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South Korean Marines self-propelled artillery K-9 howitzers fire during a military drill against possible attacks from North Korea on Baengnyeong Island, northwest of Seoul, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off near the spot where a warship sank four months ago.

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SEOUL – South Korea denounced a barrage of artillery fired by North Korea into the sea as a grave provocation Tuesday and warned that it would deal sternly with any further such acts.

North Korea fired about 110 rounds Monday near its disputed western sea border with South Korea, shortly after Seoul ended

five-day naval drills staged in response to the March sinking of its Cheonan warship. North Korea has been blamed for the vessel’s

destruction, which killed 46 sailors.

The North denies it torpedoed the Cheonan and has warned any punishment would trigger war.

Most of the shells in Monday’s barrage landed in the North’s waters, but about 10 struck near a South Korean island near the sea border causing no damage, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. It previously

stated all artillery rounds landed in North Korean waters.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the move violated an armistice that halted fighting in the Korean War in the early 1950s. “If North Korea continues its provocative rhetoric and acts, we will sternly deal with them,” the ministry said.

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Indonesia and US launch biodiversity centre in Bali Agence France Presse

DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesia and the US launched Tuesday a biodiversity research centre on the holiday island of Bali to further studies of the archipelago’s rich and diverse species. The Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center (IBRC), funded by USAID, is a collaboration between three local universities and Old Dominion University in Virginia and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

IBRC chief researcher from UCLA Paul Barber said it was a strategic move because Indonesia was still behind on the number of researchers and biodiversity studies despite its abundance of potential research material. “The centre will significantly enhance Indonesia’s capacity to study its own biodiversity,” Barber said.

One of IBRC initiators I Gusti Ngurah Mahardika said the centre would serve as a focal point for biodiversity research, training and species collection.

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The picture shows Bedugul Botanical Garden where the biodiversity in Bali can be found.

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Bali News BKSDA Bali has not conclude the truth on tigers of Siong Forest Tabanan (Bali Post)—

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The picture show traffic jam in one of the road in Bali.

Rates of accident dominated by teenagers Insurance compensation 2010 increases Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Accident problems in Bali do not only become the concern of police, but also the authority of Jasa Raharja insurance of Bali Representative conferring contribution to reduce the rates of accidents in recent years that turned very alarming. Based on the data owned by the insurance company, most victims of the accident were from the circle of teenagers, especially students.

This fact was conveyed by the Head Office of Jasa Raharja of Bali Representative, Djoko Sutomo, in the midst of seminar highlighting the topic on increasing the awareness of ethical and traffic practice for young generations, last Monday (Aug 9).

Djoko Sutomo explained the seminar held at Kemala Hikmah Hall at Bali Police Headquarters was in cooperation with the Directorate of Traffic Services of Bali Police and Bali Education Agency (Disdikpora) aiming to bring down the rates of accidents in Bali.

In addition, the authority of Jasa Raharja also bridged the implementation of the orderly traffic plan that would be included in the curriculum of high school and junior high school.

Even, the orderly traffic plan that would be included in the curriculum had passed through the process of the MoU between the National Police and the Ministry of Education. “We do not

know for sure, when the orderly traffic practice will be put into the curriculum,” he said.

Meanwhile, related to compensation issues in 2010, Djoko Sutomo said there were some accident cases receiving the compensation. Among others, the dead victim deserved to get compensation at IDR 25 million, permanent disability at IDR 25 million, medical treatment expenses at IDR 10 million and burial expenses at IDR 2 million. “Compensation issued by Jasa Raharja insurance indicates an increase in terms of material aspect,” he said.

Execution of seminar attended by most participants coming from the circle of students was expected to become a fervent basis for self-motivation in terms of orderly traffic practice. In other words, the socialization carried out should be paid attention by motorists, particularly the circle of students, and really appreciated for the

sake of safety of their own life.

Meanwhile, when asked about the existence of issues that people were reluctant to claim the Jasa Raharja compensation because the process and administrative requirements were truly complicated, Djoko Sutomo strongly denied it. He asserted the officers of Jasa Raharja existing in the nine regencies across Bali had a commitment to provide direct services to customer’s home. “We have mobile system to provide services to our customers directly,” he explained.

Djoko Sutomo added that his party would come to victims of accident, heirs and the police. Of course, it should have been equipped with predetermined requirements. The management of Jasa Raharja had a target in handling the accident cases where the victim died. “If the victim died, the process of compensation claim should have been accomplished within seven days,” he asserted. (kmb21)

Team of Bali Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) came to Siong Forest located at Lumbung Kauh, West Selemadeg subdistrict, Tabanan, to track the footprints and existence of tigers disturbing the local residents. In fact, the team still required further research to verify it, so that up to these days there was no conclusion concerning with the truth and existence of the tigers in that forest reserve.

Similar opinion was also described

by Chief of BKSDA Bali Region I (Denpasar-Gilimanuk), Sumarsono, last Monday (Aug 9).

Sumarsono observed that evidence found in the surrounding area of accident as rumored—about the existence of tigers pouncing on two dogs and a goat owned by local residents—had not been significant to help make decision in relation to the allegation of bite marks of tigers.

Similarly, testimony of a local resident admitting to see the incident was not sufficient.

It was explained that his party had launched several measures to uncover the existence of the tigers.

Such endeavors consisted of measur-

ing the traces encountered at location. “The traces found at the scene are not enough to conclude if they are traces of a tiger,” he explained while adding that his party remained to require other proof like feather that was not found. As consequence, his party still needed more time to conclude.

Except for the efforts undertaken

by BKSDA Bali, added Sumarsono, his party also had made coordination with the existing NGOs in East Java that had conducted a research on the tigers of Java. “For that purpose, we have to re-open the archives on the existence of Bali tigers which have been extinct in 1937,” he explained.

When alluding to the news about the release of tiger cubs by the BKSDA as the spreading information, Sumarsono could not make sure about it. He said his party should open the existing archives. “We also still have to open the archives, whether there were any releases of tiger cubs around the woods, like what circulating information tells,” he said while mentioning that BKSDA would go back to location in the purpose of monitoring the further development. (gap)

100 Patients Suspect Rabies in Sanglah Public Hospital Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Since it break out from 2008 until Monday (9/8), the total of patients with status “suspect rabies” who was treated at Sanglah Public Hospital reaches 100 people yet not all had the disease. From those 100 suspect patients, 59 of them died.

Secretary of the Rabies Handling Team of Sanglah Public Hospital, dr.

Ken Wirasandhi, when met on Monday (9/8) said those who died mostly had a history of being bitten and didn’t get the VAR (Rabies Vaccination). Even if they got the VAR it was not total. Patients who died usually come when they had the rabies symptoms from hard breathing to phobias. Outside those 59 cases, the 41 patients was not a rabies patient, “From 100 there was around 41 went home. They came as a suspect patient, yet in the end their illness was not rabies. After treated and getting well they can go home.”

One of the suspect rabies patient treated and died was I Gede Ranti

(47) resident of Bebandem, Karangasem. Ranti went in to Sanglah Public Hospital last Saturday (7/8) taken by Karangasem Public Region Hospital (RSUD Karangasem) ambulance. He did get treatment at Nusa Indah room yet he died on the Sunday (8/8). According to Ken even though he came with a clinical rabies symptom yet the family side stated the patient was never bitten by a dog, “They have a pet dog and said have lived until now. The family also denied that the patient was bitten by a dog.” To clarify it further, Ranti’s eye liquid and saliva samples are being examined.

On the patient status as suspect rabies, Head of Bali Health Agency, dr. Nyoman Suteja, mentioned not all victims died can be known its status from the lab test. This kind of problem, according to Suteja, was caused by some died at home or was buried already, “So to be sure we ask information from family or its neighbors even its medical notes.” (san)

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Many Kiosk Fractured, Kusamba Market Sellers Complained Never Fixed Since 1998 Semarapura (Bali Post) –

Sellers or Pasar (Market) Kusamba, Dawan, Klungkung complained on the worrying condition of its market. Many of its kiosks fractured yet it did not interest the government from its maintenance to fixing these which was built before 1998 when actually Klungkung Region Government received retribution from the market minimal IDR 44 Million per year.

Besides that, the market was not arranged well especially the front part which blocks the back field and gives an impression that Kusamba market is only in the front. What’s more the number of sellers excelled its capacity especially during religious days it reaches the pavement which worries even more. “Truly, I often received sellers complain. I myself is worried to see the condition,” Head of Kusamba Village, IB. Suweta Jaya, mentioned last Monday (9/8).

Sellers compared it with Satria Village Market that doesn’t contribute to regional government yet Klungkung Region Government allocated budget to fix that market instead, “Why Kusamba who contributes every year don’t get any attention?”

When asked for confirmation, Vice Head of Klungkung Region House of Representatives who’s from Kusamba, A.A. Anom clarified the problem. According to him there was some fixing on 2007 yet those buildings were not arranged well so

it gives disorderly impression.

So he demanded executives to be more aware of Kusamba on the Regional Main Budgets year 2011 for its fixing and the 2000 m2 market’s arrangement, “If the buildings are fixed and its arrangement better, I’m sure incoming will increase and it will give profit to the region too.” Besides those, Anom Sarjana also wanted to fight for Ida I Dewa Isteri Kanya statue, hero from Kusamba who defeated the Netherlands, which was planned to be built in front of Kusamba Market, “Only just, now I have to coordinate with public figures intensively for its size and type of the statue.”

Also in the rainy season, sellers complained on the leaking roofs which cause floods. A seller mentioned, “Yes there was lots of leakage. Lots of my selling was damaged during rainy season due to the rain.”

It was said, the renovation done in 2007 only on the pillars and blocks, not all of them. (kmb20)

Singaraja Trade in Office Robbed A Worker Shot Singaraja (Bali Post) –

The Trade-in office branch in the Hardys Supermarket areal at Ngurah Rai Street, Singaraja became a robbing victim on Monday (9/8) afternoon.

This incident caused one of the workers, Mirza Resti Nirmala (24), Anggrek Street, Singaraja resident, had a shot wound on the head while the robber managed to take IDR 21 Million.

The robbery happened around 12 pm wita was weirdly not known how exactly the robbers managed to get to the office in a quite crowded areal. The incident was just known when a customer came in to the office to do a transaction and shocked to see Mirza covered with blood and in agony condition.

Police who got the report then investigate the crime scene and finding the robbers finger prints inside the office. What’s suspected now that there are 2 robbers, a boy and a girl. When coming to Hardys, they used a red motorbike. The weapon used had a sound reducer so it can’t be heard by people outside the office. What’s more, during the robbery Mirza was known working alone and no customers were in it.

Vice Head of Buleleng Police Re-

sort, Police Commissioner, Dewa Putu Artha, mentioned his side is investigating this incident by collecting evidence and checking witnesses. For now, the Trade-in Office has a police line, “We are inspecting it by collecting evidences including finding finger prints on the crime scene.”

Police seem to have difficulties as inside the office there’s no CCTV as all this time it only has one outside the office and facing Hardys Supermarket.

Victim Mirza couldn’t be asked for statements. She was treated at Buleleng Region Public Hospital yet because of her serious critical condition she then was brought to Sanglah Public Hospital.

The doctor who’s treating her, dr.

Ketut Wenten, said the victim was suspected to have been shot on the right side of her head and went through the left side. On the right side the wound is 3 cm and on the left side is 12 cm.

Head of the Singaraja Branch Trade in Office, Dewa Made Wira, who was on the crime scene said they have hired this areal in Hardys since May. In this robbery it has caused loss of IDR 21 Million which all this time was saved in safe. (kmb15)

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The condition of the sellers in Kusamba market in Klungkung regency

Trend of corruption cases in Bali rises Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Supervision to corruption cases in government agencies should remain to be consolidated. Moreover, such corruption cases have become a chronic disease in this country.

Even, for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the level of corruption in Indonesia occupies the 19th position. This condition is also experienced by a number of government agencies existing within the working area of State Development Finance Controller (BPKP) for BaliNTB region indicating the increasing trend.

This matter was disclosed by the Head of BPKP of Bali Representative, Abd. Rachman Datjong when met on the sidelines of socialization of anti-corruption programs in the hall of BPKP Bali, last Monday (Aug 9). Discussion of such anticorruption socialization was focused on Reliant People’s Empowerment Program (PNPM Mandiri). The discussion was attended by lecturers, employees within the State/Regional Owned Enterprise (BUMN/ D) of Bali region. This event pre-

sented four speakers namely Mudji Wahyudi, Ph.D. (Mataram University), Solichin (Bali Tourism Development Corporation), Eko Pranyoto (High Court), and Wayan Merta (PNPM Regional IV Bali).

Ranchman Datjong said that corruption in this country had occurred rampantly everywhere. On that account, BPKP attempted to disseminate the preventive efforts against the corruption. All this time, his party had been doing the activity for five times with various parties. It was intended to implant an understanding that corruption denoted a crime that had to be eradicated collectively.

He added that corruption cases in Indonesia had been destroying the elements of community life. In fact, the effort of government to prevent corruption cases had been executed and reinforced by the issuance of stipulations of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) twelve years ago. “Issuance of the Act of Corruption actually becomes one of the true efforts to reduce the corruption cases,” he said.

Furthermore, Datjong Rachman also observed there was a trend of corruption within the past five years Bali staying to show an increase.

However, his party really did not know definitely about the number of corruption cases whether they were just revealed, or they were indeed a new case. Nevertheless, his party still sought to take preventive action by organizing socialization.

One of the cases successfully handed over to investigators was the corruption in the compost case allegation of Jembrana.

He cited that corruption in this country had already been a chronic disease and going on for some time. If neglected, it would have more severe impacts. Government, he said, had initiated the effort of corruption eradication since 1998 through the establishment of the Stipulation of the People’s Consultative Assembly No. 11/1998. Not only that, related Act had also been issued in 1999 having the same goal, namely eradicating the corruption in this country because corruption itself had reached all life aspects of the society. (kmb12)

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Russia, US chase jet in hijack drill Associated Press Writer

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN – In a historic first for Cold War adversaries, U.S., Canadian and Russian military officers directed fighter jets and ground controllers to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean.

A chartered American jet codenamed Fencing 1220 sent a mock distress signal shortly after taking off from Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday, triggering a pursuit by at least seven fighters and a flurry of radio and telephone calls between military and civilian officials on both sides of the Pacific.

The Associated Press had exclusive access to Fencing 1220, a plush executive-style Gulfstream whose passengers included a Russian Air Force colonel and a senior commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the joint U.S.-Canadian command that patrols the skies over North America.

Their goal: To ensure that two

militaries still distrustful of each other can work effectively tackling a terror threat that worries both nations.

One question that arose Sunday was just how much information they need — from the ground, from the fighters, from the hijacked pilots and from the terrorists — and whether fewer, simpler messages might be better than the flood of communication the exercise generated.

Canadian Forces Col. Todd Balfe, the deputy commander of NORAD’s Alaska region, acknowledged it may seem “incongruous” that the exercise was taking place amid tension between his country and Russia over recent Russian bomber flights probing the northern boundaries of Canadian airspace. But with al-Qaida at the front of North American minds and Russia dealing with threats from Chechen rebels, terrorism transcends national boundaries, and exercises like this could lay the foundation for cooperating on other issues as well, Balfe said.

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South Korean family members of victims of World War II shout a slogan during a rally demanding full compensation

Japan apologizes to SKorea for colonial rule Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Prime Minister Naoto Kan offered Tokyo’s latest apology Tuesday to South Korea for Japanese colonial rule, as part of an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries ahead of the 100th anniversary of Japanese aggression against Korea.

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet flies alongside a civilian airplane playing the role of a hijacked airliner, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 on a route from Alaska to an undisclosed location in the Far East. The exercise is a first-of-its-kind joint exercise between the U.S. and Russia to test their coordinated response to a potential international hijacking. Earlier in the flight, U.S.-built NORAD fighter jets also intercepted the flight as it passed through U.S. airspace.

During Japan’s occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1910-45, many Koreans were forced to fight as front-line soldiers, work in slavelabor conditions, or serve as prostitutes in brothels operated by the military. The issue of Japanese wartime aggression against its Asian neighbors is still a sensitive one more than half a century later.

“For the enormous damage and suffering caused by this colonization, I would like to express once again our deep remorse and sin-

cerely apologize,” Kan said in a statement approved by the Cabinet.

The statement apologized specifically to Koreans, in contrast to earlier apologies by Japan for wartime actions made broadly to the country’s Asian neighbors.

Seoul accepted the apology, although President Lee Myung-bak does not plan an official response, said presidential spokesman Cho Hyun-jin.

“We hope that through proper recognition and reflection of the un-

fortunate history, close bilateral relations can further develop into a partnership for the future,” said South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun in a statement.

Some victims of Japan’s rule called Tokyo’s apology insufficient, saying there should be reparations for victims, prosecution of wrongdoers and a record of the Japanese military’s history of sexual slavery in Japan’s textbooks.

“Kan says Japan apologizes and repents but they are just words,” said Kang Joo-hye with the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.

“He didn’t mention the victims once or pledge any action to heal their hurt and pain,” Kang said.

1,100 missing in China as Asian flood misery rises Associated Press Writer

ZHOUQU, China – Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

In Pakistan, the United Nations said the government’s estimate of 13.8 million people affected by the country’s worst-ever floods exceeded the combined total of three recent megadisasters — the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010

Haiti earthquake.

Rescuers in the remote desert mountainsides in Indian-controlled Kashmir recovered more bodies, with the death toll rising to 165 from flash floods. Thousands of army and paramilitary soldiers continued clearing roads and removing the debris of hundreds of homes flattened in the Ladakh region

by Friday’s powerful thunderstorms.

About 200 remain missing, said Lt. Col. J. S. Brar, an army spokesman. With the road links being restored, nearly 300 people who fled to higher ground have returned to their homes, he said.

In China, the death toll jumped to 337 late Monday after Sunday’s landslides in the northwestern province of Gansu —

the deadliest incident so far in the country’s worst flooding in a decade.

A debris-blocked swollen river burst, swamping entire mountain villages in the county seat of Zhouqu and ripping homes from their foundations.

Survivor Yang Zhukai began the sad task of making simple coffins for the 10 to 20 relatives killed by the mudslide in Zhouqu.

“These are all for relatives, for relatives killed by the mudslide. It was so unexpected — a huge landslide like this. There’s nothing left.

We managed to escape with our lives. As far as relatives, 10 to 20 died from my village,” he told Associated Press Television News.

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Chinese rescue workers prepare to search for survivors after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China’s Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

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Love Care “Bali Kuta Resort”

Giving Essentials for Disadvantaged Residents in Tunjung Singaraja (Bali Post) –

Celebrating its first birthday, Bali Kuta Resort by Swiss-belhotel held a Love Care event which was filled with social activities in Tunjung Village, Kubutambahan sub district, Buleleng Region, last Monday (9/8). The one year old resort gave out help in a form of 200 packets of essentials for Tunjung’s disadvantage residents.

Attending the event was Bali Kuta Resort Commisioner, Gusti Agung Made Agung, Agus Salim (owner representative), Sabrina Buehalmann (acting general manager) and management staffs from the resort. Besiedes the 200 residents of Tunjung Village, the event was also welcomed by Tunjung Village Chief, Ketut Kardita and Head of Buleleng Social Agency representative.

The essential packet had noodles, rice, sugar, clothes and more. Tunjung Village was picked as it has the highest number of disadvantaged people in Buleleng as from 1.300 families, 90 percent of them are disadvantaged.

This condition was strengthen by Kardita who clarified that the number of disadvantaged people in this village is very many and for that he is very thankful of Bali Kuta Resort by Swiss belhotel’s generosity in helping his residents. As much as 200 people was picked to be given the essentials as they are the very disadvantaged ones, “There was still more of our residents need help so we have to

be thankful if there are other donators who can also help our residents just like what Bali Kuta Resort did.”

Agus Salim mentioned this social activity was held in celebrating the resort’s first year. This idea came from the owner of Bali Kuta Resort, Gusti Agung Made Agung, “He mentioned, rather than having a luxurious party, it’s much better if we give out affection to each other in a social activity.”

To Tunjung Village residents, Agus hoped the essentials given out don’t see it from the value yet better appreciated as a sincere giving from Bali Kuta Resort to joint a brotherhood and affection sharing between Bali Kuta Resort employees and Tunjung residents.

Meanwhile Bali Kuta Resort Commisionner, Gusti Agung Made Agung, with his very friendly Balinese language also hoped the residents doesn’t see the value because the resort will not only come this time to share affection. If the resort has prosperity, this will be again shared with those who need it including Tunjung village, “Hopefully the hotel we manage will go well and can gain prosperity so we can come back to Tunjung.”

Besides giving out essentials in Tunjung Village, the Love Care event was also filled with other social activities such as planting mangrove tree in the mangrove forest, blood donor with PMI (Indonesia Red Cross) and staff competition event. (kmb15)

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

Sanur Beach Hotel held a social activity few days ago. The hotel carried out Beach Cleaning activity on Sanur beach. According to Candy, the Public Relations Manager of Sanur Beach Hotel, the activity was held due to the Sanur Village Festival but the similar activities will be done daily after the festival. On the closing ceremony, turtles were released to the sea by the hotel staffs.

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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John Lennon’s killer up for parole again in NY

Oil plugged after cargo ship collision off India Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Writer

BUFFALO, N.Y. - John Lennon’s killer will seek his freedom this week for a sixth time.

A parole hearing for Mark David Chapman, 55, is scheduled at Attica Correctional Facility, the upstate New York prison where he has been held for nearly 30 years.

Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, said last week she continues to oppose Chapman’s release because he remains a potential threat.

Chapman has been denied parole five times, appearing before the board every two years since 2000.

His next interview could take place as early as Tuesday, Division of Parole spokesman Marc Violette said.

He could not be more specific, he said, because Chapman is one of dozens of parolees with interviews scheduled for this week and it is unknown when the two-member panel will get to his.

The former maintenance man from Hawaii is serving a sentence of 20 years to life for shooting Lennon four times outside the exBeatle’s Manhattan apartment building Dec. 8, 1980. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Ono, 77, said in California last week that she was trying to be “practical” in asking that her husband’s killer remain behind bars. She said Chapman might be a danger to her,

Reuters –

A mug-shot of Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon other family members and perhaps He said he had been seeking noeven himself. She did not elaborate toriety and fame to counter feelings after making the comments at a meet- of failure. ing of the Television Critics Associa“I would be something other than tion, where she was speaking about a nobody and that was my reasona new PBS documentary on Lennon’s ing at the time,” Chapman said, acfamily and artistic life in New York cording to the 2008 transcript. in the 1970s.

The panel denied release “due to Lennon would have turned 70 this concern for the public safety and October. welfare,” according to its decision.

At his 2008 parole hearing, This week’s decision will be pubChapman told the panel he was licly released once Chapman and ashamed and sorry for what he had registered victims have been notidone and had since developed a fied, Violette said. Hearing trandeeper understanding of the value of scripts are generally made available a human life. about a week later.

JetBlue flight attendant arrested after NYC ruckus AP

NEW YORK – A JetBlue flight attendant got into an argument with a passenger on a jetliner arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, cursed the passenger, grabbed a beer from the galley and then deployed an emergency exit slide and fled the plane, authorities said.

Flight attendant Steven Slater was arrested at his nearby home in the Belle Harbor section of Queens by Port Authority of New York And New Jersey police on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing.

Slater, 39, remained in custody Monday night. His attorney’s name wasn’t immediately available, and there was no home telephone number listed for him. A woman who answered a phone at a previous residence listed for Slater in Thousand Oaks, Calif., identified herself as his mother but said she wasn’t speaking to the media.

JetBlue Airways Corp. said in a statement that it was working

with the Federal Aviation Administration and Port Authority police to investigate the matter. It said the safety of its customers and crew members was never at risk.

Slater was working on JetBlue Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh when he got into an argument with the passenger, who was pulling down baggage from an overhead bin, the Port Authority said. The luggage apparently struck the attendant in the head and he asked for an apology, but the passenger refused, the agency said.

As the plane was landing, Slater got on the public-address system and cussed at the passenger, the Port Authority said. He then grabbed at least one beer, activated the slide, slid down and went to his car, it said.

Port Authority police were notified about 25 minutes later.

JetBlue would not say how long Slater had been employed by the company.

By Monday night, several Facebook pages had been set up in tribute to Slater, with many users of the social networking site expressing support for him for walking off the job.

MUMBAI, India – Indian authorities have plugged a fuel leak in a container ship that collided into another cargo vessel and spewed 500 tons of oil into the Arabian Sea, a top government official said Tuesday.

But the principal port of Mumbai — India’s economic hub — near where the collision happened on Saturday would remain closed until at least Wednesday, because of the spill and 300 cargo containers that had fallen from one of the ships, causing a navigational hazard, the defense ministry said.

The Panamanian-registered MSC Chitra smashed into the St. Kitts-registered MV-Khalijia-II near Jawahar Lal Nehru port. The accident caused the MSC Chitra to run aground and list heavily. Its fuel and lubricants spilled into the sea.

By late Monday, the leak was plugged after about 500 tons had spilled out, Ashok Chavan, the top

elected official of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, told reporters.

The oil slick has spread over an area of nearly three miles (five kilometers) around the ship, defense ministry spokesman Capt.

Manohar Nambiar told The Associated Press.

The MSC Chitra is tilting dangerously into the water, but the spokesman said there appeared to be little chance of the vessel sinking because it had run aground on a large rock very close to the harbor where the water wasn’t deep enough to submerge the entire ship.

The Khalijia-II also suffered some damage, though no details were immediately available.

News reports Tuesday said the collision occurred because of a failure of radio communication between the two ship. It was not clear what cargo they were carrying and whether it included any hazardous material. Nambiar said Lal Nehru port would be closed at least until Wednesday.

Indonesia...

From page 1 “IBRC is the magnet that will attract Indonesian and international scientists to carry out researches focusing on biodiversity,” Mahardika said.

“These researchers will employ the latest technology and methods in molecular genetics to gain under-

standing on the intricate nature and formation of Indonesia’s biodiversity.” he said.

The centre is based in Udayana University’s Biomedic Lab in Denpasar where 60 Indonesian and US scientists make up the core researchers.

SKorea...

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(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

In this Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, a JetBlue plane taxis on a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A JetBlue flight attendant on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 got into an argument with a passenger on a jetliner arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport, cursed the passenger, grabbed a beer from the galley and then deployed an emergency exit slide and fled the plane, authorities said.

The North, meanwhile, threatened a “war of retaliation.” North Korea “will clearly show to those buoyed by war fever what a real war is like any time it deems necessary through a war of retaliation of its own style based on its nuclear deterrent,” the main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

The Korean peninsula remains technically in a state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. The U.S. stations 28,500 troops in South Korea to help protect its key Asian ally.

A U.S. State Department spokesman denounced North Korea’s artillery barrage and joked that it “resulted in a lot of dead fish.” P.J. Crowley also said, “We’re likely to see more provocations.” He said it was unclear what North Korea was “trying to achieve through this ongoing chest-thumping.”

Tension on the divided peninsula has spiked in the wake of the Cheonan’s sinking. The American-

led U.N. Command, which monitors the armistice, held talks with North Korea at the Korean border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday to discuss the incident, said U.S. military spokesman David Oten.

It was the fourth such meeting since last month. The previous three ended with no major breakthroughs. Ties between the two Koreas worsened last week when South Korea launched large-scale naval training in response to the sinking, prompting its communist neighbor to warn it would counter the maneuvers with a “strong physical retaliation.”

The South Korean naval drills, which ended on Monday afternoon, followed large-scale joint military exercises with the U.S. last month off the east coast. The South Korean drills included exercises near the western sea border where the warship exploded and sank.

The area is also where the navies of the rival Koreas have fought three bloody gunbattles since 1999.

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Marine sector contributes 22 percent to RI’s GDP Antara

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Vendors and beggars flock as Indonesian Muslims visit a cemetery to pray for their late beloved a day before the beginning of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 10, 2010. Ramadan, which starts on August 11, is the ninth month of the Muslim Hijri calendar, during which the faithful abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex during daylight and, in the evening, eat small meals and visit friends and family.

JAKARTA - The marine sector contributes nearly 22 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, a marine expert said on Monday night calling on the government to pay more attention to the sector.

“Based on the results of my calculation, the marine sector contributes 22.5 percent of the GDP,” Prof Tridoyo Kumastanto of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) said at a public discussion on the marine bill.

He said he arrived at the figure after classifying the marine sector into seven subsectors, namely fishery, mining, marine industry, marine service, marine building, marine tourism and sea transportation.

Among the seven subsectors the mining subsector contributed the biggest to the GDP with 9.1 percent, he said.

“The fishery subsector comes in

second with 2.7 percent,” Tridoyo who is also Chief of the Center for the Coastal and Marine Resources Studies said.

These all suggested that the marine sector would also contribute to the future generations, he said.

Commenting on the marine bill, he said, the bill, if passed into law, must be able to determine the direction of the marine ecosystem’s interaction because there had been many laws related to the marine sector.

“The laws related to the marine sector include the mining law, fishery law, regional government law, law on state borders,” he said.

Member of the House of Representatives Commission IV Viva Yoga Mauladi shared Tridoyo’s views saying the laws related to the marine sector must be synergized with the marine bill currently under deliberations at the parliament.

“Deliberations on the marine bill are among difficult tasks,” he said.

Religious leaders express concern over plan Koran burning Antara

JAKARTA - A group of Indonesian religious leaders promoting pluralism in the country GPP on Monday met with representatives from the United States Embassy in Jakarta to express their concern over the planned Koran burning in the US, a source said.

“There should be concrete action to foil the Koran burning plan,” group coordinator, Damien, said here on Monday during a press conference at the Center for Dialogue and Coop-

eration among Civilizations (CDCC) in Menteng area, Central Jakarta.

The group consisting of Chief of Indonesian Bishop Council (KWI) bishop Mandagi, chief of Indonesian

Communion of Churches (PGI) Hendrik, and secretary to Muhammadiyah Abdul Mu’ti, met with the US Embassy’s chief of political affairs, Ted Lyng.

During the meeting, he said, Lyng expressed the embassy concerned over the issue allegedly planned by a US-based organization, Dove World Outreach Center, in commemorating the September 11 tragedy in New York. Lyng said most Americans also

Yogyakarta, Thailand explore tourism cooperation Antara

YOGYAKARTA - Yogyakarta’s provincial administration and the Thai government are exploring tourism cooperation through language training for tourist guides.

“The Thai government will give Thai language training to tourist guides in Yogyakarta,” local district administration spokesman Bayudono said

here on Tuesday. He made the statement after accompanying Yogyakarta vice Governor Paku Alam IX to receive Thai Ambassador to Indonesia Thanatip Upatising in Yogyakarta.

Bayudono said the Thai ambassador was expected to have the tourism cooperation realized so that it could improve and strengthen the relations between the Thai government and Yogyakarta provincial administrations.

Bodies of Trike arrive at Bandung hospital Antara

BANDUNG - Two bodies which may belong to the pilot and co-pilot of the Trike PKS-135, arrived at Bandung’s Hasan Sadikin hospital morque on Monday at 8.10 pm.

The two bodies arrived by ambulance of Sulaeman hospital and an Inova van.

Sulaeman airbase chief Colonel Gutomo, representatives of the airbase, a SAR team, accom-

panied the two dead bodies.

An autopsy will be carried out on the two bodies by a forensic team of the Bandung hospital.

A Strike mocroflight plane flown by Noto and Panji, was reported to have crashed and missing in Gunung Wayang, Bandung regency, on Sunday, early in July. The plane when flying from Nusawiru Pangandaran airfield to Sulaiman airbase in Bandung, lost contact in the mountaneous region bordering with Garut.

did not approve of the plan.

Damien said the US Embassy in Jakarta would deliver GPP’s message to Washington and would officially announce its attitude towards the Koran burning plan in the next two weeks.

“GPP has prepared some plans in case the Koran burning plan is carried out,” Damien added.

Meanwhile, Secretary to Muhammadiyah (second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia),

Abdul Mu’ti, said the Koran burning was planned to boost the popularity of a particular group in the US. Abdul said the US government should not only express its concern, but also formulate concrete action to foil the plan to burn the Islamic holy book in commemorating the September 11 tragedy. Abdul also said that it was understandable Indonesians were furious and condemned the plan, as long as no law has been broken.

Bashir: Father of militant Islam in Indonesia Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as the spiritual leader for radical militants in Indonesia, but the white-bearded 71-year-old has always denied involvement in terrorism.

The softly spoken Muslim preacher, who was arrested on Monday, served almost 26 months for conspiracy over the 2002 attacks on Bali nightspots that killed 202 people, before being cleared and released in 2006.

Bashir was active in the early 1960s in several Islamic student organisations at Al-Irsyad University in his home town of Solo, Central Java, before founding in 1972 the Al Mukmin Muslim boarding school at nearby Ngruki.

He and close friend Abdullah Sungkar, both of Yemeni descent, were jailed by the Suharto regime from 1978 to 1982 for inciting people to reject the secular national ideology in favour of an Islamic state.

They fled to Malaysia in 1985 when the Supreme Court granted a prosecution appeal for a longer sentence. It was there, according

to prosecutors, that they officially founded Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in 1993.

Sungkar died in 1999, a year after Bashir returned to Indonesia following Suharto’s downfall. From 2000 he devoted more and more time to the Indonesian Mujahideen Council, an umbrella group which he heads and which seeks sharia law.

Two years after his release from prison in 2006 he founded Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) as a legitimate — although radical — body with which to continue agitating for Islamic law and jihad, or holy war.

“Let us strengthen Islamic brotherhood with one single aim, that is to uphold the Islamic sharia to help this state and nation,” he said in 2006, showing that prison had not dampened his fiery support of Islam.

International Crisis Group expert Sidney Jones predicted in a report published in July that Bashir’s arrest would not have a significant impact on the jihadist movement in Indonesia.

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Bali Today Chinese Government sent e-mail to Bali To ask about rabies handling Antara

Denpasar – Chinese Government react on the spread of rabies in Bali. They consider that the disease is very dangerous for the tourists who visit Bali. The Chinese Government sent an e-mail to Bali Government to question the rabies handling in the island.

I Ketut Teneng, the head of publication and documentation division in Bali Government, said that the government already sent the respond to the Chinese Government regarding the system of handling rabies in Bali.

Teneng said that the explanation was about the mass vaccination, wild dog’s elimination, giving antirabies injection to the dog bite victim and others.

I Putu Sumantra, the head of Bali Animal Department, said that he hasn’t heard about the complaint made by the Chinese Government. “We didn’t know about the complaint sent by the Chinese Government through email. Our department didn’t receive any information about it.”

He said that if the Chinese afraid

and don’t want to come to Bali because rabies, it will be very outrageous. He thinks that the action taken by the government to handle rabies is already optimum.

“The elimination, vaccination, and coordination with the society are done intensively. The anti rabies is always given to the dog bite victims. We are certain that if the efforts done continuously, Bali will be free from rabies in 2012,” Sumantara added.

He also said that there are no tourists from China who suffer from rabies so the tourists should not be afraid to come to Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, had ordered that all tourism sites in Bali must be free from dogs. This is to prevent the spread of rabies and so it won’t attack the tourists.

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Balinese residents taking their pets to the free vaccines shot that held by Bali’s government.

Rabies handling in Bali gets hard reaction from Chinese government because it makes tourists that traveled to Bali worried.

French tourist visits to Bali decline Bali’s imports reach US136.91 million Bali Post

DENPASAR - Arrival of French tourists to Bali within the second quarter of 2010 was recorded to reach 6,947 people. When compared to the previous month, the number of arrivals reached 10, 169 people and these figures dropped by 31.68 percent. Meanwhile, the other seven countries including Australia indicated significant increase by 28.40 percent, Japan (18.91 percent), Malaysia (14.26 percent), China (17.94 percent), Singapore (35.70 percent), Taiwan (0.17 percent)

and the United States (21.55 percent).

“There are three potential markets of Bali undergoing a drop during that period. The highest decline of arrival occurred to tourist from France, then South Korean and the UK,” said the Head of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Ida Komang Wisnu in Renon, last Monday (Aug 9).

Despite it declined, the visit of French community was recognized

by Wisnu to have significant number.

In terms of percentage, it contributed 3.05 percent of the total foreign tourists spending holidays in Bali during

Bali Post/Doc

Tourist tries a bracelet in art market on Bali Island. Arrival of French tourists to Bali within the second quarter of 2010 was recorded to reach 6,947 people. When compared to the previous month, the number of arrivals reached 10, 169 people and these figures dropped by 31.68 percent.

the period of June amounting to 228,045 people.

During their holidays in Bali, French tourists were very interested in a variety of silver craft accessories produced by Bali crafters. Even, some owners of art shop at Kumbasari Art Market admitted that they often sent in a large number metal crafts to France. Justhiani, for instance, owning the Justhiani Shop in the market complex said that French tourists coming to Bali always made their time to drop in art shops or art markets to buy a variety of silver accessories. Even, they ordered hundreds of pairs of silver for resale in their home country.

“According to them, design and production of Bali crafters had much better and had convincing quality although the price is more expensive than the production of other regions outside Bali. We ourselves often received special orders from overseas to be sent to hundreds of department stores and various boutiques in remote corners of the world,” she explained.

She also admitted to continue making the cooperation with entrepreneurs overseas like those from France, Germany and Denmark by offering new innovative and quality designs in accordance with the tastes of foreign markets. “Such markets, especially French, are very potential for Bali silver,” he added. (par)

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DENPASAR - The value of Bali’s imports in the second quarter of 2010 increased 242.34 percent to US$136.91 million from US$39.99 million in the same period a year earlier, a statistics official said.

“The imports in the second quarter also increased 207.35 percent from US$44.54 million compared with those in the first quarter of this year,” Head of the Central Board of Statistics (BPS) for Bali office, Ida Komang Wisnu said here on Monday.

He said that most of the Bali imports were production goods which were expected to help improve Bali’s people’s welfare and economic growth.

According to Wisnu, the imports included ships, mechanic machines, electric appliances, jewelries, iron and steel-based products.

They were imported from Britain, Singapore, Belgium, Norway and China.

Ships and floating constructions accounted for 53 percent of the total imports followed by mechanic machines (13.29), electric appliances (7.96 percent), jewelries (6.02 percent) and optical wares (2.6 per-

cent).

In the meantime, Bali’s non-oil/ non-gas exports in the first four months of 2010 were recorded at US$181 million, a 22 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

Much of the foreign exchange earnings came from the small scale industry and handicraft industry, Head of the Export Section at the Bali Provincial Industry and Trade Office Putu Bagiada said.

The increase in the export value was inseparable from the global economy which gradually recovered from crisis, he said.

Because of the global economic downturn, Bali’s non-oil/non-gas exports fell by up to 9.2 percent to US$502 million in 2009 from US$553.8 million a year earlier, he said.

The US was the biggest market for Bali’s handicraft goods, fishery and agricultural products with a value of US$30.5 million in the first four months of 2010, he said.

Japan came in second with US$28.3 million, followed by France US$17.9 million, and Italy US$13.3 million, he said.

“Most of Italian bought antique goods produced by Balinese handicraftsmen,” he said.

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Balinese Culture Kare Ikan

Dasa Nama:

(Fish Curry)

A simple thesaurus with huge benefits

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Lb, cleaned weight fish 6 Shallots or 1 lg Onion 2 Cloves garlic 2 ts Ground coriander 1 ts Ground ginger 1/2 ts Powdered lemon grass or 1 Blade fresh, lemon grass 1 ts Chilli powder 1 Salam leaf or bay-leaf 1/2 ts Turmeric 1/2 c Tamarind water 1 c of thick santen (coconut -milk) 2 tb Vegetable oil Salt Slice Cucumber Mint

People reading Balinese manuscripts known as lontar occasionally find slight difficulties especially in the matter of lexicons. This happens because the manuscripts often use synonyms and they do not belong to common words. Nevertheless, such difficulty may not become a hindrance to learn the ancient heritages being rich in knowledge.

There is always a solution to resolve the problem. As other languages, Balinese language also has thesaurus known as Dasa Nama. One of the books carrying about it is a simple 67page book written by I Made Gambar who deeply involves in Balinese ancient manuscripts. Based on lexicons obtained from several lontars he successfully classified the field into six categories such as name of birds, name of trees, things or animals, homograph, Old Javanese and ingredients of ritual.

As a matter of fact, the book resembles to a thesaurus, though not arranged alphabetically. It is a BalineseBalinese word equivalence that does

not give the meaning with explanation.

Uniquely, it tends to provide equivalent meaning belonging to uncommon vocabularies usually found in vernacular language.

For readers who would like to learn more about Balinese herbal, this thesaurus will be very helpful. In addition, it can enrich the Balinese vocabulary.

For instance, in Balinese herbal manuscript, there is a word lenge (red rice).

It is not common to daily Balinese language that usually uses baas barak. Secondly, equivalences of hibiscus (pucuk—common word) are wirakusuma, landa para, sumara, jakusuma, tundapala, raktajuma, warangbang, waribang, wangewarih and jaya kesuma.

Other than thesaurus, it also carries homograph. For example, the word antara can have English equivalence to the words (1) leak, (2) good, (3) smart, (4) sky, (5) soul, and (6) intermediate. The word antara is often found used as word formation in making Balinese individual names like Budiantara and Sujaantara.

Hopefully, this book could help young generation or whoever wishing to learn more about Balinese ancient manuscripts. They actually cover many aspects of life ranging from herbal healing (Taru Pramana, Rukmini Tattwa etc.), architecture (Asta Kosala Kosali), agriculture (Shri Tattwa/Darmaning Pemaculan), astrology (Wariga Dewasa), afterlife (Atma Prasangsa), medical code of ethic (Usada Kalimosada) and many more.

As the treasure of indigenous wisdom, the lontar manuscripts have provided rich inspirations to spa treatment especially in terms of boreh ingredients, Balinese massage as well as elegant design to villa and hotel properties. By learning more ancient manuscripts, it will be obtained more and more inspirations and if combined with modern science and technique will engender unique and elegant products. Last but not least, let’s preserve and learn them.

Do not let them be obsolete in keeping with the times without an opportunity to learn them! (BTN/punia)

Directions: It is better to select a white fish with firm flesh, such as haddock, angler-fish, swordfish or dogfish. In Australia the various fish known as whiting would be a good choice. Americans might like to use snappers.

Whatever fish is used, it can be cut into small cubes or slices before frying. Heat a little oil in a heavy frying-pan, and carefully brown the fish in it. Meanwhile, in another frying-pan, fry the chopped shallots (or onion) and garlic until tender. Stir in the chilli, ginger, turmeric, coriander, lemon grass, salam, salt and tamarind water. Let this mixture simmer for 10 minutes, then put in the fish. Cover, and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Add the santen and cook for a further 5 minutes. Serve hot, garnished with very thin slices of cucumber and chopped mint.

(Alternatively, put the cucumber and mint into the kare itself for the last 2 minutes of cooking.) Incidentally, the same kare can be made with prawns. There is no need to fry the prawns separately; but fry them in the mixture of onion, etcetera for a few minutes before you put in the tamarind water. (http:// asiarecipe.com)

Back to nature:

River snail served with Balinese cherry potato

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Lontar

Aside from retaining a beautiful view and challenging attraction like rafting and splashing, river also poses a habitat of various food sources. There are fish, crab, shrimp and snails.

Balinese people may call the latter as ungun or river snail. This snail has two forms, namely ordinary snail and half snail. The half snail shapes like carapace of turtle. Its flesh is open and has a piece of thin bone. When boiled, its flesh will easily get released from its carapace, while the ordinary one should be taken out by pin, needle and so on.

When their delicacy is combined with sabrang or Balinese cherry potato, they will have typical flavor. Its shape is much smaller than common potato and its leaf resembles to that of broadleaf thyme (jinten). Apart from combined with river snail or chicken, this cherry potato is also good if cooked as single vegetable. It is usually sold at traditional market or village stalls.

Ingredients: 2 handful river snail, 250gram sabrang or cherry potato (peeled) and 800ml water for gravy.

Ground spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 small chilies, 1 candlenut, 2 tbsp grated coconut (ground with other spices), slice turmeric, 1 slice aromatic ginger and 1 slice galangal Others: 1 pc salam leaf, 1 tbsp palm oil and ½ tsp salt.

Method: • Cleanse thoroughly the river snail and cherry potato and drain.

• Pre-heat the palm oil on the frying pan. Stir-fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant. Add some water and wait until boiling.

• Put the cherry potato and river snail together into the pan. Add salt, salam leaf and please wait until the cherry potato is cooked.

• Take out and it is now ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

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This Artistic countryside owns the long history root. The result of wood carving art in this village owns the immeasurable and wide dimension like idol for the devoting (arca idol), representative dimension of everyday Balinese social society life (farmer, fisherman, worker, intellectual, merchant etc), the abstract dimension as existing of actor imagination which is listening carefully of reality, dynamics and life philosophy. The villagers are same as villagers at other tourism countryside in Bali that have also experienced the transformation from agrarian society to the crafting society. Even nowadays, it is continued to service society from commerce service until levying service of the souvenir for overseas and domestic tourist.

It is strategically located in the main road from Denpasar to Ubud and it can be reached from several of angle. It is about 15 km easterly go to the majors road to Ubud from Denpasar town. If you wish to go to this place from Denpasar, the starting spandrel points step into Mas Village is Sakah, where a big baby idol monumentally existing in the middle of road. The Baby idol is a symbol and representative of human being life early which is believed by local residents with full of philosophic value, religious and dynamism.

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BUSINESS Singapore headed for ‘healthy’ slowdown: government Agence France-Presse

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Workers unload a truck in Beijing on August 10, 2010. China’s trade surplus ballooned to 28.7 billion USD in July as exports hit a record high, the government said on August 10 — data likely to intensify pressure on Beijing for a stronger yuan.

China’s trade surplus balloons to 28.7 billion dollars Agence France-Presse

Bank of Japan keeps interest rate steady at 0.1 percent Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China’s trade surplus ballooned to 28.7 billion dollars in July as exports hit a record high, the government said Tuesday — data likely to intensify pressure on Beijing for a stronger yuan.

The nation posted its biggest trade surplus since January 2009 as the value of China’s overseas shipments reached a monthly record 145.52 billion dollars in July despite slower export growth, customs authorities said.

The data suggested China had so far seen little impact from the European debt crisis and weak recovery in the United States, as consumers continued to snap up Chinese-made televisions, T-shirts and leather shoes.

July’s trade surplus compared with a surplus of 20.02 billion dollars in June and surpassed analyst expectations for 19.6 billion dollars.

It also marked a sharp turnaround from March, when the country recorded a trade deficit.

Exports grew 38.1 percent from the same period a year ago but slower than in June, when they were up 43.9 percent as steelmakers and raw material producers accelerated shipments before Beijing scrapped tax rebates on certain products.

China warned last month that exports would slow in the second half of this year due to uncertainties overseas.

Policymakers were likely to resist any outside pressure to let the Chinese currency appreciate too quickly against

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s economy is expected to grow at a slower pace in the second half of this year after expanding nearly 18 percent in the first six months, the government said Tuesday.

However, the trade ministry maintained its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) to grow between 13 and 15 percent for 2010, which analysts said would make Singapore the world’s fastest growing economy.

Figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) showed GDP grew 18.8 percent in the April-June period, faster than the previous quarter’s 16.9 percent surge.

For the first half, GDP was up 17.9 percent from the same period the year before, the MTI said, adding however that this pace of growth was unlikely to continue in the second half of the year.

“The global economy is expected to remain on a modest recovery path, albeit one that will continue to ease for the rest of the year,” it said in a statement.

“For the Singapore economy, the

the dollar, using the slowdown in export growth as their justification, experts said.

Imports gained 22.7 percent yearon-year to 116.79 billion dollars in July, marking a sharp slowdown in the pace of growth from June, when imports rose 34.1 percent.

It was the fourth straight month that year-on-year growth in imports has slowed.

“In the United States we still have unemployment close to 10 percent and data out later this week will likely show another huge trade deficit of more than 40 billion dollars,” said Brian Jackson, a senior analyst at Royal Bank of Canada in Hong Kong.

“This contrast in the trade position of the two most important economies in the world will likely increase the pressure from Washington for Beijing to allow further currency appreciation.”

Beijing pledged in mid-June to let the yuan trade more freely against the dollar, though it ruled out sharp fluctuations in the value of the currency.

Since then, the yuan has gained less than one percent against the greenback, angering US lawmakers and other critics who claim the currency

is undervalued by as much as 40 percent, giving Chinese exporters an unfair advantage.

The International Monetary Fund said last month that the yuan was “substantially” undervalued despite Beijing’s pledge to loosen its grip.

The slowdown in export growth could deter policymakers from letting the yuan appreciate too fast, analysts said.

“The seasonal rise in the trade surplus during the remainder of the year, and expected slowing in year-ago export growth is unhelpful for foreign exchange policy,” said Ben Simpfendorfer, economist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong.

“The two developments will only add to Washington’s insistence on a stronger yuan and Beijing’s resistance.”

The National Bureau of Statistics announced separately Tuesday that property prices continued to slow in July, as efforts to curb speculative investment in the real estate sector started to bite.

The trade and property data was released ahead of key figures on July inflation, fixed asset investment and industrial production due Wednesday.

strong growth momentum in the first half of 2010 is not likely to continue into the second half of the year, although growth rates will remain healthy.”

Singapore’s small and open economy shrank 1.3 percent in 2009 due to the USled global economic downturn, but has since rebounded quickly.

Irvin Seah, an economist with Singapore’s DBS bank, said the projected slow-down in growth for the second half was a healthy sign and ruled out a double-dip recession.

“Though the downward adjustment in the headline growth figures are unlikely to result in a double dip recession, it does confirm our long-held view that the Singapore economy is due for a slower second-half this year,” said Seah.

“Still, we see this moderation in growth as a healthy normalisation of economic activities,” he said in a market commentary.

In a separate statement, the government’s trade promotion body, International Enterprise Singapore, said the country’s key exports had risen by 28 percent in the second quarter from the year before, accelerating from a 23 percent rise in the first quarter.

TOKYO - Japan’s central bank on Tuesday kept its key rate unchanged at 0.1 percent, as expected, aiming to continue nurturing a moderate recovery while also combating deflation.

“Japan’s economy shows further signs of a moderate recovery, induced by improvement in overseas economic conditions,” the Bank of Japan statement said.

The decision to leave the key rate unchanged comes amid worries about the impact of the yen’s recent strength on Japan’s fragile export-driven recovery, which has driven speculation as to how the bank may respond.

Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda told reporters he wanted the bank to cooperate more with the government to tackle the rising yen, in a sign of fresh pressure on the body from officials.

“With regard to problems such as the strong yen or deflation, we want to cooperate with the BoJ more closely than ever before,” he told reporters, although he refrained from commenting on a possible intervention.

Japan has not intervened in currency markets since 2004. For every one-yen rise in the currency’s value against the dollar, companies can lose tens of billions of yen earned overseas when repatriated.

“The yen has appreciated largely because of factors overseas,” said Maiko Noguchi, economist at Daiwa Institute of Research.

“Considering there is an FOMC meeting today, (the central bank) seems to have decided not to say much and to take a wait-and-see stance for a while,” Noguchi said of the upcoming US policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

The yen was little changed after the monetary policy decision, trading at 85.82 to the dollar in Asian trade.

Markets had their eyes turned to Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa’s press conference later Tuesday for his assessment of the yen’s impact on the Japanese economy. The central bank has maintained its current overnight call rate, at which it charges other banks overnight, since December 2008, the height of the global financial meltdown.

“The Bank recognises that Japan’s economy faces the critical challenge of overcoming deflation and returning to a sustainable growth path with price stability,” it added. “The Bank will aim to maintain the extremely accommodative financial environment.” The policy decision came hours before the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting amid speculation it may step up “quantitative easing” — pumping money into the economy through the purchase of assets — to boost the economy.

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Julia Roberts has appetite for ‘Eat Pray Love’ Agence France Presse

NAPA, California - Julia Roberts bit off more than she could chew when filming “Eat Pray Love,” her new movie about a woman who indulges her taste buds during a year-long journey of self-discovery. The film takes its name from Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling 2006 memoir about a divorcee who spends four months in Italy eating, followed by four months in India praying before finally visiting Bali where she falls in love.

But the famously slender Roberts admits she piled on the pounds during shooting for the Italian segment of the story, where her character munches her way through an endless array of dishes during a quest for nourishment. “We went to the place where Liz had pizza, got there at eight in the morning and proceeded to shoot, and I started my day with eight entire slices of pizza in 45 minutes,” Roberts told journalists at a publicity event in Napa Valley.

“The deliciousness of something wears a tiny bit after piece seven. I would eat an entire slice in a take. I don’t know why I thought that was a good idea,” Roberts said, revealing she gained 11 pounds during the Italian filming.

“But I loved every pound, and everyone said it was going to drop right off in India, and that didn’t happen. I didn’t get that memo.”

Twenty years after rocketing to global superstardom in 1990’s smash hit “Pretty Woman,” Roberts, 42, remains one of Hollywood’s elite acting talents, a star who regularly ranks among the world’s highest paid celebrities and is in com-

plete control of her career.

Roberts said she was drawn to “Eat Pray Love,” which is released in North American on August 13, soon after Gilbert’s memoir was published in 2006.

“I read it before it became so widely popular, and I thought it was so terrific 30 pages into it, that I went on Amazon.com and sent one to my best friend in Chicago, and said, ‘Let’s read this,’” Roberts revealed.

Roberts, who has been happily married to cameraman Daniel Moder since 2002, with whom she has three children, said she could relate to Gilbert’s quest for happiness even if she had allowed her life to unfold at its own pace. Asked if she had tried to evolve her life like Gilbert, Roberts replied: “Not in the urgent pursuit way that she’s experiencing it, but I definitely knew that my life would continue to evolve until I found that place to occupy and live in, which is the home I have now.

“But I relate to her search and pursuit, and it was definitely great to have a fulfilled sense of my own life.”

Although Roberts met Gilbert during filming in Rome, the actress said

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In this film publicity image released by Sony, Javier Bardem, left, and Julia Roberts are shown in a scene from “Eat, Pray, Love.”

she was careful not to allow that to shape her performance in the film, which is directed by Ryan Murphy, best known as the creator of cult television series “Nip/Tuck” and the phenomenally successful Fox network show “Glee.”

“I met her in Rome. I didn’t want to meet her before that, because I

Rod Stewart to become dad for eighth time at 66 Agence France Presse

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(FILES)A picture taken on May 23, 2009 shows British singer Rod Stewart (R) and his wife Penny Lancaster at the press view of the Chelsea flower show in London.

Rod Stewart is set to become a father for the eighth time, at the age of 66, the British rocker said in a statement ion August 9, 2010.

LONDON - Rod Stewart is set to become a father for the eighth time, at the age of 66, the British rocker said in a statement Monday. His photographer-model wife Penny Lancaster, 39, discovered she was pregnant in June while celebrating their third wedding anniversary in Italy, near the place where they got married.

The couple have a four-year-old son Alastair. “We were thrilled and delighted to be able to tell Alastair that he was going to be the big brother to a little baby, expected just before Mummy’s 40th birthday,” they said in a statement.

Lancaster, who is three months pregnant, turns 40 in March, while Stewart becomes 66 in January. The baby will be the former Faces frontman’s eighth child. His eldest, daughter Sarah Streeter, 46, was conceived when Stewart was 18, and was adopted.

He has two children, Kimberly, 30, and Sean, 29, with his actress-model first wife Alana Hamilton. The singer has a daughter, Ruby, 23, from his relationship with former model Kelly Emberg. His second wife, model Rachel Hunter, is mother to Renee, 18, and Liam, 15.

Stewart’s hits include “Maggie May” (1971); “You Wear It Well” (1972); “Sailing” (1975); “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978) and “All for Love” (1993). Lancaster recently said of their attempts to have another child: “Touring and running around interferes with things but we’re still trying and have high hopes. Though once you get over 35 it takes a little longer.”

Stewart said recently he was not anxious about being an older dad, saying fatherhood helped keep the rockand-roll lifestyle in check.

knew that she and Ryan [Murphy] were in close communication, and I obviously, in this endeavor, the first step I took was to put my complete and total trust in Ryan,” Roberts recalled.

“I knew that his paper interpretation of her that he gave me was all I would need, and I was also worried about fall-

ing too much in love with her, so that I would try to be her, as opposed to interpreting her as an actor.”

Roberts is backed by an impressive stable of co-stars in “Eat Pray Love” including James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Billy Crudup, Viola Davis and Spanish Oscar-winner Javier Bardem.

Rapper T.I. determined to get life back into place house on federal weapons charges and was released in March. He said he’s been able to ATLANTA – Everything seems to be relieve the lingering guilt of being unable to falling back into place for T.I. since the rap- protect his best friend Philant Johnson, who per ended a 10-month term inside a federal was killed following his post-performance prison and a halfway house earlier this year. party in Cincinnati in 2006.

“I got so down on myself about the loss He’s got a movie, “Takers,” coming out on Aug. 27 and a new album, “King Uncaged,” of his life that I did not acknowledge the due in late September. But more importantly, fact that I still had mine,” he said. Jason Geter, co-CEO of Grand the Grammy-winner is putHustle Records, T.I.’s lating a stronger focus on his bel, said T.I. has made family. The father of five more of a conscious efrecently demonstrated that fort to spend more time commitment by getting with his family. “He’s not married to his longtime taking things for granted girlfriend, Tameka “Tiny” as far as wasting time,” Cottle, late last month.

Geter said. “He realizes “Right now, it’s all things aren’t guaranabout moving forward teed.” and just acknowledging T.I. says he’s also dethe blessing that are here termined to pick up where today. ... Just moving he left off after the success past the regrets of yesterof his last album “Paper day — the things that Trail.” It was released in could’ve been done betOctober 2008 and sold ter,” said T.I. in an interover two million copies view last month. and charted three No. 1 The 29-year-old AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file served seven months in FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2010 file photo, songs. He’s already rean Arkansas federal rapper Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris, a cast mem- leased singles, “I’m Back” prison and three months ber in the film ‘Takers,’ poses at the and “Got Your Back,” feain a Georgia halfway premiere of the film in Los Angeles. turing Keri Hilson.

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Mankind must abandon earth or face extinction: Hawking Agence France Presse

LONDON - Mankind’s only chance of long-term survival lies in colonising space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a terrifying array of new threats, warned British scientist Stephen Hawking on Monday.

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“The human race shouldn’t have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet,” the renowned astrophysicist told the website Big Think, a forum which airs ideas on many subjects from experts.

“Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space,” he added.

He warned that the human race was likely to face an increased number of events that threaten its very existence, as the Cuban missile crisis did in 1962. The Cold War showdown saw the United States and Soviet Union in a confrontation over Soviet missiles deployed in Cuba, near US shores, and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

“We are entering an increasingly dangerous period of our history,” said Hawking. “Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.”

If we want to survive beyond the next century, “our future is in space,” added the scientist. “That is why I’m in favour of manned, or should I say ‘personed’, space flight.”

His comments came after he warned in a recent television series that mankind should avoid contact with aliens at all costs, as the consequences could be devastating.

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This April 2005 photo provided by Sandy Wilson shows her with her newborn son Christopher in the intensive care unit at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md. No one knows how Wilson got the flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis.

Eaten Alive: 5-year battle with flesh-eating germ Associated Press Writer

BALTIMORE – Waking from a fog of anesthesia, Sandy Wilson found she was a patient in one of the hospitals where she worked as a nurse. She remembered having a baby, and being told she had gotten an infection. But nothing could prepare her for what lurked beneath the sheets. Flesh-eating bacteria were eating her alive.

“When I looked down at my belly, basically all the skin was gone and I could see my internal organs,” she said. “I remember seeing my intestines. I thought, ‘There’s no way I can live like this ... This is a death sentence.’”

In all of medicine, few infections are as feared as this one. It strikes out of the blue, especially obese people, diabetics, cancer

patients, transplant recipients and others with weak immune systems — a growing group of Americans.

It kills 20 percent of its victims and horribly disfigures others.

It used to be caused almost exclusively by one type of strep bacteria. Now there’s a scary trend: drugresistant superbugs like the staph germ MRSA increasingly are able to make “flesh-eating” toxins and cause nightmarish infections like Wilson’s.

“In the first 20 years I practiced, I may have seen one case,” said Dr. Alan Bisno, a retired University of Miami expert who has lectured other doctors on this. “Within a very few years, everybody in the audience had all seen cases.” To treat it, doctors cut away dead tissue, but the infection often advances after they think they’ve gotten it all.

Dubai ‘hot spots’ freeze over as Ramadan nears Agence France Presse

DUBAI - The music has been cut and the dancing has stopped — Dubai’s usually boisterous nightclubs are falling silent as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches. Many of the city’s night spots were subdued Monday night while others had shut their doors altogether, even though the fasting month has yet to begin.

“You usually find dozens of taxis picking up people to and from clubs in the late night hours, but tonight no one’s going because of Ramadan,” a taxi driver told AFP. The biggest nightclub in Dubai, the Lodge, was shut while another popular club, Barasti, showed little sign of its usual vibrant night life, with patrons sitting quietly sipping on their drinks.

“We serve alcohol after sunset, but no music and no dancing at all,” said waiter Ibrahim Khan. But some customers did not seem to mind. “Why would we find fault with that? We’re living in their country and under Islamic laws, why would we complain?” said Chris Kinsvill-Heyne, a British expatriate who has been working in Dubai for more than 10 years.

However, an employee at a construction company who gave his name as Vijay M. wasn’t too happy with the restrictions.

“It’s definitely discouraging. This place is usually very lively and you’d find people dancing but as Ramadan is coming, it’s already quiet in here. What’s the point of coming if there’s no music and no dancing?”

“I think I’ll be spending the rest of the evenings at home with friends,” said Vijay. John Patrick, a British tourist, said that local customs should be respected. “If it’s out of respect

for the country’s culture then music should be turned down and we should be fine with that,” he said. “Luckily, we’re leaving tomorrow,” he added with a smile.

At the usually bustling Media One hotel, a barrier is being erected to hide from public view the clubhouse in which alcohol is served. “We will only be able to play low background music and we’ll have to shield the club out of respect for Muslims in order not to expose them to alcohol,” said waitress Dorothy Githinjil. “Business will definitely fall.”

Ramadan begins in the United Arab Emirates either on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the sighting of the new moon. The Dubai government is emphatic that no public partying will be allowed during the month, when the faithful are expected to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex during daylight and, in the evening, eat small meals and visit friends and family.

“It is not permitted to hold entertainment activities, celebrations, or parties at any time throughout the holy month of Ramadan,” the government said in an August 2 circular. “In exceptional cases, religious rhymes, children programmes as well as holding poetry sessions and educational competitions are allowed,” it added, however.

Consumption of alcohol in the United Arab Emirates is officially allowed only for licensed non-Muslims. But in practice, anyone can consume alcohol at licensed hotels and clubs.

“There are tourists and non-Muslims in the country and they can go to closed bars in which they can be served alcohol,” director of Dubai government’s inspection and tourism permit section, Mohammed Kahlifa, told AFP.

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A picture dated January 27, 2008 shows a bellydancer performing with her band at a Lebanese restaurant in Dubai.

The music has been cut and the dancing has stopped — Dubai’s usually boisterous nightclubs are falling silent as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches.

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European World Cup flops look to bright new dawn Agence France Presse

PARIS - France and England had World Cup campaigns to forget and on Wednesday both set out on what they hope is the first step in restoring their battered images in friendlies against Norway and Hungary respectively. Another European giant, Italy, are also in action, facing Ivory Coast on Tuesday in what is new coach Cesare Prandelli’s first match in charge following their humiliating title defence in South Africa, bowing out bottom of their group.

The two finalists are also in action with world champions Spain travelling to the United States to play Mexico while the Dutch will also be hoping to salvage their reputation after the

over-physical strategy they deployed against the Spanish in a dour World Cup final.

However, the Dutch have just one squad member from the World Cup travelling to meet Ukraine. Argentina, still managerless after Diego Maradona was forced out, meanwhile take on Ireland in Dublin.

It is France, however, who have the most to make up after a catastrophic and farcical appearance in South Africa which saw Nicolas Anelka sent home for a foul mouthed outburst at coach Raymond Domenech, a players strike because of that punishment and then Domenech’s sullen refusal to shake South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s hand after their final match.

Domenech’s successor Laurent Blanc has the chance to erase memories of that hapless campaign and the iconic 1998 World Cup winning defender has moved quickly by leaving out all of that squad from the one to take on Nor-

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England’s soccer team manager Fabio Capello, centre, with Steven Gerrard, left and Kieran Gibbs, right, during a team training session at London Colney, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010.

England will play Hungary in a friendly soccer match at Wembley on Wednesday.

way in Oslo. “What happened in South Africa cannot be rubbed out,” said Blanc.

“It is a scar. But if we’re going to sanction players, take disciplinary action against them, then I think you have to be very careful.

“I became coach to achieve one objective and I hope I will have all the forces at my disposal. It is important that we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot before trying to reach our objective, which is Euro 2012.

“There is only one way that we can erase the memory of South Africa and that is winning.” Blanc, who has not ruled out a recall for Anelka in the future, has been able to revive the international careers of some of those left out of the World Cup squad such as AS Roma defender Philippe Mexes and Arsenal midfielder Sami Nasri.

Mexes has often failed to replicate his club form for his country but Blanc said he had had a chat with him and laid it on the line to him that this was a golden opportunity to prove himself on the international stage. “I told him (Mexes), ‘the train has passed once. Make sure you climb on board if it comes by a second time’,” said Blanc.

England at least scrambled out of their group only to be humiliated 41 by Germany and were not without dressing room discord but former captain John Terry’s declaration that he would be leading a mutiny against coach Fabio Capello ended in ridicule for the Chelsea defender as he was left marooned by his so-called ‘angry’ teammates.

Yet Capello has as much to prove from now on as Terry as once unquestioned fawning over the Italian has given way to deep scepticism from all corners. Many observers believe that had he not signed a new contract prior to the World Cup finals he would have been sacked.

Capello himself has accepted as much.

“I would have understood if the FA decided to sack me. This is not a good period for me but I am looking forward. It is our job. When you win you are the best and when you lose, nothing,” Capello said.

The former AC Milan, AS Roma and Real Madrid coach has selected Arsenal youngsters Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs in his squad and ditched players such as Shaun Wright-Phillips and Aaron Lennon.

Friendly matches usually count for little but for the French and the English they will feel like the most important matches of the year - a chance to start back on the road to redemption.

Barca reach agreement in principle on Ozil: report Agence France Presse

MADRID - Barcelona have reached agreement in principle with Werder Bremen for the transfer of German international Mesut Ozil, Spanish daily El Pais reported on Tuesday. The 21-yearold will sign a four-year deal with the Spanish champions worth 10 million euros, the newspaper re-

ported.

Ozil had been the recent target of clubs including Primera Liga rivals Real Madrid and English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United.

The midfielder, who joined Werder Bremen in January 2008 for 4.25 million euros and was under contract until June 2011, impressed during the World Cup this summer in which Germany finished third.

FIFA planning refereeing overhaul: Blatter Agence France Presse

FRANKFURT - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that world football’s governing body were planning a refereeing revamp as he reiterated his reservations concerning the use of goal-line technology. “The principle work in football now, I already said it before the World Cup, is refereeing,” Blatter said on the German Football Federation (DFB) website.

“End October-beginning November, we’re going to unveil our project on high level referees.

There will be a rejuvenation ... I am for professionalisation, even if

there are views against.”

He added: “Concerning the help of technical means, it’s more complicated. Every system must be studied in detail with a view to an eventual use.”

Goal-line technology was forced back onto FIFA’s agenda during the World Cup after England’s Frank Lampard had a legitimate goal disallowed, while Mexico were aggrieved when Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez was clearly offside when he scored the first goal.

That incident was made worse when a replay was shown on the big screen at the stadium. Blatter later apologised for both incidents.

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Stern says league, union will talk this week Agence France Presse

NEW YORK - The NBA and its players’ union will resume talks this week toward a new labor agreement, NBA commissioner David Stern said Monday. Stern disclosed the meeting during a conference call to announce two regular-season games in London next March between New Jersey and Toronto.

The talks will mark the first bargaining session since the NBA AllStar weekend in February, when the players rejected an owners’ proposal for a deal to replace the one that expires June 30, 2011.

The players’ association recently submitted a proposal of its own, which Stern indicated was similar to the current agreement and did not include significant changes owners are seeking.

Stern has estimated the league will lose some 370 million dollars this season, a figure the union dis-

putes. While the salary cap was higher than projected because revenues were up, the league says expenses ere up as well.

“I would say that our revenues are robust, and it’s taking more expense and effort to produce them than it has historically,” Stern said.

“We are not pleading poverty. We are pleading the need, we are stating the need for an improved revenue versus expense model that would be demonstrably sustainable and continued to allow our sport to grow.”

FILE- This May 18, 2010 file photo shows NBA commissioner David Stern talking to reporters before the NBA draft lottery in Secaucus, N.J.

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Jankovic, Clijsters seek pre-US Open boost Agence France Presse

C I N C I N N AT I - J e l e n a Jankovic and Kim Clijsters are looking for strong performances here this week to give them a boost as the US Open, final Grand Slam of the season, looms at the end of the month.

Jankovic, the world number two and defending champion, is the top seed while Clijsters is seeded fourth in the two million-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament that started on Monday.

Jankovic is coming off a firstround loss in San Diego, her first match since injuring her left ankle in the second round of a tournament in Slovenia in midJuly. “My ankle’s OK,” said Jankovic, who also had to retire from her fourth-round match at Wimbledon with lower back problems.

“I’ve been able to practice the last couple of days. Now, it’s feeling good. I’m looking forward to getting back to playing.”

The former number one, who enjoyed a first-round bye, is schedu l e d t o p l a y q u a l i f i e r Ve r a Dushevina in the second round.

Dushevina advanced in straight sets, beating Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 7-6 (9/7).

J a n k o v i c ’s c o m p a t r i o t A n a Ivanovic lost the first set and trailed 2-4 in the second but rallied to beat ninth-seeded Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2.

Buoyed by her victory in the second-set tiebreaker, Ivanovic broke Azarenka in the opening game of the third and rolled from there. She sealed the victory with a successful challenge on match point. Clijsters, the defending US Open champion, also had a first-round bye. The Belgian is

slated to meet No. 35 Dinara Safina in a second-round rematch of last year’s quarter-final.

Safina, who beat Clijsters in straight sets here last year, advanced with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Roberta Vinci. Clijsters hasn’t played a tournament since losing i n t h e q u a r t e r- f i n a l s a t Wimbledon, although she has played World Team Tennis and doubles.

“It’s been a while,” she said.

“I’m looking forward to playing a match. It doesn’t matter who I play.” In other first-round matches, qualifier Bojana Jovanovski rallied to upset 14th-seeded Aravane Rezai 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The first-round loss was the second straight for Rezai, who also fell in the first round at San Diego. Jovanovski, ranked 98th,

will meet Akgul Amanmuradova in the second round.

Amanmuradova cruised past Kimiko Date Krumm 6-1, 6-2 in a clash of qualifiers.

Shahar Peer became the first seeded player to advance with a win when Olga Govortsova retired with Peer leading 6-3, 4-1.

Peer will meet Nuria Llagostera Vives, a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Vania King.

Sara Errani moved on with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jamie Hampton. Sixteenth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France followed Peer into the second round, dismissing Anabel Medina Garrigues 64, 6-0. Bartoli will face Alona Bondarenko in the second round.

Bondarenko rallied for a 3-6, 62, 6-3 win over Dominika Cibulkova.

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Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, returns to Alisa Kleybanova, of Russia, during the Mercury Insurance Open tennis tournament in Carlsbad, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.

Cycling probe can’t avoid biggest name — Armstrong Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Lance Armstrong stands out in a federal investigation of cycling like a guy wearing a yellow jersey. Agents are engaged in a wide-ranging probe of pro cycling, people with knowledge of their work have told The Associated Press, and Armstrong clearly appears to be, at the very least, a person of interest.

Authorities have obtained records of years-old doping allegations against him, contacted his sponsors and former teammate Floyd Landis has unleashed new claims about him.

Many of the other big names in American cycling during the past 25 years, including Greg LeMond, also have been drawn in by this inquiry being led, among others, by Jeff Novitzky, who is credited with uncovering baseball’s steroid era via the BALCO investigation. A federal grand jury seated in Los Angeles will decide where it goes next.

While federal authorities have not disclosed who they are scrutinizing, dozens of interviews by the AP with people involved in the case reveal a broad investigation that began with cyclists who had records of doping.

It then turned toward Armstrong, who has denied using performanceenhancing drugs and has hundreds of clean doping tests as evidence.

Those on Armstrong’s side appear willing to fight what has the potential to be the mother of all doping cases — an aggressive prosecution versus a defendant with millions of dollars and a tenacious, prideful streak.

Armstrong’s lawyers contend the investigation is a waste of money.

Armstrong himself said he would be happy to participate as long as it isn’t

a “witch hunt.” Some people interviewed by the AP believe that Armstrong has been on investigators’ radar for years. Others, however, say the evidence simply took them on a path that eventually, and without intent, brought them to Armstrong.

People familiar with the investigation said Novitzky’s probe into cycling began after he was notified about a cache of performance-enhancing drugs that a landlord found in the vacated apartment of Kayle Leogrande, a little-known cyclist with a doping ban who rode for Rock Racing.

Rock Racing, owned by former rider and fashion entrepreneur Michael Ball, became the centerpiece of the probe, according to several people, none of whom wanted their names used because it could jeopardize their access to information. Messages left for Ball and Leogrande were not returned.

Then, Floyd Landis created a stir in April when he sent e-mails to cycling officials that accused ex-teammate Armstrong, along with his longtime doctor and trainer, and numerous other U.S. cyclists, of running an organized doping program earlier this decade.

That led to subpoenas, including the one handed to LeMond — a longtime Armstrong detractor — and reportedly former teammate George Hincapie. Tyler Hamilton, another cyclist tainted by positive doping tests, also is said to have received a subpoena.

Last week, Armstrong sponsors Trek Bicycle Corp. and Nike each said they had been contacted by federal investigators regarding the cycling probe and were cooperating.

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Pedrosa ‘recharged’ and ready to win again Dan Pedrosa is focused on completing his Czech Grand Prix victory set having won once in the 125cc and 250cc classes, but not in MotoGP.

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Ferrari hopes for fresh ideas STEFANO Domenicali says he is hoping that the F1 summer break will benefit Ferrari and allow the team to come up with ‘fresh inspiration’ for the remainder of the year. Like its rival teams, Ferrari now finds itself in shutdown mode, with teams required to close their factories for a two-week period ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa. However, while work at the factory may have been halted, Domenicali said he was hopeful that the break from work could actually benefit the team and allow it to come up with fresh ideas to help bridge the gap to the points leaders.

“We will be on holiday, but that does not mean our brains will stop working,” he said. “Maybe one can even find fresh inspiration when outside the normal working environment and I expect this time to be a fertile one for ideas, which when all is said and done, are what make the difference.”

Ferrari heads into the summer break having been in the midst of one of the more controversial issues of the year following the events of the German Grand Prix, and Domenicali hit out at the criticism of his team considering other ongoing stories – including the issue of flexi-wings – amongst other teams.

“I was dumbstruck to see so much hypocrisy in our world, but I

don’t want to add anything else,” he said. “There will just be more work to do; who knows it might be an added distraction for some.

“I have to say I was very pleased with the way our team reacted at a point in the season when the results were just not coming. The second half of July went very well and I hope it has given the right impetus for the final part of the season. We know there is much to do, because we still do not have the best car, but this should simply be a further incentive. “We said it with Fernando a few days ago: if we manage to always be there, in the top places, then we can get satisfaction.”

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Stefano Domenicali

The Spaniard was a victor around the undulating Brno circuit in his titlewinning years of 2003 and 2005, but while he has reached the podium twice as a MotoGP rider since then, he has not won again in the Czech Republic.

It is a statistic that the Repsol Honda wants to amend this weekend, not least to help him put a disastrous United States Grand Prix behind him when he crashed out of the lead.

Dropping 72 points behind Jorge Lorenzo in doing so, Pedrosa is satisfied that the summer break will see him return to action feeling refreshed and raring to go.

“This has definitely been one of my best summer breaks of the last few years. I did nothing special, but I had a great time with my friends, enjoyed a lot surfing on the beach and was able to think only about having fun and relaxing, rather than working to recover from an injury, as has been the case in the last few years. It makes a big difference in order to recharge the batteries and

go into the second part of the season with even more energy.

“Now I’m really looking forward to getting back on the bike at Brno.

It’s one of the most difficult circuits on the calendar; physically it’s very demanding, but it’s also very enjoyable to ride on a MotoGP bike. You have everything there: big elevation changes, very fast corners where you need to let the bike run through, and also hard braking zones where stability is very important.

“I would say that there is only one good line, so it’s crucial to be focused during the whole lap to get a good lap time – and it’s a very long circuit. I’ve had many podiums in Brno, including two wins, so I would like to add another one in MotoGP. “It’s going to be a busy weekend for everybody, not only with the race but also because we stay on Monday for testing. It’s the only test day remaining this season so we have to make sure we do a good job to help us in the upcoming races.”