fill the leadership void created by injured captain’s Rio Ferdinand’s absence.

Yet, luckily for Ancelotti, Terry is infused with an unbreakable sense of self-belief and, after an uncomfortable time with England, he is relishing the chance to rule the roost at Chelsea once again.

Terry clearly got it wrong when he used a pre-match press conference at the World Cup to portray himself as the man to challenge Capello’s tactics following England’s poor start to the tournament. It was a provocative statement that led to disharmony in an already-unsettled England camp.

Even before being stripped of the England captaincy following his affair with the ex-girlfriend of former Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge, there was never a sense that Terry enjoyed the same level of influence in Capello’s dressing room.

But it is that desire to be seen as a leader of men which gives Terry his status at Chelsea. At Stamford Bridge, he is the main on-pitch motivator and, just as importantly, acts as the squad’s social secretary, organising teambonding events that keep the players entertained and morale high.

There can be no doubting the positive effect of Terry’s leadership, as Chelsea’s togetherness has ensured they remain a significant force despite regular changes of manager.

Keeping Terry fit and in form will be more important than ever as Ancelotti struggles with injuries that threaten to derail the Blues’ bid to retain the Premier League title.

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Heat visit Celtics in NBA opener, LA on Christmas Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The NBA will open its season with a battle of Big Threes, then offer up the new-look Miami Heat against Kobe Bryant and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day. The Heat will debut their All-Star trio of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh at Boston on Oct. 26 against the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics, who are led by their veteran group of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.

The Lakers will host Houston in the other opening-night game on TNT, the NBA announced Tuesday.

The Rockets hope to have Yao Ming back in the lineup after he missed last season with a foot injury.

The Christmas schedule will again feature five games, highlighted by the return of the HeatLakers matchup that was regularly played Dec. 25 after Los Angeles traded Shaquille O’Neal to Miami in 2004. Boston will visit Orlando on Christmas for a rematch of the East finals. The remainder of that day’s schedule includes Chicago at New York, Denver at Oklahoma

City, and Portland at Golden State.

The full NBA schedule will be released Aug. 10, but the league unveiled its nationally televised games for the opening week of the season, Christmas and Martin Luther King Jr. Days during an NBA TV special on Tuesday.

There was more heightened interest in the schedule this season because of the attention on the Heat, who got James and Bosh to join Wade last month. James’ return to Cleveland, surely to be a spectacle because of Cavaliers fans’ anger over the Ohio native’s departure, did not land on one of the marquee dates.

Orlando gets two high-profile games in the first four days of the season. The Magic host No. 1 overall pick John Wall and Washington on Oct. 28 to open their new Amway Center, then travel to Miami the next night for the first of four meetings with their state and Southeast Division rival Heat.

The Magic and Celtics will meet again on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Lakers will host the rising Thunder, who took them to six tough games last season in the first round, later that night.

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The “Big Three” in Miami Heat, from left, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James

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Isner ousts de Bakker at ATP Washington tennis Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – “Marathon Man” John Isner remains mentally worn down after a recordshattering 11-hour Wimbledon triumph but he had enough Tuesday to beat the man who ousted him in June at the ATP Washington Classic. The fifth-seeded American fired 15 aces to defeat Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (10/8) and reach the third round at the 1.4 milliondollar hardcourt tournament but brushed aside the idea of a revenge-minded victory.

“It wasn’t like a revenge factor at all,” Isner said. “I didn’t think about that at all. I treated it like any other match.” Isner’s epic three-day opening-round Wimbledon victory over France’s Nicolas Mahut - which featured a 70-68 fifth set that alone was longer than any prior match - was followed by a loss to de Bakker in which Isner won only five games.

But the Wimbledon aftermath for Isner has become a fatiguing series of questions and jokes as the 25year-old American with one of the most powerful serves in tennis tries to make his name for something more than longevity.

“I’m trying to (put it behind me), but I’m feeling it,” a weary Isner said. “Mentally I’m a bit worn out answering questions about it, hearing jokes every single day. “But I can’t escape it.” Isner, who will meet Belgian Xavier Malisse on Thursday for a quarter-final spot, said he has exchanged e-mails with Mahut since their historic match but has not followed his results.

Isner, who won his first ATP title in January at Auckland, improved to an ATP-best 25-14 in tie-breakers this year thanks to the Dutchman’s double fault to end the first set and the last of Isner’s 15 aces on his third match point. “It wasn’t pretty,” Isner said. “Not much was working right.”

US second seed Andy Roddick cruised into the third round, the three-time Washington champion beating Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja 6-4, 6-4 in 84 minutes by winning the only two break points of the match. “I accomplished what

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“Marathon Man” John Isner (pictured) fired 15 aces to defeat Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (10/8) and reach the third round at the 1.4 million-US dollar Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

I wanted to... get back to playing clean tennis, things that don’t show up in the stat sheet but that win matches,” Roddick said. “I can improve a little but I got what I wanted out of the match.

“It was a good opportunity to find some rhythm, get my feet under me, get into the tournament and the summer.

When I move the ball well and get my teeth into points, that’s a solid match.”

Spanish third seed Fernando Verdasco saved two match points in the ninth game of the second set and rallied to defeat Germany’s Michael Berrer 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6).

The 10th-ranked Spaniard, who won at San Jose and Barcelona earlier this year, nearly lost for the fourth time in five matches since reaching the round of 16 at the French Open before battling back.

“I was just trying to play my best to the end,” Verdasco said.

“Even match points down I was just trying to put the ball in and make him put the ball in. “I got a little lucky.” Verdasco, who next plays US qualifier Ryan Sweeting, escaped match points on errant Berrer backhands and broke in the ninth and 11th games to launch his comeback.

“When I broke back, I started to get confidence and started playing much better,” Verdasco said. “Those games were the turning point of the match.” Czech top seed Tomas Berdych, the runnerup to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, opens after a bye with a Wednesday match against Russian Dmitry Tursunov.

FIFA gives Iraq one year to resolve turmoil Agence France Presse

GENEVA – World football’s governing body FIFA on Tuesday gave Iraqi football chiefs a one year deadline to settle their differences after July’s elections to the Iraqi Football Association fell into disarray.

FIFA lifted its suspension on the IFA on March 19 after a solution was reportedly found to a spat over alleged government interference.

But about a week before a new IFA election was due to take place, soldiers sought to arrest contested association chief Hussein Said and three other senior officials on corruption charges. Two rival general assemblies were then held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and in the northern city of Erbil on July 24,

prompting the IFA to postpone elections of a new executive committee.

“Under these circumstances, the case was referred to the FIFA Emergency Committee which decided to extend the current mandate of the IFA Executive Committee for one year, meaning until 31 July 2011,” FIFA said.

“This deadline should allow both groups to settle their differences and to thus permit the election of a new board,” it added in a statement.

World football chiefs had suspended the Iraqi association in November 2009 after Iraqi police seized control of the association’s offices and its board was dissolved on charges of links to executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

FIFA then demanded the rein-

statement of the association’s executive committee and threatened to ban Iraq from international matches over “governmental interference in the electoral process” of the IFA. Iraqi authorities have been trying to expel Said because of his ties with the former regime.

Iraq was briefly sidelined from international football in May 2008, after the government dissolved the national Olympic Committee and a year after the national side won the Asian Cup.

Iraqi Football Association (IFA) president Hussein Said attends a meeting to elect the new IFA board in the northern city of Arbil in July 2010.

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Hamilton: McLaren ‘hanging on for dear life’ But we’ll dig deep Lewis Hamilton has conceded that in the wake of his retirement and Red Bull Racing’s dominant form to seize the advantage in both world championship tables in Budapest last weekend, he and McLaren-Mercedes are now ‘hanging on for dear life’ – but the British star is adamant that having ‘dug deep before’, his team can do so again.

Having sat atop the title chase ever since triumphing in Canada in early June, Hamilton lost that lead to Hungarian Grand Prix-winner Webber three days ago, following his Red Bull rival’s brilliant strategic victory at the Hungaroring and his own failure to finish – only his second of the campaign – after dropping out of fifth place early on with gearbox woes.

The chief cause for concern, however, is not the four points by which the 2008 F1 World Champion now trails Webber in the drivers’ standings, but rather the gaping 1.7second deficit that separated McLaren from RBR in qualifying in Hungary.

“If I was to sit here and say I am confident I will win the world championship, that would not be right,” Hamilton told British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, “but I have to remain optimistic. I have enough in me to win the championship, but whether we will have the package to deliver, I can’t answer. We just have to keep working. We are hanging on for dear life.”

“[Budapest] was a disappointment, yes, but you have to put it behind you,” the 25-year-old added in an interview on his personal website.

“You should never think too hard about the ‘what ifs’ or the missed opportunities. It happened, and we move on – it’s that simple. Despite it being a difficult race, I can take some positives away from the Hungary weekend – I was able to pass a car on-track, and the guys once again pulled off a perfect pit-stop to put me ahead of Felipe [Massa].

“We’re extremely fortunate to have built a car that’s not only enabled Jenson [Button – team-mate] and myself to win races, but that’s also been competitive at pretty much every grand prix we’ve been to. We haven’t been up there in every race, and we had some fairly difficult weekends at places like Monaco and the Hungaroring, but on the whole we’ve been consistently fast, made very few mistakes and have usually scored the points we’ve deserved on the Sunday – which hasn’t been true of every team.

“The championship is so closely-

balanced, but I know we can come back even stronger in the final seven races. We have some very promising developments in the pipeline, and we’re making progress in lots of other areas, too. We have dug deep before, and I know absolutely that we will dig deep once more.”

Be that as it may, the two-week mid-summer factory shutdown is hardly likely to aid McLaren’s cause, preserving as it does the status quo pretty much intact until the teams are all ready to fly off again to Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August. Whilst recognising that the timing is not ideal for the Wokingbased outfit, Hamilton points out that everybody will benefit from a break and underlines his conviction that the multiple world champions will come out fighting again in the Ardennes in three-and-a-half weeks’ time.

“If we were not going on holiday, I would love to go straight to the factory,” confessed the 13-time

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McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton.

Schumacher almost black-flagged DEREK Warwick has revealed that Michael Schumacher came close to being black-flagged and excluded from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Warwick was part of the stewards’ panel for the second time this season at the Hungaroring to help with decisions during the race, with the FIA having decided at the start of the season to have former drivers as part of the decision making process.

The former F1 racer was therefore involved with decided if a pen-

alty should be given to Schumacher for the way in which he attempted to defend position when Rubens Barrichello made a move for position in the closing stages of the race.

Schumacher was ultimately given a ten-place grid penalty for the Belgian Grand Prix for illegitimately impeding his former team-mate but Warwick said that disqualification would have been a real option if the stewards had had more time to look at the footage of the incident.

“Throwing a black flag would

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Mercedes GP’s German driver Michael Schumacher drives at the Hungaroring circuit on August 01, 2010 in Budapest, during the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix.

have shown a better example to our young drivers,” he told Radio 5 Live. “But by the time we got the video evidence we ran out of time and we had to do it retrospectively.

“If we had enough laps [we could have disqualified him] but you have to have video evidence and make sure all four stewards are in agreement.”

Warwick added that the stewards had deemed that a ten-place drop on the grid at Spa was a worthy penalty as it will effectively rule Schumacher ‘out of the race’ in Belgium.

“We interviewed Rubens and Michael and it was kind of disappointing how Michael handled it, and we had no option but to give him a 10-place penalty,” he said.

“You have to view the evidence you have and you could disqualify him from the next Grand Prix, or two Grands Prix.

“But we felt a 10-place penalty is a big penalty to carry for Spa. It kind of puts him out of the race at Spa, and hopefully he will learn from that and remember that the new stewards will not tolerate that driving.”